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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| decarchy | government by ten individuals |
| preconcert | to settle beforehand |
| athwart | across; in opposition to; sideways; transversely |
| homonym | words having the same sound but different meanings— |
| kelt | coarse fabric made of black and white wool |
| mignon | small and dainty |
| hornbook | rudimentary treatise— |
| strapontin | folding seat in a theatre |
| coupe | four |
| picaroon | person who lives by his or her wits; rogue or scoundrel |
| jalouse | to suspect; to be jealous of |
| bibliology | study of books |
| flagitious | grossly wicked; guilty of heinous crimes |
| catarrhine | of, like or pertaining to Old World Monkeys |
| cloture | means of ending legislative debate |
| subsidiarity | state of being subsidiary; secondary importance |
| kidlet | a very little kid |
| kleptocracy | government by thieves |
| gemmiferous | bearing gems |
| alectryomachy | cock |
| hemeralopia | day |
| rideau | ridge or mound of earth used for defense |
| latitat | writ based on supposition that person is in hiding |
| prognathic | having a jaw that projects forward |
| organdie | fine translucent cotton |
| tabernacular | of, like or pertaining to a tabernacle |
| personalism | doctrine that humans possess spiritual freedom |
| mnesic | of, like or pertaining to memory |
| atmology | the science of aqueous vapour |
| perficient | effectual; actually achieving a result |
| octactinal | having eight rays or points |
| septemfluous | in seven streams |
| gerontophilia | sexual attraction towards the elderly |
| sarment | long weak twig |
| merycism | rumination |
| omniparity | general equality |
| mnemonist | one from whose memory nothing is erased |
| thrioboly | divination using pebbles |
| jackstay | iron or wooden bar running along yard of ship to which sails fastened |
| lavaliere | jeweled pendant worn round the neck; pendant microphone |
| mazopathia | any disease of the placenta |
| lienal | of, like or pertaining to the spleen |
| accidence | grammar book; science of inflections in grammar |
| gyrose | having a folded surface; marked with wavy lines |
| lientery | discharge of partially digested food |
| chrysoaristocracy | government by the wealthy; plutocracy |
| plousiocracy | government by the wealthy; plutocracy |
| flagstaff | flag pole at stern of a ship |
| chiliahedron | one |
| pronasale | tip of the nose |
| ursine | of, like or pertaining to bears |
| spelaeothem | depositional features found in caves |
| pule | to pipe; to whimper or whine |
| jubate | maned; having or possessing a mane |
| stelliferous | having many stars |
| wallfish | snail |
| phocine | of, like or pertaining to seals |
| solidary | marked by solidarity; joint and several |
| brockfaced | having a white mark on the face or snout |
| xerography | photocopying |
| culiciform | like or resembling a mosquito |
| lagena | flask |
| yoicks | expression of surprise or excitement |
| procuratory | authorization to act for another |
| spiraculate | having air |
| bandelet | small flat moulding around a column |
| apian | of, like or pertaining to bees |
| piteous | arousing or deserving pity |
| akinesia | loss of ability to move |
| coeval | of the same length of time; having the same duration |
| calodemon | good or beneficial spirit |
| teichoscopy | observation from the perspective of a wall |
| maculomancy | divination using spots |
| catacoustics | science of echoes or reflected sounds |
| redivivus | resuscitated; come to life again |
| fagottist | bassoon player |
| picamar | bitter oily liquid obtained from tar |
| limosis | abnormally ravenous appetite |
| melliferous | producing or forming honey |
| drill | durable twilled cotton |
| compeer | one who is equal in rank; a companion |
| quartinvariant | an invariant of the fourth degree |
| rhypophagy | eating filth |
| inquirendo | authority to inquire into something— |
| saturnine | of a gloomy or surly disposition; sardonic |
| reticule | small woven lady’s handbag |
| speos | ancient Egyptian cave temple |
| sarcoline | flesh |
| sussultatory | characterized by large up |
| botryoidal | like a bunch of grapes |
| ballistophobia | fear of missiles |
| absquatulate | to decamp; to leave quickly; to flee |
| perlocution | effect produced when a particular word is uttered |
| gravimeter | instrument for measuring variations in gravitational fields |
| debel | to conquer in war |
| girasol | fire |
| keraunograph | instrument for recording distant thunderstorms |
| molinology | study of mills and milling |
| troilism | sexual activity between three people |
| obvert | to turn; to alter |
| corbiculate | like a small basket |
| urbarial | founded on a register of landed property |
| preaudience | right to be heard before another |
| dactylioglyph | engraver of rings or of gems |
| mechanolatry | worship of machines |
| quaeritur | the question is asked |
| cordage | ropes in the rigging of a ship |
| salse | mud volcano |
| concresce | to grow together; coalesce |
| loreal | located in the area between the eyes and the nose or snout |
| lustrate | to purify by sacrifice |
| heterothermal | taking the temperature of the surroundings— |
| cariogenic | causing dental cavities |
| palter | to trifle in talk; to use trickery; to equivocate |
| unisonous | in unison or agreement |
| caboched | heraldic animal shown in full face with no neck or body |
| raisonneur | person in a play or book embodying author’s viewpoint |
| apparitor | officer in court who attends to execute orders; harbinger |
| bodement | prediction or prophecy |
| maquis | guerrilla resistance force |
| stibial | of, like or pertaining to antimony |
| philology | study of ancient texts; historical linguistics |
| klangfarbe | tone |
| rhonchisonant | making a snorting or snoring noise |
| cassideous | helmet |
| guéridon | small ornate table or stand |
| cryometer | instrument for measuring low temperatures |
| telenergy | application of spirit energy at a distance |
| buttery | storeroom for provisions and liquors |
| doramania | obsession with owning furs |
| pythonism | possession by an oracular spirit |
| thumomancy | divination by means of one’s own soul |
| magnetograph | instrument for recording measurements of magnetic fields |
| drosometer | instrument for measuring dew |
| plerophory | full conviction |
| wakerife | wakeful; indisposed to sleep |
| planetolatry | worship of the planets |
| taurine | bull |
| maquette | small model of something to be made on a larger scale |
| strepitant | loud; noisy; clamorous |
| austromancy | divination using wind |
| biotope | region of uniform environment and types of organisms |
| topaz | dark yellow |
| ombrology | study of rain |
| impennate | featherless; wingless— |
| conspecies | different species that are part of the same genus |
| pantograph | apparatus connecting streetcar to overhead wires |
| yarmulke | skullcap worn by Orthodox Jewish men |
| agminate | grouped |
| rhinocerial | very heavy; of or like a rhinoceros |
| taupe | brownish |
| asceticism | doctrine that self |
| spargefication | act of sprinkling or scattering |
| anemocracy | government by the wind or by whim |
| ovicide | killing insect eggs |
| soothly | in truth; truly |
| misprision | mistake; overlooking of a crime of another |
| prurient | stemming from the indulgence of lewd ideas; lascivious |
| putid | decayed; fetid |
| decadist | author who writes works in ten parts |
| agalloch | eaglewood |
| obolary | extremely poor |
| coram | in the presence of; before |
| feracious | fruitful; fecund |
| pseudophonia | suicide disguised as murder |
| quomodocunquize | to make money in any way possible |
| tergal | of, like or pertaining to the back |
| folkloristics | study of folklore and fables |
| trucidation | slaughter |
| serology | study of serums |
| maltster | one who makes or deals in malt |
| allision | intentional collision of two ships |
| aprique | sunny |
| logophile | a lover of words |
| rheme | speech element that expresses an idea |
| anthropophaginian | cannibal |
| ophism | snake |
| quark | soft cheese made from skim milk |
| imprimatur | licence to print a book— |
| inopinate | not thought of; unexpected— |
| pelitic | composed of fine sediment |
| arachnivorous | feeding on spiders |
| shaugh | thicket |
| polyaemia | plethora |
| zuppa | fish soup |
| précieuse | woman affecting a fastidious over |
| hatchment | coat of arms of a deceased person— |
| adumbrate | indicate faintly; foreshadow |
| lepadoid | resembling a barnacle |
| glumiferous | bearing glumes |
| thanatousia | funeral rites |
| crepon | heavy crepe fabric with lengthwise crinkles |
| hirundine | of, like or pertaining to swallows— |
| homoousia | identicality in substance— |
| siblicide | killing or killer of a sibling |
| novity | innovation; newness |
| decanal | located on south side of the choir in a church |
| kamelaukion | tall cylindrical hat worn by Orthodox priests |
| seel | to sew up the eyelids of; to blindfold |
| handfast | a firm grip; a contract— |
| chrysochlorous | greenish |
| nigrine | black |
| nidus | place where something originates or develops; nest |
| anthrophobia | fear of humans |
| rubicund | ruddy |
| monitory | letter containing a warning |
| cteniform | comb |
| quidsworth | able to be bought for one pound |
| theriomorph | animal form in art |
| retromancy | divination by looking over one’s shoulder |
| gorgonize | to turn into stone; to paralyze with one’s gaze |
| acoemeti | ancient monastic order who maintained eternal choir service |
| seismoscope | instrument for detecting earthquakes |
| limicolous | living in mud |
| caenogenesis | process of growth in individual not common in its species |
| soothfast | truthful; honest; faithful |
| misotheism | hatred of God or deities |
| topsail | ship’s sail above the lowermost sail |
| provenance | source; origin |
| pelviform | basin |
| desuetude | state of disuse |
| silvics | study of tree’s life |
| limoniad | meadow nymph |
| bdellotomy | act of cutting a leech to increase its suction |
| frigolabile | susceptible to the cold |
| hydragogue | removing water or serum— |
| maculose | spotted |
| unicity | uniqueness; oneness |
| whittle | a woollen shawl or blanket |
| diaskeuast | reviser; interpolator |
| holocryptic | inscrutable; undecipherable— |
| rasophore | lowest rank of Greek Orthodox monk |
| autothaumaturgist | person pretending to be mystical or mysterious |
| straticulate | composed of parallel strata |
| trucage | faking of works of art |
| cathetometer | instrument for measuring short vertical distances |
| postulator | official who presents case for canonization or beatification |
| itis | bodily condition or disease— |
| quarrenden | variety of apple |
| klaxon | loud mechanical horn |
| zoetrope | slotted rotating cylinder producing primitive animation |
| haplology | omission of a doubled or similar sound or syllable in a word— |
| incondite | not well put together; poorly constructed— |
| porism | geometrical expression of possibility of multiple solutions |
| seminiferous | seed |
| allogamy | cross |
| spatialism | doctrine that matter has only spatial, temporal and causal properties |
| hypobulic | weak |
| bitts | posts mounted on a ship for fastening ropes |
| opuscule | little work or composition |
| wrongous | unjust; wrongful |
| thirdborough | petty constable of a township |
| collocation | the placing of things together |
| pneumatics | study of mechanics of gases |
| cledonism | circumlocution used to avoid speaking unlucky words |
| lugubrious | mournful; dismal |
| agowilt | sudden sickening and unnecessary fear |
| robinet | ancient light cannon |
| thelematic | of, like or pertaining to will or volition; voluntary |
| tablature | mental image or picture; plate |
| mutagenesis | origin or induction of mutation |
| siphonic | of, like or pertaining to a siphon |
| minatory | threatening |
| raschel | light loosely kitted cloth |
| disorbed | deprived of authority or sovereignty |
| schorl | tourmaline |
| farinose | resembling or yielding flour |
| nebulize | to reduce to spray |
| ubication | condition of being in a certain location |
| regardant | in profile and looking to the rear |
| astrut | protrudingly; distendedly |
| peritectic | in the state between solid and liquid; melting |
| poophyte | meadow plant |
| spirometer | instrument measuring lung capacity |
| minauderie | display of affectation |
| secodont | having cutting teeth |
| crewel | fine worsted yarn used in tapestry |
| overrack | to overstrain |
| sudation | sweating |
| prodrome | initial symptom of a disease; introductory treatise |
| fugacious | inclined to run away or flee |
| pelmatogram | footprint |
| rebec | medieval musical instrument like a mandolin or viol |
| phagophobia | fear of eating |
| wainscot | to line with boards or panels; fine oak panelling |
| cusec | unit of liquid flow equal to one cubic foot per second |
| assart | to reclaim for agriculture by clearing away trees |
| panchreston | panacea |
| jesserant | splinted armour |
| immission | insertion; infusion— |
| orchesis | act of dancing or rhythmical moving of the body |
| squab | fat; clumsy; unfledged; newly hatched |
| holism | belief that fundamental universal principle is creation of wholes— |
| cornuto | cuckolder |
| phototonus | sensitivity to light |
| canaliculate | grooved or channelled lengthwise |
| karrozzin | Maltese horse |
| catastrophism | belief in rapid geological and biological change |
| frisson | shiver; shudder; thrill |
| rogatory | asking for the intervention of a foreign court in examining a witness |
| beadsman | monk or almoner who prays for benefactor |
| animastic | spiritual; animate |
| slavocracy | government by slave |
| anthropopathy | ascription of human feelings to inanimate object |
| sinistration | moving to the left |
| contrail | condensation trail |
| cacolet | military mule litter |
| topmast | ship’s mast above the lower mast |
| hora | circle dance— |
| maximalism | uncompromising adherence to extreme demands |
| couloir | gully |
| islandic | of or pertaining to an island— |
| inly | inwardly; thoroughly— |
| foraminated | perforated or pierced with small holes |
| pharos | lighthouse or beacon |
| soleiform | slipper |
| iniquity | wickedness; gross injustice— |
| cavatina | short operatic air |
| ratite | of, like or pertaining to flightless birds |
| disimmure | to liberate; to release from walls |
| spodomancy | divination by means of ashes |
| rampant | heraldic animal portrayed on its hind legs |
| asyndeton | rhetorical device of omitting conjunctions |
| zymic | of, like or pertaining to fermentation |
| kantar | Turkish unit of weight equal to approximately 100 pounds |
| pottle | unit of liquid measurement of two quarts, or one |
| tachymetry | measurement of speed |
| stercorate | to shit |
| laminary | of, like or pertaining to thin plates or layer |
| sedimentology | study of sediment |
| natricine | of, like or pertaining to water |
| ostreoid | oyster |
| phthongometer | instrument measuring intensity of vowel sounds |
| ponderation | weighing or weighing up |
| adnomination | punning |
| rundle | rung of a ladder |
| anaphia | loss of sense of touch |
| repository | side altar in Catholic church |
| aerobe | organism requiring oxygen to survive |
| orthogenesis | directional evolution of organisms |
| runcinate | having irregular saw |
| tuberous | having tubers; knobbed |
| mystagogical | of, like or pertaining to religious ritual initiation |
| spinney | copse or small clump of trees |
| potter | to busy oneself with trifling tasks |
| joist | beam supporting boards of a floor or laths of a ceiling |
| slickenside | smooth; polished rock surface produced by friction |
| abyssopelagic | of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean |
| peristeronic | of, like or pertaining to pigeons |
| theorbo | double |
| mythoclast | destroyer of myths |
| cacotopia | a state in which everything is as bad as it can be |
| thalassic | marine; of seas; of inland seas |
| perorate | to speak grandiosely or grandiloquently |
| pettifogger | a lawyer given to underhanded tactics |
| revendicate | to make formal claim to; to try to retrieve lost goods |
| byssine | silky; soft; having many threads |
| zoophyte | plant |
| timoneer | helmsman |
| krummhorn | ancient double |
| fumarole | hole emitting gases in a volcanic region |
| alb | long white robe worn by priests |
| stillatim | drop by drop |
| dendrology | study of trees |
| pantosophy | universal knowledge; pansophy |
| phialiform | saucer |
| gilliver | wallflower |
| misogallic | hating France or the French |
| noesis | intellectual activity; purely intellectual perception |
| hysteresis | lagging of an effect behind its cause— |
| plenilune | full moon |
| rabic | of, like or pertaining to rabies |
| fractionalism | the state of consisting of discrete units |
| penniform | feather |
| dation | act of giving, conferring or donating |
| preciation | evaluation of the value or price of a thing |
| ultion | revenge; vengeance |
| gentilitian | belonging to a race or clan |
| coprolalia | pathological use of obscene language |
| acopic | curing or relieving fatigue |
| gar | mild oath |
| piliferous | bearing or growing hair |
| psychotaxis | alteration of mental outlook to satisfy the personality |
| hippophagy | feeding on horses— |
| lapifidication | petrifaction |
| panification | conversion into bread |
| arval | of, like or pertaining to ploughed land |
| similative | indicating similarity to |
| nepheloid | cloudy |
| haptometer | instrument measuring sensitivity to touch— |
| nuncupative | oral; designative |
| murage | tax for the upkeep of walls |
| capnomancy | divination by means of smoke |
| anhidrosis | absence of perspiration |
| labret | lip ornament |
| cynoid | dog |
| phlebotomy | blood |
| sprauncy | smart; dapper |
| tournure | contour; characteristic turn of line; grace or poise |
| logomania | pathological loquacity |
| addle | putrid; barren; muddled |
| potentiometer | instrument for measuring electromotive forces |
| tiro | recruit; novice; beginner |
| conspue | to despise; to abhor; to loathe |
| paramnesia | abnormality of memory; inability to remember meaning of word |
| oustiti | lock |
| micronometer | instrument for measuring short periods of time |
| monachism | monasticism |
| homophile | one who prefers the company of the same sex; a homosexual— |
| quaviver | fish otherwise known as the sea |
| monopode | one |
| phototaxis | growth or movement determined by light |
| circuity | motion in a roundabout course |
| tumular | consisting of a mound or tumulus |
| galilee | porch in front of church |
| coryphaeus | spokesman; leader of a chorus |
| numenism | belief in local deities or spirits |
| sulcate | with grooves or furrows |
| baroscope | weather |
| synoecism | uniting of several towns under a single capital city |
| confelicitous | taking pleasure in others’ happiness |
| typhomania | delirious state resulting from typhus fever |
| rupellary | rocky |
| pathomania | moral insanity |
| caparison | ornamented covering for a horse |
| polydemic | native to several countries |
| aphagia | inability to eat or swallow |
| fatuous | silly; purposeless |
| ravelin | detached work with two embankments |
| cascabel | part behind the base |
| potentiate | to use drugs in combination to increase their power |
| synoecy | association of species with benefit to one species only |
| pralltriller | rapid musical trill |
| boult | to sift through cloth; to examine by sifting |
| crepitus | fart |
| juvenilia | works of one’s youth; early works of an artist or author |
| capilotade | stewed meat dish |
| pluvial | floor |
| diffugient | dispersing; diffusing |
| agnosic | unable to recognize familiar objects due to brain damage |
| bathypelagic | found in the depths of the sea |
| paraenesis | exhortation |
| subserve | to be useful to; to promote |
| grough | deep gully in peat moor area |
| infrangible | not able to be broken or violated— |
| psittacine | of, like or pertaining to macaws, parakeets or parrots |
| convicinity | neighbourhood |
| waygone | exhausted from long travels |
| ulmaceous | of or like elms |
| disgeneric | being of a different genus |
| sciapodous | having large feet |
| nidor | strong smell or fume of animal cooking |
| pleurotropous | laterally flattened |
| tranation | act of swimming over or across |
| ludibund | playful |
| gullery | place where gulls breed |
| paedotrophy | art of rearing children |
| blackguard | to vituperate; to portray as a scoundrel |
| antitypy | resistance to being penetrated |
| ampelography | scientific description of the vine |
| retrorse | turned back or downward |
| forfaiting | export finance where debts on goods are transacted |
| quadriga | two |
| algefacient | cooling |
| calcine | to burn so as to drive out water and carbon dioxide |
| toile | plain or simple twilled fabric |
