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 38 of 44: from “stubless” to “tarantula”.
- stubless adj Into which no deposit has ever been made.
- studied adj Qualified by, or versed in, study; learned.
- stuff noun Pulp; paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
- stultify verb To make useless or worthless.
- stump it verb To go on foot; hence, to run away; to escape.
- Suabian adj Dated form of Swabian.
- subacute noun A patient whose condition is less than acute.
- subprime adj Designating a type of commercial lending rate, less than the prime rate, offered to desirable borrowers.
- subsidy noun Money granted by parliament to the British Crown.
- substandard adj Not conforming to the standard variety; nonstandard.
- subtonic adj Of or pertaining to imperfectly articulated sounds or utterances that are inaudible or barely audible, as characterized by Dr. James Rush…
- subvocal adj Of or pertaining to imperfectly articulated speech that is inaudible or barely audible; subtonic.
- subway series noun a crosstown baseball series playoff between two New York City baseball clubs; the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, and New York Yankees.
- succeed verb To turn out, fare, do (well or ill).
- suck noun A short drink, especially a dram of spirits.
- sucker noun A native or resident of Illinois.
- sugar noun Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry.
- sugar-plum noun A piece of flattery.
- sugary adj Fond of sweets.
- sulpha- prefix sulfur compounds
- summerite noun A summer vacationer; a person visiting a place during the summer (as opposed to one who lives there throughout the year).
- sunbeam noun An item of cutlery or crockery laid out on a table, but not used, and which can be returned to the drawer without being washed.
- Sunday driver noun One who drives infrequently, and often poorly.
- sunder verb To expose to the sun and wind.
- super-duper adj Very excellent; truly great.
- superb adj Haughty.
- superbly adv Haughtily.
- superbness noun Haughtiness.
- supercapitalism noun A form of degenerated capitalism.
- supercentenarian noun Synonym of centenarian: a person that is at least 100 years old, especially someone well over age 100.
- supercock noun A formidable gamecock.
- superinformation adj A computer network capable of high throughput, as in superinformation highway.
- superminicomputer noun A minicomputer that has higher-than-normal performance, especially one using 32-bit rather than 16-bit words.
- supermodel noun A technological improvement over an invention's previous model.
- supernaturality noun Anything supernatural.
- sustaining program noun A radio or television program that airs on a commercial station but does not have commercial sponsorship or advertising.
- Suzie Wong noun An East Asian or Southeast Asian female prostitute (particularly in Hong Kong and in Vietnam War–era Southeast Asia)
- swack up noun A lie; a falsehood.
- swaddler noun A member of the Methodist Church in Ireland.
- swadge noun Dated form of swage (“tool for shaping metal”).
- swag noun The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder, sometimes attached to a stick.
- swallet noun Water breaking in upon the miners at their work.
- swammy noun Dated form of swami.
- swear at verb To be disagreeably incongruous with, especially in colour; to clash.
- sweepwasher noun One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where…
- sweet adj Alkaline.
- sweethearting noun Courting; lovemaking.
- swell adj Fashionable, like a swell or dandy.
- swellish adj Like a swell or dandy; stylish.
- swimming pool noun Dated form of swimming pool.
- swirl verb To mingle interracially.
- swish verb To flog; to lash.
- swob noun Dated form of swab.
- syllabub noun Something lacking substance; something frothy, insubstantial, or lightweight.
- synanthrose noun A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke, in the dahlia, and in other Compositae.
- syntagma noun An organized structural, functional unit of anatomical or chemical subunits.
- synthase noun Such an enzyme that, more specifically, does not use ATP as a source of energy.
- synthetase noun Such an enzyme that, more specifically, uses ATP as a source of energy.
- syphilitic noun A person with syphilis.
- Syrian adj Of or relating to the Syriac language or alphabet.
- Szechwanese adj Of or relating to the province of Szechwan in China.
- T-shirt noun An undershirt.
- tab out verb To pay one's tab and leave a bar.
- tabbyhood noun The state of being an adult female cat (a tabby).
- tabetic noun A person who has tabes.
- table board noun A backgammon board.
- table centre noun A decorative covering for the centre of a dining table, usually made of fabric or lace.
- table head noun One of the short ends of a rectangular table, considered to be the most prominent place and often reserved for the host(s).
- tableau noun An arrangement of actors in static positions on stage, having the effect of pointing up a particular moment in the drama, conventionally…
- taboggan noun Dated form of toboggan.
- tackler noun A person who repairs weaving looms.
- tactic adj Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.
- tad noun A street boy; an urchin.
- tagboard noun A small message board on a webpage, usually located in the sidebar, where visitors can leave a name and short message.
- tagline noun Synonym of subheadline.
- tagma noun A specialized, structured, grouping of functionally related molecules, forming the basis the physiology and structure of larger units such…
- tail noun A tailcoat.
- take verb To consume (food or drink).
- take a walk verb To leave; (by extension) to quit.
- take across verb To go, to proceed.
- take fire verb To catch fire; to begin to burn.
- take French leave verb To leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone; to slip out.
- take off verb To take drugs; to inject drugs.
- take part verb To support or ally oneself (with).
- take the pledge verb To promise to abstain from alcohol.
- take the shilling verb To enlist as a soldier of any military force; to join the armed forces.
- talk to the hand phrase Used to dismiss another person's argument by indicating that one is not prepared to hear or read anything further from that person. It is…
- talkie noun A movie with sound, as opposed to a silent film.
- talkies noun Talking movies.
- talking picture noun A motion picture that features an audio accompaniment, thus allowing the characters' speech to be heard by the audience (as well as a…
- tally noun A state of cohabitation, living with another individual in an intimate relationship outside of marriage.
- tallyho noun A pleasure coach.
- tam-tam verb To beat on a drum.
- tamper verb To meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it.
- tang verb To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.
- tank noun A bouncer or doorman.
- tapesponding noun Friendly communication by means of early audio tape recordings sent in the post, as engaged in by tapespondents.
- tapotage noun Coughing and expectoration following percussion in the supraclavicular region: a sign sometimes obtained in pulmonary tuberculosis.
- tar noun A sailor (because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes).
- tarantula noun A species of wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, native to southern Europe, the mildly poisonous bite of which was once thought to cause an…