nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: heteromolecular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hetero- + molecular. 1. Composed of different types of molecule Labels: not-comparable
Word: heartcuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heartcut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interseasonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + seasonal. 1. Between (successive) seasons Labels: not-comparable
Word: isoalkanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isoalkane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isoalkane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. German Alk(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Alkyl German alk- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. German -an German Alkanbor. English alkane English isoalkane From iso- (“isomeric”) + alkane. 1. Any branched-chain alkane, but especially one having a methyl group attached to the penultimate carbon atom of the main chain
Word: spange Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of spare + change, from stereotyped phrase “spare change?”, “[can you] spare any change?” Pronunciation: /speɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. To beg, particularly using the phrase “spare change?” Labels: US, intransitive Example: 1996, Tim “Salvage”, quoted in Ian Fisher, “Erin’s looking for Leg-Rub Steve. Fly’s looking for CD’s to steal. Star’s looking for Jaya. And it’s starting to get cold.” I don’t spange much because I really don’t like doing it. I eat out of trash cans a lot. Example: 2009, Kelly Myers, 33, quoted in Joe Deegan, “Nowhere To Go”, San Diego Reader Then my father would send all us kids out to ‘spange’ [beg for spare change]. You could sometimes make $50 a day by spanging. Other days you might make a dollar.
Word: US-ians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of US-ian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proprætorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proprætor + -ship. 1. Alternative spelling of propraetorship. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It was then propoſed in the Senate, that Troops ſhould be raiſed over all Italy; that Fauſtus Sylla ſhould be ſent Proprætor into Mauritania; that Pompey ſhould be ſupplied with Money out of the publick Treaſury; and that King Juba ſhould be declared Friend and Ally of the People of Rome: but Marcellus oppoſed the laſt of theſe; and Philippus, Tribune of the People, would not agree to the Proprætorſhip of Sylla. Example: About five years afterwards, Ostorius Scapula succeeded to the proprætorship, in the room of Plautius.
Word: stridents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strident Labels: form-of, plural
Word: olla podridas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of olla podrida Labels: form-of, plural
Word: I lost my wallet Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her wallet.
Word: where does this bus go Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to ask where the bus is going.
Word: where does this train go Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to ask where the train is going.
Word: intrasynovial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + synovial. 1. Within the synovial sac of a joint, or the synovial sheath of a tendon Labels: not-comparable
Word: there's been an accident Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that an accident has occurred.
Word: less'n Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Probably from unless than or an; compare if'n (“if”). 1. Unless. Labels: Southern-US Example: You shouldn't feed that dog, less'n you want him followin' you home.
Word: unsavvy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + savvy. 1. Not savvy. Example: Even an unsavvy consumer can see a benefit in snatching free products.
Word: he's unconscious Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that a male person is currently not conscious.
Word: she's unconscious Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that a female person is currently not conscious.
Word: prætores Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin praetōrēs, the nominative singular form of praetor; compare prætors. 1. plural of prætor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: praetores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of praetor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pretor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of praetor. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pretoir Part of Speech: noun 1. Sixteenth-Century Scottish spelling of praetor
Word: pretour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See praetor. 1. Archaic spelling of praetor. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: pretour Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + tour. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiːˈtʊə/ 1. Intended or designed for or taking place prior to a tour. Labels: not-comparable Example: ⁽¹⁾ Its procedure included administering the pretour questionnaire to the experimental and control groups[.] ⁽²⁾ The pretour measures were administered during the bus ride from Israel to the Egyptian border[.] Example: Photographs taken of tourists proudly smiling in front of historical sites or familiar icons are not just shown, but serve as mnemonic devices for storytelling. And the tales do not merely repeat a pretour story, they embellish, privatize, and transform the master narrative. […¶] Another way tourists move beyond the pretour narrative during the tour stems from the sheer materiality of being there, engaging in the practice of the tour, enacting the itinerary, and moving through the site, be it a Maasai compound, a Balinese dance performance, a five-hundred-year-old castle in Ghana, or an 1830s Abraham Lincoln heritage site. To perform the site is to inscribe the pretour narrative within the body of the tourist.
Word: pretours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pretour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pretors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pretor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pretores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pretor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: I don't eat pork Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that the speaker does not eat pork.
