nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tailwaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tailwater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diplomatese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diplomat + -ese. 1. The jargon used by diplomats. Labels: derogatory, uncountable Example: The I.A.E.A. often couches its findings in soothing diplomatese.
Word: fruitness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fruit + -ness. 1. The quality of being fruit. Labels: uncountable Example: Mild carbonation, grassy, mineral flavors, tangy fruitness and occasional spicy and nutlike flavors — in restrained amounts, mind you — are all part of the bitters identity.
Word: nonrestraining Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + restraining. 1. Not restraining. Labels: not-comparable
Word: halfsies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From half + -sies; compare backsies, swapsies, keepsies. Pronunciation: /ˈhæfsiz/ 1. The condition of splitting something in half in order to share it. Labels: childish, uncountable Example: Since she’s almost even with the delegates, she’ll want to go halfsies in the government.
Word: halfsies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From halfsie + -s. Pronunciation: /ˈhæfsiz/ 1. plural of halfsie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minirebellion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + rebellion. 1. A small rebellion. Example: The minirebellion Tuesday suggested that shareholders were feeling emboldened by a report last week citing management failures and lax internal controls as two reasons that a trader, Jérôme Kerviel, got away with making unauthorized bets worth nearly 50 billion euros, or $79 billion, for more than two years.
Word: minirebellions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minirebellion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miraculin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ? + -in 1. A glycoprotein extracted from a miracle berry, and used as a natural sugar substitute. Labels: uncountable Example: The cause of the reaction is a protein called miraculin, which binds with the taste buds and acts as a sweetness inducer when it comes in contact with acids, according to a scientist who has studied the fruit, Linda Bartoshuk at the University of Florida’s Center for Smell and Taste. Dr. Bartoshuk said she did not know of any dangers associated with eating miracle fruit.
Word: readdicted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From re- + addicted. 1. Addicted again. Labels: not-comparable Example: But as soon as oil prices started falling in the late 1980s and early 1990s, we let Detroit get us readdicted to gas guzzlers, and the price steadily crept back up to where it is today.
Word: readditions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of readdition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: readdiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + addiction. 1. Addiction again, especially to an illicit drug. Labels: uncountable
Word: seafoam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English see fom, see fome, equivalent to sea + foam. Pronunciation: /ˈsiˌfoʊm/ 1. A foam created by the agitation of seawater. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A light green-blue color. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The bolts were stacked near a wall in shades of teal, seafoam, turquoise, navy, sapphire, sky blue, cream, gold, crimson, coral. 3. A type of confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and brown sugar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Though it is possible to beat the seafoam by hand, I strongly recommend using an electric beater, as it takes a lot of beating to get seafoam to a smooth and even consistency. 4. Synonym of meerschaum (“type of mineral”). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unshares Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unshare Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unsharing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unshare Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Lockeans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lockean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cupper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cup (noun) + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌpɚ/, /ˈkʌpə/, /ˈkʊpə/ 1. Someone with a specific bra size. Labels: in-compounds, informal Example: She is a C-cupper. 2. A coffee aficionado. Labels: slang Example: Not every cupper understands all the fuss. 3. A cupbearer. Labels: obsolete
Word: cupper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cup (verb) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌpɚ/, /ˈkʌpə/, /ˈkʊpə/ 1. One who performs the operation of cupping. Labels: archaic
Word: cupper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cup (“trophy”) + -er (Oxford -er). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌpɚ/, /ˈkʌpə/, /ˈkʊpə/ 1. An intercollegiate sporting competition, open to all colleges. Example: We drew with Keble in the Cupper (3-3), and on the replay lost (0-2); […]
Word: cupper Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkʌpɚ/, /ˈkʌpə/, /ˈkʊpə/ 1. Alternative spelling of cuppa. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Just a quick cupper is all I have time for.
Word: cuppers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cupper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overroast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + roast. 1. To roast too much. Labels: transitive Example: But now cuppings at independent cafes like Joe attract connoisseurs who wouldn’t be caught dead sipping an overroasted blend and regularly travel to another borough for superior beans.
Word: overroasts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overroast Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overroasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overroast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overroasted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overroast Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nonoverridden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + overridden. 1. Not overridden. Labels: not-comparable
Word: counterstory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + story. 1. A story that opposes and responds to an existing story. Example: “Often the counterstory can become bigger than the original story,” said Adam Selig, the chief executive of Visible Technologies, which helps companies handle their reputations online.
