nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: footly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English *fotlich, from Old English fōtlīċ (“on foot, pedestrian”), equivalent to foot + -ly. 1. In a footly manner; by foot. Labels: not-comparable Example: Oh! foot it featly, and feat it footly, and dance and sing, and tootle-ty ting!"
Word: century breaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of century break Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triple goddess Part of Speech: noun 1. A female triune deity, either one goddess with three distinct aspects or manifestations, or three goddesses who form a unit. Example: The goddess Brig was a triple goddess of poetry, smithcraft and healing, along with her two sisters of the same name.
Word: triple goddess Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Triple Goddess. Labels: alt-of
Word: convex combination Part of Speech: noun 1. A linear combination (of vectors in Euclidean space) in which the coefficients are non-negative and all add up to one.
Word: rowling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rowl (“roll”) Labels: archaic, form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: There stood a Hill not far whose griesly top / Belch'd fire and rowling smoak
Word: middle-end Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Modelled on high-end and low-end, though it makes little logical sense in the context of a two-ended range of prices. 1. Moderately priced; average quality. Labels: nonstandard, not-comparable, rare Example: Near-synonyms: middlebrow, midbrow
Word: nosely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nose + -ly. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the nose or noses, nasal; nosey. Labels: nonstandard Example: That was unusual because Barnesville is a place like most low cost housing areas where people did not only know wone another but are nosely to the point of finding out each others business.
Word: nosely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nose + -ly. 1. In a nosey or nasal manner; nasally. Labels: nonstandard Example: If any one desired to meet real American people, without a trace of the pronunciation of a Briton; people who talked right nosely, — Milltown. Example: May I ask Brother Elmer Hayden where he gets that stuff that so nosely blooms.
Word: eyely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ely, eiȝely, equivalent to eye + -ly. 1. Visible or apparent to the eye; evident; obvious. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, rare Example: Ofttimes we look upon an eyely prize, / And conjure means by which we may obtain / That morsel for ourself; […] Example: […] and I quoted a few places where the first part of my accusation is capable of "eyely and euident demonstration,' to use a phrase of Leicarraga's time.
Word: eyely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From the adjective (see above), equivalent to eye + -ly. 1. Obviously; evidently; apparently. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, rare Example: He was eyely delited at the site you may be sure but Becky being timersome shut her eyes all the time she was seeing it.
Word: demonisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demon + -isation. 1. Alternative spelling of demonization. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: Each side's current demonisation of the other generates heat rather than light, and pushes a settlement further away.
Word: demonisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demonisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: herd immunity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From herd + immunity, first identified in herds of cattle. Pronunciation: /ˈhəːd ɪˈmjuːnɪti/, /ˈhɚd ɪˈmjunəti/, [-ɾi] 1. The indirect protection against the spread of a contagious disease in a given population caused by the immunity of a significant proportion of the population to that particular disease; the immunity may have been obtained through having survived the infection or through vaccination. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: During the years that the herd was being replenished by purchase abortions were frequent, but that practice was discontinued, and the heifer calves born in the herd have been raised. [...] Thus a herd immunity seems to have developed as a result both of keeping the aborting cows and raising the calves. Example: The Spread of Bacterial Infection. The Problem of Herd-Immunity [title]. [...] Consideration of the results obtained over the last five years, [...] has led us to believe that the question of immunity as an attribute of a herd should be studied as a separate problem, closely related to, but in many ways distinct from, the problem of the immunity of an individual host.
Word: ground-effect machine Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of ground-effect vehicle.
Word: air-cushion vehicle Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of hovercraft.
Word: GEM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of ground-effect machine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Acronym of Graphite-Epoxy Motor. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: air cushion vehicle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of air-cushion vehicle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ground effect machine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ground-effect machine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: items of clothing Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of item of clothing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ape + -ly. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of apes; simian. Example: There is now a danger, we presume, that people may do such things by the rules of Darwinism, but the author fails to inform us whether we are likely to select servants and intimate friends because they do, or because they do not, present in their faces and on their persons indications of their apely origin? Example: Our family is Hominidae, and we share it with four living species of great apes — chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans — as well as dozens of extinct predecessors of varying apely or humanesque traits.
