| abiogenesist | = abiogenist n. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| abiologically | By abiological means; without the involvement of living organisms. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| achlorophyllous | Lacking chlorophyll. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| aerographer | A person who studies the atmosphere or observes and records atmospheric phenomena; a descriptive meteorologist. Cf. aerologist n. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| aerographical | = aerographic adj. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| alkoxide | Any of a class of salt-like organic compounds containing anions of the form RO −, where R… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| amphisbaenid | = amphisbaenian n. Additions. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| anthropocentricism | An anthropocentric view or doctrine. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| anthropogenic | Of or pertaining to anthropogeny. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| avalite | A green earthy mineral containing chromium oxide. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| avifaunal | Of or pertaining to avifauna. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| azygospore | A parthenogenetic zygospore. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| bacterioid | = bacteroid adj. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| beardlet | A tiny beard or awn, like that of some grasses. Also, a small beard on a man's face. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| bête rouge | A species of Trombidium (see quots.). | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| bicolour | Having two colours. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| bivalence | In various subjects: the quality of being bivalent; bivalency; spec. in Logic, principle of bivalence (see quots.). | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| bucchero | A type of pottery, characteristic of ancient Tuscany, of a uniform black, neither… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| buckling | A smoked herring; a bloater (see quots.) | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| bunglesome | Awkward to handle, bungling and troublesome. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| caconym | An example of bad nomenclature or terminology, esp. in biology and botany. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| canid | A member of the Canidæ, a family of digitigrade carnivorous mammals including dogs, wolves, and related animals. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| capeador | One who aids a bull-fighter by distracting and tricking the bull with his cloak. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| catostomid | A freshwater fish of the family Catostomidæ, found chiefly in North America, and including the suckers and buffalo fishes. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| cavernicolous | Cave-dwelling. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| ceratioid | Of or pertaining to the family Ceratiidæ of fishes (or the genus Ceratias.) | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| chromaesthesia | A form of synæsthesia, the accompaniment of the hearing of particular sounds by the… | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| cidarid | A sea-urchin of the family Cidaridæ. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| circumpressure | Pressure from all directions. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| corp | colloq. abbrev. of corporal n. 1. Freq. as vocative. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| couril | In Brittany, a small fairy, supposed to frequent druidical remains. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| criticist | An adherent of the critical philosophy of Kant (cf. criticism n. 2c). Also attrib. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| cruster | = crust-hunter n. at crust-hunt v. Derivatives: see crust v. 4, and cf. crusting n. 2. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| crust-hunt | intr. To hunt deer or other large game on the snow, when covered with a frozen crust… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| culminal | Of or pertaining to the culmen or summit; apical. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| cutinize | = cuticularize v. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| cyan | = cyan-blue n. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| dardy-line | Error for dandy-line n. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| declive | A sloping part of the superior surface of the vermis of the cerebellum, posterior to the culmen and anterior to the folium. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| decurring | = decurrent adj. (in Bot.). | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| degrease | trans. To remove grease or fat from. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| differentiator | One who or that which differentiates; spec. (a) Biol. an organ, part, etc., that… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| dobson | An angler's name for the larva of Corydalus cornutus, a North American neuropterous… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| dynagraph | The name given in the United States to a machine of the same character as the dynamometer car… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ectogenesis | The production of structures or bodies outside the organism. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| electrologic | = electrological adj. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| enumerable | That can be enumerated; having a definite number; numerable; spec. in Math. = denumerable adj. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| epileptogenic | = epileptogenous adj. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| erineum | A pathological growth of the epidermis of plants caused by mites of the family Eriophyidæ. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| erodible | That may be eroded; prone to erosion. Cf. erodable adj. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| erogenous | = erogenic adj. Usu. in collocation with zone. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| exaspidean | Pertaining to passerine birds that have an anterior series of scutella on the outer side of the tarsus; cf. endaspidean adj. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| exotherm | A compound which liberates heat during its formation and which absorbs heat or energy during its decomposition. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| expense | To offset (an amount expended on equipment, operational costs, etc.) as an expense against taxable income over a given period. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| expert | trans. To examine as an expert; to have (books, etc.) examined by an expert. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| Fibonacci | Used attrib. or in the possessive, esp. in Fibonacci('s) numbers, the numbers 1, 1, 2, 3… | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| flake | trans. To lay (a rope, etc.) on the deck in loose coils, in order to prevent tangling; to… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| forfication | The condition of being forficate; forficate portion. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| freezable | Capable of being frozen; suitable for freezing. Esp. of foodstuffs. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| fusoid | = fusiform adj. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| gadid | = gadoid n. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| gallonage | An amount in gallons; a quantity of liquid produced or sold. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| gam | intr. Of whales: To gather together and form a ‘gam’ or school. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| gemellion | One of a pair of basins used for washing the hands before meals, the water being poured… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| gigger | One who works a gigging-machine. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| gigman | One who fishes with a gig; = gigger n. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| griefhead | Explained as: Sadness. Error for greenhead n., due to reading grenehede (Chaucer Man of Law's T.… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| gyp | To cheat, trick, swindle. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| hallucal | = hallucar adj. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| hominid | A primate of the zoological family Hominidae, comprising modern humans (Homo sapiens)… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| hydrodynamometer | An instrument for measuring the force exerted by a liquid in motion. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| hydrogenous | Of a mineral, deposit, etc.: formed by the (chemical) action of water. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| hyperchromasia | Excessive coloration or pigmentation of the skin. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| hyphaeresis | The omission of a letter or syllable in the body of a word. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| indiffusible | Not diffusible. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| indoctrinator | One who indoctrinates. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| inflexive | = inflective adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| interpermeate | To pervade or penetrate reciprocally. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| inversatile | Not versatile. Entomol. Of antennæ: Not moving on their supports. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| inwandering | The action of wandering or straying into some place. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| iodobromite | A mineral, the chloro-bromo-iodide of silver, found in sulphur-yellow or greenish octahedral crystals. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ironhead | A local name in North Carolina of a kind of duck, also called goldeneye or whistlewing. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| irreflexive | Not reflexive. spec. in Logic and Math., of a relation which no postulate can have to… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| isabelite | A name given in the West Indies to the angel-fish (Pomacanthus ciliaris). | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| isologue | Each of two or more isologous compounds. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| isophote | A line (imaginary or in a diagram) connecting points where the brightness or the… | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| jangly | Harsh-sounding, inharmonious, discordant. | 1800 | Go To Quotation |
| jerky | Jerked beef. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| kapnography | Name for a mode of producing designs or pictures on a smoked surface of glass, etc. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| kinetically | By kinetics; from the point of view of kinetics. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| krieker | A name in N. Jersey and Rhode Island of the Pectoral Sandpiper, Tringa pectoralis. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| latebricole | (See quot.) | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| legendize | trans. To affix a legend to; to inscribe with a legend. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| leporiform | Having the form of a hare; lagomorphic. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| limacid | A gastropod of the family Limacidæ; a slug. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| locational | Of or pertaining to location. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| loupe | A small magnifier used by a watchmaker or jeweller. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| lumbiplex | The lumbar plexus of nerves. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| macromeritic | Of rock: having a granular crystalline structure coarse enough to be discernible by the naked eye. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| macroscian | Having a long shadow. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| magnetipolar | Having the property of magnetic polarity. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| magnetometry | The measurement of the strength of a magnetic field; the use of a magnetometer. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| malaxage | The operation of kneading and working the unbaked clay of which pottery is to be made. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| manatine | Resembling a manatee; related to the manatees. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| mandrel | trans. To forge or shape using a mandrel; esp. to drive a mandrel into (a metal tube) in order to increase the inside diameter. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| mandylion | A head-cloth believed to display the impression of Christ's face, venerated esp. by… | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| manganetic | = manganiferous adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| manubriated | Having a manubrium. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| margaritite | A fossil pearl-producing bivalve mollusc. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| marginelloid | Marginelliform. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| maricolous | Inhabiting the sea. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| mastodontine | Of, relating to, or designating the proboscidean subfamily Mastodontinae (family Elephantidae… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| masturbational | Of or relating to masturbation; given to masturbating. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| megachiropteran | Of, relating to, or characteristic of the suborder Megachiroptera, which includes the… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| megaleme | A barbet of the genus Megalaima (formerly also called Megalaema). | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| megalograph | A kind of camera lucida capable of producing traceable images of objects seen under… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| megalopic | Having large eyes; (Zool.) resembling a megalops. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| megascopically | By or to the naked eye; macroscopically. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| megatype | An enlarged photographic print. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| melanitic | Of, relating to, or containing the mineral melanite (melanite n.). | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| meline | Resembling or characteristic of a badger; spec. of, relating to, or designating… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| melolonthine | Of, relating to, or designating a scarabaeid beetle of the subfamily Melolonthinae… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| melomany | = melomania n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| merogastrula | The gastrula arising from a meroblastic ovum. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| meruline | Of or relating to the former genus Merula, comprising the European blackbird and… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| mesogluteus | The gluteus medius muscle. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| mesolecithal | Designating an egg or egg cell having a moderately large yolk. Also: = centrolecithal adj. at centro- comb._form Affix (rare). | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| mesomyodous | = mesomyodian adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| mesoparapteron | The tegula of the mesothorax of an insect. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| mesopterygial | Of or belonging to the mesopterygium. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| metaboly | = metamorphosis n. 3. Obs. rare. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| metallotherapeutic | Of or relating to metallotherapy. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| metamathematics | With sing. concord. The analysis of the nature, methodology, and philosophical… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| metaparapteron | A small dorsolateral sclerite of the metathorax in certain insects. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| metepencephalic | Of or relating to the metepencephalon. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| micromeric | Embryol. Of or relating to a micromere or micromeres. Cf. micromeral adj. at micromere n. Derivatives. Obs. rare. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| milleporine | Of or relating to the group of colonial hydrozoans (hydrocorals) which includes the genus Millepora; resembling a millepore. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| mineralizable | Capable of being mineralized; (Ecol.) capable of being converted from complex… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| miscue | trans. To give a wrong cue to (someone); (also) to respond wrongly to (a cue). Chiefly (and in earliest use) fig. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| misdivision | Incorrect division, esp. of a word (cf. metanalysis n.). Also: an instance of this. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| Mithraize | intr. To hold, practise, or teach the doctrines of Mithraism. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| mitosic | = mitotic adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| mollipilose | Having a pelage or plumage that is soft or fine; fleecy, fluffy, downy. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| molluscoidan | = molluscoid adj. 1. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| molochine | Of or relating to the former subfamily Molochinae of agamid lizards, which comprises the moloch or thorny devil, Moloch horridus. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| molybdeniferous | Containing or yielding molybdenum. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monanapaestic | Of a line of verse: containing one anapaest. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monarsenous | Having only one male for several females. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monistical | = monistic adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monoblastic | Embryol. Having a single germinal layer. Cf. diploblastic adj. at diplo- comb._form… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monocercous | = monoflagellate adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monochasium | A cyme in which each flowering branch gives rise to one lateral branch, so that the inflorescence is helicoid or asymmetrical. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monocondylian | = monocondylar adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monocystidean | Of or relating to the former group Monocystidea or the family Monocystidae (see monocystid n. adj.). | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monocyttarian | Of, relating to, or belonging to the former group Monocyttaria, comprising… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monodactylic | Containing only one dactyl. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monomastigate | = monoflagellate adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monoplacid | Of an echinoderm: having a single madreporite. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monopleurobranch | = monopleurobranchian n. adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monopleurobranchiate | = monopleurobranchian n. adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monopodic | Prosody. Consisting of or constituting a monopody or single metrical foot. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monorhinal | Zool. Having a single central nasal passage, as characteristic of some agnathan vertebrates; = monorhine adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monostrophe | A monostrophic poem. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monotelephone | A telephone for transmitting sound of a particular pitch. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monotelephonic | Transmitting sound of a single pitch only. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monovalence | = monovalency n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monovalency | The property (now esp. that of an antigen or antibody) of being monovalent. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| monticoline | That inhabits mountains. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| morabitino | = maravedi n. 2. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| mormyr | = mormyrid n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| moro | The trumpeter finch, Rhodopechys githaginea, a pinkish-brown or greyish songbird of… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| morphogenic | = morphogenetic adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| morpholecithal | Of or relating to the morpholecithus. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| Morrenian | Designating the calciferous glands in the oesophageal wall of an earthworm, which… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| mucket | A North American freshwater mussel of the family Unionidae; spec. Actinonaias ligamentina… | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| mud snail | Any of various snails found in mud; spec. (a) either of two European pond snails of… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| multisyllabic | Consisting of several syllables; polysyllabic. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| muriform | Resembling a mouse in form; mouse-like. Cf. myomorph adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| muscicole | = muscicolous adj. Also as n.: a muscicolous organism. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| muscle casket | = sarcomere n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| mushroom cloud | An ascending cloud of smoke and debris characteristically taking the shape of a… | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| musteloid | Of, relating to, or characteristic of the mammalian family Mustelidae of weasels… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| myophysical | Of or relating to the physical aspects of muscular contraction (cf. myophysics n.). | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| myricaceous | Of or relating to the family Myricaceae, which comprises the genera Myrica, Comptonia, and Canacomyrica. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| myrmecobe | An animal of the genus Myrmecobius; a numbat or banded anteater. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| myrmecology | The scientific study of ants; the branch of entomology that deals with ants. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| mytilaceous | = mytilacean adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| naevous | Spotted, freckled. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| necrophilous | Zool. and Ecol. Feeding or growing on dead animal tissue; necrophagous. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| necrophore | A beetle of the genus Nicrophorus, the members of which bury the carrion on which their larvae feed; a burying or sexton beetle. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| nectosome | The upper portion of a siphonophore, bearing nectophores. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| nematocalyx | A capsule-like structure containing nematocysts, occurring in certain hydrozoans. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| nemoceran | = nematoceran adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| neoblastic | Of the nature of or relating to new growth; (Zool. and Geol.) relating to or of the nature of a neoblast or neoblasts. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| nephelinic | Relating to or resembling nepheline; containing nepheline. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| nephology | The scientific study of clouds. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| neumatic | Of, relating to, or of the nature of neumes. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| neumic | = neumatic adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| neutrophil | Biol. and Med. Of a cell or cellular component: that stains with neutral stains… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| nomogram | A diagram representing a relationship between three or more variables by means of a… | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| null | intr. Of a line: to kink. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| nyctipithecine | Of or relating to the former subfamily Nyctipithecinae (family Cebidae), which… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| obtect | Of a pupa: in which the insect's appendages are firmly held against its body by… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| obturbinate | Inversely turbinate; having the shape of a top with the pointed end upwards. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| octodont | Of or relating to the genus Octodon or the family Octodontidae, containing the degus and related rodents. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| oculimotory | = oculomotor adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| odontogenic | Of or relating to the development of teeth; spec. designating or derived from tissue that gives rise to teeth. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| odorator | A device for emitting liquid, perfume, etc., as a fine spray; an atomizer. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| odoroscope | An instrument or device for analysing odours. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| omothyroid | A slip of the omohyoid muscle to the thyroid cartilage, said to occur as an anatomical variant. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| onychophoran | A terrestrial invertebrate of the small phylum Onychophora, characterized by a long… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| oogenesis | The production or development of an ovum. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| oogenetic | Of or relating to oogenesis. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ophiocephaloid | Of or relating to the former family Ophiocephalidae (now called Channidae), comprising the snakeheads (fishes). | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ophiomorph | A wormlike limbless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona (formerly Ophiomorpha); a caecilian. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ophthalmophore | A part of a gastropod mollusc which bears an eye, as the horn of a snail; an ommatophore. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| opisthocome | The hoatzin, Opisthocomus hoazin. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| opisthoglyphic | = opisthoglyphous adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| orniscopy | The observation of birds for the purposes of divination. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ornithurous | Of or relating to the division Ornithurae, including birds having a short bony tail terminated… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| orthorrhaphous | Relating to or designating the more primitive groups of dipteran flies (formerly… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| osculiferous | Having an osculum or oscula (osculum n. 3). | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| Osirify | trans. To identify (a man or god) with Osiris. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| osmometric | Of or relating to the measurement of odours or the analysis of odoriferous substances. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| osmometry | The measurement of osmotic pressure; the use of an osmometer. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| osteometrical | = osteometric adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ostracoderm | Ichthyol. Any of various armoured plectognath fishes (formerly assigned to the suborder Ostracodermi). Obs. rare. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| otidiform | Resembling a bustard. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| otidine | = otidid adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| overgrain | trans. To grain over (a surface that has already been grained) so as to produce… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ovibovine | Of, relating to, or designating a group of goat-antelopes comprising the tribe Ovibovini… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ovoplasm | = ooplasm n. 1. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ovotesticular | Of or relating to an ovotestis; combining features of an ovary and a testis. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ovularian | A member of the division Ovularia in Haeckel's proposed classification, comprising… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ozonograph | An automated ozonoscope. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeanthropic | Of, relating to, or designating extinct forms of human or hominid, known only from… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeolithical | = Palaeolithic adj. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeornithine | Belonging to or having the characters of the former subfamily Palaeornithinae of small parrots. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| palmyre | A scale worm, Palmyra aurifera (family Aphroditidae), having a fan-like arrangement… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| paludicoline | = paludicolous adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pamphract | Completely covered or protected, as with a coat of mail. Obs. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pancreatize | trans. To treat (a foodstuff or other substance) with pancreatin. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pandionine | Of or relating to the genus Pandion, subfamily Pandioninae, or family Pandionidae, comprising the osprey. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pannous | Of or relating to pannus. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| panophthalmia | = panophthalmitis n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pantellerite | A peralkaline variety of rhyolite containing phenocrysts of anorthoclase, cossyrite… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| parabaptism | Uncanonical or unauthorized baptism. Cf. parabaptization n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| paragnathism | The condition of being paragnathous. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| parapleuron | A pleuron of the metathorax or mesothorax; esp. an undivided pleuron of the thorax in certain beetles. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| parapsidal | Of or relating to the parapsides of an insect; spec. designating two longitudinal marks… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| parapteral | Of or relating to a parapteron or parapterum. