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 |
|---|---|
| semipectoral | semi- + pectoral |
| semipedal | semi- + pedal |
| semipedantic | semi- + pedantic |
| semipedantical | semi- + pedantical |
| semipedantically | semi- + pedantically |
| semipellucidity | semi- + pellucidity |
| semipendulous | semi- + pendulous |
| semipendulously | semi- + pendulously |
| semipendulousness | semi- + pendulousness |
| semiperceptive | semi- + perceptive |
| semiperviousness | semi- + perviousness |
| semiphase | semi- + phase |
| semiphenomenal | semi- + phenomenal |
| semiphenomenally | semi- + phenomenally |
| semiphilologist | semi- + philologist |
| semiphilosophically | semi- + philosophically |
| semiphosphorescence | semi- + phosphorescence |
| semiphrenetic | semi- + phrenetic |
| semipictorial | semi- + pictorial |
| semipictorially | semi- + pictorially |
| semipious | semi- + pious |
| semipiously | semi- + piously |
| semipiousness | semi- + piousness |
| semipneumatic | semi- + pneumatic |
| semipneumatical | semi- + pneumatical |
| semipneumatically | semi- + pneumatically |
| semipoisonous | semi- + poisonous |
| semipoisonously | semi- + poisonously |
| semipolitician | semi- + politician |
| semipopularity | semi- + popularity |
| semipopularized | semi- + popularized |
| semipopularly | semi- + popularly |
| semipreservation | semi- + preservation |
| semipreserved | semi- + preserved |
| semiprimigenous | semi- + primigenous, partly first-formed |
| semiproductiveness | semi- + productiveness |
| semiprofanely | semi- + profanely |
| semiprofaneness | semi- + profaneness |
| semiprofanity | semi- + profanity |
| semiprogressive | semi- + progressive |
| semiprogressively | semi- + progressively |
| semiprogressiveness | semi- + progressiveness |
| semipronely | semi- + pronely |
| semiproneness | semi- + proneness |
| semipropagandist | semi- + propagandist |
| semiproselyte | semi- + proselyte |
| semiprosthetic | semi- + prosthetic |
| semiprostrate | semi- + prostrate |
| semiprotectively | semi- + protectively |
| semiprotectorate | semi- + protectorate |
| semiprovincial | semi- + provincial |
| semiprovincially | semi- + provincially |
| semipsychologic | semi- + psychologic |
| semipsychological | semi- + psychological |
| semipsychologically | semi- + psychologically |
| semipunitive | semi- + punitive |
| semipunitory | semi- + punitory |
| semipurposive | semi- + purposive |
| semipurposively | semi- + purposively |
| semipurposiveness | semi- + purposiveness |
| semipyramidal | semi- + pyramidal |
| semipyramidical | semi- + pyramidical |
| semiquadrangle | semi- + quadrangle |
| semiquadrantly | semi- + quadrantly |
| semiquietism | semi- + quietism |
| semiquietist | semi- + quietist |
| semiradically | semi- + radically |
| semiradicalness | semi- + radicalness |
| semiramize | Semiramis + -ize, to make like Semiramis |
| semirapacious | semi- + rapacious |
| semirarely | semi- + rarely |
| semirareness | semi- + rareness |
| semirationalized | semi- + rationalized |
| semirattlesnake | semi- + rattlesnake |
| semirawly | semi- + rawly |
| semirawness | semi- + rawness |
| semireactionary | semi- + reactionary |
| semirebel | semi- + rebel |
| semirebellion | semi- + rebellion |
| semirebellious | semi- + rebellious |
| semirebelliously | semi- + rebelliously |
| semirebelliousness | semi- + rebelliousness |
| semirecondite | semi- + recondite |
| semireflexive | semi- + reflexive |
| semireflexively | semi- + reflexively |
| semireflexiveness | semi- + reflexiveness |
| semirelief | semi- + relief |
| semirepublic | semi- + republic |
| semirepublican | semi- + republican |
| semiresiny | semi- + resiny |
| semiresolute | semi- + resolute |
| semiresolutely | semi- + resolutely |
| semiresoluteness | semi- + resoluteness |
| semireverberatory | semi- + reverberatory |
| semirevolution | semi- + revolution |
| semirevolutionary | semi- + revolutionary |
| semirevolutionist | semi- + revolutionist |
| semirhythm | semi- + rhythm |
| semirhythmic | semi- + rhythmic |
| semirhythmical | semi- + rhythmical |
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