| acinetan | Belonging to the group of protozoans typified by the genus Acineta (see sense B.). Cf. acinetiform adj. Obs. rare. | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| ajostle | In predicative use: jostling, in a jostle. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| all-freight | That carries only freight and no passengers. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| aloose | Loose. Only in predicative use. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| amateur dramatics | Dramatic entertainment produced by non-professional companies or groups; the… | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| ambience | Environment, surroundings; atmosphere. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| ankle-biter | A small child. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| a-quiver | In a quiver, trembling. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| awning | A roof-like covering of canvas or similar material, used as a shelter from sun, rain, etc.; esp. above the deck of a vessel. | 1624 | Go To Quotation |
| barbelled | Furnished with barbels. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| baronism | The baronial system, feudalism. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| beamster | The man who works at the beam in a tannery, unhairing the hides. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| beatenest | Most excellent or splendid; most unusual. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| blazery | Splendour, adornment; jewellery. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| blin | (See quots.) | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| bossy | Given to acting as ‘boss’ or leader. colloq. (orig. U.S.). | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| bouncing-Bet | A popular name for the Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis). | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| bucker | A horse given to bucking. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| buckety | Bucket-like, clumsy. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| buck-jump | A leap like that of a buck, esp. a jump from the ground made by an untamed or vicious… | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| buff | To impart the velvety surface usual in buff leather for belts, etc. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| bush-hammer | A mason's large breaking hammer, often having square ends cut into pyramidal points; also… | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| butchering | That butchers; that kills wantonly or in cold blood. | 1775 | Go To Quotation |
| canette | A little (earthenware) can or pot. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| cassata | Ice-gâteau; Neapolitan ice-cream containing candied fruit and nuts. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| cheesery | A cheese-factory. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| chemicaled | Treated with chemicals; made with or containing chemicals. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| chestnutting | The gathering of chestnuts. Also attrib. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| choosey | Disposed to be particular in one's choice; fastidious, fussy. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| chromy | Abounding in, mixed or tinged with, chrome. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| chug | A plunging, muffled, or explosive sound, esp. the characteristic sound of an… | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| chummy | Intimate, sociable. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| chute | trans. To send down through a chute. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| clankety | Onomatopœic extension of clank n. as in clankety-clank (cf. clickety-clack at click n. 2). | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| classicizing | That classicizes; esp. that affects a classical style. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| coatee | A close-fitting coat with short tails, chiefly military. | 1775 | Go To Quotation |
| come-up(p)ance | Enough to serve one (by way of retaliation or check); one's deserts. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| concertize | intr. To sing or play in concert, make a concert. (colloq.) | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| couchance | = couchancy n. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| cracker-barrel | A barrel containing crackers (sense 9); used attrib. of a plain or unsophisticated… | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| cracker-box | A biscuit-box. Also attrib. and fig. (cf. cracker-barrel n.). | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| creolization | The production of a Creole race; racial modification in the case of Creole animals or plants. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| curl-leaf | = curl n. 4. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| cyanea | A genus of jelly-fishes. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| cymogene | ‘A gaseous substance, consisting chiefly of butane, given off during the distillation… | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| daid | repr. U.S. Black and dial. pronunc. of dead adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| densen | thickening, condensation. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| disbutton | To undo the buttons of, to unbutton. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| diva | A distinguished female singer, a prima donna. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| drayage | The charge for this. | 1791 | Go To Quotation |
| dutiolatry | The worship of duty. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| effectist | A writer or other creative artist who aims to make an effect. rare. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| effectivism | = effectism n. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| encoder | Someone or something that encodes; spec. a part of a computer that converts data under specific conditions. | 1944 | Go To Quotation |
| enlivenment | The action of enlivening; the state or fact of being enlivened; concr. something that enlivens. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| entredeux | An insertion of lace, linen, or other material; = beading n. 2. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| ethician | A writer on ethics; one versed in ethics. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| ethicism | Devotion to ethics or ethical ideals; tendency to moralize. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| expertize | intr. To act as an expert. Freq. ˈexpertizing n. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| eyeball | trans. and intr. To look or stare (at). | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| eyesore | That has sore eyes. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| farmering | Engaged in the occupation of a farmer. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| featherdom | The realm of feathered creatures. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| flâneur | A lounger or saunterer, an idle ‘man about town’. Also transf. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| flourishy | Of or pertaining to flourishes or flourishing; of the nature of a flourish; abounding in flourishes. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| foreclosable | That may be foreclosed. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| frontierism | A mode of expression current on the (U.S.) frontier. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| gaiter | A covering of cloth, leather, etc. for the ankle, or ankle and lower leg. | 1775 | Go To Quotation |
