| aardwolf | A small, nocturnal African hyena, Proteles cristata, which has a mane along the back… | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| acephalan | An invertebrate of the former class Acephala; esp. a bivalve mollusc. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| acrodont | An animal, esp. a reptile, whose teeth lack sockets and are permanently attached to the summit of the alveolar ridge of the jaw. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| Actinozoa | With pl. concord. In the classification of de Blainville: a division of animals… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| adactylous | Of a vertebrate or vertebrate limb: without fingers or toes. Of a crustacean limb: without claws. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| agamoid | Belonging to the family Agamidae or the former superfamily Agamoidea of lizards. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| agariciform | Having the form of an agaric (agaric n. 2); mushroom-shaped. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| alveoliform | Having small cells or alveoli resembling those of honeycomb. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| amarant(h)aceous | Of the nature of amarant(h). | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| ambulacraire | A group or series of the perforated coronal pieces in an echinus. (Also used in Latin form pl. ambulacraria). | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| ambulacriform | Having the shape or appearance of ambulacra. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| ambulacrum | An ‘avenue’ or double row of pores for the protrusion of the ambulacral tubes or… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| amidin | The soluble matter of starch found in the interior of the granules. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| ammelide | A white powder, C 6 N 9 H 9 O 3, or 3 CyH 2 N.CyHO, produced by the action… | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| ammeline | A white powder, 2 CyH 2 N.CyHO, produced by boiling melam with dilute sulphuric acid… | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| amphigastria | With pl. concord. Scale-like leaves, resembling stipules, developed on the under side of some Liverworts. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| Amphioxus | A genus of fishes, consisting of a single species, called also the Lancelet, which is… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| amphipneust | An animal that breathes both by lungs and by gills; a name given by some to the lowest… | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| Amphipoda | With pl. concord. An order or sub-order of the sessile-eyed Crustacea, having feet of… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| amylene | The diatomic hydrocarbon, or olefine, of the pentacarbon series, C 5 H 10, also called pentene… | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| amylic | Of or pertaining to amyl; = amyl n. attributively, as amylic or amyl alcohol, amylic ether, etc. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| angiocarpous | Having the fruit in an envelope not constituting part of the calyx. Also, having… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| annelidian | = annelid adj. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| annotinous | (See quot.) | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| Annuloida | With pl. concord. The Annuloid animals, one of Prof. Huxley's eight primary groups, placed… | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| anourous | Tailless. Applied to Amphibia, like the frog and toad, and (less correctly) to brachyurous crustacea, like the crab. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| antalkali | Anything which counteracts the action of an alkali, esp. in the human body. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| antennal | Of or belonging to antennæ. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| antimonic | Of or pertaining to antimony. In Chem. applied to compounds of antimony in which it combines… | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| antimonious | Of the nature of, or containing, antimony. In Chem. applied to compounds of antimony in… | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| antimonite | Chem. A salt of antimonious acid. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| apanagist | The holder of an apanage. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| apiaceous | Of the family Apiaceæ or Umbelliferæ, containing such plants as celery, anise, hemlock; umbelliferous. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| apocryphalist | One who supports the inclusion of the Apocrypha in editions of the Bible. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| apollonicon | (See quot.) | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| apophysary | = apophysial adj. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| appendiculate | Furnished with small appendages; forming an appendicle. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| aquatinter | One who etches in aquatint. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| araeosystyle | (See quot. and cf. araeostyle adj. n.) | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| Aramaean | Belonging to the country or language of Aram; Syrian, Syriac. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| Aramaic | Of Aram; spec. applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages… | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| araucaria | A genus of lofty coniferous trees, native to the southern hemisphere, one species of… | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| ariel | A species or variety of the Gazelle found in Western Asia and Africa. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| artocarpeous | Belonging to the natural order Artocarpeae or the former family Artocarpaceae (see artocarpad n.). | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| Aryan | Applied by some to the great division or family of languages, which includes… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| asarin | A crystallizable, aromatic, camphorlike substance obtained from the root of asarabacca… | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| asphalted | Covered or laid with asphalt. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Assam | The name of a state in north-eastern India, used attrib. or absol. to designate any of several varieties of tea grown there. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| astylar | Without columns or pilasters. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Atticist | One who affected Attic style. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| aurantiaceous | Of or belonging to the family Aurantiaceæ, which includes the trees that bear oranges, lemons, and similar fruits. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| aurate | A compound of auric oxide with a base. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| auric | Of or pertaining to gold. Applied in Chem. to compounds in which gold combines as a… | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| awash | On a level or flush with the surface of the water, so that it just washes over. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| Balkan | Of or pertaining to the peninsula bounded by the Adriatic, Ægean, and Black Seas, or… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| basset-horn | A tenor clarinet, of somewhat greater compass than the ordinary clarinet. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Baxterian | One who holds Baxter's tenets. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| bêche-de-mer | A marine animal, an echinoderm (Holothuria edulis), called also Trepang… | 1814 | Go To Quotation |
