| acrasial, adj, 1851-1851 |
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| ill-regulated; ill-tempered |
| The acrasial judge was known for her rants against younger lawyers. |
| addecimate, v, 1612-1755 |
| to tithe |
| They addecimated regularly but were not otherwise known for their charity. |
| adimpleate, v, 1657-1657 |
| to fill up |
| The new technique adimpleates the cans with milk through injection. |
| adnascentia, npl, 1706-1731 |
| root-like branches that sprout into the earth from a plant's stem |
| Every winter, the adnascentia would shift around, destroying the lawn's even texture. |
| aeipathy, n, 1847-1853 |
| continued passion; an unyielding disease |
| Her aeipathy for stamp collecting bordered at times on the pathological. |
| affictitious, adj, 1656-1656 |
| feigned; counterfeit |
| The forger was caught despite his masterfully-crafted affictitious signatures. |
| affuage, n, 1753-1847 |
| right to cut wood in a forest for family fire |
| The family's right of affuage ensured they would have enough wood for winter. |
| agonarch, n, 1656-1656 |
| judge of a contest or activity |
| Our competition will require six agonarchs to ensure fairness. |
| agonyclite, n, 1710-1710 |
| member of a heretical sect that stood rather than kneeled while praying |
| Agonyclites must have had hardy feet to endure their services. |
| airgonaut, n, 1784-1784 |
| one who journeys through the air |
| Balloonists, skydivers and other airgonauts are all a little mad, if you ask me. |
| alabandical, adj, 1656-1775 |
| barbarous; stupefied from drink |
| His behaviour after the party was positively alabandical. |
| albedineity, n, 1652-1652 |
| whiteness |
| The monotonous albedineity of the snow-covered field was blinding. |
| alogotrophy, n, 1753-1853 |
| excessive nutrition of part of body resulting in deformity |
| Was he born with that huge head, or is it the result of alogotrophy? |
| amandation, n, 1656-1755 |
| act of sending away or dismissing |
| His rude amandation of his guests earned him a reputation for curtness. |
| amarulence, n, 1731-1755 |
| bitterness; spite |
| After losing her job to a less qualified man, she was full of amarulence. |
| amorevolous, adj, 1670-1670 |
| affectionate; loving |
| Our father, though amorevolous, could be a strict taskmaster at times. |
| antipelargy, n, 1656-1731 |
| reciprocal or mutual kindness; love and care of children for their parents |
| Having never received any antipelargy, they wrote their daughter out of the will. |
| apanthropinization, n, 1880-1880 |
| withdrawal from human concerns or the human world |
| His life as a hermit in the woods was characterized by apanthropinization. |
| aporrhoea, n, 1646-1880 |
| a bodily emanation; an effluvium |
| The evening's revelries were followed by an unfortunate episode of aporrhoea. |
| aquabib, n, 1731-1883 |
| water-drinker |
| I was never much of an aquabib, and always preferred harder libations. |
| archigrapher, n, 1656-1656 |
| principal or head secretary or clerk |
| The archigrapher efficiently designated transcription duties to her underlings. |
| archiloquy, n, 1656- 1656 |
| first part of a speech |
| We stopped paying attention during his talk due to his monotonous archiloquy. |
| aretaloger, n, 1623-1656 |
| braggart; one who boasts about his own accomplishments |
| While he seemed nice at first, he turned out to be a loudmouthed aretaloger. |
| artigrapher, n, 1753-1753 |
| writer or composer of a grammar; a grammarian |
| Today's prescriptivists are no better than the artigraphers of the Renaissance. |
| ascoliasm, n, 1706-1753 |
| boys' game of beating each other with gloves or leather while hopping |
| If you think bullies are bad today, look at brutal games of the past like ascoliasm. |
| assectation, n, 1656-1656 |
| act of following after something else |
| She stood in the on-deck circle, her assectation virtually guaranteed. |
| austerulous, adj, 1731-1731 |
| somewhat or slightly harsh |
| The austerulous monks were rarely lenient with their pupils. |
| autexousious, adj, 1678-1678 |
| exercising or possessing free will |
| If we are truly autexousious, then why do we so often feel powerless? |
| auturgy, n, 1651-1656 |
| self-action; independent activity |
| The film director's legendary auturgy frustrated editors and producers alike. |
| avunculize, v, 1662-1662 |
| to act as an uncle; to behave like an uncle |
| I often avunculize to my younger friends, which no doubt annoys them. |
| bajulate, v, 1613-1662 |
| to bear a heavy burden |
| Their Sherpa aides were vexed by the demand that they bajulate as well as guide. |
| bimarian, adj, 1731-1731 |
| pertaining to two seas |
| Some think that America needs to improve its bimarian naval defenses. |
| binoternary, adj, 1817-1817 |
| combining binary and trinary aspects |
| The dots on the '6' face of a die are arranged in a binoternary fashion. |
| blateration, n, 1656-1864 |
| chatter; babbling |
| I've had just about enough of your garrulous blateration, you clod! |
| bonifate, adj, 1656-1656 |
| lucky; fortunate |
| The gambler was too bonifate, and attracted the casino manager's attention. |
| boreism, n, 1833-1839 |
| behaviour of a boring person |
| The professor, while brilliant, was afflicted by boreism when lecturing. |
| boscaresque, adj, 1734-1734 |
| picturesque; scenically wooded |
| Despite northern England's industrial pollution, parts of it remain boscaresque. |
| brabeum, n, 1675-1675 |
| reward or prize |
| Without some brabeum, the students will have no incentive to work harder. |
| brephophagist, n, 1731-1875 |
| one who eats babies |
| The character Fat Bastard is a disgustingly obese Scottish brephophagist. |
| brochity, n, 1623-1678 |
| projecting or crooked quality of teeth |
| His parents later regretted that they did not correct his brochity in his youth. |
| bromography, n, 1860-1860 |
| a treatise on food |
| It's not enough to write a bromography - today's celebrity chefs need to be on TV! |
| bubulcitate, v, 1623-1678 |
| to act as a cowherd; to cry like a cowherd |
| When their cat went missing, they were on the street bubulcitating for weeks. |
| buccellation, n, 1657-1731 |
| act of dividing into small morsels |
| The buccellation and apportionment of their rations was the subject of heated argument. |
| bumposopher, n, 1834-1886 |
| one learned in bumps; a phrenologist |
| Craniology has progressed greatly since the days of bumposophers. |
| cacatory, adj, 1684-1753 |
| accompanied by loose bowels |
| For the diners, the effects of the chicken cacciatore, alas, were cacatory. |
| cacozealous, adj, 1656-1696 |
| imitating badly; poorly affected |
| Her cacozealous attempt at mimicking her boss bordered on being offensive. |
| cagastric, adj, 1662-1753 |
| of diseases, originating under an ill star |
| We no longer believe in cagastric causes for illness and deformity. |
| cameranious, adj, 1791-1791 |
| of or relating to a chamber |
| The social gathering benefited from the cozy, cameranious setting. |
| canitude, n, 1656-1742 |
| greyness; hoariness; whiteness |
| The first snowfall of the year gave the field a pleasant canitude. |
| caprizant, adj, 1730-1736 |
| of the pulse, uneven or irregular |
| While he hadn't had a full-blown heart attack, his pulse was very caprizant. |
| casitive, adj, 1652-1652 |
| having grammatical cases |
| The casitive nature of Finnish and Hungarian makes them difficult to learn. |
| castaldy, n, 1623-1800 |