| mensuration | measuring to find the dimensions of things |
| sylviculture | forestry |
| gastrology | good eating; cookery |
| septiform | shaped like a partition |
| ichnite | fossilized footprint— |
| metabiosis | reliance of an organism on another for environment |
| svedberg | unit of time used to measure sedimentation velocity |
| gulosity | gluttony; greed |
| hippocrepiform | shaped like a horseshoe— |
| sulky | light two |
| hylarchic | ruling over matter— |
| stearin | hard fat |
| agrizoiatry | medicine specializing in wild animals |
| monopsony | case of only one buyer for products of several sellers |
| somnolence | sleepiness; drowsiness |
| lupicide | killing of a wolf |
| necrographer | obituary writer |
| paginal | of, like or pertaining to pages or pagination |
| uraster | starfish |
| supralunar | beyond the moon; very lofty |
| sepia | fine brown |
| saburration | application of hot sand as medical treatment |
| martingale | strap between horse’s forelegs to keep its head down |
| faille | shiny closely woven silk, cotton or rayon fabric |
| keratogenic | causing growth of horn, skin or hair |
| salify | to impregnate with salt |
| rhizoid | root |
| aioli | garlic |
| antimnemonic | damaging the memory; eliminating memories |
| bracteate | thin beaten plate of gold or silver |
| abiogenesis | spontaneous generation of living matter |
| sororicide | killing of one’s own sister |
| geratology | study of decadence and decay |
| kurtosis | relative degree of sharpness of peak of distribution curve |
| salubrious | favourable to or promoting well |
| obloquy | censure; calumny; slander; disgrace |
| calamus | quill or reed used as a pen |
| squaliform | shaped like a shark |
| synanthy | growing together of two flowers |
| kemb | to comb |
| miniver | ermine in winter coat; ermine or squirrel fur |
| interlucation | thinning of a forest to let some light in— |
| plutarchy | government by the wealthy; plutocracy |
| cacaesthesia | morbid sensation |
| boustrophedon | writing alternating left |
| frazil | ground |
| maturescent | becoming mature |
| ivi | Tahitian chestnut tree— |
| palification | the act of strengthening with stakes |
| nutarian | person who believes that nuts are the best kind of food |
| rota | roster |
| titulus | inscription on or over something |
| speciocide | destruction of an entire species |
| oligopsony | market situation of few buyers of a service |
| sederunt | sitting of a court; gathering; long discussion |
| stereobate | substructure; foundation; basement |
| gamophagia | destruction of one gamete by another |
| ololygmancy | fortune |
| morphology | study of forms and the development of structures |
| handsel | inaugural gift; first installment or payment— |
| sciatheric | of, like or pertaining to measurement of time by shadows |
| alembicated | over |
| privatism | attitude of avoiding involvement in outside interests |
| zampone | stuffed pigs’ trotter sausage |
| writhled | wrinkled; shriveled |
| pinion | wing; last joint of a wing; outermost flight feather |
| heterarchy | government by a foreign ruler— |
| tergiversation | equivocation |
| zenana | system of segregating women away from men in harems |
| dilatometer | instrument for measuring expansion |
| quaedam | disparaging term for a woman |
| boutade | sudden outburst |
| geomancy | divination by casting earth onto a surface |
| joss | luck, fate |
| discophoran | of, like or pertaining to jellyfishes |
| bibliolatry | worship of the Bible or other books |
| patation | act of drinking |
| turquoise | blue |
| quadratura | wall or ceiling painted with arches and columns in strong perspective |
| metanoia | repentance; fundamental change in character |
| hygrology | study of humidity— |
| sagittal | shaped like an arrow |
| zebu | ox with hump and dewlap |
| morgen | unit of land area slightly more than two acres |
| bromidrosis | strong |
| terrazzo | flooring of chips of marble |
| munting | vertical framing piece between door panels |
| roriferous | producing or bearing dew |
| pyknic | characterized by short squat stature |
| cantabank | strolling singer; second |
| yird | to bury |
| isness | the fact of being; essence— |
| ablator | thermal protection on outside of spacecraft |
| kantikoy | to dance as an act of worship |
| oakum | old ropes untwisted for caulking the seams of ships |
| dubitate | to doubt; to hesitate |
| stomatology | study of the mouth |
| saponify | to convert into soap |
| micaceous | consisting of or made of mica |
| quoddamodotative | existing in a certain manner |
| thymoleptic | psychologically energizing |
| subindicate | to hind |
| jobbernowl | a blockish or stupid head |
| alviducous | purgative |
| legist | person knowledgeable about the law |
| laver | large vessel for washing, especially for ritual purification |
| oppilate | to block up; to stop up |
| reprography | reproduction of graphic or typeset material |
| karst | rough limestone country with underground drainage |
| pulvinated | cushion |
| zoomimetic | imitating an animal or part of an animal |
| dreikanter | three |
| beldam | an old woman; a hag; an ancestress |
| ceriferous | producing wax |
| osteoclasis | surgical breaking of a bone |
| circumpose | to place around |
| gatefold | oversized page in a book |
| phellem | cork |
| ademption | revocation of donation by donor |
| albedo | whiteness, as of a celestial object |
| gyniolatry | deep respect or devotion for women |
| polliniferous | bearing pollen |
| spheristerion | place for exercise in ball |
| matriotism | love for country or other institution when regarded as a mother |
| imbrute | to degrade to the state of a brute— |
| rhodopsin | visual purple |
| solander | box in the form of a book |
| pteronophobia | fear of being tickled by feathers |
| polydipsia | abnormal thirst |
| quire | twenty |
| soteriology | study of theological salvation |
| consilient | having common inferences drawn from different premises |
| scrobiculus | small depression or pit |
| autodidact | self |
| pomology | study of fruit |
| pelotherapy | treatment by mud baths |
| intaglio | a figure engraved into a gem or another substance— |
| mucid | mouldy; musty |
| pogonophile | one who loves beards |
| yeuk | to itch |
| obelize | to condemn as spurious, doubtful, or corrupt |
| morganise | to secretly do away with |
| sponson | platform jutting from ship’s deck for gun or wheel |
| ostium | mouth |
| demesne | feudal manor |
| meleagrine | of, like or pertaining to turkeys |
| gallionic | uncaring; indifferent |
| ultroneous | spontaneous; voluntary |
| yordim | emigrants who leave Israel |
| muscoid | of, like or pertaining to mosses; moss |
| madarosis | loss of eyelashes or eyebrows |
| chondroid | like or resembling cartilage |
| quicquidlibet | whatever one pleases; anything whatsoever |
| becket | large hook or bracket used to hold tackle or spars |
| laciniate | cut into narrow lobes; slashed; fringed |
| clysmian | of, like or pertaining to or caused by flood |
| scarious | thin and tough |
| gigot | leg of mutton |
| allemain | enormous pudding out of which acrobats leap |
| loxophthalmus | squint |
| thanatism | belief that the soul dies with the body |
| photomania | pathological desire for light |
| ignavia | laziness; laxity— |
| micropyle | microscopic orifice |
| withe | partition between chimney flues |
| aseity | self |
| ancoral | of, shaped like or resembling an anchor |
| ducdame | meaningless refrain |
| sternway | movement of a ship backwards |
| samite | rich and heavy silk, sometimes interwoven with gold or silver |
| ramellose | having small branches |
| generalate | the office of a general |
| typhlograph | instrument to help the blind write clearly |
| chordee | painful, downward |
| calcariform | spur |
| theolepsy | seizure or possession by a god |
| nucule | a nutlet |
| datary | papal officer who registers and dates bulls and edicts |
| succentor | bass soloist in a choir |
| serpigo | ringworm |
| wormil | lump in the skin of an animal’s back |
| foreshots | first liquid to come out of a still |
| zoopathology | study of animal diseases |
| hystricine | of, like or pertaining to porcupines— |
| jeton | stamped metal token used in card |
| cubation | act of lying down or reclining |
| stirps | branch of a family; pedigree |
| supercargo | ship’s official in charge of business affairs |
| heliograph | instrument for measuring intensity of sunlight— |
| concipient | conceiving |
| liturgiology | study of liturgical forms and church rituals |
| atrament | blacking; ink; black dye |
| foveiform | shaped like a depression or pit |
| trisulcate | having three ridges or forks |
| cardiognost | one who knows the workings of the heart |
| portmanteau | word formed by blending two existing words |
| analemma | sundial |
| suberous | of, like or having the appearance of cork; pertaining to cork |
| bowsprit | spar that extends at bows of a ship |
| paillette | a spangle |
| odontology | study of teeth |
| coprostatis | constipation |
| arthrology | study of joints |
| acaricide | killer of mites and ticks |
| foinery | fencing; swordplay |
| chine | the intersection of the middle and sides of a boat |
| concomitant | accompanying |
| soupçon | hardly perceptible quantity; dash |
| carpal | of, like or pertaining to the wrist |
| ilicic | of, like or pertaining to holly— |
| pickthank | sycophant; flatterer |
| clough | ravine; trench; gully |
| parousia | second coming of Christ |
| quadrifid | split into four |
| nitrometer | instrument for measuring nitrogen and its compounds |
| hypsiloid | shaped like the Greek letter upsilon— |
| pullet | young hen |
| maculation | the act of spotting or staining |
| synoeciosis | rhetorical figure of coupling opposites |
| canque | Chinese cotton fabric |
| haycock | conical pile of hay in a field— |
| hemiplegic | paralyzed on one side only— |
| insolate | to treat by exposure to the sun’s rays— |
| rhinotillexomania | compulsive nose picking |
| promachos | champion or defender; tutelary god |
| castellan | governor of castle or fortification |
| sesquiplicate | of or as the square roots of cubes |
| geogeny | science of the formation of the earth’s crust |
| rubedinous | ruddy |
| quartic | a curve or equation of the fourth degree |
| caprifoliaceous | of, like or pertaining to the honeysuckle plant |
| ingeminate | to reiterate; to redouble— |
| duroy | coarse woollen |
| dendrolatry | worship of trees |
| buccula | double chin |
| bosket | thicket; plantation |
| haemophilia | hereditary disease causing excessive bleeding— |
| hypnosophy | knowledge of phenomena relating to sleep— |
| sermuncle | short sermon |
| quadrigeminal | in four similar or equal parts |
| periegesis | description in the manner of a tour; journey through |
| stemmatology | study of relationships between texts |
| tetralemma | quandary with four alternatives |
| muliebrity | womanhood |
| monocarpic | producing fruit only once |
| infra | below; later in a text— |
| solfatara | volcanic vent emitting only gases |
| caliginous | misty; dark; dim; obscure |
| plimsoll | rubber |
| brachypterous | short |
| ripple | toothed tool for removing seeds from flax or hemp |
| bot | larva of a botfly that infests horses |
| singspiel | semi |
| setline | fishing line suspended between buoys |
| humect | to moisten; to cause to become moist— |
| meteorism | abdominal cramps and swelling due to flatulence |
| blepharal | of, like or pertaining to eyelids |
| grimoire | magician’s book for summoning spirits |
| differentia | property which distinguishes one from another |
| kincob | embroidered silk with gold and silver threads |
| abluent | cleanser or cleansing product |
| saxicavous | rock |
| imprecate | to call down by prayer; to curse; to invoke evil on— |
| prebend | stipend or salary paid to clergyman |
| tourbillon | swirl; vortex; whirlwind |
| theophilanthropism | love of both God and humanity |
| dilatory | slow; given to delay or procrastination |
| osteomancy | divination using bones |
| melichrous | having a honey |
| scurriour | scout |
| anadiplosis | repeating last word of clause at beginning of next clause |
| synecology | study of ecological communities |
| holm | island in a river— |
| danism | lending money on usury |
| diplomatics | science of deciphering ancient writings and texts |
| tumid | inflated; falsely sublime; bombastic |
| amphimixis | interbreeding; intermixing of two individuals’ genetic matter |
| tiltmeter | instrument for measuring tilting of earth’s surface |
| liturgist | leader in public worship |
| tatterdemalion | tattered; ragged; scarecrow |
| killcrop | greedy insatiable baby; a changeling |
| porlocking | irksome intrusion or interruption |
| zamarra | sheepskin jacket |
| commatic | divided into short lines; divided with commas |
| criminogenic | causing crime |
| partim | in part |
| petaurist | flying phalanger |
| theatrocracy | goverment by gathered assemblies of citizens |
| cornific | producing or forming horns |
| gallize | to bring wine to standard proportions |
| lactoscope | instrument for measuring purity or richness of milk |
| zootoxin | poison derived from animal |
| sacculiform | shaped like a small sac |
| pteridomania | passion for ferns |
| amphibiolith | fossilized amphibian |
| ornithoid | bird |
| liquifaction | the act of liquefying something |
| suretyship | responsibility assumed by one person on another’s behalf |
| ligger | horizontal timber of a scaffolding |
| torpefy | to make numb or torpid; to paralyze |
| galvanoscope | instrument for detecting presence and direction of electric current |
| duenna | governess; chaperone |
| pharmacopolist | drug |
| washland | area periodically flooded by river |
| propinquity | closeness |
| aceldama | site or scene of violence or bloodshed |
| myasthenia | muscular weakness or debility |
| olio | miscellany; potpourri |
| affranchise | to free from slavery or similar obligation |
| melic | to be sung; lyric |
| tye | inclined trough for washing ore |
| circumforentor | surveyor’s instrument used to measure angles |
| mil | unit of 1/1000 inch used for measuring thickness of wire |
| byrnie | coat of mail or breastplate |
| zoophysiology | study of physiology of animals |
| pam | card game in which jack of club has highest value |
| oxyacanthous | having sharp thorns |
| phillumeny | collecting of matchbox labels |
| sphygmoscope | instrument for making arterial pulsations visible |
| onychomancy | divination by the fingernails |
| sinopia | preparatory drawing for a fresco; reddish |
| zooscopy | hallucination that one is seeing animals |
| chatoyant | with a changing lustre; iridescent |
| planimeter | instrument for measuring area of plane figures |
| fungiform | shaped like a fungus |
| irrision | the act of laughing at another— |
| desquamate | to scale or flake off |
| bricole | harness for humans to pull heavy loads |
| semon | sub |
| burgrave | commander of a German town or castle |
| securigerous | bearing an axe |
| tinchel | circle of men who encircle a deer |
| temperative | having a moderating influence |
| sanbenito | yellow or black sackcloth garment worn by heretics prior to execution |
| molybdosis | lead poisoning |
| gutturotetany | spasm in the throat causing stutter |
| cannel | bevel on the edge of a chisel |
| succiferous | bearing or producing sap |
| chaetiferous | bearing bristles; bristly |
| oryctognosy | mineralogy |
| scupper | hole allowing water to drain from ship’s deck |
| gromatic | of, like or pertaining to surveys or surveying |
| zelotypia | jealousy; excessive zeal in carrying out a project |
| bouleversement | overturning; reversal; ruin |
| carbasus | lint or gauze |
| squill | sea |
| immanentism | belief in an immanent or permanent god— |
| nares | the nostrils |
| icterine | of, like or pertaining to orioles and related birds— |
| blague | humbug; pretentious nonsense |
| apsidal | shaped like an apse |
| fodient | of, like or pertaining to digging |
| incommode | to cause trouble or inconvenience to— |
| monaxial | having only one axis |
| halibiotic | of, like or pertaining to the entirety of life under the sea— |
| drepanoid | like a sickle |
| roorback | defamatory falsehood published for political effect |
| acclinate | sloping upwards |
| merocracy | government by a part of the citizenry |
| polemomania | mania for war |
| scatology | study of excrement or obscene literature |
| ziggurat | Mesopotamian step pyramid |
| timwhisky | light carriage for one or two people, pulled by one or two horses |
| brabble | to squabble or quarrel |
| subungual | beneath a nail or hoof |
| gadzookery | the use of archaisms in literature |
| magnetometer | instrument for measuring intensity of magnetic fields |
| uranography | descriptive astronomy and mapping |
| obnixely | earnestly; strenuously |
| capric | having a goatlike smell; of, like or pertaining to goats |
| photaesthesia | sense of vision |
| obtruncate | to cut or lop off the head of |
| corbeil | basket filled with earth used as a missile |
| carnassial | specially adapted for eating flesh |
| quatch | a word; a sound |
| gilderoy | proud person |
| surnominal | of, like or pertaining to surnames |
| antapology | response to an apology |
| swag | looping hanging down bit of fabric over a window or door |
| ferriferous | bearing iron |
| pulvilliform | shaped like a cushion |
| typothetae | master printers collectively |
| rhabdology | knowledge or learning concerning divining rods |
| jactancy | boastfulness, vainglory |
| talpa | mole or similar mark on the body |
| trigonal | having three angles |
| pediculophobia | fear of lice |
| foison | plenty; plentiful yield |
| orad | toward the mouth |
| dudgeon | resentment; offended resignation |
| drap | de |
| kebbie | a shepherd’s crook |
| avicular | of, like or pertaining to birds |
| falciform | shaped like a sickle |
| tempore | in the time of |
| zariba | square fence of thorn |
| gimbals | arrangement of rings allowing free motion of supported object |
| scissure | a cleft; a splitting; fissure; rupture |
| stuprate | to ravish; to violate; to rape |
| protoplast | original ancestor; first |
| holt | woody hill or grove— |
| arefy | to dry up; to wither |
| psychalgia | mental pain or distress |
| abigail | a lady’s maid |
| brassard | badge worn on the arm; piece of armour for the arm |
| fossulate | grooved; pitted |
| pervious | permeable; penetrable |
| ordonnance | proper coordination of figures in a picture |
| microclimatology | study of local climates |
| lacunar | sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling |
| calotte | Roman Catholic skullcap |
| lustrum | period of five years; periodic purification of Roman empire |
| supererogation | doing more than needed to complete a task |
| delectus | anthology of useful passages or quotations |
| prepotent | potent in a very high degree |
| bollard | short post on a wharf or ship to which ropes are tied |
| colleger | mortar |
| cibophobia | fear of or distaste for food |
| loricate | armoured with plates or scales; to coat or armour protectively |
| procidence | prolapse; falling forward or downward |
| hagiology | study of saints— |
| ocarina | egg |
| multicipital | many |
| mesochroic | having skin colour intermediate between light and dark |
| zapateado | Latin |
| starveling | starving, weak, hungry or pining person |
| knitch | bundle of wood tied together |
| quadroon | old term for a person of one |
| hepatoscopy | divination by examining animal livers— |
| strigilation | scraping |
| branchiferous | having or bearing gills |
| poise | unit of viscosity of liquids |
| multilocation | appearance in many places simultaneously |
| incunabulum | early printed book; early version of a thing— |
| caman | shinty stick |
| stigmatic | giving infamy, stigma or reproach, marked or branded |
| afebrile | not suffering from fever |
| jugulate | to cut the throat of |
| platilla | fine white linen |
| tabellion | scrivener |
| pulvillar | cushion |
| hymnal | collection of church hymns— |
| dysbulia | loss of willpower |
| pluriliteral | of more than three letters |
| woundy | excessively; extremely |
| phlogiston | nonexistent principle of flammability inherent in matter |
| fuscous | brown; tawny; dingy |
| primogenous | of, like or pertaining to the earliest or first developmental stage |
| kex | dry hollow plant stalk |
| threnodic | mournful |
| forinsecal | foreign; alien; extrinsic |
| dégringolade | rapid decline or decay; downfall |
| cameralism | mercantilism designed to increase a ruler’s power |
| farouche | wild; unpolished |
| sere | threadbare; withered |
| blauwbok | extinct bluish |
| aphrasia | inability to speak |
| hwyl | emotional state capable of arousing intense eloquence— |
| basilica | Roman Catholic church given special privileges |
| pauldron | shoulder |
| abacinate | to blind by putting red |
| slate | dull dark blue |
| skiascope | instrument for measuring eye’s refraction from movement of shadows |
