| acaulose | = acaulescent adj. | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| achromaticity | The quality of being achromatic (in any sense). | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| achromic | Lacking colour; spec. = achromatic adj. 1a 1c 2. | 1762 | Go To Quotation |
| air bladder | The swim bladder of a fish. | 1675 | Go To Quotation |
| airtight | Impermeable to air. Also fig.: closed off, impenetrable. | 1728 | Go To Quotation |
| allongation | = elongation n. (in various senses). | 1666 | Go To Quotation |
| amethystine | Containing, or composed of, amethyst. | 1670 | Go To Quotation |
| amiant(h)iform | Of the form or structure of amiant(h)us. | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| ammoniaco- | combining form of ammoniac adj. n. or ammoniacal adj., as in ammoniaco-calculus n. a… | 1804 | Go To Quotation |
| amygdaloid | Geol. An igneous rock, usually trappean, containing almond-shaped nodules or geodes… | 1791 | Go To Quotation |
| anastomose | intr. To communicate by anastomosis, to intercommunicate, inosculate. Said of… | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| anastomosing | Communicating by anastomosis; inosculating. | 1795 | Go To Quotation |
| aneurysmal | Of, pertaining to, or due to aneurysm; affected with aneurysm. | 1758 | Go To Quotation |
| antiparalytical | = antiparalytic adj. | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| antiphlogistian | An opponent of this theory. | 1788 | Go To Quotation |
| antipodagrical | = antipodagric adj. | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| aphis | A family of minute insects, also called plant-lice, which are very destructive to… | 1771 | Go To Quotation |
| aponeurosis | A white, shining, fibrous membrane, sometimes serving as the sheath of a muscle… | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| apothecariry | A drug-store. | 1748 | Go To Quotation |
| approximated | Brought close; nearly reached; approximate. | 1789 | Go To Quotation |
| aquapoise | A balance for weighing a substance in water. | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| aragonite | A carbonate of lime, crystallizing in orthorhombic prisms and many derived forms, whence several varieties are distinguished. | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| arsenic | Of or belonging to arsenic; in Chem. applied to compounds in which arsenic combines as… | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| articulating | Forming or meeting at a joint. Also: having joints, jointed. | 1691 | Go To Quotation |
| astrometeorological | Of or relating to astrometeorology. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| asymptotic | Math. = asymptotical adj. | 1672 | Go To Quotation |
| asymptotical | Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an asymptote. | 1704 | Go To Quotation |
| atherine | Name given to various species of smelt. | 1771 | Go To Quotation |
| atramentarious | Inky. | 1717 | Go To Quotation |
| autocollimating | Of an instrument: that employs autocollimation. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| axinite | A mineral belonging to Dana's epidote group of unisilicates, consisting chiefly… | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| ballistics | Chiefly with sing. concord. The branch of science and technology concerned with the… | 1675 | Go To Quotation |
| baroselenite | Native sulphate of barium; now called barite n. or barytes n. | 1786 | Go To Quotation |
| bartavel | The Red Partridge. | 1774 | Go To Quotation |
| basaltine | = basaltic adj. | 1774 | Go To Quotation |
| bascule | An apparatus acting on the principle of the lever or pulley, whereby one end is raised… | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| basilary | = basilar adj. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| bas-relief | concr. A sculpture or carving in low relief. | 1667 | Go To Quotation |
| basset | Of strata: To crop out at the surface. | 1783 | Go To Quotation |
| bema | Ecclesiastical Hist. ‘The altar part or sanctuary in the ancient churches’ (Chambers); the chancel. | 1683 | Go To Quotation |
| Beroe | A genus of small, gelatinous, marine animals classed by Huxley among the Cœlenterata;… | 1770 | Go To Quotation |
| bezoardic | Of the nature of, or pertaining to, bezoar; having its properties; serving as antidote. | 1671 | Go To Quotation |
| bigram | Med. An electrocardiogram regarded as the summation of the electrical activity of the two ventricles of the heart. Now disused. | 1916 | Go To Quotation |
| billionth | The ordinal adjective corresponding to ‘billion’. | 1778 | Go To Quotation |
| biplane | Math. Each of the pair of planes tangential to a surface at a binode. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| bird's-nesting | The action or occupation of searching for bird's-nests. | 1772 | Go To Quotation |
| bluff | A blinker for a horse. Obs. or dial. | 1777 | Go To Quotation |
| boning | The process of levelling or of judging of the straightness of a surface or line by the eye… | 1785 | Go To Quotation |
| boracium | The name at first given to boron n., when it was supposed to be a metal. | 1808 | Go To Quotation |
| botanic | Pertaining to the science or study of plants, to botany. (Now mostly superseded by botanical… | 1656 | Go To Quotation |
| braccio | An Italian measure of length: nearly two English feet. | 1761 | Go To Quotation |
| bract | A small modified leaf, or scale, growing immediately below the calyx of a plant, or upon the peduncle of a flower. | 1771 | Go To Quotation |
| branchial | Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling gills. branchial arch n. one of a series of… | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| branchiostegal | Pertaining to the membrane which protects a gill chamber; covering or protecting the gills. | 1752 | Go To Quotation |
| breccia | Geol. A composite rock consisting of angular fragments of stone, etc., cemented together… | 1774 | Go To Quotation |
| brittly | Somewhat brittle. | 1698 | Go To Quotation |
| buoyantness | = buoyancy n. | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| calcary | = calcareous adj. | 1767 | Go To Quotation |
| calcium | A chemical element, one of the ‘metals of the alkaline earths’, being the basis of… | 1808 | Go To Quotation |
| campaniform | Bell-shaped. | 1758 | Go To Quotation |
| campanulated | = campanulate adj. | 1758 | Go To Quotation |
| caoutchouc | India-rubber, or Gum Elastic; the milky resinous juice of certain trees in S. America… | 1775 | Go To Quotation |
| cardanic | Pertaining to Cardan (see cardan n.). cardanic equation: a cubic equation (for… | 1684 | Go To Quotation |
| carinate | Furnished with a carina n. or ridge; keeled. | 1781 | Go To Quotation |
| carotid | Each of the two primitive carotid arteries afterwards divides into two branches, called the external and internal respectively. | 1667 | Go To Quotation |
