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 |
|---|---|
| yardworks | yardwork + -s |
| yirds | yird + -s, Scots earth |
| yirred | yirr + -ed, Scots snarled |
| yirring | yirr + -ing, Scots snarling |
| yirrs | yirr + -s |
| yirths | yirth + -s, Scots earth |
| ylems | ylem + -s, the primordial matter |
| yowed | yow + -ed, dialectal howled |
| yowing | yow + -ing, dialectal howling |
| ytterbias | ytterbia + -s, the oxide of ytterbium |
| yuquillas | yuquilla + -s |
| zaffars | zaffar + -s, zaffer, impure cobalt oxide |
| zaffirs | zaffir + -s, zaffer |
| zinkified | zinkify + -ied, coated with zinc |
| zinkifies | zinkify + -ies |
| zinkifying | zinkify + -ing |
| zirams | ziram + -s, a zinc dithiocarbamate fungicide |
| zoehemerae | zoehemera + -ae, plural |
| zombiisms | zombiism + -s |
| zoomanias | zoomania + -s, excessive love of animals |
| zoometries | zoometry + -ies |
| zophori | zophorus + -i, friezes |
| zydecos | zydeco + -s, Louisiana dance music |
| zygopterides | zygopterid + -es, fossil ferns |
| zymurgies | zymurgy + -ies |
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