| chambray | lightweight fabric with coloured warp and white filling |
| sigillography | study of seals |
| pavis | shield for the entire body |
| tombola | lottery in which each entrant must win a prize |
| balneary | bath |
| oncostman | mine worker paid by the day |
| chryselephantine | inlaid with gold and ivory |
| catadioptric | employing both reflection and refraction of light |
| acidulous | sharp or bitter |
| syndactylic | with digits joined together |
| tuberiform | shaped like a lump or protuberance |
| almagest | textbook or handbook, especially dealing with astronomy |
| gegenschein | glow of zodiacal light seen opposite the sun |
| zounds | mild oath |
| agapet | lover of women |
| oratory | small chapel for private prayer; lectern for prayer |
| cyrenaic | adherent of doctrine that pleasure is ultimate goal |
| saurophagous | eating lizards |
| satyromania | abnormally great male sexual desire; satyriasis |
| necropsy | post |
| saponaceous | soapy; soaplike |
| herpetoid | of, like or pertaining to snakes— |
| aleuromancy | divination using flour or meal |
| praxinoscope | early cinematograph using series of moving drawings |
| trifarious | facing three ways |
| quadratrix | a curve by which a circle may be squared |
| kyle | narrow strait |
| sarcotic | promoting growth of flesh |
| multarticulate | many |
| corposant | St. Elmo’s fire or similar electrical discharge |
| tulle | sheer and delicate thin silk |
| provand | allowance of food; provisions |
| timocracy | government by the propertied class |
| kente | hand |
| heeler | a worker for a local politician or political party— |
| lappaceous | prickly |
| somatogenic | caused from within the body or by the cells of the body |
| magniloquent | speaking in a grand or pompous style |
| pentapolis | alliance of five cities |
| floriscope | instrument for inspecting flowers |
| pelisse | fur |
| friable | easily crumbled or pulverized |
| densimeter | instrument for measuring closeness of grain of a substance |
| piciform | of the form or shape of a woodpecker |
| araneous | transparent; delicate; like a spider’s web |
| hydriotaphia | burial in an urn— |
| philocaly | love of beauty |
| mooncalf | false conception or fleshy mass in the womb |
| antipudic | concealing private parts of the body |
| parallelism | belief that matter and mind don’t interact but relate |
| oxytocic | drug that hastens the process of childbirth |
| transom | transverse timbers attached to ship’s sternpost |
| prasinous | leek |
| swansdown | heavy napped cotton flannel |
| bridoon | light military bridle |
| cambric | fine thin white cotton or linen fabric |
| sine | without |
| isacoustic | line connecting points of equal acoustic quality— |
| punctate | dotted; pitted |
| kinkle | a slight kink |
| factious | turbulent; given to faction; seditious |
| antidisestablishmentarianism | doctrine opposed to removing Church of England’s official religion status |
| theologaster | petty or shallow theologian |
| pseudomorph | false or abnormal physical form |
| hydrodynamics | study of movement in liquids— |
| multifid | having many divisions |
| qualimeter | apparatus for measuring penetrating power of X |
| acosmism | disbelief in existence of eternal universe distinct from God |
| radiogenic | produced by radioactive disintegration |
| wimple | cloth covering for head and neck worn by nuns |
| pavonian | of, like or pertaining to peacocks |
| bacciferous | bearing berries |
| catholicon | cure |
| spagyrist | alchemist |
| appurtenance | a subordinate or adjunct part of |
| acharné | furious or desperate (of a battle) |
| ablepsia | blindness |
| chaptalize | to add extra sugar to wine to raise alcohol content |
| infarction | tissue dying due to lack of blood flow— |
| lutrine | of, like or pertaining to otters |
| zootechnics | science of breeding animals |
| bulliform | shaped like a blister or boil |
| hackney | four |
| retrogress | backward movement; degeneration |
| planography | cartography |
| myology | study of muscles |
| dissilient | springing apart; bursting open with force |
| quilling | strip or ribbon gathered into flutings |
| yarborough | hand of cards containing no card above nine |
| stummel | bowl and adjacent part of a pipe |
| clinometer | instrument used to measure slopes and elevations |
| zendalet | large black woollen shawl worn over the head or shoulders |
| burke | to suppress quietly; to bypass or avoid |
| trochilidine | of, like or pertaining to hummingbirds |
| asthenopia | muscular weakening of the eyes |
| nomology | the science of the laws; especially of the mind |
| anguine | of, like or pertaining to snakes |
| quab | something unfinished or immature; unfledged bird |
| opiniaster | one who obstinately holds to an opinion |
| succinic | of, pertaining to or derived from amber |
| rindle | small watercourse |
| interferometer | instrument for analysing spectra of light— |
| stereopsis | stereoscopic or three |
| camarilla | secret society of favourites of the king |
| ludic | spontaneously and aimlessly playful |
| prorogue | to discontinue meetings of a group without dissolving it |
| rhathymia | personality factor leading to optimism and cheerfulness |
| lasting | sturdy cotton or worsted cloth |
| halitosis | bad breath— |
| strophosis | twist; turn |
| paravane | device used to cut underwater cables |
| hoggin | sifted gravel— |
| brio | enthusiastic vigour |
| albescent | becoming white; whiteness |
| aptotic | uninflected; indeclinable |
| morel | dark |
| leptometer | instrument for measuring oil viscosity |
| luctation | struggle |
| schoenabatic | of, like or pertaining to rope walking |
| ponceau | poppy red |
| ostent | appearance; manifestation |
| terracotta | reddish |
| neophile | one who loves novelty and trends |
| paracentral | situated near the centre |
| heroarchy | government by heroes— |
| miniaceous | colour of reddish lead |
| campanile | freestanding bell tower on church property |
| cerebration | unconscious action of the brain |
| pismirism | hoarding of small or insignificant things |
| collimation | making parallel; adjusting to put into line |
| quantile | any of a set of equal fractions of a given population |
| stern | back part of a ship |
| substratose | imperfectly stratified |
| wontless | unaccustomed |
| cedrate | citron |
| tiromancy | divination using cheese |
| horrescent | expressing or showing horror— |
| buccal | of, like or pertaining to the mouth or cheek |
| zanella | mixed twilled umbrella fabric |
| gules | heraldic name for the colour red |
| roentgen | unit of x |
| dégagé | at rest; untroubled; at ease |
| chevalet | bridge of a stringed instrument |
| reddendum | reserving clause in a lease |
| ragmatical | wild; ill |
| herpetology | study of reptiles and amphibians— |
| segregant | having a genotype derived from segregation |
| culverin | lightweight, portal, long |
| phanopoeia | visual imagery in poetry |
| sphygmodic | pulsating |
| mésalliance | unsuitable marriage |
| sematography | writing in signs rather than letters |
| faience | glazed coloured earthware |
| hypogeusia | diminished sense of taste— |
| metastasis | removal from one place to another |
| cispontine | on this or the near side of a bridge |
| cashmere | soft twilled fabric made of fine goat’s wool |
| modiste | a maker or seller of fashionable dresses and hats |
| barm | yeast; froth on fermenting liquor |
| iterum | again; afresh; anew— |
| trema | an orifice; a dieresis |
| footle | to waste time; to act foolishly |
| dextroduction | shifting the eyes from left to right |
| aneabil | single; unmarried |
| puisne | inferior in rank; later; junior |
| panoptic | all |
| alannah | term of endearment used with one’s child |
| bordure | border surrounding a heraldic shield |
| herdic | low |
| palaeosophy | ancient learning or thought |
| hyperbaton | rhetorical device in which word order is reversed— |
| isohalsine | line connecting points of equal ocean salinity— |
| longiniquity | remoteness |
| burrel | coarse russet cloth |
| pansophy | universal knowledge |
| anglomania | craze or obsession with England and the English |
| agriology | the comparative study of primitive peoples |
| phthirophagous | lice |
| sententia | opinion; aphorism |
| lunarist | one who believes that the moon affects the weather |
| bibliogenesis | production of books |
| relative | indicating relation or a prepositional object |
| xyston | short pike used by Greek heavy cavalry |
| orthobiosis | correct or moral living |
| dentiloquy | speaking with clenched teeth |
| assecuration | marine insurance |
| calver | to prepare fish while alive or freshly caught |
| rident | laughing or smiling radiantly; beaming |
| transhumant | passing from winter to summer pastures |
| devoir | what is due; duty |
| mysteriosophy | system of knowledge concerning secrets and mysteries |
| comburivorous | consuming by fire |
| annihilationism | doctrine that the wicked are utterly destroyed after death |
| abecedism | word created from the initials of words in a phrase |
| farrago | confused mass of objects or people; disordered mixture |
| macadamize | to cover a road with small broken stones |
| pratal | growing in meadows |
| pyrolatry | fire |
| optimate | of the nobility or aristocracy |
| anagalactic | coming from or existing beyond our own galaxy |
| arctoid | bear |
| gemma | bud from which a new plant can grow |
| furacious | thievish |
| marah | bitterness; something bitter |
| pignorate | to give or take in pledge or pawn |
| forthwith | immediately |
| samara | propeller |
| quondam | former; sometime; formerly |
| hiemal | of, like or pertaining to winter— |
| whereon | on what |
| mouillé | sounded in a liquid manner; palatized |
| mythography | descriptive study or representation of myths |
| parure | a set of ornaments or jewels |
| bursary | treasury of a monastery or college |
| ripieno | supplementary or reinforcing music |
| asteism | refined irony |
| myriorama | picture consisting of many interchangeable parts |
| quercetum | plantation of oak trees |
| agynary | lacking female genitals |
| averruncate | to ward off; to uproot |
| sarangousty | waterproof stucco |
| thermaesthesia | sensitivity to heat or cold |
| parlous | full of danger or risk |
| farandole | lively Provençal dance in which men and women hold hands |
| pile | upside |
| geromorphism | appearing to be older than one’s actual age |
| thermantidote | apparatus for cooling air |
| anthorism | counter |
| leister | three |
| nugatory | inconsequential; inoperative; futile; trifling |
| kohlrabi | variety of cabbage |
| tranship | to transfer from one ship to another |
| chaomancy | divination by examining phenomena of the air |
| pyromancy | divination using fire |
| andragogy | science of teaching adults |
| odeum | a usually small theatre or concert hall |
| microphyllous | having small leaves |
| chilopod | multi |
| strigiform | shaped like an owl |
| twinter | two |
| ozoniferous | bearing ozone |
| punctule | minute dot, pit or aperture |
| tuism | apostrophe; reference to or regard to a second person |
| agrize | to horrify; to disfigure |
| leno | open |
| zoarium | supporting structure for a polyp colony |
| plagiary | one who plagiarises |
| malapropism | misapplication of words without mispronunciation |
| milleflori | glassware made of coloured rods embedded in clear glass |
| fulgid | flashing |
| pronation | turning hand and forearm so that palm faces downward |
| synthronus | joint throne for an Orthodox bishop and his presbyters |
| bufoniform | shaped like a toad |
| thermoplagia | sunstroke |
| calathiform | cup |
| septemfid | split into seven |
| cento | patchwork composition; collection of short quotations |
| additament | thing added or appended; heraldic ornament |
| procatalectic | lacking the unaccented part of first foot of a line of verse |
| hansom | light two |
| irrecusable | that cannot be rejected— |
| matinal | of, like or pertaining to the morning |
| adaxial | next to or towards the axis |
| sponsal | spousal |
| supeter | armour for the feet |
| fluminous | having many rivers or streams |
| pactolian | like or having golden |
| metensomatosis | movement of soul into new body before or after death |
| araba | wheeled Middle Eastern carriage |
| pygmachy | boxing; fighting with clubs |
| ceraceous | resembling wax |
| monoecious | having both male and female reproductive organs |
| cesious | bluish |
| allemande | courtly baroque dance in which the arms are interlaced |
| illeist | one who refers to oneself in the third person— |
| conspurcation | defilement |
| crwth | Welsh six |
| rach | dog that hunts by scent |
| affronté | of two heraldic animals, facing one another |
| surculigerous | producing suckers |
| rep | plain |
| certes | in truth; certainly |
| trice | to haul in and lash secure a sail with a small rope |
| siffilate | to whistle |
| charmeuse | soft and satiny silk fabric |
| rifacimento | recasting of a literary or musical work |
| saprodontia | tooth decay |
| ballottement | diagnosis of pregnancy by applying sharp force to abdomen |
| gybe | to swing a sail from one side to another |
| craquelure | fine cracking that appears in old paintings |
| xenogeneic | of a disease, derived from an individual of a different species |
| candent | heated to whiteness |
| oligogenics | birth control |
| mascon | concentration of dense mass beneath the moon’s surface |
| invidious | likely to excite indignation against the performer— |
| decalescence | point in heating metal where it appears to cool |
| affine | a relation by marriage |
| billon | base metal, alloy of copper, tin or silver |
| parine | of, like or pertaining to titmouses |
| notonectal | swimming on the back |
| oinomancy | divination using wine |
| supercalender | to give a high polish to |
| fluviology | study of watercourses |
| preceptive | concerning rules of conduct, laws or precepts |
| firkin | old unit of capacity equal to one quarter of a barrel |
| palisade | fence of stakes used for defensive purposes |
| obequitate | to ride about |
| quacksalver | one who falsely pretends to knowledge of medicine |
| thermotaxis | movement influenced or controlled by heat |
| puerperal | of, like or pertaining to childbirth |
| uakari | short |
| ploce | repetition of word in more expressive sense for emphasis |
| subito | at once; immediately |
| provection | transfer of last letter of one word to first of next |
| disembogue | to discharge or eject into the sea |
| spinulate | furnished with small spines |
| hereditament | property that may pass on to an heir— |
| almandine | violet |
| mycology | study of funguses |
| ateknia | childlessness |
| padronism | system of obtaining labour through employment agents |
| diriment | condition of legal nullification |
| cymophanous | opalescent; having a wavy or floating light |
| lavolta | lively bouncy dance for two persons |
| misericord | ledge in church to lean against while standing; forgiveness or mercy |
| iatrarchy | government by physicians— |
| sphagnicolous | living in peat moss |
| motte | artificial mound upon which a castle is built |
| mythogenesis | origin of myths |
| ailette | plate of armour worn on shoulder |
| cabotage | shipping and sailing between points in the same country |
| calumet | ornamented ceremonial pipe |
| wye | a Y |
| aeromancy | divination by means of the weather |
| quatern | arranged in fours |
| scripophily | collection of bond and share certificates |
| athetesis | rejection of a passage as spurious |
| hydropic | dropsical; thirsty— |
| testaceous | of or having a hard shell; brick |
| overhaile | to overtake; to overpower |
| proleptics | prognosis |
| recoct | to cook again; to concoct; to improvise |
| motable | constantly moving |
| nostrum | secret or quack medicine |
| traduce | to defame; to slander |
| stipe | a stalk |
| mitrate | shaped like a mitre or bonnet |
| dionym | name containing two parts or terms |
| rotula | kneecap |
| speed | prosperity; success |
| diagometer | instrument for measuring electrical conductivity |
| coercimeter | instrument for measuring coercive force |
| tichorrhine | woolly rhinoceros |
| alfet | cauldron of boiling water used during trials by ordeal |
| zapata | flowing, drooping moustache |
| mecometer | instrument for measuring length |
| wheaten | the golden colour of ripe wheat |
| gradualism | belief that things proceed by degrees |
| immortelle | everlasting dried flower— |
| sarcoid | flesh |
| garçonniere | bachelor apartment |
| numen | presiding deity |
| pachydermia | elephantiasis |
| caul | net or similar covering for the head; afterbirth |
| locellate | divided into small compartments |
| oenophobia | fear or hatred of wine |
| bibitory | of, like or pertaining or pertaining to drinking |
| turriferous | bearing towers |
| fornicate | vaulted or arched |
| agger | artificial mound or elevation for military use |
| mithridatism | immunity to poison by taking increasingly large doses |
| surrey | light four |
| temenos | place dedicated to a god; sacred precinct |
| forby | past; near |
| sphingal | of, like or pertaining to sphinxes |
| neap | tidal period of least difference between high and low tides |
| iliac | of, like or pertaining to the loins— |
| fumage | hearth |
| gestatorial | of, like or pertaining to carrying |
| recipiangle | old instrument with two arms used for measuring angles |
| chiropractic | treatment of disorders of the locomotor system and spinal column |
| apaesthesia | numbness or loss of sensation in a limb |
| myrmicine | of, like or pertaining to ants |
| rachitogenic | causing rickets |
| sone | unit of loudness on a scale based on subjective or perceived loudness |
| warden | kind of pear used in cooking |
| quintal | unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms |
| funicular | of, like or pertaining to a string or cable |
| palliate | to ease with out curing; to extenuate |
| textrine | of, like or pertaining to weaving |
| regulus | impure metal; intermediate product in ore smelting |
| miliary | like or concerning millet seeds |
| mvule | kind of African tree like a mulberry; hard wood of that tree |
| necyomancy | divination by summoning Satan |
| adenia | glandular swelling |
| causative | indicating causation by |
| tribade | female homosexual; lesbian |
| muscicide | substance for killing flies |
| tatou | armadillo |
| novendial | festival lasting nine days |
| thalassophilous | living in or fond of the sea |
| kasha | porridge or gruel |
| meline | canary |
| crash | coarse drapery and towelling fabric |
| dentirostral | with notched beak |
| jnana | knowledge obtained through meditation |
| coprophagous | eating feces |
| adharma | unrighteousness |
| scission | cutting; division; splitting |
| rhaebosis | curvature; bandiness |
| polycracy | government by many rulers; polyarchy |
| acutiator | sharpener of weapons |
| morbidezza | an extreme delicacy and softness |
| phenogenesis | origin of racial groups |
| splenium | surgical bandage |
| subintelligitur | implication understood though not stated |
| pratincolous | inhabiting meadows or fields |
| thionic | of, like or pertaining to or containing sulphur |
| overmantel | ornamental structure set on a mantel |
| maundy | custom of sovereign washing feet of poor or giving alms |
| photophobia | fear of light |
| syzygy | alignment of three or more celestial bodies |
| mnemon | unit of memory, largely hypothetical |
| snift | to sniff; to blow out steam |
| flumen | right to direct excess rain water to neighbour’s yard |
| jemmy | burglar’s short crowbar |
| aeriform | of the form or shape of gas; gaseous |
| parasuicide | harmful act appearing to be an attempt at suicide |
| poiesis | creation |
| capriform | goatlike |
| upspeak | to begin to speak |
| intrados | undersurface of an arch or vault— |
| hellkite | kite of infernal breed; extremely cruel person— |
| areometer | instrument used for measuring specific gravity |
| dipsetic | causing to be thirsty |
| adiaphoron | tenet or belief on which a theological system is indifferent |
| whitlow | abscess around a fingernail |
| niveous | snowy; white |
| hawsehole | hole for ship’s cable— |
| lignify | to make woody; to turn into wood |
| dioecious | having male and female sexual organs in different individuals |
| jink | to move quickly with sudden turns and shifts |
| quietus | discharge from life; extinction; death; silencing |
| nosocomium | hospital |
| siccimeter | instrument for measuring liquid evaporation |
| serriform | saw |
| scalpeliform | shaped like a scalpel |
| gimmal | ring that can be divided into two or three rings |
| zoopraxiscope | device for depicting the movement of animals through rotating images |
| phylline | leaf |
| ziraleet | expression of joy among Arab women |
| somedeal | somewhat |
| glenoid | slightly cupped; socket |
| yeasty | full of restless energy or creativity; insubstantial |
| abaft | toward or at the stern of a ship; further aft |
| cosmoplastic | moulding or shaping the universe |
