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 Β· sorted A to Z Β· 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 |
|---|---|
| nonlicit | non- + licit, not lawful |
| nonlinkage | non- + linkage |
| nonliquefiable | non- + liquefiable |
| nonliquidly | non- + liquidly |
| nonliteracy | non- + literacy |
| nonliterality | non- + literality |
| nonliteralness | non- + literalness |
| nonliterarily | non- + literarily |
| nonliterariness | non- + literariness |
| nonlitigated | non- + litigated |
| nonlitigiously | non- + litigiously |
| nonlitigiousness | non- + litigiousness |
| nonliturgic | non- + liturgic |
| nonliturgically | non- + liturgically |
| nonlocation | non- + location |
| nonlogicality | non- + logicality |
| nonlogicalness | non- + logicalness |
| nonlogistic | non- + logistic |
| nonloyally | non- + loyally |
| nonloyalties | non- + loyalty, plural |
| nonloyalty | non- + loyalty |
| nonlubricant | non- + lubricant |
| nonlubricating | non- + lubricating |
| nonlubricious | non- + lubricious |
| nonlubriciously | non- + lubriciously |
| nonlubriciousness | non- + lubriciousness |
| nonlucidity | non- + lucidity |
| nonlucidly | non- + lucidly |
| nonlucidness | non- + lucidness |
| nonlucratively | non- + lucratively |
| nonlucrativeness | non- + lucrativeness |
| nonlugubrious | non- + lugubrious |
| nonlugubriously | non- + lugubriously |
| nonlugubriousness | non- + lugubriousness |
| nonluminescence | non- + luminescence |
| nonluminously | non- + luminously |
| nonluminousness | non- + luminousness |
| nonlustrously | non- + lustrously |
| nonlustrousness | non- + lustrousness |
| nonlyrically | non- + lyrically |
| nonlyricalness | non- + lyricalness |
| nonlyricism | non- + lyricism |
| nonmagnetical | non- + magnetical |
| nonmagnetically | non- + magnetically |
| nonmakeup | non- + makeup |
| nonmalarian | non- + malarian |
| nonmaliciously | non- + maliciously |
| nonmaliciousness | non- + maliciousness |
| nonmalignance | non- + malignance |
| nonmalignantly | non- + malignantly |
| nonmalignity | non- + malignity |
| nonmalleability | non- + malleability |
| nonmalleableness | non- + malleableness |
| nonmandatories | non- + mandatories |
| nonmanifestly | non- + manifestly |
| nonmanifestness | non- + manifestness |
| nonmanipulatory | non- + manipulatory |
| nonmannered | non- + mannered |
| nonmanneristic | non- + manneristic |
| nonmaritally | non- + maritally |
| nonmarketability | non- + marketability |
| nonmarriageability | non- + marriageability |
| nonmarriageableness | non- + marriageableness |
| nonmartially | non- + martially |
| nonmartialness | non- + martialness |
| nonmarveling | non- + marveling |
| nonmasculinely | non- + masculinely |
| nonmasculineness | non- + masculineness |
| nonmasculinity | non- + masculinity |
| nonmasteries | non- + masteries |
| nonmaterialistically | non- + materialistically |
| nonmathematic | non- + mathematic |
| nonmatrimonially | non- + matrimonially |
| nonmaturation | non- + maturation |
| nonmaturative | non- + maturative |
| nonmaturely | non- + maturely |
| nonmatureness | non- + matureness |
| nonmeasurableness | non- + measurableness |
| nonmeasurably | non- + measurably |
| nonmechanicalness | non- + mechanicalness |
| nonmediation | non- + mediation |
| nonmediative | non- + mediative |
| nonmedicable | non- + medicable |
| nonmedicative | non- + medicative |
| nonmeditative | non- + meditative |
| nonmeditatively | non- + meditatively |
| nonmeditativeness | non- + meditativeness |
| nonmelodically | non- + melodically |
| nonmelodiously | non- + melodiously |
| nonmelodiousness | non- + melodiousness |
| nonmelodramatically | non- + melodramatically |
| nonmelting | non- + melting |
| nonmendicancy | non- + mendicancy |
| nonmendicant | non- + mendicant |
| nonmenially | non- + menially |
| nonmercenaries | non- + mercenaries |
| nonmetallurgic | non- + metallurgic |
| nonmetallurgically | non- + metallurgically |
| nonmetamorphoses | non- + metamorphoses |
| nonmetamorphosis | non- + metamorphosis |
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