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 92 of 105: from “super” to “syndesis”.
- super noun A watch (timepiece).
- supercargo noun An agent or representative of a company in charge of its overseas business.
- supercherie noun Foul play; an attack made by deceit.
- supercruiser noun Synonym of battlecruiser.
- supererogate verb To make up with excess for the lack prepositioned by for.
- supergression noun excess, exaltation
- superinduce verb To replace (someone) with someone else; to bring into another's position; especially, to take (a second wife) quickly after the death of a…
- superliminary noun The lintel across the top of a doorway.
- supernaculum adv According to the rules of an old drinking game in which the drinker upturned the empty cup and had to drink more if the remaining droplets…
- superparticular adj Of a natural number, being larger than another natural number by a unit fraction of that smaller number.
- superplant noun A plant growing on another, such as the mistletoe; an epiphyte.
- superpower noun Electricity generated in a large plant that is tied into a regional network, on a larger scale than was common in the early years of…
- supersalient adj Leaping upon.
- superstrain verb To overstrain, to strain too much.
- supervise verb To look over so as to read; to peruse.
- supping noun That which is supped; broth.
- supplant verb To uproot, to remove violently.
- supplyment noun The act of supplying.
- suppose verb To reckon to be, to account or esteem as.
- supposititious adj Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake.
- suppress verb To hold in place, to keep low.
- supputation noun A calculation or computation; the act of calculating or computing; reckoning
- supracargo noun An agent or representative of a company in charge of its overseas business.
- surcharge noun An excessive load or burden.
- surd adj Lacking the sense of hearing; deaf.
- surdity noun Deafness
- sure adj Free from danger; safe; secure.
- surfel verb To wash with a cosmetic water, said by some to be prepared from sulphur.
- surfer noun A duck, the surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata).
- surfle verb To embroider.
- surge noun A spring; a fountain.
- surly adv In an arrogant or supercilious manner.
- surname noun Synonym of epithet, an additional name, particularly those derived from a birthplace, quality, or achievement.
- surprisal noun A surprise attack or ambush; a sudden or unexpected assault.
- surreption noun An unperceived or sudden arrival.
- surround verb To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
- surseance noun peace (state of not fighting) or quiet (silence, or calmness)
- surview verb To survey; to make a survey of.
- suscipient adj Receiving; admitting.
- suspect verb To look up to; to respect.
- suspectless adj Not suspecting; having no suspicion.
- suspend verb To make to depend.
- suspense adj Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
- suspire noun A long, deep breath; a sigh.
- suss verb To arrest for suspicious behaviour.
- sustainer noun A radio program without a commercial sponsor.
- swad noun A crowd; a group of people.
- swag noun A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods.
- Swahilian noun A person who speaks Swahili.
- swain noun A young man or boy in service; a servant.
- swainmote noun A court held before the verderers of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, three times a year, the swains or freeholders of…
- swaly adj Shady.
- swami noun A Hindu religious idol.
- swamp harrier noun The spotted harrier, Circus assimilis.
- swankie noun Poor thin beer or any sloppy drink, even sweetened water and vinegar.
- swap verb To hit, to strike.
- sward noun The upper layer of the ground, especially when vegetation is growing on it.
- swarf verb To grow languid; to faint.
- swart adj Gloomy; malignant.
- swarve verb To swerve.
- swash noun Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
- swatch noun A tag or other small object attached to another item as a means of identifying its owner; a tally; specifically the counterfoil of a tally.
- swaver verb To decline away from.
- sweater noun A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point.
- sweep noun The almond furnace.
- sweet noun That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.
- sweeting noun A sweet apple.
- swelt verb To die.
- swift adv Swiftly.
- swiftfoot adj nimble; fleet
- swig noun Drink, liquor.
- swike verb To deceive, cheat; betray.
- swill verb To inebriate; to fill with drink.
- swilltub noun Term of abuse.
- swine noun Synonym of wolffish.
- swine-bread noun A plant of species Conopodium majus or its tuber.
- swinepox noun A form of chickenpox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the waterpox.
- swines noun genitive of swine
- swing noun Free course; unrestrained liberty.
- swinge verb To singe.
- swinger noun Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.
- swingle verb To swing for pleasure.
- swipe verb To drink.
- swire noun The neck.
- swish-swash noun A weak, wishy-washy drink.
- swith adj Strong; vehement.
- swithly adv Quickly, speedily, promptly.
- swy noun A two-shilling coin.
- sycophant verb To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
- syenite noun Granite.
- syllogism noun A trick, artifice; an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument; a sophism.
- sylvicoline adj Of or relating to the Sylvicolinae or Sylvicolidae, former names for the family Parulidae, the New World warblers.
- symbol noun That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
- symbolism noun A combining together of parts or ingredients.
- symbolize verb To resemble each other in qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize.
- symmetral adj commensurable; symmetrical
- sympathize verb To share (a feeling or experience).
- symphonia noun The bagpipe.
- synaxis noun A congregation.
- syndesis noun Synonym of synapsis, the pairing of chromosomes during cellular reproduction.