nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: experimentals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of experimental Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lap dog Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlæpdɒɡ/ 1. A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner. Example: A lady loses her muff, her fan, or her lap-dog, and so the silly poet runs home to versify the disaster. Example: There might ye ſee the pioney ſpread vvide, / The full-blovvn roſe, the ſhepherd and his laſs, / Lap-dog and lambkin vvith black ſtaring eyes, / And parrots vvith tvvin cherries in their beak. 2. A person who behaves in a servile manner, such as a sycophantic employee or a fawning lover. Labels: figuratively Example: As a lady's lap-dog Leonard did not excel. He was not an Italian, still less a Frenchman. Example: Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who vacations in Cape Cod, has nevertheless been […] determined to shed the image of his predecessor, Tony Blair, as America’s lap dog.
Word: lap-dog Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lap dog. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: There might ye ſee the pioney ſpread vvide, / The full-blovvn roſe, the ſhepherd and his laſs, / Lap-dog and lambkin vvith black ſtaring eyes, / And parrots vvith tvvin cherries in their beak.
Word: FFVs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of FFV Labels: form-of, plural
Word: WDs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of WD Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MTK Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of MediaTek Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: sexually anorexic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to or having sexual anorexia.
Word: torose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin torosus (“full of muscle, brawny, fleshy”). See torus. 1. Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences; having the appearance of a knobbly rope. Example: Perhaps the figure in Plum, icon t. 102, f. 1. is referrible to this species, and all the synonymes to the following, but the leaves in our plant are not peltate as int it, the flowers are smaller and the legume is not glabrous nor torose at the seeds, as represented in the figure of Plumier. Example: With the Carabidae, Hydrocanthari, and Lucanidae, the testicles consist of two extremely long, torose caeca, ( 31 ) of which each is sometimes enclosed in two special envelopes.
Word: acquirees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acquiree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: two-stroke engines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of two-stroke engine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: checked build Part of Speech: noun 1. A special version of a software program that can provide advanced debug information in the event of a fault.
Word: boobyish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From booby + -ish. 1. Stupid; dull-witted. Labels: obsolete Example: "[…] I have therefore determined to make a pretense for suddenly leaving this place, dear as it is to me, and containing all I most admire and adore;—and I will stay in town till the violence of this boobyish humour is abated."
Word: effluviate Part of Speech: verb 1. To give off effluvium (noxious smell) Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: an effluviating power
Word: effluviated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of effluviate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: effluviates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of effluviate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: effluviating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of effluviate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disconformable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dis- + conformable. 1. Not conformable. Example: disconformable in religion from us
Word: mellowy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English melowy, equivalent to mellow + -y. 1. Soft; unctuous; loamy. Example: Thy plumpe and swelling wombe, whose mellowy gleabe doth beare The yellow ripened sheafe, that bendeth with the eare. Example: The first a dry mellowy soil, made up of a due mixture of clay and sand, very deep, and passes under the name of daichy haughs. 2. Mild; subdued; gentle; not at all harsh or sharp. Example: mellowy light Example: Like a stream-wrestling lily of mellowy gold, What sweet parted lips, and what glozy blue eyes, Purple-steeped as the heartsease held up to the light! 3. Tender; emotional. Example: Anita saw that look on him, that mellowy, kind of stupid look that some men get when they've been drinking. Example: Not that he got all soft and mellowy around them, but he'd never met one he didn't like. 4. Mature and soft; ripe. Example: Round its sides, A range of Gardens, gay as those which crown'd Thy work Semiramis, luxuriant waved With Autumn's mellowy growth; Example: Autumn's rich mellowy fruit bedecks the trees, Laid low, beneath a winter's stormy skies.
Word: cuirassed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cuirass + -ed. 1. Wearing a cuirass. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass; said of certain fishes. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: cuirassed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cuirass + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of cuirass Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trinketer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trinket + -er. 1. Someone who trinkets. Labels: obsolete
Word: trinketers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trinketer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bronzist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bronze + -ist. 1. Someone who makes, collects, or deals in bronzes.
Word: bronzists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bronzist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guevi Part of Speech: noun 1. Any pygmy antelope of the genus Cephalophus, the duikers, of Africa.
