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 |
|---|---|
| palfry | palfrey |
| palsgraf | palsgrave, a count palatine |
| panchayet | panchayat |
| pandure | pandore, an old lute |
| pantatype | pantotype |
| pantoon | pontoon |
| pantosophy | pansophy |
| pappain | papain, the papaya enzyme |
| parachrea | parachroia, discoloration of the skin |
| paralitical | paralytical, paralytic |
| paranoeac | paranoiac |
| parecious | paroecious, botany |
| pareciously | paroeciously |
| pareciousness | paroeciousness |
| parecism | paroecism, the paroecious condition |
| parecy | paroecy, the paroecious condition |
| parenesize | paraenesize, to exhort |
| parpal | parpen, a bondstone through a wall |
| parrall | parrel, collar holding a yard to the mast |
| pastile | pastille |
| paynimrie | paynimry, heathendom |
| peavie | peavey, a logger's lever |
| peddlar | peddler |
| pendative | pendentive |
| pennuckle | pinochle |
| penoche | penuche |
| penochi | penuche |
| penticle | pentacle |
| peptoniser | peptonizer |
| perfectivise | perfectivize |
| perfunctionary | perfunctory |
| perioque | pirogue |
| periphasis | periphrasis |
| perissodactyle | perissodactyl |
| pernicketty | pernickety |
| pernickity | pernickety |
| persicary | persicaria, the knotweed |
| pettiagua | piragua, a dugout canoe |
| peyotyl | peyotl, the mescal cactus |
| phaenological | phenological |
| phaenology | phenology |
| phaenomenism | phenomenism |
| phaleucian | Phalaecian, hendecasyllabic verse |
| phano | fanon, a papal vestment |
| phillipeener | philopena, the twin-nut forfeit game |
| picnometer | pycnometer |
| picule | piculet, a small woodpecker |
| piculule | piculet, a small woodpecker |
| pigwidgin | pigwidgeon, a tiny creature |
| pigwigeon | pigwidgeon, an elf or trifle |
| pilcherd | pilchard |
| piperidin | piperidine |
| piscatorious | piscatory |
| plancer | plancier, the soffit of a cornice |
| planeshear | planksheer, the covering board of a ship |
| plansheer | planksheer |
| plantano | plantain (Spanish platano) |
| plasmaphaeresis | plasmapheresis |
| plessor | plexor, a percussion hammer |
| pleuroperitonaeal | pleuroperitoneal |
| plumete | plumette, a small plume |
| pneum | neume, a plainsong notation sign |
| pneumorrachis | pneumorrhachis |
| podogyne | podogyn, a gynophore |
| podometer | pedometer |
| poikilie | poikile, the Painted Porch |
| polarigraphic | polarographic |
| poldron | pauldron, shoulder-plate of armour |
| poleyne | poleyn, armour for the knee |
| poligraphical | polygraphical |
| polybromid | polybromide |
| polyedral | polyhedral |
| polygarchy | polyarchy, government by many |
| polyidrosis | polyhidrosis |
| polynee | polynya, open water in sea ice |
| polyoicous | polyoecious |
| polysulphid | polysulphide |
| porcelanic | porcellanic |
| porphyrisation | porphyrization |
| postxyphoid | postxiphoid |
| poudret | poudrette, dried night soil used as manure |
| pourparley | pourparler, a preliminary discussion |
| praelection | prelection, a lecture |
| praeposter | praepostor, a prefect at an English school |
| praham | prahm, a flat-bottomed lighter |
| presbycousis | presbycusis |
| prespective | perspective (older spelling) |
| presumptiously | presumptuously (older spelling) |
| pretenced | pretensed (obsolete, pretended) |
| previze | previse, to foresee |
| proletarise | proletarize |
| prolificy | prolificacy |
| propretorial | propraetorial |
| propretorian | propraetorian |
| protext | pretext |
| providance | providence (obsolete spelling) |
| prunell | prunella (the herb self-heal) |
| pseudorganic | pseudoorganic (pseud- before a vowel) |
| psycheometry | psychometry |
| psychodelic | psychedelic |
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