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 |
|---|---|
| medicinableness | medicinable + -ness |
| medicinalness | medicinal + -ness |
| mediodepressed | medio- + depressed, depressed in the middle |
| meditatedly | meditated + -ly |
| meekling | meek + -ling, a meek person |
| megadynamics | mega- + dynamics |
| megafog | mega- + fog, a powerful fog signal |
| megalopolistic | megalopolis + -tic |
| megaphotographic | mega- + photographic |
| megaphotography | mega- + photography |
| megasynthetic | mega- + synthetic |
| melancholiousness | melancholious + -ness |
| melancholyish | melancholy + -ish |
| melioratively | meliorative + -ly |
| melodial | melody + -al, melodic |
| melodially | melodial + -ly |
| melodical | melodic + -al |
| melotragedy | melo- + tragedy, a musical tragedy |
| melotragic | melo- + tragic |
| membrally | membral + -ly |
| menaceable | menace + -able |
| mendee | mend + -ee, one for whom a thing is mended |
| mendicantism | mendicant + -ism |
| menialness | menial + -ness |
| menialty | menial + -ty, menial condition |
| menopausic | menopause + -ic |
| mensalize | mensal + -ize, to convert to mensal use |
| mensurableness | mensurable + -ness |
| mentalistically | mentalistic + -ally |
| mentimutation | menti- + mutation, change of mind |
| merchanteer | merchant + -eer |
| merchanter | merchant + -er, a trader |
| merriless | merry + -less, joyless |
| mesmerite | mesmerism + -ite, a practiser of mesmerism |
| mesmerizability | mesmerizable + -ity |
| mesmeromaniac | mesmero- + maniac |
| mesopeak | meso- + peak, an intermediate peak |
| metagnosticism | meta- + gnosticism |
| metallary | metal + -ary, pertaining to metals |
| metallish | metal + -ish, somewhat metallic |
| metamorphosian | metamorphosis + -ian, of metamorphosis |
| metanotion | meta- + notion, notion about notions |
| metanotions | meta- + notions |
| metaphysicous | metaphysic + -ous, metaphysical |
| metapolitic | meta- + politic |
| metasymbol | meta- + symbol, symbol denoting symbols |
| meteorital | meteorite + -al |
| metership | meter + -ship, office of an official measurer |
| methodaster | method + -aster, a petty methodizer |
| methodics | method + -ics, the science of method |
| methodisty | Methodist + -y, somewhat Methodist |
| metorganism | met(a)- + organism, a supra-organism |
| metreship | metre + -ship, office of an official measurer |
| metrise | metre + -ise, to put into metre |
| metropolic | metropol(is) + -ic, metropolitan |
| mezentism | Mezentius + -ism, tyrannical cruelty |
| miasmatize | miasmat- + -ize, to infect with miasma |
| miauer | miau + -er, one that miaus |
| micrify | micr- + -fy, to make minute |
| microapparatus | micro- + apparatus |
| microburner | micro- + burner |
| microcoat | micro- + coat, an extremely thin coating |
| microcosmian | microcosm + -ian |
| microdimensions | micro- + dimensions |
| microestimation | micro- + estimation |
| micrograver | micro- + graver, fine engraving tool |
| microjump | micro- + jump, a very short jump |
| microjumps | micro- + jumps |
| micrologue | micro- + -logue, a petty treatise or triviality |
| microspacing | micro- + spacing, spacing in tiny increments |
| midified | midi + -fied, made midi-length |
| midlandize | midland + -ize |
| midlandward | midland + -ward |
| midpit | mid- + pit |
| midwinterly | midwinter + -ly |
| mightfully | mightful + -ly |
| mightfulness | mightful + -ness |
| mignonness | mignon + -ness, daintiness |
| mildful | mild + -ful, gentle |
| mildfulness | mildful + -ness |
| militaristical | militaristic + -al |
| militaryment | military + -ment, military affairs |
| milksoppiness | milksoppy + -ness |
| milksopping | milksop + -ing, playing the milksop |
| milksoppishness | milksoppish + -ness |
| millennialistic | millennialist + -ic |
| millering | miller + -ing, working as a miller |
| millocratism | millocrat + -ism, rule by mill-owners |
| miltlike | milt + -like, resembling fish milt |
| minhagic | minhag + -ic, of Jewish custom |
| miniatureness | miniature + -ness |
| minikinly | minikin + -ly |
| minimuscular | mini- + muscular, with very small muscles |
| minionism | minion + -ism |
| ministeriable | ministerial + -able, fit for office |
| ministerialism | ministerial + -ism |
| ministral | minister + -al, ministerial |
| minorage | minor + -age, minority |
| minutation | minute + -ation, a making small |
| mirkish | mirk + -ish, somewhat dark |
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