Word: guevis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guevi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phrenologer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phreno- + -loger. 1. A phrenologist.
Word: phrenologers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phrenologer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trijugate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See trijugous. 1. In three pairs. Labels: not-comparable Example: A trijugate bud Example: A trijugate leaf is a pinnate leaf with three pairs of leaflets.
Word: octofid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin octofidus, from octus (“eight”) + -fidus, related to findere (“to split”). 1. Cleft or separated into eight segments. Labels: not-comparable Example: an octofid calyx
Word: provisorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From provisor + -ship. 1. The office or position of a provisor. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A worthy fellow h' is: pray let me entreat for / The prouiſorſhip of your horſe.
Word: provisorships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of provisorship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Genevese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Geneva + -ese. Compare Genevan, Genevian, Genevois. 1. A native or inhabitant of Geneva. Example: I am by birth a Genevese; and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic.
Word: Genevese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Geneva + -ese. Compare Genevan, Genevian, Genevois. 1. Of or pertaining to Geneva; Genevan.
Word: creaght Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from a Goidelic language; compare Old Irish graig (“horses (collective)”). Pronunciation: /kɹeɪt/ 1. A drove or herd. Labels: obsolete Example: Owen sent me to hurry off the creaght
Word: creaghts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of creaght Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inexpugnably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From inexpugnable + -ly. 1. In an inexpugnable manner. Example: Incommensurability that is inexpugnably lodged up in the perverse and unreclaimable Hyle?
Word: truncheoneer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From truncheon + -eer. 1. A person armed with a truncheon.
Word: truncheoneers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of truncheoneer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outstride Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + stride. 1. To surpass in striding, to stride faster or longer. Labels: transitive
Word: outstrides Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outstride Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outstriding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outstride Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outstrode Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of outstride Labels: form-of, past
Word: orn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French orner, from Latin ornō. Pronunciation: /ɔː(ɹ)n/ 1. To ornament; to adorn. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: God stered vp prophetes and orned his chirche with great glory.
Word: orn Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of orange. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: orn Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of orange. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: orned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of orn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: orning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of orn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: orns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of orn Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: emanatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From emanate + -ory. 1. emanative; that emanates. Example: emanatory phenomena Example: emanatory forms of Visnu
Word: hydrobarometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + barometer. 1. An early form of depth gauge, that measured water pressure, as well as temperature. Labels: historical
Word: hydrobarometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrobarometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: languisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From languish + -er. 1. Someone who languishes.
Word: languishers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of languisher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bonapartean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Bonaparte + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family. Labels: dated Example: That Austria was averse to the dethronement of Bonaparte, there can be no doubt, from her well known political character, and her interest in the continuation of the Bonapartean dynasty. Example: But here I was again mistaken; for Mehevi, in conducting his warlike operations, rather inclined to the Fabian than to the Bonapartean tactics, husbanding his resources and exposing his troops to no unnecessary hazards. 2. Of or pertaining to the philology of Louis Lucien Bonaparte Example: It would be easy to extend the list of words that might be demonstrated, by means of the Bonapartean versions, to possess exclusively Northumbrian characteristics, from the lists about to be given (from which about thirty more words could be tested in the same manner and with the same results as the preceding five words have exhibited); but to repeat the same process so often over would only be tedious. Example: Hence, whatever may be though of the palaeotypic equivalents afterwards added, each vowel can be immediately identified as B1, B2, etc., B indicating Bonapartean, and thus referred to in any English or foreign treatise.
Word: Bonapartean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bonaparte + -an. 1. A supporter of Bonapartism. Example: Yet so well advised were the Bonaparteans of their leader's promised coming, that during the preceding winte , a standing toast among them wa , “The violet, which will return in the spring.” Example: Though I have been in America, Asia, Africa, as well as Europe, and in a country notorious of late, (let the Bonaparteans say where,) beyond the limits of them all, I have, in my present visitation, been carried in the line of my vocation further north than ever I was before.
Word: hyalescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyaline + -escence. 1. The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: I cannot now say whether the anemia of that background figure, its apparitional hyalescence, as it were, belongs to the faded memory or to the remembered object itself.
