ABSP - Plurals with no Singular

Plurals with no Singular

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Plurals and apparent plurals with no singular

This is a list of genuine plurals which have no singular forms, plus a selection of words ending in S that without knowledge of the meaning might possibly be taken as plural nouns but for which no 'singular' exists. Note that classical singular words ending in -US or -OS have been omitted since it is felt that people are unlikely to think there is e.g. a RADIU* or PATHO* and they would just clog up the list unnecessarily. But many classical plurals ending in e.g. -ICES have been included.

Now updated for CSW12.

abatis	a barrier made of felled trees. No ABATI*.
abattis	a barrier made of felled trees. No ABATTI*.
abdabs	(Sl.) terror, the frights, nerves often heard as 'the screaming abdabs'. No ABDAB*.
ablins	(Dial.) perhaps. No ABLIN*.
acalephae	a class of jellyfish which includes the MEDUSAE. No ACALEPHA*.
acates	things purchased; provisions not made in the house; dainties. No ACATE*.
achates	(Lat.) a faithful friend. [The faithful friend of Aeneas (Virgil Aeneid VI. 158 etc.)]. No ACHATE*.
afterings	the last milk drawn when milking a cow. No AFTERING*.
agonistes	someone in the grip of inner conflict. No AGONISTE*.
agremens	(Fr.) courtesies, blandishments. No AGREMEN*.
aiblins	(Dial.) perhaps. No AIBLIN*.
akkas	(Sl.) money. No AKKA*.
alcatras	a large water bird. No ALCATRA*.
alfereces	Plural of ALFEREZ, a standard-bearer. No ALFERECE*.
allcomers	anyone who comes. No ALLCOMER*.
allsorts	things of various shapes and sizes, as in liquorice allsorts. No ALLSORT*.
alms	a dispensation to the poor. No ALM*.
altrices	(Lat.) birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time, as opposed to PRAECOCES. No ALTRICE*.
anabas	a genus of fishes. No ANABA*.
analects	a collection of writings; literary gleanings. No ANALECT*.
annates	the first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings. No ANNATE*.
antigropelos	waterproof leggings. No ANTIGROPELO*.
anus	the opening at the end of the alimentary canal. No ANU*.
apices	plural of APEX. No APICE*.
apsaras	(Sanskrit) a divine water sprite > APSARASES. No APSARA*.
aris	(Cockney slang) arse. No ARI*.
aruspices	plural of ARUSPEX, a soothsayer. No ARUSPICE*.
ascites	dropsy of the abdomen > ASCITES. No ASCITE*.
asclepias	an American plant of the milkweed genus. No ASCLEPIA*.
atlantes	plural of ATLAS, a male figure supporting a column. No ATLANTE*.
aurochs	an extinct wild ox > AUROCHSES. No AUROCH*.
avens	a wild flower > AVENSES. No AVEN*.
awayes	away. No AWAYE*.
axis	the imaginary straight line about which a body such as the earth rotates. No AXI*.
baches	3rd person of BACH, to live as a bachelor. No BACHE*.
balas	a variety of spinel ruby. No BALA*.
balderlocks	an edible seaweed. No BALDERLOCK*.
ballocks	(Sl.) testicles; (verb) to screw up. No BALLOCK*.
banns	notice given in church etc. of an intended marriage, read on three Sundays to give an opportunity for objections to be made. No BANN*.
basaltes	(Lat.) unglazed stoneware. [L. basaltes, from Greek basanites (lithos) touchstone]. No BASALTE*.
baudrons	(Scots) a quasi-proper name for the cat; also for the hare > BAUDRONSES. No BAUDRON*.
bazooms	(Coll.) the female breasts. No BAZOOM*.
bedsocks	socks worn in bed. No BEDSOCK*.
beechdrops	an American plant like a broomrape, parasitic on beech roots. No BEECHDROP*.
bermudas	knee-length walking shorts. No BERMUDA*.
biestings	the first milk drawn from a cow after calving, aka COLOSTRUM or FOREMILK. No BIESTING*.
blewits	a woodland fungus > BLEWITSES. No BLEWIT*.
bluecurls	a N. American plant. No BLUECURL*.
bluejeans	blue denim jeans. No BLUEJEAN*.
boerewors	(Afrikaans) a traditional S. African sausage > BOEREWORSES. No BOEREWOR*.
bonassus	a kind of bison. No BONASSU*.
bonasus	a kind of bison. No BONASU*.
bonkers	crazy. No BONKER*.
boonies	remote, undeveloped country. No BOONY* or BOONIE*.
boraces	Plural of BORAX. No BORACE*.
bossyboots	(Coll.) a bossy person. No BOSSYBOOT* > BOSSYBOOTS.
bowes	(Milton) boughs. No BOWE*.