Word: quadrigati Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quadrigatus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: integrious Part of Speech: adj 1. Marked by integrity. Labels: rare Example: Howard is an integrious man because his values are congruent with and evident in his words, actions, personality and life.
Word: where are we Part of Speech: phrase 1. What is our current location?
Word: pre-tour Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + tour. 1. Alternative spelling of pretour (intended or designed for or taking place prior to a tour). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: I lost my bag Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her backpack. 2. Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her handbag.
Word: pænitent Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of penitent. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: But the mind of that man, whom Nature molded for a louer, is mild, expreſſing in the very countenance modeſty, and ſimple vertue; of a great but mercifull ſpirit, not hard to be entreated to ſpare ſupplyants, and contemne reuenge; exceeding pænitent when he himſelfe offends; a great louer of offices of humanity, impatient of idleneſſe and all occaſions of ſloth, vnleſſe for getting the great benefits which he hath receiued from Nature, he corrupt the felicity of his diſpoſition with laſciuious wantonning, and ſo idleneſſe.
Word: I've been shot Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates one has been shot and may require medical attention. Example: I've been shot! We've been shot! Oh my God, help!
Word: predrinks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + drinks, generalised from, for example, predinner drinks. 1. Alcoholic drinks consumed before a party, pub crawl or other social event. Labels: colloquial, informal, plural, plural-only Example: Predrinks will still remain the best option for myself ... I didn't stock up a fully equipped bar with a selection of each of my favourite spirits and liquers and beers for nothing :) Example: It's the only country I have been in where everybody, and I do mean everybody, arrives at the pub in a state of total intoxication and proceeds to drinking like fish. The predrinks are done as the off sales prices are reasonable whereas bar prices caused me to nearly faint but arriving drunk numbs that effect. 2. A session of pre-drinking, often involving drinking games. Labels: broadly, colloquial, informal, plural, plural-only Example: Neither Bob nor Dorothy showed up for predrinks at the producer′s home. Example: I was thinking to have had an initial predrinks meeting-up phase in the North-End pub (everybody knows where that is,right?) starting at 18:00, and then have had dinner around seven fifteen at the Illegale, and after that have gone back to the North-End.
Word: I've been raped Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that the speaker has been raped.
Word: 'roo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apheretic form of kangaroo. 1. Clipping of kangaroo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: So far, we had only seen ’roos occasionally.
Word: do you have a menu in English Part of Speech: phrase 1. A question used to ask for a restaurant menu in the English language
Word: Achilles tendons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Achilles tendon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strikee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From strike + -ee. 1. The recipient of a strike, especially a physical blow; one who has been struck. Example: On which the man […] putting forth his sinister bunch of fives, saluted the youngster under the ear with a blow that projected him about seven feet six inches across the street, deposited him in a place of safety in the sink, and sent the blood gushing forth, with the most fluent liberality, from mouth, nose, and ears. “Now,” said the striker, “I’m Neat; what dost thee say to that?”—“Nothing at all,” replied the strikee, “only that I am satisfied.” Example: Each man is allowed to strike his adversary a number of blows, the recipient of the buffeting being bound by the laws of the game to stand quiescent and take what is coming to him. Then striker and strikee change places and reverse the courtesy.
Word: by any chance Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Used to ask a question more politely Example: Are you by any chance looking for a new staff member? Example: You wouldn't like to come, by any chance? 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see by, any, chance. Example: A perai itself, if wounded by any chance, is at once attacked and devoured by its fellows.
Word: 'roos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 'roo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: the line is busy Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that the telephone line is busy.
Word: one moment, please Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to ask a person to wait a moment.
Word: I'm dying Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that the speaker believes that they are dying. 2. Indicates that the speaker is laughing hard or uncontrollably. Labels: slang
Word: I don't eat fish Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that the speaker does not eat fish.
Word: do you have children Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to ask whether somebody is a parent of children.
Word: I need a guide Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that the speaker needs a person to guide him or her. 2. Indicates that the speaker needs a book or document to guide him or her.
Word: how do I get to the bus station Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to ask for directions in order to go to a bus station.
Word: how do I get to the airport Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to ask for directions in order to go to an airport.