| cartable | That can be carted; that can be traversed by carts. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| causticate | trans. To render caustic; = causticize v. | 1790 | Go To Quotation |
| cawky | Containing cawk, barytous. (Perhaps also = chalky adj.) | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| cella | The central body of a temple, as distinct from the portico and other external… | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| celliferous | Bearing or producing cells. | 1755 | Go To Quotation |
| cellulous | = cellular adj. | 1712 | Go To Quotation |
| Cereus | A large genus of cactuses, natives of tropical America, remarkable for their singularity… | 1731 | Go To Quotation |
| chatoyant | Chatoyant quality or lustre. | 1798 | Go To Quotation |
| cheetah | The Hunting Leopard, Felis jubata, which is tamed and used for hunting deer in India. | 1781 | Go To Quotation |
| choke-damp | A miner's term for the carbonic acid gas (or air largely mixed therewith) which accumulates… | 1766 | Go To Quotation |
| chromosphere | The red gaseous envelope round the sun, outside the photosphere. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| chrysalidal | Of or pertaining to a chrysalis. | 1750 | Go To Quotation |
| cineritious | Ash-coloured, ashen-gray; in Anat. used of the ‘gray-matter’ of the brain and spinal cord. | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| circulate | A circulating decimal. | 1769 | Go To Quotation |
| circumrotatory | Of, pertaining to, or marked by, circumrotation. | 1744 | Go To Quotation |
| cistula | gen. A little cist. Obs. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| citharœdic | Pertaining to a citharist or cithara. | 1761 | Go To Quotation |
| clapmatch | A kind of seal: see quots. | 1744 | Go To Quotation |
| cledge | A local name for clay or clayey soil, in Kent, etc.; also technically applied to the upper… | 1724 | Go To Quotation |
| clinicopathological | Relating to both clinical and laboratory examinations of disease. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| cochlite | A fossil spiral shell. | 1698 | Go To Quotation |
| coit | = coition n. 2. | 1671 | Go To Quotation |
| colloidal | Chem. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a colloid; in the condition constituting a colloid. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| colon | = column n. (of mercury). | 1766 | Go To Quotation |
| colugo | Either of two species of small arboreal mammal, Cynocephalus volans of the… | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| confluvium | A flowing together, conflux. | 1670 | Go To Quotation |
| connecter | A railway-coupling. | 1795 | Go To Quotation |
| contravariant | See quot. 1853. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| coot | intr. Of tortoises: To copulate. | 1667 | Go To Quotation |
| copperish | Somewhat coppery. | 1667 | Go To Quotation |
| corticifugal | Originating in and running from the cerebral cortex. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| cow-pen | To pen cows upon (a piece of ground). | 1694 | Go To Quotation |
| crepuscle | Twilight. | 1665 | Go To Quotation |
| crimping | The action of causing the flesh of fish to contract and become firm by gashing or cutting… | 1698 | Go To Quotation |
| curette | A small surgical instrument like a scoop, used in removing a cataract from the eye, wax… | 1754 | Go To Quotation |
| daourite | An obsolete synonym of rubellite or red tourmaline. | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| daze | Min. An old name for mica (from its glitter). | 1671 | Go To Quotation |
| decomposure | Decomposition, resolution (of forces). | 1744 | Go To Quotation |
| deflecting | That deflects. | 1796 | Go To Quotation |
| demibranch | = hemibranch n. a. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| dialyse | trans. To separate the crystalloid part of a mixture from the colloid, in the process of chemical dialysis. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| diaspore | Native hydrate of aluminium, an orthorhombic, massive, or sometimes stalactitic… | 1805 | Go To Quotation |
| diffusate | The amount of salt diffused in a solution; the crystalloid portion of a mixture… | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| diphthongal | Of or belonging to a diphthong; of the nature of a diphthong. | 1749 | Go To Quotation |
| displosive | That pertains to displosion or explosive discharge; eruptive. | 1712 | Go To Quotation |
| draw-boy | The piece of mechanism by which this is now effected. | 1731 | Go To Quotation |
| dumb cane | A West Indian araceous plant, Dieffenbachia Seguine, so called from the effect of its acrid juice upon the tongue: see quot 1830. | 1696 | Go To Quotation |
| eider | A species of duck, Somateria mollissima, abundant in the Arctic regions, that lines its… | 1744 | Go To Quotation |
| electric fire | The electric fluid; a glow or discharge attributed to this. Also fig. Now hist. | 1736 | Go To Quotation |
| electrify | To charge with electricity; to pass an electric current through; (formerly also) †to… | 1745 | Go To Quotation |
| electrodynamical | = electrodynamic adj. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| elende | An elk. | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| elixiviate | trans. To clear from lixivium or lye; to refine thoroughly. | 1674 | Go To Quotation |
| ember | A kind of sea-fowl (Colymbus Immer Linn. Pennant) frequenting the seas about Orkney, a… | 1744 | Go To Quotation |
| emmenagogue | Having power to excite the menstrual discharge; = emmenagogic adj. | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| emphysematose | = emphysematous adj. | 1777 | Go To Quotation |
| epipolize | | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| eructed | Thrown up by eructation. | 1774 | Go To Quotation |
| etherification | The action or process of converting alcohol into ether. Also attrib. | 1805 | Go To Quotation |
| excubitor | A watchman, sentinel. | 1775 | Go To Quotation |
| exostosis | concr. A bony tumour found upon a bone or cartilage. | 1736 | Go To Quotation |
| explosive | Tending to drive something forth with violence and noise. | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| explosively | In an explosive manner; in the manner of an explosion; from or with explosion. | 1805 | Go To Quotation |
| exsert | (Chiefly Biol.) To thrust forth or out, protrude. | 1665 | Go To Quotation |
| extra-lath | trans. To furnish with additional laths. | 1778 | Go To Quotation |
| exzodiacal | Of the minor planets: Having an orbit that passes out of the zodiac. | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| fagong | A fire-place used on shipboard. | 1772 | Go To Quotation |
| ferrific | Iron-making; iron-producing. | 1671 | Go To Quotation |
