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 |
|---|---|
| asteep | a- + steep, soaking in steep |
| astrictively | astrictive + -ly |
| astrictiveness | astrictive + -ness |
| astroalchemist | astro- + alchemist |
| astrographer | astrograph + -er |
| astrohatch | astro- + hatch, sextant hatch |
| astrologistic | astrologist + -ic |
| astrologous | astrolog- + -ous, of astrology |
| astrospectral | astro- + spectral |
| astrospectroscopic | astro- + spectroscopic |
| aswash | a- + swash, washing about |
| atechnical | a- + technical |
| ateeter | a- + teeter, teetering |
| athenianly | Athenian + -ly |
| atheticize | athetic + -ize, to reject as spurious |
| atmosphereful | atmosphere + -ful |
| atmospherium | atmosphere + -ium, weather theater |
| atomiferous | atom + -iferous |
| atomistical | atomistic + -al |
| atoneable | atone + -able |
| atrail | a- + trail, trailing |
| attackingly | attacking + -ly |
| attentionality | attentional + -ity |
| atterminement | attermine + -ment |
| attitudist | attitude + -ist |
| attractableness | attractable + -ness |
| attroopment | attroop + -ment, a gathering in troops |
| audioemission | audio- + emission |
| audubonistic | Audubonist + -ic |
| aulical | aulic + -al, courtly |
| aulicism | aulic + -ism, courtliness |
| aureately | aureate + -ly |
| aureateness | aureate + -ness |
| aureoline | aureol- + -ine, golden yellow |
| aureously | aureous + -ly |
| auriculately | auriculate + -ly |
| auriscopically | auriscopic + -ally |
| auteciously | autecious + -ly |
| auteciousness | autecious + -ness |
| autoaddress | auto- + address |
| autobiology | auto- + biology |
| autoboating | auto- + boating, motor boating |
| autocall | auto- + call |
| autochemical | auto- + chemical |
| autocomplexes | auto- + complexes |
| autoconverter | auto- + converter (electrical) |
| autocorrosion | auto- + corrosion |
| autocraticalness | autocratical + -ness |
| autodiagrammatic | auto- + diagrammatic |
| autodrainage | auto- + drainage |
| autoelevation | auto- + elevation |
| autoepigraph | auto- + epigraph |
| autogauge | auto- + gauge |
| autoheader | auto- + header, harvesting machine |
| autohypnotically | autohypnotic + -ally |
| autoindex | auto- + index |
| autointellectual | auto- + intellectual |
| autoirrigation | auto- + irrigation |
| autojigger | auto- + jigger |
| autojuggernaut | auto- + juggernaut |
| autolithographer | autolithograph + -er |
| autologist | autology + -ist |
| automechanical | auto- + mechanical |
| automonstration | auto- + monstration, self-showing |
| autonavigator | auto- + navigator |
| autophytically | autophytic + -ally |
| autopolo | auto- + polo, polo played in motorcars |
| autopoloist | autopolo + -ist |
| autopositive | auto- + positive |
| autopotent | auto- + potent |
| autoprogressive | auto- + progressive |
| autoprothesis | auto- + prothesis, self-supplied prosthesis |
| autopsychology | auto- + psychology |
| autoreflection | auto- + reflection |
| autoregenerator | auto- + regenerator |
| autoscience | auto- + science |
| autosight | auto- + sight, automatic gunsight |
| autoslip | auto- + slip |
| autostandardization | auto- + standardization |
| autosuppression | auto- + suppression |
| autosymbolic | auto- + symbolic |
| autosymbolical | auto- + symbolical |
| autosymbolically | auto- + symbolically |
| autotheater | auto- + theater |
| autotractor | auto- + tractor |
| autoturning | auto- + turning |
| autourine | auto- + urine, one's own urine |
| autovalet | auto- + valet |
| autovalve | auto- + valve |
| autoxidizer | auto- + oxidizer |
| auxetical | auxetic + -al, promoting growth |
| auxiliation | auxiliate + -ion, the giving of help |
| auxinically | auxinic + -ally, as regards auxin |
| auxoaction | auxo- + action, growth-promoting action |
| auxosubstance | auxo- + substance, growth-promoting substance |
| availer | avail + -er, one who avails |
| avanious | avania + -ous, extortionate |
| avenous | a- + venous, without veins |
| aviational | aviation + -al |
| aviatoriality | aviatorial + -ity |
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