Word: counterstories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterstory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inholding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + holding. 1. A piece of privately-owned land inside the boundary of a national park, national forest, state park, or similar publicly-owned protected area. Example: Thomas M. Daly, chief executive of the American Revolution Center, called the association’s concerns about inholdings a “specious argument.”
Word: inholding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From in- + holding. 1. present participle and gerund of inhold Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: O sirs, grace is not for inholding, but for outgiving; grace could not be grace if it were otherwise.
Word: inholdings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inholding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inholders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inholder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inheld Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of inhold Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: plastinated Part of Speech: adj 1. Preserved by means of plastination. Labels: not-comparable Example: This month, 21 members of Congress, led by Representative Todd Akin, Republican of Missouri, signed on to a bill that would ban the importation of plastinated human remains
Word: saxophonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From saxophone + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the saxophone. Labels: not-comparable Example: The trumpet seat in the band will go to Wallace Roney on Friday and Duane Eubanks on Saturday; Abraham Burton will provide a saxophonic foil.
Word: semioperatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + operatic. 1. Having some characteristics of opera. Labels: not-comparable Example: The most demanding segment was an extended medley from “Porgy and Bess” that among other songs included “A Woman Is a Sometime Thing,” “Summertime” and “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” divested of their semioperatic trappings.
Word: preindictment Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + indictment. 1. Before indictment. Labels: not-comparable Example: This was during Kerik’s happier, preindictment era.
Word: thwonk Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. 1. A thudding noise.
Word: thwonk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. 1. A thudding noise.
Word: thwonk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. 1. To strike, or cause to strike, with a thudding noise. Labels: ambitransitive, colloquial Example: As time rolls on, the odds are greater that life will sneak up and thwonk you over the head with other unforeseen expenses.
Word: broilings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of broiling Labels: form-of, plural Example: Amid them, he offers definitive, simple and deadly effective recipes for brisket and cholent; crispy, sweet mandelbrot; Romanian broilings of various sorts; chopped liver and borscht; even fantastic if anti-kosher crossover meals like the Chinese roast pork sandwich on buttery garlic bread that came down from the Catskills in the 1950s to take up residence on the menus of family restaurants across the southern tier of this city.
Word: dramaturgically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From dramaturgical + -ly. 1. In terms of dramaturgy. Labels: not-comparable Example: I hope this trend will encourage opera companies to look again at Giovanni Paisiello’s unfairly neglected Barbiere di Siviglia, dramaturgically superior to the Rossini version and, in many ways, a touchstone for several of the composers at the Viennese Court, including Mozart.
Word: drumbeater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drum + beater. 1. One who beats a drum. 2. A propagandist. Labels: figuratively Example: He didn’t just cast a vote but was a drumbeater for the propaganda Mr. McClellan cites, including the neocon fantasies of a newly democratic Middle East.
Word: drumbeaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drumbeater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperpersonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + personal. 1. Very highly personal. Example: No, Jamaica is the land of versions, so they give us one: a hyperpersonal, very contagious celebration of their love affair with reggae and Jamaica — beaches, country and all. 2. Going beyond the usual level of personal interaction; associated with a model of interpersonal communication according to which computer-mediated communication has advantages over traditional face-to-face interaction.
Word: insiderdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From insider + -dom. 1. The status of being an insider. Labels: uncountable Example: The two senators have been tripping over each other to distance themselves from the taint of Beltway insiderdom.
Word: langsat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay langsat. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑŋ.sɑt/, /ˈlæŋ.sæt/ 1. The tree Lansium domesticum. 2. A small, whitish-brown fruit of Southeast Asia, from the tree Lansium domesticum, with fleshy pulp and subacid taste. Example: He describes one variety of the stinking durian fruit as tasting like “undercooked peanut butter-mint omelets in body-odor sauce”; langsats are “tangy-sweet detonations of citric perfection”; biting into a monkey tamarind is “like eating cloud.” Example: He always had a good time, and always would come home with a bunch of bananas or a basket of langsat and durian fruit, which would definitely make Mamek happy, as well as his mother and father.
Word: langsats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of langsat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lewisite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lewis + -ite. Named after American chemist and soldier Winford Lee Lewis. 1. An organoarsenic compound used as a chemical weapon. Labels: uncountable
Word: midstroll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + stroll. 1. A point in time during a stroll. Labels: uncountable Example: Behrends has chiseled the official Senate bust of the disgraced Vice President Spiro T. Agnew; molded a bronze bust of Andrew Johnson, who became president after Abraham Lincoln ’s assassination, for the Tennessee state capitol; and created a statue of Strom Thurmond, in midstroll, for the lawn of the South Carolina State House in Columbia.