Word: how do I get to the train station Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to ask for directions in order to go to a train station.
Word: bouderie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French bouderie 1. A sulk; a fit of pouting. Labels: dated
Word: luna moth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partial calque of translingual Actias luna. 1. A large, green American moth, Actias luna, that has crescent-shaped marks on its wings.
Word: something tells one Part of Speech: phrase 1. One has a feeling, hunch or a gut feeling that (something is true). Example: Something tells me the project is going to succeed.
Word: tout court Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from French tout court. Pronunciation: /ˌtuː ˈkɔː/, /ˌtu ˈkɔɹ/ 1. Just, simply; without addition or qualification; alone. Labels: not-comparable Example: Harry was ‘Master Harry’ in their mouths; Judy was officially ‘Miss Judy’; but Black Sheep was never anything more than Black Sheep tout court. Example: People did not bow down and worship a rock tout court; the rock was simply a focus that directed their attention to the mysterious essence of life.
Word: dummy spit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From when babies have tantrums, and spit out any dummy that they may be sucking. 1. The act of overreacting (as an adult) to a situation childishly, in an angry or frustrated manner. Labels: Australia, idiomatic, informal Example: Did you hear about John's dummy spit over the management changeover?
Word: coaxial cables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coaxial cable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: little grebes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of little grebe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pinchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pinch + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnt͡ʃi/ 1. slightly painful, akin to being pinched Labels: informal Example: I pushed my cropped hair up and away from the back of my neck where it was pinchy and itching. Example: It's a rare treat in these days when anyone can truck in a case of trendy flavors, set out a few pinchy wire chairs and call the whole sterile spread an ice cream parlor. 2. prone or designed to pinch Labels: informal Example: “I don't understand this whatchamacallit. The way it wraps all the way around. Wouldn't it be simpler if it went straight up? Hey, hand me that pinchy thing with the zapper on one end. Example: A skittery, pinchy thing ran sideways in front of Roy. It had plenty of legs. “Are you a horse?” he asked. “A horse? I'll pinch you good! A horse is friendly. I'm a crab!” said the crab.
Word: oil up Part of Speech: verb 1. To lubricate with oil; to cover or smear with oil. Labels: transitive Example: They really oiled up that bike chain, didn't they? Example: They oiled it up with about five times more oil than was necessary. 2. To get (someone) drunk. Example: They really oiled him up last night, planning to get him to talk, but he'd been well warned about industrial espionage, and he kept his cool.
Word: siva Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various birds formerly of genus Siva, now part of genus Actinodura, of barwings.
Word: mijiu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 米酒 (mǐjiǔ, “rice alcohol”). 1. A variety of Chinese rice wine, made from fermented glutinous rice and usually about 15–20% alcohol by volume. Labels: uncountable
Word: swept paths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swept path Labels: form-of, plural
Word: take it outside Part of Speech: verb 1. To move to a location outside the current location, in order to escalate an altercation or fight. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: If you want a piece of me, let's take it outside! Example: At one point, the interplay between Lieberman and Dean was so pointed that a moderator jokingly asked the two "to take it outside."
Word: piece of someone Part of Speech: noun 1. A chance to find out something interesting about someone. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: The paparazzi followed the famous actor everywhere - they all wanted a piece of him. 2. A chance to fight with someone. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: You want a piece of me? Go ahead and take your best shot!
Word: moral support Part of Speech: noun 1. Assistance given to a person or cause, that is psychological rather than physical. Labels: uncountable Example: I was very grateful to my sister who came along with me to the psychologist as moral support. Example: Although I'm not passionate about this issue, I'm willing to attend the rally to give moral support.
Word: mouldiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mouldy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being mouldy. Labels: uncountable
Word: nithered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nither + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪðəd/ 1. Very cold; shrivelled with cold. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: I did spend a couple o' nights out in the open but I got so bloody nithered I couldn't sleep. I daren't sleep any road, 'cause it were that bloody cold... Example: ‘You'll be warm enough.’ ‘I bloody won't. I'm nithered now.’
