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MRS. BYRNE'S DICTIONARY and Preposterous Words

of Unusual^ Obscure,

BY JOSEFA HEIFETZ BYRNE

hield '^^ling; a

^)

^^i-

1.

diaphoretic or a to incline, to be

e. 2.

to decline or droop. 'd.4. to turn away. -v./. 1. er. 2. to pour, to shed, -n, ne, slope,

also heald. e-msl) adj. pertaining to

hoggerel

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upright with a movable arm to measure the height of a horse.

hippopotomonstrosesquipedal(hip"o-p6t-9-m6n"str6-

ian

s6s"kwi-p3-da'll-9n) adj. pertaining to a very, very long word, see

sesquipedalian.

hipshot (hip'shdt)

having one

adj.

hip lower than the other, due to a '

hjpsy

i

?

dislocation. (hip'se) n. a drink consisting

of wine, water, and brandy. hirci (hir'se)

n.

armpit

hircine (hur'sTn)

hair.

goatlike, es-

adj.

pecially in smell;

lewd.

hircismus (hir-slz'mss)

n.

stinky

armpits. hirr (hir)

ward

dog forattack, round up sheep,

v.i.

[to

to order a

etc.]. i

hirrient

(hir'i-ant)

trilled, as ly

the letter

adj. r.

or harshly trilled

hirsutorufous adj.

-n.

I

strongly a strong-

sound^

(hlr-soo'tsr-oo'T^s)

red-haired.

historionomer (his-t6r"I-6n'>m9r)

i

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MRS. BYRNE'S

DICTIONARY of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous

WORDS Gathered from numerous and diverse Authoritative Sources by Mrs. Byrne Edited, with an introduction by Mr. Byrne

UNIVERSITY BOOKS CITADEL PRESS Secaucus,

New

Jersey

Tenth printing, 1980 Copyright© 1974 by Josefa Heifetz All rights reserved

Published by Citadel Press and University Books Divisions of Lyie Stuart Inc. 120 Enterprise Ave., Secaucus, N.J. 07094 In

Canada: George

Printed

in

J.

McLeod

the United States of

Limited, Toronto, Ont.

America

by Noble Offset Printers Inc.

ISBN 0-8216-0203-9 ISBN 0-8065-0498-6

(University Books hardcover) (Citadel Press paperback)

Table of Contents Editor's Introduction

7

Author's Preface

9

Pronunciation Guide

11

Dictionary

13

Bibliography

239

Editor's Introduction

Incredible as it may seem, every entry in this book, even the most ludicrous, has been accepted as a formal or legitimate English word by at least one major dictionary. The dignity that goes with endorsement by lexicographers of trusted sobriety, however, was not enough for inclusion here subjective criteria were applied as well. The words had to strike the author as unusual, obscure, difficult, unfamiliar, amusing, or preposterous. Thus Mrs. Byrne has created a new kind of dictionary: one based entirely on her own tastes.

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A language like English, rich in synonyms and near-synonyms, leaves an enormous slag-heap behind it as it advances and evolves. Some nations appoint commissions to root through the ash pile and dispose of the worst clinkers.

The problem, of course, is that one man's clinker is another man's nugget. Applying the label is often a matter of personal preference. Mrs. Byrne made the choice several hundred thousand times during the ten years she spent researching this book. Working alone and without government support (or even comprehension) she managed to assemble the six thousand weirdest words in the English language. Nobody asked her to do it because nobody thought such a thing was possible. In fact, I asked her not to do it. Completed, the book stands as one of the most remarkable and peculiar feats of compulsive lexicography since Cawdrey's A Table Alphabetical! Of Hard Usual English .

Words

in

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.

1604.

Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary brings into view thousands of little-known curiosiburied in specialized dictionaries and unabridged works too bulky for browsing. Mrs. Byrne exhumed many words from the boneyards of the obsolete and the nearly forgotten because in her judgment they deserved another chance to live. Words like hieromachy a fight between men or women of the cloth, and minimifidianism having almost no faith or belief Words \'\kQ furfuraceous covered with dandruff kakistocracy government by the worst citizens; omphaloskepsis meditation while gazing at one's navel; and gardyloo! a warning cry made before ejecting slops from the windows of old Edinburgh.

ties that lie

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For years anthropologists have been describing certain Hottentots with the help of the word steatopygia having too much fat in the buttocks. It is far too useful to be restricted in its application to the African bush. The Ameri-

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can people need this word. Medicine and law have many terms that merit wider currency. In these pages you'll find deraign to settle a dispute by combat between the litigants, and dharna an attempt to collect a debt by camping on the debtor's doorstep until he either pays you or you starve to death. Political analysts should find a use for palilalia involuntarily repeating a phrase faster and faster. Some words are included because of their odd mixture of meanings. For example, several dictionaries define bismer as /. shame; 2. a disgraceful person: S. a steelyard; 4. the fifteen-spined stickleback. My favorite in this group is merkin /. female genitalia; 2. false pubic hair; 3. a mop for swabbing cannons. In writing definitions, the goals were clarity and directness. Edentate is defined by one word: toothless. In contrast, the sixth edition of MerriamWebster's Collegiate offers destitute of teeth. In addition to pomposity, most dictionaries are affiicted with an unfitting evasiveness when it comes to certain words relating to the human body. You'll find no frustrating delicacy or cowardice in Mrs. Byrne. When faced with words like rectalgia Sind proctalgia she comes right out and calls them a pain in the ass. Some readers may complain that more than a sprinkling of slang should have been included. Others will claim that words are in that should be out, and vice versa. Such readers can only be invited to write their own dictionaries. Although Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary has enough comedy in it to reward casual browsers, it is intended to serve as a supplement to a desk dictionary. A word not listed in either place is not worth having at your fingertips, unless, of course, you are an institution, a library, or a governmental body at the federal, state, or municipal level. The author and editor apologize for the ammunition this book provides to

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bad

writers.

ROBERT BYRNE

Author's Preface

good old days when Webster's New International Dictionary (2nd ediwas considered the undisputed authority, one had merely to consult it in order to settle an argument concerning the pronunciation, say, of the word In the

tion)

contumely.

It

offers one: kbn'tii-me'Ti.

same argument arose today? Webster's

End of argument. But suppose

New International (3rd

that

edition) heads

its list with k^n-tu'm^-le, followed by nine more for comparison shoppers. Thirteen other dictionaries add to the disagreement by disgorging twenty additional pronunciations and bringing the grand total to thirty-one. First syllable accented with secondary stress on penultimate: kon'tu-me"le k6n'tu-me"li k6n'too-me"li k6n'tob-me"li k6n't9-me"le k6n'ty9-me"le k6n'tydo-me"le k6n'tydo-me"li k6n'ch9-me"le First syllable accented with secondary stress on antepenultimate: k6n'tu"m9-le k6n'tu"m9-li First syllable accented without secondary stress: k6n'tu-m9-le k6n'tu-m9-li k6n'tu-me-li

kon'tu-me-b k6n'too-m9-le kon'too-ms-li k6n'tob-m9-le k6n'tdo-m9-li k6n'tyd6-m9-le

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k6n'tyd6-m9-ll k6n'ch9-m9-le First syllable accented in three-syllable version: k6n'tum-le k6n'ty9m-le k6n't9m-le k6n'ch3m-le Second syllable accented: kan-tu'ma-le kan-tu'ma-ll ksn-tu'me-le kan-too'ma-le kan-tdo'ma-li My own favorite pronunciation, kbn'toom-le, is not yet among the accepted ones, but the way things have been going Pm sure some day it will be. Most dictionaries do not confront the browser with such a variety of conflicting pronunciations. Charientism (a gracefully veiled insult), a word I finally tracked down in the august pages of the Oxford English Dictionary, was bereft of pronunciation even in that grand panjandrum of lexicons. *'If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!"' hence, kar'-\-^n-t\z"^m, based on Greek roots and cold logic. Mrs. Byrne's pronunciation guide is self-explanatory with the following exceptions: the long u (u) resolutely maintained by the British is shortened whenever I think I can get away with it. The vowel sound in care, fair, etc., I do not consider to be significantly different from that of the short e in let, met, etc., w^hen followed by an r. The act of sounding the r is enough to slightly alter the pronunciation. Therefore, I have not used a different symbol. (Care=k6r; fair = fer, etc.) Like everything else in this dictionary, the pronunciation, though not necessarily authoritative, is decidedly authoritarian. I wish to state plainly that this is not a book in which one may find romantic stories about word origins. Etymological books abound and proliferate like drosophilae. There is surely no need to add to that swollen list. I do include the etymology when it seems necessary for a complete understanding of the word, or when it is uncommonly interesting. As for definitions, I have written them after comparing those of the leading authorities. Any errors, however, are my own, and behind them I stand nervously.

JOSEFA HEIFETZ (Mrs. Byrne)

'William Strunk: The Elements of Style, edited by E.B. White; Ian

Company, New York,

1959.

The Macmil-

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Pronunciation Guide

main

secondary stress"

stress'

hallucination

(ha-loo^sin-a'shsn)

paleontology

(pa"le-5n-t5r9-je)

Unstressed Vowels

Stressed Vowels a

man made

(man) (mad)

e

let

(let)

e

be

(be)

i

sip

(sip)

balloon

i

wine

(win)

omen

(o'man)

hot cold sore

(hot)

gallon

(gal'an)

(kold)

Saturday

(sat'ar-da)

u u u

dull

(dul)

The

fugue burp

(fug)

stressed

(burp)

syllables,

00 00 ou

good

(good)

will soften

food out

(food)

a

The schwa

sounds

(9)

between the u burp

in dull

like a cross

and the u

in

.

(ba-loon')

(sor)

short

i

(i)

usually retains

sound

in

its

unstressed

though the lack of it somewhat.

stress

(out)

Consonants (thin)

c

cat

(kat)

th

thin

c

cent

(sent)

th

this

(this)

g g q q

gender

(jen'dsr)

X

ax

(aks)

get

(get)

X

exhibit

(egz-ib'it)

quay

(ka)

y

quick

(kwik)

z

(ze'bra)

s

so

(so)

z

year zebra azure

s

is

(iz)

(yir)

(a'zar)

FOREIGN 1.

The French

vin (vaN); is

nasal sounds: ent,

mon(m6^)\ un

indicated by h as,

(uN).

Bach (boh).

in,

3.

are indicated by umlauts as, dur

mSn; made;

16t;

on, un, are indicated by

N

as, lent (I6N);

The heavily aspirated h, as the ch in Bach, The french u in dur and the German u mfur

2.

(diir);

fur

(fiir).

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

aa

(6'6) n. rough, crumbling lava (Hawaiian).

aasvogel

the South

(6s'fo"g9l) n.

abducent

abecedarian

African vulture.

abacinate

(a-bas'i-nat)

by putting a red-hot copper basin near the eyes.

abaction

(a-bak'shsn)

n.

cattle-

stealing.

abasia (a-ba'zi-9) n. inability to walk because of lack of muscular coordination. abattoir (ab'9-twor) n. a slaughterhouse. abatvoix (6-bo-vwo') n. a sounding board or canopy over the speaker's platform (French abbatre = to

throw down

abbey-lubber lazy

abbozzo

any

=

pretending

n.

to

n.

abiogenesis

taining

foolish

abishag

husband

a

a

rough draft

or

adj.

per-

excessive

hide; hidden.

\bi\

(a'bi-shag)

n.

the child of a

woman and

laughter (from Abdero, the birthplace of Democritus, the "laughing philosopher"). abditive (ab'di-tiv) adj. able to

mSn; made;

n.

married man not her (from Hebrew = the

mother's error). (ab-lak-ta'shan) n. weaning. ablation (a-bla'shan) n. surgical removal; wearing or wasting away.

ablactation

(ab-dir'i-sn) to

(a"bi-o-jen'-9-sis)

spontaneous generation.

or sketch.

Abderian

(ab-ig'e-9s) n. a cattle rust-

ler.

be

loafer.

(6-b6t'so)

a

n.

(slang).

abigeus

voice).

(ab'e-lub"9r)

monk

ascetic;

voix

-I-

(a"be-se-der'i-3n)

person learning the alphabet; a beginner; one teaching the alphabet or fundamentals of a subject. -adj. pertaining to the alphabet; elementary. abecedism (a-be-se'diz"9m) n. a word created from the initials of words in a phrase; an acronym

to blind

v./.

(ab-doo'ssnt) adj. carry-

drawing away; abducting.

ing or

ablepsia

(a-blep'si-9) n. blindness.

abligurition

(a-blig"y9r-ish'9n)

extravagance

in

cooking

serving (obs.).

ablutomania (a-bloo"t9-ma'ni-3) a mania for washing oneself.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

this; year;

n.

and

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

n.

abra abra (o'bro)

narrow mountain

a

n.

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pass (Spanish). abraxas (a-brak's9s) n. a god worshiped by the Gnostics until the thirteenth century; the word carved on gems, which were used as charms or amulets. abreaction (ab-re-ak'shan) n. release of repressed ideas or emotions during psychoanalysis.

abrosia (a-bro'zi-a) a/, fasting. abscotchalater (ab-sk6ch'9-la"t3r) n. one in hiding from the police (slang).

absinthism (ab'sin-thrzsm)

n.

a

nervous or mental illness resulting from overimbibing absinthe.

absquatulate (ab-skwot'ya-lat) to

v./.

leave hurriedly, suddenly, or

secretly.

absterge

(ab-sturj')

wipe

to

v./.

clean; to purge.

abuccinate (a-buk'sin-at)

v.t.

to

proclaim, like a fanfare.

metic.

(a-kan-a'shss)

adj.

prickly.

acapnotic (a-kap-not'ik)

n.

a non-

smoker.

acarophobia

(a"k9r-9-fo'bi-9)

n.

fear of itching or of those insects that cause

acarpous sterile,

it.

(a-korp'as) adj. fruitless, -syn. agennesic,

apogen-

ous, anandrious.

acataleptic (a-katVlep'tik) adj. incomprehensible. acceptilatlon (ak-sep"til-a'sh3n) n. the settlement of a debt without payment. accessit (ak-ses'it) n. a prize for students in second place (British).

mSn; made;

16t;

.

.

serine

.

accidence (ak'si-dens) n. 1. a grammar book. 2. the fundamentals of just about anything.

accismus

(ak-siz'mas)

a

n.

phony

refusal (rhetoric).

accolent (ak'o-bnt)

adj.

living

nearby; neighboring, -n. a neighbor.

accubation (ak-u-ba'shan)

re-

n.

clining at meals.

accubitum (a-ku'bi-tum)

n.

a cres-

cent-shaped couch for five people used by ancient Roman diners. acedia (a-se'di-9) n. apathy, bore-

dom,

sloth.

aceldama field

(a-sel'ds-ma)

(referring

to

n.

a battle-

the

alleged

neaV Jerusalem bought with Judas's filthy lucre. Acts 1:19. Matt. 27:8). "potter's

field"

acervuline (a-sur'vu-lin) sembling small heaps.

acescent

(a-ses'ani)

adj.

re-

adj.

slightly

sour; turning sour.

abulic (a-boo'lik) adj. pertaining to a lack of will power, also aboulic. acalculia (a-kal-ku'li-9) n. the inability to work with numbers; a mental block against arith-

acanaceous

acetylseryl

acetarious

(a-ss-ter'i-ss) adj.

acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminylphenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanylaspartylprolylisol-

eucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinylthreonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanylglutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonylglutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylseryiglutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalylarginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyro-

sylarginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucylthreonylalanyl-

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

this;

per-

taining to plants used in salads.

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

adespoton

achaetous leucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonylarginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylgiutamylvalylglutamylas-

acraein (a-kre'in)

paraginylglutaminylglutaminyl-

acritochromacy (ak'ri-ta-kro'mase) n. color blindness; achroma-

serylprolylthreonylthreonylal-

secreted

substance

a

n.

certain

butterflies

making them unpalatable

to their

enemies.

anylglutamylthreonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartylaianylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucylasparaginylleucylvalyl-

by

topsy.

acroamatic (ak"ro-9-mat'ik)

adj.

profound. abstruse, acroatic. pertaining to profound esoteric, learning.

acrocephalic (ak"ro-s9-farik)

adj.

asparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycylthreonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonylphenylalanylglutamylserylmethionyl-

pertaining to pointed heads, -n. someone with a pointed head. aerology (a-krol'a-je) n. the science

serylglycylleucylvalyltryptophylthreonylserylalanylprolylal-

acronical

anylserine (1

mosaic

.

achaetous

.

also acronycal, -ichal, -ychal.

ACTH.

see adrenocorticotropic hor-

mone. acushia (a-kobsh'b)

(a-kat'ss) adj. hairless.

(a-kl6r"9-fTl-

a'shas) adj. colorless.

with

adj.

inability

acyesis

acology

Adamitism

(a-kol's-je) n.

the science

or study of medical remedies.

(a-k5'mi-9) atrichia,

n.

baldness;

calvities,

phala-

(a-kop'ik)

adj.

relieving

ing

(a-koo's-zam) in the head.

n.

a ring-

(a-koos'ti-ko-

let;

steril-

(a-sir-ol's-je)

poor

n.

diction.

(ad'sm-Tt'Tz-sm) n. going naked for God; imitating

Adam adda

for religious reasons.

(ad'9)

n.

the

common

Egypt-

rosy, so they say.

(a-def's-gas) adj. glut-

tonous. (ad'eps)

the hog's

adespoton

fo'bi-9) n. fear of noise.

man; made;

female

(a-si-e'sis) n.

acyrology

adeps

sound

acousticophobia

blue;

-syn. atocia.

ity,

adephagous

tiredness.

acouasm

distinguish

ian skink, one-time curer of lep-

crosis, alopecia.

acopic

to

blue-blindness.

sharp points like a needle; needleshaped. aciniform (a-sin'i-form) adj. formed like a grape cluster.

-syn.

darling, see

acyanoblepsia (a-sra-no-blep'si-s) n.

(a-sik'u-br)

acomia

n.

cushlaniochree (Irish). acutiator (a-ku'shi-a"t3r) n. in medieval times, a sharpener of

weapons.

Acheron).

achlorophyllaceous acicular

an ingrow-

n.

ing nail.

acherontic (ak-ar-on'tik) adj. dark, gloomy, forbidding (from Hades' river,

adj.

at sunset or twilight,

acronyx (ak'ro-niks)

virus

(C785H1220N212O248S2). for the longest word, see methionylglutaminyl. (1,913 letters).

(a-kron'i-ksl)

happening

(a-se"til-et-set'9r-3) n.

tobacco

ini-

pictures, etc.

tials,

185 letters) the protein part of

the

names using

of representing

n.

the purified fat of

abdomen. (a-des'p^-tsn)

n.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

an

adevism anonymous poem or adevism (ad'9-viz"3m)

saying. n.

the den-

of legendary gods.

ial

pertaining to sweat prevention. (ad"i-a-f3-ris'tik)

adiaphoristic

(ad-i-af'or-as)

adj.

neutral; neither right nor wrong;

nor

deleterious

neither

adumbrate

salu-

aduncity

to

v./.

(a-dun'si-te) n. crooked-

advena not

(ad-ven's)

become

adipose

(ad'i-poz)^^/. fatty. -«. fat. (ad'it) n. a mine entrance;

adit generally, a drainage or ventilation tunnel. adj.

adiittoral (ad-lit'a-raj) adj. pertain-

(ad-ven'i-ant) adj. due to

outside causes.

adversaria

(ad-vur-ser'1-9)

a

n.

miscellaneous collection of notes or remarks; commentaries on a

document.

text or

advesperate (ad-ves'par-at) v./. draw toward evening (obs.).

ing to the shallow water near the

adytum

shore.

tum. aegrotat

admanuensis (ad-man"u-en'sis) n. one who takes an oath by touch-

one who has

n.

a citizen of his adop-

ted country.

advenient

brious.

adjectitious (aj-ek-ti'shss) added, thrown in (obs.).

(a-dum'brat)

outline in a hazy sort of way; to over- or foreshadow. ness, hookedness.

theologically indifferent.

adiaphorous

plementary, extra, additional. adulterine (a-dul'tsr-In) n. an illegitimate child.

adiaphoretic (ad'T-a-f^-ret'ik) n. a drug to inhibit sweating, -adj.

adj.

aesculaplan

16

(ad'i-tsm)

n.

to

an inner sanc-

(e-gro'tat)

n.

\.

stu-

3.

dent's written medical excuse.

2.

the degree given to a student pre-

ing the Bible (obs.).

some-

vented by illness from taking final

thing that helps or supports; cor-

exams. aeiurophile (e-ioor's-ffl) n. a catlover; aelurophobe (fob) n. a cat-

adminicle (ad-min'i-kal) roboratory

evidence;

n.

explana-

tory proof.

adnomination (ad-nom"i-na'sh9n) n.

adonize

(ad'a-nlz)

v./.

to beautify

brass

(a-en'i-9s) adj. brassy; like

in

aeolistic

[men].

adosculation (ad-6s"ku-la'sh9n) fertilization

n.

by external contact

only.

color and luster. (e-9-lis'tik)

long-

adj.

winded.

aeonian

(e-o'ni-an)

everlast-

adj.

ing.

adoxography

(ad-oks-og'rs-fe)

n.

good writing on a trivial subject. -trophic adrenocorticotropic,

hormone

n.

(ACTH)

the

hog's pituitary hormone, effective against rheumatoid and aller-

adrogation (ad-ro-ga'shsn)

n.

adoption of a boy under fourteen years or of a girl under twelve. adscititious (ad-si-tish'9s)a^/. sup16t;

good; food; out;

(er'9-man"se)

n.

ther forecasting. (e-roo'go) n. the rust of any

metal, especially copper; verdigris.

aes

(ez) n.

of brass

or

bronze or copper; bronze

money (Roman

antiq-

uity).

aesculaplan

(es-ku-la'pi-9n)

adj.

medical (from Ae.sculapius, god of healing).

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp; gfet;

for-

tunetelling by air or wind; wea-

or copper

gic disorders.

man; made;

aeromancy

aerugo

(a-dren"o-k6r"ti-ko-tr6p'ik, -troPik)

hater.

aeneous

punning, also ag-, an-.

thin; this; year; azure;

o'man"; viN;

fur;

Bach

affabrous affabrous

(af'o-br^s)

manlike. affabulation

work-

adj.

(a-fab^u-la'sh^n)

//.

the moral of a fable (obs.).

afflatus

(a-fla't^s)

an

n.

artistic

inspiration.

affy (a-fe')

(+

v.t.

to confide or trust

1.

or in)

to

closely. 3. to

2.

to betroth, join

make

agerasia (aj-3-ra'si-3) n. youthful appearance in an older person. ageusia (a-gu'si-a) n. loss of or

damage to aggeration

long' after

n.

a

speculation.

child

agistment

siblings

its

have gone (slang). agamic (a-gam'ik) adj. asexual; parthenogenic. agapemone (ag-s-pem'an-e) n. British commune of 1846 sanctioning free love (cap.); any such group.

agapetae (ag-9-pe'te) n. early churchwomen who lived (strictly

agley

bate men. agar-agar (a'g6r-a"g6r)

tak-

1.

cattle; the

a gela-

agnogenic unknown agnoiology

ture media, laxatives,

agnomen ploit; a

agnosy

miration of a particular part of someone's body. agathism (ag'9-thi"z9m) n. the conall

is

kak"o-loj'i-k9l) adj.

both good and

the

n.

an addi-

some

ex-

nickname. n.

ignorance; es-

race.

(a-g6m'fT-9s)

adj.

bative;

also agonistical.

agoraphobia fear

com-

adj.

strained for the sake of (ag"9r-9-fo'bi-9)

n.

of public places and open

spaces.

agouara

(o-goo-6'ro) n. 1. any of various wild dogs of South America. 2. the crab-eating raccoon.

agrestian (a-gres'ti-sn)

adj.

grow-

ing wild.

agriologist (ag-ri-ol's-jist) n. an authority on primitive peoples.

agrizoiatry (ag"ri-zo-T'9t-re) n. branch of medicine specializing in

(aj-sn-es'ik) adj. sterile;

impotent, -syn. acarous, genou.s, anandrious.

apo-

wild animals.

agroof (a-grooP)

adj.

flat

on one's

face (Scottish).

(a-jen"o-kra'ti-9)

opposition to birth control.

16t;

n.

describing

agonistic (a-gan-is'tik)

evil.

(a-jen'i-ns) n. a guest at

man; made;

of

toothless.

(ag's-ths-

composed of

an inn, who, after having stayed for three nights, was considered one of the family (Saxon law).

agenocratia

(ag-no'man)

agomphious

for the better.

agathokakological

(ag-no-yol's-je)

(ag'no-se)

effect,

ad-

n.

adj.

pecially ignorance shared by the

and orien-

(a-gas-to'pi-9)

cept that

(ag-no-jen'ik)

cause.

name

tional

soups.

agastopia

bunched

study of ignorance.

tinous substance extracted from certain seaweeds and used for cul-

(Scottish). adj.

together.

whole human n.

awry

(ag-lT') adj.

agminate (ag'min-at)

platonically) with avowedly celi-

agennesic

n.

someone's

fee paid. 2. a land tax.

the locking

n.

of the barn door after the cows

agenhina

(a-jist'm9nt)

ing care of

(slang).

afterwit (af'tsr-wit)

tal

the sense of taste.

(aj-or-a'sh^n) n. amassing, heaping up; an accumulation. agiotage (aj'i-o-taj") n. stock

affidavit.

afterages (aftar-aj^az)

born

agrostographer

17

n.

agrostographer (a-gros-tog'rs-fur) n. someone who writes about

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bacfi

agrypnia

aliochroous

18

grasses; agrostologist.

agrypnia

read.

(a-grip'ni-9) n. sleepless-

alexipharmlc

ness.

adj.

agunah

(6-goo-n6')

woman

a

n.

alexiteric.

whose husband has deserted her and who may not marry without

alforja (al-f6r'h6)

divorce or proof of his death.

algedonica

agyiophobia

(al-J3-d6n'iks) n. the science of pleasure and pain, algedonic, adj. pertaining to pain,

(aj"i-o-fo'bi-9) n. fear

(a-him'ss)

Gandhi's doc-

n.

especially

trine of passive resistance. (o'e)

sloth.

aichmophobia

(Tk-mo-fo'bi-s)

n.

algific

(T'noo)

a primitive light-

n.

satisfaction

skinned race of Japan; their lang-

algolagny.

uage, -adj. pertaining to the race or language.

algophobia

aischrolatreia (Ts'^kro-b-trT's) n. worship of filth, dirt, smut; obscenity cult, aischrology (Tskrol's-je) n. *'dirty" language. aissaoua (T-s6'oo-o) n. a sect of

Moroccan

dervishes.

ait (at) n. a small island in a river or

the roseate spoon-

n.

also aiaiai

(T-T'T).

(al-bes'snt) adj.

becom-

ing white; whitish.

Aicoranist (al-ko-ran'ist) n. a strict follower of the Koran. aleatory (ari-9-t6r"e) adj. pertaining to or relying on chance.

alectryomachy

(a-lek"tri-6m'9-ke)

cockfighting.

alembic (a-lem'bik) metal

a?.

apparatus

for distillation. 2.

1.

a glass or

formerly

sex-

(al-go-fo'bi-s)

n.

fear

algorism (argar-iz'^am) n. Arabic numbers. 2. the decimal system. 1

3.

.

computation.

algorithm (argo-rith^sm)

n.

a rule

of procedure for solving recurrent mathematical problems. alible (al'i-bsl) adj. nutritive, nour-

used

n.

n.

16t;

inability

the univer-

n.

solvent vainly sought by al-

chemists. allantiasis (al-sn-te'a-sis)

n. food poisoning resulting from inadequate or improper preserving methods, -syn. botulism. alliaceous (al-i-a'shss) adj. smelling or tasting like onions or

garlic.

n.

attracting,

n.

which

alluring, -n. that

allision (a-liz'an)

(al-yo6r'9-man"se)

mSn; made;

sal

the

n.

fortunetelling with flour or meal. (a-lek'si-s)

Arabic characters. alkahest (al'ks-hest)

allicient (a-lish'snt)

alethioiogy (a-le"thi-5r9-je) study of truth.

aleuromancy

aljamiado (61-h6m-y6'do) n. a work written in Spanish with

something that

purifies or refines.

alexia

n.

resulting

ishing (obs.).

aibescent

n.

which

that

of pain.

lake.

ajaja (6-yo'yo) bill,

adj.

from giving or receiving pain; sadism or masochism; algophilia. also ual

objects.

Ainu

(ai-jifik)

produces cold. algolagnia (al-go-lag'ni-s)

and other pointed

fear of needles

when associated with

pleasure, algetic, causing pain.

South

three-toed

the

n.

American

a leather bag;

n.

saddlebag (Southwestern U.S.)

of crossing busy streets.

ahimsa ai

(a-lek"s!-f6r'mlk) -n. an antidote;

antidotal,

the

one object by another. aliochroous (a-lok'ro-9s)

to

attracts.

ramming of adj.

ticolored; changing color.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore, dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

mul-

ambitus

allochthonous allochthonous (a-lok'than-as) foreign.

3n) adj. aspiring to great heights.

adj.

autochthonous.

-(7/;/.

allocochick (al'o-ks-chik")

altricial (al-trish'sl) adj. having the

young hatched

In-

n.

dian shell money formerly used in northern California. allograph (al'o-graO n. a signature

made for someone else. allonymous (a-lon'i-mss)

riz"3m) tracted site sex.

re-

and European languages other than Indo-European or Semitic, also allophylic. allotheism (al-o-the'iz^am) n. wor-

many

ama

(a'ms)

a?.

1.

a

wine receptacle,

especially one for the Eucharist in

(al'^o-tre-of's-je)

Christendom. 2. the enlargement of the semicircular

early

n.

the craving for weird food.

almagest (al'ms-jest) n. Ptolemy's tome on astronomy; any such

canal

the inner ear.

in

amadelphous

(am-s-del'fss)

adj.

gregarious.

treatise.

almoner (al'msn-ur)

n. a person in charge of distributing money received through charity. aloglsm (aro-jiz^sm) n. unreason-

amanuensis (a-man"u-en'sis) n. one who takes dictation; a secretary.

amaranthine (am-9-ran'thin)

alopecia

1.

(al-6-pe'shi-9)

ness, -syn.

bald-

n.

acomia, atrichia, cal-

or

n.

the

South

everlasting,

amarity (a-mar'i-te)

amasesis

American howling monkey.

alphabetterments

2.

unfad-

amaranth,

reddish purple.

(al-o-pe'koid)^?^/. foxy.

(al-oo-at')

fades.

ing. 3. like the color,

phalacrosis.

alopecold

adj.

pertaining to the amaranth, an imaginary flower that never dies

ableness; absurdity.

alouatte

small cavities; like a honey-

comb.

ship of strange gods.

vitie.s,

developmental

the

altruipathia (ar'troo-i-path'i-a) n. pathologic altruism. alveolate (al-ve'o-lat) adj. with

ferring to Asiatic

allotriophagy

n.

when one becomes atto someone of the oppo-

period

adj.

adj.

is

some time. altrlgenderism (ai-tri-jen'da-

(obs.).

(al-o-firi-sn)

imma-

required for

ghosted; ghostwritten. alloo (a-loo') \\t. to set on; to incite

allophyllan

such an

in

ture condition that extra care

(al-fs-bet'or-

to

n.

biterness.

(am-9-se'sis)

n.

inability

chew.

ments) n. government measures and agencies to promote economic recovery and social sec-

amate (am-at') v.t. to terrify. amathophobia (amVtho-fo'bi-9)

urity (slang).

amatorculist (am-a-tor'kO-list)

alphitomancy

(al-flt'o-man^se)

n.

an

n.

fortunetelling with barley meal.

alphonsin

armed

(al-fon'zin)

forceps

n.

a three-

extracting bullets from wounds (invented by

pompous

16t;

or

lover (obs.).

n.

(a-maks"-o-fo'bi-3)

fear of riding in a car.

ambagious

(am-baj'ss) adj.

talk-

manner; devious.

n.

ambitus

(am'bi-tss) n.s.&pl.

1.

cumference, edge, border.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

n.

hypocritical

ing or doing things in an indirect

speech. altltudinarian (ar'ti-too-di-ner'i-

man; made;

insignificant

amaxophobia

for

Alphonso Ferri, c. 1552). altiloquence (al-til's-kwens)

fear of dust.

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN; fur;

Bach

cir-

2.

a

20

amblotic canvassing

abortion,

ancient

adj.

causing

drug that does

a

n.

in

votes

for

Rome. amblotic (am-bl6t'ik)

anacreontic

ampollosity (am-po-16s'i-te) bombast; pompous style. amulierosis (a-mu"li-3r-o'sis)

niche

a

in

(am'bre)

n.

ing;

(am'zas) n. double aces, lowest throw at dice; bad

amelus

n.

a

(a-men'sr)

n.

a

yes-man

(a-mur'si-bal)

ana (a'na) n. memorable

adj.

(a-mort') adj. as

n.

some-

dead;

if

life-

anabamous

amotion (a-mo'shsn)

n.

the ousting

anabasis

of an official; removal.

amphibological

(am"fi-bo-16j'i-

(am-fi-je'sn) adj. found

throughout

or occurring world.

parently

anacalypsis

the

non-

n.

5t) n.

n.pl.

(an"9-kal-ip'sis) n. an

(an-9-kamp'ser-

lost love.

anacamptic (an-9-kamp'tik)

host

a

n.

(from

the

legendary Theban king). (am-for'ik) adj. having a hollow sound similar to that produced by blowing across the mouth of a bottle. amplectant (am-plek'tsnt) adj. en-

anacardic (an-9-k6r'dik) adj. taining to the cashew nut.

anachorism

amphoric

twining; clasping.

man; made;

of

adj.

refiecting or refiected.

(am-fit'ri-sn) or

ap-

adj.

capable

something which can bring

back a

(am-fifsh'anz)

but

unveiling; a revelation.

tropical people.

dinner-giver

dead,

being revived.

sensical writing.

amphitryon

(an-a'bs-sis) n. a military

anacampserote

(am'fi-g6r"e)

amphiscians

(an-a'bs-mas) adj. able

anabiotic (anVbl-o'tik)

capacity of erotic reaction toward either sex.

amphigory

the collection of

B.C.).

(am-fi-er'o-tiz'sm)

n.

amphigean

1.

sayings, writings, or

expedition (from the expedition led by Cyrus the Younger, 401

ambiguous.

amphierotism

without

to climb.

spiritless.

kal) adj.

adj.

other information, of an interesting person, (an'9) adv. of each an, a quantity used in prescripttions.

fine.

less,

adj.

strength.

amnicolist (am-nik's-Jist) one living near a river.

amort

irritating;

pertaining to starch. amyous (a'mi-3s) adj.

lawfully punishable, particularly

by

adj.

limbless

(British slang).

amerceable

the inability

amygdalate (a-mig'da-lat) made of almonds. amylaceous (am-i-la'sh9s)

fetus.

amener

n.

stink-

abrasive.

(am"bu-lo-fo'bi-3)

(am'9-lus)

(a-mu'zi-9)

amyctic (a-mik'tik)

fear of walking.

n.

(a-mur'k^s) adj. with dregs.

to play or sing.

most worthless.

luck; the least;

ambulophobia

filled

amusia

odds and ends.

ambsace the

U.S. prisons.

amurcous

a cupboard. 2.

.

church for sacred

a

in

1

n.

result of sexual privation, as seen

this,

also amholic.

ambry

n.

let;

(an-ak'9r-iz"9m)

graphically impossible. anaclitic (an-a-kli'tik) adj. dependent on another.

overly

anacreontic (an-ak"-ri-on'tik) adj. erotic; convivial (from Anacreon,

this; year;

mmm

n.

foreign to a certain locality; geo-

be; sip; wine; hdt; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

per-

azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bach

anacnsis a

Greek poet who knew how

to

anacrisis (an-9-krT'sis) hearing.

liminary

n.

pre-

1.

interroga-

2.

accompanied

tion

by

torture

(law).

anacrusis (an-9-kroo'sis)

an up-

n.

beat (music).

anadem

(an'9-dem) n. a flowery headband. anadipsic (an-9-dip'sik) adj. pertaining to excessive thirst.

anagapesis

(an"9-gap-e'sis)

n.

lack

former loved ones. (an'a-glipanaglyptography of interest t6g'r9-fe)

in

making

the art of

n.

a

drawing or etching look like relief work. anagnorisis (an-ag-nor'i-sis) n. the dramatic

(an'9-lekt)

adj. -n.

a

restorative.

(an-al'i-zand)

a per-

n.

son being psychoanalyzed. anamnestic (an-sm-nes'tik) adj. reminiscent; aiding the memory. (an-s-mor'fs-sis)

n.

image which loses distortion when viewed

a distorted

through a special device, like an

anamorphoscope.

anandrious sterile, -syn.

in

2.

the

making

an evolutionform.

of such images.

ary change

3.

(an-an'dri-9s)

adj.

acarpous, agennesic,

apogenous. ananym (an'9-nim) n. a name written backward. anaphaiantiasis (an"9-fal-9n-tT'9sis) n the falling out of the eyebrows.

man; made;

(an-at'9-piz"9m) n. misplacement; faulty or inharmonious arrangement. anatreptic (an-9-trep'tik) adj. defeating, refuting.

anautarchia

(an-6-t6r'ki-9) perpetual unhappiness.

n.

let;

two edges.

anconal (ang'k9-n9l)

adj.

pertain-

ing to the elbow; also anconeal.

comforting,

anamorphosis

(an's-tin) adj. ducklike.

anatopism

ancipital (an-sip'i-t9l) adj. having

literary

a

n.

analeptic (an-9-lep'tik)

analysand

ters.

anatine

adj.

fragment; short saying. restorative,

adj.

undemonstrable. anastatic (an-9s-tat'ik) adj. raised, embossed; having raised charac-

better.

(an-s-go'ji-ksl)

mysterious, ephemeral, spiritual.

analect

this.

anapodictic (an"9-po-dik'tik)

a

plot.

anagogical

tending to reduce sexual -n. anything which does

desire,

anaxiphilia (an-aks"i-firi-9) n. act of falling in love with a schtoonk by someone who ought to know

denouement or unraveling of

its

anaphrodisiac (an-af'ro-de'zi-ak) adj.

live).

1.

angary

21

androcracy

(an-drok'r9-se) n. male supremacy or domination. androlepsia (an-dro-lep'si-9) n. international governmental kidnapping for political gain.

anemography

(an-9-mog'r9-fe)

n.

description of the winds; recording a wind's force

anepigraphous

and direction.

(an-e-pig'r9-f9s)

without an inscription. (an'9-roid) adj. without liquid, as in an aneroid baro-

adj.

aneroid

meter.

anfractuous (an-frak'choo-9s) adj. full of windings and turnings.

angang-angang an"gang) gong.

angary

n.

(an'gang-

a type of Javanese

(ang'g9-re)

n.

the right of a

warring nation to use or destroy a neutral's property, subject to full

indemnification

(international

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin; this; year; azure; o'm9n"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

angekok

anoetic (an-o-et'ik)

law).

angekok

(ang'g9-k6k) n. ah Eskimo medicine man. anguineous (ang-gwin'e-9s) adj. adj.

narrowed; narrowing. a ngusti rostrate (ang-gus"iiros'lrat) adj. having a narrow beak or nose.

anhedonia

(an-hi-do'ni-a)

n.

abihty to be happy. anhelation (an-ha-la'shsn)

the in-

1.

panting, breathless. 2. a breathless or eager wanting.

anhidrotic

(an-hi-dro'tik)

an

n.

antiperspirant. -adj. tending to in-

(an-T-kon'ik)

figurative rather than

(an'o-me)

writer.

adj.

anorciious (an-or'kss)

anosognosia

(an-6s"6g-n5'zi-9)

n.

ansate

(an'sat) adj. having a han-

dle.

Anschauung

anserine (an'sar-en)

n. in-

a

adj.

antaean

having the upper and lower

(an-te'an) adj.

pertaining

Antaeus, an invincible wrestler as long as he was touching ground. antaphroditic (ant"af-ro-dit'ik) n. a

(an'T-sog'ns-thss)

pertain-

adj.

ing to a goose; stupid. to

n.

(6n'shou"oong)

sense awareness or per-

ception.

spiritual.

the

legendary

remedy

for

venereal

disease

(obs.).

anteambulo

(an-te-am'bs-lo)

n.

an

usher.

teeth unlike.

anisosthenic (an-is"6s-then'ik)

adj.

of unequal force or strength.

aniage (6n'lo"g9)

n.

1.

the

first

antecibal (an-te-sT'bal) adj. happening before meals; antepran-

anteiucan

clination.

antepaschal (an-6t'in-9s) adj. a year

old.

(a-no''si-9-s5"si-

the prevention of shock

surgery.

_

dial.

of an organ seen in the embryo; rudiment. 2. bent, intraces

man; made;

with-

adj.

out testicles.

tuition;

microscopic animal. animastic (an-i-mas'tik)

n.

(an'o-pis-tho-

having writing or printing on one side only.

graf'ik)

existence of one's disease; anoso-

animaicule (an-i-mal'kul)

in

in

diaphoria.

censure; hostile criticism.

a'shan)

lawlessness

in

2.

anidian (an-id'i-Qn)^^/. shapeless.

anociassociation

n.

an individual in which all rules of conduct are thrown to the winds. anonymuncule (an-6n"i-mung'kul) n. an insignificant anonymous or

society

1.

anililagnia (an-rii-lag'ni-a) n. sexual desire for older women. animadversion (an"i-mad-vur'z9n)

annotinous

the inability

n.

adj.

-syn. anile.

anisognathous

(an-5'mi-3)

remember names.

literal.

opposed to the use of idols. anicular (an-ik'u-lsr) adj. oldwomanish, weak; feeble-minded,

adj.

to

the lack of interest or belief in the

hibit sweating.

aniconic

anomia

anopisthographic n.

unthink-

adj.

able.

anomy

snakelike.

angustate (ang-gus'tat)

n.

antephlaltic

22

(an-te-loo'ksn) (an-te-pas'ksl)

I6t;

antephialtic (an-teri-al'tik) adj. preventing nightmare, -n. a night-

mare

preventive, also antiephial-

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp; fhis;

adj.

before Passover or Easter.

tic.

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

adj.

before dawn.

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

anteprandial anteprandial (an-te-pran'di-al)

adj.

before dinner; antecibal. anthomania (^n-tho-ma'ni-9)

(Sn'thra-ka-

trist,

functions,

its

one who does

anthropomethis,

anthro-

pometrical, adj.

anthropophobia fo'bi-3) n. fear of

(an"thro-pohypothetical animal

thought of as the **missing link."

anthroposcopy pe)

(an-thro-pds'kscharacter-reading from

n.

facial features.

antibiosis (an"te-bT-o'sis) n. relationship between two organisms, beneficial to one but harmful to

antipruritic

(an-ti-pu'dik) covering one's genitals.

thus casting shadows at noon in

opposite directions. (an-tis'ta-sis) n. the defense of an action that prevented something worse from happening. antisyzygy (an-ti-siz'i-je) n. a union

of opposites. antithalian (an-ti-thal'i-an) adj. against enjoyment. antonomasia (an"t6n-o-ma'zi-3) n. use of an epithet for a proper

name.

anuioma

(an-oo-lo'ms) adv. according to custom, said of a man marrying a woman of inferior class, compare pratiloma (Hindu

(an"ti-di-sek"9s-tab'1ish-ment-

one against dissection

law).

anuptaphobia

(slang).

antigram (an'ti-gram) n. an anagram whose meaning is opposite to the original word or phrase. antigropelos (an-ti-grop'a-bs) (an-til's-gss) adj.

aosmic (a-6z'mik) adj. apagogic (ap-9-g6'jik) ing

con-

antinomian (an"ti-no'mi-3n)

n.

proof by reductio ad an indirect demon-

n.

n.

solitude.

a

a contra-

apatetic (ap-3-tet'ik)

adj.

camou-

flaged.

aperient

(a-pir'i-ant) n.&adj. laxa-

tive.

aphelion

reasonable principles; a paradox.

farthest

(a-fel'i-sn)

n.

from the sun

the

in a

this; year;

point

planet's

orbit; opposite to perihelion, also

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

dis-

like of being with people; love of

two seemingly

16t;

a

odorless.

stration of proof.

n.

Christian who believes that faith alone will see her through, -adj. pertaining to such a doctrine. (an-tin's-me)

n.

adj. pertain-

apanthropy (a-pan-thrs-pe)

antinganting (6n'ting-6n-ting") an amulet or charm.

man; made;

to

absurdum:

trary; inconsistent.

between

(an-up"t9-fo'bi-3)

fear of staying single.

n.s.&pl. waterproof leggings.

diction

adj.

antiscians (an-tish'anz) n. people living on the same meridian, but on different sides of the equator,

antidisecestablishmentarian

antilogous

adj.

antipudic

deodorant.

antinomy

(an"ti-pr3-rit'ik)

that which relieves itching.

the other.

antibromic (an-ti-bro'mik) n.&adj.

er'i-9n) n.

or

antistasis

anthropopithecus n.

inflammation

antiphrasis (an-tif'ra-sis) n. a word used to mean its opposite.

(an"thro-pomeeting people;

fear of society.

pith'9-k9s)

(an'ti-flo-jis'tlk)

reducing

fever, also n.

n.

man"se) n. forlunetelling with burning coal. (an-thro-p6m'9tanthropometry re) n. measuring the human body

and

antiphlogistic adj.

flower mania.

anthracomancy

aphelion

23

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

24

aphesis

aprioristic

figurative.

aphesis

painlessness.

(af'a-sis)

appearance of an unstressed

(apoop') back; astern.

in-

adj.

apopemptoclinic

(a-fir'o-fre'ni-s) n. a

that

feeling

one

is

unloved

or

klin'ik)

unwanted.

aphnology

(af-nol'a-je)

mand). apinoid (ap'in-oid)

toward

(a-pof'a-sis) n. mention-

it won't be mentioned: ''We won't men-

tion his filthy habits."

aporetic (a-po-ret'ik) n.&adj. skeptic (obs.).

apositic (a-p6-sit'ik) adj. clean, dirt-

aposterioristic

free.

(a-pish'a-mor) n. a saddle blanket, usually of buffalo skin; a bed (Algonquian).

apistia (a-pis'ti-9) marriage.

apocarteresis

n.

ris'tik) adj.

1.

(a-p6s-tir"i-oinductive, the op-

posite of aprioristic.

pertain-

2.

ing to empirical knowledge.

apostrophize

faithlessness in

(a-pos'trs-fiz) v.t.&i.

address someone or something present or not, usually exclamatorily and as a digression. to

(a"po-k6r"t9-re'sis)

suicide by starvation.

apocatastasis

without

adj.

appetite, -syn. anorectous.

apishamore

apotropaic

(a"po-k9-tas't9-sis)

reestablishment

or

restora-

(a-p6t"ro-pa'ik)

pertaining

to

turning

adj.

aside

or

averting.

tion.

appanage

apocope

(a-p6k'9-pe) n. omission of the last letter or syllable of a

n.

fond

n.

a fable with

a moral.

aponic (a-p6n'ik) m^n; made;

(ap's-tsnt)

appropinquate

which the famous

a

adj.

eagerly

adj. flattened

(ap-ro-pin'kwat)

to approach.

apricate (ap'ri-kat)

v.t.&i.

to ex-

pose to sunlight. aprioristic (a-prl-o-ris'tik) adj. 1. deductive, the opposite of apos-

adj. pertaining to

I6t;

in is

out.

v.i.

adj.

she

applanate (ap'bn-at)

copy or

of pleasure; self-indulgent.

thinks

desirous.

(a-pog'rs-fsl) adj. per-

(a'po-log)

a

person.

transcript.

apologue

2.

(a-pur"s9n-a'sh3n)

form of insanity

appetent

(a-po'js-nss) adj. sterile, impotent, -syn. acarpous, agennesic, anandrious.

apolaustic (a-po-16s'tik)

a

patient

feverish desire to undress.

sl

a king's

pendency.

appersonation

apogenous

apograph,

1.

a?.

or property as-

tip or gratuity., 3. a territorial de-

diabolical treatment.

to

money

signed to his younger sons.

apodictic (a-po-dik'tik) adj. clearly and undeniably true. apodysophilia (a"p6-dT-so-firi-9)

apographal

(ap'an-aj)

or prince's

word. apodlabolosis(a"po-dr9-b6-16'sis)

taining

(a"po-pem-toinclined

ing something by saying

(af'thong) n. unpronounced letter or letters. Apician (a-pish'an) adj. epicurean (from Apicianus, a Roman gour-

n.

adj.

apophasis

the

n.

aphthong

n.

adj.

divorce.

science of wealth.

n.

the

pertaining to farewell.

aphilophrenia

n.

toward

adv.

apopemptic (a"po-pemp'tik)

or vowel, aphetic,

syllable

itial

apoop

the gradual dis-

//.

terioristic.

2.

innate,

presump-

be; sip; wine; h(5t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

aprosexia

arrogate

25 virtue.^

live.

aprosexia

(ap-ro-seks'i-s)

in-

n.

argh

ability to concentrate.

apterium (ap-tir'e-sm)

n.

a feather-

(ap'trs-nim)

that sounds like

its

by

(coined

n.

name

a

saliva.

quipedalian acid.

arachidic (ar-9-kid'ik) adj. caused by or pertaining to peanuts. adj.

cob-

webby. araphorostic (ar"9-f9r-6s'tik)

n.

(or'hi-Iou)

n.

the

archology

of

architecture;

general.

in

(or-kol's-je)

n.

the

science of origins; the science (?) of government.

archon (or'kon)

n.

care

for

poetry).

ple.

aristology

(ar-is-tol'a-je) n. the art

of dining.

aristophrenia (ar-is"t5-fre'ni-9) n. condition of having a superior intellect.

arithmancy (a-rith'msn-se)

for-

n.

tunetelling by numbers.

arctoid (ork'toid)

arpagee woman.

adj. like a bear.

adj.

arras

(ar'ss)

tapestry

famed

sandy;

ist

aretaics (ar-9-ta'iks)

\ti\

n.

the study

raped

n. a

land

n.

richly

a

(from

woven France,

Arras,

for tapestries). alert, intent.

n. an overly ambitious person; an opportun-

arriviste

arenoid.

areology (er-e-ol's-je) of Mars.

a

n.

surveyor.

arrect (a-rekt')^^/.

(ar'i-nos)

man; made;

(or-pa-je')

arpentator (6r-pen-ta't9r)

an Athenian

originally,

n.

rule of the numerical majority.

a ruler or high

magistrate.

arenose

adj.

(from

aristarchy (ar'is-t6r"ke) n. government by the most qualified peo-

(or"ki-tek-t6n'iks),

science

good design

official;

(ar-is-tor'ki-sn)

extremely critical Aristarch, who didn't

arithmocracy (a-rith-mok'ra-se)

wizard.

architectonics n.

circular eye-

tunetelling.

aristarchian

a drinker's

return treat, also archilagh, archilogh (Scottish). archimage (6r'ki-maj) n. 1. the high priest of the Persian fire worshipers. 2. a great magician or

of

type

a

2.

many

spots on its wings. arietation (ar"e-9-ta'sh3n) n. butting like a ram; the using of a battering ram; striking. ariolation (ar"i-o-la'sh9n) n. for-

Homer's

worship of anything archaic. archldidascalos (or'kid-i-das'ksbs) n. a school principal.

archilowe

awake).

butterfly with

adj.

seamless, also arrhaphostic. archaeolatry (or-ki-ol'a-tre)

eternally vigil-

1.

some of which were

100 eyes,

of

aqueosalinocalcalinocetaceoaluminosocuprevitriolic n. a ses-

arachnoid (a-rak'noid)

(or'gss) n.

always n. loss

adj.

ant (from Argus, of Greek mythology, a humanoid monster with

owner's occuFranklin P.

Adams). aptyalism (ap-tT'^-liz'^am)

(or-jil-a'sh^s)

clayey; containing clay.

argus

spot.

aptronym pation

argillaceous

on a bird; a bird's bald

less spot

coward-

(6rh, 6rg) adj. timid;

ly.

(6r-e-vest')

(French);

arrogate (ar's-gat)

v.t.

to

appro-

priate or claim unjustly; to attri-

n.

the study of

bute unreasonably.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

artuate artuate (6r'choo-at) from limb (obs.).

asana

(6's3n-5)

to tear

v.t.

limb

a contorted pos-

n.

ture for meditation, part of

Yoga

loss of ability to recognize the shapes of objects by touch. asthenia (as-then'T-s) n. loss of n.

strength.

astorgia

training.

asanka

(6-s6ng'lo) n. one, followed by forty-five zeros = one quattuordecillion (Buddhist). ascham (as'lom) n. a box for keeping bows and arrows dry. ascian (ash'i-sn) n. one without a shadow: applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, where the sun is vertical at noon for a few

days every year.

astragaiomancy man"se)

n.

a religious re-

(a-so'ma-tss)

adj.

(as-pur-jil'sm)

n.

a

short-handled brush, or perforated globe holding a sponge, used for sprinkling holy water.

aspheterism

(as-fet'9r-iz"9m)

n.

denial of private property.

asportation

(as-por-ta'shsn)

n.

theft.

assanka (o-song'ka)

one

n.

fol-

lowed by sixty-three zeros = one vigintillion (Ceylonese).

assart (a-sort') v.t. to' make forest land arable by clearing it of trees

and bushes,

-n.

land cleared this

way.

asyndeton

(a-sev'sr-at)

v.t.

to state

positively, emphatically.

(as'sn-snt) adj.

pertain-

ing to a similarity of sound or a

fudged rhyme.

assuetude (as'we-tood)

n.

custom

or habit.

asteism (as'te-iz"9m)

n.

an ingen-

the

n.

omission of conjunctions.

ataraxia

(at-ar-aks'i-s)

im-

n.

ataxia (a-taks'i-s) n. loss of muscular coordination. (a-tek'ni-s)

childless-

n.

ness.

(ath-sn-az'i-a)

im-

n.

mortality.

(ath-sn-e'am)

n.

an

so

used;

a

reading

or

library

in-

room

tellectual club; a building or

room. athetise (ath's-tlz)

v.t.

to spurn, re-

ject.

atluk (at'luk) hole in the

n.

a seal's breathing

ice.

atmatertera (at-m6-ter't9-r6) n. a grandgreat-grandfather's mother's sister. atocia (a-to'shi-9) ity,

atony

female

n.

steril-

-syn. acyesis. 1. lack of muscuabnormal relaxation. 2.

(at'an-ej n.

lar tone;

astereognosis

m^n; made;

(as-ter'e-6g-n6'sis)

ISt;

atpatruus (at-p6t'roo-9s) n. a greatgrandfather's grandfather's brother.

atrabilarian (at"r9-bi-iar'i-9n) hypochondriac.

atramental (at-ra-men'tal) black. atrichia

(a-tri'ki-9)

n.

a

adj. jet

baldness,

n.

-syn. aconiia, alopecia.

iously polite insult.

good;

(a-sin'da-ton)

n.

lack of stress in a syllable.

asseverate

assonant

using

(as-tro-ga'shan) space navigation.

athenaeum

bodiless, incorporeal.

aspergillum

(as-trag'3-lo-

fortunetelling

astrogation

athanasia

treat (India).

asomatous

n.

dice.

ateknia

Black.

(osh'ram)

lack of in-

(as-tor'ji-s) n.

terest in one's children.

perturbability; utter calmness.

ascob (as'kob) n. a cocker spaniel of Any Solid Color Other than

ashram

attrahent

26

attrahent (at'ra-hent)

adj.

attract-

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp-

food; out; gSt; thin; this; year; azure;

o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

1

atychiphobia ing; that

which attracts.

atychiphobia

opposed

n.

kakorrhaph-

morning music

n.

noc-

serenade,

to

turne, or evening music).

aubaine

(o-ban')

the disposition

n.

of a dead foreigner's belongings (French law). auctorial (ok-tor'i-al)^^/. of or like an author.

Augean (refers

(o-je'sn) adj. utterly filthy to

legendary

the

king,

Augeas, whose stable held 3,000 oxen for thirty redolent years). aularian (o-ler'i-sn) adj. pertaining (ol'et) n. a flutist.

auricomous

(6r-ik'3-m9s) adj. golden-haired; blond. .perauricuiar (or-ik'u-br) adj. taining to the ear or sense of hear1

ing. 2. spoken auriphrygiate

the ear; private.

in

(6r-i-frij'3t)

adj.

fringed or otherwise ornamented with gold embroidery.

aurocephalous

(6-ro-sef'9l-9s) adj.

(or'oks)

n.

ox, ancestor of

auroral (or-or'sl)

the extinct wild

modern

one's

autologophagist (6"to-lo-g6'f9jist) n. one who eats her words.

automysophobia

(6"to-mT-so-

fo'bi-3) n. fear of being dirty.

autonomasia

(6t"3n-o-ma'z9) n. use of a common for a specific one.

the accepted

name

autophagia

(6t-o-fa'ji-9)

biting

n.

nourishment from body

oneself; tissues.

autophobia

(6-to-fo'bi-9) n. fear of

autoptic (6-t6p'tik) adj. pertaining to evidence based on observation.

autoschediastic as'tik)

adj.

(6"to-ske-di-

impromptu; on the

spur of the moment. autotellc (6-t5-terik) adj. for its own sake (art for art's sake), see heterotelic.

autotomy

(6-t6't9-me)

n.

self-

adj. pertaining to

grand-

sufficiency

of

to

v.t.&i.

to

examine

n.

economic

self-

a

country,

also

autarchy.

(a-va-tor')

n.

incarnation

avenage

(a'v9-nqj) n. oats paid

tenant to a landlord

in lieu

by

a

of rent

(old law).

avering

(a-vur'ing) n. a boy's the nude to arouse

begging in sympathy.

averruncator (a-v9r-ung'ka"t3r)

n.

a pole for pruning trees.

avinosis

(a-vi-no'sis)

n.

airsick-

ness.

autocephalous (o-to-sefa-bs)

adj.

ecclesiastically self-governing.

autochthonous

(o-tok'tha-nas) adj. indigenous, -ant. alloch-

mSn; made;

avatar

(Sanskrit).

with a stethoscope. austral (os'tral) adj. 1. southern. 2. Australian. autarchia (6-t6r'ki-9) n. perpetual happiness.

autarky (6'tor-ke)

aval (a'vsl) parents.

cattle.

adj. pertaining to

dawn. auscultate (os'ksl-tat) examine by listening;

native,

self-

n.

of

mutilation.

blond.

aurochs

(6t-6g-no'sis)

awareness, especially emotional make-up.

oneself, or of being alone.

to a hall.

aulete

one

n.

self-taught, autodidactic, adj.

autognosis

iophohia. (o-bad')

aubade (as

see

ho no us. autodidact (6'to-dT-dakt") t

(a-trki-fo'bi-a)

fear of failure,

avunculocal

27

16t;

avunculocal

(a-vung"ku-lo'k9l) belonging to or centered around a maternal uncle, compare matrilocal, patrilocal, nelo-

adj.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dOll; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

t'his;

year; azure; o'msn"; viN; fur;

Bach

awm

mander of Mexico and

cai

awm in

awu

(6m)

n.

forty gallons of wine

(a-woo',

10 ^^g.).

axilla (aks-il'a) n. the armpit.

axlology

(aks-i-dl'a-je) n. a

(aks'unj)

ayne

earth.

branch

azygophrenia

mSn; made;

the

I6t;

the

sala-

(S-zf'go-fre'ni-s) n.

psychoneurosis of everyday

unmarried

azymic

believable.

good; food; out;

adj. lifeless; specific-

pertaining to the geologic period before life appeared on

paired.

n.

pig fat or

ally:

makes something

(aks'3-16t"9l)

J.

(an) adj. eldest.

azoic (a-zo'ik)

azygous

axoloti

a?.

goose grease. 2. lard prepared for medicinal use.

of philosophy dealing with values (moral, esthetic, etc.). axlopisty (aks'i-o-pis"te) n. the quality which

the west-

ern U.S.

axunge

old England.

6-woo', 6-woo', awoo', 6'woo, a'woo, a'woo) n. acronym for Atomic Weight Unit = one sixteenth of the atomic weight of oxygen (1 awu =1.660

X

azymic

28

life.

(az'i-gss)

adj.

odd,

(a-zim'ik) adj. pertaining to

unleavened bread; azymous.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp; gfet;

thin; this; year; azure;

un-

o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

baba

(bo'bo)

n.

a kind of fruit cake

babery

(ba'be-re)

n.

ornamentation

finery

1.

please a baby (obs.).

to

grotesque

2.

absurdity

or

babyolatry (ba-be-ol'a-tre)

n.

baby

worship. bacillary (ba'si-ler"e) adj. 1. rodshaped. 2. bacterial: pertaining to bacilli.

backberend (bak'ber^snd)

adj.

a

thief caught with the goods.

bactrian (bak'tri-sn)

(cap.)

n.

an

ancient Iranian people, -adj. (also

pertaining

to

of ancient camel: the

satrapy trian

Bactria, Persia,

a

bac-

two-humped

variety.

baculine (bak'u-lTn)

adj.

pertain-

baculus (see below); punishing with a rod. baculus (bak'u-bs) n. a staff or power symbol. baetylus (bet'i-bs) n. a stone serving as a sacred symbol. baggit (bag'it) n. a salmon that has ing

to

n.

a large

double boiler (French).

baisemain

(baz'maN)

hand-

n.

kissing (French baise

=

kiss

-I-

main = hand).

(obs.).

cap.)

rigging to prevent chafing.

bain-marie (baWms-re')

(French).

a

or

rod,

recently spawned (Scottish). baggywrinkle (bag'e-rink"el)

frayed-out

rope

m^n; made;

I6t;

used

on

n.

ship

baksheesh

(bak'shesh)

gratuity

(in

Egypt

n.

and

a

east).

baiaclava (bal-s-kla'va)

n.

a

this;

full

beard (British slang). balatron (bal's-tron) n. a joker; a clown.

balayeuse

n.

a strip of

hem

of a long

(bal-a-yuz')

cloth on the inside

dress (French sweeper).

balayeur

=

a

balbriggan (bal-brig'an) n. a fine cotton used mainly for underwear like that made in Balbriggan, Ireland.

baibutient

(bal-bu'shant)

adj.

stuttering.

baidachin (bol'd^-kin) n. \. a rich brocade. 2. a canopy carried in religious processions, or placed over a throne. 3. a canopy-like structure made of stone to adorn

a church altar. baidric (bol'drik)

n.

a belt

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

tip;

points

year; azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bacfi

worn

ballhooter diagonally from the shoulder to, or below, the waist, for military or decorative reasons. 2. a wide

tionist.

barbaralalia (b6r"b9-r3-la'lI-9) n. a speech impairment manifested

when speaking

belt.

ballhooter

(b6rhoot"3r)

lumberjack who

rolls logs

a

n.

down

a

hill.

balllstophobia (b^-lIs"to-fo'b!-9) of missiles;

fear

n.

of being

fear

shot.

ballock (bal'ak)

n.

a testicle; ball.

balnearll (bar'ne-6-re'e)

who

bathetic

30

stole clothes

baths

(Roman

balneology

n.

pi those

the public

in

n.

the

science of therapeutic bathing.

balsamical unctuous,

(bal-s^m'i-kdl) adj. mitigating, soothing,

barmecide

(b6r'm3-sTd)

bam

(bam) v.t.&i. to trick; play a joke on. banausic (b^n-o'sik) adj. pertaining to a mechanic or mechanic's workshop. (ban'dog)

tethered

a

n.

watchdog; a bloodhound.

bandoline (ban'do-lTn) n. a smelly hair goo made from boiled quince

(bdr'nam-Tz)

to ad-

v.i.

vertise with outrageous or lavish

claims (after P.T. Barnum). baroxyton (ba-r6ks'i-t6n) n. a large brass musical instrument. a steep

n.

ravine, also barranco.

barratrous

(bar's-tras)

per-

adj.

taining to the habitual causing of fights.

barrio (bor'i-o) «. 1. a suburb. 2. a Spanish-speaking neighborhood in a U.S. city (Spanish). barylalia (bar-i-la'li-9) n. indistinct speech, due to imperfect articulation.

pips.

bangboard (bang'bord)

n.

1

.

an ex-

board attached to a wagon to keep the corn from rebounding

tra

after overenthusiastic tossing. 2.

plywood tennis practice board with a line painted at net height. banlieue (b6N'lyu) n. a suburb (French). a

bantling (bant'ling)

n.

(bar'9-gwin)

n.

n.

ner-

the nineteenth century noted for their cruelty,

lack of discipline,

and lawlessness. basial (ba'zi-al) adj. pertaining to

basophobia

(ba-so-fo'bi-a)

ability to stand

n.

in-

because of a fear

bat-fowler (bat'four'sr)

n.

one who

captures birds at night by driving

gibberish.

barathrum (bar's-thram) 1. a pit (into which ancient Greek criminals were thrown). 2. a?.

figuratively:

(bar-i-thim'i-s)

vousness, depression. bashi-bazouks (b6sh"e-b6-zooks) n. Ottoman volunteer soldiers of

of falling.

dialect).

baragouin

barythymia

kissing.

a brat.

barabara (b6-r3-b6'r3) n. an underground hut (Aleutian Islands Russian

a false

n.

benefactor, -adj. deceptive, false.

barranca (bo-rong'ko)

balmy.

bandog

barbellate (b6r'b3-lat) adj. hairy; covered with bristles. bardolatry (bdr-ddl'a-tre) n. Shakespeare worship. barm (b6rm) n. yeast formed on brewing liquors, -v./. to ferment.

barnumize

law).

(bal-ne-Ol's-je)

foreign

a

language.

a glutton or extor-

mSn; made;

16t;

them toward them there. bathetic

a light

(ba-tha'tik)

and netting adj.

falsely

sentimental.

be; sip; wine; hdt; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t;

thin; this; year; azure;

o'man"; viN;

fur;

Bach

1

bathybic bathybic (ba-thi'bik) ing to deep sea.

bathycolplan adj.

pertain-

adj.

(ba-thl-k61'pl-3n)

deep-bosomed.

batophobia

fear

(bSt-o-fo'bl-a) n.

of heights or of being close to high buildings. batrachoid (bat'ra-koid) adj.

battological

(bat-s-ld'jl-ksl)

adj.

to unnecessarily repetitive writing or speaking. a hunt where the battue (bat'u) «.

pertaining

I

.

arms of

driven into the

is

the game 2. any kind of mass

hunters.

the

slaughtered.

3.

slaughter of the unresisting. (ba-tul') n. a springboard;

batule

batule-board.

bauchle

(bd'kal)

v.t.

1.

an old shoe,

or one with worn heels. 2. anything worn-out or worthless.

baxa

(baks's) n. a kind of sandal; a comedian's shoes.

bdellotomy (del-ot's-me)

n.

the

1.

act of cutting a sucking leech to

increase its suction. 2. use of the bdellometer, a mechanical leech substitute.

bdelygmia beatster

(del-ig'mi-a) n. nausea.

