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 |
|---|---|
| nubbliness | nubbly + -ness |
| nugaciousness | nugacious + -ness, triflingness |
| nugify | nuga- + -ify, to make trifling |
| nugilogue | nugi- + -logue, idle trifling talk |
| nullifidianism | nullifidian + -ism, want of faith |
| nullism | null + -ism, doctrine of nothingness |
| numinism | numin- + -ism, belief in numina |
| numskullism | numskull + -ism |
| nunciatory | nunciate + -ory, announcing |
| nunnify | nun + -ify, to make a nun of |
| nutcrackery | nutcrack + -ery, nutcracker work |
| nutritionary | nutrition + -ary |
| nuttishness | nuttish + -ness |
| nympheal | nymph + -eal, of nymphs |
| nymphlin | nymph + -lin, a little nymph |
| nymphwise | nymph + -wise, after the manner of a nymph |
| obambulatory | obambulate + -ory, walking about |
| obfuscable | obfuscate + -able |
| objectation | object + -ation, an objection |
| objectative | object + -ative, objective |
| objurgatrix | objurgator + -trix, a woman who scolds |
| obligationary | obligation + -ary |
| oblivionist | oblivion + -ist |
| obliviscible | oblivisc- + -ible, able to be forgotten |
| obscuranticism | obscurantic + -ism, obscurantism |
| obscuratory | obscurate + -ory, darkening |
| obsecrationary | obsecration + -ary |
| obstructivity | obstructive + -ity |
| obtainableness | obtainable + -ness |
| obtainably | obtainable + -ly |
| obtrusionist | obtrusion + -ist |
| obturatory | obturate + -ory, serving to close |
| occamite | Occam + -ite, follower of Ockham |
| occasionary | occasion + -ary |
| oceaned | ocean + -ed, having an ocean |
| oceanous | ocean + -ous, oceanic |
| octangularness | octangular + -ness |
| octingentenary | L. octingenti + -enary, 800th anniversary |
| octodecillionth | octodecillion + -th |
| odalwoman | odal + -woman, female odal landholder |
| odorable | odor + -able, able to be smelled |
| offendible | offend + -ible |
| officerage | officer + -age, the body of officers |
| offscourer | offscour + -er, one who scours off |
| offward | off + -ward |
| offwards | off + -wards |
| ogrism | ogre + -ism, ogrish quality |
| olamic | olam (Hebrew age) + -ic |
| oleographer | oleograph + -er |
| olericulturally | olericultural + -ly |
| olfactable | olfact- + -able, able to be smelled |
| olivean | olive + -an |
| oliviferous | olive + -iferous, olive-bearing |
| ological | ology + -ical |
| ologistic | ology + -istic |
| olympianwise | Olympian + -wise |
| olympicness | Olympic + -ness |
| omniactuality | omni- + actuality |
| omnidistance | omni- + distance |
| omniessence | omni- + essence |
| omnifidel | omni- + fidel, faithful in all |
| omnifocal | omni- + focal |
| omnigerent | omni- + -gerent, bearing all things |
| omnihuman | omni- + human |
| omnihumanity | omni- + humanity |
| omnimental | omni- + mental |
| omnipregnant | omni- + pregnant |
| omniprevalence | omni- + prevalence |
| omniproduction | omni- + production |
| omniprudence | omni- + prudence |
| omniprudent | omni- + prudent |
| omniregent | omni- + regent, ruling all |
| omnirepresentative | omni- + representative |
| omnirepresentativeness | omni- + representativeness |
| omnirevealing | omni- + revealing |
| omniscribent | omni- + -scribent, writing of all things |
| omniscriptive | omni- + scriptive |
| omnisignificance | omni- + significance |
| omnitenent | omni- + -tenent, holding all things |
| omnitonal | omni- + tonal |
| omnitonality | omni- + tonality |
| omnivalence | omni- + valence |
| omnivalous | omni- + -valous, availing in all |
| omnivision | omni- + vision |
| omnivoracious | omni- + voracious |
| omnivorism | omnivore + -ism |
| onerative | onerate + -ive, burdensome |
| onomastical | onomastic + -al |
| onomatologic | onomatolog(y) + -ic |
| onstand | on- + stand, an onset |
| onstanding | on- + standing |
| onwaiting | on- + waiting, attendance |
| opaloid | opal + -oid |
| ophicleidean | ophicleide + -an |
| opinably | opinable + -ly |
| opiniatedly | opiniated + -ly, obstinately |
| opinionedness | opinioned + -ness |
| opisthographal | opisthograph + -al |
| opisthographical | opisthographic + -al |
| oppugnacy | oppugn + -acy (opposition) |
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