braaivleis	(Afrikaans) a barbecue party. No BRAAIVLEI*.
breadsticks	sticks of bread. No BREADSTICK*.
breeks	breeches. No BREEK*.
bris	a Jewish circumcision rite > BRISSES. No BRI*.
bubkes	(Yiddish) a very small amount. No BUBKE*.
bupkes	(Yiddish)a very small amount. No BUPKE*.
bupkus	(Yiddish) a very small amount. No BUPKU*.
burramys	a kind of Australian opossum. No BURRAMY*.
buttals	boundary lines. No BUTTAL*.
butterfingers	one who is apt to let things fall or slip through the fingers: a careless person. No BUTTERFINGER*.
cadrans	(Fr.) an instrument by which a gem is adjusted while being cut > CADRANSES. No CADRAN*.
calends	(Lat.) the first day of the ancient Roman month from which days were counted backwards to the Ides. No CALEND*.
calices	plural of CALIX, a cup. No CALICE*.
camas	a blue-flowered liliaceous plant of northwestern America. No CAMA*.
cantoris	To be sung on the cantorial or north side of a choir. No CANTORI*.
capris	women's tapering trousers ending above the ankle. No CAPRI*.
carices	plural of CAREX, sedge. No CARICE*.
catworks	the assemblage of motors and catheads providing power for secondary activities on drilling platforms. No CATWORK*.
caudices	plural of CAUDEX, a stem. No CAUDICE*.
ceas	(Shakesp.) enough said. No CEA*.
cecils	fried meat-balls. No CECIL*.
cens	(Fr.) a nominal annual payment given to the owner of an estate or property in recognition of his or her title. No CEN*.
certes	certainly. No CERTE*.
cervelas	a type of French sausage. No CERVELA*.
cervices	plural of CERVIX, the neck of the womb. No CERVICE*.
chainplates	iron plates bolted below the channels on a ship, to serve as attachments for the deadeyes, through which the standing rigging or shrouds and backstays are secured. No CHAINPLATE*.
chairdays	(Shakesp.) the evening of life. No CHAIRDAY*.
chaparajos	a cowboy's leather riding leggings. No CHAPARAJO*.
chaparejos	a cowboy's leather riding leggings. No CHAPAREJO*.
chausses	pantaloons or tight coverings for the legs and feet, esp. of mail. No CHAUSSE*.
chiaus	to swindle. No CHIAU*.
chidlings	part of the small intestine of swine. No CHIDLING*.
chints	a glazed printed cotton fabric. No CHINT*.
choirstalls	fixed seats in the choir of a church, generally of carved wood. No CHOIRSTALL*.
chollers	cheeks, jowls. No CHOLLER*.
cimices	plural of CIMEX, bedbug. No CIMICE*.
circs	(Coll.) circumstances. No CIRC*.
cizers	(Obs.) scissors. No CIZER*.
claes	(Scots) clothes. No CLAE*.
clivers	goose-grass. No CLIVER*.
codices	plural of CODEX, a manuscript. No CODICE*.
collins	a type of COCKTAIL, as in vodka collins > COLLINSES. No COLLIN*.
colluvies	accumulated filth; foul discharge. No COLLUVIE*.
collywobbles	bellyache. No COLLYWOBBLE*.
compas	a popular music of Haiti. No COMPA*.
coms	combinations. No COM*.
congeries	aggregation, collection. [L. congerere, to carry or bring together, which is also the source of congest]. No CONGERIE*.
congrats	(coll.) congratulations. No CONGRAT*.
copperas	a type of sulphate. No COPPERA*.
coralbells	a perennnial alumroot widely cultivate for its feathery spikes of tiny bright red campanulate flowers. No CORALBELL*.
corps	a military formation consisting of two or more divisions. No CORP*.
cortices	plural of CORTEX, an outer layer. No CORTICE*.
crants	(Shakesp.) the garland carried before the bier of a maiden and hung over her grave > CRANTSES. No CRANT*.
creamcups	A California annual of the poppy family. No CREAMCUP*.
cremains	The ashes that remain after cremation of a corpse. No CREMAIN*.
cretons	a spread of shredded pork cooked with onions in pork fat. No CRETON*.
crios	a multicoloured woollen belt traditionally worn by men in the Aran Islands. No CRIO*.
cris	a dagger or short sword used by the Malays. No CRI*.
crivens	(Scots) (slang) an interjection expressing dismay. No CRIVEN*.
crivvens	(Scots) (slang) an interjection expressing dismay. No CRIVVEN*.
crossbones	a figure of two thigh bones laid across each other, forming with the skull a conventional emblem of death or piracy. No CROSSBONE*.
cruces	plural of CRUX, a cross. No CRUCE*.
crudites	raw fruit and vegetables served as hors d'oeuvre. No CRUDITE*.
