Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| aciculate | marked as if with needle scratches. |
| aciculated | marked as if with needle scratches. |
| annulated | marked with a ring or rings. |
| annulose | ringed; composed of rings. |
| areolar | divided into small areas. |
| areolate | divided into small areas. |
| areolated | divided into small areas. |
| areolation | division into areolae. |
| bausond | of animals, having white spots on the forehead. |
| bawsunt | of animals, having white spots on the forehead. |
| bedimple | to mark with dimples. |
| bedotted | covered with dots. |
| bespeckle | to mark with speckles or spots. |
| bespot | to mark with spots. |
| bespottedness | the state of being bespotted. |
| bestar | (Arch.) to cover with stars. |
| bestreak | to streak. |
| biannulate | having two bands, esp of colour. |
| bicoloured | having two colours. |
| biocellate | of animals and plants, marked with two eyelike spots or ocelli. |
| biserial | in two rows or columns. |
| blebby | containing blebs, as, blebby glass. |
| blotch | a large spot (verb) to mark with large spots |
| blotchily | (Adv.) BLOTCHY, covered with blotches. |
| blotchiness | the state of being blotchy. |
| blotchy | covered with blotches. |
| brinded | marked with streaks or spots. |
| brindled | marked with streaks or spots. |
| brushmark | an indented line left by a brush. |
| chalkmark | a mark made with chalk (in phrase walk the chalkmark). |
| checker | to divide into or mark with squares, esp of alternate colours. |
| chequer | to divide into or mark with squares, esp of alternate colours. |
| chequerwise | in chequered fashion. |
| chequerwork | any pattern having alternating squares of different colours. |
| chevron | (Fr.) a pattern consisting of a line of horizontal black and white V-shapes on a board. |
| chevroned | marked with chevrons. |
| chinky | full of chinks or fissures (noun) a meal of Chinese food |
| cloverleaf | the pattern made by a leaf of clover. |
| countermark | an additional mark put on a bale of goods belonging to several merchants, so that it may not be opened except in the presence of all the owners. |
| creasy | full of creases. |
| crimpy | wrinkled, curled. |
| crisscross | to mark with intersecting lines. |
| crossbanded | of a handrail, having the grain of the veneer run across that of the rail. |
| crosshatch | to shade with intersecting sets of parallel lines. |
| curliewurlie | (Scots) twisted, curled; (noun) a twisted or curled pattern. |
| dactylogram | a fingerprint. |
| dapple | to mark with spots. |
| decussate | arranged in crossing pairs (verb) to divide in the form of an X; to cross or intersect |
| decussately | (Adv.) DECUSSATE, arranged in crossing pairs. |
| dermatoglyphic | a ridge pattern of skin on the inner surface of the hands and feet. |
| dimple | an indentation (verb) to mark with indentations |
| dimply | full of dimples, or small depressions. |
| dot | a very small spot (verb) to make such a spot |
| dotter | one who dots. |
| fairnitickle | (Scots) a freckle. |
| fairniticle | (Scots) a freckle. |
| fairnytickle | (Scots) a freckle. |
| fairnyticle | (Scots) a freckle. |
| fasciola | (Lat.) a band of colour. |
| fasciole | (Lat.) a band of colour. |
| fenestrate | having windows or the appearance of windows. |
| fenestrated | having windows or the appearance of windows. |
| fernitickle | (Scots) a freckle. |
| ferniticle | (Scots) a freckle. |
| ferntickle | (Scots) a freckle. |
| ferntickled | (Scots) freckled. |
| fernticle | (Scots) a freckle. |
| fernticled | (Scots) freckled. |
| fernytickle | (Scots) a freckle. |
| fernyticle | (Scots) a freckle. |
| fiddleback | a wavy grain found in some woods commonly used for the manufacture of violins. |
| fingermark | a mark made by the fingers. |
| fingerprint | an impression of the ridges of the fingertip; (verb) to take fingerprints. |
| fissural | like a fissure. |
| flammulation | flamelike marking. |
| fleck | a tiny streak or spot (verb) to mark with flecks |
| flecker | to fleck, streak, speckle. |
| flecky | having flecks. |
| footprint | the mark left on the ground or floor by a person's or animal's foot. |
| freak | an abnormal production of nature; (verb) to streak with color |
| furrowy | furrowed > FURROWIER, FURROWIEST. |
| graticulation | division of design into squares when scaling. |
| guimp | a yarn with a hard core; (verb) to make or furnish with this. |
| gymp | a yarn with a hard core; (verb) to make or furnish with this. |
| hackly | rough or broken, as if hacked, esp of the surface of a mineral. |
| handprint | the mark of a hand. |
| hexafoil | a pattern with six leaflike lobes or sections. |
| hexameral | arranged in six groups. |
| holey | full of holes. |
