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 |
|---|---|
| stalactited | stalactite + -ed, hung with stalactites |
| stalactitically | stalactitical + -ly |
| stalactitied | stalactite + -ied, formed into stalactites |
| stalactitious | stalactite + -ious |
| stallary | stall + -ary, a cathedral stall or prebend |
| stammeringness | stammering + -ness |
| stampage | stamp + -age |
| stanchlessly | stanchless + -ly, unstoppably |
| staplewise | staple + -wise, in the manner of a staple |
| starringly | starring + -ly, in a starring manner |
| startly | start + -ly, in a startling manner |
| starvy | starve + -y, starved-looking |
| statesmanese | statesman + -ese, the jargon of statesmen |
| stateway | state + -way, on the model of folkway |
| statize | state + -ize, to bring under state control |
| stavable | stave + -able, that can be staved in |
| staveable | stave + -able, the -e- spelling |
| stavewise | stave + -wise, in the manner of a stave |
| steadable | stead + -able, serviceable |
| steadiment | steady + -ment, a steadying or support |
| stealy | steal + -y, given to stealing |
| steever | steeve + -er, one who steeves cargo |
| steganographist | steganography + -ist, a writer in cipher |
| stellification | stellify + -ication, a making into a star |
| stelliscript | stelli- + script, that which is written in the stars |
| stellularly | stellular + -ly, in little stars |
| stencilize | stencil + -ize, to reproduce by stencil |
| stenterer | stenter + -er, one who works a stenter |
| stentorine | stentor + -ine, loud-voiced |
| stepsire | step- + sire, a stepfather |
| stereotypery | stereotype + -ery, a stereotyping works |
| sterilisability | sterilisable + -ity, capacity to be sterilised |
| sternful | stern + -ful, full of sternness |
| sternfully | sternful + -ly, sternly |
| stertoriousness | stertorious + -ness, snoring quality |
| stigmaticalness | stigmatical + -ness |
| stiletted | stilette + -ed, armed with a stiletto |
| stiltiness | stilty + -ness, stiltedness |
| stinkardly | stinkard + -ly, in the manner of a stinkard |
| stipendial | stipend + -ial, of a stipend |
| stipendiarian | stipendiary + -an, one who draws a stipend |
| stippledness | stippled + -ness |
| stirrupwise | stirrup + -wise, in the manner of a stirrup |
| stithly | stith + -ly, stoutly, strongly |
| stolenly | stolen + -ly, by stealth |
| stolenwise | stolen + -wise, in a stealthy manner |
| stolewise | stole + -wise, worn like a stole |
| stomachfully | stomachful + -ly, resentfully |
| stomachfulness | stomachful + -ness, stubborn resentment |
| stomachicness | stomachic + -ness |
| stonage | stone + -age, a toll or duty on stone |
| stoneable | stone + -able, that may be stoned |
| stonifiable | stonify + -able, able to be turned to stone |
| stoppableness | stoppable + -ness |
| stoppably | stoppable + -ly |
| stormlessly | stormless + -ly |
| stormward | storm + -ward, toward the storm |
| stotterel | stot + -erel, a young bullock |
| stourliness | stour + -liness, Scots sternness |
| stourly | stour + -ly, Scots sternly or harshly |
| stourness | stour + -ness, Scots harshness |
| straightwards | straight + -wards, straight ahead |
| strainableness | strainable + -ness |
| strandage | strand + -age, a toll for beaching |
| strandward | strand + -ward, toward the shore |
| strangulable | strangulate + -able, able to be strangled |
| strappable | strap + -able, that may be strapped |
| stratagematically | stratagematical + -ly, by stratagem |
| stratochamber | strato- + chamber, a high altitude test chamber |
| stratospherical | stratospheric + -al |
| stratotrainer | strato- + trainer, a high altitude trainer |
| strawer | straw + -er, one who straws or strews |
| streamward | stream + -ward, toward the stream |
| strephonade | Strephon + -ade, a lovesick song |
| strigilation | strigil + -ation, a scraping with the strigil |
| stringhaltedness | stringhalted + -ness, the state of stringhalt |
| stringways | string + -ways, lengthwise of the string |
| striplet | strip + -let, a little strip |
| strivy | strive + -y, given to striving |
| strongheadedly | strongheaded + -ly, obstinately |
| strongheadness | stronghead + -ness, obstinacy |
| stronglike | strong + -like, after the manner of the strong |
| strouthiocamelian | strouthiocamel + -ian, ostrich like |
| strouthocamelian | strouthocamel + -ian, ostrich like variant |
| stroyer | stroy + -er, a destroyer |
| structional | struction + -al, structural |
| struldbruggism | Struldbrug + -ism, the state of Swift's immortals |
| stubbliness | stubbly + -ness |
| stuccoyer | stucco + -yer, a worker in stucco |
| stuffage | stuff + -age, stuffing or material |
| stultiloquious | stultiloquy + -ous, talking foolishly |
| stumpwise | stump + -wise, in the manner of a stump |
| stuntingly | stunting + -ly, so as to stunt growth |
| stuntist | stunt + -ist, a performer of stunts |
| stupefactiveness | stupefactive + -ness |
| stupendly | stupend + -ly, stupendously |
| stuporific | stupor + -ific, causing stupor |
| stylitism | stylite + -ism, the life of a pillar ascetic |
| stypticalness | styptical + -ness |
| stypticness | styptic + -ness |
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