Reverse Dictionary: WORD

ADJECTIVES
► CATACHRESTIC wrongly used, misapplied, as when one word is improperly put for another → 1656
► CRICK-CRACK of words: not understood → 19C Eng. dial.
► CRINK-CRANK of a word: long and drawn from elevated or literary vocabulary → 1865 Eng. dial.
► FAIR-SPOKEN of words: bland, civil → 1649
► IDIOGLOTTIC using words of one’s own invention → 1888
► LOGOFASCINATED fascinated by words → 1652 nonce word
► LOGOLATROUS venerating words → Bk1991
► MALAPROP given to ludicrous misuse of words → 1840
► MALAPROPIAN given to ludicrous misuse of words → 1860
► NEOLOGICAL dealing with or characterized by new words or phrases → 1754 rare
► NEOLOGISTIC pert. to the use of new words or phrases → 1827
► NEOLOGOUS pert. to the use of new words or phrases → 1812 rare
► NEOTERISTIC pert. to the use of new words or phrases → 1873
► OMNIVERBARIOUS using all sorts of words → B1900
► OMNIVERBIVOROUS capable of ‘swallowing’ all words → 1858 humorous usage
► PERISSOLOGICAL using more words than are necessary, exuberant in words, verbose → 1828
► POLYSYLLABIC consisting of many syllables; said of a word → 1774
► POLYSYLLABICAL consisting of many syllables; said of a word → 1656
► PYGMALION of a word, utterance, etc.: that is regarded as mildly shocking or offensive; containing a swear word → 1914
► SESQUIPEDALIAN of words and expressions: of many syllables → 1656
– given to using long words → 1853
► SMART of words: sharp, severe; cutting, acrimonious → 1330
► TOGATED of words: Latinized; stately, majestic → 1868
► VERBARIAN having to do with words → 1830
► VERBATICAL verbal; pert. to words → 1612 obs.
► WAFF of words: cheap, vulgar → 1866 Sc.

ADVERBS
► ACYROLOGICALLY incorrectly as to use of words → 1651 obs.

INTERJECTIONS
► CHEW IT FINER! a request to someone to use simpler words → L19 US