Word: musterings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mustering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonsupernatural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + supernatural. 1. Not supernatural. Labels: not-comparable Example: Although “Suspiria,” his sixth feature, was an enormous hit, and one of his most striking exercises in style, he has nonetheless continued in the 30 years since to stick pretty closely to the nonsupernatural giallo form and its more mundane manifestations of wild, destructive unreason.
Word: nonsurvivor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + survivor. 1. One who does not survive.
Word: nonsurvivors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonsurvivor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: failest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: fail + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of fail Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: overplanned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + planned. 1. Excessively planned. Example: This I defended to friends who gaped at the news by telling them that he was acting against the system, against the overplanned life of studying, choosing our majors, plotting out our meek life goals.
Word: -tene Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon, band, fillet”). 1. Ribbon-like structure; Used to form words relating the structure of chromosomes in meiosis Labels: morpheme
Word: peripatetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From peripatetic + -ally. 1. In a peripatetic manner. Example: But this stance is not born of some French-fried patriotism, or some urge to peripatetically wander the countryside.
Word: postworkout Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + workout. 1. After a physical workout. Labels: not-comparable Example: Start with your postworkout meal.
Word: postworkout Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From post- + workout. 1. After the physical workout. Labels: not-comparable
Word: postworkout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + workout. 1. A supplement taken after a workout to boost one's performance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pyracantha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. A firethorn, any of the genus Pyracantha of thorny evergreen large shrubs. Example: A few summers ago, an evil pyracantha shrub that blocked some of its sunlight was sacrificed in its honor.
Word: pyracanthas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pyracantha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firethorns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of firethorn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: fire + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of fire Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: chargest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: charge + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of charge Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: qualitatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of qualitative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rebonds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rebond Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rebonding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rebond Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rebonded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rebond Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: redos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saltbush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From salt + bush. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒltbʊʃ/, /ˈsɔːltˌbʊʃ/ 1. Any of the genus Atriplex of plants, especially Atriplex hortensis or Atriplex patula, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach, including many desert and seashore plants and halophytes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The sand is cold beneath our bare feet and the dunes damp and spicy with marram grass and saltbush. Example: The blasting music, not reduced one notch, continues to flow beautifully into the static of the surrounding saltbush, conveying the aura of the religiously spiritual in all worlds. 2. Sarcobatus vermiculatus (black greasewood, greasewood, seepwood) Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Baccharis halimifolia Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: saltbushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saltbush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stockpiler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stockpile + -er. 1. One who stockpiles. Example: No one has more invested in cluster munitions than the United States, which Human Rights Watch says has been the largest producer, stockpiler and user, using them in the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Word: stockpilers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stockpiler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tailcoated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tailcoat + -ed. 1. Dressed in a tailcoat. Labels: not-comparable Example: Accompanying the article was a drawing: a chambermaid gripped the long wooden handle of a warming pan that projected rudely from between a tailcoated gentleman’s legs.
Word: transplanetary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + planetary. 1. Beyond the planet; across more than one planet. Labels: not-comparable Example: Reid Lifset, the editor of Yale’s Journal of Industrial Ecology, says that bottle bills are a good idea but doesn’t swallow Fiji’s advocacy or other green measures as justifying the practice of transplanetary water shipments.
Word: unpartnered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + partnered. 1. Without a partner. Labels: not-comparable Example: The novelist Anita Brookner, a shrewder handicapper of the luck of unpartnered women, tested that proposition in her Booker Prize-winning 1984 novel “Hotel du Lac,” in which a bloodless man tries to bully a woman into settling for him. Example: […]all of the growth in the unpartnered population since 1990 has come from a rise in the number who have never been married.
Word: inchwide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inch + wide. 1. Measuring an inch in width. Labels: not-comparable Example: The line is an inchwide barrier separating two Colorado towns.
Word: undefiant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + defiant. 1. Not defiant. Example: “Sometimes you make crazy choices,” he said, in a distinctly undefiant tone.
Word: fictionmaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fiction + making. 1. The creation of fiction. Labels: uncountable Example: Certainly Mr. Rushdie has tackled the subject of fictionmaking before, most notably in his fanciful fairy tale “Haroun and the Sea of Stories” (1990).
