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 79 of 105: from “responsive” to “riveling”.
- responsive adj Suited to something else; correspondent.
- ressentiment noun Obsolete form of resentment.
- rest verb To keep a certain way.
- restaur noun The remedy that assurers have against each other, or a person has against his guarantor.
- restorator noun A restaurateur; a restaurant owner.
- restore verb To make good; to make amends for.
- restrained adj Proscribed, restricted.
- restrict adj Restricted.
- restringent adj astringent; styptic
- result verb To leap back; to rebound.
- resurrectionist noun One who sells repaired or reconditioned goods; a refurbisher.
- resuscitate adj Restored to life.
- retain noun An act of holding or keeping something; a possession, a retention.
- retard verb To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
- retch verb To reck.
- retection noun Disclosure or detection of something concealed.
- retention noun That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.
- retentive noun That which retains or confines; a restraint.
- reticence noun Synonym of aposiopesis (“an abrupt breaking-off in speech”).
- reticle noun Alternative form of reticule (“a little bag”).
- retinoid adj Pertaining to or resembling a resin.
- retinue noun A service relationship.
- retorque verb To turn back.
- retract noun An act of retracting or withdrawing (a mistake, a statement, etc.); a retraction.
- retrait noun A picture or other visual representation.
- retreat noun A peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.
- retrieve noun A seeking again; a discovery.
- retroduction noun A leading or bringing back.
- retrograde verb To cause (someone or something) to revert to an inferior or less developed state.
- retromingent noun An animal that urinates backwards, such as the camel, hippo or raccoon.
- retropulsion noun Transfer of a disease from an external source to an internal organ.
- retruse adj abstruse
- retund verb To blunt; to make less sharp.
- return verb To turn back, retreat.
- retyre noun retirement
- revegetate verb To grow again (of a plant, leaf etc.).
- reveil verb To reveal, disclose.
- revel verb To draw back; to retract.
- revel-rout noun boisterous partying; revelry.
- reverb verb To echo.
- reverberate verb To drive, force, or push (someone or something) back; to repel, to repulse.
- reverse verb To return, come back.
- revertent noun A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system
- revest verb To dress (a priest or other religious figure) in ritual garments, especially to celebrate Mass or another service.
- revie verb To vie with, or rival, in return.
- review verb To view or see again; to look back on.
- revigorate verb To give new vigour to.
- revile noun reproach; reviling
- revince verb To overcome.
- revise verb To look at again, to reflect on.
- revive noun Synonym of revival (“an act of reviving, or a state of being revived (in various senses)”).
- revivification noun The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state.
- revoke verb To call or bring back.
- revolutive adj Inclined to revolve things in the mind; meditative.
- revolve noun A radical change; revolution.
- revulsion noun A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
- rewalt verb To give up; surrender
- reward verb To give (something) as a reward.
- reyse verb To go on a military expedition.
- rhapsody verb To perform (a rhapsody (“an epic poem, or part of one, suitable for uninterrupted recitation”))
- rhematic noun In the work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834): the doctrine or study of arranging words into sentences clearly.
- rheometer noun A device used to measure the flow of electric current: an ammeter.
- rheometry noun The calculus.
- rheumy adj Especially of the air: damp, moist.
- rhinocerical adj Rich; abounding in "rhino" or money.
- rhizogen noun One of a former proposed class of flowering plants growing on the roots of other plants and lacking green foliage.
- rhodesioid adj Of or relating to Homo rhodesiensis, a former species describing the "Rhodesian Man", a Middle Stone Age fossil found in northern Rhodesia.
- rhododendron noun Oleander (Nerium oleander).
- rhyme verb To number; count; reckon.
- rhysimeter noun An instrument, similar to a pitot tube, for measuring the velocity of a fluid current, the speed of a ship, etc.
- ribble-row noun A row of rooms or pillars etc.
- ribibe noun An old woman.
- rice noun A bobbin or spool.
- rich verb To enrich.
- ricket adj Unsteady, rickety.
- rid adj Chiefly of a place: which has been ridded (etymology 1, verb sense 1.4.1) or cleared; rid-up.
- riddle noun A curtain; bedcurtain.
- rider noun Someone who breaks in or manages a horse; a riding master.
- ridicule adj ridiculous
- rife adj Having power; active; nimble.
- rifle verb To dispose of in a raffle.
- rig verb To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
- rigol noun A circle.
- rigwoodie noun rope, chain, or band that crosses the saddle of a horse to support the attachment of a cart.
- rim noun The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
- rime noun A narrow aperture or opening; a chink, a crack, a fissure; a rent, a rip.
- rine verb To touch.
- ringle noun A metal ring.
- ringman noun The ring finger.
- riot verb To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of feasting, luxury, etc.
- riot money noun Additional pay given to soldiers for serving against their fellow citizens, for example in quashing civil disorder.
- ripe adj Intoxicated.
- ripper noun One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.
- rise verb To retire; to give up a siege.
- rising of the lights noun An illness or obstructive condition of the larynx, trachea, or lungs, found as a cause of death on bills of mortality in the 16- and 1700s…
- risky adj Risqué.
- rispid adj Rugose, rough (having an uneven surface).
- rival noun One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
- rivel noun A wrinkle; a rimple.
- riveling noun A Scotsman.