(bet'stur)

fishnet

a

n.

beautilitarianism (bu-tinter'i-aniz"3m) n. practical art; the conception of beauty with utility

coughs,

adj.

-n.

a cough remedy.

(bi-di'zsn)

fiashily; to

tending to redress

to

v.t.

dance.

belcher

(bel'char)

chief of Jim

necker-

the

n.

Belcher,

a

British

white dots. (bel'dam) n. an ugly old hag; old woman (French belle

beldam

dame =

beautiful

woman).

belletristic (bel-9-trIs'tik) adj. per-

or fine

taining to belles-lettres, literature.

belling (bel'ing) n. 1. mating sound of deer; hounds' cry in a fox hunt. 2. a noisy serenade to a bridal couple.

belllpotent (bel-ip'9-t9nt) adj. powerful in war. bellonion (bel-on'i-sn) n. a mechanically operated musical instrument of twenty-four trumpets and two drums. bellwether (berweth"9r) n. a leader of a sheeplike and foolish crowd. belomancy (bero-man"se) n. fortunetelling with arrows.

belonephobia

(ber'9n-e-fo'bi-9)

n.

and needles. belton (bel'tsn) «. I. a two-toned color combination, used in describing dogs' coats. 2. a dog

n.

mad-

a

n.

an

unfaithful spouse (obs.). in

old

wine;

cigar, shorter

1.

a build-

benedick

3.

the

2.

a

and thinner than a

summer

(ben'a-dik)

cypress.

recent

a

n.

previously

a

firmed bachelor; a married

film

con-

man

the

wine

benison (ben'i-zsn) n. a blessing. benthopelagic (ben"tho-pel-aj'!k) adj. inhabiting the

\bi\

a?.

also benedict.

a

n.

itself.

mSn; made;

(bel'va-dlr)

ing overlooking a fine view.

bridgegroom

bedswerver (bed'swur"v9r)

beeswing (bez'wing)

belvedere

corona.

overdecorate.

bedlamite (bed'lem-Tt) man.

formed

a religious

I.

ai.

with such a coat.

(slang).

bechic (be'kik)

bedizen

(bl-gen')

order of do-gooding women founded in the twelfth century by Lambert le Begue, the Stammerer 2. (Cap.) a Martinique

fear of pins

repairer.

lieve

begulne

boxer; any small blue scarf with

froglike.

game

benthopelagic

3

ocean deep.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

tliis;

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

beray

beray

(be-ra')

to

v.t.

32

make

foul; to

besom

(be'zsm) n. a broom; any cleaning utensil.

betweenity

(be-twen'i-te)

in-

n.

decision (slang). (bev'ar)

a drink.

in

the body. 4. a coastal

2.

to tremble, -n.

v./.

I.

between-meal snack.

a

adj. used as an antidote; a remedy. bhang (bSng) n. an intoxicant made from Indian hemp; hashish, majoon; cannabis indica. bibacious (bT-ba'shss) adj. ad-

dicted to alcohol, -syn. bibulous.

bibble

v.t.&L

(bib'al)

often or

much.

2. to

to drink

I.

drink or eat

noisily.

bibelot

(beb-lo')

n.

a

small

art

object (French).

bibleback (bi'bsl-bak)

a

n.

preacher; a sanctimonious person (slang).

biblioclasm

(bib'li-o-klaz"9m)

n.

Bible destruction; destruction of

the whortle-

n.

berry.

bilboes (bil'boz)

(bib'li-o-man"se)

n.

fortunetelling by random Biblepassage picking. bibliopegy (bib-li-op's-je) n. book-

binding. bibliopolist

(bib-li-op'9-list)

n.

a

rare-book dealer. bibliotaph (bib'li-6-tar) n. one who hoards or hides books. bibulous (bib'u-bs) adj. addicted to

bildungsroman m6n")

n.

(bil'dungz-ro-

a novel dealing with the

protagonist's

early

or education,

development

see entwicklungs-

roman. billabong (bil's-bong) n. a pool formed by a backwater channel (Australian).

billingsgate (bil'ingz-gat) or abusive talk.

n.

coarse

bindle (bin'dal) a?. a bedroll. 2. envelope containing morphine cocaine. 3. any small package bundle (slang), bindlestiff, n. 1

hobo

.

an or or a

(slang).

biolysis (bl-ol'i-sis) n. the destruction of living matter. 2. sewage

decomposition

by

tiny

organ-

isms. n.pl.

a

branch of biology dealing with life's adaptation to its environment. biophilism (bT-ori-liz"9m) n. belief that animals have rights which human beings should respect. bioscopy (bl-os'ka-pe) n. medical examination to discover the presence of life. biota (bT-6't9) n. an area's flora and fauna.

alcohol, -syn. bibacious.

bicorne (bl'korn) n. a two-horned animal; a monster that has grown fat from eating patient husbands (Old French), see chichevache. bicrural (bl-krobr'al) adj. having

biparous

(bid'u-9s) adj. lasting

two

days.

(bip'ar-as)

adj.

bearing

a

double-

twins.

bipennis (bl-pen'is) edged battle-ax. biretta

(bi-ret'o)

Catholic

legs.

bight (bit) A7. rope loop.

irons;

leg

n.pl.

bionomics (bT-6-nom'iks)

books.

bibliomancy

biduous

bilberry (birber"e)

foot shackles.

bezoardic (be-z6r'dik)

two

hollow curve.

soil.

bever

birl

(purple)

n.

priest

n.

the

hat

(black),

or cardinal

of a

bishop

(red),

also

baretta, beretta, birretta. 1.

3.

mSn; made;

a small bay. 2. a

a

bend,

I6t;

good; food; out;

fork,

or

birl (burl)

v.t.

I.

to revolve a log in

the water while standing on

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp; gfet;

thin; this; year; azure;

o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

it.

2.

.

bismer

boanthiropy

to spin [a coin].

bismer (biz'mur)

n.

1.

shame,

dis-

grace, scorn. 2. a disgraceful person.

a steelyard. 4. the fifteen-

3.

spined stickleback. bissextile (bl-seks'tll) adj. pertaining to February twenty-ninth or leap year.

bittern

(bit'srn)

booming

the

n.

(blab'9-g6"je) criminal environment. n.

joking;

n.

bodega

blancmange (bloN-moNz') n. a dessert made from Irish moss, cornstarch, arrowroot,

and boiled with milk. blandiloquence (bland-il'o-kwans)

ish).

(bod'wosh) n. cow dung, bushwah. bolide (bo'lTd) n. a shooting star; an see

exploding meteor.

n.

tape recorder (invented Ludwig Blattner). 1.

bombous

surviving

(bleb'e) adj. full of blebs (small swellings, blisters).

bletonism

(blef'sr-o-

persistent winking.

(blet'sn-iz'^sm)

the

n.

alleged ability to perceive an un-

derground water supply. biinlcard (bling'ksrd) n. one with bad eyes; a stupid or obtuse person;

someone who ignores

or

avoids something.

blissom (blis'sm)

adj. in heat. -v./.

metal meat.

tag

n.

n.

man; made;

16t;

a certifying to

n.

a tip;

bonhomie

(bun-9-me') n. cheerful(French bon = good + homme = man). bonification (bon"i-fi-ka'sh9n) n. 1 improvement, betterment. 2. payment of a bonus. 3. a partial rebate of customs duty on the exportation of bonded goods. ness

bonnyclabber

(b6n'e-kla"b9r)

n.

coagulated sour milk; clabber. boobocracy (boob-ok'rs-se) n. government by boobs; plebianism ad absurdum (slang). booboisie (boob-w6-ze') n. the mass, rabble (coined by H.L.

boobook

murder or bloodshed. attached

(bo-na-mo'no)

Mencken).

bloodguiltiness (blud-gilt'i-nes)

blumba (bloom'bs)

(bom'bi-sin) adj. per-

gratuity (Italian).

to copulate with a ewe.

the guilt of

convex,

adj.

taining to silk (obs.).

bonamano

version.

n.

(bom'bss)

bombycine

the large

blebby

blephiarospasm

n.

bolus (bo'bs) n. a horse pill. bombilate (bom'bi-lat) v./. to hum, buzz, boom, or drone.

by

South African antelope, now extinct. 2. a smaller, still

(bol-sh9-fo'bi-9)

fear of Bolshevism (slang).

rounded.

mildly flattering talk. blattnerphone (blat'nsr-fon)

n.

small (Span-

a

n.

store

bodewash

n.

spa"z9m)

liquor

or

bolshephobia

blaubok (blou'bok)

adv.

(bo-da'shss-le)

(b5-da'g9)

grocery

trickery

(French).

isinglass,

ring.

bodaciously

wholly, completely (slang).

biabagogy

(blag)

(bo-an'thra-pe) n. a type of insanity in which a man thinks he's an ox. boation (bo-a'shan) n. a loud noise. bocldng (bok'ing) n. the red her-

leap year.

-n.

heron. biuniai (bl-u'ni-sl) adj. combining two in one.

blague

boomer

33

kosher

tralian

(boo'bobk)

n.

Aus-

the

morepork.

boobopolis

(boob-6p'9-lis)

imaginary hick town boomer (boom'sr) n.

n.

the

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gti\ thin;

this; year;

an

(slang).

azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bacfi

giant

boopic kangaroo of Australia; a booster (slang).

boopic

(bd-6p'ik) adj. ox-eyed.

bootician (boo-ti'shan) n. *'a hightoned big-city bootlegger" (a 1925

Mencken

coinage).

borachio (b6r-6'cho) n. a drunkard (from Borachio, one of Don Juan's drunken followers in Shakespeare's Much Ado About

made

(bor'bs-rim) n. the by gas in the bowels;

dealer.

bozart (bo'zdrt) n. fine from Beaux-Art.s}.

bozzeto

(b6t-set'5)

boreal (b6r'e-9l)

pertaining to

adj.

(bds'ke) adj. wooded; covered with or shaded by under-

(bra'bsl)

chatter,

a protuberant orna-

n.

a buckle, knob.

-v.t.

to

adorn with such an ornament.

boswellize

(boz'wal-Tz)

v./.

eulogize in a biography (slang). (b6'the) n. a small hut for

bothy

quarrel

(bra-ki-a'shsn)

n.

(bra-kig'ra-fe)

n.

locomotion. stenography; hand.

writing

short-

in

(bra-kri'o-je) n. brevity;

condensation

omitting

all

(brad-i-or'thri-9)

slow talking. branular (bran'u-br)

pertain-

adj.

(brash'e) adj.

1.

pertaining

to

aciniform. bouchi^e (boo-sha')

pertaining to a cloudburst. n.

a pastry shell

into a piece of the large intestine.

bourn (born)

boundary. 2. obdomain. 4. a small river, also bourne, burn (in Britain, often appearing as a suffix in names of towns on rivers). n.

1.

jective or goal. 3.

boustrbphedon

(boos-tro-fe'dsn)

an ancient style of writing in which the direction of the lines n.

brash,

mouth.

n.

man's

rank or eminence. bratticing (brat'i-sing)

n. a board fence around something danger-

ous.

breastsummer (brest'sum"9r) n. a beam or girder set over an opening, as a

or eyebrow.

liquor or broth

2.

(Scottish).

(bred'bat)

n.

someone

looking for an argument.

vary).

breve 16t;

for supporting .

breme

mSn; made;

doorway,

the superstructure, also brestbree (bre) n. 1. an eyelid, eyelash,

romantic conception of himself (from Flaubert's Madame Bo-

good; food; out;

2.

an acid taste in the broken, crumbly. 3.

brassard (bras'ord) n. an arm band with a badge, worn as a mark of

breedbate

alternated.

bovarism (b6'v9-rlz"9m)

(brem)

adj.

1.

distinct, ap-

parent, fierce, severe, and cruel. (brev)

^.

1

.

a

mark

() over a

be; sip; wine; h6t; c51d; sore; dull; fugue; burp; gfet;

n.

ing to the brain; cerebral.

botryoidal (bot-ri-oi'dal) adj. formed like a grape cluster, see

(French bouche = mouth). boudin (boo'dan) n. sausage made by stuffing ground buffalo meat

non-

essentials.

brashy

farm hands.

larger

nothing.

bradyarthria to

a

quarrelsome over

n.

to

-v./.

brachylogy

brush, bushes, or trees.

small,

a

for

sculpture (Italian).

brachygraphy

the north wind; northern.

bosky

arts (slang

n.

model

rough clay

brachiation

a fart.

boss (bos) ment as

bovrilise (b6v'ril-Tz) v.t. to condense an ad to essentials; to epitomize. bowyer (bo'yar) n. a bow-maker or

brabble

Nothing).

borborygm noise

breve

34

thin; this; year; azure;

o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

brevirostrate

vowel indicating a short sound, as

brool (hrool)

man; let; sip; hot; dull. 2. the same mark over a short or un-

murmur

I

I

i

bukra

35

stressed letter.

an a musical note

syllable.

4.

whole notes. brief. 6. the

5.

3.

official

= two

a legal writ or

Sumatra antthrush.

brevirostrate (brev-i-r5s'trat) adj. having a short nose. brickkiln (brik'kiln) n. a kiln in which bricks are baked. brimborion (brim-bor'i-sn) n. something useless or nonsensical. brills (brilz) n. 1. the hair on a horse's eyelids.

2.

a low roar; a

n.

deep

humming. (br6t) n. broken or

brott pieces; fragments; leavings. brotus (bro'tus) n. any extra measure without charge, such as a baker's dozen. bruit

(broot)

v./.

to

tell

publicly

(French bruit = noise). brumal (brob'msl) adj. pertaining to winter.

brummagem

(brum's-jsm) adj. phony; cheap, -n. something cheap or gaudy, especially phony jewelry (slang from Birmingham, England, where cheap gift items, primarily jewelry, were made).

spectacles.

brindled (brin'dsld) adj. flecked or streaked with a darker color. I

brobdingnagian (brob-ding-nag'i9n) adj. gigantic, enormous (from Brohdingnag, land of the giants, in

brumous brunneous

1. brocaded; woven. 2. sewn like a pamphlet or brochure (French).

(bro-sha') a^/.

(brok'aj)

n.

1.

an

perfectly minted coin. 2. faulty or

brockie (brok'sl)

bromatoiogy

ing the teeth, especially in sleep,

or under stress.

bubbybush Carolina

bubukle

cow with 2. a

a

person

2.

n.

buckeen of the

n.

a red pim-

body smells. n. bad

(bron-to-fo'bi-a)

n.

(buk-en')

n.

a

young man

gentry

lesser

aping

lewd, or stinking.

buhiwork (bool'wurk) n. elaborate inlaid work of wood, metal, ivory,

etc.

boulle,

and boulework.

bukra (buk'rs)

fear of thunderstorms.

lah

dialect

also n.

buhl,

man

(Gul-

Georgia

and

a white

from

boule,

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

the

manners of the greater; an idle, shabby young dandy (Irish). buckish (buk'ish) adj. foppish, live-

breath.

let;

(bu'bs-kal)

(bO-sef's-bs) n. Alexander the allegedly Great's horse.

(br6m"6p-ne'9)

man; made;

the

Bucephalus

ly,

bromidrosiphobia (bro'mi-dro-si-

brontophobia

n.

chin.

1.

(bro-ms-tol's-je)

f6'bi-9) n. fear of

(boob'e-boosh) allspice.

buccinai (buk'sin-al) adj. like a trumpet in sound or shape. buccula (buk'u-l9) n. the double

the science of nutrition.

bromopnea

n.

ple.

breakable; of cattle: apt to break a fence, -n. rubbish; fragments. broma (bro'ma) n. 1. food that is chewed. 2. a cocoa-bean preparation without the oil. adj.

variable (as weather).

dark

adj.

the habit of unconsiously grind-

im-

damaged goods. brocked (brokt) adj. mottled with black and white. brockie (brok'e) ^. 1. a black and white face. with a dirty face.

(brun'e-9s)

bruxomania (bruks-6-ma'ni-9)

lavishly

brockage

misty,

adj.

brown.

Gulliver's Travels).

broch6

(broo'mss)

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

buldering South Carolina). buldering (bul'dpr-ing) adj. hot and muggy. bulimic (bu-lim'ik) adj. constantly Hungary. bulla (bool's) /?. 1. a case for one's amulet, attached to a cord and worn around the neck. 2. an ornament used as a pendant. 3. a seal attached to papal bulls with the faces of Peter and Paul on one side and the current pope's name

on the other. 4. a bony prominence under the ear of many mammals.

a

5.

bleb or

juicy

byssus

36

large

himself after being tried and executed).

burletta

1

trimmed with

bushelman bushranger who lives,

.

fur.

(boosh'al-msn)

n.

a

(boosh'ran"J3r) n. one or (more likely) hides

among bushwah

bushes (Australia). (bobsh'wo) n. something poor, mean, contemptible (the French bois de vache = cow's wood or dried dung produced

bod e wash

bullary (bobl'sr-e) ^. 1. a collection of papal bulls. 2. a place where

bushwah,

salt is boiled.

,

which

a slang

became

euphemism

for

bullshit).

(bum'f6d"3r)

paper; an opprobrious

toilet

n.

name

for a

bushwhacker (boosh'wa"k9r) n. one who whacks bushes; a sickle or other instrument for whack-

collection of documents; bumf.

bungfu (bobng'foo) buran (boo-ron') n.

(7 by laziness. forslug (for-slug') v.t. to lose or destroy by sluggishness. foss (fos) n. a ditch or canal; an artificial

digger.

fossick (fos'ik)

a general

assembly of people, such as town or district meeting.

foozle (foo'zsl)

to

v./.

fum-

waste gold 3.

aban-

search

to

to

2.

in

for

port.

foudroyant (foo-drwo-yoN')

adj.

1.

(f6r-am'in-3s) adj.

full

3. sudden or severe onof disease. fourragere (foo-ro-zer') n. a shoulder ornament or award, usually made of cord. foveate (fo've-9t) adj. pitted; pock-

dazzling. set

foraneous

(for-a'ne-ss) to

law

a

adj.

court

per-

or

a

market.

forcemeat

(fors'met) n. choppedseasoned meat or fish served alone or as stuffing.

up and

forel (for'sl)

n.

book jacket.

a

forfend (for-fend')

v.t.

to

defend,

protect.

forfex (for'feks)

forfoughten

n. scissors.

(for-fot'an) adj.

marked. frab (frab) v.t.&i. to scold, nag. fraise (fraz) n. 1. a neck ruff. 2. a defense of pointed stakes. 3. a fluted reamer for enlarging holes 4. a tool for cutting wheel teeth

worn

5.

out or exhausted from fighting.

forisfamiliate v.t.

undermine

striking, as lightning. 2. sudden;

of holes. taining

for

to

1.

digging.

anything for possible profit. fosterlean (fos't^r-len) n. money allowance for foster child sup-

ble, especially in golf.

foraminous

\./.

else's

doned claims.

bungle or

to be clumsy,

-v./.

search

a

footle (foo'tsl) v./. to waste time. talk nonsense. -/?. foolishness.

fumble,

stream.

fossarian (f6s-er'i-?n) n. a clergyman moonlighting as a grave-

someone n.

an ant-

n.

ant).

formication (for-mi-ka'sh^n) n. the feeling that bugs are crawling on

another.

folkmoot (fok'moot)

=

(L'dUn formica

(f6r"is-f3-miri-at)

-V.!.

to disinherit; to shed parental

to

authority.

empty

talk. 7

1

.

to

ream out and enlarge.

defend uith a

2

fraise. -v.t.dci. to

Hatter, praise.

forjeskit (for-jes'kit) adj. exhausted from work (Scottish). forlle (for-le') v.t. 1. to smother by lying upon. 2. to lie with.

man; made;

a disturbance. 6.

a strawberry; strawberry-colored

let;

frampold (fram'pold)

adj.

peevish,

touchy, quarrelsome.

frangible (franji-b?l)

adi.

break-

able, frasile.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

78

franion franion (fran'yan)

fumarole

the perennial

n.

grain.

frush (frush)

hedonist, reveler.

ffrankalmoigne (frank'al-moin)

carve.

n.

v.t.

land grant to a religious organ-

-v./.

ization paid with prayer.

3. din. -adj.

frateries

(frat'sr-ez)

dining

n.pl.

strange,

alien,

adj.

unfriendly.

fremescent

(fre-mes'snt)

(fres-kad')

shady place. freshet (fresh'at) in

1

cool

a

n.

.

or

a sudden rise

a river. 2. a stream.

fretum (fre'tam)

way

a

n.

deep.

fud (fud) tail.

n.

I. rump. 2. an animaPs wool leavings (after spin-

n.

3.

fugacious (fu-ga'shas)

a whore.

frigorific (frig-9-rif'ik) adj. producing cold. frim (frim) adj. flourishing,

flying,

adj.

fleeing; of short duration.

fugleman cal

(fu'gsl-msn) n. a politiformerly, a model

leader;

soldier.

thriving. (fre-zur')

n.

a

hairdresser

fukfulc (fuk'fuk)

an animal's

n.

in-

nards.

(French).

fulcible (ful'si-bsl) adj. capable of

frist (frist) n. delay; respite.

(frit'in-an"se)

n.

froise (froiz)

n.

fulgent

n.

fuliginous

someone who

gets her kicks by rubbing against

crowds.

froward (fro'wsrd)

adj.

perverse,

obstinate.

frugivorous (froo-jiv'sr-as)

adj.

fruit-eating.

frumentacious

(froo-msn-ta'shss) wheat or other

y. 2.

lat;

produc-

(fu-lij'in-9s) adj.

I.

soot-

pertaining to a sooty color.

(ful'vas) adj. tawny; dull brownish-reddish yellow. fuiyie (fooFye) ^. a leaf; gold leaf. 2. street sweepings; manure. fumacious (fu-ma'shss) adj. I. smoky. 2. addicted to smoking.

fulvous

1

.

fumarole (fu'ms-rol)

adj. pertaining to

man; made;

adj.

ing lightninglike flashes.

n.

sprouting leaves; foliage. frotteur (fro-tur')

shining

adj.

fulgurous (fargu-ras)

cake, sometimes with bacon.

(fron-des'sns)

(ful'jant)

brightly.

a large, thick pan-

frondescence

in

being supported.

insect

noises; twittering, buzzing.

people

resembling

adj.

ning).

legal separation.

fritinancy

(fjj'koid)

seaweed.

(frl'a-bsl)

fricatrice (frik'9-tris)

friseur

deceitful.

fucivorous (fQ-siv'ar-as) adj. eating seaweed and related foods of the fucoid

adj. easily destroyed; fragile. fribusculum (fri-bus'ku-bm) n. a

more

fubsy (fub'ze) adj. short and stout. fucatory (fuk'3-t6r"e) adj. counter-

narrow water-

or canal.

friable

adj.

of the same.

feit; a?.

(frus-tran'e-9s)

Belief (slang), see .snafu for

an

adj.

noisy.

frescade

weapons.

fragile. 2 flabby.

fubar (foo'bor) adj. Fucked-Up Beyond All Recognition (slang), see .snafu for more of the same. fubb (fub) adj. Fucked-Up Beyond

murmur; becoming

incipient

1.

vain, useless.

freemartin (rre'm6r"tin) n. a sterile cow, born as a twin of a bull.

fremd (fremd)

to break. 2. to

to rush. -n. clash of

frustraneous

halls in monasteries.

1.

to polish. 4. to arrange,

3.

hole

in

n.

a

fuming

or near a volcano.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

79

fumet fumet

(fu'mat)

n.

flavoring

a

1.

agent for sauces. 2. deer shit. fumtu (fum'too) adj. Fucked-Up More Than Usual; (slang) see snafu for more of the same.

funambulist (fu-nam'bu-list)

n.

fyrdung a brownish-grayish color. fusiform (fu'zi-form) adj. spindleshaped; tapering at each end. fusil (fu'zil)W/ fusing, melting.

fussock

tightrope walker.

funest (fu-nesf) evil

funlcify

inter-

adj.

mostly

applied

to

v.t.

(fyobr-a'shss)

adj.

fyke

(fur-far-a'shas)

adj.

covered with dandruff. adj.

furious,

enraged. furr-ahin (fur'9-hin) n. the right rear horse in plowing (Scottish). fuscous (fus'kss) adj. pertaining to

m^n; made;

big,

fat

cot-

16t;

to beat; to

n.

a fat, un-

n.

the

first

FUTHORC.

bag-shaped open by hoops.

(fik) n. a long,

fish-

fylfot (fil'fot) n. the swastika.

fyrd (furd) England. serve

in

n.

1.

2.

the military in old

obligation

the

fyrdung (fir'dung)

this; year;

to

the ranks.

pared for

battle;

an army pre-

n.

a

military ex-

pedition.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

runic

— so called from the

net held

thievish.

furibund (fur'i-bund)

v.t.

(fob'thork)

alphabet

retreat

to

six letters:

furfuraceous

3.

mass of

fustiiugs (fus'ti-lugz) wieldy person.

fearfully.

furacious

\.

fustigate (fus'ti-gat)

futhorc

(funk'i-fT)

n.

a fluffy

criticize severely.

(fun'ji-bal)

changeable: goods.

2.

ton.

harbinger of

adj.

or death; dire.

fungible

(fus'ak)

woman.

a

azure; o'man"; viN; fur;

Bach

.

gaberlunzie (gab-ur-lun'ze) n. wandering or licensed beggar.

a

gair (ger) adj. sharp, eager, greedy. -n. a corner section of unplovved

gajo (go'jo) n. a nongyps) galactophagist (gal-ak"to-fa'jist) a milk drinker.

galang-galang n.

(ga-16ng"ga-16ng')

galantine (gal-sn-ten') n. a cold dish oppressed meat covered with aspic.

galbe (galb)

n.

the general contour

or outline of a rounded object.

galeanthropy (gal-e-an'thrs-pe) n. the delusion that one has become

n.

great

(gal-i-gas'kinz)

n.

baggy pants (British slang). gallimaufry (gal-i-mofre) /7. 1. a hash made of sweetbreads, brains, and other such goodies. 2. an\-

preposterous mixture.

gateated (ga'le-a"t9d) shaped; wearing

adj.

helmet-

a

Roman

helmet. n.

a

Javanese zither, also galempong, tjalempoeng, calempun. galericulate (gal-sr-ik'u-lat) adj. covered with a hat. (gal-i-ma'shi-as)

n.

gibberish: confused, meaningless

jargon. (gal-ysn-je')

m^n; made;

I6t;

n.

a

Turk-

adj.

ent; careless; irresponsible.

gallipot

(gal'i-pot)

jar.

n.

a

1.

small

druggist

a

2.

(colloquial).

galp (golp) -\\t.

galempung (gal-em'pung)

(gal-i-na'shss)

chicken or pheasant. gallinipper (gari-nip"9r) a7. I. a large mosquito or crane fly. 2. any biting or stinging insect. gallionic (gal-i-6n'ik) adj. indifferlike a

medicine

a cat.

galiongee

(gal'yur-dez)

merriment. galligaskins

gallinaceous

the Australian locust.

galimatias

sailor.

loose,

land.

n.

ish

galliardise

v./.

to

yawn; to gape.

to belch, -n. gaping.

galways (gal'waz) n. a kind of beard worn to represent a stage Irishman, also gallaway.

galyak (gal'yak) a7. 1. a hybrid between Galloway (black, hornless, Scottish) cattle and a yak. 2. lamb or goat fur (Russian). gamashes (gam-ash'ez) n.pl. leggings

worn

for

protection

be; sip; wine; h(5t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

82

gambist

gazooney

(especially by horsemen).

gambist (gam'bist)

viola

a

n.

gamba player. gambrinous (gam-brl'n^s)

cable, -v./. to gangrene (to produce or be affected with gang-

da

rene). adj. full

ganja

gamdeboo

(gam'di-boo)

wood tree of South gamic (gam'ik) adj.

a hard-

n.

2.

developing after fertilization. (gam'9-siz"9m) n.

1.

gammacism

tural

in

stammering.

childish

2.

who

gammadion

(gam-a'di-6n) n. a resembling the swastika made of four capital gammas. gammer (gam'ar) n. an old wife; an cross

gammon or

(gam'sn)

thigh.

bacon.

-v./.

3.

\.

1.

to

smoke

or dry

2. to beat in backby getting a gamon. 3.

1

gasconade

impaling on stakes or hooks. 2. to wound with a tusk. -v./. 1. to gnash the teeth; to snarl. 2. to stammer; stutter, -n. 1. apparatus used in ganching; execution by ganching. 2. a wound made by a boar's tusk. 2.

a

stranger.

running horse. 5.

1.

4.

a short

mSn; made;

a

a

well-

gang

fore-

length of chain

16t;

warn-

(gas-kan-ad')

n.

boast-

bravado, -v./. to brag, gasconader, n. gastriloquist (gas-triro-kwist) n. a

gastromancy

(gas'tro-man"se)

crystal-gazing.

gaud(s) (g6d[z])

n.fpl.j

a trick or

1.

practical joke; a fraud. 2. jewelry

or other ornaments.

(mostly

3.

showy display or mony. 4. a bead marking a

pi.)

a

sion

in

a

merry,

rosary,

-v./.

to

to

-v./.

ceredivi-

make

decorate with

gauds.

gavage

(ga-vaz')

n.

feeding

1.

through a stomach tube. feeding poultry. (gav'9l-6k)

gavelock

or dart.

gawsie

2.

n.

gazooney

a spear

an iron lever.

and gawsy, gawcie.

(go'se) adj. large

lusty, also

\.

2. force-

(ga-zoon'e)

n.

jolly;

a passive

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

n.

fortunetelling by ventriloquism or

pedes-

a 3.

a

n.

ing;

with a large umbrella). ganch (ganch) v.r. 1. to execute by

n.

near a

forest

garlion (gorl'yan) n. a cross between garlic and onion.

.

(gang'ur)

a

partly inundated

ventriloquist.

(gam-6-f6'bi-9) n. fear of marriage. gamp (gamp) «. a large umbrella. 2. a midwife (from Mrs. Gamp, a character in Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit, who was a midwife

man.

is

and garbage from the windows of old Edinburgh.

to tie [a ship's bowsprit].

gamophobia

trian.

n.

which

gardyloo (g6r-de-lob')

a foot, leg,

smoked ham or backgammon. 4. gam-

[bacon, etc.]

gammon

ganger

(ga-po')

every rainy season. (gor'boil) n. confusion, -v./. to confuse, to garble.

2.

-v./.

an

ing cry given before tossing slops

moning, n. the iron band by which a ship's bowsprit is tied to the stem.

n.

curio-

garboil

to idle. n.

someone sow gape-

sity.

gapo

river,

woman,

2.

gaplngstock (gap'ing-st6k) object of open-mouthed

talk.

old

stares.

stares, to buy, or

seed, to stare idly.

pronouncing guttural consonants, as g and k; gut-

difficulty

causes

that

sexual.

1.

in

gapeseed

Africa.

n. marijuana or India and Jamaica. (gap'sed) n. 1. anything

(g6n'j6)

hashish

of beer.

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

gazophylacium

ghawazee

83

male homosexual, see gunzel.

gazophylacium ^m)

geek

bent

(gaz'^o-fil-a'shi-

a treasury (slang).

n.

an object of scorn; a dupe. 2. an expression or gesture of scorn or contempt. (gek)

n.

the head in derision. (ga'gsn-shln)

glowing spot

faint,

opposite

exactly

seen

in

gentilitial (jen-til-ish'ol)

the

n.

a

pertaining to a famiU birth, well-born.

geocentricism

(ge-hen'9)

best

center of the universe.

1.

a?.

chamber.

n.

stant

adj.

adj.

life.

(jef'i-ro-fo'bi-a) n.

fear of crossing bridges.

gerascophobia n.

fear of

gerent

(jer-as"ko-f6'bi-9)

growing

old.

(jir'snt) adj. bearing, carry-

ing,

-n.

one

who

rules

or

manages.

coupled,

(jur'fsl) adj.

changeable, also

gereful, gerie, gen's h.

geromorphism

paired.

gemelliparous

(jem-al-ip'ar-ss)

adj. pertaining to dLgemellipara, a

woman who

has given birth to

twins.

gemsbok

(gemz'bok)

n.

South

good-looking

a

large,

African

oryx.

genarch

country

gephyrophobia

gerful

(jem'sld)

(je-oj'sn-as)

growing on or in the ground. georgic (jor'jik) n. a bucolic poem. -adj. pertaining to agriculture and

(jem'9-bund) adj. a con-

moaning.

gemeled

geogenous

deter-

mining someone's character or future by the way she laughs.

gemebund

the

adj.

distance between two points on a spherical surface; arc of a great circle.

a valley

gelastic (jel-as'tik) adj. pertaining to or used in laughing. gelogenic (jel-o-jen'ik) adj. laughter-provoking. (jel-os'ks-pe)

(je-o-de'zik)

the

is

shortest

near Jerusalem, scene of Israeli sacrifice, later used as a garbage dump. 2. hell in the New Testament. 3. a prison or torture

geloscopy

earth

the

sun,

geodesic

2.

(je-o-sen'tri-siz"9m)

that

belief

//.

September and October,

per-

1.

of gentle

3.

.

sky,

also called counterglow.

Gehenna

^/c//.

taining to a people; national.

the

in

birth

//.

control.

1.

gegenschein

an angle, as a bent knee.

form joints in. genocratia (jen-o-krai'i-^)

to deride, cheat; to toss

-v.t.&i.

at

to

-v.i.

(jen'ork)

head of the

n.

family, also genarcha.

genethliac (jen-eth1i-ak)

(jer-o-m6r'fiz"9m) condition of appearing older than one is. gerontocomium (jer-6n"to-ko'mi9m) n. an institution for care of the aged. //.

gerontocracy (jer-9n-t6k'r9-se) n. government by old people. gestic (jes'tik) adj. relating to body movement; consisting of gestures, especially in dancing.

per-

adj.

gharnao

taining to birthdays.

genethliacon (jen^eth-lT's-kon) n. a birthday poem. genicon (jen'i-kan) n. a sexual partner imagined by one who is dis-

(gar-no'o) //. a raft made of inverted ceramic pots (Ganges Valley).

ghawazee

satisfied with her actual partner.

geniculate

(j^n-ik'u-lat)

man; made;

let;

adj.

1.

tian

(ga-w6'ze)

female dancers

marry

outside

the

n.p/.

Egyp-

who do tribe,

ghawazi.

be; sip; wine; h6t; c51d; sore; dull; fugue; bur[3;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

not also

84

ghee ghee

(gc)

with the tip of the tongue near the upper gums. -n. a gingival sound.

pari of buffalo

that

//.

gleek

butter, which, after being melted

and cooled, is poured off. Ghibelline (gib'p-lTn, -lin) political faction of medieval supporting

the

emperors,

ruling

opposite

a

//.

girandole (jir'^n-dol) a?. 1. a radiating, showy composition, as a gether.

of

branched

the

(goom)

lar

dark (Anglo-Indian). a

Hindu period minutes; an

Anglo-Indian hour. 2. a clepsydra, or water clock. 3. any

=

girare

girasol

to revolve).

(jir'3-s61)

Jerusalem

n.

artichoke.

the

1.

a

2.

an

(jour) n.

infidel,

i.e.,

a

girn (gurn)

to snarl, whine, -v./.

v.i.

to bare the teeth in rage; to utter

Christian.

giardinetto

(j6r-de-net'o) n. precious stones arranged into a spray of flowers for a ring or

with

givy (giv'e)

adj. relaxed (U.S.).

brooch.

glabrous

(gla'brss)

a girn or snarl English dialect).

without

(gibd) adj. castrated, said

(jT'bas)

an opera hat, so

n.

named from

the original

maker

in

Paris.

giddhom

(gid'thsm) n. a frantic galloping movement made by cows when plagued with flies.

giffgaff (gif'gaO n.&wi. mutual ac-

commodation; give-and-take;

hairs

glaciology

in-

in

made

smear with

wallflower of Europe. gillygaloo (gil-e-gs-loo') n. a mythical bird that lays square eggs

glandaceous

of egg white,

-v.t.

to

glair, also glaire.

(glan-da'sh^s)

adj.

glaucous

(glo'kss) adj. green

w

ith a

grayish-blue cast. (gil-rav'sj)

brate noisily; page, also

to

v./.

to

cele-

glebous

go on a ram-

n.

gime (glm) a hole washed in an embankment by water pouring //.

gledge (glej) gleed (gled)

ing to the

1

gums.

man; made;

let;

2.

/7.c5v./. //.

.

1.

squint.

a live coal.

2.

a

pi cinders, -adj. squint-eyed; blind in one eye. 2.

flame or ray.

3.

crooked, awry, astray.

(gim'^-sez) n.pl. chains

used in hanging criminals. gingival (jin'ji-vol) adj. 1. pertain-

(gle'b^s) adj. full of clods;

like a clod, earthy; gleby.

through a leak.

gimmaces

the

n.

acorn-colored.

(slang).

gilravage

means

sizing or glazing. 2. a size or

glaze

the

n.

smooth;

projections;

(gla-shi-ol'a-je)

common

(jil'i-var)

adj.

or

study of glaciers and their effects on animal and plant life. foolish, glaikit (gla'kit) adj. thoughtless, giddy, also glaiket. glair (gler) n. 1. raw egg white used

formal conversation. gilliver

(Scottish,

glahorate. glahrescent slightly glabrous.

usually of cats.

gibus

fire

opal.

timepiece.

gibbed

to-

in an ornamental, circuframe (U.S.). 4. an earring with small stones clustered around a larger one (French

to hunt in the

v./.

ghurry (gur'e) n. 1. o^ twenty-four

giaour

fired

an ornamental, candleholder. 3. a

2.

mirror

Guelphs.

ghoom

of skyrockets

cluster

Italy

German

gleek (glek)

pronounced

tion.

card

2.

1. a trick or decep//. an enticing glance. 3. a

game

for three people; three

j|

be; sip; wine; hot; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

fhis; year;

azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bach

k

cards of the same rank in one hand; a trio. gleet (glel) //. 1. slime, ooze, greasy

phlegm like that found in a hawk's stomach. 3. mucous discharge from the urethra. 4. a filth. 2.

chronic inflammation of the nasal cavities -v./. to ooze, as gleet; to flow slowly; gleety, adj. gllff (gliO n.

a fleeting glance; a

\.

sound. 2. a brief moment. 3. a sudden shock, -v.t. to frighten. glin (glin) //. haze or vapor on the horizon at sea, signaling an approaching storm. gllnk (glink) v./. to look at slyly, faint

glock (glok) huge gulps.

v.t.

1.

to

2.

to swallow

make

in

a gulping

sound. (glop'sn)

sur-

to

v.t.&i.

be surprised; to worry or be worried. prise, or

gloss (glos)

n.

glossary

or

glossary.

3.

tion.

a

4.

planation.

5.

a definition in a

\.

dictionary. 2. a a misleading definiword requiring exa type of poetry. 6. a

commentary on Roman law of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, glossarist, a g/o55-writer or

relief.

pecially sundials.

goadsman who

glossolalia (glos-o-la1i-9)

non-

n.

(glos-ol'o-je) n.

the

1.

study of language or linguistics. 2. the writing of glossaries; glossonomy. 3. the study of the

tongue and its diseases. glottogonic (glot-o-gon'ik) pertaining

to

the

language, glottogonist, glutition (gloo-tish'sn)

n.

adj.

origin

of of

swallown.

a

craving for sweets. n.

man; made;

1.

a?.

a piece

1.

let;

a

channel

or

to

a

swallow

gobbets.

2.

to

(gob-moosh')

n.

a

in

divide into pieces.

gobemouche gullible

person,

literally,

one who swallows

gullible;

-adj.

god-box (god'boks)

this;

fiies.

organ

n.

(slang).

godemiche (god'mesh) n. a dildo. godhopping (god'h6p"ing) v.i. pretending an interest in religion in order to receive aid from missionaries (slang).

(god-i-tor'i-am)

n.

a

church (slang). n.

a

puny or

small-time god.

godwit (god'wit) n. a long-billed wading bird of the snipe family. goety (go'9-te) n. black magic. gomeral (g6m'ur-9l) n. a fool. gomphiasis (gom-ff's-sis) n. toothache; looseness of the teeth. ing

many

(go'ns-mas) adj.

bear-

children. n.

one

who carries the gonfalon, or fiag. gongoozler (gon-gobz'br) n. someone who stares for hours at any-

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

[of

lump [of metal, clotted blood, mud, or fat]; a mass. -v.t. fiesh]. 2.

gonfalonier (gon"f9-lon-ir)

ing; deglutition.

glycolimia (glT-ko-lim'1-9) (gliO

(gob'at)

gonemous

n.

man

a

n.

plow horses onward.

to urge his

godling (god'ling)

sensical talk; gibberish.

glossology

(godz'man)

uses a goad, or pointed stick,

goditorium

commentator; glossographer.

a in

glyptic (glip'tik) n. the art of engraving on gems, also adj. gnathic (nath'ik) adj. pertaining to the jaw. gnathonic (na-th6n'ik) adj. fiattering, deceitful; gnathonical. gnoff (noO n. churl, lout, boor. gnomonlcs (no-mon'iks) n. the science of dial construction, es-

1.

gloppen

glyph

groove, usually vertical. 2. carved figure or character

gobbet

sideways.

or

gongoozler

85

gleet

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

86

googol

grammalogue

thing out of the ordinary.

googol

(goo'g^l)

ten to the hun-

n.

dredth power (coined by Dr. Edward Kasner's nine-year old

nephew. From Mathematics and the Imagination by Kasner and

James Newman. googolplex (goo'gal-pleks)

(goonch)

one,

Indian licorice

n.

seeds.

gooney dunce.

(goon'e) n. 1. a booby, 2. the black-footed alba-

goony; gony.

tross, also

gorgonize

(gor'gan-Tz)

to

pe-

Gorgon

look.

gossoon man.

(go-soon')

a?.

1.

a

young

(French garcon = a waiter or a young man). gracile (gras'il) adj. graceful and 2.

a waiter

slender.

gradine

(gra-den')

chisel used

n.

a

toothed

qual to an English earl or French conitel. //.

a pitchfork or

dung-

(grath)

n.

1.

readiness.

2.

furniture, dress, apparatus or accouterments for work, sport, etc.; gear. 3. material. 4. soapy water. 1. to prepare. 2. to furnish, adorn. 3. to make or build, -adj. prepared. gralloch (gral'oh) n. the viscera of a -\'./.

dead deer.

-v.t.

to

disembowel.

gramercy (gram-ur'se) inter/. 1. many thanks. 2. an exclamation meaning mercy on us! 3. a thankyou; an acknowledgment (French grand-merci = many thanks).

graminivorous adj.

a

gram -at' i-

(

grammarian; a pretentious grammatical pedant. kas"t:5r)

//.

a petty

(gram"9-t6r3-tre) words. grandgousier (gron-gooz-ya') n. a glutton; someone with an enor//.

worship of

mous

gullet

letters or

who

anything (father Gargantuaj.

grangerism

will

of

swallow

Rabelais's

(gran'J9r-iz"9m)

n.

cut-

and designs from

books of others in order to your own (so called from the Reverend James Granger, whose Biographical History of England ( 769) was so the

illustrate

1

richly illustrated).

grapholagnia (graf-o-lag'ni-9) n. a more than passing interest in obscene pictures.

cramp. grassation (gras-a'shan)

n.

writer's

act of

n.

attacking violently; a lying in wait to attack. gravamen (gra-va'msn) /;. a grievance; a formal complaint.

fork.

graith

n.

graphospasm (graro-spaz"9m)

by sculptors.

Graf (groO //• a German, Austrian, and Swedish title of nobility (e-

graip (grap)

grammaticaster

ting out pictures

v.t.

with a

trify; to stare at,

(gram's-log)

word represented by a logogram, or symbol, also grammalog.

grammatolatry

n.

followed by a googol zeros (same etymology as above).

goonch

greffier

(gram-in-iv'^r-ps)

grass-eating.

gravedo (gra-ve'do) n. a head cold. graveolent (grav'e-o-lent") adj. stinking.

gravid {gTii'\\d)ad/. pregnant. grayslick (gra'slik) ad/, a state of the sea when the wind has died down and the still water takes on a "glassy" look.

grebe (greb) podicipoid tail

a

//.

diving

feathers,

four-toed

bird

little

without

grebe,

charm

or fetish.

2. a

buzzard.

3.

the sassy-tree.

greffier (grefi-ur)

//.

a registrar or

let; be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^; out; get; thin; fhis; year; azure; o'man"; viN; fiir; Bach good; food;

man; made;

the

Huropean dahchick. greegree (gre'gre) //. 1. an African

,

gugusse

87

gregal

painting

recorder.

gregal (gre'g^l)

pertaining

adj.

or like a. flock; gregarious.

ecuted.

gregale (gra-gol'a) //. a dry, cold, northeast wind that occasionally blows over Malta.

gremial (gre'mi-^l)

gressorial

of a society an apron used by Mass or during or-

(gres-6r'i-9l)

2.

amusement park, especially one who

operates a prize wheel or other game of chance; a thief (U.S. slang). 1.

grasshopper. fowl.

4.

a

3.

person or

a tiny 2. a

eel.

person, usually with merry. farthing.

for

heather,

7.

grigs,

-v./.

-v./.

their first

ing they will

cat;

an old

6.

a

woman.

a schilling.

grosz (grosh)

grummels

(groom'slz) n.pl. sediment; dregs. Grundyism (grund'e-iz"9m) n. conventionalism as personified by Mrs. Grundy (in Mox{ox\\ Speed the Plough}.

gruntling (grunt'ling)

Guelph (gwelO

man; made;

/?.

let;

a

style

German the

of

Ghihellines.

guerdon to give

of

(gur'dsn)

guerdon n.

n.

a reward, -v.t.

to; to

reward.

a round boat

wickerwork,

made

used in old also go of a

Mesopotamia, goofah.

gugusse 1.

which op-

posed the ruling emperors, opposite

tech-

ual grinner (slang).

grisaille (gre-zT')

of

(gu-goos')

feminate

n.

man who

a.

young,

trysts

be; sip; wine; hot; cold; sore; dull; fijgue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

fac-

a political

^-

tion in medieval Italy

a perpet-

/;.

young

a

/?.

pig.

nical jargon, especially legal.

grinagog (grin's-gog)

1/100 of a zloty

n.

(Polish).

gufa (goo'fa) n.

n.

(grd'shsn) n. 1. the tenpfennig piece of Germany. 2. in Austria, a bronze coin = 1/100 of

a female

grimgribber (grim'grib"3r)

,(gro'bi-9n-iz"9m)

rudeness; boorishness.

to fish

young salmon after return from the sea. n.

watch people hopask you to join them. to

v./.

grobianism

n.

grimalkin (grim-ol'kin)

church-

silently while they're eating,

irritate.

grilse (grils)

for

a church.

act.

tantalize;

to

short

asylum of

groak (grok)

a lively

5.

refuge or asylum.

1.

3.

grivoiserie (grev-woz-re') n. lewd and lascivious behavior; a lewd

cricket or

a small domestic

little

n.

mercy.

grith, the

a circus, carnival, or

n.

.

groschen

sion of insects; gressorious.

grice (grls) n. a young pig. griffonage (gre-fo-noz) n. careless handwriting; illegible scribble. grifter (griftsr) n. a concessionaire

creature; a dwarf.

warp and woolen

roasting.

grith (grith)

taining to the Gressoria, a divi-

grig (grig)

a French dress material

the spine of a griskin (gris'kin) //. of a pork lean part 2. the hog. loin. 3. a small piece of meat for

adj.

adapted for walking, as the f^^t of certain birds and insects; per-

at

3.

cotton

filling.

3.

bishop at dination ceremonies, -adj. 1. being a member of a society. 2. pertaining to the aforementioned episcopal garment. gressible (gres'i-bsl) adj. able to walk. a

with

1

a

1.

//.

close

member

friend. 2. a

or university.

gray tones imitating

in

bas-relief. 2. a painting thus ex-

to,

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

ef-

with

88

guignol

gyve ment. 2. a vat mented.

priests.

guignol (gen-yul') //. 1. cap. the main character in French puppet shows. 2. a puppet show or one of the puppets; a marionette theater. 3.

Grand Guignol

the

theater in

specializing

Paris,

T.A.G.* 2. a nudist. gynandry (gl-nan'dre, ji-) maphroditism.

enormous

n.

gynarchy

(gun'ol)

a small, slimy,

n.

gunzel (gun'zal)

n.

a

passive,

male

homo-

1.

oriented,

sexual. SQQ gazooney. 2. a brat. 3. an informer (slang). gurry (gur'e) n. diarrhea. 2. whale garbage resulting from efforts to 1

small

a

3.

wheelbarrow.

n.

(gl-as-ku'tas,

imaginary,

jT-)

/?.

gyre

1.

one who

(jTr)

1.

infe-

es-

jin")

n.

on a

likes to nibble

1.

a circular motion,

2.

a circular or spiral

/?.

revolution.

form, a ring or vortex. 3. an evil to turn around, to

spirit, -v.t.&i.

gyromancy

on

steep

it

until

by

for-

n.

in a circle

fortune

the

dizzy;

termined

is

(jT'ro-vagz)

monks accustomed

to

from monastery

fer-

(jTv) n. a

-v.t.

to

to

n.pl.

wander

monastery.

shackle, usually

to shackle, to chain.

*The Allegedly Great man; made;

let;

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

de-

where the person

falls.

gyrovagues

hillsides

wort about to

(jT'ro-man"se)

tunetelling by walking

gyve n.

n.

-I-

a

(U.S.). (gll)

jin')

-1-

four-legged

than on the other, enabling easily

(gl'nor-ke",

gyrate.

beast with legs on one side longer

gyle

her-

woman's earlobe (Greek gyne = woman -f otikos = of the ear lohos = lobe -h masso = chew philos = loving).

drop: used in prescriptions (Latin gutta = drop).

walk

.

(gT-n6t"i-ko-16"bo-mas'o-fri)

fillings.

huge,

1

gynotikolobomassophile

car,

guttatim (gu-ta'tim) adv. drop by

gyascutus

n.

woman who

a

tablishing the colony.

4. a fort.

gutta-percha (gut'9-pur"ch9) n. a substance like rubber which comes from the latex of certain Malaysian trees: used for electrical insulation and temporary tooth

2.

gyneolatry (grne-ol'a-tre, worship of women.

.

oil.

its

sleigh, or

1.

A7.

government by women. 2. an sect society where only the male parent takes part in

elongate marine blenny found on both sides of the Atlantic.

extract

(jim-n6s'3-fist)

looks like a man.

(gij-16s'i-te)

orally

n.

an ancient sect of Hindu ascetics found in India by Alexander

appetite; greediness.

gunnel

(jim-no-fo'bi-9)

gymnosophist

song).

gulosity

fer-

is

fear of nudity.

in

horror plays). guitguit (gwit'gwlt) n. the American honey creeper (so called from its

gymnophobia

small

(a

which beer

in

This; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

in

pi

,

habilitate (ha-bil'i-tat) v.t. to supply with money, clothes, or equipment, -v./. to qualify oneself, as for teaching.

habnab

(hab'nab) adj. at random;

hit or miss.

haboob

(ha-boob')

adj. born of a hag or witch. hagiarchy (hag'i-6r"ke) n. government by religious types. hagiolatry (hag-i-ol's-tre) n. worship of saints, hagiolatrous

violent

a

n.

North Africa

desert sandstorm of

hagborn (hag'born)

adj.

haha

and India.

habromania

(hab-ro-ma'ni-s)

n.

hakenkreuz

extreme euphoria.

hachure

swastika;

(ha-shur')

n.

a short line

used for shading engraving.

in

drawing and

hadeharia

word

hell.

hadj (haj) n. the pilgrimage Mecca; any pilgrimage.

to

haecceity (hek-se'i-te) n. that which makes something different from anything else; individuality,

(haf'sl)

hakim (ho'kem)

to

v./.

home.

-v./.

to be shifty.

familiarize;

a

to settle

broad

step

flights

going

Moslem judge

in

two

different

half-

direc-

tions. n.

holiness; a

storehouse for holy relics. halieutics (hal-i-u'tiks) «. fishing.

haliography description

let;

between

halidom (hal'i-dum)

down.

man; made;

n.

with stairs, used for thrones or altars. 2. a staircase landing or

stutter,

n. 1. the handle of a sword. 2. a holder for spun fibres. 3. a place for settling down; a

to

a

were placed to be whipped. halfpace (hafpas) «. 1. a platform

haft (haft)

pasture, a

n.

halberd (harburd) «. 1. a longhandled weapon used in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. 2. a frame into which soldiers

hesitate.

'V.t.&i.

(ho'ksn-kroits)

hakenkreuzler,

fanatic nationalist.

see quiddity.

baffle

wall,

or ruler.

(ha-de-ha'ri-s) n. cons-

tant use of the

n. a sunken from a distance.

(h6'h6)

invisible

(hal-i-6g'r9-fe)

of

the

sea.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

n.

halio-

azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bach

grapher, n. halitus (hai'i-t3s)

(hai"e-loo-y6t'ik)

pertaining

containing

or

to

adj.

hallelujahs.

hallux (haraks)

n.

the big toe; a

bird's rear toe. hallucal, adj.

halobios (hal-6-bT'9s) n. sea and fauna. haloid {\\2i\'o\d)adj. saltlike. halomancy (haro-man"se) n. halotic

flora

(hal-6'tik)

easy

adj.

to

n.

(ham-5r-tith'i-3)

n.

hamartophobia

(ham-6r"to-fo'bi-

fear of sin or sinning.

(ham'bsl)

useless for hunting,

the eking out of a living, scrabble land.

nook-

aaj.

harengiform (har-en'ji-form) hariolate (har'i-o-lat")

adj.

hamirostrate (ha-mi-ros'trat) adj. having a hooked beak. hanaper (hSn'^-par) n. a box for documents. handsel (han'sal) n. 1. good luck, or a good-luck token.

a gift

2.

as a good-luck token, as the

receipts of a

groom's present to

new

store or a

his bride, -v.t.

to celebrate the beginning of to use or

do

for the

time; to try experimentally. a white person or

foreigner in Hawaii. (hap-16g'r9-fe)

ventrilo-

quism; to predict.

ly

of insects.

harpaxophobia

(h6r-paks"o-fo'bi-

fear of robbers or of being

robbed. (hor-po-kra'tik)

hartal (hdr-tol') test

a strike to pro-

n.

governmental action

a

[in

India].

haruspex

(har'us-peks)

tuneteller

nards

n.

a

for-

who

used animal inlightning for her

and

predictions, pi. -spice.

hasenpfeffer (ho'zan-fersr) n. 1. highly seasoned rabbit stew. 2. a card

game

like euchre.

havelock (hav'lok) shade hung from

n.

a cloth sun-

the back of a

in

havier (hav'ysr)

haybote

n.

(ha'bot)

a castrated deer.

n.

wood

or thorns

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

adj.

relating to silence.

military cap. n.

writing, the inadvertent omission

let;

to prac-

v.i.

or

fortunetelling

harpocratic

shaped.

man; made;

hard-

-n.

g9s) adj. predatory: used especial-

hamiform (ha'mi-formj

n.

rough

haramaitism (har-9-ma'-i-tiz"9m) n. Hindu child marriages. hardscrabble (hord'skra'^bal) adj.

9) n.

haole (hou'la)

adj.

to limp.

-v.i.

house.

haplography

(har-a'J9s)

harpactophagous (h6r-pak-t6r9-

(ham'suk"9n) n. the assaulting of a person in her own

2.

by

make them

hamesucken

first

harageous

tice

to cut off the

v.t.

balls of dogs' feet to

something.

felt

some people when touching

herring-shaped.

mistake-prone.

1.

(hap"to-dis-f6r'i-

unpleasant sensation

and bold.

the study of sin.

hamble

haptodysphoria-

faces.

for-

halsen (hol'ssn) v.t. to predict. hamartiology (ham-6r"ti-6r9-je) hamartithia

(hap-ldl'a-je) n. in pronunciation, the omission of one or more syllables; syllabic syncope.

peaches, cotton, or similar sur-

catch.

first

words,

syllables,

or lines.

3) n.

tunetelling with salt.

made

more adjacent and

or

similar letters,

haplology

n.

hallelujatic

9) n.

one

of exhalation,

n.

breath, halituous, adj., halituosity,

haybote

90

halitus

this;

year; azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

henism

haznadar allowed a tenant for repair of her hedges or fences; the right to take such material; hedgebote.

haznadar (haz-n9-d6r')

n.

other.

hegira

a

first

treasurer (Turkish).

(he-6"t6n-

tim-o-roo'm3n-6s) n. masochist (title of a play by Menander). (heb-d6m'3-d.->l) adj.

weekly. (he-b9-fre'ni-9) n.

extreme

delinquency.

hebetic (he-bet'ik)

happening

adj.

at puberty.

hebetude

fo'bi-9) n.

stupidity, hebetudinous, adj.

hecatomb

(hek's-toom) n. religious sacrifice of 100 oxen; any

coming, infested with worms.

(hSl'dt-re)

adj. living in

helots,

n.

or

slaves, collectively; slavery.

helve (h61v) n. 1. the handle of a tool or weapon, -v.t. to supply with a helve.

hecatompedon

(hek-9-tom'p9don) n. 1. the cella of the Parthenon or of Athena's Temple. 2. any building 100 feet long or

the formation of blood.

e'sis) n.

hemeralopia

(hem"9r-9-lo'pi-9)

day blindness; able to see only

n.

in

the dark, opposite of nyctalopia.

hemeraphonia

wide.

hectare (hek'ter) hector (hek'tar) or

A2.

100 acres. to

v.t.

intimidate,

n.

verbally -v./.

(hem"9r-a-fo'ni-9) able to speak only at night.

hemipenis

(hem-i-pe'nis)

n.

the paired sex organs of

to

bully.

one of

many

reptiles.

hederaceous

(hed-sr-a'shas) adj. pertaining to ivy. hederaceously, adv.

hederate (hed'sr-at) decorate with ivy. hednon (hed'nan) n.

v.t.

hempen

(hemp'sn)

herb similar to belladonna, whose is used medically.

to

extract

wedding

a

hendecasyllable

hedonics (he-don'iks)

n. the study of pleasant and unpleasant sensations, the relationship of duty to

syllables.

henhussy

n.

domin-

henism

ance or control, as 'he mind over the body, or one nation over anlet;

(h6n'huz"e)

term for a work.

pleasure.

(he-jem'sn-e)

(hen"d6k-3-sir9-

a metrical line of eleven

bal) n.

man; made;

pertaining

adj.

hemp or a hangman's noose. henbane (hen'ban) n. a poisonous to

present.

hegemony

(h6l-min"tho-

fear of being, or be-

hematopoiesis (h6m"3-to-poi-

mass slaughter.

threaten

old

a fierce bird of

n.

helobious (he-lo'bi-9s) marshy places.

dullness,

n.

evil

prey; an extremely cruel person.

helotry

(heb's-tOd)

an

n.

helminthophobia

silliness.

the head

n.

a hellcat.

hellkite (herklt)

(he-bes"falstudy of juvenile

n.

(hel'hag)

woman;

hebesphalmology mdl's-je)

(he-gu'msn)

of a small monastery. heliolater (he-li-6r9-t9r) n. a sun worshiper, heliolatrous, adj.

a

type of schizophrenia occurring usually at puberty and characterized by

hegumen

hellhag

hebephrenia

Mohammed's

n.

from Mecca (A.D. 622 = year of the Moslem era); any

flight.

heautontimorumenos

hebdomadal

(he-jT'rs)

flight

man who

n.

a

sexist

does house-

(hen'rz"9m) n. the theory is a single principle;

that existence

monism.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

henotic

henotic

(han-6'tik) monizing.

hent (h^nt) away. 2. reach,

v.t.

1.

har-

adj.

to seize, carry to

3.

a grab; that which

-n.

is

grabbed.

hepaticocholangiocholecystenterostomy (he-pat"I-ko-ISn"je-ok6"l9-sis"t3n-t6r-6s't9-me)

n. sur-

gically created link between the gall

bladder and hepatic duct, and

between the intestine and gall bladder, also hepaticocholecystostcholecystenterostomy. heredipety (her-9-dip'i-te) n. legacy hunting; trying to cadge an inheritance.

hereism

(hir'e-iz"9m)

faithful-

n.

ness in marriage.

heresiarch

(her'i-si-6rk")

the

n.

a

(her"i-si-6g'r9-fe) n.

on

treatise

grapher,

heresy,

heresio-

Bible

(hes-I-kSs'tik) adj.

Greek music.

interpretation.

n.

the

2.

study of interpretation, hermenutic, adj. interpretative. herzog (h^rts'oh) n. a high-ranking German or Austrian noble (be-

2.

1.

some

anpertaining

Hesychasts, fourteenthcentury Eastern mystics who contemplated their navels, seeing therein the Divine Light. to

the

hetaerism

(he-tir'iz"3m) n.

heterize (hat'ar-Tz) form, heterization,

heterochthonous n9s)

adj.

extra-

communal marriage.

marital sex;

trans-

to

v.t.

n.

(hat-3r-6k'th9-

foreign,

opposite

of

autochthonous. heteroclite (het'sr-o-kllt") adj. irregular, unorthodox, abnormal, -n. \. irregular, as verbs, declensions, etc. 2. any thing or person deviating from the com-

mon

rule.

word

(het'sr-o-nim")

n.

a

another,

but differing in meaning and sound. spelled

heterophemy

n.

hermeneutics (hur-ma-nu'tiks) 1.

cient

heteronym

leader of a heretical sect.

heresiography

hesychastic

soothing, calming, as

experience.

to

hidrotic

92

like

(het'9r-o-fe"me)

n.

Freudian slipsism. heterotelic (het^sr-o-tel'ik) adj. existing for an outside or extraneous purpose. heuristic (hu-ris'tik) adj. 1. helping to learn; encouraging further

Greeks

to

Romans

to Spain. 3. pertaining

2. pertaining to a teaching method which encourages students to learn for themselves. hiant (hl'snt) adj. gaping, hiate (hl'at) v.i. to gape; to cause a

the Hesperides: (a) nymphs who guarded the golden apples Gaea gave to Hera; (b) the west-

hibernaculum (hl-bsr-n^k'u-lum) n. 1. the dormant part of a plant.

investigation.

fore 1919).

hesperian

(h6s-pir'i-9n)

adj.

1.

western, occidental. 2. pertaining to Hesperia, a name given by the Italy

and

by

the

to

ern garden producing the apples. 4. pertaining to the Hesperiidae, or skipper butterflies.

hesternal

(hes-tur'nsl)

adj.

per-

taining to yesterday.

hesternopothia (has-tur"n6-p6th'ipathologic yearning for the good old days. 9) n. a

mSn; made;

let;

certain

hiatus.

protective covering during 3. winter quarters; hibernacle. 4. the epiphragm of a snail. hibernicism (hT-bur'ni-siz"9m) n. the quality of being Irish; an Irish 2.

winter.

trait or

hidrotic

custom. (hid-r6t'ik)

sweating,

n.

adj.

causing

a medicine that in-

be; sip; wine; hOt; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

hield

hoggerel

93

upright with a movable arm to measure the height of a horse.

duces sweating; a diaphoretic or a sudorific.

hield (held) favorable.

v./.

2.

to incline, to be

1.

to yield. 4. to turn

3.

hippopotomonstrosesquipedal-

away.

-v.t.

ses"kwi-p3-da'li-9n) adj. pertaining to a very, very long word, see

1.

to tip over. 2. to pour, to shed. -n.

an

sesquipedalian.

incline, slope, also heald.

hiemal (hT'e-mal)

adj. pertaining to

hipshot (hip'sh6t)

hierodule (hl'sr-o-dul")

n.

a temple

dislocation.

hipsy (hip'se)

slave, hierodulic, adj.

hierofastidia (hrsr-o-f^s-tid'i-a) n. dislike of "holy" things. hieromachy (hT-9r-6m'9-ke) n. a fight between men or women of

n. a drink consisting of wine, water, and brandy.

hirci (hir'se) n. armpit hair.

hircine (hur'sTn) adj. goatlike, especially in smell; lewd.

hircismus (hir-siz'mss)

the cloth.

hieromancy

(hT'9r-o-man"se) n. fortunetelling by observing and interpreting various sacrifices.

hilding (hil'ding) adj. mean; cowardly, -n. 1. a mean or cowardly person. 2. (cap.) the foster father of Fridthjof and

2.

to

v.t. 1.

a small

grow dizzy or

hirr (hir)

ward

seam of

ore.

posite of helpmate.

hinnible (hin'i-bal) adj. whinny. hippiater (hip'i-a"t9r) n.

hippocampine

able

to

(hip-o-kam'pin)

hippocrepiform

city

a

ly

strongly

adj.

the letter

r.

-n.

a strong-

or harshly trilled sound. (hir-soo'tar-oo'Tas)

adj. red-haired.

historionomer (his-t6r"i-6n'9-m9r) n. an expert on historical laws, principles, and phenomena. histrion (his'tri-6n) n. an actor. hlonipa (hlo-nip'6) n. constant change of vocabulary to avoid confusion among words that

sound alike, especially the names of Zulu relatives and headmen.

(hip-o-kr6p'ihorseshoe-shaped. (hip-6d'9-mist)

/i.

1.

a

hobberdehoy

fifth-century

who planned

Greek

the

architect,

first city).

2.

n.

sl

per-

taining to today.

hodman

(hdd'msn)

n.

\.

a

hod

carrier. 2. a hack; assistant.

hodophobia

(ho-do-fo'bi-s)

n.

fear

of road travel.

a

hoggaster

horse tamer.

hippomaniac (hip-o-ma'ni-ak) n. a horse lover; someone who really loves horses.

(hip-dm'i-tsr)

man; made;

(h6b'9r-de-hoi")

youth entering manhood. hodiernal (ho-di-ur'nal) adj.

planner (from Hippodamus,

hippometer

(hir'i-ant)

trilled, as

a horse

adj. pertaining to sea horses.

hippodamist

dog forround up sheep,

etc.].

doctor.

adj.

stinky

to order a

v.t.

[to attack,

hirrient

sea-

dizziness, seasickness.

hindermate (hin'dsr-mat) n. a mate who is a hindrance, op-

form)

n.

armpits.

hirsutorufous

Ingeborg. sick, -n.

having one

adj.

hip lower than the other, due to a

winter.

hilo (he'lo)

(hip"o-p6t-9-m6n"stro-

ian

to decline or droop.

let;

n.

(h6g'as"t9r) n. a threeyear-old boar. 2. a young sheep; a hog or hogget. hoggerel (h6g'9r-9l) n. 1. vulgar

an

songs or poetry.

2.

a hogget, see

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bach

.

hogget

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below.

hogget

n.

(h6g'3t) n. l.a. two-year-old

boar.

2.

horripilation

a year-old sheep or colt.

