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 |
|---|---|
| forgeful | forge + -ful, given to forging or inventing |
| forjudger | forjudge + -er, one who forjudges |
| forjudgment | forjudge + -ment, deprivation by judgment |
| formably | formable + -ly |
| formism | form + -ism, doctrine of forms |
| formity | form + -ity, quality of having form |
| formly | form + -ly, in due form |
| formularist | formulary + -ist, one who sticks to formulas |
| forthcall | forth- + call, to call forth |
| forthfigured | forth- + figured, set forth in figure |
| forthteller | forthtell + -er, one who declares openly |
| fortunation | fortunate + -ion, a making fortunate |
| fortunous | fortune + -ous, fortunate, lucky |
| forumize | forum + -ize, to discuss in a forum |
| fossage | fosse + -age, ditching, ditch-work |
| fossilage | fossil + -age, fossil condition |
| fossilation | fossil + -ation, fossilization |
| fourscorth | fourscore + -th, eightieth |
| foursquarely | foursquare + -ly |
| foxtailed | foxtail + -ed, having a foxtail |
| fractionlet | fraction + -let, a small fraction |
| fracturableness | fracturable + -ness |
| framableness | framable + -ness |
| frameableness | frameable + -ness |
| franklinism | Franklin + -ism, Franklin's electrical doctrine |
| franklinist | Franklin + -ist, adherent of Franklinism |
| fraternate | fraternal + -ate, to fraternize |
| fraternation | fraternate + -ion, fraternization |
| fraudlessness | fraudless + -ness |
| frayedly | frayed + -ly |
| freckliness | freckly + -ness |
| freemasonical | freemason + -ical |
| freeward | free + -ward, toward freedom |
| freewheelingness | freewheeling + -ness |
| freightment | freight + -ment, the act of freighting |
| frenchen | French + -en, to make French |
| frenzic | frenzy + -ic, frenzied |
| freshment | fresh + -ment, refreshment |
| fretish | fret + -ish, somewhat fretful |
| fretize | fret + -ize, to work in fretwork |
| frettage | fret + -age, fretwork |
| frettation | fret + -ation, a fretting |
| fretways | fret + -ways, in fret fashion |
| fretwise | fret + -wise, in the manner of a fret |
| friarling | friar + -ling, a petty friar |
| fribblery | fribble + -ry, frivolity, trifling |
| frictionable | friction + -able |
| friendliwise | friendly + -wise, in a friendly manner |
| frighteningness | frightening + -ness |
| frighter | fright + -er, one who frightens |
| friskle | frisk + -le, to frisk about |
| frolickly | frolic + -ly |
| frontingly | fronting + -ly |
| frontlessness | frontless + -ness, shamelessness |
| frostation | frost + -ation, damage or coating by frost |
| frostbiter | frostbite + -er |
| frounceless | frounce + -less, without wrinkles |
| frowsiness | frowsy + -ness |
| frowzly | frowzy + -ly, frowzily |
| fructiferously | fructiferous + -ly |
| fructiferousness | fructiferous + -ness |
| frugiferousness | frugiferous + -ness |
| fruitester | fruit + -ster, a woman fruit-seller |
| fruitist | fruit + -ist, a fruit-grower |
| fuelizer | fuelize + -er, device that makes fuel |
| fuglemanship | fugleman + -ship |
| fulcrumage | fulcrum + -age, leverage |
| fulgentness | fulgent + -ness |
| fuliginousness | fuliginous + -ness |
| fullonian | L. fullo + -ian, pertaining to fullers |
| fulvidness | fulvid + -ness, tawniness |
| fumify | fume + -ify, to smoke or fumigate |
| fumishly | fumish + -ly, angrily, hotly |
| functionarism | functionary + -ism, bureaucracy |
| functionation | function + -ation |
| functionize | function + -ize |
| fundatorial | fundator + -ial, of a founder |
| funerally | funeral + -ly |
| funereality | funereal + -ity |
| funerealness | funereal + -ness |
| funestal | funest + -al, deadly, fatal |
| fungify | fungus + -ify, to turn into fungus |
| fungistatically | fungistatic + -ally |
| furaciousness | furacious + -ness, thievishness |
| furbishable | furbish + -able |
| furbishment | furbish + -ment |
| furfuraceously | furfuraceous + -ly |
| furied | fury + -ed, maddened |
| furify | fury + -ify, to make furious |
| furiousity | furious + -ity, furiousness |
| furnishness | furnish + -ness |
| furriered | furrier + -ed |
| furzery | furze + -ery, a place grown with furze |
| fusinist | fusain + -ist, a charcoal draftsman |
| fussification | fussify + -cation, a making fussy |
| fussify | fussy + -ify |
| fustigatory | fustigate + -ory, of cudgelling |
| futilize | futile + -ize |
| futuric | future + -ic |
| gaddish | gad + -ish, inclined to rove |
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