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
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| Word, sorted Z to A | How it is built |
|---|---|
| extraequilibrium | extra- + equilibrium |
| extraessential | extra- + essential |
| extraessentially | extra- + essentially |
| extraformal | extra- + formal |
| extralateral | extra- + lateral (mining law) |
| extraliminal | extra- + liminal, beyond the limit |
| extramoralist | extra- + moralist |
| extraovate | extra- + ovate, outside the egg |
| extraquiz | extra- + quiz |
| extraregarding | extra- + regarding, concerning others |
| extrasterile | extra- + sterile |
| extratabular | extra- + tabular |
| extratellurian | extra- + tellurian, beyond the earth |
| extratelluric | extra- + telluric |
| extratension | extra- + tension |
| extratorrid | extra- + torrid, outside the torrid zone |
| extraversive | extravert + -ive |
| extraversively | extraversive + -ly |
| extravertively | extravertive + -ly |
| extricably | extricable + -ly |
| extropical | ex- + tropical, outside the tropics |
| extrovertively | extrovertive + -ly |
| eyey | eye + -y, full of or like eyes |
| eyrant | eyry + -ant, nesting in an aerie |
| fabricational | fabrication + -al |
| fabricatress | fabricat- + -ress, a female fabricator |
| facily | facile + -ly, easily |
| facingly | facing + -ly |
| factable | fact + -able, that may be done |
| factionism | faction + -ism |
| factionistism | factionist + -ism |
| factordom | factor + -dom |
| faggingly | fagging + -ly, wearily |
| fairishness | fairish + -ness |
| fairship | fair + -ship, the holding of a fair |
| falconelle | falcon + -elle, a small falcon or cannon |
| falconoid | falcon + -oid, falcon-like |
| fallage | fall + -age, a falling or toll on falls |
| fallalishly | fallalish + -ly, foppishly |
| fally | fall + -y, apt to fall |
| fameful | fame + -ful, famous |
| familiarisingly | familiarising + -ly |
| familiarizingly | familiarizing + -ly |
| familic | famil(y) + -ic, of the family |
| fanglement | fangle + -ment, a contrivance |
| fanioned | fanion + -ed, bearing a small flag |
| farcer | farce + -er, an actor or writer of farce |
| farcialize | farcial + -ize, to make farcical |
| fardelet | fardel + -et, a little bundle |
| farinosely | farinose + -ly, mealily |
| farmage | farm + -age, the farming or rent of land |
| farrierlike | farrier + -like |
| fascinative | fascinate + -ive |
| fascinery | fascin- + -ery, enchantment |
| fashionative | fashion + -ative |
| fastingly | fasting + -ly, in a fasting manner |
| fattable | fat + -able, capable of being fattened |
| favoredly | favored + -ly |
| favoress | favour + -ess, a female favourer |
| fearedly | feared + -ly |
| featliness | featly + -ness, neatness, dexterity |
| feedsman | feed + -sman, one who feeds livestock |
| feedy | feed + -y, rich in feed or fodder |
| felicify | felici- + -fy, to make happy |
| fenceress | fence + -ress, a woman fencer |
| fendable | fend + -able, that can be warded off |
| ferinely | ferine + -ly, in a wild or beastly way |
| ferineness | ferine + -ness, wildness |
| fertilisability | fertilisable + -ity |
| fetalism | fetal + -ism, retention of fetal traits |
| feteless | fete + -less, without festivity |
| fetisheer | fetish + -eer, a fetish priest |
| fetishry | fetish + -ry, fetish worship |
| feudalizable | feudalize + -able |
| feudee | feud + -ee, one granted a feud |
| fezzy | fez + -y, wearing or like a fez |
| fibdom | fib + -dom, the realm of fibs |
| ficklewise | fickle + -wise, in a fickle manner |
| fictileness | fictile + -ness, plasticity |
| fiddlery | fiddle + -ry, fiddling or trifling |
| fidgetation | fidget + -ation, fidgeting |
| figuredly | figured + -ly, figuratively |
| figureheadless | figurehead + -less |
| filibustrous | filibuster + -ous, piratical |
| filterableness | filterable + -ness |
| filtratable | filtrate + -able, filterable |
| finableness | finable + -ness, liability to a fine |
| fineableness | fineable + -ness, liability to a fine |
| finicism | finical + -ism, fastidiousness |
| finific | fini- + -fic, limiting, making finite |
| finitesimal | finite + -esimal, opposite of infinitesimal |
| firearmed | firearm + -ed, armed with firearms |
| fireling | fire + -ling, a little fire |
| firesider | fireside + -er, a stay-at-home |
| firesideship | fireside + -ship, domestic life |
| firker | firk + -er, one who beats or drives |
| firstship | first + -ship, primacy |
| fiscalify | fiscal + -ify, to make fiscal |
| fistify | fist + -ify, to strike with the fist |
| fitchery | fitch + -ery, of or like a polecat |
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