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 |
|---|---|
| nobled | noble + -ed, obsolete verb, ennobled |
| nobling | noble + -ing, obsolete verb, ennobling |
| noesises | noesis + -es |
| noggs | nogg + -s, wooden blocks or nogs |
| nolos | nolo + -s, nolo contendere pleas |
| nomisms | nomism + -s |
| nonaries | nonary + -ies, groups of nine |
| normated | normate + -ed, brought to a norm |
| norseled | norsel + -ed, fitted with net-cords |
| norseling | norsel + -ing, fastening a net with norsels |
| notandums | notandum + -s, things to be noted |
| nouses | nous + -es, minds or intellects |
| nucleolini | nucleolinus + -i, plural |
| nugacities | nugacity + -ies |
| numinouses | numinous + -es, used as a noun |
| nunned | nun + -ed, made a nun of |
| nunning | nun + -ing, living as a nun |
| obeahisms | obeahism + -s |
| obias | obia + -s, obeah charms |
| obiisms | obiism + -s |
| obnounced | obnounce + -ed |
| obnouncing | obnounce + -ing |
| obstetricies | obstetricy + -ies |
| occasionings | occasioning + -s |
| octaemera | octaemeron + -a, plural |
| octavaria | octavarium + -a, plural |
| odometries | odometry + -ies |
| odyles | odyl + -es |
| odyls | odyl + -s |
| oedipuses | Oedipus + -es |
| oenomels | oenomel + -s |
| ogrisms | ogrism + -s |
| oicks | oick + -s, variant of oiks |
| oilberries | oilberry + -ies |
| oilstoned | oilstone + -ed |
| oilstoning | oilstone + -ing |
| oinologies | oinology + -ies |
| oinomels | oinomel + -s |
| ombers | omber + -s (the card game) |
| ombrellinos | ombrellino + -s (small canopy) |
| oncoses | oncosis + -es |
| onerosities | onerosity + -ies |
| onomatopoieses | onomatopoiesis + -es |
| oofier | oofy + -er (slang, rich) |
| oofiest | oofy + -est |
| oogenies | oogeny + -ies |
| oophorectomizing | oophorectomize + -ing |
| oophoridiums | oophoridium + -s |
| ooralis | oorali + -s (curare) |
| oozinesses | ooziness + -es |
| operatrices | operatrix + -ices |
| operceles | opercele + -s |
| opinicuses | opinicus + -es (heraldic beast) |
| opisthodomoses | opisthodomos + -es |
| opiumisms | opiumism + -s |
| optometries | optometry + -ies |
| ordinarier | ordinary + -er (comparative) |
| organographies | organography + -ies |
| organzined | organzine + -ed (twisted as organzine silk) |
| orgiacs | orgiac + -s (orgiastic rites) |
| orologies | orology + -ies (studies of mountains) |
| orpins | orpin + -s (orpine plants) |
| oscillometries | oscillometry + -ies |
| osculatrixes | osculatrix + -es |
| ostensibilities | ostensibility + -ies |
| ostoses | ostosis + -es (bone formation) |
| ostosises | ostosis + -es, double plural |
| otidia | otidium + -a, plural |
| otolaryngologies | otolaryngology + -ies |
| oughted | ought (to owe) + -ed |
| oughting | ought (to owe) + -ing |
| ouraris | ourari (curare) + -s |
| ovalnesses | ovalness + -es |
| ovaritides | ovaritis + -ides, plural |
| overest | over + -est, uppermost (archaic superlative) |
| overmuches | overmuch + -es |
| oxbloods | oxblood + -s |
| oxozonides | oxozonide + -s |
| oxyphiles | oxyphile + -s |
| oxyphils | oxyphil + -s |
| oyers | oyer + -s |
| pachadoms | pachadom + -s |
| pachisis | pachisi + -s |
| pachoulis | pachouli + -s |
| packnesses | packness + -es |
| packwaxes | packwax + -es |
| padouks | padouk + -s |
| paeanized | paeanize + -d |
| paeanizing | paeanize + -ing |
| pagandoms | pagandom + -s |
| pagurians | pagurian + -s |
| paiked | paik + -ed, Scots to beat |
| paiking | paik + -ing |
| paized | paize + -ed, dial. to poise or weigh |
| paizing | paize + -ing |
| palaeontologies | palaeontology + -ies |
| palaestrics | palaestric + -s, the art of wrestling |
| palamae | palama + -ae, webbing of a bird's foot |
| palankeened | palankeen + -ed |
| palankeening | palankeen + -ing |
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