| acarian | = acarine adj. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| achromatize | trans. To make (something, esp. a lens) achromatic. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| achromatous | Colourless, lacking coloration. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| agalactous | = agalactic adj. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| agnesite | = bismutite n. at bismuthal adj. Compounds. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Balti | Of or relating to Baltistan, a Himalayan region of Kashmir (now in northern Pakistan), its inhabitants, or their language. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Broseley | the name of a town in Shropshire, used in Broseley porcelain, a soft-paste porcelain made… | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| bungarum | Any of the venomous snakes of the genus Bungarus; esp. the krait of India. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| cank | The name in the Midland coalfields for a hard ferruginous sandstone. Also cankstone. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| cross-division | The division of any group according to more than one principle of division at the same… | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| electromagnetics | With pl. concord. Chemical elements which show electromagnetic properties. Obs. rare. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| ghaghra | In parts of India, esp. Rajasthan: a long full skirt or petticoat with a drawstring waist and often ornamented with bells. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Ghuzz | = Oghuz n. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| grossularious | Of the nature of, or resembling, the gooseberry. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Hegelian | Of, pertaining to, or connected with Hegel or his philosophy. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| iroha | The Japanese kana or syllabary. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| ita | In full, ita palm. The tropical South American fan-palm, Mauritia flexuosa, or the drink made from its fermented sap; cf. eta n. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| jito | In the Japanese feudal system: a military land steward (see also quot. 1974). | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| kharif | In India, the autumn crop, sown at the beginning of the summer rains. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Lur | A member of an aboriginal people inhabiting Luristan in western Iran. Chiefly in pl. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Majoristic | Relating to Majorism or to the Majorists (see Majorist n.). | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Mandaite | = Mandaean n. 1. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| materialistic | Of, relating to, or characterized by materialism (in various senses); (now) esp. concerned… | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| Melanesian | A native or inhabitant of Melanesia; (Cultural Anthropol.) a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the region. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| menobranch | An amphibian of the former genus Menobranchus, a mud puppy. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| metamorphism | Geol. Change in the structural, mineralogical, or chemical characteristics of… | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| mkhedruli | The Georgian script of 33 (originally 38) characters as developed for secular use in the… | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Moi | A member of an aboriginal people inhabiting the highlands of southern Vietnam; = Montagnard n. 2a. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| monothalamic | Zool. = monothalamous adj. 2. rare. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| monotrochous | Of the trochal disc of a rotifer: consisting of or having a single ring of cilia. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| muffle | A pulley block containing several pulleys. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| Muong | A member of an ethnolinguistic group inhabiting the mountainous area south-west of Hanoi, northern Vietnam. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Ngwaketse | A member of a southern African people inhabiting Botswana. Also as adj. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| nien hao | A title given to the reign, or part of the reign, of a Chinese emperor, used in imperial… | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| nodal | Designating a line, point, or surface of absolute or comparative rest in a standing wave… | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| nucular | Resembling a nucule, nut-shaped; of or relating to a nucule. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Nyctipithecus | The genus comprising the night monkeys (now called Aotus); (also) a monkey of this genus. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| Ocypode | A genus of swift-running sand crabs of the family Ocypodidae. Also (in form ocypode): a crab of this genus, a ghost crab. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| outcrop | trans. To protrude through, to intersect. Obs. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| overextension | The action of extending too far or to too great a degree; an instance of this.… | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| oxysulphuret | = oxysulphide n. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| pallio- | (a) adj. of or belonging to the former order Palliobranchiata (H. M. D. de Blainville's… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| prepositionally | In a prepositional manner; with the force or meaning of a preposition. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| primarize | trans. To make primary. (In quot. 1845: to convert into primary (crystalline) rocks.) | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| prismatize | trans. Geol. To form (rock) into prismatic blocks. Obs. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudocarp | A fruit that incorporates either parts of a plant not belonging to the flower, or parts… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Rus | With the and pl. concord. A people of Scandinavian origin (later assimilated with… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| sadhu | In India: a holy man, a sage. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| santalaceous | Belonging to the N.O. Santalaceæ, typified by the genus Santalum or sandalwood. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| sapindaceous | Belonging to the N.O. Sapindaceæ. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| sapotaceous | Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of the Sapotaceæ, a N.O. of gamopetalous plants typified by the Achras (formerly Sapota). | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| sar | A fish of the sparoid genus Sargus. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| Saronic | Of, pertaining to or designating the Saronic Gulf, a part of the Aegean Sea between Attica and the Peloponnese. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| saurous | Resembling a lizard; saurian. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| saxifragaceous | Belonging to the N.O. Saxifragaceæ. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| schematomancy | A form of divination, by which the personal history of a man is inferred from his form and appearance. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| scriber | A tool or appliance for scribing. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| scrophularineous | Of or pertaining to the Scrophularineæ (or Scrophulariaceæ). | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| sebacine | = sebum n. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| serpentinous | Of the nature of or consisting of serpentine. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| sevener | Islam. With capital initial. A member of the smaller of the two Shiah sects (the ‘Seveners’… | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Shafiite | A member of one of the four sects or schools of the Sunnites or orthodox Muslims, named… | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| sifaka | A small arboreal primate belonging to the genus Propithecus of the family Indriidæ… | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| siliciuret | = silicide n. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| silico- | | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| siphono- | | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| sirene | = siren n. 7. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| Slovak | A member of a Slavonic people living in Slovakia. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| smithsonite | Silicate of zinc. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| sodaite | A variety of nephelite or wernerite. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| sorotrochous | Of rotifers: (see quot. 1836). | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| spearing | ground spearing (see quots.). | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| spherometer | An instrument for measuring the sphericality or curvature of bodies or surfaces. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| spiritrump | = antlia n. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| splitful | A division of the warp, consisting of the threads passing between each pair of dents or splits. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| spongi- | combining form, after Latin types, of sponge n., occurring in a few terms, as ˈspongiculture n., sponˈgiferous adj. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| steaschist | A laminated variety of talc. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| sterelminthous | Of or pertaining to the Sterelmintha, Owen's name for a division of the Entozoa… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| surucucu | A large, venomous pit viper, Lachesis muta, native to tropical America and distinguished… | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| susannite | A mineral found in the Susanna mine at Leadhills in Scotland, chemically… | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| sycon | = syconium n. Obs. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| syncarp | A multiple fruit, i.e. one arising from a number of carpels in one flower: most… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| tamping | The action of the verb tamp v.: the plugging or filling up of a blast-hole above the… | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| tentaculiferous | Bearing tentacles: said of an animal or organ; spec. of or pertaining to the Tentaculifera… | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| theodicaea | = theodicy n. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| trigonellite | A fossil of triangular form and shelly consistence, found in the Kimmeridge clay… | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| ulno- | combining form (on Greek types) of ulna n., occurring in a few technical terms, as ulnocarpal, ulnometacarpal, ulnoradial. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| uncrystalline | (un- prefix 7.) | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| unelucidated | (un- prefix 8.) | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| unhomogeneous | (un- prefix 7.) | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| uniaxial | Optics and Crystallogr. Having one optical axis. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| uninconvenienced | (un- prefix 8.) | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| unmethodizing | (un- prefix 6c 8.) | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| unmicaceous | (un- prefix 7.) | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| unpoisonous | (un- prefix 7.) | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| unpolarized | (un- prefix 8.) | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| unstriped | (un- prefix 8.) | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| untechnical | (un- prefix 7.) | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| uro- | combining form of Greek οὐρά tail, occurring in many terms of comparative anatomy, etc.… | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| uteritis | Inflammation of the womb; metritis. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Vai | (A member of) a people of the southern coasts of Liberia and Sierra Leone; also, their language. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| Vaishnava | A member of one of the three great divisions of modern Hinduism, exclusively devoted… | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| vegetablize | trans. To convert into, or cause to resemble, a vegetable substance; to make or render vegetable. Also refl. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| vein-stuff | = vein-stone n. 1. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| versin | contracted < versed sine (versed adj.). | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| viameter | A device for recording the number of miles traversed by a wheeled vehicle; a hodometer or cyclometer. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| voraulite | = lazulite n. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| zeagonite | = gismondine n. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
