| air brake | A brake operated by the pressure of compressed air. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| air cooler | An apparatus or device for reducing the temperature of air, esp. the ambient air inside a building. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| airtightness | The quality of being airtight (in various senses). | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| ambroid | A name used for a substance made by moulding pieces of amber by heat and pressure. Also attrib. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| avion | A flying-machine, esp. a French war aeroplane. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| babbitt | any of various alloys of tin with smaller quantities of antimony, copper, and usually… | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| Benford's law | The phenomenon that, in large sets of numbers with a smooth but not a normal… | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| bicycular | Of or relating to a bicycle or to the activity of cycling. Also occas.: having two wheels. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| carbonatation | In industrial processes: the reaction of lime and carbon dioxide to form… | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| carburation | The action or process of combining, impregnating, or enriching a substance with carbon… | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| carburet | trans. To combine or impregnate (a substance) with carbon or its compounds; esp. to enrich… | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| carburetting | The action or process of combining or impregnating a substance with carbon or a compound… | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| carburettor | An apparatus for charging or enriching air or other gas with hydrocarbon fuel, for burning to provide energy. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| caveator | One who enters a caveat; see caveat n. 1 5. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| corporate | = corporation n. 4. Obs. rare. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| crutcher | An apparatus in which the ingredients are stirred with a crutch. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| decelerometer | An instrument for ascertaining the deceleration of a moving body. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| diatomite | Diatomaceous or infusorial earth. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| Dodgem | Esp. in pl., a fairground amusement consisting of a number of small… | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| download | The act of downloading data. Contrasted with upload. | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| electric arc | A continuing flow of electricity through a gas-filled space that is luminous owing to… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| electric wave | An electric signal in the form of a wave; a rhythmically varying voltage; (also) an electromagnetic wave. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| EPROM | A read-only memory whose contents can be erased by a special process (e.g. irradiation with ultraviolet light) and replaced. | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| eugeoclinal | = eugeosynclinal adj. | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
| Ferris | a fairground machine (see quot. 1897), invented and first erected by Ferris. Also fig. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| floatative | Tending to or producing floatation. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| fluatate | trans. = fluate v. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| fluate | trans. To treat (stone) with fluosilicates in order to harden and improve its surface. Cf. fluate n. 2. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| Folsom | Applied attrib. to the remains of a prehistoric culture first found near Folsom, esp. to a type of projectile point (see quots.). | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| fractal | A mathematically conceived curve such that any small part of it, enlarged, has the… | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| gadder | An instrument for splitting rock. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| gamer | One who hunts game, a sportsman (nonce-use). | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| gas motor | A motor driven by the production, expansion, or combustion of gas. Cf. gas engine n. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| gas tank | A tank for storing a gas or mixture of gases; spec. a container or structure for holding natural gas (cf. gas n. 4). | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| gravitino | The supersymmetric counterpart of a graviton, with spin 3/2 instead of 2. | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| Hall | Used attrib. to designate an effect discovered by Hall and various quantities associated therewith (see quot. 1958). | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| helioseismic | Of or relating to oscillations at the sun's surface. | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| homogenized | esp. of milk, cream, etc.: having the globules of fat reduced in size and… | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| homogenizer | A machine or apparatus designed to homogenize some kind of material (as milk or tissue). Also fig. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| iconomatic | A word proposed to describe a stage intermediate between picture-writing and phonetic… | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| imitant | That which imitates; a counterfeit article or product. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| jet engine | An engine which uses jet propulsion to provide forward thrust; spec. one in an… | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| jinglet | The loose metal ball which serves as the clapper of a globular sleigh-bell. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| kinescope | A cathoderay tube specially constructed for use in a television set. Chiefly U.S. | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| klieg | an eye condition caused by exposure to very bright light, characterized by watering and conjunctivitis; hence klieg-eyed adj. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| 'lectric | = electric adj. n. | 1955 | Go To Quotation |
| listed | (See list v. 4.) | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| lister | A double-mouldboard plough, used in corn and beet culture, which throws up ridges and at… | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| log-on | The action or an act of logging on; = log-in n. Also attrib., esp. designating a… | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| Mack | A proprietary name for: any of several types of heavy vehicle, as lorries, tractors, etc. Esp. in Mack truck. | 1911 | Go To Quotation |