cruells	scrofula, the King's Evil. No CRUELL*.
cruores	plural of CRUOR, a clot of blood. No CRUORE*.
csardas	a Hungarian dance. No CSARDA*.
culices	plural of CULEX, a genus of insects. No CULICE*.
cyclops	a genus of freshwater copepods > CYCLOPS; a one-eyed monster > CYCLOPES. No CYCLOP*.
cymatics	the therapeutic use of high frequency sound waves. No CYMATIC*.
czardas	a Hungarian dance. No CZARDA*.
dais	(Fr.) a platform. No DAI*.
darbies	handcuffs. [From the rigid terms of a 16th century English usurer of that name]. No DARBY*.
darkmans	(Thieves' slang) night. No DARKMAN*.
datacomms	(Abbrev. of) data communications. No DATACOMM*.
deus	(Lat.) a god. No DEU*.
dibbs	(Sl.) money. No DIBB*.
dipsas	(Greek) a snake whose bite caused intense thirst > DIPSADES. No DIPSA*.
distringas	a type of legal writ. No DISTRINGA*.
dogshores	shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching. No DOGSHORE*.
doldrums	those parts of the ocean near the equator where calm and baffling winds prevail. No DOLDRUM*.
dolmades	plural of DOLMA, a vine leaf. No DOLMA*.
epulides	Plural of EPULIS, a tumour of the gums. No EPULIDE*.
dolos	a sheep's knucklebone used in divination. No DOLO*.
draconites	a jewel supposedly found inside a dragon's head. No DRACONITE*.
druthers	(Coll.) choice, preference. No DRUTHER*.
dundrearies	long sideburns. No DUNDREARY*. [From Lord Dundreary, a character in the play, Our American Cousin (1858)].
duxelles	(Fr.) a mince of mushrooms, chopped shallots and herbs simmered in butter. [From the Marquis d'Uxelles]. No DUXELLE*.
ebonics	a dialect used by African Americans. No EBONIC*.
egis	(Greek) protection, defense; patronage. No EGI*.
ellops	(Greek) a kind of sturgeon. No ELLOP*.
elops	(Greek) a kind of sturgeon. No ELOP*.
emacs	a powerful computer programme used for creating & editing text. No EMAC*.
emblements	crops raised by the labour of the cultivator of land (but not tree-fruits or grass) or the profits arising from these. No EMBLEMENT*.
embus	to board a bus. No EMBU*.
emendals	funds set apart for repairs, in the accounts of the Inner Temple. No EMENDAL*.
emlets	as in blood-drop emlets, a Chilean flower. No EMLET*.
emptings	the yeasty lees of beer or cider. No EMPTING*.
emptins	the yeasty lees of beer or cider. No EMPTIN*.
emys	a genus of terrapin. No EMY*.
entremets	(Fr.) edible pastry sculpture served between main courses. No ENTREMET*.
environics	the study of the method of influencing behavious by controlled environmental factors. No ENVIRONIC*.
epos	(Greek) an epic poem. No EPO*.
epulides	plural of EPULIS, a tumour of the gums. No EPULIDE*.
equites	(Lat.) an order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order. No EQUITE*.
eros	(Greek) the sum of the self-preservative, as opposed to self-destructive, instincts. No ERO*.
eses	plural of ES. No ESE*.
ethiops	a black substance; -- formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark color. No ETHIOP*.
euthenics	the science concerned with improving living conditions. No EUTHENIC*.
ewftes	(Spenser) efts. No EWFTE*.
eyas	a young hawk taken from the nest for training > EYASES. No EYA*.
eyedrops	a medicine for the eye administered in the form of drops. No EYEDROP*.
eyestrings	(Obs.) organic eye attachments once believed to break at death or blindness. No EYESTRING*.
facetiae	(Lat.) witty or humorous sayings or writings. [L. facetia, jest]. No FACETIA*.
faikes	thin-bedded shaly or micaceous sandstone. No FAIKE*.
fainites	a plea for exemption or truce. No FAINITE*.
fattrels	(Scots) ends of ribbon. No FATTREL*.
feis	an ancient Irish assembly for the proclamation of laws etc > FEISEANNA. No FEI*.
fenks	the refuse of whale blubber, used as a manure, and in the manufacture of Prussian blue. No FENK*.
fewtrils	little things, trifles. No FEWTRIL*.
fiancailles	(Fr.) betrothal. No FIANCAILLE*.
fieldboots	knee-length boots. No FIELDBOOT*.
firstfruits	the first fruits of a harvest. No FIRSTFRUIT*.
flexihours	flexible working time. No FLEXIHOUR*.
fomes	(Lat.) a substance capable of carrying infection, such as woollen clothes > FOMITES. [L. fomes, tinder]. No FOME*.
