This page gathers the 4,340 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Dated” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 1 of 44: from “'phone” to “American”.
- 'phone noun Dated form of phone.
- -h- interfix Indicates a fannish context or an association with science fiction fandom.
- -logue suffix Synonym of -logist.
- -trix suffix Found on the end of words, chiefly female agent nouns.
- -vac suffix Used in the naming of computer systems and computer models, due to the use of vacuum tubes as the functional elements of computers of the…
- ạ symbol An orthographic ⟨a⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the THOUGHT vowel, as in the word "call".
- a.b. noun A blank for a person's name, perhaps followed by C.D., etc. for others.
- a͞a symbol An orthographic ⟨a⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the TRAP vowel, as in the word "am".(Used by 19th century scholar Henry Adeney…
- a᷍a symbol An orthographic ⟨a⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the SQUARE vowel, as in the word "fare".(Used by 19th century scholar Henry…
- Aaron's rod noun The penis.
- ab noun In Egyptian belief, the heart and will and conscience of a person, especially that of the recently deceased which proceeds to the afterlife…
- Abbevillian adj Of or relating to any of various early Paleolithic sites, particularly in Europe, that are characterized by the presence of bifacial stone…
- abfarad noun A unit of capacitance equal to one billion (10⁹) farads, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units
- abhenry noun A unit of inductance equal to one billionth (1 x 10⁻⁹) of a henry, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
- abligation noun The suturing or tying up of a body part.
- ablow adj Blowing or being blown; windy.
- abode noun Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
- abohm noun A unit of electrical resistance equal to one billionth of an ohm (10⁻⁹ ohms), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
- aborigine noun An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation)…
- about sledge intj A warning that the heavy about sledge is about to be swung, usually by a hammerman.
- abridgment noun Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
- abroad adv At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.
- abscissin noun A plant hormone controlling the dropping off or abscission of certain plant parts, notably the leaves of trees in autumn or cotton bolls.
- absolute differential calculus noun Ricci calculus; the rules of index notation and manipulation for tensors and tensor fields, as developed by Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro.
- abstractor noun A clerk of a certain title or grade in the British civil service.
- abvolt noun A unit of electrical potential equal to one hundred millionth of a volt (10⁻⁸ volts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
- Abyssinia adj Ethiopian; Eritrean; Abyssinian.
- Abyssinian adj Of or pertaining to Ethiopia or its inhabitants; Ethiopian.
- accouche verb To aid in an accouchement; to assist (a mother) in the birth (of a child).
- account for verb To kill, as in hunting.
- accounting machine noun A business machine, generally a combined calculator and printer, that tabulates, adds, subtracts, and totals.
- accumulate verb To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.
- accursedly adv Damnably; extremely.
- ace noun A run.
- acephalic adj Characterized by a migraine aura without pain.
- acknowledge the corn verb To admit to the truth of the point at issue or to a mistake; to cop a plea; or perhaps to admit to a small error but not a larger one.
- acoustic coupler noun A terminal device used to link data terminals and radio sets with the telephone network.
- acre-land noun Land that is arable or that has been ploughed.
- acrisia noun The absence of a crisis from a disease.
- actinide noun Any of the 14 elements from thorium to lawrencium (actinium having been mistakenly excluded because it was thought to be a d-block element…
- actinon noun Radon-219 (21986Rn; symbol An), an isotope of radon
- actuary noun Registrar, clerk.
- acupressure noun A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of…
- acute adj Sharp, produced in the front of the mouth. (See Grave and acute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
- add to the list verb To geld (a horse).
- adenia noun Synonym of lymphadenia.
- adjunct noun A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.
- admiral of the fleet noun Synonym of fleet admiral.
- adnominal adj Of or pertaining to an adnoun (sensu stricto).
- adnoun noun Any adjective.
- adversative noun Something, particularly a clause or conjunction, which is adversative.
- æ character The letter ash, a ligature of vowels a and e.
- aeger adj Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness
- aegrotat noun A certificate indicating that a student is ill, excusing attendance at lectures and examinations and allowing courses to be passed without…
- aërial adj Dated form of aerial.
- aero noun An airplane or airship.
- aerogram noun A wireless message.
- aerophone noun A form of combined speaking trumpet and ear trumpet.
- affluent adj Tributary.
- affordant adj Affording.
- afghan noun A person of Pashtun ethnicity.
- Africander noun An African born to a white father and black mother.
- Afro-American noun A native or resident of the United States (an American) who is of African heritage.
- after adj Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
- agate noun The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5+¹⁄₂-point.
- age noun A generation.
- ageable adj Getting on in years; fairly old.
- agony noun Violent contest or striving.
- agreeable adj Willing; ready to agree or consent.
- agriculturalism noun The practice of agriculture; agriculturism.
- a᷍i symbol An orthographic ⟨ai⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the PRICE vowel, as in the word "aisle".
- air level noun A spirit level.
- air-girl noun A female aviator.
- airing noun An act of riding or walking in the open air for exercise or leisure.
- albuminone noun A principle derived from certain albuminoids; it is soluble in alcohol and is not coagulable by heat.
- ale noun A beer made without hops.
- alexin noun A protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.
- Algonkian adj Dated form of Algonquian.
- alienist noun An expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications.
- aliquant noun An integer that is less than another, but that does not divide the other integer into integral parts.
- all in adj Very tired.
- all that adj Of especially good quality; particularly excellent.
- alliance noun Marriage.
- alligator noun A crocodile of any species.
- allure noun Gait; bearing.
- almost standards mode noun A technique used by some web browsers to maintain backward compatibility with older web pages, largely following the standards, but using…
- alpha paper noun A sensitized photographic paper that is coated with gelatin containing silver bromide and chloride, and is used for obtaining positives by…
- alphabetics noun The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
- Alsatian noun A German shepherd dog.
- alternative lifestyle noun Homosexuality, or other LGBT identity or behavior.
- altitude noun Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
- altogether noun A state of nakedness.
- aluminum shower noun An event at which people give household items made of aluminum to the war effort.
- amaranth noun An imaginary flower that does not wither.
- amazement noun Something which amazes.
- ambassadress noun A female ambassador.
- amber light noun A yellow light.
- ambigu noun An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time; a buffet.
- ambuscade noun An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
- American noun A size of type smaller than German, 1-point type.