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 |
|---|---|
| musicophysical | musico- + physical |
| musicotherapies | musico- + therapies |
| musicproof | music + -proof |
| musicry | music + -ry, music collectively |
| muskified | musk + -ify + -ed, made musky |
| muslinette | muslin + -ette, a coarse muslin |
| musseler | mussel + -er, gatherer of mussels |
| musterial | muster + -ial, of a muster |
| mustify | must + -ify, to make musty |
| mutescence | mute + -escence, becoming mute |
| mutivity | mute + -ivity, muteness |
| myriological | myriologue + -ical, of Greek funeral dirges |
| myriotheism | myrio- + theism, belief in countless gods |
| myriotheist | myrio- + theist |
| myrrhophore | myrrh + -phore, myrrh-bearer |
| mystific | mystify + -ic, tending to mystify |
| mystifically | mystific + -ally |
| mythogeny | myth + -geny, origin of myths |
| mythogonic | mythogony + -ic |
| mythogony | myth + -gony, genesis of myths |
| mythometer | myth + -ometer, gauge of the mythical |
| mythopastoral | mytho- + pastoral |
| mythopoeism | mythopoe- + -ism, myth-making |
| mythopoesy | mytho- + poesy, myth-making |
| mythopoetise | mytho- + poetise, to turn into myth |
| nabalism | Nabal + -ism, churlish behavior |
| nabalite | Nabal + -ite, a churl |
| nabalitic | Nabalite + -ic |
| nabobically | nabobical + -ly |
| nacarine | nacarat + -ine, bright orange-red |
| nacreousness | nacreous + -ness |
| nacrine | nacre + -ine, pearly |
| naggly | nag + -ly, given to nagging |
| narcostimulant | narco- + stimulant |
| narcotherapist | narco- + therapist |
| narcoticalness | narcotical + -ness |
| narcoticness | narcotic + -ness |
| narrowy | narrow + -y, somewhat narrow |
| narwhalian | narwhal + -ian |
| natteredness | nattered + -ness, peevishness |
| navalistically | navalistic + -ally |
| nazirate | nazir(ite) + -ate, the office of a Nazirite |
| naziritic | Nazirite + -ic |
| nebulescent | nebule + -escent, becoming cloudy |
| nebuliferous | nebula + -ferous, bearing nebulae |
| nectareousness | nectareous + -ness |
| nectarise | nectar + -ise, to turn to nectar |
| nefandousness | nefandous + -ness, abominableness |
| negationalist | negational + -ist |
| negrine | negro + -ine |
| negritize | Negrito + -ize |
| negritoid | Negrito + -oid |
| negrotic | negro + -tic |
| neighborer | neighbor + -er, one who lives near |
| neighborlikeness | neighborlike + -ness |
| neighbourer | neighbour + -er (British spelling) |
| neoacademic | neo- + academic |
| neochristianity | neo- + Christianity |
| neocolonially | neocolonial + -ly |
| neoconstructivism | neo- + constructivism |
| neoconstructivist | neo- + constructivist |
| neocubist | neo- + cubist |
| neodadaism | neo- + Dadaism |
| neodadaist | neo- + Dadaist |
| neoexpressionism | neo- + expressionism |
| neoexpressionist | neo- + expressionist |
| neolater | neo- + -later, worshipper of novelty |
| neomiracle | neo- + miracle |
| nephalistic | nephalism + -istic, teetotal |
| neronize | Nero + -ize, to act like Nero |
| nettably | nettable + -ly, so as to be netted |
| neuralist | neural + -ist |
| neuroelectricity | neuro- + electricity |
| neuropsychical | neuro- + psychical |
| newbornness | newborn + -ness |
| newfangledism | newfangled + -ism |
| nicesome | nice + -some |
| niggardize | niggard + -ize, to make niggardly |
| niggardling | niggard + -ling, a petty miser |
| nighish | nigh + -ish, somewhat near |
| nightingalize | nightingale + -ize, to sing like a nightingale |
| nihilitic | nihility + -ic, of nothingness |
| nimrodize | Nimrod + -ize, to play the hunter |
| nincompoophood | nincompoop + -hood |
| ninnyship | ninny + -ship, mock title for a fool |
| nitently | nitent + -ly, shiningly |
| nivellization | nivellize + -ation, a levelling down |
| noblify | noble + -ify, to ennoble |
| noctipotent | nocti- + potent, mighty by night |
| nocuousness | nocuous + -ness |
| noilage | noil + -age, waste noils from combing |
| noiler | noil + -er, one who or machine that noils |
| noisefulness | noiseful + -ness |
| nomenclatorship | nomenclator + -ship |
| nominalistical | nominalistic + -al |
| nonabatable | non- + abatable |
| nonabdicative | non- + abdicative |
| nonabidingly | non- + abidingly |
| nonabidingness | non- + abidingness |
| nonabjuration | non- + abjuration |
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