Word: nonretaliatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + retaliatory. 1. Not retaliatory. Labels: not-comparable Example: Tavern on the Green always has been and will continue to be committed to providing a safe, nondiscriminatory, nonretaliatory work environment for its employees, the vast majority of whom have been with the restaurant for more than a decade.”
Word: disrecommends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disrecommend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disrecommending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disrecommend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disrecommended Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disrecommend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disrates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disrate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disrated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disquisitors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disquisitor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disquisitorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disquisitor + -ial. 1. Of or pertaining to a disquisitor.
Word: faminelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From famine + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of famine. Example: The reflex can be prompted by a faminelike diet, known as caloric restriction, which extends the life of laboratory rodents by up to 30 percent but is far too hard for most people to keep to and in any case has not been proven to work in humans.
Word: inedibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being inedible. Labels: uncountable Example: And it probably contributed to the inedibility of my mashed potatoes.
Word: pepperiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peppery + -ness. 1. The quality of being peppery. Labels: uncountable Example: The rotundone content and perceived pepperiness were generally higher in 2002 than in 2003, and consistently higher in some vineyards compared with others.
Word: rotundone Part of Speech: noun 1. A sesquiterpene responsible for a peppery taste in wine. Labels: uncountable Example: The Australian scientists may also have discovered how these highly spiced potatoes were allowed to leave the kitchen: they tested 49 people and found that about 20 percent of them could not detect rotundone at all, even at concentrations far above what’s found in white pepper.
Word: poulticelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poultice + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a poultice. Example: Thus he suggested beginning with Milton — “My own choice would tend to include the final scene of ‘Paradise Lost,’ ” he wrote, “with what is probably the most poignant moment in all our literature coming at lines 624-6” — before running through Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Eric Ambler and, finally, a poulticelike application of light comedies by P. G. Wodehouse and Peter De Vries.
Word: electeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elected Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fortlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fort + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a fort. Example: You know things are not going to work out well for a petty criminal when, stranded in a fortlike compound occupied by three young women who look like American Girl versions of 19th-century psychiatric nurses and talk like the weird sisters in “Macbeth,” he innocently inquires about Internet access.
Word: retelecast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + telecast. 1. To telecast again. Labels: transitive
Word: retelecast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + telecast. 1. A repeated television broadcast.
Word: retelecasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of retelecast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: retelecasts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of retelecast Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: retelecasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retelecast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retelecasted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of retelecast Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: interfamily Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + family. 1. Between families. Labels: not-comparable Example: “Now that the interfamily squabble is done,” Mr. Obama said Wednesday evening at a Manhattan fund-raiser, “all of us can focus on what needs to be done in November.”
Word: resand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + sand. 1. To sand (a surface) again. Labels: transitive Example: It takes three to five days to resand and refinish 1,000 to 1,200 square feet of flooring, he said.
Word: resanding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of resand Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: resanding Part of Speech: noun 1. A second or subsequent sanding of a surface.
Word: resands Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resand Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resanded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of resand Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cottagey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cottage + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a cottage. Example: It just has that old, cottagey charm to it.”
Word: letterpressed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From letterpress + -ed. 1. Printed by a letterpress. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the letterpressed look of the signage about the property, the tins of fennel pollen and lavender sold in a cafe store along with “jarred cukes,” visitors may find their conviction confirmed that supporting local farming isn’t just good for the environment; it’s a matter of good taste.
Word: prekindergartens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prekindergarten Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kleinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Klein + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Christian Felix Klein (1849–1925), German mathematician. Example: Prove that if a Kleinian group G does not contain parabolic elements and is isomorphic to the fundamental group of a closed orientable surface, then G is either quasi-Fuchsian or degenerate[…] 2. Of or pertaining to Melanie Reizes Klein (1882–1960), Austrian-born British psychoanalyst who devised novel therapeutic techniques for children. Example: The second three months of life, the critical era in the Kleinian narrative, are marked by a shift from the paranoid to the "depressive" position produced by the infant's growing ability to integrate contradictory perceptions.
Word: fire in the belly Part of Speech: noun 1. The emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something, to take action, etc. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: ardor, drive, fervor, initiative, intestinal fortitude, moxie, spunk, zeal Example: Carlyle, indeed, had so much more depth and knowledge of the heart, his portraits of mankind are felt and rendered with so much more poetic comprehension, and he, like his favourite Ram Dass, had a fire in his belly so much more hotly burning than the patent reading lamp by which Macaulay studied.
Word: fire in one's belly Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fire in the belly. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: At 71 (he really does not look it), he still has the fire in his belly for such a challenge.
