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 |
|---|---|
| dehydrofroze | dehydro- + froze, of dehydrofreezing |
| deidealize | de- + idealize |
| deinsularize | de- + insularize |
| deipnodiplomatic | deipno- + diplomatic, of dinner diplomacy |
| deipnosophism | deipnosophist + -ism, learned table talk |
| deipnosophistic | deipnosophist + -ic |
| deipotent | dei- + potent, mighty as a god |
| dejectile | deject + -ile, apt to cast down |
| dejunkerize | de- + Junker + -ize |
| deknight | de- + knight, to strip of knighthood |
| delace | de- + lace, to unlace |
| delater | delate + -er, an accuser, informer |
| delatinize | de- + Latinize |
| delatorian | delator + -ian, of an informer |
| delimitize | de- + limitize, to remove limits from |
| delimitized | delimitize + -ed |
| delimitizing | delimitize + -ing |
| deltalike | delta + -like |
| deluminize | de- + luminize |
| demandative | demand + -ative |
| demasculinisation | de- + masculinisation |
| demeanored | demeanor + -ed |
| demeritoriously | demeritorious + -ly |
| demetricize | de- + metricize |
| demiadult | demi- + adult |
| demiangel | demi- + angel |
| demiassignation | demi- + assignation |
| demiatheism | demi- + atheism |
| demiatheist | demi- + atheist |
| demibarrel | demi- + barrel |
| demibastioned | demi-bastion + -ed (fortif.) |
| demibath | demi- + bath |
| demibeast | demi- + beast |
| demibelt | demi- + belt |
| demibob | demi- + bob |
| demibombard | demi- + bombard, a small cannon |
| demibrassart | demi- + brassart, half-armor for the arm |
| demibrute | demi- + brute |
| demibuckram | demi- + buckram |
| demicanon | demi- + canon, a half-canon |
| demicaponier | demi- + caponier, a half caponier (fortif.) |
| demichamfron | demi- + chamfron, half head-armour for a horse |
| demicolumn | demi- + column, a half column |
| demicoronal | demi- + coronal, a half coronet |
| demicritic | demi- + critic, a half-critic |
| demicuirass | demi- + cuirass, a half cuirass |
| demidandiprat | demi- + dandiprat, half of a small coin |
| demidigested | demi- + digested, half digested |
| demiditone | demi- + ditone, music, half a ditone |
| demidoctor | demi- + doctor, a half-doctor |
| demidog | demi- + dog, a half-dog |
| demidolmen | demi- + dolmen, a half dolmen |
| demidome | demi- + dome, a half dome |
| demieagle | demi- + eagle, a half-eagle coin |
| demifarthing | demi- + farthing, half a farthing |
| demifigure | demi- + figure, a half-length figure |
| demiflouncing | demi- + flouncing, a narrow flounce trimming |
| demifusion | demi- + fusion, partial fusion |
| demigardebras | demi- + garde-bras, half arm-guard of armour |
| demigentleman | demi- + gentleman, a half-gentleman |
| demigoddessship | demigoddess + -ship, rank of a demigoddess |
| demigriffin | demi- + griffin, heraldry, half a griffin |
| demigroat | demi- + groat, half a groat |
| demihag | demi- + hag, a small harquebus |
| demihagbut | demi- + hagbut, a small harquebus |
| demihague | demi- + hague, a small harquebus |
| demihake | demi- + hake, a small harquebus |
| demihaque | demi- + haque, a small harquebus |
| demihearse | demi- + hearse, a half hearse |
| demiheavenly | demi- + heavenly, half heavenly |
| demihigh | demi- + high, of half height |
| demihogshead | demi- + hogshead, half a hogshead |
| demihorse | demi- + horse, heraldry, half a horse |
| demijambe | demi- + jambe, armour for the front of the leg |
| demikindred | demi- + kindred, half kinship |
| demiking | demi- + king, a half-king |
| demilawyer | demi- + lawyer, a half-lawyer |
| demilegato | demi- + legato, music, half legato |
| demiliterate | demi- + literate, half literate |
| demiluster | demi- + luster, a half-lustre fabric |
| demilustre | demi- + lustre, a half-lustre fabric |
| demimark | demi- + mark, half a mark |
| demimentoniere | demi- + mentoniere, half chin-piece of armour |
| demimetope | demi- + metope, half a metope |
| demimillionaire | demi- + millionaire, a half-millionaire |
| demimonk | demi- + monk, a half-monk |
| deminude | demi- + nude, half naked |
| deminudity | demi- + nudity, half nakedness |
| demioctagonal | demi- + octagonal, half-octagonal |
| demioctangular | demi- + octangular, half-octangular |
| demiofficial | demi- + official, semiofficial |
| demiorbit | demi- + orbit, half an orbit |
| demiowl | demi- + owl, a half-owl |
| demiox | demi- + ox, heraldry, half an ox |
| demipagan | demi- + pagan, half pagan |
| demiparadise | demi- + paradise, a half paradise |
| demiparallel | demi- + parallel, half parallel |
| demipauldron | demi- + pauldron, half shoulder-piece of armour |
| demipesade | demi- + pesade, a half rear in manege |
| demipike | demi- + pike, a short pike |
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