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 |
|---|---|
| trullisatios | trullisatio + -s |
| trunched | trunch, dialect to lop, + -ed |
| trustwomen | trustwoman, plural |
| tryms | trym, old spelling of trim, + -s |
| tubercularised | tubercularise + -d |
| tubercularising | tubercularise + -ing |
| tuberculinised | tuberculinise + -d |
| tuberculinising | tuberculinise + -ing |
| tummed | tum + -ed, to card or tease wool |
| tummels | tummel + -s, Scots to tumble |
| tumming | tum + -ing, carding wool |
| tumultuaries | tumultuary + -ies |
| tunneries | tunnery + -ies |
| turbeths | turbeth + -s, a purgative root |
| turbiths | turbith + -s, variant of turpeth |
| turpeths | turpeth + -s |
| turreting | turret + -ing |
| turriculae | turricula + -ae, plural |
| turtledoved | turtledove + -d, to bill and coo |
| turtledoving | turtledove + -ing |
| tussises | tussis + -es, Latin coughs |
| twaddlier | twaddly + -er, comparative |
| twaddliest | twaddly + -est, superlative |
| twaes | twae + -s, Scots twos |
| twankies | twanky + -ies, a green tea |
| twinier | twiny + -er, comparative |
| twiniest | twiny + -est, superlative |
| twitcheling | twitchel + -ing |
| twoes | two + -es, older plural of two |
| twofolds | twofold + -s |
| typhlologies | typhlology + -ies, the study of blindness |
| typikons | typikon + -s, Orthodox books of rubrics |
| tyromas | tyroma + -s, cheesy masses |
| tzarisms | tzarism + -s |
| uberties | uberty + -ies, fruitfulness |
| udometries | udometry + -ies, measurement of rainfall |
| ughs | ugh + -s |
| ulamas | ulama + -s, Muslim scholars |
| ulnaria | ulnare + -ia, plural, the carpal bones |
| umangites | umangite (copper selenide mineral) + -s |
| umpteens | umpteen + -s |
| underer | under + -er, comparative of under |
| unwasheds | unwashed + -s, plural of the noun |
| uppercutted | uppercut + -ed |
| uprivers | upriver + -s |
| uranalyses | uranalysis + -es (urinalysis) |
| urares | urare (curare) + -s |
| urases | urase (urease) + -s |
| urinoscopies | urinoscopy + -ies |
| usquabaes | usquabae (whisky) + -s |
| usquebaes | usquebae (whisky) + -s |
| uveitises | uveitis + -es |
| uvulitises | uvulitis + -es |
| vaginalectomies | vaginalectomy + -ies |
| vaguios | vaguio + -s |
| vainnesses | vainness + -es |
| valguses | valgus + -es |
| varletries | varletry + -ies |
| varuses | varus + -es |
| vaultier | vaulty + -ier |
| vaultiest | vaulty + -est |
| vealier | vealy + -ier |
| velating | velate (to veil) + -ing |
| velumina | velumen + -ina, Latin plural |
| venines | venine + -s |
| ventrotomies | ventrotomy + -ies |
| veratrias | veratria + -s, doses of the veratrum alkaloid |
| verbenated | verbenate + -ed |
| verbenating | verbenate + -ing |
| verglases | verglas + -es, sheets of glaze ice |
| vernixes | vernix + -es |
| verticaled | vertical + -ed, set upright |
| verticaling | vertical + -ing |
| verticalled | vertical + -ed with doubled l |
| verticalling | vertical + -ing with doubled l |
| vetchier | vetchy + -er, more abounding in vetch |
| vetchiest | vetchy + -est |
| viceroies | viceroy + -es, older plural spelling |
| vichies | vichy + -ies, glasses of Vichy water |
| victorfishes | victorfish + -es |
| viduities | viduity + -ies, widowhoods |
| vilities | vility + -ies, vilenesses |
| vims | vim + -s |
| vinals | vinal + -s, polyvinyl alcohol fibers |
| vinylating | vinylate + -ing |
| virled | virl (Scots ferrule) + -ed, fitted with a ferrule |
| viseed | vise + -ed, gripped in a vise |
| viticetums | viticetum + -s, vine plantations |
| viviparities | viviparity + -ies |
| vizarding | vizard + -ing, masking |
| vizoring | vizor + -ing |
| vociferanced | vociferance used as a verb, + -d |
| vociferancing | vociferance used as a verb, + -ing |
| vodums | vodum + -s |
| voltaisms | voltaism + -s |
| volutins | volutin + -s, metachromatic granules |
| vomituses | vomitus + -es |
| vrilled | vrille (to spin, of an aeroplane) + -ed |
| vrilling | vrille (to spin, of an aeroplane) + -ing |
| vucoms | vucom + -s |
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