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well-known <tr><td colspan=3>It is noscible that no amount of training can make up for experience in the field. <tr class="top"><th> novaturient <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1679 -1679 <tr><td colspan=3> desiring changes or alterations <tr><td colspan=3>The novel's author rightly rejected the novaturient wishes of the screenwriters <tr class="top"><th> nubivagant <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1656 -1656 <tr><td colspan=3> moving throughout or among clouds <tr><td colspan=3>The glider flew like a nubivagant bird before emerging out of the clouds and into view. <tr class="top"><th> obacerate <TD> <I>v</I> <TD> 1656 -1658 <tr><td colspan=3> to stop one's mouth <tr><td colspan=3>When he swore onstage, several audience members obacerated themselves. <tr class="top"><th> obarmate <TD> <I>v</I> <TD> 1623 -1658 <tr><td colspan=3> to arm against <tr><td colspan=3>Let us obarmate ourselves for the upcoming battle against the Mongols! <tr class="top"><th> obrumpent <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1656 -1656 <tr><td colspan=3> breaking; bursting <tr><td colspan=3>The guests were startled to attention by the sound of obrumpent balloons. <tr class="top"><th> obstrigillate <TD> <I>v</I> <TD> 1623 -1656 <tr><td colspan=3> to oppose; to resist <tr><td colspan=3>I will not obstrigillate the efforts of my opponent to besmirch my good name. <tr class="top"><th> occaecation <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1608 -1691 <tr><td colspan=3> the act of blinding <tr><td colspan=3>After his occaecation, he was unable to enjoy simple pleasures such as reading. <tr class="top"><th> occulcation <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1656 -1656 <tr><td colspan=3> act of treading on or trampling <tr><td colspan=3>Repeated occulcations of this field by soldiers have left it useless for agriculture. <tr class="top"><th> odynometer <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1889 -1893 <tr><td colspan=3> instrument for measuring pain <tr><td colspan=3>Suspecting his patient's illness to be feigned, he pulled out his trusty odynometer. <tr class="top"><th> omniregency <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1616 -1670 <tr><td colspan=3> universal rulership; state of complete authority <tr><td colspan=3>The principle of omniregency is now seriously mistrusted, and not only by radicals. <tr class="top"><th> oncethmus <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1656 -1656 <tr><td colspan=3> braying <tr><td colspan=3>The oncethmus of most politicians is far worse than that given off by any beast. <tr class="top"><th> operiment <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1650 -1656 <tr><td colspan=3> a covering <tr><td colspan=3>If you don't get an operiment for your classic car, it will rust away in a brief time. <tr class="top"><th> oporopolist <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1671 -1725 <tr><td colspan=3> fruit-seller <tr><td colspan=3>Our oporopolist's oranges often offer odd odours. <tr class="top"><th> orgiophant <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1886 -1886 <tr><td colspan=3> one who presides over orgies <tr><td colspan=3>The orgiophant had dozens of hangers-on who sought to attend his parties. <tr class="top"><th> ossifragant <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1656 -1656 <tr><td colspan=3> bone-breaking <tr><td colspan=3>The ossifragant wrestler earned a reputation for brutality, so no one would fight him <tr class="top"><th> ovablastic <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1922 -1922 <tr><td colspan=3> making eggs burst open in the womb <tr><td colspan=3>The doctor rejected the ovablastic technique, finding it to violate his moral principles. <tr class="top"><th> palintocy <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1693 -1847 <tr><td colspan=3> repayment of interest paid on a loan <tr><td colspan=3>I understand you can't pay me everything, but I demand a palintocy, at the very least. <tr class="top"><th> palmoscopy <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1857 -1890 <tr><td colspan=3> observation of heartbeat or pulse as part of medical diagnosis <tr><td colspan=3>Even without his medical bag, he could use palmoscopy to diagnose her heart attack. <tr class="top"><th> pamphagous <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1702 -1702 <tr><td colspan=3> eating everything; all-consuming <tr><td colspan=3>To the pamphagous victor goes the Golden Wiener of Triumphal Consumption! <tr class="top"><th> panchymagogue <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1657 -1893 <tr><td colspan=3> medicine purging all the humours from the body <tr><td colspan=3>What you need is a good panchymagogue to get you back on your feet! <tr class="top"><th> pannuscorium <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1858 -1860 <tr><td colspan=3> soft leather cloth used on the tops of shoes and boots <tr><td colspan=3>The pannuscorium of his old shoes was covered in indelible stains. <tr class="top"><th> papicolist <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1633 -1810 <tr><td colspan=3> one who worships the pope; a papist <tr><td colspan=3>Today, even papicolists grudgingly admit that papal infallibility cannot be literally true. <tr class="top"><th> parepochism <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1685 -1685 <tr><td colspan=3> error in dating or assigning time period <tr><td colspan=3>The antique dealer was well known for his parepochisms, so we didn't feel too bad. <tr class="top"><th> paterophobia <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1840 -1840 <tr><td colspan=3> fear of the early Church fathers <tr><td colspan=3>The Romans' paterophobia mellowed over time, until Christianity was fully accepted. <tr class="top"><th> patration <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1656 -1656 <tr><td colspan=3> perfection or completion of something <tr><td colspan=3>The patration of my dissertation will be an occasion for great merriment. <tr class="top"><th> pecuarious <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1656 -1658 <tr><td colspan=3> serving or belonging to beasts or cattle <tr><td colspan=3>The children tossed the pecuarious leavings at one another, to their parents' dismay. <tr class="top"><th> pedegorize <TD> <I>v</I> <TD> 1665 -1665 <tr><td colspan=3> to construct a pedigree; to derive through a pedigree <tr><td colspan=3>The owners of the racehorse took great efforts to pedegorize her carefully. <tr class="top"><th> penarious <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1656 -1658 <tr><td colspan=3> of or pertaining to victuals or provisions <tr><td colspan=3>The quartermaster is in charge of penarious matters, so stay out of his business! <tr class="top"><th> penintime <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1686 -1718 <tr><td colspan=3> second from inmost <tr><td colspan=3>Venus, our solar system's penintime planet, is Earth's twin in many regards. <tr class="top"><th> perantique <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1883 -1883 <tr><td colspan=3> very antique or ancient <tr><td colspan=3>She treasured the perantique mirror even though the glass was somewhat warped. <tr class="top"><th> pessundate <TD> <I>v</I> <TD> 1656 -1658 <tr><td colspan=3> to cast down or ruin <tr><td colspan=3>The Roman Empire was pessundated by its economic woes rather than moral decline. <tr class="top"><th> phalerate <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1656 -1702 <tr><td colspan=3> ornamented; decorated <tr><td colspan=3>The phalerate umbrella-stand in the corner of the room attracted the guests' attention. <tr class="top"><th> phasianic <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1884 -1884 <tr><td colspan=3> of or pertaining to pheasants <tr><td colspan=3>Our phasianic hunting-trips have become increasingly futile in recent years. <tr class="top"><th> philargyrist <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1633 -1663 <tr><td colspan=3> lover of money; covetous person <tr><td colspan=3>I am no philargyrist, but I like to live well, so charity isn't in my best interest. <tr class="top"><th> phlyarologist <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1867 -1867 <tr><td colspan=3> one who talks nonsense <tr><td colspan=3>He was a petty phlyarologist who could rarely hold an intelligent conversation. <tr class="top"><th> phoenigm <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1646 -1858 <tr><td colspan=3> reddening of the skin; reddish medical application <tr><td colspan=3>The phoenigm of his cheeks after the race testified both to his fatigue and his elation. <tr class="top"><th> phylactology <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1966 -1966 <tr><td colspan=3> science of counter-espionage <tr><td colspan=3>Though phylactology reached its peak in the Cold War, it is arguably still important. <tr class="top"><th> pication <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1684 -1684 <tr><td colspan=3> application of warm pitch to the skin as medical treatment <tr><td colspan=3>While it seems harsh, pication is effective for cleansing pores and restoring skin tone. <tr class="top"><th> pigritude <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1623 -1656 <tr><td colspan=3> slothfulness <tr><td colspan=3>Despite the college student's pigritude, he continued to maintain a 'B' average. <tr class="top"><th> piladex <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1897 -1901 <tr><td colspan=3> game where an inflated bag is hit with hand to keep aloft across a table <tr><td colspan=3>From piladex to hacky-sack, pastimes involving hitting objects are known to all ages. <tr class="top"><th> pilimiction <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1847 -1874 <tr><td colspan=3> passing of hair-like bodies in the urine <tr><td colspan=3>His doctor was particularly concerned about his pilimiction, for obvious reasons. <tr class="top"><th> plebicolar <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1626 -1820 <tr><td colspan=3> courting or appealing to the common people <tr><td colspan=3>He profited from his plebicolar demeanour, and avoided the fate of many other nobles. <tr class="top"><th> plegnic <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1612 -1664 <tr><td colspan=3> acting by a blow; striking like a hammer; percussive <tr><td colspan=3>Her plegnic pounding of the piano-keys contrasted sharply with her tiny frame. <tr class="top"><th> plenisphere <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1912 -1912 <tr><td colspan=3> a perfect sphere <tr><td colspan=3>The iridescent plenispheres in the sky told him that someone was blowing bubbles. <tr class="top"><th> pocilliform <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1846 -1846 <tr><td colspan=3> shaped like a little cup <tr><td colspan=3>The golf ball hardly budged from its pocilliform resting-spot atop the tee. <tr class="top"><th> poliadic <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1886 -1886 <tr><td colspan=3> of the nature of a local or tutelary god <tr><td colspan=3>Respect for poliadic spirits and deities continued long after the region converted. <tr class="top"><th> pomarious <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1656 -1775 <tr><td colspan=3> of or belonging to an orchard or fruit-garden <tr><td colspan=3>Newton's pomarious enlightenment concerning gravity is no more than a myth. <tr class="top"><th> ponask <TD> <I>v</I> <TD> 1922 -1963 <tr><td colspan=3> to cook game by splitting it and roasting it on a spit <tr><td colspan=3>We ponasked the freshly-caught pheasant at our campsite. <tr class="top"><th> portmantologist <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1887 -1934 <tr><td colspan=3> one who studies or coins portmanteau words <tr><td colspan=3>Rather than being a portmantologist, why not use perfectly good existing words? <tr class="top"><th> prandicle <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1656 -1658 <tr><td colspan=3> small meal <tr><td colspan=3>In those years, she would take several prandicles during the course of each day. <tr class="top"><th> prebition <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1656 -1656 <tr><td colspan=3> act of offering, showing or setting before <tr><td colspan=3>The prebition of his treasure-find to the king earned him great honour and esteem. <tr class="top"><th> pregnatress <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1765 -1765 <tr><td colspan=3> female power that generates or gives birth to something <tr><td colspan=3>As the pregnatress of our little group, her opinion was still highly regarded. <tr class="top"><th> prescited <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1400 -1660 <tr><td colspan=3> foreknown or predestined for damnation; condemned <tr><td colspan=3>If you believe some of us are prescited from birth, there is no reason to do good works. <tr class="top"><th> primifluous <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1657 -1657 <tr><td colspan=3> that which flows first <tr><td colspan=3>The primifluous wines of the evening were excellent, unlike the plonk served later. <tr class="top"><th> privign <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1605 -1654 <tr><td colspan=3> stepson <tr><td colspan=3>Though he was only her privign, she always treated him as if he were her own child. <tr class="top"><th> psalloid <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1756 -1895 <tr><td colspan=3> resembling a harp or stringed instrument <tr><td colspan=3>Her renown as a maker of psalloid instruments led to a position at the royal court. <tr class="top"><th> psephograph <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1906 -1907 <tr><td colspan=3> machine for automatically recording votes <tr><td colspan=3>These newfangled computers are no more reliable than an old-fashioned psephograph. <tr class="top"><th> pseudisodomous <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1601 -1850 <tr><td colspan=3> style of wall construction using stones of different thickness <tr><td colspan=3>The use of pseudisodomous brickwork gives the room an antique feel. <tr class="top"><th> ptochology <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1891 -1891 <tr><td colspan=3> study of beggars and unemployment <tr><td colspan=3>If we want to understand the roots of poverty, we must undertake work in ptochology. <tr class="top"><th> pudify <TD> <I>v</I> <TD> 1656 -1656 <tr><td colspan=3> to cause to be ashamed <tr><td colspan=3>Your remarks do not pudify me, for you are as guilty of such offenses as I am! <tr class="top"><th> pugnastics <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1830 -1830 <tr><td colspan=3> displays of pugilistic ability <tr><td colspan=3>Ali's pugnastics were much more impressive than his overly boastful showmanship. <tr class="top"><th> pullarian <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1652 -1652 <tr><td colspan=3> of or pertaining to chicken or fowl <tr><td colspan=3>Our pullarian mascot was trampled by the opposing team's offensive line. <tr class="top"><th> pyroleter <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1878 -1878 <tr><td colspan=3> double-pump fire extinguisher that produces carbonic acid <tr><td colspan=3>The pyroleter was insufficient to combat the fire at the old library. <tr class="top"><th> quadragintireme <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1799 -1799 <tr><td colspan=3> vessel with forty rows of oars <tr><td colspan=3>He couldn't have reached the battle even if he had been commanding a quadragintireme. <tr class="top"><th> quadrimular <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1664 -1664 <tr><td colspan=3> lasting for four years <tr><td colspan=3>The quadrimular interval between Olympiads is a long wait in terms of athletes' careers. <tr class="top"><th> quaeritate <TD> <I>v</I> <TD> 1657 -1657 <tr><td colspan=3> to question; to inquire <tr><td colspan=3>If I might quaeritate, why are we headed in the wrong direction on the trail? <tr class="top"><th> quercivorous <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1858 -1858 <tr><td colspan=3> feeding on oak trees <tr><td colspan=3>The proliferation of quercivorous insects is a boon rather than a bane to the ecosystem. <tr class="top"><th> quibbleism <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1836 -1836 <tr><td colspan=3> practice of quibbling <tr><td colspan=3>His carping and quibbleism earned him much scorn, a fact of which he was oblivious. <tr class="top"><th> quotientive <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1871 -1871 <tr><td colspan=3> indicating how often <tr><td colspan=3>She set up the schedule using a quotientive formula to ensure fairness. <tr class="top"><th> radicarian <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1880 -1880 <tr><td colspan=3> pertaining to the roots of words <tr><td colspan=3>A radicarian knowledge of Latin is of central importance for English etymology. <tr class="top"><th> ramifactive <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1766 -1766 <tr><td colspan=3> developing into a branch; forming a branch <tr><td colspan=3>Despite the infertility of the soil, the trees retained a limited ramifactive capacity. <tr class="top"><th> recineration <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1657 -1683 <tr><td colspan=3> second reduction to ashes <tr><td colspan=3>The recineration of his book manuscript in the second fire drove him over the edge. <tr class="top"><th> redamancy <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1656 -1656 <tr><td colspan=3> act of loving in return <tr><td colspan=3>Despite his lack of redamancy, her passion for him was unabated for several years. <tr class="top"><th> rendling <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1784 -1784 <tr><td colspan=3> curdling or setting of cheese <tr><td colspan=3>Seeing the realization slowly dawn upon her was like witnessing the rendling of cheese. <tr class="top"><th> resarciate <TD> <I>v</I> <TD> 1656 -1657 <tr><td colspan=3> to mend; to make amends <tr><td colspan=3>She wanted to resarciate their friendship before it was damaged irreparably. <tr class="top"><th> rhedarious <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1656 -1656 <tr><td colspan=3> of or serving as a carriage or chariot <tr><td colspan=3>His fancy for rhedarious transport was seen as old-fashioned by his friends. <tr class="top"><th> rhodologist <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1911 -1924 <tr><td colspan=3> one who studies and classifies roses <tr><td colspan=3>Any rhodologist knows that a rose by any other name does not smell as sweet. <tr class="top"><th> rimestock <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1662 -1834 <tr><td colspan=3> old almanac with runic writings <tr><td colspan=3>He bought the old rimestock at auction, but was unaware of its calendric function. <tr class="top"><th> riviation <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1676 -1676 <tr><td colspan=3> fishing <tr><td colspan=3>While anglers are the sort who enjoy quiet contemplation, I find riviation to be boring. <tr class="top"><th> roblet <TD> <I>v</I> <TD> 1674 -1755 <tr><td colspan=3> to lead astray <tr><td colspan=3>He roblets his intended victims in the old part of the city before mugging them. <tr class="top"><th> rogalian <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1656 -1656 <tr><td colspan=3> of or pertaining to a great fire <tr><td colspan=3>The books' authors were rightly incensed at their works' rogalian fate under the censors. <tr class="top"><th> rogitate <TD> <I>v</I> <TD> 1656 -1658 <tr><td colspan=3> to ask frequently <tr><td colspan=3>"Are we there yet?", the kids rogitated, apparently unaware of their parents' frustration. <tr class="top"><th> roomthily <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1674 -1674 <tr><td colspan=3> spatially; with respect to space <tr><td colspan=3>His bachelor apartment is roomthily challenged, to say nothing of the smell. <tr class="top"><th> rupography <TD> <I>n</I> <TD> 1838 -1838 <tr><td colspan=3> art of taking impressions of coins or medals in sealing wax <tr><td colspan=3>The police confiscated my rupography tools, thinking that I used them for forgery. <tr class="top"><th> ruricolous <TD> <I>adj</I> <TD> 1730 -1858 <tr><td colspan=3> living in the country or in fields <tr><td colspan=3>Though the city has its attractions, I much prefer the quiet ruricolous life. </TABLE> <br> <br> <p>I hope you have found this site to be useful. 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