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 |
|---|---|
| somesthesises | somesthesis + -es |
| somnolencies | somnolency + -ies |
| sonantized | sonantize + -ed, made sonant or voiced |
| sonovoxes | sonovox + -es |
| sonsiest | sonsie + -est, plumpest or most comely |
| soogeing | soogee + -ing, scrubbing down a ship |
| sorosises | sorosis + -es |
| soshed | sosh + -ed, set aslant or askew |
| souaris | souari + -s, nuts of the souari tree |
| soupled | souple + -ed, made supple |
| soupling | souple + -ing, making supple |
| southernest | southern + -est, southernmost |
| sowdones | sowdone + -s, obsolete form of sultans |
| spadilles | spadille + -s, the ace of spades at ombre |
| spaeings | spaeing + -s, Scots foretellings |
| spankled | spankle (Scots, to sparkle) + -ed |
| sparpled | sparple + -ed, scattered |
| sparpling | sparple + -ing, scattering |
| sparrier | sparry + -er, more like spar |
| sparriest | sparry + -est, most like spar |
| spartled | spartle + -ed, sprawled |
| spartling | spartle + -ing, sprawling |
| spathilae | spathila + -ae, small spathes |
| spavies | spavie + -s, Scots spavins |
| speiled | speil (Scots, to climb) + -ed |
| speiling | speil + -ing, climbing |
| speils | speil + -s, climbs |
| speired | speir (Scots, to ask) + -ed |
| speronares | speronara + -es, Sicilian sailing boats |
| spewier | spewy + -er, more boggy |
| spewiest | spewy + -est, most boggy |
| spherier | sphery + -er, more like a sphere |
| spheriest | sphery + -est, most like a sphere |
| sphygmographies | sphygmography + -ies |
| sphygmuses | sphygmus + -es, pulses |
| spiderier | spidery + -er |
| spiered | spier (Scots speir, to ask) + -ed |
| spilomas | spiloma + -s, birthmarks |
| spirulae | spirula + -ae, ram's horn shells |
| spivving | spiv + -ing, living as a spiv |
| spleenier | spleeny + -ier, more peevish |
| spleeniest | spleeny + -iest |
| splenitises | splenitis + -es |
| spookies | spooky + -ies, ghosts |
| sporangites | sporangite + -s |
| spriggier | spriggy + -ier |
| spriggiest | spriggy + -iest |
| sprynesses | spryness + -es |
| spumones | spumone + -s |
| spunnies | spunny + -ies |
| spurreies | spurrey + -ies |
| squabber | squab + -ber, comparative of squab, plump |
| squabbier | squabby + -ier |
| squabbiest | squabby + -iest |
| squarier | squary + -ier, more square |
| squattered | squatter + -ed, splashed or fluttered |
| squilgeing | squilgee + -ing, squeegeeing |
| squillageed | squillagee + -ed |
| squillageeing | squillagee + -ing |
| squillageing | squillagee + -ing |
| squillgeing | squillgee + -ing, squeegeeing |
| squinnier | squinny + -ier |
| squinniest | squinny + -iest |
| stachering | stacher + -ing, Scots for staggering |
| stackering | stacker + -ing, dialectal for staggering |
| stadias | stadia + -s, surveying instruments |
| staggier | staggy + -ier, more like a stag |
| staggies | staggie + -s, little stags |
| staggiest | staggy + -iest |
| staned | stane + -ed, Scots for stoned or pelted |
| staning | stane + -ing, Scots for stoning |
| stannums | stannum + -s, the Latin name for tin |
| stathenries | stathenry + -ies |
| stathenrys | stathenry + -s |
| statuted | statute + -ed, fixed by statute |
| statuting | statute + -ing |
| staurolatries | staurolatry + -ies, worship of the cross |
| stealages | stealage + -s, acts of pilfering |
| steevings | steeving + -s, the stowing of cargo, or a bowsprit's angle |
| sternutaries | sternutary + -ies, sneeze-inducing agents |
| stethoscopies | stethoscopy + -ies |
| sthenias | sthenia + -s, states of morbid strength |
| stibiums | stibium + -s, the Latin name for antimony |
| stimes | stime + -s, Scots for glimpses |
| stingareeing | stingaree + -ing, fishing for stingrays |
| stipos | stipo + -s, Italian ornamental cabinets |
| stoating | stoat + -ing, joining cloth with fine hidden stitches |
| stockinging | stocking + -ing, the making of stockings |
| stomatotomies | stomatotomy + -ies |
| stomodaeums | stomodaeum + -s |
| stoothing | stooth + -ing, lathing and plastering |
| stoting | stot + -ing, bounding or rebounding |
| stoures | stour + -es, Scots for dust or tumult |
| strabismies | strabismy + -ies |
| strawier | strawy + -er |
| strawiest | strawy + -est |
| streeters | streeter + -s |
| strettas | stretta + -s |
| striolae | striola + -ae |
| strontias | strontia + -s |
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