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 |
|---|---|
| corymblike | corymb + -like |
| cosavior | co- + savior |
| coseat | co- + seat |
| cosectarian | co- + sectarian |
| cosectional | co- + sectional |
| cosegment | co- + segment |
| cosenator | co- + senator |
| cosentiency | co- + sentiency |
| coservant | co- + servant |
| cosession | co- + session, a joint session |
| cosharer | co- + sharer, a joint sharer |
| cosheath | co- + sheath, a shared sheath |
| cosmonautically | cosmonautical + -ly |
| cosmorganic | cosmo- + organic, organic to the universe |
| cosmotellurian | cosmo- + tellurian, of cosmos and earth |
| cosonant | co- + sonant, sounding together |
| cosounding | co- + sounding, sounding together |
| cosphered | co- + sphered, set in the same sphere |
| cosplendor | co- + splendor, shared splendor |
| cosplendour | co- + splendour, British spelling |
| costander | co- + stander, one who stands with another |
| costipulator | co- + stipulator, a joint stipulator |
| cosubordinate | co- + subordinate |
| cosuffer | co- + suffer, to suffer along with |
| cosufferer | co- + sufferer |
| cosuggestion | co- + suggestion |
| cosuretyship | co- + suretyship |
| cosustain | co- + sustain |
| coswearer | co- + swearer, a fellow swearer |
| cotabulate | co- + tabulate, to tabulate together |
| cotangential | co- + tangential, mutually tangential |
| coteller | co- + teller, a joint teller |
| cotemporarily | cotemporary + -ly, contemporarily |
| coterminousness | coterminous + -ness |
| cotheorist | co- + theorist, a fellow theorist |
| cotorment | co- + torment, shared torment |
| cotorture | co- + torture |
| cotransfuse | co- + transfuse |
| cotranspire | co- + transpire, to transpire together |
| cotransubstantiate | co- + transubstantiate |
| cotrespasser | co- + trespasser, a joint trespasser |
| cotripper | co- + tripper, a fellow tripper |
| cottoneer | cotton + -eer, a cotton dealer or worker |
| cottoner | cotton + -er, one who cottons cloth |
| cotwinned | co- + twinned, twinned together |
| cotwist | co- + twist, to twist together |
| couchantly | couchant + -ly, in a couchant posture |
| councillary | councillor + -ary, of a council |
| counderstand | co- + understand |
| couniversal | co- + universal, universal together |
| counselful | counsel + -ful, full of counsel |
| counterabut | counter- + abut |
| counteracquittance | counter- + acquittance |
| counteraffirm | counter- + affirm |
| counterassociation | counter- + association |
| counterattestation | counter- + attestation |
| counterattired | counter- + attired |
| counterattractively | counter- + attractively |
| counteraverment | counter- + averment |
| counteravouch | counter- + avouch |
| counteravouchment | counter- + avouchment |
| counterbeating | counter- + beating |
| counterbend | counter- + bend, heraldry |
| counterbewitch | counter- + bewitch |
| counterborder | counter- + border |
| counterborer | counter- + borer, a counterboring tool |
| counterboulle | counter- + boulle, reversed boulle inlay |
| counterbranch | counter- + branch |
| counterbreastwork | counter- + breastwork |
| counterbuilding | counter- + building |
| countercarte | counter- + carte, a fencing parry |
| counterclassification | counter- + classification |
| counterclassifications | counter- + classifications |
| countercompany | counter- + company, heraldry, compony |
| countercompetition | counter- + competition |
| counterconversion | counter- + conversion |
| countercouchant | counter- + couchant, heraldry |
| countercoupe | counter- + coupe, a fencing/dance movement |
| countercourant | counter- + courant, heraldry, running opposite ways |
| counterdash | counter- + dash |
| counterdefender | counter- + defender |
| counterdigged | counter- + digged |
| counterdike | counter- + dike |
| counterdisengage | counter- + disengage, fencing |
| counterdisengagement | counter- + disengagement, fencing |
| counterdistinct | counter- + distinct |
| counterdraft | counter- + draft |
| counterefficiency | counter- + efficiency |
| counterend | counter- + end, an opposing end |
| counterengagement | counter- + engagement |
| counterengine | counter- + engine, an opposing engine |
| counterequivalent | counter- + equivalent |
| counterexercise | counter- + exercise |
| counterexpostulation | counter- + expostulation |
| counterextend | counter- + extend |
| counterferment | counter- + ferment |
| counterfessed | counter- + fessed, heraldry |
| counterfix | counter- + fix |
| counterflange | counter- + flange |
| counterflight | counter- + flight |
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