nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: durmast oak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Superficially a compound of durmast + oak, but the origin of durmast is unclear and possibly a result of scribal error. The first edition Oxford English Dictionary suggests that Thomas Martyn's dictionary for gardeners and botanists (1798) originated the word through misreading dun mast ("light-brown acorn"), an interpretation also suggested by some earlier works going back to at least 1836, although a connection to Welsh derw (“oaks”) has also been suggested. 1. A tree, Quercus petraea, the sessile oak. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Wood of the tree. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: durmast oaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of durmast oak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: answeringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English answeryngly, answeryngli, answeringli, equivalent to answering + -ly. 1. In a way that answers; so as to answer; in reply. Example: There was a slight tremor in his voice, that thrilled, answeringly, a chord in the heart of his questioner.
Word: gynecide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gyne- (“woman”) + -cide (“killing”). 1. Alternative form of gynocide. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The technology of sex preselection enables people, particularly men, to act on their biases against women; it is not an exaggeration to regard the potential results as a form of gynecide – that is, a wrongful form of sexual discrimination that reduces the relative number of females. Example: So though there is nothing here to indicate any widespread gynecide, there does seem to be an assumption that women will be trying to have male children.
Word: bump balls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bump ball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shot with a shovel Part of Speech: adj 1. Severely admonished; castigated. Labels: Ireland, not-comparable Example: I don't approve of petticoat government, as a general thing, but I'll be shot with a shovel if it ain't necessary with fellows like Stanhope! Example: I'll kill him for leaving you here all on your own. He should be shot with a shovel for thinking it's right to go off and leave you ...
Word: solutionize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From solution + -ize. 1. To heat (a metal alloy) to form a homogeneous solid solution. Labels: transitive
Word: solutionizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of solutionize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: solutionizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of solutionize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: solutionized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of solutionize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: squattle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From squat + -le? 1. To squat or sprawl; to duck into concealment. Labels: Scotland, intransitive Example: They tarried about a week among us, living in tents, with their little ones squattling among the litter[…] Example: Whenever they got to the water they threw themselves down and squattled into it. The moment they were in the water they acted just as if they were fishes.
Word: squattling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of squattle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: squattles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of squattle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: squattled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of squattle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Chagossian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chagos + -ian. 1. One of the previous inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory, who were deported by the British government in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Word: Chagossian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Chagos + -ian. 1. Of or relating to these people. Example: Chagossian traditions Example: Chagossian creole
Word: Chagossians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chagossian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stadle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of staddle. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: His weak steps governing / And aged limbs on cypress stadle stout.
Word: stadles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stadle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: combusters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of combuster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: testerns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of testern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gripples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gripple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Limehoused Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Limehouse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lyam-hound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lyam + hound. 1. A bloodhound. Labels: obsolete Example: Talus, that could like a lime-hound winde her, […] At length found out whereas she hidden lay / Under an heape of gold.
Word: lyam-hounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lyam-hound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: like a bear with a sore head Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Very irritable; bad-tempered.
Word: reviewings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reviewing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stuping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stupe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stuped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stupe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bracks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blamingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From blaming + -ly. 1. So as to blame. Example: Thus, if Johnson say, in one sentence, that 'English names should not be used in Latin verses;' and then, in the next sentence, speak blamingly of 'Carteret being used as a dactyl,' will the generality of mortals detect any puzzle there?