Word: dichromic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -ic. 1. furnishing or giving two colours; said of defective vision, in which all the compound colours are resolvable into two elements instead of three Labels: not-comparable Example: Their vision is therefore, in fact, dichromic; all their compound colours are resolvable into two elements only instead of three. 2. containing two atoms of chromium Labels: not-comparable
Word: bridebed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bride + bed. 1. The marriage bed. Labels: poetic
Word: bridebeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bridebed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antielectron neutrino Part of Speech: noun 1. An antileptonic elementary particle that is the antiparticle of an electron neutrino
Word: antimonotone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + monotone. 1. Order-reversing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antimuon neutrino Part of Speech: noun 1. An antileptonic elementary particle that is the antiparticle of a muon neutrino Labels: particle
Word: antisaccade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + saccade. 1. An (often voluntary) movement of the eye away from a point of stimulus
Word: improfitable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From im- + profitable. 1. Synonym of unprofitable. Labels: nonstandard, obsolete
Word: senatorially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From senatorial + -ly. 1. In a senatorial manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dilogical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Ancient Greek δίλογος (dílogos, “doubtful”) and/or διλογία (dilogía, “repetition”). 1. ambiguous; having double meaning Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: delivered their opinions in such spurious, enigmatical, dilogical terms, as the devil gave his oracles
Word: miseration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English miseracion, from Latin miserātiō. 1. commiseration; compassion. Labels: obsolete
Word: outroom Part of Speech: noun 1. An outer room. Example: If our Artist lodgeth her in the out-rooms of his soul for a night or two, it is rather to heare then believe her relations Example: Bearing that . . . the said Roger Murphey . . . did upon Saturnday [11 Dec. 1731] under cloud of night or uponone or other of the nights of the said month without any provocation most basely and felloniously murder and kill the said Francis Galbreth in an outroom of the dwelling house possessed by Robert Compbell, inkeeper at Dalmalie in Glenurchay, with a kive by giving him a would therewith in the belly whereof he dyed within twenty four hours thereafter or thereby , at least at the time and place foresaid when he the said (145) Roger Murphey was strugling with the said Francis Galbreth 2. A small (but possibly consisting of multiple rooms) outbuilding, such as a shed or sleepout. Example: The household who occupies the outroom may by connected to the main occupier of the premises by employment, but not necessarily so. Example: Then he took her by the hand and led her round the house to the outroom, which he unlocked with great ceremony.
Word: outrooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outroom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: morbosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of morbosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: morbosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin morbositas. 1. A diseased state; unhealthiness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For as the inference is fair, affirmatively deduced from the action to the organ, that they have eies because they see; so it is also from the organ to the action, that they have eies, therefore some sight designed; if we take the intention of Nature in every species, and except the casuall impediments, or morbosities in individuals. 2. a morbid feature Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chromatoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrômă)der. English chromato- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English chromatoscope From chromato- + -scope. 1. A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; used in studying the scintillation of the stars. Labels: historical
Word: chromatoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chromatoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: comprehensibleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From comprehensible + -ness. 1. The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility. Labels: uncountable
Word: presignification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + signification. 1. A prior signification; the act of signifying or showing beforehand. Example: To this kind we may refer the presignification and prediction of future events, especially those which are contingent, and depend upon man's free choice; to the doing of which nothing is more evident in itself, nor more acknowledged by all, than that a power or wisdom supernatural is required […]
Word: presignifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of presignification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: selenio- Part of Speech: prefix 1. selenium Labels: morpheme
Word: extemporarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From extemporary + -ly. 1. In an extemporary manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: disepalous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + sepalous. 1. Having two sepals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: biepitaxial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + epitaxial. 1. Having two epitaxial layers on the same substrate Labels: not-comparable
Word: electrodynamically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic English electrodynamic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English electrodynamically From electrodynamic + -ally. 1. By means of electrodynamics Labels: not-comparable
Word: antimoniuretted Part of Speech: adj 1. Combined with or containing antimony. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tendment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tend + -ment. 1. attendance; care Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Meanwhile if chance some desp'rate patient die / […] / Whether ill-tendment, or recureless pain, / Procure his death […]
Word: extendedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From extended + -ness. 1. The condition of being extended; extension. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: recordership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From recorder + -ship. 1. The role, duties, or office of a recorder.