(h6g'm3-na") n. New Year's Eve in Scotland, when children cadge treats from

Hogmanay

homosexuality,

homograph

(ho'mo-grSf) n. a word agreeing in spelling and pronunciation with another word, but not in meaning.

neighbors. (ho'go) n. a strong smell or flavor; a highly flavored dish

homonym

(dialect).

homophobia

hogo

hogshead

(h6gz'h6d) n. \. a large barrel containing over sixty-three gallons. 2. a measure of sixtythree gallons.

any large liquid

3.

measure. hoitzitzillin

showy American hoker (ho'kar) n. -v.t.&i. to scorn,

n.

a

bird.

scorn; derision.

mock.

holagogue (h6r9-g6g) tion

which removes

a medica-

all

trace of a

ing to the arctic regions collectively.

holluschick (hdl'us-chik) n. a young male fur seal; a bachelor. holm (hom) n. 1. the holm oak. 2. holly. 3. the sea. 4. a small island

(common

a river or lake

in

English place names).

holmgang (hom'g^ng)

n.

a

duel

a perfectly proportioned dwarf. 2.

the

little

man who the

3.

n.

a three-

dimensional image produced by two laser beams.

holograph (hol'o-graO written

and

n. a personsigned docu-

adj.

holophrasis (h51-o-fra'sis) n. a whole phrase or idea expressed in one word, also holophrase. holophrastic, adj.

homoerotism

(ho-mo-6r'9-tiz"9m)

man; made;

let;

wasn't there

human

fetus.

hondo

(h5n'd6) n. a broad, deep gully or dry gulch. honorificabilitudinitatibus (6n-drn.

honorablenesses (a nonsense word derived from medie-

with

word

is

the longest

Shakespeare, specifically in Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, scene 1, but it isn't Shakein

speare's coinage.

hopo

(ho'po) n. a V-shaped hedge with a pit at the angle to trap

game.

hopple

(hdp'sl) feet.

v.t.

1.

to

an

tie

to hobble,

2.

en-

tangle, -n. a fetter used for graz-

ing animals, or for controlling a

holocryptic (h61-o-krip'tik) adj. incapable of being deciphered without a key. hologram (hol'o-gr^m)

n.

monotony. homunculu8(ho-mung'ku-l9s)/2. 1.

animal's

fought on an island.

ment, also

(ho-mo-fo'bi-9)

fear of sameness, of

val literature), this

holarctic (hol-6rk'tik) adj. pertain-

ally

but spelled differently.

iri-ka-bil-i-ta"din-it-at'i-b9s)

n.

disease.

in

(h6m'o-nim) n. a word pronounced like another word,

(psychiatry). (hoit-zit-zil'dn)

homoerotic,

adj.

horse's gait (usually pi).

horaphthia

a (h6r-af'thi-9) n. neurotic preoccupation with one's

youth.

hordeaceous

(hor-de-a'shas) pertaining to barley.

horography

(h6r-6g'r9-fe)

n.

making

clocks, watches, sundials, etc.; horologiography.

horrent (hor'ant)

adj.

1.

upright;

bristling. 2. expressing horror.

horripilation (hor-ip-i-ia'shan) n. goose pimples. 2. a bristling of 1

the hair.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get;

adj.

thin; {his; year; azure;

o'msn"; viN;

fur;

Bach

horrisonant

horrisonant

(hor-is'sn-snt)

adj.

hortative (hor'ta-tiv) adj. advisory; exhortative, -n. an exhortation; advice. in

(hor-ten'shi-al)

adj.

a garden; hortensian. adj. pertain-

hortulan (hor'tu-bn) (hds'pis) n.

1.

an inn for

travelers often run by a religious

poor

2.

a hostel

people,

students,

for

the

sick,

or

the

elderly.

hosticide (hos'ti-sid) her enemy. hotspur (hot'spur)

n.

one who

n.

a hotheaded,

impetuous man (from Hotspur in Shakespeare's Henry V). houri (hoo're) n. a perpetually young and beautiful virgin of the

Mohammedan paradise. housage (hou'zsj) n. storage; storage

re-

ing agent.

(hum'hum)

rough

a

n.

Indian cotton cloth (like those used in hammams, or Turkish baths).

fee. n.

n.

lying on the

ground

peni-

in

tence.

humstrum

(hum'strum)

n.

a

second-rate or defective musical instrument.

humuhumunukunukuapuaa (hoo"moo-hoo-moo-noo"koo-

kills

house! (hou'zsl)

adj.

a moisten-

-n.

humicubation (hu-mik"u-ba'sh9n)

ing to a garden.

order.

taining moisture,

humhum

hortensial

hospice

humdurgeon.

humectant (hO-mek'tant)

terrible-sounding.

grown

hydrography

95

the giving or re-

ceiving of the Eucharist,

-v./.

to

noo-koo-p-poo'6-6) tropical

Hawaiian

hunkerousness opposition fogyism.

(hunk'9-us-nes") n. progress; old-

to

hurley-hacket (hur'le-hak"9t) n. 1. sledding down a hill. 2. a wobbly horse-drawn carriage. hurst (hurst) n. a grove or sandbank, used'often in place names.

hushion (hush'an)

/give the Eucharist.

Hreidmar (hrad'mor) n. (of Volsunga Saga fame) he demanded, and got, wergild from the gods

was

for killing his son, Otter, but

then dispatched by his other son, Fafnir.

Hrimthursar (hrim'thur"sor)

n.

the

who lived under the of Ygdrasil (Norse

small

a

n.

fish.

without

a

n.

foot.

\.

2.

a stocking a

useless

creature.

hussif (hus'if)

n.

a

housewife;

a

hussy.

hustlerati (hus-br-6t'e) n. a mercenary racist writer (slang). buttoning (hut'sn-ing) n. manipula-

frost-giant

tion of a dislocated or stiff joint

roots

(after

mythology). hubristic i^hu-bris'tik) adj. insolent; contemputuous. hui (hwa) n. 1. a secret society

(China).

2.

a

partnership

(Hawaii). 3. a purposeful gathering of people, like the old town meeting (New Zealand). humdudgeon (hum-duj'an) n. an imaginary illness or pain: a loud

complamt

abtout

man; made;

let;

nothing,

also

ton,

hwyl

Richard and Robert Huttwo English bonesetters).

(hu'sl) n.

an emotional out-

burst of eloquence (Welsh).

hyaline (hi's-lin) n. 1. the sea or atmosphere when smooth, clear, 2. the main conof the walls of hydatid

or transparent. stituent cysts.

hydrodynamic (hrdro-dl-n^m'ik) adj.

pertaining to water power.

hydrography

(hT-dr6g'r9-fe) n.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

1.

hydromancy

hystricine

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study of seas, lakes, and surveying the bottom of a harbor. hydromancy (hT'dro-man"se) n. fortunetelling by observing the the

rivers. 2.

abnormal pleasure from doing

ho-hum things. hypermimia (hl-par-mlm'I-a)

n.

ex-

while talk-

cessive gesticulating ing.

hypermnesia

tide.

hydromel 2.

n.

(hT'dro-m61)

a laxative of

n.

1.

mead.

honey and water.

hydrophanous (hl-drdfan-as) adj. made transparent by wetting. hydrophobophobia (hrdro-fo-bofo'b!-9) n. fear of

hydroponics

(hl-purm-ne'zl-a) n. unusually sharp memory. hyperthermalgesia (hrpar-thurm9l-je'zi-9)

sions.

hypnomogia

(hi-je-dl's-tre) n. health

hypnopompic adj.

(hT-ji-6r9-je)

n. in-

hygrophobia

(hl-gro-fo'bi-a)

(hip-no-p6m'pik)

pertaining to hallucinations

occurring immediately after waking (or somnolent state) and persisting until the wide-awake

the

n.

science of hygiene. n.

fear of liquids.

state.

hylic (hl'lik) adj. pertaining to matter; material, hylism, n. materialism, especially of the Ionian phil-

hypobulia

(hl-po-bO'lI-a)

making

ficulty in

hypogeai

(hl-po-je'sl) adj.

n.

1

.

under-

pertain-

2.

ing to living or occurring underground; subterranean.

(hl-lo-j^n'a-sis) n. the

genesis of matter; hylogeny. hymnography (him-n6g'r9-fe)

dif-

n.

decisions.

ground construction.

osophers.

hyiogenesis

(hip-no-mo'ji-a)

somnia.

fanaticism.

hygiology

adj.

having more than three dimen-

rain; rainy.

hygeiolatry

in-

(hrp9r-trT-dIm-6n'sh9n-9l)

n.

chemically grown plants. hyetal (hl'i-tal) adj. pertaining to

abnormally

hypertridimensionai

hydrophobia.

(hr-dro-p6n'iks)

n.

creased sensitivity to heat.

hypogeiody

(hi-po-jT'^-de)

un-

n.

composing and writing hymns. hypaethral (hip-eth'ral) adj. open

derground surveying, as of mines. hypomnematic (hlp''dm-nd-

over

m^t'ik) adj. consisting of notes or

the

to

not

sky;

roofed

(architecture).

hypengyophobia

(hT-pan"ji-o-

fo'bi-s) n. fear of responsibility.

hyper

(hl'par)

v.z.

to be active or

memoranda. hypophobia (hi-po-fo'bi-a)

happy song and dance

busy.

hyperborean

(hl-par-bor'e-an) adj. northern; very cold. 2. pertaining to the Hyperboreans, Apollo cultists of the Far North. 3. any arctic peoples, especially the tribes of northeastern Asia and 1.

(hi-par-du'li-a)

hyperhedonia man; made;

let;

n.

1.

es-

2.

another

(genetics).

4.

resulting

downward pressure

(pathology).

hystricine (his'tri-sTn) adj. pertaining to porcupines.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

a

sediment. 3. the supof one gene over action pressing sence.

n.

(hrpar-he-do'ni-s)

(hT-p6s't9-s!s)

foundation, groundwork;

from

mariolatry.

n.

honor of

Apollo or Dionysus.

hypostasis

Alaska.

hyperdulia

in

lack

n.

of fear; pantaphobia. hyporchema (hlp-or-ke'm^)

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

iatramelia

(T-at"r9-me'li-9) medical negligence.

latrapistla (T-afrs-pIs'ti-s)

of faith

in

n.

lack

n.

doctors or medicine.

Iatrogenic (T-at"r6-jen'ik) adj. illness or disease caused by doctors; resulting

ment. latrology

from prescribed

Iconolagny (r-k6n'5-Ug"ne) n. sexual stimulation from pictures or statues.

Icosahedron (fko-sa-he'dran) Icoslan (T-ko'si-9n)

the

n.

iatreusiology (rs-troo-se-dl's-

Iddat

latromlsla (r-at"ro-me'z)[-9) n. dislike of doctors. icarlan (T-ker'i-an) adj. pertaining to Icarus; hazardous. Ichneutic (ik-nu'tik) adj. pertaining to tracking or trailing. Ichnogram (ik'no-grSm) n. a foot-

Ichor (T'kor) n. 1. the fluid coursing through the veins of Greek gods. 2. a watery discharge from a wound, or from the temples of a musk elephant. 3. a mineral-rich

magma. Ichthyomancy (Ik'the-o-man"se)

caused by a pertaining

to

marry. Ideation (T-de-a'shsn) n. the process of forming ideas.

Ideogenous mental

(id'e-o-grSm) n. a picrepresenting an

symbol

idea rather than a word.

Idlograph (Id'e-o-gr^r) mark. Idlolalla

n.

a trade-

mental n. by use of in-

(id"i-o-la'li-3)

state characterized

Ideoplastia

(Id"e-o-plas'ti-9)

n.

hypnotically suggestive.

Ideopraxist (id"e-o-praks'ist) n. one who puts ideas into practice.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

adj.

vented language. n.

an ear of corn (Scot-

tish).

(Id-e-6j'9-n3s)

in origin.

Ideogram

fortunetelling with fish offal.

let;

1.

2.

(i-d6t') n. a period of three to

torial

man; made;

adj.

months in which a Moslem widow or divorcee may not re-

print.

n.

adj. of or relat-

four

je) n. therapeutics.

Icker (ik'sr)

(Ik'tik)

blow; abrupt. metrical stress.

science of healing, or a treatise on it.

a

ing to twenty.

treat-

Ictic (T^s-tr^l's-je)

n.

twenty-sided solid.

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bach

idioticon

Impanation

98

Idloticon (Ici-e-6t'I-k6n)

a dialect

Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt. 3. people who

(T-do'ne-ss) adj. apt; suit-

claim exceptional spiritual or intellectual insight: sometimes used

n.

dictionary.

Idoneous able.

lele (e'a-e"a) n. the

Hawaiian screw

pine.

satirically.

illutatlon

ignavia (lg-na'vI-9)

n. idleness, lazi-

(Ig'ne-9s) adj.

1.

(im'9-jiz"3m) n. early twentieth-century free-verse style

pertain-

ing to fire. 2. produced by underground heat. ignescent (ig-nes'snt) adj. produc-

sparks;

scintillating,

-n.

ignescent substance. ignipotent (ig-nip'o-tsnt)

ignoscency

(ig-n6s'9n-se)

an

clarity and simplicity, and favoring everyday speech and rhythm.

stressing

Imago

(im-a'go) n. \. a wax portrait those carried in Roman funeral processions. 2. a mature insect. 3. unconsciously retained childhood fantasies involving like

adj.

having power over fire. ignivomous (ig-niv'o-mas) vomiting fire.

adj.

parents. for-

n.

imam

giveness; a forgiving nature.

ihram (e-r6m')

(e-e'we)

whose

n.

n.

a

Hawaiian bird were

caliph

used for regal capes.

unable to cry. illaqueate (il-ak'we-at)

adj.

inferring; in-

ference or conclusion. illicitator (il-is'i-ta"t9r) n.

an auc-

rubbing treatment of

illinition (il-i-nish'an) n.

(ilth) n.

being poor or miser-

sect

founded

m^n; made;

16t;

by

a Turkish inn

(im-bi-bl'shsn)

adj.

lack

n.

of

(im-b6sk') v.t.&i. to hide,

(im"6r-ses'i-b9l)

indestructible.

immerd

(im-urd')

v.t.

to cover with

excrement.

immiscible

(im-is'i-bal)

n.

cannot be mixed water, for example). that

Immorlgerous

things

(oil

and

(im"6r-Ij'9r-9s) adj.

rude, boorish.

Immund

(im-und') adj.

filthy, dirty;

filthy dirty.

Impanation (im-pa-na'shsn)

Adam

nibalistic

doctrine

of

n.

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

can-

baking

be; sip; wine; h6t; c51d; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

ab-

n.

Imbrication (im-bri-ka'shan) n. 1. an overlapping, like shingles or fish scales. 2. a design resembling this, imbricated, adj.

able, the opposite of wealth.

illuminati (il-oom"in-6'te) n.pl. 1. the newly baptized. 2. members of a secret rationalist anticlerical

a

conceal.

something. Illth

n.

imbonity (im-b5n'i-te) good qualities.

1.

with liniment. 2. metals with corrosives; the crust produced by so doing. illision (il-iz'9n) n. striking against

2.

sorption, saturation, steeping.

Immarcesclble

tioneer's shill.

Mohammedan

or

imbibition

to catch

or trap. illation (il-a'shsn) n.

1.

or hostel.

imbosk v./.

n.

leads the service.

Imaret (im-or'et)

brilliant red feathers

Illachrymable (Il-ak'ri-ma-bal)

who

other prince. 3. any theological or legal authority.

the

1.

(im-6m')

priest

sacred robes of Moslem pilgrims. 2. the pilgrim's holy state while wearing these robes.

liwi

mud

a

n.

imagism

ness.

Igneous

ing

(il-u-ta'shan)

bath.

Bacfi

.

99

imparl Christ into the Eucharistic cookie.

imparl (im-p6rr) v./. to confer with opposing counsel prior to out-ofcourt settlement (law). Impavid (im-pa'vid) adj. fearless. impeccant (im-pek'snt) adj. sinless.

imperdlble (im-pur'dl-bsl) capable of being

adj. in-

v.t.

to get by

implgnorate (im-pig'n^-rat) adj. to put up as security; pawn, mortgage.

Implnguate (im-ping'gwat)

to

v.t.

adj. involved, in-

-n.

inwardly, within, nearby, beside, -/^r^/?. beside.

(in'bl) adv.

-fljy.

an inner room

the eland.

n.

general approval. improbity (im-pro'bl-te) n. immorality; crookedness. Improcreant (Im-pro'kre-snt) adj. impotent. improllflcate (im-pro-lif'i-kat) v.t. 3.

addition to papal property. (in-k6rn') v.t.&i. to heal

inoarn

Inoarnadlne

(in-k6r'n3-dTn) adj. pertaining to blood red or crimson, -n. an incarnadine co\ov.

dye incarnadine. Inoatenate (in-kat'an-at)

(im"pro-vez-6-

one who recites her improvised poetry.

tor'a) n.

Impuberal (im-pu'bsr-al)

adj.

own

imsonic

(im-s6n'ik)

n.

not

im-

n.

a baking pit

dug

in

the Hawaiian sand. inanlloquent (in-an-iro-kw9nt)

loquacious,

windy,

garrul-

ous, also inaniloquous.

man; made;

thing that will

let;

n.

a small living

grow

larger.

v.t.&i. to begin,

Inolourable (in-sik'u-ra-bal) adj. untamable. Inoonolnnlty (in-k6n-sin'i-te) n. unsuitableness; ineptitude.

Inoondlte (in-kon'dit)

adj.

crude,

unfinished.

Inorassate

(in-kras'at) adj. thickened, -v.t.&i. to thicken, see inspissate.

Inorepatlon

(in-krs-pa'shan) (in-kroo-6n't9l)

this;

adj.

bloodless.

Inoubus (in'ku-bus)

an im1. n. rapes sleeping women. 2. something that oppresses or worries one, as a nightmare. 3. a nightmare.

who

to

Inounabula (in-ku-nab'u-b) n.pl. 1. extant books printed before 1500 A.D. 2. early stages of anything. inouse (in-kuz') adj. stamped, -n. relief design on the head produced by stamping a coin on the

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

n.

criticism, censure.

Inoulpate (in'-kul-pat) v.t.&i. blame, accuse, incriminate.

adj

onomatopoeic.

Imu (e'mdb)

to

v.t.

restrain with chains; to fetter.

aginary devil

having reached puberty.

Impudlclty (im-pu-dls'i-te) modesty.

-v.t.

to

inoruental

to impregnate.

Improvvlsatore

Scottish).

start, initiate.

Imprest (im-presf) v.t. to lend money, -adj. lent. -n. 1. a loan. 2. salary advance to the military. imprimatur (im-pri-ma'tsr) «. 1. a license to publish. 2. approval by censors.

(all

Inoalesoent (In-kal-es'snt) adj. becoming warmer. (in-kam"9r-a'sh9n) inoameratlon

Inohoate (in'ko-at)

complex.

Impofo (im-po'fo)

adj.

inby

Inohling (inch'ling)

fatten.

Implex (im'pleks)

adj. gilded, -v.t.

to gild.

over, as skin.

pleading; to entreat.

impi (im'pe) n.pl. Kaffir warriors of South Africa.

tricate,

Inaurate (in-6r'at)

n.

lost.

impetrate (rm'ps-trat)

mouse

year; azure; o'man"; viN; fur;

Bach

100

indaba tail. -v.l. lo stamp [a coin]. indaba (in-d6'b6) //. a native South

insalubrious infracaninophile

African conference.

Indehiscent (in-de-hfs'ant)

adj.

staying closed at maturity.

indign (in-dln')

1930).

unbecoming;

adj.

infralapsarianism 9n-iz"9m)

undignified; disgraceful.

Indite (in-dlt') v.t. to write literarily; to describe or inscribe. Indoclble (in-d6s'i-b9l) adj. un-

ing, inflexible.

Indurate

(in'du-rat) harden. 2. to inure; born, -v./. to harden.

v.t.

1.

make

Ineluctable (in-e-luk'ta-bsl)

Fall.

infrapose (in-frs-poz')

to

evitable; irresistible.

n.

infumate (in'fQ-mat)

smoke,

adj. in-

infundibular (in-fun-dib'Q-br) shaped like a funnel. ing (ing) n. a low-lying pasture. ingannation (in-gan-a'shsn)

prickles,

Ingerence

some

as

(in-eks-pug'na-bal)

of

incapable thrown.

adj.

being

over-

Inexsuperable (in-eks-u'pur-s-bal) insurmountable, impassadj.

infandous (in-fan'das)

too unspeak-

mention;

the

n.

(in-ges'tor)

(in-flb'^u-la'shsn)

n.

sewing up the vulva or sewing down the foreskin to prevent sex-

Ingravidate (in-grav'i-dat) impregnate.

Ingustable

(in-fi-set')

deadly

adj.

serious,

dull,

un-

humor-

(in-gus'ts-bal)

let;

to

adj.

legal

n.

restitution of criminals.

Inlapldate

(in-lap'i-dat)

v.t.

to

petrify.

Innasclble

with-

adj.

(in-as'i-bal)

out a beginning.

Innubilous

(in-u'bil-9s) adj. cloud-

less; clear.

In

petto

(in pet'5) adj. in the breast;

inqulnate (in'kwi-nat)

made

public.

v.t.

to cor-

rupt.

insalubrious (in-s3-loo'bri-9s)

less.

man; made;

v.t.

tasteless.

figuratively: not yet

ual intercourse.

adj. glut-

tonous.

inlagary (in-lag'a-re)

thieves.

large

a

n.

fondle; cajole.

right of a feudal, lord to punish

Infare (in'fer) n. \. a housewarming given by a recently married couple. 2. an entrance. infaust (in-fosf) adj. unlucky, infausting, n. making unlucky.

inter-

n.

seventeenth-century decanter. ingle (ing'gal) w. 1. a fire or fireplace. 2. an angle. 3. a homosexual boy-in-residence. -v.t. to

adj.

ably awful. Infangthlef (in'fang-theQ

funny,

(in'jar-ans)

ingluvious (in-gloo'vi-9s)

able.

Infibulatlon

n.

ference.

ingestar

leaves.

inexpugnable

to

adj.

deception; fraud.

(in-ur'm9s) adj. without

or

to

v.t.

put-

as sturgeon.

describable.

horrible

to place

v.t.

infucation (in-fu-ka'shan) ting on make-up.

stub-

adj. in-

Inenarrable (in-e-nar'a-bsl)

Inficete

(in'fra-lap-ser'i-

Calvinist doctrine of

beneath.

Inductile (in-duk'til) adj. unyield-

thorns

n.

crime and punishment after the

teachable.

Inermous

(in'fra-ka-nTno-

champion of the underdog (Christopher Morley in preface to the Complete Sherlock Holmes,

ffl) n.

adj.

i

be; sip; wine; hot; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

fhis;

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

J

intromission

insanable

calendar.

unhealthy, deleterious.

Insanable (in-san'a-bsl)

adj. incur-

able.

insapory

(in-sap'a-re)

taste-

adj.

less.

Insclent (in'shant) adj. having

in-

Insecable (in-sek'a-bal) cannot be cut with a

that

adj.

knife;

in-

Inslgne

(In-sTn')

tinguished.

2.

adj. singular of

insolate (in'so-lat)

v.t.

dis-

1.

/>7.v/gA7/V7.

to expose to

sunlight.

inspissate

to

v.t.&i.

(in-spis'at)

thicken; incrassate.

Instauration (in-stor-a'shsn) renovation. restoration, augurating something.

insuetude (in'swe-tud)

n.

2.

1.

in-

state of

n.

Insulse (in-suls') adj. tasteless,

flat,

insipid.

(in-soo'^ssr-a'shan) Insusurration n. whispering in the ear; insinuation.

(in-tak'ti-bal)

adj.

im-

perceptible to the touch.

Intaglio (in-tal'yo) bas-relief or

design

(in-tsr-dij'i-tat) (in"t3r-fen-9s-

space between two placing windows.

n.

1.

windows. 2. Intergern (in-tar-gurn') back. Interlacustrine

v./.

to snarl

(in"t3r-la-kus'trln)

between lakes.

(in"t9r-Ioo-ka'sh9n) interlucation n. thinning out trees in a forest to let in some light. Intermundane (in"t9r-mun-dan')

adj.

existing

between

or

stars

n.

opposite of

cameo; a hollowedused for producing

n.

1.

a low-ranking papal nuncio. 2. a

messenger. interpellation

(in"t9r-p9-la'-sh9n)

demanding explanation of a

government

official's

act

or

policy.

Intersidereal (in"t9r-sT-dir'i-9l) adj. interstellar.

Integument (in-teg'u-msnt)

n.

an

outer covering.

Intemerate (in-tem'sr-at)

adj.

100

Intempestlve (In-t6m-pes'tiv)

adj.

percent pure.

untimely; inopportune.

intenerate (In-ten'sr-at)

v.t.

to

soften, sensitize.

interamnlan (In-tar-Sm'ni-an)

adj.

rivers.

Interaulic (in-tsr-ol'ik) adj. existing only between two royal households.

Intersilient

let;

(in-tar-sll'i-ant)

2.

mission. meddling.

general insertion or ad3. legal or illegal

be; sip; wine; hot; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

adj.

suddenly emerging in the midst of something. intertessellation (!n''tdr-tes-dla'shan) n. an intricate design, as mosaic. introjectlon (in-tro-jek'shan) n. 1. throwing oneself into one's work. 2. the theory that perceived objects are merely copies. intromission (in-tro-mi'shsn) n. 1. inserting the penis into the vagina.

Intercalate (in-tur'ka-lat) v.t. 1. to add a day, week, etc., to the

man; made;

Interneclon (in-tar-ne'shan) mutual destruction. Internuncio (rn-tar-nun'shi-o) n.

n.

work.

between

system

between

to interlace the fingers.

interfenestratlon

adj.

2.

planets.

disuse.

Intactlble

v.t.&i.

tra'shsn)

divisible.

relief

between two columns. of measuring space columns.

Interdlgitate

sight.

out

to interpolate.

2.

Intercolumniatlon (in'tsr-kolum"ni-a'sh9n) n. 1. space

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

102

intumulate intumulate (in-toom'u-lai)

v.t.

to

bury.

inturgescence

(in-iur-jes'sns)

n.

swelling up.

intussusception sep'shan)

n.

(in''tus-9-

a taking within; in-

vagination. v.t.

to

shade. inusitate (\n-u'zi-iai) adj. obsolete. inustion (in-us'chan) n. burning; cauterization. (in-vaj'in-at)

put into a sheath (in

-I-

v.t.

I.

to

vagina)

2.

back within itself, -v./. to make a pocket by turning in. -adj. turned back upon itself; sheathed.

to fold

invagination,

see intussuscep-

n.

tion.

invaiescence

(in-val-es'ans)

n.

invaietudinary

(in-valVtoo'dinunhealthy.

invuituation (in-vul"tu-a'sh9n) n. wishing death or injury on by melting a wax image, or sticking it with pins.

iophobia

(T-5-fo'bi-3)

n.

fear

of

being poisoned.

ipsedixitism n.

adj.

(ip-se-diks'it-iz"9m)

he himself said ipseity (ip-se'i-te)

irrugate (ir'u-gat) v.t. to wrinkle. irrumation (ir-oo-ma'shsn)

ipse dixit

=

isacoustic (T-s9-koos'tik) adj. pertaining to equal intensity of sound. iscariotic (is-ka"ri-6t'ik) adj. traitorous (from Judas Iscariot). ischidrosis (is-kI-dro's!s) n. stopping sweat.

isochronous pertaining

(I-sok'ro-nss)

equal

to

adj.

time;

recurring regularly. (T-s6k'ro-9s) adj. of un-

iform color.

isocracy

ment

(T-sok'r9-se)

where

political

isogenous

govern-

n.

have

equal

(T-s6j'9n-9s) adj.

having

all

power.

common origin. isonomy (T-s6n'9-me) a

(ip'siz"9m)

iter (T't9r)

the

equal

n.

individuality. n.

masturba-

1.

a?.

a

Roman

irpe (ur'pe) adj. a grimace or bodily contortion, also irp. irrefragabie (ir-ef'rs-ga-bsl) adj. indestructible, unundeniable;

adj.

(ith-i-fal'ik)

Bacchanalian

v./.

to

go on a

let;

all

(archaic).

izies (T'z9lz) n.pl.

specks of soot;

sparks.

izzat

(iz'at)

n.

honor,

dignity,

prestige.

yielding or stubborn.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get;

per-

festivals; lewd.

concert or lecture tour. iwis (i-wis') adj. certainly; by

means

irascible.

2.

taining to the phallus carried in

itinerate (T-tin'9r-at)

iracund (T'rs-kund) adj. easily provoked, quick-tempered,

road.

Aqueduct of Sylvius.

ithypliaiiic

so). n.

tion.

man; made;

n.

fellatio.

rights; isopolity.

dogmatism (Latin

ipsism

(ir-s-fran'ji-bal)

unbreakable. irreptitious (ir-ep-tish'as) adj. creeping stealthily. irrorate (ir'o-rat) v.t. speckled, dotted with color, colored with

isochroous

being an invalid. er"e) adj.

irrefangibie

dots.

inumbrate (in-um'brat)

invaginate

izzat

thin; This; year; azure;

o'm9n"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

which

'jaboff O'ab'60 n. an injection of any

narcotic (slang).

house of woven wood and wicker, plastered on one or more sides. jacent (ja'ssnt) adj. recumbent. jacinthe (ja'sinth) n. a brilliant

Jacal (h6-k5r)

n.

it

jambone hand

3.

reddish-yellow.

jackeroo Oa^-^r-oo') n. a greenhorn on a sheep ranch (Austral-

in

made.

is

(jam'bon)

a cards-up

n.

railroad euchre.

jamdani (j6m-d6n'e)

n.

jactancy (jak'tan-se)

n.

Navy Fuck-Up. more of the same

boasting,

bragging. jactitation (jak-ti-ta'shsn)

n.

1.

jaculative 0"ak'u-la"tiv) adj. dart-

directions.

jannocl( (ja^'^k) n. leavened oatmeal bread (British dialect).

adjust: said

I

when adjusting but not moving a chess piece (French).

for

(slang).

(jan'i-seps) n. a twoheaded monster facing opposite

japan

ing, sporadic.

j'adoube (za-doob')

Army and snafu

see

janiceps

loud or public bragging. 2. a false claim (law). 3. excessive twitching and restlessness.

flower-

bearers.

janfu (jan'foo) adj. Joint

ia).

a

patterned muslin. jami (jo'me) n. the main mosque (Turkey). jampan (jam'pan) n. an Indian sedan chair manned by four

(ja-pan')

lacquer.

2.

jararacussu the

v./.

1.

to varnish or

to ordain [a minister].

(j6-r6"r9-koo'soo)

venomous

n.

Brazilian pit viper.

jadu (j6-doo') n. magic or fortunetelling (Hindu and Persian).

jarbird (jor'burd) n. the nuthatch. jarble (jor'bsl) v.t. to wet; dirty.

jama

jargogie

(jo'ma)

n.

a long Indian cotton

gown.

fuddle;

jambeau

(jam'bo)

a piece of leg

n.

armor.

jambee rattan

(jam-be')

cane

n.

or

man; made;

an East Indian the

let;

tree

(j6r'g6"g3l)

jarlcmen (jork'men)

n.pl.

forge official papers. jar-owi (jor'oul) n. the

from

to

be-

those

who

v.t.

mess up.

European

goatsucker.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

104

jasey Jasey

(ja'se)

wig of or

a

n.

jivatma and

like

Jersey yarn (British dialect).

Jataka

(j6't9-k9) n. stories about former incarnations of Buddha. jauk (jok) v./. to trifle or toy with

jeremiad (jar-e-mf'sd) (from

castically

n.

often

Javel (j^v'sl) n. a tramp or beggar. (j6-w6b') n. a building built

match or balance another. Jazerant (jaz'ar-snt) n. armor made

erque

fish scales.

jecoral (jek'or-sl) adj. pertaining to the liver.

ble playing this

someone who

using

Iiool

gam-

trappings in India. icara (he'k6-r6) n. the calabash tree, or a bowl made from its gourd.

drive,

to

-n.

n.

(jool)

horse or elephant

n.

igamaree

(jig"9-m3-re')

ihad (je-h6d')

n.

Mohammedan

a

religious war. also jehad.

insubstantial;

imberjaw

(jim'bsr-jo)

chin (U.S. colloquial).

joon-6s't9-me) n. surgical connection between two loops of the jejunum. Jelab (J3-lob') n. a hooded jacket of

Impricute Oim'pri-kut)

Wilkinson, tury

jenna

Island Quaker). Qtn'^) n. the Mohammedan

paradise.

jennerize ate, or

v.t.

to vaccin-

otherwise immunize (from discoverer of

vaccination). (jen'at) n.

horse.

2.

\.

a small Spanish

a female ass.

jentacular (jen-tak'u-br)

adj.

n.

jeofail G^f'al) n. a lawyer's mistake

let;

crowd; shen.

a

small

a

palm-

derrick.

ipijapa (he-pe-h6'p6) like plant

for

ism

whose

Panama (jiz'am)

n.

leaves are used

hats.

n.

1.

semen.

2.

pep or

vigor (slang). G^'te)

itneur

n.

the

Rajmahal creeper. n. a male jitney

(jit'nur)

driver.

Itqazzizx (jit'kaz'Tks) he does not mind; he does not feel any revulsion (Maltese). Iva G^'v9) n. vital life force (Hinduism).

per-

taining to breakfast.

man; made;

(jing'bang)

bang.

Iti

(jen'sr-Iz)

Edward Jenner, jennet

Ingbang

an eighteenth-cen-

Rhode

well-

adj.

dressed; fashionable (slang).

Innywink (jin'e-wink)

North Africa.

a jutting

n.

(je-joon"6-je-

Jemimaite (js-mT'ma-It) n. a woman who dresses as a man and opposes marriage (from Jemima

Ivatma (je-vot'ma) n. the vidual self, spirit, or

be; sip; wine; h6t; c51d; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

n.

thingamajig: a word used for lack of a more specific one.

one who

fasts.

jejunojejunostomy

a five-gallon

n.

eziah (jez'y6) n. a tax levied on non-Moslems. heel (jel) n. a rain puddle.

Israeli king).

adj.

for

jug.

driver (from Jehu, a fast-driving

jejune (J9-joon') weak, dull.

search

to

v.t.

to

loves driving; a fast

jejunator (je-joo-na'tsr)

Lamentathe Old

in

game

-v./.

game.

v.t.&i.

(jurk)

errican (jer'i-kSn)

of overlapping metal pieces, like

pieces of type metal,

to

smuggled goods.

to

Jeff (jeO n. printers' dice

it

a woeful used sar-

the

of Jeremiah Testament). tions

Jawab

(je'hu)

lament:

tirade;

(Scottish).

jehu

acknowledgment of

his

the court.

this; year;

azure; o'man"; vjN;

fiir;

Bach

indi-

ego

juramentado

105

jnanendriya (Sanskrit).

2.

jnanendriya (jn6-nen'dre-6) sense organ (Sanskrit). jobation

(jo-ba'shsn)

//.

a

(job'ar-nol)

who manages corrupt jocker (jok'ar)

a

n.

n.

a block-

joulssance

dummy,

fool,

n.

palatalizause; en-

(joo'i-sans) n.

joyment. //.

one

jobs.

jouk (jook) n. \. a trick. 2. a 3. a sudden movement,

male homo-

roost;

sleep,

-v.t.&i.

shelter. -v./.

to

dodge,

to

duck, or hide.

sexual.

jocoque (ho-ko'ka)

n.

buttermilk

Ju

jocoserious

(jo-k6-sir'e-9s) adj.

combination

of

funny

a

and

serious.

johnboat (j6n'bot) n. a narrow flatbottomed boat usually propelled by a pole: used on inland waterways. joinhand (join'hand) n. cursive n.

oil-bearing

small tree seeds (south-

bitrator.

jugate (joo' gai) adj. pa'ivQ&Jumelle. juggernaut (jug'sr-not) n. something huge and unrelenting that crushes everything in its path. -v.t. to crush under ^juggernaut.

a

jugulate (joo'gu-lat, jug')

western U.S.). jokul (yo'kobl)

mountain

^-

v.t.

to cut

the throat of; to strangle.

n.

a snow-covered

in Iceland.

joliop GoJ'^P)

Sung dynasty (from Ju-choco.

where it was first made), also adj. jubate (joo'bat) adj. fringed with long hair, as a mane. judex (joo'deks) n. a legal ar-

writing (obs.).

jojoba (h6-h5'b6)

(joo) n. blue or white porcelain of

the

(southwestern U.S.).

jookerie

a

tion.

head (British colloquial). jobmonger (j6b'mung"g9r)

with

n.

jotatlon (yo-ta'shan)

criticism.

jobbernowl

to jostle.

-v./.

(j6s'9r)

idiot (British slang).

tedious

n.

a boss.

josser

a fowl's wattle.

(jook'sr-e)

jujube (joo'joob, joo'joo-be) n. 1. edible Zizyphus fruit. 2. the Zizyphus tree. 3. jelly made from the

trickery;

n.

fruit.

I

I

!

swindling (Scottish). joola (jool'd) n. a Himalayan rope suspension bridge.

joom (joom) cultivating

I

I

'

burning a

n.

the

land,

forest,

and

a cow and he-ass. jumelle (zoo-mel')

n.

a large

jumentous

man; made;

let;

paired;

(joo-men'tss)

adj.

urine.

junkettaceous (junk-s-ta'shss)

adj.

frivolous, worthless.

jacket; a also

n.

a

man's

woman's blouse

or or skirt.

shirt

jupon {FTQnchjupe =

skirt).

jural (joor'al) adj. pertaining to law or legal obligations.

jurament (jobr's-mant) n. an oath. juramentado (job"r6-men-t6'do) n.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

1.

having a strong animal smell. 2. pertaining to the smell of horse

wine jug

or bowl (colloquial). josephinite G6'zef-in-Tt") n. a natural alloy of iron and nickel, found in stream gravel. joss (j6s) n. \. a Chinese house god.

adj.

jugate.

jupe (zoop)

song.

(jor'sm)

n. the alleged offspring of a bull and she-ass, or of

then

abandoning it; the land so used. Jornada (h6r-n6'd6) n. \. a full day's travel with no stops. 2. amount of land plowed in one day (southwestern U.S. and Mexico). jorram (yobr'am) n. a Gaelic boat

jorum

jumart (joo'mort)

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

jurisconsult

jyotishi

106

a militant Moro sworn to kill someone, preferably a Christian.

jurisconsult (jur"is-k6n-sult')

n.

au = io the corps = body). justice-weed (jus'tis-wed) n. a -\-

a

white-flowered herb of the east-

jurist; a legal expert.

jussive

ern U.S.

expressing comword or mood (or or case) expressing com-

(jus'iv) adj.

mand, tense,

-n.

juvenescent

a

mand. justaucorps (zoost-6-k6r') n.s.&pl. a seventeenth-century tightfitting

jacket (French yw^-/

man; made;

let;

-I-

=

(joo-v^-nfes'ant)

juzgado (hooz-g6'do)

hoosegow

n.

(southwestern U.S.). jyotishi

close

(yo'ti-she)

a

n.

fortuneteller and oracle (Hindu).

superior

all-around

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; bur|3;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

adj.

growing young.

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

ka (ko)

n.

the immortal spirit or

1.

soul (ancient Egyptian religion).

the Scottish jackdaw.

2.

kaaba

(ko's-bo)

Mecca's small

n.

building in the court of the Great

Mosque,

housing the sacred Black Stone, and toward which

Moslems

kaama

face

(k6'm6)

when praying.

kahuna

(k6-hoo'n9) a2. 1. a medior high priest. 2. a master artisan (Hawaii). kai (ko'e) n. food (Maori). kailyard (kal'ydrd) adj. pertaining to a style of slangy Scottish ficcine

tion.

kaivakuku Papuan

a large, nearly

n.

extinct African antelope, grayish-

brown with yellow on

its

behind.

kabaya (k6-b6'y9) n. a loose cotton Malayan tunic. kaberu (k6-ba'roo) n. the Abyssinmountain wolf. kachlna (k6-che'n9) n. the

spirit of departed Hopi. also its impersonator either dramatic or in art works (such as the kachina

a

n.

a

member v./.

to

romp;

(ka-fe'ys)

n.

a

(k6-ke-m6'no) n. a Japanese scroll with a roller on the bottom. kaki (k6'ke) n. 1. the Japanese persimmon. 2. the New Zealand stilt-bird.

Borneo's big-nosed

monkey. man; made;

let;

n.

kaklstocracy (ka-kifs-tdk'rs-se) n. government by the worst citizens. n.

a small bittern

(Guam).

kakorrhaphiophobia (ka"k6r-9-fe"o-fo'br-9) failure, see

n.

fear of

atychiphobia.

kaling (ka'irng)A7. an old Halloween game in which a blindfolded per-

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

body

smell.

kerchief bound around the head with a cord. n.

New

kakemono

Bedouin

headdress consisting of a square

kaha (k5'h5)

green

a

n.

Zealand.

kakkak (ka'k^k)

cavort.

kaffiyeh

(kS-k^-po')

ground-bound parrot of

of the

imperial Turkish harem.

kadoodle (kS-doo'dsl)

n.

crops.

kakapo

kakldrosis (ka-ki-dro'sis)

also katcina.

kadein (k6-dn')

(k5-e"v9-koo'oo)

police hired to protect the

painted

ian

doll),

man

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

kalogram

keelhaul

108

future is predicted by the kind of cabbage she uproots (from kale, a type of cabbage). kalogram (kal'o-gram) n. a monogram using someone's name in-

crowd; a mass. (kur'ma) //.

son's

the beautiful that

is

in a //.

of any otherwise.

effect

can

(kash'gs)

meeting

hall.

than they really are. A7. 1,000 yugas. kamalayka (k6-m6-IT'k9)

kathenotheism

ful

or

kalpa (kul'pa)

a seal

katowse

n.

made from

the peanut

n.

(ka-then'5-thepolytheism with a head

n.

(ka-tous')

ruckus,

a

n.

tumult, din. n.

a short ridge or

hill

katuka (kut'ob-ka)

(Scottish and U.S.).

kamerad (kd'ma-rod)

v./.

sur-

to

(kdng-ks-dorf)

n.

(Chaucer). kantele (kon'ts-la) n. an ancient five-stringed Finnish harp. kaolin (ka'5-lin) n. porcelain clay with fireproof color. karao (ka-ro'o) n. 1. a widow's marriage to her brother-in-law (Hindu law). 2. concubinage.

katun (k6-toon')

karlmata (k6-re-m6't9) n. a twoheaded Japanese arrow that it works. (ka-rimp'shsn)

kava (ko'vo)

Mayan

an

n.

Australasian

pepper used to make an intoxicating drink; the drink.

keb

(keb)

a

n.

ewe

that has aborted, lamb, to keb at, to

to abort a

-v./.

refuse to suckle.

keck

(kek)

v./.

1.

press disgust.

to retch. 2. to ex-

3.

make

to

sound, -n. an vomit; queasiness.

keckle

(kek'sl)

v./.

to

a retch-

attempt

ing

wrap a

prevent chafing. (kej) n. a small

ship's

kedge

-v.t.&i. to

move

anchor.

a boat by throw-

ing out an anchor and hauling the boat up to it. -adj. lively. kedogenous (ked-6j'3n-3s) adj. produced by worry. keedug (ke'dug) n. an old sack used as a raincoat (Irish).

keek (kek)

n.

a peeping

1

.

an industrial spy.

(both slang). keelhaul (kel'hol) v.t. 1. to punish

a

to criticize severely.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

2.

Tom

by dragging under a ship's keel. n.

to

line to

whistles while

let;

twenty

n.

years.

critical state or affair

man; made;

Russell's

n.

viper.

render (colloquial). kamichi (ko'me-she) n. the horned screamer. kanaka (k6-n6k'9) a?. 1. a South Sea Islander. 2. a Melanesian imported to work on Australian sugar plantations; her language. kanara (ka-no'ra) n. a long, narrow Persian rug; a runner. kangani (kan-g6'ne) n. a labor boss in India, Ceylon, and Malaysia. KanjI (kan'je) n. Chinese ideographs used in Japanese writing.

karlmption

the

oil.

its

iz"9m) god.

guts.

kankedort

n.

state of being kosher.

katchung (kach'ung)

kame (kam)

in air.

Eskimo

kashruth (kash'rus, -rooth)

skin deep.

or

an Afri-

n.

an

//.

kalopsia (kal-6p'se-3) n. condition where things appear more beauti-

shirt

future

3.

religious

act,

able to live briefly

fish

kashga

person.

the kind of beauty

more than

waterproof

fate, destiny.

1.

principle of causality.

2.

karmouth (k6r'mouth)

stead of initials.

kalokagathia (kar'o-k^-gath'i-s) n. a combination of the good and kalon (kal'on)

karma

this; year;

azure; d'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

2.

keelivine (ke'li-vTn)

kilderkin

109

keelivine a lead pen-

n.

kerana (ker-6n'3)

keest (kest)

sap, substance,

n.

mar-

kerasine (k6r'9-sln)

1. the rectum n. as a hiding place by prisoners (slant). 2. variation of

keester (kes'tar)

used

which

keister,

kef (k60

see.

drug-induced tranquility. 2. Indian hemp, the drug that can produce this state, also n.

1.

kief, keef.

keffel (kefsl) horse.

horny; cor-

clumsy

notch.

kerlarap (kur-lar'ap)

v./.

to cavort;

to play.

(kes'tsr)

strongbox. the local

good luck

or

safe

a

1.

a7.

a burglar's tool kit.

2.

the buttocks.

jail. 4.

5.

(all slang).

keitloa (kTt'16-9)

a black rhino

n.

whose rear horn

is

longer than

kellion (kel'i-on) n. a small monastery housing not more than three monks and three lay brothers.

kemp (kemp)

n.

a

1.

champion

soldier or athlete. 2. a harvesting

contest. 3. a coarse hair. in a

kench (kench)

kerygma

(ke-rig'ma) n. Christian preaching, kerygmatic, adj. ketuba (kath-oo-v5') n. a Jewish marriage contract providing the wife with money in case of hus-

band's death or divorce. n. an Egyptian dust storm. khanda (k6ng'd9) n. a doubleedged sword (Hindu). khidmutgar (kid'mat-g6r) n. an Indian waiter. kia ora (ke'3 or^a) a Maori toast to health and happiness.

khamsin (kam'sin)

her front one.

compete

(kir"6n-o-fo'bI-3)

of thunder and lightning. keraunoscopla (ker-6n"o-sko'p!-9) n. fortunetelling by thunder. kerdomeletia (kur"d6-m9-le'sh!-9) n. excessive attention to material wealth. kerf (kurO n. a cut or cutting; a n. fear

a worthless old

1.

a/.

a worthless or

2.

keraunophobia

person.

3.

adj.

neous.

row.

keister

a long Persian

n.

trumpet.

cil.

-v./.

to

harvesting contest.

n.

a place

or skins are salted,

-v.t.

n.

to put in a

up oil cake (British). kibbling (kib'ling) n.pl. cut-up fish used as bait in Newfoundland. klcksiiaw (kik'sho) n. 1. some-

the theory of

kennebunker (ken"e-bunk'9r) large suitcase (from

n.

thing fantastic; a toy. 2. a gastronomic delicacy. 3. a fantastic

a

Kennebunk,

person. 4. pi. odds and ends (French quelque chose = some-

Maine).

kenophobia (ken-o-fo'bi-s) of empty or open spaces. kensington (ken'zing-tsn)

n.

n.

fear

sl

sew-

thing).

klfe (klO n.pl.

kenspeckle (ken'spek^sl)

adj.

con-

spicuous; having a distinctive ap-

pearance (Scottish). kepi (kep'e) n. a flat-topped military cap with visor.* let;

1.

homosexuals, rob (slang).

ing bee.

man; made;

n.

operator of a machine that breaks

kench.

kenlore (ken'lor) knowledge.

kibblerman (kibMsr-msn)

fish

where

prostitutes. 2. -v.r.

male

to swindle; to

kilderkin (kil'dsr-kin) n. a half or fourth of a barrel, an Old English measure of eighteen gallons or two firkins.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burpj

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bach

kok-saghyz

110

kilerg

kllerg(kirurg)w. 1,000 ergs. kilhig (kirhig) n. a pole used to direct the fall of a tree. killhag (kil'hag) n. an Indian trap used by Maine hunters. kincob (king'k6b) n. Indian gold or silver brocade. kindergraph (kin'dar-graO n. a photograph of a child (obs.). kine (kin) n.pl. cattle.

kinesophobia (krn"e-so-fo'bi-3) fear of movement.

n.

knacker

(nak'sr) n. 1. a harness or saddle maker. 2. someone who buys, slaughters, and sells old for dog food. 3. an old worn-out horse. 4. someone who buys old ships or houses to sell

horses

the contents.

knelppism (k9-nTp'iz"9m)

treat-

n.

ing disease by walking barefoot

on wet grass, originated by Dr. [of divinity] Sebastian Kneipp. knibber (nib'sr) n. a male deer

a small or

when the antlers first appear. knickknackatory (nik-nak'9-t6r"e)

kinkajou (kink'a-joo) n. a furry, tamable mammal of Central

a collection or storehouse of knickknacks. knipperdolling (nip'ar-dor'ing) n. a disciple of Bernhard Knip-

kingling (klng'ling)

n.

petty king.

America with a prehensile

tail.

kinnikinnik (kin"i-kin-ik') n. \. a tobacco of dried kaves and bark smoked by Indians and others in the Great Lakes region. 2. any of

1

tist

any

2.

(nis'6-man"se)

n. for-

tunetelling by incense-burning.

knout (nout)

motion.

German Anabap-

fanatic and polygamist.

fanatic.

(kin-dl'a-je) n. physics of

kippage

.

perdollinck, a

knissomancy

the plants so used.

kinology

n.

n.

a

lash

made

of

commotion,

twisted leather thongs and laced

confusion, excitement. kissar (kis'sr) n. the five-stringed Abyssinian lyre. kitsch (kich) n. third-rate art or

kobold (ko'bold) n. a mischievous goblin in homes or mines.

(kip'sj)

n.

writing produced for immediate

and popular appeal (German). kitthoge (kith-og') adj.&n. 1. left-

handed or awkward. 2. a lefthanded or awkward person.' kittly-benders (kit'le-'ben"durz) thin ice; running on thin

n.

ice

(colloquial).

kiva (ke'v9)

monial

n.

an underground cere-

chamber

in

Pueblo

with wire.

koftgarl (koft'gs-re) n. steel inlaid with gold (India). kohl (kol) n. black eye make-up (antimony, soot, etc.) once used

by Egyptian women. kohlrabi (kol'ro-be) n. shaped cabbage.

turnip-

koimesis (koi-me'sis) n. an Eastern Orthodox feast commemorating Mary's death and assumption, originally cele-

now

brated January eighteenth,

architecture.

kivu (ke'voo) n. the tsetse fly. klavierstuck (kl6-vir'shtobk) n. a piano composition. kleptic {k\tp' ilk) adj. thievish. klipspringer (klip'sprrng^sr) n. a small African mammal with big

moved up

let;

to

August

fifteenth.

koinotropy (koi-n6t'r9-pe)

n.

kokam (k5'k6m) n. the slow loris. kokomo (ko'k9-mo) n. a cocaine addict; any drug addict (slang).

(kok-s9-gez')

n.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

in-

terest in social relationships.

kok-saghyz

ears.

man; made;

a

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bach

a

1

kokshut

1

Asian

rubber-producing dandelion.

kokum (kd'ksm)

used up;

adj.

n6ts-y6n-fo"it-kTt)

Asiatic

n.

(kom'bi-

at).

way

kreuzer

the

n.

a

picks up clues: by noting various involuntary reactions. kompology (kdm-pol's-je) n. brag-

southwest wind of

an

n.

in-

strument for measuring dust

in

a.

Lake Mono fly larvae. kookaburra (kook'9-bur"9) n.

a trained fe-

male elephant used to decoy wild males. (k6p-6-fo'bi-9)

physical

or

fear

n.

mental

ex-

haustion.

kordax (kor'daks)

n.

1.

an ancient

Dionysian phallic dance formed in the buff. 2. any Renaissance court dance,

perlively

also

cordax. n.

New

(ko-too'koo-too"koo)

Zealand fuchsia.

krasis (kra'sis) n. dilution of the Eucharist wine.

kratogen (krat'o-jen) n. a dormant area next to one beset by earth-

man; made;

let;

disgust

shudder

and

Austria

Ger-

many. kriegspiel

(kreg'shpel)

game (German spiel = game).

war

a

n.

= war

krieg n.

a

tuft

-1-

of

hair on top of the head.

krummhorn

(krobm'horn) n. an wind instrument with a curved tube. kuku (koo'koo) n. the New Zeareed

kumiss (koo'mis) n. a Tatar made from camel's milk.

liquor

kunst (kobnst) n. art; fine art. kurveyor (kur-va'sr) n. a traveling salesman who carts his goods (South Africa).

kvetch (kvech) v./. to complain, to whine, -n. someone who does this. kwistgoed (kvist'gut) n. a spendthrift.

kyacting (kT'ak"ting)

work

clowning at

n.

(British slang). (kl'le)

n.

the

Australian

boomerang.

kymatology

the ruler of the world.

the

=

(kroit'sar) n. an old coin of

ante-bellum

kylle

kosmokrator (koz-mok'ra-tsr) kotukutuku

to to

v.t.

greiseln

land fruit pigeon. the

n.

laughing jackass.

koomkie (koom'ke)

n.

raw meat.

(kri'sal)

obsolete

air.

koochahbee (koo'cho-be) n. California Indian dish made from

n.

(kre"3-to-fa'ji-9)

krobylos (kro'bi-los)

Hawaii.

konimeter (ko'ni-me'tar)

of

kreistle

(German

medium

n.

the wort.

kreatophagia the eating of

kombinationsfahigkeit

gadocio. kona (ko'no)

v.t. to add fermenting wort to incipient beer.

-n.

phony sym-

n.

pathy (British slang). kolinsky (ko-lin'ske) mink.

kopophobia

quakes.

krausen (krou'zsn)

kokshut (kok'shut) worn out (slang).

the

kyphotic

1

(kT-ms-tol'a-je)

n.

kyphorrhlnos

humped kyphotic

(kl-fo-rl'nos)

n.

this;

a

nose. (kl-fot'ik)

adj.

hump-

backed.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

the

science of waves.

year; azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

J

laaba (lo'b^) n. a storage platform high enough to be beyond the reach of animals (Alaska). laager (lo'gsr) n. a camp protected by wagons, -vj.&i. to make into such a camp (South Africa). labefy (lab'a-fT) v./. to weaken. labent (la'bsnt) adj. slipping or

laciis

Spanish

1.

unstable, plas-

apt to change.

chemi-

fast

2.

molecular change.

3.

emo-

tionally unstable.

iaborant (lab'sr-ant) tory worker.

n.

labret (la'bret)

ornament.

labrose

patois.

is

part

3.

American

vicious

a

horse.

ladrone (la-dron')

n.

1.

U.S. term

//.

a

labora-

mercenary. 3. any robber ladronism, n. robbery intimidation by ladrones. lagan (lag'sn) n. stuff thrown in sea and marked by a buoy

a lip

or

thief,

or the for

lagniappe (Ian-yap') n. a cheap present given to good customers

(la'bros)a(i/. thick-lipped.

laconicum (la-kon'i-kum)

n.

(Louisiana). a

lagnosls (lag-no'sis)

n. satyriasis.

lagotic (la-got'ik) adj. having rab-

sauna.

lactarlum (lak-ter'i-sm) n. a dairy. lactlvorous (lak-tWsr-ss) adj. living on milk. lacuna (la-ku'ns) n. a gap. lacuscular (la-kus'ku-br) adj. per-

bitlike ears.

laicize (la'i-sTz)

=

lake).

to secularize.

n.

a fine given a

married women for adultery. lallophobia (Ia"II-o-fo'b!-^) n. fear of speaking. lallation

(la-la'shnn)

unintel-

n.

baby talk. lalochezia (la-Io-kc'/i-^) ligible

(la-kus'trin)

taining to or living

man; made;

v.t.

lairwite (ler'wTt)

taining to or inhabiting pools or

small lakes (Latin lacusculus

lacustrine

a

future retrieval, also ligan.

laclniate (la-sin'i-at)^^/. fringed.

little

someone who

and speaks a Spanish

for a hostile Philippine soldier. 2.

labile (la'bil) adj. cal or

lake).

colonies,

falling.

tic;

-

ladino (16-de'no) a?. 1. a SpanishHebraic patois. 2. in Spanish

let;

in

adj.

per-

lakes (Latin

/;.

talking

dirlv to relieve tension.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

lamassu lamassu (16-mas'oo)

1

n.

larvate

14

a Babylon-

with lant.

man's

lanuginous

ian semidivine bull with a

lambatlve (Um'ba-tiv)

a

n.

medicine to be licked (as a cough remedy). lambent (l^m'bant) adj. touching or

lanx (l^nks)

dow-

iS

n.

\.

noted for their lack of elan).

design.

(lam-pa-ded'rs-

an ancient Greek relay

race with torches.

lampadomancy

(lam-pSd'o-

man"se) n. fortunetelling with the flame of a torch.

lampas (lam'pas)

an 1. n. woven textile. 2. a mucous-membrane congestion in

elaborately

(lam-prof'sn-e)

n.

v.t.

to tear,

stab, lacerate.

landgrave (land'grav)

(lap"3r-o-his"t9r-o-sai-

ping"g5-5"3-f6r-ek't9-me) n. surgical removal of the female reproductive organs.

lapidate (lap'i-dat) kill by stoning.

v.t.

to stone; to

lapidify (lap-id'i-fT) v.t.&i. to turn into stone.

lapin (lap-6N', lap'in) n. a euphemism for rabbit fur (French lapin = rabbit).

lapling (lap'ling) n. someone who enjoys resting in women's laps.

lappage

(lap'aj) n. the

amount

that

layers overlap.

laptea

(lap'te)

n.

a

where guests

crowded tea sit

in

each

other's laps.

larbar (16r'b6r)

loud, ringing speech.

lanclnate (lan'sin-at)

n.

a

Ger-

man nobleman. landlooker

(land'ldbk"9r) n. a timber surveyor, landlook, v.t. langlaufer (Idng'lour^r) n. a crosscountry skier. langrets (ISn'grets) n.pi loaded dice.

adj. exhausted; worn-out. -n. an exhausted person (Scottish). lares and penates (la'rez and psna'tez) n.pl. 1. household gods. 2.

one's most trea^sured possessions.

larithmics (la-rith'miks) n. study of the quantitative aspects of population.

larmoyant (16r-moi'y3nt)

adj. tear-

ful.

languescent (lang-gwes'snt) becoming tired.

adj.

lanlate (ISn'i-at)

into

to tear

v./.

pieces.

lanjferous (l^n-Ifsr-as) or producing wool. lant (ISnt)

rectomy

party

horses.

lamprophony

n.

stale

manufacturing,

mSn; made;

bearing

urine used

-v.t.

16t;

adj.

to wet or

in

mix

larrigan (lar'I-gsn) n. a high moccasin used by trappers and lumbermen (U.S. and Canada). larrildn (lar'i-kin) n. a city tough; an urban slob. larrup (ISr'gp) v.t. to beat severely. -n. a severe blow (colloquial). larvate (I6r'vat) adj. hidden, ob-

be; sip; wine; hdt; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

ii

iaparohysterosaipingooopho-

lamia (la'mi-9) a/. 1. a mythological man-eater with a woman's head and a snake's body. 2. a vampire. 3. the cub shark. n.

adj.

general indifference (from the inhabitants of ancient Laodicea,

helmet. 2. an ornamental valance. 3. a seventeenth-century ceramic

lampadedromy

a large metal platter

laodicean (la-6d"i-se'3n)

a.

scarf attached to the back of a

n.

(Roman).

shining softly; lightly flickering.

lambrequin (lam'bra-kin)

me)

(lan-u'jfn-as) adj.

ny.

face.

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN; fur; Bacfi

3

113

lascar

lentor formerly, a cemetary.

scure.

lascar (ias-k6r') n. an East Indian 1. sailor on a foreign ship 2. army servant

marksman

poor

3.

lazaretto

4.

(la-slp'id-ez) n.pL tired

leal (lei) adj.

feet.

lasslorn (las'lorn) adj. stood up by one's

adj.

(la-t3r-ish'9s)

lateropulsion (laf'sr-o-pul'shan) n. walking sideways, as in Parkinson's disease.

latibulize (la-tib'Q-lTz)

to hiber-

v./.

2.

(la-ti-fun'di-sn)

adj.

rich in real estate.

hibernating,

one

-n.

latitudinarianism er'i-9n-iz"9m)

n.

hidden;

adj.

(la'ti-tsnt)

accurate,

and

and and

just.

(lek'9-no-man"se) n. fortunetelling by looking at water

lecheur

tolerance,

es-

pecially in religious doctrines.

com-

lechwe

the whiten. almost as large as the waterbuck.

room

it

is

(lod'-s-nsm)

in.

n.

lection (lek'shan)

n.

reading; a lec-

from the Bible

a selection

read in church. lectual (iek'choo-9l)

adj.

bed-

ridden. (les'i-thus) n. a flagon for

unguents:

sometimes used as a

funeral offering (archaeology).

leggiadrous

(lej-i-^d'ras)

adj.

graceful.

a jurist.

(lej'ist) n.

leguleian (16g-u-le'y3n) adj. like a lawyer, legal; used as an epithet. -n.

an opium

a.

lawyer.

lelotrichous

(ir-6t'ri-k9s)

adj.

smooth-haired.

derivative. a2. 1. a pendant animal coloration

lavaliere (lav'sl-ir)

on a chain.

(lech'we)

bellied antelope,

legist

plaining.

latrobe (la-trob') n. a special stove which can heat the room above as well as the

a devotee of

(lesh-ur') n.

lecythus

in hiding.

(ia"ti-too-din-

latrant (la'trsnt) adj. snarling;

2.

looks like the above, -adj.

pertaining to a microphone

worn

around the neck. lavation (la-va'shan) n. cleansing, lavage; water for washing.

Laverna

faithful, loyal,

1.

correct,

lecanomancy

ture;

nate.

that

true.

oral intercourse; a licker.

brick-red. also lateritious.

laudanum

space

in a basin.

(zoology).

latericeous

latitant

a

1.

storage

a

3.

n.

a building used in

real. 3. legal, lawful,

girl.

latebricole (la-teb'rl-kol) adj. living or hiding in holes

latifundian

2.

between ship decks. lazarous (l^z'sr-ss) adj. leprous.

tentpitcher.

lasslpedes

(iaz-3-r6t'o)

leprosarium. quarentine.

(la-vur'na) n. the goddess

of thieves and imposters

(Roman

mythology).

iayboy (la'boi) n. a papermakingmachine attachment that delivers sheets in piles.

(le'msn)

n.

a

let;

garbage dump;

mistress

lenity

(len'i-fT)

v.t.

to

soften,

alleviate, lenitive, adj.

lenitic (le-nit'ik) adj. living in quiet

waters.

lenocinant

(len-6s'in-9nt)

this; year;

adj.

lewd.

lenticular (len-tik'u-br) adj. 1. like a lentil. 2. like a double-convex lens.

lentiginous

(len-tlj'i-nss)

lentor (len'tor)

n.

=

adj.

freckle).

tenacity or slug-

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

or

lover.

freckly (Latin lentigo

laystall (la'stol) n. a

man; made;

leman

azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bach

116

lenvoy gishness.

lenvoy

limnophilous II

(16n-voi')

good-

to say

v.t.

by.

1800 ch'ih, one millimeter, a Chinese mile, or a hundredth of a mu.

(le) n.

lepld (Idp'fd) adj. pleasant or charming.

liana (le-Sn's)

leporine (l^p'sr-Tn)

Ilbant (IT'bant) adj. sipping; slightly touching.

pertaining

adj.

to hares.

leptorrhlnlan (lep-ts-rln'I-an) having a long narrow nose.

adj.

leptosome

thin

(lep'to-som)

bony body letch

(lech)

passion.

1.

2.

a

muddy ditch or pond. lethiferous (le-thlfsr-as) adj. deaddestructive.

ly;

to

remember

in-

n.

the

right

word.

lethonomla

(leth-o-n6'mi-9) tendency to forget names.

leucomelanous

n.

(loo-ko-mai'a-nas)

pertaining to a light complexion with dark hair and eyes.

adj.

leucous

(loo'kas)

white

adj.

or

levant (le-vant') -n.

1.

(lib'lab)

n.

nineteenth-

a

British trade-union sup-

.century porter.

Ilbratory

(lT'br9-t6r"e)

to

v./.

flee

made

a bet

Ilcltatlon (lis-i-ta'shsn)

adj.

one's

with

in-

tent to welch. 2. (cap.) countries

n. selling

fear of loud noises. (lT-lap"s6-f6'bi-3) n.

fear of tornadoes. Illly-low (lil'e-lo)

n.

a bright flame

(British dialect).

Ilmaceous

who

limberham (llm'bur-hSm)

levants: a levanter.

leveret (lav'ar-et) 2.

w.

1.

a year-old

a mistress.

levigate (lev'i-gat) v.t. 1. to make smooth. 2. to make into a powder or paste. 3. to mix thoroughly. 4. (Iev-i-s6m'n9s)

adj.

Ilmbate

(le-vo-duk'shsn)

n.

leftward eye movement. lewdster (lood'stur) n. a lewd per-

per-

(lim'bat)

adj.

bordered; n.

a

supple-jointed person; figuratively: a fawning or servile person.

Ilmen (IT'msn)

n.

the borderline of

awareness. in

adj. living

mud. (lim'i-troO

adj.

adja-

cent.

limn (lim) v.7. 1. to decorate with ornamental letters or borders. 2. to delineate, outline, in painting.

son.

lexlphanlc (leks-i-fan'ik) pretentious language.

man; made;

adj.

edged.

limitrophe

watchful.

levoductlon

(IT-ma'shas)

taining to slugs; limacine.

Ilmlcolous (ir-mTk'o-bs)

to polish.

levlsomnous

or

wrapping; something that is bound (or wrapped). ligneous (lig'ne-9s) adj. hard or "woody'' in feeling, as a tumor. ligyrophobla (lij'ir-o-fo'bi-9) n.

near the eastern Mediterranean. 3. a strong eastern Mediterranean wind. 4. a leather worker who imitates goatskin grain. 5. one

hare.

balan-

bidding at an auction. ligation (IT-ga'shsn) n. binding or

Illapsophobia

blond; like an albino. debtors,

adj.

cing.

lethologlca (leth-o-16j'i-k9) ability

(li-bur"ti-srd3l)

liberty.

Ilblab

type. n.

liberticidal

destroying or tending to destroy

a

n.

any climbing plant

n.

that roots in the ground.

let;

good; food; out;

adj. using

limnophilous

(lim-n^fll-ss)

living in fresh-water ponds.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp; get; thin; this; year; azure;

o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

adj.

limophoitos limophoitos (IT-mo-foi'tos) n. sanity due to lack of food. limosis (ir-mo'sis) A7. 1. a mania eating

chalk.