| stewardship |
| His castaldy over the manor was dependent on his good relations with the lord's sons. |
| cecograph, n, 1851-1874 |
| writing device for the blind |
| The development of computers has made the cecograph entirely obsolete. |
| celeberrimous, adj, 1768-1768 |
| very or most highly celebrated |
| Her celeberrimous accomplishments were lauded by her colleagues. |
| celeripedean, adj, 1623-1656 |
| swift-footed |
| The most celeripedean of the Greek deities was Hermes. |
| cestuan, adj, 1711-1711 |
| of or pertaining to a boxer's gloves or cesti |
| No cestuan improvements can negate the damage of such blows to the head. |
| chermadic, adj, 1842-1842 |
| of a heavy weight used as a projectile |
| Wile E. Coyote continues to be crushed by his own chermadic snares. |
| chronanagram, n, 1613-1882 |
| an anagram of a chronogram |
| Jacobites used chronanagrams to cryptically express support for their cause. |
| cibosity, n, 1656-1656 |
| store of food; plenty of food supplies |
| The cibosities of those paranoid about Y2K are still rotting in their cellars. |
| circuland, n, 1821-1821 |
| that which is to be circulated |
| Here we have the circuland, as opposed to our internal earnings report. |
| circumbilivagination, n, 1611-1693 |
| going around in a circular motion; circumambulation |
| She saw many quaint seaside towns in her circumbilivagination of England. |
| citharize, v, 1623-1692 |
| to play the harp |
| If you plan to citharize, prepare to build up calluses on your fingers. |
| cloakatively, adv, 1674-1674 |
| superficially |
| These reforms have only cloakatively made the situation better for the poor. |
| coherentific, adj, 1834-1834 |
| causing to become coherent; causing cohesion |
| Her speech was the coherentific factor behind the jury's consensus verdict. |
| colaphize, v, 1450-1656 |
| to beat or buffet |
| His lawyer claimed that police had colaphized him, which confused the judge. |
| commendaces, npl, 1611-1658 |
| funeral orations; prayers for the dead |
| At his funeral, his brother delivered a set of exquisite commendaces. |
| coquinate, v, 1656-1658 |
| to behave as a cook |
| Martha may seem to be able to coquinate, but her actions are highly scripted. |
| cosmogyral, adj, 1808-1808 |
| whirling round the universe |
| The great cosmogyral peregrinations of galaxies follow simple physical laws. |
| crassulent, adj, 1656-1656 |
| very fat; grossly obese |
| While some point to Brando's crassulent state, others focus on his acting. |
| crebrity, n, 1656-1740 |
| frequency; period between two occurrences |
| Old Faithful is a natural clock, and its invariant crebrity continues to amaze. |
| crocitation, n, 1623-1656 |
| croaking; cawing |
| The crocitation of the gulls meant that I got no sleep last night. |
| cynicocratical, adj, 1881-1881 |
| pertaining to rule by cynics |
| When people mistrust government, our leaders become cynicocratical. |
| deartuate, v, 1623-1653 |
| to dismember |
| He cunningly hoped that if he deartuated the body, he could hide it in the hole. |
| decutient, adj, 1656-1656 |
| shaking down; beating down |
| Their decutient technique for getting apples from trees annoyed the farmer. |
| defedate, v, 1669-1669 |
| to defile; to pollute |
| The toxic chemicals continue to defedate our town's water supply. |
| desarcinate, v, 1656-1736 |
| to unload; to unburden |
| She haughtily ordered her butler to desarcinate her baggage from the car. |
| devalgate, adj, 1851-1883 |
| bow-legged |
| The devalgate cowboy watched his old smell-hound crawl between his legs. |
| dicaearchy, n, 1656-1658 |
| just government |
| While we dream of living in a dicaearchy, in truth, we're governed by dicks. |
| diffibulate, v, 1656-1656 |
| to unbutton; to unbuckle |
| He found it difficult to diffibulate her blouse using only one hand. |
| dignorate, v, 1623-1656 |
| to mark or brand an animal |
| He was glad he had dignorated his horse, or else he couldn't have claimed it. |
| diloricate, v, 1623-1656 |
| to rip open a sewn piece of clothing |
| She diloricated his silk shirts so she could use them as dishrags. |
| dipsopathy, n, 1883-1883 |
| medical treatment involving abstinence from liquids |
| The new antibiotics he was taking required him to practice strict dipsopathy. |
| diribitory, n, 1656-1656 |
| place where pay is distributed to soldiers |
| Directly deposited salaries for soldiers obviate the need for diribitories. |
| divinipotent, adj, 1656-1727 |
| having strong divinatory powers |
| While the TV psychic claims to be divinipotent, he's clearly a charlatan. |
| dodrantal, adj, 1656-1883 |
| of nine inches in length |
| The male stripper's dodrantal instrument impressed the ladies greatly. |
| drollic, adj, 1743-1743 |
| of or pertaining to puppet shows |
| Computer graphics are rapidly replacing the drollic puppet-shows of years ago. |
| dromograph, n, 1883-1885 |
| instrument for measuring velocity of blood flow |
| The dromograph readings from his elderly patient alarmed the doctor. |
| ducenarious, adj, 1656-1656 |
| pertaining to two hundred |
| The ducenarious diversion of the bicentennial brought the countrymen together. |
| ebaptization, n, 1659-1659 |
| declaring that someone has not been properly baptized |
| They feared the priest's heterodoxy would lead to charges of ebaptization. |
| ecstasiate, v, 1823-1957 |
| to go into an ecstasy; to cause to become ecstatic |
| The arrival of the boy-band ecstasiated the pre-teen throng. |
| ectylotic, adj, 1736-1864 |
| removing warts or calluses |
| Use this ectylotic bandage on your finger and you'll be cured in a week or two. |
| egrote, v, 1721-1775 |
| to feign an illness |
| He was a master of egroting in order to find more time to study for tests. |
| eicastic, adj, 1669-1669 |
| imitative |
| The comedian's wit is limited to his considerable eicastic abilities. |
| ejurate, v, 1622-1800 |
| to renounce; to abjure |
| I ejurate this entire organization and its principles, which I now see to be corrupt. |
| embaphium, n, 1715-1884 |
| small vessel for measuring or serving medicine |
| She employed an embaphium to ensure the correct dose was given. |
| embolimaeal, adj, 1677-1796 |
| intercalary; inserted into the calendar |
| The addition of embolimaeal days caused calendrical confusion in the past. |
| epalpebrate, adj, 1884-1884 |
| lacking eyebrows |
| If you don't stop plucking, soon you'll be epalpebrate! |
| ephydriad, n, 1823-1823 |
| water-nymph |
| The synchronized swimmers were like ephydriads, full of natural grace. |
| essomenic, adj, 1771-1771 |
| showing things as they will be in the future |
| The essomenic properties of crystal balls are very much in dispute. |
| eternitarian, n, 1746-1746 |
| one who believes in the eternity of the soul |
| Though she held to no particular faith, she remained a hopeful eternitarian. |
| eveniency, n, 1656-1656 |
| coming to pass |
| His mother thought that the eveniency of her son's marriage was inevitable. |
| excutient, adj, 1730-1775 |
| shaking off |
| The excutient dog showered the topless sunbathers, causing them to rise in alarm. |
| exipotic, adj, 1823-1884 |
| purgative; cleansing the body of illness |
| While the medicine was exipotic to his body, it made a mess of his bathroom. |
| exlineal, adj, 1716-1716 |
| out of the direct line of descent |
| Her cousins and all the other exlineal relations were cut out of the will. |
| fabrefaction, n, 1652-1678 |