| fibrin | Orig., an albuminoid or protein compound substance found in animal matter; coagulable… | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| fibrolite | A fibrous mineral consisting chiefly of aluminium silicate. | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| fire-damp | A miner's term for carburetted hydrogen or marsh-gas, which is given off by coal and… | 1677 | Go To Quotation |
| flashing | concr. (See quot. 1874.) | 1783 | Go To Quotation |
| flaw | trans. To ruffle as a flaw of wind does. rare. | 1806 | Go To Quotation |
| floor-cloth | A fabric for covering floors; chiefly applied to substitutes for carpeting, as oilcloth, linoleum, etc. | 1748 | Go To Quotation |
| floss | The rough silk which envelopes the cocoon of the silk worm; also see quot. 1835. | 1760 | Go To Quotation |
| fluorescent | Of light or other radiation: arising from or of the nature of fluorescence; (of a… | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| focal | Optics. focal aperture, focal capacity: see quots. focal distance or length (of a lens… | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| folliculiferous | Bearing a follicle or follicles. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| frigorific | Producing cold, freezing; cooling. | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| frutescent | Becoming shrubby; having the appearance or habit of a shrub. | 1710 | Go To Quotation |
| fungose | = fungous adj. 1. | 1714 | Go To Quotation |
| galeated | Shaped like a helmet. | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| gassy | Full of gas; (excessively) effervescent. Also: of the nature of or characteristic of gas. Cf. gaseous adj. 2. | 1744 | Go To Quotation |
| gelatinizable | Capable of being gelatinized. | 1809 | Go To Quotation |
| giben | (See quots.) | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| gillaroo | A species of trout found in certain Irish rivers and lakes (see quot. 1833). | 1773 | Go To Quotation |
| glacis | A gently sloping bank (see quot. 1712). | 1672 | Go To Quotation |
| globulet | Bot. A pollen grain. Obs. | 1671 | Go To Quotation |
| Gordonia | A genus of North-American and Asiatic trees of the camellia or tea family (Ternstrœmiaceæ)… | 1771 | Go To Quotation |
| grackle | A name applied to various birds originally included in the genus Gracula (see quot. 1893). | 1772 | Go To Quotation |
| ground-squirrel | of the genus Spermophilus; = gopher n. 2. | 1772 | Go To Quotation |
| grumous | of blood. | 1665 | Go To Quotation |
| gummiferous | Producing gum. | 1717 | Go To Quotation |
| gum-tree | Sweet gum tree of the U.S., Liquidambar styraciflua. | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| gyrous | Circular, spiral. | 1688 | Go To Quotation |
| Halesia | A genus of plants (N.O. Styraceœ), containing the beautiful Snowdrop or Silver-bell tree… | 1760 | Go To Quotation |
| heliometer | An astronomical instrument originally devised for measuring the diameter of the sun; now… | 1754 | Go To Quotation |
| hemitone | Half-tone, semitone n. | 1694 | Go To Quotation |
| herborization | The action of herborizing; a botanizing excursion. | 1698 | Go To Quotation |
| hernial | Of or pertaining to hernia; chiefly in hernial sac. | 1738 | Go To Quotation |
| Herschelian | Of or relating to Sir William Herschel or his son Sir John Herschel. Herschelian telescope n.… | 1792 | Go To Quotation |
| hognose | In full hognose snake. Any of several harmless American colubrid snakes of… | 1737 | Go To Quotation |
| homographically | In a homographic manner. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| homography | Geom. The relation between homographic figures; = homology n. 4. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| horizontality | The condition or quality of being horizontal (in sense 2a); horizontal position. | 1753 | Go To Quotation |
| hydatid | A cyst containing a clear watery fluid, occurring as a morbid formation in the tissues… | 1683 | Go To Quotation |
| hydrated | Chemically combined with water or its elements; formed into a hydrate. | 1809 | Go To Quotation |
| hydrocarbonate | An early name for a hydrocarbon; †formerly, a name of carburetted hydrogen (CH 4), the chief constituent of coal-gas. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| hydrodynamics | The branch of Physics which treats of the forces acting upon or exerted by liquids. In… | 1780 | Go To Quotation |
| hyeto- | a rain-gauge. | 1730 | Go To Quotation |
| hygrometrical | = hygrometric adj. | 1773 | Go To Quotation |
| hygroscope | An instrument which indicates (without accurately measuring) the degree of humidity of the air. | 1665 | Go To Quotation |
| icemaker | A person or business that manufactures or produces artificial ice. | 1775 | Go To Quotation |
| impingent | Impinging. | 1760 | Go To Quotation |
| incongenial | Not congenial; uncongenial. | 1797 | Go To Quotation |
| indigo-plant | A plant yielding indigo; spec. a plant of the genus Indigofera: cf. indigo n. 2. | 1758 | Go To Quotation |
| interarticular | Lying or prevailing between the contiguous surfaces in a joint. | 1808 | Go To Quotation |
| internode | Bot. That part of a stem or branch intervening between two of the nodes or knots from which the leaves arise. | 1667 | Go To Quotation |
| iriscope | A device for exhibiting the primary colours by the action of the breath on a… | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| isochronic | = isochronous adj. 1. | 1780 | Go To Quotation |
| isoprene | 2-Methyl-1, 3-butadiene, CH 2:C(CH 3)CH:CH 2, a colourless liquid obtained by… | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| jaggedly | In a jagged manner; with sharp indentations. | 1698 | Go To Quotation |
| killdee | The largest species of ring-plover (Ægialitis vocifera) of North America. | 1732 | Go To Quotation |
| king-crab | A large arthropodous animal of the genus Limulus, having a convex carapace somewhat of… | 1698 | Go To Quotation |
| kokerboom | A large aloe, Aloe dichotoma, the size of a small tree, whose branches were formerly used… | 1774 | Go To Quotation |
| Labrador | = labradorite n. | 1778 | Go To Quotation |
| lacinia | Bot. A slash in a leaf, petal, etc.; the slender lobe thus produced. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| lactescent | Becoming milky; having a milky appearance. | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| lanugo | Fine soft hair or down, or a surface resembling this; spec. that covering the human fœtus. | 1677 | Go To Quotation |
| laxator | Name formerly given to a (supposed) muscle of the external ear. | 1799 | Go To Quotation |
| libella | An early scientific name for the dragon-fly. (Cf. Libellula n.) | 1694 | Go To Quotation |
| lightwood | Used as a name for various trees (e.g. Amyris balsamifera candle-wood n.) which burn with a brilliant flame. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| lingo | (See quots.) | 1731 | Go To Quotation |
| lithologist | One who is versed in lithology. | 1747 | Go To Quotation |
