| acaleph | An animal of the former class Acalepha; esp. a jellyfish. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| adiapneustia | Diminished or absent perspiration. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| aeschynomenous | Of a plant: having leaves which move when touched, like the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| agalactia | Failure to produce milk after giving birth; an instance of this. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| agerasia | The quality of not growing old; the non-appearance of the signs of age. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| amadot | A kind of pear. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| amblosis | Miscarriage, abortion. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| amblotic | A medicine causing abortion. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| amblygonial | = amblygonal adj. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| amblyopia | Impaired vision, generally from defective sensibility of the retina, or cloudiness of the media; the early stage of amaurosis. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| amma | A band or truss. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| ammonite | Formerly used for ammites n., i.e. oolite. Obs. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| amphiprostyle | ‘A temple having a portico in the rear as well as the front, but without columns at… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| anabasis | A going up, a march up, a military advance; the special title of the advance of Cyrus… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| anacamptic | Causing or suffering reflection; chiefly in reference to sound. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| anacamptical | | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| anacamptically | By way of anacampsis or reflection. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| anacoluthon | An instance of anacoluthia, a phrase or series of words in which it appears. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| anagoge | Spiritual elevation or enlightenment, esp., to understand mysteries. Obs. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| analgesia | Absence of or freedom from pain; loss or diminution of the ability to feel pain; diminished perception of painful stimuli. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| anamnestic | An anamnestic medicine or symptom. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| anaplerotic | (in pl.) An anaplerotic substance. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| anatron | Native carbonate of soda: see natron n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| ancon | Physiol. The elbow. (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| ancyle | (Phillips transfers the Greek senses to English.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| Andromeda | One of the constellations of the northern hemisphere, figured to represent the mythical Andromeda. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| anemoscope | An instrument for showing the direction of the wind, or foretelling a change of weather. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| angiology | That part of anatomy which relates to the vessels in the human body. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| angiotomy | (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| angulosity | The quality of having angles, cornered character. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| anolis | Originally: an anole (lizard). Later also (in form Anolis): a genus of lizards that… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| antaphroditic | A medicine so used. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| antarthritic | A medicine so used. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| antemetic | A medicine of this nature. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| antestature | (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| anticachectic | (sc. medicine). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| antiperistaltic | Contrary to peristaltic motion; acting upwards. (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| antispast | A metrical foot composed of an iambus and a trochee, as Ἀλέξανδρος. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| apagogical | Of the nature of apagoge; by reductio ad absurdum. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| apetalous | Without petals. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| apocrustic | An astringent medicine. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| apophlegmatical | = apophlegmatic adj. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| aporime | (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| aquage | = aqueduct n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| arabis | A genus of cruciferous plants, species of which are grown on rock-work, and as… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| araeometer | An instrument, consisting of a graduated glass tube terminating in a loaded bulb… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| araeostyle | A building, or style of building, in which the columns are so arranged. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| araignée | The arrangement of a military mine, when some obstacle necessitates the construction of branching galleries. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| areotectonics | (See quot. 1706.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| asphyxia | lit. Stoppage of the pulse. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| assapanick | (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| atheroma | An encysted tumour containing matter resembling oatmeal-gruel or curds. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| atlantes | With pl. concord. Figures or half-figures of men used instead of columns to support an entablature. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| bard | A thin slice of bacon used to cover a fowl, etc. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| bawrel | According to 18th c. dictionaries, the female and male respectively of a kind of hawk; see quot. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| beaking | The action of striking or seizing with the beak. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| beccabunga | A plant growing on the water's edge; the brooklime n. (Veronica beccabunga). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| berthing | The upright planking of the sides and various partitions of a ship; esp. the… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| biberot | (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| bilge-water | The water that collects in the bilge of a ship through leakage or otherwise, and becomes disgustingly foul and noxious. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| biquadrate | The square of the square (power or root); the fourth power in arithmetic and algebra; = biquadratic adj. n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| biventer | A muscle, distinguished by its two bellies or bulges; esp. the digastric muscle. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| biventral | Having two bellies; digastric. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| bivouac | Mil. Originally, a night-watch by a whole army under arms, to prevent surprise; now… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| bouchet | | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| boucon | | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| brait | ‘A name given by jewellers to the rough diamond’. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| bristletail | A wingless insect (Machilis maritima) having the abdomen terminated by bristly appendages which assist it in leaping. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| bronchotomy | The operation of making an incision in the wind-pipe; the generic term which includes thyrotomy, laryngotomy, and tracheotomy. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| bronchus | Each of the two main branches of the trachea or wind-pipe. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| brunion | A smooth-skinned variety of the peach, a nectarine; sometimes described as ‘a sort of fruit between a plum and a peach’. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| brusole | A ragout of braised veal. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| burrel-shot | See quot. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| bust-coat | App. a compositorial error for buff coat n. 3. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| casserole | The edging or outer portion of certain dressed dishes. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| chou | A small round cake of pastry filled with cream or fruit, etc. Hence chou(x) paste, chou pastry, a very light egg-enriched pastry. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| chowter | ‘To grumble or mutter like a froward child’ (Johnson). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| cirrus | lit. A curl-like tuft, fringe, or filament. | 1708 | Go To Quotation |
| cirsocele | See quot. 1783. | 1708 | Go To Quotation |
| coil | The breech of a gun. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| console | Archit. A variety of the bracket or corbel; applied more particularly to an ornamental… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| contractile | Having the property of contracting or drawing together; capable of… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| copos | ‘Old term for weariness or lassitude’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| corbeil | Fortification. A basket filled with earth and placed on a parapet to protect and conceal the defending soldiers. Obs. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| corrugant | Corrugating, wrinkling. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| corymb | A cluster of ivy-berries or grapes. (Not an English sense.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| cosecant | The secant of the complement of a given angle. (Abbreviated cosec.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| countercharge | A charge brought in opposition to another, or against the accuser. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| counter-fugue | A fugue in which the imitation of the subject is by contrary motion. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| counterstock | That part of a tally retained by the payee: see quot. 1708. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| courap | ‘Name given in India to cutaneous diseases attended with itching and eruptions’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| co-versed | In co-versed sine: the versed sine of the complement of an angle (see versed adj.). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| coxa | Anat. The hip, haunch, or hip-joint; ‘also applied to the ischium and to the coccyx’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| croquette | A ball or mass of rice, potato, or finely minced meat or fish, seasoned and fried crisp. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| crown-glass | A kind of glass composed of silica, potash, and lime (without lead or iron), made in circular sheets by blowing and whirling. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| crucial | (Chiefly Anat.) Of the form of a cross, cross-shaped, as crucial incision; spec. the name… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| cruise | The action of cruising; a voyage in which the ship sails to and fro over a… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| curti-cone | A truncated cone. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| cutlet | A small piece of meat, generally mutton or veal, in the former case usually cut off… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| cutt | (See quots.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| cynanche | A name for diseases of the throat, characterized by inflammation, swelling, and… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| cyno- | dog-rose, wild-rose. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| decampment | The action of decamping; the raising of a camp; a prompt departure. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| dedans | The open gallery at the end of the service-side of a tennis-court. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| demi-gauntlet | | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| demi-gorge | That part of the internal polygon from the angle of the curtain to the centre of the… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| demisemiquaver | A note of half the value of a semiquaver; the symbol for this note, resembling a quaver… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| deraignment | The act of deraigning; = deraign n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| derma | = derm n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| detached | Disconnected, disengaged, separated; separate, unattached, standing apart, isolated. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| diabrosis | Corrosion, ulceration. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| diachoresis | (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| diadoche | Succession; spec. in Med. (see quots.). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| diallage | A figure of speech by which arguments, after having been considered from various points… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| diaulos | A double course, in which the racers turned round a goal and returned to the starting point. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| diazoma | In the ancient Greek theatre: A semicircular passage through the auditorium, parallel to… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| dilutum | A dilution; a solution. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| dinus | Dizziness, giddiness, vertigo. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| dipteros | A temple or building with double peristyle. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| diradiation | The diffusion of rays from a luminous body. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| discoidal | = discoid adj. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| discous | Having a disc or discs; discoid. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| discretely | In a discrete manner; separately. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| dispondee | A double spondee. (In recent dicts.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| dissalt | trans. To free from salt. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| diverging | Proceeding in different directions from a common point, so as to become more and… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| domina | A lady of rank (see quot. 1706) Obs. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| dracunculus | The muscular hair-worm D. (Filaria) medinensis, found in the legs and muscular parts of… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| durgan | An undersized person or animal; a dwarf. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| dysaesthesia | Difficulty or derangement of sensation, or of any bodily senses; also applied to a class of diseases of which this is a symptom. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| dyspepsia | Difficulty or derangement of digestion; indigestion: applied to various forms of disorder… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| ebonist | A worker or dealer in ebony or other ornamental woods. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| ecbasis | See quot. (Craig's explanation, copied in later Dicts., appears to be merely a guess.… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| eccrisis | Old term for an excretion or expulsion, whether a normal secretion or a product of… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| ecphasis | (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| ectasis | (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| eger | App. a misreading of edger n. in R. Holme: see edger n. 2. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| enfilade | (See quot.) Obs. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| enfilade | Mil. To subject to an enfilade; to ‘rake’ or to be in a position to ‘rake’ (a… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| epipedometry | Explained in Dicts. as ‘The measurement of figures that stand on the same base’. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| epiphenomenon | Something that appears in addition; a secondary symptom. Also transf. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| essera | ‘Old term for a cutaneous eruption attacking the face and hands, resembling that caused… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| eulogium | A laudatory discourse; a formal expression of praise; = eulogy n. 1. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| eupepsia | = eupepsy n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| Euphrasia | Bot. = euphrasy n. 1. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| eupnœa | Natural or normal breathing; easy respiration. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| euporia | (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| euporiston | A common medicine; a medicine that may be easily procured. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| ewage | See quots.; also in medieval Latin form ewagium. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| exedra | ‘The portico of the palæstra or gymnasium in which disputations of the learned were held… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| exophthalmy | Anglicized f. exophthalmia n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| expeditionary | An officer who took care of dispatches at the Pope's court. Obs. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| extergent | = abstergent adj. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| extirpator | One who, or that which, extirpates. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| extrageneous | (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| extuberous | Swelling out, protuberant. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| exumbilication | The starting out of the navel. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| facula | One of the bright or luminous spots or streaks on the surface of the sun, as distinguished from the dark spots or maculæ. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| Fallopian | Used in the names of certain anatomical structures reputed to have been discovered by… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| falx | Anat. A process of the dura mater, sometimes called falx cerebri. falx cerebelli (see quot. 1860). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| fanion | See quots. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| fascinated | In senses of the vb. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| favus | A contagious disease of the skin, characterized by pustules, so called from its resemblance to a honeycomb. Also attrib. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| feuillantine | (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| flaman | A flamingo. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| flamet | = flamingo n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| flanked | In senses of the vb. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| floating bridge | In various applications (see quots.). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| focage | = feuage n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| fortin | A small fort; a field-fort. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| fourché(e | = forche adj. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| fraenulum | A small frænum; a frænum. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| fraise | trans. To fence or defend with or as with a fraise. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| fricandeau | A slice of veal or other meat fried or stewed and served with sauce; a collop; a fricassee of veal. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| frigidarium | The cooling-room in a Roman bath. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| furfuration | ‘The shedding of the skin in small branny particles’. (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| gabarage | (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| gabionade | A work formed of gabions, whether in fortification or engineering. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| galbulus | (See quots.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| galeate | = galeated adj. 1 2. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| galericulate | Capped, furnished with a cap; = galeate adj. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| gardecaut | (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| genet | Chiefly Eng. regional. A kind of early-ripening apple. Cf. jenneting n. a. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| genuine | the back teeth. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| glaucosis | ‘The origination of Glaucoma. Also, blindness from Glaucoma ’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1885). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| glene | A glenoid cavity. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| godivoe | A kind of forcemeat (see quots.), a pie made from this; also godivoe-pie. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| gomphiasis | Disease of the teeth (esp. the molars) causing them to become loose in their sockets. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| granate | Having many grains. (Cf. granate v.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| gravedo | A cold in the head; coryza. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| grenade | (See quot. 1706.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| grenadine | (See quots.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| guard-cock | Corruption of gardecaut n., itself a corruption of French garde-corde. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| guérite | A turret or box of wood or stone for the accommodation of a sentry; a sentinel's box. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| habena | Surg. ‘Formerly applied to a bandage for keeping the lips of wounds together; a uniting… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| haematinon | A red glass found in ancient mosaics and ornamental vases. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| haemostatic | A hæmostatic agent; a styptic. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| halster | = halsier n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| hammochrysos | A sparkling stone mentioned by the ancients; perhaps yellow micaceous schist, or the sand from it. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| haze | An obscuration of the atmosphere near the surface of the earth, caused by an infinite… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| heath-pea | A tuberous-rooted leguminous plant, Lathyrus macrorrhizus (Orobus tuberosus), called also carmele n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| helicometry | The measurement of spirals. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| heliographic | Pertaining to the description of the sun. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| helosis | (See quots.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| hemeralopia | ‘Day-blindness’; a visual defect in which the eyes see indistinctly, or not at all… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| hephthemimer | A group or catalectic colon of seven half-feet; the part of a hexameter line preceding… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| hibiscus | A large genus of malvaceous plants (herbs, shrubs, and trees), mostly from tropical countries; the Rose-mallows. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| humerus | The bone of the upper arm, extending from the shoulder-joint to the elbow-joint; the homogenetic bone in other vertebrates. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| huso | The great sturgeon, Acipenser huso, found esp. in the Black and Caspian Seas. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| hydrenterocele | Intestinal hernia the sac of which contains water. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| hydrophthalmia | ‘Expansion of the whole eye with increase of its fluid contents’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| hypogeum | An underground chamber or vault. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| hypoglottis | Anat. and Med. (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| hypophysis | Pathol. Cataract in the eye. Obs. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| hypopyon | A morbid accumulation of pus in the anterior chamber of the eye (cf. quots.). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| hystero- | a hernia containing the uterus or some part of it. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| icterus | Pathol. The disease jaundice. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| ileus | Pathol. A painful affection (frequently fatal), due to intestinal obstruction, esp. in the ileum: also called iliac passion. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| incastled | Hoof-bound. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| indictable | Liable to be indicted or accused of a crime. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| indusium | The amnion of the fœtus. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| infundibulum | A funnel. Obs. rare. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| ingressus | (See quot. 1706.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| inleased | Ensnared. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| interpassation | | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| intertrigo | Inflammation caused by the rubbing of one part of the surface of the skin against another. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| intunable | = untunable adj. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| invadiate | ‘To engage or mortgage land, etc.’ | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| invendible | Not vendible; unsaleable. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| ischuretic | A medicine that cures ischuria. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| isochronous | Taking place in or occupying equal times; equal in metrical length; equal in duration… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| isoperimetrical | Of figures: Having equal perimeters. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| itinerarium | Surg. ‘An old name for the staff used in lithotomy’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| jaunt | A felloe of a wheel. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| jerquer | ‘A custom-house officer, a searcher’ (Simmonds, 1858); in the London Custom House… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| joss-block | (See quots.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| jubilate | = jubilarian n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| jugulum | A name for the collar-bone; also for the throat, or the lower front part of the neck… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| junco | A name formerly given to the Reed-sparrow or Reed-bunting (Emberiza schœ niclus). Obs. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| kerb-stone | An edging of stone about the top of a well. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| kernelled | Furnished with embrasures or battlements; crenellated. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| kibrit | | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| kneck | Obs. or erron. var. of kink n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| labiate | Belonging to the family Labiatæ, consisting of herbaceous plants and… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| lade | A n. lade, with a sense ‘channel, watercourse, mouth of a river’, has been evolved… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| laquear | Archit. (See quots.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| lararium | The part of a Roman house where the images of Lares or household gods were kept; hence, a private shrine or chapel. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| lentiform | Having the form of a lentil or of a lens. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| leucoma | A white opacity in the cornea of the eye, the result of inflammation or of a wound; = albugo n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| leucosis | The formation of leucoma (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| lice-bane | Some plant. (Cf. flea-bane n.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| limp | Wanting in firmness or stiffness, flaccid; flexible, pliant. Of a textile fabric: Unstiffened. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| lisière | = berm n., foreland n. 2b. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| littering | | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| logistics | Logistic arithmetic (see also quot. 1706). Cf. logistic adj. 3. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| loimography | The descriptive science treating of pestilential diseases. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| lorica | Roman Hist. A cuirass or corslet of leather. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| loxia | A genus of birds of which the Crossbill is the type. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| lubricitate | (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| lycopodium | Bot. A plant of the cryptogamous genus Lycopodium: a club-moss. In early use, L. clavatum. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| lyssa | Rabies or hydrophobia. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| machinist | A person who invents, makes, or controls machines or machinery; a mechanic. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| mackle | A blur in printing; a doubling of the impression; (also) a blurred sheet. Cf. macule n. 2. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| magna precaria | A day on which feudal tenants, on demand, performed harvest work for the lord of the manor. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| maint | Many, numerous. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| Maja | Originally (in form maia): the common spider crab of Europe, Maja squinado, having a… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| Malus | A plant of the genus Malus (family Rosaceae), which consists of deciduous trees and… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| marline | trans. = marl v. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| maudle | trans. To make maudlin. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| mellific | That makes or yields honey. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| Melolontha | A Eurasian genus of chafers (beetles) which comprises the cockchafers or May… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| mentigo | A disease causing sores and scabs around the lips and mouth of sheep; (perh.) contagious ecthyma (orf). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| meringue | A light mixture of stiffly beaten egg whites and sugar, baked until crisp; a shell or… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| miliaria | A bird that feeds on millet; perh. the linnet, Acanthis cannabina, or the corn bunting, Emberiza calandra. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| mimiambus | A mime written in iambic verse, a genre invented by the Hellenistic poet Herodas. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| Mimus | A genus of mockingbirds which includes the northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos; a bird of this genus. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| misogamist | A person who hates or is opposed to marriage. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| mitys | = propolis n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| moky | Cloudy, foggy, hazy. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| monomial | Math. An algebraic expression consisting of one term only. Cf. mononomial n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| monopteros | A temple consisting of a single circle of columns supporting a roof. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| monopyrenous | Of a fruit: having only one stone or seed. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| monotriglyph | A spacing between columns of the Doric order which allows the use of one triglyph in the frieze, between those over the columns. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| morfer | The Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| mormyrus | (In later use) any fish of the genus Mormyrus (family Mormyridae), comprising… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| moschata nux | = nux moschata n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| mousquetaire | A French soldier armed with a musket, a French musketeer; (French Hist., usu. with… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| municipium | An Italian city or (later) one in the provinces whose citizens held the privileges of Roman citizens. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| nab | intr. To cheat in a game of dice. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| namation | The act of taking another's goods by way of distraint. Cf. naam n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| north-light | The aurora borealis. Usu. in pl. Also fig. Cf. northern lights n. Obs. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| obitual | Originally: of or relating to an obit or a person's death (esp. in obitual day). In… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| obscura camera | = camera obscura n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| obtusangular | = obtuse-angled adj. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| octastyle | A building, portico, etc., having eight columns. Now rare. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| odontalgia | Toothache. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| odontiasis | Cutting of the teeth, teething; irritation or pain resulting from this. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| oil | A rich stew or soup of Spanish origin; = olio n. 1. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| oligotrophy | A lack of nourishment. Obs. rare. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| omophagia | = omophagy n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| Ophidion | An eel-like fish of the genus Ophidion (or Ophidium), or (formerly) of the family Ophidiidae;… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| opisthodomos | An apartment or vestibule (typically open) at the rear of an ancient Greek temple… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| orangeade | Chiefly Brit. A carbonated orange-flavoured soft drink. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| orarium | An ecclesiastical stole; (now) spec. the stole worn by a deacon in the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| orgue | In pl. Fortification. Suspended wooden beams used as an alternative to a portcullis for stopping a gateway: see quot. 1706. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| ornamentation | Ornament; the ornaments which adorn a thing collectively, or the manner in which… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| orthodromy | A route forming part of a great circle. Also: = orthodromics n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| osculum | A kiss. Formerly also: †a small mouth (obs.). See also osculum pacis n. rare. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| osteocopus | A pain in a bone. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| ostracitis | A kind of calamine (impure zinc ore) found as an incrustation in copper furnaces. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| palla | Roman Hist. A loose outer garment or wrap worn out of doors, usually by a woman; an outer robe, a mantle. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| panselene | The full moon. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| panter | = paunch n. 1. Also: a pustulous swelling on a draught-horse's neck. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| pantheum | A statue or image combining the figures, symbols, or attributes of several (esp. classical) gods; = signum pantheum n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| paracme | A point or period at which the prime or highest vigour is past; (in early use) spec.… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| parapherna | Roman Law. Those articles of property held by a wife over and above the dowry she brought… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| parascenium | The part of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre on either side of the stage, in which… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| parastas | A pilaster; = anta n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| paremptosis | = parembole n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| parhypate | In ancient Greek music: the second lowest note in either of the two lowest tetrachords. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| peak | to ride a broad peak: (of a ship) to have the yards approximately in the shape of the letter X. Obs. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| pelecoid | A figure bounded by a semicircle and two concave quadrants (all having the same… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| pepastic | Originally: a medicine that assists digestion. Later: a medicine that brings a disease to full maturation. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| peribolos | An enclosure, wall or colonnade around an ancient Greek (or Roman) temple or sacred… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| persultation | Haemorrhage through the wall of a blood vessel. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| phlegmasia | Inflammation; an instance of this. Now rare or disused. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| phren | In sing. and pl. The diaphragm; (also) the pericardium or epigastrium. rare. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| physo- | a hernia containing gas; a pneumatocele. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| pigritia | A sloth (sloth n. 4). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| plantar | Of or relating to the sole of the foot. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| pledgery | The position, function, or responsibility of acting as a surety or pledge for another person; = suretyship n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| pleuron | The lateral part of the body-wall, the side of the body; spec. (a) either of the lateral… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| polypyrenous | Of a fruit: containing two or more seeds. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| porphyritis | A purple variety of fig. Cf. porphyrite adj. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| prunus | Originally: †a plum tree (obs.). In later use: a plant of the genus Prunus (family Rosaceae… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudodipteron | A pseudodipteral building, esp. a temple. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudonymous | Bearing or assuming (esp. writing under) a false or fictitious name; belonging to or characterizing a person who does this. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudoperipteros | A form of temple or other building with free columns forming a portico in front (and… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| pundle | An unattractive woman. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| punter | Cards. A person who plays against the bank at baccarat, faro, etc. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| pupton | A baked dish made with meat or fruit. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| quina | More fully quina bark: cinchona bark; (also) the bark of various other trees… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| rissole | A ball or flattened cake of chopped meat, fish, or vegetables mixed with herbs or… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| sabliere | A sand-pit or gravel-pit. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| sagum | A Roman military cloak; also, a woollen cloak worn by the ancient Gauls, Germans, and Spanish. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| salve | trans. To save (a ship, its cargo) from loss at sea; to save (property) from destruction by fire; to make salvage of. Also intr. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| sardachate | (See quots.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| saxum | (See quot.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| scare | = Scarus n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| schetic | Of diseases: see quots. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| scoliosis | Lateral curvature of the spine; distinguished from lordosis and cyphosis. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| scops | A genus of Strigidæ containing nearly forty species distinguished by plumicorns upon the… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| Scorpaena | In early use, a name applied vaguely (like the vernacular synonyms scorpion-fish, sea-scorpion)… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| secularization | The conversion of an ecclesiastical or religious institution or its property to… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| serration | Surg. The operation of sawing. rare. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| sigla | Letters (esp. initials) or other characters used to denote words; abbreviations or marks of abbreviation. Also transf. and fig. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| signum pantheum | A statue or image combining the figures, symbols, or attributes of several (esp. classical) gods. Usu. in pl. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| smectis | (See quots. and next.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| snigger | intr. To laugh in a half-suppressed, light or covert manner; to snicker. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| soporal | = carotid adj. (Cf. soporific adj. 1d.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| Sorbus | A Linnæan genus (now placed under Pyrus) including the service-tree, mountain-ash, etc.;… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| spat | = spar n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| splanchnology | The scientific study of the viscera. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| squama | Zool. A scale as part of the integument of a fish, reptile, or insect. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| squarable | Capable of being squared. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| stock-broker | A broker who, for a commission, buys and sells stocks on behalf of clients. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| subtractible | That is to be subtracted or may be subtracted; of the nature of a negative quantity. Cf. subtractable adj. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| syncellus | In the Orthodox Churches: (originally) an ecclesiastic who lived continually with… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| talismanist | One who uses or believes in talismans. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| tappy | = tapis v. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| taraxacum | Pharmacol. A drug prepared from the root of the dandelion, used as a tonic and in liver complaints. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| tartarize | trans. To treat or impregnate with tartar; to rectify by means of the salt of tartar. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| Telamon | A figure of a man used as a column to support an entablature or other structure: = Atlas n. 1b. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| tetracolon | A metrical period consisting of four cola or members. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| thermantic | A heating medicine, a calefacient. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| thrombosis | †A coagulation or curdling (obs. rare); spec. Pathol. a local coagulation of the blood in… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| topiarius | One skilled in fanciful landscape-gardening. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| totum | = teetotum n., q.v. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| tourte | (See quots.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| tozy | Soft like teased wool. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| Tragopogon | A genus of Composite plants of which the common wild yellow-flowered English and… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| trape | intr. = traipse v. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| treillis | A stout or coarse kind of cloth; in later use, buckram, sacking (‘toile grossière… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| tremissis | A late Roman or early Byzantine gold coin, the third part of a solidus; a Merovingian or other imitation of this. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| trig | trans. To make a score on (the ground) for a player at bowls, quoits, etc., to stand at… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| trigeminus | A former name for the complexus muscle (complexus n.). Obs. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| tripartient | See quot. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| trispast | An (ancient) apparatus with three pulleys for hoisting heavy weights. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| trocar | A surgical instrument consisting of a perforator or stylet enclosed in a metal tube… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| trochus | Ancient Greek Hist. and Roman Hist. A wheel or hoop, used in athletic exercises or as a plaything. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| Ulva | An alga forming the typical genus of the order Ulvaceæ; the laver or sea-lettuce. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| under-reader | (under- prefix 3a(a).) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| unperfumed | (un- prefix 8.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| uredo | A form of blight, = brand n. 7. rare. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| uvularia | The S. European shrub Ruscus Hypoglossum. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| vaccinium | One or other species of this genus; spec. a bilberry. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| velours | (See quots. and cf. lure n.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| veneering | The process of applying thin flat plates or slips of fine wood (or other suitable… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| verricular | Resembling a net in form or construction (see quot. 1706). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| viverra | The civet-cat (Viverra civetta), or other species of the type-genus of the civet family (Viverridæ). Also attrib. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| vulpanser | The sheldrake (Anas tadorna). Also attrib. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| wainable | = gainable adj. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| water-bear | = sea-bear n. 3. Obs. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| water-gauge | (See quots.) | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| xenium | In Ancient Greek Hist. and Roman Hist., a present (esp. of table delicacies) given to a… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| xerasia | A disease of the hair characterized by excessive dryness. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| xoanon | A primitive rudely carved image or statue (originally wooden), esp. of a deity. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| zest | = siesta n. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| zeta | A term of disputed meaning (see quots.). | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| Zeus | Ichthyol. A genus of spiny-finned fishes, including the John Dory, Zeus faber, anciently sacred to Zeus or Jupiter. | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
| zona | Used in Anatomy with various qualifying adjs. to denote certain structures or parts… | 1706 | Go To Quotation |