foodways	the eating habits of a population. No FOODWAY*.
forceps	(Lat.) a pair of pincers, usually held in one hand to obtain a firm grip on a small object > FORCEPS, FORCEPSES or FORCIPES. No
fornices	plural of FORNIX, an arch. No FORNICE*.
fris	the quick dance movement of a Hungarian CSARDAS. No FRI*.
frites	chipped potatoes. No FRITE*.
frontes	plural of FRONS, the forehead. No FRONTE*.
frutices	plural of FRUTEX, a shrub. No FRUTICE*.
fynbos	(Afrikaans) in South Africa, an area of low shrubs > FYNBOSES. [Dutch fijn, fine + bosch, bush]. No FYNBO*.
gadzooks	(Arch.) a mild oath. No GADZOOK*.
galimatias	(Fr.) nonsensical talk; gibberish; gobbledygook. No GALIMATIA*.
gaywings	a perennial herb > GAYWINGS. No GAYWING*.
glanders	a disease of horses. No GLANDER*.
glumps	(Arch.) the sulks. No GLUMP*.
goldilocks	a species of buttercup. No GOLDILOCK*.
goloshoes	Goloshes. No GOLOSHOE*.
goujeers	an editor's spurious improvement on GOODYEAR, veneral disease. No GOUJEER*.
gravitas	(Lat.) high seriousness. No GRAVITA*.
gris	a flight of steps. No GRI*.
grundies	men's underpants. No GRUNDY*.
gubbins	(Coll.) a trivial object; a device, gadget > GUBBINSES. No GUBBIN*.
habdabs	(Sl.) terror, the frights, nerves often heard as 'the screaming habdabs'. No HABDAB*.
halluces	plural of HALLUX, the big toe. No HALLUCE*.
handicuffs	fisticuffs. No HANDICUFF*.
hardgoods	hardware. No HARDGOOD*.
hardparts	the skeletal parts of an organism. No HARDPART*.
harigalds	(Scots) viscera. No HARIGALD*.
harigals	(Scots) viscera. No HARIGAL*.
hartbees	(Afrikaans) a large S. African antelope. No HARTBEE*.
headsheets	the forepart of a small vessel or craft. No HEADSHEET*.
helices	plural of HELIX, a spiral. No HELICE*.
hendiadys	a figure of speech > HENDIADYSES. No HENDIADY*.
heredes	(Lat.) an heir. No HEREDE*.
hiems	(Shakes.) winter > HIEMS. No HIEM*.
hijinks	high jinks, frolics. No HIJINK*.
hinderlans	(Scots) the buttocks. No HINDERLAN*.
hinderlings	(Scots) the buttocks. No HINDERLING*.
hinderlins	(Scots) the buttocks. No HINDERLIN*.
hippocras	a mediaeval spiced wine. No HIPPOCRA*.
hols	(Coll.) holidays. No HOL*.
homines	(Pl.) HOMO, a man. No HOMINE*.
horlicks+	a mess, as in to make a horlicks of. No HORLICK*.
hornfels	(Ger.) a compact type of rock composed of lime silicates. No HORNFEL*.
horsefeathers	nonsense! No HORSEFEATHER*.
houselights	in a theatre, the lights illuminating the auditorium. No HOUSELIGHT*.
housewares	articles used in the home. No HOUSEWARE*.
hurdies	(Scots) the buttocks, the thighs. No HURDIE* or HURDY*.
hurds	the coarse part of flax or hemp. No HURD*.
hustings	a political platform. [ME, from OE husting, from Old Norse husthing, from hus, house + thing, assembly]. No HUSTING*.
huswives	plural of HUSWIFE, a sewing-kit. No HUSWIVE*.
hydrops	hydropsy > HYDROPSES. No HYDROP*.
ibices	plural of IBEX, a mountain goat. No IBICE*.
icones	plural of ICON (can also be ICONS). No ICONE*.
iconostas	A screen in a Greek church > ICONOSTASES. No ICONOSTA*.
ilices	plural of ILEX. No ILICE*.
imbrices	plural of IMBREX, an overlapping tile. No IMBRICE*.
indices	plural of INDEX. No INDICE*.
induciae	in Scots law, the time limit within which (after a citation) the defendant must appear in court or reply. No INDUCIA*.
induviae	(Lat.) withered leaves which persist on plants. No INDUVIA*.
inferiae	(Lat.) offerings to the spirits of the dead. No INFERIA*.
innards	the intestines. No INNARD*.
jammies	pyjamas. No JAMMIE*.
jeepers	an interjection expressing surprise. No JEEPER*.
jibbons	spring onions. No JIBBON*.
jimjams	pyjamas. No JIMJAM*.
joannes	An obsolete Portuguese gold coin, named from the figure of King John which it bears > JOANNESES. No JOANNE*.