Word: lateral lines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lateral line Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laughing geese Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laughing goose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laughing gulls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laughing gull Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laughing owls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laughing owl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: letter grades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of letter grade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ape + -hood. 1. The state or essence of being an ape. Labels: uncountable
Word: saleworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sale + -worthy. 1. Worthy or capable of being sold; sellable. Example: But even before he could do so, half-a-dozen black Somanlis, now eager for gain, interposed their strong arms to prevent such culpable waste of good saleworthy slave stuff.
Word: grande dame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French grande dame, from grande (the feminine form of grand (“great, grand”)) + dame (“lady”). Doublet of grandam. The plural form grandes dames is borrowed from French grandes dames. Pronunciation: /ˌɡɹɒ̃ ˈdɑːm/, /ɡɹɒn(d)-/, /ˌɡɹɑnd ˈdɑm/, /ˌɡɹænd-/ 1. A woman who is high-ranking, socially prominent, or has a dignified character, especially one who is advanced in age and haughty. Labels: also, attributive Example: In general the Continental, or at least the Belgian old women permit themselves a license of manners, speech, and aspect, such as our venerable grand-dames would recoil from as absolutely disreputable, […] Example: You only 'make love' languidly to some grande dame, who blinds him with sandal-wood and stifles him in lace; […] 2. A woman who is accomplished and influential, and is a respected senior figure in a particular field; a doyenne. Labels: also, attributive Example: Died. Ruth St. Denis, 90, grande dame of modern dance, whose foresight and inspiration helped change the U.S. from a choreographic wasteland to what is today one of the world's foremost centers of dance; […] Example: As the grande dame of Latin American actresses, Norma Aleandro is accustomed to having choice roles gravitate in her direction. 3. A very highly regarded and well-known institution or structure, or large conveyance such as a ship. Labels: also, attributive, figuratively Example: Carlton […] Returned to its former glory, this is the grande dame of all Bilbao hotels.
Word: archdukedom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From archduke + -dom. 1. The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
Word: Anglo-Saxondom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Saxon + -dom. 1. The Anglo-Saxon domain; the whole body of Anglo-Saxons. Labels: uncountable
Word: butcherdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butcher + -dom. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊt͡ʃədəm/, /ˈbʊt͡ʃɚdəm/ 1. The condition or trade of a butcher. Labels: uncountable Example: Opossum certainly was not confined to the Negro diet. Most whites ate the animal and many sought them eagerly. Young ones could be fried, but the preferred method was roasting and serving with sweet potatoes. An ex-slave commented on their gastronomical worth: “but verily there is nothing in all butcherdom so delicious as a roasted ’possum.”
Word: vendable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of vendible. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vendable Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of vendible. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: talk past Part of Speech: verb 1. To talk at cross purposes with; to speak in such a way that a listener fails to understand one's meaning.
Word: talks past Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of talk past Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: talking past Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of talk past Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: talked past Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of talk past Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: 4D Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of four-dimensional. Labels: not-comparable 2. Abbreviation of four-dimensional. Labels: not-comparable Example: 4D-CT 3. Having a quirky or oddball personality. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: Being considered 4D is usually when an idol behaves and acts differently or strangely compared to the usual Korean standards. Example: If every K-pop group has a “4D” member, V was probably BTS's. He's grown up significantly since then, emanating maturity and wisdom […]
Word: corruscation Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of coruscation. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: palmitine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of palmitin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: paludicole Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin palūs (“marsh”) + -cole. Compare French paludicole. 1. Paludicolous; inhabiting marshes. Labels: not-comparable Example: The species are strictly paludicole[…]
Word: subquest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + quest. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbˌkwɛst/ 1. A secondary quest that forms part of a larger quest. Example: If each of five paths through the game has an entirely independent set of locations, monsters, spells, characters, subquests, and game objectives, the designer is essentially faced with creating five wholly different games. Example: This is an example of a subquest that must be completed before the main one can be finished. Or the subquest could be finding a key that unlocks the room holding the princess since the room has been magically sealed against all entry without the key.