Word: recorderships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recordership Labels: form-of, plural
Word: terminatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From terminate + -ory. 1. Of or relating to the termination of something; terminative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: botcheries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of botchery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: botchery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From botch + -ery. 1. An act of botching, or being sloppy. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something botched; clumsy or careless workmanship. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vaunt-courier Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of van-courier. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: You sulphurous and thought - executing fires , Vaunt couriers to oak - cleaving thunder - bolts
Word: vaunt-couriers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vaunt-courier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gliotransmission Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glio- + transmission. 1. transmission between neurons facilitated by substances (gliotransmitters) released from glial cells Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: isotopologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From iso- + topologic. 1. Of or pertaining to isotopologs Labels: not-comparable
Word: isovalently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From isovalent + -ly. 1. In an isovalent manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: crojik Part of Speech: noun 1. A triangular sail on old sailing ships.
Word: micropolarity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + polarity. 1. The condition of being micropolar Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A microscopic polarity Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: optoelectrical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of optoelectric. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: recontraction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + contraction. 1. A second or subsequent contraction
Word: skymapping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + mapping. 1. The production of a skymap. Labels: uncountable
Word: transneptunian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of trans-Neptunian. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable
Word: tropocollagen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tropo- + collagen. 1. A component of fibres of collagen in which three polypeptide chains are coiled around each other. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unknottedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + knottedness or from unknotted + -ness. 1. The condition of being unknotted Labels: uncountable
Word: knottedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knotted + -ness. 1. The condition of being knotted Labels: uncountable
Word: inferiae Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin inferiae, from inferus (“underneath”). 1. Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends. Labels: Roman, historical, plural, plural-only
Word: dispender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dispendour, from Old French despendour. By surface analysis, dispend (“distribute, dispense”) + -er. Doublet of dispenser and spencer. 1. A steward or treasurer. Labels: Early, Modern, obsolete Example: He was so greatly beloued of al sorts of people for his gentlenes, affability & liberality, as many men liuing, but more at their death (especially Cleargy men) would put their goods & children into his hands; the one assuring themselues of a faithfull keeper, the other of a discréete and conscionable dispender.
Word: dispenders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dispender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: omnipotencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of omnipotency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: omnipotency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin omnipotentia. Pronunciation: /ɒmˈnɪpətənsi/ 1. Omnipotence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: he is of that power, majesty, omnipotency, and dominion, that no creature can withstand him.
Word: resubjection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + subjection. 1. A second subjection. Labels: uncountable
Word: elementalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From elemental + -ism. 1. Synonym of elementarism (“the view that things are constructed from simpler elements”). Labels: uncountable 2. The theory that the heathen gods originated in the personification of elemental powers Labels: uncountable
Word: earable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ayreable, erable, erybyll; equivalent to ear (“to plough”) + -able, on the model of arable, which is a piecewise doublet. Pronunciation: /ˈɪəɹəbəl/ 1. arable; tillable Labels: obsolete
Word: guardship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guard + ship. 1. A warship stationed at a port etc. to act as a guard.
Word: guardship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guard + -ship. 1. Care; protection. Labels: obsolete Example: under his guardship Example: Your usher's post must next be handled: How blest am I by such a man led! Under whose wise and careful guardship I now despise fatigue and hardship
Word: turbinella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Turbinella of large marine gastropods.
Word: turbinellas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turbinella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hæmatoxylin Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of haematoxylin. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: photoplotter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + plotter. 1. An electromechanical-optical machine that exposes a latent image on a medium by means of a computer-controlled light source.
Word: photoplotters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photoplotter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assimulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin assimulātiō. Compare Middle English assumylaciown (“simulation, counterfeiting, pretence”). By surface analysis, assimulate + -ion. 1. Obsolete form of assimilation. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: assimulation; when a hard body assimulateth a soft , being contiguous to it
Word: retrochoir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From retro- + choir. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛ.tɹəˌkwaɪ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈɹɛ.tɹəˌkwaɪɚ/ 1. Any extension of a church behind the high altar, such as a chapel. 2. In an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.
