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 |
|---|---|
| cocovenantor | co- + covenantor |
| cocrucify | co- + crucify |
| codecree | co- + decree |
| codelight | co- + delight |
| codelinquency | co- + delinquency |
| codelinquent | co- + delinquent |
| codenization | co- + denization |
| coderive | co- + derive |
| coderived | co- + derived |
| coderives | co- + derives |
| coderiving | co- + deriving |
| codescendant | co- + descendant |
| codespairer | co- + despairer |
| codicilic | codicil + -ic |
| codirectorship | co- + directorship |
| codisjunct | co- + disjunct |
| coeffluent | co- + effluent, flowing out together |
| coeffluential | co- + effluential |
| coeldership | co- + eldership |
| coelect | co- + elect |
| coelection | co- + election |
| coelector | co- + elector |
| coelevate | co- + elevate |
| coelongated | co- + elongated |
| coemanate | co- + emanate |
| coembedded | co- + embedded |
| coembodied | co- + embodied |
| coembodies | co- + embodies |
| coembody | co- + embody |
| coembodying | co- + embodying |
| coembrace | co- + embrace |
| coeminency | co- + eminency |
| coemploy | co- + employ |
| coemployed | co- + employed |
| coemploying | co- + employing |
| coemploys | co- + employs |
| coenactor | co- + enactor |
| coenamor | co- + enamor |
| coenamored | co- + enamored |
| coenamoring | co- + enamoring |
| coenamorment | co- + enamorment |
| coenamors | co- + enamors |
| coenamourment | co- + enamourment |
| coendear | co- + endear |
| coenflame | co- + enflame |
| coengage | co- + engage |
| coengager | co- + engager |
| coenjoy | co- + enjoy |
| coenthrone | co- + enthrone |
| coequalize | co- + equalize |
| coequation | co- + equation |
| coercend | coerce + -end, one to be coerced |
| coercends | coerce + -ends, ones to be coerced |
| coerect | co- + erect |
| coerected | co- + erected |
| coerecting | co- + erecting |
| coerects | co- + erects |
| coevalneity | coeval + -neity, coevalness |
| coevalness | coeval + -ness |
| coexertion | co- + exertion |
| coexpire | co- + expire |
| coexplosion | co- + explosion |
| coextent | co- + extent |
| cofaster | co- + faster, one who fasts with another |
| cofather | co- + father |
| cofathership | co- + fathership |
| cofighter | co- + fighter |
| coforeknown | co- + foreknown |
| coformulator | co- + formulator |
| cofreighter | co- + freighter |
| cogitabundly | cogitabund + -ly, musingly |
| cogitabundous | cogitabund + -ous, deep in thought |
| cogitantly | cogitant + -ly, thinkingly |
| coglorify | co- + glorify |
| coglorious | co- + glorious |
| cogracious | co- + gracious |
| coharmonious | co- + harmonious |
| coharmoniously | co- + harmoniously |
| coheartedness | co- + heartedness |
| cohelper | co- + helper |
| cohelpership | co- + helpership |
| coheretic | co- + heretic |
| coimmense | co- + immense |
| coimplicant | co- + implicant |
| coimplicate | co- + implicate |
| coimplore | co- + implore |
| coinclination | co- + inclination |
| coincline | co- + incline |
| coinclude | co- + include |
| coincorporate | co- + incorporate |
| coindicate | co- + indicate |
| coinfeftment | co- + infeftment (Scots law) |
| coinfer | co- + infer |
| coinferred | co- + inferred |
| coinferring | co- + inferring |
| coinfers | co- + infers |
| coinhabitor | co- + inhabitor |
| coinherent | co- + inherent |
| coinspire | co- + inspire |
| coinsurable | co- + insurable |
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