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 |
|---|---|
| cardiagraphy | cardiography |
| carnel | carvel, as in carnel-built |
| carneole | carnelian |
| carot | carrot |
| carouba | carob |
| carryke | carrack, a large merchant ship |
| cartaceous | chartaceous, papery |
| caruage | carucage, tax on ploughland |
| carvage | carucage, tax on ploughland |
| caryophylleous | caryophyllaceous, of the pink family |
| casave | cassava |
| casavi | cassava, cassava bread |
| cashou | cachou, a scented lozenge |
| caskanet | carcanet, a jewelled collar |
| cassique | cacique, an American oriole |
| cassumuniar | cassumunar, an East Indian ginger |
| casuary | cassowary |
| catepuce | catapuce, the caper spurge |
| caufle | coffle, a gang of slaves or beasts |
| cchaddoorck | early transliteration of chadar, chuddar |
| cecchine | zecchin, an Italian gold coin, sequin |
| ceilidhe | ceilidh, a Gaelic social gathering |
| centiar | centiare, one square metre |
| ceratinous | keratinous, horny |
| cervalet | cervelat, Renaissance sausage-bassoon |
| cesious | caesious, bluish-grey |
| ceteosaur | cetiosaur, a sauropod dinosaur |
| chaccon | chaconne, an old dance and tune |
| chalkography | chalcography, engraving on copper |
| challie | challis, a soft light dress fabric |
| chally | challis, a soft dress fabric |
| chambrel | gambrel, the hock of a horse |
| champerator | champertor, one guilty of champerty |
| champert | champart, the feudal share of a crop |
| chancelled | chanceled, with British -ll- doubling |
| chaneled | channeled (chanel, old spelling of channel) |
| chaneling | channeling |
| chanelled | channelled |
| chaplanry | chaplainry, a chaplaincy |
| chappaul | chappow, a raid or foray |
| chargable | chargeable |
| chartographer | cartographer |
| chartographic | cartographic |
| chartographical | cartographical |
| chartographically | cartographically |
| chartography | cartography |
| chastelain | chatelain, a castellan |
| chastizer | chastiser |
| chaulmaugra | chaulmoogra, the Indian oil-seed tree |
| chaute | chauth, the Maratha tribute of one fourth |
| cheatry | cheatrie (Scots, fraud, cheating) |
| chedar | cheder, a Jewish elementary school |
| cheeney | cheney, a worsted or China stuff |
| cheeter | cheater |
| cheiragra | chiragra, gout in the hand |
| cheirognomy | chirognomy, palm-reading of character |
| cheirography | chirography, handwriting |
| chelicere | chelicera, the fang of a spider |
| chemiotaxic | chemotaxic, chemotactic |
| chemiotropic | chemotropic |
| chemiotropism | chemotropism |
| chequinn | chequin, an obs. Venetian gold coin |
| cherimolla | cherimoya, the custard apple |
| chiffrobe | chifforobe, wardrobe-and-drawers |
| chincof | chincough, whooping cough |
| chiopin | chopine, a high-soled shoe |
| chirimoyer | cherimoya, the custard-apple tree |
| chizzel | chisel (dialect spelling) |
| chloramin | chloramine |
| chlorpikrin | chloropicrin |
| choile | choil, the unsharpened blade end at the tang |
| cholophein | cholophaein, a bile pigment |
| choppin | chopin, a Scots half-pint measure |
| choregraphically | choreographically |
| chorioidal | choroidal |
| chorioiditis | choroiditis |
| choriso | chorizo |
| chorous | chorus |
| chosing | choosing (older spelling) |
| chromaphil | chromophil |
| chromaphore | chromophore |
| chromogene | chromogen |
| chromophyl | chromophyll |
| chronocarator | chronocrator |
| cibory | ciborium |
| cimaroon | cimarron, a runaway or maroon |
| cimmaron | cimarron |
| cimnel | simnel, a rich cake |
| circumscrive | circumscribe, older -scrive form |
| civory | ciborium, the altar canopy |
| clappermaclaw | clapperclaw |
| clarsech | clarsach (Gaelic harp) |
| clarseth | clarsach |
| clarshech | clarsach |
| cloragen | chloragen (cells of the earthworm) |
| clorargyrite | chlorargyrite (silver chloride mineral) |
| clorinator | chlorinator |
| cloriodid | chloriodide |
| coatimondie | coatimundi |
| coazervate | coacervate |
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