| badinage | playful repartee or banter |
| underbridge | bridge carrying a road or railway |
| theanthropic | simultaneously human and divine |
| myelic | of, like or pertaining to the spinal cord |
| polemology | study of war |
| tympaniform | drum |
| hinnable | able to neigh or whinny— |
| gibbous | hump |
| napper | one who naps cloth after it is fulled |
| lighter | large open boat used in loading and unloading ships |
| milliad | millennium; period of a thousand years |
| coggage | paper |
| aspergillum | vessel for sprinkling holy water |
| narcohypnia | numbness experienced upon awakening |
| rumbustious | boisterous |
| delope | to fire one’s gun into the air in a duel |
| anicular | like an old woman |
| patte | narrow band keeping a belt or sash in its place |
| mammiferous | having breasts |
| syncretism | combination of different religious beliefs |
| trebuchet | medieval siege engine for launching stones |
| fetial | heraldic; ambassadorial |
| martyrium | shrine erected in memory of a martyr |
| trabeate | built of horizontal beams rather than arches |
| heresiarch | leader of a heretical movement— |
| moonraker | topmost sail of a ship, above the skyscraper |
| Italomania | obsession with Italy or Italians— |
| glomerate | packed or bunched together |
| koto | obnoxious |
| atokous | lacking offspring |
| thaumatrope | gadged showing persistence of visual impressions using spinning disk |
| drung | narrow road or path to a pasture |
| coetaneous | of the same age; coeval |
| cribble | to decorate wood or metal with small dots or punctures |
| orichalc | gold |
| nostology | study of senility |
| tritavia | four |
| sillograph | one who writes satires |
| whemmle | to overturn; to throw into a state of disorder |
| amain | to a high degree; exceedingly; at full speed |
| punk | decayed wood |
| lactiferous | milk |
| skerry | small rocky island |
| misbeseem | to be unsuited or unsuitable to |
| divellent | drawing apart; pulling apart in pieces |
| overslaugh | exemption from duty in turn when otherwise employed |
| julep | sweetened and often medicated drink |
| picksome | particular; picky |
| furuncular | of, like or pertaining to boils |
| meconomancy | divination using sleep |
| audiometer | instrument for measuring acuity of hearing |
| stalagmometer | instrument for measuring surface tension by drops |
| albificative | able to whiten or be whitened |
| prolocutor | spokesman; speaker of the House of Lords |
| gelastic | of, like or pertaining to or provoking laughter |
| omphalopsychite | one who meditates by gazing at the navel |
| mucrone | stiff sharp point forming an abrupt end |
| plenitude | fullness; completeness; abundance; sufficiency |
| tribunitial | of, like or pertaining to a tribune |
| meristic | divided into parts or segments |
| reckling | smallest or weakest of a litter |
| ballistocardiograph | instrument for detecting body movements caused by heartbeat |
| tumultuary | chaotic; haphazard |
| transire | ship’s customs warrant for clearing goods |
| nomiatrist | lawyer specializing in medical cases |
| anticryptic | camouflaged; having protective resemblance to environment |
| geology | study of earth’s crust |
| gaucherie | awkward or socially unacceptable remark |
| spermatogenesis | producing sperm |
| mockado | inferior quality woollen fabric |
| gradatim | step by step |
| xyloglyphy | wood |
| widget | any small manufactured object |
| oose | furry dust that gathers under beds |
| galactophorous | bearing or carrying milk |
| myosis | excessive contraction of the pupil of the eye |
| gramercy | expression of gratitude or surprise |
| theocrasy | mixture of religions; fitting other religions into own |
| quintain | post for tilting with turning cross |
| decorticate | to remove the bark, husk or peel of |
| kirpan | small sword or dagger worn by Sikhs |
| baldric | shoulder strap for holding sword |
| antigropelos | waterproof leggings |
| triduan | lasting three days |
| contorniate | having a groove around the edge |
| zoanthropy | delusion that one is an animal |
| kolo | Central European folk dance having a ring of dancers |
| rillet | small brook or stream |
| wherry | light shallow boat; barge |
| tiqueur | one who suffers from tics |
| palette | small plate covering the armpit joint in a suit of armour |
| secreta | products of secretion |
| advertorial | advertisement presented as if it were editorial material |
| diaglyph | figure etched or engraved in surface of gem or stone; intaglio |
| lapidate | to pelt with stones; to kill by stoning |
| mycetism | fungus poisoning |
| demiurge | creative spirit or entity |
| ceromancy | divination by means of wax drippings |
| spritsail | sail extended by a sprit |
| heartsome | exhilarating; merry— |
| conteck | strife |
| acritochromacy | colour |
| synsemantic | of a word, having no meaning outside a specific context |
| skewbald | bearing patches of white and some other colour |
| guttation | release of drops of moisture |
| proscenium | part of the stage in front of the curtain |
| tain | tin foil used as backing for mirror; thin tin plate |
| prestriction | blindness; blindfolding |
| mainpernor | one who gives mainprise |
| agonistes | someone in the grip of inner conflict |
| abrosia | fasting |
| curricle | two |
| magnetics | study of magnetism |
| indulgence | former Catholic pardon granted for remission of punishment for sins— |
| purblind | nearly blind |
| nitency | brightness; lustrousness |
| pulchritude | beauty |
| overcrow | to crow or triumph over |
| accloy | to hobble with a horseshoe nail |
| lampion | decorated oil lamp |
| hank | series of rings or clips for attaching a jib or staysail to a stay— |
| confirmand | candidate for religious confirmation |
| syllabatim | syllable by syllable |
| zwitterion | ion carrying both a positive and negative charge |
| tralatitious | traditional; transmitted; handed on; metaphorical |
| unction | anointing as right of consecration or healing; warmth of address |
| grapheme | a letter of the alphabet |
| odograph | odometer; instrument for measuring distance travelled |
| psalmody | act of singing psalms in church services |
| whifflery | levity; trifling |
| umbratilous | shadowy; shaded; indoor; secluded |
| surplice | loose |
| tantième | share of profits or royalties |
| tophaceous | gritty |
| arrant | downright; unmitigated |
| piqué | stiff durable corded fabric of cotton, rayon or silk |
| troika | carriage drawn by three horses |
| tiller | handle or lever for turning a ship’s rudder |
| stereochromy | colourful wall painting |
| megachiropteran | of, like or pertaining to fruit bats |
| accensor | acolyte |
| zootype | animal serving as a type; figure of an animal used to represent a deity |
| profligate | debauched; rashly extravagant |
| jack | cross |
| lambitive | taken by licking up with the tongue |
| détraqué | a person who is deranged |
| parembole | insertion of something related to the subject into a phrase |
| socage | feudal land tenure by fixed service |
| brattice | partition in mine shaft used to support walls and roof |
| refection | refreshment or relief; a meal |
| utricle | small cavity or sac |
| tandem | two |
| sevum | tallow |
| bubonalgia | painful inflammation of the groin |
| scatomancy | divination by studying excrement |
| petrichor | pleasant smell accompanying the first rain after a dry spell |
| terraqueous | amphibious; consisting of land and water |
| cephalopod | creature with tentacles or limbs attached to head |
| chaussures | general name for boots and shoes; footwear |
| soliloquacious | prone to giving soliloquies |
| cirrate | having tendrils |
| monochronic | contemporaneous |
| toponym | place name derived from geographical feature |
| aeviternity | eternal existence |
| gamogenesis | sexual reproduction |
| diacatholicon | panacea |
| siderate | to blast or strike |
| psychogram | writing supposedly produced under influence of spirits |
| sebaceous | of or like tallow |
| phaneromania | habit of biting one’s nails |
| labiomancy | lip reading |
| polysyllogism | series of syllogisms where each is basis for next |
| mesial | middle |
| quickset | formed of living plants arranged in place |
| biramous | forked; with two branches |
| dasypoedes | types of birds having downy |
| accinge | to gird |
| homeomerous | composed of similar parts— |
| kickie | wickie |
| oenomancy | divination by studying appearance of wine |
| crassilingual | having a thick tongue |
| growlery | a retreat for times of ill humour |
| runnel | little brook |
| shallot | onion with garlic |
| omnicompetent | legally competent in all matters |
| agraffe | hooked clasp used by masons to hold blocks together |
| nostrification | acceptance of foreign university degrees on par with native |
| familism | the tendency of a family to cohere as a group |
| chain | unit of length equal to 22 yards |
| poundage | charge for keeping stray cattle |
| ostiary | doorkeeper |
| reglementation | regulation |
| querquedule | pin |
| tutulus | conical Roman headdress |
| typhlology | study of blindness and the blind |
| halitous | vaporous— |
| mehari | camel used for racing |
| muscology | the study of mosses |
| inappetent | lacking desire or appetite— |
| jigamaree | a thingamajig; a cunning manoeuvre |
| hieropathic | pertaining to a strong love of the clergy— |
| telautograph | telegraph that reproduces writing done with a pen or pencil |
| jampan | an Indian sedan chair |
| cryptaesthetic | of, like or pertaining to supranormal perception |
| militaster | soldier without skill or ability |
| propolis | resin of tree buds collected by bees |
| distaff | of, like or pertaining to the female branch of a family or women’s work |
| quince | orange |
| gardyloo | warning cry |
| dyschromatopic | colour |
| coralliferous | bearing coral |
| arreptitious | ecstatic; frantic; hasty or hurried |
| ontal | of, like or pertaining to reality or existence |
| kyriolexy | the use of literal expressions |
| qoph | a Hebrew letter |
| lacuna | a blank space or missing part |
| aegilops | stye in inner corner of eye |
| synarchy | joint sovereignty |
| abradant | a substance that abrades |
| topology | study of places and their natural features |
| mesquin | mean; ungracious |
| dactyliology | study of rings |
| pais | people from whom a jury is drawn |
| philodemic | fond of commoners or the lower classes |
| cnidarian | of, like, or pertaining to invertebrates such as jellyfish and anemones |
| hypsography | science of measuring heights— |
| conflate | blend or fuse together |
| gig | light two |
| querken | to stifle; to suffocate |
| sheol | hell; place where the dead live a shadowy existence |
| breviary | book containing daily church service |
| stochastic | of, like or pertaining to a sequence of random events |
| sphygmology | study of the pulse |
| weighage | fee paid for weighing goods |
| presbyophrenia | female senility marked by loss of memory |
| promptuary | repository; reference book of facts |
| ferial | of, like or pertaining to holidays |
| unguligrade | walking on hoofs |
| spuddle | to work feebly or ineffectively; to perform shallow agricultural ploughing |
| palpebral | of, like or pertaining to the eyelid |
| nosomania | delusion of suffering from a disease |
| dentiologist | one who speaks with closed teeth |
| fructuation | coming to fruit or bearing of fruit |
| postconnubial | after marriage |
| oleiferous | producing oil |
| xenodochium | building for the reception of strangers |
| corium | skin layer |
| circinate | ring |
| totipotent | capable of differentiation |
| pareschatology | doctrine dealing with matters after death but before the end of the world |
| hetaera | paramour; prostitute; concubine— |
| papyraceous | like paper; papery |
| descrive | to describe |
| apocalypticism | doctrine of the imminent end of the world |
| cathexis | investment of emotional energy in a thought or idea |
| hypernym | word representing a class of words or things— |
| subniveal | under snow |
| ostraceous | of, like or pertaining to oysters |
| chevrotain | small deer |
| synorthographic | spelled in the same way |
| requital | act of payment in return; repayment; vengeance |
| passim | everywhere; dispersedly |
| telestic | of, like or pertaining to the mysteries |
| paraphonia | alteration of the voice; as at puberty |
| telergy | physical force at work in telepathy |
| palpebration | winking |
| mainsail | principal sail on a ship’s mainmast |
| respirometer | instrument for measuring and studying respiration |
| jecoral | of, like or pertaining to the liver |
| odontist | dentist |
| credenda | things to be believed |
| psychobiology | study of biology of the mind |
| aggrandize | increase power or rank of; make greater |
| necrology | obituary list |
| sinistromanual | left |
| cornuted | cuckolded |
| conurbation | city surrounded by many urban areas |
| sacerdotalism | belief that priests are necessary mediators between God and mankind |
| xenocracy | government by a body of foreigners |
| bitheism | belief in two gods |
| panduriform | fiddle |
| albolith | white cement formed from magnesia and silica |
| assurgent | ascending; rising; curving upward |
| oscitate | to yawn |
| pismire | an ant; something or someone insignificant |
| wassail | toast to someone’s health; to go caroling or carousing; spiced ale |
| larrup | to flog or thrash |
| quagga | extinct African wild ass like the zebra |
| teramorphous | of abnormal or monstrous form |
| telegnosis | knowledge of events taking place far away; clairvoyance |
| bimetallism | currency exchange on both the gold and silver standards |
| quiff | tuft of hair brushed away from the forehead; oiled lock of hair |
| medicament | externally applied curative treatment |
| damnification | causation of injury or loss |
| opsomania | abnormal love for one kind of food |
| millocracy | government by mill owners |
| aroint | begone |
| anaphora | repetition of a word at beginning of successive phrases for emphasis |
| beblubbered | disfigured from weeping |
| antrorse | turned upward and forward |
| spectroheliograph | instrument for taking pictures of the sun |
| blandiloquence | complimentary speech; flattery |
| obstetrics | study of midwifery |
| aclinic | having no inclination or magnetic dip |
| fovea | depression or pit |
| phrenic | of or near the midriff |
| revalescent | convalescent |
| jota | fast Spanish folk dance in triple time |
| ophthalmoscope | instrument for viewing the interior of the eye |
| methanometer | instrument for detecting presence of methane |
| diasyrm | rhetorical device of condemning through faint praise |
| phengophobia | fear of daylight |
| acromegaly | glandular disorder causing gigantism of extremities |
| siege | seat or throne |
| glanduliferous | bearing glands |
| parvenu | one suddenly risen to wealth without great social rank |
| pornocracy | government by harlots |
| quadragintesimal | forty |
| gesso | plaster of Paris used in painting |
| acetimeter | instrument for measuring strength of vinegar |
| cancerophobia | fear of cancer |
| nugacious | unimportant; trifling; trivial |
| woolfell | skin with the wool still on it |
| psammophile | sand |
| acouasm | ringing noise in head |
| formicide | substance that kills ants |
| divulsion | act of pulling or rendering apart or away |
| auxometer | instrument for measuring magnifying power |
| fitch | brush made from hair of polecat |
| panaceist | believer in panaceas |
| preterist | lover of the past |
| hobbledehoy | awkward; gawky youth— |
| whitster | bleacher of cloth and clothing |
| neatherd | cowherd |
| scrow | a scroll; writings |
| pelecoid | shaped like a hatchet; a hatchet |
| limacology | study of slugs |
| nidulation | nest |
| panary | of, like or pertaining to bread; bread store |
| nigrosine | blackish coal |
| prate | to talk foolishly or sententiously; to tattle |
| acatalepsy | the unknowableness of all things to a certainty |
| siccative | drying; a drying agent |
| tegular | of, like or overlapping like tiles or slates |
| ligyrophobia | fear of loud noises |
| xanthocyanopsy | form of colour |
| sarmentum | vine, long twig or runner |
| connate | congenitally or firmly united |
| whiskerando | a whiskered person |
| pyrexical | feverish |
| guaniferous | bearing dung |
| ossia | alternatively; rather (in music) |
| scutiger | squire |
| megalith | large rough stone used as a monument |
| typtology | theory concerning rappings by spirits or ghosts |
| carnification | conversion into flesh |
| laterigrade | running or moving sideways |
| repoussé | raised in relief by hammering from behind or within |
| corf | miner’s basket, trolley or wagon |
| limn | to portray, paint or delineate |
| reduit | inner fortified retreat for a garrison |
| deodate | a gift to or from God |
| denary | one of ten; tenfold; of, like or pertaining to group of ten |
| fuero | code or body of laws; a constitution |
| countenance | approve of; condone; encourage |
| frieze | rough heavy woollen cloth |
| synectics | study of processes of invention |
| ultimogeniture | inheritance by the last son |
| lour | to look sullen or threatening |
| monogoneutic | having only a single brood or litter |
| floatant | agent causing flotation |
| contect | to cover or overlay |
| saffron | orange |
| xesturgy | process of polishing |
| predevote | foreordained |
| haligraphy | treatise on salt— |
| borasco | violent wind squall |
| tabacosis | tobacco poisoning |
| allative | indicating movement towards |
| shantung | plain rough silk or cotton |
| placentigerous | bearing a placenta |
| procacity | petulance; insolence |
| technography | description of arts and crafts |
| quadrivium | four branches of mathematics in medieval education |
| noctidiurnal | comprising one day and one night |
| furfur | dandruff or scurf |
| narial | of, like or pertaining to the nostrils |
| triforium | gallery or arcade over an aisle; gallery over nave and choir |
| dentagra | toothache |
| playa | basin which becomes a shallow lake after heavy rainfall |
| cadrans | instrument by which a gem is adjusted while being cut |
| pedology | study of soils |
| squinch | arch across the corner of a room |
| gynotikolobomassophile | one who nibbles on women’s earlobes |
| spodium | bone charcoal; powder obtained from calcination of substances |
| declassé | below one’s social class |
| jackstaff | short staff at ship’s bow from which the jack is hoisted |
| whipstaff | vertical lever controlling ship’s rudder |
| poliorcectic | of, like or pertaining to siegecraft or besiegement |
| yakow | animal crossbred from male yak and domestic cow |
| foliaceous | bearing leaves; leaf |
| avinosis | air sickness |
| littoral | of, like or pertaining to the shore of a body of water |
| compellative | indicating address or appellation; vocative |
| mulism | obstinate quirk or habit |
| bort | diamond fragments or dust |
| mondain | worldly; fashionable; such a person |
| caritive | indicating lack of something |
| amadelphous | outgoing; gregarious |
| dapifer | one who brings meat to the table |
| alcoholometer | instrument for measuring proportion of alcohol in solutions |
| champerty | illegal contract to finance a lawsuit for a percentage fee |
| weatherly | able to sail close to the wind with little leeway |
| gangway | either of the sides of the upper deck of a ship |
| lanyard | rope or line for fastening something in a ship |
| aorist | expressing simple past time with no continuance |
| hydrokinetics | study of motion of fluids— |
| discomania | obsession for disco music |
| spherometer | instrument measuring curvature |
| arachnophobia | fear of spiders |
| dragoman | interpreter |
| siriasis | sunstroke |
| aerostat | any lighter |
| congee | permission to depart; dismissal; discharge |
| synallagmatic | mutually or reciprocally obligatory; bilateral |
| stratiform | layered; forming a layer |
| geoid | figure of the earth |
| porphyrogenitic | of royal birth |
| toxicophobia | fear of poisoning |
| stodge | to cram, stuff or gorge with food |
| microcalorimeter | instrument for measuring tiny quantities of heat |
| cymbiform | shaped like a boat |
| zwieback | sweet toasted biscuit |
| fub | to put off; to fob |
| lateritious | brick |
| bdellism | use of leeches for blood |
| settee | long seat with a back |
| punditocracy | government by political pundits |
| tanquam | a person fit for college education |
| ultrageous | violently extreme |
| decuman | principle; large; primary |
| diarchy | government by two people |
| suede | light beige |
| fane | temple |
| interscribe | to write between— |
| patibulate | to execute by hanging |
| havier | castrated deer— |
| facture | workmanship; the products of making |
| ungual | of a claw, hoof, or talon; clawed |
| oogenesis | production of eggs or ova |
| neossology | study of nestling birds |
| quinnat | the king salmon |
| bibliomania | craze for books or reading |
| xenium | gift made to a guest or ambassador; any compulsory gift |
