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 |
|---|---|
| counterflux | counter- + flux |
| countergabble | counter- + gabble |
| countergabion | counter- + gabion, fortification |
| countergage | counter- + gage |
| countergager | counter- + gager, one who countergages |
| countergarrison | counter- + garrison |
| countergauge | counter- + gauge, carpentry |
| countergauger | counter- + gauger |
| countergirded | counter- + girded |
| counterhaft | counter- + haft |
| counterhammering | counter- + hammering |
| counterindentation | counter- + indentation |
| counterindented | counter- + indented, heraldry |
| counterjudging | counter- + judging |
| counterlatration | counter- + latration, barking back |
| counterlight | counter- + light, an opposing light |
| counterlighted | counter- + lighted |
| counterlighting | counter- + lighting |
| counterlit | counter- + lit, lighted from the opposite side |
| counterlocking | counter- + locking |
| counterlode | counter- + lode, mining |
| counterlove | counter- + love, love in return |
| countermanifestoes | counter- + manifestoes |
| countermarriage | counter- + marriage |
| countermissile | counter- + missile |
| countermount | counter- + mount |
| counternecromancy | counter- + necromancy |
| counteropponent | counter- + opponent |
| counteropposite | counter- + opposite |
| counterorator | counter- + orator |
| counterpace | counter- + pace, an opposing step |
| counterpaled | counter- + paled, heraldry |
| counterpaly | counter- + paly, heraldry |
| counterparallel | counter- + parallel |
| counterparole | counter- + parole |
| counterpendent | counter- + pendent |
| counterpillar | counter- + pillar |
| counterplease | counter- + please |
| counterponderate | counter- + ponderate, to weigh against |
| counterposting | counter- + posting |
| counterpotency | counter- + potency |
| counterpractice | counter- + practice |
| counterpray | counter- + pray |
| counterprick | counter- + prick |
| counterpronunciamento | counter- + pronunciamento |
| counterprophet | counter- + prophet |
| counterprotection | counter- + protection |
| counterquarterly | counter- + quarterly, heraldry |
| counterradiation | counter- + radiation |
| counterraising | counter- + raising |
| counterrate | counter- + rate, an opposing rate |
| counterreckoning | counter- + reckoning |
| counterrefer | counter- + refer |
| counterreflected | counter- + reflected |
| counterremonstrant | counter- + remonstrant |
| counterreplied | counter- + replied |
| counterreplying | counter- + replying |
| counterroll | counter- + roll, a duplicate roll or record |
| counterruin | counter- + ruin |
| countersale | counter- + sale |
| counterscalloped | counter- + scalloped, heraldry |
| countersconce | counter- + sconce, fortification |
| counterservice | counter- + service |
| countershade | counter- + shade |
| countershear | counter- + shear |
| countershine | counter- + shine |
| countersleight | counter- + sleight, an opposing trick |
| counterstatant | counter- + statant, heraldry |
| countersunken | counter- + sunken, countersunk |
| countersympathy | counter- + sympathy |
| countertack | counter- + tack, nautical |
| countertail | counter- + tail, an opposing tail piece |
| counterthwarting | counter- + thwarting |
| countertierce | counter- + tierce, a fencing parry |
| countertouch | counter- + touch |
| countertranslation | counter- + translation |
| countertraverse | counter- + traverse, fortification |
| countertreason | counter- + treason |
| countertree | counter- + tree, an opposing beam |
| countertrespass | counter- + trespass |
| counterturned | counter- + turned |
| countervaunt | counter- + vaunt |
| countervibration | counter- + vibration |
| countervindication | counter- + vindication |
| counterwall | counter- + wall, a contravallation |
| counterwarmth | counter- + warmth |
| counterwilling | counter- + willing |
| counterwrite | counter- + write |
| countryfiedness | countryfied + -ness |
| courager | courage + -er, an encourager |
| courtesanry | courtesan + -ry |
| courtezanry | courtezan + -ry |
| courty | court + -y, courtlike |
| couthily | couthie + -ly, Scots, kindly |
| couthly | couth + -ly, familiarly |
| covassal | co- + vassal, a fellow vassal |
| coventrize | Coventry + -ize, to devastate by bombing |
| covertical | co- + vertical, sharing a vertex |
| covibrate | co- + vibrate, to vibrate together |
| covibration | co- + vibration |
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