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 74 of 105: from “projicient” to “punt-out”.
- projicient noun Someone or something that launches a projectile.
- prolate verb To utter; to pronounce.
- prolation noun Speaking, utterance, the producing of words or speech.
- prolative adj uttered
- prole verb To prowl; to proll.
- proleptics noun The art and science of predicting in medicine.
- prolix adj Long; having great length.
- prolocution noun An introductory speech.
- promerit verb To oblige; to confer a favour on.
- promise noun Bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised.
- promptuary noun A magazine, repository, or handbook.
- promulgate verb past participle of promulgate
- pronunciative adj Uttering confidently; dogmatical.
- proof noun Experience of something.
- prop verb To knock (a person) down.
- propagate adj propagated
- propend verb To incline or lean.
- propensenesse noun Inclination; propensity; tendency.
- proper noun Something set apart for a special use.
- properly adv individually; in one's own manner.
- properness noun Excellence, quality.
- property verb To invest with properties, or qualities.
- propination noun The act of pledging, or first drinking and then offering the cup to another.
- propose noun An objective or aim.
- propriety noun The particular character or essence of someone or something; individuality.
- props noun A game of chance using four seashells (each called a prop).
- propulse verb To repel; to drive off or away.
- prorogue verb To prolong or extend.
- proser noun One who writes prose.
- prospect verb To have or afford a view; to face or look out.
- prospective noun The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
- prosper verb To favor; to render successful.
- prospicuous adj Able to be seen from far away; conspicuous.
- pross verb To sponge or scrounge; to take advantage of a person's generosity.
- prostitute adj Debased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means.
- prostrate adj Prostrated.
- protection noun A document serving as a guarantee against harm or interference; a passport.
- proteid noun A protein.
- protend verb To hold out; to stretch forth.
- protest verb To publish; to make known.
- prothonotary noun A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome.
- proto- prefix A proto-metal.
- proto-metal noun A supposed finer form of a metal, associated with high temperatures and spectral lines similar to those observed in stars.
- protocol verb To make a protocol of.
- proton noun Synonym of primordium.
- protoplast adj Created first; archetypal.
- protoplastic adj prototypical
- protostoma noun Synonym of blastopore.
- protovertebra noun One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part…
- protrude verb To thrust (someone or something) forward; to drive or force along.
- proud adj Brave, valiant; gallant.
- provant adj Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality, i.e. inferior.
- provect adj mature; advanced (in age)
- proverb noun Any commonly used turn of phrase expressing a metaphor, simile, or descriptive epithet.
- provide verb To foresee, to consider in advance.
- provincial noun A constitution issued by the head of an ecclesiastical province.
- provoke verb To appeal.
- provost verb To be delivered to a provost marshal for punishment.
- prowl verb To collect by plunder.
- prudence noun Synonym of providence (“preparation for the future; foresight”).
- prune noun A plum.
- prunella noun Any of various diseases characterised by inflammation of the mouth or throat.
- pry verb To peer at (something) closely; also, to look into (a matter, etc.) thoroughly.
- psalter noun Alternative form of psaltery, a kind of zither as well as the King James translation of certain obscure musical terms in the Old Testament.
- pseudo-chromesthesia noun A type of synesthesia when sounds trigger involuntary, subjective sensations of color; during which a person might see colors when they…
- pseudomolecular adj intermolecular
- pseudoneuropterous adj Of or pertaining to the Pseudoneuroptera, a former division of insects somewhat resembling the Neuroptera.
- psycho-aesthetic adj Pertaining to an area of the brain involved in sensory perception.
- psychopath noun A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.
- psychopathy noun A mental illness; insanity.
- psychoprophylaxis noun The prevention of disease by psychological means.
- public noun Chiefly preceded by the: a collective body of a politically organized nation or state; a body politic, a nation, a state; also, the…
- public school noun A college or university.
- pucelle noun A prostitute, a slut.
- puckle noun The devil; Satan.
- pucksy noun An area of miry or swampy ground; a place (in a road, field, etc) where a spring rises, or where rain pools, and keeps the ground miry.
- pudding noun Any food or victuals.
- pudding pie noun A pudding with meat baked in it.
- pudding time noun Dinnertime, (pudding being formerly the dish first eaten).
- puffin noun The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.
- puft verb To puff.
- pug noun An ape, a monkey; also (by extension) a human child.
- puisne adj Younger; junior.
- puit noun A well; a small stream; a fountain; a spring.
- pulchritudinous adj That endows pulchritude; beautifying.
- pull noun Loss, misfortune, or violence suffered.
- pull someone's leg verb To extract money from someone (by taking out a loan or by swindling).
- pullen noun domestic fowl; poultry
- pullet noun A girl or young woman.
- pulmonic noun a medicine for treating a lung disease.
- pulver noun Powder.
- pulvinar noun A pillow or cushion.
- pump verb To put (a person or part of the body) under a stream of water from a pump, as a punishment or as a form of medical treatment; to force a…
- pumy adj large and rounded
- pun verb To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
- puncto noun A point of form or ceremony.
- punk noun A boy or younger man who engages in sexual intercourse by an older man as a (usually passive) homosexual partner.
- punkling noun A young strumpet
- punt noun A point in the game of faro.
- punt-out noun A kick back into play from the touch line, after the ball had gone into touch. It has been replaced by the lineout/line-out