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
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | How it is built |
|---|---|
| juvenolatry | juveno- + -latry, worship of youth |
| juxtamarine | juxta- + marine |
| kakistocratical | kakistocratic + -al |
| katabolically | katabolic + -ally |
| kavaic | kava + -ic |
| kefiric | kefir + -ic |
| ketchcraft | ketch + -craft (Jack Ketch, hangman's trade) |
| kiddishness | kiddish + -ness |
| kiloblock | kilo- + block |
| kilograin | kilo- + grain |
| kiloline | kilo- + line, a thousand magnetic lines |
| kilometrical | kilo- + metrical |
| kindlesome | kindle + -some |
| kindlessly | kindless + -ly, unnaturally |
| kirkify | kirk + -ify |
| kirver | kirve + -er, a collier who undercuts |
| kishy | kish + -y |
| kisswise | kiss + -wise |
| knappishly | knappish + -ly, snappishly |
| knickknackish | knickknack + -ish |
| knublet | knub + -let |
| krypticism | kryptic + -ism, secrecy, hiddenness |
| laborability | labor + -ability, capacity for work |
| laborage | labor + -age, payment for labour |
| laboratorially | laboratorial + -ly |
| labordom | labor + -dom, the world of labour |
| laboredness | labored + -ness |
| laborhood | labor + -hood, the condition of labour |
| laboristic | laborist + -ic |
| laborousness | laborous (obs. laborious) + -ness |
| laborsomely | laborsome + -ly |
| laborsomeness | laborsome + -ness |
| labouredness | laboured + -ness, Brit. spelling |
| lachrymalness | lachrymal + -ness |
| lackbrainedness | lackbrained + -ness |
| lackerer | lacker + -er, one who lacquers |
| lackwittedly | lackwitted + -ly |
| laconicness | laconic + -ness |
| laconizer | laconize + -er, one who imitates the Spartans |
| ladronize | ladron + -ize, to play the robber |
| ladyishly | ladyish + -ly |
| ladyishness | ladyish + -ness |
| lamblikeness | lamblike + -ness |
| lambly | lamb + -ly, lamblike |
| lanceteer | lancet + -eer, one who uses a lancet |
| lanciferous | lance + -iferous, bearing a lance |
| landage | land + -age, a due paid for land |
| landladydom | landlady + -dom |
| landlooker | landlook + -er, US timber cruiser |
| landloping | landlope + -ing, vagabondizing |
| landspringy | landspring + -y, full of land-springs |
| landswoman | landsman + -woman, a woman living on land |
| languorment | languor + -ment |
| lanuginousness | lanuginous + -ness |
| lapeler | lapel + -er, one that makes lapels |
| lappage | lap + -age, an overlapping of land claims |
| lapstreaker | lapstreak + -er, a clinker-built boat |
| laputically | Laputical + -ly, in a visionary manner |
| larcenable | larcen- + -able, capable of being stolen |
| larcenish | larceny + -ish, somewhat thievish |
| larcenousness | larcenous + -ness |
| lardiform | lard + -iform, resembling lard |
| largishness | largish + -ness |
| largitional | largition + -al, of the giving of largess |
| larkishness | larkish + -ness |
| larkling | lark + -ling, a young lark |
| larlike | lar (household god) + -like |
| larrikinalian | larrikin + -alian, rowdy (Australian) |
| larvule | larva + -ule, a small larva |
| lascarine | lascar + -ine, of East Indian sailors |
| lasciviently | lascivient + -ly, wantonly |
| lashness | lash (slack, soft) + -ness |
| lassieish | lassie + -ish |
| lateliness | lately + -ness, recentness |
| latemost | late + -most, latest |
| latentize | latent + -ize, to render latent |
| latiniform | Latin + -iform, Latin in form |
| latinitaster | Latin + -itaster, a smatterer in Latin |
| latrial | latria + -al, of supreme worship |
| latrially | latrial + -ly, with the worship due to God |
| latrian | latria + -an, pertaining to latria |
| laudification | laud + -ification, a praising |
| launchplex | launch + -plex, a launch complex |
| laureal | laurea + -al, of the laurel |
| lavational | lavation + -al, of washing |
| lavishingly | lavishing + -ly, in a lavish manner |
| layery | layer + -y, disposed in layers |
| lazarous | lazar + -ous, leprous |
| lazyship | lazy + -ship, mock title "his lazyship" |
| leadage | lead (carry) + -age, charge for carting |
| leatherlikeness | leatherlike + -ness |
| leavenish | leaven + -ish, somewhat leavened |
| ledgerdom | ledger + -dom, the world of account books |
| leechkin | leech + -kin, a little leech |
| leerish | leer + -ish, inclined to leer |
| leftments | left + -ment(s), leavings, remnants |
| legatorial | legator + -ial, of a testator |
| legatory | legate + -ory, of a legate or legacy |
| lengthsomeness | lengthsome + -ness, tediously long quality |
| leprosed | leprose + -ed, affected with leprosy |
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