Word: subquests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subquest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rabbit starvation Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of acute malnutrition caused by excess consumption of any lean meat (such as rabbit), coupled with a lack of nutrients and usually other stressors such as a cold or dry environment. Labels: uncountable
Word: sociopsychoanalytical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From socio- + psychoanalytical. 1. Of or pertaining to sociopsychoanalysis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Klabee Part of Speech: noun 1. A treasurer in the Ku Klux Klan. Example: Dragons, Klabees and Cyclopses were present in robes of gold, purple, scarlet. And Imperial Wizard HW Evans made a keynote speech. Example: Despite the assurance of Klabee Robert F. Howard in November 1926 that the Salt Lake Klan was "still functioning with great vigor and holding meetings every Monday evening," interest in the order was drastically on the wane.
Word: Klabees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Klabee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kleagle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Klan + eagle? 1. A recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan. Example: At last, when the tribute slackened, he motioned to his retainers to sweep up the treasure. Then he strode off to a near-by pavilion to consult with his attendant Kleagles, Cyclopses, and Titans.
Word: Kleagles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kleagle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: klecktoken Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Klan and token. 1. A subscription fee paid by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Example: The Indiana scandals utterly discredited the Klan in the eyes of the general public and alienated most of its own members, who dropped their memberships en masse by not renewing their annual klecktokens.
Word: klecktokens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of klecktoken Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kligrapp Part of Speech: noun 1. A secretary in the Ku Klux Klan. Example: A directive from the Indiana KKK Department of Propaganda and Education to all state exalted Cyclops and kligrapps on the occasion of Mother's Day 1925, for example, instructed Klansmen to honor their "glorious mothers as the only reliable source of counsel, sympathy, and courage in a man's life."
Word: kligrapps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kligrapp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: klonvocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Klan + convocation. 1. A meeting of the Ku Klux Klan. Example: But other klonvocations, held contemporaneously with Norfolk's, he pointed out, had displayed a more malevolent quality.
Word: klonvocations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of klonvocation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kloran Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Klan + Koran. 1. The handbook of the Ku Klux Klan.
Word: klavalier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Klan + cavalier. 1. A member of the Ku Klux Klan's "secret police" or flogging squads. Example: In Indiana County, seventeen of twenty-four klavalier applicants were from the mining industry[…]
Word: klavaliers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of klavalier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kludd Part of Speech: noun 1. A chaplain or preacher in the Ku Klux Klan. Example: Kludds preached that Klan and Church were synonymous. Friends in high places, non-members supporting Klan views, were willing to help. Distinguished visitors from abroad applauded the Klan fight.
Word: kludds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kludd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Klokard Part of Speech: noun 1. A lecturer in the Ku Klux Klan. Example: By creating a hierarchy of Imperial Wizard, Grand Dragons, Klokards, and Kleagles and by creating a network of semiautonomous, local Klaverns, the Klan has devised a world of "alternative institutions" within the United States[…] Example: The Klokard from his position, carefully surveys the Sacred Altar to make sure it is properly prepared[…]
Word: Klokards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Klokard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Klexter Part of Speech: noun 1. An outer guard at meetings of the Ku Klux Klan. Example: The Kleagles, and Klexters, and other nabobs should go with him. Example: Sitting in on a Klan meeting. Wouldn't that be something? Bankhead thought about the details. How would it work? “First, you got to get by the Klexter.”
Word: Klexters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Klexter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Klarogo Part of Speech: noun 1. An inner guard at meetings of the Ku Klux Klan. Example: Later members of the Klans known as Night Hawks, Klarogos, and Klexters wore black uniforms void of robes for ease of movement. They were similar to Gestapo uniforms worn by elite Nazi military officers. Example: The wicket opened and the Klarogo inside demanded: "Who is it and what is your business?"
Word: Klarogos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Klarogo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Klokan Part of Speech: noun 1. An officer of the Ku Klux Klan who investigates prospective members.
Word: Klokann Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Klokan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Klokans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Klokan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Klaliff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Klan + caliph? 1. An officer of the Ku Klux Klan. Example: If he should be in doubt as to the qualifications of the one seeking admission, he must satisfy himself from the Klaliff or Kligrapp.
Word: Klaliffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Klaliff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Klankraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Klan + craft, respelled with k. 1. The activities and beliefs of the Ku Klux Klan. Labels: uncountable Example: He says he found interest in Klankraft running high and the members of the organization there are among the highest type of citizens. Example: He had never communicated real Klankraft to his followers, and no one but him today knows the "sublime loftiness" of its "mystic philosophies."