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| parastigmatic | Situated beside a stigma or spiracle of an insect or other invertebrate. Also: relating to a pterostigma. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| paraumbilical | Located near the navel; spec. designating any of several small veins forming… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pareccrisis | Abnormal or disordered secretion. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| parencephalon | Anat. The cerebellum. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| paronychial | Relating to or of the nature of paronychia. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| paroxytone | trans. To make (a word) paroxytonic. Cf. paroxytonize v. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| parsonize | trans. To make or convert into a parson. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| parthenopine | = parthenopian n. adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| paschite | = Quartodeciman n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pathoanatomical | Of or relating to the anatomy of diseased tissues and organs (pathological anatomy). | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pavonious | Having eyespots like those on the tail of a peacock. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pectostracous | = pectostracan adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pediculine | Of or relating to the former group Pediculina, comprising either all parasitic lice… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pedopleural | = pleuropedal adj. at pleuro- comb._form 2. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pennatuloid | = pennatulacean adj. n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pentatomine | Of or relating to the subfamily Pentatominae of pentatomid bugs. Cf. pentatomid adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| percophoid | = percophid n. adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| peridiiform | Of the form of a peridium. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| peridinial | = peridinian adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| perigraphic | Relating to a perigraph (perigraph n. 2); incomplete, misleading. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| perimysial | Of, relating to, or constituting a perimysium. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| periostracal | Of or relating to the periostracum. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| perissosyllabic | Of a metre or a line of verse: having a greater number of syllables than is normal for a particular metre. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| peristeromorph | A member of the Peristeromorphae, a group of birds comprising the pigeons in the classification proposed by T. H. Huxley in 1867. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| peristeropod | Of or relating to the Peristeropodes, a group of birds comprising the families Cracidae… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| peritrematous | = peritrematic adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| peritroch | A circlet of cilia resembling a wheel, as in a rotifer; an organism or embryo having such a circlet. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| personization | Personification; impersonation. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pessular | Relating to or of the nature of a pessulus (pessulus n. 2). | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pestoid | Resembling (that of) bubonic plague. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| petauristine | Of a mammal: having a fur-covered skin membrane between fore and hind limbs which enables… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| petechiate | Having petechiae. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phacella | Any of the rows or clusters of filaments projecting into the central gastric cavity of a cnidarian. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phaeophyll | The brown colouring matter of brown algae, consisting chiefly of fucoxanthin. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phantasmogenesis | The production or origination of phantasms; the conditions under which phantasms may be produced. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phantasmology | The systematic study of phantasms or other illusions. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pharmacodynamic | Designating or relating to the action of a drug; of or relating to pharmacodynamics. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phlogogenous | = phlogogenic adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phocaenine | Of, relating to, or resembling a porpoise. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phocodont | An extinct whale of the former division Phocodontia, which comprised certain whales… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phocoid | Resembling or of the nature of a seal; (spec.) belonging to the superfamily Phocoidea… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| photochronographic | Of or relating to photochronography or the use of a photochronograph. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| photolysis | Bot. The movement of the chloroplasts of a plant cell as a result of exposure to… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| photopolarimeter | Science. An apparatus for measuring the proportion of polarized light in a beam. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phototachometrical | = phototachometric adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phototachometry | The measurement of the speed of light. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phragmophorous | Of or belonging to a former group Phragmophora of cephalopod molluscs… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phreniatric | Of or relating to the treatment of mental illness; psychiatric. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phygogalactic | Preventing the secretion, or promoting the reabsorption, of milk. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phylloscopine | Of, relating to, or characteristic of the genus Phylloscopus, comprising the chiffchaff and numerous warblers. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| physiform | Having the shape of a gastropod of the genus Physa. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| physiogenesis | Biol. The development or evolution (ontogeny or phylogeny) of… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| physiogenic | Biol. Of or relating to the development or evolution of physiological functions. Cf. physiogeny n. rare. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| physiotypy | = nature-printing n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phytiform | Plant-like. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phytophthirian | Of or relating to a former division Phytophthiria of hemipteran insects, which included various families of plant lice. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phytotomous | Of a bird or insect: habitually cutting into plants or leaves. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| picoideous | Of or relating to the former superfamily Picoideae, equivalent to the order Piciformes. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pieridine | = pierine adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pikehead | A freshwater perciform fish, Luciocephalus pulcher (family Luciocephalidae), resembling… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pimelode | A pimelodid catfish of the genus Pimelodus. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pinguipedine | Of or relating to the former subfamily Pinguipedinae of the family Latilidae (now placed… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pinnulated | = pinnulate adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| plagate | Having a stripe or stripes. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| plagiostomatous | = plagiostome adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| planorbite | A fossil snail of the genus Planorbis or an allied genus. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| planuloid | Having the form of or resembling a planula; esp. designating a hypothetical ancestral metazoan of this form. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| plasmode | = plasmodium n. 1. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| plasmodiate | Having or characterized by plasmodia. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| plataleine | Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the subfamily Plataleinae (family Threskiornithidae), which comprises the spoonbills. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| platoid | Designating a worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms). | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| platybregmete | A broad bregma. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| platycercine | Of, belonging to, or relating to a group of broad-tailed parrots typified by… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| plecopter | = plecopteran n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| plecotine | Of or relating to the genus Plecotus of bats of the family Vespertilionidae, characterized… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| plectospondyl | Of or relating to the former order Plectospondyli, which comprised teleostean fishes… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pleuracanth | Designating or relating to shark-like fishes of the order Xenacanthiformes… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pleuracanthoid | Of, relating to, or resembling a pleuracanth fish. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pleurotomarioid | Resembling or allied to the genus Pleurotomaria of prosobranch gastropod molluscs. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pleurotomine | Belonging or allied to the genus Turris (family Turridae; formerly Pleurotoma)… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| plex | intr. To make or form a plexus. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| plical | Relating to or of the nature of a plica or fold of tissue. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| plumulate | Bearing or consisting of small feathers or feather-like structures; minutely plumose. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pluvialiform | Having the form of a plover; spec. of or relating to a former group Pluvialiformes… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pneometer | = spirometer n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pneumatogram | Med. A record of respiratory movements or air flow. Cf. pneumogram n. 1. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pneumatographic | Relating to writing alleged to be done directly by a disembodied spirit. Cf. pneumatography n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pneumootocous | Belonging to a proposed group Pneumotoca (or Pneumootoka) of vertebrates that have lungs… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pneumoskeletal | Of or relating to a pneumoskeleton. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| politzerize | trans. To inflate (the middle ear) by forcing air or gas through the Eustachian tube; to perform this procedure on (a patient). | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pollicate | Having thumbs; spec. of or relating to the former order Pollicata of mammals… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| polycladous | Having many, or more than the normal number of, branches; displaying polyclady. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| polycystidan | Of, relating to, or designating polycystine radiolarians of the former family Polycystida… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| polycyttarian | Of, relating to, or designating colonial radiolarians of the former group Polycyttaria, which have several central capsules. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| polydromic | = polytropic adj. 2. Cf. monodromic adj. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| polypigerous | = polypiferous adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| polyplacophore | = polyplacophoran adj. Obs. rare. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| polypomedusan | Of or relating to the former group Polypomedusae, comprising coelenterates which occur… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| polypostylar | Of or relating to a dactylozooid. Cf. polypostyle n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| polypostyle | = dactylozooid n. at dactylo- comb._form Affix. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| polysarcous | Corpulent, obese. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| polysporean | Of or relating to the former division Polysporea of minute parasitic sporozoans… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| polytroch | A polytrochal larva. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| poncelet | A unit of power used chiefly in France, equal to the power required to displace a force… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| porphyrionine | n. A bird of the former subfamily Porphyrioninae. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| porrectate | = porrect adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| postrorse | Turned or bent backward; retrorse. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| potamological | Of or relating to potamology. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pregeniculum | The lateral geniculate body, a small oval protuberance on the inferior aspect of… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| preoptic | Designating the anterior quadrigeminal body (superior colliculus) of the brain. Obs. rare. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| prepelvisternum | An anterior pelvisternum. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| prepunctual | More than punctual; arriving or waiting earlier than the appointed time. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| prerenal | Situated anterior or superior to the kidney or (more usually) to the junction of the vena cava with the renal vein. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| preretina | The forward continuation of the retina as a thin layer of pigmented epithelium running… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| preretinal | Of or relating to the preretina. Obs. rare. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| presee | trans. To see beforehand or in advance. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| priacanthine | Of or relating to the genus Priacanthus or the family Priacanthidae, which… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| prongdoe | A female pronghorn. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| proparoxytone | trans. To accent (a word) on the antepenultimate syllable. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| prorsad | Forward; towards the front. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| prorsal | Anterior; forward. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| prosomal | Of or relating to a prosoma. Cf. prosomatic adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| prothelminth | A protozoan of the former order Prothelmintha, comprising most ciliates and… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| protonic | = pretonic adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| prusiano | The varied bunting, Passerina versicolor, of the southern United States and Mexico, the… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudoperculum | A part of an animal (or plant) structure which forms or resembles a lid but is distinct… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudo-ray | Geom. A geodesic in a non-Euclidean space or a space of more than three dimensions analogous… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudoscinine | Belonging to the former group Pseudoscines of passerine birds, which included the lyrebirds and scrub-birds of Australia. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudosiphuncle | The pseudosiphon of a fossil cephalopod. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudoviperine | Of a snake: belonging to the former family Pseudoviperae (now Achrochordidae), which comprised the wart snakes. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| psilodermatous | Having the skin naked (i.e. without scales, as a feature distinguishing amphibians esp. from reptiles). | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| psittacean | = psittacine adj. 2. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ptenoglossate | Of the radula of a gastropod: having no median teeth but a large number of lateral… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ptenopleural | Of, relating to, or characteristic of the former division Ptenopleura of mammals (now the… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pterope | A flying fox or other fruit bat. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pteropodium | A foot with winglike lobes, characteristic of pteropods. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| Pulveratores | With pl. concord. A former group of birds comprising those which drive dust into the… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| punk-fist | = puckfist n. 2. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pupigenous | = pupiparous adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pupoid | = pupiform adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| purpuriform | = purpuroid adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pycnaspidean | In suboscine passerine birds: having or designating a tarsus whose rear surface is covered with small scales. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pyle | A small orifice or aperture; a pore. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| -pyrenous | Forming adjectives designating fruit which has pyrenes of the number expressed by the first element. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pyrgoidal | Having the form of a prism with a pyramid of corresponding base on one of its ends. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pyrognostics | The characteristics of a mineral that are exhibited when it is heated under experimental conditions. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pyrrhous | Reddish; ruddy. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pythonine | Of or relating to pythons, esp. when regarded as constituting a subfamily (Pythoninae) of the family Boidae. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pythonoid | Of a snake: having the form of a python; spec. belonging to the group Pythonoidea… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| quena | Any of various types of Andean end-blown flute, typically made of wood or cane and… | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| quesitive | Interrogative. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| Quetelet | attrib. and in the genitive. Designating the normal (Gaussian) curve, esp. as… | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| reduvioid | Of, relating to, or designating heteropteran insects of the superfamily Reduvioidea… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| rhabd | A simple large sponge spicule in the form of a rod with two tapered ends (a… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| rhabditic | Zool. Relating to or consisting of rhabdites (rhabdite n. 3). | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| roiler | An apparatus in which fish are salted. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| salmoniform | = salmonoid adj. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| samariform | Having the form of a samara. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| satyromaniac | Of a man: exhibiting excessive sexual desire. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| scatophagous | Feeding upon dung. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| schoolie | U.S. A fish of the genus Brevoortia; a menhaden. Now rare. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| scoleciform | Resembling or having the character of a scolex. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| setirostral | ‘Having the bill furnished with conspicuous bristles along the gape; having long rictal vibrissæ.’ | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| shoaler | (See quot. 1891.) | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| sialagogic | = sialagogue n. adj. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| siderism | The supposed effects of magnetic influence upon the human body. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| sika | A small red deer, Sika nippon, native to Japan and eastern China and widely naturalized elsewhere. Also attrib. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| siphoniform | Having the form or shape of a siphon. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| siphosome | The lower part of a siphonophore stem, bearing the reproductive and nutrient organs. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| snell | trans. To tie or fasten (a hook) to a line. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| snooper | One who pries or peeps; spec. one who makes an intrusive official investigation. orig. U.S. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| solipsist | One who accepts the theory of solipsism. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| somital | Of or pertaining to a somite; somitic. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| sophrosyne | Soundness of mind, moderation, prudence, self-control. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| sparsile | Of a star: Not included in any constellation. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| spatular | Having the form of a spatula. Also Comb. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| staffed | In Heraldry. (see quot. 1891 and staff n. 11). | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| stagnicolous | Of a bird: Living in or inhabiting stagnant water. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| Stahlism | = Stahlianism n. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| staphylinid | An insect belonging to the Staphylinidæ or rove-beetles, a coleopterous order of which the typical genus is Staphylinus. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| stenotype | An ordinary type letter used to denote a shorthand character. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| stephanial | Of or pertaining to the stephanion. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| stereotypy | The process of making stereotype plates; stereotyping. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| stibogram | A graphic record of footprints. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| stichid | Anglicized form of stichidium n. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| stragulum | = mantle n. 10. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| strigate | = strigose adj. 2. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| stuporose | = stuporous adj. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| superparasite | Biol. A parasite of a parasite; = hyperparasite n. Cf. superparasitism n. 1. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| suturation | Stitching, sewing. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| swording | Striking with a sword; exercise with the sword, fencing (in quot. 1899 attrib.). | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| tang | = tanrec n. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| tassette | A small pointed infusible earthenware cone, used in sets of three to support objects in a… | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| tchincou | A black-crested monkey of Java, Semnopithecus melalophus. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| teopan | A Mexican temple, a teocalli. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| ternery | A place where terns congregate to breed. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| testibrachial | Of or pertaining to the testibrachium or prepeduncle of the cerebellum, being the process… | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| testudineal | Pertaining to or resembling a tortoise. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| teuthology | That branch of zoology which deals with cephalopods. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| thalliform | Having the form of a thallus. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| thelephoroid | Resembling or having the form of the genus Thelephora of hymenomycetous fungi. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| Therapon | A genus of fishes, the type of the family Theraponidæ, allied to the perch; a fish of this genus. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| thermotaxis | Physiol. That function of the nervous system on which the normal temperature of the… | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| thingy | Having the nature or character of a thing; real, actual, objective, substantial. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| thoric | Of or derived from thorium. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| tiliaceous | Belonging to the Natural Order Tiliaceæ, typified by the genus Tilia, the lime or linden tree. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| tip-stock | A form of gun-stock: see quots. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| toponymic | Of or pertaining to toponymy. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| tornhexactine | A six-rayed sponge-spicule in which the rays are abruptly pointed. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| tox | A sponge-spicule having the form of a double curved rod, like a Cupid's bow; = toxaspire n. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| tragule | A quadruped of the genus Tragulus, or of the family Tragulidæ of ruminants, found in… | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| tram | trans. and intr. To use a tram or tram-staff in adjusting spindles or axles, or in measuring, aligning, or the like. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| transfission | The transverse splitting of a cell or organism as a mode of reproduction; transverse fission. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| transiliac | Lying across the ilium; extending transversely from one iliac bone to the other. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| transonance | The passage of the sound produced in one organ (e.g. the heart) through the substance of another (e.g. the lung). | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| transpalmar | Extending across the palm of the hand, as the transpalmar muscle. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| transperitoneal | Traversing the peritoneal cavity. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| transpleural | Traversing the pleural cavity. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| transponible | Capable of being transposed; transposable. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| transprocess | A transverse process of a vertebra; a diapophysis. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| trans-sepulchral | That is beyond the sepulchre or tomb. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| trechmannite | A rare mineral occurring in red rhombohedral crystals in the dolomite of the Binnenthal. It is prob. a sulpharsenite of silver. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| triacanthoid | A fish of this family. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| trialism | The doctrine of the threefold constitution of man, as body, soul, and spirit, or other three separate essences. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| triaxal | = triaxial adj. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| trichromatic | Applied to lithographic printing in three colours; also to a photographic process by… | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| triodontoid | n. A fish of this genus or family. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| tritonioid | Resembling or allied to the genus Tritonia, belonging to the family Tritoniidæ of opisthobranchiate gastropods. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| triungulin | A triungulin larva. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| trombidiid | A mite of this family. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| tuberculoid | Zool. and Pathol. = tuberculiform adj. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| turnicine | Belonging to the Turnicidæ, a family of birds of which the turnix or hemipod is the type. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| tympanichord | The chorda tympani, a branch of the facial nerve which traverses the mucous membrane of the tympanum. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| ulvaceous | Resembling or belonging to the Ulvaceæ. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| under-chord | (See quot. 1890.) | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| underground | trans. To lay (electricity or telephone cables) below ground level. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| underhole | trans. or intr. To undermine; spec. (in coal-mining), to undercut. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| under-noted | (under adv. 2b.) | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| urlar | (See quots.) | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| vaned | Having a vane or vanes, esp. (in Comb.) of a specified type. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| varicated | Of a shell: Marked or furnished with varices. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| variometer | An instrument for measuring variations in the intensity of the earth's magnetic field. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| veliform | Having the form of a velum. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| veratrize | trans. To drug, poison, or treat with veratrine. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| vestibule | trans. To provide or supply (a railway carriage) with vestibules; to unite by means of vestibules. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| wahoo | A large marine fish, Acanthocybium solandri, belonging to the family Scombridæ and found in tropical seas. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| yappy | Suggestive of a dog's yap. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| Young–Helmholtz | Used attrib. to designate the theory that in the eye there are receptors sensitive to one… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| zymoid | A substance having a relation to a ferment analogous to that of a toxoid to the corresponding toxin. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
