This page gathers the 10,476 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Obsolete” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 47 of 105: from “hydrium” to “implore”.
- hydrium noun hydrogen
- hydro noun Abbreviation of hydroaeroplane.
- hydroaeroplane noun A floatplane, an airplane specialized for operating on water, having pontoon floats instead of skids or wheels.
- hydrocarbonate noun hydrocarbon
- hydrocarburet noun Carburetted hydrogen.
- hydrocyanicum noun hydrocyanic acid, prussic acid, a colorless liquid obtained from amygdalin, present in bitter almonds, peach stones, plums and laurel leaves
- hydrogen air noun An early term for hydrogen; hydrogen gas.
- hydromania noun A morbid attraction to suicide by drowning.
- hydrophore noun An instrument used to obtain specimens of water from any desired depth.
- hydropic adj Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy).
- hydropical adj Insatiably thirsty.
- hyemation noun The passing of a winter in a particular place; a wintering.
- hyl noun A unit of mass that is accelerated at a rate of 1 meter per second squared (1 m/s²) by a force of 1 kilogram-force, equivalent to 9.80665…
- hyle noun Synonym of matter, physical substance.
- hyperbole noun A hyperbola.
- hypnotic adj Dormant.
- hypo noun Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression.
- hypochondria noun Melancholy; depression.
- hypochondriacal adj Coming from the hypochondria; pertaining to or caused by depressive spirits.
- hypochondrial adj Relating to hypochondriasis; hypochondriac.
- hypochondric adj Hypochondriac (related to or affected by hypochondria).
- hypocrism noun hypocrisy
- hypostrophe noun The act of a patient turning himself or herself.
- Hyrcan adj Synonym of Hyrcanian.
- hys det Obsolete form of his.
- hyssop noun The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.).
- hysteria noun Any disorder of women with some psychiatric symptoms without other diagnosis, ascribed to uterine influences on the female body, lack of…
- hysterology noun A scientific study, or treatise on the uterus
- hysterotome noun Obsolete spelling of hysterotomy.
- i- prefix Used to form past participles of verbs. Alternative spelling of y-.
- iatromathematical adj Pertaining to a practice of medicine in conjunction with astrology.
- iatrophysics noun The physics of medicine or of medical and surgical treatment.
- ice noun An individual piece of ice.
- ice creamer noun An Italian.
- ice drop noun The small vesicles, filled with fluid, occurring on the stems and leaves of certain plants of the family Aizoaceae.
- iceberg noun The seaward end of a glacier.
- ich pron I.
- ichor noun A fetid, watery discharge from a sore; pus.
- idea noun The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal.
- identic adj Identical.
- idioblapsis noun A form of allergy believed not to depend on an antigen-antibody mechanism, but to be accompanied by a quickening of the pulse.
- idiot noun A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a…
- idiotacy noun Idiocy.
- idle adj Empty, vacant.
- idol noun An eidolon or phantom; a misleading or elusive image or representation.
- idolish adj Idolatrous.
- idolism noun The worship of idols.
- ignorant adj Unknown; undiscovered
- ignore verb Fail to notice.
- ignote adj unknown
- ilium noun The ileum, part of the small intestine (in modern usage, misspelling of ileum).
- ill adj Evil; wicked (of people).
- illaqueate verb past participle of illaqueate
- illaqueation noun Trapping or entangling someone or something in a noose, snaring; hanging.
- illegal noun An illegal act or technique.
- illegitimation noun The act of making illegitimate; illegitimization; bastardization.
- Illinese noun Synonym of Illinois (“member of the Illinois (Algonquian people)”)
- illinition noun The act of smearing or rubbing in or on.
- illuminate adj Enlightened, illuminated, made bright.
- illuminous adj bright; clear
- illustrate verb To shed light upon.
- illustre adj Synonym of illustrious.
- Illyrian adj Of or in the Serbo-Croatian language.
- image noun Show; appearance; cast.
- imageless adj Unimaginable.
- imaginant adj imagining; conceiving, or imaginative
- imaginarily adv By way of an image.
- imagine verb To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.
- imbecile noun A person with limited mental capacity who can perform tasks and think only like a young child, in medical circles meaning a person who…
- imbibe verb To steep; to cause to absorb liquid.
- imbroccata noun A hit or thrust.
- imbrued adj Stained with blood; wounded, bloody.
- imburse verb To put into a purse; to save, to store up.
- imbursement noun The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed.
- imell adv In the middle; between.
- imino acid noun imidic acid
- immanity noun Great size; enormousness, hugeness.
- immerse adj Immersed; buried; sunk.
- immolate adj Immolated, sacrificed.
- immortal adj Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous.
- immure noun A wall; an enclosure.
- imp verb To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.).
- impair adj Not fit or appropriate; unsuitable.
- impalement noun In the sense of an enclosure, the calyx of a flower. (In still older works, also spelt empalement.)
- impanate verb To embody in bread, especially in the bread of the Eucharist.
- imparl verb To hold discourse; to parley.
- imparlance noun Discussion, especially before some action is taken; conference, debate.
- impatient adj Not to be borne; unendurable.
- impedite adj Hindered; obstructed.
- impend verb To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.
- imperate adj Imperated.
- imperfect adj Lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
- imperious adj Imperial or regal.
- impersonate verb To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.
- impest verb To afflict with pestilence, in most cases the bubonic plague.
- impetrate adj Impetrated.
- impetration noun The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty.
- implicate adj Involved, intricate.
- implicit adj entangled, twisted together.
- implore noun An act of begging or pleading earnestly or urgently; an entreaty, an imploration or imploring, a plea.