Word: mouth-watering Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of mouthwatering. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pad out Part of Speech: verb 1. To add something extra to something to make it appear more substantial. Labels: idiomatic Example: Some students pad out their essays by adding a whole lot of quotes from random sources. Example: Have you heard about girls padding out their bras to make their breasts look bigger? 2. To sleep or go to bed. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: Because of my job I usually pad out just before nine o'clock. Example: My housemate was very annoyed to find my friends padded out on the lounge room floor this morning.
Word: happy pills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of happy pill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swizzled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of swizzle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unswizzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + swizzle. 1. To convert memory-dependent pointers to portable symbols or positions during serialization. Labels: transitive
Word: unswizzled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unswizzle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unswizzling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unswizzle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unswizzles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unswizzle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: strikees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strikee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonbiomimetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + biomimetic. 1. Not biomimetic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nontethered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + tethered. 1. Not tethered. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intermolecularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + molecularity. 1. The state or condition of being intermolecular. Labels: uncountable
Word: intramolecularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intra- + molecular + -ity. 1. The state or condition of being intramolecular. Labels: uncountable
Word: antibundling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + bundling. 1. Opposing bundling (the inclusion of several products or services within one commercial offering). Labels: not-comparable Example: […] the FCC has initiated a broad set of pricing and antibundling measures designed to increase competition in the markets for various services […]
Word: nonhypersensitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + hypersensitive. 1. Not hypersensitive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonbundled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + bundled. 1. Not bundled. Labels: not-comparable Example: nonbundled nerve fibres Example: a nonbundled software application
Word: noncat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + cat. 1. That which is not a cat. Example: […] the observation that something is black would not suffice to identify it as a (black) cat since many noncats are also black. Example: Cats will even copy noncats. One evening my daughter spent an hour teaching her poodle to sit on a child's rocking chair and rock it […]
Word: noncats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noncat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonsortal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + sortal. 1. Not sortal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nondog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + dog. 1. That which is not a dog. Example: Thus, for example, we can divide the class of mammals into dogs and nondogs. Example: In essence, without the notion of nondog qualities against which to compare inequalities, we could have no concept of dog.
Word: nondogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nondog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonarchetypal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + archetypal. 1. Not archetypal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: grandmotherless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English grauntmoderles, equivalent to grandmother + -less. 1. Without a grandmother. Labels: not-comparable Example: But I grew up grandmotherless, and the other women in the family used their creativity in different ways.
Word: grandfatherless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English grauntfaderles, equivalent to grandfather + -less. 1. Without a grandfather. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonshell Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + shell. 1. Not of or pertaining to shells. Labels: not-comparable Example: In both middens, the shell layers were underlaid and overlaid by nonshell cultural deposits.
Word: minimovie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + movie. 1. A short film.
Word: minimovies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minimovie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miserablist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From miserable + -ist. 1. Alternative spelling of miserabilist. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A Certain Ratio's labelmates Section 25 were largely a Xerox copy of miserablists Joy Division, but they had one moment of dance floor transcendence.
Word: miserablists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miserablist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonpitching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + pitching. 1. Not pitching the ball in a ball game. Labels: not-comparable Example: Pitchers have a greater amount of glenohumeral translation in the dominant arm compared with nonpitching players. Example: With your nonpitching hand, hold the forearm of your pitching arm just above the wrist.
Word: riverkeeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From river + keeper. 1. A person responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of a river.
Word: riverkeepers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of riverkeeper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schoolteaching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From school + teaching. 1. Serving as a teacher in a school. Labels: uncountable Example: In any event, the marriage did not terminate Frances Wood's schoolteaching career, as marriage would have for most 19th-century women schoolteachers.
Word: semiabandoned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + abandoned. 1. Not completely abandoned, but neglected or rarely visited. Labels: not-comparable Example: Many dwellings have been semiabandoned as inhabitants have moved to farms on the plain to return mainly for summer or for festivals.
Word: waterbug Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of water bug. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: waterbugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waterbug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: water bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the infraorder Nepomorpha of true water bugs. 2. Any of various other true bugs that live around water. 3. An American cockroach (Periplaneta americana). 4. An oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis). 5. Synonym of water strider.