Word: Kladd Part of Speech: noun 1. A conductor and custodian in the Ku Klux Klan. Example: When all officers were assembled, the kladd certified that everyone present was a valid member of the WKKK. Example: The Kladd and Night Hawk staggered off with their burdens, and the Klan square opened and swallowed them up. In a moment they were both back. “Attention!” the Kladd bellowed. “Fall in—single file, right hand on the shoulder of the man in front of you!”
Word: Kladds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kladd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Klannish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of Klan + clannish. 1. Of or pertaining to the Ku Klux Klan. Example: I am an American Negro woman who, in spite of all the Klannish feeling in the world, is grateful to the Creator, since it pleased Him to create me thus, and proudly I join with those who denounce hatred and advocate love. Example: Klannish political culture offered a way of life, a sense of purpose, and a worldview that drew on the ordinary racism and intolerance of white Protestant society[…]
Word: cybercrew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + crew. 1. A crew or group of people who interact in cyberspace. Labels: rare Example: The “Klaliffs” he must defer to within his cybercrew cannot control him offline, for they do not even know his real name. Example: Rather than view something forwarded from another monitor, the cybercrew remained mobile—especially Kurtzman with his wheelchair—so as not to risk any alterations or degradation of signal by continual forwarding.
Word: cephalad Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From cephal- + -ad. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛfəlæd/ 1. Towards the head (or anterior extremity), a direction that in humans corresponds to superior. Example: Perianal disease is common in patients with Crohn’s disease. Unfortunately, the perianal area often is poorly evaluated by barium studies because the enema tip may be inserted too cephalad or because exquisite anal tenderness may preclude adequate retrograde distension and evaluation.
Word: storage hypervisor Part of Speech: noun 1. A hardware-independent supervisory software program that operates as a transparent virtual layer across consolidated disk pools providing centrally managed storage control and supplementary functionality to improve availability, speed, and utilization.
Word: netsex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From net + sex (in sense of network or internet). 1. Cybersex. Labels: uncountable Example: Many people who engage in netsex say that they are constantly surprised by how emotionally and physically powerful it can be. Example: Stories abound of individuals whose lives have been complicated by involvement in netsex.
Word: wing sauce Part of Speech: noun 1. The sauce served with buffalo wings, usually made with vinegar, butter, and hot sauce. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: kamado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 竈. 1. A traditional Japanese wood- or charcoal-fired earthen vessel used as a stove or oven. 2. A modern cooker in this style, often used for barbecues.
Word: kamados Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kamado Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pursuite Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of pursuit. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: 16??, Joseph Glanvill, A blow at modern Sadducism in some philosophical considerations about witchcraft […] apply our selves to pursuites that are more manly […]
Word: pursuites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pursuite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Storm Part of Speech: name 1. A unisex given name. 2. A surname.
Word: even-minded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From even + minded. 1. Having equanimity.
Word: radioprotectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radioprotector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: even-mindedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From even-minded + -ness. 1. The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress; equanimity. Labels: uncountable Example: This is done having first attained even-mindedness towards all sentient beings. Example: In terms of the actual stages of practice, even-mindedness should be cultivated first. Great even-mindedness is cultivated by reflecting upon the lack of inherent existence of friend and foe.
Word: Manne Part of Speech: name Etymology: Various origins: * Borrowed from Telugu మన్నె (manne); this surname is mostly found in Telangana. * Variant of the Dutch surname Mann. * Borrowed from French Manne, a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of a kind of basket with two handles. * Borrowed from Yiddish מֹרְדְּכַי (Manēh). 1. A surname.
Word: splocket Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsplɒkɪt/ 1. Alternative form of sprocket. Labels: attributive, ellipsis Example: The screens are connected by chain belts and splocket wheels, so that the bottom screen drives the other two. Example: Derailleurs, caliper brakes, drum brakes, three-speed hubs not incorporating coaster brakes, click twist grips, click stick levers, multiple freewheel splockets. 2. Alternative form of sprocket. Example: 1898, Frank William Macey, Specifications in Detail, pages 162⁽¹⁾ and 175⁽²⁾ ⁽¹⁾ Common and jack rafters…with cut wrought ends at overhanging eaves, and wrought splocket (cock) pieces. ⁽²⁾ See clauses Nos. 75, 77 to 89, and 91 to 99, for any other parts to the roof which may be required, such as tilting fillets, splockets, boarding, fascia, eaves soffits and other items. Example: Sprocket, Splocket. A triangular piece of timber.
