conceptualise (v.) Look up conceptualise at Dictionary.com
chiefly British English spelling of conceptualize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Conceptualised; conceptualising.
cloudburst (n.) Look up cloudburst at Dictionary.com
also cloud-burst, 1817, American English, from cloud (n.) + burst (n.). Parallels German Wolkenbruch.
cometh (v.) Look up cometh at Dictionary.com
obsolete or poetic 2nd and 3rd person singular of come, from Old English cymeð.
comingle (v.) Look up comingle at Dictionary.com
c. 1600, the better (because mingle is not from Latin), but less-used, English form of commingle. Related: comingled; comingling.
commandments (n.) Look up commandments at Dictionary.com
short for The Ten Commandments, attested from late 13c. In Old English they were ða bebodu.
banger (n.) Look up banger at Dictionary.com
British English slang for "a sausage," 1919, perhaps from sense of "a bludgeon," though this is recorded only in U.S. slang.
baptise (v.) Look up baptise at Dictionary.com
chiefly British English spelling of baptize; for spelling, see -ize. Related: Baptised; baptising.
bartender (n.) Look up bartender at Dictionary.com
also bar-tender; 1836, American English, from bar (n.2) + agent noun of tend (v.2).
bedding (n.) Look up bedding at Dictionary.com
later Old English beddinge "bedding, bed covering," from bed. Meaning "bottom layer of anything" is from c. 1400.
back down (v.) Look up back down at Dictionary.com
in figurative sense of "withdraw a charge," 1859, American English, from notion of descending a ladder, etc.; from back (v.) + down (adv.).
banana republic (n.) Look up banana republic at Dictionary.com
"small Central American state with an economy dependent on banana production," 1901, American English.
bestride (v.) Look up bestride at Dictionary.com
Old English bestridan "to bestride, mount," from be- + stridan "to stride" (see stride (v.)). Compare Middle Dutch bestryden.
visualise (v.) Look up visualise at Dictionary.com
chiefly British English spelling of visualize. For suffix, see -ize. Related: Visualised; visualising; visualisation.
organisation (n.) Look up organisation at Dictionary.com
chiefly British English spelling of organization. For spelling, see -ize. Related: Organisational.
ostracise (v.) Look up ostracise at Dictionary.com
chiefly British English spelling of ostracize (q.v.); for suffix, see -ize. Related: Ostracised.
maximise (v.) Look up maximise at Dictionary.com
chiefly British English spelling of maximize. For suffix, see -ize. Related: Maximised; maximising.
look-alike (n.) Look up look-alike at Dictionary.com
"someone who closely resembles another," 1937, American English, from look (v.) + alike.
loving (adj.) Look up loving at Dictionary.com
Old English lufenda (see love (v.)). Loving cup is attested from 1808. Lovingkindness was Coverdale's word.
maltreat (v.) Look up maltreat at Dictionary.com
1708, from French maltraiter, or formed in English from mal- + treat (v.). Related: Maltreated; maltreating.
marginalise (v.) Look up marginalise at Dictionary.com
chiefly British English spelling of marginalize (q.v.); for suffix, see -ize. Related: marginalisation; marginalised; marginalising.
memorise (v.) Look up memorise at Dictionary.com
chiefly British English spelling of memorize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Memorised; memorising; memorisation.
minimise (v.) Look up minimise at Dictionary.com
chiefly British English spelling of minimize. For suffix, see -ize. Related: Minimised; minimising.
minimalise (v.) Look up minimalise at Dictionary.com
chiefly British English spelling of minimalize. For suffix, see -ize. Related: Minimalised; minimalising.
oneness (n.) Look up oneness at Dictionary.com
1590s, from one + -ness. A re-formation of Middle English onnesse, which vanished by 13c.
disclosure (n.) Look up disclosure at Dictionary.com
1590s; see disclose + -ure. Formed in English, perhaps on model of closure.
