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 |
|---|---|
| semirhythmically | semi- + rhythmically |
| semiriddle | semi- + riddle |
| semirigorous | semi- + rigorous |
| semirigorously | semi- + rigorously |
| semirigorousness | semi- + rigorousness |
| semiroll | semi- + roll |
| semiromantically | semi- + romantically |
| semirotary | semi- + rotary |
| semirotating | semi- + rotating |
| semirotative | semi- + rotative |
| semirotatory | semi- + rotatory |
| semiruin | semi- + ruin |
| semiruralism | semi- + ruralism |
| semirurally | semi- + rurally |
| semisaint | semi- + saint |
| semisaltire | semi- + saltire, half a heraldic saltire |
| semisatirically | semi- + satirically |
| semisavagedom | semi- + savagedom |
| semischolastically | semi- + scholastically |
| semisection | semi- + section |
| semisegment | semi- + segment |
| semisentimentalized | semi- + sentimentalized |
| semisentimentally | semi- + sentimentally |
| semiseparatist | semi- + separatist |
| semiserf | semi- + serf |
| semiseverely | semi- + severely |
| semiseverity | semi- + severity |
| semishaft | semi- + shaft |
| semishirker | semi- + shirker |
| semisightseeing | semi- + sightseeing |
| semisimious | semi- + simious, half ape-like |
| semisingle | semi- + single |
| semisixth | semi- + sixth |
| semismelting | semi- + smelting |
| semisocialistic | semi- + socialistic |
| semisocialistically | semi- + socialistically |
| semisociative | semi- + sociative (grammar, of accompaniment) |
| semisocinian | semi- + Socinian, partly anti-Trinitarian |
| semisolemnity | semi- + solemnity |
| semisolemnly | semi- + solemnly |
| semisolemnness | semi- + solemnness |
| semisomnolently | semi- + somnolently |
| semisomnous | semi- + -somnous (L. somnus), half asleep |
| semisopor | semi- + sopor, a half stupor |
| semispan | semi- + span, half a wing span |
| semispeculation | semi- + speculation |
| semispeculative | semi- + speculative |
| semispeculatively | semi- + speculatively |
| semispeculativeness | semi- + speculativeness |
| semispiritous | semi- + spiritous, partly spirituous |
| semispontaneousness | semi- + spontaneousness |
| semisport | semi- + sport |
| semisporting | semi- + sporting |
| semistiff | semi- + stiff |
| semistiffly | semi- + stiffly |
| semistiffness | semi- + stiffness |
| semistill | semi- + still |
| semistimulating | semi- + stimulating |
| semistock | semi- + stock |
| semistory | semi- + story, a half storey |
| semisuccess | semi- + success |
| semisupernaturally | semi- + supernaturally |
| semisupernaturalness | semi- + supernaturalness |
| semisuspension | semi- + suspension |
| semitact | semi- + tact (a beat), a half measure |
| semitailored | semi- + tailored |
| semitandem | semi- + tandem |
| semiteetotal | semi- + teetotal |
| semitelic | semi- + telic |
| semitextural | semi- + textural |
| semitexturally | semi- + texturally |
| semitheatric | semi- + theatric |
| semitheatricalism | semi- + theatricalism |
| semitheatrically | semi- + theatrically |
| semitheologically | semi- + theologically |
| semithoroughfare | semi- + thoroughfare |
| semitime | semi- + time |
| semitour | semi- + tour |
| semitraditionally | semi- + traditionally |
| semitransparently | semi- + transparently |
| semitransparentness | semi- + transparentness |
| semitransverse | semi- + transverse |
| semitropically | semi- + tropically |
| semitruthful | semi- + truthful |
| semitruthfully | semi- + truthfully |
| semitruthfulness | semi- + truthfulness |
| semiundressed | semi- + undressed |
| semiuniversalist | semi- + universalist |
| semiurn | semi- + urn, a half urn shape |
| semivault | semi- + vault |
| semivector | semi- + vector |
| semivegetable | semi- + vegetable |
| semivertebral | semi- + vertebral |
| semivibration | semi- + vibration, half an oscillation |
| semivirtue | semi- + virtue |
| semivisibility | semi- + visibility |
| semivital | semi- + vital |
| semivolcanic | semi- + volcanic |
| semivolcanically | semi- + volcanically |
| semivulcanized | semi- + vulcanized |
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