Real Words Without Definition
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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 · 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 | The base word |
|---|---|
| lamperses | lampers + -es, lampas of horses |
| landslidden | landslide + -en, past participle |
| landslided | landslide + -ed |
| langrages | langrage + -s, langrage shot |
| langrels | langrel + -s, langrel shot |
| lanitals | lanital + -s, casein wool fibre |
| lanosities | lanosity + -ies |
| larbolins | larbolin + -s, men of the larboard watch |
| larbowlines | larbowline + -s, the larboard watch |
| larghissimos | larghissimo + -s |
| larksomes | larksome + -s |
| larvariums | larvarium + -s, larva-rearing cages |
| laryngopharynxes | laryngopharynx + -es |
| lasking | lask + -ing, nautical, sailing with wind abaft the beam |
| latensified | latensify + -ied |
| latensifying | latensify + -ing |
| leachier | leachy + -er, more porous |
| leachiest | leachy + -est, most porous |
| leachmen | leachman + plural, workers at leaching vats |
| leadier | leady + -er, more leadlike |
| leadiest | leady + -est, most leadlike |
| leannesses | leanness + -es |
| leasemen | leaseman + plural |
| leatherfishes | leatherfish + -es |
| leatmen | leatman + plural |
| leavier | leavy (leafy) + -er |
| leaviest | leavy (leafy) + -est |
| lechayims | lechayim + -s, Hebrew toast "to life" |
| legaleses | legalese + -es |
| legislatrices | legislatrix, Latin plural |
| legislatrixes | legislatrix + -es |
| legrooms | legroom + -s |
| lehayims | lehayim + -s, Hebrew toast "to life" |
| lehrmen | lehrman + plural, glass-annealing-oven workers |
| lehrsmen | lehrsman + plural |
| lenticulating | lenticulate + -ing |
| lepidoses | lepidosis, plural, scale arrangements |
| lestobioses | lestobiosis, plural, thievish ant symbioses |
| letterspaced | letterspace + -ed |
| leucaethiopes | leucaethiop, Latin plural -es |
| leucones | leucon + -es, sponges of the leucon type |
| leukons | leukon + -s |
| levining | levin (lightning) + -ing, flashing |
| lewisites | lewisite + -s, the arsenical war gas or mineral |
| lienectomies | lienectomy + -ies |
| lieprooflier | lieproof + -lier, comparative of lie-proof |
| lieproofliest | lieproof + -liest, superlative of lie-proof |
| liferented | liferent + -ed, held in Scots liferent |
| liferenting | liferent + -ing |
| liminesses | liminess + -es, states of being limy |
| limmata | limma + -ta, Greek plural of limma |
| lingier | lingy + -er, more overgrown with ling |
| lingiest | lingy + -est, most overgrown with ling |
| liniest | liny + -est, most marked with lines |
| linkier | linky + -er, more full of links |
| linkiest | linky + -est, most full of links |
| linteling | lintel + -ing, furnishing with a lintel |
| lintelling | lintel + -ing (doubled-l spelling) |
| linums | linum + -s, flax plants |
| lippered | lipper + -ed, rippled (of water) |
| lippering | lipper + -ing, rippling |
| lipperings | lippering + -s, ripplings of water |
| lippers | lipper + -s, ripples on water |
| liriodendra | liriodendron + -a, the tulip-trees |
| lissotriches | lissothrix + -es, the straight-haired races |
| listerelloses | listerellosis + -es, Listerella infections |
| listeriases | listeriasis + -es |
| lithonephrotomies | lithonephrotomy + -ies |
| liverberries | liverberry + -ies, the twisted-stalk |
| liverleaves | liverleaf + -ves, the hepaticas |
| localed | local (v.) + -ed |
| localing | local (v.) + -ing |
| localled | local (v.) + -led, doubled-l spelling |
| localling | local (v.) + -ling |
| locoisms | locoism + -s |
| locutoria | locutorium + -a, monastery parlours |
| loed | loe + -d (Scots lo'e, to love) |
| loeing | loe + -ing (Scots, loving) |
| logeia | logeion + -a, stage platforms |
| loggier | loggy + -er, more sluggish |
| loggiest | loggy + -est |
| loginesses | loginess + -es |
| logoes | logo + -es |
| logotypies | logotypy + -ies |
| lomata | loma + -ta, fringes or margins |
| lonenesses | loneness + -es |
| longanimities | longanimity + -ies |
| longirostrines | longirostrine + -s |
| lootsmans | lootsman + -s |
| lophosteons | lophosteon + -s |
| loppier | loppy + -er, more limp |
| loppiest | loppy + -est |
| lordomas | lordoma + -s |
| louseberries | louseberry + -ies |
| louvering | louver + -ing |
| lovemans | loveman + -s |
| loviers | lovier + -s |
| lucences | lucence + -s |
| luggies | luggie + -s, Scots wooden bowls |
| lulabim | lulab + -im, Hebrew plural of lulab |
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