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 |
|---|---|
| forefault | fore- + fault, a previous fault |
| forefigure | fore- + figure, to prefigure |
| foreflank | fore- + flank, the front flank |
| foreflap | fore- + flap, the front flap |
| foregallery | fore- + gallery, the front gallery |
| foreguidance | fore- + guidance, guidance given in advance |
| forehalf | fore- + half, the front half |
| forehall | fore- + hall, the outer hall |
| forehandsel | fore- + handsel, an earnest given beforehand |
| forehard | fore- + hard, hardened in front |
| forehatchway | fore- + hatchway, forward hatchway |
| forehent | fore- + hent, to seize beforehand |
| forehill | fore- + hill, a hill in front |
| forehinting | fore- + hinting, hinting beforehand |
| foreimagination | fore- + imagination, imagining in advance |
| foreimagine | fore- + imagine, to imagine beforehand |
| foreimpressed | fore- + impressed, impressed beforehand |
| foreimpression | fore- + impression, a prior impression |
| foreinclined | fore- + inclined, inclined beforehand |
| foreinstruct | fore- + instruct, to instruct beforehand |
| foreiron | fore- + iron, the forward iron of a plough |
| forekeel | fore- + keel, the forward part of the keel |
| foreknee | fore- + knee, the front knee |
| foreknowableness | fore- + knowableness, capacity to be foreknown |
| foreleech | fore- + leech, forward edge of a sail |
| foremarch | fore- + march, the advance march |
| foremark | fore- + mark, a mark set beforehand |
| foremartyr | fore- + martyr, an earlier martyr |
| foremean | fore- + mean, to intend beforehand |
| foremelt | fore- + melt, a preliminary melting |
| foremention | fore- + mention, to mention before |
| foremessenger | fore- + messenger, a forerunning messenger |
| foremisgiving | fore- + misgiving, a misgiving felt beforehand |
| forenews | fore- + news, news given in advance |
| forenotion | fore- + notion, a preconceived notion |
| foreorlop | fore- + orlop, forward orlop deck |
| forepad | fore- + pad, the front foot-pad |
| forepale | fore- + pale, to fence in front |
| forepaled | fore- + paled, fenced in front |
| forepaling | fore- + paling, fencing set in front |
| forepass | fore- + pass, to pass by beforehand |
| foreplace | fore- + place, to place in front |
| foreplanting | fore- + planting, planting done beforehand |
| foreplot | fore- + plot, to plot beforehand |
| forepointer | fore- + pointer, one that points ahead |
| forepole | fore- + pole, mining, to drive poles ahead |
| forepoled | fore- + poled, supported by forepoles |
| forepoling | fore- + poling, mining, driving poles ahead |
| foreporch | fore- + porch, the outer porch |
| forepost | fore- + post, the forward post |
| forepredicament | fore- + predicament, a prior predicament |
| forepretended | fore- + pretended, pretended beforehand |
| foreprise | fore- + prise, to seize beforehand |
| foreproduct | fore- + product, a preliminary product |
| foreproffer | fore- + proffer, to proffer beforehand |
| foreprovision | fore- + provision, provision made in advance |
| forerake | fore- + rake, forward rake or overhang |
| forereport | fore- + report, to report beforehand |
| forerequest | fore- + request, a request made in advance |
| forerevelation | fore- + revelation, an earlier revelation |
| forerigging | fore- + rigging, rigging of the foremast |
| foreroyal | fore- + royal, the fore-royal sail |
| forerunnings | fore- + runnings, first runnings, precursors |
| foresaddle | fore- + saddle, the forward saddle or cut |
| forescene | fore- + scene, the front scene |
| foreschool | fore- + school, preparatory school |
| foreschooling | fore- + schooling, preliminary schooling |
| foreseason | fore- + season, the early season |
| foreseat | fore- + seat, the front seat |
| foresettle | fore- + settle, to settle beforehand |
| foresettled | fore- + settled, settled in advance |
| foreshoe | fore- + shoe, the front shoe of a horse |
| foreshroud | fore- + shroud, shroud of the foremast |
| foresin | fore- + sin, a sin committed earlier |
| foresinger | fore- + singer, a precentor |
| forespencer | fore- + spencer, the fore trysail (spencer) |
| forestarling | fore- + starling, forward starling of a pier |
| foresteep | fore- + steep, a preliminary steeping |
| forestian | forest + -ian, pertaining to forests |
| forestral | forest + -al, of the forest |
| foresummon | fore- + summon, to summon beforehand |
| foresweat | fore- + sweat, a preliminary sweating |
| foretalking | fore- + talking, talking beforehand |
| foretellableness | foretellable + -ness |
| forethrift | fore- + thrift, thrift exercised in advance |
| foretimed | fore- + timed, timed beforehand |
| foretrace | fore- + trace, to trace out beforehand |
| foretrysail | fore- + trysail, the fore-trysail |
| foreturn | fore- + turn, an earlier turn |
| foreutter | fore- + utter, to utter beforehand |
| forevalue | fore- + value, to value beforehand |
| forevision | fore- + vision, a vision seen in advance |
| forevow | fore- + vow, a vow made beforehand |
| foreween | fore- + ween, to think beforehand |
| forewinning | fore- + winning, winning beforehand |
| forewisdom | fore- + wisdom, wisdom exercised in advance |
| forewonted | fore- + wonted, accustomed beforehand |
| foreworld | fore- + world, the primeval world |
| forfeitableness | forfeitable + -ness |
| forgedly | forged + -ly, in a forged manner |
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