| logometric | Indicating ratios by measurement. Used by Wollaston to designate his ‘scale’ for… | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| luminiferous | Producing or transmitting light esp. in luminiferous ether (see ether n. 3). | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| lunulated | Crescent-shaped. (Cf. lunular adj.) Obs. | 1705 | Go To Quotation |
| macropod | = macropodid n. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| malacostracous | = malacostracan adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| malvaceous | Resembling or related to the mallows; of or relating to the family Malvaceae to which the mallows belong. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| manometrical | = manometric adj. 3. | 1778 | Go To Quotation |
| margate | orig. Amer. and Caribbean. More fully margate-fish, margate grunt. A… | 1735 | Go To Quotation |
| medullation | Histol. and Physiol. = myelination n. Cf. medulla n. 1f. Now rare. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| megaphylly | The state or condition of being megaphyllous. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| melissin | = melissyl alcohol n. at melissyl n. Compounds. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| mesogastropod | A prosobranch gastropod of the order Mesogastropoda, comprising chiefly marine… | 1955 | Go To Quotation |
| mesorectum | The mesentery or peritoneal investment of the rectum; the tissue between the rectum and the sacrum. | 1796 | Go To Quotation |
| mesosomatic | = mesosomal adj. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| metabolically | In, as regards, or by means of metabolism. | 1906 | Go To Quotation |
| metacentric | Physics and Shipbuilding. Of or relating to the metacentre of a ship or other floating body. | 1798 | Go To Quotation |
| metachromic | Of or relating to a hypothetical acid representing a less hydrated analogue of chromic acid. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| metallizing | That covers in, or converts into, metal; that gives a metallic form or appearance to (something). | 1675 | Go To Quotation |
| metallurgic | = metallurgical adj. | 1747 | Go To Quotation |
| metallurgy | The art of working metals, comprising the separation of them from other substances… | 1665 | Go To Quotation |
| metapodial | Designating a bone of the metacarpus or metatarsus, esp. in a quadruped; of, relating to, or made from such a bone. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| metatarsal | Of or relating to the metatarsus. | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| methylbenzene | Toluene, C 6 H 5 CH 3. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| micrometer | Astron. Any of various devices used with a telescope to measure small angular distances in the field of view of an eyepiece. | 1717 | Go To Quotation |
| micrometrically | By micrometric means; by means of a micrometer or micrometry. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| micromorphic | Of, relating to, or consisting of micromorphs. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| micropopulation | The population of microorganisms present in a given location, organism, etc. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| microspheric | Designating or relating to the form of a dimorphic foraminiferan in which the… | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| midrib | mid-rib deep: up to the middle of a horse's ribs. Obs. | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| miliolid | A foraminiferan of the order Miliolida or the suborder Miliolina, esp. one of the family Miliolidae. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| miscibility | The property or condition of being miscible; capability of being mixed (usually with something else). | 1755 | Go To Quotation |
| misnote | trans. To note erroneously, make an error in noting. | 1818 | Go To Quotation |
| mitogen | A substance or agent that stimulates mitosis (cell division), esp. in lymphocytes. Cf. mitogenic adj. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| Molucca bean | Any of several kinds of tropical seed found stranded on beaches, esp. in western Europe; spec.… | 1675 | Go To Quotation |
| monoclonal | Forming a clone derived asexually from a single individual or cell; relating to, involving, or produced by such a clone. | 1914 | Go To Quotation |
| monoplastidic | Having or involving a single plastid. | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| Mosel | In full Mosel wine. A light, medium dry white wine produced in the valley of the Mosel… | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| motive power | The power to initiate movement, esp. the muscular or mechanical power needed to move the body… | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| moultering | The action of moulter v.; moulting. | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| multiband | Involving or using several or many bands; (Photogr.) relating to or designating a… | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| multicentre | Having or involving several or many centres; multicentred. | 1951 | Go To Quotation |
| multiple arc | Math. and Surveying. An arc that subtends an angle equal to an integral multiple of the angle subtended by a given arc. | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| multisegmented | Composed of or having more than two segments. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| muscular | Of or relating to muscle or the muscles; involving the use of muscles. Cf. musculous adj. 3. | 1670 | Go To Quotation |
| mycorrhizic | = mycorrhizal adj. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| myopical | = myopic adj. | 1749 | Go To Quotation |
| nail-hole | A hole made to receive a nail. Also: a hole left after the removal of a nail. | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| narcosis | A state of drowsiness, stupor, or insensibility; †the ability to produce such a state (obs.);… | 1671 | Go To Quotation |
| nebulosity | Astron. An indistinctly luminous or hazy appearance or state; nebulous quality.… | 1762 | Go To Quotation |
| necklace | trans. To form into a necklace-like structure. Also intr. Obs. rare. | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| negrohead | The round, dark nest constructed in trees by certain species of termite (genus Nasutitermes). rare. | 1781 | Go To Quotation |
| nemertine | = nemertean adj. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| nephrotomy | Surgical incision into a kidney, usually to remove a stone (cf. nephrolithotomy n. at nephro-… | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| Nerita | Originally: any of various, probably chiefly aquatic, gastropod molluscs. Later: spec.… | 1696 | Go To Quotation |
| nerve root | Anat. A bundle of nerve fibres as it emerges from the neuraxis; esp. either of the… | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| neuroectodermic | = neuroectodermal adj. | 1908 | Go To Quotation |
| neutro-saline | Possessing the properties of a neutral salt. Also as n. | 1753 | Go To Quotation |
