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 |
|---|---|
| inactionist | inaction + -ist |
| inadequative | inadequate + -ive |
| inadequatively | inadequative + -ly |
| inadhesive | in- + adhesive |
| inadjustability | inadjustable + -ity |
| inadjustable | in- + adjustable |
| inadulterate | in- + adulterate, unadulterated |
| inadvertisement | in- + advertisement, inadvertence |
| inaffably | inaffable + -ly, not affably |
| inaffectation | in- + affectation, freedom from it |
| inagglutinability | inagglutinable + -ity |
| inagglutinable | in- + agglutinable |
| inaggressive | in- + aggressive |
| inagile | in- + agile |
| inaidible | in- + aidible, that cannot be helped |
| inamissibility | inamissible + -ity, theology |
| inamoration | inamorate + -ion, state of being in love |
| inamovability | inamovable + -ity, law, irremovability |
| inangulate | in- + angulate, not angled |
| inapathy | in- + apathy, want of apathy |
| inapostate | in- + apostate, not apostate |
| inapperceptible | in- + apperceptible |
| inappertinent | in- + appertinent, not belonging |
| inappetible | in- + appetible, not desirable |
| inapprehensibly | inapprehensible + -ly |
| inappropriableness | inappropriable + -ness |
| inapropos | in- + apropos |
| inark | in- + ark, to enclose in an ark |
| inarm | in- + arm, to embrace |
| inarmed | in- + armed, embraced |
| inarming | in- + arming, embracing |
| inarms | in- + arms, embraces |
| inassimilation | in- + assimilation |
| inbowed | in- + bowed, arched inward |
| inbreather | inbreathe + -er |
| inbringer | inbring + -er, one who brings in |
| incalendared | in- + calendared, entered in a calendar |
| incanton | in- + canton, to form into cantons |
| incapacitator | incapacitate + -or |
| incaptivate | in- + captivate, to take captive |
| incarnalise | in- + carnalise, to make carnal |
| incarnalize | in- + carnalize, to make carnal |
| incarnationist | incarnation + -ist |
| incarve | in- + carve, to carve into |
| incavern | in- + cavern, to shut in a cavern |
| incendiarize | incendiary + -ize |
| incensurably | in- + censurable + -ly |
| inchest | in- + chest, to put in a chest |
| inchling | inch + -ling, a tiny creature |
| inchurch | in- + church, to receive into the church |
| incidentalist | incidental + -ist |
| incirclet | in- + circlet, to encircle |
| incircumspectness | incircumspect + -ness |
| incitory | incite + -ory, tending to incite |
| incivic | in- + civic, unpatriotic |
| inclusory | include + -ory, tending to include |
| incoached | in- + coach + -ed, put into a coach |
| incoffin | in- + coffin, to lay in a coffin |
| incognitive | in- + cognitive |
| incognoscent | in- + cognoscent, not knowing |
| incoherentific | incoherent + -ific, producing incoherence |
| incombustion | in- + combustion, a burning within |
| incommend | in- + commend, to entrust |
| incommiscibility | in- + commiscibility, unmixableness |
| incommutableness | incommutable + -ness |
| incompacted | in- + compacted, not compacted |
| incompactly | incompact + -ly |
| incompensation | in- + compensation, want of compensation |
| incompliantly | incompliant + -ly |
| incomplicate | in- + complicate, not complicated |
| incomplying | in- + complying, not complying |
| incomposedly | incomposed + -ly, in a disordered way |
| incomposure | in- + composure, want of composure |
| incompressibly | incompressible + -ly |
| inconcinnately | inconcinnate + -ly |
| inconcurrent | in- + concurrent, not concurring |
| incondensibility | incondensible + -ity |
| inconditioned | in- + conditioned, absolute |
| inconfirm | in- + confirm, not firm, unconfirmed |
| inconfirmed | in- + confirmed |
| inconfusedly | inconfused + -ly |
| inconfusion | in- + confusion, freedom from confusion |
| incongealableness | incongealable + -ness |
| inconjoinable | in- + conjoinable |
| inconnexion | in- + connexion, want of connection |
| inconsciently | inconscient + -ly |
| inconsciously | inconscious + -ly |
| inconsecutively | inconsecutive + -ly |
| inconsidered | in- + considered, unconsidered |
| inconsistable | in- + consistable, unable to stand together |
| inconsolately | inconsolate + -ly |
| inconsumed | in- + consumed, unconsumed |
| incontaminateness | incontaminate + -ness |
| incontemptible | in- + contemptible, not contemptible |
| incontinuity | in- + continuity, want of continuity |
| incontraction | in- + contraction, a drawing inward |
| incontrolled | in- + controlled, uncontrolled |
| inconversibility | in- + conversibility, unconvertibleness |
| inconvinced | in- + convinced, unconvinced |
| inconvincedly | inconvinced + -ly |
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