| gilled | Having gills. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| girlfriend | A female friend; esp. a woman's close female friend. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| gitter | A diffraction grating. | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| give-up | The act of giving up; submission, relinquishment. colloq. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| good-looker | One who has good looks. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| goo-goo | An imitative representation of baby talk. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| goon | A stolid, dull, or stupid person. orig. U.S. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| go-round | The act of going round or something that goes round; spec. (a) a merry-go-round; (b) a… | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| grenat | Used attrib.: Of a deep red colour, like that of garnet. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| guimpe | A chemisette coming high up the throat; an under-blouse designed to be worn with a low-necked frock. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| haker | A fisherman or a fishing-boat engaged in catching hake. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| handspike | trans. To move or strike with a handspike. | 1776 | Go To Quotation |
| hara-kiri | Suicide by disembowelment, as formerly practised by the samurai of Japan, when in… | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| hard-boil | trans. To boil (an egg) until hard-boiled. Also transf. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| helpworthy | Worthy or deserving of help. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| high-holder | = high-hole n. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| holluschickie | With pl. concord. Young males of the northern, Pribilof, or Alaska fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus; = bachelor n. 4c. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| hoppy | Tasting or smelling of hops; beery. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| impost | trans. To classify (imported goods, etc.) according to their tariff designations and the rate of duties paid on them. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| inscriptioned | Furnished with an inscription; = inscribed adj. 2. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| intentionless | Without intention; purposeless. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| interurban | Carried on between, or connecting, different cities or towns. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| irrenewable | Not renewable; that cannot be renewed. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| irreportable | Not reportable; that cannot be reported. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ivorist | A professional worker or carver in ivory. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| jack | Colloq. abbrev. of Jacqueminot, name of a variety of tea-rose. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| Japanism | The study of or devotion to things Japanese. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| jay-walker | A pedestrian who crosses a street without regard to traffic regulations. | 1917 | Go To Quotation |
| keyhole | trans. orig. U.S. To look at or listen to (a person, activity, etc.) through a keyhole… | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| kinjal | (Among Caucasians and Kurds) = hanjar n., hanjar, khanjar n. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| knowledgefully | In the manner of a person who is fully informed; knowledgeably. | 1906 | Go To Quotation |
| lallygag | intr. To fool around; to ‘neck’; to dawdle, to dally. Also as n., fooling around. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| laudist | One who writes ‘lauds’ or hymns. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| laydee | A lady, esp. (among men) a woman spoken of or viewed as ready to be romanced, seduced, or won over. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| levance | = levancy n. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| leverage | trans. and intr. To lever; spec. to speculate or cause to speculate financially… | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| limberly | In a limber or supple manner. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| limpish | Somewhat limp (in quot fig.: cf. limp adj. 2). | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| lunchbox | A container designed to carry a packed lunch (or other meal). | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| luresome | Alluring. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| madderish | = maddery adj. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| Mainer | A native or inhabitant of the State of Maine. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| malarialist | = malariologist n. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| marine science | Originally: the science of marine and naval matters. Later: the interdisciplinary study of… | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| Marsala | In full Marsala wine (now rare). A type of sweet fortified white wine exported from Marsala; a glass of this. | 1806 | Go To Quotation |
| matriculant | A person who matriculates; a candidate for matriculation. Also (S. Afr.): a pupil studying… | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| Mayflower | attrib. Designating, relating to, or characteristic of a person descended from a family… | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| Mazzinist | = Mazzinian n. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| mealie land | A maize field. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| meal ticket | A ticket entitling a person to a meal, esp. at a specified place for a reduced cost. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| Mephistophelic | Of or belonging to Mephistopheles (also occas. as n.). | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| miasmous | = miasmal adj. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| microcrystalline | Consisting of very fine (esp. microscopic) crystals. | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| Millite | = Millian n. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| minuet | intr. To dance a minuet; to move by or as if by dancing a minuet. Also fig. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| mismating | Unsuitable marriage, mating, or matching; an instance of this. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| mob-capped | That wears a mob cap. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| mochila | A pouch or bag, typically of leather; esp. one hung from a horse's saddle. Later also… | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| modérateur | In full modérateur lamp. A moderator lamp (see moderator n. 2). | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| Mohammedanization | The process or an instance of being converted to Islam; Islamicization. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| Molly | = Molly Maguire n. 2. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| Monday Club | The name of any of various clubs which originally met on Mondays; spec. (a) U.S. a… | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| mondegreen | A misunderstood or misinterpreted word or phrase resulting from a mishearing, esp. of the lyrics to a song. | 1954 | Go To Quotation |