Word: retrochoirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retrochoir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: venereous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin venereus, venerius. 1. venereal (of diseases) Labels: obsolete 2. exciting lust; aphrodisiac Labels: obsolete 3. lustful; lascivious; libidinous Labels: obsolete Example: The Males are less than the Females; are very venerous, endeavouring a Coit in the very Box in which they are hatch'd.
Word: contrivable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From contrive + -able. 1. Capable of being contrived, devised, or invented; devisable, inventable. Labels: not-comparable Example: Theſe things conſidered together, it vvil hence appear, hovv a perpetual motion may ſeem eaſily contrivable.
Word: discommodity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + commodity. 1. Disadvantage; inconvenience. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: The Diſcommodities of Vſury are: Firſt, that it makes fevver Merchants. For vvere it not, for this Lazie Trade of Vſury, Money vvould not lie ſtill, but vvould, in great Part, be Imployed vpon Merchandizing; VVhich is the Vena Porta of VVealth in a State. Example: Too neare the Sea, too remote, Hauing the Commoditie of Nauigable Riuers, or the diſcommoditie of their Ouerflovving; […]
Word: pretenseful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pretense + -ful. 1. Full of pretense or pretenses.
Word: rewardable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reward + -able. 1. Worthy of reward. Example: rewardable person Example: rewardable work 2. Capable of being rewarded. Example: To which may be added this advantage, that the services of churchmen are rewardable upon the church's stock: no need to disimprove the royal banks to pay thanks to bishops.
Word: hemicarp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek [Term?] 1. A mericarp.
Word: hemicarps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemicarp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: planetule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From planet + -ule, ultimately from Latin planetula. 1. A little planet. Example: At the surface of Mars, for instance, the gravity is only one third that at our own surface, at the moon one-sixth, and in the singular little planetules grouped between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, probably not more than one-twentieth.
Word: planetules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of planetule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sleetiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sleety + -ness. 1. The state of being sleety. Labels: uncountable
Word: ignorantist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ignorant + -ist. 1. Somene opposed to the diffusion of knowledge.
Word: ignorantists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ignorantist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monkly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From monk + -ly. 1. Like or befitting a monk. Example: monkly habits Example: monkly haircut 2. Pertaining to monks; monastic.
Word: gyrland Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of garland. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: gyrlands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gyrland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isosulphocyanate Part of Speech: noun 1. A salt of isosulphocyanic acid. Labels: obsolete
Word: isosulphocyanates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isosulphocyanate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: molossine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Molossus + -ine Pronunciation: /məˈlɒsaɪn/ 1. A bat of the genus Molossus. Labels: dated Example: The monk bat is a molossine.
Word: molossines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of molossine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reductibilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reductibility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reductibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality or state of being reducible. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: increst Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From in- + crest. 1. To adorn with a crest. Labels: transitive Example: Two foaming billows flow'd upon her breast, Which did their tops with coral red increst
Word: incrested Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of increst Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: incresting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of increst Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: incrests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of increst Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: armiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin armifer, from arma (“arms”) + ferre (“to bear”). 1. Bearing arms (weapons). Labels: archaic, not-comparable, rare
Word: opeidoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by its inventor Amos Dolbear, from Ancient Greek roots. 1. An instrument, consisting of a tube with one end open and the other end covered with a thin flexible membrane with a mirror attached to its centre, used for exhibiting upon a screen, by means of rays reflected from the mirror, the vibratory motions caused by sounds that enter the tube. Example: Among many experiments in transmitting speech I tried that of a conical point of iron fastened to the middle of an opeidoscope membrane, the point being attached to a fine wire in such a manner as not to interfere with its freedom of movement […] Example: This is a modification of the opeidoscope. A thin membrane of goldbeater's skin or rubber is stretched over a wooden or metallic cell and secured by a winding of thread. To the center of the membrane is cemented a small thin mirror.
