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 |
|---|---|
| internodian | internode + -ian |
| internunciess | internuncio + -ess, female messenger |
| internuptials | inter- + nuptials |
| interoptic | inter- + optic |
| interoscillate | inter- + oscillate |
| interoscillated | inter- + oscillated |
| interoscillating | inter- + oscillating |
| interparenthetic | inter- + parenthetic |
| interpass | inter- + pass |
| interpave | inter- + pave |
| interpaved | inter- + paved |
| interpaving | inter- + paving |
| interpendent | inter- + pendent |
| interpervade | inter- + pervade |
| interpervaded | inter- + pervaded |
| interpervading | inter- + pervading |
| interpervasive | inter- + pervasive |
| interpervasively | interpervasive + -ly |
| interpervasiveness | interpervasive + -ness |
| interpilastering | inter- + pilastering |
| interplication | inter- + plication, a folding between |
| interplight | inter- + plight, to pledge mutually |
| interpollinate | inter- + pollinate |
| interpollinated | inter- + pollinated |
| interpollinating | inter- + pollinating |
| interportal | inter- + portal |
| interpour | inter- + pour |
| interpressure | inter- + pressure |
| interproportional | inter- + proportional |
| interquarrel | inter- + quarrel |
| interquarreled | inter- + quarreled |
| interquarreling | inter- + quarreling |
| interradiate | inter- + radiate |
| interradiated | inter- + radiated |
| interradiating | inter- + radiating |
| interradiation | inter- + radiation |
| interran | inter- + ran, past of interrun |
| interreceive | inter- + receive |
| interreceived | inter- + received |
| interreceiving | inter- + receiving |
| interrecord | inter- + record |
| interreflect | inter- + reflect |
| interregency | inter- + regency |
| interregionally | interregional + -ly |
| interreligiously | interreligious + -ly |
| interresist | inter- + resist |
| interresistance | inter- + resistance |
| interresistibility | inter- + resistibility |
| interresponsible | inter- + responsible |
| interresponsive | inter- + responsive |
| interreticular | inter- + reticular |
| interright | inter- + right |
| interriven | inter- + riven |
| interrogatedness | interrogated + -ness |
| interruled | inter- + ruled |
| interruling | inter- + ruling |
| interrunning | inter- + running |
| intersalute | inter- + salute |
| intersaluted | inter- + saluted |
| intersaluting | inter- + saluting |
| interscription | inter- + scription, something written between |
| interseminal | inter- + seminal, between the seeds |
| interseminate | inter- + seminate, to sow between |
| interseminated | inter- + seminated |
| interseminating | inter- + seminating |
| intersentimental | inter- + sentimental |
| intershade | inter- + shade |
| intershaded | inter- + shaded |
| intershading | inter- + shading |
| intershifting | inter- + shifting |
| intershooting | inter- + shooting |
| intersituate | inter- + situate |
| intersituated | inter- + situated |
| intersituating | inter- + situating |
| intersoil | inter- + soil |
| intersole | inter- + sole, a sole laid between |
| intersoled | inter- + soled |
| intersoling | inter- + soling |
| interspeech | inter- + speech |
| interspiral | inter- + spiral |
| interspire | inter- + spire (arch. 'to breathe') |
| intersqueeze | inter- + squeeze |
| intersqueezed | inter- + squeezed |
| intersqueezing | inter- + squeezing |
| interstrive | inter- + strive |
| interstriven | inter- + striven |
| interstriving | inter- + striving |
| interstrove | inter- + strove |
| interstructure | inter- + structure |
| intersubsistence | inter- + subsistence |
| intersystematically | intersystematical + -ly |
| intertear | inter- + tear |
| intertessellation | inter- + tessellation |
| interthing | inter- + thing |
| interthronging | inter- + thronging |
| intertinge | inter- + tinge |
| intertinged | inter- + tinged |
| intertinging | inter- + tinging |
| intertoll | inter- + toll, between toll stations |
| intertouch | inter- + touch |
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