- blaze (v.1)
- "to burn brightly or vigorously," c. 1200, from blaze (n.1). Related: Blazed; blazing.
- mother (v.)
- 1540s, "to be the mother of," from mother (n.1). Meaning "to take care of" is from 1863. Related: Mothered; mothering.
- log (v.1)
- "to fell a tree," 1717; earlier "to strip a tree" (1690s), from log (n.1). Related: Logged; logging.
- Londoner (n.)
- "resident or native of London," mid-15c., from London + -er (1). Earlier (late 14c.) was Anglo-French Londenois.
- lying (n.2)
- c. 1300 (n.), action of lie (v.1) "to tell an untruth." As a past participle adjective, from 1530s.
- bicipital (adj.)
- "having two heads," 1640s, from Latin biceps (genitive bicipitis); see biceps + -al (1).
- bill (v.)
- "to send someone a bill of charge," 1864, from bill (n.1). Related: Billed; billing.
- bloom (v.)
- mid-13c., blomen, from the noun (see bloom (n.1)). Related: Bloomed; blooming.
- blow-dry (v.)
- 1971, of hair; see blow (v.1) + dry (v.). Related: Blow-dried; blow-drying.
- lead-up (n.)
- 1917, from verbal phrase; see lead (v.1) + up (adv.). To lead up to "prepare gradually for" is from 1861.
- unmanned (adj.)
- "not furnished with a crew," 1540s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of man (v).
- pawn (v.)
- "to give (something) as security in exchange for," 1560s, from pawn (n.1). Related: Pawned; pawning.
- misuse (n.)
- late 14c., from mis- (1) + use (n.). It aligns with the older sense of the verb misuse.
- milling (n.)
- "act or business of grinding in a mill," mid-15c., verbal noun
from mill (v.1).
- misdirection (n.)
- 1768, from mis- (1) + direction. Meaning "action of a conjurer, thief, etc. to distract someone" is from 1943.
- misfield (v.)
- 1870, from mis- (1) + field (v.) in the sporting sense. Related: Misfielded; misfielding.
- mealtime (n.)
- also meal-time, late 12c., from meal (n.1) + time (n.). Etymologically, a tautology.
- mean-spirited (adj.)
- also meanspirited, 1690s, from mean (adj.1) + -spirited. Ancient Greek had the same image in mikropsykhos.
- meanly (adv.)
- 1580s, "indifferently;" 1590s, "basely;" c. 1600, "illiberally;"
from mean (adj.1) + -ly (2).
- meningeal (adj.)
- 1829, from Modern Latin meningeus, from meninx "membrane of the brain" (1610s; see meningitis) + -al (1).
- pose (n.)
- "act of posing the body," 1818, from pose (v.1), in a sense developed in the French cognate. Figuratively from 1884.
- teeming (adj.)
- "swarming," 1715, earlier "abundantly productive, fertile" (1590s), present participle adjective from teem (v.1).
- palm (v.)
- "impose (something) on (someone)," 1670s, from palm (n.1). Extended form palm off is from 1822.
- patch (v.)
- mid-15c., from patch (n.1). Electronics sense of "to connect temporarily" is attested from 1923. Related: Patched; patching.
- monkshood (n.)
- also monk's-hood, 1570s, from monk (n.) + hood (n.1). So called for the shape of the flowers.
- moonrace (n.)
- also moon race, "national rivalry to be first to send humans to the moon," 1963, from moon (n.) + race (n.1).
- peep-show (n.)
- 1851 (not typically salacious until c. 1914), from peep (v.1) + show (n.).
- pen-pal (n.)
- also pen pal, 1931, from pen (n.1) + pal (n.). gradually replacing earlier pen-friend (1919).
- peppermint (n.)
- 1690s, from pepper (n.) + mint (n.1). As a type of candy drop by 1829.
- pepper-box (n.)
- 1540s, from pepper (n.) + box (n.1). Meaning "hot-tempered person" is from 1867.
- unthinking (adj.)
- 1670s, "unreflecting;" 1680s, "heedless," from un- (1) "not" + present participle of think (v.).
- scrap (v.1)
- "to make into scrap," 1883 (of old locomotives), from scrap (n.1). Related: Scrapped; scrapping.
- shaft (v.)
- "treat cruelly and unfairly," by 1958, perhaps from shaft (n.1) with overtones of sodomy. Related: Shafted; shafting.
- fog (v.)
- 1590s (transitive), from fog (n.1). Intransitive use from 1849. Related: Fogged; fogging.
- nose-ring (n.)
- 1778 as something to lead an animal by, from nose (n.) + ring (n.1). As something to ornament a person, from 1819.
- school (v.1)
- "to educate; to reprimand, to discipline," mid-15c., from school (n.1). Related: Schooled; schooling.
- -oidal
- word-forming element making adjectives from nouns in -oid; see -oid + -al (1).
- musteline (adj.)
- "weasel-like; pertaining to weasels," 1650s, from Latin mustela (see mustelid) + -ine (1).
- otic (adj.)
- "pertaining to the ear," from Greek otikos, from ous (genitive otos) "ear" (see ear (n.1)).
- over-wind (v.)
- also overwind, "wind too tight," c. 1600, from over- + wind (v.1). Related: Over-wound; over-winding.
- promotional (adj.)
- 1869, "relating to promotion or advancement," from promotion + -al (1). From 1902 as "relating to advertising."
- prop (v.)
- "to support," mid-15c., probably from prop (n.1) or a related verb in Dutch. Related: Propped; propping.
- plani-
- word-forming element meaning "level, plane," from Latin plani-, from planus "flat, level" (see plane (n.1)).
- box (v.1)
- "to put into storage, put into a box," mid-15c., from box (n.1). Related: Boxed; boxing.
- bunk (v.)
- "to sleep in a bunk," 1840, originally nautical, from bunk (n.1). Related: Bunked; bunking.
- can (v.2)
- "to put up in cans," 1860, from can (n.1). Sense of "to fire an employee" is from 1905. Related: Canned; canning.
- cannon-ball (n.)
- also cannon ball, 1660s, from cannon (n.) + ball (n.1). As a type of dive, from 1905.
- repose (n.)
- "rest," c. 1500, from Middle French repos (11c.), back-formation from reposer (see repose (v.1)).
- slop (v.)
- "to spill carelessly" (transitive), 1550s, from slop (n.1). Intransitive sense from 1746. Related: Slopped; slopping.
- pot-bellied (adj.)
- also potbellied, 1650s, from pot (n.1) + bellied. As a type of stove from 1973.