Word: kween Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From queen. 1. A queen. Example: Zendaya, Our Kween Who Art in Heaven, just dyed her hair red while on a press tour for Spider-Man: Far From Home, and it’s quite literally breaking the internet right now (so, like, get your Instagram stalking done fast, because the internet might not be here in the morning). Example: Kim Kardashian is British royalty - all hail the Kween! 2. Pronunciation spelling of queen. Labels: alt-of, humorous, pronunciation-spelling
Word: ditionaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ditionary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: comprint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From com- + print. 1. To print together. 2. To reprint without permission a work belonging to another. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: After the wars, the University Printers did, for some time, continue to comprint privileged books at Oxford, as well as those at London, but soon after came to their former agreement, but for lower payments. Example: Aug. 24 [1671, letter of] Dr. Thomas Yates to Sir Leoline Jenkyns. [...] My endeavour is to place our power of printing here on the same foot that the late King's great charter doth; that is, upon our prescription and usage, which if we can, then we have a right before all patents of restraint and reservation of the sole printing of some books, and then we shall not be restrained by the patents granted to the King's printers, the Stationers, and others, but shall be at liberty to comprint with them all their books, which is all we shall desire, for we are resolved to print better and with more care than those that now print, and to sell cheaper, which is the proper and best use we can make of such a privilege.
Word: comprinted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of comprint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: comprinting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of comprint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: comprints Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of comprint Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: traumatizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From traumatize + -er. 1. One who causes trauma. Example: At the same time, the police discouraged the victims from asking for surveillance of their traumatizers as a preventive measure against further violence. Where appropriate, victims were informed that their traumatizers were no longer in custody.
Word: traumatizingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From traumatizing + -ly. 1. In a way that causes trauma.
Word: traumatizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of traumatizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aview Part of Speech: verb 1. To survey, observe; (loosely), to view. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: All which when Artegall, who all this while / Stood in the preasse close covered, well advewed, / […] He could no longer beare […]
Word: aviewed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of aview Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Lucret Part of Speech: name 1. Anglicisation of Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus)
Word: physiqued Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From physique + -ed. 1. Having a specified kind of physique. Labels: not-comparable Example: When a girlish-toned, big physiqued young man confronted Surgeon Rogers to-day and asked for examination preliminary to enlistment, his training stood him in good stead.
Word: concelho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese concelho. Doublet of council. 1. A county or municipality in Portugal.
Word: almostness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From almost + -ness. 1. The quality of almost being something, or almost reaching a point; incomplete state. Labels: uncountable Example: The situation of beauty described here in the most abstract possible way involves a striking, we might almost say teasing, almostness: the object is a form, not a sensation or representation; it tickles reflexivity[…] Example: Each body is in this sense two bodies […] or a kind of double helix where two opposite sides of one ribbon touch and describe a circle of time and space, a here and now, an entry into worldness. Or, rather, in the case of the animate human body, almost touch, almost close into a circle, and this almostness is equally essential to the possibility of worldness.
Word: unlooser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unloose + -er. 1. One who unlooses.
Word: unloosers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unlooser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: worldness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From world + -ness. 1. The quality of being a world; existence as a world. Labels: uncountable Example: The finitude of There-being (finite transcendence) and the worldness of the World, in a sense, constitute an "atheistic" quality of this philosophy. Example: The wretched other side of worldness is what is called globalization or the global market: reduction to the bare basics, the rush to the bottom, standardization, the imposition of multinational corporations[…]
Word: here's mud in your eye Part of Speech: phrase 1. A good-natured toast used when drinking an alcoholic beverage. Example: That's not skiting, sport. Edward Garnett reckons you're the best new thing in the Empire, and so do I. Good on you, mate, nothing on earth can stop you now! Here's mud in your eye.
Word: greetee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From greet + -ee. 1. One who is greeted. Example: Too early an enquiry results in forcing the greetee into a conversation, but waiting too long results in a verbal collision or in missing your target. Example: The greetee could have responded with a request for delay after part of the process (as in "oh hi, give me a minute," and then attending to another matter).
Word: greetees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of greetee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pepper-pot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pepper pot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pepper-pot Part of Speech: verb 1. To intersperse privately-owned houses and social housing. Labels: New-Zealand, UK Example: In a government office not so long ago, we read an understandable petition from Europeans asking that these 'pepper-potted' people be removed, or they were going to move. Example: Although these would be of a maximum of 12 houses, he would prefer to pepper-pot rather than create the risk of "mini ghettos".