| hoofprint | the mark of a hoof. |
| imbricate | overlapping (verb) to lay overlapping one another |
| impression | a stamp, form, or figure resulting from physical contact. |
| intervein | to intersect (as) with veins. |
| lentiginose | freckled, minutely dotted. |
| lentiginous | freckled, minutely dotted. |
| limbate | of eg a leaf, having a border, esp one of different color from the rest. |
| line | something which has length without breadth or thickness (verb) to mark with lines |
| lineate | marked with lines. |
| lineated | marked with lines. |
| lineation | the act of marking with lines. |
| lineolate | marked with fine lines. |
| lineolated | marked with fine lines. |
| linky | full of interlocking rings. |
| liny | like a line. |
| lunulate | crescent-shaped; having crescent-shaped markings. |
| lunulated | crescent-shaped; having crescent-shaped markings. |
| lunule | a crescent-shaped mark or organ. |
| macled | of a crystal or mineral, spotted. |
| macula | (Lat.) a spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun. |
| macular | spotted; patchy. |
| maculation | being covered in spots. |
| macule | to mark with spots. |
| maculose | spotted. |
| marbelise | to stain or grain in imitation of marble. |
| marbelize | to stain or grain in imitation of marble. |
| marbleise | to stain or grain in imitation of marble. |
| marbleize | to stain or grain in imitation of marble. |
| mark | a visible indication or sign; (verb) to make a mark on. |
| mirly | marbled. |
| mosaiclike | like a mosaic. |
| motley | diversified in colour, multicoloured (noun) a variegated outfit, such as is worn by a jester |
| mottle | to variegate blotchily. |
| mottler | one who mottles. |
| multigrid | comprising many grids. |
| multilineal | having many lines. |
| multilinear | having many lines. |
| network | any structure in the form of a net; (verb) to cover with or as if with crossing lines. |
| nonstriated | not striated. |
| ocellate | eyelike and ringed; having an eyelike spot or spots. |
| ocellated | eyelike and ringed; having an eyelike spot or spots. |
| ocellation | the state of being ocellated. |
| overcheck | a large prominent check pattern overlaid with a smaller. |
| palmprint | the mark of a palm. |
| parded | spotted, like a leopard. |
| patchily | (Adv.) PATCHY, covered in or occurring in patches. |
| patchy | covered with or occurring in patches. |
| pearlised | treated so as to give a pearly or lustry surface. |
| pearlized | treated so as to give a pearly or lustry surface. |
| piebald | of different colors esp spotted or blotched with black and white; (noun) a piebald horse. |
| piedness | the state of being pied. |
| pinstriped | having a pinstripe, a very narrow stripe in cloth. |
| pioted | (Scots) pied. |
| pirnit | (Scots) unevenly wrought, striped. |
| pockily | (Adv.) POCKY, full of pocks. |
| pocky | full of pocks, affected with smallpox or other eruptive disease. |
| poikilitic | mottled; having small crystals of one mineral irregularly scattered in larger crystals of another. |
| pointille | ornamented with a pattern of dots made by a pointed tool; (noun) a fine point or subtle distinction. |
| porose | full of pores. |
| porous | full of pores. |
| porously | (Adv.) POROUS, full of pores. |
| pugmark | the track of a big cat eg a tiger. |
| punctate | marked with points or dots. |
| punctated | dotted, pitted. |
| punctulate | bearing small spots or dots; (verb) to mark with small dots. |
| punctulated | bearing small spots or dots. |
| punctulation | the state of having small spots. |
| punctule | a minute dot. |
| puncturation | being marked with punctures. |
| pupillate | having a central spot of another colour; (verb) to cry in the manner of a peacock. |
| pyebald | of different colors esp spotted or blotched with black and white; (noun) a piebald animal. |
| quincunx | (Lat.) the pattern of five objects arranged such that four of the five objects form a square, while the fifth is positioned in the middle. |
| rangoli | (Hindi) a traditional Hindu form of decoration on floors and doorsteps, forming patterns of coloured sand and rice flour. |
| reticular | netted, netlike. |
| reticularly | (Adv.) RETICULAR, netted, netlike. |
| rimose | full of chinks; covered with cracks. |
| rimosely | (Adv.) RIMOSE, full of chinks, |
| rimous | full of chinks; covered with cracks. |
| ringstraked | of an animal, insect, etc, having bands of colour round the body. |
| ripply | having ripples; as, ripply water. |
| rivulose | marked with winding and haphazard lines. |
| ruffly | ruffled, not smooth. |
| rugal | wrinkled. |
| rugate | wrinkled; covered with sunken lines. |
| rugose | wrinkled; covered with sunken lines. |
| rugosely | (Adv.) RUGOSE, having wrinkles. |