| uvelloid | resembling a small cluster of grapes |
| pupillarity | the state of being a pupil |
| macrography | viewing an object with the naked eye |
| foudroyant | thundering; dazzling |
| pomiform | shaped like an apple |
| phrenology | study of bumps on the head |
| aborticide | killing of a fetus; abortion |
| lief | soon; gladly |
| arrendator | one who rents or farms at a yearly rent |
| myropologist | one who sells perfume |
| inustion | burning in; cauterization— |
| aggiornamento | modernization of ideas of the Catholic church |
| antelucan | before dawn or daylight |
| farris | female blacksmith |
| poussin | chicken raised for eating at around six weeks old |
| dilogy | intentional ambiguousness |
| orpiment | yellow arsenic compound used as pigment |
| silverskin | fine skin of a coffee bean |
| patten | wooden shoe; clog; base of a pillar |
| watchet | pale blue |
| ivresse | drunkenness— |
| oligopoly | market situation of few sellers of a service |
| floromancy | belief that flowers have feelings |
| ceramography | historical description of types of pottery |
| melalgia | pain in the limbs |
| ked | wingless fly that feeds on livestock |
| abscission | cutting off; cutting away |
| syncline | downward fold in geology |
| phosphene | light seen when the eyeball is pressed |
| parabolaster | a parabola of a higher degree |
| gablock | spur attached to the heel of a fighting cock |
| psychofugal | proceeding outward from a mental state |
| phylogenesis | origin and history of a species’ evolution |
| ped | naturally formed mass or aggregate of soil |
| tholus | round building; dome; cupola |
| ouzel | blackbird; a dark |
| trommel | revolving sieve for cleaning or sizing minerals |
| cachepot | ornamental container used to conceal a flowerpot |
| lixiviation | leaching |
| myrmecophilous | having a symbiotic relationship with ants |
| melasma | dark patch of skin |
| theism | belief in the existence of God without special revelation |
| uraniscus | roof of the mouth |
| seriatim | in succession; one after another |
| roband | piece of yarn used to fasten a sail to a spar |
| fumatorium | a place for smoking |
| skean | dagger |
| gat | opening or strait between two sandbanks |
| hypnomancy | divination using sleep— |
| truckle | to submit; to cringe |
| scleroid | hard; hardened |
| tanacles | pincer |
| sealine | the sea horizon |
| plenipotence | absolute power |
| antinomy | contradiction between two logical conclusions |
| lentiginose | minutely dotted; freckled |
| pontage | toll paid on bridges; tax for repairing bridges |
| orthian | high |
| nanism | the condition of being dwarfed or being a dwarf |
| osmol | unit of osmotic pressure |
| bezique | card game played with two decks of cards |
| oblation | act of offering; a sacrifice; anything offered in worship |
| oncogenesis | producing cancerous tumours |
| petricolous | living in or near rocks |
| roussette | fruit |
| fie | expression of disgust or disapproval |
| candela | unit of luminous intensity |
| tubifacient | constructing a tube |
| atmatertera | great |
| sociable | four |
| prepone | to reschedule for an earlier time |
| charmante | silk fabric with a crepe back |
| griffade | sudden seizure with the claws |
| aethrioscope | instrument for measuring temperature variations due to sky conditions |
| placoid | plate |
| ophiasis | baldness in wavy bands |
| ostracean | of, like or pertaining to oysters |
| purfle | to ornament the edge of with embroidery |
| neophrastic | of, like or pertaining to neologisms |
| gonfalonier | standard |
| nembutsu | Buddhist invocation chanted to achieve enlightenment |
| polystachious | having many spikes |
| wippen | part of piano hammer raised when note played |
| caesura | natural breathing space in a line of verse |
| laticiferous | containing or conveying latex |
| rackrent | excessive rent |
| teinoscope | prism telescope |
| plumeopicean | of tar and feathers |
| donnybrook | an uproarious brawl |
| intenerate | to make tender; to soften— |
| ferrule | band on the end of a stick for reinforcing it |
| cribrous | perforated or punctured like a sieve |
| gault | heavy clay used for bricks |
| teknonymy | the naming of the parent from the child |
| champaign | level countryside or plain |
| bullate | having a blistered or puckered appearance |
| fulgour | splendour |
| cryptadia | things to be kept hidden |
| spadiceous | shaped like a palm branch |
| syphilophobia | fear of syphilis |
| corviform | shaped like a crow |
| arachibutyrophobia | fear of peanut butter sticking to roof of mouth |
| auriform | shaped like an ear |
| crenate | scalloped |
| nacket | snack; light lunch |
| jocoserious | half in jest; half serious |
| admaxillary | connected to or near the jaw |
| cockamamie | ridiculous; incredible |
| rhematic | of words or verbs; forming a word or words |
| liturate | spotted |
| unguinous | oily; fatty |
| tremendum | feeling of overwhelming awe associated with religious experience |
| modena | crimson |
| xylogenous | growing on wood |
| houndstooth | fabric with an irregular checked pattern— |
| hippomobile | horse |
| sufflate | to inflate |
| taction | contact; touch |
| bezoar | stony material found in ruminants’ stomachs |
| typhonic | having the character of a whirlwind or tornado |
| wheep | sound made by a steel weapon when drawn from a sheath |
| textology | study of the production of texts |
| colonnade | row of evenly spaced column or trees |
| campaniform | bell |
| urceiform | shaped like a pitcher |
| chiffonier | chest of drawers |
| objectivism | doctrine that all reality is objective |
| obedible | docile; capable of obedience |
| monophagous | feeding on only one type of food |
| quisby | an idler; suspicious or odd |
| quercine | of, like or pertaining to oak trees |
| anopisthographic | bearing writing or inscription only on one side |
| poivrade | pepper sauce |
| monoousian | having the same substance |
| knout | to flog; to scourge |
| multipotent | having the power to do many things |
| stygian | having a gloomy or foreboding aspect; murky |
| catchpole | constable; sheriff’s officer |
| crista | ridge or fold resembling a crest |
| galatea | striped cotton |
| keybugle | bugle with keys |
| lineolate | marked with fine lines |
| gynaecology | study of women’s physiology |
| hypocorism | pet |
| lygophobia | fear of darkness |
| gradual | part of mass between epistle and gospel |
| scallom | rod with thin or spliced end used to form base or frame of baskets |
| imbroglio | confusing or disturbing situation; confused mass or heap— |
| barrateen | some kind of fabric |
| idiothermous | warm |
| prill | nodule of metal obtained after assaying |
| swale | marshy hollow or depression; meadow |
| patrology | study of early Christianity |
| arrhizal | lacking roots |
| solmisate | to sing; to set to musical notation |
| paraesthesia | tingling sensation on the skin |
| désobligeante | carriage for one passenger |
| geoselenic | of, like or pertaining to both the Earth and the moon |
| aeolotropy | variation in physical properties on basis of position |
| cerography | writing or printing on plates spread with wax |
| tuant | of writing, keen or trenchant |
| intinction | administering communion by dipping bread into wine— |
| protistology | study of protists |
| atavism | reversion to early or ancestral type |
| aureole | radiant light around head or body of holy personage |
| punctulate | bearing small spots or dots |
| loess | deposit of rich and fertile soil |
| biune | combining two entities into one |
| terrene | of the earth; earthly; worldly; mundane |
| sicarian | murderer; assassin |
| ignipotent | presiding over fire— |
| rhigosis | sensation of cold; ability to feel cold |
| incrassate | to thicken— |
| stentor | loud |
| stramineous | strawy; light; worthless; straw |
| adversaria | miscellaneous notes; commonplace books |
| trental | commemoratory service held thirty days after burial |
| baryecoia | deafness; hardness of hearing |
| kylin | Chinese mythical animal |
| lubricious | slippery; lewd |
| disagio | fee charged for exchanging foreign or depreciated currency |
| bombazine | twilled silk and worsted fabric |
| cerumen | ear wax |
| trichoid | hair |
| quodlibet | philosophical argument of disputation; humorous medley |
| xography | photographic process for producing three |
| prelate | bishop or abbot of superior rank |
| dinarchy | government by two people; diarchy |
| rand | border; edge; margin |
| camisole | straitjacket used for unruly prisoners |
| asterism | three asterisks used to direct attention to a passage |
| soutane | priest’s cassock |
| longeron | longitudinal membrane of an airplane |
| telesis | making use of natural or social processes for a goal |
| camerlengo | papal treasurer |
| upcast | upward throw; material thrown up |
| simultanagnosia | inability to experience perceptions as components of a whole |
| cibation | taking food; feeding |
| fantod | a state of irritability or tension; an emotional fit |
| ocreate | wearing boots or leggings |
| phelloid | cork |
| zelator | sister in a convent in charge of checking on conduct of other nuns |
| funipendulous | hanging by a rope or cord |
| gabardine | closely woven cotton or wool twill |
| bifid | divided in two by a deep split |
| allotropy | of an element, having more than one form |
| paroxysm | fit of passion; laughter; coughing; sudden violent action |
| acroamatic | esoteric |
| columbaceous | of, like or pertaining to doves or pigeons |
| cochlear | anything spiral |
| nervure | vein of a leaf |
| odorimetry | measurement of strength and persistence of odours |
| monoblepsia | colour |
| dromestoners | persons who remove stones from temporary airfields |
| spiraliform | shaped like a spiral |
| hist | expression used to attract attention— |
| monomorphic | having only one form |
| tabernacle | ornamental container for storing Communion bread and wine |
| unition | conjunction |
| cellarer | monastery official in charge of provisions |
| soterial | of, like or pertaining to salvation |
| acrography | the art of making wood blocks in relief |
| arcuate | arched; bow |
| chad | bits of paper punched out of paper tape or cards |
| hednon | wedding present— |
| belliferous | bringing war |
| tufa | rock made of fine volcanic detritus |
| lysis | disintegration; destruction |
| rubefaction | reddening |
| accite | to cite; to summon |
| isallobar | line connecting points of equal change in barometric pressure— |
| turriform | shaped like a tower |
| ditheism | belief in two equal gods, one good and one evil |
| pityroid | bran |
| kickshaws | a trinket; a cheap, worthless article |
| sedigitated | six |
| noxal | of, like or pertaining to wrongful injury by object or animal of another |
| hypotrichosis | hairlessness— |
| hermeneutic | of, like or pertaining to the interpretation of passages— |
| piliform | shaped like hair |
| arbalest | type of crossbow |
| isograph | line connecting points of same linguistic usage in some respect— |
| introessive | indicating motion into— |
| seriocomic | partly serious and partly humorous |
| cordiform | heart |
| wardmote | meeting of a ward or a court of a ward |
| pyromachy | use of fire in combat |
| glebe | church land granted to clergyman |
| grum | morose; surly |
| bibliognost | well |
| innoxious | harmless— |
| ophelimity | ability to please sexually; ability to satisfy |
| donnism | self |
| ceroscopy | divination using wax |
| metapsychology | study of nature of the mind |
| neoterism | introduction of new things, especially words |
| shandry | light cart on springs |
| monochroic | of one colour |
| helminthoid | worm |
| ordure | loathsome dirt or refuse; something morally degrading |
| isohyet | line connecting points of equal rainfall— |
| tigrine | of, like or pertaining to tigers |
| phugoid | of, like or pertaining to the longitudinal stability of aircraft |
| goniometer | instrument for measuring angles between faces |
| photism | illusory vision of light |
| actuate | communicate motion to; cause |
| ramiferous | bearing branches |
| culicino | mark left on a tablecloth by a wet glass |
| juratory | of, like or pertaining to an oath |
| noosphere | sum of human intellectual activities |
| microbiology | study of microscopic organisms |
| yardland | unit of land area equal to 30 acres |
| univocal | unmistakeable; unequivocal |
| megascope | instrument for projecting an enlarged image |
| zuche | tree stump |
| orarion | deacon’s stole in Orthodox church |
| polyacoustic | amplifying sounds |
| kakidrosis | body odour |
| cavesson | noseband for a horse |
| recherché | carefully chosen, rare or exotic |
| cep | brown edible mushroom |
| cnicnode | point where tangents form a cone of the second order |
| paysage | landscape |
| groyne | wooden breakwater |
| olamic | of or belonging to a vast period or eon |
| serpentcleide | musical instrument like an ophicleide with a wooden body |
| teloteropathy | telepathy between living persons |
| punk | dry decayed wood used for tinder |
| poudrin | small ice crystals |
| indicia | indicating marks or symptoms— |
| chiliasm | belief that Jesus will reign on Earth for a thousand years |
| suilline | of, like or pertaining to hogs |
| acology | study of medical remedies |
| discission | open incision or cut |
| gravid | pregnant |
| rencounter | chance meeting; encounter; casual combat |
| cladogenesis | origin and evolution as if branching from common ancestor |
| uranology | study of the heavens; astronomy |
| autognosis | knowledge of or about oneself |
| iatrogenic | induced inadvertently by medical treatment— |
| platitude | commonplace or trite remark made as if it were important |
| libanomancy | divination by watching incense smoke |
| multiloquent | talkative; garrulous |
| illinition | act of rubbing against or on— |
| palanquin | light litter for one passenger |
| logodaedaly | verbal legerdemain |
| webster | a female weaver |
| hylomorphism | belief that matter is cause of the universe— |
| papaverous | of, like or pertaining to poppies |
| sejant | sitting (especially of a heraldic animal) |
| febricant | causing fever |
| herisson | swinging beam bearing iron spikes— |
| comose | having tufts of hair; tufted; hairy |
| boopic | ox |
| catalactics | science of commercial exchange |
| mattoid | person on borderline between sanity and insanity |
| hopsack | rough |
| mitogenic | causing cell division |
| poop | enclosed structure at stern of ship above main deck |
| puteal | wall round the top of a well |
| mollycoddle | an effeminate man |
| buck | and |
| obdormition | numbness in a limb caused by pressure on a nerve |
| dealbation | whitening; bleaching |
| forefoot | foremost end of ship’s keel |
| abattoir | public slaughterhouse |
| trutinate | to weigh using a balance; to evaluate mentally |
| hygeian | of, like or pertaining to health; healthy— |
| crin | horsehair fabric |
| canterbury | stand with divisions for holding books or music |
| niddering | one who shows shameful fear or timidity |
| conchology | study of shells |
| quadraphonic | produced by a sound system that employs four signal sources |
| mortmain | restrictive influence of the past on the present |
| phenology | study of organisms as affected by climate |
| rotameter | old instrument for measuring length of curved lines |
| prolate | having flattened sides due to lengthwise elongation |
| thersitical | scurrilous; violent in manner of speech |
| transom | structure dividing a window horizontally; horizontal bar |
| benedict | a newly married man who has long been a bachelor |
| clinquant | tinselly; glittering |
| quinquennium | period of five years |
| wirble | to whirl; to turn round and round |
| rosmarine | mythical walrus |
| carronade | short and light maritime cannon |
| riant | laughing; merry |
| abatjour | skylight or device to direct light into a room |
| sticharion | vestment like an alb worn by Orthodox priests |
| passivate | to coat metal with oxides to protect from corrosion |
| rood | cross or crucifix at entrance to church chancel |
| brigue | to intrigue |
| subboreal | very cold |
| lunisolar | pertaining jointly to the moon and sun |
| binaural | of, pertaining to or heard by both ears |
| ramate | branched |
| janiform | having two faces |
| matripotestal | of, like or pertaining to the power of mothers |
| athanor | alchemist’s self |
| quoin | a wedge; salient angle of a building; cornerstone |
| gambrel | roof having a pentagonal gable |
| quadrifoliate | having four leaves |
| bahuvrihi | compound word whose second part is a noun but that acts as an adjective |
| consuetude | custom; familiarity |
| duncical | stupid; dim |
| diaspora | dispersion |
| beata | beatified woman |
| annuent | nodding or moving of the head |
| ochre | yellowish or yellow |
| nunciative | bearing messages |
| acolous | limbless |
| osphresiology | study of the sense of smell |
| noddypeak | fool; imbecile |
| representationalism | doctrine that ideas rather than external objects are basis of knowledge |
| lexigram | sign which represents a word |
| cardinal | deep scarlet red colour |
| celluliferous | bearing little cells |
| isanemone | line connecting points on map having same wind velocity— |
| phakic | (of an eye) having a crystalline lens |
| remex | quill feather of a bird’s wing |
| tegmen | covering or shell |
| nomism | view that moral conduct consists in observance of laws |
| regalism | doctrine of the monarch’s supremacy in church affairs |
| octingentenary | eight hundredth anniversary of an event |
| flacon | scent |
| anopheline | of, like or pertaining to malarial mosquitoes |
| digoneutic | double brooded |
| cinerarium | container for cremated ashes |
| setose | bristly |
| belomancy | divination by means of arrows |
| rhetoricaster | petty rhetorician |
| belvedere | raised covered terrace or pavilion |
| paduasoy | corded silk |
| ornithology | study of birds |
| heteropathy | excessive sensitivity— |
| incivism | neglect of duty as a citizen— |
| balanism | use of suppositories |
| wilding | that which grows without cultivation |
| concision | schism; separation; division |
| calcariferous | having or bearing spurs |
| hereticate | to denounce as heretical— |
| disseize | to seize or deprive of property wrongfully |
| guarish | to heal |
| keffel | a horse; a nag |
| occipital | of, like or pertaining to the back of the head |
| dodger | shield against rain or spray on a ship’s bridge |
| tombac | cheap gold |
| tubulate | to form into a tube; to provide with a tube |
| clinophilia | passion for beds |
| tritavus | four |
| filibeg | kilt |
| salamandroid | like a salamander; able to withstand fire |
| paideutic | educational method or theory |
| mucago | mucus; mucilage |
| libration | apparent oscillation of moon’s visible surface |
| madid | wet; dank |
| psychurgy | mental function, operation or energy |
| notaphily | collecting of bank |
| taffrail | rail round the stern of a ship |
| obsequent | flowing in opposite direction to original slope of land |
| curiology | picture |
| syndyasmian | marked by a loose temporary pair |
| orthotonic | taking an accent in some but not all positions |
| perliginous | producing pearls |
| ptyalism | excessive flow of saliva |
| paedophilia | abnormal love or sexual attraction for children |
| abscissa | horizontal distance from a fixed line to a point |
| woolpack | cirrocumulus cloud; a bale or bundle of wool |
| sthenic | strong; robust; morbidly active |
| triptote | used in three cases only |
| canzone | instrumental work that is melodious or song |
| polyopia | multiple vision |
| potager | garden laid out in a decorative way |
| obambulate | to wander about |
| pochette | pocket notecase or wallet |
| libeccio | southwest wind |
| witticaster | a petty or inferior wit |
| bathyorographical | of, like or pertaining to depth underwater or elevation above sea level |
| winterkill | to kill by exposure to cold |
| topiary | clipping of trees into imitative or fantastic shapes |
| diremption | separation into two; disjunction |
| xanthospermous | having yellow seeds |
| anent | about; concerning |
| tulipomania | obsession with tulips |
| tow | bundle of untwisted natural fibres |
| lecanomancy | divination using water in a basin or pool |
| gnotobiology | study of life in germ |
| conventicle | secret or illegal church assembly |
| coscinomancy | divination using a sieve and a pair of shears |
| fustian | coarse twilled cotton |
| dimissory | sending away or giving leave to depart; dismissing |
| tetrachotomous | divided into fours |
| strepor | noise; clamour |
| monachise | to cause to become a monk |
| chyliferous | bearing chyle |
| micrology | study or discussion of trivialities |
| paranymph | one who solicits for another; best man or bridesmaid |
| punctiform | shaped like a point |
| bibacious | overly fond of drinking |
| pannier | provision |
| islesman | inhabitant of a group of islands— |
| orthology | correct use of words |
| syrtic | of, like or pertaining to quicksand |