Word: paranœacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paranœac Labels: form-of, plural Example: The hereditary types, paranœa, etc., as a rule, decreased, but insane inventors were especially numerous, and this fact is readily explained ; for the time being the healthy idea of fighting the foreign foe dominated the insane conceptions of most paranœacs, but the insane idea of fighting him by inventions was directly suggested, so that this type of paranœacs found themselves out of accord with their surroundings, and were regarded as insane.
Word: cœnæstheses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cœnæsthesis Labels: form-of, plural Example: His cœnæstheses, or systemic sensations, continually inspire him with presentations of laughter, dancing, flying, buoyancy, generally of movement of the gayest and easiest kind—of rolling, flowing, plunging.
Word: paleopalynology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paleo- (“ancient”) + palynology. 1. The branch of palynology concerned with the study of ancient pollens and spores, rather than with those still extant. Labels: uncountable
Word: palæobiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palæo- + bio- + -logy. 1. Archaic spelling of paleobiology. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable Example: In the newer and broader field the facts of both the animal and the plant record must constitute a well‐founded palæobiology.
Word: palæontologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From palæontology + -ic. 1. Dated spelling of palaeontologic. Example: In earlier reports, especially those for the years 1917–1919, the scope of the palæontologic investigations centering about the cycadeoids, their relatives, and their derivatives, is briefly brought into view.
Word: paleontologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From paleontology + -ic. 1. Pertaining to paleontology; characteristic of paleontology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: palaeontologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From palaeontology + -ic. 1. Alternative spelling of paleontologic. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: plantæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plant Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: garigue Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of garrigue. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: phrygana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Greek φρύγανα (frýgana). 1. A type of low brush or scrub found around the Mediterranean especially in Greece. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: SMG Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of submachine gun. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: SMG Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Standard Modern Greek (the contemporary language, taught in Greek schools since 1982). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Super Mario Galaxy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SMGs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of SMG Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Holm Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English, Scottish, German (by way of Low German holm), Scandinavian (Norway, Sweden, and Denmark) /North Germanic surname (from Old Norse holmr), from holm (“islet”), all from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz. * Also as an English surname, from holm (“holly”). Compare Hollis. 1. A surname.
Word: Dahl Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Dahl. Doublet of Dale and Dell. 1. A surname of Scandinavian origin.
Word: Lind Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English, North German, Dutch, and North Germanic surname, from lind (“lime tree”). * As a South German and Jewish surname, from the adjective lind (“gentle”). * As a Yiddish surname, variant of Linde. 1. A surname.
Word: Leia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the name of a princess in the American fantasy film Star Wars (1977). Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ̯.ə/, /ˈliː.ə/, /ˈli.ə/, /ˈlæɪ̯.ə/, /ˈle.ə/ 1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
Word: epiphyllum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Epiphyllum. 1. A cactus of the genus Epiphyllum.
Word: epiphyllums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epiphyllum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saucer eyes Part of Speech: noun 1. Big, round eyes, characteristic of astonishment. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: cerulescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, cerule + -escent. 1. Having a light-blue color.
Word: color up Part of Speech: verb 1. To blush (to go red). Example: Alice had already begun to colour up and was beginning to speak, when her Ladyship perceiving her displeasure, continued thus. 2. To exchange a high number of low-value chips (of one color) for a lower number of higher value (of a different color), but keeping the same overall value.
Word: white as driven snow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: According to Gary Martin, the term refers to "snow that has blown into drifts and is untrodden and clean" and is recorded as early as 1611. 1. extremely white; totally white (of a color). Labels: not-comparable
Word: sick as a parrot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: (very disappointed): Apparently of sporting (soccer) origin. 1. Extremely sick; very ill. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable 2. Very disappointed; miserable. Labels: UK, colloquial, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Bridge was over the moon and Terry sick as a parrot as the game ended 4-2 following a late Chelsea penalty. Example: 2010 December 7, Wirral Euro MP is sick as a parrot over England World Cup bid humiliation, Wirral Globe.
Word: bald as a coot Part of Speech: adj 1. Totally bald; without any hair on one's head. Labels: informal, not-comparable
Word: sweet as pie Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely sweet (in the sense of cute, lovely). Labels: not-comparable Example: this woman was a freaking saint. Okay?[…]after a lifetime of being sweet as pie, once Grandpa died, she got kinda ornery.
