Real Words Without Definition
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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 |
|---|---|
| retestimony | re- + testimony |
| rethrash | re- + thrash |
| rethresh | re- + thresh |
| rethresher | rethresh + -er |
| rethrill | re- + thrill |
| rethrive | re- + thrive |
| rethrust | re- + thrust |
| retincture | re- + tincture |
| retinge | re- + tinge |
| retinged | re- + tinged |
| retingeing | re- + tingeing |
| retinize | retina + -ize, to act on the retina |
| retiracied | retiracy + -ed, possessed of a competence |
| retolerate | re- + tolerate |
| retoleration | re- + toleration |
| retomb | re- + tomb |
| retonation | re- + tonation, a sounding again |
| retradition | re- + tradition, a handing back |
| retransference | re- + transference |
| retransportation | re- + transportation |
| retrimmer | retrim + -er |
| retrip | re- + trip |
| retroactionary | retroaction + -ary |
| retroconsciousness | retro- + consciousness |
| retroflux | retro- + flux, a backward flow |
| retroform | retro- + form |
| retrogenerative | retro- + generative |
| retrogradient | retro- + gradient, moving backward |
| retrolocation | retro- + location |
| retromingently | retromingent + -ly, urinating backward |
| retroreception | retro- + reception |
| retrosusception | retro- + susception, a taking back |
| retrot | re- + trot |
| retrotransference | retro- + transference |
| retrust | re- + trust |
| retumescence | re- + tumescence |
| returban | re- + turban |
| returfer | returf + -er |
| reundulate | re- + undulate |
| reundulation | re- + undulation |
| reuphold | re- + uphold |
| reupholsteries | re- + upholsteries |
| reusableness | reusable + -ness |
| reuseableness | reuseable + -ness |
| revaporization | re- + vaporization |
| revary | re- + vary |
| revealableness | revealable + -ness |
| revelationer | revelation + -er |
| revelationize | revelation + -ize |
| reventilation | re- + ventilation |
| reveree | revere + -ee, one who is revered |
| reversification | re- + versification |
| reversifier | re- + versifier |
| reversify | re- + versify |
| reversionally | reversional + -ly |
| reversist | reverse + -ist, one who reverses |
| revetoed | re- + vetoed |
| revetoing | re- + vetoing |
| revibrant | re- + vibrant |
| revibration | re- + vibration |
| revibrational | re- + vibrational |
| revictorious | re- + victorious |
| revictory | re- + victory |
| revigor | re- + vigor, to reinvigorate |
| revigour | re- + vigour |
| revisableness | revisable + -ness |
| revisible | revise + -ible, revisable |
| revivably | revivable + -ly |
| revivalize | revival + -ize, to make into a revival |
| reviviscible | reviviscence + -ible, able to be revived |
| revolubility | re- + volubility, capacity to revolve |
| revolubly | re- + volubly, in a revolving way |
| revolutionizement | revolutionize + -ment |
| revolvably | revolvable + -ly |
| revoyage | re- + voyage |
| revoyaged | re- + voyaged |
| revoyaging | re- + voyaging |
| revulsively | revulsive + -ly |
| rewarrant | re- + warrant |
| reweigher | re- + weigher |
| rewend | re- + wend, to go back |
| rewhelp | re- + whelp |
| rewish | re- + wish |
| rewrapt | re- + wrapt, wrapped again |
| reyield | re- + yield |
| reyouth | re- + youth, to make young again |
| rheumative | rheum + -ative, causing rheum |
| rhinocerian | rhinoceros + -ian |
| rhinoceroid | rhinoceros + -oid |
| ribaldness | ribald + -ness |
| ribandry | riband + -ry, ribbon work |
| ribbandry | ribband + -ry, ribbon work |
| ridableness | ridable + -ness |
| ridably | ridable + -ly |
| ridgepoled | ridgepole + -ed, fitted with a ridgepole |
| ridger | ridge + -er, a ridging plough |
| ridgingly | ridging + -ly |
| riggite | rig + -ite, one given to banter |
| rigidist | rigid + -ist, one who insists on rigidity |
| rigmarolishly | rigmarolish + -ly |
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