| act of fashioning or making a work of art |
| The sculptor felt that fabrefaction was more important than the end result. |
| fallaciloquence, n, 1656-1761 |
| deceitful speech |
| Your fallaciloquence, though charming, will not convince the jury to acquit. |
| famelicose, adj, 1730-1775 |
| often or very hungry |
| The tribe's crops frequently fail, and their children are famelicose. |
| famigerate, v, 1623-1736 |
| to carry news from abroad |
| The bloggers famigerated about the conditions in the war-torn country. |
| ficulnean, adj, 1716-1716 |
| of fig-tree wood; worthless |
| His ficulnean arguments failed to convince his professor to raise his grade. |
| filicology, n, 1884-1884 |
| study of ferns |
| Filicology is a discipline for which paleontological training is a great asset. |
| findible, adj, 1656-1790 |
| able to be cleft or split |
| This pie is perfectly findible, if we can agree to some simple rules for cutting it. |
| flosculation, n, 1651-1651 |
| an embellishment or ornament in speech |
| The speaker's lecture was rendered laughable by ridiculous flosculations. |
| foppotee, n, 1663-1663 |
| simpleton |
| What a pitiful foppotee he was, always oblivious to our jeers! |
| frenigerent, adj, 1656-1681 |
| bearing a bridle |
| The frenigerent filly flew fast from the fire. |
| fumificate, v, 1721-1792 |
| to make or cause smoke or incense |
| The only problem with the new grill is its tendency to fumificate. |
| gardeviance, n, 1459-1706 |
| chest for valuables; a travelling trunk |
| She kept her linens in that old gardeviance for over sixty years. |
| gardevisure, n, 1610-1840 |
| visor of a helmet as shown on heraldic devices |
| Since you're so ugly, why not place a gardevisure on your coat of arms? |
| gaudiloquent, adj, 1656-1727 |
| speaking joyfully or on joyful matters |
| Her gaudiloquent tone was thought excessively perky by the stodgy faculty. |
| gelicide, n, 1656-1681 |
| a frost |
| Unfortunately, the flowers were killed too soon by an early gelicide. |
| gipseian, adj, 1749-1749 |
| belonging or pertaining to gypsies |
| The gipseian rhythms made her feel as if she were in the Middle East. |
| gleimous, adj, 1398-1790 |
| slimy; full of phlegm |
| Its gleimous tongue slipped between its teeth and ensnared the moose. |
| gnathonize, v, 1619-1727 |
| to flatter |
| I can tell that you're just trying to gnathonize me, you sycophantic buffoon! |
| graocracy, n, 1830-1830 |
| government by an old woman or women |
| High voter turnout among elderly women may soon lead us into a graocracy. |
| graviloquence, n, 1656-1656 |
| grave speech |
| The bishop's funeral orations were known for their graviloquence. |
| gumfiate, v, 1820-1820 |
| to cause to swell; to puff up |
| He just had his wisdom teeth extracted, so his cheeks are gumfiated. |
| gutturniform, adj, 1886-1886 |
| shaped like a water pitcher |
| She was never able to mould the clay into a proper gutturniform shape. |
| gypsation, n, 1656-1681 |
| action or process of plastering with gypsum |
| The gypsation of the room took much too long and irritated his allergies. |
| habroneme, adj, 1886-1886 |
| having the appearance of fine threads |
| Her habroneme hair was admired by many hairstylists for its fine texture. |
| halatinous, adj, 1886-1886 |
| saline; salty |
| The halatinous mist brought back memories of his childhood at the seashore. |
| hecatologue, n, 1894-1894 |
| code consisting of 100 rules |
| The teen whined that her parents' list of rules was practically a hecatologue. |
| helctic, adj, 1658-1658 |
| acting to drag or draw out; drawing |
| While leechcraft is derided, it is medicinally useful from a helctic perspective. |
| hemerine, adj, 1854-1886 |
| daily; quotidian |
| The hemerine ritual of walking her dog kept her in good physical shape. |
| hercotectonic, adj, 1672-1672 |
| of or pertaining to the construction of fortifications or walls |
| The fort's hercotectonic strength was insufficient to repel cannon-fire. |
| hirculation, n, 1656-1721 |
| disease of vines where they grow no fruit |
| Despite a fantastic growing season, the vineyard was crippled by hirculation. |
| hirquitalliency, n, 1652-1652 |
| strength of voice |
| The wrestler's hirquitalliency compensated for his lack of strength and talent. |
| historiaster, n, 1887-1894 |
| petty or contemptible historian |
| While Foucault is widely praised today, he was no more than a historiaster. |
| hiulcity, n, 1681-1681 |
| an opening or cleft |
| They stepped into the hiulcity in the cliff face, unaware of the danger within. |
| homerkin, n, 1662-1663 |
| old liquid measure for beer |
| "I'm so thirsty I could drink a homerkin of beer," Simpson lamented. |
| hymnicide, n, 1862-1862 |
| killing of hymns through alterations |
| Many accused the revisionists in the Church of committing hymnicide. |
| hyometer, n, 1886-1886 |
| rain gauge |
| Her homemade hyometer was overwhelmed and destroyed by the deluge. |
| hypenemious, n, 1855-1886 |
| full of wind; windy; of an egg, malformed |
| Let us protect ourselves against the hyenemious assault of the hurricane. |
| icasm, n, 1664-1664 |
| figurative expression |
| He protested at his trial that the death threat he delivered was only an icasm. |
| ichorescent, adj, 1684-1684 |
| growing or becoming ichorous |
| After several months, the carrots were disgustingly ichorescent. |
| ichthyarchy, n, 1853-1853 |
| the domain or rule of fishes |
| Despite his ichthyarchy, Aquaman is really a very pitiful superhero. |
| ictuate, v, 1822-1822 |
| to emphasize; to put metrical stress on |
| She preferred free verse over carefully-ictuated classical poetic styles. |
| igniparous, adj, 1684-1684 |
| bringing forth fire |
| The heroes were scorched by the dragon's igniparous emanation. |
| impigrity, n, 1623-1721 |
| quickness; speed |
| The impigrity of the contract's signing led to vexing legal wranglings. |
| improcerous, adj, 1656-1658 |
| low; short |
| The coffee table was much too improcerous to be of any real use. |
| incabinate, v, 1672-1672 |
| to enclose in a cabin; to confine |
| The solution to her writer's block was to incabinate herself at her country villa. |
| ingeniculation, n, 1623-1658 |
| bending of the knee |
| His ingeniculation was in vain, and she turned away in disgust, never to return. |
| ingordigious, adj, 1637-1734 |
| greedy; avaricious |
| Your ingordigious ways are cruel and heartless; charity is the path to joy. |
| inocciduous, adj, 1656-1658 |
| of a star, never setting |
| Polaris was his inocciduous guide as he trekked across the Great Plains. |
| inobligality, n, 1663-1663 |
| quality of not being obligatory |
| Granting the inobligality of bringing a gift to the party, it is still polite to do so. |
| interfation, n, 1656-1658 |
| act of interrupting another while speaking |
| His boorish interfations were ill-received at the academic lecture. |
| inveteratist, n, 1715-1715 |
| opponent of reform; one who inveterately holds to tradition |
| The golf course's manager, being an inveteratist, continued to refuse women entry. |
| ipsographic, adj, 1817-1817 |
| self-recording |
| He used the CD burner primarily for ipsographic purposes. |
| irredivivous, adj, 1656-1656 |
| unable to be revived |
| Despite Dr. House's best effort, the patient remained irredivivous. |
| isangelous, adj, 1768-1774 |
| equal to the angels |
| I've had just about enough of her isangelous and self-righteous diatribes. |
| jecorary, adj, 1684-1684 |