| nicker | The hard round seed of any of several trees or shrubs; esp. that of certain… | 1696 | Go To Quotation |
| night sweat | A fit of profuse sweating occurring during the night, sometimes as a symptom of disease… | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| nisket | The anus or vulva of a whale. | 1726 | Go To Quotation |
| nisus | Effort, endeavour; (now) esp. impulse, tendency. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| Nitrian | Of, relating to, or designating the desert region of Nitria, to the west of Cairo in… | 1684 | Go To Quotation |
| nitrogenated | Combined or treated with nitrogen. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| nitro-sulphuric | (a) a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids; (b) nitrosylsulphuric acid. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| Noachical | = Noachian adj. 1. | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| nomial | A binomial; a polynomial. rare. | 1717 | Go To Quotation |
| non-cyclic | That does not form part of a cycle; not involving or relating to cycles. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| non-electric | A thing or substance that does not generate static electricity when rubbed. Obs. | 1742 | Go To Quotation |
| non-electrified | Not electrified. | 1747 | Go To Quotation |
| non-equilibrium | A state of not being in equilibrium; lack of equilibrium. | 1790 | Go To Quotation |
| nonic | An expression, equation, or curve of the ninth order or degree. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| non-magnetic | Not magnetic. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| non-magnetizable | Not capable of being magnetized. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| non-periodic | Characterized by or exhibiting a lack of periodicity; without regular recurrence; = aperiodic adj. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| North American Indian | A member of any of the groups of indigenous people of North America; a Native American. | 1748 | Go To Quotation |
| nose-flute | A musical instrument blown with the nose, originating in the Pacific islands and South-East Asia. | 1775 | Go To Quotation |
| nucleus | Originally: a bright core forming the main part of the visible head of a comet or… | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| nummuline | Of or relating to nummulites; (of a deposit) containing nummulites, nummulitic. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| obscurum per obscurius | An argument or proposition expressed in terms which are even less clear than the… | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| octonocular | Having eight eyes. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| oliva | Zool. (In form Oliva) a genus of marine gastropod molluscs of the family Olividae… | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| ombrometer | A rain gauge. | 1744 | Go To Quotation |
| one-dimensional | Having or relating to a single dimension. | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| op. cit. | In the work previously mentioned or quoted. Also as n.: a use or occurrence of op. cit. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| operand | The quantity or symbol on which a particular mathematical or logical operation is (to be) performed. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| opisthobranchiate | = opisthobranch adj. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| optician | An expert in or student of optics. Later also: a maker of optical instruments. Now hist. | 1672 | Go To Quotation |
| orbitual | Of, relating to, or of the nature of an orbit; = orbital adj. 2. | 1806 | Go To Quotation |
| orthide | A fossil articulate brachiopod of the order Orthida, of the Palaeozoic era. | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| orthogonality | The property of being orthogonal (in various senses). | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| osmosis | Chem. and Biol. The process by which molecules of water or another solvent tend to pass… | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| osmunda | Any fern of the genus Osmunda (family Osmundaceae), the members of which bear… | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| ossification | The formation of bone; the normal or metaplastic process of forming bone; the condition… | 1671 | Go To Quotation |
| ovalish | Somewhat oval. | 1684 | Go To Quotation |
| ovario- | | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| overdetermine | trans. To determine, account for, or cause in more than one way, or with more conditions than are necessary. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| overfilling | The action of overfill v.; an instance of this. | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| overhunting | Hunting to excess; unsustainable hunting, esp. of a population or species of animal. | 1761 | Go To Quotation |
| over-ponderate | intr. To weigh too much; to be too heavy. | 1730 | Go To Quotation |
| ovigenous | Producing ova or eggs; stimulating or contributing to the production of ova. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| oviparity | The condition or character of being oviparous; reproduction by means of the production of eggs. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| oxymuriate | Chloride; chlorate. Also attrib. in oxymuriate match. | 1797 | Go To Quotation |
| oxynitrate | A combined oxide and nitrate. | 1809 | Go To Quotation |
| padrona | Chiefly in Italian-speaking communities: the mistress of a household; a woman who keeps a hotel, inn, or brothel. | 1744 | Go To Quotation |
| palladium | A hard, ductile, metallic element, atomic number 46, resembling silver, belonging to… | 1803 | Go To Quotation |
| palmaceous | Belonging to or characteristic of the palm family Arecaceae (Palmae); consisting of or characterized by palms. | 1731 | Go To Quotation |
| Palmyrenian | A native or inhabitant of Palmyra in ancient Syria; (also) the Aramaic language and script used in Palmyra. | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| palpebral | Of or relating to an eyelid or the eyelids. | 1746 | Go To Quotation |
| parabolar | Of the nature of a parabola; parabolic. | 1665 | Go To Quotation |
| paracyanic | Derived from cyanogen; paracyanic acid n. Obs. any of various acids supposed to be polymers of or isomeric with fulminic acid. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| parallelizing | That makes parallel; (Computing) that converts (software, etc.) to run in parallel mode. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| paresis | Med. Partial or incomplete paralysis; an instance of this. Also fig. | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| passenger pigeon | A long-tailed North American pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius, noted for its former… | 1772 | Go To Quotation |