| ignicolist | fire |
| sarcophagous | feeding on flesh; carnivorous |
| hamiform | shaped like a hook— |
| ignotism | mistake due to ignorance— |
| zonary | of or like a zone; arranged in zones |
| curvicaudate | having a curvy tail |
| agoraphobia | fear of open spaces |
| adduce | cite as proof or instance |
| dormer | gabled window |
| wether | castrated ram |
| pancyclopaedic | encyclopaedic |
| murally | by means of walls; on or from a wall |
| mathemancy | divination by counting |
| pistiology | doctrine concerning faith |
| immure | to imprison; to shut in— |
| flambeau | flaming torch |
| rhyparography | genre or still |
| quirister | a chorister |
| lockstep | method of marching in tight formation |
| theopantism | belief that God is the only reality |
| featous | shapely; well |
| discobolus | discus thrower |
| karabiner | steel link with clip on side used in mountaineering |
| squamate | scaly |
| alar | of, like or pertaining to the wing or shoulder |
| rutilant | shining; glowing ruddily |
| panzoism | belief that humans and animals share vital life energy |
| crapulent | physically ill through overeating or overdrinking |
| rutherford | unit of radioactive decay equal to 1 million disintegrations per second |
| moya | volcanic mud |
| oeillade | an ogle; a glance or wink |
| quetzal | gold and green bird with long tail feathers |
| parquet | floor |
| ferruginous | of the colour of rust; impregnated with iron |
| deosculate | to kiss affectionately |
| roundelay | song with a refrain |
| ommateum | compound eye |
| maledicent | cursing |
| minim | unit of liquid volume equal to 1/480 fluid ounces |
| queem | protected from the wind |
| notabilia | notable sayings; things worthy of notice |
| hypnagogic | sleep |
| apay | to satisfy |
| struthious | of, like or pertaining to ostriches |
| halation | blurring in a photograph due to light reflection— |
| brackish | saltish; very salty |
| chirality | chemical property of structural handedness |
| koan | nonsensical question given to Buddhist students for contemplation |
| secund | on one side only |
| acrolith | wooden statue with stone extremities |
| pusillanimous | lacking firmness; cowardly; having a weak character |
| rugous | wrinkled; covered with sunken lines |
| ley | mystical straight line between features of landscape |
| scop | Anglo |
| androphagy | cannibalism |
| deambulatory | place for walking around or about in |
| iatromathematics | archaic practice of medicine in conjunction with astrology— |
| iridic | of, like or pertaining to the iris of the eye— |
| illutation | mud bath— |
| gracility | slenderness |
| ala | membranous outgrowth on a plant or animal |
| cumuliform | shaped like a heap |
| scapular | badge of monastic order worn on the shoulders |
| neurogenesis | production or generation of nerves |
| spadiceous | chestnut |
| teen | injury; grief |
| sard | deep orange chalcedony |
| ai | three |
| debridement | the removal of foreign matter from a wound |
| phyle | division of the people of a state into local clans |
| orchesography | notation of dance movements by means of diagrams |
| diaphanous | transparent; translucent |
| uncate | hooked |
| capriole | leap and kick performed by a trained horse |
| seta | bristle or bristle |
| sclerodermous | hard |
| nappe | sheet of water flowing over a weir |
| tolypeutine | of, like or pertaining to armadillos |
| wergild | fine paid by family of murderer to family of murder victim |
| isonephelic | line connecting points of equal cloud cover— |
| angelology | study of angels |
| misacceptation | misinterpretation |
| zucca | gourd |
| absonant | discordant; abhorrent |
| defluvium | falling of hair |
| convenances | what is suitable or proper; the required proprieties |
| macrocephalous | having a large head |
| wagtail | an obsequious person; a harlot |
| coparcenary | joint heirship or ownership |
| desacralise | to deprive or remove sacred qualities |
| ambages | windings; roundabout ways; delays |
| triptych | hinged painting with three panels |
| sudatory | inducing sweat |
| angora | silk |
| pillory | wooden frame with holes for head and hands used as punishment |
| inkhorn | portable case for ink— |
| outroop | auction |
| sinistrad | towards the left |
| surah | soft twilled silk or rayon |
| oneirodynia | nightmare |
| riem | rawhide thong |
| favela | slum area |
| ostler | person who takes care of horses at an inn and/or sells oats |
| forfex | a pair of scissors or pincers |
| malacissation | act of making soft or supple |
| aporia | professed but false doubt of what to say or choose |
| cubica | fine unglazed fabric resembling shalloon |
| radicivorous | eating roots |
| serpenticide | killing or killer of a snake |
| tegmental | of, like or pertaining to coverings or outer shells |
| kettlestitch | stitch made at head and tail of section of book to connect sections |
| gynaecide | killing of women |
| hindforemost | with the back part in the front place— |
| dacnomania | obsession with killing |
| necrologue | obituary |
| cleidomancy | divination using keys |
| demisang | half |
| metaphysics | study of principles of nature and thought |
| florilegium | anthology of writings, especially of church fathers |
| tumefy | to swell |
| floristry | the art of cultivating and selling flowers |
| dentine | ivory |
| ophiuran | brittle star |
| crinoline | stiff flax or cotton fabric |
| tabatière | snuff |
| roundel | anything circular; circle; disc; ring |
| hidrotic | causing or exuding sweat— |
| winze | small ventilating shaft between two levels of a mine |
| circumbendibus | a roundabout way or expression |
| ooidal | egg |
| choliamb | verse with an iambus in the fifth place and a spondee in the sixth |
| paleobotany | study of ancient plants |
| skyscraper | triangular sail on a ship above the royal |
| trophotropism | direction of growth by nutritional factors |
| rachiometer | instrument for measuring the spine |
| squintifego | squinting greatly |
| prelibation | foretaste; offering of first fruits |
| bonasus | bison |
| sleathy | slovenly |
| agonism | competition; effort; striving |
| rhombos | bull |
| nummamorous | money |
| delubrum | a font, a temple or shrine having a font |
| smalt | deep blue |
| macromancy | divination using large objects |
| obsidional | of, like or pertaining to a siege |
| bluestocking | early feminist; educated or literary woman |
| laevoduction | movement leftwards |
| nectopod | limb used for swimming |
| ossuary | a depository for the bones of the dead |
| jovialist | a convivial person |
| weedicide | something that kills weeds |
| sageship | state or quality of being a sage |
| dolose | having evil or malicious intent |
| gargarize | to gargle |
| bracciale | bracket or socket mounted on a wall |
| apocrisiary | papal secretary |
| improvident | lacking foresight; thoughtless— |
| ostensory | container for holding consecrated Communion wafers |
| paronym | word from same root or having same sound as another |
| haslot | cooked animal entrails— |
| oscheal | of, like or pertaining to the scrotum |
| gastrosopher | a person skilled in matters of eating |
| copacetic | very satisfactory; fine |
| hieromachy | fight or quarrel between priests— |
| spicigerous | bearing spikes |
| cartiliginous | like or composed of cartilage |
| frottage | rubbing, especially for sexual gratification |
| pestology | science of pests |
| tormentum | ancient siege engine |
| fatidical | prophetic; having the power to foretell the future |
| inurbanity | lack of manners or deportment; incivility— |
| raglan | having sleeves going all the way to the neck |
| muciferous | conveying or secreting mucus |
| syrt | quicksand |
| palliament | white robe or gown |
| advection | horizontal movement of air |
| helminth | worm— |
| distraint | seizure of goods |
| glottogonic | of, like or pertaining to the origins of language |
| marc | refuse from winemaking |
| jebel | hill or mountain |
| arenaceous | like, growing in or consisting of sand |
| deckle | ragged edge of paper |
| mnemotechny | system for improving memory |
| mambo | Cuban ballroom dance resembling the rumba or cha |
| bulla | round seal attached to a papal bull |
| woodshedding | spontaneous barbershop singing |
| rectigrade | moving in a straight line |
| syncategorematic | meaningless or unable to form a term without other words |
| rabanna | raffia fabric of Madagascar |
| rigescent | becoming numb or stiff |
| diaconal | of, like or pertaining to a deacon |
| lactarium | dairy farm or milking operation |
| grammatolatry | worship of letters and words |
| grabble | search with the hand; grope |
| glyptography | the art of engraving on gems |
| billingsgate | coarsely abusive language |
| womanthrope | a hater of women |
| matrass | long |
| tarantism | irresistible urge to dance |
| ilke | kind or nature— |
| pollex | the thumb |
| acierate | to turn into steel |
| cosmism | belief that the cosmos is a self |
| detersion | the act of cleaning |
| aretaics | the science of virtue |
| scutage | tax on a knight’s fee |
| stultiloquence | foolish or senseless talk |
| qua | in the capacity of |
| sorbefacient | promoting absorption |
| zoysia | perennial subtropical grass |
| compusion | wrinkling one’s face |
| oleometer | instrument for measuring amount of oil in a substance |
| soporose | sleepy |
| floricomous | crowned or topped with flowers |
| compital | of, like or pertaining to crossroads |
| diallage | device in which many arguments brought upon one point |
| derrick | hoisting mechanism using a boom and a central post |
| icterical | of, like or pertaining to or suffering from jaundice— |
| urethroscope | instrument for viewing the interior of the urethra |
| splanchnic | visceral; intestinal |
| bibliotics | study of documents to determine authenticity |
| podiatry | study and treatment of disorders of the foot; chiropody |
| physiognomancy | divination by studying the face |
| zampogna | Italian bagpipe |
| thermoscope | instrument indicating change in temperature |
| comport | a dish with a stemmed base for serving desserts |
| groupuscule | small clique or faction |
| houghmagandy | fornication— |
| methomania | morbid craving for alcohol |
| sententious | full of meaning; aphoristic; tending to moralize |
| hebamic | of, like or pertaining to the socratic method— |
| raconteur | teller of anecdotes |
| gammon | to feign an action; perpetrate a hoax on |
| paragenesis | formation of minerals as a joined mass |
| cumulose | containing or consisting of small heaps |
| minnesinger | medieval troubadour or poet |
| trave | crossbeam or space between crossbeams |
| cardimelech | supposed vital force causing heart to work |
| kiddle | stake |
| needledom | the world of sewing |
| oleic | of, like or pertaining to or derived from oil |
| chatelaine | female castle owner, manager or caretaker |
| lacuscular | of, like or pertaining to pools |
| audiology | study of hearing |
| mugwump | one who is neutral politically |
| satisfice | to aim for or achieve that which will suffice |
| maxixe | Brazilian ballroom dance resembling the two |
| sequacious | ready to follow a leader or authority; compliant |
| sublunary | under the moon; of this world; earthly; terrestrial |
| hyalopterous | having glassy or transparent wings— |
| tephrochronology | dating of volcanic eruptions by studying layers of ash |
| fructiferous | bearing fruit |
| lutescent | yellowish |
| theophagy | sacramental consumption of a god |
| carrack | galleon |
| lamina | thin plate or layer |
| strake | continuous band of plates on side of a ship |
| asportation | to carry property away wrongfully |
| pornotopia | perfect setting for the antics of pornography |
| phaeton | open four |
| tenne | heraldic designation for orange |
| frit | material from which glass is made |
| snaste | burnt part of a candle wick |
| cinnabar | red crystalline mercuric sulfide pigment; deep red or scarlet colour |
| antilapsarianism | denial of doctrine of the fall of humanity |
| tactual | of, like or pertaining to or derived from the sense of touch |
| pietism | unquestioning or dogmatic religious devotion |
| adonise | to adorn oneself |
| nubiferous | cloud |
| garboard | plank on a ship’s bottom next to the keel |
| fess | broad horizontal bar across heraldic field |
| plebiscitarism | principle or practice of using plebiscites |
| naturism | communal nudism |
| alphenic | sugary candy used in medicine |
| archelogy | the study of first principles |
| zooculture | domestication of animals |
| simony | buying or selling of ecclesiastical offices |
| sprag | bar inserted to stop a wheel |
| tuck | part of ship where ends of lower planks meet under the stern |
| ixiodic | of, like or pertaining to ticks— |
| surd | irrational number |
| postexilic | after exile |
| phonendoscope | device which amplifies small sounds |
| potometer | instrument measuring rate at which plants absorb water |
| diadermic | of, like or pertaining to the puncturing of the skin |
| flinty | unyielding; stern |
| protopathy | first or direct experience |
| primigenial | first or earliest formed or produced |
| tup | ram; pile |
| borné | limited; narrow |
| prelusive | of the nature of a prelude; introductory |
| schediasm | impromptu action; an extemporized work |
| maschalephidrosis | massive sweating of the armpits |
| plateasm | broad speech; talking with the mouth open too wide |
| saprogenous | growing on decaying material; causing putrefaction |
| quadral | in four parts |
| cementatory | having the quality of binding or uniting firmly |
| salinometer | instrument for measuring amount of salt in a solution |
| sicilienne | ribbed silk |
| habilable | capable of being clothed— |
| throat | pit |
| gastriloquist | ventriloquist |
| itai | itai |
| monition | caution; warning |
| floricide | killing or killer of flowers |
| dasyure | flesh |
| stibialism | antimony poisoning |
| umbraculum | umbrella or umbrella |
| allonge | paper attached to commercial bill requiring signatures |
| historiography | study of writing history— |
| heresiology | study of heresies— |
| montgolfier | balloon using fire for propulsion |
| carucate | as much land as a team of oxen ploughs in a season |
| irradicate | to fix firmly— |
| psychopannychism | belief souls sleep from death to resurrection |
| shrive | to hear a confession from and give absolution |
| trochiline | of, like or pertaining to hummingbirds |
| subarrhation | mode of betrothal where gift given by man to woman |
| tropometer | instrument measuring rotation |
| haematogenesis | production of blood— |
| gib | wedge |
| fleer | to mock; to jeer; to make faces in contempt |
| argil | clay used in making pottery |
| hendecagon | eleven |
| quatint | engraving using nitric acid |
| autocephality | ecclesiastical self |
| tactometer | instrument measuring sense of touch |
| brilliantine | light lustrous cotton and worsted fabric |
| paedology | study of children |
| weber | unit of magnetic flux equal to 100 million maxwells |
| tester | canopy over a bed, pulpit or altar |
| demarchy | government by the people; popular government |
| poliosis | premature graying of the hair |
| acyrology | incorrect diction or pronunciation |
| paradisiacal | suggestive of a place or state of perfect bliss |
| doromania | obsession with giving gifts |
| papillose | having nipples or papillae |
| alalia | loss of ability to speak |
| codswallop | something utterly senseless; nonsense |
| tabefaction | wasting away; emaciation |
| wist | to know |
| grammatology | study of systems of writing |
| disgregation | separation; scattering |
| cithara | ancient Greek musical instrument like a lyre |
| suint | dried sheep perspiration |
| phototelegraph | instrument for transmitting drawings telegraphically |
| musteline | of, like or pertaining to weasels, martens and badgers |
| ptochogony | production of beggars; pauperization |
| chaldron | old unit of dry volume equal to between 32 and 72 bushels |
| aesopian | conveying meaning only to those in a secret movement |
| kep | to catch an approaching object or falling liquid |
| gyrostatics | the study of rotating bodies |
| sportulary | relying on charity or the generosity of patrons |
| idioglossia | private language developed between children— |
| otiose | superfluous; redundant; futile; useless; functionless; idle |
| dioptrics | study of light refraction |
| holystone | sandstone material used to scrape ships’ decks— |
| poundal | unit of force that accelerates 1 pound to 1 foot / second / second |
| palmiped | web |
| skeletogenous | producing a skeleton |
| ditrichotomous | divided into either two or three parts |
| procinct | preparedness |
| matelassé | having a quilted ornamentation; fabric with raised pattern as if quilted |
| mainprise | surety for the appearance of a prisoner at trial |
| malinger | to feign sickness in order to avoid duty or work |
| presbytery | part of church reserved for officiating clergy |
| contorno | contour or outline |
| coaptation | joining or fitting together |
| coburg | thin single |
| absorbefacient | causing or promoting absorption |
| subjectivism | doctrine that all knowledge is subjective |
| Germanophilia | love or fondness for Germany or the Germans |
| cerulean | sky |
| hyetometrograph | instrument for recording rainfall— |
| fistula | long narrow passage or duct |
| gunnage | number of guns carried on a warship |
| ition | the action of going— |
| illision | the act of striking against something— |
| quisquilious | made of rubbish |
| ophidian | of or like a snake |
| addititious | of, pertaining to or resulting from addition |
| remeant | returning; coming back |
| tacent | silent |
| whipsaw | narrow saw for cutting timber lengthwise |
| xerotic | dry |
| aerolithology | study of aerolites; meteorites |
| scabious | of, like or pertaining to scabies or scabs |
| outré | beyond what is proper; extravagant |
| spavined | lame; broken down; decrepit |
| mersion | dipping; as in baptism |
| dammar | hard resin used in making varnish |
| waterage | fee paid for travelling on water |
| bengaline | crosswise ribbed fabric |
| saltant | leaping; dancing |
| imprest | a loan or advance of money— |
| trichoschisis | splitting of hair |
| plastron | fencer’s padded breast |
| mentation | thought; cogitation; cognition |
| taeniacide | killing of tapeworms |
| atimy | loss of honour; disgrace |
| crapehanger | pessimist |
| nympholepsy | emotional frenzy, as that inspired in men by nymphs |
| raad | electric catfish |
| brindled | marked with streaks or spots |
| goliardy | riotous or lustful behaviour |
| drabble | to besmear; bedraggle |
| derodidymus | two |
| pokerish | causing terror; uncanny |
| psychogony | development of the mind or soul |
| cacodoxy | bad doctrine or wrong opinion |
| geotaxis | response of an organism to gravity |
| gabbart | barge |
| leonine | of or like a lion; rhyming last two or three syllables in a line |
| imbreviate | to enroll— |
| succedaneous | serving as a substitute |
| muchity | great size or bulk |
| harmoniphone | keyboard instrument with reeds— |
| sedent | seated |
| tilbury | light open two |
| parvis | enclosed space at the front of a church |
| ovopyriform | having a shape between a pear and an egg |
| duteous | devoted to duty; obedient |
| quid | a cut or wad or something chewable |
| stoichiometry | measurement of proportions of chemical reactions |
| inumbrate | to cast a shadow upon; to shade— |
| brank | to prance; toss the head; to strut |
| trochoid | curve traced by a fixed point in plane of a circle |
| crescograph | instrument for measuring the growth of plants |
| caryatid | column shaped like female figure |
| naiant | swimming horizontally |
| agone | ago |
| mor | humus layer formed by slow decomposition in acidic soil |
| heterodymus | conjoined twins with two heads and torsos but one pair of legs— |
| cachet | a seal of approval; a mark of prestige |
| thaumatogeny | doctrine of the miraculous origin of life |
| orchidology | study of orchids |
| shalloon | light twilled wool or worsted |
| coctile | baked; hardened by fire |
| acoria | pathologically great appetite |
| lippitude | soreness of the eyes |
| tinnitus | ringing sound in the head |
| plutomania | mania for money |
| wafture | act of waving or wafting |
| pardoner | one who raises money for religious works by selling indulgences |
| anacrisis | interrogation accompanied by torture |
| bolide | large meteor that bursts; a fireball |
| hodometry | measurement of distance of a sea voyage— |
| requiescat | prayer for the dead |
| hyetal | rainy; of, like or pertaining to rainfall— |
| novalia | lands newly brought under cultivation |
| therology | study of wild mammals |
| gauleiter | overbearing wielder of petty authority |
| glossa | the tongue |
| senescent | growing old |
| somatology | science of the properties of matter |
| jambiya | curved dagger with two edges |
| decretal | papal decree deciding a point of church law |
| metanomen | metaphorical name |
