|
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.
|
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