Word: rhetoricate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin rhetoricari. See rhetoric. 1. To use rhetorical tropes or embellishments. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: , "A Discourse Against Long and Extempore Prayers" A person ready to sink under his Wants, has neither time, nor heart, to Rhetoricate, or make Flourishes.
Word: rhetoricated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rhetoricate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rhetoricates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rhetoricate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rhetoricating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rhetoricate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: infirmatories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infirmatory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infirmatory Part of Speech: noun 1. An infirmary. Labels: obsolete Example: The prisoners of war, our infirmatories, and the languishing in 12 other places
Word: ornithichnology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ornitho- + ichnology. 1. The branch of science that deals with ornithichnites (fossilised bird footprints). Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Ornithichnology; or Description of the Footmarks of Birds
Word: supremities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supremity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supremity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From supreme + -ity, compare Latin suprēmitās. 1. Supremacy. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: She was young and beautiful, with dark, oriental features, and a bearing which aimed at supremity of arrogance. Example: That hour at the entrance to Deception Pass had been the climax of her suffering—the flood of her wrath—the last of her sacrifice—the supremity of her love—and the attainment of peace.
Word: savagism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From savage + -ism. 1. The state of being savage; wildness; lack of civility. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: savagisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of savagism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ethidene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ether. 1. ethylidene Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: requisitionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From requisition + -ist. 1. One who makes or signs a requisition, especially of debt.
Word: requisitionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of requisitionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syllabaria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syllabarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syllabarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin syllabārium. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪləˈbɛəɹi.əm/, /ˌsɪləˈbɛɹi.əm/ 1. Historical form of syllabary. Labels: form-of, historical
Word: overmount Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + mount. Compare surmount. 1. Mounted over something else. Labels: not-comparable
Word: overmount Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + mount. Compare surmount. 1. To tower over; to go or rise higher than. Labels: transitive Example: the pretty purple ground-nut, which, despising its name, overmounts the tallest shrubs
Word: overmount Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + mount. Compare surmount. 1. A piece of shaped cardboard used to prevent the glass of the frame from lying too closely upon an engraving or a picture.
Word: overmounted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overmount Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overmounting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overmount Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overmounts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overmount Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overmounts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overmount Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antipathize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From antipathy + -ize. 1. To feel or show antipathy. Labels: intransitive
Word: antipathized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of antipathize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: antipathizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of antipathize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: antipathizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of antipathize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: refocillation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin refocillātiō. 1. The restoration of strength by means of refreshment. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Marry, sir, some precious cordial, some costly refocillation, a composure comfortable and restorative
Word: irreflection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French irréflexion. 1. Lack of reflection or consideration. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: schorly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From schorl + -y. 1. Pertaining to, or containing, schorl. Example: schorly granite Example: schorly rock
Word: beminded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bemind. 1. simple past and past participle of bemind Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: beminded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bemind. 1. Possessing or endowed with a mind. Labels: not-comparable Example: And if the mind of the whole is taken to be a distinct consciousness, its relation to its beminded parts also requires to be made intelligible.
Word: gingerness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ginger + -ness. 1. Gingerliness. Labels: uncountable 2. Redheadedness. Labels: derogatory, informal, sometimes, uncountable Example: Gingernut was small and ginger too, though of course he didn’t wear braces. That smallness and gingerness was probably, deep down, why Zoe chose him out of the dozens of little balls of fluff snuggled up together behind the glass at the pet shop.
Word: encyclopedian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From encyclopedia + -an. 1. Encyclopedic; embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects. Labels: not-comparable
Word: encyclopedian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From encyclopedia + -an. 1. A person who has an encyclopedic knowledge. Example: This is how Alzheimer's transforms encyclopedians into vegetables, how Parkinson's immobilizes triatheletes.
