| acentric | Having no centre. Also: not located centrally. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| aggregatory | Aggregating; of or involved in aggregation. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| airworthy | Of an aircraft, etc.: in a fit condition to fly. Also in extended use. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| alkalimetric | Of or relating to alkalimetry. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| aneroid | Specifying a barometer, in which the pressure of the air is measured, not by the height… | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| boatlift | A large mechanically operated structure used instead of a lock for transferring canal… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| carbolated | Treated or impregnated with carbolic acid; carbolized. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| carbonator | An apparatus or piece of equipment used for carbonation. Also: a person employed in carbonating liquids. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| carcel | a lamp in which the oil is pumped up to the wick by clockwork. Called also the French or mechanical lamp. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| cold blast | A blast of cold air forced into a furnace. Also attrib., and short for cold-blast furnace, cold-blast process, etc. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| collapsible | Capable of collapsing: made to collapse or fold together. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| cross-head | The bar at the end of the piston-rod of a steam-engine, which slides between straight… | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| danaide | A kind of horizontal water wheel, consisting of a vertical axis to which is attached… | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| dandy-loom | A name given to a loom invented by William Radcliffe and patented in 1805 by Thomas Johnson. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| deflectometer | An instrument for measuring the deflection or deformation of a body, esp. a metal bar, under stress. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| derivometer | An instrument invented to show a ship's lee-way. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| detithonize | trans. To deprive (light) of actinic or chemical power. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| earth wire | A wire that provides an electrical connection to the ground. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| expergefactor | One who, or that which, awakens; an awakener. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| fish-tail | The tail of a fish. Chiefly attrib. of things resembling a fish's tail in shape or action… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| friction | intr. To sustain friction (see quot. 1855). | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| gun-cotton | A highly explosive compound discovered in 1846 by Schönbein, and prepared by steeping… | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| gypsography | The art or practice of engraving on gypsum or on plaster of Paris. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| hot working | The process or an act of working metal (as by rolling, forging, etc.) at a… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| jet propulsion | Propulsion achieved by the backward ejection of a jet of gas or liquid; esp. the use… | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| locomote | intr. To move from one place to another. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| manumotive | Of a vehicle: propelled by a mechanism worked by hand. Also as n. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| manumotor | A vehicle propelled by a mechanism worked by hand. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| marmotinto | A decorative process in which sand of various colours is distributed in marbled patterns… | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| masonry | trans. To build or strengthen with masonry. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| mealable | Capable of being ground to meal. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| melophonic | = melophone n. Obs. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| naphthalize | trans. To mingle, saturate, or impregnate with naphtha, esp. as an additive to coal gas… | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| ortho- | an instrument for correcting clocks and chronometers, using solar time. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| out-thrust | The action or an act of thrusting or forcibly pushing outwards; something which thrusts outwards; a projection. Also fig. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| pantechnicon | With capital initial. A building in Motcomb Street, London, constructed in 1830 to… | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| passway | A means of passing; a course, road, or route through. Also: = pass n. 4c. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| pedimechan | A kind of velocipede in which the forward pressure of the foot on a treadle rotated a… | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| pedomotor | Any of various vehicles or mechanisms in which the foot provides the driving power. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| permanent way | The finished roadbed of a railway, together with the track and other permanent equipment… | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| photic | Of or relating to light; caused by light. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| photicated | Permeated with or transmitting light; luminiferous. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| platinized | That is or has been platinized. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| pug mill | A machine for thoroughly mixing and kneading clay, loam, etc., into pug (pug n. 1);… | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| pyrometrically | By means of a pyrometer or pyrometry. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| racemo- | Forming the names of chemical compounds derived from racemic acid, esp. by the replacement… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| racking | The process of building a wall by laying bricks in steps at the corner or end, to be added… | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| reannealing | The action or process of annealing something again or of reannealing again. Cf. reanneal v. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| recopper | trans. To cover or sheathe (a ship, roof, etc.) again with copper. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| refringency | Refractivity; refractility. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| roller slide | Mech. A slide carrying a roller. Obs. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| safety catch | A device for locking the trigger of a gun to prevent it from being discharged accidentally; cf. safety n. 9. Also fig. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| salicional | An organ stop of a soft reedy tone resembling that of a willow pipe. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| salinometer | An apparatus or instrument for ascertaining the salinity of water. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| sanitarium | = sanatorium n. 1 2. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| Savonnerie | attrib. Designating hand-knotted pile carpets and other types of furnishing made in… | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| signalist | = signaller n. 1a. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| sillometer | An instrument intended to serve the same purpose as a log-line. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| skipping | In sugar-making: (see quots.). Also attrib. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| slotted | Having a slot or slots. spec. in Aeronaut.: cf. slot n. 2d. Also, slotted armature… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| stereoscopically | In a stereoscopic manner; by or as by means of the stereoscope; with an appearance of solidity as in a stereoscope; also fig. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| sterhydraulic | Applied to a form of hydraulic press in which pressure is generated by displacement… | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| superheat | trans. To heat to a relatively or unusually high temperature; spec. (a) to heat (steam)… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| tellurion | An apparatus illustrating the effect of the earth's diurnal rotation and annual… | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| unsulphurized | (un- prefix 8a(c).) | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| vulcanized | Of rubber or similar material: hardened or toughened by the process of vulcanization.… | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| water-gas | A gas made by forcing steam over incandescent carbon; used as fuel, and when carburetted as an illuminator. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| wave-line | Shipbuilding. An outline recommended by some naval architects for the hull of a… | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
