Real Words Without Definition
This one is a judgement call.
A different spelling of a word that has a standard modern form.
arround is around. foederal is federal. chorous is chorus. chosing is choosing. crimison is crimson.
Both spellings were in real use at the time. Only one of them made it into the dictionary a lookup would check.
1,577 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 | The standard spelling |
|---|---|
| mezzolithic | mesolithic |
| miladi | milady |
| milrind | mill-rind, heraldic millstone iron |
| mimosis | mimesis, imitation |
| mimsey | mimsy, prim and affected |
| mimzy | mimsy |
| miniken | minikin, a tiny thing |
| mirkiness | murkiness |
| misaddrest | misaddressed (archaic -drest) |
| mismosh | mishmash (also mishmosh) |
| misniac | Mishnaic, of the Mishnah (old spelling Misna) |
| mithriac | Mithraic |
| mitvoth | mitzvoth |
| mobbie | mobby, fermented fruit drink |
| molify | mollify |
| mollyhawk | mollymawk (albatross) |
| monnion | munnion, a mullion |
| monoamin | monoamine |
| monodram | monodrama |
| moonal | monal, the Himalayan pheasant |
| mootch | mooch |
| morule | morula (embryology) |
| mostic | mahlstick, painter's hand-rest |
| motocar | motorcar (early form) |
| mouedhin | muezzin (older transliteration) |
| moustoc | moustac, the moustached guenon |
| mowch | mouch/mooch (obs. spelling) |
| mufflin | muffin (older spelling) |
| munchet | manchet, fine wheaten bread |
| murrhuine | murrhine, made of murra (fluorspar) |
| muscalonge | muskellunge |
| muscavada | muscovado (unrefined sugar) |
| muscot | muscat (obs. spelling) |
| muscovade | muscovado |
| muskallonge | muskellunge |
| muskallunge | muskellunge |
| myiosis | myiasis, infestation by fly larvae |
| myrabalanus | myrobalanus, the myrobalan fruit |
| mysosophist | misosophist, a hater of wisdom |
| mythopeist | mythopoeist, a maker of myths |
| narcotin | narcotine, an opium alkaloid |
| nationalty | nationality (archaic form) |
| natureopathy | naturopathy |
| nauch | nautch, an Indian dancing entertainment |
| nawob | nawab (nabob) |
| nazarate | nazirate, office of a Nazirite |
| nectarin | nectarine |
| niblic | niblick |
| nonadaptabness | nonadaptableness (contracted -abness) |
| nonapplicabness | nonapplicableness (contracted -abness) |
| nonapproachabness | nonapproachableness (contracted -abness) |
| nonpariello | nonpareil (old -o ending form) |
| noxial | noxal, of Roman noxal liability |
| nucleosid | nucleoside, older -id spelling |
| nuisome | noisome |
| nurly | knurly, gnarled |
| oadal | odal, Norse allodial land tenure |
| obclude | occlude, etymological ob- spelling |
| oblicque | oblique, obsolete spelling |
| octect | octet |
| octects | octets |
| octohedral | octahedral |
| oecological | ecological |
| oeconomic | economic |
| oecumenian | ecumenian, of the whole world |
| oelet | eyelet, obsolete spelling |
| oleomargarin | oleomargarine |
| oleostearine | oleostearin |
| olograph | holograph (will in the testator's hand) |
| olographic | holographic (of a will) |
| onirotic | oneirotic, of dreams |
| oogloea | ooglea |
| opedeldoc | opodeldoc (a soap liniment) |
| opercele | opercule, a gill cover |
| orcanet | alkanet (dyer's bugloss) |
| oreilet | oreillet, the ear-piece of a helmet |
| ormuzine | armozine, a stout black silk |
| orsel | orchil, the lichen dye |
| orthognathus | orthognathous, straight-jawed |
| oubliet | oubliette |
| outligger | outrigger, earlier nautical form |
| overcapitalise | overcapitalize (British -ise) |
| overcapitalising | overcapitalizing (British -ise) |
| oxalamid | oxalamide |
| oxalonitril | oxalonitrile |
| oxamidin | oxamidine |
| oxazin | oxazine |
| oxychlorid | oxychloride |
| oxyhematin | oxyhaematin |
| oxynaphtoquinone | oxynaphthoquinone |
| oxysulfid | oxysulfide |
| oxysulphid | oxysulphide |
| oyelet | eyelet |
| ozophen | ozophene |
| pabouch | babouche, a Turkish slipper |
| padasha | padishah |
| pailette | paillette, a spangle |
| pairial | pair-royal (prial), three of a kind |
| pajamahs | pajamas |
| palaiotype | palaeotype |
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