| adventureful | Full of adventure; ready for adventure; adventurous. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| aestivating | That is undergoing aestivation; characterized by aestivation. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| all-or-none | Having no middle position or compromise available; occurring either fully or not at… | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| altruism | Disinterested or selfless concern for the well-being of others, esp. as a principle… | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| apocalypst | A revealer of the unknown; an interpreter of the Apocalypse. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| atrophy | trans. To affect with atrophy, to starve. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| autosoteric | Of or relating to autosoterism (autosoterism n.). | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| bearably | Endurably, tolerably. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| black mass | In Satanism: a ceremony which parodies the Roman Catholic Eucharist. Cf. mass n. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| centripetalism | Movement towards a centre. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| codicillular | Of the nature of a little codicil or supplement. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| contagioned | Affected by, or tainted with, contagion. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| contestational | Of the nature of contestation. (In non-contestational.) | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| cryptogrammatic | Of or relating to a cryptogram or cryptograms; written in code or cipher. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| diked | Furnished with a dike or dikes. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| disposee | One to whom something is ‘disposed’ or made over. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| Draconism | Draconic character. (See Draconic adj. 1.) | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| dragonize | trans. To turn into a dragon, render dragon-like. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| driller | One who drills others; a drill-master, a drill instructor. Also transf. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| evolutionized | Developed by evolution, esp. to a more advanced state; = evolved adj. 3. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| Exaltado | A member of the extreme radical party in Spain. Also transf. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| exemplificative | Tending to exemplify; furnishing an example. Const. of. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| extraspection | Outward observation. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| fictionist | A narrator of or writer of fiction; a story-teller, novelist. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| fiendhead | = fiendship n. b. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| formulatory | Relating to formulation. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| Gallicanism | The principles and practice of the Gallican party (see Gallican adj. 1b). | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| Grandisonian | Of deportment, manner, etc.: Of or resembling that of Sir Charles Grandison, the hero of S. Richardson's novel of that name. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| hangee | A person who is hanged. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| horribile dictu | Horrible to relate. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| imperialism | An imperial system of government; the rule of an emperor, esp. when despotic or arbitrary. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| imprescribable | Imprescriptible. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| inficete | Unfacetious; not witty. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| journalism | The occupation or profession of a journalist; journalistic writing; the public journals collectively. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| jovialistic | = jovial adj. 5. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| lock-out | An act of ‘locking out’ a body of workers; i.e. a refusal on the part of an employer, or… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| logomachical | Disposed to logomachy. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| macadamizing | Characterized by keeping to the roads when hunting. Cf. macadamizer n. 2. Obs. rare. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| Magyarization | The action of Magyarizing something; the state of being Magyarized. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| maidling | A little maid. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| mechanicalization | The action, process, or fact of making or becoming mechanical in character or in means of operation; = mechanization n. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| metacentral | Shipbuilding. = metacentric adj. 1. Obs. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| metaphysiology | Those aspects of individual somatic experience which lie beyond the scope… | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| mezzo | = mezzo-soprano adj. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| mineworking | Any of the excavations which make up a mine (usu. in pl.). Also (occas.): the operation of a mine. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| mis-selection | Incorrect or mistaken selection; an instance of this. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| modificatory | That tends to modify a person or thing; modifying. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| monochordist | An expert in or writer about monochords; a monochord player. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| mystificatory | Causing mystification; having the effect of confusing or bewildering a person. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| myth | A traditional story, typically involving supernatural beings or forces, which… | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| neo-Christianity | A new or modern form of Christianity. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| new woman | Freq. with capital initials. A woman who is considered different from… | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| nip-nosed | Having a small pinched nose. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| non-governmental | Not belonging to or associated with a government. Freq. in non-governmental organization: cf. NGO n. at N n. 1. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| onomatopoietically | = onomatopoetically adv. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| oysterling | A young or small oyster. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| patentizing | The granting and taking out of patents. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| pogonotrophy | The cultivation or growing of a beard. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| polking | Of a person: that dances the polka. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| protractible | Capable of being protracted or extended. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| puristical | = puristic adj. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| Quaternitarian | A person who believes that there are four persons in the Christian Godhead. Cf. quaternity n. Obs. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| recognizably | To a recognizable degree, perceptibly; (also) in a recognizable manner. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| restrictor | A person who or thing which restricts something. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| runner-up | A person who constructs or erects something rapidly or hurriedly. Cf. to run up 7a at run v. 1. Now rare. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| scotching | The placing of a scotch or scotches beneath a wheel, etc., to prevent it from moving. Cf. scotch v. 3a. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| secularistic | Of, pertaining to, or characterized by secularism. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| self-criticism | Criticism of oneself. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| sexing | Attribution or determination of sex or gender; identification as male or female. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| snoozle | intr. To nestle and sleep or doze; to nuzzle. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| statistology | The branch of science dealing with statistics; the study or use of statistics. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| sub-editorial | Of or relating to a sub-editor or the activity of sub-editing. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| subregional | Of or relating to a subregion or subregions. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| ultramontanism | The principles and practice of the ultramontane party in the Church of Rome; the doctrine of absolute papal supremacy. | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| unbelawyered | (un- prefix 9.) | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| unennobled | (un- prefix 8.) | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| uningrafted | (un- prefix 8.) | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| uniphonous | Producing only one kind of note. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| unpredictable | (un- prefix 7b) | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| unproven | = unproved adj. 2. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| vituperate | Vituperated; worthy of vituperation. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| vivisectional | Of or belonging to, of the nature of, vivisection. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| Weber | the observation made by Weber that the increase in a stimulus that is just noticeable is… | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| well-expressed | | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| wordage | Words collectively; = verbiage n. 1. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