| patentoternate | Of a sponge spicule: widely ternate. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| pavonian | Of, relating to, or characteristic of a peacock; resembling (that of) a peacock; pavonine. | 1793 | Go To Quotation |
| paxillary | = paxillar adj. at paxilla n. Derivatives. | 1951 | Go To Quotation |
| Pazand | A method of transcribing Persian (Zoroastrian) sacred texts from Pahlavi into the… | 1772 | Go To Quotation |
| Peléan | Of, relating to, or designating a type of volcanic eruption characterized by the… | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| pentameral | Consisting of or having five parts or segments; pentamerous. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| pentylic | Containing or derived from a pentyl radical. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| perchloride | A binary compound of chlorine containing the maximum possible proportion of chlorine. | 1818 | Go To Quotation |
| perihelial | = perihelian adj. | 1785 | Go To Quotation |
| perihelion | Astron. The point in the orbit of a planet, comet, etc., at which it is nearest to the sun. Opposed to aphelion n. | 1666 | Go To Quotation |
| periostracum | The outer horny or fibrous organic covering of the shell of a mollusc or brachiopod. Cf. epidermis n. 2. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| permeability | The quality or condition of being permeable; ability to be permeated, perviousness; (Science)… | 1760 | Go To Quotation |
| persulphuret | = persulphide n. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| pertussis | Whooping cough, which is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. | 1774 | Go To Quotation |
| petinine | A volatile liquid amine, (CH 3) 2 CHCH 2 NH 2; 2-methylpropylamine. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| Petri dish | A shallow, circular, flat-bottomed glass or plastic dish with vertical sides and with a… | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| phaometer | An instrument for measuring the intensity of light; a photometer. | 1747 | Go To Quotation |
| phlogisticate | trans. To make phlogistic; to cause to combine with phlogiston. | 1776 | Go To Quotation |
| phosphorescent | Having the property of glowing in the dark; exhibiting phosphorescence; capable of phosphorescing. Also fig. | 1767 | Go To Quotation |
| photochemical | Of or relating to the chemical action of light (or similar radiation). Cf. photochemistry n. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| photometer | Any of various instruments for measuring the intensity of light, or for comparing… | 1779 | Go To Quotation |
| phytographic | Of or relating to the description of plants. Also: phytogeographic. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| picture frame | Anything which forms the border of a visual image; spec. an ornamental mount or case in… | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| pigmentless | Having no (natural) pigment; lacking pigment. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| piked whale | More fully little piked whale. = minke n. Cf. pike whale n. at pike n. Compounds. | 1787 | Go To Quotation |
| pillbox | A box (usually of a shallow cylindrical shape) for holding pills or other small items. | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| pinnaceous | Of a fish: having fins. | 1684 | Go To Quotation |
| piperic | a crystalline bicyclic acid derived from piperine… | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| pipestone | A kind of fossil mollusc (not identified: perh. a tusk shell). Obs. | 1708 | Go To Quotation |
| Pippian | = Cayleyan adj. n. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| pisolith | Each of the small rounded accretions resembling peas which are cemented together to make… | 1799 | Go To Quotation |
| pistillum | = pistil n. | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| placentally | By means of a placenta; in, through, or from the placenta. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| planorbuline | Of, belonging to, or associated with the genus Planorbulina of marine foraminiferans… | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| plasmodial | Of, relating to, or arising from a plasmodium (in either sense of the noun). | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| plasmolyse | trans. To cause plasmolysis in (a cell). Also intr.: to undergo plasmolysis. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| plurisegmental | Physiol. Of, relating to, or involving more than one segment of the spinal cord. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| p.m. | After noon; = post meridiem adv. | 1666 | Go To Quotation |
| pneumatometer | Any of several types of instrument used to measure the volume or force of respiration. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| poleless | Having or involving no magnetic poles. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| polifugal | Of a force: acting in a direction away from a pole. | 1744 | Go To Quotation |
| pollan | A freshwater whitefish found in certain Irish loughs, formerly thought to be a variety… | 1714 | Go To Quotation |
| polypyrene | = polypyrenous adj. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| posited | That has been posited. | 1666 | Go To Quotation |
| postcranial | Situated posterior to the cranium. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| postzygapophysis | Either of the two posterior or inferior articular processes (left and right) on the neural… | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| pot-fish | The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus. | 1744 | Go To Quotation |
| prefronto- | Zool. Forming terms, chiefly adjectives, with the sense ‘(a bone) connecting the… | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| prement | Something which presses. | 1700 | Go To Quotation |
| presensitization | Sensitization beforehand. | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| pretrude | trans. To thrust or push (a thing). | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| pricking-up | Plastering. The scoring of a first coat of plaster so as to afford a hold for the… | 1779 | Go To Quotation |
| prickleback | The three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Cf. prickling n., prickly-back n.… | 1747 | Go To Quotation |
| prismatic | Having the form of a prism; consisting of prisms; of or relating to a prism. | 1668 | Go To Quotation |
| prochordal | Situated in front of the anterior end of the notochord; = prechordal adj. 1. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| prootic | Situated in front of the ear; spec. designating one of the three periotic bones. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| propatagium | In bats, gliding mammals, pterosaurs, etc.: the part of the patagium (the wing or… | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| propionate | A salt or ester, or the anion, of propionic acid. Also called propanoate, propylate. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| prostomial | Anterior to the mouth; esp. of or relating to the prostomium of an invertebrate. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| protuberating | The action of protuberate v.; an instance of this, a swelling. | 1667 | Go To Quotation |