Word: water bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of water bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alliin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin allium (“garlic”) + -in. 1. A sulfoxide derived from cysteine, primarily responsible for the aroma of freshly chopped garlic. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: alliins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alliin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alliinase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alliin + -ase. 1. An enzyme that converts alliin into allicin. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: alliinases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alliinase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bioform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + form. 1. A lifeform. Example: Unknown bioform is deceased. Subject appears to be part of a bioengineering experiment.
Word: bioforms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioform Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demagogically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From demagogic + -ally or demagogical + -ly. 1. In a demagogic manner.
Word: flukish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fluke + -ish. 1. Like a fluke; remarkably fortunate or improbable. Labels: informal
Word: groomee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From groom + -ee. 1. An animal that is groomed by another (the groomer).
Word: groomees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of groomee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hit test Part of Speech: noun 1. The test used in collision detection to determine whether two objects are touching.
Word: hit tests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hit test Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperdisciplined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + disciplined. 1. Extremely disciplined. Example: I was so serious that I probably offended a lot of people who didn't appreciate my stern attitude and hyperdisciplined approach.
Word: superdisciplined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + disciplined. 1. Extremely disciplined. Example: He was one of those intense, superdisciplined comrades — the Party was his whole life.
Word: intercorporate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + corporate. 1. Between corporations. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nidicolous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin nīdus (“nest”) + -colous. Pronunciation: /nɪˈdɪkələs/, /naɪˈ-/ 1. Tending to stay at the nest or birthplace for a long time after birth, due to dependence on the parents for feeding and protection.
Word: pirfenidone Part of Speech: noun 1. An experimental drug for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Labels: uncountable
Word: precancers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of precancer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: precancelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of precancel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: precancelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of precancel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stripperlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stripper + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a stripper. Example: The Steelers bashing each other on one side; on the other a stripperlike diva gyrating to MTV.
Word: allinase Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of alliinase. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: accelerometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From accelerometry + -ic. 1. Of or relating to accelerometry; by means of an accelerometer Labels: not-comparable
Word: megadairy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + dairy. 1. A large commercial dairy. Example: Many farmers see their fates, in one way or another, as tied to the factory farms and the new megadairies.
Word: megadairies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megadairy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bimah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bima. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bimahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bimah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corydalis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name translingual Corydalis. 1. Any member of the genus Corydalis of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the fumewort family.
Word: handbraked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of handbrake Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: handbraking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of handbrake Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: duncey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of duncy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: geezerdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geezer + -dom. 1. old age Labels: US, slang, uncountable Example: As the wealthiest generation in US history approached geezerdom, drug companies, health care, and nursing homes were beneficiaries.
Word: importunings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of importuning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kiddush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew קִדּוּשׁ (kidúsh, “kiddush”, literally “sanctification”). Doublet of kaddish. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪdʊʃ/, /ˈkɪdɪʃ/, /kiːˈduːʃ/ 1. A blessing recited over wine or grape juice in commemoration of the sanctity of the Shabbat or other Jewish holy day. Labels: Judaism Example: Cohn began the seder with a kiddush for wine, and the first two toasts he proposed were the traditional ones to life and to freedom. Example: The world’s richest Jew may have pledged to give the vast majority of his wealth to charity, but Mark Zuckerberg’s great-grandfather’s kiddush cup is staying in the family. […] “For shabbat tonight, we gave Max a kiddush cup that has been in our family for almost 100 years,” the 33-year-old billionaire wrote on his Facebook social media platform. 2. Clipping of kiddush luncheon (“a light luncheon following a morning synagogue service typically serving grape juice, challah, and cold food, and especially following a bar or bat mitzvah”). Labels: Judaism, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: kiddushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kiddush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kiddos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kiddo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oldening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of olden Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: oldens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of olden Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: oldened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of olden Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: megaprimary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + primary. 1. A primary election for president that takes place on the same day across a wide geographic area covering many voters. Labels: US, informal
Word: megaprimaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megaprimary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megapolitan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From megapolis + -itan; compare megalopolitan. Pronunciation: /mɛɡəˈpɒlɪtən/, /mɛɡəˈpɑlɪtən/, /-lə-/ 1. Of or pertaining to a megapolis (“a very large city or urban complex”). Example: Of the intellectual nature of Bosville, mention has been made already. It is, as we have seen, […] megapolitan, metropolitan, cosmopolitan,[…]. Example: Is the school culture, that child of nineteenth-century Protestant laissez faire and rural America, of an emerging and industrial and urban society and of an economy of scarcity, relevant to the multi-ethnic, multi-racial, and multi-religious post-industrial society of today, with its metropolitan and megapolitan settlement pattern and its economy of affluence-with-poverty? Which culture does today's child really need to know?