| of or relating to the liver |
| The alcoholic's refusal to seek treatment caused him no end of jecorary trouble. |
| jobler, n, 1662-1662 |
| one who does small jobs |
| We've found a great jobler who takes care of our repairs quickly and cheaply. |
| jumperism, n, 1800-1876 |
| principles of a jumping Methodist sect |
| While snake-handling is ridiculous, it is no worse than jumperism or the stylites. |
| jungible, adj, 1656-1656 |
| that may be joined |
| The trailers are jungible by means of a complex hitching system. |
| jussulent, adj, 1656-1658 |
| full of broth or soup |
| The bubbling of the jussulent cauldron and the crackling of the campfire soothed her. |
| kalotypography, n, 1834-1834 |
| beautiful printing |
| Medieval manuscripts are attractive, but modern kalotypography surely surpasses them. |
| keleusmatically, adv, 1885-1885 |
| imperatively; in an imperative mood |
| "Sit down!" the teacher instructed his wife keleusmatically, to her chagrin. |
| kexy, adj, 1608-1884 |
| dry, brittle, withered |
| The rustling of the kexy leaves alerted the campers to the bear's presence. |
| krioboly, n, 1850-1882 |
| sacrifice of many rams; bath in blood of rams |
| Contrary to rumour, pagan rituals do not involve krioboly or baby-eating. |
| labascate, v, 1727-1727 |
| to begin to fall or slide |
| He watched with helpless horror as the baby carriage labascated down the stairs. |
| lagenarious, adj, 1657-1657 |
| flagon-shaped |
| He brought our champagne in a lagenarious vessel, much to our embarassment. |
| lambition, n, 1658-1800 |
| act of licking or lapping |
| The child's lambition of the ice cream was interrupted by gravity, the cruellest master. |
| lampistry, n, 1874-1874 |
| art of decorating lamps |
| The church bazaar is always full of skilled needlework, lampistry and other crafts. |
| latibule, n, 1623-1691 |
| hiding place |
| The girl emerged triumphantly from her latibule, only to find her friends had already left. |
| leeftail, adj, 1674-1869 |
| in great demand; having a quick sale |
| The new Corvettes are a leeftail product, no doubt because of the economic boom. |
| legatarian, adj, 1766-1766 |
| of or pertaining to a deputy or legate |
| The vice-president seems uncomfortable with his legatarian duties. |
| leporicide, n, 1788-1914 |
| killer or killing of hares or rabbits |
| Elmer Fudd's futile attempts at leporicide were always foiled by his intended prey. |
| lignatile, adj, 1855-1855 |
| living or growing on wood |
| She collected lignatile mushrooms on her hike, confident in her identifications. |
| lignicide, n, 1656-1656 |
| woodcutter |
| We will not tolerate the lignicides who would despoil our old-growth forests! |
| lococession, n, 1656-1656 |
| place for giving |
| Deposit your alms in the lococession we have provided, and you will be rewarded. |
| locupletative, adj, 1802-1812 |
| tending to enrich |
| Your locupletative contributions have helped furnish the new stadium lavishly. |
| logarithmotechny, n, 1724-1775 |
| the art of calculating logarithms |
| But sir, without my calculator, I will be reduced to painful logarithmotechny! |
| lubency, n, 1623-1669 |
| willingness; pleasure |
| My lubency to help you in this matter will not be increased by your paltry bribes. |
| lugent, adj, 1656-1889 |
| weeping; mourning |
| After hearing of the attack, her brothers were lugent at first, then enraged. |
| Lutherolatry, n, 1859-1883 |
| worship of Martin Luther and his teachings |
| The priest was poorly received for his denunciation of Lutherolatry and paganism. |
| magastromancy, n, 1652-1652 |
| magical astrology |
| Her reliance on magastromancy to decide the students' grades got her in trouble. |
| magistricide, n, 1670-1670 |
| the killing or killer of a teacher or master |
| While many have considered magistricide, few are bold or wicked enough to do so. |
| magophony, n, 1711-1711 |
| massacre of magi or priests |
| The acts of magophony that accompany religious intolerance are simply unacceptable. |
| maleolent, adj, 1657-1727 |
| having an ill odour |
| His maleolent recipe was avoided by all but the most courageous or polite guests. |
| mancation, n, 1727-1727 |
| maiming; mutilation |
| The general would suffer no mancation or execution of fallen enemy troops. |
| mariturient, adj, 1765-1765 |
| eager to marry |
| He was beset with offers from several distant cousins who were desperately mariturient. |
| mecography, n, 1603-1890 |
| measurement of the dimensions and weight of body parts |
| The condom company used mecography to obtain necessary data about its clientele. |
| medioxumate, adj, 1723-1723 |
| of gods of intermediate rank between those of heaven and of hell |
| Medioxumate deities such as those of the Greek pantheon are rarely worshipped today. |
| melanochalcographer, n, 1697-1697 |
| engraver of copper printing plates |
| No melanochalcographer can match a photographic print in quality of reproduction. |
| miliaceous, adj, 1684-1890 |
| like millet or the millet-seed |
| This miliaceous gift will keep our nation from starvation, but will not appease us. |
| mingent, adj, 1685-1685 |
| discharging urine |
| The mingent dog amused the children but not the owner of the flower garden. |
| misqueme, v, 1395-1658 |
| to displease; to offend |
| If my actions misqueme you or your friends, you need only leave me alone. |
| mitescent, adj, 1727-1727 |
| growing mild |
| You're becoming mitescent in your old age, and can hardly stomach conflict any more. |
| mochlic, n, 1657-1753 |
| drastic purgative medicine |
| This mochlic remedy is worse than the disease, but at least it will be over quickly. |
| modernicide, n, 1774-1774 |
| killing or killer of modern people |
| While the Luddites were radical traditionalists, they never engaged in modernicide. |
| molrowing, n, 1860-1896 |
| caterwauling; cavorting with prostitutes |
| Her son is a molrowing vagabond without any social graces, much to her shame. |
| montivagant, adj, 1656-1658 |
| wandering over hills and mountains |
| The montivagant hiker crossed the Alps with ease but was stymied by the Andes. |
| morsicant, adj, 1891-1891 |
| producing the sensation of repeated biting or pricking |
| After sitting for several hours, I had a terrible morsicant pain in my rear end. |
| mowburnt, adj, 1548-1900 |
| of crops, spoiled by becoming overheated |
| The heat wave last August left us with heaps of mowburnt and useless crops. |
| mulcible, adj, 1656-1656 |
| able to be appeased |
| Despite his promises of food, the crowd was not mulcible and began to riot. |
| mulomedic, adj, 1678-1678 |
| relating to the medical care of mules |
| The doctor's mulomedic abilities were of enormous importance to the trek's success. |
| murklins, adv, 1568-1674 |
| in the dark |
| She stumbled murklins about the house until she found the light switch. |
| myriander, adj, 1693-1693 |
| consisting of ten thousand men |
| Her myriander host of suitors never figured out that she was a lesbian. |
| namelings, npl, 1706-1706 |
| persons bearing the same name |
| The namelings Martin Luther and Dr. King shared a concern with political reform. |
| nepheliad, n, 1818-1821 |
| cloud-nymph |
| Like a nepheliad, the skydiver dove gracefully through the clouds. |
| nequient, adj, 1656-1656 |
| not being able |
| While the other students understand algebra, you are still nequient in this simple art. |
| nerterology, n, 1800-1800 |
| learning relating to the dead or the underworld |
