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 |
|---|---|
| miggles | miggle + -s, playing marbles |
| miggs | migg + -s, playing marbles |
| miladis | miladi + -s |
| milesimos | milesimo + -s |
| milliluces | millilux, Latin plural -luces |
| milliluxes | millilux + -es |
| millimicra | millimicron, Latin plural -micra |
| miltier | milty + -er, fuller of milt |
| miltiest | milty + -est |
| mimesises | mimesis + -es |
| mimmocking | mimmock + -ing, mincing, trifling |
| minatories | minatory + -ies |
| minkfishes | minkfish + -es |
| mirexes | mirex + -es (the insecticide) |
| mirinesses | miriness + -es |
| mismoshes | mismosh + -es |
| misogamies | misogamy + -ies |
| missilries | missilry + -ies |
| mitises | mitis + -es (mitis metal) |
| moier | moy + -er (Scots moy, gentle) |
| moiest | moy + -est (Scots moy, gentle) |
| moireed | moire + -ed, watered (fabric) |
| moireing | moire + -ing |
| moitier | moity + -er |
| moitiest | moity + -est |
| molified | molify + -ied |
| molifying | molify + -ing |
| moling | mole (verb) + -ing, burrowing |
| molmen | molman + -men (plural) |
| momuses | Momus + -es |
| monandries | monandry + -ies |
| moneying | money + -ing |
| mongoes | mongo + -es |
| monogenies | monogeny + -ies |
| monographes | monograph + -es |
| monotropies | monotropy + -ies |
| monurons | monuron + -s |
| moorier | moory + -er |
| mooriest | moory + -est |
| mopeier | mopey + -er |
| mopeiest | mopey + -est |
| moronisms | moronism + -s |
| mouldies | mouldy + -ies |
| mousees | mousee + -s |
| moviedoms | moviedom + -s |
| moxieberries | moxieberry + -ies |
| moxies | moxie + -s |
| mucidities | mucidity + -ies |
| mucors | mucor + -s, moulds of genus Mucor |
| muggered | mugger (to hawk pots) + -ed |
| muggering | mugger (to hawk pots) + -ing |
| munsters | munster (cheese) + -s |
| muspikes | muspike + -s |
| musseled | mussel + -ed |
| mycologies | mycology + -ies |
| myelencephalons | myelencephalon + -s |
| myologies | myology + -ies |
| mysosts | mysost + -s, Norwegian whey cheeses |
| mythogeneses | mythogenesis + -es |
| mythopoetised | mythopoetise + -d |
| mythopoetising | mythopoetise + -ing |
| myxocytes | myxocyte + -s |
| myxogasteres | myxogaster + -es |
| myxopodia | myxopodium + -a |
| nabobisms | nabobism + -s |
| naethings | naething (Scots nothing) + -s |
| naganas | nagana + -s, African cattle disease |
| narcisms | narcism + -s |
| narcohypnoses | narcohypnosis + -es |
| narcomas | narcoma + -s, drug-induced stupors |
| narcomata | narcoma + -ta, Greek plural |
| narcotherapies | narcotherapy + -ies |
| nauticals | nautical + -s, nautical matters |
| nearaways | nearaway + -s |
| nectarised | nectarise + -ed |
| nectarising | nectarise + -ing |
| neencephala | neencephalon + -a (Greek plural) |
| neencephalons | neencephalon + -s |
| negotiatrixes | negotiatrix + -es |
| neoplasmata | neoplasma + -ta (Greek plural) |
| neostyled | neostyle + -ed |
| neostyling | neostyle + -ing |
| nephrisms | nephrism + -s |
| nettlier | nettly + -ier |
| nettliest | nettly + -iest |
| neurofibrillae | neurofibrilla + -ae (Latin plural) |
| nicotinised | nicotinise + -ed |
| nicotinising | nicotinise + -ing |
| nided | nide + -ed, to nest or brood |
| nifling | nifle + -ing, to trifle |
| niggardised | niggardise + -ed |
| niggardising | niggardise + -ing |
| niggardized | niggardize + -ed |
| niggardizing | niggardize + -ing |
| nighnesses | nighness + -es |
| nitered | niter + -ed, treated with niter |
| nitering | niter + -ing |
| nitons | niton + -s, radon |
| nitos | nito + -s, a Philippine climbing fern |
| nitred | nitre + -ed, treated with nitre |
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