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 |
|---|---|
| erinize | Erin + -ize, to make Irish |
| erinnic | Erinys + -ic, of the Furies |
| ermiline | ermine + -ine, imitation ermine fur |
| erogeneity | erogenic + -ity |
| erosionist | erosion + -ist |
| eructance | eruct + -ance, belching |
| eruditionist | erudition + -ist |
| erupturient | erupt + -urient, ready to burst forth |
| escurialize | Escurial + -ize |
| esperantidist | Esperantido + -ist |
| esquirearchy | esquire + -archy |
| esquiredom | esquire + -dom |
| essenical | Essene + -ical |
| essenize | Essene + -ize |
| essoinee | essoin + -ee, party excused from court |
| etherialism | etherial + -ism, ethereal quality |
| ethize | eth(ic) + -ize, to make ethical |
| ethnal | ethn(os) + -al, racial, ethnic |
| etymologisable | etymologise + -able |
| eucalyptian | eucalypt + -ian, of eucalyptus |
| eudaemonistical | eudaemonistic + -al |
| eudaemonize | eudaemon + -ize, to make happy |
| eudemonistical | eudemonistic + -al |
| eudemonistically | eudemonistical + -ly |
| eudemony | eudemon + -y, happiness, well-being |
| eumoiriety | eumoirous + -iety, happiness from goodness |
| eunuchal | eunuch + -al |
| euphemian | euphem(ism) + -ian, of auspicious speech |
| euphemiously | euphemious + -ly |
| euphonetic | eu- + phonetic |
| euphonetics | eu- + phonetics, science of good voice |
| euphonicalness | euphonical + -ness |
| eurythmical | eurythmic + -al |
| eutopian | eu- + (u)topian, of a genuinely good place |
| evanescible | evanesce + -ible, able to vanish |
| evehood | eve + -hood |
| evenwise | even + -wise, equally, in like manner |
| evertile | evert + -ile, capable of being everted |
| everyness | every + -ness, the quality of being every |
| evidencive | evidence + -ive, affording evidence |
| exaltee | exalt + -ee, one who is exalted |
| exampleship | example + -ship |
| exarchateship | exarchate + -ship |
| excamber | excamb + -er, one who exchanges lands |
| exceptiveness | exceptive + -ness |
| excrementally | excremental + -ly |
| excrementary | excrement + -ary |
| excrementous | excrement + -ous |
| excretitious | excret- + -itious, of the nature of excretion |
| excriminate | ex- + criminate, to charge with crime |
| excruciatingness | excruciating + -ness |
| excursory | excurs(ion) + -ory, rambling, discursive |
| excusefully | excuseful + -ly |
| excusively | excusive + -ly, by way of excuse |
| executioneering | executioneer + -ing, acting as executioner |
| exedral | exedra + -al |
| exemplarism | exemplar + -ism |
| exemptile | exempt + -ile, that may be taken out |
| exemptionist | exemption + -ist |
| exfiguration | ex- + figuration, a change of form |
| exfigure | ex- + figure, to form or shape |
| exhibitant | exhibit + -ant, one who exhibits |
| eximiousness | eximious + -ness |
| existently | existent + -ly |
| exorcizement | exorcize + -ment |
| exorganic | ex- + organic, outside the organism |
| exosculation | ex- + osculation, a fond kissing |
| exospherical | exosphere + -ical |
| exostracism | ex- + ostracism, banishment |
| exostracize | ex- + ostracize |
| expansibleness | expansible + -ness |
| expatiater | expatiate + -er, one who expatiates |
| expenditrix | expenditor + -trix, a female expender |
| expenselessness | expenseless + -ness |
| experientialistic | experientialist + -ic |
| expiatist | expiat- + -ist, one who expiates |
| expiatoriness | expiatory + -ness |
| explainableness | explainable + -ness |
| explosionist | explosion + -ist |
| exponention | exponent + -ion, raising to a power |
| expositively | expositive + -ly |
| expressionable | expression + -able, expressible |
| expurgational | expurgation + -al |
| extemporalness | extemporal + -ness |
| extendlessness | extendless + -ness, boundlessness |
| exteriorate | exterior + -ate, to make exterior |
| exterioration | exteriorate + -ion |
| externate | extern + -ate, to make external |
| externation | externate + -ion |
| externization | externize + -ation |
| externize | extern + -ize, to externalize |
| extortionateness | extortionate + -ness |
| extracathedral | extra- + cathedral |
| extracivically | extra- + civically |
| extraconstellated | extra- + constellated, outside the figures |
| extracosmical | extra- + cosmical |
| extractorship | extractor + -ship |
| extradecretal | extra- + decretal |
| extradictionary | extra- + dictionary, logic, not of words |
| extraduction | extra- + -duction, a drawing out |
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