| Her inquiries into nerterology were inspired by a youthful visit to a medieval crypt. |
| nidifice, n, 1656-1656 |
| a nest |
| The lizard climbed into the nidifice, only to be eaten by the mother eagle. |
| noscible, adj, 1654-1654 |
| knowable; well-known |
| It is noscible that no amount of training can make up for experience in the field. |
| novaturient, adj, 1679-1679 |
| desiring changes or alterations |
| The novel's author rightly rejected the novaturient wishes of the screenwriters |
| nubivagant, adj, 1656-1656 |
| moving throughout or among clouds |
| The glider flew like a nubivagant bird before emerging out of the clouds and into view. |
| obacerate, v, 1656-1658 |
| to stop one's mouth |
| When he swore onstage, several audience members obacerated themselves. |
| obarmate, v, 1623-1658 |
| to arm against |
| Let us obarmate ourselves for the upcoming battle against the Mongols! |
| obrumpent, adj, 1656-1656 |
| breaking; bursting |
| The guests were startled to attention by the sound of obrumpent balloons. |
| obstrigillate, v, 1623-1656 |
| to oppose; to resist |
| I will not obstrigillate the efforts of my opponent to besmirch my good name. |
| occaecation, n, 1608-1691 |
| the act of blinding |
| After his occaecation, he was unable to enjoy simple pleasures such as reading. |
| occulcation, n, 1656-1656 |
| act of treading on or trampling |
| Repeated occulcations of this field by soldiers have left it useless for agriculture. |
| odynometer, n, 1889-1893 |
| instrument for measuring pain |
| Suspecting his patient's illness to be feigned, he pulled out his trusty odynometer. |
| omniregency, n, 1616-1670 |
| universal rulership; state of complete authority |
| The principle of omniregency is now seriously mistrusted, and not only by radicals. |
| oncethmus, n, 1656-1656 |
| braying |
| The oncethmus of most politicians is far worse than that given off by any beast. |
| operiment, n, 1650-1656 |
| a covering |
| If you don't get an operiment for your classic car, it will rust away in a brief time. |
| oporopolist, n, 1671-1725 |
| fruit-seller |
| Our oporopolist's oranges often offer odd odours. |
| orgiophant, n, 1886-1886 |
| one who presides over orgies |
| The orgiophant had dozens of hangers-on who sought to attend his parties. |
| ossifragant, adj, 1656-1656 |
| bone-breaking |
| The ossifragant wrestler earned a reputation for brutality, so no one would fight him |
| ovablastic, adj, 1922-1922 |
| making eggs burst open in the womb |
| The doctor rejected the ovablastic technique, finding it to violate his moral principles. |
| palintocy, n, 1693-1847 |
| repayment of interest paid on a loan |
| I understand you can't pay me everything, but I demand a palintocy, at the very least. |
| palmoscopy, n, 1857-1890 |
| observation of heartbeat or pulse as part of medical diagnosis |
| Even without his medical bag, he could use palmoscopy to diagnose her heart attack. |
| pamphagous, adj, 1702-1702 |
| eating everything; all-consuming |
| To the pamphagous victor goes the Golden Wiener of Triumphal Consumption! |
| panchymagogue, n, 1657-1893 |
| medicine purging all the humours from the body |
| What you need is a good panchymagogue to get you back on your feet! |
| pannuscorium, n, 1858-1860 |
| soft leather cloth used on the tops of shoes and boots |
| The pannuscorium of his old shoes was covered in indelible stains. |
| papicolist, n, 1633-1810 |
| one who worships the pope; a papist |
| Today, even papicolists grudgingly admit that papal infallibility cannot be literally true. |
| parepochism, n, 1685-1685 |
| error in dating or assigning time period |
| The antique dealer was well known for his parepochisms, so we didn't feel too bad. |
| paterophobia, n, 1840-1840 |
| fear of the early Church fathers |
| The Romans' paterophobia mellowed over time, until Christianity was fully accepted. |
| patration, n, 1656-1656 |
| perfection or completion of something |
| The patration of my dissertation will be an occasion for great merriment. |
| pecuarious, adj, 1656-1658 |
| serving or belonging to beasts or cattle |
| The children tossed the pecuarious leavings at one another, to their parents' dismay. |
| pedegorize, v, 1665-1665 |
| to construct a pedigree; to derive through a pedigree |
| The owners of the racehorse took great efforts to pedegorize her carefully. |
| penarious, adj, 1656-1658 |
| of or pertaining to victuals or provisions |
| The quartermaster is in charge of penarious matters, so stay out of his business! |
| penintime, adj, 1686-1718 |
| second from inmost |
| Venus, our solar system's penintime planet, is Earth's twin in many regards. |
| perantique, adj, 1883-1883 |
| very antique or ancient |
| She treasured the perantique mirror even though the glass was somewhat warped. |
| pessundate, v, 1656-1658 |
| to cast down or ruin |
| The Roman Empire was pessundated by its economic woes rather than moral decline. |
| phalerate, adj, 1656-1702 |
| ornamented; decorated |
| The phalerate umbrella-stand in the corner of the room attracted the guests' attention. |
| phasianic, adj, 1884-1884 |
| of or pertaining to pheasants |
| Our phasianic hunting-trips have become increasingly futile in recent years. |
| philargyrist, n, 1633-1663 |
| lover of money; covetous person |
| I am no philargyrist, but I like to live well, so charity isn't in my best interest. |
| phlyarologist, n, 1867-1867 |
| one who talks nonsense |
| He was a petty phlyarologist who could rarely hold an intelligent conversation. |
| phoenigm, n, 1646-1858 |
| reddening of the skin; reddish medical application |
| The phoenigm of his cheeks after the race testified both to his fatigue and his elation. |
| phylactology, n, 1966-1966 |
| science of counter-espionage |
| Though phylactology reached its peak in the Cold War, it is arguably still important. |
| pication, n, 1684-1684 |
| application of warm pitch to the skin as medical treatment |
| While it seems harsh, pication is effective for cleansing pores and restoring skin tone. |
| pigritude, n, 1623-1656 |
| slothfulness |
| Despite the college student's pigritude, he continued to maintain a 'B' average. |
| piladex, n, 1897-1901 |
| game where an inflated bag is hit with hand to keep aloft across a table |
| From piladex to hacky-sack, pastimes involving hitting objects are known to all ages. |
| pilimiction, n, 1847-1874 |
| passing of hair-like bodies in the urine |
| His doctor was particularly concerned about his pilimiction, for obvious reasons. |
| plebicolar, adj, 1626-1820 |
| courting or appealing to the common people |
| He profited from his plebicolar demeanour, and avoided the fate of many other nobles. |
| plegnic, adj, 1612-1664 |
| acting by a blow; striking like a hammer; percussive |
| Her plegnic pounding of the piano-keys contrasted sharply with her tiny frame. |
| plenisphere, n, 1912-1912 |
| a perfect sphere |
| The iridescent plenispheres in the sky told him that someone was blowing bubbles. |
| pocilliform, adj, 1846-1846 |
| shaped like a little cup |
| The golf ball hardly budged from its pocilliform resting-spot atop the tee. |
| poliadic, adj, 1886-1886 |
| of the nature of a local or tutelary god |
| Respect for poliadic spirits and deities continued long after the region converted. |
| pomarious, adj, 1656-1775 |
| of or belonging to an orchard or fruit-garden |
| Newton's pomarious enlightenment concerning gravity is no more than a myth. |