| magnetohydrodynamics | The branch of physics that deals with the interaction of electrically conducting… | 1950 | Go To Quotation |
| mainframe | The basic framework or body of a device or structure. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| maintainability | The quality of being easily maintained; ability to be maintained. | 1943 | Go To Quotation |
| manufacturability | The capability of being manufactured; ease of manufacture. | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
| MARV | A missile warhead capable of altering its course during the descent phase of its… | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| mechanosensory | = mechanosensitive adj. | 1974 | Go To Quotation |
| megaphone | A device to aid hearing, consisting of two funnel-shaped receivers (‘listening… | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| megascopic | Of images, photographs, images, etc.: enlarged or magnified. rare. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| metalworking | The art, craft, or industrial activity of working in metal. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| metamorphoscope | An optical toy which displays pictures composed of a permutation of different sections (see quots.). | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| meta-universe | A ‘universe of universes’; an assembly of universes, considered as a whole; that which… | 1974 | Go To Quotation |
| mfg. | = manufacturing n. Used chiefly in company names, esp. attrib., as Mfg. Co. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| mfr. | = manufacturer n.; also used in place of the possessive manufacturer's. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| micrograph | Originally: a photographic or (rarely) a hand-drawn reproduction of the image of a… | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| mid-range | A central or halfway point; an approximate midpoint. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| millim | = millimetre n. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| minargent | A silver-coloured aluminium bronze consisting of copper and nickel with small amounts of tungsten and aluminium. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| mini-hole | Astron. = mini-black hole n. | 1974 | Go To Quotation |
| mitrailleuse | Originally: a machine-gun with a number of barrels, able to discharge projectiles… | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| Mohr | attrib. and in the genitive. Designating instruments, techniques, etc., used or introduced… | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| moisture-proof | Impervious to moisture or damp. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| molecular layer | A layer of molecules. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| monometrically | In a cubic manner. Cf. monometric adj. 1. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| monoplane | An aeroplane having only one wing on either side of the fuselage or (originally) a… | 1907 | Go To Quotation |
| Morse | attrib. Designating the electric telegraph system invented by Morse or things relating… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| mortiser | A machine or tool for cutting mortises. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| mouth music | Music made with the mouth, either by singing (esp. without distinct words) or by blowing on an instrument. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| mud-box | A box containing a coarse filter used to trap sediment in bilge water. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| mutograph | A device for taking a series of photographs of successive positions of a moving… | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| nanocomputer | A very small computer; esp. one of limited or specialized application. | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| needleloom | A kind of loom employing a needle instead of a shuttle, used to weave narrow pieces of fabric such as ribbons, tapes, etc. Obs. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| nega- | Forming the names of negative counterparts of things (chiefly units of measurement), now… | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| nephrologist | A specialist in nephrology. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| neurode | = neuron n. 4. | 1987 | Go To Quotation |
| nickelize | trans. To coat with nickel or with a nickel alloy. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| night-riding | The action of riding by night, esp. (U.S.) on horseback for the purpose of violent intimidation; an instance of this. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| nippled | Having a nipple or nipples. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| nitrogenization | The process of combining or treating with nitrogen; (Metall.) nitridation. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| nitroleum | T. P. Shaffner's term for: = nitroglycerine n. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| nitroso- | Prefixed to the names of compounds. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| non-chemical | Not concerned with or related to chemistry; not knowledgeable about chemistry. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| non-contact | The state or condition of making no contact (in various senses); an instance of this. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| non-flying | Of an animal, esp. a bird: flightless. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| non-inflammability | = non-flammability n. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| non-pathogenous | = non-pathogenic adj. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| non-productiveness | The fact or condition of not being productive. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| non-rotating | That does not rotate or is not rotating; not vortical; lacking spin. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| non-transparent | Not transparent; (according to context) opaque or translucent. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| non-user | A person who does not use something; spec. one who does not habitually use a particular drug. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| nourishingly | In a nourishing manner or fashion. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| odontographic | Of or relating to odontography. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| off-axis | Situated or occurring away from an axis (in various senses). | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| off-bearing | That bears something off; spec. that carries off a product (as wood, bricks, etc.) from a machine or process. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| oil burner | A device in which oil is vapourized and burned to produce heat. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| oilometer | A hydrometer for measuring the relative density of oils (and hence their purity). | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| oil patch | U.S. A piece of greased wadding for a rifle ball; a patch (see patch n. 3) lubricated… | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| Okazaki | attrib. Designating the segments of DNA formed as intermediates in the… | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| open cut | An excavation which is open to the surface; = opencast n. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| oreide | Any of various decorative golden-yellow alloys of copper with zinc and other constituents. Cf. oroide n. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| oroide | An alloy of copper and zinc having the colour of gold. Cf. oreide n. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| oscillometer | A gyroscopic form of nautical oscillograph. Obs. rare. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| osmogene | An apparatus for enabling a solution to undergo osmosis. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| Otto | attrib. Designating (a) the four-stroke cycle employed in most petrol and gas engines, of… | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| out front | At or to the front; in front; spec. at or to the battle-front or (Theatre) the front of… | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| outsole | The outer sole of a boot or shoe, esp. a sports shoe. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| out-thrusting | That thrusts outwards; projecting. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| overbank | intr. Watchmaking and Clockmaking. To bank (bank v. 4) too far. Obs. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| overcoating | Material used for making overcoats. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| overcut | To overlap in the course of cutting. Obs. rare. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| overdischarge | Excessive discharge, esp. of electricity; spec. the discharge of an accumulator or… | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| overpick | In the design of a loom: an arrangement in which the picking arm is placed above the… | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| overstitch | A stitch worked over an edge, or over another stitch, usually to bind, strengthen, or provide a decorative finish. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| overstringing | In the construction of pianos and similar keyboard instruments: an arrangement of strings… | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| ovipositing | That oviposits; engaged in or characterized by the laying or depositing of eggs. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| oxidator | A device for directing a stream of oxygen into a reaction vessel or (in early use) the flame… | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| oxidizer | A substance that oxidizes another; an oxidizing agent; spec. one used to support the… | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| ozonometer | An instrument or device for measuring the amount of ozone in the air. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| panny | Resembling the sound of a beaten pan; tinny. Cf. tin-panny adj. at tin pan n. Derivatives. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| pant-hoot | intr. Of a chimpanzee: utter pant-hoots. | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| patentability | Ability to be patented; eligibility for the grant of a patent. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| patentably | In a way that satisfies the conditions for patenting something. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| pearlessence | Any of various substances designed to imitate the lustre of pearls or mother-of-pearl… | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| peep sight | A backsight for a rifle, consisting of a circular hole through which the foresight is… | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| pelon | Esp. in Latin America: a hairless or almost hairless animal. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| peloriate | = peloric adj. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| perspectartigraph | A type of perspectograph. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| phantascope | An apparatus for demonstrating certain phenomena of binocular vision, consisting of a… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| pharm | A place where genetically modified plants or animals are grown or reared in order… | 1990 | Go To Quotation |
| phone | An earphone; a headphone. In quot. 1884: the earpiece of a telephone. Usu. in pl. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| photo-electrotype | The process of printing a photograph in relief and then electroplating it to obtain a matrix from which to make a printing plate. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| photoengraving | A process by which an image is photographically transferred to a plate for printing in such… | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| photopolarimetry | The practice or technique of using a photopolarimeter; (also) photopolarimetric properties or data. | 1974 | Go To Quotation |
| photoprinting | Printing by a photomechanical process; photographic printing. Freq. attrib. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| photozincotype | A printing plate produced by photozincography. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| photozincotypy | Photozincography. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| piano leg | A leg supporting a grand piano. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| picrotoxic | = picrotoxin n. Obs. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| pin-fire | Designating a form of cartridge for a breech-loading gun, fired by a pin thrust by the… | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| pinholder | Chiefly Engin. A device for securing a pin. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| pin lock | A lock having or operated by a pin; spec. (a) a lock having a pin on to which the hollow shank… | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| pin-sticking | attrib. Designating or relating to a machine for piercing holes in paper or other material… | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| platinization | The action or process of platinizing something; the state of being platinized. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| platinoid | Resembling platinum; belonging to the group of platinum metals. platinoid metal n. = platinum metal n. at platinum n. adj. 2. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| plethysmograph | An instrument for recording and measuring variation in the volume of a part of the body, or… | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| polyabolo | Any planar shape formed by joining a number of identical right-angled isosceles triangles along edges of the same length. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| polyhex | A planar shape formed by joining a number of identical regular hexagons by their edges. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| polyiamond | A planar shape formed by joining a number of identical equilateral triangles by their edges. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| polyphant | In full polyphant stone. A kind of Cornish potstone, greenish-grey in colour. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| Pompeii worm | A tube-dwelling marine polychaete, Alvinella pompejana (family Alvinellidae), found… | 1981 | Go To Quotation |
