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 |
|---|---|
| cabalisms | cabalism + -s |
| cabbalahs | cabbalah + -s |
| cabbled | cabble + -ed |
| cabineting | cabinet (v.) + -ing |
| cabombas | cabomba + -s |
| cabrestas | cabresta + -s, a halter rope |
| caccias | caccia + -s, Italian hunting-piece |
| cacimbos | cacimbo + -s, Angolan coastal mist |
| cadded | cad + -ed, worked as a cad |
| caddiced | caddice + -ed, trimmed with worsted braid |
| caddiing | caddie + -ing |
| cadding | cad + -ing, working as a cad |
| caddised | caddis + -ed, bound with caddis braid |
| caduciaries | caduciary + -ies, of escheat or lapse |
| caffling | caffle + -ing, wrangling or quibbling |
| caginesses | caginess + -es |
| cajaputs | cajaput + -s, the cajuput tree |
| cajuputs | cajuput + -s |
| calathisci | calathiscus + -i, small baskets |
| calenturing | calenture + -ing |
| caligated | caligate + -ed, wearing caligae |
| calindas | calinda + -s, a Creole dance |
| callans | callan + -s, Scots lads |
| callityped | callitype + -ed |
| callityping | callitype + -ing |
| calmier | calmy + -er, comparative of calmy |
| calmiest | calmy + -est |
| calycli | calyclus + -i, small calyxes |
| camauros | camauro + -s, papal caps |
| cambisms | cambism + -s, the theory of exchange |
| cambogias | cambogia + -s, gamboge resin |
| camleting | camlet + -ing |
| camletted | camlet + -ed |
| camletting | camlet + -ing |
| cancrums | cancrum + -s, gangrenous sore |
| candidnesses | candidness + -es |
| canephorae | canephora + -ae, basket-bearing maidens |
| canephori | canephorus + -i, basket-bearers |
| canioned | canion + -ed, wearing canions |
| cannabins | cannabin + -s |
| cantilenes | cantilene + -s |
| canzos | canzo + -s, Provencal songs |
| capeworks | capework + -s |
| capitaling | capital + -ing |
| cappier | cappy + -er |
| cappiest | cappy + -est |
| capsicins | capsicin + -s |
| caqueteuses | caqueteuse + -s |
| caquetoires | caquetoire + -s |
| carburetest | carburet + -est |
| carcased | carcase + -d |
| carcasing | carcase + -ing |
| carcassed | carcass + -ed |
| carcassing | carcass + -ing |
| carditises | carditis + -es |
| carfuffled | carfuffle + -ed, ruffled |
| carkled | carkle + -ed, cackled |
| carrotier | carroty + -er |
| caryotins | caryotin + -s, nuclear chromatin |
| caseases | casease + -s |
| caseworks | casework + -s |
| catalects | catalect + -s, literary gleanings |
| catalos | catalo + -s, cattle-bison hybrids |
| catamneses | catamnesis + -es, follow-up histories |
| cataphylla | plural of cataphyllum, scale leaves |
| catchpoled | catchpole + -ed, arrested by a bailiff |
| catchpoling | catchpole + -ing, serving as a bailiff |
| catchpolled | catchpoll + -ed, arrested by a bailiff |
| catchpolling | catchpoll + -ing, serving as a bailiff |
| cating | cate + -ing, buying provisions, catering |
| cauked | cauk + -ed, caulked or chalked |
| cauking | cauk + -ing, caulking or chalking |
| caulds | cauld + -s, Scots dams or weirs in a river |
| caustified | caustify + -ied |
| caustifying | caustify + -ing |
| cavated | cavate + -ed, hollowed out, as a cliff dwelling |
| cellulosed | cellulose + -ed, treated with cellulose |
| cellulosing | cellulose + -ing |
| cellulosities | cellulosity + -ies |
| celomata | celoma + -ta, body cavities |
| cenobies | cenoby + -ies |
| centralest | central + -est, superlative of central |
| centriffed | centrif(ugal) + -ed, spun in a centrifugal |
| ceratins | ceratin + -s, older spelling of keratins |
| ceratoduses | ceratodus + -es, Australian lungfishes |
| ceratothecae | ceratotheca + -ae, horny pupal cases |
| cercises | cercis + -es, redbud trees |
| cerning | cern + -ing (cern, obs. to decide, discern) |
| certiorating | certiorate + -ing |
| cervelases | cervelas + -es, saveloy sausages |
| chachalakas | chachalaca + -s, tropical American birds |
| challies | challie + -s, challis fabrics |
| challihos | challiho + -s |
| chancered | chancer + -ed (chancer, to adjust as in chancery) |
| chancering | chancer + -ing |
| chapaties | chapati + -es, Indian flat breads |
| chapeled | chapel + -ed (nautical, to be taken aback) |
| chapeling | chapel + -ing |
| charases | charas + -es, resins of Indian hemp |
| charivaried | charivari + -ed, serenaded with a charivari |
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