Reverse Dictionary: WAR

ADJECTIVES
1374 — ASPRE hardy, warlike; mettled, fierce, savage → obs.
1380 — BATTAILOUS fond of fighting; ready or eager for battle; warlike, bellicose, pugnacious → arch.
1400 — WARRAYABLE fit for warfare → obs.
1405 — ARMIPOTENT strong in arms or war → literary usage
1420 — WARLIKE equipped for fighting or for war → obs.
1423 — WARLY skilled in war; martial; fond of war, bellicose; valiant → obs.
1432 — BELLICOSE inclined to war or fighting; warlike
1457 — WARLY pert. to war → obs.
1470 — MARTIABLE martial, pert. to war or battle → obs.
1470 — WARLY equipped or munitioned for war → obs.
1480 — BATTAILLEROUS fond of fighting, warlike → obs.
1513 — BELLICAL pert. to war; warlike → obs.
1530 — WARFUL bellicose, inclined to war → obs.
1536 — BELLICOUS inclined to war or fighting; warlike → obs.
1549 — WARFARING waging war; taking part in war; militant
1557 — MAVORTIAN warlike, martial
1581 — WARRIOUS warlike → obs.
1586 — BELLOSIOUS warlike → obs.
1590 — WAR-HABLE fit for war; of military age → obs.
1591 — BATTAILANT engaged in battle; prepared for battle; combatant, warlike, fighting → obs.
1591 — MARTIAN pert. to war or battle → obs.
1595 — MAVORTIAL warlike, martial → obs.
1627 — BELLIC pertaining to war; warlike, martial → obs.
1635 — BELLIPOTENT mighty or powerful in war
1640 — POLEMICAL relating to war; martial, military → obs.
1651 — DEBELLATIVE tending to overthrow or reduce by war; warlike → obs.
1656 — STRATIOTIC warlike; military; pertaining to war → obs.
1657 — BELLATORY warlike, of war → obs.
1658 — MANUBIARY pert. to the spoils of war → obs.
1674 — MANUBIAL belonging to or having reference to the spoils of war → obs.
1711 — BELLONIAN warlike
1730 — BELLIFEROUS that brings war → obs.
1731 — BELLIGEROUS waging war → obs.
1734 — AGUERRIED experienced in or trained for war → obs.
1849 — MISOPOLEMICAL war-hating
1877 — PALAEOMACHIC pert. to ancient warfare
1942 — GUNG-HO warlike; keenly militaristic → Aust. sl.
1945 — PACKED UP killed in warfare → World War II army sl.
1964 — POLEMOLOGICAL relating to war

ADVERBS
1400 — WARLY in a warlike manner → obs.
1548 — WARLIKELY in a warlike condition or manner → obs.
1611 — WARFARINGLY in a warlike manner; martially → obs.
1882 — BELLICOSELY in a warlike manner

