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 |
|---|---|
| irrecognizability | ir- + recognizability |
| irrecognizably | ir- + recognizably |
| irrecognizant | ir- + recognizant |
| irreconciliability | ir- + reconciliability |
| irreconciliably | ir- + reconciliably |
| irredressibility | ir- + redressibility |
| irredressible | ir- + redressible |
| irredressibly | ir- + redressibly |
| irreflectively | ir- + reflectively |
| irregularism | irregular + -ism |
| irregulation | ir- + regulation |
| irreliability | ir- + reliability |
| irreligionize | irreligion + -ize |
| irremeably | irremeable + -ly, admitting no return |
| irrenderable | ir- + renderable |
| irrepassable | ir- + repassable |
| irrepealableness | irrepealable + -ness |
| irrepentant | ir- + repentant |
| irrepentantly | irrepentant + -ly |
| irreprehensibility | ir- + reprehensibility |
| irrepressive | ir- + repressive |
| irreproductive | ir- + reproductive |
| irresilience | ir- + resilience |
| irresiliency | ir- + resiliency |
| irresolubility | ir- + resolubility |
| irresonance | ir- + resonance |
| irresonant | ir- + resonant |
| irrespectability | ir- + respectability |
| irrespectable | ir- + respectable |
| irrespectful | ir- + respectful |
| irrespondence | ir- + respondence |
| irrestrainably | ir- + restrainably |
| irrestrictive | ir- + restrictive |
| irresultive | ir- + resultive, without result |
| irretraceably | ir- + retraceably |
| irrevealably | ir- + revealably |
| irreverentialism | irreverential + -ism |
| irreverentially | irreverential + -ly |
| irrevertible | ir- + revertible |
| irriguousness | irriguous + -ness |
| irruptible | irrupt + -ible |
| islandologist | island + -ologist |
| isling | isle + -ling, a small island |
| ismaelitical | Ismaelite + -ical |
| ismal | ism + -al |
| ismaticalness | ismatical + -ness |
| ismdom | ism + -dom |
| ismy | ism + -y |
| israeliteship | Israelite + -ship |
| isthmics | isthm(us) + -ics |
| isthmist | isthm(us) + -ist |
| isthmistic | isthm(us) + -istic |
| isthmistical | isthm(us) + -istical |
| isthmistics | isthm(us) + -istics |
| itemy | item + -y |
| iterately | iterate + -ly |
| jackyarder | jackyard + -er |
| jaculative | jaculate + -ive |
| jaculatorial | jaculatory + -al |
| jadery | jade + -ery |
| jadeship | jade + -ship |
| jailage | jail + -age, fee for imprisonment |
| jammedness | jammed + -ness |
| japonizer | japonize + -er |
| jargonizer | jargonize + -er |
| jaseyed | jasey (wig) + -ed |
| jeerproof | jeer + -proof |
| jelliedness | jellied + -ness |
| jellily | jelly + -ly |
| jellydom | jelly + -dom |
| jellylikeness | jellylike + -ness |
| jeopardious | jeopardy + -ous, hazardous |
| jeopardousness | jeopardous + -ness |
| jestproof | jest + -proof |
| jestwise | jest + -wise |
| jettywise | jetty + -wise |
| jimberjawed | jimberjaw + -ed |
| jitneuse | jitney + -euse, woman jitney driver |
| jobbernowlism | jobbernowl (blockhead) + -ism |
| jobmonger | job + -monger |
| jockeyish | jockey + -ish |
| jocundry | jocund + -ry, mirth |
| jogtrottism | jog-trot + -ism |
| johnnydom | johnny + -dom |
| jolterheadedness | jolterheaded + -ness |
| joltheaded | jolthead + -ed |
| jonahism | Jonah + -ism, bringing bad luck |
| jonathanization | Jonathan + -ization, Americanizing |
| joulean | Joule + -ean |
| journalary | journal + -ary |
| journalish | journal + -ish |
| jovialistic | jovialist + -ic |
| joylet | joy + -let |
| joyproof | joy + -proof |
| jubileal | jubilee + -al |
| judicatorial | judicatory + -al |
| jumboesque | jumbo + -esque |
| jumpness | jump + -ness |
| justicehood | justice + -hood |
| juvenilify | juvenile + -ify |
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