| aiyo | In southern India and Sri Lanka, expressing distress, regret, or grief; ‘Oh no!’, ‘Oh dear!’ | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| anecdotal | Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, anecdotes. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| anemogram | An automatically-marked record of wind-pressure, a prepared sheet marked by an anemograph. | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| anorak | A weatherproof jacket of skin or cloth, with hood attached, worn by the Inuit in Greenland; a similar garment elsewhere. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| aphasia | Loss of speech, partial or total, or loss of power to understand written or spoken language… | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| aphasic | Suffering from aphasia, having lost the power of speech; of, characteristic of, or characterized by aphasia. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| armarian | See quot. 1849 (App. never used in English.) | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| a-shimmer | Shimmering. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| asseverative | Of, pertaining to, or characterized by asseveration. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| atactic | Of language: not syntactic. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| babyolatry | Adoration of or devotion to a baby or babies. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| banket | The name given by the early gold-diggers of the Transvaal to the gold-bearing conglomerates… | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| beglamour | trans. To invest with glamour; = glamorize v.; also, to deceive or impress with glamour. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| besport | refl. To disport oneself. Also intr. (for refl.). | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| billing | Announcing or advertising by bill or poster; publicity. Also attrib. So top billing… | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| blunk | In pl. ‘Linen or cotton cloths which are wrought for being printed; calicoes’ (Jamieson). | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| bouncy | That bounces; having a buoyant manner. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| broomer | = broom-man n. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| bumpingly | In a bumping or jolting manner. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| burry | Characterized by a burr or uvular trill. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| bushveld | Veld composed largely of bush; spec. (usu. with capital initial) the wooded region of… | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| butted | Furnished with a butt; used chiefly in parasynthetic comb., as brass-butted, stiff-butted, etc. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| callisthenical | Addicted to callisthenics. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| canalage | The construction of canals; canal-work. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| canalling | The construction of a canal; canal-making; canal-work. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| Carolean | = Caroline adj. 1b. | 1911 | Go To Quotation |
| Carpano | The proprietary name of an Italian vermouth; a drink of this. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| carron oil | A liniment composed of equal parts of linseed oil and lime water (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| champy | Broken up and miry, by trampling of beasts, etc. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| chronopher | An apparatus for the distribution of electric time-signals. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| climactical | = climactic adj. In quot. 1860 = ‘of the nature of the ascent of a ladder’ (humorous nonce-use). | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| clip-on | That is attached or fitted into position by means of a clip. Also fig. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| coiny | That has abundance of coin; rich. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| collem | short for collembolan n. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| Collins | A letter of thanks for entertainment or hospitality, sent by a departed guest; a ‘bread-and-butter’ letter. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| come-in | The last stage of a run or race. Cf. run-in n. 1a. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| continentalize | intr. To make a continental tour; to travel on the Continent. (nonce-use.) | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| conveyal | The act of conveying; = conveyance n. 1. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| co-op | Colloq. abbrev. of co-operative adj. n.; spec. a co-operative store. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| costumary | Of or belonging to costume. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| Cuvierian | Of, pertaining to, or named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier (1769… | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| decompressor | An apparatus for reducing compression in a motor engine. | 1919 | Go To Quotation |
| dehydrogenated | Of a compound: deprived of some or all of its hydrogen. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| demagoguish | | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| denourishment | = denutrition n. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| detective | Having the character or function of detecting; serving to detect; employed for the purpose of detection. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| detractatory | Of detracting or disparaging nature or tendency. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| dhani | A kind of palm, the leaves of which are often used for making thatch in the tropics. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| distraughtly | In a distraught manner. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| dogdom | The domain or world of dogs. Also: dogs, esp. domestic dogs, as a group; dogs collectively. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| dromoscope | An instrument to indicate the course of a ship; also, to indicate the velocity of a train or other vehicle. | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| duka | In Kenya, a shop, store. Also attrib. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| eighteenmo | Used colloq. in the book trades for octodecimo n. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| elasticated | Of cloth, etc.: woven or stitched with indiarubber thread and so made stretchable. Also fig., rendered flexible. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| elder | trans. to elder it: to play the elder (brother or sister). nonce-wd. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| emeraldine | Like an emerald in colour; emerald-green. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| ensilage | trans. To subject to the ensilage process; to convert into ensilage. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| ensilate | = ensilage v. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| equitative | Of or pertaining to equitation. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| excisable | Needing to be excised or expunged. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| fabricatory | Tending to fabricate. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| fastland | The mainland, as distinguished from islands; the continent. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| flim | A £5 note. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| fumiduct | A passage for smoke. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| Geordieland | An informal name for: Tyneside, esp. the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. Also… | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| gib | trans. To disembowel (fish); = gip v. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| gillie | intr. To act as gillie. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| gluck | An inarticulate sound supposed to be expressed by this spelling. So with reduplication gluck-gluck n. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| gompa | A Tibetan temple or monastery. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| graphotype | (See quot. 1877.) | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| guidee | One who is guided. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| gump | Abbrev. of gumption n. 1. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| homophobia | Fear of men, or aversion towards the male sex; also, fear of mankind, anthropophobia. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| hydrofoil | A plane designed to give rise to a force (other than drag) when moving through a liquid; spec.… | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| hydrolith | A commercial name for calcium hydride as used as a convenient source of hydrogen (evolved when water is added). | 1906 | Go To Quotation |
| impactor | A device or machine that delivers impacts or blows. | 1916 | Go To Quotation |
| incant | To chant, intone. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| incatch | A catching or sudden drawing in (of the breath). | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| infrastructure | A collective term for the subordinate parts of an undertaking; substructure, foundation; spec.… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| inhalatorium | A building or room used for the treatment of respiratory complaints by vaporized medicaments. | 1906 | Go To Quotation |
| integument | trans. To furnish with an integument; to cover, invest. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| invitational | Characterized by invitation. Also as n., an invitational tournament (? only N. Amer.). | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| kiboko | A strong, heavy whip made of hippopotamus hide. Cf. sjambok n. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| kitchenable | Suitable for cooking and serving at table. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| Kodachrome | The registered trade name of a method of colour photography used by Kodak Ltd. Also, a… | 1915 | Go To Quotation |
| kulah | (See quot. 1969.) | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| linenless | Devoid of linen or underclothing; discarding linen. Also Comb. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| luggageless | Without luggage. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| make-and-break | The alternate making and breaking of electrical contact. Freq. attrib. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| map-read | intr. To consult and interpret a map; (also trans.) to guide (a person, one's course, etc.) by means of a map. | 1945 | Go To Quotation |
| marathon | intr. To run in or as in a marathon race. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| maunder | Idle, incoherent, or rambling talk or writing; an instance of this. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| mazut | In Russia: a viscous liquid left as a residue after the distillation of petroleum, used as… | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| meridian | intr. Of a celestial object: to reach the meridian. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| metallizing | The action or process of converting to metal, covering in metal, or giving a metallic appearance to (something). | 1911 | Go To Quotation |
| micropodic | Having a small foot or feet. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| millionaireship | The position or state of being a millionaire. | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| miz | Misery. | 1918 | Go To Quotation |
| mono-railway | A railway system operating on a monorail; the track of a monorail system. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| motorcyclist | A person who rides a motorcycle. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| musketooner | = musketoon n. 1. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| musking | The depositing of musk for scent marking by badgers and similar animals. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| musky | = muskrat n. 1a. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| natto | A Japanese dish of steamed, fermented soybeans, with a sticky texture and strong flavour. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| necrotization | The process of causing or undergoing necrosis; the condition of being necrotic. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| netheist | An atheist. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| nickelization | The process of coating something with nickel or with a nickel alloy. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| night-herding | The herding or guarding of cattle or other animals at night. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| night-liner | A person who uses a night line. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| non-flam | = non-flammable adj. | 1906 | Go To Quotation |