Word: leave nothing in the tank Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of empty the tank. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “Give it your all and leave nothing in the tank,” he said. “My dad told me this when he coached me.”
Word: branchiate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin branchiatus. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæŋ.ki.eɪt/, /ˈbɹæŋ.ki.ət/ 1. Furnished with branchiae; gilled, having gills. Example: branchiate segments Example: a branchiate fish
Word: thalasso- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek θάλασσα (thálassa, “sea”). 1. sea Labels: morpheme Example: thalasso- + therapy → thalassotherapy
Word: thalass- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of thalasso-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: above one's paygrade Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Not suitable for one in one's current rank in an organization; suitable for someone more senior, implying that one is not competent enough or not paid well enough to deal with the problem. Example: I don't know how you explain to someone that "Nigger Toes" is offensive. It's above my paygrade. On some level, I feel like it's explaining basic manners. Example: Will there ever be another Parks and Rec reunion? wryape I doubt it, but that’s above my pay grade.
Word: bit nibbler Part of Speech: noun 1. A computer program that defeats some copy protection schemes by reading a disk one bit at a time, and directly interacting with the disk drive hardware.
Word: checkbox compliance Part of Speech: noun 1. Compliance with a list of standards without regard for their spirit. Labels: uncommon, uncountable Example: Advisers are encouraged to engage with their clients on ESG issues rather than merely regard ESG matters as a discrete checkbox compliance requirement.
Word: dojocho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 道場長 (dōjōchō, literally “dojo chief, dojo head”). 1. The head of a Japanese dōjō (“martial arts training facility”).
Word: dutty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: According to one source, from the Twi Akan word dutty (“ground”). Probably reinforced by the English terms dirt, dirty. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌti/ 1. The ground. Labels: Jamaica Example: Rain a fall but dutty tough
Word: dutty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: According to one source, from the Twi Akan word dutty (“ground”). Probably reinforced by the English terms dirt, dirty. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌti/ 1. dirty Labels: Jamaica, colloquial, slang Example: Let that be a lesson to never take you dutty, stinking, ghetto self uptown again. Example: This nasty bitch is too dutty Why is the bitch so on me?
Word: dutty Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dhoti. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: falsism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fals(e) + -ism, modelled after truism. 1. A claim that is self-evidently false, commonly used a rhetorical device.
Word: main chance Part of Speech: noun 1. A venture which stands the best likelihood of success; a risk; fortune (of a person, country etc.). Labels: obsolete 2. One's primary interest in life; livelihood, especially an opportunity to benefit oneself. Example: The idea is but too prevalent in almost every community, that a man has discharged his duties as a citizen, well enough, if he minds his own business and does not meddle with the affairs of his neighbours. "Look out for Number One," is a great fundamental maxim, which is in every body's mouth, and which every body takes credit to himself for acting upon. It is preached to us sometimes from the pulpit even, and Christians, as well as infidels, pride themselves upon the assiduity with which they can look out for "Number One." We do not intend to deny that this number one is a very important personage, and should be duly cared and provided for: neither shall we dispute that it is one of the highest virtues a man can possess, to act upon the good old motto of "mind your own business." But we must protest against making this the standing plea and excuse, for hanging back from every great and good work which is to be done for humanity, when there is so much need of all the help that can be got, to aid in the noble task, which every man is born to assist in fulfilling—that of blessing and elevating the race. / We are too apt to forget that we are moral, as well as animal beings; that we have souls, as well as bodies; that besides our individuality, we stand in the closest relationship to the whole family of man, all of whom are our brothers and our sisters, and towards whom, we are under obligations, the most solemn and binding. In short, we are too selfish altogether. The "Main Chance" is the popular idea; not the main chance that lies between heaven and hell; the hopes of the one and the fears of the other are but secondary to the main chance of getting rich and attaining popularity. […] This is a great mistake, and one which is productive of much evil […] Example: Carneades, a worthy successor of Arcelisaus as head of the Academy, was one of three philosophers sent by Athens on a diplomatic mission to Rome in the year 156 BC. He saw no reason why his ambassadorial dignity should interfere with the main chance, so he announced a course of lectures in Rome.
Word: prickly oak Part of Speech: noun 1. An oak, Quercus coccifera, native to the western Mediterranean region and growing 1-6 meters tall.
