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 |
|---|---|
| clamourist | clamour + -ist |
| clangful | clang + -ful |
| clankingness | clanking + -ness |
| clapperclawer | clapperclaw + -er |
| clarenceuxship | Clarenceux + -ship, the herald's office |
| classicolatry | classico- + -latry, worship of the classics |
| clayer | clay + -er, one who marls land |
| cleaveful | cleave + -ful, adhesive |
| clementness | clement + -ness |
| clericism | cleric + -ism |
| clientry | client + -ry, the body of clients |
| climatarchic | climat- + -archic, ruling the climate |
| clinchingness | clinching + -ness |
| clinicist | clinic + -ist, a clinician |
| cloakage | cloak + -age |
| clockworked | clockwork + -ed |
| clodlike | clod + -like |
| cloisterliness | cloisterly + -ness |
| cloisterwise | cloister + -wise |
| closefistedly | closefisted + -ly |
| clottage | clot + -age |
| cloudology | cloud + -ology, the study of clouds |
| cloudship | cloud + -ship |
| clownade | clown + -ade, a clownish performance |
| cloyer | cloy + -er |
| clubbishness | clubbish + -ness |
| clumpishness | clumpish + -ness |
| clutterment | clutter + -ment |
| coabode | co- + abode, a dwelling together |
| coabound | co- + abound |
| coabsume | co- + absume, to consume together |
| coacceptor | co- + acceptor |
| coadamite | co- + Adamite |
| coadequate | co- + adequate |
| coadjacently | coadjacent + -ly |
| coadjutator | co- + adjutator, a joint helper |
| coadjutement | co- + adjutement, joint help |
| coadjuvate | co- + adjuvate, to help jointly |
| coadmiration | co- + admiration |
| coadmire | co- + admire |
| coadmired | co- + admired |
| coadmires | co- + admires |
| coadmiring | co- + admiring |
| coadore | co- + adore |
| coadunite | co- + adunite, to unite together |
| coadventured | co- + adventured |
| coadventuress | coadventure + -ess, a female partner |
| coadventuring | co- + adventuring |
| coadvice | co- + advice |
| coaffirmation | co- + affirmation |
| coaged | co- + aged, of the same age |
| coagonize | co- + agonize |
| coagriculturist | co- + agriculturist |
| coaid | co- + aid |
| coalizer | coalize + -er |
| coalternation | co- + alternation |
| coamiable | co- + amiable |
| coanimate | co- + animate |
| coannex | co- + annex |
| coannexed | co- + annexed |
| coannexes | co- + annexes |
| coannexing | co- + annexing |
| coapostate | co- + apostate |
| coappellee | co- + appellee, a joint appellee |
| coapprehend | co- + apprehend |
| coappriser | co- + appriser, a joint valuer |
| coapprover | co- + approver |
| coardent | co- + ardent |
| coascend | co- + ascend |
| coassert | co- + assert |
| coasserter | coassert + -er |
| coassession | co- + assession, a sitting together |
| coassistant | co- + assistant |
| coattestator | co- + attestator, a joint witness |
| coaudience | co- + audience |
| coaugment | co- + augment |
| cobblerism | cobbler + -ism |
| cobblerless | cobbler + -less |
| cobenignity | co- + benignity |
| cobewail | co- + bewail |
| coboundless | co- + boundless |
| cobreathe | co- + breathe |
| cobridgehead | co- + bridgehead |
| cobrother | co- + brother |
| coburgess | co- + burgess |
| coburgher | co- + burgher |
| coburghership | coburgher + -ship |
| cocautioner | co- + cautioner, a joint surety |
| cochurchwarden | co- + churchwarden |
| cockishly | cockish + -ly |
| cockishness | cockish + -ness |
| cockneity | cockney + -ity |
| cockneylike | cockney + -like |
| cockscombed | cockscomb + -ed, crested |
| cocksuredom | cocksure + -dom |
| cocksureism | cocksure + -ism |
| cocoach | co- + coach |
| coconnection | co- + connection |
| coconsciously | coconscious + -ly |
| coconstituent | co- + constituent |
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