Word: pepper-potted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pepper-pot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pepper-potting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pepper-pot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pepper-pots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pepper-pot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pepper-pots Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pepper-pot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: white heat Part of Speech: noun 1. The state or temperature at which matter emits white light. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: George comes over to work the doors while you swing well-broken coal into flame fiercer than ever, at pure white heat that drives you back scorched and blind from each quick shot. 2. A state of intensive activity. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A critical situation which causes a significant development in something; a force that metaphorically forges something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or for outdated methods on either side of industry. Example: The white heat of events tempered these new political ideas, allowing the magistrates and others to forge them into a coherent alternative ideology. 4. A strategy for economic growth through technological development, especially associated with the government of Harold Wilson. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: Wilson's white-heat strategy continued down the same path; its potency as a vote winner in its own right offset by the attention ministers themselves gave to modernising rhetoric. Example: The Internet revolution had been one of the trends which for all Blair's white-heat futurology he had underestimated in Opposition.
Word: concelhos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concelho Labels: form-of, plural
Word: net curtains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of net curtain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fungivores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fungivore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dysgenics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪsˈdʒɛnɪks/ 1. Synonym of cacogenics. Labels: uncountable
Word: unflummoxed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + flummoxed. 1. Not flummoxed. Example: Having been forewarned separately by Uncle Dom and Aunt Regina, Christine was unflummoxed by the sight of a nearly bald Ma. "It suits you, Ma," she said, walking around to admire the cut from all angles.
Word: Iliac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin Iliacus. 1. Relating to ancient Ilium, or Troy. Example: The other epics of the Iliac Cycle differ in their narrative from the Iliad
Word: sperable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sperabilis. Compare esperance and see -ible. 1. hopeful or hoped for Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: wee may either cast it away, if it be found but a Bladder; Or discharge it, of so much as is vaine, and not sperable.
Word: turbinating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of turbinate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pugging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pug Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pugging Part of Speech: noun 1. mortar etc. laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pugged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pug Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: synclinals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of synclinal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: awakeningly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From awakening + -ly. 1. In a way that awakens, or brings new sensations. Example: an awakeningly unforgettable journey
Word: gloamed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gloam Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: duads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: navamsa Part of Speech: noun 1. In Vedic astrology, a ninth part or division of a zodiac sign.
Word: navamsas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of navamsa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delfts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of delft Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hectics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hectic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hecticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hectick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lexicogrammar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lexico- + grammar, coined by Michael Halliday. 1. The continuity between grammar and lexis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lexicogrammars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lexicogrammar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delexicalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of delexicalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: delexicalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of delexicalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: delexicalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of delexicalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: interlist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inter- + list. 1. To list on more than one stock exchange. Labels: transitive Example: To the extent that current communications technology and the interlisting of shares (e.g., on both the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges) permits, an increasingly integrated North American market system exists.
Word: interlist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + list. 1. Between lists. Labels: not-comparable
Word: interlisting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of interlist Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: interlists Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of interlist Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: interlisted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of interlist Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: harassive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From harass + -ive. 1. Characterized by the tendency to harass; tending to harass; constituting or pertaining to harassment. Labels: not-comparable Example: Specifically, former Supervisor (Christie) indicated having "warned" Grievant J_ about his harassive behavior toward the female approximately three (3) to four (4) months prior to her submission of the complaint. Example: The hypothesis that women generally perceive sexually harassive conduct in the workplace to be unacceptable is clearly supported by these results.
Word: lapseth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: lapse + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lapse Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: molesteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: molest + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of molest Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: molestest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: molest + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of molest Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: ajingle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + jingle. Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒɪŋɡəl/ 1. Jingling. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1890, Rosamund Marriott Watson (as Graham R. Tomson), “The Ballad of Tonio Manzi,” Scribner’s Magazine, Volume 7, No. 1, January 1890, p. 53, […] the beasts in harness Now and then awaking, stirring, Set their listless bells ajingle. Example: You’re as superstitious as my father, who, if he had his way, would have my neck ajingle with his holy medals.