jogpants	trousers worn for jogging. No JOGPANT*.
johannes	an obsolete Portuguese gold coin, named from the figure of King John which it bears > JOHANNESES. No JOHANNE*.
jones	a drug habit > JONESES. No JONE*.
jougs	(Scots) an old instrument of punishment consisting of a hinged iron collar locked round an offender's neck and attached by a chain to a wall or post. No JOUG*.
juggins	a simpleton > JUGGINSES. No JUGGIN*.
kaas	a large cupboard. No KAA*.
kalends	(Lat.) the first day of the ancient Roman month from which days were counted backwards to the Ides. No KALEND*.
kans	an Indian grass related to sugar-cane > KANSES. No KAN*.
keks	(Coll.) trousers. No KEK*.
kidstakes	(Aust. coll.) nonsense, humbug. No KIDSTAKE*.
killas	clay slate. No KILLA*.
kiwisports	sports as practised in New Zealand. No KIWISPORT*.
klipdas	an African mammal like the hyrax. No KLIPDA*.
kneesies	the flirtatious touching of knees under the table. No KNEESY*.
koumys	an intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the Tartars from mare's or camel's milk. No KOUMY*.
kris	a dagger or short sword used by the Malays. No KRI*.
kumys	an intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the Tartars from mare's or camel's milk. No KUMY*.
kvas	an alcoholic drink > KVASES. No KVA*.
kylices	plural of KYLIX, a drinking-cup. No KYLICE*.
labrys	(Greek) a type of axe > LABRYSES. No LABRY*.
laches	negligence or unreasonable delay in pursuing a legal remedy > LACHESES. No LACHE*.
lamboys	(Arch.) kilted flexible steel plates worn skirt-like from the waist. No LAMBOY*.
lampas	a swelling of the mouth in horses. No LAMPA*.
lanciers	(Fr.) a French dance. No LANCIER*.
larnakes	plural of LARNAX, a terracotta chest of ancient Greece. No LARNAKE*.
lashins	(Coll.) an abundance. No LASHIN*.
leges	plural of LEX, law. No LEGE*.
lemures	plural of LEMUR, a Roman ghost of the dead. No LEMURE*.
lemures	plural of LEMUR, a Roman ghost of the dead. No LEMURE*.
lens	in optics > LENSES. No LEN*.
levatores	Pl. LEVATOR, a type of muscle. No LEVATORE*.
levis	heavy close-fitting denim trousers. No LEVI*.
lignaloes	aloes wood, as mentioned in the Bible. No LIGNALOE*.
limites	plural of LIMES, boundary. No LIMITE*.
litas	a monetary unit of Lithuania > LITAI or LITU. No LITA*.
litotes	a figure of speech. No LITOTE*.
loggets	(Shakesp.) the game called nine-pins. No LOGGET*.
longies	(Coll.) long underwear. No LONGIE*.
loosies	(Coll.) cigarettes sold individually. No LOOSIE* or LOOSY*.
lues	disease, especially of a contagious kind > LUES. No LUE*.
maatjes	(Danish) a young herring before it has spawned, cured in brine > MAATJES. No MAATJE*.
madras	a fine plain-woven cotton or silk. No MADRA*.
mameyes	plural of MAMEY, a kind of tropical tree. No MAMEYE*.
marginalia	marginal notes. No MARGINALIUM*.
marrels	the game of MERILS. No MARREL*.
marshlocks	a marsh-growing species of cinquefoil. No MARSHLOCK*.
matjes	(Danish) a young herring before it has spawned, cured in brine > MATJES. No MATJE*.
meawes	(Spenser) = MEWS, gulls. No MEAWE*.
mebos	in S. Africa, salted or sugared dried apricots > MEBOSES. [Possibly from Japanese umeboshi, a kind of plum]. No MEBO*.
meshugaas	(Yiddish) madness. No MESHUGAA*.
meticais	plural of METICAL, a monetary unit of Mozambique. No METICAI*.
mips	a million instructions per second. No MIP*.
mirligoes	(Scots) dizziness. No MIRLIGOE*.
mishegaas	(Yiddish) madness. No MISHEGAA*.
mismanners	(Obs.) bad manners. No MISMANNER*.
moccies	(Aust. sl.) moccasins. No MOCCIE*.
moslings	thin strips taken off when dressing skins. No MOSLING*.
mouls	(Scots) clods, esp. in allusion to the grave. No MOUL*.
muggins	a fool, a sucker, especially used facetiously to refer to oneself as such > MUGGINSES. No MUGGIN*.
mulligrubs	(Coll.) grumpiness, low spirits. No MULLIGRUB*.
munchies	(Sl.) an alcohol-induced craving for food. No MUNCHY*.