| quinton | five |
| cnemial | of, like, or pertaining to the tibia (shin |
| illapse | to glide in— |
| galliard | sprightly Renaissance and Baroque dance |
| ashplant | walking stick |
| chlorometer | instrument for measuring amount of chlorine in a solution |
| allantoid | shaped like a sausage |
| fasces | bundle of rods with an axe used to symbolise authority |
| hypocaust | space under floor for heating by hot air— |
| sprent | sprinkled |
| heliotrope | purplish hue; purplish |
| peotomy | surgical removal of the penis |
| terzain | stanza of three lines |
| spokeshave | plane or knife used to round spokes |
| fungous | of or like fungus; soft; spongy |
| nudation | the act of making bare |
| bilbo | iron bar used to shackle prisoners’ feet |
| claudication | limpness; cramp |
| thyestean | cannibalistic |
| nuncius | messenger |
| autosoterism | belief that one can obtain salvation through oneself |
| nullity | the state of being null or void |
| irremeable | which cannot be returned; irrevocable— |
| sidelight | coloured lights on side of a ship under way at night |
| chlorochrous | green |
| watching | fully afloat |
| theriodic | malignant |
| spermatic | of, like or pertaining to sperm |
| smallage | wild celery |
| pellucid | completely clear; transparent |
| rimiform | having a long furrow |
| foolocracy | government by fools |
| onychoid | like a fingernail |
| idolum | mental image; logical fallacy— |
| nimonic | of alloys used in high |
| holophrase | single word expressing sentence or phrase— |
| flammiferous | producing flame |
| flammulated | ruddy |
| shetland | lightweight loosely twisted wool fabric |
| selenoscope | instrument for viewing the moon |
| geochronology | study of measuring geological time |
| auto | da |
| obsequies | funeral |
| morphallaxis | regeneration in a changed form |
| mendicant | member of impoverished religious order |
| agrostography | writing about grasses |
| algology | study of algae |
| porphyrous | purple |
| dipsomania | abnormal craving for alcohol |
| transmissometer | instrument for measuring transmission of light through a fluid |
| thermonous | of, like or pertaining to stimulation by heat |
| toreumatography | description of ancient metal sculpture |
| thanatography | narrative of a death |
| astragal | small semicircular moulding; dice |
| otoscope | instrument for examining the ear |
| whiff | to fish with hand line towed behind a boat |
| postcibal | after a meal |
| cellaret | case or drawer for holding wine bottles |
| adelphogamy | sharing of a wife by two or more brothers |
| micropsia | disease causing objects to appear smaller than actual size |
| chancery | church office dealing with legal matters and archives |
| pogamoggan | wooden club with iron or stone piece on end, used by Indians |
| spurrier | one who makes spurs |
| sialoquent | spitting greatly while speaking |
| trabeculated | transversely barred |
| arciform | shaped like a bow |
| merism | rhetorical device of contrasting two parts of a whole |
| cyanometer | instrument for measuring blueness of the sky or ocean |
| imbricate | to lay overlapping one another— |
| agrypnia | insomnia |
| latinitaster | a petty scholar of Latin |
| cleromancy | divination using dice |
| anagnorisis | recognition leading to denouement of a play |
| sloyd | Swedish system of teaching manual skills through woodcarving |
| menisciform | shaped like a crescent |
| septenary | in seven portions; grouped in seven; of base seven |
| subact | to work up; to subdue |
| gormless | dull or unintelligent |
| nephric | of, like or pertaining to the kidneys |
| ordinate | in rows or columns |
| bonzoline | artificial ivory |
| woolsack | large wool |
| harry | to plunder; to ravage; to destroy— |
| hilasmic | propitiatory— |
| metempsychosis | passing of soul after death into another body |
| conclamation | a shout of many voices together |
| genappe | smooth worsted yarn |
| postcenal | after dinner |
| iwis | surely; certainly— |
| anaudia | loss of voice |
| perdicine | of, like or pertaining to partridges |
| factitive | signifying making or causing something to be |
| phyllomania | excessive or abnormal production of leaves |
| trochiform | shaped like a spinning |
| zosteriform | shaped like a girdle |
| morient | dying |
| mesocracy | government by the middle classes |
| dosimeter | instrument for measuring dose of radiation |
| cathedra | chair or throne of office for a bishop or other high official |
| nyctophobia | fear of the night or darkness |
| polystichous | arranged in many rows |
| apodictic | necessarily true beyond contradiction |
| ombrophilous | tolerant of large amounts of rainfall |
| misprise | to scorn; to slight; to undervalue |
| compossible | possible in coexistence with something else |
| clinology | study of aging or individual decline after maturity |
| gasometer | instrument for holding and measuring gases |
| bersatrix | baby |
| colposcope | instrument for viewing the neck of the uterus |
| yuke | to itch |
| roscid | dewy |
| tetchy | irritable |
| acropathy | disease or illness of the extremities |
| obedientiary | someone subject to obedience |
| pollard | tree having the whole crown cut off |
| taseometer | instrument for measuring stress in a structure |
| wertfrei | without value judgement; neutral |
| simpliciter | simply; not relatively; unconditionally |
| withal | besides; therewith; nevertheless; with |
| sudd | mass of floating weed blocking the Nile River |
| percheron | dappled cart horse |
| tranchet | Neolithic flint chisel |
| jumbal | thin crisp sweet cake |
| ising | meat sausage— |
| hygrograph | instrument for recording variations in atmospheric humidity— |
| recumbent | reclining; lying comfortably |
| zenzizenzizenzic | eighth power of a number |
| spar | any ship’s mast, boom, yard, or gaff |
| meropia | partial blindness |
| cuspidor | a spittoon |
| smegmatic | like soap; cleansing |
| cymaphen | telephone receiver |
| xylotypographic | printed from wooden blocks |
| sapor | property of substance of taste; flavour |
| cheliferous | bearing pincers or claws |
| gratis | without charge; for free |
| bobstay | rope used on ships to steady the bowsprit |
| cacidrosis | smelly sweat |
| pultaceous | macerated and softened; like porridge; pulpy |
| chololith | gall stone |
| pharyngology | study of the throat |
| jejunator | one who fasts |
| gynocentric | focused on or concerned with women |
| mackintosh | lightweight rubberized waterproof cotton |
| serimeter | instrument for testing quality of silk |
| imponent | that which imposes an obligation— |
| tropophyte | plant adapted to alterations of moisture and drought |
| charientism | expression of an unpleasant thing in an agreeable manner; euphemism |
| superannuate | to discharge as being too old |
| planomania | abnormal desire to wander and disobey social norms |
| hierology | science of sacred matters— |
| camorra | group united for nefarious or traitorous ends |
| tholobate | circular substructure on which a dome rests |
| tartarology | beliefs about hell or the underworld |
| abraxas | gem engraved with mystical word and bearing human |
| triatic | rope joining adjacent mastheads |
| objicient | objector |
| hercogamy | prevention of self |
| rapprochement | establishment of or state of cordial relations |
| tachygraphy | shorthand |
| ablative | indicating direction from or time when |
| axilla | armpit |
| acetarious | referring to plants that are used in salads |
| physiologus | work containing descriptions of animals; a bestiary |
| uxoricide | killing of one’s own wife |
| heliac | solar; coincident with that of the sun— |
| androcracy | government by men |
| detrude | to thrust downward or outward |
| tephra | ash and debris ejected by volcano |
| heliology | science of the sun— |
| anastasic | convalescent |
| cratometer | instrument for measuring power of magnification |
| runagate | fugitive; vagabond |
| isentropic | line connecting points of equal entropy— |
| acarophobia | fear of itching or of insects causing itching |
| benefactive | indicating for whom or which |
| praedial | of, like or pertaining to or connected with the land or farming |
| meromorphic | fractional |
| donative | benefice presented to church without reference to bishop |
| censer | vessel for burning incense in religious rituals |
| nidatory | of, like or pertaining to nests |
| brails | ropes on edge of sail for hauling up |
| organicism | conception of life or society as an organism |
| lethe | oblivion; forgetfulness |
| cadge | to beg or sponge from another |
| weedy | dressed in widow’s mourning clothes |
| wheelhouse | shelter where ship’s steering wheel kept |
| adoxography | good writing on a trivial subject |
| piscifauna | fish life of an area |
| socius | member; associate; companion |
| peise | weight; burden; load |
| hagiarchy | government by saints or holy persons— |
| anemography | treatise on the winds |
| aval | of, like or pertaining to a grandparent |
| diplopia | double vision |
| anthelion | luminous ring seen on a cloud opposite the sun |
| subitaneous | sudden; hasty; hastily made |
| iter | circuit; path; road or line of travel— |
| puniceous | bright or purplish red |
| stole | narrow ecclesiastical vestment or scarf |
| glyptology | study of gem engravings |
| gigantomachy | war of giants against the gods |
| piscatorial | of, like or pertaining to fishing or fishers |
| darcy | unit of permeability of rock to various substances |
| subtrude | to push in stealthily |
| quatrayle | great |
| apocatastasis | final restitution of all things at the appearance of the Messiah |
| tamin | thin glazed worsted |
| sacring | hallowing; consecration |
| semioviparous | bringing forth young in incomplete developmental state |
| largiloquent | talkative; full of words |
| maudlin | tearfully sentimental |
| montre | visible pipes of an organ |
| induviae | withered leaves which persist on plants— |
| laches | negligence or undue delay in fulfilling legal duty |
| paleaceous | chaffy; like or resembling chaff |
| wreakless | unpunished |
| habiliment | attire— |
| photophygous | avoiding or disliking light |
| compline | prayer service held just before bedtime |
| syngamy | free interbreeding between organisms |
| ailurophobia | fear of cats |
| trigraph | combination of three letters for one sound |
| pneumograph | instrument for measuring and recording respiration |
| hent | to grasp; to seize— |
| pomiculture | growing of fruit |
| ichthyopolist | fish seller— |
| passimeter | instrument for issuing automatic tickets |
| jurymast | mast erected on ship in place of one lost |
| argentocracy | government by money |
| aveniform | shaped like oats |
| fortalice | fortress; small outwork of a fortification |
| necrophagous | feeding on the dead |
| insipience | lack of wisdom; stupidity— |
| cuculine | of, like or pertaining to cuckoos |
| psomophagy | swallowing food without thorough chewing |
| immarcescible | unfading; imperishable— |
| palaeogaea | the Old World as a biological region |
| cyclometer | instrument for measuring revolutions of a wheel |
| postscenium | part of stage behind the scenery |
| tetanigenous | causing tetanus |
| concetto | ingenious expression; witticism |
| incorpse | to incorporate— |
| sinciput | the forehead |
| toze | to tease out; card; comb; draw out; elicit |
| gadroon | embossed decoration or fluting on silverware |
| charpie | shredded lint used to dress wounds |
| protension | duration |
| dentigerous | toothed; bearing teeth |
| synaesthesis | harmony of differing impulses from a work of art |
| pucelage | virginity |
| tringoid | of, like or pertaining to sandpipers |
| hospitium | hospice— |
| accoucheur | male midwife |
| multeity | manifoldness; very great numerousness |
| silentiary | any official who calls for silence |
| scientism | belief that the methods of science are universally applicable |
| cucullate | hooded; hood |
| zingiber | ginger |
| suaveolent | fragrant |
| milvine | of, like or pertaining to kites and similar birds |
| chimere | loose sleeveless robes worn by Anglican bishops |
| sugent | designed for sucking |
| functionalism | doctrine emphasising utility and function |
| abaculus | small tile for mosaic |
| charnel | room where corpses are placed |
| kalology | study of beauty |
| lectern | desk or stand from which church lessons are read |
| frondiferous | bearing or producing fronds |
| labtebricole | living in holes |
| pellicule | thin diaphanous fabric |
| naos | temple; inner cell of a temple |
| anhelation | shortness of breath |
| mythopoeic | giving rise to myths |
| tricotine | double |
| floccose | woolly |
| refocillate | to refresh; to cherish |
| inlagation | pardoning of an outlaw— |
| whift | a slight puff or blast |
| aerolite | meteorite |
| cunctation | delay; procrastination |
| fundus | the bottom of anything |
| gudgeon | metal pin or bearing connecting rudder to a boat |
| renverse | to reverse; to upset |
| torvous | stern |
| burgensic | of, like or pertaining to a borough or its citizens |
| xiphias | swordfish |
| trepan | obsolete instrument for cutting open the skull |
| chalcotriptics | art of taking rubbings from ornamental brasses |
| pronaos | vestibule in front of a temple |
| anatocism | compound interest |
| culvertage | degradation of a peasant to the position of serf |
| lyophilization | freeze |
| radioscope | instrument for viewing objects using X |
| trilith | stone monument of two upright and one transverse slab |
| topophone | instrument to determine direction and distance of a fog |
| narcomania | uncontrollable craving for narcotics |
| jannock | outspoken; honest; outgoing |
| quickstep | fast march |
| matryoshka | Russian hollow wooden doll |
| diadrom | course or passing; vibration |
| somnifacient | sleep |
| kinescope | cathode ray tube for a television |
| geminate | to double; to arrange in pairs |
| intergrade | to merge or shade by means of intermediate steps— |
| woning | state of dwelling; dwelling |
| coronoid | shaped like a beak |
| raster | pattern of parallel lines or grid used in certain scanning devices |
| interpunction | insertion of punctuation marks in writing— |
| scaphion | kind of sundial |
| sparge | to sprinkle with moisture |
| ambry | recess for church vessels; cupboard or niche |
| oppugn | to attack by argument; to oppose; to call in question |
| obelus | sign used to mark questionable or corrupt text passages |
| geothermometer | instrument for measuring subterranean temperatures |
| odalisque | female slave in a harem |
| ferule | cane or rod used for punishment |
| caple | a horse |
| bel | unit of noise intensity equal to ten decibels |
| pampiniform | like a tendril |
| micromancy | divination using small objects |
| semiterete | half |
| speleology | study and exploration of caves |
| zodiographer | one who writes about animals |
| balmorality | superficial enthusiasm for Scottish culture |
| hauteur | haughtiness; arrogance— |
| internuncio | messenger between two parties; low |
| scree | sloping mass of loose rock at base of a cliff |
| dysphagia | pathological difficulty in swallowing |
| quitter | pus; suppurating discharge |
| portfire | prepared paper cylinder used to fire rockets and fireworks |
| strahl | flow of beams of electrons from the sun to earth |
| decumbiture | the time spent by an invalid in bed |
| glebous | earthy; full of clods |
| contraplex | having messages passing both ways simultaneously |
| workshy | hating or avoiding work; lazy |
| phytogenesis | origin and development of plants |
| chantage | blackmail to prevent exposure of scandalous facts |
| mallophagous | eating wool or fleece |
| patination | formation of a film on copper from exposure |
| cippus | the stocks |
| panivorous | bread |
| metheglin | mead; honey ale |
| pavane | stately English Renaissance court dance |
| machicolation | space between corbels in a parapet |
| pied | variegated; of various colours |
| macrophobia | fear of prolonged waiting |
| foursquare | forthright |
| anatine | of, like or pertaining to ducks |
| surexcitation | excessive excitedness |
| aeropleustic | of, like or pertaining to aerial navigation |
| pharisaic | hypocritical |
| cybernate | to control by means of a computer |
| theiform | of the form of tea |
| oriflamme | banner of red silk split into several points |
| proprioception | sense of muscular position |
| oscitancy | yawning; sleepiness; stupidity |
| idiochromatic | having unique or distinctive coloration— |
| camaïeu | monotonous or uninteresting play or literary work |
| wanze | to decrease; to waste away |
| heptarchy | government by seven people— |
| bottony | having three buds like a trefoil |
| nevus | birthmark |
| cretaceous | of or resembling chalk; of a whitish colour |
| tutiorism | doctrine that one should take the safer moral course |
| hordeaceous | of, like or pertaining to barley— |
| quicken | mountain ash tree |
| religate | to tie together; to restrain |
| psephitic | of, like or pertaining to pebbles |
| groundprox | altitude warning system in aircraft |
| nigroglobulate | to blackball |
| charterhouse | Carthusian monastic building |
| defilade | to arrange fortifications against frontal attack |
| surculation | pruning; cutting off shoots to propagate them |
| arris | sharp edge on stone; meeting of two surfaces |
| yu | precious jade |
| nuchal | of, like or pertaining to the nape of the neck |
| halyard | rope or tackle for hoisting and lowering sails— |
| cymometer | instrument for measuring frequency of electrical waves |
| tarantas | four |
| maniform | having the shape of a hand |
| tragedian | writer or actor of tragedy |
| xerasia | abnormal dryness of the hair |
| premove | to incite or prompt to action |
| illation | the act of inferring from premises— |
| misandry | hatred of men |
| balistraria | cross |
| orthodromics | great |
| rhinal | of, like or pertaining to the nose |
| quangocracy | rule of quasi |
| stillion | cask stand |
| senicide | killing of old men |
| pabouche | a slipper |
| mascle | diamond |
| unipotent | powerful in one direction only |
| piciform | of the nature of or resembling pitch |
| rogation | asking or supplication, especially in an ecclesiastical sense |
| situative | indicating comparison of two things |
| agistment | land tax assessed for cattle pasturing |
| syntagm | organized body, system or group |
| osteometry | measurement of bones or skeleton |
| scaturient | flowing out; gushing |
| interjaculate | to ejaculate in interruption— |
| piacular | expiatory; atrociously bad |
| deemster | judge on the Isle of Man |
| wardcorn | payment of corn in place of military service |
| pricket | spike or antler used as a candlestick |
| lentor | sluggishness; viscidity |
| sortilege | divination by drawing lots |
| magneton | unit of the quantized magnetic moment of a particle |
| triumphalism | belief in the superiority of one particular religious creed |
| cloison | partition; dividing band |
| leman | a lover, sweetheart or paramour |
| saponifiable | able to be converted into soap |
| lampadomancy | divination by flame |
| hetaerocracy | government by paramours— |
| micropalaeontology | study of microscopic fossils |
| aludel | pear |
| melisma | tune; melodic embellishment; ornamentation |
| agathism | belief in ultimate triumph of good despite evil means |
| geocentrism | belief that Earth is the centre of the universe |
| bowery | seedy or run |
| camlet | strong waterproof silk or wool fabric |
| syphilology | study of syphilis |
| monocracy | government by one individual |
| spinuliferous | bearing spinules |
| filature | drawing out of threads |
| hirsuties | hairiness— |
| wurley | a nest; an aboriginal hut |
| mofussil | provincial; rural |
| bullyrag | to assault with abusive language; to badger |
| scopulate | brush |
| bardel | pack saddle |
| agelast | one who never laughs |
| alpaca | fine wool made from alpaca hair |
| psychometry | measurement of intelligence and psychological attributes |
| mantic | of, like or pertaining to divination; prophetic; divinely inspired |
| marquisette | sheer meshed cloth |
| selenocentric | relating to the moon as a centre; as seen from the centre of the moon |
| sanctanimity | holiness of mind |
| macarize | to declare to be happy or blessed |
| urinometer | instrument for measuring specific gravity of urine |
| astatic | in equilibrium |
| horology | science of time measurement— |
| burdet | cotton fabric |
| haustellum | sucking proboscis or sucking end— |
| drepaniform | shaped like a sickle |
| tromometer | instrument for measuring slight earthquake shocks |
| acarine | of, like or pertaining to ticks or mites |
| interlaminate | to insert between layers— |
| ratiné | rough bulky plain |
| maugre | in spite of; notwithstanding |
| autocracy | government by one individual |
| omniferous | bearing everything |
| dicephalous | two |
| symptosis | emaciation |
| hendecarchy | government by eleven people— |
| mellification | honey |
| sphecoid | wasp |