| ponask, v, 1922-1963 |
| to cook game by splitting it and roasting it on a spit |
| We ponasked the freshly-caught pheasant at our campsite. |
| portmantologist, n, 1887-1934 |
| one who studies or coins portmanteau words |
| Rather than being a portmantologist, why not use perfectly good existing words? |
| prandicle, n, 1656-1658 |
| small meal |
| In those years, she would take several prandicles during the course of each day. |
| prebition, n, 1656-1656 |
| act of offering, showing or setting before |
| The prebition of his treasure-find to the king earned him great honour and esteem. |
| pregnatress, n, 1765-1765 |
| female power that generates or gives birth to something |
| As the pregnatress of our little group, her opinion was still highly regarded. |
| prescited, adj, 1400-1660 |
| foreknown or predestined for damnation; condemned |
| If you believe some of us are prescited from birth, there is no reason to do good works. |
| primifluous, adj, 1657-1657 |
| that which flows first |
| The primifluous wines of the evening were excellent, unlike the plonk served later. |
| privign, n, 1605-1654 |
| stepson |
| Though he was only her privign, she always treated him as if he were her own child. |
| psalloid, adj, 1756-1895 |
| resembling a harp or stringed instrument |
| Her renown as a maker of psalloid instruments led to a position at the royal court. |
| psephograph, n, 1906-1907 |
| machine for automatically recording votes |
| These newfangled computers are no more reliable than an old-fashioned psephograph. |
| pseudisodomous, adj, 1601-1850 |
| style of wall construction using stones of different thickness |
| The use of pseudisodomous brickwork gives the room an antique feel. |
| ptochology, n, 1891-1891 |
| study of beggars and unemployment |
| If we want to understand the roots of poverty, we must undertake work in ptochology. |
| pudify, v, 1656-1656 |
| to cause to be ashamed |
| Your remarks do not pudify me, for you are as guilty of such offenses as I am! |
| pugnastics, n, 1830-1830 |
| displays of pugilistic ability |
| Ali's pugnastics were much more impressive than his overly boastful showmanship. |
| pullarian, adj, 1652-1652 |
| of or pertaining to chicken or fowl |
| Our pullarian mascot was trampled by the opposing team's offensive line. |
| pyroleter, n, 1878-1878 |
| double-pump fire extinguisher that produces carbonic acid |
| The pyroleter was insufficient to combat the fire at the old library. |
| quadragintireme, n, 1799-1799 |
| vessel with forty rows of oars |
| He couldn't have reached the battle even if he had been commanding a quadragintireme. |
| quadrimular, adj, 1664-1664 |
| lasting for four years |
| The quadrimular interval between Olympiads is a long wait in terms of athletes' careers. |
| quaeritate, v, 1657-1657 |
| to question; to inquire |
| If I might quaeritate, why are we headed in the wrong direction on the trail? |
| quercivorous, adj, 1858-1858 |
| feeding on oak trees |
| The proliferation of quercivorous insects is a boon rather than a bane to the ecosystem. |
| quibbleism, n, 1836-1836 |
| practice of quibbling |
| His carping and quibbleism earned him much scorn, a fact of which he was oblivious. |
| quotientive, adj, 1871-1871 |
| indicating how often |
| She set up the schedule using a quotientive formula to ensure fairness. |
| radicarian, adj, 1880-1880 |
| pertaining to the roots of words |
| A radicarian knowledge of Latin is of central importance for English etymology. |
| ramifactive, adj, 1766-1766 |
| developing into a branch; forming a branch |
| Despite the infertility of the soil, the trees retained a limited ramifactive capacity. |
| recineration, n, 1657-1683 |
| second reduction to ashes |
| The recineration of his book manuscript in the second fire drove him over the edge. |
| redamancy, n, 1656-1656 |
| act of loving in return |
| Despite his lack of redamancy, her passion for him was unabated for several years. |
| rendling, n, 1784-1784 |
| curdling or setting of cheese |
| Seeing the realization slowly dawn upon her was like witnessing the rendling of cheese. |
| resarciate, v, 1656-1657 |
| to mend; to make amends |
| She wanted to resarciate their friendship before it was damaged irreparably. |
| rhedarious, adj, 1656-1656 |
| of or serving as a carriage or chariot |
| His fancy for rhedarious transport was seen as old-fashioned by his friends. |
| rhodologist, n, 1911-1924 |
| one who studies and classifies roses |
| Any rhodologist knows that a rose by any other name does not smell as sweet. |
| rimestock, n, 1662-1834 |
| old almanac with runic writings |
| He bought the old rimestock at auction, but was unaware of its calendric function. |
| riviation, n, 1676-1676 |
| fishing |
| While anglers are the sort who enjoy quiet contemplation, I find riviation to be boring. |
| roblet, v, 1674-1755 |
| to lead astray |
| He roblets his intended victims in the old part of the city before mugging them. |
| rogalian, adj, 1656-1656 |
| of or pertaining to a great fire |
| The books' authors were rightly incensed at their works' rogalian fate under the censors. |
| rogitate, v, 1656-1658 |
| to ask frequently |
| "Are we there yet?", the kids rogitated, apparently unaware of their parents' frustration. |
| roomthily, adj, 1674-1674 |
| spatially; with respect to space |
| His bachelor apartment is roomthily challenged, to say nothing of the smell. |
| rupography, n, 1838-1838 |
| art of taking impressions of coins or medals in sealing wax |
| The police confiscated my rupography tools, thinking that I used them for forgery. |
| ruricolous, adj, 1730-1858 |
| living in the country or in fields |
| Though the city has its attractions, I much prefer the quiet ruricolous life. |
| saburrate, v, 1623-1658 |
| to put sand or gravel in a ship as ballast |
| Fortunately, the ship was thoroughly saburrated, or else it would surely have capsized. |
| sacricolist, n, 1727-1727 |
| devout worshipper |
| She was a skeptic, but became a sacricolist after her father's death. |
| sagittiferous, adj, 1656-1858 |
| bearing arrows |
| The general ordered that some of his foot-soldiers should thereafter be sagittiferous. |
| sagittipotent, adj, 1656-1656 |
| having great ability in archery |
| The sagittipotent hunter found himself unable to kill the beautiful white stag. |
| sarcinarious, adj, 1656-1656 |
| serving to carry a burden or load |
| His sarcinarious draught-horse could take no more, and collapsed on the desert sands. |
| scaevity, n, 1623-1658 |
| unluckiness; left-handedness |
| She attributed her failure to evil forces, but her family felt it was a matter of scaevity. |
| scandiscope, n, 1825-1825 |
| machine for cleaning chimneys |
| The scandiscope removed soot, but also what might have been reindeer droppings. |
| scathefire, n, 1632-1796 |
| great destructive fire; conflagration |
| Despite the scathefire that razed the town, its citizens were determined to rebuild. |
| scelidate, adj, 1877-1877 |
| having legs; legged |
| The legless dragon of Eastern myth contrasts with its scelidate Western counterpart. |
| sceptriferous, adj, 1656-1658 |
| bearing a scepter |
| The court's sceptriferous seneschal had a primarily symbolic function. |
| schismarch, n, 1657-1657 |
| founder of a schism |
| The schismarch of the People's Front of Judea was hated by his former allies. |
| secability, n, 1842-1842 |
| capability of being cut |
| The limited secability of Kevlar makes it an ideal material for modern armour. |