Word: ajangle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + jangle. Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒæŋɡəl/ 1. Jangling. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1913, Bert Leston Taylor, “Canopus” in Motley Measures, Chicago: The Laurentian Publishers, p. 14, When men are calling names and making faces, And all the world’s ajangle and ajar, I meditate on interstellar spaces And smoke a mild seegar. Example: Where the horrible clamor had merely set my nerves ajangle, it had plainly lacerated her like some evil bullwhip.
Word: balladed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ballad Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ballading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ballad Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: impassionating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of impassionate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: impassionating Part of Speech: adj 1. Causing passion; evoking passion. Labels: rare
Word: impassionates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of impassionate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: impassionated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of impassionate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stammereth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: stammer + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stammer Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cribbles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cribble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cribbles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cribble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cribbled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cribble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cribbling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cribble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: settable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From set + -able. 1. Capable of being set. Labels: not-comparable Example: a settable threshold Example: a settable power control
Word: bombardings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bombarding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bombarders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bombarder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bombardable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bombard + -able. 1. Capable of being bombarded; suitable for bombardment. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mulinanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mulinane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: formicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Combining form of Latin formīca (“ant”) + -cide. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːmɪsʌɪd/ 1. A substance that kills ants Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The killing of ants Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Each category of formicide is driven by an utterly distinct motive. But if you were an ant, you might not care about these fine distinctions.
Word: Grimm Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Grimm. 1. A surname from German. Example: Mr. Grimm pleaded guilty to a single count of tax fraud and was convicted in July 2015; he went on to serve eight months in prison. Lawmaker, law enforcer and lawbreaker — that’s a heck of a résumé, and alliterative, too!
Word: cumular Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of cumulous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: superbolide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + bolide. Pronunciation: /suːpəɹˈboʊ.laɪd/, /suːpəɹˈboʊ.lɪd/ 1. A bolide with a high apparent magnitude. Example: Meteorite falls are always in the bolide or superbolide category. Nevertheless, it is not true that the brighter the bolide, the larger the meteorite. Example: On February 15, 2013, many on Earth were watching for news of the approach of an asteroid labeled 2012 DA14. Suddenly, those watchers – and millions of others around the globe – were startled by news of a superbolide, or super bright meteor, above the region of Chelyabinsk in Russia.
Word: superbolides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superbolide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: IMs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of IM Labels: form-of, plural
Word: IM'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of IM Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: “WDYT,” she IM'd Sophie, wondering what her new friend thought of the idea. Sophie, sitting next to her, quickly IM'd back “G4I” to show her support.
Word: iambic tetrameter Part of Speech: noun 1. A poetic meter consisting of lines with four iambic feet each, meaning the even syllable is dominant. Labels: uncountable
Word: stoopeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: stoop + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stoop Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stoopest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: stoop + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of stoop Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: staggerest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: stagger + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of stagger Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: staggereth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: stagger + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stagger Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: slopeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: slope + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slope Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gigography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gig + -o- + -graphy. Compare discography. 1. A comprehensive list of the gigs played by a musical band or artist.
Word: gigographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gigography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: is there a grocery store nearby Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that the speaker wants to know whether a grocery store is nearby.
Word: I'm looking for a grocery store Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that the speaker is looking for a grocery store.
Word: designados Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of designado Labels: form-of, plural
Word: top-ups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of top-up Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rubegoldbergian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Rube Goldberg + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɹuːbɡəʊldˈbəːɡɪən/ 1. Achieving a simple objective by absurdly complicated means; overcomplicated, elaborate and impractical. Labels: Canada, US Example: The machinery of government is often rubegoldbergian, with complex arrangements of devolution and special status and power-sharing and affirmative action, and the contraption is held together by a few national symbols such as a rugby team.