Word: splockets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splocket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minifundia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minifundium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: downplayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From downplay + -er. 1. One who, or that which, downplays. Example: So much for the claim of radiation downplayers about the absolute risk method. Example: Downplayers, like weaselers, innuendo, loaded questions, and other slanters, can be used intentionally to make something less significant or worthy than it is. In other situations their use adds spark and perhaps a bit of humor […]
Word: downplayers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of downplayer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: downmodulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of downmodulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: downmodulates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of downmodulate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: upmodulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + modulate. 1. To modulate to a higher level. Labels: transitive
Word: upmodulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of upmodulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: upmodulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of upmodulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: upmodulates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of upmodulate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nonspotted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + spotted. 1. Not marked with spots. Labels: not-comparable
Word: maffling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of maffle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: maffling Part of Speech: noun 1. A simpleton. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: maffled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of maffle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: maffled Part of Speech: adj 1. baffled; totally confused Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: steple Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of steeple (“tower, spire”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: steples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of steple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noncationic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + cationic. 1. Not cationic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncatalogued Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + catalogued. 1. Not catalogued. Labels: not-comparable
Word: forgings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forging Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gimbap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kimbap. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: kimbap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 김밥 (gimbap), from 김 (gim, “a type of seaweed”) + 밥 (bap, “rice”). 1. A Korean dish of steamed white rice and other ingredients rolled in sheets of dried laver seaweed and served in bite-size slices. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: First-time visitors to this takeout spot in Koreatown should try the buffet; regulars come for noodles and kimbap, or Korean-style sushi filled with pickled vegetables Example: The babbling stream, people spreading out rush mats to sit on, snacking on kimbap.
Word: pierrots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pierrot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: porkiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From porky + -ness. 1. The quality of being porky. Labels: uncountable Example: It would be like a Macy's Thanksgiving Day balloon in a small room — Porky Pig blown to his full girth, crushing everyone inside with his porkiness. Example: Have you ever placed a vanishingly thin morsel of rosy meat on your tongue and had it fill your mouth with deepest porkiness, or the aroma of tropical fruits, or caramel, or chocolate?
Word: unrevivable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + revivable. 1. Impossible to revive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unrevived Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + revived. 1. Not having been revived. Labels: not-comparable Example: Why, when Antony Tudor’s Prokofiev “Gala Performance” has been languishing unrevived for years, has Ballet Theater acquired James Kudelka’s repetitious collection of clichés, “Désir” (1991), as the centerpiece of this program?
Word: antimanipulation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + manipulation. 1. Opposing or preventing the manipulation of market prices. Labels: not-comparable Example: The proposal on swaps dealers would include antifraud and antimanipulation provisions as well as potential limits on market positions and holdings.
Word: clomper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clomp + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈklɒmpə/, /ˈklɑmpɚ/ 1. A heavy, ungainly shoe or boot. Labels: informal Example: Pink satin prom pumps lie under heavy studded black clompers; yellow suede midi-boots trample wafer-thin Blahnik mules.
Word: clompers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clomper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overbanked Part of Speech: adj 1. Furnished with too many banks (financial institutions). Example: BBVA stopped branch expansion in overbanked Spain in 2006. 2. Of a rollercoaster turn or curve: such that the track tilts 90 degrees or more.
Word: semiscientific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + scientific. 1. Partially scientific; having or using certain aspects of science. Labels: not-comparable Example: League officials set the thresholds for suspension — on the seventh technical foul or the fourth flagrant-foul point — using a semiscientific approach.
Word: archsegregationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arch- + segregationist. 1. A primary segregationist; a strong supporter of segregation. Example: But Alabama, the heart of Dixie, where the archsegregationist George C. Wallace served as governor, holds a special symbolic value.
Word: archsegregationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archsegregationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: braceleted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bracelet + -ed. 1. Wearing a bracelet or bracelets. Labels: not-comparable Example: The female figure from the Barbier-Mueller, her braceleted arms poised so that her hands rest on her thighs, is in fabulous shape.