| monopodous | One-footed. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| monstering | The action of making monstrous by aggrandizement or exaggeration. Obs. rare. | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| Montana | a type of saddle or saddle tree used esp. by the Canadian Mounted Police. Obs. rare. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| -monther | Following a numeral: forming compounds denoting (a) persons or things which have lasted or… | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| mossy-backed | That is a mossyback; (also) that has a mossy back; = mossbacked adj. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| moule | A mussel, esp. as an item of food. Usu. in pl. (see also moules marinière n.). | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| mouton enragé | A normally calm person who becomes suddenly enraged or violent. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| mudflow | A flowing or hardened stream of mud, such as one resulting from soil made fluid… | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| Munchausen | More fully Baron Munchausen. An inventor of extravagantly… | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| Murano | attrib. Designating or relating to the glass-making industry of Murano, or the Venetian glass made there. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| museum piece | An object forming part of a museum collection; an object worthy of display in a museum. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| mushily | In a soft or mushy manner; (fig.) sentimentally. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| muvver | = mother n. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| mzungu | A European, a white person. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| nail polisher | A tool or appliance for polishing fingernails or toenails. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| Napoleonistic | Of, relating to, or characteristic of Napoleon I or his policies. Cf. Napoleonic adj., Napoleonist adj. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| negroling | A small black person; a black child. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| neomort | A person who is technically brain-dead but whose body functions are maintained artificially. | 1974 | Go To Quotation |
| Neuchâtel | A white (also, less commonly, red) wine produced at Neuchâtel in Switzerland. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| new kid | A newcomer, a recently arrived person or (in extended use) thing; a novice. Freq. in new kid in town, new kid on the block. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| nickering | That neighs or nickers; of the nature of or reminiscent of the neighing of a horse. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| nicotinian | = nicotian adj. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| nicotized | = nicotinized adj. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| niggled | Fussy in style, fiddly, overworked. Obs. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| nispero | Any of several trees resembling the medlar tree, or which produce fruits resembling… | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| non-ism | The practice of prefacing a word or words with non-. nonce-use. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| non-sched | A non-scheduled airline. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| numismatically | As regards coinage or money; from a numismatic point of view; by means of numismatics. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| nutritory | Concerned with or relating to nutrition. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| Oaxacan | A native or inhabitant of the state or city of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| Oberstleutnant | In Germany, Austria, and Switzerland: a military title or rank equivalent to a British… | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| obsequiosity | Obsequiousness. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| odometer | An instrument for measuring and displaying the distance travelled by a vehicle, consisting… | 1791 | Go To Quotation |
| offishness | Distance in manner; stand-offishness. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| oilfield | An area of land or seabed underlain by oil-bearing strata, esp. in amounts that… | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| ombre chevalier | A freshwater variety of the Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus, found in certain French and Swiss lakes, esp. Lake Geneva. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| omelette | trans. To make into an omelette. Also fig. (colloq.): to beat; to defeat decisively and… | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| oologist | An expert in or student of oology; a collector of birds' eggs. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| optography | The fixation of a visual image on the retina after death by chemical means. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| oratorially | In the manner of an oratorio. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| orientated | Having a definite or specified orientation; = oriented adj. 1. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| ornithuric | a colourless crystalline acid isolated from the excreta of birds whose food… | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| oropendola | Any of a number of tropical American orioles of the genus Psarocolius (family Icteridae), noted for their long hanging nests. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| osmotically | By osmotic action; by the process of osmosis; as regards osmosis. Also fig. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| ostracization | The fact or state of being ostracized; banishment from a society or group; ostracism. Also: the action of ostracizing. | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| outjut | A projection or projecting part. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| out-peeping | That peeps out. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| outscore | trans. Esp. in various sports and contests: to surpass (another) in scoring points; to… | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| ouvreuse | In France: an usherette. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| overcorrected | That has been overcorrected. | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| overglaze | A glaze applied over another; (Ceramics) decoration applied on to the glazed surface of a piece. Cf. under-glaze adj. n. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| overhair | A component of the fur in many mammals which consists of relatively long hairs… | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| overmantel | An ornamental structure, typically of plaster or carved wood and often including a… | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| overtip | trans. To give an unnecessarily large tip to (a taxi driver, waiter, etc.). Also intr. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| overtrousers | With pl. concord. Trousers designed to be worn over other trousers, freq. made of waterproof or other protective material. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| oysterdom | The world of oysters or of those concerned with their production, preparation, and consumption. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| oystered | Served or eaten with oysters. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| Ozymandias | allusively. A tyrant, a dictator, a megalomaniac; someone or something of immense size, a colossus. Also in extended use. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| pair-oared | Of a boat: two-oared. Also: involving two-oared boats. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| pantherish | Similar to or characteristic of a panther; lithe, graceful. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| Parisianize | trans. To make or render Parisian in character. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| Parmentier | Of a dish: made with or accompanied by potatoes. Also used as postmodifier, and independently as n. | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| pasillo | A folk dance of Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama, descended from the waltz. A piece of music… | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| patesi | In ancient Sumer: the ruler of a city state; a priest-king. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| patine | A patina (patina n. 1); a superficial layer. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| peep-eye | = peekaboo n. 1. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| peonin | An anthocyanin (usually isolated as the reddish violet chloride, C 28 H 33 O 16 Cl) that… | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| percaline | A kind of lustrous cotton fabric, originally made in France. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| perfervent | = perfervid adj. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| permanent | trans. = perm v. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| personifiable | Capable of being personified. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| persulphuric | either of two strongly oxidizing acids: peroxymonosulphuric acid, H 2 SO 5, and peroxydisulphuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 8. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| petered-out | That has petered out; exhausted; gradually finished. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| petrifact | An object made of stone; (also) an object formed by petrifaction. Also: (fig.) something that has become hardened or fixed. | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| petrographer | An expert in or student of petrography. | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| petticoaty | Reminiscent of a petticoat. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| Philly | The city of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| photoglyptic | = photoglyphic adj. | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| phototypist | A person who makes phototypes. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| photovisual | Designating or relating to a lens or optical instrument that brings to the same focus… | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| phyletic | Of or relating to the evolutionary history and development of a species or… | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| pigeonnier | Chiefly in France and French-speaking regions: a pigeon house, a dovecote. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| pilón | In Mexico and the south-western United States: a small gift given to a customer who is… | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| pinken | intr. To become pink; esp. to blush. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pinwheel | trans. In leather-making: to subject (a hide) to the action of a pinwheel (pinwheel n. 1b). Obs. rare. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| pistolship | The art or skill of shooting with a pistol. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| planchment | A boarded ceiling. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| plumetis | A form of embroidery in which patterns are embroidered on material stretched over a… | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| polariscopic | Of or relating to a polariscope; examined or made by the use of a polariscope. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| polemicist | An author of polemics; a controversialist. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| post-classic | = post-classical adj. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| postscript | trans. To put a postscript to, provide with a postscript. Also: to write as a postscript. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| potato beetle | A beetle which infests potato or sweet potato plants; spec. (a) (more fully Colorado potato beetle… | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| prix fixe | A meal served in a hotel or restaurant at a fixed price, typically including several… | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| procarp | In certain red algae: a compact female reproductive structure consisting of one or… | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| profesh | A profession, esp. the theatrical profession; (with the and sing. concord) actors or other public performers collectively. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| Prophet flower | Any of several yellow- and black-flowered plants constituting the genus Arnebia… | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| protectful | Protective; careful or concerned to offer protection. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudo-intellectual | Spuriously intellectual; falsely supposed or purporting to be intellectual; (hence) intellectually pretentious or affected. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| punnily | With a pun or play on words. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| pyxie | In full pyxie moss. A prostrate, mosslike evergreen shrub, Pyxidanthera barbulata… | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| quaverous | Tremulous, quavering. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| rantum-scootum | Harum-scarum; = rantum-scantum adj. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| rebunching | The action or an act of arranging things in a group for a second or subsequent… | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| reidentification | The action of identifying something again or for a further time; new, renewed… | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| re-look | A second or subsequent look at something, esp. for further consideration or debate. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| renature | trans. To restore the nature or properties of (a substance that has been denatured, esp.… | 1907 | Go To Quotation |