Word: megapolitan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From megapolis + -itan; compare megalopolitan. Pronunciation: /mɛɡəˈpɒlɪtən/, /mɛɡəˈpɑlɪtən/, /-lə-/ 1. Synonym of megapolis. Example: With developments already planned, within 20 years Buckeye is expected to become a metropolis nearly as large as Phoenix. And Phoenix will be expanding east and south, too, creating a Phoenix/Tucson megapolitan. A total of such 10 megapolitans with urban and residential construction linking today's central cities into new, huge megapolitans: […] Example: In the United States, trans-metropolitan areas are referred to as megapolitans, large urban regions with physically interconnected metropolitan and micropolitan areas through transportation networks, constituting a functionally interdependent urban network[…]. 2. An inhabitant of a megapolis.
Word: megapolitans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megapolitan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonlabor Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + labor. 1. Not of pertaining to labor. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nonlabor time is not necessarily leisure. Example: The move will represent a decrease of about 11 percent in the agencies’ nonlabor costs like travel, vehicles, equipment and postage, the governor’s office said.
Word: snakewoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snakewood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sexplay Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sex play. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: nongrooming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + grooming. 1. Not of or pertaining to grooming between animals. Labels: not-comparable Example: An increase in nongrooming contact, including sociosexual behavior, following both food provision and aggressive incidents unrelated to food.
Word: unhirsute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + hirsute. 1. Not hirsute; lacking hair. Labels: rare
Word: propraetorships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of propraetorship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proprætorships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proprætorship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deep state Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of Turkish derin devlet (“deep state”). Early uses were in relation to Turkey, especially the 1996 Susurluk scandal. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːp ˈsteɪt/ 1. A large group of people, typically members of government agencies and the military, believed to have enduring political influence that is difficult for an administration that is voted into power to counter or dislodge. Example: The ‘deep state’ remains hidden from the public. It is staffed by the security personnel. Its activities and the driving principles behind those activities are not decided by the legislature, controlled by the judiciary, or challenged by the popular will […] Example: The term "deep state" is used in two different senses in Turkey. The first is rooted in a type of secret organization affiliated with NATO, which, with time, degenerated into an organized crime group engaged in the pursuit of private gain. In the second sense, the "deep state" is a type of special organization entrenched within the state apparatus and strives to keep the state on a predetermined course.
Word: sociosexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From socio- + sexual. 1. Of or pertaining to sexual behaviour as it relates to society Labels: not-comparable
Word: sockhop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sock hop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sockhops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sockhop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foreignize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From foreign + -ize. 1. To make foreign. Labels: transitive Example: Politicians warned that unrestricted immigration would foreignize the country. 2. To retain foreign elements in a story that might be unfamiliar to readers of the translated text. Labels: transitive
Word: foreignizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of foreignize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: foreignizing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɒɹənʌɪzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of foreignize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: foreignizing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfɒɹənʌɪzɪŋ/ 1. That makes foreign. Example: Foreignizing translation styles bend English into shapes that mirror some limited aspect of the source language, such as word order or sentence structure.
Word: foreignized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of foreignize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Pemako Part of Speech: name 1. A region in the People's Republic of China.
Word: sex play Part of Speech: noun 1. Play of a sexual nature between children. Labels: uncountable Example: Some children are subjected to sex play by older children. Example: I'd like the kids to have the chance for that kind of sex play. But as a teacher, there is absolutely no way I can look the other way and let the kids play doctor in my classroom. Do I sound hypocritical? 2. Sexual intercourse and associated activities such as foreplay, often involving experimentation with new ideas. Labels: uncountable
Word: cameth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: came + -eth, an incorrect application of the archaic marker of the third-person singular present tense (-eth) to the past tense form of the verb to come. 1. alternative third-person singular past of come Labels: alternative, form-of, hypercorrect, nonstandard, past, singular, third-person
Word: psychoneuroendocrinologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From psychoneuroendocrinology + -ist. 1. One who works in psychoneuroendocrinology.
