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 |
|---|---|
| hyothyreoid | hyothyroid |
| hypaesthesia | hypesthesia (reduced sensation) |
| hypercarburetted | hypercarbureted |
| hypnophoby | hypnophobia |
| icebone | aitchbone, the edgebone of beef |
| idiocrasis | idiocrasy (idiosyncrasy) |
| idiotise | idiotize |
| idololater | idolater |
| idrosis | hidrosis (sweating) |
| illegitimatise | illegitimatize |
| imbalmment | embalmment |
| imbarkment | embarkment |
| imbesel | embezzle (obs. spelling) |
| imbodiment | embodiment |
| imbranch | embranch, to divide into branches |
| immoveability | immovability |
| immoveableness | immovableness |
| impall | impale (obs. spelling) |
| inact | enact (obs. spelling) |
| infeof | enfeoff |
| inscutcheon | inescutcheon (heraldry) |
| insnarement | ensnarement |
| insurrectionise | insurrectionize |
| insurrectionised | insurrectionized |
| insurrectionising | insurrectionizing |
| intablature | entablature |
| intarsa | intarsia |
| interjectionalise | interjectionalize |
| interjectionalised | interjectionalized |
| interjectionalising | interjectionalizing |
| interneship | internship |
| intradoss | intrados |
| intrail | entrail |
| intransigeancy | intransigency |
| intrigaunt | intrigant, a male intriguer |
| inventary | inventory |
| invoy | envoy |
| ionical | Ionic, of Ionia |
| irchin | urchin |
| irrate | irate |
| isolationalism | isolationism |
| isolationalist | isolationist |
| isostacy | isostasy |
| jacconot | jaconet, a light cotton fabric |
| jaggar | jagger, a carrier or pedlar |
| jalloped | jelloped, heraldry, having wattles |
| jantee | jaunty |
| jareed | jereed, a blunt javelin |
| jargonnelle | jargonelle, an early pear |
| jaspilyte | jaspilite |
| jauntie | jaunty |
| jellab | djellaba, hooded North African cloak |
| jellib | djellaba |
| jelotong | jelutong, Malayan latex tree |
| jenequen | henequen, the sisal agave |
| jibbeh | jibbah, Arabic long outer coat |
| jimjums | jimjams |
| jinsing | ginseng |
| jirgah | jirga, Afghan tribal council |
| jubhah | jubbah, Arabic long coat |
| judaiser | judaizer |
| junketter | junketer |
| justler | jostler (justle = jostle) |
| kamass | camass, the edible bulb |
| kampseen | khamsin, the Egyptian desert wind |
| kanaff | kenaf, the fiber hibiscus |
| karacul | karakul |
| karakule | karakul |
| katalyzer | catalyzer |
| kaury | kauri |
| kearn | kern (light-armed Irish foot soldier) |
| kellegk | kellek, a skin raft on the Tigris |
| kellick | killick, a small anchor |
| kellock | killick, a small anchor |
| keogenesis | kenogenesis |
| keratophyr | keratophyre, an igneous rock |
| kerchieft | kerchiefed |
| kerseynette | kerseynet, a light twilled fabric |
| khamal | hamal, an eastern porter |
| kiesselguhr | kieselguhr |
| kiesselgur | kieselguhr |
| kiesserite | kieserite, a magnesium sulphate mineral |
| killickinnick | kinnikinnick |
| killikinic | kinnikinnick |
| kintlage | kentledge, permanent ballast |
| kischen | kishen, the Manx dry measure |
| kiskitom | kiskatom, the shellbark hickory nut |
| kitthoge | kithogue, a left-handed person |
| kittisol | kittysol, a Chinese paper parasol |
| kitysol | kittysol, a Chinese paper parasol |
| knicknack | knickknack |
| knulling | nulling, a carved gadroon ornament |
| knutty | knotty |
| kowbird | cowbird |
| krocidolite | crocidolite, blue asbestos |
| kuffieh | keffiyeh, Arab headcloth |
| kufiyeh | keffiyeh, Arab headcloth |
| kumshaw | cumshaw, a tip or gratuity |
| kurajong | kurrajong, Australian bottle tree |
| kynurin | kynurine |
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