Real Words Without Definition
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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
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| Word, sorted Z to A | How it is built |
|---|---|
| dablet | dab + -let, a little dab |
| daddums | daddy + -ums, nursery form of daddy |
| daemonistic | daemon + -istic |
| daemonurgist | daemonurgy + -ist, one who works by demons |
| daemonurgy | daemon + -urgy, magic wrought through demons |
| daemony | daemon + -y, demonic power or nature |
| daffery | daff + -ery, foolishness |
| daimioate | daimio + -ate, the domain of a daimio |
| daimiote | daimio + -ote, a retainer of a daimio |
| dallyman | dally + -man, a trifler |
| damageably | damageable + -ly |
| damningness | damning + -ness |
| dandically | dandical + -ly, in dandy fashion |
| dandisette | dandy + -sette, a female dandy |
| dandlingly | dandling + -ly |
| dandriffy | dandriff + -y |
| danglement | dangle + -ment |
| danize | Dane + -ize, to make Danish |
| dantomania | Dante + -mania, a craze for Dante |
| dantophily | Dante + -phily, love of Dante |
| dartman | dart + -man, a soldier armed with darts |
| dashmaker | dash + -maker, one who cuts a dash |
| datably | datable + -ly |
| dateableness | dateable + -ness |
| dazement | daze + -ment |
| deaconize | deacon + -ize |
| deadishly | deadish + -ly |
| deadlihead | deadly + -head, deadliness |
| dealcoholist | de- + alcohol + -ist |
| deanathematize | de- + anathematize |
| deappetizing | de- + appetizing |
| dearticulation | de- + articulation, disjointing |
| dearworthily | dearworth + -ily, preciously |
| deathify | death + -ify |
| deathlikeness | deathlike + -ness |
| debarkment | debark + -ment, disembarkation |
| debarration | debar + -ation |
| debatefully | debateful + -ly |
| debeaker | debeak + -er, poultry debeaking machine |
| debtful | debt + -ful, indebted |
| debused | de- + bus + -ed, unloaded from a bus |
| debusing | de- + bus + -ing |
| debussyanize | Debussy + -anize |
| decaesarize | de- + Caesar + -ize |
| decanally | decanal + -ly, as a dean |
| decancellate | de- + cancellate, to undo a cancelling |
| decancellated | decancellate + -ed |
| decancellating | decancellate + -ing |
| decancellation | de- + cancellation |
| decanically | decanic + -ally (astrol., by decans) |
| decantist | decant + -ist, one who decants |
| decart | de- + cart, to unload from a cart |
| decernment | decern + -ment, Scots law, a decree |
| dechemicalization | de- + chemicalization |
| dechemicalize | de- + chemicalize |
| dechoralize | de- + choral + -ize |
| deciceronize | de- + Cicero + -ize |
| decidingly | deciding + -ly, decisively |
| declensionally | declensional + -ly |
| declimatize | de- + climatize |
| declinedness | declined + -ness |
| declivitously | declivitous + -ly |
| decomposure | decompose + -ure, decomposition |
| deconcentrator | de- + concentrator |
| deconsider | de- + consider, to lower in esteem |
| deconsideration | de- + consideration, loss of esteem |
| decontaminative | decontaminate + -ive |
| deconventionalize | de- + conventionalize |
| decorably | decorable + -ly, becomingly |
| decorist | decor(um) + -ist |
| decorrugative | de- + corrugative, smoothing |
| decourt | de- + court, to expel from court |
| decreative | de- + creative, uncreating |
| decretorian | decretory + -an, pertaining to decrees |
| decultivate | de- + cultivate |
| dediticiancy | deditician + -cy, status of a dediticius |
| dedoggerelize | de- + doggerel + -ize |
| deductile | deduce + -ile, deducible |
| deemstership | deemster + -ship, office of a deemster |
| defeasive | defease + -ive, annulling |
| defeatee | defeat + -ee, one who is defeated |
| defeatment | defeat + -ment |
| defenceable | defence + -able, defensible |
| definedly | defined + -ly |
| definish | de- + finish, to undo a finish |
| deflexibility | deflexible + -ity |
| deflexible | de- + flexible, able to be bent down |
| deflourish | de- + flourish, to strip of bloom |
| defoliage | de- + foliage, defoliation |
| deformism | deform + -ism |
| defortify | de- + fortify |
| degentilize | de- + gentilize |
| deglory | de- + glory, to strip of glory |
| degold | de- + gold, to strip of gold |
| degradand | degrade + -and, one to be degraded |
| degraduate | de- + graduate, to lower in grade |
| degraduation | de- + graduation |
| degrain | de- + grain, to remove grain from |
| degreewise | degree + -wise |
| deheathenize | de- + heathenize |
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