| rugosity | the state of being rugose, having wrinkles. |
| rugous | wrinkled; covered with sunken lines. |
| rugulose | somewhat rugose, having wrinkles. |
| rut | a furrow made by a wheel (verb) to make a furrow with a wheel |
| scalation | the way that scales are arranged. |
| scrobiculate | marked with many shallow depressions, grooves, or pits. |
| scrobiculated | marked with many shallow depressions, grooves, or pits. |
| sematic | of markings, coloration, etc, serving as a signal or warning. |
| sigillation | marking with a seal. |
| skewbald | bearing patches of white and some other colour, but not black; (noun) a skewbald horse. |
| skidmark | the mark left by a skid. |
| soleprint | the print of the sole of the foot. |
| speck | a small spot (verb) to spot |
| speckle | a little spot; (verb) to speck. |
| specky | having specks (noun) someone who wears spectacles |
| splodgily | (Adv.) SPLODGY, covered with splodges |
| splodginess | the state of being splodgy. |
| splodgy | covered with splodges. |
| splotchily | (Adv.) SPLOTCHY, covered with splotches. |
| splotchiness | the state of being splotchy. |
| splotchy | covered with splotches. |
| spokewise | arranged in the fashion of spokes. |
| spot | small, roundish discolorations (verb) to mark with spots |
| spottedness | the state of being spotted. |
| spottily | (Adv.) SPOTTY, covered with spots. |
| spottiness | the state of being spotty. |
| spotty | covered with spots. |
| spreckled | (Dial.) speckled. |
| squiggle | a wriggly line (verb) to writhe about; squirm, wriggle |
| squiggly | like squiggles. |
| stain | a dye or colouring matter; discoloration; (verb) to discolor or dirty. |
| starrily | (Adv.) STARRY, covered with stars. |
| starriness | the state of being starry. |
| starry | covered with stars. |
| stellular | starlike; having starlike spots. |
| stellularly | (Adv.) STELLULAR, having starlike spots. |
| stepwise | in the fashion of steps. |
| stipple | to engrave, paint, draw, etc in dots or separate touches. |
| stippler | one who stipples. |
| streak | a long narrow mark (verb) to cover with streaks |
| streakily | (Adv.) STREAKY, having streaks. |
| streakiness | the state of being streaky. |
| streaky | having streaks. |
| stretchmarks | marks left by pregnancy. |
| stria | (Lat.) a fine streak; a furrow. |
| striate | to mark with striae, streaks. |
| striation | marking with striae, streaks. |
| striature | a stria, a streak. |
| stripe | a long distinct band (verb) to mark with stripes |
| stripey | patterned with stripes. |
| stripiness | the state of being stripy. |
| stripy | patterned with stripes. |
| sulcal | of a sulcus; grooved; furrowed. |
| sulcate | with grooves or furrows. |
| sulcated | with grooves or furrows. |
| sulcation | a channel or furrow. |
| tattersall | a pattern of squares formed by dark lines on a light background; a cloth with this pattern. |
| tearstain | the mark left by tears. |
| tearstained | marked with tears. |
| tegular | of, like or overlapping like tiles or slates. |
| tegularly | (Adv.) TEGULAR, of, like or overlapping like tiles or slates. |
| tegulated | composed of plates overlapping like tiles. |
| tessellation | fitting together exactly; leaving no spaces. |
| thumbprint | an impression made by the thumb. |
| torquate | with a distinctive ring (eg of feathers or a different colour) round the neck. |
| torquated | with a distinctive ring (eg of feathers or a different colour) round the neck. |
| trilineate | marked with three lines. |
| triserial | arranged in three rows or series. |
| undotted | not dotted. |
| unstriated | nonstriated; unstriped. |
| unstriped | not striped. |
| vallecula | (Lat.) a groove or furrow. |
| vallecular | pertaining to or like a vallecula, a groove. |
| valleculate | shaped like a vallecula. |
| variegate | to pattern with multi-colour patches. |
| variegation | the act of variegating. |
| veiny | full of veins. |
| venation | the arrangement and pattern of veins in a leaf. |
| venational | of or like venation. |
| venose | with very marked veins. |
| vermiculate | to decorate in a manner reminiscent of a mass of curly worms. |
| vermiculation | wormlike markings. |
| verticil | (Lat.) a whorl. |
| vittate | marked or striped with vittae, bands or stripes of colour. |
| wale | a ridge raised on the flesh by the stroke of a whip; (verb) to mark with wales. |
| weal | a ridge on the skin formed by a blow. |
| webwork | an intricate pattern suggestive of something woven. |
| whelked | ridged like a whelk. |
| wingbow | a mark on the wing of a domestic fowl. |
| wrinkly | wrinkled (noun) an old person |
| zonary | of or like a zone; arranged in zones. |
| zonate | divided into zones. |
| zonated | divided into zones. |
| zonular | like a zone or zonule. |