| poppet valve | A valve consisting of a flat end-piece which is lifted in and out of an opening by an axial rod. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| porcelain enamelling | The process of applying porcelain enamel; a coating of porcelain enamel; = vitreous enamelling at vitreous adj. 1e. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| post-process | trans. Of a computer program or device: to operate on (the output of another program… | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| pot-shell | = potsherd n. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| Pratt | attrib. In bridge construction: designating a type of truss consisting of both… | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| preheat | trans. To heat before use or further treatment; to heat beforehand. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| preheater | A device for preheating something. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| pressure feed | A supply system in which the flow of material is maintained by applied pressure; the… | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| pressure test | A test of the ability to withstand or sustain pressure; a test to ascertain pressure. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| projectional | Of, relating to, or characterized by projection (in various senses). | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| prolificly | In a prolific manner; = prolifically adv. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| Ptolemaian | = Ptolemaic adj. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| pyrogravure | = pyrography n. 2a. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| quagma | A plasma consisting of free quarks and gluons, such as may have arisen shortly after the big bang; = qgp n. at Q n. 2. | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| quasi-stellar | Of a celestial object: resembling a star optically (in that it gives an image that… | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| quick return | Usu. with hyphen. Designating a motion or mechanism that rapidly returns a part of a… | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| radioactivity | The property of a celestial object of emitting radio waves. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| radiophonic | Of or relating to radiophony (radiophony n. 1) or radio broadcasting. Now hist. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| rancidification | The process of becoming rancid; the oxidation of oils and fats which this involves. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| reamed | Esp. of a hole: enlarged by reaming. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| reprocessing | The action of reprocess v.; spec. the industrial process of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel (cf. reprocess v. 2). | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| reptile | A two-dimensional figure of which two or more can be grouped together to form a larger figure having the same shape. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| roller skating | The action or practice of skating on roller skates. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| rototiller | A small, motorized cultivator with rotating blades or prongs designed to break up or… | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| Sharps | Applied absol. to any of a number of firearms invented and manufactured by Sharps… | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| shriekily | In shrieky tones. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| slide action | A sliding motion or action; a mechanism (esp. on a firearm) which delivers such a motion or action. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| sodide | An alkalide in which the anion is sodium. | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| softnomics | A term coined in Japan for the study of the shift in the economy of developed countries… | 1983 | Go To Quotation |
| sonic | Employing or operated by sound waves; used esp. with reference to devices and… | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| Spad | Any of several types of French aircraft, esp. a biplane fighter much used in the war of 1914 – 18. Also attrib. | 1917 | Go To Quotation |
| spin-down | Being or pertaining to a particle whose spin points downwards. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| spin-up | Being or pertaining to a particle with a spin pointing upwards. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| stainless steel | A chromium-steel alloy, usu. containing about 14 per cent of chromium when used for… | 1917 | Go To Quotation |
| Teletype | A proprietary name for a make of teleprinter. Hence loosely, any teleprinter. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| tinfoil | trans. To cover or coat with tinfoil. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| top level | The highest degree of importance, prestige, or ability; usu. (with hyphen) attrib.… | 1951 | Go To Quotation |
| totalization | The action or process of totalizing, or the condition of being totalized; calculation of the total. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| tuzzy | (See quot. 1890.) | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| tyrotoxicon | A poisonous ptomaine (diazobenzene hydroxide, C 6 H 5 N.N.OH), produced by a microbe in stale cheese and milk; cheese-poison. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| Whitehead | A kind of torpedo, invented by Robert Whitehead. Also attrib. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| whizzer | a machine for drying various articles by the centrifugal force of rapid revolution; a hydro-extractor. Cf. spin-drier n. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| WIMP | Any of several hypothetical subatomic particles which have relatively large mass but… | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