2.

an

in-

lingtow (ling'to) n. a heavy rope used by smugglers, lingtowman n. (Scottish).

linonophobia (li-n5n"o-fo'bi-9)

n.

linsey-woolsey (lin'ze-woorze) adj. neither fish nor foul (made of and wool) -n. nonsense linen (Shakespeare). liparoid (lip'sr-oid)^^/. fatty. n.

surgi-

Ilpogram (lip'6-gram)

n.

rope.

on. 1.

rippling waves; a

of blubber used for wiping a ship's deck. 3. a tool for forming the lip on glass containers, -v.t. to wipe with a Upper, -v./. to be sunk to the gunwales, -adj. wet. lippitude (lip'i-to"od) n. sore or light sea spray. 2. a thin piece

lithodomous

tunetelling

adj.

by

stones

for-

n.

or

stone

charms.

lithophagus (lith-^fa-gas) adj. eating stones or gravel; litigious

(li-tij'9s)

adj.

1.

tious, in a court or out of

volved

contenit.

2. in-

or pertaining

in litigation

it.

n. the use of understatement to avoid criticism or for dramatic effect. littlin (lit'lin) n. a young or small child or animal.

litotes (IT'to-tez)

littoral (lit'o-rsl) n. a coastal region.

liturate

{W ch^r-ai) adj.

spotted.

Ilanero (yo-na'ro) n. cowboy. llano (y6'no) n. a vast plain. lobcock (lob'kok) n. \. a

dull,

penis.

loblolly (lob'lor'e)

relics.

2.

lipsanotheca (lip"s9n-o-the'k9) container

for

n.

1.

thick soup.

(slang).

(dialect). 4.

a

n.

payment of

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

3.

a

Bahamian

pine tree.

lobola (lo'bo-b) 16t;

n.

Navy medicine

puddle

a

''holy"

relics.

m^n; made;

(li-th6d'o-m9s)

sluggish lout. 2. a large, relaxed

lipsanographer (Iip-s9n-6g'r9-fur) someone who writes about n.

or

letter

burrowing in rock. lithoglyph (lith'o-glif) n. an engraving on stone, especially on a gem: an engraved stone.

bleary eyes.

shrine

adv.

(lit-9r-6'tim)

adj.

for letter, literally.

to v.t.&i. to trust, rely

(lip'ur) n.

fingers, -n.

(Ii-s6t'ri-k9s) lissotrichous having straight hair.

ing.

Upper

snap the

lithodomous.

lipostomy (lT-p6s't9-me) n. atrophy of the mouth. lipothymy (li-p6th'9-me) n. sl faintlippen (lip'an)

to

lissens (lis'anz) n.pl. in ropemaking, the last strands of a

.).

.

v./.

a snap.

purposely

eliminating certain letters in writing (Tryphiodorus's Odyssey lacked A's in the first book, B's in

a

1.

a trick. 3. a silly ass.

2.

lithomancy (lith'o-man"se)

removal.

the second.

n.

by

also liripipe. lirp (lurp)

literatim

fear of string.

cal fat

liripipium.

a

n.

hood worn

liripoop

adj.

loquacious (obs.).

lipectomy (lip-ek't9-me)

(lir-i-plp'l-sm)

graduates. (lir'i-poop)

for

insatiable

(ling-gwa'shss)

liripipium

medieval

craving for food. tincture (link'chsr) n. a thick cough syrup to be licked or sucked.

Ilnguacious

lobola

117

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

cat-

lockrums tie in

exchange

1

for a bride

(South

lopadotem

18

logomachy

(llk'rumz) n.pl. unpopu-

lar ideas.

locofoco (lo-ko-fo'ko) n. a selflighting match or cigar: applied to the Equal Rights faction of the Democratic Party when the matches were used to light up their darkened meeting room. locum tenens (lo'^ksm ten'snz) n. a temporary replacesubstitute; ment. lodestar (lod'st6r)

loganamnosis n.

a

mania

a guiding star.

n.

(16g"Sn-9m-no'sis)

for trying to recall for-

''a

for

words outstrips his knowledge of them" (John McClellan in Word Ways, Vol. 3 No. 3, 1970). (16'j6)

or gallery.

window

ai.

2.

1

.

a covered porch

logrolling (log'ror'ing) logs to the river. hirling

n.

1

together.

maxims.

2.

2.

n.

1.

rolling

birling.

3.

common

a

co-

political

4.

goal.

5.

the plague.

(16rurd) n. 1. fourteenthcentury Netherlands heretics. 2. Wycliffe disciples in England and Scotland. 3. a loller, or lazy clod. lollock (lol'sk) n. a large lump. lollybanger (lai'e-bang-sr) n. gingerbread with raisins.

longanimity silently

(long-ga-nim'I-te)

n.

suffering while planning

revenge.

longear

(long'ir)

branded

calf.

1. an unan ass (collo-

n.

2.

longicaudal

(16n-ji-k6'd9l)

having a long

adj.

tail.

longlloquence (l^n-jU'o-kwans)

a stalemate

n.

long-windedness.

longlmanous

(lon-ji-ma'nss)

adj.

long-handed.

longinquity

n.

1.

an

abbreviation or word symbol. 2. a rhyming word puzzle. 3. a logogriph. 4. a phonogram. logogrlph (16g'o-grl0 n. an ana-

logolept (16g'o-lept) maniac.

n.

(lo-g^l'a-je)

n.

1.

the

the pursuit of

word puzzles or puzzling words; recreational linguistics (suggested

by logologist Dmitri Borgmann).

16t;

n.

slimy dregs from

the inside of a cat's paw. n. the technique of voice-overs for cartoon voices, dubbing, etc.

lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenoklchlepikossyphophattoperisteralek-

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fOgue; burp-

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

tin

looby (loo'be) n. an awkward or clumsy person; a lubber. loot (looO n. the palm of the hand;

word

a

n.

ore.

looping (loop'ing)

puzzle.

2.

(lon-jing'kwi-te)

remoteness.

loob (loob)

logodaedaly.

logogram (16g'o-gram)

science of words.

disgust

n.

mutual literary back-patting. lolmic (loi'mik) adj. pertaining to

floating logs

.

logodaedalus (lo-go-ded'3-bs) n. verbal legerdemain, also

mSn; made;

contest.

operation for a

negotiations.

grammatic

war word

1.

quial).

Christ; any religious

logology

n.

for certain words.

(Italian).

logjam (log'jam) in

(lo-g6m'9-ke)

game. logomlsla (lo-go-mis'I-s)

a large ornamental

logla (16g'i-9) n. evangelical pearls alleged to have been cast by

jammed

opterygon

.

lollard

gotten words. logastellus (lo-g^s'tdl-us) n. person whose enthusiasm

loggia

.

with, or about, words. 2. a

Africa).

lockrums

.

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

lopper

lutarious

119

tryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetrag-

lynx).

lucriferous

anopterygon goulash composed of all the from the meals of the leftovers from the meals of the last two weeks." or, hash (from Aristophanes' The Ecclesiazus-

ousness,

*'a

leftovers

2.

lucrative,

adj.

lucrifer-

n.

lucripetous (loo-krip's-tas) money-hungry. luctation (luk-ta'shan)

n.

adj.

a struggle

for success.

luctiferous (luk-tifar-as) adj. sad

aej.

lopper

(loo-krif'ar-as)

profitable;

(16p'3r) adj.

a blood clot.

loppet (16p'9t) awkwardly.

curdled milk.

1.

3. slush.

v./.

lordosis (lor-do'sis)

to

walk or run

n.

curvature of

the spine.

loricate (lor'i-kat) v.t. to cover with a protective crust or coating, -adj. having a lorica, a hard, protective shell or armor. lorimer (lor'i-m^r) n. maker.

lotophagous

and sorry. lucubrate (luk'u-brat) v./. to work by artificial light; to '*burn the midnight oil." -v.t. to compose with effort. luculent (luk'u-bnt)

ludibrious (loo-dib'ri-9s) adj. ludicrous; making fun of. ludibundness (loo'di-bund^nss) n. playfulness.

saddle-

a

ludicropathetic

(lo-t6f'9-g9s)

thet'ik)

adj.

(loosh) adj.

devious; obli-

ludification

and

(loo'^di-fi-ka'shan)

n.

any widespread

in-

deriding.

que.

loutrophoros (loo-trdfo-rss) n. a long-necked, two-handled vase used for transportmg ceremonial bath water for the bride and

groom

(loo"di-kro-pa-

ludicrous

adj.

pathetic, also ludicroserious.

lotus-eating.

louche

lucid,

adj.

clear, transparent, shining.

lues (loo'ez) fectious

n.

disease,

venerea,

lues

syphilis.

lulliloo (lul'e-loo) v.t.&i. to shout a

joyous welcome.

(ancient Greece).

lovelock (luv'16k) n. a long lock of hair hanging separately; a tendril.

luminiferous (loo-min-ifar-as) adj. transmitting or producing light.

lovertine (luv'ar-ten) adj. addicted to love-making. lowmen (lo'msn) n. dice loaded to

lungis

turn up low numbers. loxotic (15ks-6t'ik) adj.

slanting,

distorted.

luce (loos)

n.

1.

pike, especially

fleur-de-lis.

when

full

2.

luciferous (loo-sifsr-as) adj. illuminating, literally and figuratively.

lucifugous avoiding

lupanar,

n.

a lynx (corrup-

tion of loup-cervier, a

man; made;

let;

Canadian

2.

n.

a

Roman

cat house.

n.

a lazy person,

-v./.

to

loaf,

lusory (loo's9r-e) ^^/ playful. lutarious (loo-ter'i-9s) adj. pertaining to, living in, or looking like

be; sip; wine; hdt; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g^t; thin;

pipe

law).

adj.

light.

lucivee (loo'si-ve)

a torch.

lurgulary (lur'gu-ler"e) n. the act of poisoning water (Old English

lusk (lusk) (loo-sif'u-g9s)

1.

A7.

smoke. 3. hot air. -v.t.&i. to light or smoke. lupanarian (loo-ps-ner'i-an) adj. lubricious, lascivious, and lewd.

a

grown.

(lun'jis) n. a dull clod; a lout.

lunt (lunt)

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

filr;

Bacfi

luthern

1

mud. luthern

lygophobia (loo'thurn)

a

dormer

adj.

muddy,

n.

window. lutulent

lythcoop

20

lymacatexis

(loo'tu-bnt)

(irma-kat-Sks'is) n. neurotic preoccupation with dirt.

lyncean

turbid, thick.

lux (luks) n. the international unit of illumination, equal to 0.0929 foot-candles.

luxate (luks'at)

(IT-go-fo'bi-a) n. fear of

darkness.

v./.

to displace; to

put out of joint; to dislocate, also

lycanthropy (IT-kan'thro-pe) n. insanity in which the patient thinks she's a wolf.

lygophilia (ir-go-ftl'i-a) darkness.

let;

n.

love of

pertaining

lypophrenia (IT-po-fre'ni-a) n. a vague feeling of sadness, seemingly without cause. lysis (IT'sis) n.

disease.

adj.

man; made;

(lin-se'an) adj.

to a lynx; sharp-sighted.

1

2.

.

the final phase of a cell

destruction.

lyterian, adj.

lyssophobia (lis-o-fo'bi-9) n. fear of becoming mad. lythcoop (lith'coop) n. an auction of household goods.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fijgue; burp;

good; food; out; get;

thin; this; year; azure;

o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

mab

(mab)

v.i.&i. to dress sloppily;

a sloppy woman. macarize (mak'sr-Tz)

-v.i.&i. to

make

v.t.

to

make

happy; to praise. macaronic (mak-9r-6n'ik) adj. 1. pertaining to macaroni. 2. a literary burlesque using Latin, latinized slang, and slang. 3. any literary composition of mixed languages. 4. any mix-up or jum-

macrobian

(ma-kro'bi-sn)

macrography

macrology

(mak-rol's-je)

n.

\.

repetition;

macromastic

by soaking.

breve, the

to soften

to soften of

1.

floor,

4. to digest,

attackers.

2.

the act

(mas-il'ant)

itself.

adj.

lean;

thin.

maclcailow held

(ms-kaFo) n. things by parents for their

for a short

macrosmatic

n.

(mak-roz-mat'ik)

having a supersensitive nose. macrosomatous (mak-ro-s6m'9t9s) adj. having an abnormally large body. adj.

macrotous

(mak-ro't9s)

adj.

having big ears. sacrificial

(mak-ta'shsn)

maculate (mak'u-lat)

this; year;

n.

murder. v.t.

to stain.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

one

fear of long waits.

mactation

foster child.

maclcie (mak'sl) n. a blurred or double impression in printing. 16t;

symbol

(a).

in trust

man; made;

(mak-ro-mas'tik)

macropiiobia (mak-ro-fo'bi-9)

an opening in a parapet, or for dropping missiles on

macilent

un-

n.

redun-

pertaining to large breasts. macron (ma'kron) n. the symbol for a long vowel (a), opposite of

wear away by

soaking; to waste away.

1.

adj.

machicolation (m9-chik"o-la'sh9n) n.

n.

dancy.

a.

of mixed vegetables, as a salad or garnish. 2. any mixture. macerate (mas'sr-at) v.t. 1. to oppress; torment. 2. to deny food. 3. dish

(mak-rog'rs-fe)

huge writing resulting from cerneuroses. 2. examination tain with the naked eye. opposite of micrography.

necessary

macedoine (mo-sa-dwon')

adj.

long-lived.

ble.

-v./.

such an impres-

sion.

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

maddam blotch,

made

stained,

-adj.

im-

(mSd'sm)

Macromo-

n.

dule and Digital Analyzer Machine. madefy (mad's-fT)

Differential to

wet;

niadescent (mad-es'ant) becoming wet.

adj.

v./.

madstone (mad'ston)

a

//.

stone

cent

(me-se'nss)

a munifi-

n.

patron of literature or art patron of

(Maecenas was the Horace and Virgil).

(me'nad) n. a bacchante. maffick (mafik) v./. to celebrate noisily and boisterously, (from one such celebration after the British downed the Boers at

Mafeking

mumble

to

v./.

or

stutter, -v.t. to confuse.

magged (mSgd) adj. n.

sl

cooking,

n.

(m^j-is-ter'i-al-

pompous-

haughtiness;

ness.

magma ment.

a

1.

//.

poor Spanish

a tropical shrub.

2.

majolica (ma-yol'i-ko) /;. a kind of glazed and richly ornamented Italian pottery; faience.

maltebate (mak'bal)

a trouble-

//.

maker. long

1.

//.

a

or writing scroll rolled up and never hung. 2. anything rolled up (Japanese maki = picture

+ mono =

thing).

malacissation (mal'^-si-sa'shan) //. the process of making something soft and pliable.

malacodermous dur'mas)

(mal's-ko-

adj. soft-skinned.

adj. impuoutspoken, lively (Shakespeare), -n. a malapert person.

dent,

pertaining to

adj.

the cheek.

(mal-ef'ik)

harmful,

adj.

mischievous; maleficent.

malentendu

(mar'6N-t6N-du')

misunderstood, -n. a misunderstanding. maliferous (mal-if'sr-ss) adj. producing evil; unhealthy, as a adj.

(mag'ma) 2.

n.

1.

dregs, sedi-

molten rock from the

earth's core.

mahajan (m6-h5'j6n) India, also

mahout

fop.

malefic

chef.

magisterialness n.

a beautiful yellow bird.

2.

maiar (mal'or)

frayed.

magirics (mS-jTriks)

nes)

beauty.

maiapert (mal's-purt)

1900).

in

maffle (m^PsI)

goods

stolen

n.

found on the thief, with or in the mainour, caught in the act. maja (mo'ho) a?. 1. a poor Spanish

roll

maenad

magirist,

mainour (ma'nar)

mal(imono (mo-ke-mo'no)

mature).

a large

-n.

fish.

majo (m6'h6)

supposed to be an antidote to poisonous animal bites. maduro (ma-doo'ro) adj. strong and dark: used in describing cigars (Spanish maduro =

Maecenas

pertaining to fast days.

European

pure; defiled.

maddam

malmy

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n. a

usurer

in

(m6-hout')

n.

an elephant

that the world

malkin (mo'kin)

trainer.

maieusiophobia (ma-u"se-o-fo'bi9) n. fear of childbirth.

maleutlcs (ma-u'tlks)

n.

1.

obstetrics. 2. the Socratic method. malgre (ma'gra) adj. 1. pertaining to vegetarian fare for fast days. 2.

man; made;

climate.

malism (ma'liz"9m)

mahajun.

let;

n. the theory mostly bad.

is

1.

/?.

mop

a

malieate (mal'e-at) metal,

-adj.

v.t.

to

marked

as

hammer. malmy (mom'e)

adj.

I.

hammer if

this;

year; azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

by a

clayey.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

for

cleaning ovens. 2. a mop for cleaning cannons. 3. a cat, hare, or scarecrow.

Bach

malneirophrenia chalky stone.

2.

soil. 3.

soft

warm and

mantle

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like

lime-

sticky,

mancinism (man'sin-iz"3m) mancipate

the weather.

malneirophrenia (mar'nl-ro-fre'nidepression following a nightmare. mainoia (mal-noi's) n. a vague feeling of mental discomfort. malversation (mal-vur-sa'shsn) n. corruption in office (politics). mamamouchi (m6-m6-mo"o'che) n. 1. a pompous-sounding, though bogus, Turkish title. 2. someone thus titled (Moliere's Le Bourgeois Gentilhoninie). mameion (mam'9-lon) n. a low, o) n.

rounded

hill

semblance

to a

mameluke

(from woman's

(mam'a-look)

re-

its

n.

1.

the military.

an

2.

aggressive

a fighting slave.

(m^n'si-pat)

v.t.

manciple (man'si-pal)

n.

2.

(man-da'mss)

mandoria (m6n'd6r-16) almond-shaped

a scrap,

-v.t.

manducabie

n.

an

(man'duk-a-bal) adj.

chewable or edible. manage (man-ez') n. a riding academy or horse-training school.

mang

(mang) v.t.&i. 1. to lead or go astray. 2. to be anxious or puzzled.

mangel-wurzel (mang'g9l-wur"z9l) n.

a large

European beet used

for

cattle food.

adj.

to tear,

a

object.

mangonize (mang'go-nlz)

less piece;

n.

Superior Court order.

3.

having nipples, or small protuberances like nipples. mammock (mam'sk) n. a shape-

a

a slave.

mandamus

an

pope.

1.

manager, landlord, or innkeeper.

supporter of the

mammiilated (mam'i-la"t9d)

to en-

slave, also adj.

breast).

ex-slave converted to Islam and

n. left-

handed, or -sidedness.

like

v.t.&i.

to traffic in slaves.

mania-^-potu madness n.

(ma'nr-9-6-po-to"b") resulting

from too

much gargle. maniaphobia (ma"ni-9-f6'bi-9)

n.

fear of insanity,

break, or divide into pieces.

mammonism

(mam'sn-iz'^am) n. devotion to the pursuit of wealth. mammothrept (mam'o-thrept) n. a child brought up by its grandmother. 2. a spoiled child.

maniple (man'i-p9l) 1. a handful. 2. a company of soldiers. 3. a narrow cloth band suspended on the arm by Roman Catholic Mass

mammoxed

manipulandum (man-ip"u-

1

.

(mam'okst)

adj.

A7.

celebrants.

seriously injured, mangled, muti-

lan'dsm) n. something that is to be manipulated (psychology).

lated (U.S. slang).

manatee

(man's-te) n. a seal-like inhabiting the Carib-

mammal

bean, the Amazon, the Orinoco, and waters off the West African

manit (man'it) n. man-minute, or the amount of work done by one worker in one minute. manqu^ (moN-ka') adj. unrealized,

coast.

manaveiins

as a goal; unfulfilled.

(ms-nav'sl-inz)

n.pl.

odds and ends (slang). manbote (man'bot) n. money paid to a lord as compensation for the killing of one of his men.

manqueiler

man; made;

let;

(man'kweT'sr)

mansuetude

(man'swe-tood) n. tameness, gentleness, mildness. mantle (man'tik) adj. pertaining to

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

n.

murderer.

leftovers;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

mantology allegedly

forlunetelling;

mashgiach

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en-

dowed with prophetic powers.

-//.

produced

fortunetelling. for-

n.

tunetelling; a fortuneteller. adj.

relating to the spoils of war.

manuduction (man-u-duk'shan)

maritodespotism (mSr^i-to-

manumission (man-u-mi'shan)

n.

formal liberation of a slave.

manurement (man-ur'msnt)

n. ruthless domination by a husband. marlish (mor'lish) adj. easygoing,

n.

guidance, leading. 2. something that leads, a leader. 1.

-v.t.

frolic,

masturbation.

//.

stone].

Man,

marouflage (m6r-oo-fl6z') ting on canvas

inhabitants, or

its

Manx

the

-n.

cat,

(manks'am)

adj.

manx, the short-haired

cat

like a

picture to the wall. n.

an officious

plot-marrer.

marquetry (mor'ks-tre) n. work using wood, shell,

above

(Lewis Carroll's Jabberwockyj. maquillage (mo-ke-yoz') n. make-

pain-

n.

and then gluing the

marplot (mor'plot)

visi-

ble tail.

adj.

marblelike.

adj. pertaining to the

short-haired animal with no

manxome

to cavort,

marmoreal (m6r-m6r'e-3l)

(manks) of

v./.

a trick (dialect)

-n.

marmarize (m6r'm9-rTz) v.t. to make into marble [from lime-

manustupration (man"u-stoo-

Isle

to let [something] go.

marlock (m6r'luk)

//.

cultivation.

language,

n.

des'p9-tiz"9m)

manubiary (man-u'bi-er"e)

pra'shsn)

or by the sea. (mer-i-ol'a-tre)

Mary-worship.

mantology (man-t^r^-je)

manx

in

mariolatry

inlaid

stone,

etc.

marrano (ma-ron'o) n. a Jew Moor Christianized in order

or to

escape persecution.

up.

maquis (mo-ke')

n.

1.

scrub bushes

dotting a hillside (Latin macula = spot). 2. (cap.) the Second

World War French underground;

the

member of marcescent

resistance.

4.

margaritaceous

cat of Central

n.

ness, for holding

head.

adj.

(mor'gs-ri-

down

doubling the ante after every

November

an ocelotlike

America.

loss.

martyrology (mor-tur-dl's-je)

n.

1.

or official catalog of martyrs and saints. 2. a branch of ecclesiastical history dealing with a

history

the lives of martyrs.

maschalephidrosis (ma-rik'd-bs)

n.

eleventh (feast of St.

Martin).

quis.

adj.

dro'sis)

n.

(mas'ks-lef-i-

massive sweating of

the armpits.

living in the sea.

(ma-rij'9n-9s)

let;

boom

a betting system of

3.

Martinmas (mor'tin-mss)

(morj) n. a river bank; any margin or boundary. margrave (mor'grav) n. English spelling of German Markgraf, roughly corresponding to a mar-

man; made;

a horse's

a stay for the jib

2.

(sailing).

marge

marigenous

n.

forked strap, fastened to the har-

a

ta'shss) adj. pearly.

margay (mor'ga)

(ma-rou'ske)

spoonerism (said to be named from a Polish count). martingale (mor'tin-gal) n. 1. a

the resistance.

(mor-ses'snt) withered, decayed, weak.

maricolous

marrowsky

adj.

mashgiach (mosh'ge-ok)

n.

an

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

in-

masser spector devoted to perpetuating

koshery

in

Jewish food stores and

kitchens.

masser

(mas'ur)

attends Mass.

mastaba

one who a masseur.

n.

2.

1.

(mas't9-b6)

n.

the earliest

type of Egyptian tomb. mastigophobia (mas"ti-go-fo'bi-9) n. fear of punishment. mastigophoric (mas"ti-go-f6r'ik)

whip-wielding.

adj.

mastodont (mas'to-dont)

adj.

having teeth like a mastodon's;

matachin (mat's-chin)

n.

a

masked

sword dancer, the dance, or

its

music. (mat-e-ol'a-je)

less or foolish

n.

having

need-

conversation, also

matronize (mSt'ro-niz) make a matron of; matronlike.

adj.

tracing descent matrilineally. n.

an un-

derground storehouse.

mattock (mat'sk)

n. a

digging tool.

mattoid (mat'oid)

n.

a congenitally

insane person. (mat-u-res'ant) adj. approaching maturity. matutolagnia (ma-too"t6-iag'ni-9) n. antemerdian sexual desire. matutolypea (ma-too"to-lip'e-9) n. getting up on the

maugh (moQ

(mat'e-o-tek"ne) n. an unprofitable science or art (Greek mataios = vain -f techne a slaughter-

house.

n.

wrong

side of

a brother-in-law; a

son-in-law; a friend.

maulstick (mol'stik) n. a long wooden stick used by painters for supporting the hand, also mahlstick.

matelasse

(mot-lo-sa')

adj.

marks.

decorated with quilting such a fabric.

matelotage (m6t-15-toz') ^. l.boat rental. 2. West Indian communes

mental discipline, mathematics.

matima (mat'i-ma) mother. matrilineal

n.

learning,

especially

n.

a

in

god-

(mat-ri-lin'e-sl)

adj.

pertaining to the maternal matrilocal (mat-ri-lo'kal) adj. pertaining to marriage in which the husband lives with his wife's line.

(mat"ri-po-tes't9l)

pertaining to maternal con-

trol.

matroclinous (mat-ro-klT'nss) man; made;

grumbler,

aimlessly.

mutterer;

an

2.

in-

coherent speaker.

(mon'de)

n.

1.

a

foot-

cleaning ceremony occurring the

Thursday

(Maundy

Thursday)

before Good Friday. 2. dole connected with Maundy Thursday. 3. (cap.) the Last Supper. 4. a feast.

maxilla (maks-il's)

n.

upper jaw-

bone.

maypop flower,

(ma'-pop) n. the passion its blossom or fruit.

mazarine (maz'sr-en)

adj. pertain-

ing to Cardinal Mazarin, a suc-

family.

matripotestal

a

maundy

of the eighteenth century. (ma-the'sis)

maumetry (mo'ms-tre) n. idolatry. maunderer (mon'dur-sr) n. 1. someone wandering

-n.

adj.

to

to chaperone.

2.

mattamore (mSt'a-mor)

mataeotechny

mathesis

1.

make

to

&n. using the mother's name, or

the bed.

n.

v.t.

matronymic (mSt-ro-nim'ik)

mateology.

= art, science). matanza (mat-an'z9)

inherited

characteristics

from the mother.

maturescent

pertaining to the mastodon.

mataeology

mazarine

125

let;

adj.

cessor of Richelieu, -n. 1. mazarine blue, a rich, medium blue. 2. a dish of chopped meat. 3. a method of cleaning chickens. 4.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'msn"; viN; fur;

Bach

mazer a

when placed in a -v.t. to border

small dish

one.

larger

(ma'zur) /?. 1. a large drinking bowl. 2. the head. 3. a helmet. -v.t. to knock on the head. mazology (ma-zdl'a-je) n. the study of mammals; mammalogy.

mazomancy

(ma'zo-man"se) n. fortunetelling by a nursing baby (Greek mazos = breast).

mazophilous

(maz-6ril-3s)

adj.

mammary

pertaining to

mbori (am-bor'e)

n.

mania. a mild form of

(me'a-bal) adj. capable of

being easily penetrated. meacock (me'k6k) n. an effemin-

man. a measure of 500

ate or cowardly

(mez)

herrings,

meatus

n.

-v.t.

to ease, calm.

(me-a'tss)

passage.

n.

\.

a natural

the opening of such a

2.

(mek'a-no-graf) n. a copy of an art work, produced by mechanical means. mechanographist, n.

mechanomorphism

(mek"a-n6-

m6r'fiz"3m)

n.

the doctrine that

the universe

is

fully explicable in

mechanistic terms. (mek"a^n6-fo'bi9) n. fear of machines.

mechanophobia meconology

(mek-o-nol's-je)

the study of

opium and

its

n.

effects.

meconophagism (mek-o-n6r9n.

opium addiction.

medicaster (med'i-kas"t9r)

n.

a

(me-dl's-te)

n.

1.

half.

2.

middle or intermediate part or quality. 3. moderation, temperence.

meed

(med)

reward.

n.

a

megalophobia n.

(meg"9l-o-fo'bI-9)

fear of large things.

megalopolitan adj.

(meg-s-pai'I-tan)

pertaining

to

very large

a

megapolitan. megaparsec (meg-9-p6r'sek) n. a unit of measure for interstellar space, equal to 19,200,000,000,000,000,000 miles or 3,260,000 city, also

light years.

headache. ziness. 4.

2.

n.

migraine

1.

the **blues."

pi whim.

3. diz-

the lantern

5.

flounder.

mehari (m9-h6r'e)

n. a speedy camel once used by the French

army in Algeria. meinie (ma'ne) a?.

1

.

retinue. 2. a large

a household or number. 3. the

2.

a?.

1.

a well-deserved

a bribe.

megacephalous mSn; made;

(mag-a-sef'a-bs)

I6t;

meiosis

(ml-o'sis)

statement

in

n.

1.

an under-

rhetoric. 2. nuclear

change in cell maturation. 3. abatement of symptoms in a disease, also miosis.

meizoseismal (mT-zo-sTz'm9l)

mei (mel)

A7.

honey.

meiangeur (mel-6N-zur') machine

n.

a

making chocolate

for

syrup.

meianic (mel-an'ik)

adj.

dark,

meianocomous

(mel-an-6k'9-m9s)

adj. dark-haired. meldrop (mel'drop)

n.

a

drop of

dew, foam, or snot.

meiic (mel'ik) to song or

adj. lyric; pertaining

poetry,

-n.

melic

poetry.

meline (me'lTn) adj. canary yellow. melisma (mel-iz'm9) n. 1. a

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp; this; year; azure; o'm9n"; viN; fiir; Bacfi

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

adj.

pertaining to the maximum destructive force of an earthquake.

black; malanian, melanotic.

medical quack.

medlety

(meg-a-16n'i-s3s)

tendency to exaggerate.

so-called masses.

passage.

mechanograph

jiz"9m)

head;

large

a

megrim (me'grim)

surra affecting camels.

mease

adj. having megacephalic.

megalonlsus

decoratively.

mazer

meable

melisma

126

melissophobia melody, part of an musical ornament.

melissophobia

mesial

127

aria.

meracuious

a

2.

melllvorous

(mel-iv'6r-9s)

merdallle (mer-dly')

adj.

eating or living on honey.

melomanlac music

(mel-o-ma'ni-^k)

merdlvorous (mur-dW'o-rss)

a

n.

(mel-o-fo'bi-9)

melodies;

n.

merenda

a

making

n.

made-up

the

(me-lo'te)

n.

a

n.

a between-

pertain-

adj.

ing to or divided into segments.

meritmonger (mer'rt-mung"g9r) someone seeking salvation as

monk's hair

reward for doing good unto

coat.

menacme

(me-nSk'me)

the

n.

n.

a

his

brethren.

merkin (mur'kin)

menstruating part of a woman's

n.

female

1.

genitalia. 2. false pubic hair. 3. a

life.

menald

(men'ald)

speckled,

adj.

variegated.

mop for swabbing cannons. merorganlzatlon (mer-6r"gan-i-

menarche

(me-nor'ke) n. the onset of menstruation, see menophania. mendaclloquent (men-da-sil'okw9nt) adj. pertaining to lying as

za'shan)

menlscold

(men-is'koid)

crescent-shaped. knee.

3.

a

2.

adj.

cartilage

of

merorganized

an adj.

partly organized.

Merovingian

1.

in

concave-convex

somewhat

n.

organization,

a fine art.

the

(mer-en'da)

meals snack. merlstic (ma-ris'tik)

melody.

melote

adj.

eating dung.

hatred of music. melopoeia (mel-o-pe'9)

up

the mass,

n.

rabble.

lover.

melophobia

adj.

mercatlve (mur'ks-tiv) adj. pertaining to trade or commerce.

(mel-ls"o-fo'bI-9)

fear of bees.

n.

(mur-ak'u-bs)

demi-dirty, slightly filthy.

(mer-o-vin'ji-sn) adj.

pertaining to the

first

dynasty founded about 500 A.D.

by

merse (murs) marsh,

lens.

-v.t.

n.

to

Prankish Clovis I

land near water; a

immerse.

menophania (men-o-fan'i-9) n. 1. the menarche, or onset of

merulator (mur'u-la"t9r)

menstruation. 2. false menstruamenseslike discharge. mensch (mensh) n. a thoroughly admirable and 100-percent good person (Yiddish).

mervellleuse (mer-va-yuz')

menseful

mervellleux (mer-va-yu') n. 1. an eighteenth-century French fop. 2.

eighteenth-century

tion;

(mens'fsl) adj.

discreet,

considerate; neat and clean.

mentlcide

(men'ti-sTd)

n.

woman chic

ta'shsn)

fantastically garbed; ultra

(French

and coat n.

adulterated, full-strength, pure.

regurgitated

this; year:

n.

food;

rumination.

mesalliance

(ma-zal-yoNs') n. marriage with a person of infer-

ior social position; a misalliance.

mesial (me'zi-9l)

adj.

middle, me-

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

=

linings.

chewing

mentulate (men'tu-lat) adj. wellhung (Latin mentula = penis). mephitic (m9-fit'ik)a^/. stinking. meraclous (ms-ra'shss) adj. un-

let;

merveilleuse

merycism (mer'i-siz"9m)

change of mind.

man; made;

an

a shiny silk fabric used for dresses

brain-

(men'ti-mu-

n.

French

wonderful).

washing.

mentlmutatlon

a wine-

n.

bibber.

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

mesne

methionyl

128

dian. opposite of lateral.

mesne (men)

two extremes

in

intermediate, intervening.

mesomorph (mes'o-morO

n.

a

adj.

in

medium-sized human body.

mesothetic (m6s-6-thet'ik) the middle, intermediate.

mesquite

(mes-ket') n. 1. sugarcactus of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico. 2. the screw bean. messuage (mes'wij) n. a house together with its adjacent buildrich

ings and surrounding land. metabiosis (me"t9-bT-o'sis) n. the preparation by one organism of

the environment of another.

metage

(met'sj) n. official measurement or the charge for it. metagnostic (met-ag-n6s'tik) adj. unknowable. v./.

(met-al'a-je)

n.

spoonerism.

metallogeny

(met-sl-oj'an-e)

n.

branch of geology dealing with the origin of ore deposits.

(me-tas't9-sis)

n.

change of form or substance.

metayer (ma-to-ya') n. cropper, metayage

share-

a

share-

cropping.

metempirical adj.

(met-em-pir'i-ksl)

pertaining

ideas outside

concepts

to

human

or experience;

concerning intuitive knowledge, opposite of empirical.

metempsychosis ko'sis) n.

(me-temp'sT-

alleged transmigration

of souls.

meteoromancy man"se)

serine

isoieucyiproiyiisoieucylgiycylieucyiieucylmethionyltyrosyiaianyiasparaginylieucylvalyiphenylalanylasparaginyliysyigiycylisoieucyiaspartyigiutamyiphenylalanyltyrosylalanylgiutaminyicysteinyigiutamyllysyivalylglycyivaiyiaspartylserylvalyiieucyivaiylaianylaspartylvaiyiprolyivaiylgiutaminylgiutamyiseryialanylproiyiphenylaianyiarginyiglutaminyiaianylaianylieucylarginyihistidyiasparaginylvalylaianyiproiylisoleucylphenyiaianyiisoieucyicysteinylproiylprolyiaspartylaianylaspartylaspartyiaspartylieucyiieucylarginylgiutaminyiisoieucyialanylseryltyrosylgiycylarginyigiycyityrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucyiserylarginyialanyiglycylvalyi-

(met-9-gr6b'3-lTz)

to mystify.

metastasis

.

inyilysylhistidylprolyltlireonyi-

metagrobolize

metallege

.

syiglutamyiseryileucylphenylalanyialanyiglutaminylieucyliysyiglutamylarginyllysyiglutamyigiycyialanylphenylalanylvalyiprolylphenylalanylyalylthreonylleucyiglycyiaspartyiprolylglycylisoleucyiglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonyiieucylisoieucyigiutamyialanyigiycyialanyiaspartylalanyileucylgiutamylieucylglycyiisoieucylproiyiphenylaianyiseryiaspartyiproiylieucyialanyiaspartyiglycylprolyithreonylisoleucylgiutaminylasparaginyiaianyithreonylleucyiarginylaianyiphenyiaianylaianyiaianyigiycylvaiyithreonylproiylalanylgiutaminylcysteinylphenylalanyigiutamyimethionyileucyaianyiieucylisoleucylarginylglutam-

being between time or place;

adj.

.

(me'te-6r-o-

thunder, lightning, etc. methegiin (me-theg'lin)^. mead.

threonyigiycylalanylgiutamylasparaginyiarginylaianyialanylleucyiprolylieucyiasparaginylhisti-

methionyigiutamlnyiarginyityro-

dyileucyivaiylaianyilysyileucyi-

n.

mSn; made;

fortunetelling

16t;

by

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

metis

milt

129

micracoustic

lysylgiutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleu-

cylglutaminylglycylphenylalan-

sounds,

yigjycylisoieucyiserylalanyiprolylaspartylglutaminyivalyliysyiaianylalanyiisoieucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanyjisoleucylseryiglycylserylaianyiisoleucylvalyllysyiisoleucyjisoleucyigiutamyigjutaminyihistidylasparaginylisoleucylglu-

doing

n.

pertain-

face.

metoposcopy

(met-6-p6s'ko-pe) n. judging character by studying the face.

a writer

or student of verse. metrification (met"ri-fi-ka'sh9n)

n.

mania

(met-ro-ma'ni-9)

n.

a

(met-ro-fo'bi-s)

n.

hatred or fear of poetry. IVIettemichian (med-9r-nik'e-9n) adj. pertaining to Metternich or his reactionary political ideas.

mettlesome (met'al-sum)

adj.

spirited, fiery.

mezonny

(m9-zon'e)

n.

money

ious, contagious, blechhy. n.

(mid'sn)

«.

1

.

a dunghill.

2.

around

accumulated

garbage

one's house or apartment.

mieny

(ml'ne) n. a group of coworkers. migniard (min'yard) adj. dainty, delicate; mincing.

mijnheer (mln-hir') n. meaning mister. 2.

1

Dutch

.

title

Dutchman

a

milch (milch)

now

giving milk

adj.

applied

animals, -v.t. 3. milch cow.

—

only to domestic to milk, milcher, n.

mileway (mU'wa)

1. the time n. required to walk one mile. 2. a mile long. militaster (mil'i-tas'^tar) n. an in-

man.

significant military

iz"9m)

(mil-sn-er i-snthe

belief in

n.

coming

period when millennium, in a will triumphant reign Christ perfect world.

millesimal (mil-es'i-msl) thousandth; pertaining

to

thousandth, also milpita (mil-pe'ta)

corn-

adj.

a

n.

a

n.

little

field.

spent for drugs (slang). miasmatic (ml-az-mat'ik) adj. nox-

miche (mich)

midden

or

for writing verse.

metrophobia

microlipet (mlk-ro-lip'at) n. someone bothered by trifies. n. micturition (mik-tyur-i'shsn) need for frequent urination.

millenarianism

versification.

metromania

male

a tiny

n.

(colloquial).

(met'5-po-man"se) fortunetelling by examining the

n.

for

this.

.

ing to the forehead; frontal.

metrician (me-trish'an)

faint

microcephalic.

metopomancy n.

instrument

microcephalous (mlk-ro-sef's-bs) small-headed, also adj

mestizo. adj.

augment

an

ant.

ionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanyjvalylglutaminylproiyimethionyilysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine the chemical name for tryptophan synthetase A protein, a 1,913-letter enzyme with 267

metopic (me-top'ik)

-n.

to

micraner (mT'kra"9r)

tamylprolylgiutamyiiysylmeth-

amino acids. metis (ma-tes')

(mlk-ra-koos'tik)

made

adj.

let;

male fishes fiuid

n.

1.

2.

the

glands

of

the spleen.

reproductive

when

filled

with fiuid; the

itself,

-v.t.

to

impregnate

with milt.

a loaf of bread.

man; made;

milt (milt)

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

mimp

mimp

(mimp)

pursing the

n.

lips.

speak affectedly. (mim'ze) adj. prim, prudish.

to

-v./.

mimsy minaoious (min-a'shas)

adj.

menacing; minatory.

minauderie

(me-no-dre')

quetry, usually

mingy

co-

n.

in plural.

(min'je)

adj.

mean and

v./.

to paint red;

stingy.

miniate (min'i-at) to

with

paint

red

to

letters;

minim (min'im)

n.

1.

an

measure

of 0.95 grains of water, roughly equivalent to one drop. 2. a musical half apothecaries'

a tiny creature; pigmy.

3.

minlmifidianism 9n-iz"9m)

(min"e-mi-fid'i-

having almost no

n.

faith or belief.

minimus

(min'i-mss)

creature.

2.

minionette

the

little

a tiny

1.

/?.

finger or toe.

(min-yan-et')

small, delicate,

-n.

miniver (min'i-vsr) its

n.

adj.

a type size.

an ermine

in

winter white.

around

sexually,

to

-v.t.

miryachit

(mer-y6'chet)

a

n.

condition observed in Siberia, similar to the jumping disease observed in New England. mirza (mir'z6) n. a Persian title of honor used after the name of a prince and before the name of a hero, scholar, or high official. misandry (mis'an-dre") n. dislike of neurotic

of a class of

German

n.

one

poets ululating from the middle of the twelfth to the same of the fourteenth century. lyric

minuend (min'u-end) from is

which

the n. another

to be subtracted, see

subtrahend.

miqra (mik'rs)

n.

1.

the

Hebrew

text of the Bible. 2. a liturgical

reading of the miqra. also mikra. mirabiiiary (mir-9-biri-er"e) n. a

wonder-worker,

misapodysis

(mis"9-po-dis'is)

hatred of undressing

someone. misarchist (mis'or-kist)

who

mirific,

mirifi-

front of

n.

a person

hates authority.

miscible (mis'i-bsl)

mixable

adj.

in

liquid.

miscitation (mis-T-ta'shan) n. an erroneous quotation; a misquote. misdemeanant (mis-de-men'snt) n.

someone convicted of

demeanor. miserotia (mis-sr-ot'i-a)

a mis-

n.

aver-

misocainia (ml-so-ka'ni-s) hatred of anything new strange, such as

new

n.

or

ideas.

misocanpnist (mi-so-kap'nist)

n.

a

hater of tobacco smoke.

misodoctalcieidist (mrso-dok-tdklT'dist) n. one who hates to practice the piano (Greek misos = hatred + dokime = rehearsal + ta kleidia = keyboard). misogamy (ml-sog's-me) n. hatred of marriage. misoiogy (mT-sol'a-je) n. hatred of using the intellect

in

argument or

discussion.

cent, adj.

mirador (mir-a-dor')

/t.

1.

a watch-

misomania

(mi-so-ma'ni-a)

tower, enclosed balcony, or bay window affording a panoramic view. 2. the color reddish-orange,

misoneism (mT-so-ne'iz"9m)

or art brown.

misopedia

mird (murd)

n.

in

sion to sex.

minnesinger (mrn'e-sing"9r)

number number

fool

attempt.

men.

rubricate.

note.

misopedia

130

v./.

man; made;

1.

to meddle. 2. to

let;

fhis;

n.

hatred of new things.

hatred

of

(mT-so-pe'di-3) children,

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

n.

especially

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

n.

hatred of everything.

Bach

misopolemiac

mizzy (miz'e)

one's own.

misopolemiac (mrso-p6-lem'i-ak) n.

a war-hater.

misoscopist (mT-s6s'k5-pist)

n.

a

hater of beauty; a recluse.

misosophy

(mT-s6s'6-fe)

n.

of wisdom, misosophist,

misotiieism

hatred

(mT-s6-the'iz"9m)

n.

n.

(mrso-tra-

a hatred of the

unknown.

misoxeny

(mT-s6ks'9n-e) n. a hater of strangers, also misoxens. misprision (mis-priz'sn) n. 1. misconduct or neglect of duty while office.

2.

contempt, neglect,

scorn.

missionate (mish'sn-at)

v./.

to

proselytize; act as a missionary.

mistetch (mis-t^ch') n. a bad habit. -v./. to teach bad habits to. mistigris (mis'ti-gris) n. a poker

game

using the joker; the joker

card.

mistrai (mes-trol') n. a cold and dry northerly wind of the Mediterranean provinces of France. mithridatism (mith'ri-da"tiz"9m) n. immunity to poison achieved by taking gradually increased doses (mythology has it that Mithridates VI of Pontus immunized himselfthis way). mixogamy (miks-6g'9-me) n. a surplus of male fish at spawning time.

New

extinct.

Zea-

^

(m6n'wur"the)

adj.

pitiful.

mobby

(m6b'e) n. 1. an alcoholic made from sweet potatoes. 2. fruit juice for distilling brandy; the brandy. modena (m6d'e-n9) n. deep purple. modoc (mo'd6k) n. 1. someone who joins the Air Force for favorable publicity. 2. a dummy used as

(miks'te-maks"te) adj. mixed-up; confused, -n. a mishmash. mizmaze (miz'maz) n. a maze; confusion, bewilderment. mizzie (miz'al) v./. 1. to complain (Australian slang). 2. to disappear suddenly, -v./. 1. to confuse, mislead. 2. to speckle. -v.t.&i. to drizzle, n. drizzle.

let;

target

a

tosses;

also

Indian

tribe

ornia,

now

carnival

for

ball

an formerly of Calif-

figuratively.

relegated to

3.

Oregon

and Oklahoma. modulus (mod'u-bs) n. a number or quantity that measures a force, function or effect.

mofette (m5-fet')

n. a volcanic fissure spewing forth carbon dioxide, the last stages of volcanic

activity.

moggan

(mog'sn)

a long, foot-

n.

less stocking.

mogigraphia

(mdg-i-graPi-a)

mogilalia (mdg-i-lal'i-a)

n.

stutter-

ing.

moider (moi'dar)

v./.

confuse, distract.

crowd.

^

moiety (moi'9-te) moil (moil) n. hard work. moil. 4.

hornless ox. dirty. 2. to 1.

to

n.

\.

mud.

(with away).

work

to

to worry,

to smother,

incoherently

talk

to

fnolishlv

work

to

3.

1.

1.

2.

a.

a half.

mining

tool. 2.

3.

confusion,

5.

a dirty spot.

-v./.

1.

to

tur-

wet;

6.

a to

worry or torment, -v./. mud. 2.

to dirty oneself in the

work hard.

3.

to worry, -adj.

hornless.

this;

or

(dialect).

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

n.

cramp.

writers'

-v./.

mixty-maxty

man; made;

moanworthy

a non-

n.

drink

misotramontanism m5n't9n-iz"3m)

now

lamentable,

n.

swamp.

a

n.

miechctilia (mlech'cha) Hindu; a foreigner. moa (mo'9) n. a large land bird,

hatred of gods.

in

moli

131

year; azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

molendinaceous

molendinaceous

(mo-Ien^din-

moliminous (mo-Iim'In-9s)

adj.

massive; momentous.

moll-buzzer (m6rbuz"9r) n. a pickpocket who picks on women (slang).

(mdi-es'snt)

adj.

softening.

mollipilose (mdl-i-pir^s) adj. downy or fluffy. mollitious (m61-ish'9s) adj. luxur-

(mo-lib'do-

man"se) n. fortunetelling by dropping molten lead on water.

molysmophobia tion, see

mome a

(m6r'ts-mo-fo'bI-

contamina-

fear of dirt or

3) n.

(mom)

a?.

1.

a crashing bore;

a

2.

carping

critic.

and smooth. (m5m'iks) n. a bad carver

-adj. soft

momlcks

mommlxed

(m6m'ikst)

dis-

adj.

homophony in music. monoecious (mo-ne'shas)

n.

a

adj. her-

maphroditic. monogenism (mo-n6j'3n-iz"3m) n. the theory that all human races

have a

common

ancestor.

[someone]

fluent

a really im-

possible person; a sponger,

liar,

troublemaker, and pest who is humorless and unattractive; a nothing (Yiddish). monachal (mon's-ksl) adj. monastic. monad (mo'nad) A7. 1. an indivisible unit; the ultimate entity. 2. any one-celled organism or supreme

in

one

only

language.

monogony

(mo-nog'o-ne)

asex-

n.

ual reproduction.

monolatry

(mo-nol'e-tre) n. the of only one of many

gods.

monophobia

(m5n-o-fo'bi-9)

n.

fear of being alone.

monorchid

(m6n-6r'kid)

adj.

testicle.

monstrlclde (m6n'stri-sTd) killing of a

orderly, in confusion (slang).

(mom'zsr)

n.

flower resembling a monk's hood. monody (mon'o-de) n. \.'d lament, either in music or poetry. 2.

having one

(slang).

momzer

monkshood (munks'hobd)

worship

mysophobia.

buffoon.

advice;

n.

monoglot (m6n'o-gl6t) n.&adj.

iously softening; sensuous.

molybdomancy

monition (mo-ni'shan) warning.

a'shas) adj. like a windmill.

mollescent

montjoy

32

n.

the

monster.

monstrum (mon'stram)

n. a box for muster of soldiers. montane (m6n'tan) adj. pertaining to or living in mountains. mont-de-pl6t6 (m6N"d9-pye-ta')

relics; a

n.

a public

pawnshop

for lending

poor at a low rate (French = mountain of pity).

to the

montelth (m6n-teth') a?. 1. a silver punch bowl. 2. a Scottish polka dot handkerchief.

being.

monepic

(mon-ep'ik) adj. consisting of one word, or of one-word

Montgolfler (moN-golf-ya') n. a hot-air balloon (from Joseph Montgolfler,

sentences.

who made

the

first

moneyscrlvener (mun'e-skrW'ansomeone who borrows ur) n. money for others. monlal (mo'ni-9l) n. a nun.

montlcle (m5n'tik"9l) n. a little hill. monticule (mon'ti-kul) //. a subor-

monlllform

montigenous

(mo-nll'i-form)

adj.

regularly segmented to look like a

let;

dinate cone of a volcano. (mon-tij'sn-as) adj. produced or born on a mountain.

montjoy

string of beads.

man; made;

one).

(mont-joi')

n.

1.

(cap.) a

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

mool 2.

a

tone and an auxiliary one a half or whole step below.

2.

a

crum-

moreporl( (mor'pork) n. the New Zealand owl or the Tasmanian

moon-

moreta

medieval French battle cry.

memorial stone

mool (mool) grave

n.

pile.

dry earth.

1.

to bury.

-v./.

morro

33

to

-v./.

nightjar.

ble.

moonglade (moon'glad)

n.

on water. moonwort (moon'wurt) n. \.a 2. an herb called honesty.

fern.

(mor-gan-at'ik) adj. pertaining to marriage between

an aristocratic male and untitled female in which she and their issue acquire neither rank nor

Canary Island bush. (moo-rdbp') n.s.&pi cassoway with rather small,

a fat

property.

legs.

2.

(m5'p9s)

^.

(mor'a)

a small coin.

1.

n.

legal delay. 2.

Guiana and Trinidad. wicker footstool.

game.

nap

in

dishonor.

5.

1826).

(mor-ij'ar-as) obedient, obsequious.

morology

an accumu-

n.

(mor-ol'a-je)

lation of earth, stones, etc., de-

morosis

morpheme

(mor-be-dets'a)

n.

1.

in paint-

calling

adj.

ly;

adj.

meas-

pertaining to measles.

morceliate

(mor'sel-at)

to

v.t.

divide into small pieces.

mordacious (mor-da'shss)

adj.

biting, acrid, caustic.

mordant (mor'dant) dacious.

2.

adj.

1.

-n.

a jeweled metal plate at the end of a belt. 2. any corroding substance used in etching. 3. metal 1

.

ornament executed alternation

played

man; made;

let;

the

characters.

parts 2.

a

of

folklore

Moorish dance

to dance,

-v./.

morro (mor'o)

to depart, leave. n.

a

round

hill

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

the

performed by a castanet-clacking man. 3. a larval conger eel. -v.t.

a

between a principal

.

barge.

musical as a quick

n.

1

morris (mor'is) n. 1. an old English dance in which the performers

glue.

mordent (mor'dent)

n.

variations (philosophy), morphic, morphologic, morphological, adj. morphous (mor'fss) adj. having a definite form. morpunkee (mor-pung'ke) n. a long, paddle-powered Indian

mor-

burning, corrosive,

(mor-fol's-je)

and animals. 2. the science of language form and structure. 3. any science of forms and their

causing

disease.

morbiiious (mor-bil'ss)

imbecility.

branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of plants

delicacy.

morbific (mor-bif'ik)

n.

basic element.

extreme

for

(mor-o'sis)

morphology

ing and sculpture. 2. a musical

direction

nonsense,

(mor'fem) n. a word or word part broken down to its

the subtle, delicate, and lifelike

handling of skin texture

n.

adj.

foolishness.

posited by a glacier.

morbidezza

to kid-

v.t.

order to prevent a security

morigerous

a

cheap.

-adj.

moraine (mor-an')

6.

in

leak (from William Morgan, who was snatched by the Masons in

a divi-

3.

sion of the Spartan army. 4. a finger

morganize (mor'gsn-Tz)

pi (-puses). 1. an unwarranted a hardwood tree of

money, usually

mora

a salad with

n.

morganatic

a

2.

moorup

mopus

(mor-et's)

garlic.

light reflected

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

or

morsure

muliebrity

134

cauterization with moxa, a cot-

point of land.

morsure (mor'shar)

mpret

bite.

mort (mort)

n.

death.

1.

a

2.

trumpet blast announcing the death of animals in the hunt. 3. skin removed from diseased sheep. 4. an iron coffin to discourage body snatchers. 5. a large quantity. 6. a three-year-old salmon. 7. pork fat. mortling (mort'ling) n. wool taken from a dead sheep. mortmain (mort'man) n. permanent ownership of real estate by institutions (French mort = dead ,

-\-

tony material burned on the skin. (am-prSt') n. the title of the ruler of Albania (in the bad old

a

biting;

n.

days).

msasa

(3m-s6's6) n. the Brachystegia tree of Southern Rhodesia. mubble-fubbles (mub'9l-fub"3lz)

now

pratfall. 2. a

-v.i.

1.

to

2. someone in whose name the pay is drawn. mortress (mor'tres) n. a strange

muckibus

(mo-t^-tor'i-ss)

moue

moving spon-

adj.

_ pout (moo-16z') n.

making of jects to

plastic

n.

a

dunghill.

muezzin (mdo-ez'in) n. medan town crier who

a

Moham-

exhorts the

pious to their prayers. (mu'ji-ant)^^/. bellowing.

mugwump

(mug'wump) n. 1. an ex-Republican; a political independent. 2. a chronic party critic. 3. a "big" man; a chief (Algonquian mugquomp = a chieO-

mujtahid (mooj-to'hid) Moslem Shiite who excels

n. in

a

law

and theology.

be used

in

n.

the

1.

evidence.

2.

the

n.

n.

a

a prison spy.

moxibustion (m6ks'i-bus"ch9n) man; made;

let;

herd.

mulct (mulkt) ty.

false friend.

(moo't6n)

(muk'as) n. a dull, stupid person (slang). mulada (moo-16'd6) n. a mule herd,

molds of ob-

mold itself (criminology). mouthfriend (mouth'frend)

mouton

(muk'i-bss) adj. drunk

mukkus

(moo)

moulage

a mess or failure

mugient

taneously, as certain microorganisms, -n. a person whose mental imagery consists mainly of her own body's movements. motitation (mo-ti-ta'shsn) n. a quivering movement. mouchard (moo-sh6r') n. a police spy.

make

muckmidden (muk'mid^sn)

adj.

constantly active.

motile (mo'til)

a

(slang).

mos

motatorious

3.

be lowdown, uncouth, or boorish, -v.t. to hoard.

charged or dead.

servative (slang).

gloomy person.

stableboy. 4. a muck-digger. 5. a low-down uncouth boorish lout. of. 2. to

hodgepodge. (mos) n. the singular o^ mores. mossback (mos'bak) n. a con-

mucid and

(muk'end"9r) n. a dirty handkerchief (dialect). mucker (muk'sr) /?. 1. a muddy

dis-

dish;

(mu-sil-aj'in-9s)

muckender

n. deadpay: 1. continued pay dishonestly drawn

for soldiers

of depression.

muculent.

mortpay (mort'pa)

sailors

fit

adj. viscid, sticky, also

main = hand).

and

a

n.pl.

muclllaginous

n.

2.

a?.

1.

a fine or penal-

a blemish.

muleteer (mu-b-tir') n. one who drives mules; a mule skinner. \. muliebrity (mu-li-eb'ri-te) n. assumption of female character-

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bach

mulierose istics

by a male.

mulierose

(mu'li-er-os")

tremely fond of

mungo

femininity.

2.

ex-

adj.

women.

mullah (mdol'a)

a

n.

mulligatawny (mur'i-gs-ton'e)

n. a

strong East Indian curried soup. mulligrubs (mul'i-grubz) n.pl. 1. abdominal pain; colic. 2. the the hellgrammite, a

3.

(mung'go)

larval insect. *

mullock (mul'sk) n. rubbish, dirt. mulse (muls) n. wine boiled and mixed with honey.

n.

retrieves valuables (slang). 2. the

learned

teacher or expounder of the laws and dogmas of Islam.

'*blues."

myoxine

135

1. one who from garbage

mung

bean.

the

3.

mongoose. 4. an herb used as a snake charm in India. 5. reclaimed wool.

muniment (mu'ni-mant)

n.

1.

documentary evidence of ownership. 2. a means of protection. murdrum (mur'drsm) n. homicide.

murenger

(myur'an-jur) n. one charge of the town wall and upkeep.

muricate (myur'i-kat)

m its

formed

adj.

with sharp points; prickly.

multanlmous

muriphobia

multigravida (mul-ti-grav'i-ds) n. a woman who has been pregnant

of mice. murrey (mur'e) n.&adj. dark red. musard (mu'zard) n. an absent-

(mul-t^n'i-mss) adj. mentally multifaceted.

more than once. multiloquent (mul-til'o-kwsnt)

adj.

loquacious, gabby. muitiversant (mul-ti-vur'sant)

adj.

infmitely variable.

mumblecrust (mum'bsl-krust)

n.

a

toothless person; a beggar.

mumpish

(mump'ish)

adj. sullen or

mumpsimus

minded dreamer, or fool. (mus-ko-va'do) n. sugar from cane. mush-faker (mush'fak^sr) n. a Mr. Fixit, especially of umbrellas (hobo slang). muskimoot (mus'ki-moot) n. a

sack for holding

mussitation

evidence.

mutsuddy (mum'ruf'in)

the

n.

(moc)t'sud"e)

mycterism

mundivagant (mun-div's-gsnt) wandering over the world. mundungus (mun-dung'gss) garbage.

2.

n.

1.

man; made;

let;

n.

a

Russian

(ml-kof's-je)

sneering; derision.

mykiss

(ml'kis)

the

n.

Kamchatka

salmon; the cutthroat trout. mymy (ml'ml) n. an aboriginal hut. 2. a bed. also miamia 1

.

(Australian).

(mT'6-man"se)

n.

fhis;

for-

tunetelling by watching mice. adj.

pertain-

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burj^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

the

n.

mushrooms. (mik't9r-iz"3m) n.

myoxine (ml-oksTn)

stinky tobacco.

a native

eating o^ fungi or

myomancy n.

n.

peasant.

Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchausen. mundificant (mun-dif'i-ksnt) adj. having cleansing and healing a salve with these

n.

clerk (Anglo-Indian).

mycophagy

-n.

(mus-i-ta'shsn)

muttering.

iz"9m) n. telling fantastic adventure stories as did Baron Karl

properties.

a thronelike

n.

dais; a seat of honor.

muzhik (moo-zek')

long-tailed titmouse.

Munchausenism (mun-cho'zsn-

properties,

pelts.

(mus'nud)

(mump'si-mas) n. 1. an unswerving bigot. 2. a prejudice adhered to regardless o{

mumruffin

fear

n.

muscovado

musnud

sulky.

(myur-i-fo'bi-9)

year; azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

myriadigamous

adj.

factotum.

(mIr"!-3-dig'3-

pertaining to

funeral

composed by

song

a

n.

sung

and

the girl friend of the

departed.

myHotheism

(mir'i-o-the"iz-9m)

n.

polytheism.

myrmecoldy (mur'me-koid"e)

n.

the mimicking of ants by other insects.

myrmecology

(mur-me-kdl's-je)

n.

the scientific study of ants.

myrmidon (mur'mi-don) ly

loyal,

though

man; made;

let;

mysophobia

someone

who marries all kinds. myriologue (mir'i-o-16g") Greek

mythomania

36

dormouse.

ing to the

myriadigamous mss)

1

n.

a blind-

(mT-so-f5'bi-3)

n.

see molysmophobia. mystacial (mis-ta'shi-al)

adj. like a

mustache: said of a patch on the lower jaw of a woodpecker, also mustachial. mystacal. mystacine, mystacinous. mytacism (mrt9-siz"9m) n. using incorrectly or to an the letter extreme. mythomania (mith-o-ma'ni-9) n. compulsively telling lies and believing them.

M

unscrupulous,

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull, fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

fear

of dirt or contamination; having a compulsion to wash one's hands.

This; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

an old Hebrew n. harp or Egyptian lute. 2. an operator that converts a scalar-

napoo

point function to a gradient vec-

nappy

tor (mathematics).

shaggy. 2. strong, foaming, as beer or ale. -n. 1. ale. 2. a serving or baking bowl. 3. a diaper. naprapathy (nap-rap's-the) n. the manipulation of strained ligaments in the belief that they cause

nabia (nab'b)

1

.

nacelle

(na-sel') n. a small boat.

nacket

(nak'at)

boy.

a7.

1.

a tennis ball-

a light lunch.

2.

nacreous

(nak're-9s) adj. pearly.

nagsman

(nagz'man)

n.

a

man who

rides horses in a sales ring.

NahuatI (n5'w6"t9l) language. nanga (nang'gs) harp.

the

n.

(nap'e)

a small

n.

adj.

Nubian

sporadic

n.

dwar-

sis) n.

«.

1.

a durable

-n.

v./.

to growl like a dog.

a legal declaration.

porcelain.

narwhal (nor'wal)

(na-ol's-je) n. the study of

holy buildings. ple. 2 a star

n.

deep

sleep therapy.

narthex (nor'theks)

a7.

of

lapses

sleep.

narr (n6r)

(nan-ken')

(na'os)

or

narcolepsy (n6r'k6-iep"se)

yellow cotton cloth from China. 2. pants made from this material. 3. Nankeen yellow; Nankeen

naos

downy

.

narcosynthesis (ndr-ko-sln'tha-

fishness.

naology

1

disease.

Aztec

brief

nanism (nan'iz"9m) nankeen

(na-pob') adj. nothing, dead (French // n'y a plus = there is nothing left). finished,

portico.

istan plant

mammal

of 2.3 magnitude

the constellation

in

Argus Navis or

Puppis.

n.

2.

1.

an old

Afghan-

an

which yields asafetida. a walruslike

n.

with a spotted coat and

long tusks, a shrine or tem-

1.

bagged

for

oil

and

ivory, also narwal, narwhale.

nasicornous horny on

(na-zi-kor'nss)

nose;

the

adj.

like

a

rhinoceros.

naplform (na'pi-form)

adj.

turnip-

naslllate (na'zil-at)

v./.

to speak or

sing through the nose.

shaped.

man; made;

church

let;

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get;

thin; this; year; azure;

o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

nasute nasute

(na'sut)

1

adj.

1.

keen sense of smell. large nose.

3.

2.

having a having a

1.

umbones of

a bivalve shell.

(nat'ij-er"e)

n.

a

hospital

room. adj.

causing shipwrecks. (nol'sj) n.

payment

for sea

freight.

(no'ms-ke) a?. 1. a real symbolic naval battle. 2. a theater in which the mock battle enacted. (n6-path'i-9)

n.

in

(neb'neb) tanning.

adj. chaotic,

n.

acacia bark

(neb"u-l9-f6'bi-9) n.

confused.

determinism; doctrine resulting from hereditary or environmental causes, opposite o[ free will. necrologist (nek-r6r9-jist) n. an obituary writer. necromimesis (nek"ro-mi-me'sIs) iz"9m)

of

n.

n.

inevitability

feigning death; the delusion of

being dead.

necroponent (nek-rdp'o-nsnt) n. someone temporarily in charge of a houshold in which a death has

seasick-

occurred.

ness.

nauscopy

a pen nib or

necation (ne-ka'shan) n. killing. necessitarianism (ne-sls"i-ter'i-9n-

or

naupathia

3.

fear of fog. see homichlophobia.

naumachy

is

a bird's beak. 2. the

nebuiochaotic (neb"u-15-ka-6t'ik)

naufragous (nof'rs-gss) naulage

used

the buttocks.

natterjack (nSt'ur-jak) n. the common toad of western Europe. obstetrics

\.

nebulaphobia

(na'tez) n.pl.

natuary

n.

of something.

nebneb

an

n.

indoor swimming pool. the

(neb)

tip

pencil point.

also natalitial.

natatorium (na-ta-tor'i-am)

2.

neb

sharp, astute.

natalitious (na-tal-i'shas) adj. pertaining to someone's birthday,

nates

neoiocal

38

(nos-ka-pe)

n.

the alleged

necyomancy

(nes'i-o-man"se) n. fortunetelling by summoning

ability to spot land or ships at sea

from far away. navicert (nav'i-surt) n. a certificate exempting imports from search and seizure by the British douane. navicular (na-vik'u-br) adj. boatlike; cymbiform, scaphoid, -n. a boat-shaped bone.

neaiogy (ne-al's-je) n. the study of young animals. neanic (ne-^n'ik) adj. youthful, im-

(ne-fan'das)

adj.

un-

mentionable, unspeakable. nefast (ne-fast') adj. wicked. negus (ne'gas) n. 1. the king of Ethiopia. 2. a hot wine drink. nekton (nek't6n) n. swimming organisms in the ocean. nelipot (nel'i-pot) n. someone going barefoot.

nematode

mature.

neanilagnia (ne-an"i-lag'n!-9) yen for nymphets.

neanimorphism

(ne-an"i-

pertaining to modern man. nearomatria (ne-ar"6-mat'ri-9) being a young mother. neatlierd (net'hurd) n. a cowboy.

let;

(nem's-tod) adj. pertainthe roundworm, also nematoid.

a

n.

m6r'fiz"9m) n. looking younger than one's years. neantiiropic (ne-an-thr6p'Ik) adj.

man; made;

Lucifer.

nefandous

ing

to

nemophilous

(nem-df'il-as)

neocracy (ne-ok'ra-se) n. government by tyros. neoiagnium (ne-o-lag'ni-sm) n. puberty.

n.

neoiocal (ne'5-lo"k9l) adj. located away from the families of either

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

adj.

loving the forest.

