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 |
|---|---|
| buffoonishness | buffoonish + -ness |
| bugbeardom | bugbear + -dom |
| bulldoggishness | bulldoggish + -ness |
| bulldogism | bulldog + -ism |
| bullism | bull (papal) + -ism |
| bullocker | bullock + -er |
| bumbailiffship | bumbailiff + -ship |
| bumblingness | bumbling + -ness |
| bummerish | bummer + -ish |
| bumpkinet | bumpkin + -et |
| bunkery | bunker + -y |
| burbankism | Burbank + -ism |
| burdenable | burden + -able |
| burgherage | burgher + -age |
| burgheress | burgher + -ess |
| burnishable | burnish + -able |
| burnoused | burnous + -ed |
| burntly | burnt + -ly |
| butlerism | butler + -ism |
| buttonholder | buttonhold + -er |
| butyrousness | butyrous + -ness |
| buzzardly | buzzard + -ly |
| byrewards | byre + -wards |
| byronics | Byron + -ics |
| byronite | Byron + -ite, a devotee of Byron |
| cabful | cab + -ful |
| cacodaemoniac | cacodaemon + -iac |
| cacodaemonial | cacodaemon + -ial |
| cacodemonial | cacodemon + -ial |
| cacodemonize | cacodemon + -ize |
| cacodoxian | cacodoxy + -an, a heretic |
| cacoeconomy | caco- + economy, bad management |
| cacolike | caco- + -like, foul or evil in kind |
| cacological | cacology + -ical, of bad diction |
| caconymic | caconym + -ic, of a faulty name |
| cacorhythmic | caco- + rhythmic, badly rhythmed |
| cacotype | caco- + type, a bad impression |
| cacozeal | caco- + zeal, misdirected zeal |
| cactal | cact- + -al, of cacti |
| cacumination | cacuminate + -ion, a sharpening |
| cadmiumize | cadmium + -ize, to coat with cadmium |
| caenogenetically | caenogenetic + -ally |
| caesareanize | caesarean + -ize |
| calaminary | calamine + -ary, of calamine |
| calathian | calathus + -ian, basket-shaped |
| calcareosulphurous | calcareo- + sulphurous |
| calcinize | calcine + -ize |
| calciphylactically | calciphylactic + -ally |
| calentural | calenture + -al, of tropical fever |
| calenturish | calenture + -ish |
| calenturist | calenture + -ist |
| calibanism | Caliban + -ism, brutishness |
| caliperer | caliper + -er, one who calipers |
| calkage | calk + -age, work or charge for calking |
| callaesthetic | callo- (beauty) + aesthetic |
| callidness | callid + -ness, craftiness |
| calliperer | calliper + -er |
| calodaemon | calo- + daemon, a good spirit |
| calodemon | calo- + demon, a good spirit |
| calodemonial | calodemon + -ial |
| calogram | calo- + -gram, an ornamental writing |
| calography | calo- + -graphy, beautiful writing |
| calomorphic | calo- + -morphic, beautifully formed |
| calorify | calor- + -ify, to make hot |
| calorimetrical | calorimetric + -al |
| calypsist | calypso + -ist, a calypso singer |
| camaldulian | Camaldule + -ian, of that order |
| cameist | cameo + -ist, a cameo cutter |
| camelishness | camelish + -ness |
| cameograph | cameo + -graph, cameo-engraving device |
| cameography | cameo + -graphy |
| campanologer | campanology + -er, a bell-ringer |
| campbellisms | Campbell + -isms, Disciples doctrines |
| cancerite | cancer + -ite, one afflicted with cancer |
| candency | candent + -cy, glowing white heat |
| candier | candy + -er, one who candies |
| candlestickward | candlestick + -ward |
| candlewicking | candlewick + -ing, tufted embroidery |
| canewise | cane + -wise |
| cangler | cangle + -er, Scots, a wrangler |
| cannibalean | cannibal + -ean |
| cannonarchy | cannon + -archy, rule by artillery |
| canonizer | canonize + -er |
| canroyer | canroy + -er, workman at a canroy |
| cantabrize | Cantab + -ize, act like a Cambridge man |
| cantative | cant- + -ative, pertaining to singing |
| cantorous | cantor + -ous |
| cantwise | cant + -wise, slantwise |
| capelocracy | capelo- + -cracy, rule by shopkeepers |
| capersomeness | capersome + -ness |
| capharnaism | Capharnaum + -ism, a jumble |
| capkin | cap + -kin, a little cap |
| caponiser | caponise + -er |
| captivately | captivate + -ly |
| caracoller | caracole + -er |
| carbonisable | carbonise + -able |
| carburiser | carburise + -er |
| carcaneted | carcanet + -ed, wearing a jewelled collar |
| carcanetted | carcanet + -ted, adorned with a carcanet |
| carcerist | carcer (prison) + -ist |
The other lists filed alongside this one.
