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
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | How it is built |
|---|---|
| dimensible | dimension + -ible, measurable |
| diminishableness | diminishable + -ness |
| diminutal | diminute + -al |
| diminutely | diminute + -ly |
| diminutional | diminution + -al |
| dimmedness | dimmed + -ness |
| dingly | dingle + -y, full of dingles |
| diordinal | di- + ordinal, of two orders |
| diphthongalize | diphthongal + -ize, to make into a diphthong |
| diphthongous | diphthong + -ous |
| diploconical | diplo- + conical, two cones base to base |
| diprimary | di- + primary, having two primary groups |
| directitude | direct + -itude, Shakespearean nonce noun |
| dirgeman | dirge + -man, a singer of dirges |
| disaccordance | dis- + accordance |
| disaccustomedness | dis- + accustomedness |
| disalike | dis- + alike, unlike |
| disallowableness | dis- + allowableness |
| disaltern | dis- + altern, not alternating |
| disanagrammatize | dis- + anagrammatize |
| disangularize | dis- + angularize |
| disanimal | dis- + animal, not animal in nature |
| disanswerable | dis- + answerable, not answerable |
| disapostle | dis- + apostle, to unmake an apostle |
| disappendancy | dis- + appendancy |
| disappendant | dis- + appendant |
| disappreciation | dis- + appreciation |
| disaproned | dis- + aproned, stripped of an apron |
| disarchbishop | dis- + archbishop, to depose an archbishop |
| disasinate | dis- + asin(ine) + -ate, to unmake an ass |
| disasinize | dis- + asinize, to free from asininity |
| disassociable | dis- + associable |
| disattaint | dis- + attaint, to free from attainder |
| disauthentic | dis- + authentic |
| disauthenticate | dis- + authenticate |
| disavowedly | disavowed + -ly |
| disblame | dis- + blame, to clear of blame |
| disbloom | dis- + bloom, to strip of bloom |
| disboard | dis- + board, to remove from board |
| disbody | dis- + body, to disembody |
| disbrain | dis- + brain, to remove the brain of |
| disburgeon | dis- + burgeon, to strip of buds |
| disbursable | disburse + -able |
| disbury | dis- + bury, to disinter |
| discanonization | dis- + canonization |
| discanonize | dis- + canonize |
| discanonized | dis- + canonized |
| discanter | discant + -er, one who sings descant |
| discastle | dis- + castle, to deprive of a castle |
| discernableness | discernable + -ness |
| discerpibleness | discerpible + -ness |
| discharacter | dis- + character, to strip of character |
| dischase | dis- + chase, to drive away |
| discircumspection | dis- + circumspection |
| disclass | dis- + class, to remove from a class |
| discloister | dis- + cloister, to release from a cloister |
| disclout | dis- + clout, to strip of clouts |
| discoach | dis- + coach, to put out of a coach |
| discomfiter | discomfit + -er |
| discommendableness | discommendable + -ness |
| discommune | dis- + commune, to forbid dealings with |
| discompanied | dis- + companied, deprived of company |
| disconcord | dis- + concord, discord |
| disconduce | dis- + conduce, to fail to conduce |
| disconform | dis- + conform, not conformable |
| disconjure | dis- + conjure, to undo by conjuring |
| disconnecter | disconnect + -er |
| disconsideration | dis- + consideration, loss of esteem |
| discontinual | dis- + continual, not continual |
| disconventicle | dis- + conventicle |
| discorrespondency | dis- + correspondency |
| discouple | dis- + couple, to uncouple |
| discouragingness | discouraging + -ness |
| discourtship | dis- + courtship, want of courtesy |
| discradle | dis- + cradle, to take from the cradle |
| discreated | dis- + created, uncreated |
| discreating | dis- + creating, undoing creation |
| discreation | dis- + creation, the undoing of creation |
| discredence | dis- + credence, disbelief |
| discrested | dis- + crested, stripped of a crest |
| discriminatingness | discriminating + -ness |
| discrownment | discrown + -ment |
| discursativeness | discursative + -ness |
| discursify | discursive + -ify, to make discursive |
| discurtain | dis- + curtain, to strip of curtains |
| discussionism | discussion + -ism |
| discussionist | discussion + -ist |
| discussment | discuss + -ment |
| disdeceive | dis- + deceive, to undeceive |
| disdenominationalize | dis- + denominationalize |
| disdiplomatize | dis- + diplomatize |
| disdub | dis- + dub, to degrade from knighthood |
| diselder | dis- + elder, to deprive of elders |
| diselectrification | dis- + electrification |
| diselectrify | dis- + electrify |
| disembargo | dis- + embargo, to lift an embargo |
| disembargoed | dis- + embargoed |
| disembargoing | dis- + embargoing |
| disembattle | dis- + embattle |
| disembay | dis- + embay, to free from a bay |
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