| sedecuple, n, 1690-1690 |
| quantity sixteen times another |
| She enjoyed the Slinky, though her age was the sedecuple of her granddaughter's. |
| sementine, adj, 1656-1656 |
| pertaining to sowing; of the time of seeding fields |
| This year's drought means that our springtime sementine efforts were in vain. |
| senticous, adj, 1657-1657 |
| prickly; thorny |
| He pricked himself on a senticous bush as he searched about for his golf ball. |
| seplasiary, n, 1650-1658 |
| seller or producer of perfumes and ointments |
| She had an allergic reaction after the seplasiary sprayed her in the eyes. |
| sermonolatry, n, 1859-1859 |
| excessive devotion to sermons |
| We moved to a church across town because of our pastor's excessive sermonolatry. |
| sevidical, adj, 1656-1656 |
| speaking cruel and harsh words; threatening |
| I will not tolerate your sevidical tone and manner, you filthy peasant! |
| sevous, adj, 1725-1725 |
| like tallow or suet |
| The sevous mixture wouldn't harden, and so the whole batch of candles was ruined. |
| siagonology, n, 1895-1895 |
| study of jaw-bones |
| Reliance on siagonology alone led to the proliferation of the Piltdown Man hoax. |
| sigilism, n, 1865-1865 |
| act of revealing the secrets of the confessional |
| After learning of such atrocities, it is only natural that he would consider sigilism. |
| sinapistic, adj, 1879-1879 |
| consisting of mustard |
| The chef's sinapistic sauces delighted connoisseurs of French cuisine. |
| sireniform, adj, 1849-1852 |
| having the lower legs abnormally joined into a single limb |
| When they learned that their child had a sireniform deformity, they were devastated. |
| slimikin, adj, 1745-1745 |
| small and slender |
| She was a slimikin young woman who often flirted with the schoolboys at the academy. |
| snobographer, n, 1848-1966 |
| one who describes or writes about snobs |
| The editors scrapped the society page because it was full of pretentious snobographers. |
| sodalitious, adj, 1656-1730 |
| of or belonging to society or to fellowship |
| Sodalitious camaraderie is the basis for gentlemanly life in this civilized era. |
| soleated, adj, 1623-1656 |
| shod like a horse |
| Because his steed was poorly soleated, he was unable to make good time on the trip. |
| solennial, adj, 1623-1656 |
| occurring once a year; annual |
| Welcome to our solennial celebration of the birth of our illustrious institution. |
| soloecal, adj, 1716-1716 |
| provincially incorrect |
| His soloecal Southern dialect cost him more than one job. |
| somandric, adj, 1716-1716 |
| pertaining to the human body |
| Today's athletes frequently exceed natural somandric limits with anabolic steroids. |
| sophronize, v, 1827-1827 |
| to imbue with sound moral principles or self-control |
| It is important that we sophronize children, not merely teach them facts. |
| sospital, adj, 1656-1658 |
| keeping safe and healthy; preserving from danger |
| The bodyguard's sospital functions were compromised by his love for his charge. |
| sparsile, adj, 1891-1891 |
| of a star, not included in any constellation |
| The prevalence of sparsile stars today reflects technical advances in telescopy. |
| speustic, adj, 1656-1658 |
| made or baked in haste |
| At the last minute, he thought to throw together a speustic pie for the gathering. |
| spiscious, adj, 1655-1655 |
| of a thick consistency |
| Her soups are both spiscious and delicious, though perhaps over-laden with salt. |
| sputcheon, n, 1842-1878 |
| metal lining of the mouth of a scabbard |
| The blade rang against the sputcheon as he drew it, eliminating the element of surprise. |
| squiriferous, adj, 1796-1796 |
| having the character or qualities of a squire |
| The squiriferous youth squandered his inheritance with astonishing rapidity. |
| stagma, n, 1681-1820 |
| any distilled liquor |
| I will touch neither wine nor stagma, though I do occasionally partake of ale. |
| starrify, v, 1598-1675 |
| to decorate with stars; to make into a star |
| She would often starrify her high school students' work, thereby infantilizing them. |
| stibogram, n, 1891-1898 |
| graphic record of footprints |
| The detective took stibograms from the scene, hoping they would lead to the culprit. |
| stigmatypy, n, 1875-1875 |
| printing portraits using dots of different sizes |
| The use of stigmatypy takes enormous effort, but provides little artistic benefit. |
| stiricide, n, 1656-1656 |
| falling of icicles from a house |
| The untended tenement was very dangerous in winter due to stiricide. |
| sturionic, adj, 1852-1852 |
| of or pertaining to the sturgeon |
| With its great sturionic strength, it leapt off the hook, never again to be seen. |
| succisive, adj, 1619-1656 |
| of time, spare or in excess |
| Because I worked so much harder than them, they envied my succisive rests. |
| suffarcinate, v, 1656-1656 |
| to load up; to stuff |
| His daughter suffarcinated the moving van with a hoard of old clothing, to his chagrin. |
| summotion, n, 1653-1653 |
| removal |
| The summotion of the unruly committee members was itself an unruly occasion. |
| supellectile, adj, 1615-1843 |
| of the nature of furniture |
| Our apartment is full of knick-knacks, but is lacking in supellectile necessities. |
| surgation, n, 1688-1688 |
| erection of the penis |
| His surgation caused him embarassment when he had to speak in front of the class. |
| synallactic, adj, 1853-1853 |
| reconciliatory |
| A synallactic dinner was a good idea, and helped them save their marriage. |
| tabernarious, adj, 1656-1656 |
| belonging to shops or taverns |
| Our tabernarious citizens have put before us their preposterous demands. |
| tantuple, adj, 1656-1656 |
| multiplied by the same number; so many times a given quantity |
| We expect a tantuple increase in this year's profits as well. |
| tauroboly, n, 1700-1891 |
| slaughter of a bull or bulls; pagan bull sacrifice |
| The cruelty of the matador led her to fight against tauroboly as an inhumane practice. |
| tecnolatry, n, 1899-1914 |
| worship or idolization of children |
| Despite her infertility, or perhaps because of it, she was known for her tecnolatry. |
| teliferous, adj, 1656-1658 |
| bearing darts or missiles |
| The teliferous battalion of soldiers advanced, knowing that they had the upper hand. |
| telligraph, n, 1783-1903 |
| charter outlining boundaries of landholdings |
| Fortunately, he still possessed the telligraph given to his great-grandfather. |
| temerate, v, 1635-1654 |
| to break a bond or promise; to profane |
| She would not compromise, for doing so would force her to temerate her vows. |
| tenellous, adj, 1651-1651 |
| somewhat tender |
| Their tenellous relationship, which was never strong, came under great strain. |
| tetanothrum, n, 1519-1823 |
| cosmetic for removing wrinkles |
| The proliferation of tetanothrums reflects the concerns of aging baby boomers. |
| teterrimous, adj, 1704-1864 |
| most foul |
| The fiend's teterrimous visage alarmed the librarian, who quickly closed the dark tome. |
| theomeny, n, 1623-1656 |
| the wrath of God |
| I may suffer theomeny for my beliefs, but at least I will have been consistent. |
| thural, adj, 1624-1714 |
| of or pertaining to incense |
| The mysteries of the ancient order involved the burning of thural herbs. |
| thysiastery, n, 1657-1657 |
| sacrificial altar |
| They laid the babe upon the thysiastery with his mother's willing consent. |
