Real Words Without Definition
This one is a judgement call.
A name rather than a word. People, places, peoples, languages, gods and characters.
Names of peoples are the biggest group. abipon is an Argentine people, abdali an Afghan tribe, abarambo a Congolese one. There are literary names too. abhorson is Shakespeare's executioner and arthemis is an old spelling of Artemis.
Dictionaries of this age printed names in a separate section at the back, so a definition lookup never finds them.
1,723 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 | What it names |
|---|---|
| hunnian | pertaining to the Huns |
| hyblan | of Hybla, the Sicilian town famed for honey |
| hydroparastatae | early Christian sect using water at Eucharist |
| hydrophoria | Athenian water-carrying festival |
| hypernik | trade name of a nickel-iron magnetic alloy |
| iachimo | character in Shakespeare's Cymbeline |
| ichthyophagi | classical fish-eating peoples |
| idoism | movement for the Ido artificial language |
| igdrasil | Yggdrasil, the Norse world-ash |
| illium | Illium, corrosion-resistant alloy trademark |
| impeyan | Impeyan pheasant, named for Lady Impey |
| indigites | Roman native deified heroes (Dii Indigetes) |
| indogaea | Indogaea, the Indian zoogeographic region |
| indogaean | of Indogaea, the Indian faunal region |
| induism | Induism, older spelling of Hinduism |
| ingomar | Ingomar, hero of "Ingomar the Barbarian" |
| inguklimiut | an Inuit local group |
| insabbatist | member of the Insabbati (Waldenses) |
| intourist | Intourist, the Soviet state travel agency |
| irritila | indigenous people of Coahuila, Mexico |
| isabelite | partisan of Queen Isabella of Spain |
| isawa | N. African religious brotherhood (Aissawa) |
| issedoi | ancient Central Asian people, the Issedones |
| issedones | ancient Central Asian people |
| itelmes | Kamchatkan people, the Itelmen |
| itenean | Bolivian indigenous people, the Itene |
| ithiel | Hebrew personal name, Prov. 30:1 |
| itonaman | Bolivian people and language, the Itonama |
| janos | Janos, an indigenous people of Chihuahua |
| japhetide | a descendant of Japheth; Japhetic peoples |
| jatulian | Jatulian, Finnish Precambrian stage |
| javitero | Orinoco people of the San Javier missions |
| jayesh | Indian male given name |
| jerahmeel | biblical name Jerahmeel |
| jessur | Jessore, a district in Bengal |
| jotunnheim | Jotunheim, Norse land of the giants |
| jovinian | Jovinian, 4th-century Roman heretic |
| juamave | Jaumave, Mexican district giving name to an istle |
| juergen | German given name Jürgen |
| juverna | Juverna, Latin name for Ireland |
| kadayan | Kadayan, a people of Borneo and Brunei |
| kaibab | Kaibab, Arizona plateau and Paiute band |
| kainah | Kainah (Blood), a Blackfoot tribe |
| kamares | Kamares, Cretan cave naming a Minoan ware |
| kamarupic | of Kamarupa (Assam), a language grouping |
| kammalan | Kammalan, South Indian artisan caste |
| kanteletar | Kanteletar, Finnish folk-poetry collection |
| karakatchan | Karakachan, Balkan nomads and their sheep |
| karharbari | Karharbari, Indian coalfield and coal series |
| karthli | Kartli, a region of Georgia |
| kasikumuk | Kazi-Kumukh (Lak), a people of Dagestan |
| kassak | Kassak, older spelling of Kazak (Kazakh) |
| katharevusa | Katharevousa, purist literary Modern Greek |
| katukina | Katukina, Brazilian indigenous people |
| kawika | Hawaiian personal name (David) |
| kayvan | Persian name of the planet Saturn |
| kayward | Kayward, the hare in Reynard the Fox |
| kefti | Keftiu, Egyptian name for the Cretans |
| keid | Keid, the star omicron Eridani |
| kenscoff | Kenscoff, town in Haiti |
| khafajeh | Khafajeh, archaeological site in Iraq |
| khalsah | the Khalsa, the Sikh community |
| khami | Khami, ruined city in Zimbabwe |
| khandait | Khandait, an Odia landholding caste |
| kharwa | Kharwa, an Indian seafaring caste |
| khatti | Khatti, the Hittites |
| khattish | Hittite, of the Khatti |
| kherwari | Kherwari, a Munda language group |
| kherwarian | Kherwarian, of the Kherwari languages |
| khevzur | Khevsur, a Georgian mountain people |
| khokani | of Khokand (Kokand), Central Asia |
| khotana | Khotana, Athabaskan people of Alaska |
| kimmeridge | Kimmeridge, Dorset village and clay stage |
| kinabulu | Mount Kinabalu, Borneo |
| kinderhook | Kinderhook, New York; a geologic group |
| kitamat | Kitimat, British Columbia place and people |
| klingsor | Klingsor, the sorcerer in Parsifal |
| knipperdolling | follower of Knipperdolling, Münster Anabaptist |
| knisteneaux | Knisteneaux, the Cree people |
| koiari | Koiari, a Papuan people and language |
| koipato | Koipato, Nevada range and geologic group |
| kolush | Kolosh, Russian name for the Tlingit |
| kongu | Kongu, a region and people of Tamil Nadu |
| koolau | Koolau, Hawaiian mountain range |
| koorg | Coorg (Kodagu), India |
| koprino | Koprino, a Kwakiutl group of British Columbia |
| korsakow | Korsakoff, Russian psychiatrist |
| korumburra | Korumburra, town in Victoria, Australia |
| kossaean | Kossaean, ancient people of Persia |
| kossean | Kossaean, ancient people of Persia |
| kotoko | Kotoko, a people of Chad and Cameroon |
| kreitzman | surname |
| krispies | from the cereal brand Rice Krispies |
| krithia | village on the Gallipoli peninsula |
| kriton | Greek Kriton, Plato's dialogue Crito |
| kronion | Greek Kronion, son of Kronos, Zeus |
| kruman | a Kru man, Liberian sailor |
| kudrun | Kudrun, Middle High German epic and heroine |
| kuldip | Indian personal name |
| kundry | Kundry, character in Wagner's Parsifal |
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