NOUNS
..888 — I-WIN battle, war; contest, strife → obs.
1000 — CAMP martial contest, combat, fight, battle, war → obs.
1205 — GEAR armour, arms, warlike accoutrements → obs. exc. arch.
1387 — MARS warfare, warlike prowess, fortune in war
1422 — ABILIMENTS warlike munitions and accoutrements, things made able for war → obs.
1422 — HABILIMENTS munitions, appliances, implements, or apparatus of war; weapons, warlike stores, etc. (the ‘h’ in this sense was commonly omitted) → obs.
1432 — GUERRE war → obs.
1432 — MART war, battle → obs.
1488 — THE FIRST STROKE the beginning of a war → obs.
1489 — HABILIMENTS personal accoutrements for war; armour, warlike apparel → obs.
1525 — STROKE OF BATTLE active warfare → obs.
1559 — FURNISHMENTS supplies in general; munitions of war
1569 — FURNITURE armour, accoutrements, weapons, munitions of war; also, a suit of armour → obs.
1577 — BRABBLE a brawl, a skirmish, or petty war → obs.
1589 — MARTIALS poems about wars → obs.
1598 — WARFARING the act of waging war
1599 — WARLINESS warlike disposition, valiantness → obs.
1605 — WARLIKENESS warlike disposition → obs.
1623 — SYMMACHY a joining in war against a common enemy; aid in war; an alliance to fight together against something
1656 — BELLACITY warlikeness → obs.
1676 — BELLIGERATION waging or making war → obs.
1691 — POLEMY warfare → obs.
1812 — WAR TO THE KNIFE war to the last extremity; fierce or relentless war; deadly strife; a bitter and deadly struggle; hostility without cessation or moderation
1816 — GATHERING WORD a summons to assemble for war → Sc.
1817 — GATHERING-CRY a summons to assemble for war → Sc.
1827 — WAR-CLOUD something that threatens war
1829 — BUTCHER’S BILL the list of casualties in a battle or war; also, the financial cost of a war
1860 — CANNON FEVER war weariness; a strong desire to get away from front lines → US Civil War usage
1884 — BELLICOSITY warlike inclination
1915 — SHELLITIS initial horror and fear of war → World War I Amer. sl.
1922 — THE GLORY DEMON war (Bk.)
1926 — LATE UNPLEASANTNESS the last war, the most recent war → US sl. (Bk.)
1931 — WHITE WAR war without bloodshed; economic warfare
1938 — POLEMOLOGY the study of war, esp. as an academic discipline
1945 — BIG BRAWL war → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 — BIG FRACAS war → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 — BIG MIX-UP war → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 — BIG ROW war → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 — BIG RUMPUS war → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 — BIG SHOW war → World War II Amer. sl.
1981 — CASUS BELLI an event or political occurrence which brings about a declaration of war → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
1990 — NO-NO WAR IN NEVER-NEVER LAND the US secret war against Pathet Lao communist forces in Laos → US sl.
1991 — TRAUMATOPHOBIA an excessive or disabling fear of war or physical injury (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON
1300 — WARRIOR a person w ho makes war upon; a persecutor → obs.
1576 — MARTIALIST a military man; one skilled in warfare; a warrior
1611 — WAGER one who wages war
1656 — BELLATRICE a woman well skilled in war; a virago → obs.
1798 — WAR-HAWK one who is eager for the fray; a warmonger → US
1811 — BELLIGERENT one who causes contention or strife; a person waging regular war
1812 — WAR-HOUND a warmonger, one who urges or attempts to stir up war
1813 — WAR-DOG one whose voice is for war; a warmonger → US
1814 — WAR-MAN one whose voice is for war; a warmonger → US
1817 — ANTIPOLEMIST a professed opponent of war
1817 — WARMONGER one who seeks to bring about war
1835 — BACKMAN a henchman, a follower in war → Sc.
1860 — WAR WIDOW a woman whose husband is away at war → US Civil War usage
1915 — MERCHANT OF DEATH a manufacturer or other businessman who made money from the war → World War I Amer. sl.
1928 — SABRE-RATTLER a reckless militarist, one who threatens violent action in a cause; a warmonger
1970 — POLEMOLOGIST a student of, or an expert in polemology

PHRASES
1915 — WHEN THE BALLOON GOES UP when war, action, etc. begins → World War I British army usage

VERBS
1154 — WAR to make war upon → obs.
1400 — OSTEY to make war → obs.
1432 — GUERRE to wage war → obs.
1450 — HABILLE to fit out; to accoutre, to array, to attire, esp. for war; to apparel, dress → obs.
1565 — WARFARE to wage war; to take part in war; to serve in the field → obs.
1611 — DEBELLATE to overcome in war; to conquer, subdue, vanquish → obs.
1623 — BELLIGERATE to make war → obs.
1694 — TAKE UP THE HATCHET to go to war → Amer. dial.
1812 — RAISE THE TOMAHAWK to take up arms in warfare, to commence hostilities
1850 — SOW DRAGONS’ TEETH to cause contention; to stir up trouble, strife, or war
1860 — SEE THE ELEPHANT to go into combat for the first time → US Civil War usage