murices	plural of MUREX, a shellfish. No MURICE*.
nabis	(Fr.) a group of late 19th-cent. French post-impressionists following the artistic theories of the French painter Paul Gauguin (1848�1903). No NABI*.
nachas	(Yiddish) pride in another's accomplishments. No NACHA*.
nadors	(S. Afr.) thirst brought on by excessive consumption of alcohol. No NADOR*.
nads	(sl.) testicles. No NAD*.
naiades	a plural of NAIAD. No NAIADE*.
naos	a Greek temple > NAOI. No NAO*.
naras	(Hottentot) an edible melonlike fruit of a S. African shrub. No NARA*.
narras	(Hottentot) an edible melonlike fruit of a S. African shrub. No NARRA*.
nates	(Lat.) the buttocks. No NATE*.
naythles	nevertheless. No NAYTHLE*.
nelies	a winter pear > NELIES. No NELIE*.
nelis	a winter pear > NELIS. No NELI*.
neotropics	the tropics of the New World, Central America. No NEOTROPIC*.
nerts	an interjection expressing disgust. No NERT*.
netherlings	stockings. No NETHERLING*.
nineholes	a game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled. No NINEHOLE*.
nombles	a deer's entrails. No NOMBLE*.
nootropics	Cognitive enhancers; mind drugs. No NOOTROPIC*.
nugae	(Lat.) trifles; jests. No NUGA*.
numbles	a deer's entrails. No NUMBLE*.
nyas	a young hawk taken from the nest for training > NYASES. No NYA*.
ockodols	one's feet when wearing boots. No OCKODOL*.
octopodes	plural of OCTOPUS. No OCTOPODE*.
oodles	lots of. No OODLE*.
oodlins	lots of. No OODLIN*.
oratrices	plural of ORATRIX, a female plaintiff. No ORATRICE*.
ordines	plural of ORDO, a religious order. No ORDINE*.
orleans	a variety of plum. No ORLEAN*.
ornithes	the bird life of a region. No ORNITHE*.
oughtlings	(Scots) at all. No OUGHTLING*.
outquarters	quarters situated away from headquarters. No OUTQUARTER*.
ovibos	(Lat.) the musk ox > OVIBOSES. [L. ovis sheep, and bos, bovis ox]. No OVIBO*.
oxes	a plural of OX, in sense of clumsy person. No OXE*.
padkos	(S. Afr.) provisions for a journey. No PADKO*.
palais	a palace. No PALAI*.
palas	an Indian tree. No PALA*.
parkleaves	a European species of Saint John's-wort, aka TUTSAN. No PARKLEAF*.
parulides	plural of PARULIS, a gumboil. No PARULIDE*.
pelves	plural of PELVIS. No PELVE*.
penates	(Lat.) the household gods of a Roman family. No PENATE*.
petropounds	money from oil revenues. No PETROPOUND*.
pettichaps	(Dial.) the garden warbler > PETTICHAPSES. No PETTICHAP*.
pettitoes	pigs' feet as food. No PETTITOE*.
pholas	a type of rock-boring mollusc > PHOLADES. No PHOLA*.
pilliwinks	an instrument of torture designed to crush fingers. No PILLIWINK*.
pilniewinks	an instrument of torture for crushing the fingers. No PILNIEWINK*.
pinchcommons	a niggard with food > PINCHCOMMONSES. No PINCHCOMMON*.
pinedrops	a reddish herb of the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees. No PINEDROP*.
plainstanes	(Scots) flagstones, pavement. No PLAINSTANE*.
plainstones	(Scots) flagstones, pavement. No PLAINSTONE*.
pockies	(Scots) woollen mittens. No POCKY*.
pollices	plural of POLLEX, the thumb. No POLLICE*.
pons	(Lat.) bridge. No PON*.
pontes	plural of PONS, bridge. No PONTE*.
pontifices	plural of PONTIFEX, a pontiff. No PONTIFICE*.
preggers	(Sl.) pregnant. No PREGGER*.
primitiae	(Lat.) the first year's revenue of a benefice. No PRIMITIA*.
primitias	(Lat.) the first year's revenue of a benefice. No PRIMITIA*.
printworks	a place where printing is carried out. No PRINTWORK*.
proggins	(Sl.) a proctor. No PROGGIN*.
psoas	the loin muscle > PSOAE, PSOAI or PSOASES. No PSOA*.
puftaloonies	(Aust.) a type of fried cake, eaten hot with jam, honey or sugar. No PUFTALOONY*.
pussytoes	a genus of composite herbs. No PUSSYTOE*.
pyonings	(Spenser) pioning, pioneer-work. No PYONING*.
rackabones	a very lean animal, esp. a horse. No RACKABONE* > RACKABONES.
radices	plural of RADIX, root. No RADICE*.