| non-stop | Of a train or other vehicle: not stopping at intermediate places. Of a journey, etc.: made or done without a stop or pause. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| opener-up | A person who opens something up. | 1911 | Go To Quotation |
| Ottomanization | The fact or process of enforcing or integrating into Ottoman culture; the pursuit of Ottomanism as a political programme. | 1912 | Go To Quotation |
| pagedom | The condition of being a page; the office or position of page (in various senses). Cf. page n. 6b 6c. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| paniconographic | = photozincographic adj. at photozincography n. Derivatives. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| Parseval | A type of non-rigid dirigible German airship. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| pedoscope | An X-ray machine for showing the fitting and movement of the feet inside shoes (formerly… | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| Pekie | = Peke n. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| phasic | Of, relating to, or of the nature of a phase or phases; occurring in or presenting phases. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pipping | The action of a chick in cracking or puncturing its shell prior to hatching. Cf. pip v. | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| piscicultural | Of or relating to pisciculture. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| podoscaph | Originally: †a canoe-shaped float attached to the foot for moving on water (obs. rare).… | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| Powellize | trans. To treat (timber) by boiling in a solution of sugar so as to preserve it and reduce shrinkage. | 1913 | Go To Quotation |
| recruitship | The state of being a recruit; time spent as a recruit. | 1919 | Go To Quotation |
| ride and drive | Of a horse, etc.: that has been trained both to be ridden on and to pull a vehicle.… | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| rooking | (a) The catching of young rooks. (b) The driving away of rooks from fields. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| route march | intr. To execute or take part in a route march. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| rumbleful | As much as a carriage's rumble (rumble n. 4a) can hold. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| salamander | intr. To live amidst fire, like the salamander. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| sedimentarily | In the form of a sedimentary deposit. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| sewerless | Having no sewers. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| sharry | As prec. Cf. charry n. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| Siemens | Steel-making. Sometimes in Comb. with the name of Pierre Blaise Emile Martin (1824 –… | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| sim-sim | = sesame n. Also attrib. | 1917 | Go To Quotation |
| sixteenmo | = sexto-decimo n. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| slabby | Of the nature of a slab; covered with slabs. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| sloshing | Splashing or slopping; containing a liquid which sloshes about. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| smudgeless | Without a smudge, clean. | 1913 | Go To Quotation |
| social scientific | Of or relating to social science. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| solutionizing | The process of forming a solution; spec. = solution treatment n. at solution n. Compounds. | 1950 | Go To Quotation |
| souvenir | trans. To pierce with a bullet or shell. Cf. sense 2c of the n. Mil. slang (in the war of 1914 – 18). | 1915 | Go To Quotation |
| spelling | Austral. Resting from work. Also attrib. | 1911 | Go To Quotation |
| squatment | The act of squatting; land occupied by squatting. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| starey | Inclined to stare; giving the appearance of staring. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| steeplish | Somewhat like the form of a steeple. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| subtotal | An intermediate or subsidiary total; a total arrived at by adding together part of a group of numbers to be added. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| suedette | A material designed to imitate the texture of suede, esp. a type of cotton or rayon fabric with a suede-like nap. | 1915 | Go To Quotation |
| supergun | A large or powerful gun; spec. a large cannon used for long-range bombardment of an enemy. | 1915 | Go To Quotation |
| tarantant | = tarantato n. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| telharmonium | An electrophonic instrument, invented by the American scientist Thaddeus Cahill (1867 –… | 1906 | Go To Quotation |
| temperish | Inclined to or exhibiting bad temper. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| toadless | Devoid of toads. | 1911 | Go To Quotation |
| tom | Colloq. abbrev. of tomato n. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| tonk | A powerful hit or stroke, esp. with a bat (or racket). Also fig. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| toto | In East Africa: a child; a baby; a young animal; a young servant. | 1916 | Go To Quotation |
| tremor | intr. To be agitated by a tremor or tremors; to shake or tremble. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| turron | A Spanish sweetmeat resembling nougat, made from almonds and honey; a piece of this. | 1918 | Go To Quotation |
| uncontrollability | (un- prefix 12.) | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| unmistressed | (un- prefix 9.) | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| unrepaying | (un- prefix 10.) | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| unspillable | (un- prefix 7b.) | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| vituperator | One who vituperates; an abuser. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| vo | A size of book. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| wet room | A room which houses a manufacturing or industrial process using water or liquid. | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| wonk | In all of a wonk: nervous, upset. Obs. rare. | 1918 | Go To Quotation |
| wrenlet | A young wren. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| yawlsman | = yawler n. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| yikker | intr. Of a bird or other animal: to make repeated short, sharp cries. | 1951 | Go To Quotation |