Word: Ludlumesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ludlum + -esque. 1. Plotted in the style of Robert Ludlum's novels, noted especially for their intricate and extensive use of thriller tropes. Example: Ludlum has never come up with a more head-spinning, spine-jolting, intricately mystifying, Armageddonish, in short Ludlumesque, thriller than this. Example: It had been damp; Scotch tape did not like the damp; in many cases her Ludlumesque little traps had undoubtedly just peeled off and floated away on some random draft. 2. Titled in the style of Robert Ludlum's novels, typically consisting of "The", followed by a proper noun used attributively, then an understated common noun. Example: There's even a best-selling paperback novelist living in Frome, Dante Minuto, whom none of us has ever seen, who writes Ludlumesque thrillers with Ludlumesque titles, like The Marchpane Cicatrix and The Wiesenheimer Punctilio. Example: It had not taken long for the press to bestow upon the event legendary status and a Ludlumesque name: “the 'macaca' incident.”
Word: loster Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of lost: more lost Labels: comparative, form-of, nonstandard Example: Perhaps, being lost, one should get loster; being very late for an appointment, it might be best to walk slower, as one of my beloved Russian writers advised. Example: You can get loster, faster!
Word: lostest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: lost + -est 1. superlative form of lost: most lost Labels: form-of, nonstandard, superlative Example: The strongest sheep can be the "lostest" because of its power to go farthest into the wilderness. Example: No man can safely be left alone, and the lostest man in all creation is he who says "No one cares for my soul."
Word: lostest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: lost + -est 1. second-person singular simple past indicative of lose Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular
Word: cri du chat Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of cri du chat syndrome. Labels: uncountable
Word: sire-land Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sire + land. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪə(ɹ)lənd/ 1. A fatherland; an ancestral homeland. Labels: poetic
Word: spider vein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the slight resemblance to a spider on the skin. 1. A blood vessel affected by telangiectasia. Labels: informal, plural-normally
Word: spider veins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spider vein Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spider veins Part of Speech: noun 1. telangiectasia Labels: informal, plural
Word: religitard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From religi(o)- + -tard. 1. An adherent of a religion, especially one who is dogmatic. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, slur, vulgar Example: Come on you, religitards: Prove your God exists and I'll shut the hell up. Example: I understand the problem religitards have with Sodom, but what did Gomorrah ever do?
Word: religitards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of religitard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: have one's tubes tied Part of Speech: verb 1. To undergo a tubal ligation. Labels: colloquial Example: My sister had her tubes tied after her fifth pregnancy.
Word: alotted Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of allotted. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: As for the number of beds alotted to the individual institutions, …
Word: alotted Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of allotted. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: … that the Bush administration considered holding him as an enemy combatant after serving his alotted sentence.
Word: Rael Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Raël. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Worthing Part of Speech: name Etymology: * The name of the village in Norfolk derives from Old English worþig (“enclosure”). * The name of the town in West Sussex derives from the unattested Old English personal name *Weorþ + -ing (“belonging to”). Pronunciation: /ˈwəːðɪŋ/ 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable
Word: counteremotion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English counteremotion From counter- + emotion. 1. An emotion which acts in contrast or opposition to another emotion. Example: The counteremotion of anger is serenity, that of fear relaxation. Example: He began to feel [...] the elation of money coming his way, the self-congratulation that followed – because the gain was all down to his inspired decisions — and then the almost equal counteremotion of sickening anxiety: a fear that there was some aspect of the trade he hadn't covered, some twist that even he had not foreseen.
Word: dizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: steened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of steen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Cape Capensis Part of Speech: name 1. Any of various species of fish in the genus Merluccius, especially Merluccius capensis, shallow-water Cape hake and Merluccius paradoxus, deep-water Cape hake. Example: ... described multifasciatus (type locality Madagascar) and distinguished it from the common Cape capensis C. and V. Example: Other species, such as Cape Capensis, Orange Roughy, Nile Perch and various types of whiting and seatrout can also be expected to compete directly with tilapia in many markets.