rakshas	A demon in Hindu mythology > RAKSHASES. No RAKSHA*.
rectrices	plural of RECTRIX, a quill feather. No RECTRICE*.
reliquiae	(Lat.) remains, esp. fossil. No RELIQUIA*.
rellies	(Aust. sl.) relatives. No RELLIE*.
remiges	plural of REMEX, a large feather. No REMIGE*.
rhagades	(Greek) cracks or fissures in the skin. [Gk. rhagas, a tear]. No RHAGADE*.
rhus	a shrub. No RHU*.
ribes	a flowering shrub. No RIBE*.
rillettes	(Fr.) a French type of potted meat made by simmering shreds of lean and fat pork, then pounding them to make a paste. No RILLETTE*.
ringhals	an African snake that spits its venom > RINGHALSES. No RINGHAL*.
rinkhals	an African snake that spits its venom > RINKHALSES. No RINKHAL*.
rotatores	plural of ROTATOR, a type of muscle. No ROTATORE*.
rudas	(Scots) a hideous old woman. No RUDA*.
salices	plural of SALIX, willow. No SALICE*.
sallenders	an eruption on the hind leg of a horse. No SALLENDER*.
salopettes	quilted skiing trousers with shoulder straps. No SALOPETTE*.
salpinges	plural of SALPINX, the Eustachian tube. No SALPINGE*.
sassafras	a tree of the laurel family. No SASSAFRA*.
satelles	a satellite > SATELLITES. No SATELLE*.
sawbones	a surgeon. No SAWBONE*.
scalpins	small stones used for drainage in excavation and as hardcore. No SCALPIN*.
scarpines	(Ital.) an instrument of torture for the feet. No SCARPINE*.
scazontes	plural of SCAZON, a verse metre. No SCAZONTE*.
scoleces	plural of SCOLEX, the head of a tapeworm. No SCOLECE*.
scolices	plural of SCOLEX, the head of a tapeworm. No SCOLICE*.
semiworks	a manufacturing plant operating on a limited commercial scale to provide final tests of a new product or process. No SEMIWORK*.
sferics	Abbrev. of ATMOSPHERICS, noises interfering with radio reception, due to electric disturbances in the ether. Also SPHERICS. No SFERIC* (but there is SPHERIC).
shammas	(Yiddish) the sexton in a synagogue > SHAMASIM. No SHAMMA*.
shaps	(Abbrev. of) CHAPARAJOS, a cowboy's leather riding leggings. No SHAP*.
sidebones	ossifications of the lateral cartilages of a horse's hoof. No SIDEBONE*.
sideburns	two strips of hair grown along the side of the face. No SIDEBURN*.
siegeworks	a besieger's engineering works. No SIEGEWORK*.
siemens	a unit of electrical conductance. No SIEMEN*.
significs	the science of meaning. No SIGNIFIC*.
silvics	the study of forest trees. No SILVIC*.
simplices	plural of SIMPLEX, a geometrical figure. No SIMPLICE*.
skeesicks	(US) a rascal > SKEESICKS. No SKEESICK*.
slyboots	a sly person. No SLYBOOT*.
smartypants	an overly clever person. No SMARTYPANT*.
smithers	= SMITHEREENS, tiny fragments. No SMITHER*.
snowblades	short skis used without poles. No SNOWBLADE*.
snuggies	women's long underwear. No SNUGGY* or SNUGGIE*.
soapsuds	soapy froth. No SOAPSUD*.
softgoods	soft goods. No SOFTGOOD*.
solonets	(Russian) an alkaline soil-type having a hard dark subsoil under a thin friable topsoil > SOLONETSES. No SOLONET*.
sordes	dark incrustations on the lips of fever patients. No SORDE*.
sorites	(Greek) a string of statements where the end of one is the subject of the next. [Gk. soreites, from soros, a heap]. No SORITE*.
sowans	(Gaelic) a kind of oat porridge, a traditional dish for Hallowe'en. No SOWAN*.
sowens	(Gaelic) a kind of oat porridge, a traditional dish for Hallowe'en. No SOWEN*.
spadices	plural of SPADIX, a flower-spike. No SPADICE*.
spadones	plural of SPADO, a castrated person or animal. No SPADONE*.
spondoolicks	(US slang) cash, money. No SPONDOOLICK*.
spondulicks	(US slang) cash, money. No SPONDULICK*.
springhaas	a S. African rodent. No SPRINGHAA*.
spuriae	(Lat.) in birds, feathers of the bastard wing. No SPURIA*.
stapes	(Lat.) the stirrup-shaped bone of the ear > STAPEDES. No STAPE*.
starets	(Russian) an Eastern Orthodox spiritual advisor. No STARET*.
steenbras	a S. African fish. No STEENBRA*.
