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 |
|---|---|
| sychee | sycee, Chinese silver ingot money |
| symbiot | symbiont |
| synaesthesis | synaesthesia, united or joint sensation |
| synaloephe | synaloepha, elision of a vowel in prosody |
| synaxar | synaxary, a book of saints' lives |
| syncaryon | synkaryon, a fusion nucleus |
| syncracy | syncrasy, a blending or mixture |
| synezisis | synizesis, the running together of two vowels |
| synopsy | synopsis, a general view |
| tabbis | tabis, a watered silk fabric |
| taborin | tabourin, a small tabor or drum |
| tabourine | taborine, a small drum |
| tacheography | tachygraphy, shorthand writing |
| taintor | tainter, one who taints or stains |
| talck | talc, old spelling |
| taliage | tallage, a feudal tax |
| tamber | timbre |
| tanaist | tanist, the elected heir in Irish law |
| tanny | tawny |
| tanzy | tansy |
| tarapatch | taropatch, the Hawaiian taro-patch fiddle |
| tarepatch | taropatch, taro patch |
| tarrack | tarrock, the kittiwake gull |
| tarrass | tarras, old spelling of terrace |
| tarri | tarry, old spelling |
| tarrie | tarry, old spelling |
| tartufian | tartuffian, in the manner of Tartuffe |
| tartufishly | tartuffishly, hypocritically |
| tassah | tussah, the wild silk and its silkworm |
| tassal | tassel |
| tasseller | tasseler, with British doubled l |
| tauroboly | taurobolium, the bull sacrifice of Cybele's cult |
| tautousian | tautoousian, of the same substance |
| tautousious | tautoousious, of identical essence |
| tawnie | tawny |
| taxinomic | taxonomic; taxinomy was the older spelling |
| taxinomist | taxonomist |
| taxinomy | taxonomy |
| taxwax | paxwax, the ligament of the neck |
| taxy | taxis, arrangement or directed movement |
| teecall | tical, the Siamese coin and weight (also teecal) |
| tendenciousness | tendentiousness |
| tendoor | tandour, an oven or brazier |
| tendour | tandour, the Turkish brazier under a table |
| tendrel | tendril, an old spelling |
| terriginous | terrigenous, derived from the land |
| tertenant | terre-tenant, one in actual possession of land |
| theologisation | theologization, British -isation spelling |
| theophyllin | theophylline, old chemical -in spelling |
| thereoid | theroid, beastlike or brutish |
| thetin | thetine, old chemical -in spelling |
| thialdin | thialdine, old chemical -in spelling |
| thiamid | thiamide, old chemical -id spelling |
| thioamid | thioamide, old chemical -id spelling |
| thiourethan | thiourethane, old chemical -an spelling |
| thiozonid | thiozonide, old chemical -id spelling |
| tholeite | tholeiite, a type of basalt |
| throughbred | thoroughbred, through being the older form of thorough |
| thrustle | throstle, the song thrush |
| thummin | Thummim, of Urim and Thummim |
| thwait | thwaite, a cleared piece of ground |
| tibbit | titbit |
| ticktacktoo | ticktacktoe |
| todelike | toadlike; tode is an old spelling of toad |
| toggel | toggle |
| torcel | torsel |
| torney | tourney |
| torous | torose, knobbed |
| tottum | totum, a teetotum |
| tought | taut, old nautical spelling |
| tractitian | Tractarian |
| trameled | trammeled, one-l spelling |
| trameling | trammeling, one-l spelling |
| tramelled | trammelled, one-l spelling |
| tramelling | trammelling, one-l spelling |
| transferer | transferrer, one who transfers |
| transferotype | transferrotype, one-r spelling |
| transscriber | transcriber, older trans- + scriber spelling |
| traviss | travis, a partition between horse stalls |
| trawley | trolley, a small truck or cart |
| trevis | travis, a partition between horse stalls |
| trilleto | trilletto, a short trill |
| trimetalism | trimetallism |
| triptyca | triptych |
| trivat | trivet |
| trivvet | trivet |
| trochart | trocar |
| tromple | trample (archaic spelling) |
| tropary | troper, a book of liturgical tropes |
| trustle | trestle |
| tuppeny | tuppenny, twopenny |
| turcois | turquoise |
| twait | twaite, as in twaite shad |
| twanky | twankay, a Chinese green tea |
| tyking | ticking, the cloth of a mattress |
| umpsteen | umpteen |
| unchallengable | unchallengeable |
| underdevelope | underdevelop; develope is the older spelling |
| underdevelopement | underdevelopment; developement is the older spelling |
| unfeasable | unfeasible |
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