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

neomnesia

nid-nod

139

Greeks, showing relative pitch.

spouse.

neomnesia (ne-6m-ne'zi-9) n. good memory for recent events. neorama (ne-o-ro'ma) n. panorama of a building's interior.

neossology (ne-^s-ol's-je) study of young birds.

the

n.

neoteinic (ne-o-tl'nik) adj. pertaining to prolonged adolescence. neoteric (ne-o-ter'ik) adj. recent, modern. nepenthe (nep-en'the) n. an opiate causing forgetfulness.

nephalism

(nef'3-liz"9m)

n.

teetotalism.

nepheligenous producing smoke.

(nef-a-lij'sn-ss) adj.

clouds

of

neuromimesis

game called Pope Joan. nexus (neks'as) n. 1. connection, link.

1.

/?.

(nef'o-gram)

n.

a

abdominal

ngwee

(ang-gwa') n. a coin equal to 1/100 0^ the Zambian kwacha.

let")

n.

century

n.

epic.

an eighteenth-

1.

London hooligan who broke windows with halfpence. 2.

century

subconscious.

a

monster.

sea

laugh, also

uneducated, unaware, ignorant, and

neigh

a

3.

or

-v./.

niclcnacltatory (nik-nak'9-t6r"e) a toy

adj.

nictate, nictitate,

winking,

n.

to wink.

v.i.

niddering (nid'sr-ing)

stupid.

n.

shop (slang).

nictation (nik-ta'shan)

riotous living.

nescient (nesh'snt)

a

an anonymous twelfth-

German

nicker (nik'sr)

nepotal (nep'o-tsl) adj. pertaining to a nephew, also nepotic. nepotation (ne-po-ta'shsn) n.

n.

narrow margin; a close call. Nibelungeniied (ne'b9-ldt)ng-9n-

n.

wall.

New

a small

Ngaio Marsh,

2.

detective-story writer.

nepimnemic (nep-im-ne'mik) adj. childhood memory retained in the

adj.

coward-

ly-

nesiote (ne'si-6t)

living

on an

Arabic

script

adj.

island.

(nes'ke)

n.

and sometimes scientific books. nestcocic (nest'kok) n. a male homebody. nestitherapy (nes-ti-ther'9-pe) n. in

writing

(ne'top)

n.

niddie-noddle (nid'9l-nod"9l) adj. having a wobbly or nodding head. -v.t.&i. to nod or wobble, also

which, as a hyphenless noun, means a hand

niddy -noddy,

religious

friend

reel for yarn.

nide

(American

colonial salutation used in greet-

notation,

brood of pheasants.

to nest, also nye. v.i.

to build

a nest.

nidifugous

(nid-if'ij-gss)

adj.

leaving the nest soon after birth.

ing Indians).

neume (num)

(nld) n. a

-v.i.

nidificate (nid'i-fi-kat")

diet therapy, also nestiatria.

netop

connected group or

ngol(0 (ang-go'ko) n. a dialect used by high-born Javanese when speaking to their social inferiors.

anchoring a floating kidney to the

used

a

ngaio (sn-go'yo) Zealand tree.

tobacco

photograph of clouds. nephrorrhapliy (nef-ror'a-fe)

nesl(hi

2.

series.

nibby-jibby (nib'e-jib"e)

nephogram

rear

(nu"ro-mim-e'sis)

psychosomatic disease. newmarltet {na'm6rk"9t) n. \. a long, fitted coat. 2. an old card n.

n.

medieval musical from the

derived

man; made;

let;

nid-nod (nid'nod) when sleepy.

v.t.&i.

to

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

nod

nidorous nidorous like

smelling

(nid'ur-3s) adj.

burning or decaying animal nestling,

adj.

embedded. /?. 1. a black sulfureous alloy. 2. a way of decorating metal with this material. 3.

the metal so decorated,

to

-v./.

inlay with niello. ^.

1.

hand or

a

fist. 2.

a

female serf. nievle-nievle-nlck-nack (ne'vene-ve-nik'nak) n. a children's game using these words. niffle (nif'al) v.t. 1. to steal in small quantities;

hurriedly,

to -v./.

nigrescent

pilfer.

2.

eat

to

to snivel or sniffle.

(nl-gres'ant)

adj.

blackish.

pleasure

(nik-he-do'ni-9) n. derived from antici-

pating success. nikin (nik'in) n. a very soft creature.

nllometer (nll-om's-tur) n. an instrument for measuring the height of water pecially during

the Nile, es-

in its

cures the clap (British

slang).

nimiety (nim-T's-te)

n.

redundancy.

niminy-piminy (nim"in-e-pim'in-e) adj. affected; effeminate.

a

to

te) adj.

trifling.

silly,

nippitatum (nip-i-ta'tam) n. exceptionally good and strong ale. nipter (nip'tsr) n. the ceremony of foot washing on Maundy Thursday in the Eastern Orthodox church, see maundy, 1. nisi (nl'sT) conj. unless; if not: used in legal rules, decrees, etc.

nisus

(nT's9s)

n.

spring fever.

3.

(nim'i-9s)

ex-

adj.

(nim'ar)

n.

a thief.

nimptopsical (nimp-top'si-ksl) adj. drunk (listed together with 227 other synonyms by Benjamin Franklin), see also cherubimical

nimrod (nim'rod)

n.

a tyrannical

(from Nimrod, Cush, Genesis X:8-10). hunter

man; made;

let;

son

of

bright,

lustrous.

niveous snowy

(niv'i-9s)

snowy;

adj.

white.

nixie (niks'e)

n.

addressed

a letter so badly

that

nobble

(nob'sl) 2. to

dle. 3. to hit

v.t.

1

.

to

drug a race

bribe, steal, or swin-

on the head, stun

(all

British slang).

nocake

(no'kak)

Indian

n.

corn

pounded into powder. nocent (no'ssnt) adj. 1. harmful.

2.

guilty.

noctambulation n.

(n6k-tam''bu-

somnambulism,

also

noctambulism. noctivagation (n6k-tiv"3-ga'sh3n) wandering around at night, n. once illegal.

noctuary (n6k'tu-er"e)

n.

nighttime activities. noddypeak (nod'e-pek)

a diary of

n.

a fool;

noddy-peaked,

adj.

nodus

(no'dss)

n.

a knot; a knotty

problem.

this;

be

can't

it

delivered (slang).

be; sip; wine; hot; cold; sore; dull; fijgue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

2.

also nitidous. nitency, n.

ninnie-hammer.

(slang).

an effort.

1.

muscle contract-

tion while excreting. nithing (ni'thing) n. a coward.

la'shsn)

travagant.

nimmer

amount of

n.

equivalent

nipperty-tipperty (nip'sr-te-tip'ar-

horse.

flood.

nimbification (nim"bi-fi-ka'sh9n) n. cloud formation. nimglmmer (nim'gim"9r) n. a doc-

nimlous

roughly

liquor

nitid (nit'id) adj.

nikhedonia

who

a silly ass. also

n.

ninishi.

half pint.

niello (ni-el'o)

tor

nimshy (nim'she)

nipperkin (nip'sr-kin)

matter.

nidulant (nid'u-lant)

nieve (nev)

nodus

140

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

noematachograph

noematachograph tak'o-graO

(no-e'ma-

an instrument for complex reaction

fJ-

measuring

noemics

(no-em'iks)

n.

the science

of understanding. (no-e'sis) n.

ideational or

1.

in abstract or intellectual terms.

volens

(no'lanz-vo'lanz)

willy-nilly.

noli-me-tangeretarian

(no'1i-me-

tan"J9-r9-ter'i-9n) adj. pertaining

unben-

to a touch-me-not; rigid,

(no-li'shan)

opposite

n.

unwilling-

of volition,

also

noleity.

(no'man"se) by letters.

telling

nomiatrist lawyer

n.

fortune-

specializing

in

n.

a

medical

tion.

no-see-em (no-se'^m) punkie or black

conventionapplied to tradi-

adi.

ordinary:

1.

tional English spelling as

opposed

to phonetic spelling.

(no'siz"9m) n. collective egotism; group conceit. fre'ni-9) n. depression from prolonged hospital stay.

nosology

(no-sol's-je) n. classifica-

diseases; diagnostic character of a disease. tion

of

(no'miz"9m)

n.

ethical

n.

a

lawmaker; one who writes laws. (non'aj)

dead

a?.

1.

a ninth share

negotiable formerly grabbed by the church. 2. legal minority; ima

person's

estate,

nostology

ill.

(nos-tol's-je) n. study of

nostomania

(nos-to-ma'ni-a)

nostrificate (nos'tri-fi-kat") accept as one's own.

(no'nsn) adj. happening on the ninth day. nonnant (non'ant) n. at Eton, one

who can't swim. nonnock (non'ok)

n.

a

whim.

-v./.

to waste time.

calling

of intuition. let;

n.

ex-

nothous

v.t.

to

(n6"tho-so-no'mi-9)

someone

a bastard.

(no'thas) adj. illegitimate.

noumenon

(noo'm9-n6n) n. an obby "intuition" rather than evidence, opposite of phenomenon (Kantian philosophy). novate (no' vat) v.t. to replace by something new. novcic (nofchich) n. a coin of

Montenegro,

Bosnia,

adj.

pertain-

ing to a stepmother.

novercaphobia

(n6-vur"k3-fo'bi-9)

of a stepmother. novilunar (no-vi-loo'nar) adj. pern.

fear

or

dislike

new moon.

novitious (no-vi'shss) invented; new.

adj. recently

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

and

Herzegovina, equal to 1/100 of a florin (Serbo-Croatian).

taining to the

(no-ol'a-je) n. the science

man; made;

n.

novercal (no-vur'kal)

maturity.

nonan

noology

(n6s-o-fo'bi-9) n. fear

of becoming

ject implied

conduct; morally legal. nomographer (no-mog'rs-fur)

nonage

the

n.

fly (colloquial).

nosism

nothosonomia

cases.

nomism

n.

treme homesickness.

(no-ml's-trist)

nomic (nom'ik)

of

de-

n.

senility.

nomancy

al,

(no-zs-thl'mi-s)

noseconology (no"se-k6n-6r3Je)

nosophobia

ding.

nolition ness

nosathymia

nosocomephrenia (n5"zo-k6-m9-

such a person or her ideas.

nolens adj.

adj. per-

taining to mental examination.

the study of hospital administra-

conceptual knowledge. 2. cognition (psychology). noetic (no-et'ik) adj. reasoning only -n.

nooscopic (no-os-kop'ik)

pression due to serious illness.

time.

noesis

novitious

41

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

noyade

noyade (nw6-y6d')

n.

a

mass

drowning. nritya (sn-rit'ya) n. a Bharata Natya dance of southern India. nubilate (noo'bil-at) v./. to obscure; nubilous.

-adj.

Nyx

42 jects. 2. a

vague. (noo'ka) n. the nape of the neck, nuchal, adj.

nuncheon

coin-shaped;

2.

(nun'chan)

a between-

n.

meals snack.

nuncupate (nung'ku-pat) declare

eating.

orally.

v.t.

1.

to

dedicate,

to

2.

inscribe.

(noo-kle-6n'iks) n. of nucleons or atomic

physics nucleus.

(nud'sl) v.t.&i. to nuzzle.

nudification (noo"di-ft-ka'sh9n) n. making naked. (noo"di-9s-ter'shinudiustertian adj. pertaining to the day before yesterday (Latin nunc dies tertius est = it is now the third

9n)

_

day).

n. triviality;

futility.

nullah (nOr^) n. a dry river in India which becomes a raging torrent in the rainy season.

nullibicity existent,

nundinal (nun'din'sl) ing to a market or

(nul-i-bis'i-te)

non-

n.

also nullicility, nullibi-

quitous, adj.

densed;

tical, -n.

skeptic; unbeliever.

taining to a

adj. per-

woman who has

never

in

(noo'man)

n.pl.

let;

a large lake or

nychthemeral, adj. nyctalopia (nik-tsl-o'pi-s)

n.

night

blindness.

nycterent (nik'tsr-ent) hunts by night.

nympholepsy

n.

one who

(nimTo-lep^se) n. by erotic day-

incurred

dreams.

edible

divine power allegedly possessed by ob-

man; made;

n.

nychthemeron (nik-the'm9r-6n) n. a twenty-four-hour period.

Nyx n.

the tea served at the

river in central Africa.

trance

(num'balz) deer innards.

a nutshell.

n.

nyanza (ny6n'z6)

foaled.

numbles

pertain-

Leavenworth Prison mess hall. nuzzer (nuz'ar) n. a ceremonial gift.

nullifidian (nul-i-fid'i-an) adj. skep-

nulliparous (nul-ip'9r-9s)

adj. fair.

nutation (nu-ta'shsn) n. involuntary nodding of the head. nutricism (noo'tri-siz^sm) n. symbiosis in which one organism is nourished or protected by the other without reciprocity. nutshelly (nut'sher'e) adj. con-

nux (nuks)

nugacity (noo-gas'i-te)

numen

money.

taining to

(noo-slv'or-^s) adj. nut-

nucleonics

nuddle

form.

nummiform.

nucha

nucivorous

human

in

(noo-m^m'or-ss) adj. money-loving. nummular (num'u-br) adj. 1. per-

obscure,

cloudy,

god

nummamorous

1.

(niks)

n.

a goddess, personifi-

cation of night and daughter of

Chaos.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugu?; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

oam

(6m)

oast

(ost)

n.

steam.

n.

a

living

kiln

to dry

hops,

malt, or tobacco.

obambulate

(5b-am'bu-lat)

v./.

to

religious

sacrifice.

walk about, wander, aberration,

at,

inveigh against.

oblectatlon (ob-lek-ta'shsn)

n.

obcordate (6b-k6r'dat)

adj.

inver-

de-

n.

light, pleasure.

obmutescent

sely heart-shaped.

a

2.

church ante for support of the clergy or poor parishioners. oblatrate (ob-la'trat) v.t. to snarl

(ob-mu-tes'ant) adj.

obdormition (5b-d6r-mi'sh9n) n. numbness caused by pressure on a nerve; when a limb is '^asleep."

becoming or remaining silent. obnubilate (6b-noo'bil-at) v.t.

obduce

obolary (6b'6-ler"e) adj. extremely poor (having only obols, or coins

(6b-doos')

to

v.t.

cover

with.

obeliscolychny (6b"9l-is-ko-lik'ne) n.

a lighthouse.

obelus

(6b'9l-9s)

n.

manuscripts, the

1.

in

mark

ancient — or ^

which signaled the beginning of a passage suspected of being false. 2. (cap.) the constellation Sag-

of

value). n.

creep-

to

modify

or repeal [a law] by passing a

new

one.

obsecrate

(ob's3-krat)

to plead,

v.t.

implore.

obequitation (5b-ek"wi-ta'sh9n)

n.

obsidional (5b-sid'i-on"9l)

riding around.

(o'beks)

little

obreption (ob-rep'shan) ing up on. obrogate (ob'ro-gat) v.t.

itta.

obex

to

cloud, obscure, -adj. cloudy.

n.

1.

an obstacle.

2.

obganlate (6b-gan'i-at)

v./.

let;

1.

a non-

a

(ob-so-lag'ni-sm)

n.

waning sexual desire due to age. obstipation (ob-sti-pa'shsn) n. 1. act of stopping up. 2. extreme

be; sip; wine; hot; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

n.

formal ratification.

obsolagnium

tate with reiteration.

/?.

obsignation (ob-slg-na'shsn)

to irri-

oblati (5-bl6t'e) n.pl. willing slaves of the church.

oblation (6b-la'sh9n)

figurative.

a

thin layer of cerebral gray matter.

man; made;

adj. per-

taining to a siege; besieged, also

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

obstringe

144

octroy

constipation.

obstringe to

(db-strinj')

make

v.t.

to bind;

tax,

indebted.

obstupefy

command,

to

v.t.

odeum

stupefy.

(6b-ten'9-brat)

to concede; to

-v.t.

it.

an import

1.

also octroi.

(o-de'sm)

a concert hall

n.

odontalgia (o-d6n-tarjI-9)

n.

tooth-

ache.

(6b-test')

v.t.

1

to beg for. 2.

.

to call as a witness,

to pro-

-v.i.

test.

obtund

n.

paid, or the agen-

is

it

or theater.

to

shadow; obum-

by

as

v.t.

hrate.

obtest

(6k-troi')

where

cy receiving

(6b-stoop'3-fr)

obtenebrate darken,

oil

(6b-tund')

odonterism

(o-don't9r-iz"9m)

n.

chattering of teeth. odorivector (o-d6r'i-vek"t9r)

n.

something that produces a smell.

to dull.

v.t.

obturate (6b'tyur-at)

v.t.

to

stop

odynophobia

(o-din"5-fo'bi-9)

n.

fear of pain.

up.

obvallate (ob-val'at)^^/ walled in. obvention (ob-ven'shan) n. an occasional

obvolve

gift

oecist

or treat.

(6b-v61v')

v.t.

to

wrap

up.

(6k'9-me) n. an alloy made imitating gold or silver. occecation (ok-se-ka'shan) n.

becoming

oeillade (u-yod')

oenocho^

(e-n5k'o-e)

oenology

(e-n6r9-je)

wines, oenologist,

occision (ok-siz'an) (ok-lood')

n.

v.t.

oenomancy

slaughter. 1.

to shut

up

or out; obstruct. 2. to absorb. 3. to bring the jaws together, also

n.

(ok-lo-fo'bi-s)

n.

oestrum

(e'no-man"se)

happening every

man; made;

let;

be; sip;

wine

a wine-

(e-no-flij'I-9)

n.

(es'tr9m)

n.

period of sex-

Divine Gnostics). (o'je) n. an S-shaped mold-

ogive

any S-shaped curve. (o'jTv)

a?.

1.

a diagonal Goth-

arch. 2. the curve of military

projectile heads. 3. the curve of

certain statistical graphs.

Ogygian

(6-jij'i-9n) adj.

1.

pertain-

Ogyges, or to a terrible flood during his reign. 2. ing

such versions.

good; food; out; get; thin;

n.

ogee

ic

octogild (ok'to-gild) n. an eight-toone payment for injury.

for-

(6g'do-ad) n. 1. the number eight; a group of eight. 2. eight Gnostic Divines (or eight

eighth day (medicine).

octapla (ok't9-pl6) n. 1. Origen's Hebrew text and seven different Greek translations appearing side by side. 2. any text with eight

n.

ogdoad

ing; adj.

the study of

ual heat in animals, also oestrus.

of crowds.

octan (ok'tan)

n. n.

drunkenness.

mob fear

Greek

lover.

rule.

ochlophobia

a

n.

oenophilist (e-nofil-ist)

conditions. (ok-lok'rs-se)

flir-

tunetelling with wine.

oenophlygia

v.i.

ocellated (6s'9l-at"9d) adj. having or resembling eyelike spots. ochlesis (6k-le'sis) n. sickness resulting from overcrowded living

ochlocracy

an ogle, a

wine pitcher with a trefoil-shaped mouth.

blind; blindness.

(6k-sid'u-9s) adj. west-

n.

tatious glance.

ern; occidental.

occlude

(e-ko-d6m'ik) adj. oecodomicai

architectural, also

occamy

occiduous

(e'sist) n. a colonizer.

oecodomic

to

King

very old. oil (o-e'e) n. the

New

Zealand mut-

h5t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

this; year;

azure; o'm9n"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

oikofugic

oncology

145

tonbird (Maori).

study of rain.

oikofugic (oik-5-fu'jik) n. obsessive wandering. oikology (oi-kdl's-je) n. housekeeping; home economics. oikonisus (oi-k6n'i-s9s) n. urge to

ombrometer (om-br6m'e-tur) ombrophilous capable

omhrophohous. (6m-bro-fo'bi-3) n. of rain or of being rained

fear

upon.

ombrosalgia pain

oldwench (old'wench)

n.

gerfish of the Atlantic

the trig-

and Indian

pertaining to

n.

deficient

(61"i-go-jen'iks)

lieves in all religions.

omophagist (ol-i-gof's-gas)

(o-mof's-jist)

eating raw meat as a religious

(6r'i-go-fre'ni-9)

omoplatoscopy

oligotokous

omphacine

(ol-i-got'o-kss)

adj.

pe)

laying four or fewer eggs. see

a dildo,

(ol'^o-po-dre'ds)

n.

mishmash, motley

omphaloskepsis onager

n.

an

kiang.

fool.

(om-brol's-je)

man; made;

let;

2.

onanism

n.

Asia,

I.

the wild ass

variety

of the

a kind of catapult.

(5'n9-niz"9m)

n.

coitus

interruptus; masturbation.

oncology

(H. L. Mencken).

ombrology

(5mT9-lo-

meditation while gaz-

(on's-jur) n.

of central

idiot,

ombibulous (6m-bib'u-bs) adj. someone who drinks everything

n.

ing at one's navel.

(ol'pe) n. a leather flask for liq-

uids.

hesychas-

tic.

skep'sis)

(6m'3-th6n)

(om-fs-lop'si-

klt) n. a hesychast. see

collection.

omadhaun

predicting the

omphalopsychite

ceive unsophisticated traders.

oipe

per-

adj.

(6m'f9-lo-man"se) number of children a mother will bear by counting the knots in her first-born's umbilical cord.

n.

n. 1. an olive grove. an imitation pearl made to de-

hodgepodge,

(6m'f9-sin)

omphalomancy

olivet (ol'i-vet)

ollapodrida

(o"mo-pla-tos'k3-

scapulimancy.

n.

taining to unripe fruit.

olitory (6ri-t6r"e) adj. pertaining to or grown in a kitchen garden. 2.

n.

ini-

omositia,

also

tiation rite, omphagie.

n.

feeblemindedness. oligoria (ol-i-gor'i-s) n. disinterest in former friends or hobbies.

an

n.

omophagy,

eater of raw meat,

adj.

eating only certain foods.

n.

adj.

omnigen-

(om-nil'a-jsnt) adj. reading everything. omnist (om'nist) n. one who be-

n.

birth control.

olisbos (o-lis'bos) godemiche.

kinds;

all

ous.

sweat.

oligophrenia

n.

omnilegent

olid (ol'id) adj. fetid, stinking. (ol-i-jid'ri-s)

(om-bros-al'jl-s)

during rainy weather.

felt

omneity (6m-ne'i-te) n. allness. omnifarious (om-ni-fer'i-9s)

Oceans; oldwife. olent (o'lsnt) adj. fragrant.

oligophagous

much

ombrophobia

nal.

oligogenics

(6m-br6f'il-9s) adj.

withstanding

of

rain, as tropical vegetation, ant.

start a family.

okapi (o-ko'pe) n. a giraffelike animal with a short neck and black and white striped forelegs. olamic (o-lam'ik) adj. infinite, eter-

oligidria

a

n.

rain gauge.

the

(ong-kol'a-je)

n.

the study

of tumors.

be; sip; wine; hot; cold; sore; dull; fijgue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

ondatra ondatra

(6n-dal'r3)

opiparous

146

mus-

the

n.

onychophagy

ondoyant

(6N-dw6-y6N')

adj.

onym

wavy; pertaining to a wavy sur-

oneirodynia

(on'im)

(o-nrro-dT'ni-9)

n.

onychomancy. oniochaiasia (o"ni-o-k9l-a'zi-9) n. buying as a means of mental

oology

(6"ni-6-ma'ni-9)

wootz

mania for buying things. onoiatry (d-nol's-tre) n. ass-wor-

dictionary,

lexicon;

a

list

proper names, onomastic,

of

(o-ol'a-je)

1.

pertaining

to an onomasticon.

2.

pertaining

to the signature of a person

(5m)

signed, opposite of holographic.

onomatechny

(on'6-ma-tek"ne)

operose

(on"9-mat-o-

n.

onomatophobia (6n"o-mat-ofo'bi-9) n. fear of hearing a cer-

word. ontal (on'tsl) adj. see noumenal. tain

(on-toj'sn-e) n. the life of an individual organ-

n.

a

properties of nature and

adj.

make

requiring

(o-fs-lim'i-te) n.

1.

the

2.

the

circa 1850.

ophidiophobia

(o-fid"i-o-fo'bi-9)

fear of snakes.

ophioiogy

(of-i-dl's-je) n. the

study

of snakes, ophic, adj. pertaining to snakes. ophiomancy (6ri-o-man"se) n. fortunetelling with snakes.

ophryitis (of-ri-I'tis) n. infiammation of the eyebrow. ophthaimophobia (5f-thar'mofo'bi-9) n. fear of being stared at. (o-pim'i-sn) adj. pertain-

ing to a

121

B.C. vintage wine

when Opimius was consul. opiparous (6-pip'9r-9s) adj. sump-

being.

man; made;

to

ophicieide (of'i-klTd) n. musical instrument replaced by the tuba,

meta-

physical system dealing with es-

v.t.

ability to please sexually. ability to please generally.

opimian

ism.

ontoiogy (6n-t6r9-je)

(op'sr-os)

ophelimity

n.

preoccupation with words and names. ma'ni-3)

(6-pa'kat)

labor; laborious, diligent.

someone's name.

onomatomania

an uncle (South Af-

opaque; to darken.

n.

fortunetelling using the letters in

n.

n. a camel, also unt (Anglo-Indian, Hindi, and Urdu).

who

document she

did not write the

the study of

n.

oont (oont)

a

lexicographer, -adj.

small lump of leaves the melt-

rica).

n.

n.

a it

birds' eggs.

opacate

ship.

onomasticon (6n-o-mas'ti-kon)

n.

steel as

ing pot (East Indian).

a

n.

_

lar.

oom

relaxation.

oniomania

sential

name

(o'o) n. a Hawaiian bird, source of yellow feather-work since the extinction of the mamo. ooaa (o"o-6'6) n. a bird of Kauai, Hawaii. ooid (6'oid) adj. egg-shaped; pertaining to eggs; ovarious, ovicu-

ooliy (oo'le)

history

a technical

n.

(biology).

nightmare. onimancy (6n'I-man"se) n. fortunetelling with the fingernails;

ontogeny

n.

00

face.

oneirataxia (o-nrra-taks'i-a) n. inability to differentiate between fantasy and reality. oneirocritic (6-nrro-krit'ik) n. an interpreter of dreams.

a

(6n-i-k6r9-je)

nail-biting.

krat.

tuous. let;

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

opisthenar opisthenar (o-pIs'th9-n6r) n. back of the hand. opisthograph (o-pis'tho-graO manuscript written on both

opisthoporeia

walking

involuntary ward.

a

n.

sides.

back-

n. a terri-

yen for juices.

fic

oppidan

town

a

1.

an English student

resident.

who

lives

campus. oppignorate (o-pig'ns-rat) v./. to pledge, to pawn. oppilate (op'i-lat) v.t. to block up, off

tile,

(o-pug'nsnt) adj. antagonistic.

hos-

looking into another's eyes.

opsimathy

edu-

n.

n.

in

(6p-so-ma'-ni-9)

n.

a

gourmet foods.

opsonium

(6p-so'ni-9m) n. an hors d'oeuvre eaten with bread.

opsophaglst

(6p-s6r9-jist)

n.

a fas-

tidious eater; an epicure.

opuscule ficant

(6-pus'kul)

work, a

orchestrion (6r-kes'trl-6n) n. a large music box that sounds like an organ.

orchestromania ma'ni-9)

n.

little

orchidectomy (6r-kid-ek't9-me) (6r'e-ad)

a

mountain

adj.

pertaining

n.

nymph. to desire or appetite.

ear.

also

=

ear).

orexigenic

n.

a covering for

(French

oreillet

(6r-eks'i-jen'ik)

adj. n.

appetite, desire, stirring.

organon

(6r'g9-n5n) a7. a body of information to be used for further scientific or philosophic investigation. 2. an instrument for acquiring or dispensing knowl1

.

edge.

orgulous (or'gu-bs)

an insigni-

oriel (6r'e-9l)

dow. oriency

also

a praying female

figure in art.

adj.

proud and

n.

a large bay win-

(or'i-en'se)

n.

bright

or

strong color.

oriflamme

(or'i-flam)

n.

1.

St.

Denis's red silk banner used as a

standard. 2. any flag vaguely reminiscent of this. orignal (6r-ig'n9l) n. the American battle

orarian (o-rer'i-9n)

pertaining to the seashore, -n. a coast-dwelling Aleut in the Bering Sea regadj.

moose.

orismology (6r-iz-m6r9-je)

ion.

orbatlon (6r-ba'sh9n)

not having parents or children; general de-

man; made;

n.

castration, also orcheotomy.

opus,

op use I e.

n.

(6r"k9s-trodancing mania.

//.

haughty (humorous).

orad (o'rad) adv. toward the mouth. orage (o-r5z') n. a storm (French). orant (or'ant)

pertain-

dancing, es-

whetting the appetite, orexis,

life.

for specific

adj.

ing to dancing, -n.

the

life.

opsiproligery (op"si-pr6-l][j'9r-e) ability to have children late

mania

the killer whale.

oreille

(6p-sim'9-the)

opsomania

2.

oreiliette (6r-a-et') n.

late in life.

cation late in

grampus or

the

1.

orectic (6r-ek'tik)

(op-s9-blep'sI-9) n. not

opsigamy (6p-sig'9-me) marriage

n.

springer, a dolphinlike creature.

oread

to obstruct.

oppugnant

opsablepsia

ing.

ore (ork)

pecially in pi.

(op'i-dan) adj. pertaining

to a town. -n.

privation.

orbific (or-bifik) adj. world-mak-

orchestic (6r-kes'tik)

opodipsia (o-po-dIp'si-9)

2.

the

(o-pIs"tho-p6r-e'9)

n.

orison

47

let;

n.

n.

inition of technical terms.

orison (6r'i-z9n)

n.

a prayer.

be; sip; wine; h6t; c51d; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'm9n"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

def-

ormolu ormolu

(6r'm3-loo) looks like gold.

otiatrus

148

brass

n.

considered good birds to eat.

that

oryctology

(or-ik-tdl's-je) n. the science of things dug from the earth; mineralogy or paleontol-

ornithocopros (6r"nMho-k6p'r9s) //.

bird dung; guano.

ornlthophilous (6r-ni-th6ril-9s) adj.

bird-loving,

said

of plants

ogy.

oryx

that arc pollinated by birds.

ornlthorhynchus ink'as)

(6r"n!th-9r-

oryzivorous

a creditor; a duck-billed

//.

platypus, *'a beast with a bill" (Australian slang). orology (or-ol'^-je) //. the science of adj.

pertaining to a

oscitancy

osculant (os'ku-bnt)

1.

pertain-

pompous

wri-

orphanage. orrery (6r'9-re)

2.

n.

tute

a planetarium.

a leftover tidbit,

-v.t.

mal" living. orthodromics (6r-tho-dr6'miks)

New

pre-

Year's

osmagogue

(6z'm9-g6g)

adj. stim-

ulating to the sense of smell.

orthoepy (6r'tho-e"pe)

to

n.

correct

n.

(oz"m6n-6-s6r3-je) study of the sense of smell. osmophobia (6z-mo-fo'bi-9) n. fear of smells. n.

on a straight course; greatsailing, also orthodromy.

osphresiophilla (6z-fre"zi-o-firi-9) n. an inordinate love of smells. ossature (os's-tyur) n. 1. skeleton. 2. architectural framework.

osse

ossuary

(or-thog'an-sl) right-angled; rectangular. (6r-tho-fo'bi-9)

adj.

tery

doorman.

ostler (6s'lur)

n.

ostreophaglst

orthopter (6r-th6p't3r) n. a flying machine with flapping wings; a mechanical bird. the n. tet-rs-krde-ks-he'dran) truncated octahedron. ortive (or'tiv) adj. pertaining to rising; eastern.

the bunting,

n.

rail,

let;

burial

a

n.

n.

2.

the

a monasmouth of a

\.

a stableboy. (ds-tre-df's-jist)

n.

an oyster eater.

otacoustic

(o-t9-koos'tik) adj. -n. a hearing de-

helping to hear.

orthotetrakaidekahedron (or'tho-

man; made;

(6s'u-er"e)

river. n. dis-

like of propriety.

ortolan (6r'to-lan)

1.

recommend.

chamber. ostiary (6s'ti-er"e)

orthogonal

wheatear, sora.

(os) n. a prophecy, -v.t.&i.

to prophesy. 2. to

pronunciation.

pronunciation; phonology.

orthophobia

birds usually

real

osmonosology n.

orthobiosis (6r"tho-bT-o'sis) n. hygenic, moral, and allegedly "nor-

circle

for

sented to nobles on

an

reject.

sailing

embrac-

adj.

Day. (or'Tan-ot'rs-fe)

the support of orphans.

n.

yawn-

n.

osela (6-sa'b) n. a medal of a bird ordered by the doge as a substi-

tund voice.

orphanotrophy

ort (ort)

(os'i-tan-se")

ing; drowsiness.

ting or speaking style, -n. an oro-

1.

adj.

ing, clinging, kissing.

ing to vocal clarity and strength. 2.

(or-i-ziv'ar-as)

rice-eating.

mountains; orography.

orotund (or'o-tund)

the African ante-

(or'iks) n.

lope.

vice.

othergates

(u'fhur-gats)

adv.

in

another way. otiant (o'shi-snt) adj. dormant; unemployed. otiatrus (6t-i-at'r3s) n. an aurist, or

or bobolink:

ear specialist.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

I

otiose otiose (o'shi-os) less.

adj.

sterile; use-

1.

otolaryngologist (o"to-lar-in-g6r9jist) n. an ear, nose, and throat specialist.

otology (o-tol'a-je) n. study of the ear and its diseases, otic, adj. pertaining to the ear; auricular.

stimulant.

oubliette (oo-ble-et') n. a dungeon whose only opening is in the ceil-

sheeplike.

-n.

a

oviparous

(o-vip'ar-as)

adj.

pro-

ducing eggs that hatch outside the body; this kind of reproduction, opposite of viviparous.

ovivorous

(o-viv'or-ss)

adj.

egg-

ovoviviparous

(o'Vo-vi-vip'sr-ss)

producing eggs that hatch within, or immediately after expulsion from, the female.

adj.

owelty (o'9l-te) n. money paid from one property owner to another.

owler

(oul'ar)

n.

someone who

hoots like an

or

stares

owl;

a

prowler.

ing.

ouch (ouch)

a brooch or set-

1.

A7.

ting for a precious stone. 2. a skin sore. -v.t. to

ouphe (ooO

n.

wear an ouch. an

outlier

(out'lf'sr)

n.

1.

someone someone

outdoors. 2. is not at home. 3. an animal who strays from the fold. 4. something that has been separated from the main body. outrance (oo-troNs') n. utmost, a outrance = to the bitter end. outrecuidance (out-sr-kwe'dsns) n. egomania; gross conceit. outrooper (out'roo"p9r) n. an aucsleeping

whose

office

smugsometimes

(oul'ing) n. the act of

gling wool or sheep,

oxalm (oks'alm) n. a sour sauce. oxpecker (6ks'pek"9r) n. a starlinglike bird that pecks cattle in

search of ticks,

oxter (oks'tur) &i.

n.

etc.

the armpit,

-v.t.

to lead or support with the

arm; to walk arm in arm; to put the arm around; to embrace; to elbow.

oxyacanthous adj.

(oks"e-3-kan'th9s)

having

sharp

spines

or

thorns.

oxyesthesia (6ks"e-es-the'zi-9) n. extreme sensitivity to touch. oxygeusia (oks-i-gu'si-s) n. extreme sensitivity to taste.

oxymoron

tioneer. (oo'zal)

n.

the

European

blackbird, or other thrushes.

ovant (o'vant)

adj.

triumphant, as

(6'v9r-sl6) n.

1.

exemp-

certain military duties

by being kicked upstairs. 2. a sand bar. -v.t. to bypass in favor of another.

man; made;

(oks-i-mor'sn) n. a statement with two seemingly contradictory words: terribly nice, etc.

oxyosphresia

an ovation.

overslaugh tion from

owling

applied to smuggling in general.

elf or goblin.

outfangtheft (out'fang-theft) n. the right of a medieval English lord to prosecute one of his vassals caught off the premises.

in

(o'vTn) adj.

eating.

otosis (o-to'sis) n. a hearing malfunction; not hearing correctly. ouabain (w6-b6'in) n. 1. the main ingredient of an arrow poison. 2. a local anesthetic and cardiac

ouzel

ovine

sheep.

otiant.

2.

ozostomia

49

extreme

(oks'i-6s-fre'zi-9) n.

sensitivity to smell.

oxythymous

(oks-i-thl'mas)

quick-tempered; easily

ozostomia

(o-zos-to'mi-s)

n.

breath.

let;

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

adj.

riled.

Bach

bad

paauw

(po'oo)

n.

the South African

pabulation (pab-u-la'shsn) viding

woman. paggle

bustard. food,

nourishment;

fodder,

pro-

n.

other

or

nourishment

the

(pag'sl)

appease-

n.

to

hang

loosely;

pagophagia

(pa-go-fa'ji-9) n. eating a tray of ice daily for two

months

itself.

pacation (pa-ka'shan)

v./.

to bag.

to

help

offset

iron

deficiency.

pahoehoe

ment.

pachinko (pa-ching'ko)

n.

a Jap-

anese slot machine. (pak^e-sef-al'ik)

pachycephalic

(p6-ho'e-ho"e) n. lava has cooled in ropy forms, unlike aa (Hawaiian).

that

paideutics

(pT-du'tiks)

n.

taining to the elephant or rhino-

pedagogy. paillasse (pi-y6s') n. 1. a straw mattress. 2. a supporting bed for masonry.

ceros.

pailletee (pT-yet')

adj.

thick-skulled.

pachydermatous (pak-e-durm'st9s) adj.

1.

thick-skinned.

paddling (pad'ling) noun for mallards:

n. ''a

2.

per-

collective

paddling of

mallards."

(pud-mo'ssn-o) n. a statue's base, shaped like a lotus

padmasana,

in

a cross-

legged sitting position. padnag (pad'nag) n. a horse with a pad instead of a saddle; an ambling nag. -v./. to ride such a horse; to amble.

pageism as

a spangle. n.

play, also paraphilemia,

love

sarmas-

man

servant

man; made;

paladin (pal's-din) n. 1. one of Charlemagne's twelve peers. 2. a knight of the round table. 3. a paragon of knighthood. palaestra (pal-es'trs) n. 1. an exercise gym. 2. exercise, especially wrestling.

palaetiology masochistic imagining him-

(pa'jiz"3m)

fantasy of a self

n.

(pT'z9-g6n"e)

sation.

padmasana flower, in

paizogony

n.

to

let;

a

beautiful

(pal-e"ti-6r9-je)

palafitte

(pal'a-fit)

n.

pile-built

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

n.

explanation of past events by the laws of causation, as in geology.

year; azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

-

palamate structures houses.

palamate

lake

neolithic

for

(paro-mat)

cuij.

web-

footed.

palanquin litter

(pal-r>n-ken')

a closed

//.

carried on the shoulders of

four men.

taining to the palate, -n. I. a lord with sovereign power. 2. one of

Roman

the seven

worn

stole

Palatine

transmigration of souls. formation of new rocks by

re-

metamorphosis of

in-

or

fusion.

4.

3.

sects.

palatine (pal'^-tTn) adj. I. palatial. 2. having royal privileges. 3. per-

fur

paludal

152

hills. 3.

a short

by Princess

first

1676.

in

paieethnographer nog'ra-fur)

(pa"le-eth-

a specialist in pre-

n.

paieoanthropic (pa"le-o-anthrop'ik) adj.

pertaining to the

human

being.

paieograph (pa'le-5-grar)

n.

an

ancient manuscript.

paleomnesia

(pa'1e-6m-ne'zi-9)

good memory

poem

retracting

n.

for events of the

far past.

paletot (pal'to) n. a man or women's loose overcoat. palfrenier (pal-frs-nir') n. a groom.

previous songs or poems. 2. retraction or recanting in general. palinoia (pal-in-oi's) n. compulsive of

repetition

er.

(pal'imp-sest)

n.

1.

writing material on which writing can be erased. 2. used writing

material with erasures. 3. brass reengraved on the reverse side. -adj. rewritten or reengraved. -v./.

erased

writing

palindrome (pal'in-drom)

n.

a

word or phrase that is the same backward as forward. palingenesis (pal-in-jen'3-s!s) n. 1. renaissance.

2.

man; made;

metempsychosis. let;

good; food; out;

it's

n.pl.

profes-

whose parents beggars and who use

beggars

sional

were also

trickery to arouse sympathy. pallion (pal'ysn) n. a little piece. palmary (pal'ma-re) adj. prizeworthy, superior; principal. palmer (pom'ar) n. I. a pilgrim wearing palm leaves as proof of a holy visit. 2. a wood louse. 3. a stick for hitting children's hands. 4. someone who palms cards or

palpation

repeating a phrase faster and fast-

until

Palladia.

palilalia (pal-i-la'li-9) n. helplessly

on

act

palladian (pal-a'di-an) adj. I. pertaining to learning and wisdom. pertaining to neoclassical 2. architecture inspired by Andrea

palmigrade

to write material.

an

perfect.

palfrey (pol'fre) n. a nonmilitary saddle horse; a small horse for small women.

palimpsest

\. 'd song or statements in

n.

palliards (pal'ysrdz)

historic ethnography.

earliest types of

palinode (pal'in-od)

dice.

to

-v./.

wander or

stroll.

(pol'mi-grad)

adj.

plantigrade.

(pSI-pa'shan) n. 1. medical examination of the body by touching. 2. touching or feeling.

palpebral

(pal'ps-bral)

adj.

per-

taining to the eyelids.

palpebrate

(pal'pa-brat)

v./.

to

wink. palter (pol'tsr) v.i. 1. to mumble or babble. 2. to act insincerely. 3. to bargain, haggle. paltripolitan

an

(pol-tri-pol'i-tan)

insular

(metropolitan

paludal

city -f

paltry).

marshy, adj. paludous, pal us

(pal-u'dsl)

also paludose,

be; sip; wine; hot; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp; get; thin; this; year; azure;

n.

dweller

o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

pampootee tral, palustrian, and pal us trine, paludous means malarial, as well. pampootee (pam-poo'te) n. an Irish moccasin.

panache

(pan-ash')

n.

flair,

1.

swagger, dash, verve, elan. 2. a bunch of feathers on a helmet; a military plume. a complete pandect (pan'dekt) /?. digest of a particular branch of knowledge. 2. a fifty-book digest of Roman law. 3. any complete code of laws. perpandemic (pan-dem'ik) adj. 1

.

1

taining to universal.

all

people.

.

general,

2.

affecting the majori-

3.

everywhere epidemic (medi-

ty,

cal). 4. sensual.

pandiculation n.

(pan-dik^u-la'shsn)

(pan-dyur'I-form) adj. obovate, with an indentation on each side, like a violin; pan(pan'de)

a hit on the hand.

n.

pangram (pan'gram)

n. a sentence containing every letter of the alphabet: "Q.V. Schwatzkop, Jr.,

my

bungled

pangram-

fix."

(pan-iv'6r-9s)

adj.

(pan-f6r'm9-k6n) an all-purpose medicine. panstereorama (pan-ster"e-or6'm9) n. a relief map of a town or country. pantagamy (pan-tag'9-me) n. communal marriage. //.

pantagruelian (pan^ta-groo-el'i-an) adj. satiric, though ribald (Rabelais' Pantagruel).

pantarbe (pan-torb')

n.

a mythical

stone supposed to shine in the sun while attracting gold magnetically.

pantechnicon (pan-tek'ni-kan)

n.

a storage warehouse. 2. a fur-

niture van.

(pan"tho-fo'bi-9)

pantoffle (pan-tofsl)

room

slipper.

n.

and disease.

fear of suffering

2.

pannage

ceremonial (pan'aj)

pannier (pan'yar)

\.

a

of-

a bed-

1.

a?.

sixteenth-

a

2.

feeding

1.

food eaten

2.

pantophobia

1.

a?.

a

whalebone hoop worn

panurgy skill

(pan' i-k^s) adj. lasting

(pan'ur-je")

let;

universal

n.

(pa-ps-fo'bi-s)

in-

n.

tense fear of the pope or popery.

ment by

(pa'p6r-ke")

govern-

n.

a pope, paperchical, adj.

papaverous

(pa-pav'sr-ss) adj. per-

papeterie (pap's-tre)

n.

a

box of

writing materials; a kind of writ-

paphian

(pa'ft-sn) adj. erotic; per-

taining

to

love.

illicit

an Paphos, Cyprus.

prostitute.

2.

adj.

seeing

-n.

this;

a

of

(pa-pIT'i-sn-

(pap-il'a)

n.

a

nipple

nipplelike projection.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

1.

inhabitant

a'shss) adj. like a butterfly.

papilla

night.

panoptic (pan-6p'tik) man; made;

n.

or craft.

papilionaceous

at the hips.

pannychous

(pan"to-f5'bi-9)

fear of everything; cowardice.

ing paper.

wicker basket carried on the back. 2. a medical kit for military ambula

(pan-tof's-gss) adj.

taining to the poppy.

fuss.

n.

swine in the forest. by forest swine.

3.

pantophagous

paparchy

on bread.

panjandrum (pan-jan'drsm) n. satiric title for a pompous

all

panpharmacon

papaphobia

n.

panivorous

ances.

one

in

omnivorous.

to hit the hand.

-v.t.&i.

ficial.

or

century overshoe.

durate.

living

once,

at

view; all-seeing.

panthophobia

stretching and yawning.

matist,

everything

1.

panduriform

pandy

papilla

153

year; azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

or

papillote papillote (papTl-ot) hair

curler.

a paper

1.

//.

paper

a

2.

ruffle

decorating a lamb-chop bone. papiopio (p6-pe'6-pe"o) n. a young n/ua (Hawaiian). adj.

pimply. (par"9-bo-la'n9s)

monk medic

n.

a

specializing in con-

tagious diseases.

parabolize (pSr-ab'o-lTz)

v.t.

1.

to

express in parables. 2. to make parabolic. parachronism (par-ak'ro-nIz"9m) n. an incorrect date, especially one too late. (par's-klet)

a

n.

legal

helper; an aide.

(par-9-ko'i-t9)

n.

a

paracoitus (par-s-ko'i-tss) n. a male sexual partner. paradiastoie (par-9-dT-as't61-e) n. a (par'9-did"9l) n. a basic

drum roll. paradigm (par's-dim)

per-

adj.

word

in all

n.

1.

possible forms.

paragram

(par'a-gram) n. a pun, especially one made by changing the first letter of a word.

paragrammatist,

paragraphia

(par-s-graf'i-a)

n.

(medicine).

paranymph

(par'9-nImO ai. 1. a bridesmaid or best man. 2. someone acting on another's behalf. paraph (par'aO n. a flourish at the end of a signature, once used as a protection against forgery. (par-9-fur'n9)

that

n.

woman's property

part of a

remains

hers

legally

that

after

marriage. love

(par"9-n[l-em'I-9)

also paizogony,

play,

parapraxis

paraleipsis (par-s-lTp'sIs) n. mentioning something by saying you won't mention it; apophasis. paralian (par-a'li-9n) n. someone who lives by the sea. paraiipomena (par"3-U-p6m'9n-3) deleted passages, or a sup-

(par-9-praks'is)

memory

n.

sar-

lapse;

parasynesis

a

slip

(par-9-sin'9-sis) n. cor-

of words from a misunderstanding of their elements. ruption

paratonic

(par-9-t6n'Ik) adj. or growth.

movement

parbreak (p6r'brak)

n.

vomit, also

v.t.&i.

parcener

(por's9n-ur)

n.

a joint heir

an estate; a coparcener.

parenetic

(par-9-net'ik)

adj.

ad-

visory, counseling.

parentate (par-en'tat) v./. form funeral rites for a parenteral (par-en 't9r-9l)

to perrelative. adj.

oc-

curring outside of or by another route than that of the intestines.

parepithymia (pa-rep"i-thIm'I-9)

plement containing them.

paraiipophobia (pSr-a-irpo-fo'bl-

this;

n.

perverted cravings due to mental

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g^t; thin;

a

n.

of the tongue; general clumsiness.

in

let;

n.

pathological misuse of gestures. paramiographer (par"9-ml-6g'r9fur) n. a collector or writer of proverbs.

retarding

n.

aphasia in which the patient writes unintended letters or words

man; made;

logically.

paramimia (pSr-s-mlm'I-a)

m ass at ion.

an example or model. 2. an example of a conjugation or declension show-

n.pl.

(par-3-16'jik)

paraphiiemia

euphemistic half-truth.

ing a

paralogia

parapherna

female sexual partner.

paradiddle

fear of responsibility.

taining to the inability to think

parabolanus

paracoita

9) n.

paraiielepiped (pSr"3-lel-3-pT'pad) n. a six-sided prism with parallelogram faces, also parallel ep ipedon.

papuliferous (pap-u-llf'ar-as)

paraciete

parepithymia

154

year; azure; o'm9n"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

parerethesis

passim

155

medicine for inducing parturian analgesic for labor pain.

illness.

parerethesis (p^r-e-reth'9-sls) abnormal excitement.

tion;

n.

parergon

1. an (par-ur'g6n) n. embellishment; a decorative accessory. 2. an avocation. pareunia (par-oo'ni-s) n. sexual in-

parure (p^r-dbr') n. 1. peeling. jewelry worn in groups. parvanimlty (p6r-van-im'!-te) n. pettiness;

parisology (par-i-sol'a-je) n. deliberate ambiguity in use of words,

parvenu tious

words. tress; a loose

n.

a priest's mis-

woman.

paronomasia (parVno-ma'zi-s)

n.

punning; a pun. paronymous (par-6n'i-m3s) adj. derived from a common source;

(par-o-reks'i-s)

parrhesia

riche.

trillion miles.

ment of flower beds.

2.

a build-

the theater floor under

the balcony. (por-the'ni-ad)

n.

honor of a virgin. parthenoiatry (pdr-the-nol's-tre)

a

in

n.

iversal

signs

n.

and

(pos-a-kdl'y^)

old

Italian

or

member of an early who took a vow of

master key. passport. in

Christian perpetual

3.

2.

a

^2.

a

mat or border used

framing pictures.

passim (pas'im)

fhis; year;

1.

a safeconduct or

adv.

throughout,

frequently: used in footnotes to

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burpj

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

a

n.

Spanish

silence.

about to produce an idea or

let;

a un-

language using symbols instead of

passepartout (pas-p6r-too')

discovery.

made;

a

sect

taining to childbirth or parturi-

mj^n;

(pas-ig'rs-fe) n.

dance or its music. passalorynchite (pas"9-16r-in'kTt)

(p5r"th9n-o-fo'bi-

parturifacient (p6r-tyur"i-fa'sh9nt) adj. inducing childbith. -n. a

in

written

passacaglia stately

9) n. fear of virgins. parturient (por-tyur'i-snt) adj. per-

growing

adj.

words. pasiialy (pas'i-la"le) n. a universal language. pasquinade (pas-kwln-ad') n. a malicious satire or lampoon, often in rhyme; apasquil. -v.t. to lampoon or satirize, pasquinader, one who writes or collects pasquinades.

virginity.

parthenophobia

(pas'kal) adj. pertaining to

pastures, also pascuous.

virgin worship; mariolatry.

parthenology (p6r-the-n6r9-je) n. the medical study of virgins and

un-

brations.

unit

parterre (p6r-ter') n. 1. an ornamental and geometric arrange-

adj.

Passover or Easter or their cele-

pasigraphy

of measure for interstellar space equal to 3.26 light years, or 19.2

partheniad

parvis.

freedom of a

n.

.

parviscient (p6r-vish'9nt) informed.

n.

(in rhetoric).

site. 3.

1

pascuai (pas'ku-sl)

(par-e'zi-9) n.

parsec (por'sek)

tion',

preten-

a

n.

parvis (por'vis) a?. a courtyard. 2. a public brouhaha, so called from having been held in a church

demanding

perverted appetite; strange foods.

poem

a

snob of the nouveau

paschal

conjugate.

parorexia

ing

(p6r'v9-nu)

2.

also aaj.

parnel (por'nel)

speech

1.

mean or opposite of

meanness.

petty person, magnanimity.

tercourse.

2.

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

1^6

patavinity

word or

indicate recurrence of a

patronymics and their origins.

patronymic (pSt-ro-nlm'Ik)

phrase.

patavinity (pat-s-vin'I-te) n. the use of local words or expressions; local pronunciation. patchouli (pS-choo'le) n. an East Indian mint plant or its perfume.

patharmosis

(path-6r-mo's!s)

/?.

1.

pattens; to skate.

1.

emo-

patulous (pat'u-bs)

adj. open, expanded, distended, spreading. patzer (pdt'sur) n. a weak chess

a catamite. 2.

player.

pauciloquent (po-sri'o-kwant)

sive; suffering.

pathocryptia (path-o-krlp'ti-s) unwillingness to believe

in

speaking

n.

(path-o-diks'i-s)

ness and flaunting

its

a pavis.

n.

pavonine

ill-

«.

taining to

1.

of emotions by their outward signs. 2. the science of diagnosis. pathomimesis (path"6-ml-me'sis) the study

malingering.

n.

patibuiary (pat-ib'u-ler"e) adj. pertaining to the gallows or hanging. patricentric (pat-ri-sen'trik) adj. gravitating toward or centered

upon the father, see matricentric. patrilineal (pat-ri-lin'i-sl) adj. pertaining to

male descent.

patrilocal (pat-ri-lo'kal) adj.

blue.

cunning,

adj.

shrewd, crafty (slang). paynim (pa'nim) n. pagandom; a

pagan

or

especially

infidel,

a

Mohammedan. peage (pa-6z')A7. toll. peccable sin;

(pek's-bal) adj. liable to

susceptible

to

peccant. peccant (pek'snt) adj. 2.

temptation; 1.

peccable.

break certain social incorrect. 3. inducing dis-

liable to

ease.

peccatophobia n.

(pek"3-to-fo'b!-3)

fear of sinning or of having

committed an imaginary crime,

relatives.

patripotestal

(pat-ri-p6-tes"t9l)

relating to paternal authori-

ty.

patrocilnous (pat-ro-klT'nas)

adj.

having characteristics inherited from the father. patronomatology (pat"r6-n6m-9-

t6r3-je)

peacock

pawlcy (po'ke)

rules;

per-

taining to a marriage in which the wife lives with her husband's

adj.

(pav'o-nln) adj. pertain-

ing to a peacock; iridescent; per-

signs.

patliognomy (pa-th6g'n6-me)

adj.

briefly.

pavis (pav'is) n. a large shield of the Middle Ages. -v./. to protect with

or talk

illness.

talking to excess about one's

1.

muddy ground. 2. (pi.) horseshoes for muddy ground. 3. a skate or stilt, -v./. to wear

a passive participator, -adj. pas-

about one's

n.

suffix

or clog for

tion. 2. pertaining to disease.

pathic (path'ik)

a

meaning "son of." 2. pertaining custom of children taking their father's name. patten (pat'an) a?. 1. a wooden shoe

dis-

adj.

pertaining to or caused by

with

to the

ease.

pathematic (path-9-m^t'!k)

name

paternal

n.

mental adjustment to one's

pathodixia

pecksniffian

n.

mSn; made;

the let;

study

of

also peccatiphobia.

peckerwood

(pek'sr-wdod) n. a poor southern ASP or AngloSaxon Protestant (the woodpecker symbolizing whites in the South).

pecksniffian hypocritical,

(pek-snifi-an) insincere,

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; buri^;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

adj.

and gut-

Bach

pecos

perendinate

157 tions.

less.

pecos

(pa'kos)

v./.

pemmican

man

to shoot a

and roll his body into the river. pectinate (pek'tln-at) adj. shaped like a comb; having teeth like a comb. peculation (pek-u-la'shsn) n. em-

(ped-ant-6k'r9-se) (ped-e-ten't9s)

(pen'du-lin) adj. pendulous, applied to birds that construct penhiles, or hanging nests. penelopize (pen-eFo-pTz) v./. to undo and redo to gain time

n.

adj.

{Penelope

n.

penotherapy

pedltasteiius (ped-i-tas't9l-9s) n. "a miserable, little infantryman"

(pe-no-ther's-pe) n. regulating prostitutes to control venereal disease.

(Latin).

(pe-d6-d6n'shi-9)

pentacle

n.

(pe-dol's-je) n. soil study.

(ped'o-man"se)

n. for-

tunetelling by the soles of the feet.

pentapopemptic

(pen) n. the end of a hammer head opposite the striking face. also pein, pean, pene, pane.

peen

pemp'tik)

a

good-for-nothing.

pentheraphobia 9)

(pen'ts-podivorced five

fear

n.

or

adj.

(pen'thsr-a-fo'bidislike

mother-in-law. penumbra (pen-iim'bra)

of one's half-

n.

shadow.

peotomy gical

(pe-ot'a-me)

n.

amputation of the

percuss (pur-kus')

the surpenis.

v.t.&i. to strike

violently or smartly.

perduellion

(pur-du-erysn)

n.

treason.

'V.t.&i. to rob.

pelmatogram (pel-mat'o-gram)

n.

perdure (pur-dyoor')

a footprint.

v.i.

to

con-

tinue to endure.

pelology (pel-ol's-je) n. study of mud and its therapeutic applica-

m^n; niade;

adj.

(pen-te-ter'ik) recurring every five years.

rise in a fountain.

4.

five-

times.

hopscotch, pi the game. pegomancy (peg'o-man"se) n. fortunetelling by seeing how bubbles

fur.

a

n.

penteteric

(pe'vsr) n. a stone used in

peirastic (pT-ras'tik) adj. experimental; ready to be tried. pelagic (pel-aj'ik) adj. pertaining to or living in the ocean. peiargic (pe-l6r'jik) o^/ storklike. pelf (pelf) n. 1. booty. 2. trash. 3.

(pen'ts-ksl)

pointed star with an inscribed pentagon. pentad (pen'tad) n. a period of five consecutive days or years.

pediatric dentistry.

peever

n.

peniatry (pe'ne-at"re) n. branch of medicine dealing with prisoners.

a

foot bath.

pedomancy

Homer's Odyssey). (pe'ni-9-fo'bi-9)

fear of poverty.

pediiuvlum (ped-i-loo'vi-sm)

pedoiogy

in

peniaphobia

(ped-ik"u-lo-fo'bi-

fear of lice.

pedodontia

con-

tish croft.

ly.

9) n.

dried

2.

penduline

proceeding gradually or cautious-

pedlculophobla

1.

penates see lares and penates. pendicle (pen'di-kal) a?. 1. a hanging ornament. 2. a house and grounds of a larger estate; a Scot-

government by pedants.

pedetentous

n.

densed knowledge.

bezzlement. pedality (pe-dal'i-te) n. measuring by paces; going on foot.

pedantocracy

(pem'i-ksn)

buffalo meat or venison.

let;

perendinate (pur-en'din-at) to

postpone

v.t.&i.

until the next day; to

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bach

perennate

158

postpone indefinitely.

perennate

(pur-6n'at)

to

v./.

be

perennial.

perflation (pur-fia'sh^n) n. blowing through; ventilation; act of blowing through a space to expel accumulated secretions (medicine).

perfrication

(pur-fri-ka'shan)

thorough rubbing. perfuse (pur-fuz') v./.

n.

with columns on all sides. 2. pertaining to the motions of the air surrounding a moving body, also peripterous. perischii (per-ish'i-T) n.pl. The in-

habitants of the polar circles, so called

because

1.

summer

in

their

shadows form an oval. perissopedics (per-is"o-pe'diks) pediatrics

to sprinkle

with liquid or suffuse with light or color. 2. to pour over something.

pergameneous

perruquier

dealing

with

n.

gifted

children.

perissotomist (par-i-s6t'3m-ist)

n.

a knife-happy surgeon.

parchment.

peristerophily (pe-ris"tur-6ril-e) n. the breeding, care, and training of

pergola (pur'go-b) n. 1. an arbor or bower. 2. a colonnade supporting an open roof.

peristrephic (per-i-stref'ik) adj. turning around, rotatory; peri-

adj.

like

(pur-gs-me'ni-ds)

perhiemate (pur-hT'e-mat)

v.z.

to

spend the winter. perl

(pe're)

n.

a

tropal.

peristyle (par'i-stTl) beautiful,

(per-ik"li-ta'sh9n)

n.

court.

\.

a colon-

periwig

the large inner court of a house. (per'e-wig) n. a white

2.

Roman

pompadour-style wig of the eighteenth century, -v./. to wear a periwig. perjinkities (pur-jink'i-tez) n.pl.

exposing to danger.

periegesis

n.

nade surrounding a building or

elfin

person (Persian mythology). periapt (p6r'i-Spt) n. an amulet worn as protection from disease or harm. perichareia (per"i-k5-re'9) n. excessive and violent rejoicing. periclitation

pigeons, peristeronic, adj.

niceties (Scottish).

(per"e-3-je'sis)

n.

a

perlaceous

description of an area.

(pur-la'shss) adj. pear-

ly.

perigraph

perlustrate (pur-lus'trat) v.t. to review thoroughly; survey. pernancy (pur'nan-se) n. a taking

peripatetic (p^r'T-pa-tat'ik) adj. 1. pertaining to walking or wander-

pernoctation (pur-n5k-ta'sh9n)

(par'i-graO n. an inexact description or drawing; a tracing instrument for outlining bones.

ing. 2. pertaining to Aristotelian philosophy. 3. rambling speech.

peripety (per-ip's-te) n. a drama's denouement; life's denouement,

of rent or profit (law).

peroral (pur-or'sl) mouth.

perpend

carefully,

petia.

adj.

(pur'psnd)

acting as a wall.

also peripeteia, peripetety, peri-

-v./.

n.

through the a large stone

-v.t.

to

ponder

to concentrate, be

attentive.

periphrastic (per-i-frSs'tik) adj. pertaining to circumlocution; wordy. peripteral (per-ip'tur-al) adj. 1.

man; made;

n.

a night-long vigil.

l^t;

perqueer (pur-kwir') perfectly,

-adj.

adv. by heart; also

accurate,

perqueir.

perruquier (p^r-oo-kya')

n.

a wig-

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; g^t; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'm^n"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

philomath

159

perseity

maker, also perukier. perseity (pur-se'i-te) n. independence or self-sufficiency.

phalacrosis

persienne

phallatlon (fSl-a'shsn) n. movement of the penis in sexual inter-

(pur-sy^n')

cotton or

printed

n.

silk, originally

Persia, later copied in

made

in

France and

pertusion (pur-too'zan)

n.

piercing

or perforating; a perforation or

whooping

pertussis (pur-tus'is) cough.

n.

peruke

a wig; peri-

wig,

n.

(per-ook')

n.

wear a wig.

to

growth or imperfection.

adj.

phemic

to

publish, pervulgation, n.

perwitsky (pur-wits'ke) n. a red, white, and black European

n.

n.

the rearing of a

horse. (pes'ar-e) «.

for the uterus

worn

1.

a support

in the

vagina.

petalism custom

(pet'9l-Iz"9m)

and viewed making the

the

n.

biological

(fe-ndl's-je) n. development affected

by climate. phllalethe (fil'a-leth)

(ni-9-le'thist)

phllematology «•

an an-

cient rock carving.

pettifogger (pet'i-f6g"3r) n. a mean, tricky, no-good lawyer. pettifogulize,

v.i.

petulcous (pet-urkss) adj. butting like a ram; offensively ag-

German gingerbread. phaeochrous (fe-6k'r9s)

adj.

n.

dark-

skinned.

phagomania

(fag-o-ma'ni-s)

n.

in-

(fal-s-kres'pi-a)

n.

sanely hungry.

phalacrespia

aversion for baldness, or for bald

(fil-6'te)

man; made;

n.

let;

self-love;

(fi:l-e"mat-6r9-je) n.

philematophobe (ftl'e-mat-o-fob") n. a woman who dislikes kissing. n. an amateur medical student. philocalist (fll-o'ks-llst) n. a lover of beauty.

phillater (fll-i-a'tsr)

(fll-o'ka-mal) adj. per-

taining to care of the hair.

philocublst (ftl-o'ku-bist) of dice games.

n.

a lover

phllodox (n:ro-d6ks) n. one who loves her own opinions; a dogmatist, philodoxical, adj. philogastric (n[l-6-gas'trIk)

this;

adj.

greedy. n.

a scholar;

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

a

the study of kissing.

philomath (n:ro-mSth)

men.

n.

selfishness, also philautia.

philocomal

gressive.

pfefferkuchen (pferur-koo"k9n)

one who

truth-lover.

five years.

petroglyph (pet'ro-gliO

n.

loves to forget.

philauty

ancient

from

move.

Syracuse of banishing a dangerous citizen for in

through slits a mirror, figures appear to

series of figures seen

phllalethist

a vaginal suppository.

(fen-d-kls'to-

a circular device with a

phenology

skunk. (p6s-ad')

the

n.

(fe'mlk) adj. pertaining to

phenaklstoscope skop)

extremely obstinate; willful. (pur-vurgat) v.t.

pessary

(fa-rdl's-je)

science of signal lights and light-

speech.

pervulgate

pesade

(fan"9r-o-ma'nI-9)

a compulsion to pick at a skin

houses.

pervicacious (pur-vi-ka'shas)

2.

course.

pharology

hole.

n.

atrichia, calvities.

phaneromania

England.

-v.t.

(f^l-9-kro'sIs)

baldness, -syn. acomia, alopecia,

year; azure; o'm^n"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

philonoist a

of

lover

phylactery

160

of excellence; a paragon of beau-

especially

learning,

mathematics.

philonoist

ty.

(fIl-6n'o-ist)

a

n.

phon

searcher for knowledge.

philopatridomania d6-ma'ni-9)

home,

return

(ftl-o-pafrl-

phonasthenia

as observed in

war

phonogram

fss) adj.

of

falling

(fil-o-fo'bl-s) in

love

n.

phonophobia

phoresy

philopoiemic (fir'o-po-lem'ik) adj. pertaining to love of argument or (ftl-o-por'nist)

philoprogeneity

n.

a

(nr'o-pro-jen-e'i-

fas'tsr-ing)

(fil-ds"o-

photophilous

photophobe

pseudo-

adj.

phiiosophicopsychological

(ni-5-

s6ri-ko-si"ko-16j'i-k9l) adj. both

philosophical and psychological. philotherianism (f!l-6-thir'i-9n-

iz"9m) n. love of animals. phiioxenist (f!l-6ks'9n-ist) n.

one

happiest while entertain-

ing strangers.

phiitrum (fil'tram) n. the vertical groove dividing the upper lip.

phlebotomize

(fle-bot'sm-Tz) v.t.&i. to bleed by opening a vein. (fleg'ms-gog)

supposed

to

(fo-tof'il-ss)

adj.

n.

a

(fo'to-fob)

an organ

n.

or organism that thrives

the

in

dark or turns away from light. phratry (fra'tre) ^. 1. a clan. 2. a primitive tribe combining several totemic clans. phreatic (fre-at'ik) adj. pertaining to a well or underground water. phrontifugic (front-i-fu'jik) adj. &n. relieving anxiety. phrontistery (fr6n'tis-ter"e) n. a. place for study and contemplation.

phthartic

(th6r'tik)

adj.

deadly,

destructive.

phthiriophobia (thl-rro-fo'bi-s)

expel

fear

(thT-so-z6'iks) destroying harmful animals.