Word: single-point urban interchanges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of single-point urban interchange Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SPUIs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of SPUI Labels: form-of, plural
Word: resplendishing Part of Speech: adj 1. resplendent; shiny Labels: obsolete Example: obscure his resplendishing fame
Word: endogenetic Part of Speech: adj 1. endogenous Labels: archaic, not-comparable 2. Originating or occurring within the earth. Labels: not-comparable Example: endogenetic forces
Word: ricinine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ricinus (“castor oil plant”) + -ine. 1. An alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the castor oil plant, chemical formula C₈H₈N₂O₂ Labels: uncountable
Word: mesaticephalic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέσατος (mésatos) (superlative degree of μέσος (mésos)) + -cephalic. 1. Having a cranium with a medium ratio of length to breadth. Labels: not-comparable 2. with a medium ratio of length to breadth. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Fenianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Fenian + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈfiːniənɪzəm/ 1. The principles, purposes, doctrines, or beliefs of the Fenians. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Fenianisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Fenianism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arteriac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin arteriacus, from Ancient Greek ἀρτηριακός (artēriakós). By surface analysis, artery + -ac. 1. Of or pertaining to the arteries; arterial. Labels: dated, nonstandard, not-comparable, possibly, rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:arteriac.
Word: irreputable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ir- + reputable. 1. disreputable; of ill repute Labels: obsolete Example: The man who buys on credit by assigning his salary is taking a very hazardous step. Irreputable instalment credit houses are continually laying their pitfalls in the path of the worker.
Word: water hog Part of Speech: noun 1. The capybara.
Word: water hogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of water hog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conversably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From conversable + -ly. 1. In a conversable manner, sociably
Word: trifasciated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + fasciated. 1. Having, or surrounded by, three fasciae, or bands. Labels: not-comparable
Word: snithy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From snithe (“sharp, cutting”) + -y. Cognate with Dutch snedig (“sharp, witty”), German schneidig (“cutting, sharp-edged”). More at snithe. 1. Sharp; cutting. 2. Cold, piercing.
Word: nanna nap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: nanna (“grandmother”) + nap 1. A quick refreshing sleep, especially taken by an older person. Labels: slang
Word: federaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of federary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: federary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See federal. 1. A confederate or an accomplice. Labels: obsolete Example: shee's a Traytor, and Camillo is A Federarie with her, and one that knowes
Word: laryngotracheotomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laryngotracheotomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laryngotracheotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From laryngo- + tracheotomy. 1. The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper ring of the trachea.
Word: sciolistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sciolism + -istic or sciolist + -ic. Pronunciation: /saɪəˈlɪstik/ 1. Of or relating to sciolism, or a sciolist; showing only superficial knowledge. Example: You will doubtless be ready to admit that we live in a sciolistic age altogether; in which every person gives his opinion on every subject, without either waiting or caring for the information of those whose business it is to be specially and accurately acquainted with what is spoken of. But I am not afraid to conclude this topic with the remark; that on no one subject whatever does this sciolistic spirit so palpably shew itself, as on that of religion. Example: These mementoes or memorials [sculptural national monuments], though in the present age the unphilosophical and sciolistic spirit of some have led them to regard with contempt this method of honouring the illustrious great, excite a laudable admiration for the service or benefit to which they testify, and are living realities to perpetuate at once the respect entertained by the nation, both for the individual himself and the performance that has entitled him to their gratitude.
Word: preemptor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Latin praeemptor. 1. Someone who preempts; especially one who appropriates public land.
Word: preemptors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preemptor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pentacapsular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From penta- + capsular. 1. Having five capsules. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: hectorly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hector + -ly. 1. Resembling a hector; bullying, insolent, or taunting. Labels: archaic Example: hectorly, ruffian-like swaggering or huffing
Word: holophotal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From holo- + photo- + -al. 1. Causing no loss of light; reflecting the rays of light without perceptible loss. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: holophotal agents Example: holophotal apparatus
Word: schemist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scheme + -ist. 1. A schemer. Example: Baron Puffendorf observed well of those independent schemists 2. A proponent of a scheme or system. 3. An astrologer. Labels: obsolete
Word: schemists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schemist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revisory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From revise + -ory. 1. Having the power or purpose to revise or review. Example: An appellate jurisdiction , therefore , that acts , and is acted upon alternatively , in the exercise of an independent revisory authority , must have the means , and can scarcely fail to possess the will , to give it a full and satisfactory review
Word: enubilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See enubilate. 1. Free from fog, mist, or clouds; clear. Labels: archaic, poetic, rare
Word: birdikin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From birdie or birdy + -kin. 1. A young bird. Labels: dated, informal Example: Mrs. Prior and her basket were gone when we repaired to the drawing-room: having been hunting all day, the hungry mother had returned with her prey to her wide-mouthed birdikins.
