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 |
|---|---|
| contraregularity | contra- + regularity |
| contraremonstrance | contra- + remonstrance |
| contravalence | contra- + valence |
| contravindicate | contra- + vindicate, to counterclaim |
| contravindication | contra- + vindication |
| contriturate | con- + triturate |
| controversionalism | controversional + -ism |
| controversionalist | controversional + -ist |
| controvertibility | controvertible + -ity |
| conumerary | co- + numerary |
| conutrition | co- + nutrition |
| convenee | convene + -ee, one summoned |
| conventically | conventical + -ly |
| conventionize | convention + -ize |
| convergescence | converge + -escence |
| conversibility | conversible + -ity (convertibility) |
| conversionism | conversion + -ism |
| conversionist | conversion + -ist |
| convertingness | converting + -ness |
| convertism | convert + -ism |
| conveyorizer | conveyorize + -er |
| convictible | convict + -ible |
| convictment | convict + -ment |
| convocative | convocate + -ive |
| convolutionary | convolution + -ary |
| convolvement | convolve + -ment |
| convulsibility | convulsible + -ity |
| cookishly | cookish + -ly |
| coolingness | cooling + -ness |
| coonily | coony + -ly |
| cooniness | coony + -ness |
| cooperancy | cooperant + -cy |
| cooperatingly | cooperating + -ly |
| coordinal | co- + ordinal, of the same order |
| coordinatory | coordinate + -ory |
| copable | cope + -able, able to cope |
| coparallel | co- + parallel |
| coparty | co- + party, a joint party |
| copassionate | co- + passionate, suffering with |
| copastorate | co- + pastorate |
| copending | co- + pending, in patent law |
| copenetrate | co- + penetrate |
| coperception | co- + perception |
| coperiodic | co- + periodic |
| cophasal | co- + phasal, in the same phase |
| copleased | co- + pleased |
| coploughing | co- + ploughing |
| coplowing | co- + plowing |
| coportion | co- + portion, a joint share |
| copresbyter | co- + presbyter |
| coprincipate | co- + principate, joint rule |
| coprojector | co- + projector |
| copromisor | co- + promisor, in law |
| copsewooded | copsewood + -ed |
| coquicken | co- + quicken |
| coraise | co- + raise |
| coralist | coral + -ist, a student of corals |
| corallet | coral + -let, a small coral |
| corallic | coral + -ic |
| corebel | co- + rebel |
| coreceiver | co- + receiver |
| coreciprocal | co- + reciprocal |
| coreflexed | co- + reflexed |
| coregence | co- + regence, joint rule |
| coregnancy | co- + regnancy |
| coreigner | co- + reigner |
| corejoice | co- + rejoice |
| corenounce | co- + renounce |
| coresign | co- + resign |
| coresort | co- + resort |
| corespect | co- + respect |
| corespondency | co- + respondency |
| coreveler | co- + reveler |
| coreveller | co- + reveller |
| corevolve | co- + revolve |
| coriparian | co- + riparian |
| cornetter | cornet + -er, a cornet player |
| corollike | coroll(a) + -like |
| coronaled | coronal + -ed |
| coronalled | coronal + -ed |
| coronatorial | coronator + -ial |
| coronetlike | coronet + -like |
| corporacy | corporate + -acy, a corporate body |
| corporalcy | corporal + -cy, the rank of corporal |
| corporalism | corporal + -ism, materialism |
| corporationer | corporation + -er |
| corporationism | corporation + -ism |
| corporatively | corporative + -ly |
| corpselikeness | corpselike + -ness |
| correctionalist | correctional + -ist |
| correlativism | correlative + -ism |
| correspondential | correspondence + -ial |
| correspondentially | correspondential + -ly |
| corresponsion | co- + responsion, mutual answering |
| corrivality | corrival + -ity, rivalry |
| corroboratorily | corroboratory + -ly |
| corrosibleness | corrosible + -ness |
| corruptious | corrupt + -ious |
| coruscative | coruscate + -ive |
| corybantish | Corybant + -ish, wildly frenzied |
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