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 · 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 |
|---|---|
| piasavas | piasava + -s, piassava fibers |
| pibloktos | piblokto + -s, fits of Arctic hysteria |
| pibroches | pibroch + -es |
| pickwicks | pickwick + -s, lamp-wick picks |
| piclorams | picloram + -s, the herbicide |
| piezochemistries | piezochemistry + -ies |
| pikeblennies | pikeblenny + -ies |
| pilaued | pilau + -ed, dressed as pilau |
| pinkfishes | pinkfish + -es |
| pinocles | pinocle + -s, games of pinochle |
| pipiest | pipy + -est |
| pippier | pippy + -er, fuller of pips |
| pippiest | pippy + -est |
| pistrices | pistrix + -ices, Latin plural, sea-monsters |
| pixinesses | pixiness + -es |
| pizazzes | pizazz + -es |
| pizzazzes | pizzazz + -es |
| plangents | plangent + -s |
| plashier | plashy + -ier |
| plashiest | plashy + -iest |
| plastrums | plastrum + -s |
| platodes | platode + -s |
| playwears | playwear + -s |
| plenisms | plenism + -s |
| plessors | plessor + -s |
| pleustons | pleuston + -s, surface-floating organisms |
| plotties | plottie + -s, Scots hot spiced drink |
| plumbisms | plumbism + -s, lead poisoning |
| plumbums | plumbum + -s, Latin name for lead |
| plumiest | plumy + -est |
| plussages | plussage + -s |
| podiatries | podiatry + -ies |
| poechores | poechore + -s |
| pokinesses | pokiness + -es |
| polariscoped | polariscope + -ed, examined by polariscope |
| polariscoping | polariscope + -ing |
| polybrids | polybrid + -s |
| polychasia | plural of polychasium |
| polyglotting | polyglot (v.) + -ing |
| polyhedrals | polyhedral + -s |
| polytenies | polyteny + -ies |
| ponticellos | ponticello + -s |
| poortiths | poortith + -s, Scots poverty |
| porching | porch (v.) + -ing |
| porions | porion + -s |
| porkfishes | porkfish + -es |
| porkwoods | porkwood + -s |
| poromata | poroma + -ta, plural of poroma |
| posteriorums | posteriorum + -s, jocular for the buttocks |
| postnotums | postnotum + -s (insect thoracic plate) |
| potenties | potentie + -s, obsolete plural of potency |
| poussies | poussie + -s, Scots for cats |
| powderies | powdery + -ies, plural |
| poyous | poyou + -s, South American armadillos |
| pretextae | pretexta + -ae, Roman bordered togas |
| prevalencies | prevalency + -ies |
| previsors | previsor + -s, those who foresee |
| priseres | prisere + -s, primary seres |
| privier | privy + -er, more privy |
| proagones | proagon + -es, Greek plural |
| procarps | procarp + -s |
| procedured | procedure + -ed, verbal use of procedure |
| proceduring | procedure + -ing |
| proctologies | proctology + -ies |
| prolans | prolan + -s |
| proletarised | proletarise + -ed |
| proletarising | proletarise + -ing |
| propenols | propenol + -s, chemistry |
| propolises | propolis + -es, bee glue |
| propomata | propoma + -ta, drinks taken before a meal |
| prosecutrices | prosecutrix + -ices, plural |
| prosenchymas | prosenchyma + -s, plant tissue |
| prosenchymata | prosenchyma + -ta, Greek plural |
| prosos | proso + -s, broomcorn millet |
| prostades | prostas + -des, Greek vestibules |
| prosternums | prosternum + -s, entomology |
| providoring | providore + -ing, acting as a purveyor |
| psiloses | psilosis + -es |
| pterodactyli | Pterodactylus + Latin plural -i |
| ptyalectases | ptyalectasis + -es |
| puckerier | puckery + -ier |
| puckeriest | puckery + -iest |
| pulleries | pullery + -ies |
| puninesses | puniness + -es |
| pupillometries | pupillometry + -ies |
| puppydoms | puppydom + -s |
| purporters | purporter + -s |
| pussleys | pussley + -s, purslane |
| pusslies | pussly + -ies, purslane |
| pyelitises | pyelitis + -es |
| pygmyisms | pygmyism + -s |
| pyins | pyin + -s, a protein of pus |
| pylorouses | pylorous + -es |
| pyoses | pyosis + -es, suppuration |
| pyrologies | pyrology + -ies |
| pyrosises | pyrosis + -es, attacks of heartburn |
| qiviuts | qiviut + -s, musk-ox underwool |
| quagmirier | quagmiry + -er |
| quagmiriest | quagmiry + -est |
| queachier | queachy + -er, boggier |
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