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 |
|---|---|
| haberdasheress | haberdasher + -ess |
| habilimental | habiliment + -al |
| habilimentary | habiliment + -ary |
| habitatal | habitat + -al |
| hackneyedly | hackneyed + -ly |
| hackneyism | hackney + -ism |
| haffkinize | Haffkine + -ize, to inoculate as Haffkine |
| haggadal | haggada + -al |
| haggadical | haggada + -ical |
| hagiolith | hagio- + -lith, a saint's stone |
| hagiologically | hagiological + -ly |
| hagrider | hagride + -er, one who hag-rides |
| halachist | halacha + -ist, Jewish legal scholar |
| halakistic | halakist + -ic |
| halcyonic | halcyon + -ic, calm |
| halcyonine | halcyon + -ine, kingfisher-like |
| halituosity | halituous + -ity, vaporousness |
| halterlike | halter + -like |
| halterproof | halter + -proof |
| hamital | Hamite + -al, of the Hamites |
| hamitoid | Hamite + -oid, resembling the Hamites |
| hamletize | Hamlet + -ize |
| hamperedly | hampered + -ly |
| hamperedness | hampered + -ness |
| handfastness | handfast + -ness, firmness of grip |
| hanifism | hanif + -ism, pre-Islamic monotheism |
| hanoverianize | Hanoverian + -ize |
| hanoverize | Hanover + -ize |
| hansardization | Hansard + -ization |
| hardenedness | hardened + -ness |
| harebrainedly | harebrained + -ly |
| harebrainedness | harebrained + -ness |
| harlequina | harlequin + -a, a female harlequin |
| harnessless | harness + -less |
| harperess | harper + -ess, a female harper |
| harpingly | harping + -ly |
| harpoonlike | harpoon + -like |
| harpwise | harp + -wise |
| harrowment | harrow + -ment |
| harvardize | Harvard + -ize |
| hashery | hash + -ery, a cheap eating-house |
| haskness | hask (dial. dry, harsh) + -ness |
| hastefully | hasteful + -ly |
| hasteproof | haste + -proof |
| hastifly | hastif (obs. hasty) + -ly |
| hastifness | hastif (obs. hasty) + -ness |
| hattism | hat + -ism |
| hattize | hat + -ize |
| haulster | haul + -ster, one who hauls |
| hauncher | haunch + -er |
| hauranitic | Hauran + -itic, of Hauran in Syria |
| havenet | haven + -et, a small haven |
| havenful | haven + -ful |
| haverer | haver (Scots, to talk nonsense) + -er |
| haviored | havior + -ed |
| havioured | haviour + -ed |
| hawseman | hawse + -man, hand at the hawse-hole |
| headlongwise | headlong + -wise |
| healder | heald (heddle) + -er |
| healsomeness | healsome (wholesome) + -ness |
| healthsomely | healthsome + -ly |
| heartsoreness | heartsore + -ness |
| heartward | heart + -ward |
| heatlike | heat + -like |
| heatsman | heats + -man, workman tending a heat |
| hebetative | hebetate + -ive |
| hederaceously | hederaceous (ivy-like) + -ly |
| hegelizer | Hegelize + -er |
| hegumeny | hegumen + -y, office of a hegumen |
| helioculture | helio- + culture, use of sunlight |
| helioengraving | helio- + engraving |
| heliogabalize | Heliogabalus + -ize |
| heliolator | helio- + -lator, sun-worshipper |
| heliophotography | helio- + photography |
| heliotypically | heliotypic + -ally |
| helleboraceous | hellebore + -aceous |
| hellness | hell + -ness |
| helotize | helot + -ize |
| helver | helve + -er, one who fits handles |
| hemicrystalline | hemi- + crystalline |
| hemiform | hemi- + form |
| hemiphrase | hemi- + phrase |
| hemiplane | hemi- + plane, a half-plane |
| hemisymmetrical | hemi- + symmetrical |
| hemisymmetry | hemi- + symmetry |
| hemisystematic | hemi- + systematic |
| henwise | hen + -wise, after the manner of a hen |
| herbagious | herbage + -ious, abounding in herbage |
| herbarism | herbar- + -ism, herb-lore, herbalism |
| herbivorism | herbivor(ous) + -ism, plant-eating habit |
| herbosity | herbose + -ity, herbaceous growth |
| heredital | heredit- + -al, hereditary |
| hereditative | heredit- + -ative, hereditary |
| hereticator | hereticate + -or, one who brands heretics |
| heroarchy | hero + -archy, rule by heroes |
| heromonger | hero + -monger, dealer in heroes |
| heroologist | heroology + -ist, student of hero-lore |
| heroology | hero + -ology, the lore of heroes |
| hetaeristic | hetaerist + -ic, of hetaerism |
| hetericist | heteria + -ist, member of a Greek hetaeria |
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