| achronism | The state of timelessness; deficiency of time. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| Adamesque | Designating architecture, furniture, etc., resembling that designed by the… | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| algraphy | A printing process similar to lithography, in which aluminium plates are used instead of stones. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| Anglophobic | Characterized by Anglophobia; hostile or antagonistic towards English (or British) interests, culture, etc. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| animatograph | A motion picture. Cf. cinematograph n. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| anopheles | A mosquito of the genus Anopheles, which conveys the parasite of malaria. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| anthracoid | Resembling, or having like nature to, anthrax. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| anthropomorph | A representation of the human form in art. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| appreciatingly | In an appreciating manner; with appreciation. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| apprenticing | The action of binding as apprentice. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| aquatically | In an aquatic manner; in the direction of aquatics. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| argon | A colourless odourless gas occurring in very small quantity (less than 1 per cent.) in… | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| arts and crafts | Decorative design and handicraft; spec. work done by or under the auspices of the Arts… | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| asphalter | One who lays down asphalt. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| a-spout | On the spout, spouting. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| assorting | Assortment; the supplying of the sorts of which there is a deficiency. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| assumedly | As is assumed or taken for granted, presumably. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| athleticism | The practice of, or devotion to, athletic exercises; training as an athlete. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| atmospherically | As regards atmosphere or (fig.) surrounding influence. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| aureoline | Gold-coloured, golden-hued. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| Australianism | An idiom or mode of expression peculiar to Australian English; an attitude of mind characteristic of Australia or an Australian. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| authoritarian | Favourable to the principle of authority as opposed to that of individual freedom. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| aviette | An engineless aeroplane or glider. (Disused.) | 1912 | Go To Quotation |
| back-marker | One who starts from ‘scratch’ or has the least favourable handicap in a game, match, or race. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| back-wind | To be taken, or cause to be taken, aback. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| bacterially | By, with, or in regard to bacteria. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| baffy | A short wooden club used to hit the ball into the air. Also baffy spoon. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| baggageless | Having no baggage; having lost one's baggage. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| ballotage | In France: the second ballot, to decide between the two candidates who have come… | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| ban | (See quot. 1900.) | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| bandoliered | Wearing a bandolier. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| bandoneon | A kind of button accordion invented by Band 1840, and typical of Argentinian tango orchestras. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| bang-tail | A (horse's) tail, of which the hair is allowed to grow to a considerable length and… | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| barbless | Unbarbed. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| barn dance | A dance danced in a barn; applied spec. to a kind of schottische in which the… | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| baronship | The office or position of a baron; e.g. of Baron of the Exchequer. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| barukhzy | The Afghan hound. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| basqued | Furnished with a Basque n. (sense 4). | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| basqueless | Without a basque (Basque n. 4). | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| battlesome | Given to fighting, quarrelsome. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| Bayswater Captain | | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| bdellatomy | The name given to the practice of cutting leeches to empty them of blood while they still continue to suck. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| beaching | The action of running or hauling a vessel up on the beach. Also attrib., as beaching gear… | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| beavery | A place in which beavers live or are kept. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| benzoline | A commercial name for impure benzene, and often for other volatile… | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| berthage | Accommodation for mooring vessels, harbourage. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| between-maid | A maidservant who assists both the cook and the housemaid; = tweeny n. Also between girl, between-maid servant. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| bicycle | A vehicle having two wheels held one behind the other in a frame, typically propelled by… | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| Blake | Used to denote the sewing-machine invented by Blake, as in Blake-sewn, whence Blake-sewer, etc. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| blinkered | Of a horse: provided with blinkers. Also fig., having a limited range of outlook. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| blood injury | An injury done to a family, clan, etc., for which violent revenge is to be exacted. rare. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| blunderbuss | To shoot with a blunderbuss. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| bonzoline | A composition used as a substitute for ivory in the manufacture of billiard balls. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| boothed | Furnished with booths; tented. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| bordereau | A memorandum, detailed statement, schedule; spec. that which Capt. A. Dreyfus was accused of transmitting (cf. Dreyfusard n.). | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| bovrilize | trans. To concentrate the essence of; to epitomize, condense. | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| braie | (See quot. 1871.) | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| brake | trans. To apply a brake to (a wheel); also transf. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| brassy | A wooden club shod with brass. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| bridging | Constructing or appointed to construct a bridge or bridges. (Perhaps orig. attrib. use of the vbl. n.) | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| brigandish | Pertaining to or resembling a brigand. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| brinker | One living on the brink or border. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| bugled | Trimmed with bugles. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| bulgingly | In a bulging manner; fig., prominently. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| bullishness | The quality or condition of being bullish. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| bumblepupper | One who plays unscientific whist. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| bundler | One who makes up (goods) in bundles. In comb., as wood-bundler. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| burgomastership | The office of burgomaster. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| cabinetable | That is fit to be a member of a political cabinet. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| cablegram | A message sent by submarine telegraph cable. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| cabler | One who sends a cable message. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| calogram | A suggested substitute for cablegram n. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| calorifier | A name of an apparatus for heating air. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| caman | The stick or club used in shinty. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| cameldom | The region of camels. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| campaigned | Of estates in Ireland which came under the Plan of Campaign (see campaign n. 5c). | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| campshed | trans. To face (the bank of a river or the side of an embankment) with piles and planks. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| caner | One who canes. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| canoeing | The practice of paddling a canoe. Also attrib. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| caricatural | Of the nature of caricature, resembling a caricature. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| carnet | A note-book. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| carpet-bagger | After the American Civil War of 1861 – 5: an immigrant from the Northern into the… | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| carry-over | On the Stock Exchange: postponement of payment of an account until the next… | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| cartoonist | An artist who draws cartoons. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| ceder | One who cedes (territory or possession). | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| centrist | Polit. A member of the Centre Party (in France). | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| certifiably | In a certifiable degree; so as to admit of being certified. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| chancing | That relies upon chance. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| charm | Variant of chirm n.: cf. charm n. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| chittish | Somewhat of a chit. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| chromo | Colloquial shortening of chromolithograph n.; (in use shortly after 1850). Also in comb. chromo paper n. (see quot. 1896). | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| cinquedea | A broad-bladed dagger or short sword of which the blade has the breadth of five fingers. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| citizenhood | The state of being a citizen; also concretely, the body of citizens. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| clou | That which holds the attention; the chief attraction, point of greatest interest, or central idea. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| cloudscape | A scene composed of clouds, whether actually or in a painting. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| clubdom | The domain or ‘world’ of (London) clubs; clubs collectively. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| clubocracy | The class who are members of clubs (sense 15a). | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| coachless | Without coaches. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| coachy | Of a horse: Resembling a coach-horse. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| coaler | A tender to a steam-ship. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| coastal | Of or pertaining to the coast. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| collapsing | That collapses: made so as to collapse, collapsible. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| collar-work | fig. Severe and close work. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| come-hither | An invitation to approach, so fig. enticement. Chiefly in attrib. use, with look, eye, etc. Also as adv. (Cf. comether n.) | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| communiqué | An official announcement or report; esp. one delivered at the conclusion of a… | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| companionly | Like or befitting a companion. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| concentrado | A concentration camp. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| conclamant | Calling out together. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| conning-tower | The pilot-house of a war-ship, esp. the shot-proof pilot-house of an iron-clad. Similarly conning-shield n. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| conscriptionist | An advocate of conscription. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| consolidatory | Having the purpose of consolidating. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| cordite | A smokeless explosive, introduced in 1889, so called from its cord-like appearance. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| cornerable | That can be ‘cornered’ (see corner v. 4). | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| cornerer | Comm. One who makes a ‘corner’ in a particular stock or commodity; a corner-man. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| corrida | In full corrida de toros. A bull-fight; bull-fighting. Also fig. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| cosmopolis | The (capital) city of the world; a cosmopolitan city or community. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| counter-gauge | To gauge so as to check a prior gauging. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| crêping | The crimping or frizzing of hair. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| crimpy | Having a crimped appearance; frizzy. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| cripplingly | So as to cripple or disable. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| croydon | A kind of two-wheeled carriage of the gig class, introduced about 1850, originally of wicker-work, but afterwards made of wood. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| cryable | That may be cried or wept over. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| cyanide | To treat (ores of gold or silver) with a dilute cyanide solution as part of the cyanide process for extracting the metal. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| cyano- | | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| cylindered | Having a cylinder or cylinders (of a specified number or type). | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| czako | = chaco n., shako n. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| dachsie | Colloq. abbrev. of dachshund n. Cf. dachs n. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| dane gun | Any of several kinds of primitive firearms, orig. introduced by Danish traders. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| dari | = durra n., Indian millet or Guinea corn. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| darkless | Free from darkness. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| Daulian | an affected name for the nightingale. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| dead-fallow | A complete year's fallow, i.e. rest for the land for both a summer and a winter. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| deblockade | The removal of a blockade. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| decapitalize | trans. To reduce from the rank or position of a capital city. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| deceleration | The action or process of decelerating. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| defending | That defends: see the verb. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| deforming | That deforms: see the verb. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| dekko | A look. Also as v., to look, look at. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| delineatress | A female delineator. | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| demarcator | One who marks out boundaries. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| demi-season | Of costume: Of a style intermediate between that of the past and that of the coming season. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| devolutionary | Of, pertaining to, or characterized by devolution. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| dialysator | = dialyser n. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| diamond-backed | Having the back marked with lozenge-shaped figures. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| directoral | Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a director; directive, directory. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| disappearing | That disappears or passes out of sight. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| disestablisher | One who disestablishes; an advocate of (Church) disestablishment. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| disinflation | The reversal of inflation, e.g. of a balloon. Cf. deflation n. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| dismantlement | The act or process of dismantling. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| dismarket | trans. To deprive of the legal character and privileges of a market. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| disobeyal | An act of disobeying. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| disoccupy | trans. To cease to occupy, vacate. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| distater | An ancient Greek gold coin, of the value of two staters. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| disturnpike | trans. To free (a road) from turnpikes; to make no longer a turnpike-road. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| donga | A channel or gully formed by the action of water; a ravine or watercourse with steep sides. (See also quots. 1964, 1966.) | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| dosimetric | Relating to the measurement of doses. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| dotate | trans. To endow. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| dowse | intr. To use the divining- or dowsing-rod in search of subterraneous supplies of water or mineral veins. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| draping | Hanging in graceful or ‘artistic’ folds. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| ducker | One who breeds or rears ducks. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| dug-up | Exhumed; unearthed. Usu. fig. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| dukelet | = dukeling n. 1. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| dumb barge | A barge without mast or sails. On the Thames applied to the ordinary lighters which travel… | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| duplex | trans. To render duplex; to arrange (a wire or cable) so that two messages can be sent along it at the same time. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| dust-up | A quarrel, fight, disturbance; = dust n. 5b. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| dynamogen | Nitromagnite; a high explosive (for which the name ‘dynamagnite’ was first… | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| ecclesiophobia | A morbid dread of ecclesiasticism. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| egomaniac | One who suffers from egomania. Also attrib. and transf. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| Eldonian | Belonging to or characteristic of Lord Eldon, regarded as typical of ‘diehard’ toryism. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| electorally | With reference to electors or elections. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| electric-lighted | Lighted by electricity; provided with electric lighting. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| elephantship | The personality of an elephant. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| embarrassingly | In an embarrassing manner or degree. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| empiecement | A piece of ornamental material inserted in a garment as a trimming. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| Erewhonian | Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the book Erewhon, the utopia described in it, or the principles inculcated therein. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| escaping | That escapes; in the senses of the vb. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| espadrille | A canvas shoe with soles of twisted rope, originally worn in the Pyrenees. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| étalage | A display. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| expansionism | Advocacy of, or furtherance of, a policy of expansion, esp. of territorial expansion. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| expertship | The condition or dignity of an expert. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| expropriator | One who expropriates. Const. of. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| exterminatrix | = exterminatress n. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| fatherlandless | Unpatriotic. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| fawnish | Somewhat fawn, resembling fawn in colour. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| fenderless | Having no fender. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| fer-flax | (See quot. 1889.) | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| fettler | One who ‘fettles’; spec. in various trades. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| fibre | intr. Of plants: To form or throw out fibres. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| fightist | = fighter n. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| Filipino | A native or inhabitant of the Philippine islands, especially one of Spanish or mixed blood. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| financist | = financier n. 2 3. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| fin de siècle | A phrase used as an adj. in sense: Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the end… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| flaglet | A small flag. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| flamenco | A Spanish gipsy style of singing or dancing; a song or dance in this style. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| fleeceable | That may be fleeced, liable to be fleeced, cheatable. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| fleeting | A particular kind of trawling (see quot. 1884). | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| flingee | One at whom anything is flung. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| floating-out | The action of floating a ship out of dock. Also attrib. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| floodable | Liable to be flooded, subject to inundation. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| floribunda | A plant bearing flowers in dense clusters, esp. a type of rose formerly described as a hybrid polyantha. Freq. attrib. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| flutterless | Not making a flutter, drooping. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| fly-over | A railway or road bridge over another (e.g. a local over a main) line or road. Also fig.… | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| foodstuff | A particular substance suitable for consumption as food. Also as a mass noun: edible material. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| foulé | A light woollen dress material with a glossy surface. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| frockless | Without a frock. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| funk-hole | A place of safety into which one can retreat; esp. in war, as a dug-out. Also transf.… | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| gage | = greengage n. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| Gaillardia | A genus of composite plants, producing showy flowers, for the most part red with a border of yellow. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| gate-crasher | One who enters a sports ground or a private party, reception, entertainment, etc.… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Gatling | attrib. in Gatling gun, a form of machine gun, with a cluster of barrels into which… | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| genuflector | One who ‘genuflects’. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| genuflex | = genuflect v. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| gimlety | Of eyes: piercing like a gimlet. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| ginestra | = broom n. 1. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| globetrotter | A person who travels extensively around the world, originally typically in a hurried manner, esp. for the purpose of sightseeing. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| glycerinized | = glycerinated adj. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| goatling | A young goat (cf. quot. 1883). | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| gravure | The process of engraving by means of photography; a print produced by this process. Also attrib. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| greeting | That greets, salutes, etc. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| griller | One who grills, a grill-cook. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| grogging | The process of extracting spirits from an empty cask by soaking the interior with hot water (see grog v. 2). | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| grouseless | Having no grouse. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| haboob | A violent and oppressive wind which blows at certain seasons in the Sudan, and which brings… | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| hacky | Of the nature of a hack (horse). | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| Haflinger | A breed of sturdy, chestnut-coloured draught-horses originally developed in Austria; a horse of this breed. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| half-rater | A small racing yacht, so classed from 1891 to 1896; now called an 18-foot boat. (Also attrib.) | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| halma | A game played on a checkerboard of 256 squares, by two persons with 19 men each, or… | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| haulster | A man or beast that hauls; a horse used to haul. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| healtheries | A name familiarly given to the Health Exhibition held in London in 1884; suggested by the Fisheries of the preceding year. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| hoarded | Provided with a hoard or hoarding. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| honeycombing | The action of the vb., esp. marking with a honeycomb pattern; an instance of this. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| hooligan | A young street rough, a member of a street gang. Also attrib. and transf.; spec. Hooligan Navy n.… | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| hubris | Presumption, orig. towards the gods; pride, excessive self-confidence. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| hwyl | An emotional quality which inspires and sustains impassioned eloquence; also, the… | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| immobilize | trans. To render immobile; to fix immovably; to keep (a joint or limb) without motion… | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| immortalizable | Capable of being immortalized, or of becoming immortal. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| imperialistic | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of imperialists or imperialism. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| inadvisable | Not advisable; unadvisable. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| inclusionist | One who supports a principle or measure of inclusion. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| indentureship | The position of being indentured as an apprentice, servant, etc. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| indexed | Furnished with or having an index; entered in an index. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| inker | A telegraph-instrument which records the message in ink. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| inopportunist | One who believes a policy or course of action to be inopportune; esp. one who, on… | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| interdepartmental | Carried on or forming a communication between or among departments. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| invaccinate | trans. To introduce into the system by vaccination. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| irredeemed | Not redeemed, not liberated from a foreign yoke. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| ivorine | A tradename for various productions: either such as imitate ivory or (as… | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| jack | Colloq. abbrev. of jackal n. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| Japanesery | Japanese characteristics or fashion; also pl., Japanese ornaments, knick-knacks, etc. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| jokester | A petty joker. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| jumpy | Characterized by jumps or sudden movements from one thing or state to another. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| kakemono | A Japanese wall-picture, painted on silk or paper, and mounted on rollers, so as to be rolled up and put away when desired. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| keelless | Of a boat: Having no keel. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| kerbing | The stones collectively forming a kerb. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| kilo | Abbrev. of kilogram n. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| Kiplingese | The literary style and characteristics of Rudyard Kipling. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| kirsch | = kirschwasser n. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| knuckly | Having large or prominent knuckles. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| kohl | Abbrev. of kohlrabi n. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| laager | trans. To form (wagons) into a laager; to encamp (persons) in a laager; also with up and fig. Also absol. or intr. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| Lab | = labour n. 10c. (Cf. Lib-Lab adj.) | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| lairage | attrib. and Comb. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| larksome | Given to ‘larking’, sportive. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| leaseless | Not having a lease. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| linearize | trans. To represent in a linear form; to transform into a linear figure; to make linear. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| linenette | A textile fabric made to imitate linen. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| loomer | (See quot. 1892.) | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| lowering | That lowers, in senses of the vb. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| lunetta | = lunette n. 4b. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| magneto | A small electric generator which uses permanent magnets; spec. one used for… | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| manifestant | = demonstrator n. 4. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| manifolding | The production of multiple copies of a document, etc., esp. mechanically. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| maritally | As if married; in respect of marriage. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| marshalate | French Hist. In form Marshalate. The period of rule of Marshal MacMahon as President of… | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| maximite | A high explosive consisting chiefly of picric acid, used to detonate shells and torpedoes. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| meated | Possessing, provided with, or containing meat. Occurring in parasynthetic compounds, as well-meated… | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| melinite | A high explosive, first developed in France, based on picric acid and similar to lyddite. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| merv | A silk fabric used to make dresses and dress trimmings. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| microphonograph | An instrument for recording and amplifying sound, which was designed to render sound audible to deaf persons. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| microphotographically | By means of photomicrography. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| mispunctuated | Incorrectly punctuated. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| missort | An instance of missorting; something, esp. a letter, which has been missorted. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| moderant | Something that moderates; a moderating agent. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| motorist | The driver of a motor vehicle, esp. a car; (occas.) any person who travels in a motor… | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| nematocide | = nematicide n. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| netball | A seven-a-side ball game, played usually out of doors and by women, in which goals are… | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| non-classified | Not arranged by type or class; unclassified. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| non-jury | Of an action, case, trial, etc.: having no jury; not requiring a jury. Also as n. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| non-residential | Not residential; spec. of, relating to, or designating a college, course, etc., for… | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| notcher | A person who makes or keeps a score (originally in Cricket; cf. notch v. 3b). rare. | 1740 | Go To Quotation |
