Real Words Without Definition
This one is a judgement call.
A regional word. Scots turns up more than anything else.
abody is Scots for everybody. abulyeit means dressed or arrayed. affloof means offhand. aholt is US dialect for ahold. affydavy is a joking form of affidavit.
Watch the overlap with lost spaces. abody looks like a body run together, but it carries a meaning of its own, so it belongs here.
1,957 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | Region and meaning |
|---|---|
| hasky | dial., dry, harsh, husky |
| haslock | dial., wool from a sheep's throat |
| hasn | SW English dial., has not |
| hauflin | Scots, a half-grown lad (halflin) |
| haughland | Scots, low-lying land beside a river |
| havance | dial., manners, behaviour |
| haveral | Scots, a foolish babbler |
| havergrass | dial., wild oat-grass (haver = oats) |
| haysuck | Eng. dial., the hedge sparrow |
| haythorn | Eng. dial., hawthorn (hay = hedge) |
| heartscald | Scots/Irish, heartburn, vexation |
| heazy | Eng. dial., hazy |
| hecco | Eng. dial., the green woodpecker |
| heckimal | Eng. dial., the blue titmouse |
| heezy | Scots, a hoist or lift (from heeze) |
| hellicate | Scots, wild, giddy (hellicat) |
| herdship | Scots herschip, plundering, devastation |
| hespel | Scots, a hank of yarn, variant of hesp |
| hetterly | Northern English, eagerly, vehemently |
| hewhall | English dialect, the green woodpecker |
| hibbin | English dialect name for ivy |
| hidling | Scots, secret, hidden, in concealment |
| hidlings | Scots, secretly, by stealth |
| hidlins | Scots, secretly, variant of hidlings |
| hilltrot | English, cow-parsley or wild chervil |
| himp | dialect, to limp or hobble |
| himple | dialect, to limp or hobble |
| hinch | dialect, the haunch (cf. Scots hainch) |
| hirtch | Scots, to hitch or move along by jerks |
| hissel | Scots, a flock of sheep, var. of hirsel |
| hobbledygee | colloquial, at a hobbling pace |
| hobthrush | N. English, a household goblin, hob-thrust |
| hocky | East Anglian, the harvest-home feast (horkey) |
| hoddin | Scots, hodden, coarse undyed woollen cloth |
| hoddy | dialect, hale or hearty; cf. hoddy-doddy |
| hoggee | US, canal boy who drove the tow-horses |
| hoggie | Scots, a young sheep, dim. of hogg |
| hogshouther | Scots, to jostle with the shoulder |
| honeyfogle | US, to swindle or cajole |
| hoppergrass | US Southern, a grasshopper |
| hoppytoad | US, hoppy-toad, a toad |
| hornkeck | local English name for the garfish |
| hosebird | East Anglian, a rascal (whore's-bird) |
| hounce | English dialect, ornamental trappings on a cart-horse |
| hoverly | East Anglian, careless, slovenly |
| howish | English dialect, feeling queer or unwell |
| howkit | Scots, dug or hollowed out (howk + -it) |
| hubbaboo | Anglo-Irish, an uproar, var. of hubbub |
| huckmuck | English dialect, a brewing strainer; a muddle |
| hudderon | Scots, slovenly, untidy |
| huddock | Northern English, the cabin of a keel-boat |
| huddroun | Scots, a slovenly person, var. of hudderon |
| huggin | Northern English, the hip or haunch |
| hulster | English dialect, to conceal or hide away |
| huly | Scots, slowly, gently |
| hurleyhacket | Scots, a rickety carriage or sledge |
| hurleyhouse | Scots, a large ruinous house |
| hurrock | Scots, a heap of loose stones or rubbish |
| hurroo | Anglo-Irish, hurrah |
| husheen | Anglo-Irish, a lullaby (hush + -een) |
| husho | a hushing cry or lullaby refrain, hush-o |
| ikeyness | Brit. slang, artfulness (from ikey, knowing) |
| incalver | English rural, a cow in calf |
| incalving | English rural, (of a cow) being in calf |
| ingramness | English dialect, ignorance (ingram = ignorant) |
| inspreith | Scots, household goods, plenishing |
| itherness | Scots, otherness (ither = other) |
| jacteleg | Scots, a clasp-knife (jockteleg) |
| jauner | Scots, one who talks idly, a gossip |
| javer | Scots, to talk nonsense (cf. haver) |
| jawhole | Scots, a cesspool or drain opening |
| jawp | Scots, to splash; a splash |
| jaypiet | dialect name for the jay (piet = magpie) |
| jedding | Scots masonry, cutting with a jedding-ax |
| jeewhillijers | US, exclamation (gee-whillikers) |
| jeewhillikens | US, exclamation (gee-whillikens) |
| jiggit | dialect, to jerk or move jerkily |
| jimberjaw | US, a projecting lower jaw |
| jimpricute | US folklore, a fabulous monster |
| jinglebob | US West, pendant on a spur; an earmark |
| jinket | dialect form of junket, a feast |
| jizzen | Scots, childbed |
| joktaleg | Scots, a clasp-knife (jockteleg) |
| jonnick | honest, fair (var. of jannock) |
| joree | US South, the towhee bird |
| jower | US South, to quarrel or nag |
| jowery | US dialect, quarrelsome (from jower) |
| jubus | US South/Gullah, suspicious (from dubious) |
| jundie | Scots, to jostle or nudge |
| jundy | Scots, to jostle (var. of jundie) |
| kalewife | Scots, a woman who sells kale or greens |
| katogle | Manx, the eagle owl |
| keacorn | English dialect, the throat or windpipe |
| kedgy | Scots/northern, brisk and cheerful |
| keeslip | English dialect, rennet |
| keist | northern English, sap or relish |
| kelchin | Scots law, fine paid to a slain man's kin |
| kenspac | Scots, easily recognizable |
| kenspeckled | Scots, conspicuous |
| keout | English dialect, a cur or small dog |
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