Word: braceleted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bracelet + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of bracelet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bereted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From beret + -ed. 1. Wearing a beret. Labels: not-comparable
Word: braceletted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of braceleted. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: braceletted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bracelet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: weye Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of weigh. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: weye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See way. 1. Obsolete form of way. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: weyes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oligopolist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oligopoly + -ist. 1. A member of an oligopoly; one of a small number of sellers with undue influence over a market. Example: But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal. This only magnified the indispensable nature of the oligopolists. Example: “As a classic oligopolist, Moody’s earns exceedingly high margins while paying only the needed lip service to product quality.”
Word: oligopolists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oligopolist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oligophenylenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oligophenylene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nondefamatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + defamatory. 1. Not defamatory. Labels: not-comparable Example: But an appeals court held that that comment was nondefamatory, constitutionally protected opinion.
Word: gospelesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gospel + -esque. 1. Reminiscent of gospel music. Example: And indeed, something was lost amid the clinking glasses, making it tougher to appreciate the subtle emotional touches of “Ariel,” the surprisingly jumpy gospelesque moments at the end of “Valentino” and the childlike frustration on “Nothing but a Miracle.”
Word: gospellers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gospeller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gospelers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gospeler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desuperheat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + superheat. 1. To cool a liquid below its boiling point. Labels: transitive 2. To cool a vapour below its saturation point. Labels: transitive
Word: schoolbuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schoolbus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desuperheaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of desuperheater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desuperheats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of desuperheat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: desuperheating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of desuperheat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: desuperheated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of desuperheat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: supernational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + national. 1. Spanning nations; having large autonomy. Labels: not-comparable Example: Russia, along with China and other nations, has floated the idea of forming a supernational currency to supplant the dollar, perhaps using the so-called special drawing rights units of the International Monetary Fund as a basis.
Word: ultraloyalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ultra- + loyalist. 1. One who has strong loyalist beliefs. Example: When Mr. Brown’s aides began touting a Brown ultraloyalist, the schools and children’s secretary, Ed Balls, to take over from Mr. Darling at the Treasury, Mr. Darling, too, threatened to resign.
Word: ultraloyalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ultraloyalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clienteles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clientele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cornflake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corn + flake. 1. A toasted flake of maize used as breakfast cereal. Example: But the kitchen regained its footing with a juicy pork chop, from a farm in Pennsylvania, with a cornflake crust; catfish (in a departure, from Louisiana) pan roasted, with black-bean-studded rice; and a chicken breast (from Delaware) pan roasted, with balsamic vinegar and a first-rate mozzarella.
Word: cornflake Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From corn + flake. 1. Fake. Labels: slang
Word: dynamite roll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the appearance of an uncut roll, in which the tail of the piece of prawn tempura protrudes from one end, resembling the fuse of a stick of dynamite. 1. A type of Western-style sushi usually containing a piece of prawn tempura and capelin roe with vegetables and Japanese mayonnaise. Example: Fried gyoza, wasabi shumai, tako su; yellowtail sashimi, scallop sashimi, squid sashimi, crunchy spicy scallop roll, dynamite roll, dragon roll, yin yang roll, traffic signal roll, daiko roll, Jimmy’s roll.
Word: dynamite rolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dynamite roll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dependables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dependable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: estheticians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of esthetician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eternalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From eternal + -ize. 1. To make eternal; to immortalize. Labels: transitive Example: This occasions a flood of recollected sensory detail, Updike at his best, an eternalizing of the moment of that kiss which stands in defiance of age and decrepitude and the bone cancer winnowing Mamie in the prison of her reduced self.
Word: eternalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of eternalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: eternalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of eternalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: eternalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of eternalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jibbering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jibber Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jibbering Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of gibbering. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jibbering Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gibbering. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jibbered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jibber Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: microsimulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of microanalytic simulation. 1. A form of computerized analysis used to study detailed models. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Last week, he flew to Geneva to represent Canada at a United Nations gathering and this week he will be host to an international conference on microsimulation.
Word: microsimulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microsimulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miniconglomerate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + conglomerate. 1. A small business conglomerate. Example: He is already a miniconglomerate.
