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 6 of 105: from “arise” to “atrabiliary”.
- arise noun Arising, rising.
- arizonite noun A kind of iron-laden silver ore discovered during Arizona's silver rush in the 1870s.
- arm verb To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
- arm the lead verb To fill the hollow in the bottom of a sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering.
- armado noun Obsolete form of armada (“fleet of warships”).
- armed adj Furnished with something that serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
- armhole noun Similar structures in other animals.
- armill noun Any bracelet or armlet.
- armipotent adj Powerful in battle.
- arrant adj Obsolete form of errant (“roving around; wandering”).
- arrayer noun An officer who provided soldiers with armour and took care of it.
- arrear adv Towards the rear, backwards.
- arrect verb To direct.
- arrest verb To stop the motion of (a person, animal, or body part).
- arrière-garde noun The rearguard of an army or other force.
- arrive verb To bring to shore.
- arrosion noun A gnawing.
- arse about verb To turn round.
- arsefoot noun A great crested grebe or little grebe.
- arson noun A saddlebow.
- artful adj Knowledgeable about the liberal arts; learned, wise.
- article verb To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.
- articularly adv Pronouncing each syllable clearly and distinctly.
- articulate adj Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
- artificial horizon noun A small trough containing mercury, the surface of which shows a reflection of the celestial bodies.
- as conj Than.
- ascendant noun A person who ascends or goes up; specifically (usually followed by to), a person who ascends to a throne or assumes some other position of…
- ascertain verb To make (someone) certain or confident about something; to inform.
- ascriptitious adj ascribed
- ash verb To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
- ashame verb To feel shame; to be ashamed.
- ask my arse phrase A common reply to any question; once common at court and among sailors, under the name of "selling bargains".
- aslake verb To moderate; mitigate; appease; satisfy.
- aspalathus noun A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.
- aspect verb To look at.
- aspected adj Subject to a particular planetary aspect.
- aspen adj Tremulous, trembling.
- asper adj Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.
- aspersion noun A sprinkling, especially of holy water.
- asphaltic adj Of or relating to the Dead Sea (salt lake between Jordan and Israel).
- asphyxia noun A condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body leads to loss of consciousness or death. Replaced in…
- asphyxy noun asphyxiation, typically resulting in death; asphyxia
- aspic noun An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
- aspire verb To go as high as, to reach the top of (something).
- ass noun A compositor.
- assart noun The act or offence of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
- assassinate noun Assassination, murder.
- assay verb To test the abilities of (someone) in combat; to fight.
- assecuration noun Assurance; certainty.
- assemblance noun Resemblance; likeness; appearance.
- asservation noun Preservation.
- asshole noun A receptacle under a fire grate for collecting ashes; an ash-hole.
- assiduate adj unremitting, requiring a lot of effort
- assiege noun A siege.
- assign noun A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
- assimilate adj Assimilated.
- assimulate verb To assimilate.
- assistant noun Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
- assize noun A measure, dimension, or size.
- associable adj sociable; companionable
- associate verb To accompany; to be in the company of.
- assoil verb Followed by from or of: to release or set free (someone) from a liability, an obligation, etc.; to discharge.
- assoon adv As soon (as might be); immediately; forthwith.
- assuage verb To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.
- assumpt noun That which is assumed; an assumption.
- assurance noun Betrothal; affiance.
- assure verb To guarantee, promise (to do something).
- assured adj Reliable, confirmed.
- assyth noun Compensation for an insult or harm.
- astand verb To arise; rise up.
- astart verb To cause to start; startle; start up; jump.
- aster noun A star.
- astern adv At or toward the rear of a vessel.
- astipulate verb To assent.
- aston verb To astonish.
- astonishable adj Astonishing.
- astonishment noun Loss of physical sensation; inability to move a part of the body.
- astound adj Stunned; astounded; astonished.
- astraean adj Relating to the former genus Astraea or the family Astraeidae.
- astriction noun constipation
- astringe verb To constrict, to compress
- astripotent adj That rules the stars.
- astroite noun A radiated fossil or stone; a starstone.
- astronomy noun Astrology.
- astroscopy noun observation of the stars
- asunder adj Different, unlike.
- asymmetral adj incommensurable
- at all adventures prep_phrase At random, in any manner, any which way; in whatever way one can, as best one can.
- at large prep_phrase In full, fully.
- at once adv In one group; together.
- at the bank prep_phrase Alternative form of at bank (“on the surface”).
- at the first brunt adv at the first attack or engagement of battle
- ataxia noun Disorder; irregularity.
- ataxy noun disorder; irregularity
- athel adj noble, highborn
- atheous adj Atheistic.
- atheroma noun A kind of cyst on the scalp.
- atomy noun Chiefly in the works of the English author Charles Dickens (1812–1870): a thing which is very slender and weak.
- atone verb To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
- atrabiliary adj Of or relating to black bile.