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 |
|---|---|
| ecumenacy | ecumenic + -acy, ecumenical quality |
| ecumenicize | ecumenic + -ize |
| ecumenistic | ecumenist + -ic |
| edificative | edificate + -ive, constructive |
| edificed | edifice + -ed, provided with edifices |
| educabilian | educabilia + -an, one capable of education |
| educatedly | educated + -ly |
| effectress | effecter + -ess, a female agent |
| effeminisation | effeminise + -ation (British -isation) |
| effiguration | effigurate + -ion, a shaping |
| effoliate | ef- + foliate, to strip of leaves |
| efformative | efform + -ative, forming |
| effractor | effract + -or, a housebreaker |
| eggment | egg (to incite) + -ment, incitement |
| egocentristic | egocentrist + -ic |
| egoisticalness | egoistical + -ness |
| egoistry | egoist + -ry |
| egoize | ego + -ize, to act egoistically |
| egoizer | egoize + -er |
| egotisticalness | egotistical + -ness |
| eisteddfodism | eisteddfod + -ism |
| elaterist | elater + -ist, holder of the elater doctrine |
| elderling | elder + -ling, an oldish person |
| electionary | election + -ary |
| electly | elect + -ly, by choice |
| electral | electr- + -al, pertaining to electricity |
| electralize | electral + -ize, to electrify |
| electroballistically | electroballistic + -ally |
| electrocutional | electrocution + -al |
| electrovalently | electrovalent + -ly |
| elementaloid | elemental + -oid |
| elementate | element + -ate, to resolve into elements |
| elementish | element + -ish, elementary |
| elevable | elevate + -able, that can be raised |
| embarment | embar + -ment, a hindrance |
| embind | em- + bind, to bind in |
| embladder | em- + bladder, to enclose in a bladder |
| embossage | emboss + -age, embossed work |
| embosture | emboss + -ure, embossed work |
| embouchment | embouch + -ment, a river mouth |
| emboweler | embowel + -er |
| embracingness | embracing + -ness |
| embrail | em- + brail, to truss up a sail |
| embrake | em- + brake, to catch in a thicket |
| embreach | em- + breach, to break into |
| embreastment | embreast + -ment |
| embrothelled | em- + brothel + -ed, lodged in a brothel |
| embryonally | embryonal + -ly |
| embulk | em- + bulk, to make bulky |
| embusk | em- + busk, to hide or ambush |
| embuskin | em- + buskin, to put in buskins |
| emeership | emeer (emir) + -ship |
| emendately | emendate + -ly |
| emmarvel | em- + marvel, to fill with wonder |
| emotionist | emotion + -ist |
| empaper | em- + paper, to wrap in paper |
| emparchment | em- + parchment |
| empatron | em- + patron, to act as patron to |
| empeoplement | empeople + -ment |
| emphrensy | em- + phrensy (frenzy) |
| empiercement | em- + piercement |
| empocket | em- + pocket |
| enanguish | en- + anguish |
| enapt | en- + apt, to make apt |
| enarbor | en- + arbor |
| enarbour | en- + arbour |
| enbranglement | en- + branglement (wrangling) |
| enbrave | en- + brave, to make brave |
| encake | en- + cake, to crust over |
| encalendar | en- + calendar |
| encallow | en- + callow (soil overburden) |
| encell | en- + cell |
| encenter | en- + center |
| enchair | en- + chair, to seat or enthrone |
| encharnel | en- + charnel, to entomb |
| encheck | en- + check, to restrain |
| enchequer | en- + chequer, to lay up in the exchequer |
| enchronicle | en- + chronicle |
| enchurch | en- + church |
| encitadel | en- + citadel, to fortify |
| enclaret | en- + claret |
| enclear | en- + clear |
| enclog | en- + clog |
| encoil | en- + coil |
| encolumn | en- + column |
| encommon | en- + common |
| encompany | en- + company |
| encoronal | en- + coronal |
| encoronate | en- + coronate, to crown |
| encoronet | en- + coronet |
| encraal | en- + craal (kraal), to pen |
| encrisp | en- + crisp, to curl |
| encrotchet | en- + crotchet |
| encrown | en- + crown |
| encrownment | encrown + -ment |
| encrustant | encrust + -ant |
| enculturative | enculturate + -ive |
| encup | en- + cup |
| encurl | en- + curl |
| encushion | en- + cushion |
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