supellectile
/ˌsuːpəˈlɛktʌɪl/ /ˌsjuːpəˈlɛktʌɪl/Now rare
noun
An item of furniture; a furnishing; a household implement; a piece of (especially scientific) equipment. Also (as a count noun): furniture; scientific apparatus.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Philip Stubbes (c1555–c1610), pamphleteer. From classical Latin supellectilis (recorded in a 2nd-cent. epitome of a 1st-cent. grammarian), alteration (after adjectives in -ilis) of supellex.
- leasehold
- leaseholder
- Lease-Lend
- leaser
- leash
- least
- least best
- least common denominator
- least common multiple
- least said, soonest mended
- least significant bit
- least squares
- leastways
- leastwise
- least worst
- leat
- leather
- leatherback
- leatherback turtle
- leather-bound
- leather carp
- leathercloth
- leathered
- leatherette
- leather goods