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
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| Word, sorted Z to A | How it is built |
|---|---|
| sluggarding | sluggard + -ing, playing the sluggard |
| sluggardry | sluggard + -ry, sloth |
| sluggingly | slugging + -ly |
| slummage | slum + -age, slimy waste |
| slumwise | slum + -wise |
| sluttikin | slut + -ikin, a little slattern |
| smackful | smack + -ful, a taste or mouthful |
| smalter | smalt + -er, a maker of smalt |
| smashage | smash + -age |
| smashery | smash + -ery |
| smashment | smash + -ment |
| smileable | smile + -able |
| smileage | smile + -age, coined on mileage |
| smilefulness | smileful + -ness |
| smircher | smirch + -er |
| smirchy | smirch + -y, smudged |
| smirkish | smirk + -ish |
| smirkle | smirk + -le, to smirk a little |
| smirkly | smirk + -ly |
| smitable | smite + -able |
| smoothification | smooth + -ification, a smoothing |
| smoucher | smouch + -er, one who smouches |
| smudgeless | smudge + -less |
| smugism | smug + -ism |
| smutchless | smutch + -less |
| snakeology | snake + -ology, the study of snakes |
| snakeship | snake + -ship, mock title for a snake |
| snappage | snap + -age |
| snaringly | snaring + -ly |
| sneerfulness | sneerful + -ness |
| snibbler | snibble + -er |
| snidery | snide + -ry, snide dealing |
| snipish | snip + -ish, like a snip or tailor |
| snipocracy | snip + -ocracy, tailors as a class |
| snipperado | snipper + -ado, jocular name for a tailor |
| snobbess | snob + -ess, a female snob |
| snobocrat | snob + -ocrat, a member of the snobocracy |
| snobologist | snob + -ologist, a student of snobbery |
| snobonomer | snob + -onomer, jocular, one who studies snobs |
| snudgery | snudge + -ery, miserly hoarding |
| snuffboxer | snuffbox + -er, a taker of snuff |
| soapsudsy | soapsuds + -y, like soapsuds; cf. soapsuddy |
| soary | soar + -y, given to soaring |
| soberlike | sober + -like, somewhat sober |
| sobersidedly | sobersided + -ly, in a grave manner |
| soberwise | sober + -wise, in a sober manner |
| soccerite | soccer + -ite, a soccer player; cf. soccerist |
| societarianism | societarian + -ism, the doctrine of the societarians |
| societified | society + -fied, made social or fashionable |
| societologist | society + -ologist, a sociologist |
| societology | society + -ology, sociology |
| societyese | society + -ese, the jargon of high society |
| societyish | society + -ish, somewhat fashionable |
| sociologian | sociology + -ian, a sociologist |
| sociologistically | sociologistic + -ally, in sociologistic terms |
| sociologizer | sociologize + -er, one who sociologizes |
| socioromantic | socio- + romantic, socially romantic |
| sociosexualities | socio- + sexualities |
| sociostatic | socio- + static, of social equilibrium |
| socketful | socket + -ful, as much as a socket holds |
| sodomitish | Sodomite + -ish, like a sodomite |
| soiledness | soiled + -ness, the state of being soiled |
| solaciousness | solacious + -ness, comforting quality |
| solaristic | solarist + -ic, of solar mythology |
| solaristically | solaristic + -ally, in terms of solar myth |
| solaristics | solarist + -ics, the solar theory of myth |
| soldierhood | soldier + -hood, the state of being a soldier |
| soldierwise | soldier + -wise, in a soldier's manner |
| solecizer | solecize + -er, one who commits solecisms |
| solicitationism | solicitation + -ism, the practice of soliciting |
| solidaric | solidary + -ic, marked by solidarity |
| solidifiableness | solidifiable + -ness, capacity to be solidified |
| solidiform | solid + -iform, having a solid form |
| soliloquisingly | soliloquising + -ly, in soliloquy |
| solipsismal | solipsism + -al, of solipsism |
| solitidal | soli- + tidal, of the solar tide |
| solitudinize | solitudin- (solitude) + -ize, to live in solitude |
| solomonical | Solomonic + -al, wise as Solomon |
| solomonitic | Solomon + -itic, of Solomon |
| solonist | Solon + -ist, a would-be lawgiver |
| solutioner | solution + -er, one who finds solutions |
| solvement | solve + -ment, a solving or solution |
| sombreish | sombre + -ish, somewhat sombre |
| sonlikeness | sonlike + -ness, the quality of being like a son |
| sonnetisation | sonnetise + -ation, the turning into sonnets |
| sonnetization | sonnetize + -ation, the making of sonnets |
| sonoriferously | sonoriferous + -ly, with sound |
| sootherer | soother + -er, a flatterer or cajoler |
| soothsayership | soothsayer + -ship, the office of a soothsayer |
| sootylike | sooty + -like, resembling soot |
| sophisticant | sophisticate + -ant, one who adulterates or quibbles |
| soporifousness | soporifous + -ness, the quality of inducing sleep |
| soreheadedly | soreheaded + -ly, resentfully |
| soreheadedness | soreheaded + -ness, sulky resentment |
| sorrowlessly | sorrowless + -ly, without sorrow |
| sortly | sort + -ly, in a suitable or sorted manner |
| sorty | sort + -y, of mixed sorts |
| sottage | sot + -age, drunken folly |
| sottedness | sotted + -ness, a besotted state |
| sougher | sough + -er, one that soughs or sighs |
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