| benzine | An inflammable liquid (petroleum ether) prepared by purifying, deodorizing, and… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Bessarabian | Of or pertaining to Bessarabia. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| bettong | A species of Kangaroo rat, a nocturnal animal about the size of a hare. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| bifoliate | Having or consisting of two leaves. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| bijugous | = bijugate adj. 2. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| billbergia | A genus of ornamental and fragrant epiphytes (family Bromeliaceæ), natives of the forests of tropical America. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| Bimana | With pl. concord. Two-handed animals: Cuvier's name for the highest order of Mammalia, of which man is the type and only species. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| biscacha | A species of the Chinchillidæ, a burrowing rodent of South America. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| boar-fish | A fish (Capros aper, Zeus aper) akin to the Mackerel; so called from the shape of its snout, which is turned up. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| bodegon | Properly, a Spanish tavern-piece; hence, any Spanish picture representing still-life or a genre subject. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| Bogomil | A member of a heretical Bulgarian sect which arose in the 10th or 11th century, whose… | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| bona fides | Good faith, freedom from intent to deceive. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Bosniac | = Bosnian n. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| Bourignian | Of or derived from Antoinette Bourignon, an enthusiast of Flanders in the 17th c., who… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| bradypod | A member of the family of edentate mammal quadrupeds represented by the Sloth. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| braunite | An anhydrous oxide of manganese, a brittle dark brownish-black mineral occurring both crystallized and massive. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| breamflat | A fish, the White Bream. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| Briançon | a substance secreted by the common larch. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| bromate | A salt of bromic acid. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| bromide | A primary compound of bromine with an element or organic radical. Several bromides (esp.… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| bryonin | ‘The bitter principle of the root of the red-berried bryony (Bryonia dioica).’ Watts. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| Buriat | A member of a Mongolian people inhabiting the borders of Lake Baikal, Siberia; their language. Also attrib. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| buxine | A vegetable alkaloid obtained from the box-tree, said to be identical with bebeerine (see bebeeru n.). | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| bybloemen | One of the main varieties of the Garden Tulip. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| cadenza | A flourish of indefinite form given to a solo voice or instrument at the close of a… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| caladium | A genus of plants belonging to the Arum family, grown in cooler climates as hot-house… | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Caligus | A genus of pœcilopodous crustacean parasites, family Caligidæ. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| calisaya | the most valuable sort of Peruvian bark, obtained from Cinchona calisaya. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| callitriche | A genus of small water-weeds inhabiting ponds and ditches; also called Water Star-wort. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| camouflet | A mine containing a small charge of powder, placed in a wall of earth between the… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| campoi | A fired variety of Congou tea. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| canroy | A machine, used in calico-printing establishments, through which cotton cloth is passed before printing. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| cantonal | Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a canton. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| Capetian | Pertaining to the third dynasty of French kings, founded by Hugh Capet in a.d. 987. Also as n. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| caprate | A salt of capric acid. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| capric | (C 10 H 20 O 2), a fatty acid obtained from butter, cocoa-nut oil, fusel oil, etc.… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| caracara | Name for the South American birds of the Polyborinæ, an aberrant sub-family of the Falconidæ… | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| caranx | A genus of fishes of the family Scomberidæ. caranx trachurus is the Scad or Horse-mackerel. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| castrum | A Roman encampment or fortress. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| cawquaw | The Urson or Canadian Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum, whose spines are used by the Indians as ornaments. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| centralized | Made central, referred to a centre. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| chacma | A kind of baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius) found in S. Africa. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| chilgoza | More fully chilgoza pine. A Himalayan pine, Pinus gerardiana, valued for its edible… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| chilopod | A member of the Chilopoda, an order of Myriapoda, having segmented bodies, and two… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| china-clay | A fine white potter's clay, called also kaolin, derived from the felspar of… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| cinnamomic | Of cinnamon: in Chem. = cinnamic adj. at cinnamate n. Derivatives. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| Circinus | Name of a southern constellation. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| cirrigrade | Moving by means of cirri. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| clay-slate | An argillaceous sedimentary rock, of bluish or greenish colour, composed of… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| clitellum | The raised band encircling the body of earth-worms towards the middle. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| clypeate | Shaped like a buckler or round shield. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| Condylura | Generic name of the Star-nosed Mole of North America. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| Confucian | A follower of Confucius. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| constricting | That constricts; compressing, squeezing tightly all round. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| contactual | Of or relating to contact. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| corsac | The Tartar fox, Vulpes corsac. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| cortile | (In Italy). An enclosed area or court-yard within or attached to a building: usually… | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| counter | The piece of stiff leather forming the back part of a shoe or boot round the heel. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| couscous | A marsupial quadruped, the Spotted Phalanger of the Moluccas (Cuscus maculatus). | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| crwth | The Welsh form of crowd n. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| curdler | That which curdles or coagulates. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| cycadaceous | Of or belonging to the family Cycadaceæ, or cycads. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| cyclorama | A picture of a landscape or scene arranged on the inside of a cylindrical surface, the spectator standing in the middle. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| cymbiform | Boat-shaped. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| Cyrillic | Designating the alphabet employed by the Slavonic peoples of the Orthodox Churches… | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| daimio | The title of the chief territorial nobles of Japan, vassals of the mikado; now abolished. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Dalecarlian | Of or pertaining to the province of Dalecarlia (Dalarna) in central Sweden or its… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| deaf-mute | One who is deaf and dumb. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| deltoidal | Of the shape of a deltoid adj. 2. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| dendroidal | = dendroid adj. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| Deutzia | A genus of shrubs (family Saxifragaceæ), natives of China and Japan, cultivated for the… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| dicyanide | A compound containing two cyanide groups (—CN) or anions (CN −) in its molecule or empirical formula. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| diluvialist | One who explains certain geological features by the hypothesis of a universal deluge, or… | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| Dinaric | Denoting a mountain range which extends in a south-easterly direction along the eastern side… | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| diprotodon | A genus of huge extinct marsupials, having two incisors in the lower jaw. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Dipylon | A double gateway in which the two gates are placed side by side, spec. a gateway in Athens on the north-west side of the city. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| disepalous | Having or consisting of two sepals. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| disinfectant | Something having this property; an agent used for disinfecting or destroying the germs of infectious disease. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| distyle | A porch having two styles or columns. Also attrib. or as adj. distyle in antis: see quot. 1865. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| Dorking | Name of a breed of poultry characterized by a long square form, and possessing five toes. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| double-acting | Acting in two ways or directions, by two methods, etc.: spec. of a steam-engine… | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| downland | Land forming downs; hilly pasture-land. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| draconin | The colouring matter in dragon's blood n., at first supposed to be alkaline, and named accordingly. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| drongo | A name originally belonging to a Madagascar bird, Dicrurus (Edolius) forficatus; thence… | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| duramen | The central wood or heart-wood of an exogenous tree. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| Dyak | A member of one of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting parts of Borneo and Sarawak… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| dzeren | The Mongolian antelope, Procapra gutturosa. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| electrodeposit | An electrodeposited layer or coating; (also) the practice of electrodeposition. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| electrolize | trans. To subject to electrolysis; spec. = electrolyse v. 1. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| emydosaurian | A crocodile. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| emys | The ordinary fresh-water tortoise. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| enaliosaurian | = enaliosaur n. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| encallow | = callow n. 3. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| epiphyseal | Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an epiphysis. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| epitrochoid | The curve described by a point rigidly connected with the centre of a circle which rolls… | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| Ernestine | Designating the elder or electoral line of the house of Frederick of Saxony, originating from his son Ernest (1441 – 86). | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| ethnography | The scientific description of nations or races of men, with their customs, habits, and points of difference. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| ethyl | The univalent hydrocarbon radical C 2 H 5 —, either as a group in an organic compound or as a short-lived free radical. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| eudialyte | A vitreous bisilicate of zirconium, iron, calcium, sodium, and other elements… | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| exogen | A plant whose stem grows by deposit on its outside; opposed to endogen n. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| farm-steading | = farm-stead n. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| fossility | Editorial or compositorial misreading of fissility n. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Fraunhofer | Used attrib. or in the possessive to designate certain phenomena investigated… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| fulwa | (See quots.) Also fulwa-butter. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| fungoid | Resembling a fungus or its qualities; of the nature of a fungus. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| Galician | Of or pertaining to Galicia, a region of Poland and West Russia, or its inhabitants. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| garua | = camanchaca n. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| gecarcinian | A land-crab. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| gilia | Any of numerous plants of the genus Gilia or related genera of the… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| glycyrrhizin | The glucoside contained in the root of liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra). | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| gompholite | (See quot. 1839.) | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| Goniatite | A genus of fossil cephalopods. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| goral | An Indian antelope (Cemas goral). | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| Grand Duchy | The territory ruled by a Grand Duke or Duchess. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| graptolite | Any stone exhibiting a resemblance to a drawing. Obs. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| grimm(e | A West-African antelope, the coquetoon. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| guazu | The South American marsh-deer, Blastoceros dichotomus. Also guazapuco, guazu-bira… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| guazuti | The brown and white South American pampas deer, Ozotoceros (or Blastoceros) bezoarticus. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| guenon | ‘The French name for a group of monkeys belonging to the antient continent and its… | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| gymnosperm | A plant which has naked seeds, as the pine, hemlock fir, etc.; one of the Gymnospermæ, a… | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| half-imperial | Hist. A gold coin of Russia valued originally at 5 and afterwards at 7½ silver roubles. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| haloid | Having a composition like that of common salt (sodium chloride, NaCl); applied to all… | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| Hamburg | (Also Hamburg grape) Name of a black variety of the grape, of German origin, which is specially adapted to hothouse cultivation. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| heavy-armed | Bearing heavy armour or arms. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| helicinian | One of the Helicina, a family of Gastropods in De Férussac's classification. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| hep | Usu. hep, hep! The cry of those who persecuted Jews in the 19th century. Also attrib. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Hesiodic | Of, pertaining to, or resembling the poetical style of Hesiod, or the school of poetry which followed him. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| heterocercal | Having the lobes of the tail unequal. Opp. to homocercal. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| Heteropoda | A group of Echinoderms. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| hien | An administrative division of a fu or department, or of an independent chow or district… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| histological | Of or relating to histology. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| homocercal | Having the lobes of the tail equal; having a symmetrical tail. Also said of the tail. Opp. to heterocercal. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| hoove | A disease of cattle, characterized by an inflation of the stomach, usually due to eating too much green fodder. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| Horner | a method for finding the real roots of a polynomial equated to zero by means of successive approximations. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| Hova | The language of this race. Also attrib. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| hya-hya | The Cow-tree of Guyana (formerly British Guiana) (Tabernæmontana utilis): see cow-tree n. 2. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| hyena-dog | A South African canine quadruped (Lycaon pictus), having a superficial likeness to the hyenas. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| hyperoödon | A genus of Cetacea, containing the bottle-nosed whales. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| hypocycloid | A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls round… | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| hyponitrite | A salt of hyponitrous acid. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| hypotrochoid | The curve described by a point rigidly connected with the centre of a circle which rolls on the inside of another circle. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| Iliat | One of several tribes of nomads scattered throughout Persia (now Iran). | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| indigotin | = indigo-blue n. 2. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| indinic | an acid of which salts were formed by the treatment of ‘indin’ with alkali. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Indio | A member of one of various indigenous peoples of America and E. Asia in those… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| indri | A name given to the babacoote n. a lemurine animal of Madagascar (Indris… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Inghamite | A member of the religious body founded about 1740 by Benjamin Ingham (1712 – 72) of… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Insectivora | An order of Mammalia, comprising numerous small quadrupeds, as the mole, shrew, and hedgehog, most of which feed on insects. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| iridio- | comb. form of iridium n., forming names of alloys or chemical combinations of iridium… | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| isat- | an element derived from Latin isat-is (Greek ἰσάτις) woad, used in Chem. to form the… | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| isatin | A crystalline, reddish-orange substance (C 8 H 5 NO 2), of brilliant lustre, obtained from indigo by oxidation. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Ismaelian | as adj. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| isocheimal | = isochimenal adj. n. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| isometric | Applied to a method of projection or perspective, in which the plane of projection… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| isometrically | In the way of isometric projection. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| isotheral | Applied to lines on a map, etc. connecting places having the same mean summer temperature. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| jaal-goat | The wild goat (Capra jaala) of Mount Sinai, Upper Egypt, Ethiopia, etc. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| Jagatai | The branch of the Turkic group of languages spoken in Turkestan. Also attrib. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| jagatī | A Vedic metre of twelve syllables. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| kadin | A lady of the Sultan's harem. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| kahau | The proboscis-monkey of Borneo (Nasalis larvatus). | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| kapelle | In Germany, a musical establishment consisting of a band or orchestra, with or without… | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| kat | A shrub, Catha edulis, family Celastraceæ, a native of Arabia, where it is… | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| kleenebok | A small S. African antelope (Cephalophus monticola, Thunb.), also called Blue Duiker. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| krimmer | A grey or black fur made from the wool of young lambs in or near the Crimea; an imitation… | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| labroid | Pertaining to the family Labridæ or superfamily Labroidea of acanthopterygian fishes of which the typical genus is Labrus. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| lacertian | A lacertilian; a lizard. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| laminarite | A broad-leaved fossil seaweed supposed to be allied to the genus Laminaria. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| lepidote | Covered with scurfy scales; leprose, leprous. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| limacian | A limacid or slug. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| limacinean | In De Blainville's classification, a slug belonging to the third family, Limacinea, of his Pulmobranchiata. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| lomentum | A legume which is contracted in the spaces between the seeds, breaking up when mature into one-seeded joints. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| lupinite | = lupinin n. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| lupulite | = lupulin n. 2. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| lycopodite | A fossil lycopodium. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| macrauchene | A litoptern of the fossil genus Macrauchenia. Cf. Macrauchenia n. Also as adj. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| macropodian | A member of a former group Macropodiadae of majoid crabs having very long legs… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| madreporiform | Resembling or characteristic of a madrepore. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| maian | A crab of the family Majidae; a spider crab. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| main line | The principal line of a railway. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| malacologist | An expert in or student of malacology. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Mallorquin | = Majorcan n. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| mammalogist | An expert in or student of mammalogy. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| mammalogy | The scientific study or classification of mammals. Formerly also: †a treatise on mammals (obs.). | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| manganate | A salt containing oxyanions of manganese; esp. a salt of the anion MnO 4 2−. Cf. permanganate n. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| manucode | A bird of paradise; spec. any of several blue-black birds belonging (or formerly belonging)… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| manzanilla | A kind of pale dry sherry produced in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, near Jerez. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| mara | Either of two burrowing, hare-like rodents native to South America, Dolichotis patagonum… | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| margaritate | A salt or ester of margaritic acid. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Marian | Designating an obsolete method of lithotomy described by Mariano Santo in 1522 (Liber Aureus de… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Marinist | An imitator of Marini's literary style (see Marinism n.). | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| mastozoology | = mammalogy n. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| mastozootic | Designating, relating to, or characterized by the presence of fossil mammals of a recognizably modern type. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Mechitarist | A member of a congregation of Uniate Armenian monks devoted especially to the… | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| medusarian | A member of the animal group comprising the jellyfishes; a medusa. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| megatherioid | A megatherium or similar extinct edentate mammal. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| melanian | A freshwater snail of the former family Melaniidae (now separated into the Melanopsidae, Pleuroceridae, and Thiaridae). | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| mela-rosa | A variety of sour or bergamot orange, Citrus aurantium. Also: a variety of lime, C. aurantiifolia. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| meltemi | = etesian adj. 2. More fully meltemi wind. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| menispermaceous | Belonging to the family Menispermaceae (the moonseed family), which comprises… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| menispermia | = menispermine n. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| Mesozoic | Of, relating to, or designating the second era of the Phanerozoic eon, between about… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| metrologist | An expert in or student of metrology (metrology n.). | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| Moldovan | A native or inhabitant of the Romanian province of Moldavia. Cf. Moldavian n. 1a. Obs. rare. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| molecularity | The property or state of being molecular or composed of molecules; molecular agencies generally. Also in extended use. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| monk seal | Any of various rare seals of the genus Monachus, which occur in warm waters of… | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| monotriglyphic | = monotriglyph adj. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| monradite | A massive, granular, yellowish silicate of magnesium and iron found at Bergen in Norway (see quot. 1993). | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| montaña | In Spanish-speaking Central and South America: a wooded tract of considerable size; spec.… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| moog | = mung n. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| mordanted | Treated or impregnated with a mordant. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| moric | a substance isolated from mulberry bark; (later) spec. = morin n. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| mosandrite | A monoclinic silicate and fluoride of sodium, calcium, cerium, and titanium which occurs as yellow to brown translucent crystals. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| moth | In full moth bean. A drought-resistant bean, Vigna aconitifolia (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| mouillé | Of a consonant, esp. l, n, or r: palatalized, softened. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| multilamellous | = multilamellar adj. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| murumuru | An Amazonian palm, Astrocaryum murumuru, having multiple stems covered with black spines… | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| Murut | A member of a Dayak people of Borneo, originally inhabiting hill country in the interior… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| mycological | Of or relating to mycology or fungi. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| myrtaceous | Belonging to or characteristic of the family Myrtaceae, a large family of aromatic… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| mytilacean | A bivalve of the group Mytilacea (now a superfamily), which comprises marine mussels. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| narceia | = narceine n. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| nematopode | A cirripede. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| neritine | Any nerite of the genus Neritina and several closely related genera, especially Theodoxus… | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| neuritis | Inflammation of a nerve or nerves. Also (occas.): neuralgia or neuropathy. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| Nikonian | A member of the Russian Orthodox Church who accepted the liturgical reforms introduced by Nikon. Cf. Old Believer n. Now hist. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| nodical | Designating the period between successive passages of the moon across a node in its orbit. Esp. in nodical month. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| notative | Relating to or in respect of notation; characterized by or taking the form of notation.… | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| nudibranchian | = nudibranch n. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| nullipore | Any of a group of chiefly tropical calcareous red algae (coralline rhodophytes) of… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| Nycticebus | A genus of primates of the family Lorisidae, comprising the slow lorises of south-east Asia; a primate of this genus. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| Oghuz | A member of a group of Turkic peoples who invaded Persia, Syria, and Asia Minor from… | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| open-beak | = openbill n. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| opiammone | An amide of opianic acid containing two opianic acid units per molecule. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| opianate | A salt or ester of opianic acid. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| opianic | a crystalline aldehydic aromatic acid obtained from the oxidation… | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| Ostracoda | With pl. concord. A large class of mostly minute aquatic crustaceans whose body is… | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| ostreiform | Having the form of an oyster or of oysters; resembling an oyster. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| oxyrhynch | Any crab of the section Oxyrhyncha, which includes the spider crabs, having a… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| pachydermic | = pachydermatous adj. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| Pacific slope | The area of North America west of the Rocky Mountains. Also in pl. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| pada | Hinduism. A version of the Vedic text that is separated into individual words… | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| pagurian | = pagurid n. Obs. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| paillette | A small piece of glittering foil, glass, or other shiny material used to decorate a garment; a spangle. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| palmette | Zool. Each of a pair of flattened lobes on the head of certain gastropod molluscs, esp. of the family Turbinidae. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| papaveraceous | Of, relating to, or designating the poppy family, Papaveraceae. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| parthenopian | A brachyuran crab of the genus Parthenope or the family Parthenopidae. rare. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| patelloid | = patelliform adj. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| pauci- | (of a mollusc's operculum or shell) having few whorls. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| peba | A long-nosed armadillo of the genus Dasypus; esp. the nine-banded armadillo, D. novemcinctus. Also peba armadillo. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| pectini- | = pectinibranchiate adj. n. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| pedregal | In Mexico and the south-western U.S.: a rough and rocky tract, esp. in a volcanic region; an old lava field. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| percoid | Originally: †belonging to or characteristic of the former family Percoideae (now Percidae)… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| perisaturnium | The point in the path of a celestial object or spacecraft orbiting (or passing) Saturn at which it is nearest to the planet. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| phloretic | an acid, (HOC 6 H 4)CH 2 CH 2 COOH, resulting (together with phloroglucinol) from the decomposition of phloretin. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| phloretin | A crystalline phenolic compound with a bicyclic molecular structure, the aglycone… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| phlorizein | An amorphous, reddish-brown, nitrogenous substance obtained from phlorizin by the action of ammonia in air. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| Phragmites | A cosmopolitan genus of reeds, the members of which have strong, erect stems, flat… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| Phyllirhoe | A genus of nudibranchiate gastropod molluscs (properly called Phylliroe) having a… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| phyllodium | = phyllode n. 1. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| phyllopodous | = phyllopod adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| piassava | More fully piassava palm. Either of two South American palms, Attalea funifera… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Picathartes | A genus comprising the two bald crows or rockfowl of West Africa (family Picathartidae)… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| planh | An Old Occitan lament for the death of a person, esp. a mistress or protector. Cf. planctus n. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| platynote | Broad-backed; spec. of or belonging to the division (now usually an infraorder) Platynota… | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| pleodont | A reptile having teeth that are solid rather than hollow. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| pleurodont | A member of a group of lizards characterized by a pleurodont dentition. Now rare. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| pneumoderm | A pteropod mollusc of the genus Pneumoderma (class Gymnosomata), having projections of the skin which act as respiratory organs. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| polygalaceous | Designating, belonging to, or characteristic of the plant family Polygalaceae, which… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| polyparium | The common stem or supporting structure of a colonial cnidarian (or other… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| polypian | Of or relating to a polyp or polyps. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| pompoleon | A shaddock, the fruit of Citrus maxima; esp. a large variety of this. Cf. pampelmoes n. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| porcellanian | = porcelain crab n. at porcelain n. adj. 2. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| portunian | = portunid n. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| poyou | The yellow or six-banded armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus (family Dasypodidae), of South America. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| prongbuck | A pronghorn, esp. a male. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| Protococcus | A genus of the family Ctenocladaceae (formerly Protococcaceae) of unicellular… | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| Protopterus | A genus of dipnoan fishes comprising four African lungfishes, which have long… | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| pulmograde | A member of the former group Pulmograda, including most medusoid coelenterates (jellyfishes). | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| pulmonian | A pulmonate gastropod; = pulmonate n. 1. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| push- | | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| pygal | Of or relating to the rump or posterior part of an animal; spec. designating a… | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| quercitrein | A yellow substance obtained by heating quercitrin. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| quin | The queen scallop, Aequipecten opercularis. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| racket-tail | Any of several hummingbirds having tails that bear a pair of rackets (racket n. 5); esp.… | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| raising-piece | = hammer-tail n. a. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| raninian | A brachyuran crustacean of the family Raninidae, which comprises tropical burrowing crabs with elongated bodies; a frog crab. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| reedbuck | Any of the three African antelopes comprising the genus Redunca, which have a… | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| re-emergence | The action, condition, or process of re-emerging; an instance of this. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| re-excavation | The action or process of excavating something again; an instance of this, a new or further excavation. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| referendarial | To which matters are referred for decision. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| rhamnaceous | Belonging to or characteristic of the family Rhamnaceae, comprising mainly flowering… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| rhamneous | Belonging to or characteristic of the family Rhamnaceae of plants, of which Rhamnus is the type genus. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| sacciform | Having the form of a sac or pouch; sac-shaped. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| Safavi | = Safavid adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Saman | A sacred text or verse forming the third of the four kinds of Vedas; the name of the Veda thus formed. Also attrib. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| sampi | The modern name for an ancient Greek numeral (ϡ) = 900, which has been… | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| santonate | A salt of santonic acid. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| Sappho | Ornithol. In modern Latin the name of a genus of humming-birds. Hence, a bird of this genus; = comet n. 3; usually Sappho comet. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| sarcinoid | Belonging to the group Sarcinoidea of polyps. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| sarcoid | Resembling flesh; flesh-like: applied to sponges, plants, etc. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| sarus | The Indian crane Grus antigone. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| sasin | The common Indian antelope, Antilope bezoartica or cervicapra. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| scalarian | A gasteropod of this genus. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| Schabzieger | A kind of hard green cooking cheese made in Switzerland from curds, and flavoured with… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| scincidoid | A lizard of the family Scincidæ. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| scincoidian | = scincoid adj. n. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| scombroid | Resembling the mackerel; belonging to the family Scombridæ. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| seamer | A seaming-machine. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| sepiacean | Pertaining to, or a member of, the group Sepiacea of cuttle-fishes. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| Serapeum | A temple of Serapis; spec. the great precinct near Memphis, where the sacred Apis bulls were buried, and a temple in Alexandria. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| serir | In the Sahara Desert, esp. in Libya and Tunisia: a flat area of desert strewn with… | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| shamoy | trans. To prepare (leather) by working oil or grease into the skin. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| sheltopusik | A lizard of the genus Pseudopus (P. pallasii). | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| shinlog | = shinbin n. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| silenaceous | Belonging to the Sileneæ, a division of the order Caryophyllaceæ. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| silurian | A siluroid fish. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| simarubaceous | Belonging to the order of tropical trees and shrubs which includes Simaruba and Quassia. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| simool | The (red) silk-cotton tree of India (Bombax ceiba). | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| singhara | The water-chestnut (Trapa bispinosa) of India, or the edible nut produced by this. Usually attrib. with nut. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| sintoc | (See quot. 1842.) Also attrib. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| sipunculiform | Having the form of an animal of the genus Sipunculus; cf. sipunculan adj. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| siredon | The axolotl. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| sisal | Used attrib. with sisal fibre, sisal grass, sisal hemp, to designate the prepared fibre… | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| Sixtine | Of or pertaining to the pope Sixtus V (1585 – 1590), or to the edition of the Vulgate published by him in 1590. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| Slavish | Pertaining to or characteristic of the Slavs. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| snake-bite | A bite given by a snake. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Soanean | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Sir John Soane (1753 – 1837), British architect, or the buildings designed by him. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| Soemmering's pheasant | The copper pheasant, Syrmaticus soemmeringii. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| Solenhofen | a fine-grained variety of limestone, used esp. in lithographic printing, quarried in… | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| solidist | One who believes in or holds the doctrine of solidism. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| Sorb | A member of the Slavonic race inhabiting Lusatia in the east of Saxony; a Wend. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| sostenente | A device or contrivance attached to a pianoforte for the purpose of producing sustained notes like an organ. Also attrib. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| south-southwestern | = south-southwest adj. 2. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| spartalite | Red oxide of zinc; zincite. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| spermoderm | The combined outer and inner integuments of a seed, or the outer of these by itself. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| Spirifer | A genus of fossil brachiopods, found abundantly in the Silurian, Devonian… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| spore-case | A receptacle containing spores; a sporangium. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| spur-wing | A spur-winged water-hen, goose, etc. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| squillian | A stomapod of the family Squillidæ; a squill. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| staphisaïne | = staphisagrine n. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| stearoptene | The solid crystalline component of a volatile oil, in contradistinction to the liquid part or elæoptene; a camphor. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| stemlet | A small stem. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| straw | Short for straw-coloured adj. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| strombiform | Shaped like a stromb or strombus; belonging or related to the Strombidæ. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| subostracean | A bivalve mollusc of the former family Subostracea, equivalent to the superfamily Pectinoidea. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| surangular | = supra-angular adj. n. at supra- prefix 1a(b). | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| syssel | (See quots.) | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| Szekel | (A member of) a Magyar people living in eastern Transylvania. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| tambreet | A native name of the duckbilled platypus. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| Tanach | The Bible; the Hebrew Scriptures. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Tasmanian | A member of the aboriginal people of Tasmania, now extinct. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| Tecoma | A large genus of Bignoniaceæ, mostly natives of warm climates, consisting chiefly of… | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| tentaculi- | having the form or appearance of a tentacle. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| tetrapleuron | A square column. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| thalassinian | A crustacean of this family. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| Thelphusian | n. A crab of this family. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| thenardite | Anhydrous sodium sulphate occurring in white or brown translucent crystals. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| Thénard's blue | A bright blue pigment of considerable stability invented by Thénard, consisting essentially of cobalt aluminate; cobalt blue. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| thymelaeaceous | Belonging to the N.O. Thymelæaceæ or Thymelaceæ. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| til | The Indian name of the plant Sesamum indicum; chiefly attrib. or in comb., as til seed; til oil… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| Tishri | The Babylonian name of the first month of the Jewish civil year, or the seventh… | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| Trincomalee | see quots. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| tundra | One of the vast, nearly level, treeless regions which make up the greater part of the… | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| Tupinambis | A genus of South American lizards. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| turbinaceous | Resembling the gastropod genus Turbo; top-shaped. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| turriculate | = turriculated adj. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| ullmannite | (See quot.) Obs. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| under-hammer | In a pianoforte: (see quot. 1860). | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| Ungulata | With pl. and sing. concord. The order or division of ungulate or hoofed animals. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| unlatinize | (un- prefix 6c.) | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| unliberated | (un- prefix 8.) | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| unmineralized | (un- prefix 8.) | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| unrepresentable | (un- prefix 7b 5b.) | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| upburst | An upward outburst or outbreak. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| uralite | ‘Pyroxene altered to amphibole’ (Chester). | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| urceiform | Having the form of a vase or goblet. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| urinogenital | = urogenital adj. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| urinometer | An instrument for determining the specific gravity or weight of urine. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| urochs | (See quots.) | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Varagian | = Varangian adj. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| varan | A lizard belonging to the genus Varanus or family Varanidæ; a monitor or varanian. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| varna | Any one of the four early castes or social classes of Hindu society (see caste n. 2a); the system or basis of this division. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| veratr- | derived from or contained in species of Veratrum. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| verdate | (See quot. 1859.) | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| veretilliform | Having the form of a member of Veretillum, the typical genus of Veretillidæ, a family of pennatuloid polyps. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| vergiform | Of the feet of certain crustaceans: Resembling a rod; rod-like. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| vespine | Of or pertaining to a wasp or wasps; consisting of wasps. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| Vlach | A member of the Latin-speaking race occupying portions of south-eastern Europe; a Walachian or Romanian. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| vocalization | The action of vocalizing or the fact of being vocalized; utterance with the voice. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| volutiform | Shaped like a volute. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| Votyak | A member of a Finno-Ugrian people inhabiting the Udmurt Republic, in north-western Russia. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| water-vine | The W. Indian climber Doliocarpus Calinea. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| Wendian | = Wend n. 1. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| xylite | Chem. A volatile liquid obtained from wood-spirit, also called lignone n. Also attrib. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| Zenonian | A follower of Zeno, esp. of Zeno of Citium; a Stoic. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