Word: ballbag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ball + bag. 1. The scrotum. Labels: informal, slang, vulgar 2. A thoughtless and ignorant individual. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar
Word: ingenu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ingénu (“guileless”), especially as used by Voltaire in L'Ingénu, from Latin ingenuus (“ingenuous”). Doublet of ingenuous. 1. An innocent, unsophisticated, naive, wholesome boy or young man. Labels: rare Example: Even a casual reader of the philosophic tale will have met, in the array of types on parade-an oft-repeated "naïf" (who was anything but naive), at least one famed "candide," and several "ingénus." Example: Swift, it might be noted, has used this technique, but with "reverse English." Instead of a fine central intelligence, he has set up at the core of his work his favorite ingénu, an "I" who egregiously identifies himself with the very abuses that Swift is attacking.
Word: aulæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toe box Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toe + box. 1. The portion of the upper of footwear that encloses the toes.
Word: toebox Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of toe box. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 'clare Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of declare, representing African-American Vernacular English. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: “Tea Cake, Ah ’clare Ah don’t know whut tuh make outa you. You’se so crazy.
Word: tubal ligation Part of Speech: noun 1. A surgical procedure for female sterilization in which the Fallopian tubes are blocked or severed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cêntimo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese cêntimo. 1. Alternative form of centimo in Portuguese context. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Portuguese escudo was replaced by a national currency, the dobra (divided into 100 cêntimos), in September 1977. Example: What do you mean 'too much education?' I won't spend a cêntimo of your precious money. I'll go if I get a scholarship.
Word: cêntimos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cêntimo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: invigilatrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed as invigilate + -trix, after invigilator. Compare the Italian invigilatrice. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɪd͡ʒɪleɪtɹɪks/ 1. A woman (or entity given female personification) who invigilates; a female invigilator. Labels: rare Example: A History paper was lately set, at a girls’ school, on a certain period of English history—say the Reformation. One question was: “Mention the person in your period who interests you most, and give your reasons.” During the examination some female præpostor or other subaltern was sitting with the girls, some of whom asked, “Does ‘your period’ mean our period?” “Yes,” said the invigilatrix, if that is the word for the fair looker-on. Example: Our invigilatrix was my WEA widow, earning a little daytime money by giving out the papers and watching for cheaters.
Word: manther Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of mother + panther. 1. A woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men. Labels: Canada, US, slang Example: Cougars and manthers (which you should have heard of by now—or you can at least intuit) are always on the hunt for the energetic, supple, and naive.
Word: manther Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of man + panther. 1. A man who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger women. Labels: Canada, US, slang Example: “Jolo was a dick magnet but preferred manthers (older men who preyed on younger women) who spend lots of cash on her and me.” Example: All of these questions and more will be answered when Loverboy unleashes its well-oiled, classic rock canon on a sea of sweaty cougars and manthers grinding against one another to “Turn Me Loose,” April 21 at the Commodore.
Word: 18 holes Part of Speech: noun 1. A round of golf. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: big two Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the fact that the two is the high card. 1. A shedding-type card game with many variants. Labels: uncountable
Word: this, that, and the other Part of Speech: det 1. Particular items belonging to a large, diverse set, but items of the general kind of item indicated. Example: These returns exhibit a curious annual uniformity in results; the sort of uniformity which you find in the annual output of suicides in the world's capitals, and the proportions of deaths by this, that, and the other disease. Example: She meant to use the cumbrous machine to pick out this, that, and the other interesting person from the muddle of the world.
Word: this, that, and the other Part of Speech: noun 1. A wide range of actions, circumstances, characteristics, topics, or other items. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: A knowing old sheet-anchor-man, an unprincipled fellow, putting this, that, and the other together, ferrets out the mystery; [...] Example: Very much admired, indeed, the young woman was. What with her dress; what with the air and sun; what with being made so much of; what with this, that, and the other; her merits really attracted general notice.
Word: this, that, and the other thing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of this, that, and the other. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: "I aye took your part when folk miscaa'd ye, and said ye were this, that, and the other thing." Example: They insisted upon knowing how this, that, and the other thing would be done in the Cooperative Commonwealth.
