Real Words Without Definition
We're sure about this one.
A plural or a tense of a word that is already obscure, so the whole thing disappears twice over.
logoes is logo plus -es. landslided is landslide plus -ed. furiouser is furious plus -er. clanning is clan plus -ing.
Dictionaries list the base word and expect you to work out the rest. That works for a reader and not at all for a lookup script.
2,925 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 | The base word |
|---|---|
| furmenties | furmenty + -ies |
| furmeties | furmety + -ies |
| furmities | furmity + -ies |
| furzier | furzy + -er |
| furziest | furzy + -est |
| fusels | fusel + -s |
| fusiladed | fusilade + -ed |
| fusilades | fusilade + -s |
| fusilading | fusilade + -ing |
| fusulae | fusula + -ae |
| fusulas | fusula + -s |
| futharcs | futharc + -s |
| fyces | fyce + -s |
| galyacs | galyac + -s |
| gambeered | gambeer + -ed |
| gambeering | gambeer + -ing |
| gambirs | gambir + -s |
| gamenesses | gameness + -es |
| gaminesses | gaminess + -es |
| gangliomas | ganglioma + -s |
| gangliomata | ganglioma + -ta |
| ganoses | ganosis + -es |
| gantleting | gantlet + -ing |
| gaposises | gaposis + -es |
| garred | gar + -red, Scots "made, caused" |
| gashest | gash + -est, Scots adj. superlative |
| gastnesses | gastness + -es, ghastliness |
| gastraeas | gastraea + -s |
| gastreas | gastrea + -s (variant of gastraea) |
| gauntleting | gauntlet + -ing |
| gelidities | gelidity + -ies |
| gemologies | gemology + -ies |
| gemses | gemse + -s, chamois |
| gentrices | gentrice + -s, gentility |
| geognosies | geognosy + -ies |
| geophagies | geophagy + -ies |
| geranials | geranial + -s |
| gerontotherapies | gerontotherapy + -ies |
| gestapos | gestapo + -s |
| gigsmen | gigsman, plural |
| gingeleys | gingeley + -s |
| gingelies | gingely + -ies |
| gingelis | gingeli + -s |
| gingilis | gingili + -s |
| ginnier | ginny + -er |
| ginniest | ginny + -est |
| gipons | gipon + -s |
| gjetosts | gjetost + -s |
| gladier | glady + -er |
| gladiest | glady + -est |
| glairier | glairy + -er |
| glairiest | glairy + -est |
| gleetier | gleety + -er |
| gleetiest | gleety + -est |
| glegnesses | glegness + -es |
| globigerinas | globigerina + -s |
| glochines | glochis, plural glochines (barbs) |
| gloggs | glogg + -s |
| glomi | glomus, plural glomi |
| glossinas | glossina + -s, tsetse flies |
| glosts | glost + -s, glazed ware |
| glottologies | glottology + -ies |
| glowflies | glowfly + -ies |
| glucinums | glucinum + -s, old name for beryllium |
| glunched | glunch + -ed, Scots to scowl |
| glunching | glunch + -ing |
| glycerolyses | glycerolysis + -es |
| gnattier | gnatty + -er |
| gnattiest | gnatty + -est |
| gnetums | gnetum + -s |
| gnotobiologies | gnotobiology + -ies |
| gobans | goban + -s, Japanese go boards |
| goddamming | goddam + -ing |
| goddamning | goddamn + -ing |
| gogglier | goggly + -ier |
| goggliest | goggly + -iest |
| goldanged | goldang (US euphem. for goddamn) + -ed |
| goldarnedest | goldarned + -est, US euphemism |
| goldarns | goldarn + -s, US euphemism for goddamn |
| goldurned | goldurn (US euphemism) + -ed |
| goldurnedest | goldurned + -est |
| goldurns | goldurn + -s |
| gombroons | gombroon (Persian white ware) + -s |
| gomerels | gomerel (Scots fool) + -s |
| gomutis | gomuti (Malay sugar palm) + -s |
| gonangiums | gonangium (hydroid capsule) + -s |
| goniums | gonium (colonial green alga) + -s |
| goodwilies | goodwily (Scots, well-wishing) + -es |
| gools | gool (dial. corn marigold) + -s |
| gorinesses | goriness + -es |
| gorsier | gorsy + -ier |
| gourded | gourd + -ed, of a horse swollen in the legs |
| gourding | gourd + -ing |
| gowds | gowd (Scots gold, or marigold) + -s |
| goxes | gox (gaseous oxygen) + -es |
| graftages | graftage + -s |
| grainering | grainer + -ing, graining leather |
| gramaries | gramary (occult learning) + -ies |
| gramaryes | gramarye + -s |
| grapeys | grapey + -s |
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