Register & Style

arpent C2

/ˈɑːr.pənt/ historical: any of several French units of land area, varying by place and still encountered in records from Quebec and Louisiana Meaning Off Sound Off

hackney coach C2

/ˈhæk.ni ˌkoʊtʃ/ historical: a horse-drawn passenger coach kept for public hire, especially a four-wheeled carriage drawn by two horses Meaning Off Sound Off

fire-worshiper C2

/ˈfaɪr ˌwɝː.ʃɪ.pɚ/ a person who worships or religiously venerates fire Meaning Off Sound Off

insolency C2

/ˈɪn.sə.lən.si/ dated: the quality of being arrogantly rude, disrespectful, or insubordinate; insolence Meaning Off Sound Off

sanjak C2

/ˌsɑːnˈdʒæk/ historical: an administrative district of the Ottoman Empire, usually a subdivision of an eyalet or vilayet Meaning Off Sound Off

arrowy C2

/ˈæroʊi/ shaped, straight, swift, or moving like an arrow; literary Meaning Off Sound Off

overweigh C2

/ˌoʊvərˈweɪ/ to exceed in weight, force, importance, or influence; to outweigh; archaic Meaning Off Sound Off

perfectionate C2

/pərˈfɛkʃəˌneɪt/ to make perfect, complete, or fully developed; archaic Meaning Off Sound Off

unadept C2

/ˌʌnəˈdɛpt/ a person who lacks skill or proficiency; rare Meaning Off Sound Off

unfashioned C2

/ʌnˈfæʃənd/ not made, shaped, or fully formed; unformed or incomplete; literary Meaning Off Sound Off

ungazed C2

/ʌnˈɡeɪzd/ not looked at or regarded, usually followed by at or upon; literary Meaning Off Sound Off

preux C2

/prø/ literary or archaic: chivalrous, valiant, or gallant Meaning Off Sound Off

scissors-grinder C2

/ˈsɪz.ɚz ˌɡraɪn.dɚ/ historical: a person, often an itinerant craft worker, who sharpens scissors and other cutting tools on a grinding wheel Meaning Off Sound Off

cobalt blue C2

/ˈkoʊ.bɑːlt ˌbluː/ a strong, vivid blue color, often with a slightly greenish cast Meaning Off Sound Off

scientifiction C2

/ˌsaɪ.ən.tɪˈfɪk.ʃən/ dated: science fiction, especially fiction that combines scientific facts or speculation with adventure and predictions about the future Meaning Off Sound Off

swim bladder C2

/ˈswɪm ˌblæd.ɚ/ a gas-filled internal sac present in many bony fishes, used chiefly to regulate buoyancy and maintain depth and, in some species, also involved in respiration, hearing, or sound production Meaning Off Sound Off

palette knife C2

/ˈpæl.ət ˌnaɪf/ a blunt, flexible, flat-bladed artist's tool used to mix colors on a palette and sometimes to apply or remove paint Meaning Off Sound Off

inspirit C2

/ɪnˈspɪrɪt/ literary: to give someone renewed courage, energy, or vigor Meaning Off Sound Off

solemnization C2

/ˌsɑːləmnəˈzeɪʃən/ the official or ceremonial performance of a marriage Meaning Off Sound Off

ensigncy C2

/ˈen.sən.si/ historical: the rank, office, or commission of an ensign, especially a junior officer in an army regiment Meaning Off Sound Off

amercement C2

/əˈmɝsmənt/ historical law: a monetary penalty whose amount was set at the discretion of a court or lord Meaning Off Sound Off

senega C2

/ˈsɛnɪɡə/ historical: gum arabic obtained in or exported from the Senegal region, used especially in dyeing and manufacturing Meaning Off Sound Off

alcavala C2

/ˌælkəˈvɑlə/ historical: a Spanish sales tax charged on transfers of movable or immovable property, often at each successive sale Meaning Off Sound Off

assentation C2

/ˌæsɛnˈteɪʃən/ rare: ready, servile, or insincere agreement offered to flatter or please someone Meaning Off Sound Off

pneumatology C2

/ˌnuːməˈtɑːlədʒi/ the study of spirits or spiritual beings; in older philosophy, the study of the soul and God Meaning Off Sound Off

chaldron C2

/ˈtʃɔːldrən/ historical: any of several British dry measures, especially a coal measure varying locally from about 32 to 72 imperial bushels Meaning Off Sound Off

copperas C2

/ˈkɑːpərəs/ historical chemistry: iron(II) sulfate, a green crystalline compound used in dyes, inks, tanning, and other processes Meaning Off Sound Off

