Real Words Without Definition
We're sure about this one.
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 |
|---|---|
| heterization | heterize + -ation, making unlike |
| heterize | hetero- + -ize, to render unlike |
| heteroclital | heteroclite + -al, irregularly inflected |
| heterographical | heterographic + -al, of irregular spelling |
| heteronomic | heteronomy + -ic, subject to another's law |
| hexametrographer | hexameter + -grapher, writer of hexameters |
| hibernologist | Hibernia + -ology + -ist, student of Irish lore |
| hibernology | Hibernia + -ology, study of Irish antiquities |
| hickified | hick + -ified, made hickish |
| hickishness | hickish + -ness |
| hieroglyphologist | hieroglyphology + -ist |
| hieromachy | hiero- + -machy, strife over sacred things |
| hierophanticly | hierophantic + -ly |
| highbinding | highbind(er) + -ing, ruffianly conduct |
| hillet | hill + -et, a little hill |
| himward | him + -ward, toward him |
| himwards | him + -wards, toward him |
| hinderfully | hinderful + -ly |
| hingeways | hinge + -ways, hinge-fashion |
| hippian | hipp- + -ian, pertaining to horses |
| hippocentauric | hippocentaur + -ic |
| hippogastronomy | hippo- + gastronomy, the eating of horseflesh |
| hippomachy | hippo- + -machy, combat on horseback |
| hippophagistical | hippophagist + -ical |
| hippopod | hippo- + -pod, a horse-footed being |
| hispaniolate | Hispaniol- + -ate, to make Spanish |
| histographically | histographical + -ly |
| historician | historic + -ian, a historian |
| historicocabbalistical | historico- + cabbalistical |
| historicophysical | historico- + physical |
| hittitics | Hittit(e) + -ics, Hittite studies |
| hoaxability | hoax + -ability |
| hoblike | hob + -like |
| holobaptist | holo- + baptist, a total-immersionist |
| homesome | home + -some, homelike |
| hominify | homini- + -fy, to make human |
| homocategoric | homo- + categoric |
| homocentrically | homocentrical + -ly |
| homogenealness | homogeneal + -ness |
| homogenetically | homogenetical + -ly |
| homogonously | homogonous + -ly |
| homometrically | homometrical + -ly |
| homoousianist | homoousian + -ist |
| homoousiast | homoousi(an) + -ast, a homoousian |
| homoperiodic | homo- + periodic |
| homotaxially | homotaxial + -ly |
| homotonously | homotonous + -ly |
| honorableship | honorable + -ship |
| honoress | honor + -ess, a female honorer |
| hookedwise | hooked + -wise, in a hooked manner |
| hookwormer | hookworm + -er |
| hoovey | hoove + -y, affected with hoove (cattle bloat) |
| hoplomachic | hoplomachy + -ic, of gladiatorial combat |
| hoplomachist | hoplomachy + -ist, a gladiator or fencer |
| hopperette | hopper + -ette, a small hopper |
| horrorish | horror + -ish |
| horseess | horse + -ess, a female horse |
| horselaugher | horselaugh + -er |
| horsemastership | horsemaster + -ship |
| horser | horse + -er, one who supplies horses |
| horsify | horse + -ify, to make horselike |
| horsyism | horsy + -ism |
| hospodariat | hospodar + -iat, office of a hospodar |
| hospodariate | hospodar + -iate, a hospodar's territory |
| hostly | host + -ly, in the manner of a host |
| hotchpotchly | hotchpotch + -ly |
| hotelhood | hotel + -hood |
| housebrokenness | housebroken + -ness |
| housekeeperlike | housekeeper + -like |
| hucklebacked | huckleback + -ed, round-shouldered |
| huddledom | huddle + -dom |
| hugeousness | hugeous + -ness |
| huggery | hug + -ery, the practice of hugging |
| hulkage | hulk + -age |
| hulkily | hulky + -ly |
| hulkiness | hulky + -ness |
| hulkingness | hulking + -ness |
| humdrummish | humdrum + -ish |
| humdrummishness | humdrummish + -ness |
| humidate | humid + -ate, to moisten |
| hummingly | humming + -ly |
| humoralistic | humoralist + -ic, of humoral pathology |
| humorer | humor + -er, one who humors another |
| humoresquely | humoresque + -ly |
| humorific | humor + -ific, producing humor |
| hurdlewise | hurdle + -wise |
| hurricanize | hurricane + -ize |
| hurrygraph | hurry + -graph, a hasty sketch or note |
| husbandress | husband + -ress, a female husbandman |
| hutcher | hutch + -er, one who makes or tends hutches |
| hutchet | hutch + -et, a small hutch |
| hydrocyclist | hydrocycle + -ist, a rider of a hydrocycle |
| hydroextract | hydro- + extract (to spin water out) |
| hydromantical | hydromantic + -al (of divining by water) |
| hydromantically | hydromantical + -ly |
| hydromonoplane | hydro- + monoplane (a seaplane) |
| hydroplaner | hydroplane + -er (one that hydroplanes) |
| hydropropulsion | hydro- + propulsion (water-jet drive) |
| hydroseparation | hydro- + separation (ore washing) |
| hydrotherapeutical | hydrotherapeutic + -al |
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