Word: birdikins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of birdikin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dolioform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dolium (“large jar”) + -form. 1. Shaped like a barrel or cask. Example: dolioform buccal capsule Example: dolioform pharynx
Word: interepimeral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + epimeral. 1. Between the epimeral plates. Labels: not-comparable Example: interepimeral gland Example: interepimeral hair
Word: Greekling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek + -ling. 1. A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions. Example: Which of the Greeklings durst ever give precepts to Demosthenes!
Word: Greeklings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Greekling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fish-bellied Part of Speech: adj 1. Bellying or swelling out on the underside. Example: a fish-bellied rail
Word: protuberancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From protuberant + -cy. 1. The quality or state of being protuberant. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. A protuberance. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: forcement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From force + -ment. 1. The act of forcing; compulsion. Labels: obsolete Example: It was imposed upon us by constraint; and will you count such forcement treachery?
Word: mirksome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mirk + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈmɜɹksəm/, /ˈmɜːksəm/ 1. Dark; gloomy; murky. Labels: obsolete Example: Then to her yron wagon she betakes, / And with her beares the fowle welfavourd witch: / Through mirksome aire her ready way she makes. Example: And there, in silence deaf and mirksome shade, / His characters and circles vain he made.
Word: overdoer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overdo + -er. 1. Someone who overdoes something.
Word: overdoers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overdoer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perversed Part of Speech: adj 1. Split off; isolated; unconnected. Labels: obsolete Example: He describes the people of Maine in these words: "Magistrates, Husbandmen or Planters and fishermen; of the magistrates some be royalists, the rest perversed spirits, the like are the planters and fishers, of which some be planters and fishers both, others meer fishers; there are but few handscraftmen, and no shopkeepers; English goods being kept by the Massachusetts merchants, here and there, on the coast, at a profit of one per cent. in exchange for fish." Example: A dull, heavy headache is frequently present, cutaneous sensibility of often perversed sharp pains, numbness, itching, etc. 2. Distorted; changed for the worse. Example: Such a condition indicates perversed physiological function or pathology, or possibly the two combined, and may have origin in the gastro-intestinal tract, the cardio-vascular, cardio-renal, respiratory, or any other system in the body. Example: The patient becomes listless, sluggish, irritable, perversed in desires, unreasonable and passes through varied stages of mental decay to ultimate insanity. 3. Perverted; morally wrong; wicked; corrupt. Example: It was by associating with a sexually perversed person that I learned to regard my experience with women as a symptom of my affliction and gradually drifted into my present occupation. Example: The Works of the Lord are praise-worthy with the innocent: but they which travell on perversed ways, shall be ashamed. 4. Contrary;vexing; wayward. Example: Yes, but you are so perversed and old - fashioned. Your notions would make us all as solemn and dull as a parcel of monks. Example: Felix, being in a perversed mood, contended that universal suffrage would be equally agreeable to the devil; that he would change his politics a little, have a larger traffic, and see himself more fully represented in Parliament.
Word: perversed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of perverse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aquatile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin aquatilis: compare French aquatile (obsolete). 1. Inhabiting the water. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: By Frogges I understand not such as arising from putrifaction, are bred without copulation, and because they subsist not long, are called Temporariae; nor doe I meane hereby the little Frogge of an excellent Parrat-green, that usually sits on trees and bushes, and is therefore called Ravunculus viridis, or Arboreus; but hereby I understand the aquatile or water Frogge whereof in ditches and standing plashes, wee may behold many millions every Spring in England; Example: Wd have spoken of the Inanimate World: now I proceed to that which is Animate, viz. those Creatures which belong to the Sensitive and Animal Kingdom. […] Here chiefly the Hand of an Intelligent and Divine Author is discernable. Especially if we consider the wonderful Variety and Diversity of this sort of Beings: for they are either Terrestrial, Aquatile or Aerial.