wax vesta C2

/ˌwæks ˈvɛstə/ a historical friction match with a wax-coated fiber stem and an ignitable tip Meaning Off Sound Off

engrosser C2

/ɪnˈɡroʊsɚ/ historical commerce: a person who buys up a commodity in bulk in order to control its supply or raise its price Meaning Off Sound Off

heptarchy C2

/ˈhɛpˌtɑrki/ historical: the traditional collective name for the seven principal Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of early medieval England Meaning Off Sound Off

louis C2

/ˈluːi/ historical: any of several French gold or silver coins issued under kings named Louis, especially the louis d'or Meaning Off Sound Off

encrimson C2

/ɪnˈkɹɪm.zən/ literary: to make, dye, or stain something crimson or deep red Meaning Off Sound Off

querist C2

/ˈkwɪrɪst/ formal or archaic: a person who asks a question or makes an inquiry Meaning Off Sound Off

shruff C2

/ʃrʌf/ historical metalworking: old or broken brass or copper, filings, dross, and similar metal refuse kept for remelting Meaning Off Sound Off

stadtholdership C2

/ˈstætˌhoʊldərˌʃɪp/ historical: the office, rank, or period in office of a stadtholder in the Netherlands Meaning Off Sound Off

wastel C2

/ˈwɑstəl/ historical: a fine white bread or cake made from carefully sifted wheat flour Meaning Off Sound Off

exuvia C2

/ɪɡˈzuːviə/ a skin, shell, exoskeleton, or other outer covering shed by an animal during molting Meaning Off Sound Off

embrute C2

/ɪmˈbruːt/ rare or literary: to make someone brutal or brutish; to degrade someone to the level of a brute Meaning Off Sound Off

prenomen C2

/ˌpriːˈnoʊmen/ a variant spelling of praenomen: the first or personal name in an ancient Roman name, preceding the nomen and cognomen Meaning Off Sound Off

cruzado C2

/ˌkruːˈzɑːdoʊ/ a former currency of Brazil, introduced in 1986 and divided into one hundred centavos Meaning Off Sound Off

disfranchise C2

/dɪsˈfræntʃaɪz/ to deprive a person or group of the right to vote or of another civil right Meaning Off Sound Off

tintinnabulum C2

/ˌtɪntɪˈnæbjʊləm/ a small tinkling bell, especially a historical bell used to summon members of a religious community Meaning Off Sound Off

telegony C2

/təˈlɛɡəni/ historical genetics: the discredited belief that a female's previous mate can influence offspring later conceived with another mate Meaning Off Sound Off

philhellenic C2

/ˌfɪlhəˈlɛnɪk/ admiring or supporting Greece, the Greeks, or Greek culture Meaning Off Sound Off

romanize C2

/ˈɹoʊmənaɪz/ to represent a language or text in the Latin alphabet by transcription or transliteration Meaning Off Sound Off

provisor C2

/prəˈvaɪzər/ historical church law: a person appointed by papal provision to a benefice, sometimes before the office became vacant Meaning Off Sound Off

connexity C2

/kəˈnɛk.sə.ti/ in logic and order theory, the property of a relation whereby any two distinct relevant terms are related in one direction or the other Meaning Off Sound Off

deducibility C2

/dɪˌduː.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/ the property of being logically derivable from stated premises, axioms, or other accepted propositions Meaning Off Sound Off

habergeon C2

/ˈhæbərdʒən/ historical: a short, sleeveless or short-sleeved coat of mail, lighter than a hauberk Meaning Off Sound Off

upperworks C2

/ˈʌpərˌwɝks/ the structures and equipment above the hull or main deck of a ship, or above the main body of a vehicle or machine Meaning Off Sound Off

arithmetization C2

/əˌrɪθmətəˈzeɪʃən/ the treatment of mathematics or another formal system by methods involving only the fundamental concepts and operations of arithmetic Meaning Off Sound Off

roturier C2

/roʊˈtʊriˌeɪ/ historical: a commoner, especially a person who belonged to neither the nobility nor the clergy in pre-Revolutionary France Meaning Off Sound Off

fossorial C2

/fɑˈsɔriəl/ adapted for digging or for living chiefly underground Meaning Off Sound Off

erethism C2

/ˈɛrəˌθɪzəm/ an abnormally high degree of irritability or responsiveness to stimulation Meaning Off Sound Off

repastination C2

/riːˌpæstɪˈneɪʃən/ obsolete: the act of digging or turning over soil again Meaning Off Sound Off

succedaneous C2

/ˌsʌksəˈdeɪniəs/ rare: serving in place of something else; acting as a substitute Meaning Off Sound Off