Word: this, that, or the other Part of Speech: det 1. Alternative form of this, that, and the other. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: this, that, or the other Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of this, that, and the other. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: palletizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palletize + -er. 1. A machine that automatically stacks cases of goods onto a pallet.
Word: coleto Part of Speech: noun 1. A starling of species Sarcops calvus, endemic to the Philippines.
Word: sireland Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sire-land. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: suppositio materialis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin suppositio materialis. 1. The use of a word autonymously, or as a name for itself
Word: snarktastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From snark + -tastic. Pronunciation: /snɑːkˈtæstɪk/ 1. Very snarky, especially in an appealing or entertaining way. Labels: informal Example: By the time she made it to the mic the audience was ready to eat every snarktastic morsel from the palm of her hand. Example: They loved her snarktastic attack on Halley—some people were even asking for Halley to write a response in her next column.
Word: Five-Percenter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of 5 percenter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: condessa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese condessa. Doublet of countess and contessa. 1. A Portuguese countess.
Word: paedomorphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paedo- + -morphy, after paedomorphic. 1. The retention or emergence of juvenile characteristics in an adult organism. Labels: uncountable Example: The clade 4-1 salamanders recently lived in environments that would make paedomorphy unlikely, but now even when they are living in large, permanent ponds that induce paedomorphy in clade 4-2 salamanders, they are incapable of becoming paedomorphs. Example: Richard Wrangham has noted that the domestication of animals usually tames them by slowing down components of the developmental timetable to retain juvenile traits into adulthood, a process called pedomorphy or neoteny.
Word: pedomorphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pedo- (“child”) + -morphy. 1. Alternative spelling of paedomorphy. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Richard Wrangham has noted that the domestication of animals usually tames them by slowing down components of the developmental timetable to retain juvenile traits into adulthood, a process called pedomorphy or neoteny.
Word: -morphy Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape”), partly after -μορφία (-morphía). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːfi/ 1. Shaped or formed. Labels: morpheme
Word: anticucho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish anticucho, from Quechua anti kuchu. 1. A grilled and seasoned piece of meat, especially beef heart, of a kind popular in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.
Word: female genital cutting Part of Speech: noun 1. Female genital mutilation. Labels: uncountable Example: Female genital cutting (FGC) is an ancient practice that affects girls and young women around the world, defining the identity of women in cultures where it is practised. Example: Tolerance may run out, however, when a violation breaches a sacred value, as when immigrants to Western countries practice female genital cutting, honor killings, or the sale of underage brides […].
Word: bar mitzvahed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bar mitzvah Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: suddently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From suddent + -ly. 1. Alternative form of suddenly. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
Word: suddent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sodand, alternative form of sodeyn, by reanalysis of the ending as -and, -end, -ent (“present participle suffix”). 1. Alternative form of sudden. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard Example: "Oysters and whitebait and a tin of pate, peaches and a pineapple and one of our fowls; well, a woman might like to give herself a nice little dinner once in a while, but not a bottle of wine at four shillings and a three and sixpenny tin of cigarettes, for I never will believe she's took to drink and smoking of a suddent, so own up, Mr. Widgett, it's a little dinner-party on your account."
Word: historiometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From historiometr(y) + -ic. Pronunciation: /hɪˌstɒɹɪə(ʊ)ˈmɛtɹɪk/ 1. Pertaining to historiometry. Labels: not-comparable Example: Dean Simonton has developed several historiometric measures that are reliable and valid (in the psychometrician's technical sense) and politically nonpartisan.