oliphant (n.) Look up oliphant at Dictionary.com
obsolete form of elephant, c. 1200; also used in Middle English with sense "ivory horn."
orthopaedics (n.) Look up orthopaedics at Dictionary.com
chiefly British English spelling of orthopedics; for spelling, see pedo-. Related: Orthopaedic.
overly (adv.) Look up overly at Dictionary.com
"excessively," Old English oferlice; see over + -ly (2). Often "regarded as an Americanism in the U.K." [OED].
car-pool (n.) Look up car-pool at Dictionary.com
also carpool, 1942, American English, from car + pool (n.2). As a verb from 1962. Related: Carpooled; carpooling.
greatness (n.) Look up greatness at Dictionary.com
late Old English gretnys "thickness, coarseness, stoutness;" see great + -ness. Meaning "eminence" is early 14c.
greeting (n.) Look up greeting at Dictionary.com
Old English greting "salutation," verbal noun from gretan (see greet). Related: Greetings. First record of greeting card is from 1876.
gladly (adv.) Look up gladly at Dictionary.com
Old English glædlice "joyfully, kindly, willingly" (also "bright, shining; pleasant, agreeable"); see glad (adj.) + -ly (2).
iffy (adj.) Look up iffy at Dictionary.com
1937, American English, from if + -y (2). Originally associated with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
hypothesise (v.) Look up hypothesise at Dictionary.com
chiefly British English spelling of hypothesize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Hypothesised; hypothesising.
hedgerow (n.) Look up hedgerow at Dictionary.com
also hedge-row, Old English hegeræw; see hedge (n.) + row (n.).
henceforth (adv.) Look up henceforth at Dictionary.com
late 14c., earlier henne forth (late Old English); see hence + forth.
herein (adv.) Look up herein at Dictionary.com
late Old English herinne "in this;" see here + in. Related: Hereinafter.
hand-made (adj.) Look up hand-made at Dictionary.com
also handmade, 1610s, from hand (n.) + made. Old English had handworht "hand-wrought."
hardness (n.) Look up hardness at Dictionary.com
Old English heardnes; see hard (adj.) + -ness. Meaning "difficulty of action or accomplishment" is late 14c.
homogenise (v.) Look up homogenise at Dictionary.com
chiefly British English spelling of homogenize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Homogenised; homogenising; homogenisation.
growing (adj.) Look up growing at Dictionary.com
Old English, present participle adjective from grow (v.). Growing season is attested from 1729; growing pains by 1752.
grinding (adj.) Look up grinding at Dictionary.com
Old English, past participle adjective from grind (v.). Meaning "oppressive, burdensome" is from 1580s. The verbal noun is from mid-14c.
hickey (n.) Look up hickey at Dictionary.com
"any small gadget," 1909, American English, of unknown origin. For the "love-bite" sense, see hickie.
himself (pron.) Look up himself at Dictionary.com
Old English him selfum, from dative/accusative personal pronoun him + self, here used as an inflected adjective.
idly (adv.) Look up idly at Dictionary.com
Old English idellice "vainly;" see idle + -ly (2). From late 14c. as "in an idle or indolent way."
immediacy (n.) Look up immediacy at Dictionary.com
c. 1600, from immediate + -cy. Middle English had immediacioun "close connection, proximity" (mid-15c.).
chickweed (n.) Look up chickweed at Dictionary.com
late 14c., chekwede, from chick + weed (n.). In Old English it was cicene mete "chicken food."
internationalise (v.) Look up internationalise at Dictionary.com
chiefly British English spelling of internalize (q.v.). For spelling, see -ize. Related: Internationalisation.
jeopardise (v.) Look up jeopardise at Dictionary.com
chiefly British English spelling of jeopardize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Jeopardised; jeopardising.
jitter (v.) Look up jitter at Dictionary.com
"to move agitatedly," 1931, American English, of unknown origin; see jitters. Related: Jittered; jittering.