Word: pedunculate oak Part of Speech: noun 1. A large deciduous tree, Quercus robur
Word: dumbphone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dumb + phone, constructed as an antonym to smartphone. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌm.fəʊn/, /ˈdʌm.foʊn/ 1. A cell phone that does not have any functionality characteristic of a smartphone. Labels: informal Example: The Boring Phone is part of a new dumbphone boom, built on the suspicion of gen Z towards the data- and attention-harvesting technologies they have grown up with. Example: But kids don’t really need an internet-enabled phone at the start of high school, [Jean] Twenge argues, because they can get a “dumbphone” (a term Twenge dislikes).
Word: see the light of day Part of Speech: verb 1. To appear; to be published or disseminated. Labels: idiomatic Example: True, the "Kings" seem capable amply of performing all that is required of them, but as it is now 18 years since the class first saw the light of day, it is perhaps hardly premature to anticipate a new express design from the G.W.R. within a not too long period. Example: We have waited a very long time for the Railways Bill to see the light of day. The starting gun was fired as long ago as May 2021, when the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail was finally published, after its own gestation period of nearly three years. 2. To be realised. Labels: idiomatic Example: Many projects were planned and started, but none saw the light of day.
Word: doodlesack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Dudelsack. 1. The bagpipes. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal
Word: clear as a bell Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Used in reference to the clarity of a bell's tone. 1. Totally clear; distinct and unmistakeable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ear-piercing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ear + piercing. 1. Extremely loud (of sound). Labels: idiomatic, informal, not-comparable
Word: ear-piercing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ear + piercing. 1. A piercing in the ear.
Word: inodorousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inodorous + -ness. 1. The lack of odor. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: hit the fan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly derived from an old joke: A man in a crowded bar needed to defecate but couldn't find a bathroom, so he went upstairs and used a hole in the floor. Returning, he found everyone had gone except the bartender, who was cowering behind the bar. When the man asked what had happened, the bartender replied, 'Where were you when the shit hit the fan?' Other possible sources include American or Canadian military slang or agricultural manure spreaders. 1. To have a dramatic, usually negative, effect. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: They were just clowning around, when suddenly it all hit the fan. Example: Then the shit really hit the fan.
Word: bitterish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bitter + -ish. 1. Somewhat bitter. Labels: not-comparable
Word: piquance Part of Speech: noun 1. piquancy; having a piquant taste. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: thermometrograph Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that plots on a graph the measurements of a temperature over time.
Word: locofoco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *stel-der. Proto-Italic *stlokos? Old Latin stlocus Latin locus Latin focus English locofoco From Latin locus (“place; cause”) and focus (“hearth; fire”), although possibly prompted by misunderstanding the prefix of locomotive (itself from locus) as instead meaning something like self- or auto-. In reference to the NY political faction, derived from the use of locofoco matches to light candles and continue a meeting the rival Tammany Hall faction had attempted to end by killing the meeting place's gaslights. Often folk etymologized to derive from Spanish loco (“crazy”). 1. Short for locofoco match, a strike-anywhere phosphorus match. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic 2. A member of the Locofoco faction of the New York Democratic Party in the 1830s and 1840s. Labels: US, historical 3. Synonym of Democrat, any member of the US Democratic Party. Labels: US, archaic, derogatory, usually 4. Anyone considered to subscribe to Locofocoism, the general political platform or philosophy of the Locofoco faction. Labels: US
Word: icebag Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ice bag. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sun oneself Part of Speech: verb 1. To sunbathe.
Word: didder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English didderen (“to tremble”); see dither. 1. To rattle or shiver. Labels: dialectal, intransitive
Word: smoking hot Part of Speech: adj 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see smoking, hot: so hot as to be emitting smoke, perhaps about to catch fire. Example: Near-synonym: smouldering 2. Very hot; having a very high temperature. Labels: broadly 3. Very attractive; very sexy. Labels: slang
Word: sex goddess Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman who is particularly sexually attractive or notably skilled at sex. Labels: informal Example: Yesssss! Yessssss! Daniel Cleaver wants my phone no. Am marvelous. Am irresistible Sex Goddess. Hurrah!
Word: sex god Part of Speech: noun 1. A man with remarkable sex appeal or sexual prowess. Labels: informal Example: His knees threatened to buckle as she stroked his cock from root to tip, her gaze so admiring he felt like a fucking sex god. Example: “There’s an obsessive quality in the way she describes him. He’s a sex god in this.”
