Undefined words in the OSPD 2nd edition
Some entries in the OSPD2, the last fully authoritative dictionary
used as for Northa American competitive play, use words not
defined therein.
Undefined words used in definitions
The reasons vary, and are listed:
- part of a compound phrase whose words lack independent English meaning
- alai jai
- invalid words up to 8 letters
- bonelike clublike crowlike deferens nucleic oldly shish
- longer than the 8-letter maximum for OSPD2 base words, but in MW10
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- longer than the 8-letter maximum for OSPD2 base words, but not in MW10
- byproducts dormantly electromotive lemonlike magnetomotive
mouselike noncommissioned nonsurfer pouchlike ribonucleic
serpentlike spearlike spongecake stalklike submachine unclearly
unverified viruslike zebralike
- typos
- stong premediate
Definitions using undefined words
- alai
- CANCHA CANCHAS n a jai alai court
- CESTA CESTAS n a basket used in jai alai
- FRONTON FRONTONS n a jai alai arena
- bonelike
- HORN HORNS HORNED HORNING v to form a horn (a hard, bonelike
projection of the head)
- byproducts
- EFFLUVIA n/pl byproducts in the form of waste
- clublike
- MACE MACED MACING MACES v to attack with a clublike weapon
- crowlike
- JACKDAW JACKDAWS n a crowlike bird
- deferens
- VASOTOMY VASOTOMIES n a surgical cutting of the vas deferens
- dormantly
- LATENTLY adv dormantly
- electromotive
- ABVOLT ABVOLTS n a unit of electromotive force
- KILOVOLT KILOVOLTS n a unit of electromotive force
- MEGAVOLT MEGAVOLTS n a unit of electromotive force
- VOLT VOLTS n a unit of electromotive force
- VOLTAGE VOLTAGES n electromotive force expressed in volts
- jai
- CANCHA CANCHAS n a jai alai court
- CESTA CESTAS n a basket used in jai alai
- FRONTON FRONTONS n a jai alai arena
- lemonlike
- CITREOUS adj having a lemonlike color
- CITRON CITRONS n a lemonlike fruit
- magnetomotive
- GILBERT GILBERTS n a unit of magnetomotive force
- mouselike
- LEMMING LEMMINGS n a mouselike rodent
- noncommissioned
- NONCOM NONCOMS n a noncommissioned officer
- SERGEANT SERGEANTS n a noncommissioned military officer
- nonsurfer
- HODAD HODADS n a nonsurfer
- nucleic
- MUTON MUTONS n a unit of nucleic acid
- REPLICON REPLICONS n a section of nucleic acid that
replicates as a unit
- oldly
- AGEDLY adv oldly
- pouchlike
- SAC SACS n a pouchlike structure in an animal or plant
- premediated
- MURDER MURDERS MURDERED MURDERING v to kill unlawfully
with premediated malice
- ribonucleic
- RIBOSOME RIBOSOMES n a particle composed of protein and
ribonucleic acid
- serpentlike
- DRAGON DRAGONS n a mythical, serpentlike monster
- shish
- SOUVLAKI SOUVLAKIS n a Greek shish kebab
- spearlike
- LANCE LANCED LANCING LANCES v to pierce with a lance
(a spearlike weapon)
- spongecake
- GENOISE GENOISES n a rich spongecake
- spoonlike
- SCOOP SCOOPS SCOOPED SCOOPING v to take up with a scoop
(a spoonlike utensil)
- stalklike
- EYESTALK EYESTALKS n a stalklike structure with an eye at its tip
- stong
- YEARN YEARNS YEARNED YEARNING v to have a stong or deep desire
- submachine
- BREN BRENS n a submachine gun
- unclearly
- MUMBLE MUMBLED MUMBLING MUMBLES v to speak unclearly
- MURMUR MURMURS MURMURED MURMURING v to speak unclearly
- MUTTER MUTTERS MUTTERED MUTTERING v to speak unclearly
- unverified
- LEGEND LEGENDS n an unverified story from earlier times
- viruslike
- VIROID VIROIDS n a viruslike plant pathogen
- zebralike
- QUAGGA QUAGGAS n an extinct zebralike mammal
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