stovies	(Scots) a thick stew of potatoes, lard, onions and sausagemeat. No STOVY* or STOVIE*.
stowlins	(Scots) by stealth. No STOWLIN*.
stownlins	(Scots) by stealth. No STOWNLIN*.
stretchmarks	marks left on a woman's body by pregnancy. No STRETCHMARK*.
strossers	(Shakesp.) trousers. No STROSSER*.
stylops	a kind of wasp > STYLOPES. No STYLOP*.
sundrops	an American evening primrose with flowers that open at sunset. No SUNDROP*.
sunnies	(NZ) sunglasses. No SUNNIE*.
swits	(Shakesp.) a switch > SWITSES. No SWIT*.
tagetes	a garden flower. No TAGETE*.
takkies	tennis shoes or plimsolls. No TAKKIE* or TAKKY*.
talipes	(Lat.) club foot. [L. talis, ankle + pes, foot]. No TALIPE*.
tarantas	a type of carriage used in Russia > TARANTASES. No TARANTA*.
tarras	a type of volcanic tuff. No TARRA*.
tectrices	plural of TECTRIX, a kind of feather. No TECTRICE*.
tems	a sieve. No TEM*.
tenebrae	(Lat.) matins and lauds of the following day sung on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of Holy Week - candles are extinguished one by one at the end of each psalm with the final psalm being sung in darkness. No TENEBRA*.
teras	(Greek) a monstrosity > TERATA. No TERA*.
teres	(Lat.) either of two muscles of the shoulder-blade. [L. teres, smooth]. No TERE* > TERETES.
terts	(Coll.) TETRACHLORETHYLENE, a chemical. No TERT*.
thermae	(Lat.) hot springs or baths, esp. in ancient Rome. No THERMA*.
thewes	(Shakesp.) sinews, muscles. No THEWE*.
thoraces	Plural of THORAX. No THORACE*.
thumbikins	(Scots) thumbscrews. No THUMBIKIN*.
timps	(Coll.) = TIMPANI, small drums. No TIMP*.
tinsnips	a pair of hand shears for cutting tin etc. No TINSNIP*.
tortrices	Plural of TORTRIX, a kind of moth. No TORTRICE*.
tournedos	a small round thick beef fillet > TOURNEDOS. No TOURNEDO*.
trabs	(dial.) trainers. No TRAB*.
triens	(Lat.) a coin of ancient Rome > TRIENTES. No TRIEN*.
triones	(Lat.) the seven stars of the Plough. [L. triones plough-oxen]. No TRIONE*.
trossers	(Obs.) trousers. No TROSSER*.
trowsers	(Obs.) trousers. No TROWSER*.
tryworks	a type of furnace. No TRYWORK*.
turkois	Turquoise. No TURKOI*.
tussis	a cough. No TUSSI*.
tutrices	plural of TUTRIX, a female tutor. No TUTRICE*.
twalhours	a noonday meal or refreshment. No TWALHOUR*.
tympanites	the distention of the abdomen by flatulence. No TYMPANITE*.
tzimmes	a vegetable stew. No TZIMME*.
uckers	a form of the game ludo, played in the Navy. No UCKER*.
underdaks	underwear. No UNDERDAK*.
underthings	underwear. No UNDERTHING*.
upas	a kind of tree. No UPA*.
upperworks	the upper part of a structure (of a ship above the load-line). No UPPERWORK*.
urus	a wild ox. No URU*.
vanitas	a kind of Dutch painting > VANITASES. No VANITA*.
varices	plural of VARIX, a vein. No VARICE*.
velites	(Lat.) foot-soldiers of ancient Rome. No VELITE*.
vers	(Fr.) verse. No VER*.
vertices	plural of VERTEX, a point. No VERTICE*.
vibices	plural of VIBEX, a blood-streak. No VIBICE*.
vibs	(Coll.) shoes with Vibram soles. No VIB*.
vivres	(Scots) food; eatables. No VIVRE*.
voces	plural of VOX, voice. No VOCE*.
vortices	plural of VORTEX, a whirlpool. No VORTICE*.
whatabouts	things with which one is occupied. No WHATABOUT*.
windas	a windlass. No WINDA*.
witblits	(Afrikaans) a strong home-distilled alcoholic spirit. No WITBLIT*. [Afr. wit, white + blits, lightning].
worryguts	(Coll.) someone who worries a lot. No WORRYGUT*.
wukkas	(Aust. sl.) no problems. No WUKKA*.
yellowlegs	any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow. No YELLOWLEG*.
yibbles	(Scots) perhaps. No YIBBLE*.
yonks	(Coll.) ages, a long time. No YONK*.
zooks	= GADZOOKS, an exclamation. No ZOOK*.
zounds	a mild oath (God's wounds). No ZOUND*.

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