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 |
|---|---|
| salvifics | salvific + -s, the doctrine of salvation |
| samshus | samshu + -s, Chinese rice spirit |
| sandaling | sandal + -ing |
| sandalling | sandal + -ing, with the l doubled |
| sanenesses | saneness + -es |
| sarcoadenomas | sarcoadenoma + -s |
| sarcoadenomata | sarcoadenoma + -ta, Greek plural |
| sarcocarcinomas | sarcocarcinoma + -s |
| sarcocarcinomata | sarcocarcinoma + -ta, Greek plural |
| sarcoenchondromas | sarcoenchondroma + -s |
| sarcoenchondromata | sarcoenchondroma + -ta, Greek plural |
| sassies | sassy + -ies, plural of the sassy tree |
| satinleaves | satinleaf + -ves, the tree Chrysophyllum |
| sauncier | sauncy + -er, Scots for more sonsy |
| saunciest | sauncy + -est, Scots for most sonsy |
| scalages | scalage + -s |
| scandias | scandia + -s, oxide of scandium |
| scards | scard + -s, old form of shards |
| scatophagies | scatophagy + -ies |
| schavs | schav + -s (sorrel soup) |
| scintled | scintle + -ed |
| scintling | scintle + -ing |
| scissoria | scissorium + -a, Latin plural |
| scivvies | scivvy + -ies |
| scoliomas | scolioma + -s |
| scolopes | scolops + -es, Greek plural, sensory rods |
| scordaturas | scordatura + -s |
| scotopias | scotopia + -s |
| scouthered | scouther + -ed (Scots, to scorch) |
| scouthering | scouther + -ing (Scots, scorching) |
| scouthers | scouther + -s (Scots, scorches) |
| scouths | scouth + -s (Scots, scope, free range) |
| scowdered | scowder + -ed (Scots, to scorch) |
| scowders | scowder + -s (Scots, scorches) |
| scraiched | scraich + -ed (Scots, to screech) |
| scraiching | scraich + -ing |
| scraichs | scraich + -s |
| scraighed | scraigh + -ed (Scots, to screech) |
| scraighing | scraigh + -ing |
| scraighs | scraigh + -s |
| scrannels | scrannel + -s (thin, meager) |
| scribals | scribal + -s |
| scripula | scripulum + -a, Latin plural |
| scrivelloes | scrivello + -es |
| scrivellos | scrivello + -s |
| scroggier | scroggy + -er (Scots, more scrubby) |
| scroggiest | scroggy + -est |
| scrupula | scrupulum + -a, Latin plural of a weight |
| sculdudderies | sculduddery + -ies (Scots, obscenity) |
| scutchs | scutch + -s, beats flax with a scutcher |
| scyphae | scypha + -ae, cup-shaped lichen structures |
| seatworks | seatwork + -s, work done at one's seat |
| seawares | seaware + -s, seaweeds |
| securings | securing + -s, acts of making secure |
| sedging | sedge + -ing, cutting or gathering sedge |
| seicentos | seicento + -s, Italian seventeenth centuries |
| semioses | semiosis + -es, plural of semiosis |
| semplices | semplice + -s, the musical direction "simply" |
| senegas | senega + -s, roots of Seneca snakeroot |
| senopias | senopia + -s, second sight of old age |
| sensifics | sensific + -s, things producing sensation |
| sentrying | sentry + -ing, keeping watch as a sentry |
| septimes | septime + -s, the seventh fencing parry |
| sequentialized | sequentialize + -ed |
| sequentializes | sequentialize + -es |
| sequentializing | sequentialize + -ing |
| sequestratrices | sequestratrix + -ices, the Latin plural |
| seragli | seraglio + -i, the Italian plural |
| sered | sere + -ed, dried up or withered |
| serfhoods | serfhood + -s |
| sergings | serging + -s, overcast edge stitching |
| sericteries | serictery + -ies |
| serridentines | serridentine + -s, mastodons of Serridentinus |
| serring | serry + -ing, pressing close together |
| shackings | shacking + -s, gleanings left in the stubble |
| shairds | shaird + -s (Scots, shards) |
| shairns | shairn + -s (Scots, cow dung) |
| shaktis | shakti + -s |
| shantihs | shantih + -s |
| shantis | shanti + -s |
| shapier | shapy + -er |
| shapiest | shapy + -est |
| sharns | sharn + -s (Scots, cow dung) |
| shaughs | shaugh + -s (a thicket) |
| shauled | shaul + -ed (Scots, shallow) |
| shauling | shaul + -ing (Scots) |
| shavies | shavie + -s (Scots, pranks) |
| shawed | shaw + -ed (Scots, to top turnips) |
| shawing | shaw + -ing (Scots, topping turnips) |
| shayed | shay + -ed, carried in a shay |
| sheathier | sheathy + -er |
| sheathiest | sheathy + -est |
| sheepheads | sheephead + -s (a fish) |
| sheepified | sheepify + -ed |
| sheepifying | sheepify + -ing |
| shelvier | shelvy + -er |
| shelviest | shelvy + -est |
| sheols | sheol + -s |
| sherrises | sherris + -es (sherry) |
| shilpits | shilpit + -s (Scots, puny) |
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