(flog"o-jen-et'ik)

causing inflammation. (fo-bo-fo'bi-s) n. fear of phobias, or fear of fear

adj.

phycoiogy

phobophobia

n.

an

phylactery

inspired

a prophet (from those of

Apollo at Delphi). phoenixity (fe-niks'i-te)

man; made;

let;

n.

a

(fT-kol's-je)

model

the

n.

(fil-ak'tsr-e)

a?.

1.

a

this; year;

box

containing scriptural passages, worn by Jews during prayer. 2. any case for holy relics. 3. an

amulet worn for protection. something made for display.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

n.

science of seaweeds; algology.

itself.

(fe'bad)

n.

oi' lice.

phthisozoics

phlegm.

phlogogenetic

woman;

the

n.

light-loving; photophilic.

philosophizing.

phlegmagogue

(fo-tol'o-je)

science of light optics; photics.

philosophastering

phoebad

(for's-se) n. the life style of

photology

love of offspring.

medicine

n.

species waiting to gobble up their

lover of prostitutes.

is

(fo-no-fo'bI-9)

eggs.

philopornist

who

a

certain insects that ride on larger

controversy.

te) n.

a

n.

represent

fear

of being

or

to

of noise or voices; fear of speaking aloud.

fear

loved.

n.

word, syllable, or speech sound.

(ftr'o-ni-6s'o-

fond of philosophers.

philophobia

(fo'no-gram) used

character

prisoners.

philophiiosophos

(fo-nss-the'ni-a)

hoarseness.

fanatic desire to

n.

measuring

(f6n) n. a unit for

sound.

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

4. 5.

phyllomancy medieval version of cartoon dialogue omitting the balloons. phyllomancy (rrro-man"se) n. fortunetelling with leaves. phyloanalysis

pinacotheca

161

(fi""lo-9n-ari-sis)

n.

study of the psychology of socie-

Prussian spiked helmet.

picklock

1. (pik'16k) «. a lock picker or lock-picking tool, also adj. 2. a fine grade of wool from

merino sheep. pickthank (pik'thank) or sycophant,

ty-

phylogeny

(fr-16j'9n-e) n. evolution

of a race or related organisms (ontogeny is the evolution of the individual organism). physagogue (Hs's-gog) n.&adj. carminative, or medicine to in-

duce

farting.

physlanthropy the study of

(fiz-i-an'thro-pe) n.

human

disease and

related remedies.

physiolatry

nature

(fiz-i-ol's-tre) n.

phytivorous

(fT-tiv'6r-9s)

adj.

piacular (pT-ak'u-br)

requir-

adj.

n.

a dance step for

horses.

planteric (pe-an-ter'ik) n. fattening food, piantic (pe-an'tik) adj.

pightel.

pignoratitious.

pawned;

adj.

-v.t.

(pT-a'shsn)

n.

pllgarllc (pil-gor'lik)

atoning

n.

plllkia (pe-le-ke's) (Hawaiian).

pawn

to

or

a bald head

or

trouble

n.

pililoo (pil-e-loo') interj.&n. a hunting cry of distress.

pllledow (pil'dou)

fattened for slaughter.

priest (peeled

=

a n. bald

tonsured H-

daw =

blackbird).

expiating.

piblokto (pib-lok'to)

n.

1.

a

form of

2.

1.

strange foods.

a/.

manic deEskimo women.

arctic rabies. pression among

pica (pT'ks)

Chinese duck

n.

eggs aged in brine. pifferaro (pif-sr-or'o) n. a piffero player (the piffero being a cross between an oboe and a bagpipe). pightle (pT'tsl) n. a small field, also

that looks like peeled garlic.

ing expiation; very bad, sinful.

plation

into a bouquet.

pidan (pe-d6n')

mortgage.

vegetable-eating.

plaffer (pya'fsr)

a flatterer

-v.t. to get by sycophancy. picqueter (pik'a-tur) n. someone who bunches artificial flowers

pignorate (pig'nor-at)

worship.

n.

to curry favor.

-v./.

2.

the craving for

one-sixth of an

inch (printing).

picaroon (pik-9-roon') pirate, or pirate ship.

n.

a thief,

-v./.

to act

pilliwinks (pil'e-winks) n.pl. an old instrument of torture for the

thumbs and

fingers.

piloerection (prio-e-rek 'sh^n) n. hair standing on end. pilon (pe-lon') n. a kickback given customers who pay their bills. pilose (pT'los) adj. hairy; covered with soft hair.

like a pirate, -v.t. to pirate.

piccadlll

an ingenious,

(pik'9-dil) n. 1. a seventeenth-century collar for a

pilpul

decollete dress. 2. a nineteenth-

ment, especially Talmudic study. pimola (pim-o'b) n. an

century wing collar for men. also Piccadilly.

pickedevant (pik"9-de-vant') n. a Van Dyke beard. pickelhaube (pik'sl-hou'^bs) n. the man; made;

let;

(pil'pool)

hair-splitting,

n.

penetrating in

argu-

Jewish

olive stuffed

with sweet pepper; a stuffed olive. pinacotheca (prn"3-ko-the'k9) n. a picture gallery.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'msn"; viN; fur; Bacfi

pinag pinag (pe-n6g')

temporary lake

a

n.

of flood water. pinchback (pinch'bak)

coverer,

who

died

n.

imita-

1.

1732).

in

(pln'cham)

piscary

blue

the

n.

(pinch'pin)

married

woman who 2.

(pin'da)

piscatology

\.

n.

a

1.

pismlrism (prs'mTr-iz"9m)

adj.

1.

adj. fatty, pinguid, fatty

and

rich

pinguescent, adj.

fattening.

pinxit (pinks'it) "she [he] painted

used after

artist's

piobaireachd (pe'o-ber-echt")

n.

highland bagpipe,

pithecological (pith"e-ko-16j'i-k9l) adj.

man (French slang). piperitious (pip-sr-ish'as) adj. pep-

pithlatism

(pith'i-9-tiz"9m)

or

with loud reverberation. (plang'sr-as) adj. wail-

ing.

planlloquent (plan-il'o-kwant)

pipsissewa

(pip-sis'e-w6)

n.

pianlstethic

n.

urge to

(pla-no-ma'ni-9)

live a

bohemian

n.

life.

(plant'i-grad)

adj.

digitigrade.

plantocracy (plant~6k'r9-se) n. government by planters; planters as a ruling class.

the

last

plastron (plas'tron) breastplate.

let;

adj.

walking on the soles of the feet, as bears and humans, opposite of

resort.

man; made;

(plan-is-teth'ik)

fiat-chested.

herb used as a diuretic. (pes-a-la')

a barefoot

n.

person, -adj. barefoot.

a

an

adj.

straight talking.

plantigrade

wooden tub with

n.

placopiiobia (plak-o-f6'bi-9) n. fear of tombstones. plangent (plan'jant) adj. sounding

piping,

horizontal handle.

of

pizzie (piz'sl) n. a whip made of an animal's penis; the penis itself.

pipkin (pip'kin) n. a ceramic pot with a horizontal handle; a

pl8-alier

the study

to

forceful suggestion.

planomania

pery.

piggin,

pertaining

apes.

an infantry-

adj.

having

(pis-tdl's-je) n. the study

planiped (plan'i-ped)

(pip'e-ant) chirping.

adj.

of faith.

also

pibroch.

pipient

petty

with a young wife. pure, genuine; pertaining to faith.

a

traditional dirge, with variations,

n.

n.

said of an old

erection:

plangorous

pioupiou (pu-pu')

n.

pistic (pis'tik) adj.

signature

(Latin).

the

false

pistology

pinguedinous (ping-gwed'in-9s)

for

a

per-

unrestrained poetry, like that of Greek poet, Pindar. 2. irregular or unrestrained, -n. pindaric poetry.

[it]":

piss-proud (pls'proud)

the

2.

taining to elaborate, irregular, or

soil),

(pis-ks-tdl's-je)

man

a ball of rice

Hindu ancestors. West Indian peanut.

(applied to

a

pisclcapturlst (pis"i-kap'ch9r-Ist) n. a fisherman. pismire (pis'mir) n. an ant.

on

insists

offered to

Pindaric (pin-dar'ik)

2.

science of fishing.

a prostitute. n.

fishing

1.

saving.

pinchpin

her rights.

n.

place for fishing.

European titmouse.

pinda

(p!s'k9-re)

privileges in another's waters.

tion gold made from an alloy of copper and zinc. 2. something phony; a cheap imitation (from Christopher Pinchbeck, its dis-

pinchem

plastron

62

2.

a?.

1.

a metal

the lower part of a

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

163

plateresque turtle shell. 3. trim for the front

of a woman's dress. 4. a man's starched shirt front.

plateresque

(plat-ur-esk') adj. like

ornate silver work. platitudinarian (plat"i-tood-in-6r'i3n) adj.&n. full of platitudes; speaking platitudes. plebicolist (ple-bik'o-list) n. someone who woos the common

an instrument to measure and record the force of blows pleionosis (ple-6n-o'sis) n. exaggeration of one's own imporn.

tance.

fear

(ploo"vi-o-fo'bi-9)

n.

of rain or of being rained

upon.

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis (noo'mo-noul"tr9-mTk-r6-sk6p'ik-sir'i-ko-

pneun. moconiosis caused by the inhalation of silicate or quartz dust. vol-ka"no-ko-ni-o'sis)

(nT-go-fo'bi-9) n. fear

of choking, as during sleep.

pochette (po-shef)

/?.

1.

a

thin

transparent envelope for keeping stamps. 2. a small violin. pococurante (po'ko-koo-ron'ta)

nonchalant, indifferent, -n. a nonchalant or indifferent person.

adj.

plenary (ple'na-re)

adj.

1.

entire,

complete, absolute. 2. all present, as in a meeting. 3. having full powers.

pleniloquence (ple-nil'o-kwsns)

n.

peculation (pok-u-la'shsn)

n.

wine-

(pok'u-li-form")

adj.

bibbing.

poculiform cup-shaped.

podobromhidrosis

excessive talking.

pleonastic (ple-6-nas'tik)

adj. per-

taining to oral or written repeti-

(pod"6-brom-

hi-dro'sis) n. smelly feet.

poecilonymy

(pe-sil-6n'9-me)

the use of several

tiousness.

pleonexia (ple-o-neks'1-9) n. covetousness, avarice; mania for acplexiform (pleks'i-form)

adj. like a

network; comiplicated. plicate (pirkat) adj. folded like a

names

for

n.

one

thing.

poger

(po'jur)

n.

passive

a

homosexual (hobo

quiring possessions.

male

cant).

pogoniasis (po-gan-T's-sis) n. bearded: said of men and women, also pogoniate, adj.

pogonip

fan.

plumassier (ploo-mos-ya') n. someone who makes or sells ornamental feathers.

plumbeous stupid;

self-registering rain gauge.

pluviophobia

pnigophobia

folk.

plegometer (ple-gom'a-tur)

lead;

poikilothymia

(plum'be-9s)«^/. l.like leaden. 2. dull, heavy,

plumbean. (plum'bum)

plumbum bol Pb.,

atomic

n.

in

the

filling

padout sunken cheeks. n.pl.

plutomania (ploo-to-ma'ni-a) mania for money. pluviograph (ploo'vi-o-graf) n. man; made;

pogonology

let;

n.

a

(po-go-nol'a-je)

creative

(poi-e'sis)

power or

this;

a

n.

creation;

ability.

poikilothermal

(poi'kil-othur'mal) adj. cold-blooded; poik ilo thermic, poik ilo thermous. poikilothymia (poi"kil-o-thT'mi-9)

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

n.

on beards. pogonotom\\ (-n6t'9-me) n. cutting of the beard; shaving, pogonotrophy, n. beard-growing. treatise

poiesis

series.

plumpers (plum'psrz) ding for

sym-

lead,

number eighty-two

(p6g'9-nip) n. an icy winter fog producing pneumonia when inhaled, peculiar to the Sierra Nevadas in the West.

year; azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

poilu n. extreme changes of mood. poilu (pwo-loo') n. a man of great strength and courage (French = hairv man).

poitrei (poi'tr^l)

man

for

1.

//.

a breastplate

or beast. 2. a stomacher.

pokelocken (pok'lo"k9n) or inlet; a

marshy

polder (pol'dar) from the sea.

//.

bay

a

pombe

(p5m'ba)

pomology

//.

a Tibetan chief.

(po-m^l's-je)

ponent

(po'nsnt) adj. western; oc-

cidental.

poniard (pon'ysrd)

ponophobia

n.

a thin dagger.

(p6n-o-fo'bi-9)

pontacq (pon'tak)

n.

wine of

a

pontage

(pon'taj) n. a bridge toll.

pontificalibus n.pl.

(pon-tif'i-kari-bas)

one's official uniform.

pont-levis (p6N-le-ve')

tion. /?.

its

an animal horns. 2. an 1.

Edwardian counterfeit

coin. 3. a

pruned tree. 4. coarse bran or wheat flour, -v.t. 1. to prune a tree. 2. to kill [rabbits] by feeding them poisoned grain. severely

pollaver

fear

n.

southern France.

poliosis (p61-i-o'sis) n. premature graying of the hair. pollage (po'bj) n. a poll tax; extor-

pollard (pol'ard) that has lost

fruit

n.

growing.

0^ overworking.

place.

land reclaimed

n.

pornolagnia

164

(pol-av'^r)

n.

fawning

behavior; gross flattery. pollicitation (p61-is"i-ta'sh9n) n. 1. an unaccepted offer. 2. a promise.

a

n.

draw-

bridge.

pootly-nautch (poot'le-noch)

n.

a

children's puppet show.

popekin (pop'kin)

n. a little pope (a term of contempt). popinal (p6p'in-9l) adj. pertaining

to bars or restaurants.

popinary (p6p'in-er"e)

n.

a

fry-

n.

bar-

cook.

popination (pop-in-a'shsn) hopping. n.

one who

speaks a strange or language (Nahuatl).

foreign

polyandrous (pol-i-an'drss) adj. having more than one husband or mate at a time.

popoloco

polychrestic

adj.

poppa-stopper (p6p'9-st6p"9r) n. 1. one who commits sexual acts

a un-

with one's father. 2. an affectionate term, also poppa-stoppa,

useful for

(pol-i-kres'tik)

many

reasons.

polyhistor (pol-i-his'tor)

n.

scholar; a thoroughly educated person. polylemma (pol-i-lem's) n. a dilemma with three or more iversal

the

use

of

(p6r'i-me-to'ki-9)

many

participles

n.

or

participial phrases.

adj.

one

ancestor.

adj.

let;

wrecked Coleridge's thought during the writing of Kubla Khan). pornerastic (por-nur-as'tik) adj. train of

licentious,

lascivious,

lewd, and

horny.

(por-nok'rs-se)

government by prostitutes. pornolagnia (por-no-lag'ni-s)

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp; This;

in-

man from

desire for prostitutes.

good; food; out; get; thin;

n.

Porlock

pornocracy

sive eating.

polyphyletic (p6r'i-fT-let'ik) derived from more than

(p6r"i-o-ma'ni-9)

wanderlust. trusive, interrupting (a

polymicrian (pol-i-mlk'ri-sn) adj. compact. polyphagia (pol-i-fa'ji-9) n. exces-

man; made;

poppa-loppa.

poriomania

porlockian (por-lok'i-an)

equally undesirable solutions. (po-lil's-je) n. wordiness.

polylogy

polymetochia

(po-po-lo'ko)

year; azure; o'man"; viN; fur;

Bach

n.

n.

porraceous porraceous

pralltriller

165

(por-a'shss) adj. leek-

porrect (por-ekt')

v.t.

out horizontally.

present for

2. to

porte-cochere (p6rt-ko-sher') n. a gateway big enough for cars to drive into the courtyard.

portmanteau (p6rt-mon-t5')

1.

a7.

a

large suitcase. 2. a clothes rack; a

poteen

jiz"9m) n. a portmanteau, or blend word. posada (po-s6'do) n. a hotel or inn (Spanish). positron (poz'i-tron) n. the posi-

subatomic

tive electron, a

n.

moonshine, also

potichomania (po"ti-sho-ma'ni-3) n. the craze for imitating porcelain by coating the inside of glassware, potichomanist, n. potomaniac (po-to-ma'ni-ak) n. an

parti-

potsherd (pot'shurd) bit

of crockery (pot

potvaliant courageous potvaliant

(po-sol's-je) n. the science of quantitative dosing; dosology.

after

a short

/7.

1

.

a marginal note.

homily on a scriptural

postliminium (post-lim-in'i-sm) n. when a war prisoner returns to her own country and original the right by which cap-

ak'mi-9m)

n.

(

life

drinking). n. an informal conference (French pour = for + parler = to speak). pouze (pooz) n. refuse from cider-

making.

post- men after the

menopause.

postpartum (post-por'tsm)

n.

pozzuolana. (pots-wo-l6n'6) n. \. loosely compacted volcanic rock. 2. mortar made of lime and vol-

after

canic dust found near Pozzuoli,

adj.

Italy. 3. any finely ground cement produced by mixing lime and vol-

childbirth, also adj.

postprandial (post-pran'di-sl)

canic ash.

after dinner; postcibal.

postremogeniture (pos-tre'moultimogeniture, or the right of the youngest-born.

pozzy-wallah

jam

jen'i-tyur) n.

(po-toj-re')

n.

adj.

pertain-

ing to rivers or river navigation.

potamophilous man; made;

n.

(pre-tor'i-sn)

adj.

corruption.

2.

pertaining

to

Roman

1.

a

emperor's bodyguard. pralltriller (prol'trir'sr) n. an inverted mordent (music).

be; sip; wine; hot; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

a

pertaining to the Roman praetor or magistrate, famed for political

(p6t-9-m6f'il-9s)

let;

(po'ze-wor's)

lover (British slang).

praetorian

garden

vegetables and herbs; kitchen garden, also potagery.

potamic (po-tam'ik)

1.

pourparler (pobr-p6r-la')

returned.

is

postmenacmium

n.

determined by

pourboire (pobr-bwor') n. a tip. (French pour = for -h boire =

passage; a collection of such.

tured property

eligibility

sea cook.

dinner; postprandial. postil (pos'til)

(pofval'^ysnt) adj. when drunk, -n. a person, also pot-

one who boils (wallops) her own pot, or maintains her own household. 2. one who cleans pots; a

posology

adj.

shard).

H-

valiant.

voting

(post-sT'bal)

a broken

n.

potwalloper (p6t'w6r'9p-ur)

cle.

potagerie

(po-ten')

alcoholic.

portmantologism (port-man-tora-

status;

pertain-

potheen.

hanger.

2.

adj.

ing to or addicted to drinking.

to stretch

1.

examination (ecclesiastical law).

postcibal

river-loving.

adj.

potatory (po't3-t6r"e)

green.

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

pranayama

pranayama (prSn-a-yd'ma)

n.

strenuous Yoga exercises and breath control. pratal (pra'tal) adj. pertaining to, growing, or living in meadows. pratincolous (prS-ting'ko-bs) adj. living in meadows. pratiloma (prat-il-o'ma) adv. not

according to custom: said of Hindu marriages in which women marry men of a lower class.

pratityasamutpada

(prat-et"y9-s9-

mdt)t-p6'd6) n. the chain of causation (Hindu philosophy). pravity (prav'i-te) n. physical deformity. praxiology (praks-e-dl'^-je) n. the study of human conduct, also praxeology.

preagonal

(pre-ag'an-sl) adj. just

before death.

preantepenultimate p6n-urti-m9t) from last.

(pre-^n''te-

fourth

n.&adj.

abruptly, as

bitten off. -n. the

if

blue scabious.

premundane

(pre-mun'dan)

one who

n.

world; antetnundane.

prender (pr^n'dar) n. the right of taking something without its. being offered (law).

preominate (pre-6m'in-at)

(pre-sT'bal)

before

adj.

publish.

2. to

v.t.

commend

(pre-da'shsn)

1.

to

publicly. n.

a car-

nivorous animal. (pre'dsl)

adj.

plundering,

presbyophrenia

(praz"be-o-fre'ni-

female senility marked by loss of memory, disorientation.

9) n.

prescind in

dually,

v.t. to separate consider indivito abstract oneself,

(pre-sind')

thought; -v./.

to

both with from. pr§te-nom (pret'nom)

one who

n.

lends her name.

preterient (pre-tir'i-9nt) adj. tranpreterist

(pret'ur-ist)

\. (pre-hen'shsn) n. seizing, grasping. 2. taking pos-

someone

n.

v.t.

1.

n.

preterpluperfect

(pre"tur-ploo-

pur'fekt) adj.

past perfect, in

2.

1.

more than

perfect

(humorous).

priapean

(prT-9-pe'9n) adj. phallic,

(pre-joo'dikat"n9s) n. the process of being decided beforehand; preconcep-

priapism

tion; prejudice.

prickmadam (prik'mad"9m)

prejudicateness

premenacmium life

(pre-men-ak'mibefore menstruation

premial (pre'mi-9l)

adj.

like a re-

n.

per-

low, used

spreading in

n.

a

mosslike herb

gardens, also pricket.

adj.

goody-goody,

-n.

a goody-

goody person.

ward. (pre-mors') adj.

ended

pridian (prid'i-9n)

adj. pertaining to

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp; food; out; get; thin; fhis; year; azure; o'm9n"; viN; fur; Bacfi

man; made; good;

(prT'9-prz"9m)

and

painful erection, usually the result of a disease. sistent

prickmedainty (prlk-me-dan'te)

begins.

premorse

to

pass over; to neglect. 2. to interrupt or break off. pretermission,

also priapic.

session.

n.

re-

in

is

living the past, also adj.

grammar.

pillaging, predatory.

prehension

9m)

adj.

before dinner; precibal. prepuce (pre'pus) n. the foreskin.

pretermit (pre-tur-mit')

dinner; preprandial.

preconize (pre'ko-nlz)

predacean

to

v.t.

prophesy by omens. preprandial (pre-prSn'di-al)

whose main pleasure

prays.

precibal

adj.

existing before the creation of the

sient.

precant (pre'kant)

predal

pridian

166

let;

proiapse

167

prie-dieu

preprandial hand-washing. (pro'kro-niz/'sm) the dating of an event before

the day before yesterday.

(pre-dyu')

prie-dieu

prayer

a

n.

prochronism

desk.

primipara (prlm-ip'a-rs)

woman

having her

primogeniture

a

n.

(prl-mo-jen'i-tyur)

(prin'seps)

adj.

(from Procrustes, legendary Greek robber, who stretched or

first,

original: used especially of a first

one who is first, as the head of state. princox (prin'k6ks) n. a conceited dandy; a fop, coxcomb.

severed his victims' legs to

edition, -n.

Prisciliianist

(pris-il'yan-ist)

n.

a

follower of Priscillian, bishop of Avila; a Montanist or member of an ascetic Christian sect of the

second century. prisiadka (pres-y6d'k6) n. a Russian dance performed by men alternately extending a leg from a

proa

(pro's) n. a

Malaysian

procryptic

(pro-krip'tik) adj. camoufiaged. proctalgia (prok-tal'ji-s) n. a pain in

the ass. also rectalgia.

procumbent (pro-kum'bant) lying or kneeling with face prostrate.

secrets.

taining to

proedria

Greek

a pater-

grand-

father's sister.

probang (pro'bang)

n. a thin rod with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the es-

adj.

down;

proditorious (prod-i-tor'i-ss) adj. traitorous; prone to give away

sailing

outrigger.

proamita (pro-am'i-ts) n. nal great-aunt; your

his

fit

bed).

prodromai (prod'ro-mal)

squatting position.

adj.

pertaining to the act of forcing submissiveness or conformity

state of being the first-born.

n.

princeps

it

occurs.

Procrustean (pro-krus'te-an)

first child.

n.

first

(pr6-ed'ri-9)

per-

ancient

n.

hospitality

V.I.P's:

adj.

signs of a disease.

to

front-row

visiting

seats

for

sports and dramatic events. proemial (pro-e'mi-sl) adj. intro-

ductory, prefatory. profectitious (pro-fek-tish'ss) adj. pertaining to inherited property.

ophagus.

probouleutic (pro-boo-loo'tik) adj. pertaining to preliminary de-

proficuous (pro-fik'u-9s) progenerate

liberation.

procacious (pro-ka'shss) pudant; petulant.

proceieusmatic

intelligence,

(pros"e-loosanimating; en-

mat'ik) adj. 1. couraging. 2. composed of four short syllables. proceiious {pxb-st\'^s)adj. stormy. procerity (pro-ser'i-te) n. tallness;

(pro-jen'sr-at)

n.

a

person with superior talent and

im-

adj.

adj.

profitable, useful.

-adj.

-v.t.

procreate.

to

becoming superior

to one's

peers.

progeria

(pro-jir'i-s) n.

premature

senility.

prognathous

(prog'na-thus)

adj.

prochniai (pr5k'ni-9l) adj. relating to submission or kneeling.

having a protruding jaw. projicient (pro-jish'snt) adj. helping an organism fit into its environment (psychology).

prochoos

proiapse (pro'laps)

height.

(pr5'ko-6s)

n.

an

old

Greek vase containing water man; made;

let;

for

n.

the collapse

of an internal organ,

-v./.

to fall

be; sip; wine; h(5t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

prolegeron

168

or slip forward, down, or out.

prolegeron

(pro-Iej'9r-6n)

protervity

the

n.

.

ianism

(pro-tur'vi-te)

n.

petulance. n.

(pro-b-gom'sn-a)

wedding song. prothonotary (pro-th6n'o-ter"e)

n.

a

a

prolegomena

preliminary remarks; long n.

anticipa-

(pro-toj'sn-al) adj. pertaining to primitive creatures.

protreptic (pro-trep'tik)

tion.

proletaneous (pr6-b-tan'i-9s)

adj.

having man> children. prolicide (pro'li-sTd) n. the killing of offspring.

prolusion

(pro-loo'zan)

rehearsal,

prelude.

2.

n.

a

1.

(pro'no-val'sns)

n.

n.

adj.

pertain-

(pro-so-fo'bi-a)

n.

a

n.

fear o^ or aversion to progress.

(pros-o-p6g'r9-fe)

facial or physical description.

(pro-so'po-lep"se)

favorably

n.

from

their looks.

prosopolethy (pr6"zo-po-le'the) inability to remember faces.

n.

prosopopy

(pr6s'o-p6p"e) n. the personification of inanimate ob-

jects.

protasis (prot's-sis) a7. 1. a maxim. 2. an introduction to a play.

protean (pro'te-^n)

adj.

infinitely

(sal'mo-de)

n.

psalm-

singing; psalms, collectively.

(sam'as)^^/ sandy.

(sa-fon'ik) adj. planning one's rise to fame. pschutt (pshoot) adj. overly chic.

psellismophobia

(sel-iz'mo-fo'bi-

fear of stuttering.

9) n.

psephology

(se-fol'a-je) n. the study of elections, psephologist,

n.

psephomancy

(se'f6-man"se)

n.

fortunetelling with pebbles.

pseudandry

(soo'dan"dre)

male use of

a

n.

fe-

male pseudonym.

see p.seudogyny.

pseudautochiria (sood-6t"o-kT'ri9) n. murder disguised as suicide, see pseudophonia.

pseudepigraphous signed

(soo-ds-pig'rswith a phony

pseudepisematic

(soo-ep''i-s9-

f9s)

adj.

name. mat'ik) adj. an animal colored to look like its prey or its surroundings.

pseudoantidisestablishmentar-

variable; versatile.

let;

gars.

psalmody

psaphonic

crawling forward. prosonomasia (pr6z"o-no-ma'zi-9) n. use of a humorous modification of a person's name.

man; made;

(pro~or-it'ik)

psammous

preparatory instruction.

propale (pro-pal') \\t. to disclose. propugnation (pro-pug-na'shsn) means of defense; vindication. proreption (pro-rep'shan) n.

people

pruritic

a

prushun (prush'sn) n. a young boy who begs for a man; a male homosexual who lives with beg-

propaedeutics (pro-pe-du'tiks)

prosopolepsy

(pr6ks'3n-et) n. marriage broker; a procurer.

move

to

have sexual intercourse a prone position only.

prosopography

proxenete

out visible cause. v./.

ability to

prosophobia

per-

ing to or producing itching with-

majestically; prance.

pronovalence

adj.

suasive; doctrinal. provine (pro-vTn') v.t. to layer.

an intro-

ductory essay.

pronken (prong'ksn)

judging

a legal or religious clerk.

protogenal

introductions.

prolepsis (pro-lep'sis)

n.

.

prothalamion (pro-th3-la'mi-6n)

in

life.

in

.

woman's

childbearing period

n.pL

pseudoanti

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

pseudocyesis

puissant

69

ianism (soo"d6-an-le-dis"es-tablish-m9nl-er'i-9n-iz"9m) n. phony

anguish.

psychasthenia

opposition to the withdrawal of state support from an established church.

pseudocyesis false

(soo"do-sT-e'sis)

pregnancy,

pseudogyny

psychrolusia bathing

n.

women.

(sood-oj'in-e)

n.

male

n.

(sT-kro-ther'9-pe)

(sT'kur-je)

mental

n.

energy.

pseudologist

n.

a

(soo'do-man"se)

n.

(sood-dl's-jist)

psywar (sT'wor) n. PSYchological WARfare. ptarmic (tor'mik) adj. snot-

liar.

pseudomancy

fraudulent

consciously

promoting; sternutatory, errhine. a substance that induces

fortune-

-n.

telling.

pseudomania

(soo-do-ma'ni-9)

sneezing.

n.

pteric (ter'ik) wings.

adj.

pteronophobia

(ter-o"n9-fo'bi-9) n.

neurotic assumption of guilt by

an innocent party. pseudomnesia (soo-dom-ne'zi-s) n. memory for things that never happened.

pseudophonia

(soo-do-fo'ni-s)

ptochocracy

a private or secret entrance.

empty

talk.

the falling out

of hair; depilation.

psilosopher

(sMos'o-fsr)

n.

ptochogony

a

pucelage

whispering

n.

a sys-

(pu's9-lij) n. virginity.

(pud) A7. 1. a child's hand; an animal's forefoot (British slang). 2. the penis (U.S. slang). pudency (pu'dsn-se) n. modesty; extreme prudishness. pudent, pudic, pudical, adj.

puericulture (pu'sr-i-kul'^char) 1. bringing up children.

n.

2.

prenatal care. a hair

n.

puerperium

(pa"ur-pir'i-9m)

n.

childbirth; labor in childbirth.

(sith'9-riz"9m)

sound,

n.

a

of

wind

adj.

par-

as

leaves.

psittaceous

(to-kog'sn-e)

pud

remover.

psithurism

n.

tem of producing beggars or

superficial philosopher.

psilothrum (sT-lo'thram)

(to-kok'rs-se)

poverty.

(soo"do-rom"bi-ku"b6k-t9he'drsn) n. an Archimedean solid with twenty-six faces. pseudothyrum (soo-do-thrrum) n. (sT-lol's-je) n.

to

government by the poor.

pseudorhombicuboctahedron

(sT-lo'sis) n.

pertaining

fear of being tickled by feathers.

n.

suicide disguised as murder, see pseudautochiria.

among

n.

ment.

pseudandry.

psilosis

(sT-kro-loo'si-s)

cold water.

the use of cold in medical treat-

psychurgy

use of a female pseudonym, see

psilology

in

psychrotherapy

occur-

usually

ring in older, childless

(sT-kas-the'ni-s) n.

neurotic lassitude, indecision; doubts, tics, and phobias.

(si-ta'shas)

pugil

(pu'jil) n. a pinch that can be held between the thumb and the

first two fingers. puisne (pu'ne) adj.

sequent.

rotlike.

psomophagy swallowing

(s6-mof'9-je)

food

thorough chewing. psychalgia (sT-karji-s)

man; made;

let;

puissant (pu'i-ssnt) potent,

n,

feeble,

1.

later,

mental

strong,

3.

adj.

powerful,

masterful, auth-

oritative.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

sub-

unskilled.

junior; younger or inferior (law).

n.

without

2.

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

puist puist (pust) adj. cumstances.

pukka tic.

in

comfortable

cir-

(puk'3) adj. 1. real, authensuperior, also pucka.

2.

pule (pijl) v.i. to whine. pulicous (pu'li-k3s) adj. pertaining to or abounding with fleas. pullulant (pul'u-bnt) adj. sprouting or budding. pultaceous (pul-ta'shas)^^/ pulpy; semifluid.

pulvil (pul'vil) 2.

snuff,

powder

n.

sachet powder.

1.

put

to

-v./.

sachet

bleachers.

punaluan

(poo-no-loo'an) adj. marriage in which like

marries like (brothers wed

sisters,

etc.).

puncheon dagger.

(pun'chan)

2.

n.

1.

1

.

spotted (medicine).

pundigrion

private piece of public land.

purpuraceous

(pur-pu-ra'shas) purpurescent, adj. purplish, or tinged with purple. purseproud (purs'proud) adj. arrogant and haughtily proud of one's wealth.

(pun-dig'ri-an)

n.

a

putage

of

(pu'tsj) n. prostitution, also

putanism. putative (pij'ts-tiv)

honor

(Spanish

n.

de

adj.

^

putschist (pooch'ist) participates

up-

ture and painting. puttock (put'sk) n. 1. the European kite; the buzzard; the marsh

greedy

a

2.

person;

a

sponger.

putz (puts)

1.

A2.

a creche. 2. the

penis.

(pu-nish'ss) adj. bright

pygal

(pT'gal) adj. pertaining to the

buttocks.

(pun-ol's-je) n. punning.

(punk-et'6)

n.

pygophilous pyknic

(pu-pil-^r'i-te)

n.

the

years before puberty.

purblind (pur'blTnd)

adj.

1.

partly

blind. 2. lacking insight or under-

short and adj. endomorphic (pertaining to a body type). pylon (pT'lon) n. 1. a truncated Egyptian pyramid serving as an

entrance

standing.

purfle (pur'fsl)

man; made;

(pik'nik)

stocky;

purdah

(pur'ds) n. a screen or its material for hiding women from the public (India). n.

way.

monument.

3.

an

2.

entrance

a tower for sup-

porting a long span of wire. pyretic (pT-ret'ik) adj. pertaining to

an ornamental

let;

(pT-g6ril-9s) adj. but-

tock-loving.

a prosti-

tute.

pupillarity

one who

putti (poo'te) n.pl. cupids in sculp-

red; purplish red.

punnology punquetto

n.

popular

a

in

rising, or putsch.

honor).

puniceous

supposed,

putrilage (pQ'tri-bj) n. that which is being putrefied, putrilaginous,

a point

punto

adj.

alleged, reputed.

harrier.

(pdon-do-nor')

(purs'i-nes) n. vainglor-

iousness.

pun.

pundonor

purple,

adj.

a

a barrel. 3. a carved

stamp used by goldsmiths. 4. a split log with a smooth face. 5. a marble-working tool. punctate (punk'tat) adj. pointed. 2.

border or trim. purlicue (pur'li-ku) n. 1. the space between the thumb and extended forefinger. 2. a curlicue at the end of a word. purpresture (pur-pr^s'char) n. a

pursiness

on.

pulvinar (pul-vT'nar) adj. cushionlike, -n. cushioned seat in 3.

group

pyretic

170

fever; febrile,

-n.

a

remedy

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

for

pyriform

skeptic).

fever.

pyriform

pyx

171

(pir'i-form)

pear-

adj.

red hair, pyrrhotist,

shaped.

pyrography

(pT-r6g'r3-fe) n. creat-

ing designs by burning; the crea-

pysmatic (piz-mat'ik)

n.

having

n.

adj. pertain-

ing to questioning; always asking

questions.

tion itself.

pyrolagnia (pT-ro-lag'ni-a) n. sexual stimulation from watching fires.

pyromancy

pyrrhotism (pir'o-tiz"9m)

(pT'ro-man"se)

tunetelling with

n.

for-

let;

ciborium.

pyx

fire.

pyrrhonist (pir'o-nist) n. a skeptic (from Pyrrho, a 365 B.C. Greek

man; made;

pythogenic (pT-tho-jen'ik) adj. coming from garbage. pyx (piks) n. 1. the Host case or 2.

a

ship's

binnacle.

chest, a case for British coins

being tested for weight and quality,

also

v./.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

qabbalah

(ko-bol'o)

n.

an occult

1.

interpretation of the Bible

among

Jews and medieval Chris-

certain

mysticism, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabtians.

also

occultism,

2.

cabala,

bala.

qadi (kod'e)

n.

administers

a

Moslem judge who

religious

law.

also

(kor-s-koKpak)

n.

Turkish people of central Asia or their language, also Karakalpak. qasida (ko-se'do) n. an Arabic

poem.

qcepo

(kse'po)

a

form of the

parasitic disease, leishmaniasis.

qebhsnauf (keb'snouf) hawk-headed

son

of

n. the Egyptian

god, Horus.

the night heron, see

ished. v./.

to

choke or

suffocate (slang).

quacksalver (kwak'sal'Vsr)

a

n.

charlatan, quack. quaddle (kwod'al) v./. to grumble. a

grumbler (British

dialect).

quadrable (kwod'rs-bsl)

may

quadragesimal adj.

adj.

that

be squared (mathematics). 1.

(kwod-ra-jes'i-mal)

consisting

of

forty.

2.

(cap.) pertaining to or used dur-

qhythsontyd (kwith'san-tld)

n.

ob-

form of Whitsuntide (Whit Sunday, the seventh Sunday after

solete

Easter).

ing

Lent.

-n.

a

forty-day

fast;

Lenten sermon or offering.

quadrennial

(kwod-ren'i-sl)

adj.

four years; happening once every four years, -n. a fouryear period; a four-year anniverlasting

qintar (kin-tor') n. money equaling 1/100 lek or 1/5000 U.S. dollar, also qindar (Albania). qoph (koO n. the nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, also koph, coph.

man; made;

1.

quawk. 2. quagmire. quaa (kwo) n. a quagmire, also qua, quaw. quab (kwob) n. 1. the eelpout or gudgeon; any similar small fish. 2. something immature or unfin-

-n. n.

adv. as; in the capacity or

role of. -n.

quackle (kwak'ai)

cadi, kadi, kadhi, qazi.

Qaraqalpaq

qua (kwo)

let;

sary.

quadrlfurcatlon (kw6d"ri-furka'shan)

n.

separating or branch-

ing into four parts.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

quadrigamist

1

quadrlgamist (kw6d-rlg'3-mlst) n. someone who has married four times; someone with four husbands or wives at the same time.

quadrimum (kw6d-rT'-mum)

n.

quatercousin

74

heave or palpitate. (kwa-kw9-vur's3l) adj. turning or dipping in every direction; dipping from the center toward all points of the compass, as a dome. -n. a quaquaversal dome or ridge, quaquaverpain.

a

four-year-old wine; an excellent wine, according to Horace (short for quadrimum me rum). quaedam (kwe'dSm) n.

sally, adv. (geology).

deroga-

Quaequae (kwa'kwa)

-v./.

n.s.&pl.

a

tribe of Hottentots.

quaesitum (kwe-sT'tam)

n.

1.

ob-

jective; end. 2. the true value of a

quantity (mathematics).

quaestor (kwes'tor) judiciary

quar (kwor)

woman.

tory term for a

ancient

of

official

Rome. qaaestuary (kwes'choo-er"e)

deep-red apple. quarentene (kw6r'9n-ten)

n.

a fur-

quarl (kworl) n. a curved fire brick used to support melting pots for zinc. -n.

a jellyfish,

-v./.

to cur-

dle.

quartan (kwor'tan)

adj.

happening

every fourth day; pertaining to

quagga

(kwag's)

the wild ass of

n.

the

South Africa. n.

fever that

-v./.

2. a

ther measure. quarternight (kwor'tsr-nlt) n. halfway between sundown and mid-

a

to dig for qua-

night.

quarterpace (kwor'tar-pas)

hogs.

quaintise (kwan'tis)

n.

staircase platform

ingenuity,

cunning; a trick or stratagem.

quakebuttock (kwak'but"6k)

n.

n.

the

first

per-

n.

a

quartodeciman (kwor-to-des'Imsn) n. member of an early Christian sect who observed Passover.

quasihemidemisemiquaver (kwa"sT-hem-e-dem"e-sem-ekwa'v9r) n. a 128th note, according to British musical notation. for other quavers, see quaver.

quatercentenary (kwa-tur-sen'tan-

small quantity. n.

1.

er'e) n. a

something which

man; made;

let;

be; sip; wine;

n.

a

fourth cousin or distant relative; a close friend, also catercousin.

soft

good; food; out; g^t; thin; this;

400th anniversary.

quatercousin (ka't9r-kuz"9n)

ground. a throb or palpitation, as of

quakes or heaves, as

a

stair

turns at a right angle, see half-

son seen after leaving the house (Isle of Man). quannet (kw6n'9t) n. a planelike file used in making combs. quant (kw5nt) n. a punting pole. 'V.t.&i. to punt, or to be punted, with a quant (British).

quantulum (kw6n'choo-lum)

n.

where the

pace.

a

coward.

qualtagh (kwdl'tok)

re-

meas-

thick-

n.

American or North At-

quap (kwSp)

a

ure equaling one-fourth of ano-

quahog (kwo'hog) lantic clam.

-n.

a quivering, as

jelly.

shelled

fourth,

turns every fourth day.

quaggle (kwag'al)

2.

a

n.

long; a rood.

fit.

of

or block.

fill

quarenden (kwdr'an-dan)

adj.

done or performed for money, -n. someone who looks first to pro-

v.t.&i. to

to curdle.

quardeel (kor-daf) n. a cask used by Dutch whalers, also cardel.

military or

n.

to

-v./.

quaquaversal

\i6t;

cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

y(^ar; azure; o'msn";.

viN;

fiir;

Bach

quaternary

quiddity

175

queezmadam (kwez'mad"9m)

katercausin.

quaternary (kw^t-um'ar-e) a?. 1. a group of four; the number four. 2. (cap.) the Quaternary period (geology: sometimes called the Age of Man). quaternion (kwSt-urn'I-sn) a?. 1. a quaternary. 2. a quatrain. 3. a sheet of paper folded twice; a quire. 4. 4 word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable. 5. a factor which

converts one vector into another (mathematics). quatrayle (kwot'ral) n. a greatgreat-great-grandfather. quatrefoil (kat'ar-foil) n. a flower or leaf with four lobes.

quatuorvirate (kwa-too-or'vi-rat) n. an association of four men. quaver (kwa'vsr) n. an 8th note (British), see also.

semiquaver = 16th demisemiquaver = 32nd hemidemisemiquaver - 64th quasihemidemisemiquaver = 128th.

quawk (kwok)

n.&v.

caw,

1.

screetch. 2. the night heron, see

qua.

queachy

n.

the cuissemadam, a French pear.

quelquechose

(kel-ka-shoz) n. a kickshaws (which see). quemado (ka-m6'do) n. a burned district (past participle of Span-

mere

trifle,

quemar = to queme (kwem) adj. ish

burn). pleasant, agree-

able, suitable, -v.t.&i. to please, suit, satisfy.

quenelle (k6n-6r) stuffing

made

n. an entree or of minced chicken

or veal, bread crumbs, and egg. adj. pertain-

querclne (kwur'sln) ing to the oak.

querent (kwlr'snt)

who

resorts

n.

1.

someone

astrology.

to

complaining. (kwer'I-mo"ne)

2.

a

plaintiff, -adj.

querlmony

n.

a

complaint.

quern (kwurn) n. a spice grinder. quetch (kwech) v./. 1. to move, twitch, shake. 2. to

make

a noise,

break the silence (no clear-cut connection with Yiddish kvetch, which see). quetzal (ket'sal) n. \. a large red and green bird worshiped by the Aztecs, the male of which has a

(kwe'che) adj. I. boggy, marshy. 2. bushy. quean (kwen) /?. 1. a whore. 2. a

two-foot-long tail. 2. the national emblem of Guatemala, and the name of its currency.

young or unmarried woman, -v./. to go around with queans. Quechua (kech'w6) n. the domin-

QuetzalcoatI (ket"s9l-ko-6t'9l) n. principal Aztec god, worshiped as the patron of arts and crafts; in art, he was often represented by

ant Indian tribe of the Peruvian Inca empire; their language, also

spoken

by

surrounding

South

American Indians. evil

adj. evil, bad. -n. person; the Devil.

queenlte (kwen'Tt)

n.

evil;

one who sup-

ports or upholds a queen.

queenlet (kwen'let)

n.

a

quia-quia (ke"6-ke'5)

n.

the cigar-

fish.

quidam (kwT'dam)

n.

an unknown

person.

petty

queen.

queenright (kwen'rit) adj-. having a queen bee in the hive.

quiddity (kwld'f-te) n. the essence or nature of a thing, (that which answers the question, quid est? =

what

is

it?)

2.

a subtle distinc-

let; be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burpout; get; thin; fhis; year; azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bach food; good;

man; made;

let-

tuce.

qued (kwed) an

the quetzal (see above). n. the water

quiapo (ke-6'po)

76

quidnunc tion; cavil, quibble. 3.

something

intangible.

quidnunc (kwld'nunk) n. one who is curious to know everything that is going on; a gossip (Latin quid nunc? = what now?). quiff (kwlf) n. hair oiled and brushed away from the forehead. quillback (kwil'bak) n. a small carp

sucker of the Mississippi Valley or Chesapeake Bay. quiller (kwil'sr)

machine used from spools

/?.

in

1

.

a fledging. quills.

the

3.

I.

queen.

2

the

vagina (slang).

quincentennial (kwln-sen-ten'i-9l) adj. pertaining to 500 years or a

n.

metrical arrangement of jects: fifth

be

ob-

(kwin-de-sen'i-sl)

adj. pertaining to fifteen years or

a fifteenth anniversary.

quinic

(kwink)

n.

the

-v./.

tessence

quinquertium (kwln-kwur'shi-sm) let;

as

of. n.

a small five-

n. an ancient Incan counting device. quire (kwlr) n. \. 'd set of folded sheets fitting one within another. 2. a collection of twenty-four sheets [of paper] of the same size. 3. a small book or pamphlet con-

sisting

of a quire\ a work that

might be contained -v.t.

to

make

quirl (kwurl)

«.

scraper for

a quire,

in

into quires. 1

.

a coil or curl. 2. a

making butter

curls.

-v.t.&i. to coil, twist.

quirt (kwurt) n. a South American riding whip. -v.t. to strike with a quirt, -v.t.&i. to block up [an opening].

(kwlz'be)

down and quisquilian

adj.

bankrupt;

out. -n. an idler (slang).

(kwis-kwil'yan)

also

quisquiliary,

adj.

quis-

quilious.

quisquous

(kwls'kas) adj. perplex-

ing, also quiscos.

qui vive (ke-vev') French version of "who goes there?" to be on the qui vive = to be on the alert. quizzacious (kwiz-a'shas) adj. bantering.

quo (kwo)

n. something traded for something else. quoc-ngu (kwok'sng-goo) n. the

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

a

quipu (ke'poo)

quinquagesimal

period of five years.

(kwin-tesextract

to

v.t.

stringed viol.

trashy,

Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday before Lent. quinquennial (kwin-kw6n'i-9l) adj. occurring every Twq years; lasting five years, quinquennium, n. a

of tilting at

at a quintain.

tilt

quinton (kaN-toN')

seeds are used as cereal.

(kwin-kw6-jes'imal) adj. consisting of fifty days; the quinquagesimal period as, between Easter and Pentecost.

something to

quintessence: to extract the quin-

quisby

quinoa (ke-no'6) n. the pigweed of the South American Andes; its

man; made;

to

en'shsl-Tz)

common

brant; also quink goose.

n.

tilted at; the sport

quintessentialize

at

quindecennial

in-

a quintain. 2. a five-line stanza,

sym-

{'\vq

severe

a

peritonsillar abscess.

sils;

each corner and the the middle.

one in

a

to carve. n.

quintain (kwln'tin)

500th anniversary, -n. a 500th anniversary; also quincentenary.

quincunx (kwin'kunks)

the pentathlon.

fiammation of the throat or ton-

transferring yarn

to

distinction. n.

n.

quinse (kwlnz) v.t. quinsy (kwin'ze)

2. a

operator of a quiller machine. quillet (kwil'at) az. 1. a small field; a narrow strip of land. 2. a subtle

quim (kwim)

quoc-ngu

this; year;

azure; d'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

quodlibet Vietnamese alphabet. quodlibet (kw6d'li-bet")

quonking (kwonk'ing) n.

1.

an

improvised musical medley. 2. a debatable point; a scholastic dissertation on such a point, quodlibetarian, n.

someone who

writes

keystone. vide

n.

2.

a

1.

a cornerstone;

wedge used

(printing), -v./.

with

a

to lock to pro-

1.

(slang).

quop (kw6p)

(in

let;

ridicu-

unit

of Saudi 2.

1. a monetary Arabia equal to

az.

a coin representing n.

an Islamic saint

who has reached

the

highest

degree of sanctity.

one-time. adv. formerly.

man; made;

qursh (koo'arsh) 1/22 riyai

former,

something

n.

qutb (koo'dab) adj.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

an-

lous, absurd, or strange.

one qursh.

ing).

quondam (kwon'dam)

adj.

nual.

to

2.

to throb.

v.i.

quotennial (kwo-ten'i-al)

print-

cornerstone.

wedge up with quoins

side-line

n.

chatter that disturbs a performer

quoz (kwoz)

quodlihets.

quoin (koin) up type

qutb

177

year; azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

raash (ro-6sh')

n.

radix (ra'diks)

fish.

rab (rab)

master, teacher; a Jewish title of respect. 2. a beater used in mixing mortar. rabat (rab'at) a?. 1. a carpenter's plane.

ray.

the electric cat-

n.

2.

or cause.

1.

rafale (ro-fol')

original source

1.

n.

rapid bursts of

from each gun of a

artillery fire

battery.

potter's clay.

rabbinism (rab'in-iz"9m)

\.

a

rabbinical expression or idiom.

2.

n.

ratty (raf'te) adj.

n.

a

stale

or

n.

toll

collector in

India.

violent

man. rach (rach) n. a hunting dog. rackarock (rak's-rok) n. an ex-

rancid;

musty.

rahdar (rod'or)

rabbinical doctrine.

rabiator (ra'bi-a"t9r)

raisonn^ (ra-z6-na')

adj.

logical;

arranged systematically. raith (rath)

n.

a quarter of a year

(Scottish).

plosive.

rackrent (rak'rent)

.«.

exorbitant

rent.

radicate (rad'i-kat)

v.t.&i. to plant

firmly; to establish solidly.

radiesthesia (ra"di-es-the'zi-9) n. 1. dowsing. 2. psychic healing from unknown "rays." radiolucent (ra"di-o-loo's9nt) adj. permeable to radiation. radiopraxis (ra"di-6-praks'is) n. the use of ultraviolet rays or xrays in medicine.

fluoroscopy;

n.

a plant root; a nerve

root. 3. the base number in a number system (mathematical).

a polishing material of

radioscopy

2.

(ra-di-6s'k9-pe)

examination by

man; made;

let;

rakehelly (rak'heK'e) adj. dissolute, debauched. rale (rol) n. an abnormal respiratory sound heard in auscultation (listening, with or without a stethoscope).

rambooze

(ram-booz') n. wine and sugar mixed with eggs and ale (winter) or with milk and rose water (summer).

ramdown

(ram'doun)

n.

a

n.

with branches to inhibit sleds

x-

winter.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

steep

section of logging road covered

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

in

ramfeezled

rebato

80

ramfeezled (ram-fe'zsld)

worn

adj.

raskolniki

out, exhausted.

ramiferous (ram-iPsr-as)

adj. bear-

ing branches.

rammish (rSmTsh) and horny. tasting.

2.

adj.

1.

lustful

-v./.

to

food.

ratafee

rush about frenziedly.

rampick (ram'pik)

n.

a

1.

and disorderly, -n. I. a three-person rowboat, one rower using short oars. 2. this kind of rowing, -v./. to row

rataplan on something. ratihabition (rat"i-ha-bish'9n)

year's root. adj. frog-

eating.

rantallion (ran-tal'i-sn) n. one whose scrotum is longer than his a wild,

1.

rambunctious young man. 2. a scolding, bad-tempered woman, to act like a rantipole.

a dice

game.

rapparee (rap-sr-e')

a

n.

seventeenth-century Irish armed robber; a hobo or drifter. rappel (rap-el') n. 1. a way of descending a mountain using ropes. 2. a drum call to arms. 3. a rattlelike old musical instrument. raptorial (rap-tor'i-sl) adj. 1. living 2.

prey.

pertaining

3.

to

birds

of

prey, also raptatorial.

rareeshow

(rer'e-sho) n. a peep show; any cheap street show.

man; made;

let;

(British).

raun (ron)

n.

1.

fish eggs; roe. 2. a

female herring or salmon. rauwolfia (rou-woorfi-s) n. a tree whose root is the source of certain tranquilizers, such as reserpine.

ravening (rav'an-ing)

adj.

greedy,

voracious, preying.

sudden

a

reable

to confirm, to

(re-a'bol)

v.t.

legitimate.

Realpolitik

(ra-ofpo-lit-ek")

n.

militarism.

rebarbative (re-bor'ba-tiv) pellent,

adj. re-

repulsive, revolting,

and

altogether unattractive. rebato (ru-bo'to) /?. 1. a woman's stiff collar worn high in back; a piccadill. 2. a wire

framework

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

or

razzia (raz'1-9) n. plundering raid.

adapted for seizing

on prey.

to cultivate using

ratten (rat'sn) v.t.&i. to steal tools or machinery in order to force management to meet union de-

mands

/?.

-v.t.

ratoons.

penis (British slang).

rantipole (ran'ti-p51)

n.

n.

ratoon (rat-oon') n. second-year growth from a perennial plant, -v./. to sprout from a previous

friend.

ranivorous (ran-iv'6r-9s)

-v./.

the sound

n.

ratification, sanction.

randle (ran'dsl) n. a nonsensical poem recited by Irish schoolboys as an apology for farting at a

raphe (raO

a

than

of a rapid drumbeat or a galloping horse, -v.t.&i. to beat a

adj. noisy

randan.

in a

n.

the paradiddle.

rataplan (rat-9-plan')

randan (ran'dan)

fruit-

an almond Danzig. 3. an al2.

mond cookie. ratamacue (rat's-ma-ku") drum figure more difficult

frog

a

n.

farm.

a

1.

a?.

liqueur.

from

liqueur

tree

pertaining to a rampick.

ranarium (ran-er'iam)

(rat-3-fe')

flavored

whose top branches are dead. 2. a tree stump broken by the wind. -adj.

n.pl.

thodox church. rasorial (ra-sor'i-al) adj. habitually scratching the ground in search of

rank-smelling or

violent, wild.

3.

(r6s-k6rnye-ke")

dissenters from the Russian Or-

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

to

rebec support the collar.

rebec

(re'bek)

n.

a three-stringed

ancestor of the violin. (reb-6-an'tik) adj. reverberating, also rehoant. rebullition (re-bu-li'shan) n. renewed bubbling, boiling, or disturbance.

reboantic

recadency (re-ka'dan-se)

n.

recension (re-sen'shan)

scholarly

n.

editorial revision.

receptary (res'9p-ter"e)

adj.

accepted as fact but unproved, -n. 1. an unproved fact; a postulate. a recipe collection.

r^chauff^

dining in ancient Rome. recumbentibus (rek-um-b6n'tibss)

a

n.

knockdown blow,

also

recumbendibus.

recusant (rek'u-zsnt)

adj.

dissent-

ing; disestablishmentarian.

redargution (red-or-gu'shan)

n. re-

futation.

reddition

(red-i'shan)

restora-

n.

tion; translation, explanation.

relapse.

2.

refrangible

181

(ra-sho-fa')

redhibition (red-hi-bi'shan) n. the return of defective merchandise.

redingote (red'ing-got) n. a long, full overcoat (from the French at-

tempt

pronounce

to

''riding

coat"). n.

left-

1.

redintegrate (red-in't9-grat)

to

v.t.

something made from leftovers; hash or rehash. recheat (re-chet') n. blast on the horn to call the hunting hounds.

renew, restore, recondition, -v./. 1. to be renewed, restored. 2. to become reunited or reconciled. redivivus (red-i-vT'vss) adj. living

reclivate (rek'liv-at) adj. sigmoid; having an S-shaped shape. recoct (re-kokt') v.t. to recook; to

redubber

overs.

2.

make over. recrement (rek're-msnt) redo,

waste product, impurity.

n.

1.

some-

2.

secreted from the body, then reabsorbed. recrudescence (re-kroo-des'sns)

renewal of a disease after rereappearance of a 2. wound or, figuratively, of something bad. rectalgia (rek-tal'ji-s) n. a pain in 1

.

mission.

the ass. also proctalgia.

rectigrade (rek'ti-grad)

adj.

mov-

ing in a straight line.

the right side, see verso.

(rek-to-path'ik)

adj.

easily hurt emotionally.

rectrix

(rek'triks)

a?.

1.

a

female

ruler. 2. a bird's tail feather.

recubation (rek-u-ba'shsn) n. 1. lying down. 2. reclining while

man; made;

let;

(re-dub'ar) n. a buyer of

cloth

who

alters

and

redux (re'duks) adj. denoting renewed health after sickness. reeve (rev) n. 1. the female sandpiper.

2.

ficial. 3.

a

an

administrative of-

a cattle or poultry pen. 4.

foreman of a coal mine.

string of onions,

-v.t.

this;

5.

a

to thread a

rope through an opening; to pass through cautiously. refection (re-fek'shsn) n. 1. food or drink; refreshment. 2. mental relief;

satisfaction. 3. the giving or

of

meals,

-v.t.

to

give

refection.

refocillation (re-fos"Ma'sh9n) n. revival, revitalization; refresh-

ment. refragable (rePrs-gs-bal)

adj. cap-

able of being refuted.

refrangible (re-fran'ji-bsl) adj. capable of being refracted, also refringent.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burj);

good; food; out; get; thin;

re-

it.

taking

recto (rek'to) n. a right-hand page, usually odd-numbered, -adv. on

rectopathic

stolen sells

thing

n.

again; revived.

year; azure; o'msn"; viN; fur;

Bach

refulgent

repullulate

182

refulgent (re-ful'jant) adj. radiant,

renascible

brilliant, shining.

regrate (re-grat')

v.t.

1.

buy

to

in

rencounter (rdn-coun'tar)

by removing

to renovate

the outer layer (masonry). reify (re'i-fi)

make

to

v.t.

real,

to

widowed.

2.

materialize. relict (re-likt') adj.

1.

pertaining to a relic or survivor of a vanished species. rellgate (rel'i-gat) v.t.&i. to

(sweat, urine, etc.).

renltency (ren'i-tsn-se")

remanet

(rem'9-net) ponement of a case.

mentary

bill

n.

2. a parlia-

rente (ront) annuity.

(rem'i-ped) adj. with feet

used as oars: said of crustaceans and insects. -n. a remiped animal. remolade (ra-mo-16d') n. 1. an in veterinary tangy sauce or

remontado (ra-m6n-t6'do)

n.

someone who has

fled

to

the

mountains; a person

who

has

re-

nounced

repand wavy

(re-m5n't9nt)

1

bellowing;

2.

and

Spanish conquista-

a tax assessment. n.

an

index, catalog, or collection.

repine

(re-pTn')

plain,

comcom-

to

v.t.&i.

grumble, lament,

-n.

plaint, criticism.

repristinate (re-pris'ti-nat)

v.t.

to

revive; to restore.

(re-mu'ji-snt)

roaring

or

adj.

re-

reptatlon (rep-ta'shsn)

shouting

ing,

(ren'a-bal) adj. fiuent, elo-

repugn

quent.

renard (ren'6rd)

like

n.

a reptile.

n.

2.

1.

a

creep-

motion

made by sliding two plane figures around each other (mathematics).

anew.

renable

a

.

dores.

up).

remuglent

having

adj.

repertorium (rep-sr-tor'i-am)

remplissage

fill

(re-pand')

inhabitants, given to soldiers

adj.

(r6m-ple-s6z') n. filling or padding used in music and literature (French remplir =

it.

or undulating outline.

priests by the

fiowering again: applied to roses which bloom more than once a season, -n. a remontant rose.

to

on

1.

reparatlonlst (rep-ar-a'shan-ist) n. an abolitionist who believed in reparation to ex-slaves. repartimlento (ra-p6r"te-myen'to) /?. a land grant together with its

civilization.

remontant

(rep) n.

repp.

certain

used

represent-

formerly, a dirty old woman, now, a dirty old man. 2. a transversely ribbed fabric also

legs

medicine. 2. a salad dressing.

annual income;

1.

securities

interest paid

return-

adj.

rep

ointment

n.

2.

ing the French national debt; the

ing.

remlped

resist-

n.

ance, reluctance.

post-

1.

carried over to an-

other session. remeant (re'me-ant)

or

debate. 3. a casual encounter. renldlflcatlon (re-nid"i-fi-ka'sh9n) n. building another nest. renlfleur (ren'i-fiur) n. one who gets sexual pleasure from body smells

tie to-

gether.

1.

to

sale nearby. 2. to sell in this fash3.

v.t.&i.

have a hostile, sudden, or unexpected meeting. 2. to meet casually, -n. 1. a sudden or hostile meeting; a fight. 2. a contest or

large quantities for profitable reion.

cap-

(re-nSs'i-bal) adj.

able of being reborn.

a fox; a sly or

resist,

(re-pun') v.t.&i. to oppose,

or repel.

cunning person.

repullulate

man; made;

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

let;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

(re-pul'u-lat)

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

v.i.

Bach

to

i|

rhapsodomancy

183

resile

sprout again; to recur, as a dis-

retrorse (re-trors') adj. bent back-

ward or downward.

ease.

resile (re-zTl')

to recoil, retract;

v./.

retrousse' (ret-roo-sa')

resiplscent (r6s-i-pis'9nt)

adj.

re-

stored to sanity: learned from ex-

retroversion (ret-ro-vur'zan) n. 1. looking back. 2. translation back into the original language.

perience.

restaur (res'tor) n. the recourse insurers have against negligent or

undue loss. resupinatlon (re-soo"pin-a'sh9n) n. turning to an upside-down posi-

rettery (ret'sr-e) n. a place where flax is retted (soaked). retund (re-tund') v.t. to blunt the

edge of; to weaken. reus (re'ss) n. a defendant

in a

court

trial.

tion.

resurrectionist (rez-ur-ek'shsn-ist) n. a body snatcher; a graverobber. ret (ret)

turned

adj.

up, as a nose.

to return to its original position.

v./.

1.

moisture.

2.

to soak or

expose to

revalescent (rev-al-es'ant) adj. recovering from illness or injury. revalorise (re-val'ar-Tz) v.t. to change money values after an

to rot. 3. to impute,

inflation.

revehent (rev'e-hent)

ascribe.

retablo (ra-to'blo) n. a painting of a saint in a Spanish or Mexican church. retlary (re'shi-er"e) adj. 1. netlike. 2. making a web to catch insects (as spiders do). 8. entangling. reticulum (re-tik'u-lum) n. \.2l net-

second

network. 2. the stomach of ruminants

(cattle,

deer, etc.). also called a

revenant (rev'sn-ant) n. 1. someone returning after a long absence. 2. a ghost, -adj. remembering something long forgotten.

revers

(ra-vir')

folded back to

like structure; a

reversed

dictionary

stroke in fencing. (rab'd6-man"se) n. fortunetelling by sticks or wands.

rhabdophobia

adj. n.

(rad-9-man'thin)

uncompromisingly just (from

Rhadamanthus,

for-

by things seen over

Greek

one's shoulder.

who was

mythical

a a

thoroughly,

incorruptible judge).

retromingent (ret-r5-min'J9nt) adj. urinating backward, -n. a retromingent animal.

man; made;

n.

criticized.

rhadamanthlne

behind. tunetelling

(ra-do-fo'bi-9)

fear of being punished or severely

retrocopulation

retromancy (ret'ro-man"se)

a

the

definitions as entries.

cond choir enclosure. retrocollic (ret-ro-kol'ik) adj. pertaining to the back of the neck. (ret"ro-k6p-ufornicating from

n.

listing

reverse (re-vur'so) n. a left-hand page also verso. 2. a backhanded

rhabdomancy

n.

inside; a

piece put on to look this way.

closure, used as a chapel or se-

la'shsn)

part

a

n.s.&pl.

show the

reversicon (re-vurs'i-k6n)

honeycomb stomach. retrad (re'trad) adv. backward (anatomy). retrochoir (ret'ro-kwTr) n. the space behind the altar or choir en-

adj. carrying

back.

let;

rhapsodomancy man"se)

n.

(rap'so-do-

fortunetelling

poetry.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

with

rhematic

rhematic (re-mat'ik) adj. 1. pertaining to word formation. 2. defrom verbs. 3. pertaining to early forms of expression. rheology (re-6r9-je) n. the study of rived

the flow of matter.

rhetor

(re'tar)

a teacher of

1.

a/.

ringent

184 riata (re-6't6)

sensation of

n.

cold rhigotic, adj.

rhinocerical {v\-nd-s\r'i-k^\) rhinoceroslike.

rhinoplasty plastic

2.

adj.

1.

rich (slang).

(rT'no-plas"te) n. of the nose;

surgery

an infectious disease transmitted by rickettsia, a micro-

organism infesting the ticks or fleas carried by mice. The first recorded case was in 1946 in New York. rictus (rik't9s) n. a very wide mouth; a gaping mouth, as in

nasoplasty.

rhipidate

terror.

(rip'i-dat)

fan-

adj.

rideau (re-do')

shaped; flabelliform.

(r6m"bi-ko"si-do-dek"9-he'dr9n) n. an Archimedean solid with sixty-two faces. rhombohedron (r6m-bo-he'dr9n)

whose faces

a parallelepiped

n.

paral-

a

lelogram with oblique angles and unequal adjacent sides.

rhombus (r6m'b9s)

n.

an

equilateral rhomboid.

(rong'ki-so"n9nt)

adj. snorting; snoring.

rhopaiism

(ro'p9l-iz"9m) n. a sentence or poem i-n which each word is one syllable longer than

ridotto (ri-dot'o) ^. a masked ball or the place where it is held; an assembly hall. 2. an arrangement or abridgment of a piece of music 1

literary or musical adaptation. rigation (ri-ga'sh^n) n. the act of wetting or moistening.

rigescent

predecessor.

(rus'ms) n. a depilatory used in tanning, also rusma.

stiff

former

pressing,

demimonde

neurotic

(rlks'dor'dar)

silver

n.

a

of Holland,

coin

fissures, cracks, chinks, or clefts,

also rimulose.