NOUNS
► ACYROLOGY incorrect use of language or words; improper speech → 1656 obs.
► ADNOMINATION a play upon words; wordplay based on similar sounding words → 1628 
► BOGGLE-WORDS hard words, words difficult to pronounce → 19C Eng. dial.
► BUNCH-WORD a word formed by compounds → 1862
► BUSHISM a word or idiom peculiar to or used in the bush → 1916 NZ
► CATACHRESIS improper use of words; abuse or perversion of a metaphor → 1589
► CRAMP-WORD a word difficult to pronounce or understand; any long, scientific, or uncommon word → 1687
► CRANK a twist or fanciful turn of speech; a verbal trick or conceit formed by twisting or changing, in any manner, the form or meaning of a word → 1594
► CRICK-CRACK word not understood → 1892 Eng. dial.
► DICKY (BIRD) a word; usually used in negative contexts → 1893 rhyming sl.
► DICTION a word → 1416 obs.
► DICTIONARY-WORDS big words used in talk → 1912 Amer. dial.
► EARLY BIRD a word → 1937 UK rhyming sl.
► ETYMOLOGICON a dictionary or work on the etymologies of the words in a language → 1645
► GRAMMATOLATRY the worship of letters or words → Bk1991
► GRANDAM WORDS old or obsolete words → 1598 obs.
► HYPERDISYLLABLE a word of more than two syllables → 1678
► JAW-BREAKER a word hard to pronounce; a word of many syllables → 1839 colloq.
► JAWTWISTER a hard or many-syllabled word → Bk1896 sl.
► LOGODIARRHOEA an uncontrolled flow of words → 1727 obs.
► LOGOLATRY worship of words; unreasonable regard for words or for verbal truth → a1834
► LOGOMANIA a mania for words or talking → Bk1991
► LOGOMANIAC a person who is insanely interested in words → 1870
► LOGOPHOBIA an abnormal fear or dislike of words → Bk1991
► MALAPROP ludicrous misuse of words → 1823
► MALAPROPISM ludicrous misuse of words; an instance of this → 1849
► MALAPROPOISM ludicrous misuse of words → 1834 nonce word
► MICRONYMY the use of shortened words for naming things, as in science (TNT); the use of short easy words instead of long hard ones → 1889 nonce word
► MOCKINGBIRD a word → 1960s UK & Aust. rhyming sl., orig. theatre
► MOUTH FILLER a large word → 1897 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MUMBLING WORD a single word, any word at all; used in negative contexts → 1913 orig. & chiefly African-American
► NEOLOGISM a new word or expression → 1803
► NEOLOGIZATION the use or formation of new words or phrases → 1846 rare
► NEOLOGY the use of new words → 1797
– a new word or term → 1846
► NEONISM the use or formation of new words or phrases → 1846 rare
► NEOTERISM the use of new words or phrases; a new word or phrase → 1873
► OLIGOSYLLABLE a word of less than four syllables → 1830
► ONOMATOMANIA morbid dread of some word, intense mental anguish at the inability to recall some word, or to name a thing; a preoccupation with words or names → 1892
► PALABRA a word; speech, talk, palaver → 1594
► PATER chatter, talk; a word → 1838 Sc.
► PEEP a word → c1945 sl.
► PERISSOLOGY the use of more words than are necessary; superfluity of expression → 1583
► PIGEONHOLE an excessively wide space between words → L17 sl. obs.
► POLYONYM each of a number of different words having the same meaning; a synonym → 1858
► POLYSEME a word that has several or multiple meanings → 1953
► POLYSYLLABE a word of many syllables → 1584 Sc. obs.
► POLYSYLLABICITY a being syllabic; polysyllabism → 1871
► POLYSYLLABISM a having or using words of many syllables → 1859
► POLYSYLLABLE a word of many syllables; esp. a difficult or unfamiliar long word → 1570
► QUADRILITERAL a word of four letters → 1787
► QUADRISYLLABLE a word of four syllables → 1827
► QUATCH a word, a sound → a1635 obs.
► RICHARD (THE THIRD) a word → L19 rhyming sl.
► SESQUIPEDALIAN a word of many syllables → 1830
► SIGLE an initial or other character used to denote words → 1614 obs. rare
► SPLANG sharp words → 1970s African-American sl.
► SYLVA a collection of poems; a thesaurus of words or phrases → 1636 obs.
► VERB a word → a1716 obs. rare
► VERBAL a collection of words; a vocabulary or dictionary → 1599 obs. rare
► VERBICIDE the act of destroying the sense or value of a word; perversion of a word from its proper meaning, as in punning →  1858
► VERBOCINATION expression of ideas by means of words → 1653 obs. rare
► VERBOMANIA an excessive use of or attraction to words → Bk1991
► VOCABLE a word, a lexical item → 1700 Sc. 
► VOCABLES vocabulary, word-lists → 1700 Sc. 
► VOCABULATION the use or choice of words → 1891 rare
► WEASEL WORD a word that is used in a deliberately misleading way → 1900 sl., orig. US

NOUNS – PERSON
► HACKER one who mangles words or sense → a1603 obs.
► LOGODAEDALUS one who is cunning in, or clever with, words → 1611 obs.
► LOGOPHILE a lover of words → Bk1991
► NEOLOGIST one who invents or uses new words or forms → 1785
► NEOTERIST one who uses or introduces new words or phrases → 1873
► PHILOLOGER  a lover of words → Bk1991
► PHILOLOGUE a lover of words → Bk1991
► VERBALIST one who deals in, or directs his attention to, words only, apart from reality or meaning → c1609
– one who is skilled in the use or knowledge of words → 1794
► VERBARIAN an inventor or coiner of words → 1873
► VERBICIDE one who mutilates or destroys a word → 1867
► VERBOMANIAC one who is crazy about words and their study; a dictionary-maker → 1923
► VERBOTOMIST one who studies the anatomy of words → 1802
► VERSUTILOQUENT a crafty talker; one using words craftily → 1656
► VOCABULARIAN one who gives much or undue attention to words → 1899
► WORDAHOLIC one obsessed with words → 1978 

VERBS
► BLAST to use big words or strong language → Bk1911 Sc.
► HACK to mangle or ‘make a hash of’ words in utterance → 1598 obs.
► NEOLOGIZE to use new words or phrases; to make linguistic innovations → 1846
► NEOTERIZE to coin or use new words or phrases → 1873
► SYNCOPATE to cut short or contract a word by omitting one or more syllables or letters in the middle → 1605
► VOCABULIZE to utter, speak, say; to put into words → 1873