| tolfraedic, adj, 1703-1905 |
| of reckoning one hundred as 120; duodecimal |
| Unfortunately, our measures still have a strong component of tolfraedic reckoning. |
| tollation, n, 1688-1688 |
| act of lifting |
| The tollation of the child from the well required special equipment to be imported. |
| tornatil, adj, 1661-1661 |
| made with a wheel; turned on a wheel |
| The potter was a master of his tornatil work, but many of his pots broke during firing. |
| tortiloquy, n, 1656-1656 |
| crooked speech |
| I will not tolerate such tortiloquy in my court! |
| trabeal, adj, 1862-1866 |
| like a beam; of the nature of a horizontal beam |
| This trabeal support for the roof won't last more than a decade. |
| traboccant, adj, 1651-1654 |
| superabundant; excessive |
| Your traboccant generosity will no doubt be repaid twice over by the award recipients. |
| tragematopolist, n, 1656-1658 |
| confectioner; seller of sweets |
| No tragematopolist can match the appeal of a toy-store for young children. |
| trajectitious, adj, 1656-1855 |
| characterized by oversea transport |
| The trajectitious movement of sugar cane allowed the merchants to grow rich. |
| tremefy, v, 1832-1832 |
| to cause to tremble |
| His words tremefied the more gullible of onlookers, while others shook their heads. |
| triclavianism, n, 1838-1838 |
| belief that only three nails were used at Christ's crucifixion |
| My debate on triclavianism was ill-received by the priests, who felt it irrelevant. |
| tristifical, adj, 1656-1656 |
| causing to be sad or mournful |
| His tristifical wailing got the best of us, and we also were reduced to tears. |
| tropaean, adj, 1686-1686 |
| blowing from sea to land |
| The tropaean winds blew the raft ashore after long weeks at sea. |
| trophaeal, adj, 1646-1660 |
| pertaining to or adorned with trophies |
| Her trophaeal treasure trove was the only thing undamaged by the fire. |
| tudiculate, v, 1623-1658 |
| to bruise or pound; to work as with a hammer |
| He was brutally tudiculated by the bullies, so he started to work out. |
| tussicate, v, 1598-1890 |
| to cough |
| He tussicated throughout the opera, annoying nearby audience members. |
| uglyography, n, 1804-1834 |
| bad handwriting; poor spelling |
| Your uglyography conceals the cogency and brilliance of your ideas. |
| ulvose, adj, 1727-1727 |
| full of reeds or weeds |
| The ulvose marsh was drained, damaging the habitat of several species of waterfowl. |
| urette, n, 1840-1840 |
| dried animal urine absorbed into calcareous soil |
| The only sign it had ever been a pasture were the patches of urette and dried dung. |
| utible, adj, 1623-1711 |
| serviceable; useful |
| While the new system is much more expensive, at least it is utible. |
| utlegation, n, 1678-1678 |
| legal process by which someone is outlawed |
| The gunslinger's utlegation was no impediment to his efforts to find work. |
| uviferous, adj, 1656-1656 |
| bearing grapes or vines |
| The uviferous hills of Champagne are still renowned for their quality produce. |
| vacivity, n, 1656-1721 |
| emptiness |
| The vacivity of her mind can hardly be a consequence of her blonde hair. |
| vadiation, n, 1753-1812 |
| act of requiring a pledge |
| The secret society insisted that he must attend the vadiation ceremony before entering. |
| vadosity, n, 1658-1658 |
| fact of being fordable |
| The limited vadosity of the river presented an enormous barrier to the pioneers. |
| vampirarchy, n, 1823-1823 |
| set of rulers comparable to vampires |
| Some believe that we are secretly ruled by the Illuminati or a similar vampirarchy. |
| vanmost, adv, 1865-1865 |
| in the front; foremost |
| The vanmost brigade is expected to take very high casualties, unfortunately. |
| vappous, adj, 1673-1673 |
| flat; insipid |
| This chili has a vappous and unpleasant taste, unlike the other offerings. |
| vargeous, adj, 1779-1779 |
| resembling a rod; rod-like |
| He twirled his vargeous billy-club menacingly at the peaceful protesters. |
| vectarious, adj, 1656-1696 |
| belonging to a wagon or carriage |
| At the end of their vectarious voyage, he pulled out the engagement ring. |
| vellicle, n, 1676-1676 |
| something that pinches or holds fast |
| You need some sort of vellicle to keep the papers from falling all over the place. |
| venalitious, adj, 1656-1656 |
| of the sale of humans as slaves |
| Despite universal condemnation, venalitious practices abound in the Third World today. |
| venialia, n, 1654-1654 |
| minor sins or offences |
| Though he had done nothing heinous, all of his friends had been victims of his venialia. |
| venundate, v, 1623-1656 |
| to buy and sell |
| The farmer went to town once a month to venundate, but was otherwise solitary. |
| venustation, n, 1656-1658 |
| act of causing to become beautiful or handsome |
| The cream's manufacturer fraudulently promised venustation to those who used it. |
| veprecose, adj, 1721-1721 |
| full of brambles |
| When they moved onto the estate, the grounds were veprecose and untended. |
| veteratorian, adj, 1656-1656 |
| crafty; subtle |
| Your veteratorian villainy is no match for the might of my armies of men! |
| vicambulate, v, 1873-1873 |
| to walk about in the streets |
| Would you care to vicambulate with me on this fine evening, my dear? |
| viduifical, adj, 1657-1657 |
| widow-making |
| It is often said that golf is just as viduifical as war, and twice as pointless. |
| viliorate, v, 1722-1722 |
| to make less good; to worsen |
| The presence of gangs viliorates the quality of life for everyone in the neighbourhood. |
| vinitorian, adj, 1656-1656 |
| of or pertaining to tending vines |
| Though the orchard was more profitable, her vinitorian skills earned her respect. |
| virtival, n, 1794-1794 |
| metal support for an axle |
| Though he added virtivals to the cart, it fell to pieces at the first major jolt. |
| visotactile, adj, 1652-1652 |
| involving both touch and vision |
| The deaf man learned to make better use of visotactile input in his daily life. |
| vocitate, v, 1653-1653 |
| to name or call |
| I can understand giving a name to a dog, but who vocitates their houseplants? |
| volgivagant, adj, 1656-1656 |
| pertaining to the common people; poor or base; inconstant |
| Her political fortunes were tied to her ability to appeal to her volgivagant constituents. |
| vultuous, adj, 1633-1721 |
| having a sad or solemn countenance |
| The child's vultuous visage was the key to the team's successful con game. |
| weequashing, n, 1888-1902 |
| spearing of fish or eels by torchlight from canoes |
| The Scouts went out weequashing, but they forgot to obtain the proper permit. |
| welmish, adj, 1688-1688 |
| of a pale or sickly colour |
| Her welmish complexion was the first clue that she had become a full-blown addict. |
| woundikins, int, 1836-1836 |
| diminutive form of "wounds"; mild oath |
| He shouted, "Great woundikins!" upon striking his toe, much to their amusement. |
| xenization, n, 1818-1818 |
| fact of travelling as a stranger |
| This period of youthful xenization was the source of his later cultural tolerance. |
| yelve, n, 1000-1886 |
| dung-fork; garden-fork; to use such a fork |
| With her yelve and hoe never far from hand, she grew her crops the old-fashioned way. |
| zygostatical, adj, 1623-1656 |
| pertaining to a market official in charge of weights |
| His zygostatical training allowed him to cheat the scales undetected for decades. |