Word: historiometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From historio- + -metry. Pronunciation: /hɪˌstɒɹiˈɒmətɹi/ 1. A statistical assessment of historical figures or phenomena. Labels: uncountable
Word: historio- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From combining form of Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, “history”). Compare historico-. 1. history. Labels: morpheme
Word: exemplares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exemplare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ignominity Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ignominy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, nonstandard, uncountable
Word: breastaurant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1990s: blend of breast + restaurant. 1. A restaurant featuring scantily clad female waitstaff. Labels: informal Example: Two things attracted Andrew Rodgers and his bachelor-party buddies to Hooters of Virginia, Inc., Roanoke's first and only “breastaurant.” Example: And feminists aren't the only ones complaining about the Island's inaugural “breastaurant”: Concerned parents whose broods play in the park across the street wonder how to shield them from the chain's double-entendre name, which is about as sophisticated as those looseleaf notes you furtively passed in high school health class. 2. A lactating woman or her breasts, viewed as a source of nutrition for a child. Labels: humorous, informal Example: Helen calls her chest the “breastaurant.” By the time Lili was three months old, Helen says, breastfeeding — oh, excuse me, eating at the breastaurant — became a piece of cake. Example: No small wonder, since your little one uses your breasts as everything from food supply to a source of comfort. Although time is the best healer, there are some things you can do until your body gets used to being a “breastaurant”: […]
Word: breastaurants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of breastaurant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catshit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cat + shit. 1. The feces from a cat (feline feces). Labels: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: my house is a shambles empty bottles lined up on table, clothes heaped on chairs, here a sock, there a catshit, Example: A cat could give two catshits if you are in a good mood or a bad mood.
Word: donkeyshit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From donkey + shit. 1. donkey excrement Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: The truth is none of them have heard anything to the contrary, all of them (his wife included, most likely, although Sally would never say so) think his job sounds duller than donkeyshit, and only Maddy has the vaguest idea of what it is he does.
Word: flying saucer group Part of Speech: noun 1. UFO religion. Example: Two of the oldest and most studied flying saucer groups are the Aetherius Society (founded by George King) and the Unarius Foundation (founded by the late Ruth Norman).
Word: KBC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Kaun Banega Crorepati. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Katy Barrel Company. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Kentucky Baptist Convention. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Kachemak Bay Campus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Karachi Boat Club. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of Kevin Barry Cumann. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of Kingston Bible College. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: continental drip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy or alliteration with continental drift. 1. The phenomenon whereby southward-pointing landforms are more numerous and prominent than northward-pointing landforms. Labels: uncountable
Word: Jappy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Japanese or Jap (“offensive slur towards Japanese people”) + -y. 1. Japanese. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur Example: To be really Jappy... Example: When George moved to London later that year Jennie received him at her home, wearing a loose Japanese kimono instead of the conventional whale-boned corset and gown. The young, infatuated lieutenant wrote ecstatically of the 'lovely Jappy gown'.
Word: Jappy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From JAP (“Jewish American princess”) + -y. 1. Materialistic and shallow in a way stereotypically associated with Jewish women. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, not-comparable, slang, slur Example: ... erasing the term from society's consciousness without changing Jewish women's "Jappy" behavior makes about as much sense as a campaign to eradicate lung cancer while insisting on people's right to smoke. Example: 1992, Janice L. Booker, Yale Strom, The Expulsion of the Jews: Five Hundred Years of Exodus, Spi Books Trade Nora once described a neighbor who was a convert to Judaism . “ She converted the whole way , ” she said . “ She is as Jappy as anybody on the block.
Word: sirelands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sireland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cource Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of course. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: rowmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From row + mate. 1. Someone who is in the same row. Example: I'm sure I drove my rowmate, Kristen, crazy. I inadvertently stole her seat next to the window without thinking about it, and as we landed, I had to remind myself to pull my nose away from the glass, lest she wanted to watch the descent.
Word: nether cheek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nether- + cheek. 1. A buttock. Labels: euphemistic, humorous, sometimes Example: He turned the freer upon his face downright, / Displaying his nether cheeks full broad and white.
Word: gajas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gaja Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lucky devil Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone with astounding good luck.
Word: clome oven Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of masonry oven with a removable door made of clay or alternatively a cast iron door built into the side of a chimney.
Word: clome ovens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clome oven Labels: form-of, plural