Word: henhussy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hen + hussy. 1. A girl or woman who tends chickens. Labels: obsolete Example: "John," called Mr. Carter, "who'd ye think's going t' take care of the hens?"¶ Newsy's feet stopping more suddenly than his head, he was obliged to turn a rapid handspring in order to reestablish his equilibrium. He came up yelling, "What! Her?"¶ "Yes, her," boomed Mr. Carter. "She’s t’ be the hen hussy on these premises.” 2. A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman. Labels: derogatory, obsolete Example: When I saw the family last, his second wife had built her nest, though not half so well as her predecessor. She was sitting on her eggs, and was most affectionately tended by her husband. Sophia complains that he has become somewhat of a hen-hussy, and had rather be cowering over the nest than abroad on the wing, with his gay flock. Example: Albert had arrived some time before, and though he had not dared to offer Mary any assistance, lest his grandmother should pronounce him a "henhussy," his eye had followed her from one place to another, as she fancied, with a more impatient expression than she had ever seen in them, when direct toward her. 3. A housewife. Labels: archaic Example: She came forward, a henhussy in her middle forties, shaped somewhat like a thick Letter S as a consequence of upper frontal stick-out and lower rear protrusion.
Word: landscape gardening Part of Speech: noun 1. The development and decoration of open spaces, especially gardens. Labels: uncountable
Word: landscape gardener Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who does landscape gardening.
Word: cowkeeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cow + keeper. 1. A smallholder who keeps one or several milk cows to fulfill household needs and earn some sales but is not a dairyer in the sense of running a herd of dozens or hundreds. Example: Utilisation of sugarcane tops / Although some cane tops have always been used as a roughage feed, particularly in the past by smallholder cowkeepers, they are probably the most underutilised of all sugarcane by-products. Options for the use of cane tops are feeding as fresh material; ensiling fresh and/or wilted material for future feed use; and leaving in the field to dry followed by baling. Example: During the last decade, the Ministry of Agriculture introduced a series of incentives in order to increase milk production at the smallholder level. One of these incentives was the Milk Productivity Bonus Scheme that was introduced in 1993. It had the twin objectives of encouraging dairy smallholders commonly known as cowkeepers to decrease calving interval and increase milk production on their farm. 2. A cowherd; a cowman; a dairyer. Labels: archaic
Word: vegetable kingdom Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of plant kingdom. Labels: archaic
Word: plant kingdom Part of Speech: noun 1. Collectively, the set of all plants.
Word: muskelunge Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of muskellunge. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: living thing Part of Speech: noun 1. An entity such as an animal, a plant, a fungus or a microorganism; something that lives, as opposed to being non-living or dead.
Word: vegetability Part of Speech: noun 1. The state or quality of being a vegetable Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: put to bed with a shovel Part of Speech: verb 1. To bury (someone). Labels: slang, transitive
Word: graveclothes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grave + clothes. 1. The clothes in which a corpse is buried. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: vaticide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin; the first element is vātēs. Equivalent to + -cide. 1. The murder of a prophet. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A murderer of a prophet. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: cut to pieces Part of Speech: verb 1. To cut, chop, slice etc. so as to form smaller pieces. 2. To utterly defeat or overwhelm. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Cut my life into pieces. This is my last resort. Suffocation, no breathing, don't give a fuck if I cut my arm bleeding. Example: You will be firing down on them, and you can use everything you have, even mortars. You will cut them to pieces.
Word: turn to dust Part of Speech: verb 1. To die or disappear. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: If I lost my dreams Could I keep your trust Promise that our love Would not turn to dust Example: Now he threatens to walk away from Ukraine altogether, impatient to get a deal in time for his 100th-day celebrations on Tuesday. That’s typical too: so often Trump’s grand plans turn to dust because, if he doesn’t get an instant reward, he gets bored and drifts away.
Word: colour up Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of color up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boiling hot Part of Speech: adj 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boiling, hot: very hot in a way that involves boiling of water or other liquids. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: scalding hot, piping hot Example: Ouch! Don't sip your tea quite yet — it's still boiling hot! 2. Extremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature). Labels: broadly, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: scalding hot, piping hot, smoking hot Example: Back then, if you were a regular person living in the Deep South, you were going to be boiling hot all summer long, no two ways about it — nobody but rich people had central air at home back then.
Word: R-coloured vowel Part of Speech: noun 1. A vowel modified so that the frequency of its third formant is lowered. Example: [ɚ] is an R-coloured vowel; its non-rhotacised form is [ə]. Example: Words such as start, better, and turn, for example, are likely to be pronounced with a lengthened vowel instead of the r-coloured vowel. While this type of substitution may simply sound like a quaint accent, it may also cause[…]