(ri-ti-fo'bi-s) n. fear of

rincon (reng-kon')

getting wrinkles.

rhytiscopia

growing

rimose (rl'mos)

subjects.

rhytiphobia

(ri-jes'snt) adj.

numb.

equal to forty-eight stivers. adj. full of grooves,

the painting of or writing on de-

or

or

rijicsdaaider

(rl-par-og'rs-fe) n.

sordid,

.

from the full score. rifacimento (re-f6"che-men't6) n. 1. a renewing or reworking. 2. a

rhusma

rhyparography

or

ridgling.

rhomboid (rom'boid)

its

mound

a small

rident (rl'dsnt) adj. laughing or broadly smiling ridibund (rld'ibund) adj. prone to laughter. ridgeiing (rij'ling) n. half-castrated animal; a monoball or cryptorchid also ridgel, ridgil,

are rhombuses.

rhonchisonant

n.

trench.

rhombicosidodecahedron

n.

a

n.

talker.

rhigosis (ri-go'sis)

a lariat.

a fuguelike composition; an elaborate fugue. ricltettsiaipox (ri-kets'i-9l-p6ks")

mere

rhetoric. 2. an orator. 3. a

A7.

ribroasting (rib'rost"ing) n. sound beating; a thrashing. ricercare (re-ch6r-k6'ra) n.

(ri-ti-sk6p'i-9)

preoccupation

with

I6t;

in

/?.

rock.

a natural

1.

2. a

secluded

retreat.

ringent

facial wrinkles.

man; made;

depression

n.

(rin'jsnt) adj.

gaping, like

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

fhis; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

ringstreaked

ening.

an open mouth, see rictus. ringstreaked (ring'strekt) adj. cularly streaked or marked. riparian

(rip-er'i-sn)

n.

or

also

riparial, riparious, ripicolous.

ripieno (re-pya'no) adj. supplementary, as a musician who plays only with others, never alone.

(rok'am-bol) n. the Spanish or wild garlic. rockoon (rok-oon') n. a small rocket carried high by a balloon and then fired. rocta (r6k't9) n. a medieval violinlike instrument.

rodomontade

(rod"o-m6n-tad') n. bragging, boasting, also adj. -v.i. to brag or boast.

ripienist, n.

riprap (rip'rap) n.pl. large rocks usually used to protect an embankment from erosion by waves. riqq (rik)

a

n.

(re'ro-re'ro)

New

warbler of

n.

gray

the

a nineteenth-

teenth centuries.

2.

century ment.

political

Italian

producing

or

rissole (re-s5-la') adj. browned by frying in deep fat. -n. a meat- or fish-filled pastry; a jam or custard-filled pastry. v.t.

1.

to tear apart violent-

to split. 2. to plow.

ly;

be torn apart.

and

roman k

-v./.

to

3.

2.

a pull or tug; a rip.

leave, -n.

1.

a shore or bank.

riviere (rev-yer')

n.

roborant

(ro'bom)

n.

robot bomb.

let;

linear

a

3.

named

n.

a knee-

after the

generating dew rorulent, covered with dew.

rosacea (ro-za'si-s) n. marked by a large whiskey-nose,

not

a

red

adj.

disease nose;

limited

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

Due

the early

in

eighteenth century. roral (ror'sl) adj. dewy roric, adj. pertaining to dew, roriferous, adj.

{voh' b-x^ni) adj. strength-

man; made;

acre.

de Roquelaure, worn

n. a shrew or termagant; a scolding, nasty old

woman.

a cross or crucifix.

(rok'sl-or)

length coat

rixatrix (riks-a'triks)

robomb

.

of an

roquelaure

a multistringed

reling.

1

played on a court with a border, sometimes faced with rubber, used as a cushion in bank shots.

2.

necklace of diamonds or other precious stones. rixation (riks-a'shan) n. quar-

a7.

a square measure equaling one

measure equaling seven or eight yards (British and Scottish). roorback (robr'bak) n. a dirty rumor used against a political opponent (from Baron Roorback's Tour Through the Western and Southern States, a fictional pamphlet of the 1840's.). roque (rok) n. a form of croquet

to arrive or

a bite.

a petty king.

people thinly disguised.

rood (rood)

2. to burst, literally

figuratively.

3.

1.

n.

clef (ro-moN"o-kla')

n. a novel whose characters are actual

fourth

laughter, see rident.

rive (riv)

or therapy.

roinous (roin'as) adj. mean, nasty, and contemptible.

move-

risoriai (ri-sor'i-sl) adj. pertaining

causing,

(rent-gan-dl'a-je) n.

the study of x-rays for diagnosis

roitelet (roi't9-let)

Zealand.

risorglmento (re-s6r"ji-men'to) n. pre-renaissance classical 1. revival of the fourteenth and fif-

to,

roentgenology

tambourine without

snares.

riroriro

a

rocambole

someone

water

near

living

roborant drug;

a

-n.

tonic.

cir-

living near water, adj. pertaining

to

rosacea

85

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

to

rosinante

rumgumption

186

rubai

boozers.

rosinante (r6z-i-nSn'te) n. a wornout nag (from Bosinante, Don Quixote's horse: bony, full of blemishes, but highly regarded by him). rosland (ros'bnd) n. open land with

(roo-b6'e) n Persian a quatrain (from rubaiyat).

rubedinous rubiginous

rubineous

the wal-

n.

Diamond. rosorial (ro-s6r'i-9l) adj. 1. rubbish, waste. 2. the rough, exterior of bark. rotche (roch) n. the small arctic

auk. roturier (ro-tobr-ya') n. a medieval commoner who rented land. rouleau (roo-lo') n. \. a. roll of coins. 2. red corpuscles that look

when magni-

like a roll of coins

folds or pipings in

(pi.)

dressmaking.

bundle

a

4.

used

sticks, or fascines,

rounceval (roun'ss-val)

of

in sieges.

adj.

1

.

1.

anything huge.

2.

woman.

old

a bad-

the

3.

marrowfat pea. rovescio (ro-vesh'o)«J/'. reversed.

rowen cattle

(rou'sn)

«.

a

1.

for

field

plowed late in a second-growth crop;

grazing,

autumn.

2.

aftermath.

rowlyrag (rou'le-r^g)

n.

a dark gray

stone. (rish'e)

rsi

n.

a

Hindu mystic or

mystical poet also rta

(rid'9)

n.

Vedic

rishi.

principle

order and righteousness, also

man; made;

let;

the

of

n.

1.

red chalk.

red.

printed

red.

in

category,

-adj.

a

5.

pertaining to rubric, in

red.

2.

or

class

marked

in

-v.t.

red; 1.

to

to arrange in a

group or category. ruck (ruk) a2. 1. a heap or pile. 2. a pack of horses behind the leaders. 3. a crowd of ordinary people or things.

4.

paper,

-v./.

a 1.

crease in cloth or to sit, as a bird on

-v.t. to rake heap, -v.t.&i. to crease, often with up. ructation (ruk-'ta'shan) n. belching. ruction (ruk'shsn) n. a rough or noisy fight; an uproar. rudas (roo'dss) n. an ugly foulmouthed old hag; a beldam, -adj.

eggs; to cower, squat, into

a

coarse, foulmouthed.

rudesby (roodz'be)

n.

a

loud-

mouthed ill-mannered boor. ruelle (roo-el')

a7.

1.

a select social

gathering (from the French custom of entertaining special friends in one's bedroom). 2. the bedroom. 3. the space between the bed and the wall. rugate (roo'gat) adj. wrinkled rugulose (roo'gu-los) adj. having small wrinkles. rumbelow (rum'be-16) n. 1. a refrain sung by rowing sailors. 2. a whore. 3. a carriage.

rumgumption (rum-gump'shan)

rita.

shrewdness.

be; sip; wine; h5t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g^t; thin;

3.

a chapter heading, once

4.

mark

2.

page, or other part of an

title

old manuscript, printed in red.

large

or strong (from the huge bones found at Roncesvalles, France).

mouthed

(roo-bin'i-9s) adj. ruby-

rubric (roob'rik)

once thought to climb rocks by its teeth to feed on dew. rosolio (ro-zol'yo) az. 1. a sweet Mediterranean liqueur of brandy and raisins; rossolis. 2. a sour black currant wine mentioned in Thackeray's The Great Hoggarty rus,

-n.

(roo-bij'in-as) adj. rust-

red also rubious.

rosmarine (r6z'm9-ren)

3.

adj.

colored, rusty.

low shrubs.

fied.

(roo-bed'in-9s)

reddish; rufescent.

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

n.

rummer rummer

(rum'sr)

n.

ryot war

187 a

large wine

also rupicolous, rupestrine.

ruptuary (rup'choo-er"e)

glass.

runagate

(run'a-gat)

n.

a good-for-

nothing; a runaway, fugitive.

runcation

(rung-ka'shan)

n.

weeding.

runch (runch)

n.

the wild radish or

jointed charlock.

runcible (run'si-bsl)

adj.

sensuous

[woman] runcible spoon,

a fork

with three tines, one of which shaped like a spoon.

runic (roo'nik)

adj.

is

pertaining to

runes or alphabetical characters of third-century Germany, see futhorc, also pertaining to the spirit world or magic. rupestrian (roo-pes'tri-sn) adj. made of rock; inscribed on rock

in

living

(roo-pik'o-lTn)

among

a

adj.

man; made;

let;

born

the country.

ruthfully, adv.

having a

rutilant (roo'ti-bnt) adj.

reddish v.i.

glow;

shining,

rutilate,

to shine.

ruttish (rut'ish) adj. horny, in heat. ryot (rT'9t) n. an Indian peasant or

farmer.

ryotwar

adj.

(rT-9t-w6r') n. tax or rent paid directly to the government

by farmers

in

India, also adj.

or growing on rocks

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g^t; thin;

com-

Russell's viper n. a brown and white venomous snake of Southeast Asia; the daboia, jessur, or katuka. ruthful (rooth'fsl) adj. pitiful, rueful, woeful, sad, sorrowful.

also rupestral.

rupicoline

n.

moner or plebeian. rurigenous (robr-ij'an-ss)

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

sabbulonarium n.

(sab"u-lo-ner'i-3m)

a gravel pit; digging the gravel;

the

money paid

digging

for

dissension"

Queen Ann's

in

reign).

sackbut

(sak'but)

ancestor of the

n.

trombone.

gravel.

sabulous

(sab'u-bs) ac/j. sandy, arenaceous, also sabulose. saburration (sab-u-ra'shsn) n. therapeutic sand-bathing; arena-

sacramentarianism

tion, ammotherapy. saccadic (sak-ad'ik)

sacrarium

gritty;

jerky,

adj.

twitching.

(sak-a-rif'ar-ss)

containing

or

sugar. (sak'u-lat)

v.t.

to

en-

sacerdotophrenia

(sas'sr-do-ts-

(sa'ch^m)

n.

defender of

government

head

an Indian

1.

common

chief. 2. the

kingbird, a

its

or

nest.

New

3.

a

political

leader. 4. an officer of the

many

sadda

(sak-rer'i-sm)

n.

a

(sad's) n.

Tam-

sadiron (sadTsrn) n. a flatiron. sadr (so'dsr) n. 1. the lotus tree

thrive; to

sagamore sagaunash

Sacheverell, for

a

cleric

5.

who was

"blowing the coals of

man; made;

let;

(s9-ga'shi-at)

v./.

a

n.

minor

chief.

(s9-g6n'9sh)

(sa-jen')

a white

n.

Indian). n.

saginate (saj'i-nat) pamper.

a

network or to

v.t.

fatten;

sagittate (saj'i-tat) adj. shaped like an arrowhead.

sagum

(sa'gum)

n.

a

Roman

be; sip; wine; hot; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

to

(slang).

(sag's-mor)

man (American seine.

York.

(cap.) a star in the

do well

Algonquian

sagene

in

2.

constellation Cygni.

a

Society

book of Zoro-

a

astrian writings.

water pipe or hose, sachemdom, n. a sachem-led district. sacheverell (sash-ev'sr-sl) n. the blower of a coal stove (from

famous

supernatural

shrine for keeping "sacred" ob-

sagaciate

fre'ni-9) n. clerical stagefright.

fierce

have

properties.

(Persian).

close.

sachem

sacraments

(sak"r9-menbelief that the

n.

jects.

sacchariferous adj. producing sacculate

ter'i-9n-iz"3m)

year; azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

salmagundi

at the right shoulder.

salmagundi (sal-ms-gun'de)

n.

1.

a

chopped meat and pickled

dish of

with

herring, per,

and

fastened

cape,

soldier's

draped

pep-

vinegar,

oil,

and onions.

sanability (san->biri-te) ability of being healed.

auto-da-fe.

sanctanimity (sank-t9-nim'i-te) mental

n.

I

.

an ancient Eusta-

n. the person who holds the child during the circum-

chian or Fallopian tube.

salse

(s61s)

n.

mud

a

cision

volcano

n.

=

for

salted).

hankery,

n.

saltimbocca (sol-tim-bo'ko)

gun"

cial.

salutatorian (sal-oo"t9-t6r'i-3n) n. the number two graduate who gives the "salutatory" address on graduation day. salver (sal'vsr) n. 1. tray for presenting letters or calling cards. a

serving

pedestal.

dish 3.

mounted

2.

sanglot

(soN-glo') n. a sobbing grace note inflicted upon us by singers.

sanguinivorous (sang-gwin-iv'or9s) adj. bloodsucking, also sanguivorous.

sanguisugous adj.

1. a?. a married Indian, correlative of squaw. 2. an ordinary warrior. sans-culottes (s6N-ku-l6t') n. a radical, a revolutionist, a Jacobin; literally: without breeches (a contemptuous term coined by French aristocrats for republicans who wore pants instead of

(san'up)

male

the

more

stylish breeches).

sansei (s6n-sa')

//.

a child of Nisei

parents.

cures.

salvific (sal-vif'ik) adj.

tending to

help or promote safety.

sambuke harp;

(sang-swi-sob'g9s)

bloodthirsty.

sannup

on. a

one who salves, or

(slang).

(sang'g9-re) n. a tropical drink of spiced and sweetened wine, brandy, and water.

n.

pounded and rolled up with ham and cheese. salubrious (ss-loob'ri-ss) adj. wholesome, healthy, and benefiveal

Italian-American euphemism the euphemistic "son-of-a-

sangaree

ping.

saitimbanco (s51-tim-bang'ko) n. a mountebank, a quack, saltim-

ceremony, also sandek. (san"9-m6-g6n'y6)

sanemagogna

saturated with salts (Latin salsus

saltation (sal-ta'shsn) n. I. a leap; jumpy dancing. 2. a spurting of arterial blood. 3. a sudden change. 4. a cultural mutation. saltativeness, n. capacity for jum-

n.

''holiness.''

sandik (san'dik)

the

2.

cap-

n.

sanbenito (san-ben-e'to) /;. a black robe decorated with hellish figures worn by victims of the

a heterogen-

2.

eous mixture; medley, potpourri,

mishmash. salpinx (sal'pinks) Greek trumpet.

saponaceous

190

(sam'buk)

the

n.

sackbut,

an old, shrill bagpipe, or

hurdy-gurdy. sammy (sam'e) adj. damp, clammy. -n. a U.S. soldier.

Samsam

(sam'sam) Siamese people.

man; made;

let;

n.

a

sapfu (sap'foo) n. Surpassing All Previous Fuck-Ups (for more of the same, see snafu.) sapidity (sap-id'i-te) //.

flavorful;

tastiness.

sapient (sa'pi-snt) cerning:

Malay-

now

wise;

adj.

only

used

cally.

saponaceous

(sap-sn-a'shos) adj.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

dis-

ironi-

fhis; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

sapphism 1.

soapy, slippery.

2.

(saPiz'^sm)

lesbian-

n.

ism.

saprogenic

devil possession.

evasively in-

gratiating.

sapphism

scamell

191

(sap-ro-jen'ik)

satisdiction (sat-is-dik'shan) enough said.

n.

satispassion (sat-is-pa'shan)

n.

satisfactory

adj.

to theologists (Latin satis pati

capable of producing decay; pertaining

to,

duced

in

matter;

satrapess

(sap-rof'a-gas)

saprophilous

(sap-r6f'il-9s)

adj.

saturnalian

(sap-ros'to-mas) having bad breath. (sa-rod')

payable

n.

satyagraha

(early

Welsh

saulie

law).

sarab (so'rab) n. a mirage; deceit. saran (so'rsn) n. a Hindu violin. sarangousty (sar-sn-goos'te)

n.

savssat (sov'sot) n. in the arctic, animals crowded around a hole in the

adj.

saxify (saks'i-fT)

a deep orange-red

darker

than

into

carnelian.

sayyid (so'yid)

n. chief, prince; a of honor, dihosayid. scacchic (skak'ik) adj. pertaining

Moslem

sardanapalian (s6r"dan-9-pa'li-3n) luxuriously effeminate (like

characterization in drama; staginess, melodrama. sarmassation (sor-mas-a'shan) n. love play, also paizogony, paraphilemia. sarmassophobe (sor-mas's-fob) n.

woman who

dislikes love play.

sarwan (sor-won')

n.

a

title

to chess; chesslike.

scagiiola (skol-yo'b)

Sardanapalus, a Byron hero). sardoodledum (sor-doo'dsl-dum) stereotyped or unrealistic n.

tion ter,

scalar (ska'br) scalariform.

man; made;

let;

adj.

a

ladderlike;

1.

pertaining

a

n.

a

2.

hotheaded

debater;

fiery

a

preacher.

scamander wind,

as

(skam-an'dur) a

river

river in

scamell (skam'sl)

n.

v./.

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

to

(from

the Asia Minor).

the bar-tailed

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

n.

to

Scamander n.

plas-

number scale. scaldabanco (skol-do-bong'ko)

camel

(sa-tan-of'sn-e)

an imita-

n.

marble using gypsum, and glue, scagliolist,

scagiiola artist.

driver.

satanophany

turn

to

v.t.

stone; to petrify.

chalcedony

a

rocks; saxicoline, saxicolous,

to

flesh-eating.

adj.

ice.

saxatile (saks's-til) adj. pertaining

and saxigenous. (sor-ko-faj'ik)

n.

(sa-vat') n. fighting with the

feet.

-adj. skinlike.

sard (sord)

mourner. any lizard-

(sor'i-sn) adj.

like reptile.

savate

waterproof stucco. sarcle (sor'ksl) n. a hoe. -v.t. to weed. sarcoid (sor'koid) n. a skin disorder; a sarcomalike growth.

sarcophagic

n.

resistance.

(sol'e) n. a hired

saurian

adj.

wild,

(sut'y9-gru"h9)

Gandhian passive

a fine for injury

cattle

in

(sat-ar-na'li-sn)

unrestrained, riotous, carousing, licentious.

saprostomous saraad

despotic pet-

2.

ty official.

thriving in decaying matter.

adj.

ruler of an ancient

1.

Persian province.

adj.

eating decaying matter.

a female

(sa'tr^-pes) n.

satrap, or

saprogenous.

saprophagus

=

to suffer enough).

pro-

or

occurring,

decaying

according

suffering,

fiir;

Bach

192

scansorial

sclatheric

godwil. also scamniel.

ankles.

scansorial (skan-sor'i-al) adj. pertaining to, capable of, or adapted for,

scend (send) movement of

climbing.

scantling (skant'Iing) /?. 1. a model or rough draft. 2. measurement, size. 3. an abridgment. 4. a piece of lumber under eight inches wide, and from two to six inches in

archery.

scaphism (skafiz^am) n. an old Persian method of executing criminals by covering them with honey and letting the sun and the (skaf'oid)

boat-

fortunes.

schatchen

(shdt'kan)

matchmaker. schesis (ske'sis)

(skar'9-moosh) n. a cowardly buffoon (from Scaramouch, a character in Italian comedy), -v./. to act in such a

by

digression

schlenter tion,

(shlen'tsr)

an

-n.

schoenabatist scholia

(sko'li-9) n.pl.

grammarians.

2.

marginal

1.

comments,

es-

explanatory

2.

schrik (shrik)

(skat-of's-gss)

n.

schwa

fright or

a

adj.

(skat'sing"ing) n. meaningless syllables sung either when a singer forgets the words, or to imitate an instrument;

(shvo)

n.

the symbol:

shadows.

sciamachy

(sT-am'9-ke)

n.

fighting

with a shadow, or with an imagin-

ary enemy. (sT-ap'o-dss) adj. hav-

ing very large feet.

adj.

gushing forth; effusive.

sclatheric

(skor'as) adj. with large

(sT-s-ther'ik)

adj.

taining to a sundial.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

for

ciation Guide. scialytic (sT-s-lit'ik) adj. dispersing

sciapodous

talk.

9.

further explanation, see Pronun-

scat-singing

(skat-dor'i-snt)

sudden

n.

panic.

eating excrement.

let;

a

ings.

crutch.

fortunetelling by studying feces.

man; made;

n.

notes inserted by the editors of Euclid's Elements. 3. wise say-

faintly, as

scatomancy (skat'o-man"se)

scaurous

(ske-n6b'3-tist)

pecially in classic texts by early

a kind of bridle bit.

scaturient

a beggar or

tightrope walker.

a faint light, a

n. a stilt, a

n.

chiseler (Yiddish).

(sker'bab) n. something that scares a baby, also adj.

shadow, -v./. to shine through a cloud.

imita-

diamond

apples.

scarebabe

"bop"

n.

remini-

adj.

imitation

notes; explanatory

scatophagus

long

a

(South Africa). schnitz (schnits) n. cut-up and dried

manner.

scatch (skach)

mocking an-

n.

schizothemia (skiz-o-the'mi-9)

scaramouch

n.

a Jewish

n.

other's accent or manner.

schnorrer (shnor'sr)

blade.

(ska'ro)

the

scence. adj.

shaped; navicular. scapulimancy (skap'u-li-man"se) fortunetelling by studying a n. charred or cracked shoulder

scarrow

(sen-6g'r3-fe) n.

lift

schadenfreude (sh6'd3n-froi"d9) n. enjoyment of others' mis-

insects finish the job.

scaphoid

the

2.

v./.

art of perspective.

thick. 5. a trestle. 6. the distance

between a good shot and a miss

a boat in water, op-

posite o^ pitch, also of a wave.

scenography

upward

the

1.

//.

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

per-

scibile (sib'il-e) knowable.

scotograph

something

n.

scilicet (sil'i-set) adv. wit, that

scotophobia

sciolism (sT'o-liz"9m) n. superficial knowledge without scholarship.

sciotheism (sT"o-the'iz"9m) n. belief that disembodied spirits are

human

effective in

scissile

cut

(sis'il) adj.

smoothly

(skloO v.t.&i. to hit the before hitting the golf ball. -n. such a golf stroke. scobiform (skob'i-form) adj. like sawdust; scohicular. scofflaw (skoflo) n. one who scoffs

smooth

(skrev)

(skol-e-kofa-gas)

charity,

scolion (sk6'li-6n) n. an impromptu party song begun by one and continued by others.

screever,

n.

make

to ooze, leak.

v.i.

draw on a

-n.

a sidewalk for begging letter or

drawing

sidewalk

n.

scride (skrld)

to crawl on

all

(skrim'sho) v.t.&i.

to

v.i.

fours.

scrimshaw

engrave and color ivory or shell. -n. shell or ivory so ornamented, also adj.

1.

stones on a field to hinder far-

ming.

scripee

the

2.

scattering

of

scopolagnia (sko-p5-lag'ni-9) n. the pleasure gained from

voyeurism;

scoptophilia

,

(sko-po-fo'bi-s)

n.

scorbutic

(skor-bu'tik) adj. pertaining to scurvy; sick with scurvy. n.

scortation

(skrip-t6r'i-9m)

some

un-

with

(skor-ta'shsn)

n.

let;

for-

adj.

1

or affiicted with scrofula.

fhis; year;

.

cor-

rupt, degenerate. 2. pertaining to

be; sip; wine; hot; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

adj.

sions; pitted.

nication, scortatory, adj.

man; made;

(skro-bik'u-lat)

numerous shallow depres-

scroflulous (skrof'u-bs)

special effect.

n.

for scribes.

elephant's tusk.

usual tuning of a stringed instrufor

someone who

scripturient (skrip-tyur'i-ant) adj. having a passion for writing. scrivello (skriv-el'o) n. an

scrobiculate

scordatura (sk6r-d6-toor'6)

a keeper

certain property.

scriptorium

monastery room

fear of being seen.

ment

(skrip-e') n.

n.

gets land scrip, entitling her to

scopophilia.

scopophobia

charity.

for

(all slang).

scriniary (skrin'e-er"e) of archives.

rockiness.

a round

to write [begging let-

1.

ters]. 2. to

worms.

(skop'9l-iz"9m)

a torn-off frag-

.

off. -v./. to

-v.t.&i.

scollardical (skol-or'di-kal) adj. a derogatory term for a scholar. scoon (skoon) v.t.&i. to skip across the water like a flat stone.

1

like ripping cloth; to rip.

screeve

hence, violates, the law, a term proposed during prohibition.

at,

«.

ment. 2. a tirade or diatribe. 3. a drinking bout. 4. a tearing or scraping sound. 5. a tool drawn across fresh concrete to smooth it off. -v.t. 1. to rip. 2. to say glibly, especially with away or off. 3. to

ground

scopelism

n.

stones.

scissible.

adj. eating

in-

(sko-to-fo'bi-s)

screed (skred)

sclaff

scolecophagous

an

scrannel (skran'sl) adj. 1. thin; weak. 2. harsii; unmelodious. scree (skre) n. a stone or heap of

easily;

split

n.

the dark;

in

fear of darkness.

affairs.

capable of being or

(skot'o-graf)

strument for writing an x-ray.

namely, to

to say (law).

is

scroflulous

193

scibile

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

scroop scroop (skroop)

to

v./.

make

squeaking or grating sound, to fix silk so that

a

disciple.

2.

-v./.

formist.

3.

will rustle.

it

-//.

the rustle of silk.

adj.

pouch-shaped. scrump (skrump) v.t.&i. to shrivel. -n. anything shriveled or undersized.

a stage trap

n.

door. n.

crystal gaz-

1.

ing. 2. hallucinating after staring

at clear or bright objects.

scuddick small

scuddy

(skud'ik)

in size

something

n.

or value. -n.

a

(skum'bal)

v.t.

to soften

the lines or colors of a drawing by

rubbing lightly with the finger. scumbling, n. the softened effect produced. scurfy (skurfe) adj. pertaining to or covered with dandruff (scurf). scutiferous (sku-tif'ar-ss) adj. 1. carrying a shield. 2. covered with scales or horny plate like reptiles.

scybalum

(sib'a-lum)

a hardened

n.

seculum

(sek'u-lum)

an

among

seeksorrow

(sek'sor"o)

seely

menace

to seafarers

adj. blessed, happy, good, kind, innocent, harmless, weak, feeble, poor, wretched, frail, simple, timid, (se'le)

name

foolish, silly (to

seesee

(se'se)

a few).

the small sand-

n.

partridge of western Asia.

seiche (sash)

n.

rapid tidal rise

in a

large lake.

seinsemblers (sen-som-bla') falsies; also

n.

colpomims.

(se'i-te)

n.

selfhood,

in-

to

un-

dividuality.

(sej'oo-gat)

v.t.

yoke, disconnect.

miraculous,

selenian

-n.

adj.

wondrous,

a miracle.

(sel-e'ni-sn) adj.

ing to the

moon,

pertain-

selenitic, adj. in-

fluenced by the moon.

blue sea.

sdrucciola

(zdroo'cho-16) n. a three-syllable rhyme: copulate, populate. (se-ba'shas)

adj.

composed of

or

perfat;

sebastomania

selenography

(sel-sn-og'rs-fe)

n.

geography of the moon. selvage (sel'vaj) n. 1. the finished edge of a woven fabric. 2. edge or border, literally or figuratively. (sem-a"si-6r3-je) n.

semasiology

fatty.

//.

a

n.

blissful,

selcouth (sel'kooth)

to

also

1.

who was

(Greek and Roman mythology). between Scylla and Charybdis = between the devil and the deep

taining

a long time;

being the second born, sons. 2. property inherited by the second son; this type of inheritance. sedulous (sed'u-bs) adj. diligent, n.

especially

sejugate

sebaceous

in-

secundation (sek-un-da'shsn) n. making prosperous. secundogeniture (sek-un"do-jen'i-

rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirlpool Charybdis. 2. a female monster (sil'a) n. \.'d

a

n.

generation;

era or saeculum.

seity

mass.

fecal

an

masochist.

child.

scumble

n.

persistent, persevering.

naked,

(skud'e) adj.

naked

Scylla

sectiuncle (sek'ti-ung^kal)

char)

scrying (skrT'ing)

a Protestant nonfona Shiite.

significant sect.

scrotiform (skro'ti-form)

scruto (skroo'to)

sematic

194

(seb-as"t6-ma'ni-9)

religious insanity.

sectary (sek'tar-e)

man; made;

/?.

let;

1.

a

fanatic

semantics.

sematic (sem-at'ik) adj. serving as a warning: said of certain

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

semeiology

septophobia

animals' coloring.

semeiology

(sem-T-di's-je)

symptomatology.

n.

1.

the science

2.

of signs or sign language also semiology. semese (sem-es')^^/. half-eaten.

semidiurnal (sem"i-dT-ur'n9l) adj. pertaining to half a day; happen-

semiquaver (s^m'i-kwa'V^r) note

quaver, for the

a

n.

see

Britain,

in

semiustulate (sem-i-us'tu-lat)

adj.

half burned.

semordnilap

(sem-ord'ni-lap)

n.

which semordnilap is for palindromes. sempervirent (sem-pur-vT'rant) adj. evergreen.

(sen'ar-e) n.

adj.

I.

using six as a base; involving six variables (mathematics).

senectitude (sen-ek'ti-tood)

n.

old

age. (sen's-shal)

n.

1.

the

an administrative or judicial

officer.

seneucia

(sen-oo'si-s)

n.

widow-

hood.

sennet

(sen'at) n. a trumpet call as an entrance or exi-t cue. sensificatory (sen-sirik-9-t6r"e) adj. producing sensation; sensific.

sepicolous (sep-ik'o-bs)

adj. living

hedges.

in

seppuku suicide

(sep-oo'koo)

by

n.

ritual

disembowelment; n.

one of seven copies. septentrionate (sep-ten'tri-o-nat") to point north.

septimanarian (sep"ti-man-er'i-9n) a

find

the

to

alleged

cloud's

a

silver

sereno (ser-a'no) n. a man. sericeous (ser-i'shss)

monk on

man; made;

night watchadj.

consist-

ing of silk; silky. 2. having a silk-

sermocination (sur-m6s"in-a'sh9n) a speaker quickly answering

her

own question

serotine late.

(rhetoric).

(ser's-tin)

-n.

brown

adj.

flowering

common European

the

bat.

serotinous, adj. in the season

later

than allied species.

serous

(sir'ss)

adj.

thin,

watery;

serum; pertaining to serum. serrurerie (ser-oo"r9-re') n. highly like

wrought wrought iron. sesquialteral (ses-kwl-al'tsr-al) adj. having a ratio of one to one and a half. sesquipedalian (ses"kwi-ped-a'li9n) adj. 1. measuring a foot and a half.

2.

using long words, is

a foot

-n.

1.

and a

half long. 2. a long word, see hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, a.

longer one.

harakiri.

n.

to

ability

something that

septemplicate (sep-tem'pli-kat)

v./.

(ser-9n-dip'i-t9s)

pertaining

blossoming

chief steward of a medieval lord. 2.

behind.

left

serendipitous

n,

sextuple.

six,

2.

seneschal

obsequious.

like or satiny luster.

(sem-pi-tur'nal)

everlasting, eternal.

senary

3.

(sa-rSk') n. part of a glacier

lining.

reversal,

sempiternal

malleable, pliant.

adj.

lot.

(sep-to-fo'bi-a) n. fear

of decaying matter. sepulture (sep-urchsr) n. 1. burial. 2. a sepulcher or grave, -v.t. to bury. sequacious (se-kwa'shss) adj. 1. apt to follow; following. 2.

serac

ing twice a day.

sixteenth

sferics

195

duty Tor a week.

let;

setaceous (se-ta'shas) adj. bristly. sevocation (sev-o-ka'shsn) n. a calling aside.

sferics (sfer'iks) n. 1. the study of electromagnetic radiation produced by natural phenomena. 2.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

sfumato radio

produced,

so

interference

also spherics, atmospherics.

sfumato (sfoo-m6'to)

painted

adj.

sgalag (zgo'lag)

former Scot-

n.pl.

tish land-slaves.

shebeen liquor

(she-ben') is

n.

scratch-

1.

ing a design in the outer glaze re-

vealing a different color. 2. ceramics decorated this way. shabash (sho'bosh) interj. well done, bravo (Persian).

shaconian (sha-k5'ni-9n) n. someone convinced that Bacon ghosted Shakespeare's plays.

shaftsbury (shafts'ber"e)

a gal-

n.

lon jug of wine.

shaganappy

n.

raw-

(Algon-

thread

or

quian).

shagreen

a place

where

wt.&i. to pour some-

one a drink.

Sheol

Hebrew

(she'61) n.

sheriffwick

re-

hell,

isn't possible.

it

(sher'if-wik)

n.

see

sherryvallies (sher'i-var'ez) n.pl. chaps, leggings. sheugh (shook) v.t. to dig ditches. -n. a ditch or gully, aho sheuch.

shevvie

euphemism

(shev'al) n.

meat

horse

(French

for

=

cheval

horse).

Shiite (she'Tt) n. a Persian Moslem sect who think Mohammed's sonin-law, Ali,

was

his rightful suc-

cessor. Shiitic, adj.

(shag-9-nap'e)

cord

n.

sold without a license.

shrievalty.

sgraffito (zgr6-fet'o)

n. \. sl kind of leather made green-dyed Russian to look pebbled. 2. sharkskin with a pebbly texture. 3. pebbled silk. shahzadah (sho-zo'ds) n. son of a

(shag-ren')

shah.

shiko

(shi-ko') n. position

assumed

before an alleged superior: kneeling, with joined hands and bowed

head (Burma). shillaber (shil's-bur) n. a. shill. shillibeer (shil'i-bir) n. a hearse with seats for mourners. shilpit (shil'pit) adj. feeble, puny, worthless, insipid.

(shom-ol')/?. sqq

(sho'msn) n. medicine or witch doctor, shamanism,

man n.

shamans

spiritualism

using

mediums.

religious mania.

shamateur

2.

shinarump (shin-ar'ump)

simoom.

shaman

(sham-9-tur')

1

as

stan-

n.

dard English (circa 1900) for a bogus tyro. (sho'poo)

n.

a wild

moun-

tain sheep of Tibet.

shardborn (shord'born) in

an obsolete oboe-

n.

turn from which

chair.

shapoo

(shom)

shenk (shenk)

ty quality.

sgabello (zgd-bel'o) n. an octagonal Italian Renaissance

shamal

shawm

like instrument.

with hazy outlines creating a mis-

hide

shote

196

adj.

born

fied

n.

1.

a priest;

2. a stripling

hypocrite; shorling. or youth.

shawabti (sha-wab'te)

n.

see ushah-

heron. shittim (shit'im)

man; made;

let;

n.

wood from

1.

hair-parting.

(shod)

n.

this;

2.

top of the head.

shorling (shor'ling) n. 1. the skin of a shorn sheep. 2. someone with a shorn head; a monk, shaveling. (shot)

n.

a

young hog;

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

the

shittah tree.

shote

ti.

petri-

shintiyan (shin'ti-yan) n. baggy pants for Moslem women. shippo (ship'o) n. Japanese cloisonne enamel. shitepoke (shlt'pok) n. the green heron; the night heron; any

shode

dung.

shaveling (shav'ling)

n.

wood.

year; azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

a

shrievalty

sinciput

197

sigma or

shoat.

shrievalty (shrev'al-te) n. the office or jurisdiction of a sheriff. shriver (shrT'vsr) n. confessor. shroff (shr60 n. 1. a banker or moneychangcF. 2. a bank expert

who

fixes coin values, -v.t.&i. to

markings or characteristics. sikinnis (sik-in'is) n. an orgiastic dance of satyrs performed in

Greek

inspect coins.

shtchee (shche)

Russian cab-

n.

bage soup, also shchi,

sibyline

to

adj.

sicarian (sik-er'i-sn) n. an assassin, sicahous, adj. murderous. siccative (sik'9-tiv) adj. drying, -n. a drier, siccity (sik'si-te) n. dryness.

(sik'sak)

simony

erysipelas, a skin disease. 3. the

use of green manure. ing

to

stars;

astral,

1.

siderodromophobia n.

1.

2.

2.

stars.

(sTd-r5d"r6-

fear of train travel.

(sid'9r-o-man"se)

fortunetelling

stars.

pertain-

stellar.

measured by means of

sideromancy

from looking

n.

at

-n.

a

1.

a herring. n.

1.

traffic

in

pardons,

or

n.

offices,

simoniac,

Magus,

n.

someone Simon

siffilate (sifil-at)

adj.

(sij'il-at)

decorated

with stamps or seals, -v.t. to seal. sigia (sig'b) n.pl. abbreviations,

symbols, or manuscripts.

shorthand

(sim-oom') n. a hot, dry, wind in Arabia and Syria, the shamal is another one. the sirocco and solano are hot, oppressive Mediterranean winds. simous (sT'mss) adj. 1. having a snub nose. 2. concave. simulacrum (sim-u-la'krsm) n. 1. an image. 2. a vague or shadowy vision.

in

(sin'9-pTz)

v.t.

to sprinkle.

sinarquism (sin'6r-kiz"9m) n. a Mexican counterrevolutionary movement that opposes communism, Pan-American labor unionism,

old

and

military

conscrip-

tion.

sigmate (sig'mat)

adj.

shaped; sigmoid.'

man; made;

Samarian

simoom

sinapize

to whisper.

v./.

a first-century

magician).

from

fortunetelling

watching burning straw. siglllate

3.

dust-laden

(sT-dir'i-sl) adj.

mo-f6'bi-9)

(sim'an-e)

prizes,

sideration (sid-ar-a'shsn) n. 1. sudden and unexplainable sickness.

sidereal

beam.

practicing simony (from

bird (Egypt).

2.

to flow or pour;

.

subside,

satirist.

mor-

crocodile

the

1

(sT-len'shi-er"e)

religious

n.

to

keep state secrets secret. sillabub (sil'a-bub) n. \. inconsequential puff; florid, inane language. 2. a dessert made mostly out of cream. sillographer (sil-og'rs-far) n. a

bid fastidiousness.

sicsac

2.

someone appointed to keep peace and quiet. 2. someone sworn to

(sik-a'zi-9) n. nausea. n.

drip.

silentiary

(sib'il-Tn) adj. prophetical,

sicchosism (sik'o-siz"9m)

to conceal, deceive.

1.

strainer. 2. a

cryptic, occult.

sicchasia

v.t.

2. to filter, -v./.

relationship

n.

theater.

sile (sTI)

stchi.

sialagogic (sral-3-g6j'ik) promoting saliva flow. sibship (sib'ship) between siblings.

S.

signaletics (sig-nal-et'iks) n. the use of signalments: description for identification by unusual

let;

S or sigmato add a

sinciput

-v.t.

(sin'si-put)

n.

the

head.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

fore-

singultus singultus (sing-gul'tas)

hiccup or

n.

hiccups, singultous, adj.

Sinicism

(sin'i-siz"3m)

sinistral (sin'is-tral) adj.

some-

n.

1.

pertain-

left-handed.

2.

left.

briskly, -adv. quickly

3.

illegitimate.

sipid

(sip'9t)

soaked

toast

/7.

a small piece of milk or broth; a

1

.

in

piece or fragment.

(Norway). skink (skink)

soup, -v.t.&i.

a

skive (skTv) v.t. to shave or pare, -v./. to skim or dart. -n. a dia-

simoom. contemptuous

sklent (sklent) v.i. to slander, lie; to glance sideways, -n. a lie, a side

n.

footless fetus with fused legs.

siriasis (sir-T's-sis)

sirocco (sir-6'ko) (sir's)

n.

sqq

a

used to

one's

wheel.

glance; slander.

skookum

alleged inferiors.

siserara (sis-ur-er's) n. a severe blow or violent reproach. sistle (sis'sl) v./. to whistle with a hissing sound. (sis-i-fe'sn) adj. like the

labors of Sisyphus: unending. (sT-tdl's-je) n. dietetics.

sitophobia

mond

sunstroke.

n.

n.

of address

(sT-to-fo'bi-s) n. fear of

(skoo'kdm)

adj. first-rate;

the best (Chinook jargon).

skoptsy (skop'tse)

n.

self-castration

(from the Skopts, a Russian

who

did

sect,

it).

skybald

(skT'bold) n. a good-fornothing; a worthless person, animal, or thing, also skybal. skygodlin (skr'g6d"lin) adv.

diagonally.

eating.

sixmo

(siks'mo) n. the size of a piece of paper cut six from a sheet; a page of this size. sizar (sTz'sr) n. a Cambridge or Dublin University student who gets a college allowance. sizzard (siz'srd) n. heat with high humidity.

sjambok (sham'bdk)

n.

in

slade

let;

3.

slampamp

a small valley. 2. a

1.

a bog.

(slam'pamp)

n.

medley,

confusion.

slipslop

1. (slip'slop) n. malapropism. 2. poor food or

drink.

inane talk, twaddle.

3.

a

loose

a

slobber-chops child or

(sl6b'3r-ch6ps)

food (slang). slojd (sloid) n.

this; year;

n.

animal that scatters

anical work.

2.

1.

a

a

its

skilled mechSwedish system

of manual training.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g^t; thin;

4.

made by walking in slipper, -v.i. to make such

the sound

sound.

a

man; made;

(slad) «.

cave.

South

heavy whip made of rhinoceros hide. -v.t. to whip with a sjambok; sjamboking. skelp (sk61p) /I. 1. a push or slap. 2. heavy rain. -v.t. 1. to slap, beat, or kick. 2. to write or perform in a lively manner, -v./. to walk Africa,

lizard. 2. drink;

1.

hocks or beef hock to pour liquor; to

pour.

sirenomelia (sfrsn-o-me'li-s)

sitology

n.

liquor. 3. beef

sirenical.

Sisyphean

x-

by sundial.

skijoring (ske'j6r"ing) n. the pulling of a skier by a horse or car

sirenic (sT-ren'ik) adj. like a siren: fascinating and dangerous, also

term

making

2.

rays. 3. telling time

piece of toast as a garnish. 2. a

sirrah

shadows.

jecting

(sip' id) ^^/. tasty, flavorful.

sippet

and violent-

suddenly. skewbald (sku'bold) adj. [animals] marked by patches of white and one other color. skiagraphy (skl-ag'rs-fe) n. 1. proly;

thing Chinese. ing to the

slojd

98

azure; o'msn"; viN; fur; Bach

sloom sloom (sloom) v./. to doze. come weak; to decay. 3.

2. to

be-

move

to

sluggishly; to drift, sloomy, adj. sluggish. \

slowcome

(slo'kam) son (slang).

slubber

(slub'sr)

a lazy per-

n.

to

1.

stain,

worker or machine that slubs

tex-

partly or badly twined

3.

(slip) n. a narrow passage between the transept and the deanery in certain English

slype

cathedrals,

smabbled

to sharpen.

-v.t.

(smab'sld) adj. killed in

battle, also snabbled.

breeches.

2.

^'small" clothes, such

underwear,

handkerchiefs,

taining

adj. per-

emerald-

emeralds;

to

smarmy

(smor'me)

adj.

outrageously

polite,

speaking

i.

over-

flattering;

obsequiously.

2.

plastered-down [hair]. smatchet (smach'at) n. a small, nasty person or a nasty child. smearcase (smir'kas) n. cottage cheese.

smee

(sme) n. the pintail duck, widgeon, pochard, or smew. smeeth (smetK) n. mist, haze, pow-v.t.

snash

(snash)

n.

abuse, insolence,

to talk insolently or abusive-

-v./.

ly.

snast (snast) n. a candlewick. snath (snath) n. a scythe handle;

snathe (snath)

sneckdraw

v.^ to prune, lop off.

(snek'dro)

a sly per-

n.

son, sneckdrawing, adj. sly, crafty,

sneckdrawn,

mean

adj.

or

snickersnee

(snik'ar-sne) n. a fight

with knives; a knife.

n.

snor'am)

(snip-snapgame (from nonsense words

a card

n.

accompanying

spoken by the players).

snoach (snoch)

speak

to

v./.

through the nose; to snuffle. snod (snod) adj. trimmed; smooth, neat; cunning, -v.t. to md^^Qsnod. snollygoster (sn6ri-g5s"t9r) n. a burgeoning politician with no platform,

principles,

or

party

preference.

snurge

to screen with mist.

smellfungus (smerfung"g9s)

a

malcontent; a grumbler or fault-

(snurj) v.i. to avoid an unpopular job (British slang).

soceraphobia

(so"s9r-9-fo'bi-9) n.

fear or dislike of parents-in-law.

finder.

smich (smich)

n.

smilet (smll'st) bridle

dog

n.

snipsnapsnorum

green.

snaffle

(sndrl'e-you)

stingy.

smalls.

smaragdine (smar-ag'din)

der,

slang).

snarleyyow

snead.

^

smallclothes (smol'klothz) n.pl. 1. men's eighteenth-century knee as

Unchanged: Still Fucked-Up. tarfu, Things Are Really Fucked-Up (all army susfu. Situation

(slang).

thread.

etc.;

Fucked-Up Beyond All Recognifubb, Fucked-Up Beyond Belief, fumtu, Fucked-Up More Than Usual, janfu. Joint Army and Navy Fuck-Up. sapfu. Surtion,

passing All Previous Fuck-Ups.

v.t.

darken. 2. to botch. 3. to skim, with over. -n. \. mire; slime. 2. a tiles.

sodality

199

n.

(snafal) bit.

2.

sociophobia

the stonechat.

a

little

«.

1.

a

kind

of

a slight restraint.

snafu (sna-foo') adj.&n. Situation Normal: All Fucked-Up. fubar.

man; made;

let;

(so"she-o-fo'bi-3)

sockdolager (s6k'd61VJ3r) telling

blow.

2.

n. l.a something un-

usually large or imposing.

sodality

(so-dal'i-te)

n.

associa-

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

n.

fear of friendship or society.

smile.

this;

year; azure; o'msn"; viN; fur; Bacfi

solano

spaneria

200

tion, union, fellowship.

solano (so-16'no) n. sqq simoom. solatium (so-la'shi-sm) n. anything that compensates for suffering or loss; an additional allow-

ance.

sordor sorner

(sor'dar) n. refuse, dregs. (sor'nsr) n. a sponger, idler,

loafer, or beggar.

sororicide (s6r-6r'i-sTd) sortilege

solfatara (sol-f6-t6'r9)

a volcanic

n.

vent spitting up partly sulphur-

ous gases. solfeggio (sol-fej'o)

n.

sight-singing

using sol-fa syllables. solifidian (s61-3-fid'i-9n)

one who believes that

soss

n.

somealone

sufficient for salvation.

the

kill-

(s6r'til-ej) n. witchcraft.

(sos) interj. a

it!''

call to

"come and

animals,

plump. sotadic (so-tad'ik)

get

-n. slop. -adv.

adj.

pertaining

and often palindromic verse o{ Sotades (276 the

to

faith

n.

ing of one's sister.

lewd,

vulgar,

B.C.). also sotadean.

is

real

soteriology (so-tir"i-6r3-je) n. 1. the study of salvation by belief in the legendary Jesus Christ. 2. the

and knowable. solisequious (s61-i-se'kwi-3s)

adj.

sottise (so-tez')

is

solipsism

(s6rip-siz"9m) theory that only the self

the

n.

following the sun. solmization (s51-mi-za'sh9n)

science of hygiene.

see

n.

somatology

(som-^-tdl'a-je) n. the

comparative study of the structure, functions, and development

human body. somnifugous (sdm-nifu-gss) of the

away

kwa'shss)

adj.

(s6m''ni-lo-

adj. pertaining to talk-

ing in one's sleep.

somnipathy

n. the role of coquette or frivolous young woman; an actress in that role.

n.

hyp-

(sobt'sr-kin)

a2.

1.

afterbirth allegedly produced

an

by

Dutch women from sitting over their stoves. 2. an abortive scheme.

3. an unsuccessful literary attempt. 4. a Dutchman. sophomania (s6f-o-ma'ni-9) n. delusion of exceptional intelligence.

sophophobia

(s6f-o-fo'bi-9) n. fear

or dislike of learning.

sophrosyne

sorbile (sov'bW) n.

and rational.

adj. drinkable.

a flock [of mallards].

mSn; made;

let;

w.

of the wind. religious

1.

2.

a sighing sound, as a vague rumor.

chant.

4.

a

1. to sigh, as the wind. 2. to breathe heavily, with aw^ay\ to breathe one's last, to die. 3. to preach in a whining tone. -v.r. 1.

-v./.

hum,

to

chant.

2.

to

dig a

drainage ditch. sous-entendu (sooz"5N-t6N-du') n. something implied but not stated.

soutache

(soo-tosh')

n.

a kind of

embroidery braid. souterrain (soo-ter-an') n. an underground passage or chamber.

sovkhoz (sov'koz) n. a Soviet stateowned farm paying wages to the workers, also sovkhos, sovhoz.

sowbelly (sou'bel"e)

n. fat salt

spadonism

pork

(spad'o-niz"9m)

this;

n.

eunuchry.

spaneria men.

(span-er'i-3) n. scarcity of

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

3.

swamp,

or bacon.

(s6-fr6s'in-e) n. sober,

sensible, prudent,

sough (suO

to

(s6m-nip'9-the)

notic sleep.

sord (sord)

soubrette (soo-bret')

a

sleep.

somniloquacious

sooterkin

behavior;

a

solfeggio.

driving

n. foolish

stupidity.

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

spanogyny spanogyny (span-oj'an-e) ty of women.

spasmatomancy man"se)

spofflsh

201 n.

growing among peat moss. sphenographer (sfen-og'ra-fur) n. someone who deciphers cunei-

scarci-

(spaz'ma-to-

form writing. sphragistics (sfra-jis'tiks)

fortunetelling by ob-

n.

serving a twitching body.

spatchcock (spach'kok) split

and

pare a bird like polate

[a

science

a bird

immediately

grilled

after being killed,

n.

-v./.

1.

sphygmic

to pre-

befoul;

to stroll or

v.t.&i.

to

sully

and

to

spindrift (spin'drift)

spatulomancy

(spat'u-lo-man"se) with a sheep's

fortunetelling

shoulder blade.

spawl (spol) n. spit, -v.t.&i. to spit. spearhouse (spir'hous) n. a homosexual brothel (slang).

spectroheliokinematograph

spintry (spin'tre) n. a male whore. spiracle (spT'rs-ksl) n. a breathing hole; an air hole or vent also spiraculum. spirated (spT'raf'ad) adj. corkscrew-shaped. spissated (spis'at"9d) adj. thickened.

(spek"tro-he"li-o-kin'9-mat-o-

graf)

sea spray;

n.

spoondrift.

spot.

n.

pertain-

(sfig"moman-6m'9-t3r) n. an instrument for measuring blood pressure. spiegelschrift (shpe'gsl-shrlft) n. mirror-writing, also strephog rap hi a. splloma (spT-lo'ma) n. a birthmark or mole.

spatilomancy (spat'il-o-man"se) n. fortunetelling by observing

besmirch,

(sflg'mik) adj.

sphygmomanometer

phrase], to add to by

animal droppings. spatrify (spat'ri-fT)

n.

a

movie camera

for tak-

spizzerinctum (spiz-ar-ink'tam)

n.

ambition; the will to succeed.

2.

ing pictures of the sun.

spectrophobia

1

fear of looking in a mirror. adj..

vulgar

splacknuck (splak'nuk)

n. a peculiar person or animal (from the character in Swift's Gulliver's

ing a smooth, reflecting surface. (spel-e-ol's-je)

cheap,

decoration.

pertain-

ing to a speculum, or mirror; hav-

speleology

.

gimcrackery;

(spek-tro-fo'bi-9) n.

specular (spek'u-br)

Travels).

the

n.

scientific study of caves. spelunker (spel-unk'ar) n. one who explores and studies caves, a

splanchnology (splank-n6r9-je)

speleologist.

splore

sperate

or

ing to the pulse.

interpolation. v./.

the

stamps.

this. 2. to inter-

spatiate (spa'shi-at) ramble.

n.

of seals

history

or

(spir'at)

adj.

said of a. debt that

hoped

may

be

study

of

human

n.

internal

organs. (splor)

merrymaking,

n.

festivity; a carousal, -v.i. to frolic,

for:

carouse; to brag, boast.

re-

spodogenous

paid.

spermologer

(spurm-ol'a-jur)

n.

seed gatherer.

sphacelate

the

(sfas'sl-at)

to

be-

come gangrenous. sphagnicolous (sfag-nik'o-bs)

adj.

man; made;

let;

v.i.

(spo-ddj'an-ss) adj. pertaining to or due to presence of waste matter. spodomancy (spod'o-mSn'^se) n. fortunetelling with ashes.

spoffish

(spof'ish)

adj.

fussy;

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

spoffokins bustling (slang).

boxes.

spoffokins (sp6r3-kinz)

whore

a

n.

squeteague

common

pretending to be a wife.

spoliation

staurolatry

202

(spo-li-a'shan)

n.

robbery; the authorized practice of robbing neutrals at sea in wartime.

squidgereen

(spdn-gdl'a-je)

try,

sporabola (sp6r-ab'o-b)

for-

n.pl.

n.

for bailing water.

spousebreach

collectively.

n.

1.

2.

or squires.

n. a mythical bird covered with warts and continual-

ly

weeping

in self-pity (slang).

sravaka (srov'kd) ple of sri

(spous'brech)

a

squonk (skwonk)

the tra-

jectory of a falling spore. spoucher (spooch'ar) n. a utensil

n.

government by the English landed gen-

study of sponges.

sponsalia (sp6n-sa'li-9) mal betrothal.

(skwlj-sr-en')

squirearchy (skwl'sr-dr^ke)

the

n.

the

short, insignificant person.

squires,

spongology

(ske'teg) n.s.&pl.

weakfish.

n.

a direct disci-

Buddha.

(shre) adj.

fortunate, glorious,

n.

and holy also shri, shree (India). ssu (sob) n.s.&pl. a Chinese unit of

a

weight equal to 1/100,000 liang\ in general, 1/100,000.

n. \. a piece of wood used as a prop. 2. a piece of wood put between the spokes of a wheel as a brake, -v./. 1. to prop with a sprag. 2. to brake with a sprag.

Stable-Stand (sta'bal-stand) n. the stance of someone about to shoot a bow and arrow.

adultery.

sprachgefUhl (shpr6h'g3-ful)

n.

talent for languages.

sprag (sprag)

-n.

a

young

codfish.

spraints (sprants)

spumescent

staboy (stab-oi') interj. a cry for encouraging hunting dogs after their prey.

n.pl. otter

dung.

staffage (sto-foz')

n.

extras added

(spu-mes'^nt) adj. like

to a painting or literary work; de-

foam; foaming. spurcidical (spur-sid'i-kal) adj. foulmouthed. sputative (spu't9-tiv) adj. apt to

tails, ornamentation, etc. stagiary (sta'ji-er"e) n. a resident canon; a law student.

squabash (skw5-bash')

to

v.t.

crush by criticism, -n. a crushing blow, squabasher, n. squabbish (skw6b'ish) adj. thick, fat, and heavy.

squaliform shaped

(skw6ri-f6rm)

adj.

like a shark.

squamaceous covered

(skwam-a'shas) adj. scales, scaly;

with

squamous.

squarson (skw6r's9n) man-landlord, (squire

squelette veneer

stagnicolous (stag-nik'5-bs)

adj.

living in stagnant water.

spit.

+

n.

a clergy-

squarsonry,

n.

parson).

wood making match-

(skai-6t') n. a thin

used

in

man; made;

let;

staiko (stol'ko) n. a poor man posing as a rich man. Stannary (stan'sr-e) n. a tin mine.

stasibasiphobia

(stas"i-ba-si-fo'bi-

of standing or walking. stasis (sta'sis) n. stoppage of the flow of body fluids. stasivalence (st^s-i-va'bns) n. ability to have sexual intercourse only while standing. stathmograph (stath'mo-gr^O « an instrument for measuring the speed of trains or projectiles. staurolatry (st6r-6r9-tre) n. cross or crucifix-worship. 9) n. fear

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp; fhis; year; azure; o'mart"; viN; fur; Bach

good; food; out; g^; thin;

staurophobia staurophobia fear

or

(stor-o-fo'bi-a)

n.

of the cross or

dislike

storge

203

sneezmg. sterquilinian

steatopygia

(ste"at-9-pT'ji-3)

n.

steatopygous,

fatty-assedness. adj.

steganography

(steg-an-dg'rs-fe)

cryptography. stegmonth (steg'munth) n. period of recuperation after childbirth. stele (ste'le) n. a decorated headstone or pillar. stellated (sterat'^sd) adj. starshaped; decorated with stars. n.

stellification

(stel'i-fi-ka'shsn)

stertorous

(stur'tor-as) adj. characterized by loud breathing or snoring. sthenia (sthe'-ni-a) n. strength or vigor.

sthenobulia

sticcado (sti-ko'do)

stichomancy

n.

by passages from

stickleback (stik'al-bak) n. scaleless fish with two or more spines.

stigonomancy

body

stilp (stilp)

orifices.

stentorophonous adj. having loud voice.

9s)

in

or

abnormally head-

a

n.

often seen in statues of divinities.

n.

the god

of feces.

stereognosis (ster"e-og-no'sis)

n.

learning the weight of a solid by it.

(ster-e-6g'r9-fe)

n.

the drawing of solids on a plane: a

branch of solid geometry.

stereotypy (stir-e-6t'3-pe) monotonous repetition. sterlet (stur'let)

n.

to 2.

adj.

stilpers,

walk with stilts to take long n.pl.

or

stilts

having

adj.

stinging hairs.

stipendiarian (stT-pen"di-er'i-9n) adj. mercenary; performing services for a price.

stirious (stir'i-9s) adj. like an

sterculius (stur-ku'li-ss)

stereography

1.

stimulose (stim'u-los)

(stur-kor-ik'o-bs)

dung.

living in

v./.

crutches.

strides,

the middle and

narrowing toward the temples: stercoricolous

(stil-a-tish'ss)

falling in drops.

crutches.

(stefsn-e)

band, widest

n.

bark.

(sten-tor-afsn-

an

(stig'o-man"se)

fortunetelling by writing on tree

stillatitious

a small sturgeon its

icicle.

stirpiculture (sturp'i-kul"ch9r) animal eugenics.

n.

stoa (sto's) n. a Greek portico. stochastic (sto-kas'tik) adj. conjectural; conjectural expertise. stola (sto'b) n. a long robe worn by

Roman women. stomachous (stum's-kas)

adj.

obstinate; angry.

n.

of the Caspian Sea, noted for

stoopgallant (stoop'gal'bnt) humbling; ego-destroying.

stopcock (stop'kok)

fine caviar.

sternutation

(stik'o-man"se)

fortunetelling

of narrow things or places. (sten-ot'ik) adj. pertaining to stenosis, a narrowing of

handling

kind of

a

n.

xylophone.

(sten-o-fo'bi-3) n. fear

stenotic

adj.

n.

books.

general.

stephane

(sthen-o-boo'li-s)

strong will power.

glorification.

in

dunghill;

a

to

filthy.

n.

stellionate (stel'ysn-at) n. unauthorized resale of property; fraud,

stenophobia

(stur-kwil-in'i-an)

pertaining

adj.

crucifix.

n.

adj.

pipe

a

valve.

(sturn-u-ta'shan)

man; made;

let;

n.

storge

(stor'je) n. instinctive

paren-

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

storiology

among many

affection

tal

animals.

storiology

(stor-i-dl'a-je)

n.

study

of folklore. stot (st6t) A7. 1. a young horse.

2. a

three-year-old castrated bull. -n.&v.i. 1. stumble, stagger. 2. bounce, rebound. 3. stammer. stound (stound) n. l.a. short time, a

moment.

2.

season; occasion,

-v./.

from time

(stound'mel) adv. now and then;

to time,

gradually.

strabismus

(stra-biz'mas)

n.

squinting; heterotropia.

Stramineous

(stram-in'i-9s)

adj.

mation. struthian (stroo'thi-sn) adj. like an ostrich, emu, cassowary, or moa. stuboy (stoo'boi) v.i. to set a dog on a person (slang). stufa (stoo'fs) n. a steam jet spouting from the ground. stultiloquence (stul-til'o-kwsns) n. babble.

silly talk,

(stump'aj) n. the value of uncut timber; the right to cut it.

stupration (stoo-pra'shan)^?. rape. stupulose (stoop'u-los) adj. covered with fine short hairs. Sturm und drang (shtoorm-obndrong') storm and stress: applied to certain late eighteenth-century

strawlike; valueless.

stratephrenia (strat-9-fre'ni-9) n. neurosis induced by military ser-

German ing

to

was

literature that free

from

itself

try-

French

infiuence.

vice.

strathspey (strath'spa) n. a lively Scottish dance or its music. stratocracy (strat-ok'rs-se) n. military government. strepent (strep'snt) adj. noisy, loud, also streperous; strepitant.

strephographia

(stref-o-grafi-s) n.

mirror-writing,

also

spiegel-

strephonade

(stref-sn-ad')

n.

a

love song.

the

pertaining to

(stij'i-sn) adj.

river

gloomy. stygiophobia

bo'li-3) n.

and

infernal

Styx:

(stij"i-o-fo'bi-9)

n.

stylagalmaic (stir'a-gal-ma'ik)

adj.

fear of hell. like a caryatid; full of caryatids (pillars

shaped

like

women).

on

top

of

who

also

pillars,

lived

called

pillarists.

strephosymbolia

(stref'o-sima perceptual disorder in

which objects appear reversed. stridulous (strid'u-bs) adj. 1. making a creaking or squeaky sound. 2. pertaining to stridor, a whistling during respiratory blockage. strigil (strij'il) n. an ancient 1. Greek skin-scraper. 2. a curved

Roman

Stygian

stylite (stT'lTt) n. ascetics

schrift.

strigine

the history of stratified rock for-

stumpage

to stun; to astonish.

stoundmeal

subaltern

204

spinning like

suant (soo'ant)

adj.

smooth, even,

regular, steady, agreeable, placid, quiet, grave, or demure. suaviation (swov-i-a'shsn)

n.

a love

kiss.

suaviloquence n.

(swov-il'o-kwans) bland or soothing, agreeable

talk.

slightly tart

subagitation

(sub"aj-i-ta'sh9n)

n.

copulation.

a top.

stromatology

a foun-

or biting.

(strl'jTn) adj. owlish.

adj.

n.

tain pen.

subacid (sub-as'id)^^/

fluting.

strobic (strob'ik)

Stylograph (stTl'o-graO

(stro-ms-tol's-je)

man; made;

let;

n.

subaltern (sub-ol'tarn)

adj.

second-

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

This;

year; azure; o'msn"; viN; fur;

Bach

i

subarrhation

sumpsimus

205

suburbicarian (sub-urb"i-ker'i-9n)

string or fiddle (slang).

subarrhation (sub-sr-a'shsn)

n.

accomplished by the man's showering presents on his betrothal

and succor.

(sub-or'e-al)

cold,

adj.

succedaneum

but not freezing.

subderisorious

n.

adj.

secret substitution.

subdolous (sub'do-bs)

adj.

succubus

meaning implied but not

mit a crime. to

commit

sudarium

1.

to

to

n.

smiling.

subrisive, subrisory, adj.

subsannation

(siib-san-a'shan)

n.

derision.

subsemifusa

(sub"sem-i-fu's9) n. a thirty-second note, or demisemiquaver in medieval, music.

substaquilate (sub-stak'wil-at) to defeat, overwhelm.

subsume

(sub-soom')

something

v.t.

in a larger

subtegulaneous

v.t.

to enter

category.

(sub"teg-a-la'ni-

9s) adj. indoor.

subtend

(sub-tend') v.t. to extend under, or be opposite to. subtrahend (sub'tra-hend) n. the quantity to be subtracted.

sububeres

(sub-u'bar-ez) suckling children.

man; made;

let;

n.pl.

a

adj. subsidi-

(soo-ds-tor'i-sm)

n.

a

(sud)

n.

1.

papyrus stems and

aquatic grass that sometimes clog the White Nile, making it unnavigable. 2. a temporary dam. suggilate (sug'jil-at) v.t. to beat

black and blue; to defame. sui generis (soo-T-jen'sr-is) unique; in

a class by itself (Latin).

(sul'sj) n. 1. sewage. 2. mud deposited by water. summist (sum'ist) n. a philosopher who wrote summas, or treatises synthesizing or epitomizing whole areas of human knowledge. sumpitan (sump'i~tan) n. a. blowgun used in Borneo to dispatch poisoned darts. sumpsimus (sump'sim-9s) n. a grammatically correct phrase

sullage

substituted for a

common

error.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

in

sudatorium (soo-da-tor'i-sm) n. the sweating room in a bathhouse.

sudd

perjury.

fe-

face.

hire,

comcause someone

subrision (sub-ri'zsn)

a

1.

sweat cloth or handkerchief, especially the one St. Veronica used to wipe the legendary Christ's

suddenly

someone

2. to

a?.

ary, auxiliary.

(music). v.t.

(suk'u-bus)

succursal (suk-ur'sal)

stated.

adv.

n.

whore.

n.

a hidden entrance. subintelligitur (sub"in-t9l-ij'i-t9r)

(sub-orn')

(suk'sr-ans)

their sleep. 2. a lewd person;

subingression (sub-in-gre'shan)

bribe, or urge

adj.

male goblin who seduces men

public sale or auction.

(soo'be-to)

tre-

dependence.

a

n.

(suk"s9-da'ne-9m) a substitute

substitute;

producing sap.

dark

or dusky; subfuscous.

suborn

a

succorance adj. a bit

subhastation (sub-has-ta'shsn)

subito

aid

1.

endow-

succes fou (siik-sa-fob') n. a mendous success. succiferous (suk-sif'sr-as)

rather

crafty or sly.

subfusc (sub-fusk')

a

n.

remedy.

(sub"d9r-is-6r'i-9s)

mildly ridiculing. subdititious (sub-di-ti'shss) adj.

n.

a grant or

2.

ment.

incipient bride.

subboreal

belonging to the suburbs.

adj.

subvention (sub-v^n'shan)

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

206

sumpter sumpter

(sump'tar) n. a packpack, or driver, -adj. pertaining to baggage. sumptuary (sump'choo-er"e) adj. pertaining to the limiting of certain expenditures. sundowner (sun'doun"9r) n. \. a. drink at sundown. 2. someone with a secondary night job. 3. a freeloader arriving at sundown. horse,

suoid

its

supernal (soo-pur'nal) adj. coming from above, sky-high; ethereal.

superseptuagenarian

(soo'^p^r-

sep"choo-3-jen-er'i-3n)

some-

n.

one over seventy.

supervacaneous

(soo"p9r-vak-

a'ne-9s) adj. needlessly added.

supinovalent adj.

(soo"pin-o-va'l9nt)

able to fornicate only while

supine.

suppalpation

(sod' Old) adj. hoglike.

