Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
bran | the husks of grain sifted from the flour; the coarsest part of the ground husks, formerly prescribed medically, now eaten generally as a health food; (verb) to soak in water mixed with bran. |
branny | having the appearance of bran; consisting of or containing bran: BRANNIER, BRANNIEST. |
brochan | gruel, porridge. |
brose | a dish of oatmeal with boiling water or milk poured on it. |
brosy | having the quality of BROSE > BROSIER, BROSIEST |
buckwheat | a cereal plant, the seed of which is used for horse and poultry food, and in N. America is milled for making breakfast pancakes. |
bulghur bulgur burghul bulgar | a form of cooked, broken wheat. |
burgoo burgout | a kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen. |
corncob | the cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow. |
cornflake | a crazy or silly person; (in pl.) toasted flakes of maize, eaten esp. as a breakfast cereal. |
cornstarch | starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc. |
couscous couscousou cuscus khuskhus kouskous | the grain of the African millet. |
crowdie crowdy | a mixture of meal and water, aka BROSE. |
cuscus | see COUSCOUS. |
drammach drammock drummock | meal and water mixed raw. |
farina | a fine flour or meal made from cereal grains. |
farro | a variety of wheat. |
freekeh | a cereal prepared by roasting wheat that has been harvested while the grains are still green. |
fromenty frumenty furmenty furmety furmity | food made of hulled wheat boiled in milk, with sugar, plums, etc. |
graddan | parched grain; (verb) to parch in the husk: GRADDANED, GRADDANING. |
grits | coarsely ground grain, esp. oats or hominy; a boiled dish of this. |
hegari | a kind of sorghum grain. Pl. HEGARIS. |
hominy | maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water. |
kaoliang | sorghum grain of several varieties; an alcoholic drink made from it. [Chinese 'tall grain']. |
kasha | a porridge or gruel-like dish made from crushed buckwheat. |
khuskhus | see COUSCOUS. |
kouskous | see COUSCOUS. |
mabela | ground kaffir corn used for making porridge. |
mahewu | in S. Africa, fermented liquid mealie-meal porridge, used as a stimulant. |
mamaliga | a type of corn meal mush eaten by Rumanians. |
masa | in Mexican cooking, a dough made from masa harina, ground, dried maize and used to make tamales etc. [Sp. masa, dough, from L. massa, a lump]. |
mealie mealy mielie | an ear of maize. |
mongcorn mungcorn | a mixed grain, esp. rye and wheat, aka MASLIN. |
muesli | a dish of rolled oats, nuts etc. eaten as a breakfast cereal. |
mush | meal, esp cornmeal, boiled in water or milk until thick. |
nocake | meal made of parched Indian corn. [Narragansett nokshick]. |
oatmeal | meal made of oats; the colour of this. |
oaty | full of oats > OATIER, OATIEST. |
parridge parritch | porridge. |
pinole | an American Indian food consisting of parched ground cereal grains. [Sp. from Aztec pinolli]. |
polenta | a porridge made from maize flour. |
porridge | a kind of food usu. made by slowly stirring oatmeal or rolled oats in boiling water or milk. |
porridgy | resembling porridge. |
posho | (Swahili) corn meal. |
posole pozole | maize hulled and broken, and boiled in water |
praiseach | a kind of oatmeal porridge. [Irish, from brassica, cabbage]. |
sadza | a type of porridge made from maize flour. |
samp | a coarsely ground maize. [Narragansett]. |
seiten seitan | wheat gluten, widely used in Far Eastern and vegetarian cookery. |
sowans sowens | a kind of oat porridge, a traditional dish for Hallowe'en. N.B. there is no sing. SOWAN*, SOWEN*. |
stirabout | a dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding. |
succotash | a traditional American dish made from corn kernels and lima beans. [Narragansett]. |
supawn suppawn | a kind of maize porridge. |
tamal tamale | cornmeal dough rolled with ground meat or beans seasoned usually with chili, wrapped usually in corn husks, and steamed. |
ugali | (Swahili) a type of stiff porridge. |
wheatgrass | a relative of wheat, popular as a health food. |
wheatlike | resembling wheat. |
wheatmeal | wheat flour with some of the germ and bran removed. |
wheaty | tasting of wheat > WHEATIER, WHEATIEST. |
wholegrains | the whole unprocessed grains of cereals such as wheat and maize. |