| Prussian blue | Any of several deep blue pigments consisting chiefly of ferric ferrocyanide, Fe 3+ 4 [Fe… | 1724 | Go To Quotation |
| prussite | = potassium ferrocyanide at ferro- comb._form 2a (also called Prussian alkali). | 1791 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudospeciation | The making of pseudospecies (see pseudospecies n.); false division into species. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| pterotic | A bone in the upper posterior part of the skull in many fishes and some other… | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| pullous | Dark in colour; blackish. | 1698 | Go To Quotation |
| pullus | A young bird or nestling; (now) spec. one that is not yet able to fly. | 1702 | Go To Quotation |
| pyritized | Impregnated with pyrites; esp. (of petrified wood, fossils, etc.) having had some original material replaced with iron pyrites. | 1805 | Go To Quotation |
| Quadrans Muralis | (The name of) a former constellation, the Mural Quadrant, in what is now the northern part… | 1811 | Go To Quotation |
| quadrantanopia | Loss of vision involving one quarter of the visual field (in one or both eyes); an instance of this. Cf. hemianopia n. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| quadrantic | = quadrantal adj. 1b. Obs. rare. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| quinnet | A small iron or wooden wedge; (in later use) esp. one that holds the ring of a scythe's handles in place. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| radius | trans. To round off (an edge); to make (a corner or end) curved. | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| rake-mould | That collects mould. | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| ramulet | A small branch; = ramulus n. 1. | 1671 | Go To Quotation |
| reaccumulate | intr. To accumulate again; to regroup; to reaggregate. In early use also trans. (in pass.). | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| rebuffing | That rebuffs. | 1747 | Go To Quotation |
| red snow | Snow coloured red, esp. by snow algae containing carotenoid pigments. | 1678 | Go To Quotation |
| reflexile | Capable of being reflected. | 1797 | Go To Quotation |
| regelation | The action or process of freezing together again; esp. the process by which ice that… | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| resinose | Characteristic of resin. Obs. rare. | 1712 | Go To Quotation |
| resolvability | The quality or fact of being resolvable, in various senses. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| retinasphalt | A variety of fossil resin or retinite (retinite n. 2). | 1804 | Go To Quotation |
| retrogenerative | Of an animal: that (supposedly) copulates back to back; = retrocoient adj. Cf. retrocopulant adj. | 1744 | Go To Quotation |
| rhebok | A small southern African antelope, Pelea capreolus, with a woolly brownish-grey coat and… | 1775 | Go To Quotation |
| rheoscope | Electr. An instrument for detecting the existence of an electric current; a means of detecting a current. Now hist. and rare. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| right whale | Any of several rotund baleen whales constituting the family Balaenidae, having a deeply… | 1726 | Go To Quotation |
| rostro-carinate | Designating objects that are both beaked (rostrate) and keeled (carinate), such as… | 1912 | Go To Quotation |
| sal | A valuable timber tree of India, Shorea robusta yielding the resin dammar. Also attrib. | 1789 | Go To Quotation |
| salaam | trans. To make a salaam to; to salute with a salaam; to offer salutations to. | 1684 | Go To Quotation |
| salivate | trans. To produce an unusual secretion of saliva in (a person), generally by the use of mercury; to produce ptyalism in. | 1669 | Go To Quotation |
| sarcous | Consisting of flesh or muscular tissue. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| satelles | Used by some writers of the 17th and early 18th c. for satellite n. 2. | 1666 | Go To Quotation |
| Saxicava | A genus of bivalve boring molluscs; a member of this genus. Also in anglicized form ˈsaxicave n. (rare). | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| scape | intr. Of an escapement or one of its parts: To perform its function (in a certain manner). | 1742 | Go To Quotation |
| scarotique | = escharotic n. | 1673 | Go To Quotation |
| scoparin | A diuretic principle found in the common broom. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| scorification | The process of reducing to scoria; formation of scoria or slag; spec. as a method of refining or assay. | 1755 | Go To Quotation |
| scutch | = quitch n. Chiefly in Comb. scutch-grass in the same sense. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| seedly | Existing in the state of seed. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| selenographical | = selenographic adj. | 1670 | Go To Quotation |
| selenotopography | The topography of the moon. | 1795 | Go To Quotation |
| sevous | Of the nature of suet or tallow. | 1726 | Go To Quotation |
| siberite | = rubellite n. | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| Siculo- | used as combining form of Latin Siculus Sicilian, as in Siculo-American, Siculo-Arabian… | 1765 | Go To Quotation |
| silicate | Any salt, ester, or anion of a silicic acid; any substance (e.g. very many minerals… | 1811 | Go To Quotation |
| silk-tail | The waxwing or Bohemian chatterer, Ampelis garrulus or G. Bohemicus. | 1686 | Go To Quotation |
| silver grain | (See quot. 1882.) | 1801 | Go To Quotation |
| siphonal | Having the form or character of a siphon; of or pertaining to a siphon. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| skewness | The quality of being skew. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| slacken | Slag. | 1670 | Go To Quotation |
| slipe | (See quot. 1717.) | 1717 | Go To Quotation |
| smelt- | the stem of smelt v. in combination, as smelt-furnace n., smelt-house n., smelt-mill n. places where smelting is carried on. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| soapberry | The fruit or nut of various species of Sapindus (esp. S. Saponaria), or of Acacia concinna… | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| sorbic | Contained in, derived from, the berries of the mountain-ash, Sorbus (now Pyrus) aucuparia. Chiefly in sorbic acid. | 1815 | Go To Quotation |
| sorrel-tree | The sourwood or elk-tree of North America, Oxydendrum arboreum (Andromeda arborea). | 1687 | Go To Quotation |
| soundable | Of the sea: Capable of being sounded. | 1667 | Go To Quotation |
| sour-sop | The fruit of the West Indian tree, Anona muricata. | 1667 | Go To Quotation |