Word: miniconglomerates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miniconglomerate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mythification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myth + -ification. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪθɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. Conversion into a myth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Both products of Hollywood’s youth boom of the late ’60s, “Woodstock” and “Zabriskie Point” begin in the same cultural moment and head off in completely different directions: “Woodstock” toward a mythification of the recent past, “Zabriskie” toward a nameless dread of the near future.
Word: mythifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mythification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noncousin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + cousin. 1. One who is not a cousin. Example: The opening sections of Martin’s biography are clogged with genealogical chronicles of the Garcías (the father’s family) and the Márquezes (the mother’s), snaking into the 19th century — a preposterously tangled story of cousins and noncousins united in wedlock, nonwedlock, near-incest, vendetta-mania and frontier trailblazing in the Colombian wilds[…]
Word: noncousins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noncousin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonwedlock Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + wedlock. 1. Not in wedlock. Labels: not-comparable Example: increasing social acceptance of nonwedlock births
Word: postcarding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From postcard + -ing. 1. The sending of postcards. Labels: uncountable Example: "We had a massive postcarding campaign involving college campuses, many environmental groups," says O'Connell. Example: Feuer asked to postpone the postcarding because of the rain.
Word: postcarding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From postcard + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of postcard Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prospectless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prospect + -less. 1. Without prospects; futureless. Labels: not-comparable Example: The comparison to “Gatsby” raises some uncomfortable questions: What if a man with such tortuously denied desires rose up not in clear proximity of the American Dream but far from it, in a prospectless and corrupt society?
Word: semidesperation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + desperation. 1. A state approaching desperation. Labels: uncountable Example: […]the old gentleman […] pooh-poohed the idea, and finally dismissed Henry in a state of semidesperation[…] Example: The call of semidesperation via a high-tech status symbol is an emblem of the gap between the past and the present for many of urban America’s self-employed.
Word: shweshwe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Sotho name Moshoeshoe, also spelled Mshweshwe. Pronunciation: /ʃwɛʃwɛ/ 1. A patterned South African fabric used mainly for women's clothing. Labels: uncountable Example: He employs 40 Sotho women to cut and make traditional Shweshwe dresses — from fabric manufactured In England and in Bisho, near East London. Example: But Ms. Katsaras always keeps the series’s central character, the private investigator Precious Ramotswe (Jill Scott, above), the focus of attention with colorful dresses and head scarves made of shweshwe, the traditional South African fabric known for its pulsating motifs.
Word: unshucked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + shucked. 1. Not shucked. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unshucked ear of corn
Word: underflavored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + flavored. 1. Lacking sufficient flavor. Example: Among the entrees, the only serious disappointment was a short rib, which should have been called a long rib — a nine-inch Flintstone-class bone encircled at the waist by a four-inch band of stringy, underflavored meat.
Word: stoupe Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of stoop. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […]a ſtronger then I commeth after me / whos ſhue latchett I am not worthy to ſtoupe doune and vnloſe.
Word: wrigglingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From wriggling + -ly. 1. With a motion that wriggles. Example: But Ms. Reza’s and Mr. LaBute’s plays strike me as the hairy beasts in this foursome; they’re alert, pushy works in which words are hurled like poison darts. Mr. Foote’s and Mr. Kaufman’s are calmer, more self-conscious and a bit less wrigglingly alive, at least on the page.
Word: wooings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wooing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multiloculated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, multi- + locule + -ate + -ed. 1. Synonym of multilocular. Labels: not-comparable
Word: polishability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From polish + -ability. 1. The quality or degree of being polishable. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Resin composites used at that time in anterior build-ups lacked color stability, polishability and physical properties.
Word: polishabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polishability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonproliferative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + proliferative. 1. Not proliferative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: microfill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + fill. 1. A spreadable microparticulate substance used in dental work. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: microfill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From micro- + fill. 1. To fill with this substance.
Word: microfills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microfill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microfills Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of microfill Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: microparticulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + particulate. 1. Composed of microparticles Labels: not-comparable
Word: microparticulate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + particulate. 1. A microscopic particulate
Word: paddability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pad + -ability. 1. The quality of being paddable. Labels: uncountable
Word: principalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From principal + -ist. 1. A radical conservative. Example: “The principalists have shown to the people what serving the people really means,” he said, using a word he prefers to “fundamentalists.”
