Real Words Without Definition
We're sure about this one.
A normal word with something added to the front or the back.
You can read these without being told what they mean. lifehood is life plus -hood. citydom is city plus -dom. musicproof is music plus -proof. Around 21,753 words in the list carry a prefix like un-, non-, over- or anti-.
Nothing is wrong with them. No dictionary bothered to list them because the meaning is obvious from the parts.
24,323 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | How it is built |
|---|---|
| rerobe | re- + robe |
| rerope | re- + rope |
| reroyalize | re- + royalize |
| rerummage | re- + rummage |
| resack | re- + sack |
| resawer | resaw + -er |
| resawyer | re- + sawyer, one who saws timber again |
| rescrutinies | re- + scrutinies |
| rescrutinize | re- + scrutinize |
| rescrutinized | re- + scrutinized |
| rescrutinizing | re- + scrutinizing |
| reseiser | re- + seiser, law, a second seizure |
| reself | re- + self |
| resentience | re- + sentience |
| resentless | resent + -less, without resentment |
| resepulcher | re- + sepulcher |
| reserene | re- + serene |
| reserval | reserve + -al, the act of reserving |
| reserveful | reserve + -ful |
| reservery | reserve + -ery, a place of reserve |
| resever | re- + sever |
| reshearer | reshear + -er |
| reshew | re- + shew, archaic show |
| reshower | reshow + -er |
| reshrine | re- + shrine |
| reshun | re- + shun |
| reshuttle | re- + shuttle |
| resiccate | re- + siccate, to dry again |
| resicken | re- + sicken |
| residencer | residence + -er, a resident clergyman |
| resigh | re- + sigh |
| resistableness | resistable + -ness |
| resistably | resistable + -ly |
| reslander | re- + slander |
| reslash | re- + slash |
| resmile | re- + smile |
| resnub | re- + snub |
| resojourn | re- + sojourn |
| resolubleness | resoluble + -ness |
| resorbence | resorb + -ence |
| respangle | re- + spangle |
| resparkle | re- + sparkle |
| respiced | re- + spiced |
| respicing | re- + spicing |
| resprinkle | re- + sprinkle |
| resprinkled | re- + sprinkled |
| resprinkling | re- + sprinkling |
| resquander | re- + squander |
| resquare | re- + square |
| resqueak | re- + squeak |
| restab | re- + stab |
| restabbed | re- + stabbed |
| restabbing | re- + stabbing |
| restiffener | restiffen + -er |
| restifle | re- + stifle |
| restipulatory | re- + stipulatory |
| restproof | rest + -proof, needing no rest |
| restringer | restring + -er |
| restwards | restward + -s, toward rest |
| resublimate | re- + sublimate |
| resublimated | re- + sublimated |
| resublimating | re- + sublimating |
| resubstantiate | re- + substantiate |
| resubstantiated | re- + substantiated |
| resubstantiating | re- + substantiating |
| resubstantiation | re- + substantiation |
| resuffer | re- + suffer |
| resufferance | re- + sufferance |
| resuit | re- + suit |
| resulfurize | re- + sulfurize |
| resulfurized | re- + sulfurized |
| resulfurizing | re- + sulfurizing |
| resulphurize | re- + sulphurize |
| resulphurized | re- + sulphurized |
| resulphurizing | re- + sulphurizing |
| resummonable | re- + summonable |
| resun | re- + sun, to sun again |
| resup | re- + sup |
| resupervise | re- + supervise |
| resupport | re- + support |
| resuppose | re- + suppose |
| resupposition | re- + supposition |
| resurrectioning | resurrection + -ing |
| resuspect | re- + suspect |
| resward | re- + sward, to returf |
| reswarm | re- + swarm |
| resweat | re- + sweat |
| reswill | re- + swill |
| resynthetize | re- + synthetize |
| resynthetized | re- + synthetized |
| resynthetizing | re- + synthetizing |
| retainableness | retainable + -ness |
| retainder | retain + -der, formed after remainder |
| retalk | re- + talk |
| retanner | retan + -er |
| retardence | retard + -ence, retardance |
| retation | ret + -ation, the retting of flax |
| retattle | re- + tattle |
| retemptation | re- + temptation |
| retestimonies | re- + testimonies |
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