| oarsmanship | The art of rowing; skill in the use of oars. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| obstacling | The erection of obstacles so as to impede the progress of an enemy, etc. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| obus | A howitzer shell. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| off-licensed | Of a public house, shop, etc.: covered by an off-licence. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| off-sale | The sale of alcoholic drink for consumption elsewhere than at the place of sale; an… | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| oficina | A factory, esp. one producing nitrates, in Spanish-speaking South America or Mexico. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| on-licence | A licence permitting alcoholic drink to be sold for consumption on the premises. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| on-licensed | Covered by an on-licence. Also: designating customers of premises covered by such a licence. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| open-airishness | Open-air quality; coolness and freshness. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| ophthalmometric | Of or relating to ophthalmometry; = keratometric adj. at kerato- comb._form Affix.… | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| outclass | trans. To beat or surpass (a competitor or rival) in a particular skill, esp. in a… | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| out-pension | trans. To grant an out-pension to. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| over-front | A piece which hangs over the front of a cloak and covers the arm instead of a sleeve. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| oversale | A contracted sale in which the trader has insufficient stock to supply the agreed amount; (in pl.… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| oversubscribe | trans. To make the subject of excessive demand for subscriptions; to apply for (tickets… | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| palmed | Concealed in the palm of the hand. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| pandanad | A pandanaceous plant. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| Pantagrueline | = Pantagruelian adj. 1. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| pathogerm | A pathogenic microorganism. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| phantasmically | = phantasmally adv. | 1906 | Go To Quotation |
| philozoic | Loving animals; kind to animals. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| pied | Made into printers' pie; (fig.) jumbled, confused. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| pinkily | With a tinge of pink; pinkly. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pismirism | Hoarding of money; miserliness. | 1906 | Go To Quotation |
| pitless | Having no pit or pits; spec. (of a theatre) lacking an orchestra pit. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| plebiscitarian | = plebiscitary adj. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| plebiscitary | Relating to, based on, favouring, or of the nature of a plebiscite (plebiscite n. 2). | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| plumbing | Engaged in plumbing; that is a plumber. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| pokey | = poke bonnet n. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| polo | A team game resembling hockey, played on horseback with long-handled mallets and a wooden or plastic ball. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| polychromatous | = polychromatic adj. 3a. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| pore | A careful or close examination. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| possibilist | Of, relating to, or supporting possibilism. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| precedentless | Without precedents to follow; unprecedented. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| preceptorate | The office of preceptor or instructor. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| Princeite | A follower of the Rev. Henry James Prince (1811 – 99), or a member of the religious sect… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| proppy | Resembling a prop or pole. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| psychicism | Belief in or the study of psychic phenomena; spiritualism; (also) psychic ability. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| quad | = quadruplet n. (in various senses). | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| rackarock | An explosive consisting of potassium chlorate and nitrobenzene. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| radiograph | trans. To make a radiograph of; to study by radiography. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| rangefinder | An instrument used for estimating the distance between an observer and an object, e.g. in surveying. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| Redmondite | A supporter of John Edward Redmond or his Irish nationalist policies, spec. with reference… | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| Reichsbank | The central bank of Germany from 1876 to 1945. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| reincarnationist | A believer in reincarnation. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| relearning | The action or process of learning something for a second or further time; learning again; (also) an instance of this. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| rhodesite | With capital initial. An admirer or supporter of Cecil Rhodes or his policies in southern Africa. Now rare. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| rhypophagy | The eating of filth, esp. excrement; = coprophagy n. at coprophagous adj. Derivatives. Also fig. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| romanze | A composition of a tender or lyrical character; esp. a slow instrumental piece or movement. Cf. romance n. 2b, romanza n. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| ropemanship | The art of walking along, climbing up, or managing ropes. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| sandaling | Elastic web woven in narrow strips for ‘sandals’ (sandal n. 3). | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| saturninely | In a saturnine manner. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| scaled | Provided or furnished with a graduated scale. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| schapska | A flat-topped cavalry helmet. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| scheduled | Entered on a schedule or list; included in a schedule. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| schnebelite | An explosive principally composed of specially treated chlorate of potash, invented by the brothers Schnebelin 1893. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| screwiness | The state or condition of being screwy. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| scuttler | One who scuttles a ship; esp. with the design of ‘losing’ her and claiming the insurance-money. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| seatage | Seating accommodation. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| sectionally | In a sectional manner; from a sectional point of view. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| self-right | intr. To right itself. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| sequin | trans. To ornament with sequins. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| serialize | trans. To arrange in or into a series. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| shake-out | Stock Exchange. A crisis in which the weaker speculators are driven out of the market.… | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| shambled | Cut up or slaughtered as in the shambles. rare. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| shandy | Short for shandygaff n. Also, a mixture of beer and fizzy lemonade. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| sharklet | A young shark. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| shot | A ‘shot’ silken or other fabric. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| shuttleless | Adapted to work without a shuttle. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| silkette | A fabric made of silk and cotton, chiefly used for lining dresses. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| silkie | A small chicken of a variety distinguished by long, soft plumage. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| Sillonist | A member of a French Catholic movement for social reform led from 1902 to 1910 by Marc Sangnier. | 1910 | Go To Quotation |
| siltage | Silt, silted matter. | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| skateable | Fit for skating upon. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ski | intr. To travel on skis. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| skiagraph | A photograph obtained by means of the Röntgen rays; a radiograph. = sciagraph n. 3. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| ski-ing | The action of travelling or running on skis, esp. as a sport. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| slat | A salmon out of season; a spent salmon. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| slaughterable | That may be slaughtered; fit for slaughter. | 1911 | Go To Quotation |
| Slavism | The collective qualities or racial character of the Slav peoples. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| slinger | A workman employed in slinging. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| slogging | Hitting or striking hard. Also fig. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| sloppily | In a sloppy or slovenly manner. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| slubbery | Lacking in neatness; slovenly. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| sluicer | U.S. and Austral. A gold-miner who works at a sluice. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| slummery | Slums collectively; slumdom. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| smocked | Of a garment: Gathered and worked after the fashion of a smock-frock. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| smoggy | Characterized by the presence of smog. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| smoke-room | A room in a club-house, hotel, or the like, set apart for the accommodation of those who wish to smoke. Also attrib. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| smug | University slang. A quiet hard-working student. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| smutter | intr. = smut v. 4. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| snobber | A shoemaker, cobbler. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| soldierdom | The quality or nature of a soldier. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| soppiness | The state or condition of being soppy; wetness. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| speechlet | A short speech. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| splasher | An implement used in pleaching; a splashing-bill. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| spooned | Having the shape of, hollowed out like, a spoon. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| sprayless | Having no spray. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| sprigging | The action or process of sprig v. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| stad | A town or village. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| stokerage | The action or the services of a stoker. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| storable | Capable of being stored. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| storeholder | = storekeeper n. 1. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| straphanger | A passenger who is compelled to stand and hold on by the strap in a full omnibus, compartment… | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| substituteless | Without a substitute; having no substitute or substitutes; (in quot. 1870) spec. that does not permit the use of substitutes. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| succeeded | That has succeeded to a dignity, position, etc. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| suddite | A kind of fuel manufactured from sudd. | 1911 | Go To Quotation |
| tabor | An encampment. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| tabulatory | Relating to or consisting in tabulation. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| take-note | A licence empowering the holder to explore for gold in a defined district. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| tam | Abbreviation of tam-o'-shanter n. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| taxin | ‘A resinous substance obtained from the leaves of the yew-tree’ (Watts Dict. Chem. (1868) V. 702). | 1907 | Go To Quotation |
