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 |
|---|---|
| shinneys | shinney + -s (shinny, the game) |
| shittahs | shittah + -s (the biblical acacia) |
| shittims | shittim + -s (shittim wood) |
| shoddied | shoddy + -ed |
| shoddying | shoddy + -ing |
| shohjis | shohji + -s |
| shris | shri + -s |
| shuted | shute + -ed (variant of chute) |
| shuting | shute + -ing (variant of chute) |
| sials | sial + -s (the silica-alumina crust) |
| sibbs | sibb + -s, kindred |
| sidest | side + -est, superlative of dialect side (long) |
| signatured | signature (verb) + -ed, bearing a signature |
| signaturing | signature (verb) + -ing |
| signeting | signet (verb) + -ing, sealing with a signet |
| signiori | signior + -i, plural of signior |
| signorinos | signorino + -s, young gentlemen |
| sillibibs | sillibib + -s, syllabubs |
| silvans | silvan + -s, woodland dwellers or deities |
| simplexed | simplex (verb) + -ed, of a telegraph line |
| simpula | simpulum + -a, Latin plural, sacrificial ladles |
| sitologies | sitology + -ies, dietetics |
| siums | sium + -s, plants of the genus Sium |
| siwashed | siwash + -ed, camped without gear |
| siwashing | siwash + -ing |
| sixfolds | sixfold + -s |
| sixing | six + -ing, arranging or counting by sixes |
| sizier | sizy + -er, more glutinous |
| siziest | sizy + -est, most glutinous |
| siziests | siziest + -s, an over-generated plural of a superlative |
| sizinesses | siziness + -es |
| skeanes | skeane + -s, skeans, daggers |
| skepsises | skepsis + -es |
| skiings | skiing + -s |
| skinneries | skinnery + -ies, places where skins are dressed |
| skiorings | skioring + -s, ski-joring runs |
| skitterier | skittery + -er |
| skitteriest | skittery + -est |
| skiwears | skiwear + -s |
| sklented | sklent + -ed, Scots for slanted |
| sklenting | sklent + -ing |
| sklents | sklent + -s |
| skreeghed | skreegh + -ed |
| skreeghing | skreegh + -ing |
| skreeghs | skreegh + -s |
| skreighed | skreigh + -ed |
| skreighing | skreigh + -ing |
| skreighs | skreigh + -s |
| slakier | slaky + -er |
| slakiest | slaky + -est |
| slapdasheries | slapdashery + -ies |
| slatified | slatify + -ied |
| slatifying | slatify + -ing |
| slightier | slighty + -er |
| slightiest | slighty + -est |
| slimsier | slimsy + -er |
| slimsiest | slimsy + -est |
| slingsmen | plural of slingsman, slingers |
| sliped | slipe + -ed, peeled or stripped |
| sliping | slipe + -ing |
| slivovics | slivovic + -s, plum brandy |
| sloids | sloid + -s, Swedish handicraft training |
| slojds | slojd + -s |
| sloked | sloke + -ed |
| sloking | sloke + -ing |
| slothfuls | slothful + -s, slothful persons |
| sloughier | sloughy + -er |
| sloughiest | sloughy + -est |
| sluttered | slutter + -ed |
| sluttering | slutter + -ing |
| smallages | smallage + -s, wild celery |
| smaltos | smalto + -s, mosaic glasses |
| smeddums | smeddum + -s, fine powder or mettle |
| smeeked | smeek + -ed, Scots for smoked |
| smeeking | smeek + -ing |
| smeeks | smeek + -s |
| smoochs | smooch + -s |
| smurks | smurk + -s, old spelling of smirks |
| smutchier | smutchy + -er |
| smutchiest | smutchy + -est |
| snawed | snaw + -ed, Scots for snowed |
| snawing | snaw + -ing |
| snaws | snaw + -s, Scots for snows |
| sneeshes | sneesh + -es, Scots for snuffs |
| snibbled | snibble + -ed |
| snippetier | snippety + -er |
| snippetiest | snippety + -est |
| snobbing | snob + -ing, cobbling, or playing the snob |
| snyed | snye + -ed; snye, to curve upward or channel |
| soddier | soddy + -er, more covered with sod |
| soddiest | soddy + -est |
| solenesses | soleness + -es |
| soliquids | soliquid + -s |
| solitudinized | solitudinize + -ed |
| solitudinizing | solitudinize + -ing |
| solodi | solod + -i, plural of solod, a leached alkali soil |
| solvabled | solvable + -ed, solvable used as a verb |
| solvabling | solvable + -ing |
| solvolyzed | solvolyze + -ed, broken down by solvolysis |
| solvolyzing | solvolyze + -ing |
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