Word: psychoneuroendocrinologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psychoneuroendocrinologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: psychoneuroendocrinological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From psychoneuroendocrinology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to psychoneuroendocrinology.
Word: psychoneuroendocrinology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From psycho- + neuro- + endocrinology. 1. The clinical study of hormone fluctuations and their relationship to human behaviour.
Word: forejudgments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forejudgment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chronophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by sexologist John William Money (1921–2006), corresponding to chrono- (“time”) + -philia (“love of”). 1. Primary or exclusive sexual attraction toward members of a specific age group, as with paedophilia or gerontophilia. Labels: uncountable Example: With one kind of chronophilia called autonepiophilia, sexual arousal and pleasure are dependent on, and responsive to, pretending to be a baby in diapers and having one's sexual partner play along.
Word: yaba daba doo Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of yabba dabba doo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unholster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + holster. 1. To remove (a weapon) from its holster. Labels: transitive
Word: unholsters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unholster Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unholstering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unholster Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wearability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wear + -ability. 1. The state or condition of being (comfortably) wearable. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Wearability is an important consideration in the design of clothing.
Word: automap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + map. 1. A partial map that is automatically updated with new areas as the player discovers them.
Word: automaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of automap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: automapping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + mapping. 1. Automatic mapping. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Automapping destroys the challenge imposed by mazes, but we think mazes are one of the most overused and least-enjoyed features of adventure games. 2. An automatically generated mapping of data. Labels: countable, usually Example: An automapping is generated on the basis of constraints expressed in the schema.
Word: automappings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of automapping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kazoolike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kazoo + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a kazoo. Example: Their voices had a kazoolike timbre, broken up into phrases with normal inflections, but with no articulation into words...
Word: mastersinger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Meistersinger. 1. A German lyric poet of the late Middle Ages.
Word: mastersingers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mastersinger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonexclusivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + exclusivity. 1. The state or condition of being nonexclusive. Labels: uncountable
Word: nonfundamentalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + fundamentalist. 1. One who is not a fundamentalist.
Word: nonfundamentalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonfundamentalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ornamentalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ornamental + -ism. 1. Any artistic or architectural style characterised by ornamentation. Labels: uncountable
Word: overemoted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overemote Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overemoting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overemote Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overemotes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overemote Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unwealthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + wealthy. 1. Not wealthy.
Word: vegetarianisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vegetarianism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exoTrojan Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of exotrojan. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: exotrojan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From exo- + trojan. 1. Describing a trojan satellite of an exoplanet Labels: not-comparable
Word: geometrize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -μετρίᾱ (-metríā) Ancient Greek γεωμετρῐ́ᾱ (geōmetrĭ́ā)der. Latin geōmetriader. Old French geometriebor. Middle English gemetry English geometry Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English geometrize From geometry + -ize. 1. To use or apply geometry. Labels: intransitive Example: I do believe with all my Heart, that Nature doth Geometrize in all her Works. 2. To convert to geometrical form or to consider using geometrical principals. Labels: transitive Example: If the special theory had unified electricity and magnetism, and if the general theory had geometrized gravity, should one not try next to unify and geometrize electromagnetism and gravity?
Word: guardee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guard + -ee. 1. Any protein (involved in an immune system) that when modified by a pathogen becomes bound by a guard protein, precipitating the immune response
Word: guardee Part of Speech: noun 1. guardsman Labels: rare
Word: guardees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guardee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infectee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From infect + -ee. 1. A person or other organism that has been infected. Example: Many viruses exhibit the behavior described, especially sending e-mails automatically to many people in the infectee's address book.
Word: infectees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infectee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intracloud Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + cloud. 1. Occurring within a cloud. Labels: not-comparable
Word: infecter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From infect + -er. 1. Someone or something that infects.
