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. |