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-.
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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 |
|---|---|
| demipillar | demi- + pillar, a half pillar |
| demiplacate | demi- + placate, half breastplate of armour |
| demiplate | demi- + plate, a half plate |
| demipomada | demi- + pomada, a half vault in horsemanship |
| demipremise | demi- + premise, logic, a half premise |
| demipremiss | demi- + premiss, logic, a half premise |
| demipriest | demi- + priest, a half-priest |
| demipuppet | demi- + puppet, a tiny puppet (Shakespeare) |
| demiracle | demi- + (mi)racle, a half miracle |
| demiram | demi- + ram, heraldry, half a ram |
| demirevetment | demi- + revetment, a half-height revetment |
| demirhumb | demi- + rhumb, navigation, half a rhumb |
| demirilievo | demi- + rilievo, half-relief sculpture |
| demirobe | demi- + robe, a half robe |
| demisacrilege | demi- + sacrilege, a half sacrilege |
| demisavage | demi- + savage, a half savage |
| demiseason | demi- + season, for the half season (dress) |
| demisecond | demi- + second, half a second |
| demisemitone | demi- + semitone, music, a quarter tone |
| demisheath | demi- + sheath, a half sheath |
| demishirt | demi- + shirt, a half shirt |
| demisovereign | demi- + sovereign, half a sovereign |
| demisuit | demi- + suit, a half suit of armour |
| demitoilet | demi- + toilet, half dress, demi-toilette |
| demitrain | demi- + train, a short train on a dress |
| demitranslucence | demi- + translucence, partial translucence |
| demitube | demi- + tube, a half tube |
| demiturned | demi- + turned, half turned |
| demivambrace | demi- + vambrace, armour for the outer forearm |
| demivirgin | demi- + virgin, a half-virgin |
| demivoice | demi- + voice, music, half voice (mezza voce) |
| demivol | demi- + vol, heraldry, a single wing |
| demivolte | demi- + volte, a half turn in horsemanship |
| demivotary | demi- + votary, a half-votary |
| demiwivern | demi- + wivern, heraldry, half a wyvern |
| democratian | democrat + -ian, of the Democrats |
| democratifiable | democratify + -able, that can be made democratic |
| demographist | demograph(y) + -ist, a demographer |
| demolitionary | demolition + -ary, tending to demolish |
| demological | demology + -ical, of the study of peoples |
| demoniast | demon + -iast, a demon-worshipper |
| demonishness | demonish + -ness, demon-like quality |
| demonograph | demono- + -graph, a treatise on demons |
| demonolatrously | demonolatrous + -ly, in demon-worshipping fashion |
| demonstrationist | demonstration + -ist, one who demonstrates |
| demophilism | demophil + -ism, love of the common people |
| demophobe | demo- + -phobe, one who dreads crowds |
| demountability | demountable + -ity, capacity to be dismounted |
| denaturiser | denaturise + -er, an agent that denatures |
| denaturizer | denaturize + -er, an agent that denatures |
| denicotine | de- + nicotine, to free from nicotine |
| denierage | denier + -age, a duty reckoned in deniers |
| dentural | denture + -al, pertaining to a denture |
| denumberment | de- + numberment, a numbering off |
| deoccidentalize | de- + occidentalize, to strip of Western character |
| deorientalize | de- + orientalize, to strip of Eastern character |
| depair | de- + pair, to separate a pair |
| depark | de- + park, to throw a park into common land |
| deparliament | de- + parliament, to deprive of a parliament |
| departisanize | de- + partisanize, to free from partisanship |
| depasturable | depasture + -able, that may be grazed |
| depasturation | depasture + -ation, the grazing off of herbage |
| dependantly | dependant + -ly (dependently) |
| depersonize | de- + personize, to depersonalize |
| depetalize | de- + petalize, to strip of petals |
| depetticoat | de- + petticoat, to strip of a petticoat |
| depickle | de- + pickle, to take out of pickle |
| depiedmontize | de- + Piedmontize, to strip of Piedmontese character |
| depigmentize | de- + pigmentize, to remove pigment from |
| deplaceable | de- + placeable, that can be displaced |
| deplaster | de- + plaster, to strip of plaster |
| depleteable | deplete + -able (depletable) |
| deplump | de- + plump, to reduce in plumpness |
| depreciant | depreciat(e) + -ant, one who depreciates |
| depreciatoriness | depreciatory + -ness |
| depredationist | depredation + -ist, one who plunders |
| depredicate | de- + predicate, logic, to unpredicate |
| deprint | de- + print, to remove printing from |
| depriorize | de- + priorize, to lower in priority |
| deprocedured | de- + procedured, stripped of procedure |
| deproceduring | de- + proceduring, stripping of procedure |
| deprotestantize | de- + Protestantize, to un-Protestantize |
| depthways | depth + -ways, in the direction of depth |
| depullulation | de- + pullulation, a sprouting forth |
| depurge | de- + purge, to purge away |
| depurged | de- + purged, purged away |
| depurging | de- + purging, purging away |
| depursement | de- + pursement, a paying out of the purse |
| deputationist | deputation + -ist, one who deputes |
| deputationize | deputation + -ize, to send as a deputation |
| deputative | deputate + -ive, serving to depute |
| deputatively | deputative + -ly, by deputation |
| derabbinize | de- + rabbinize, to strip of rabbinic character |
| derater | derate + -er, one that derates |
| deregulationize | deregulation + -ize, to deregulate |
| dereligion | de- + religion, loss of religion |
| deresinize | de- + resinize, to free from resin |
| derivately | derivate + -ly, derivatively |
| derivatist | derivat(ive) + -ist, one who derives |
| derivedly | derived + -ly, by derivation |
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