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 |
|---|---|
| enseem | en- + seem, to beseem |
| enseraph | en- + seraph, to make seraphic |
| enshade | en- + shade, to cover with shade |
| enshawl | en- + shawl, to wrap in a shawl |
| ensignment | ensign + -ment, a token or badge |
| ensignry | ensign + -ry, ensigns collectively |
| ensilate | ensile + -ate, to store as silage |
| ensilation | ensilate + -ion, storing as silage |
| ensilist | ensile + -ist, one who makes silage |
| ensindon | en- + sindon, to wrap in fine linen |
| ensmall | en- + small, to make small |
| ensnow | en- + snow, to cover with snow |
| ensophic | En Soph + -ic, of the Kabbalistic Infinite |
| ensorcelize | ensorcel + -ize, to bewitch |
| ensorrow | en- + sorrow, to fill with sorrow |
| enspangle | en- + spangle, to cover with spangles |
| ensteel | en- + steel, to harden as steel |
| ensuer | ensue + -er, one who follows |
| ensulphur | en- + sulphur, to impregnate with sulphur |
| entackle | en- + tackle, to furnish with tackle |
| entalent | en- + talent, to endow with talent |
| entassment | entass + -ment, a heaping up |
| entempest | en- + tempest, to throw into tempest |
| entemple | en- + temple, to enshrine in a temple |
| ententophil | Entente + -phil, favouring the Entente |
| enterritoriality | en- + territoriality, being within a territory |
| enthusiasticalness | enthusiastical + -ness |
| entincture | en- + tincture, to tinge or imbue |
| entoilment | entoil + -ment, an ensnaring |
| entophytically | entophytic + -ally, as an entophyte |
| entorganism | ento- + organism, an internal organism |
| entrough | en- + trough, to place in a trough |
| enturret | en- + turret, to furnish with turrets |
| envapor | en- + vapor, to turn into vapor |
| envapour | en- + vapour, to turn into vapour |
| envassalage | en- + vassalage, to reduce to vassalage |
| envenomous | en- + venomous, made venomous |
| enverdure | en- + verdure, to make green |
| envined | en- + vined, planted with vines |
| envineyard | en- + vineyard, to plant as a vineyard |
| environic | environ + -ic, environmental |
| enwallow | en- + wallow, to wallow in |
| enweb | en- + web, to enmesh in a web |
| enwing | en- + wing, to furnish with wings |
| enwingly | enwing + -ly, as if on wings |
| enwood | en- + wood, to cover with trees |
| enworthed | en- + worth + -ed, made worthy |
| enworthy | en- + worthy, to make worthy |
| eosinlike | eosin + -like |
| ephetic | ephete + -ic, of the Athenian Ephetae |
| ephoric | ephor + -ic, pertaining to an ephor |
| epichristian | epi- + Christian, of the post-Christian era |
| epicurishly | epicurish + -ly |
| epidialogue | epi- + dialogue, a concluding dialogue |
| epigrammatarian | epigram + -matarian, writer of epigrams |
| epilogate | epilogue + -ate, to close with an epilogue |
| episcopable | episcop- + -able, fit to be made bishop |
| episcopalism | episcopal + -ism |
| episcopation | episcopate + -ion, the making of a bishop |
| episcopature | episcop- + -ature, the office of bishop |
| episcopization | episcopize + -ation |
| epistemonical | epistemonic + -al |
| epistolizable | epistolize + -able |
| epithetician | epithet + -ician |
| epoist | epos + -ist, an epic poet |
| epopoean | epopoeia + -an, of epic poetry |
| epopoeist | epopoeia + -ist, epic poet |
| epoptist | epopt + -ist, an initiate |
| equalable | equal + -able |
| equaller | equal + -er, one who equals |
| equanimousness | equanimous + -ness |
| equationism | equation + -ism |
| equationist | equation + -ist |
| equiarticulate | equi- + articulate |
| equichangeable | equi- + changeable |
| equicohesive | equi- + cohesive |
| equicurve | equi- + curve |
| equidurable | equi- + durable |
| equielliptical | equi- + elliptical |
| equiexcellency | equi- + excellency |
| equijacent | equi- + -jacent, lying equally distant |
| equilocation | equi- + location |
| equilucent | equi- + lucent |
| equimodal | equi- + modal |
| equinate | equine + -ate, horselike |
| equinumerally | equi- + numerally |
| equiomnipotent | equi- + omnipotent |
| equipartisan | equi- + partisan |
| equipendent | equi- + pendent, evenly balanced |
| equipollentness | equipollent + -ness |
| equiproducing | equi- + producing |
| equisegmented | equi- + segmented |
| equisufficiency | equi- + sufficiency |
| equisurface | equi- + surface |
| equitist | equity + -ist |
| equivaluer | equi- + valuer |
| eradicably | eradicable + -ly |
| eranist | eranos + -ist, member of a club feast |
| eremiteship | eremite + -ship |
| ergoism | ergo- + -ism, doctrine of work |
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