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 |
|---|---|
| allentiacan | Allentiac language family of Argentina |
| alnaschar | Alnaschar of the Arabian Nights |
| alnitham | star Epsilon Orionis (Alnilam) |
| aloadae | the Aloadae, giants of Greek myth |
| aloid | an Aloid, son of Aloeus |
| alpax | Alpax, aluminium-silicon alloy brand |
| alphean | of the river Alpheus |
| altaid | Altaid, the Eurasian mountain belt |
| alvah | Alvah, an Edomite chief in Genesis |
| alvan | Alvan, son of Shobal in Genesis |
| amadis | Amadis of Gaul; a wide sleeve so named |
| amafingo | Amafingo (Mfengu) people of South Africa |
| amalings | the Amalings, Gothic royal house |
| amampondo | amaMpondo people of South Africa |
| amanist | member of the Amana Society |
| amapondo | amaPondo people of South Africa |
| amboinese | of Amboina (Ambon), Moluccas |
| ambonnay | Ambonnay, a Champagne wine village |
| amenty | Amenti, Egyptian realm of the dead |
| amhar | Amhar, son of Arthur in Welsh legend |
| amidist | follower of Amida Buddha |
| amiloun | Amiloun, hero of a Middle English romance |
| amintor | Amintor, character in The Maid's Tragedy |
| amiranha | Amazonian indigenous people |
| amishgo | Amuzgo people and language of Mexico |
| ammanite | follower of Jakob Ammann, Amish sectary |
| ammonitess | woman of the biblical Ammonite people |
| amorua | Amorua, indigenous people of the Orinoco |
| amoskeag | Amoskeag, New Hampshire locality and mills |
| amoyan | of Amoy, now Xiamen, China |
| amphictyonian | of the Greek Amphictyonic League |
| amphigaea | zoogeographic realm of tropical America |
| amphigaean | of Amphigaea, the American tropics |
| amphinesian | of Amphinesia, the Pacific island region |
| amphion | Amphion, musician of Greek myth |
| amphionic | of Amphion, Greek myth or crustacean genus |
| amphitruo | Amphitruo, play of Plautus and its hero |
| amphrysian | of the Thessalian river Amphrysus |
| amuchco | Amuzgo, indigenous people of Mexico |
| amurru | Amurru, ancient Amorite land and god |
| amyclaean | of Amyclae, ancient Laconian town |
| amyclas | Amyclas, Spartan king of Greek legend |
| amyraldist | follower of Moise Amyraut, Calvinist divine |
| anakes | Greek name of the Dioscuri |
| anastasian | of the emperor Anastasius |
| ancyrean | of Ancyra (Ankara) |
| ancyrene | of Ancyra (Ankara) |
| andaquian | Andaqui people/language of Colombia |
| andarko | Anadarko, a Caddoan people |
| andorobo | Dorobo, East African hunting people |
| andrewartha | Cornish surname |
| andromaque | French form of Andromache |
| andromed | meteor of the Andromedid shower |
| angdistis | Agdistis, Phrygian deity |
| angeronalia | Roman festival of Angerona |
| angetenar | star in Eridanus |
| anglogaea | Anglogaea, a zoogeographic realm |
| anglogaean | of Anglogaea, the New World realm |
| angoumian | Cretaceous stage named from Angoumois |
| animatograph | brand of early film projector |
| animikean | Animikie, a Precambrian series |
| annunciade | order named for the Annunciation |
| anomoean | 4th-century extreme Arian sect |
| ansarian | member of the Syrian Nusairi sect |
| ansarie | the Nusairi (Ansari) sect of Syria |
| antaimerina | Merina people of Madagascar |
| antaios | Antaeus, giant of Greek myth |
| antaiva | Malagasy people of Madagascar |
| antarctalia | Antarctic zoogeographical region |
| antarctogaea | southern zoogeographical realm |
| antonovics | surname (Antonovics) |
| anzanian | of Anzan (Anshan), ancient Elam |
| apemantus | churlish philosopher in Timon of Athens |
| apharsathacites | Biblical people, Ezra 4:9 |
| apiaca | Apiacá, a Brazilian indigenous people |
| apinage | Apinagé, a Brazilian indigenous people |
| apolista | Bolivian people and their language |
| apolistan | of the Apolista of Bolivia |
| apostolian | member of the Apostolici sect |
| apotactici | Apotactici, an early ascetic sect |
| appomattoc | Appomattoc, a Virginia Algonquian tribe |
| aquascutum | Aquascutum, British raincoat brand |
| araquaju | Brazilian place/people name (cf. Aracaju) |
| araua | Arawa people/language of Amazonia |
| arauan | Arauan (Arawan) language family |
| arauna | Araunah, biblical Jebusite |
| archelenis | hypothetical S. Atlantic land bridge |
| archidamus | Archidamus, name of Spartan kings |
| archidoxis | Paracelsus's alchemical treatise |
| archiplata | hypothetical ancient S. American land mass |
| arctalia | Arctic zoogeographical realm |
| arctogaea | northern zoogeographical realm |
| ardhanari | Ardhanari, androgynous form of Shiva |
| arecuna | Arecuna (Pemon) people of Venezuela |
| argante | Argante, giantess in Spenser's Faerie Queene |
| argeers | Algiers (obsolete form) |
| arhauaco | Arhuaco people of Colombia |
| arician | of Aricia in Latium, Diana's grove |
| arimathaean | of Arimathea, as Joseph of Arimathea |
| arioi | Arioi, Tahitian religious society |
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