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 |
|---|---|
| insomnolently | insomnolent + -ly, sleeplessly |
| insorbent | insorb + -ent, absorbing inward |
| insordid | in- + sordid, not sordid |
| inspheration | insphere + -ation, enclosing in a sphere |
| inspiritment | inspirit + -ment, the act of inspiriting |
| instanding | in- + standing, standing within, present |
| insteam | in- + steam, to steam or fume inward |
| instillatory | instillate + -ory, pertaining to instilling |
| instinctivist | instinctive + -ist, holder of instinct theory |
| instonement | instone + -ment, turning into stone |
| instructedly | instructed + -ly, in an instructed manner |
| instructionary | instruction + -ary, conveying instruction |
| instructorless | instructor + -less |
| instrumentate | instrument + -ate, to orchestrate |
| instrumentative | instrument + -ative, serving as a means |
| insubstantialize | insubstantial + -ize |
| insubstantiate | in- + substantiate, to render unsubstantial |
| insubstantiation | in- + substantiation |
| insuccessful | in- + successful, unsuccessful |
| insufficientness | insufficient + -ness |
| insulphured | in- + sulphured, impregnated with sulphur |
| insuppressibility | insuppressible + -ity |
| insurgescence | insurge + -escence, a rising into revolt |
| insuspect | in- + suspect, unsuspected |
| inswamp | in- + swamp, to engulf as in a swamp |
| inswathement | inswathe + -ment, a swathing in |
| inswell | in- + swell, to swell inward |
| intaxable | in- + taxable, not taxable |
| intechnicality | in- + technicality, want of technicality |
| integralization | integralize + -ation, making integral |
| integralize | integral + -ize, to make integral |
| intellectation | intellect + -ation, act of intellection |
| intellectible | intellect + -ible, intelligible |
| intemerately | intemerate + -ly, inviolately, purely |
| intemperable | in- + temperable, that cannot be tempered |
| intemperably | in- + temperably, untemperably |
| intemporally | intemporal + -ly, timelessly |
| intenability | in- + tenability, untenableness |
| intendantism | intendant + -ism, government by intendants |
| intendence | intendant + -ence, superintendence |
| intendency | intendant + -ency, the office of an intendant |
| interacademically | inter- + academically |
| interaccessory | inter- + accessory |
| interaccuse | inter- + accuse, to accuse mutually |
| interaccused | inter- + accused |
| interaccusing | inter- + accusing |
| interadaption | inter- + adaption, mutual adaptation |
| interaffiliate | inter- + affiliate |
| interaffiliated | inter- + affiliated |
| interaffiliation | inter- + affiliation |
| interagglutinate | inter- + agglutinate |
| interagglutinated | inter- + agglutinated |
| interagglutinating | inter- + agglutinating |
| interagglutination | inter- + agglutination |
| interagree | inter- + agree, to agree mutually |
| interagreed | inter- + agreed |
| interagreeing | inter- + agreeing |
| interalliance | inter- + alliance, mutual alliance |
| interally | inter- + ally, a mutual ally |
| interantagonism | inter- + antagonism, mutual antagonism |
| interassure | inter- + assure, to assure each other |
| interassured | inter- + assured |
| interassuring | inter- + assuring |
| interbalance | inter- + balance, to counterbalance mutually |
| interbalanced | inter- + balanced |
| interbalancing | inter- + balancing |
| interbanded | inter- + banded, banded alternately |
| interbanking | inter- + banking, between banks |
| intercalm | inter- + calm, a calm between |
| intercessionate | intercession + -ate, to intercede |
| intercessionment | intercession + -ment, an interceding |
| interchaff | inter- + chaff, to banter mutually |
| intercharge | inter- + charge, mutual charge or exchange |
| intercharged | inter- + charged |
| intercharging | inter- + charging |
| interchase | inter- + chase, to chase or ornament between |
| interchased | inter- + chased |
| interchasing | inter- + chasing |
| intercheck | inter- + check, mutual check |
| interchoke | inter- + choke, to choke one another |
| interchoked | inter- + choked |
| interchoking | inter- + choking |
| intercircled | inter- + circled, circled about mutually |
| intercircling | inter- + circling |
| interclasp | inter- + clasp, to clasp one another |
| intercohesion | inter- + cohesion, mutual cohesion |
| intercollegian | inter- + collegian, between collegians |
| intercolonization | inter- + colonization |
| intercolonize | inter- + colonize, to colonize mutually |
| intercolonized | inter- + colonized |
| intercolonizing | inter- + colonizing |
| intercommunional | intercommunion + -al |
| intercomplexity | inter- + complexity, mutual complexity |
| intercomplimentary | inter- + complimentary |
| intercondenser | inter- + condenser, an intermediate condenser |
| interconfound | inter- + confound, to confound together |
| intercontorted | inter- + contorted, twisted together |
| intercosmically | inter- + cosmically, between worlds |
| intercreate | inter- + create, to create mutually |
| intercreated | inter- + created |
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