(soop-sl-ek'til) adj. supellectile pertaining to furniture, -n. a piece of furniture or apparatus.

superalimentation

suttee

(soo"p9r-ar'i-

(sup-al-pa'shsn) n. gaining affection by caressing. suppedaneum (sup-s-da'ne-sm) n. a foot support for crucifix victims.

men-ta'shan) n. overfeeding: once used as a remedy in certain

sural (sobr'sl) adj. pertaining to the calf of the leg.

debilitating diseases.

surbate

superannuated (soo-psr-an'uat"9d) adj. 1. made obsolete; disqualified because of old age. 2. retired

and pensioned because of

sickness or old age.

superbiate (soo-pur'bi-at)

make

v.t.

to

arrogant or haughty, super-

bious, adj.

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious(soo"p9r-kal-i-fraj"il-is-tik-

atoning for extreme and delicate beauty while highly educable {super = over H- cali = beauty + fragilistic = delicate + expiali = to atone for + docious = educable).

eks"pe-al-i-d6'sh9s) adj.

supererogatory t6r"e)

adj.

(soo"p9r-e-rog'9-

superfluous;

non-

(sur'bat)

v.t.

glorification; stellification.

supernaculum (soo-psr-nak'ubm) n. a liquor drunk to the last

surcingle (sur'sing"g9l)

let;

make

or be-

n.

a belt or

girdle for a horse or priest.

surculation

(sur-ku-la'shsn) pruning; trimming.

n.

surdity (sur'di-te) n. deafness. surrebutter (sur-e-but'ar) n. plaintiffs reply to defendant's rebuttal.

susfu (soos'foo) changed:

Still

UnFucked-Up (army

adj. Situation

slang, for more, see snafu). suspercollate (sus-par-kol'at) vj. to hang by the neck.

suspirious

(sus-pir'i-9s) breathing heavily; sighing.

susulike (soo'soo-lTk)

adj.

adj.

pertain-

ing to a blind platanistoid ceta-

long

snout;

feet

like

long with a a

Ganges

dolphin.

susurration (soo-sur-a'shsn) whispering or murmuring.

n.

a

sutile (su'til) adj. sewn. sutler (sut'br) n. someone who follows an army to sell the troops provisions.

suttee

(su-te')

who cremates

drop; excellent booze.

to

footsore, -n. footsoreness.

cean about eight

essential.

superfetation (soo"p9r-fe-ta'sh3n) n. 1. conception during pregnancy. 2. the piling up of one growth on another; cumulative development. n. superlation (soo-psr-la'shan)

man; made;

come

n.

a

Hindu widow

herself on her bus-

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bacfi

«P1!

band's

pyre,

funeral

the

also

(soo'z3r-an"te)

conflicting beliefs.

synecdoche

practice of such cremation.

suzerainty

szopelka

207

suzerainty

(sin-ek'do-ke) n. a of speech substituting a more general term for a less general one or vice versa.

the

n.

figure

authority one state has over another.

swallet

an undern. discovered by

(swol'at)

stream

ground miners.

swan-upping

(s\v6n'up"ing)

the

n.

annual inspection and marking of the royal swans of the Thames.

swaraj

self-govern-

national

ment (India). swartwouter (s\v6rt'\vout"9r) embezzler who

sweetsop

a tropical

n.

fruit. n.

n.

com"so help [me

political association.

a drunk.

tion.

well-

per-

syrt (surt)

n.

quicksand.

syssitia (si-sish'i-9)

n.

the practice

Cre-

tans of eating with the electorate

acci-

a

syzygy (siz'i-je) n. 1. a relation between the fundamental concomitants of one or more binary

(sin"9l-ag-mat'ik)

forms (mathematics). 2. the point o{ an orbit at which the planet is

(sim-for'ik)

adj.

(sim-p6'zi-6rk)

for political expediency.

n.

in conjunction (astronomy).

bilateral.

(sing'ko-pe)

n.

fainting.

syncretism (sing'kr9-tiz"9m)

n.

1.

the union of conflicting religious beliefs. 2. uncritical

man; made;

a

mature

socially

sonality; also koinoiropic.

master of ceremonies. adj.

to

direc-

for-

n.

dent prone.

syncope

pertaining

2.

balanced,

n.

turn-

1.

same

among some Spartans and

(sr'ko-man"se) tunetelling with figs.

synallagmatic

adj.

ing or pointing in the

like a prophet.

sycomancy

of

dislike

synonymicon (sin-o-nim'i-kon) a s\nonym dictionary. syntomy (sin'to-me) n. brevity. syntropic (sin-trop'ik)

n.

ly fond of luxury and pleasure. sybilline (sib'il-Tn) adj. mysterious;

symposiarch

(sin"j9n-es-6-

or

fear

synodite (sin's-dlt) n. friend or companion. synomosy (sin-6m'9-se) n. a

syagush (syo'goosh) n. Persianlamb fur; broadtail. sybarite (sib'sr-It) n. someone over-

symphoric

n.

relatives.

sweet

a

a perennial

plainer (from God]"). swillbowl (swil'bol)

syngenesophobia

an

n.

wort, which see.

(swelp)

other sense (attributing colors to sounds, for instance). fo'bi-9)

flees.

(swet'sop)

American tree or its sweetwort (swet'wurt)

swelp

(sin'9r-jiz"3m) n. working together. synesthesia (sin-es-the'zi-9) n. condition in which stimulus to one sense produces a reaction to an-

political inde-

(s\v9-r6j') n.

pendence;

synergism

let;

or

opposition

szopelka (so-pel'ka) n. a Russian oboe with a brass mouthpiece.

acceptance of

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

tabefy

(tab'^-fT)

v.i.c&i.

to

waste

talionic

away gradually. tablature (lab'b-chsr) n. 1. an old musical notation that showed how to produce the note rather than indicating its sound. 2. a painting on a tablet; a mental image from description or

memory. tache (tach) -v./.

to

for

bad habit; a

one's reputation,

.

tangatanga (tang-ga-tang'ga) n. the Peruvian trinity of Pachama, Virakotcha, and Mamakotcha.

hand, stenography.

tachyphrasia

into

(tak-i-fra'zi-a) n. ex-

tremely fluent or voluble speech, sometimes indicating emotional disturbance, tachylalia, n. fast

sembled

n.

pieces

(ten'i-9-fuj")

n.

expelling

different

in

be reasfigures

(Chinese toy). a

n.

Maori

monster.

someone

n.

educated enough to go to college. tantivy (tan-tiv'e) adv. quickly, headlong, -adj. fast. -n. 1. a fast ride. 2. a signal for ''full speed

ahead"

hunting.

in

taphephobia

(taf-s-fo'bi-s) n. fear

of being buried cemeteries.

a

tape-

a square cut to

taniwha (ton'e-hwo)

talking.

for

seven

tanquam (tan'kwam)

(tak-ig'rs-fe) n. short-

n.

the castor-oil plant.

-n.

fast teaching.

medicine worms.

.

.

tangantangan (tong-on-tong'on)

fault,

1. a bond, tie. 2. an evaporating pan used in sugar making. tachydidaxy (tak'i-di-dak"se) n.

tachygraphy

pertain-

adj.

'').

an eye

tangram (tan'gram) a

n.

mar

taeniafuge

(tal-i-6n'ik)

ing to revenge in kind (''an eye

taphophilia

alive;

fear

of

(taf-o-firi-^) n. love of

funerals.

talaria (t9-ler'i-3) n.pl. the winged

tapinophobia

shoes worn by Mercury. taligrade (tal'i-grad) adj. walking on the outer side of the foot, as does the great anteater.

being contagious. tapster (tap'st^r) n. a bartender. tarantism (tar'^n-tiz'^sm) n. dancing epidemic thought to have

man; made;

let;

fear

(tap"in-6-fo'bi-9)

o'i

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

n.

210

tarassis

been caused by a tarantula bite. tarassis (tnr-as'is) n. male hysteria. tarbooshed (t6r'boosht) adj. wearing a tarhooslu or red

felt

Turk-

adj.

slow-

ish hat.

tardigrade (tor'di-grad) moving, sluggish.

tare (ter) n. 1. in weighing, the allowance made for the weight of the container. 2. the bitter vetch. 3.

a counterweight. 4. soil cling-

ing to sugar beets.

Are RealFucked-Up (army slang, for more o{ the same, see snafu).

ly

(torn)

a

n.

small

mountain

(tor-tobf'ish)

per-

adj.

taining to the pious hypocrisy of

Tartuffe, the protagonist in Moliere's play by the same name. tath (tath) n. cattle dung; grass growing near cattle dung. -v.t. to fertilize by pasturing cattle. tathagatagarbha (ta-to''g9-tagur'ba) n. the eternal and absoessence of all reality according to Buddhism. tattogey (tat's-je) n. a user of lute

loaded dice (British slang). (tor-o-ma'ki-sn)

tauromachian

adj. pertaining to bullfights, -n. a

bullfighter.

3. to spread out, scatter, or to waste (figuratively).

tedesco

(ted-es'ko) adj.

German

especially

tautoousious

(t6t-o-ou'si-9s)

adj.

being absolutely the same. (taks-6n'9-me) n. science of classification.

the

taxonomy

technophobia

Italian art.

teetertail (te'tar-tal)

n.

the spotted

teetotum

(te-to'tam)

a?.

1.

a toplike

toy. 2. a small thing or person. 3.

something that spins -v.i.

like a top.

to spin like a top.

naming

(tek-non'i-me)

n.

the parent after the child.

tektite (tek'tit)

n.

a greenish-brown

stone

glasslike

thought

be

to

meteoritic.

telamnesia (tel-am-ne'z9)

n.

memory for events long telamon (tel's-mon) n.

past.

a

poor

male

caryatid (which see). telarian (tel-er'i-an) adj. spinning a web. -n. a web-making spider.

telegenic

(tel-9-jen'ik)

suit-

adj.

able for televising.

telegnosis (tel-eg-no'sis) n. alleged occult knowledge of distant events.

telekinesis (tel"9-kin-e'sis) n. in which objects seem to move by

and

n.

crafts.

(tek-no-go'ni-a)

n.

childbearing. (tek'ti-form)

man; made;

let;

good; food; out;

adj.

teleology

(tel-e-ol's-je)

the

n.

''fact" of design in nature.

teleophobia

(ter'e-5-fo'bi-9)

n.

1.

and dislike of religious ceremony. fear of definite plans. 2. fear

telephanous

(tel-efsn-ss) adj. visi-

ble afar.

(tek-no-fo'bi-s)

fear or dislike of arts

tecnogonia

Germanic,

infiuence on

spiritualistic fiat.

tautegorical (tot-s-gor'i-kal) adj. saying the same thing with different words, opposite of ^//^'goWr^^/.

tectiform

cave walls. ted (ted) v.t. \. to put a serrated edge on. 2. to spread for drying.

teknonymy

lake.

tarsiatura (tor^si-s-toor's) n. a kind of mosaic woodwork, also tarsia. tartuffish

used as a cover, -n. tentdesigns on paleolithic

like;

shaped

sandpiper.

tarfu (tor'foo) adj. Things

tarn

telestich

roof-

telepheme

(tel'a-fem)

n.

a

tele-

phone message. telestich (tel-es'tik) n. a poem in which the consecutive final letters of the lines spell a name.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^; get; thin; this; year; azure;

o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

tetnit

tellurian tellurian (t61-yur'i-9n) adj. pertaining to or characteristic of the

someone who

earth, -n.

lives

on

n.

abandoning a

religion or cause;

equivocation.

earth.

telmatology

(tel-ma-tdl'a-je) n. the

temerarious

an

earth-

woman;

adj.

(tem-pe'sn) adj. beautiful

and charming (from Tempe, a beautiful and charming Greek valley).

drunken-

n.

a

loud

a virago, also adj. n.

a

termites' nest.

termor (tur'msr)

rash, headstrong, reckless.

someone with

n.

an estate for a certain number of years (law). terp (turp) n. a mound covering the site of a prehistoric settlement.

terpsichorean

(turp"si-k6r-e'9n) pertaining to dancing, -n. a dancer.

adj.

ness.

tenebrific

(ten-s-brif'ik)

making

adj.

dark

tenebrous:

or

terraculture

(ter's-kul'^char)

n,

agriculture.

obscure.

tenesmic

(ten-ez'mik)

per-

adj.

terraqueous (ter-ak'we-3s) consisting

defecate.

and water.

tentiginous sensuous,

(ten-tij'in-ss)

lascivious.

2.

adj.

1.

stiff

or

living in

torsion (tur'shsn) rubbing.

tessaradecad

strained.

tephramancy

(tdfra-man'^se)

fortunetelling with ashes

n.

from an

(tef-ro'sis)

n.

incinera-

(tep-i-der'i-9m)

warm room

in

n.

a

a bath, halfway

between the frigidarium and the caldarium. teratology (ter-a-tol's-je) n. the study of monsters. teratophobia (t6rVto-fo'bi-3) n. fear of bearing a deformed child.

teratoscopy

(ter-9-t6s'ko-pe)

n.

fortunetelling with monsters.

terebration

(tes"9r-9-dek'9d) n. a

-adj.

n. a perfour languages.

who speaks

pertaining to or written in

-n.

turpentine.

(ter-a-bra'shan)

man; made;

let;

tesselatted (tes's-laf'sd) adj. made of glass or ceramic tiles arranged in mosaic patterns; marked like a checkerboard.

testaceous

ceramic. brownish-yellow. shell. 2.

testudineous

t^te-btehe

1

.

per-

brick-red or

3.

(tes-too-din'e-9s) adj. (tet-b^sh')

adj.

per-

taining to a pair of stamps, in-

verted in relation to each other

(which

may

or

may

not be inten-

tional). n.

tetnit

(tet'nit)

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore;

good; food; out; get; thin;

(tes-ta'shas) adj.

taining to shells; having a hard

slow, like a tortoise.

terdiurnal (tur-di-ur'nsl) adj. three times a day. terebinthine (ter-9-bin'thin) adj. pertaining to or consisting of turpentine,

by

four languages.

tion.

tepidarium

cleaning

n.

group of fourteen. tessaraglot (tes'9r-9-gl6t") son

altar.

adj.

of land and water; or extending over land

taining to tenesmus, a painful but ineffectual effort to urinate or

tephrosis

n.

scolding,

termitarium (tur-mi-t6r'i-9m)

(tem-9r-er'i-9s)

temulence (tem'u-bns)

termagant (tur'ma-gant) quarrelsome,

study of peat bogs. temblor (tem-blor) n. quake.

tempean

boring or drilling. tergiversation (tur"jiv-9r-sa'sh3n)

this;

n.

diill;

a child born of fugue; burpj

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

tetragam

thesmothete

212

a wonder-worker; a magician.

elderly parents (slang).

tetragram (t^l'rs-gram) of four ton)

YHWH

n.

and

theanthropism (the-an'thropiz"9m)

letters. 2. a quadrilateral.

Tetragrammation J

word

a

n.

(tat-ra-gram'a(or variants with

V substituted for Y and W), Hebrew word for God,

old pronunciation of which is not known, but which probably

sounded something

Yahweh.

like

tetralogy (tet-ral'^-je) n. 1. three tragedies and a comedy presented at the Dionysiac festival. 2. any series of four dramas or

tetraskelion (tet-ras-kel'i-sn)

ism.

thelymachy (thei-im'9-ke) of women.

a

war

thelyphthoric (thel-if-thor'ik) that which corrupts women.

adj.

thelytokous

adj.

(tet-ris'i-te)

austerity,

n.

teutophobia (too-to-fo'bi-s) n. fear and dislike of Germans or Gerthings.

textorial

(the-6-16j"i-k6-

fear

and dislike of

fo'bi-9)

(teks-tor'i-sl)

thalassophobia

adj.

per-

(the"o-logoo'msn-on) n. an epithet for The Almighty One.

theomachist (the-om'a-kist) n. someone who opposes divinity. theomicrist

Yahweh. theophagy

thalassotherapy (ths-ias^o-ther's-

thalthan (tol'thsn)

n.

belief in

life

the

before death,

not

mania; death by auto-

animals. n.

imitation of animal behavior. (thur-mo-ple'ji-9) n.

thermoplegia sunstroke.

suggestion. (than"9-to-fo'bi-9)

fear of death or of dying.

tharm (th6rm)

n.

by watching wild

theriomlmicry (ther"i-o-mim'ik-re)

thanatophobia n.

combining human and

theriomancy (ther'i-6-man"se)

death-

deadly.

suicidal

medi-

animal form, as the centaur.

thanatomania (than"9-to-ma'nl-9) n.

a

therianthropic (ther"i-an-thr5p'ik)

fortunetelling adj.

n.

iatra-

cinal, also therial.

it.

thanatold (than's-toid)

fear

pistia.

therlacal (ther-T's-kal) adj.

adj. n.

(the-o-fo'bi-s) n.

therapistia (ther-9-pis'ti-9) medical nonbeliever. see

cottage.

thanatism (than'9-tiz"9m)

n. the pracgod-eating; com-

or dislike of gods or religion.

warmth.

a dilapidated

of

(the-ofs-je)

of ritual

theophobia

ing to the sensation of

n.

fun

munion.

(th9-las"o-fo'bi-9)

pe) n. an ocean cruise as therapy. thalian (tha-lT'an) adj. pertaining to comedy; comic. thalpotic (thal-pot'ik) adj. pertain-

(the-om'i-krist)

someone who makes

tice

fear of the sea.

like,

n.

theology.

taining to weaving.

after

(thel-it'o-kas)

theologicophobia

the

n.

harshness, gloominess.

n.

n.

producing females only.

swastika, or swastikalike figure.

man

attaching human traits god; anthropomorph-

theologoumenon

operas.

tetricity

n.

one's

to

n.

an intestine; the

therology malogy.

n.

mam-

thersitical (thur-sit'i-kal) adj. loud-

mouthed; scurrilous.

belly; catgut.

thaumaturglst (th6m'9-tur"jist) man; made;

(ther-ol'a-je)

let;

n.

thesmothete (thes'mo-thet)

n.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

a

213

thestreen lawgiver, a legislator.

thestreen (th6s-tren') adv.

last

night.

thetical (thet'i-lol) adj. prescribed; laid

theurgy

arbitrary;

down;

positive.

(the'ur-je) n. alleged super-

natural

intervention

in

earthly

tirl

of Adam and Eve. thropple (throp'sl) n. the throat or

windpipe, -v.t. to throttle. (thwat) n. forest land cleared and converted to tillage; a piece of land used as a meadow. thwertnick (thwert'nik) n. enter-

thwaite

taining a sheriff for three nights,

affairs.

thigging (thig'ing) borrowing.

thimblerig

begging or

n.

(thim'bsl-rig)

according to old English law. thygatrilagnia (thT-gat"ri-iag'ni-9)

a

n.

gambler's sleight-of-hand game played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small,

n.

tid (tid) n.

son.

game. Saxon law,

ball or pea; the shell

thingus (thin'gus) n. in a thane, nobleman, knight, or (thurl)

v.t.

2.

enslave,

to

1.

to

make

-v./.

pierce

or

vibrate.

3.

pierce

to

or

vibrate, -n. a perforation or opening, -adj. gaunt, thin, shriveled.

thob (thob)

to rationalize one's

v./.

opinions or beliefs (from

+

Opinion

+

THink

tiffin

to tinie. -adj.

fond.

1.

or

lively

2.

(tifin)

n.pl.

chunks

ice. n.

a

snack

or

light

lunch.

tikolosh (tik'o-losh) n. a South African water elf. tilikum (til'i-ksm) n.pl. Chinook term for Indian commoners. timbal (tim'bsl) n. 1. the kettle-

drum.

Believe).

in

the vibrating

2.

the

shrilling

membrane

organ

of the

cicada.

timbrology

(tim-brol's-je)

the

n.

study of postage stamps; philate-

thralldom

(throl'dum) n. moral, mental, or physical servitude. (thra-son'i-kal)

adj.

bragging, boastful.

thremmatology

(threm-s-tol'a-je)

the science of breeding.

threnody (thren'o-de) song or dirge,

-v.t.

to

n.

a funeral

lament

in a

dirge.

threpsology

-v.t.

silly.

osophy.

n.

the right time or sea-

tiddledies (tid'al-dez)

thoke (thok) v.i. to lie in bed; idle. Thomist (tom'ist) n. a disciple of Thomas Aquinas or his phil-

thrasonical

1.

mood.

of floating

perforate. to

2.

affectionate;

freeman. thirl

a father's sexual love for his

daughter.

ly.

timoneer (tl-msn-ir') n. man. timonism (tl'msn-iV^m)

helms-

misn. anthropy. tinchel (tin'kal) n. a ring formed by hunters to trap deer, also tinchill. tinctorial

(tink-tor'i-al)

adj.

per-

taining to dyeing; coloring. (threp-sol's-je) n.

the

science of nutrition.

threpterophilia (threp"t9r-o-firi-9) n. a fondness for female nurses. thrimble (thrim'bsl) v.t.&i. to handle in order to test quality; to hesitate, fumble; to squeeze. thrion (thre'on) n. the fig-leaf garb

man; made;

let;

tinnitus (tin'i-tas) n. a ringing or buzzing in the ears. tintamarre (tin-ts-mor') n. an uproar; a huge din. tintinnabulation (tin"tin-ab-ula'sh^n) n. a ringing sound (from Poe's The Bells). tirl

(turl)

v.t.&i.

1.

to

pluck

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

{his; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

a

214

tirocinium string; to vibrate. 2. to peel. 3. to twirl. 4. to rattle, -n. 2.

1.

3.

a

a drinking bout.

5.

a

1.

a

4.

fling at dancing.

v./. to light candles after hours (British school slang).

tolutiloquence n.

soldier's first battle. 2. a

a?.

group of

that turns green

tomboio

havior,

n. lively

-v./.

manner; to

move in. such jump around. to

a

a spinal lesion. n. permafrost. tjanting (chont'ing) n. a Javanese tool for applying hot wax in batik

work. tiaco (tlo'ko) n. a small nineteenthcentury Mexican coin worth one

tomelet (tom'bt)

tomentose

(ts-me'ma) segment.

n.

a

section,

tmesis

(ts-me'sis) n. the separation of a compound word by insertion of one or more words. tnoyim (tsn-o'yim) n. a Jewish engagement party; marital agree-

ments made there. toatoa (t5'3-t6"3) n. a New Zealand tree with whorled branches. tocology (to-kol's-je) n. obstetrics;

(tung'sh6t)

vocal

n.

range.

tonitrophobia (t6n"i-tro-fo'bi-9)

n.

tonitruous

(to-nit'roo-us) adj. thundering, exploding. tonnisli (ton'ish) adj. fashionable, chic, also tonish.

tonsure (tdn'sh^r)

v.t.

to shave the

head.

tontine

(ton'ten)

beneficiaries

who

a group of are each benefi-

n.

ciaries of the other, until the last

survivor gets the

toom (toom)

lot.

1. empty. 2. empty-sounding, -v.t. to pour. -n. 1. a dumping ground. 2.

adj.

stupid;

(to-ko-fo'bi-a) n.

fear

spare time.

tootiish

toft (toft) n. a building site.

tophaceous

togated (to'gat"9d)

adj.

wrapped

Passamaquoddy).

tohubohu (to'hoo-bo"hoo)

n.

(Hebrew

confusion

mSn; made;

n.

sandy

(to-fa'shas) adj.

or gritty; rough.

pertaining

adj.

to tree pruning.

topinambou (top-in-am'boo) Jerusalem artichoke. topoiatry (to-pol's-tre)

=

n.

n.

worship

(top'o-man"se)

n.

this; year;

for-

tunetelling by the contour of the

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

the

of a place.

lamb's wool.

let;

childish;

adj.

muttering, as an old man.

topomancy

formless).

toison (tw6-z6N')

(toot'lish)

topiary (to'pi-er"e)

namaycush Micmac or

the from the n.

leisure;

in

a toga; robed; dignified.

chaos;

adj.

scold.

of pregnancy or childbirth. toddicl( (tod'ik) n. a very small quantity.

the

(to-men'tos)

tongueshot

midwifery.

(probably

small book or

fear of thunder.

piece, or

(tog)

n. a

covered with densely matted hair. tomomania (to-mo-ma'ni-s) n. a mania for undergoing surgery. tonguepad (tung'pad) v.t.&i. to

eighth of a real (Nahuatl).

togue

boiled.

a sand bar

n.

tome.

tjaele (cha'le)

tocophobia

(t6m'b9-lo)

mainland.

or restless be-

titubation (tit-u-ba'shsn) n. a lurching staggering gait resulting from

tmema

lobster liver

n.

when

or reef connecting an island to the

recruits.

tittup (tit'up)

(tdl-u-til'o-kwans)

glib, fluent speech.

tomaiiey (t6m'ar'e)

tirocinium (tir-o-sin'i-sm)

raw

toiiy (t6re)

vibration.

something that revolves.

rattle.

topomancy

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

toponymies

2

trapezium

1

land.

hasn't laid.

toponymies

(t6p-o-nim'iks) n. the etymology of place names or place-derived family names. topohobia (t6p-o-fo'bi-3) n. fear of

toxophily (t6ks-6ril-e) traetate (tr^k'tat)

pi

(t6p-o-p6ri-t9n)

adj.

from which

tori! (tor-el') n. a corral

the bull enters the bullring.

torminous (tor'min-ss)

per-

adj.

taining to or affected with acute,

tortulous, torulose.

torpillage (t6r-pe-y6z') n. electric shock therapy. torquated (t6rk'wat"9d) adj. having, wearing, or formed like a

tragieomipastoral

traiteur (tret-ur')

(tosh'ans)

mountains.

2.

foreign, barbarous.

transfeminale

(trSnz-fem'in-at)

v.t.

to

man. transfuge

change from

woman

to

(tranz-fuj') n. a deserter;

an apostate. taining to abrupt changes.

transmogrify (tranz-mog'ri-fi) v.t. to change into a strange or absurd form, transmogrification, n. (tran'sp9-dan) adj. north of the Po. opposite of cispadane (if you're in Rome).

n.

the young-

transpontine

(tos'at) n.

nipotence. tourbillion (tdor-bil'ysn)

n.

n.

om-

some-

thing which moves spirally: a whirlwind, vortex, or whirlpool; spiral fireworks.

tournure (tobr-nyoor')

n.

1.

outline.

3.

2.

expressive-

ness. 4. a bustle.

(tou'de)

man; made;

/?.

let;

1.

a

a metaphor. transuranie (tranz-yoQr-an'ik) adj. having an atomic number greater than that of uranium, which is

number

ninety-two.

transvase (tranz-vas') v.t. to pour out of one container into another. trapezium (trap-ez'i-sm) n. a quad-

hen that

rilateral

without parallel

sides.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

1.

pertain-

formed in London, south of the Thames. transumption (tranz-ump'shsn) n.

grace-

or elegant bearing; poise.

2.

ing to tawdry theater once per-

adj.

web-footed.

totipotenee (to-tip'o-tsns)

(tranz-p6n'tin)fl(i/".

south of the Thames.

an igloo tunnel.

totipalmate (to-ti-pal'mat)

towdie

tramontane (tram-6n'tan) adj. 1. coming from the other side of the

tortience (collo-

quial).

contour,

a restaurateur.

transpadane

est child; torsh,

ful

n.

tralatitiously (tral-9-tish'9s-le) adv.

wry-

n.

or injury.

tossut

(traj"i-k6m-i-

adj.

transilient (tran-sil'i-ant) adj. per(tor-ti-kol'is)

neck; stiff neck. tortious (tor'shss) adj. pertaining to a tort: a personal or civil wrong

toshenee

of

pertaining to pastoral tragicomic poetry. tragomasehalia (trag^o-mSs-kari3) n. smelly armpits. pSs'tor-al)

to dry or roast;

v./.

to scorch.

tortieollis

dissertation.

metaphorically; figuratively.

(tor'os) adj. muscular, also

twisted chain. torrefy (tor's-fi)

n.

negotiations.

(trak'til) adj. capable being stretched out; ductile.

colicky pain.

torose

love of

traetile

limited to a certain area; opposed to cosmopolitan. toreular (tor'ku-br) n. a wine press. torii (tor'e-e) n. a Japanese gateway.

n.

archery.

certain places.

topopolitan

a virgin Scottish

2.

lass.

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

216

traulism traulism (tr6riz"3m)

traumatophobia

n.

stuttering.

(tr6m"3-to-fo-bi-

3) n. fear of injury. travale (tra-val') n. rubbing a tambourine with a wet thumb; the sound produced. trave (trav) ai. 1. a crossbeam. 2. a frame to confine a restless horse while shoeing.

trebuchet (tr6b'oo-shet) a?. 1. a stone-throwing machine of the Middle Ages. 2. a cucking stool. 3.

tristiloquy

of goods damaged in transit. tribadism (trib'^d-iz/'am)/?. mutual genital-fondling between lesbians.

tricerion

(tre'foil)

«.

1.

one's hair, also trichologia, carphology. triclinium (tri-klin'i-am) a?. a 1

three-sided

a cloverleaf;

units.

tregetour

(trej'a-tur) n. a

n.

latticework for

supporting vines; an espalier or trellis.

tremellose (tr^m'al-os)

adj.

gela-

tinous.

trencherman (trench'ar-msn)

n.

1.

a hearty eater; a glutton. cook. 3. a freeloader. trenchermate (trench'sr-mat)

2.

a

an

(trl'henz) n. a pair of stockings with the feet cut out. trilapse (trl'laps) n. a third downfall,

relapse being the second.

n.

a series of thirty

masses for the dead, celebrated once a day for thirty days. trepan (tre-pan') a2 1. a cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned like a bit. 2. a heavy tool used in boring shafts, -v.t. 1. to perforate [the skull] in order to remove a piece of the bone. 2. to cut a disk out of. trephine (tre-fin') n. an improvement on the trepan, -v.t. to trepan.

tresayle (tres'Tl) n. a- grandfather's grandfather. 2. an heir's litigation to recover her tresayle's es-

n.

a

trifle.

trimenon (trl-men'an) n. a threemonth period. trimetrogon (trl-met'ra-gon) n. a system of aerial mapping. Trimurti (trim-oor'te) n. the of

Brahma

trinity

(the creator), Vishnu

and Siva (the Hinduism.

preserver),

(the

in

trinkgeld (trink'gelt)

eating companion; a messmate.

trental (tren'tsl)

for

furnished

with such a couch.

destroyer) az.

.

couch

room

a dining

2.

trillibub (tril'i-bub)

treillage (tra'sj)

n.

a tip. liter-

money.

ally drink

triphibious

(trl-fib'i-as)

adj.

capable of operating on land, sea,

and

air.

triplasian (trl-pla'zsn) adj. three.

triptych (trip'tik) /?. 1. a threepaneled picture or carving, sometimes used as an altarpiece. 2. a three-sectioned writing folding table.

triptyque (trep'tek) n. a customs pass for the temporary importation of a car. tripudiary (trT-prrdi-er"e) adj. pertaining to dancing.

triskadekaphobia fo'bi-9)

n.

fear

(tris'kd-dek-s-

of the

number

thirteen.

tate.

tret (tret) n.

sectional

triheens

magician

or juggler.

three-

symboliz-

ing the Trinity.

dining.

any three-lobed flower or leaf. 2. a group of three closely related

a

n.

candlestick

trichotillomania (trik'o-til-oma'ni-9) n. mania for pulling out

a small scale.

trefoil

(trl-sir'i-an)

branched

money back

man; made;

lat;

to buyers

tristiloquy

(tris-til's-kwe)

n.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g^t; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bach

dull,

217

tritagonist

gloomy speech. tritagonist (irT-lag'on-isl) //. thirdranked aclor in ancient Greek (trit'r>-ve"o)

grandmother's

a

//.

great-

g rea t -g r a n d -

mother. tritavus (trit's-vus) n. a greatgrandfather's great-grandfather. triune (trl'un) n. three-in-one; a triad: used especially in reference to the Trinity of Christian legend.

Trknmli (turk'sn-ms-le") tinct

n. an exlanguage of Asia Minor.

troat (trot) v.t. rutting buck.

cry out like a

to

truttaceous (trut-a'shss)

trochlear (trok'le-9r) adj. pulleyshaped; round and narrow in the middle, like a pulley wheel. (tr6k'o-man"se)

trochomancy

n.

fortunetelling by wheel tracks.

per-

adj.

troilism (troil'iz^am) v.t.&i.

to

a

-n.

sex a trois.

n.

barter;

n.

bargain

(trol'e-lor'e)

n.

adj.

elaborately decorated.

eruptions.

tsutsugamushi (tsoo-tsoo'gon. a

pertaining to

tubicinate (tu-bis'in-at) v.i. to play a trumpet. tucket (tuk'st) n. a trumpet fanfare, -n. an unripe ear of Indian

tucky

n.

tumbrel (tum'bral) /?. manure cart used to

the

cart

the

study of habit formation.

tropophilous (tro-pof'il-ss) adj. adapted to seasonal changes of temperature or humidity. tropophobia (tr6p-o-fo'bi-9) n. fear

making changes. (troo-si-da'shsn)

man; made;

a farmer's

1.

bringing

for

2.

a

general.

3.

a

n.

a dogcart; a

dish of boiled and

beaten plantains,

to strum.

-v.i.

(tum'u-lat)

en-

to

v.t.

tomb. (tup'man)

n.

a

ram breed-

er.

turbary (tur'ba-re) n. an easement to dig turf on another's land; the ground where turf is dug. shaped turbinate (tur'bin-at) adj. 1

.

some

like a top. 2. spiraled, like shells.

n.

brutal slaughter.

truckle (truk'sl) knuckle under.

spat-

guillotine.

in

cucking stool. tumtum (tum'tum)

tupman

the science of habit breaking.

common

(tuk'e) n. the

terdash.

tumulate

n.

also

fever;

called Japanese river fever.

manure

nutrition.

tropodeics (tro-po-de'iks)

Rocky

disease like

Mountain spotted

or

coarse

tropoclastics (tr5-po-klas'tiks)

a disserta-

tsunami (tsoo-n5'me) n. a tidal wave caused by earthquakes or

West Indian

trophic (trofik)

Jivaro

a

tsuba (tsoo'bs) n. the metal guard on a Japanese sword, often

victims

lace.

trucidation

tsiology (tsi-dl's-je) tion on tea.

to

business deal. trollylolly

n.

corn.

troglodyte (trog'lo-dit) n. \. a cave dweller; like a cave dweller. 2. an anthropoid ape.

troke (trok) negotiate,

tsantsa (tson'tsa) shrunken head.

moo"she)

trochilics (tro-kil'iks) n. the science of rotary motion, or wheelwork.

of

trutinate (troo'tin-at) v.t. to weigh, balance, consider, trutination, n. taining to a trout.

phiys.

tritavia

turnverein

turdefy (turd'a-fT)

v.t.

to turn into a

turd. v./.

to

submit,

turnverein (turn'v9-rin)

n.

a

gym-

nastic club.

let;

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g^t; thin;

this;

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

218

turpitude turpitude

(lur'pi-tood)

n.

degen-

corruption, infamy, and depravity. tussive (tus'iv) adj. pertaining to or eracy,

caused by a cough.

tuzzimuzzy (tuz'e-muz"e) gay;

the

n.

a nose-

feather-hyacinth,

-adj.

twaddleize

(tw6d'3l-Tz) v.t. to twaddle; to talk in a silly manner; to prattle, gabble. twibil (twfbil) n. a battle-ax with two cutting edges, also twibill. twiddiepoop (twid'sl-poop) n. an

effeminate-looking man. twitchel (twich'sl) n. a path between hedges. tychastics (tl-kas'tiks) n. science of industrial accidents.

man; made;

let;

n.

evolution which considers variation purely fortuitous. tycolysis (tl-kdl'i-sis) n. accident prevention.

*y9 (tig) n. a large ceramic seventeenth-century drinking

mug

with twelve handles. n. the number of thousands of yards of yarn weigh-

typp

rough or disheveled.

tychism (tT'kiz"9m)

tzigane

(tip)

ing one

pound (Thousand Yards

Per Pound). typtology (tip-tdl's-je) n. the study of legendary spiritualistic "rappings."

tyromancy (trr6-mSn"se) tunetelling

by

watching

n.

coagulate.

tzigane (tse-gon')

n.

a

Hungarian

gypsy. a theory of

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

for-

cheese

this; year; azure;

o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

uakari (w6-k6r'e)

a kind of short-

n.

monkey.

tailed

uayeb (w6-yeb') added

at the

the five days

n.

end of each year to n.

fruitfulness;

n.

(u-bi's-te)

position,

locale;

n. placement, being in a cer-

tain place.

(u-dom's-tur)

n.

a rain

in

muddy,

muddy

places.

a

(ul'aj) n.

partially

ugglesome

(ug'al-sum) adj. horri-

1

.

empty part of

the

liquor

filled

con-

{u'\o'\d) adj. scarlike.

ulotrichous (u-l6t'rik-9s) ing woolly hair. ulster (ul'stur)

(ut'sn) n.

morning

twilight.

(ug"li-fi-ka'sh9n)

n.

making ugly. uhlan (oo'lon) n. a German cavalryman, also ulan. uitlander (oit'16n"d9r)77. a foreigner (once used for Britons in South African colonies). ukase (O-kas') n. any official decree or proclamation.

ulcuscule (ul-kus'kOl)

n.

sl

little

ulcer.

ulema (ool-9-m5') n. a group of Moslem authorities on religion man; made;

n.

let;

adj.

hav-

a long Irish coat,

made

Belfast,

in

Ulster.

ultimogeniture

frightful.

uglification

uloid

originally

gauge. ble,

(u-lij'in-os) adj.

tainer. 2. liquor dregs.

plenty.

ughten

uliginose

ullage

superman. uberty (u'bur-te)

udometer

pertaining to

gums.

the

swampy; growing

Mayan calendar. ubermensch (u'bur-mensh) the

ubiety

and law. uletic (u-let'ik) adj.

(uT'tim-o-jen

i-

system in which inheritance goes to the youngest

chsr)

n.

a

child.

ultion (ul'shsn)

n.

revenge.

ultraantidisestablishmentarian-

ism

(ul-tr9-ant"i-diz-es-tab"lish-

ment-er'i-9n-iz"9m)

n.

antidis-

only establishmentarianism, more so (coined by Mr. Gladstone during a political speech at Edinburgh). ultracrepidarian (ul"tr9-krep-ider'i-9n) adj. overstepping one's

boundaries; presumptuous.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin; this; year; azure; o'm9n"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

220

ultrafidian

uranophobia

ultrafidian (ul-tra-fid'i-an) adj. ul-

ultraism (urtr3-iz"9m)

extrem-

n.

supremacy. lying

unguiculate (ung-gwik'u-lat)

who

2.

unigeniture

1.

unigravida

pertaining to a

woman's

adj.

Hawaiian

a large

n.

(un-hou'zald) adj. without getting the sacrament. unicity (u-nis'i-te) n. uniqueness.

(ul'u-lat)

howl or

to

v./.

wail.

umbrageous

(um-bra'J9s) adj. 1. shaded. 2. obscure. 3. jealous, angry, or suspicious. umiak (oo'mi-ak) n. a thirty-footlong Eskimo boat.

umzumbit (um-zum'bit) African tree or

unasinous

(un-mu')

unnun

(un-nun')

a

n.

pregnancy. v.t.

to free. to defrock

v.t.

a

its

n.

a.

South

unparagoned

(un-par's-gond) adj. without equal; peerless. unscorified (un-skor'i-fid) adj. not formed into drops. unsonsy (un-son'se) adj. causing unhappiness, misfortune; unpleasant.

untrowable

wood.

(u-nas'in-9s) adj. equal-

in-

unwemmed

(un-wemd')

un-

adj.

blemished.

(oo-nou')

two-toed

the

n.

upaithric

(u-pTth'rik)

see

adj.

hypaethral.

sloth.

(un-be')

v./.

(ung'ks)

n.

2.

upanga

to stop being. an eighth note.

uncial (un'shi-al) letter.

(un-tro'a-bsl) adj.

credible.

ly stupid.

in

n.

nun.

ululate

unbe unca

(u-ni-grav'i-da) first

unmew

fish.

unau

(u-ni-jen'i-chsr)

being the only child.

testifies voluntarily.

ulua (oo-loo'a)

adj.

unhouselled

world.

this

(ul-tro'ne-9s)

spontaneous. witness

(ul-tra-mun'dan)

beyond

ultroneous

erotic

with hooks, nails, or claws.

ultramontanism (ul-trd-mdn'tsniz"3m) //. advocacy of papal

adj.

with

thoughts.

ism, radicalism.

ultramundane

water

of

sociation

iracredulous; extremely gullible.

adj.

capital, as

1.

a twelfth part, as in

adj.

upasian

a

nose-

(u-pa'zi-sn) adj. as deadly

as the upas tree, source of arrow

upeygan

hooked.

unco

(ung'ko) adj. 1. strange, odd. 2. shy or awkward. 3. extraordinary, -adv. remarkably, extremely, -n. something new or strange.

undercroft (un'dar-kroft) n. an underground chapel; an underground room.

underfong (un'dar-fong) 2.

v.t.

1.

to

(un-d^r-

spurletTi'^ar) n. an underling; also

understrapper.

undinism (un'din-iz"3m) let;

n.

(oo-pa'gsn)

the black

n.

rhinoceros.

uppowoc

(up-o'w6k)

n.

tobacco

(American Indian). uranic (yoor-an'ik) adj. 1. pertaining to the upper atmosphere. 2. celestial. 3. pertaining to, or

taining,

uranium.

4.

con-

relating to

the palate.

uranism

(yot)r'9n-iz"9m)

n.

male

homosexuality.

to trap.

underspurleather

man; made;

n.

poison.

inch.

uncinate {un'sin-ai)

decide to do.

(oo-p6ng'g9)

fiute.

the as-

uranography

(yoor-sn-og'rs-fe)

making celestial maps. uranophobia (yobr"3n-o-f6'bi-3)

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

this; year;

n.

description of the sky and stars;

azure; o'msn"; viN; fur; Bach

n.

221

urbicolous

uxorovalent does

fear of heaven.

urbicolous (ur-bik'5-l3s)

adj. living

in the city. urimancy (yur'i-man"se)

n.

for-

n.

sex-

tunetelling with urine.

urolagnia

(yur-o-lag'ni-9)

ual pleasure

from urinating.

ursal (ur'ssl) adj. boorish or bearish,

-n.

the fur seal.

urticate (ur'ti-kat) v.t.&i. to sting with nettles; to beat with a whip. urubu (oo'r9-boo) n. the black vulture.

ushabti (u-shab'te) like figure

my

for

quired

a

mummy-

farm chores

certain in

n.

entombed with mumre-

(o^t-fSng'sn-sthef) n. see outfangtheft. utiesse (ut'les) n. a prison break. uturuncu (oo-too-roo'koo) n. a sorcerer in the shape of a jaguar, according to Quechuan legend. uvate (ij'vat) n. grape jam. uvid (u'vid) adj. moist or wet.

uxoravalent (uks-6r"9-va'bnt) maritally. see uxorovalent.

uxoricide (uks-or'i-sTd) n. wifemurder. uxorious (uks-6r'i-9s) adj. doting on a wife.

usquebaugh

(us'kwe-bo) n. Irish or Scotch whiskey. ustion (us'chsn) n. cauterization. usufruct (u'zoo-frukt) n. the right to use another's property while not changing or harming it.

man; made;

n.

let;

(uks-or'i-sm)

n. a

bachelor

tax.

uxorodespotism (uks-6r"o-des'potiz"9m)

n.

wifely tyranny.

uxorovalent (uks-6r"o-va'bnt) see uxoravalent.

be; sip; wine; hot; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp); this; year;

adj.

able to score only with one's wife,

someone who

good; food; out; get; thin;

adj.

[men] able to score only extra-

uxorium

the next world.

usufructuary,

this.

utfangenethef

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

vaccary

cow

(vak'ar-e) n. a dairy or

south of the border. n. 1. an unorthodox person. 2. someone who practices unorthodox sex.

varletist (v9-rT'9-tist)

pasture.

vaccimulgence (vak-i-mul'jsns) cow milking. vade mecum (va-de-me'ksm) n.

n.

favorite

variolation (var'T-o-la'shsn) n. inoculation with smallpox virus, a medical procedure antedating

child.

variorum (ver-i-or'sm)

a

book carried everywhere (Latin = go with me). vagient (va'ji-snt) adj. crying like a vagitus

(vaj-T't9s) n. cry

vaccination.

of the new-

notated

born.

valetudinarianism er'i-9n-iz"9m)

n.

(valVtood-in-

weak or

sickly

thinking only of one's

state;

ill-

ness.

valgus

(val'gas) adj.

bowlegged or

knock-kneed. vallate

(val'at)

adj.

a

hollow or

crater with a rim around

valorization

it.

(val"9r-iz-a'sh9n)

n.

governmental price-fixing. vancourier (van-koor'i-sr) n. an advance man. vanillism (van-il'iz^^m) n. dermatitis from handling raw vanilla.

vaniloquence (van-il'o-kwsns) vain and foolish talk. vapulate (vap'u-lat) v.t.&i. (v6-ker'o)

man; made;

let;

n.

a

sundry

by

temporaries.

1

.

con-

derived

2.

cowboy

prophet, v.t.&i. vaticinate, to prophesy, vatic, adj. prophetical. vaticinal (vat-is'in-sl) adj. prophetic.

vecordious

(vek-6r'di-9s)

senseless, insane,

adj.

mad.

(vek-ti-ta'shsn) n. carrying or being carried. vector (vek't^r) n. 1. a disease carrier. 2. a line representing both

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp^;

good; food; out; get; thin;

from

vastation (vas-ta'shan) n. purification through fire. vaticide (vat'i-sTd) n. murder of a

vectitation to beat,

per-

various sources. varsovienne (v6r-so-vyen') n. a popular polka-like nineteenthcentury ballroom dance or its music.

n.

whip.

vaquero

adj.

taining to a literary classic an-

fhis; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

veery

224

magnitude

and

direction

(mathematics).

vetust verdigris (vur'di-gres) /i. 1. a blue or green paint, insecticide or

veery

(vir'e) //. the brown-and-white spotted thrush.

vega (va'gs) n. a fertile meadow. vegete (vej-et') adj. alive and flourishing.

fungicide.

verecund

(ver's-kund) adj. bashmodest, verecundity, n. veridical (ver-id'i-ksl) adj. real and

n.

an amphi-

theater awning.

truthful.

velitation (vel-i-ta'shan)

a petty

n.

skirmish.

velivolant (vel-iv'o-bnt) adj. being under full sail. velleity (vel-e'i-te)

n. slight

v.t.

cause to twitch; to

veriloquent (ver-iro-kwsnt) speaking truthfully.

verism (ver'iz"3m) that ugliness

or faint

desire; inclination.

vellicate (vel'i-kat)

to twitch, or

pertaining

to or fond of hunting.

venditation (ven-di-ta'shan)

playing as if for sale. (ven-du') n. a public auc-

tion.

veneniferous (ven-s-nifar-as)

n.

vertex

volving,

dizzy;

(ven-tos'nss) n. wind-

beautiful and elegant. verbicide (vurb'i-sTd) n. word-murder; mangling or perverting a word. verbigeration (vur-bij^sr-a'shan) n. (vur-bo-fo'bi-9)

let;

to

its

perch.

a label tied to a hawk's leg. also

(ves'i-kat)

vespertilian

v.t.&i.

(ves-pur-tiri-an)

adj.

vespertine (ves'pur-tin) adj. pertaining to or happening in the evening.

vespine

(ves'pin) adj. pertaining to

wasps; vespoid. vetitive

(vet'i-tiv)

adj.

having or

pertaining to the power of vetoing; prohibiting.

n.

vetust (ve-tust')

adj.

old,

ancient,

antique.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; get; thin;

to

like a bat.

and dislike of words.

man; made;

it

blister.

senseless reiteration of cliches.

verbophobia

a ring on a

1.

/?.

varvei

adj.

Venuslike:

re-

un-

inconsistent; causing diz-

vesicate

adj.

highest

vacillating,

bird's leg for tying

n.

fat-bellied; gluttonous.

the

n.

ziness.

2.

ventrlpotent (ven-trip'o-tsnt)

being

n.

summit, apex, zenith. vertiginous (vur-tij'in-9s) adj.

partnership.

fear

(vur'teks)

stable,

ventricumbent (vsn-tri-kum'bant) adj. lying face down; prone.

n.

point;

a

iness; flatulence.

the

springlike; vernal.

vervel (vur'val) (ven-ot'skop)

n.

(vur-nal-ag'ni-s)

spring fever. vernality (vur-nal'i-te)

adj.

juror.

(ven-ust')

true.

study of worms; helminthology.

bearing or transmitting poison.

venireman (ven-I're-man)

venust

it's

vermeology (vurm-e-6r9-je)

n. dis-

vendue

vennootschap

and

valid in art

verjuice (vur'joos) n. 1. crab-apple juice; sour grape juice. 2. sour-

vernalagnia adj.

theory

the

n.

adj.

ness, in general.

ty-

venatic (ve-nat'ik)

is

literature as long as

tickle.

velout^ (vel-oo-te') n. a white sauce. velutinous (vel-u'tin-as) adj. velve-

ventoseness

air,

or water. ful,

velarium (vel-er'i-om)

fight; a

formed on

a patina

2.

metal by overexposure to sea

this; year;

azure; o'msn"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

viaggiatory (vi-6j'9-t6r"e) adj. on the move; traveling around.

viaticum (vl-at'i-kum) expense account. a

trip.

3.

n.

communion

given

to

someone dying. viator (vT-a'tsr)

n.

a traveler.

vibratiunculation (vT-bra"shi-unku-la'shan) n. a shudder; a slight vibration.

vicenary (vis'9n-er"e)

adj. contain-

num-

ing twenty or based on the

ber twenty; vigesimal. vicereine (vTs'ran) n. the wife of a viceroy.

vicinage

neighbor(vis'in-9j) n. hood, vicinity; the people of a neighborhood, -adj. certain neighboring, nearby. (vi-sis'i-tood invicissitudinary er"e) adj. pertaining to change, alteration, mutation. videlicet (vid-el'i-set) adv. to wit, namely, usually used in its abbreviated form: viz.

viduage

widowhood; widowed;

(vij'oo-9J) n.

widows,

vindemiate (vin-de'mi-at) harvest

state

1.

provisions for

2.

vivarium

225

viaggiatory

viduous, adj.

bereaved.

vigesimation (vi-jes"i-ma'sh9n)

n.

v.t.

to

v.i.

vindemial, adj. per-

taining to a vintage.

vinegarroon (vin"3-g9-roon') n. a scorpion of Mexico and the southwestern U.S.: so called from the smell it gives off when scared. vinification (vin"i-fi-ka'sh3n)

the

n.

conversion of fruit juice into alcohol by fermentation. vintry (vin'tre) n. a place where wine is sold or stored.

viparious

(vl-per'i-3s)

adj.

renewing. viraginity (vir-3-jin'i-te) culinity in a

life-

mas-

n.

woman.

virago (vir-a'go) n. a termagant. virason (vir-6-s6n') n. a sea breeze. virgulate (vur'gu-lat) adj. rodshaped. virgule (vur'gul) n. the American slash/ or French comma.

viridarium villa's

(vir-i-der'i-9m)

a

n.

garden.

viripotent (vir-ip'o-tant) adj. of a man: sexually mature. virtu (vur-too') n. 1. enjoyment of the arts. 2. being rare or

killing every twentieth person.

vilipend (vil'i-pend)

fruit,

interesting

beautiful:

to belittle,

to

a

col-

lector. 3. art curios or antiques,

to disparage.

collectively.

an old rustic dance or its music. 2. an Italian part song, ancestor of the madrigal. villeggiatura (ve-lej"o-td6r'o) n. sojourn at a villa. villein (vil'sn) n. a serf with limited freedom to conduct business.

virvestitism

vimineous

vituline (vit'u-lin) adj. like a calf;

villanella (vil-s-nel's)

n.

(vim-in'i-ss)

taining to twigs;

1.

per-

adj.

woven of

(vir-ves'ti-tiz"9m)

preference

for

n.

an egg yolk.

vitilitigate (vit-i-lit'i-gat)

v.i.

wine or grapes. vinculate (ving'kQ-lat) vinculation,

adj.

v.t.

to

vitricophobia (vit"ri-ko-fo'bi-3)

n.

man; made;

let;

pertaining to veal.

female sutler, which

n.

a

see.

vivarium (vl-ver'i-sm) n. a barn or greenhouse for raising animals and plants indoors.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

n.

fear of one's stepfather.

like

tie.

to be

particularly quarrelsome.

vivandi^re (ve-v6N-dyer') (vin-a'shss)

n.

male

clothes.

vitellus (vit-el'ss)

pliant

twigs.

vinaceous

female

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bach

226

viviparous

viviparous

(vi-vip'ar-ss)

adj.

vulturine

vomiturition (v6m"i-ch3r-i'sh3n)

producing living young instead of eggs (oviparous). vivisepulture (viv-i-sap'ol-chsr)

voortrekker pioneer

n.

temporary

lake;

a

swamp. vocabulation (v6-kab"u-la'sh3n)

n.

(fla)

n.

selection

voidee

(for'tr6k"9r)

(from

n.

Boer's

the

a

1834

trek to the Transvaal).

live burial.

vlei

n.

retching, ineffectual vomiting.

a

and use of words.

(void'e)

last-minute

a

n.

voraginous

(v6r-aj'in-3s) devouring; voracious.

vorstellung (for'shtel-dong) n. a sensuous mental image. vorticism (v6r'ti-siz"9m) n. post-

snack.

impressionist

Volapuk (vo'b-puk)

adj.

art

reflecting

the

an international language invented by Johann Schleyer about 1879, based largely on English. volery (vol'ar-e) «. 1. a large bird cage; an aviary. 2 a flock of birds. 3. an airplane hangar.

machine age. vortiginous (v6r-tij'in-9s) adj. whirling around a center; vor-

volitation (vol-i-ta'shsn)

vrille (vril) n.

n.

n.

flight;

tical.

vraisemblance n.

verisimilitude.

nose dive.

flying, volation.

volitient

(vo-lish'ant)

adj.

exer-

vuggy

voltigeur (v61-te-zur') n. 1. a tumbler or gymnast. 2. a French sharpshooter. volucrine (voru-krin) adj. pertaining to birds. (v6-loot')

adj.

rolled-up;

in

vuggs: small rock

cavities.

vulnerative (vurnsr-a'^tiv) adj. wounding; vulnific. vulpecular (vul-pek'u-br) adj. pertaining to young foxes; vulpine. vulturine (vurchar-Tn)

adj. pertain-

ing to vultures.

spiraled.

man; made;

an acrobatic spinning to perform it.

-v./.

(vijg'e) adj. pertaining to or

abounding

cising free will.

volute

(vre-s5N-bl6Ns') appearing to be true; likely,

let;

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN; fur; Bach

w

wadget

rumbling. 2. an irregular, staggering gait. _^ wamefu (wam'foo) n. a bellyful.

(waj'at) n. a bundle. waffle (wof'al) n. \. a. heartily disliked old person (U.S. slang). 2. nonsense; incessant talk. 3. the yapping of a small dog. -v./. to talk nonsense; to talk incessantly

wamefou, wameful. (w6m'p9) n. a hopeful starlet (from Western Associated Motion Picture Advertisers). wampus (w6m'p9s) n. a stupid, also

wampa

(British slang).

waghalter (wag'hor'tar)

a rogue

n.

rascal, or knave.

wagwag

(wag'wag)

dull, loutish clod.

wamus

(wo'mss) n. a cardigan or buttoned jacket. wanderjahr (v6n'd9r-y6r) n. a year

watch-

a

n.

maker's polisher.

wainwright (wan'rit) n. a maker and repairer of wagons; a wagon-

of traveling before settling down. also wanderyear.

wright.

wanderoo

waldgrave (wold'grav) n. keeper of the forests in old Germany. wallaroo (w51-9r-oo') n. a

(w6n-d3r-oo') n. the purple-faced Malabar monkey. wanhope (w6n'hop) n. forlorn hope, despair, and delusion. waniand (wa'ni-and) n. the waning moon, symbol of ;bad luck. wanigan (w6n'i-g9n) «. a house-

kangaroo.

(w6-b-wo'b)

walla-walla

n.pl.

theater slang for what extras say in

mob

scenes.

1

wallydrag (wal'e-drag) or youngest of the

wally-gowdy

the runt

n.

boat.

(wa'le-go"de)

n.

to

2. to

stagger;

-v./.

to

move

man; made;

-n.

to

\ti\

wapiti (w6p'i-te)

feel

unsteadily,

1.

n.

n.

office.

a plague;

a

a fool. -adj.

foolish, idiotic.

to writhe or shake,

spin.

.

lumber camp

vengeance. wantwit (w6nt'wit)

a

precious jewel.

nauseous.

a

wanlon (won'ysn)

litter.

walm (w6m) v./. to seethe. wamble (wom'bal) v./. 1.

2.

n.

the

American

elk.

wappensc hawing

stomach

sh6"ing)

n.

(wdp'sn-

a military review.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp);

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

^

wapperjawed

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wapperjawed

(w6p'3r-j6d) having crooked jaws.

warmouth (wor'mouth)

withershins

whipjack (hwlp'jak)

adj.

the fresh-water sunfish of the eastern

pretending wrecked.

n.

whirlygigs

U.S.

been

ship-

(hwur'le-gigz)

n.pl.

(hwisk-ar-en'o)

n.

testicles.

watermanship (wo'tsr-man-ship")

whiskerino

oarsmanship, particularly with regard to oar blades. waveson (wav'ssn) n. goods float-

whisterpoop (hwlst'ar-poop)

bedrip,

whurr (hwur)

saying the letter

whurring (hwur'ing)

R

noise

n.

made

by departing partridges.

widdifow

(wid'i-foo)

see

n.

wag-

halter.

wight (wit) n. a person, -adj. brave and strong. Wilcox (wil'koks) v.i. to lie awake at night (slang).

Wilcweme (wilk'wem)

for

their lord.

weftage

v.i.

noisily.

.

or a day's reaping,

n.

a hard blow; whisterpoop.

(Chinook). waybill (wa'bil) n. an itinerary. 2. a bill of lading. 3. identification for someone on relief. wayzgoose (waz'goos) n. a printers' annual holiday in Britain. Webster (web'stsr) n. a weaver. wedbed (wed'bed) n. marriage bed. wedbedrip (wed'bed"rep) n. a feudal law enjoining tenants to do 1

see

whistersnefet (hwist'sr-snePst)

language, speech

n.

n.

whistersnefet.

ing after a shipwreck.

(w6'w6)

a

beard-growing contest.

n.

wawa

beggar

a

n.

have

to

adj.

satis-

fied.

wilding (wlld'ing)

(weft'sj) n. texture.

wegotism

(we'go-tiz"9m) n. excessive use of the editorial '*we."

tree or

its

n.

fruit.

\.

2.

a crabapple

someone

or

something unorthodox.

windrow

the killer's family to the family of

(win'drd) n. \. sl row of racked-up, drying hay; other rows of things drying. 2. a furrow for planting sugar cane. windsucker (wind'suk^ar) n. \. a carping critic. 2. a horse that chews its stable; a cribbing horse.

the victim to avert a blood feud.

wingmanship (wing'man-ship)

welkin (werkin)^. sky.

Weltanschauung shou"ung)

n.

(velt'5nphilosophical world

view.

wem

(wem)

n. stain,

wergild (wur'gild)

wether

flaw, or scar.

n.

money

paid by

(wefh'sr) n. a castrated ram.

whally (hwol'e)

adj. having lightcolored eyes. whangdoodle (hwang'doo"d9l) n. a mythical bird that grieves con-

tinuously.

wharfinger (worf'in-jsr) n. the owner or manager of a wharf. wheyface (hwa'fas) n. paleface. whigmaleery (hwig-ms-lir'e) n. a knickknack or a geegaw; a whim. whilom (hwT'bm) adv. formerly,

winklehawk (wink'al-hok)

let;

n. a rec-

tangular hole in cloth. winterkill (win'tsr-kil) v.t.&i. to die from exposure to winter weather. withdrawingroom (with-dro'ing-

robm) room;

n.

drawing room;

living-

parlor.

withernam (with'sr-nom)

n.

thing else taken previously. adv. (with'ar-shinz)

withershins

contrary; against the grain. be; sip; wine; hOt; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

tak-

ing one thing as reprisal for some-

once. -adj. former.

man; made;

n.

flying skill.

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

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witzchoura witzchoura (wi-choor'9) n. a largesleeved woman's cloak fashion-

wyvern wootz

(woots) n. oldest known steelmaking method; wootz steel;

able in the early nineteenth cen-

Indian

witzelsucht

(vits'al-sdbkt) n. emotional state characterized by futile attempts at humor. wlatsome (lot'sobm) adj. loath-

wobbegong

bogeyman. wort (wurt)

(w6b'9-g6ng)

n.

(woon'de)

wowf (wooO

excessive.

crazy, wild, ex-

adj.

wowser

(wou'zsr)

a pecksniffian

n.

puritan.

wommacky

(wom's-ke) adj. weak and shaky as in convalescence.

wooer-bab (woo'ar-bob)

n.

sl

garter

below the knee as a lover's

keepsake.

wuntee

(wun'te)

n.

a lone old buf-

falo bull.

wyliecoat (wl'le-kot) undershirt or slip. wyvern (wTv'arn) n.

woofy (woofe) adj. dense texture. woom (woom) n. beaver fur.

\ti;

adj.

treme.

like a small bear.

mSn; made;

malt,

-adv. excessively.

wombat

(wom'bat) n. a burrowing Australian marsupial that looks

the devil,

fermenting

n.

_

ing.

the

carpet shark.

n.

incipient beer; anything ferment-

woundy

some.

tied

steel.

worricow (wur'i-koo)

tury.

n.

a

warm

a two-legged

dragon with a snake on

its

(heraldry).

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

this; year;

azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

ass

i

Xanthippe

(zan-tip'e) n. Socrates'

wife, noted for her

bad temper.

xanthochroid (zan'tho-kroid) having blond hair and a

adj. light

(zan"th6-sT-9n-

form of color blindonly yellows and

ness in which

blues are seen.

xanthoderm

xassafrassed

(zas's-frast)

pregnant (slang). xat (zot) n. a carved post

n.

adj.

front of

North American Indian

(ze'bek)

n.

a lateen-rigged,

Ages, a compulsory

xenagogue (zen'9-gog) n. a guide. xenagogy (zen'9-g6"je) n. a guidebook. xenapistia (zen-a-pis'ti-a) n. treme distrust of strangers.

made;

a.

present

the

gift to

Middle church

or state. lat)

v./.

(ze-no-b6m'bu-

to malinger (slang).

xenodochium (zen-o-do'ki-sm) n. a home for the disabled and

I6t;

xenodochy

(zen-od'a-ke)

n.

hospit-

xenial (ze'ni-sl) adj. taining to hospitality. ality,

per-

xenoepist (zen-o'9-pist) n. someone who speaks with a foreign accent.

xenogenesis

(zen-o-jen'9-sis) n. the

imagined

reproduction of an organism totally unlike its

xenomancy

(ze'no-man"se)

n.

tunetelling by studying the

stranger that appears. (zen-6-ma'ni-9)

xenomania mania

three-masted ship.

mj.n;

\.

parent. in

homes.

xebec

n.

2. in

friendless.

(zan'tho-durm)

yellow-skinned race. xanthodont (zan'tho-dont) n. a person with yellowish teeth. xanthomelanous (zan-tho-mel'sn9s) adj. pertaining to those races with an olive or yellow complexion and black hair.

certain

(ze'ni-9m) given to a guest.

xenobombulate

complexion.

xanthocyanopsia 6p'si-9) n.

xenium

tions,

n.

manners,

xenophobia

etc.

(zen-6-fo'bi-9)

n.

fear

of strangers or foreigners. ex-

t^is;

a

for foreign customs, tradi-

xeres (zer'es) n. sherry. xerga (ksa'go) n. a saddle blanket.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dQll; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; gSt; thin;

forfirst

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bach

xeromyron xeromyron

232

(zir-6m'i-r6n)

n.

solid

ointment.

xeronisus

(zir-6n'i-s9s) n. inability

(zir-df'a-je)

n.

a strict

(zir-6f'il-9s)

drought-resistant,

as

adj.

desert

xyloglyphy

n.

woody

plant fiber. artistic

(zT-16g'li-fe) n.

carving.

xylography

(zT-16g'r9-fe) n.

engraving.

2.

1

.

wood

color-printing

on

wood.

plants.

xerophobous

(zir-of's-bas) adj. un-

able to withstand drought.

xiphosuran

(zif-o-sdor'sn) adj. per-

to

the

American

king

(zT'lo-man"se)

n.

(he"oo-ta-koot'le)

m^n; made;

lat;

xylophobia (zT-lo-fo'bi-9) n. fear of wooden objects; fear of forests. xylophonist (zT-ldf'an-ist) n. patient who annoys others with sl

frequent and noisy farts (slang). xylopolist (zT-lop'sl-ist) n. a dealer in

wooden

objects.

xyresic (zT-res'ik) adj. razor-sharp. xyster (zis'tsr) n. a surgical instru-

ment xystus

for scraping bone. (zis'tss) n.

an indoor porch

n.

be; sip; wine; h6t; cold; sore; dull; fugue; burp;

good; food; out; g6t; thin;

this;

for-

wood.

for exercising in winter.

crab.

Xiuhtecutii

xylomancy

tunetelling with pieces of

xerotic (zir-6t'ik) adj. dry. xertz (zurts) v.t.&i. to swallow quickly (slang). xibalba (he-borbo) n. the Mayan Hades. xiphoid (zifoid) adj. shaped like a sword. xiphopagus (zif-op's-gas) n. twins joined at the abdomen. taining

char-

n.

coal.

wood

religious fast.

xerophilous

the Aztec fire god. xylanthrax (zT-lan'thraks)

xylem (zT'bm)

orgasm.

to reach

xerophagy

xystus

year; azure; o'man"; viN;

fiir;

Bacfi

yaffle (yafal)

n.

1.

an armload.

2.

the green woodpecker.

yahoo

yashmak (yosh'mok) n. a veil worn by Moslem women in public.

(yo'hoo) n. a boor or a hayseed (Swift's Gulliver's Travels). yahoomanity (yo-hoo-man'i-te) n.

yataghan

people en masse. Yahwism (y6'wiz"9m) n. Yahweh or God-worship. 2. using the

yatter (yat'ar) n.&v.i. chatter and

1

yalr (yer)

n.

an enclosure for catch-

ing salmon.

Yajnavalkya (yuj-na-vulk'ya) n. a classic fifth-century Hindu lawbook.

yakalo (yak's-lo) n. a cross between a yak and a.cattalo. yang (y5ng) n. the good (and, you might guess, male) half of the Chinese twins yin and yang. yapok (ya-p6k') n. the water opossum.

yardang (yor'dong)

n.

a

n.

(slang).

yarwhelp (yor'hwelp)

n.

mSn; made;

a

Hindu

ascetic.

figuratively.

Yazoo

(yaz'oo) n. an Indian tribe formerly living on the Yazoo River in Mississippi.

yclad (i-klad') adj. clothed, clad. yclept (i-klept') adj. called, named.

ydromancy

(id'ro-man"se)

n.

(yen)

v.t.