| unreeve | to withdraw a rope from an opening |
| matricular | of, like or pertaining to a register |
| scatophagous | dung |
| cacuminal | retroflex, pertaining to a point, crown, top or peak |
| introit | psalm or hymn sung at beginning of church service— |
| obtundent | dulling |
| illude | to trick— |
| aerogenesis | forming or generating gas or air |
| utriculiform | shaped like a small cavity or sac |
| gregatim | in flocks |
| tropic | like a keel |
| biocentric | having life as main principle |
| hygiastics | science of health and hygiene— |
| psychognosy | study of mentality, personality or character |
| depascent | eating |
| inlapidate | to petrify— |
| thalassiarchy | sovereignty of the seas; thalassocracy |
| toreutics | study of artistic work in metal |
| onomatomania | irresistible desire to repeat certain words |
| quaestor | ancient magistrate; a medieval pardoner |
| henism | doctrine that there is only one kind of existence— |
| bogan | quiet tributary or backwater |
| amrita | Hindu ambrosia bestowing immortality |
| skiagram | shadow picture or photograph |
| geomorphogeny | study of the origins of land forms |
| mineralogy | study of minerals |
| guttatim | drop by drop |
| wight | a supernatural man |
| maremma | marsh; miasma |
| brocken | two |
| creancer | guardian or mentor |
| gaumless | stupid; witless; vacant |
| motograph | old telegraph or telephone receiver |
| swanskin | soft napped fabric resembling flannel |
| avulse | to pluck or tear away by force |
| bellcote | ornamental structure to hold one or two large bells |
| fortuitism | belief in evolution by chance variation |
| titanism | spirit of revolt or defiance against social conventions |
| gorsedd | assembly for granting awards to Welsh bards |
| sudiform | shaped like a stake |
| commonition | warning; cautioning |
| démarche | decisive course of action taken in diplomacy |
| prosit | toast to good health |
| larboard | left side of a ship |
| pycnomorphous | compact; dense |
| alterity | state of being different |
| hornwork | cuckoldry— |
| astrognosy | knowledge of fixed stars |
| molariform | shaped like a molar |
| circumjacent | bordering on every side |
| parthenology | study of virgins |
| magnicaudate | having a long tail |
| bathysmal | of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean |
| devall | to sink; to decline |
| codicology | study of manuscripts |
| morphew | skin eruption |
| grimgribber | learned gibberish; legal jargon |
| amyous | lacking muscle |
| graphemics | study of systems of representing speech in writing |
| peradventure | perhaps; possibly; by adventure; by chance |
| recrement | waste; dross; secretion that is reabsorbed; excess matter |
| coenaculous | fond of dining; relishing food; especially suppers |
| therewith | thereupon; forthwith |
| casemate | bombproof chamber or armored compartment |
| raddle | red ochre used to make marks |
| urdee | of a heraldic device, pointed or broken into parallel pointed projections |
| pensile | hanging; suspended; overhanging |
| guidon | pennant with rounded outer edge |
| pottle | small conical fruit basket |
| halcyonine | of, like or pertaining to kingfishers— |
| torsiograph | instrument for recording torsional vibrations on an object |
| dermatoid | like or resembling skin |
| pomiferous | bearing apples |
| decimestrial | lasting ten months |
| centrobaric | of, like or pertaining to the centre of gravity |
| gambado | bound or spring of a horse; fantastic movement |
| zetetic | proceeding by inquiry; a search or investigation |
| pachymeter | instrument for measuring small thicknesses |
| brevicaudate | short |
| wormcast | spiral heap of earth left by burrowing worm |
| piscivorous | fish |
| aboideau | tide gate |
| frigiferous | bearing or bringing cold |
| laroid | of, like or pertaining to gulls |
| aquiform | watery; liquid |
| attrite | repentant through fear of punishment |
| clove | old weight of seven to ten pounds for wool or cheese |
| chreotechnics | useful or practical trades or arts |
| ophidiarium | snake |
| thanatophobia | fear of death |
| synastry | comparison of horoscopes of two or more people |
| lagerphone | percussion instrument with bottlecaps loosely nailed to pole |
| freeboard | distance between waterline and main deck of a ship |
| rubiginous | rusty |
| hyponym | term which is a member of a larger class— |
| trews | close |
| pyritiferous | bearing pyrite |
| canaille | riffraff; proletarian; the mob; rabble |
| glareous | gravelly; growing on gravel |
| leveret | a hare in its first year; a mistress |
| abasement | action of humbling or degrading |
| homoplasty | resemblance due to convergent evolution— |
| planigraph | instrument for copying drawings at a different scale |
| affiance | to trust; to betroth |
| spongology | study of sponges |
| taperer | one who bears a taper during a religious procession |
| broadcloth | dense twilled wool or worsted fabric |
| aitchbone | rump bone of cattle; rump cut of beef |
| mutative | indicating a change of place or state |
| saliferous | salt |
| factitious | produced by humans or artificial forces |
| astern | at the stern of a ship |
| optometer | instrument for testing vision |
| commove | to excite; to put into motion; to disturb |
| satara | ribbed lustred wool |
| homophobia | fear of homosexuals— |
| mattery | purulent |
| berline | crude winter sled |
| gingham | striped cotton cloth |
| surcease | to stop or cease |
| overflush | superfluity |
| stemma | scroll; garland; pedigree; family tree |
| lemma | preliminary proposition, theme, argument or headword |
| ana | in equal quantities |
| pectinal | of a comb; comb |
| clypeate | shaped like a buckler |
| ichneutic | of, like or pertaining to a tracker or tracking— |
| fulgural | of, like or pertaining to lightning |
| abba | Syriac or Coptic bishop |
| mantissa | decimal part of logarithm |
| latration | the act of yelping or barking |
| poromeric | permeable to water vapour |
| needlecord | thinly ribbed cotton |
| urticate | to sting; to flog with nettles |
| aliphatic | of, like or pertaining to fat or fats in general |
| thalweg | middle of navigable waterway used as boundary line |
| lupanarian | of, like or pertaining to a brothel |
| parasynthesis | derivation of words using hyphenated compounds |
| pyknometer | instrument for measuring specific gravities |
| paracrostic | poem whose initial letters reproduce its first verse |
| palinode | poem in which earlier thoughts or feelings are retracted |
| malaxage | softening of clay by kneading it |
| storiated | decorated with elaborate ornamental designs |
| stirious | shaped like an icicle |
| oratiuncle | short oration |
| chironomy | gesticulation or mime |
| mordacious | given to biting; biting in quality |
| pontifice | bridge |
| lavabo | ceremony in which priest washes his hands; basin for the ceremony |
| quiritian | a Roman citizen |
| metallurgy | study of alloying and treating metals |
| propitiate | to render favourable; to appease |
| orthography | correct spelling |
| alexipharmic | antidote |
| tarriance | act of tarrying or delaying; procrastination |
| stellion | lizard with starry spots |
| zincography | process of engraving or etching on zinc |
| mien | air or look; manner |
| torsel | plate in a brick wall to support the end of a beam |
| deontic | of or relating to duty or obligation |
| oroide | alloy used to imitate gold |
| zumbador | South American hummingbird |
| cloque | fabric with an embossed design |
| coacervate | to heap; to cause to mass together |
| zoilism | carping and unjust criticism |
| accentor | songbird |
| brattice | fixed tower of wood on a castle wall |
| oncometer | instrument measuring change in size of internal organs |
| shuftiscope | instrument used to explore interior of dysentery case |
| ochroleucous | yellowish white |
| meet | fitting; proper |
| amplivagant | stretching far; having a great scope |
| oikonisus | desire to start a family |
| galactometer | instrument for measuring specific gravity of milk |
| cryptogenic | of unknown origin |
| kalpis | a water jar |
| cachaemic | having diseased or poisoned blood |
| hecatontarchy | government by one hundred people— |
| hypergamy | marriage of a man to a woman of lower status— |
| selachian | of, like or pertaining to sharks or rays |
| galloon | lace trim or binding material |
| refugium | area that has retained earlier geographic conditions |
| pinion | small wheel with teeth |
| nomic | customary; conventional |
| udal | form of land tenure in Orkney and Shetland islands |
| footling | inept; trivial |
| zaftig | having a full; rounded figure |
| tapotement | use of light taps in massage |
| calque | word or expression introduced into a language by literally translating it |
| balefire | bonfire or beacon |
| heteronomous | subject to different or foreign laws— |
| fug | hot; close; smoky state of atmosphere |
| hapax | word which occurs only once— |
| pathognomic | indicative of a specific disease |
| collectanea | collection of passages; miscellany |
| fathometer | instrument for measuring underwater depth using sound |
| diorism | distinction; definition |
| torsive | twisted spirally |
| woundy | causing wounds; characterized by wounds |
| homograph | words spelled the same but of different meaning— |
| bombous | convex; rounded |
| gruine | of, like or pertaining to cranes or similar birds |
| sanatory | producing health |
| toadstone | stone thought to grow inside a toad and have magic powers |
| ichnography | art of drawing ground plans— |
| ogive | graph representing cumulative frequency |
| idiorhythmic | self |
| astrophile | person interested in astronomy |
| balize | pole mounted on seashore as beacon |
| solonist | wise man |
| jockteleg | large clasp knife |
| magnificat | canticle in praise of the Virgin Mary |
| dichord | musical instrument with two strings |
| aspersory | vessel for holding holy water |
| accusative | indicating direct object of a verb |
| ovicide | sheep |
| retropulsion | pushing backwards |
| mucroniform | like, having or resembling a sharp point |
| cacodemomania | pathological belief that one is inhabited by an evil spirit |
| oppignorate | to pawn |
| tremolo | vibrating effect of certain musical instruments or the singing voice |
| habanera | slow and seductive Cuban dance— |
| halitus | vapour; breath— |
| angiogenesis | production of blood vessels |
| anacardic | of, like or pertaining to cashews |
| amanous | lacking hands |
| bellarmine | large jug with rounded belly and narrow neck |
| parturition | the act of giving birth |
| historicism | belief that all phenomena are historically determined— |
| nootropics | cognitive enhancers; mind drugs |
| monergism | theory that the Holy Spirit alone can act |
| mastoid | like a nipple or teat |
| seminivorous | seed |
| zymology | science of fermentation |
| millionocracy | government by millionaires |
| genitive | indicating possession, origin or relation |
| absterge | wipe clean; expunge; purge; purify |
| trochlear | like a pulley |
| patulous | spreading; wide |
| rubefy | to redden |
| aphnology | science of wealth |
| introrse | turned or facing inward— introspectionism |
| malgré | in spite of |
| geminiform | paired; double |
| sophism | deceptive but plausible intellectualism |
| systyle | having columns separated by a distance of twice their thickness |
| reticulate | divide or be divided into a network |
| outrigger | spar extended from side of ship to help secure mast |
| sucrier | table vessel for sugar |
| diphyodont | having second set of teeth that replaces the first |
| adoptionism | belief that Christ was the adopted and not natural son of God |
| tirasse | pedal |
| Mariolatry | worship of the virgin mother |
| pyroballogy | study of artillery |
| mythomania | lying or exaggerating to an abnormal extent |
| frostwork | delicate figures and patterns in which frost forms on surfaces |
| hierodule | temple slave— |
| cervine | of, pertaining to or resembling deer, elk or moose |
| gerontogenous | of, like or pertaining to the Old World |
| corrigendum | something which requires correction |
| toxophilite | lover of archery; an archer; of, like or pertaining to archery |
| agrobiology | study of plant nutrition; soil yields |
| fundiform | shaped like a sling |
| muriatic | briny |
| peltry | skins of animals with the fur on them |
| lusory | playful |
| scintillescent | twinkling |
| jacobin | extremist or radical in politics |
| acolouthic | of, like or pertaining to an after |
| zolotnik | old Russian unit of weight equal to 1/6 of an ounce |
| geogony | theory of the formation of the earth |
| waterish | resembling or filled with water; insipid or diluted |
| formicate | resembling an ant |
| yomp | to carry heavy equipment over difficult terrain |
| talionic | retributive; like for like |
| quirt | short |
| grisaille | style of painting in grey tints |
| borato | thin fabric |
| faburden | harmony in thirds and sixths |
| hygrophilous | preferring or living where there is an abundance of moisture— |
| tephromancy | divination by ashes |
| implodent | an implosive sound— |
| nosocomial | of, like or pertaining to a hospital |
| thole | pin in the side of a boat to keep oar in place |
| lucimeter | instrument for measuring light intensity |
| guerdon | reward; recompense |
| obvolute | overlapping; twisted |
| hippodamist | horse |
| anserine | of, like or pertaining to geese |
| uranophobia | fear of heaven |
| unberufen | exclamation to avert ill luck following boasting |
| oniscoid | like a woodlouse |
| megathermic | surviving only in tropical climates |
| tucket | flourish on a trumpet |
| deracinate | to root up |
| discophile | one who loves and studies sound recordings |
| whenas | when |
| colorimeter | instrument for measuring and determining color |
| zatch | female genitalia |
| westing | space or distance westward |
| beadle | church caretaker or usher |
| ampliative | supplemental; additional |
| galop | lively double |
| benefice | ecclesiastical office to which revenue is attached |
| patefaction | disclosure; opening; manifestation |
| latrant | barking |
| sendal | thin silk or linen |
| trechometer | instrument for determining distance travelled; odometer |
| insectivorous | eating insects— |
| hydrophanous | becoming transparent when placed in water— |
| impaste | to lay paint or colours thickly on— |
| calix | cup; chalice |
| affusion | pouring on; as of baptismal water |
| clou | main point of interest; dominant idea |
| zoogamy | sexual reproduction of animals |
| conceptualism | theory that universal truths exist as mental concepts |
| acarpous | sterile; not bearing fruit |
| anagogy | mystical interpretation |
| pathic | passive; a passive subject |
| pycnometer | instrument for measuring specific gravity or density |
| subsultus | convulsive movement |
| latitudinarian | one having tolerant or free religious views |
| psychomancy | divination by means of spirits |
| morphonomy | laws governing biological morphology |
| sateen | glossy cotton or wool |
| usageaster | self |
| grauncher | clumsy and incompetent mechanic |
| ounce | medium to large |
| soricine | of, like or pertaining to shrews |
| tocophobia | fear of pregnancy or childbirth |
| biotaxy | classification of living organisms |
| hemiolic | based on the ratio of 3 to 2 |
| sephiroth | ten essences of God emanated into the physical world |
| kinesics | study of gestural communication |
| phenomenalism | belief that phenomena are the only realities |
| liber | phloem or fibre from tree |
| gyle | fermenting vat for beer |
| montero | huntsman |
| heteronym | word having same spelling but different sound and meaning— |
| aulete | flautist |
| sempect | extremely elderly Benedictine monk |
| crambo | game in which rhyme must be found for given word |
| physiosophy | assumption of knowledge of nature |
| tenaille | outwork in main ditch of a fortification |
| lutose | covered with mud or clay; muddy |
| replevin | repossession of stolen goods pending outcome of lawsuit |
| auriscope | instrument for examining the ear |
| undate | wavy |
| palimpsest | manuscript or paper that is erased and then written over |
| aiué | elderly; senior |
| thymiatechny | use of perfumes for medicinal purposes |
| gressorial | adapted for walking |
| nullifidian | having no faith; one who is faithless |
| zoon | organism regarded as a complete animal |
| syllepsis | figure where word related to two others differently |
| pareunia | coitus |
| qintar | Albanian unit of currency |
| jaseran | fine chain mail jacket |
| fenestella | recess in church wall for storing communion vessels |
| somatotrophic | promoting growth of the body |
| camelry | troops mounted on camels |
| interciliary | between the eyebrows— |
| papren | stone passing through a wall from face to face |
| apocarteresis | suicide by starvation |
| campestral | of, like or pertaining to the country; pertaining to level ground |
| timbrophily | love or fondness for stamps; stamp |
| supervenient | extraneous, additional or unexpected |
| amplexus | rutting of frogs and toads |
| torpescence | becoming numb or torpid |
| pseudography | unsatisfactory spelling |
| caesaropapism | control of the church by a secular ruler |
| pagophagia | eating trays of ice to help offset iron deficiency |
| stellify | to set among the stars |
| unifarious | arranged in a single row or series |
| woolage | untidy hair |
| whelky | knobby; rounded |
| cenophobia | fear of empty spaces |
| whiffler | official who clears way for a procession |
| inclinometer | instrument for measuring inclination to the horizontal of an axis— |
| quinism | pathological state resulting from excessive use of quinine |
| gantline | rope used in single |
| carioca | variation of the samba |
| stirpiculture | selective breeding |
| medusiform | resembling a jellyfish |
| alternatim | alternately |
| alee | on or toward the lee |
| somnorific | causing sleep; soporific |
| hypothecate | to mortgage; to place as security— |
| kinderspiel | a children’s cantata or play |
| labefactation | a weakening decay; overthrow |
| hypnomogia | insomnia— |
| frontal | cloth hanging over front of altar |
| acclivity | upward slope |
| cabré | flying upside down with tail down |
| salsitude | saltiness; brackishness |
| battue | indiscriminate slaughter; driving game towards slaughter |
| sisyphean | laborious, endless and futile |
| fougade | piece of improvised artillery |
| rinkomania | obsession with skating |
| helictite | twisted; branching stalactite— |
| wittol | one who knows wife’s faithlessness and submits to it |
| tricorn | three |
| graticulation | division of design into squares when scaling |
| quintic | of the fifth order or degree |
| hypsometer | instrument for measuring height of trees through triangulation— |
| kinetoscope | instrument for producing curves by combination of circular movements |
| chiropterophilous | pollinated or frequented by bats |
| howdah | seat with a canopy erected on an elephant’s back— |
| catholicos | primate of Armenian or Nestorian church |
| digonal | figure such that a half |
| apatetic | of an animal’s coloration or markings |
| iamb | poetic foot consisting of short then a long syllable— |
| delactation | weaning |
| praxeology | study of practical or efficient activity; science of efficient action |
| parvanimity | smallness of mind |
| turdine | of, like or pertaining to thrushes |
| scapiform | shaped like a stalk |
| factive | indicating causation |
| yarnwindle | tool for winding yarn into a ball |
| argol | crust formed on wine kept too long or improperly |
| zinciferous | bearing zinc |
| opisthograph | manuscript or slab inscribed on both back and front |
| anadem | wreath, fillet or band |
| diabrotic | corrosive |
| zedoary | aromatic root resembling ginger |
| commorant | resident of an institution |
| cevesaile | ornamental corner of a coat |
| cladose | branching; branched |
| porbeagle | shark with a pointed snout |
| uranometry | measurement of distances between heavenly bodies |
| spandrel | design in corner of postage stamp |
| zoophagy | eating animals |
| petulcous | butting like a ram |
| zineb | white powder used as fungicide |
| gaminesque | playful; impish; boyish |
| decennoval | of, like or pertaining to the number nineteen |
| coprology | study of pornography |
| ondoyant | wavy |
| psychrophobia | fear of the cold |
| propugnation | defence |
| swingometer | instrument for measuring swing in votes during an election |
| pyrokinesis | ability to start fires using mind alone |
| periphrasis | circumlocution; round |
| bedswerver | unfaithful spouse |
| scutigerous | bearing a shield or scales |
| zibeline | of, like or pertaining to the sable |
| turrical | of, like or pertaining to a tower or turret; like a turret |
| spirulate | spirally arranged |
| argute | shrill; keen; shrewd |
| mortise | hole or recess made in wood to receive a tenon |
| nutrication | nourishment |
| hoyden | tomboy— |
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