| sphacelous | Gangrenous, necrotic. | 1683 | Go To Quotation |
| spherico- | used as combining form of spheric adj. in a few terms, as spherico-cylindrical, spherical-tetrahedral, spherical-triangular adjs. | 1778 | Go To Quotation |
| spheroidical | = spheroidal adj. 2. | 1698 | Go To Quotation |
| spirey | = spiraea n. | 1714 | Go To Quotation |
| split | (See quots.) | 1714 | Go To Quotation |
| springbok | A species of antelope, Antilope euchore, abounding in South Africa, characterized by a… | 1775 | Go To Quotation |
| springiness | The quality of being springy or elastic. | 1665 | Go To Quotation |
| staminiferous | Having or bearing stamens, applied to a flower having stamens but no pistils; also applied… | 1766 | Go To Quotation |
| stativity | Math. In Cayley's terminology: a particular property of a curve (see quot. 1872). Obs. rare. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| steam-engine | An engine in which the mechanical force of steam is made available as a motive power for driving machinery, etc. | 1753 | Go To Quotation |
| steenbok | A small South African antelope, Rhaphiceros campestris. | 1775 | Go To Quotation |
| sterilization | The action of sterilizing. Also fig., esp. in Econ. (cf. sense 6). | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| sternum | The breast-bone; a long bone or series of bones, occurring in most vertebrates except… | 1667 | Go To Quotation |
| strontia | One of the alkaline earths, the monoxide of strontium. Also attrib. in strontia water… | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| strontium | The metallic base of strontia; a dark-yellow metal, fusible at red heat. Symbol… | 1808 | Go To Quotation |
| stulm | An adit or level in a mine. | 1693 | Go To Quotation |
| stunt | A creature which has been hindered from attaining full growth or development; spec. (see quot. 1858). | 1726 | Go To Quotation |
| subfuscous | Of a dull, dusky, darkish colour; brownish; blackish; subfuscous. Cf. fuscous adj. Also as n. | 1762 | Go To Quotation |
| succussive | Characterized by a shaking motion. | 1742 | Go To Quotation |
| sulpho- | | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| sulphur | trans. To fumigate with burning sulphur, e.g. for the purpose of bleaching… | 1760 | Go To Quotation |
| summable | Capable of being summed. | 1784 | Go To Quotation |
| supercontracted | That has undergone supercontraction. | 1934 | Go To Quotation |
| synoptic | Of a table, chart, etc.: Pertaining to or forming a synopsis; furnishing a general view… | 1764 | Go To Quotation |
| tabulous | Divided into compartments by tabulæ. | 1734 | Go To Quotation |
| talcous | Of the nature of talc; talcose. | 1736 | Go To Quotation |
| talcy | Pertaining to, of the nature of, or consisting of talc. | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| Talgai | The name of a farm in Queensland, Australia, used attrib. in Talgai boy n. = Talgai skull n.… | 1918 | Go To Quotation |
| tantalum | One of the rare metals, occurring in combination in various rare minerals, and in… | 1809 | Go To Quotation |
| tatty | A screen or mat, usually made of the roots of the fragrant cuscus grass, which is placed in… | 1792 | Go To Quotation |
| taxwax | The tendon of the neck: = paxwax n. | 1712 | Go To Quotation |
| teleology | The doctrine or study of ends or final causes, esp. as related to the evidences of… | 1742 | Go To Quotation |
| tellinet | A small shell of the genus Tellina. | 1708 | Go To Quotation |
| theca | Zool. and Anat. A case or sheath enclosing some organ or part: as | 1665 | Go To Quotation |
| thermic | Of or pertaining to heat; of the nature of heat; = thermal adj. 2 thermic balance = bolometer n.… | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| Thucydidean | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Thucydides or his work. | 1753 | Go To Quotation |
| tissue-paper | A very thin soft gauze-like unsized paper, used for wrapping delicate articles… | 1777 | Go To Quotation |
| titanium | One of the rare metals, never found free in nature, but obtainable as an iron-grey powder… | 1796 | Go To Quotation |
| tomentum | Bot. The soft down or pubescence growing on the stems, leaves, or seeds of certain plants. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| towhee | The ground-robin or cheewink n. of North America, Pipilo erythrophthalmus; also towhee bird… | 1731 | Go To Quotation |
| Toxicodendron | A synonym of Hyænanche, a S. African genus of euphorbiaceous trees or shrubs with… | 1722 | Go To Quotation |
| trawl-net | A fishing-net used in trawling; esp. = trawl n. 1. | 1697 | Go To Quotation |
| trichite | Characterized by very fine fracture, so as to resemble or suggest hairs or fine filaments. | 1765 | Go To Quotation |
| tuberculated | Natural Hist. | 1771 | Go To Quotation |
| tubulary | = tubularian n. | 1708 | Go To Quotation |
| turben | The spire or whorl of a twisted shell. | 1669 | Go To Quotation |
| turbidity | = turbidness n. | 1782 | Go To Quotation |
| turbidness | The quality or condition of being turbid; thickness of a fluid; cloudiness; also fig. | 1676 | Go To Quotation |
| unadjust | (un- prefix 3.) | 1785 | Go To Quotation |
| unannealed | Untempered. | 1745 | Go To Quotation |
| unattractable | (un- prefix 7b.) | 1802 | Go To Quotation |
| unbale | trans. To undo (goods) from a bale or bales. | 1753 | Go To Quotation |
| unclamp | (un- prefix 3.) | 1809 | Go To Quotation |
| unclotted | (un- prefix 8.) | 1771 | Go To Quotation |
| unexhaled | (un- prefix 8.) | 1703 | Go To Quotation |
| ungelatinizable | (un- prefix 7b.) | 1809 | Go To Quotation |
| uric | (see quot. 1860). | 1798 | Go To Quotation |
| vargeous | Resembling a rod; rod-like. | 1779 | Go To Quotation |
| verticillated | = verticillate adj. 1. | 1698 | Go To Quotation |
| vesical | Of or pertaining to, formed in, the urinary bladder. | 1797 | Go To Quotation |
| vesiculous | = vesiculose adj. | 1698 | Go To Quotation |
| vino- | combining form < Latin vīnum wine, employed in a few chemical terms, as vino-acetous, vino-methylic, vino-sulphureous. | 1730 | Go To Quotation |
| vitriolico- | combining form of prec., employed in a few chemical terms, as vitriolico-antimoniated, vitriolico-muriated, vitriolico-neutral. | 1783 | Go To Quotation |
| warting | A growth of warts. | 1756 | Go To Quotation |
| wawa | An American-Indian name for the wild goose. | 1771 | Go To Quotation |
| well(-)flavoured | Mixed with an ingredient which imparts a good flavour. | 1772 | Go To Quotation |
| whirled | = whorled adj. | 1715 | Go To Quotation |
| whisky john | = whisky jack n. | 1772 | Go To Quotation |
| whooping | Of a sound or cry: Of the nature of a whoop. (Cf. hooping adj.) | 1732 | Go To Quotation |
| wobble | The action or an act of wobbling; an unsteady rocking motion or movement; also fig. | 1699 | Go To Quotation |
| xiphoid | Sword-shaped, ensiform: a descriptive epithet of the cartilaginous or bony process at the… | 1747 | Go To Quotation |