| rente | Chiefly in France: government stock; the interest or income accruing from such stock. Cf. rent n. 3b. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| Roche | The closest approach that an object held together by its own gravity can make to a… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| Rousseauesque | Suggestive or characteristic of Jean-Jacques Rousseau or his ideas. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| rouster | U.S. = roustabout n. 1. Now hist. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| sacaton | Any of several coarse, tough grasses grown in Mexico and the southern U.S.A. and used for… | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| schappe | A fabric or yarn made from waste silk (orig. by removal of the gum by fermentation). | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| second-hander | A second-hand commodity. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| seductious | Seductive, alluring. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| shack | A slow trot. Also attrib. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| shimmery | Giving out a shimmering light. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| sinkage | The act of sinking; subsidence; an instance of this. Also, that which sinks or has sunk. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| skipper | trans. To act as skipper or captain of (a vessel, team, etc.). | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| smoke-stack | The funnel of a steam-boat. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| social climber | A person who attempts (freq. by means considered disreputable) to attain a higher… | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| sommelier | A wine waiter. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| sontag | The name of Henriette Sontag (1806 – 54), German singer, used to designate a type of… | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| spirit-rapping | pl. Rappings alleged to be made by spirits in answer to questions addressed to them. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| stackless | Without a ‘stack’ or chimney. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| still-hunt | intr. To hunt for game in a stealthy manner. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| subvocalized | Of a word, speech, etc.: that is uttered so as to be barely audible, murmured; (also)… | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| sudsy | Consisting of, full of, or characterized by soap-suds. Also transf. and fig. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| supplantal | = supplantment n. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| sweenied | Suffering from sweeny. Hence sweenied-looking adj. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| switchback | A switchback railway (in either sense); also transf. and fig.; applied in N. America to… | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| switchboard | A board or frame bearing a set of switches for connecting and disconnecting the… | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| tankle | The second element in the reduplicated tinkle-tankle n., sometimes used by itself to express a less acute sound than tinkle n. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| Taurian | = Taurean adj., taurine adj. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| telephonist | One versed in telephony (rare). | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| tenderable | That may be tendered; available for delivery in fulfilment of contract. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| ter | repr. vulgar and dial. pronunc. of to prep. conj. adv. Cf. oughta v.; useter v. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| thusly | = thus adv. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| tiddler | Nursery name for a stickleback. Also applied to other small fish, as a minnow. Hence, a child; any small person or thing. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| timberline | On a mountain, the line or level above which no trees grow. Freq. with omission of the. Also attrib. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| toke | An inhalation of smoke from a cigarette or pipe containing marijuana or other narcotic substance. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| tong | An association or secret society of Chinese in the U.S., orig. formed as a… | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| toot | An idle or worthless person; a simpleton, fool. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| trans-continental | That extends or passes across a continent; also, of or pertaining to the farther side of a continent. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| uncashed | (un- prefix 8.) | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| underlet | Let in or inserted beneath. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| unequipped | (un- prefix 8.) | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| unfragrantly | (un- prefix 11.) | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| unscienced | (un- prefix 9.) | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| unshipshape | (un- prefix 7.) | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| up-and-coming | U.S. Active, alert, wide-awake, energetic. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| urbiculture | The development of towns and cities and urban life; the pursuit or cultivation of… | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| vastate | trans. To render unsusceptible. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| Walker | A strain of American foxhound originally developed in Kentucky by John W. Walker and his family in the 1850s. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| wantful | Full of wants, exacting. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| water-finder | One who finds subterranean springs or supplies of water by means of a divining-rod; a dowser. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| wedger | A workman who wedges clay to expel air-bubbles from it. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| westernness | The quality of being western or of having western characteristics; spec. the quality… | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| west gallery | attrib. Of or designating a style of church music influenced by traditional folk… | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| whoopee | An exclamation of exuberant joy. Cf. hoop-ee int. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| winery | An establishment for making wine. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| women's righter | An advocate or supporter of women's rights; a feminist. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| workfare | A policy of requiring recipients of welfare money to do some work in exchange for this benefit. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| yep | repr. a dial. (esp. U.S.) or vulgar pronunc. of yes adv. n.; cf. nope adv. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| yere | repr. a dial. (esp. U.S.) or vulgar pronunc. of here adv. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| zaguan | The passage running from the front door to the central patio in houses in South and Central America and in the south-western U.S. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