Word: principalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of principalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: avianlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From avian + -like. 1. Characteristic of birds. Example: Another avianlike feature is the cloaca, the single orifice through which an echidna or platypus voids waste, has sex and lays eggs, and by which the group gets its name.
Word: aviarists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aviarist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nocturnalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nocturnal + -ist. 1. A creature of nocturnal habits. Example: In a recent issue of The Journal of Mammalogy, Mr. Opiang offers the first glimpse of the natural history and ecology of an immaculately private nocturnalist with a surprisingly well-endowed brain. 2. A physician trained as a hospitalist who practices primarily nocturnal care.
Word: palatably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English palatable Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English palatably From palatable + -ly. 1. In a palatable manner. Example: Many of the employees have complained that the package could have been structured more palatably and that management was not sharing equally in the pain, which the company disputes.
Word: nocturnalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nocturnalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gekkonid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Gekkonidae. 1. Any member of the family Gekkonidae, the largest family of geckos. Example: Non-gekkotans and non-gekkonid gekkotans were used as outgroups and/or in establishing calibrations for the timetree analysis ....
Word: gekkonids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gekkonid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pygopodid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Pygopodidae. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪɡəʊˌpɒdɪd/ 1. Any member of the family Pygopodidae, the legless lizards.
Word: pygopodids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pygopodid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polysomnographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polysomnograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polysomnograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polysomnogram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rimantidine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rimantadine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Depending on the mutation, older antiviral drugs like rimantidine may be useful, but so much resistance to them developed in seasonal flu that they were largely abandoned a few years ago.
Word: unpoliticized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + politicized. 1. Not politicized. Example: The reaction of Fort Lauderdale's previously unpoliticized gay community was swift. Example: The Supreme Court was intended to act as an unpoliticized check on the powers of the other branches of government.
Word: eprouvette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French éprouvette 1. A one-piece, fixed-elevation mortar formerly used to test the strength of gunpowder. Example: From there, he’s on to making things like fuses, rockets and an eprouvette, or small cannon.
Word: eprouvettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eprouvette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sticklerism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stickler + -ism. 1. The behaviour of a stickler; inflexible adherence to rules. Labels: derogatory, uncountable Example: “We, the intellectually curious, may soon find ourselves trapped in a pen, fenced in by rule-bound sticklerism and overzealous concern for our personal safety, unless we exercise our civil liberties and our curiosity,” he declaims.
Word: cyberpatient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + patient. 1. A patient who receives medical diagnosis by means of a computer network. Example: Explicit medical videos are among the exceptions, allowing cyberpatients and other viewers 18 and over to watch videos of colonoscopies, appendectomies and open-heart surgery.
Word: cyberpatients Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyberpatient Labels: form-of, plural
Word: girthed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From girth + -ed. 1. Of a sizeable girth; portly. Example: He is quite of the Pelissier build; rotund, and girthed, and strapped down; with a grey poll, and dyed moustaches. Example: Amber’s boyfriend, Gary, a nurse’s assistant who spends his off hours playing video games, is equally girthed, making a joke of his size in a T-shirt that says, “First Round Draft Pick.”
Word: handmake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hand + make, a back-formation from handmade. 1. To make by hand; to manufacture manually. Labels: transitive Example: The two are handmaking mirrors, sculptures and furnishings from salvaged materials (or “plundered trash,” as Mr. Welsh calls it), driftwood and Mr. Salaiz’s ceramics pieces.
Word: handmaking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of handmake Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: handmakes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of handmake Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: houttuynia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Houttuynia of two species in the Saururaceae native to Southeast Asia. Example: But after being reminded of the rogue’s gallery of houttuynia, vinca minor, liriope and even the beloved lily of the valley, he conceded that some plants can perhaps be too agreeable when it comes to colonizing.
Word: houttuynias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of houttuynia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carbonator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carbonate + -or. 1. A device that carries out carbonation. Example: But the city now has an answer for that, too: it is offering discounts on carbonators.
Word: carbonators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carbonator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: penstemon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Penstemon. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnstɨmən/ 1. Any plant of the genus Penstemon, the beardtongues. Example: Simpleton, life should really be a piece of Entenmann's / Relationships strengthening, flower essence: penstemon Example: Stalks of salvias and mint, artemisia and penstemon.