| telephonetics | The practice of using a telephone; also (quot. 1893) signalling by sounds. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| telephotographic | Of, pertaining to, or used in the photographing of distant objects, within the field of… | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| teletype | trans. To send by means of a teleprinter. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| tenantism | The principles and practice of tenants; tenantry; the tenant interest collectively. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| textured | In comb. with adj.: of a (specified) texture. Later freq. without specific adj.: Provided… | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| theatricism | A mannerism or mode of action suited to the stage; artificial manner; = theatricalism n. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| thrump | The sound of a blow, heavy fall or beat, etc. Freq. redupl. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| thrusting | Hunting slang. That thrusts himself forward in the hunting-field: cf. thruster n. 2. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| thumby | Soiled by thumb-marks. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| ticketless | Having no ticket; without a ticket of admission, a railway ticket, etc. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| Tintometer | The proprietary name for an apparatus for the exact determination of colour: see quots., and cf. colorimeter n. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| tippee | One who is ‘tipped’; the receiver of a ‘tip’ or gratuity. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| Tolstoyan | Of or relating to Tolstoy. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| tombal | Of or pertaining to a tomb. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| totalizer | That which totalizes; in quot. 1887 = totalizator n. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| totter | A rag-and-bone collector. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| towing | The action or process of smoothing the surface of (earthenware or china) when in the… | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| translade | trans. To transfer the lading of one ship or carriage to another. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| trans-Siberian | That crosses Siberia. Also ellipt. as n., the trans-Siberian railway or express. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| trat | a name on the east coast of England for a line having baited hooks hung along its… | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| Triplice | The Triple Alliance (see triple adj. adv. Special uses) of Germany, Austria-Hungary… | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| tri-unial | Applied to a magic lantern having three optical tubes combined in one: also ellipt. as n. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| trocha | A strategic line of defences, as trenches, blockhouses, etc.; a military cordon. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| trousering | Cloth suitable for making trousers; a species of this. Chiefly pl. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| tubbiness | Tubby quality or condition. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| tuberculin | A liquid prepared from cultures of tubercle-bacillus, originally by Dr. Koch of Berlin in… | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| unalcoholized | (un- prefix 8.) | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| unclayed | (un- prefix 8.) | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| unclever | (un- prefix 7) | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| underbidder | One who offers a price next below the highest bid. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| underlayer | A lower layer; a substratum. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| underlooker | Mining. A subordinate to the manager, who has the superintendence of the miners and workings. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| unlatched | Not fastened by a latch. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| unlent | (un- prefix 8b.) | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| unpaced | (un- prefix 8.) | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| unpuncturable | (un- prefix 7b.) | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| unrid(e)able | (un- prefix 7b) | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| unscheduled | (un- prefix 8.) | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| unselecting | (un- prefix 10.) | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| unvaccinated | (un- prefix 8.) | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| uprisal | Uprising. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| veitchberry | A hybrid bramble produced in 1925 by crossing a raspberry and a blackberry; the fruit… | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| vergeress | A female verger or caretaker of a church. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| vestless | Having no vest; lacking a vest. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| viscountcy | The title, dignity, or rank of a viscount. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| vitrage | vitrage net (also cloth), a lace-net or thin fabric suitable for window-curtains. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| vocalion | A musical instrument of the nature of a harmonium with broad reeds, producing sounds somewhat resembling the human voice. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| voiturette | A small motor vehicle. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| volplane | To make a volplane. Also transf. (esp. with bird as subj.) and fig. | 1911 | Go To Quotation |
| voluntariate | Voluntary service, spec. of a military character. Also attrib. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| wagon-lit | A sleeping coach on a Continental train. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| water-lane | dial. A green lane with a stream running along it. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| wibbly | Wobbly; unsteady. | 1914 | Go To Quotation |
| widish | Somewhat wide (lit. and fig.). | 1780 | Go To Quotation |
| windlass | trans. To hoist or haul with a windlass. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| woggle | A loop or ring of leather, cord, etc., through which the ends of a Scout's neckerchief are threaded. | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| workability | The condition of being workable; capability of being worked. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| worserment | = worsement n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| yardsman | = yardman n. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| yearful | As much as fills a year. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| yearsman | A labourer hired by the year. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| zabernism | The misuse of military power or authority; bullying, aggression (see quot. 1921). | 1916 | Go To Quotation |