Word: meldable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meld + -able. 1. That can be melded
Word: geometrizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of geometrize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: geometrizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of geometrize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: geometrized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of geometrize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mesic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos). Compare with xeric and hydric. 1. Characterized by an intermediate degree of moisture, in between xeric (dry) and hydric (wet); somewhat moist. 2. Adapted to a habitat of intermediate moisture.
Word: mesic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mes(on) + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to mesons; mesonic.
Word: infector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From infect + -or. 1. Something that infects; that which causes infection. Example: That's when a rapidly proliferating virus from Israel dubbed Jerusalem bogged down computers around the world, and Brain--a "boot-sector infector" from Pakistan that hit MS-DOS systems--went on a rampage.
Word: infectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nondiffractive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + diffractive. 1. Not diffractive Labels: not-comparable
Word: permutationally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From permutational + -ly. 1. In a permutational manner. 2. With regard to permutation.
Word: phononless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phonon + -less. 1. That does not involve phonons Labels: not-comparable
Word: baryonless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From baryon + -less. 1. Without baryons. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hadronless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hadron + -less. 1. Without hadrons. Labels: not-comparable
Word: muonless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From muon + -less. 1. Without muons. Labels: not-comparable
Word: afterwardsness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From afterwards + -ness. Coined by Jean Laplanche in his 1998 work Essays on Otherness, as a translation of Sigmund Freud's German term Nachträglichkeit, on the model of the French translation après-coup. 1. The concept that an earlier event in one's life can later acquire a meaning. Labels: uncountable
Word: afterwardness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From afterward + -ness. 1. Alternative form of afterwardsness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: outlead Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outleden (“to lead out”), from Old English ūtlǣdan (“to lead or bring out”), from ūt- (“out”) + lǣdan (“to lead”). Equivalent to out- + lead. 1. To lead out. Labels: archaic Example: So he came down from his tower and called his knights. Lordings, —he said — to arms; the Emperour Divoun beleaguers us within our walls. Now let us make three sallies brave and sure. The first I will outlead myself. Example: Interest in this meeting of extremes may be added by the fact that in my experience they were waymarks of my outleading from an individualistic educational and religious training to a more altruistic point of view for thought and action; 2. To bring about; to encourage. Example: This is an Education which consists in the outleading of the blackguardizing, pauperizing, vagrant-like, and theftuous elements of the mentality, entirely withdrawn, and apart from any moral guidance, any elevating tendency, any ameliorating influence, nay, directly under the direction of the demoralized and the abandoned. Example: All discourse is educative, and should have for its object the outleading and upbuilding of the intellect.
Word: outlead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English outleden (“to lead out”), from Old English ūtlǣdan (“to lead or bring out”), from ūt- (“out”) + lǣdan (“to lead”). Equivalent to out- + lead. 1. An electrical lead for outward-going current. Example: A thermocouple at the outlead of the photocathode just near the envelope of the photomultiplier measured the temperature of 100 ° K about 30 min after starting to cool it. Example: A deflection coil circuit for cathode ray tubes in which a scanning beam is deflected by a coil in a direction transverse to conductive strips having a common outlead, a narrow frequency band amplifier having its input connected to said outlead, a frequency discriminator having its input connected to the output of said limiting and filtering means, said discriminator tuned to a multiple or submultiple of said reference frequency;
Word: outlead Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- (“beyond, surpassing”) + lead. 1. To exceed in leadership. Labels: transitive Example: If anyone can outlead as leader, I hope he will outlead as leader, but my conversation was with those gentlemen who by their positions are entitled to participate in directing the affairs of the House. Example: If it is found that there is a general indifference to such procedure, then, perhaps it can be rightly observed that the church as a whole, gains little in trying to "outlead" or "outpreach" those who are not yet ready. 2. To exceed in leading; to maintain a strong lead ahead of; to outcompete. Labels: transitive Example: On, on, in never-ending race, Behind the billows vainly chase; Both wave and wind with all their speed The barge doth thrice in flight outlead. Example: Paul surrenders his mighty intellect to the hated One, and outleads all others in the intensity of his devotion and the intrepidity and zeal of his service.
Word: squizzing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of squizz Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of squiz Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: squizzed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of squizz Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of squiz Labels: form-of, participle, past