Real Words Without Definition
This one is a judgement call.
A name rather than a word. People, places, peoples, languages, gods and characters.
Names of peoples are the biggest group. abipon is an Argentine people, abdali an Afghan tribe, abarambo a Congolese one. There are literary names too. abhorson is Shakespeare's executioner and arthemis is an old spelling of Artemis.
Dictionaries of this age printed names in a separate section at the back, so a definition lookup never finds them.
1,723 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 | What it names |
|---|---|
| abarambo | Congolese people (Barambo) |
| abassin | Abyssinian, Ethiopian |
| abatua | Congo pygmy people (Batwa) |
| abdali | Afghan (Durrani) tribe |
| abencerrages | Moorish family of Granada |
| abhorson | Shakespearean executioner character |
| abipon | Argentine indigenous people |
| abrahamidae | descendants of Abraham |
| acastus | Greek hero, son of Pelias |
| acemetae | Acoemetae, order of "sleepless" monks |
| achamoth | Gnostic figure, the lower Sophia |
| achango | people of Gabon |
| achmetha | biblical name of Ecbatana |
| achuas | Achuar, Amazonian people |
| acroa | Acroá, Brazilian indigenous people |
| actiad | four-year period of the Actian games |
| actian | relating to Actium |
| acubens | Acubens, the star Alpha Cancri |
| adaize | Adai, a Caddoan people of Louisiana |
| adapa | Adapa, Babylonian mythic sage |
| adeodatus | Adeodatus, Latin personal name |
| adoniad | an epic poem on Adonis |
| adoniram | Adoniram, biblical personal name |
| adramelech | Adrammelech, Assyrian deity |
| adrammelech | Assyrian deity named in 2 Kings 17 |
| aequiculi | Aequiculi, ancient Italic people |
| aerobee | Aerobee, US sounding rocket |
| aerosporin | Aerosporin, trade name of polymyxin B |
| aetian | Aetian, follower of the Arian Aetius |
| afenil | Afenil, trade name of a calcium-urea drug |
| afifi | Afifi, an Egyptian cotton variety |
| afrogaea | Afrogaea, African zoogeographic realm |
| aganice | Greek legendary Thessalian astronomer |
| agiel | occult, the Intelligence of Saturn |
| aglauros | Greek myth, daughter of Cecrops |
| aglipayano | member of the Philippine Aglipayan church |
| agnoetae | 6th-c. Monophysite Christian sect |
| agnoete | member of the Agnoetae sect |
| agnoetism | doctrine of the Agnoetae |
| agnoite | member of the Agnoetae sect |
| agnoites | members of the Agnoetae sect |
| agomensin | trade name of an ovarian extract |
| agrania | ancient Greek Dionysiac festival |
| agrauleum | Athenian shrine of Agraulos |
| aguacateca | Mayan people and language of Guatemala |
| agudist | member of Agudath Israel |
| agyieus | epithet of Apollo, guardian of streets |
| ahartalav | apparently a Native American group name |
| ahepatokla | Choctaw (Muskogean) group name |
| ahmedi | of Ahmad; Ahmadi |
| ahrendahronon | Huron (Arendarhonon) nation |
| ahtena | Ahtna, Athabaskan people of Alaska |
| aiawong | South Australian Aboriginal people |
| aimore | Aimoré, Brazilian indigenous people |
| aithochroi | ethnological name, the swarthy-skinned |
| ajatasatru | Ajatashatru, king of Magadha |
| akamnik | Kutenai band name |
| akanekunik | Kutenai band name |
| akawai | Akawaio, Carib people of Guyana |
| akhissar | Akhisar, Turkish town and its rugs |
| akhlame | Ahlamu, ancient Semitic nomads |
| akiskemikinik | Kutenai band name |
| akiyenik | Kutenai band name |
| akrabattine | ancient district of Judea |
| aktistetae | 6th-c. Monophysite sect |
| aktistete | member of the Aktistetae |
| alarbus | character in Titus Andronicus |
| alaunian | Alaunian, Triassic (Norian) substage |
| alberene | trade name of a Virginia soapstone |
| alberich | Germanic legend, the dwarf king |
| albertist | follower of Albertus Magnus |
| alboin | Alboin, 6th-c. Lombard king |
| alborak | Al-Buraq, Muhammad's steed |
| alcaaba | the Kaaba at Mecca |
| alcantarines | Alcantarine Franciscan friars |
| alcibiadean | of Alcibiades, the Athenian |
| alclad | trade name for clad aluminum sheet |
| alcuinian | pertaining to Alcuin |
| aldhafara | Arabic star name in Leo |
| aldhafera | Arabic star name in Leo |
| alemite | trade name for grease fittings |
| alenu | Aleinu, a Jewish prayer |
| alethea | female name, Greek "truth" |
| alexandreid | medieval epic on Alexander the Great |
| alfur | Alfur people of the Moluccas |
| alfurese | Alfur language of the Moluccas |
| alfuro | Alfuro, Moluccan indigenous people |
| algarsife | Algarsif, son of Cambuscan in Chaucer |
| algarsyf | Algarsif, Chaucer's Squire's Tale |
| algebar | Arabic name of the constellation Orion |
| algedi | star Alpha Capricorni |
| algoman | of Algoma, Ontario (geological series) |
| algomian | Algoman, of Algoma, Ontario |
| algomic | of the Algoma region or series |
| algorab | star Delta Corvi |
| alikuluf | Alacaluf people of Tierra del Fuego |
| alikulufan | of the Alacaluf people |
| alinit | Alinit, a bacterial fertilizer preparation |
| alkalurops | star Mu Bootis |
| alkaphrah | star Kappa Ursae Majoris |
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