superinduce C2

/ˌsuːpərɪnˈduːs/ formal: to bring about an additional condition or effect on top of one already existing Meaning Off Sound Off

farmsteading C2

/ˈfɑːrmˌstiː.dɪŋ/ chiefly British or Scottish: a farmstead, especially the farmhouse and its surrounding farm buildings considered as a group Meaning Off Sound Off

palpus C2

/ˈpælpəs/ a segmented sensory appendage attached to a mouthpart of an arthropod and used chiefly for touch or taste Meaning Off Sound Off

muriate C2

/ˈmjʊriət/ an obsolete chemical name for a chloride, a salt regarded as derived from muriatic acid Meaning Off Sound Off

whinstone C2

/ˈwɪnˌstoʊn/ chiefly British: hard, dark basaltic rock or traprock, often quarried for road stone Meaning Off Sound Off

deliquescent C2

/ˌdɛlɪˈkwɛsənt/ chemistry: absorbing enough moisture from the air to dissolve gradually and form a solution Meaning Off Sound Off

infusorial C2

/ˌɪnfjʊˈzɔːriəl/ historical biology: relating to, containing, or formed from Infusoria, a former broad grouping of microscopic aquatic organisms Meaning Off Sound Off

testaceous C2

/tɛˈsteɪʃəs/ zoology and botany: dull brick-red, orange-brown, or yellowish-brown in color Meaning Off Sound Off

fucus C2

/ˈfjuːkəs/ a brown seaweed of the genus Fucus, common on rocky seashores and including bladderwrack Meaning Off Sound Off

dry goods C2

/ˈdraɪˌɡʊdz/ historical and chiefly US: textiles, clothing, and related merchandise sold by a shop Meaning Off Sound Off

phonolite C2

/ˈfoʊnəˌlaɪt/ a fine-grained volcanic rock composed chiefly of alkali feldspar and nepheline, some varieties of which ring when struck Meaning Off Sound Off

interpellate C2

/ˌɪntɚˈpɛleɪt/ formal: to interrupt or address someone with a question or challenge Meaning Off Sound Off

platyrrhine C2

/ˈplætɪˌraɪn/ a New World monkey of the primate group Platyrrhini, including capuchins, marmosets, howler monkeys, and their relatives Meaning Off Sound Off

Santali C2

/sænˈtɑːli/ an Austroasiatic language spoken chiefly by Santal communities in eastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal Meaning Off Sound Off

mystagogue C2

/ˈmɪstəˌɡɑɡ/ historical religion: a person who guides an initiate into the rites and doctrines of a mystery cult Meaning Off Sound Off

spiculum C2

/ˈspɪkjʊləm/ biology: a small sharp needle-like structure, especially a skeletal element of a sponge or other invertebrate Meaning Off Sound Off

incisure C2

/ɪnˈsɪʒɚ/ anatomy: a notch or indentation in a bone, organ, or other bodily structure Meaning Off Sound Off

metasternum C2

/ˌmɛtəˈstɝnəm/ entomology: the ventral exoskeletal plate of an insect's metathorax Meaning Off Sound Off

pectinate C2

/ˈpɛktəneɪt/ biology: shaped or arranged like the teeth of a comb Meaning Off Sound Off

baggageman C2

/ˈbæɡɪdʒˌmæn/ historical: a railway employee responsible for receiving, guarding, sorting, and delivering passengers' baggage, often in a baggage car Meaning Off Sound Off

calcar C2

/ˈkælkɑr/ anatomy and zoology: a spur-shaped projection or process Meaning Off Sound Off

ferial C2

/ˈfɪr.i.əl/ relating to an ordinary weekday rather than a religious festival, especially in Christian liturgy Meaning Off Sound Off

muniment C2

/ˈmjunəmənt/ a legal deed, charter, or other document preserved as evidence of a right or title Meaning Off Sound Off

commination C2

/ˌkɒmɪˈneɪʃən/ a formal denunciation or threat of punishment, especially divine punishment Meaning Off Sound Off

sizar C2

/ˈsaɪzər/ historical: a Cambridge or Trinity College Dublin student receiving financial support, sometimes in return for duties Meaning Off Sound Off

cretin C2

/ˈkɹiːtɪn/ historical and offensive: a person with congenital hypothyroidism, formerly described using this term Meaning Off Sound Off

gack C2

/ɡæk/ informal: a written representation of a sudden choking, coughing, or gagging sound Meaning Off Sound Off

batshit C2

/ˈbæt.ʃɪt/ vulgar: the droppings of bats Meaning Off Sound Off