nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: corporify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin corpus (“body”) + -fy. Compare French corporifier. 1. To form into a body. Example: The Water I us’d to nourish this Plant was not shifted nor renewed; and I chose Spring-water rather than Rain-water, because the latter is more discernably a kinde of πανσπερμια, which, though it be granted to be freed from grosser Mixtures, seems yet to Contain in it, besides the Steams of several Bodies wandering in the Air, which may be suppos’d to impregnate it, a certain Spirituous Substance, which may be Extracted out of it, and is by some mistaken for the Spirit of the World Corporify’d, upon what Grounds, and with what Probability, I may elsewhere perchance, but must not now, Discourse to you. Example: During its first week of life the human blastula creases and double-folds into a pudgy caterpillar; its main sectors are a bent, protruding head lump; a meager body-stalk bearing, like a pregnant lizard, a pericardial bulge; and a thick umbilical trunk corporifying from the underbelly of its curled-in hind.
Word: corporifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of corporify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: be-all Part of Speech: noun 1. The whole; all that is to be. Labels: poetic Example: That but this blow / Might be the be-all and the end-all! Example: Bowen also spoke of […] teaching her daughter to rely not just on a mother, but on a community. "No one person should try to be the be-all to another person. We must surround our children with people they can count on."
Word: ISHYGDDT Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of I seriously hope you guys don't do this or less often I sure hope you guys don't do this: indicating disapproval of some habit previously mentioned. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: rearly Part of Speech: adv 1. early Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Broth: I'll bring it to-morrow. / Daugh: Do, very rearly; I must be abroad else, / To call the maids, and pay the minstrels
Word: circocele Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cirsocele. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: circoceles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circocele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hebrewdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew + -dom. 1. The Hebreish community. Labels: uncountable 2. The spirit or quality of the Hebrew people. Labels: uncountable
Word: -bound Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From bound (“obliged to, certain to”). 1. Moving or travelling towards. Labels: morpheme Example: Belgium, with Chelsea-bound Eden Hazard and a host of Premier League talent in their line-up, dominated territory for long spells but once again England demonstrated admirable resolve to ensure they leave for their Krakow base this week with another win to accompany them. 2. Confined or restricted to a certain place; unable to move in certain conditions; -ridden Labels: morpheme
Word: bishop's-wort Part of Speech: noun 1. Betony (Stachys officinalis or Betonica officinalis, syn. Stachys betonica) Labels: uncountable 2. Devil-in-the-bush or fennel flower (Nigella damascena) Labels: uncountable
Word: lightmeter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of light meter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lightmeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lightmeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chinse Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tʃɪns/ 1. To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel, the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly. Labels: obsolete
Word: chinsed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chinse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chinses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chinse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chinsing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chinse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bead proof Part of Speech: noun 1. A certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it, and later by more accurate meters. Labels: dated, uncountable 2. A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: lithotrities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lithotrity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lithotrity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From litho- + Latin terere, tritum (“to rub, grind”). 1. lithotripsy Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: superinjection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + injection. 1. An injection succeeding another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] by the introduction into test sites of histamine with the production of a wealing reaction or the superinjection of saline into the test site. 2. A condition in which the injected carrier concentration in a heterojunction exceeds the carrier concentration of the emitter Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: superinjections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superinjection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clarichord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin clarus (“clear”) + chorda (“string”). See chord. 1. An old musical instrument similar to a spinet, manichord or clavichord.
Word: clarichords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clarichord Labels: form-of, plural
Word: culverkey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From culver + key? Pronunciation: /ˈkʌlvə(ɹ)ki/ 1. An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Hyacinthoides non-scripta). Labels: obsolete Example: a girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips, all to make garlands
Word: culverkeys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of culverkey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: areometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of areometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ectental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ecto- + endo- + -al. 1. Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm. Labels: not-comparable Example: the ectental line, or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum Example: It is essential to notice that the blastodermic rim (ectental line) divides into two portions
Word: ectocervices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ectocervix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ectocarpoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ectocarpoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetel Part of Speech: noun 1. A large African antelope (Alcelaphus buselaphus tora) with widely divergent, strongly ringed horns.
Word: tetels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: martel de fer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Old French, hammer of iron. 1. A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed, used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armour. Example: In addition to the sword and spear , the warrior occasionally wielded the martel-de-fer , a weapon combining a hammer and pick , and which did great execution among the armed knights , in breaking or dragging off the rings of the hauberk
Word: martels de fer Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of martel de fer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chebec Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of xebec. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chebec Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of its call. 1. A small American bird (Empidonax minimus); the least flycatcher.
Word: chebecs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chebec Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Boyne Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Bóinn. 1. A river in County Kildare, County Offaly, County Meath and County Louth, Ireland.
Word: Boyne Part of Speech: name Etymology: Perhaps a modern form of Irish Mac Baoithin (“son of Baoithin”), a nickname from baoth (“foolish”). 1. A surname from Irish.
Word: acceleration of gravity Part of Speech: noun 1. The acceleration of freely falling bodies under the influence of terrestrial gravity; 980.665 cm/sec², denoted g.
Word: acceleration principle Part of Speech: noun 1. A theory in economics that states that an increase or decrease in income induces a corresponding but magnified change in investment.
Word: Dodder Part of Speech: name 1. A river in Dublin, Ireland, a tributary of the Liffey.
Word: wobble board Part of Speech: noun 1. An item of exercising equipment which challenges the sportsman to balance his weight on it as it could tilt in any direction. 2. A musical instrument consisting of a flat board which is held in the hands and shaken so that the board flexes in order to produce a rhythmic "whoop-whoop" noise.
Word: Miura Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 三浦 (Miura). 1. A surname from Japanese.
Word: accent mark Part of Speech: noun 1. A diacritical mark or character used in writing to indicate the place of stress (spoken accent), or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked (such as long vowel versus short vowel). Example: Written Spanish uses acute accent marks very precisely, to show where the stress falls whenever it does not follow the default patterns; this practice is part of the highly phonemic nature of Spanish orthography. Example: The name of the French painter Paul Cézanne is written with an acute accent mark. 2. Any diacritical mark. Labels: broadly Example: Student: Why does the word Čech have an accent mark on it? Teacher: That mark is called a háček or caron. It tells the reader that the letter sounds like [ch] as in "church", not like [k] as in "carrot" or [s] as in "celery". 3. A mark used to represent specific stress on a note. 4. A mark placed after a letter designating a note of music to indicate the octave in which it occurs. 5. A prime symbol.
Word: accent marks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accent mark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acceptingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From accepting + -ness. 1. The ability or desire to accept. Labels: uncountable
Word: community languages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of community language Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snap cap Part of Speech: noun 1. A dummy round of ammunition used to check ammo feed and other mechanical problems. Example: 1187. B. Lilly. Improvements in the construction of "snap caps" or "nipple protectors" for firearms. Dated May 12, 1863. Example: Snap caps are dummies (no powder, no primer, no projectile) shaped like the ammunition for a particular gun. They're supposed to provide something for the firing pin to hit during dryfiring, so the gun's lockwork doesn't have to absorb this impact. It's a fine idea, but not all snap caps are made right. 2. A cap or cover that snaps into place. Example: Development of the snap cap for Bufferin pinpoints the Bristol-Myers Products approach to these problems. Example: After centrifugation, the top dense band (out of three formed following ultracentrifugation) contained the purified oocysts, which were removed using a pipette and placed in 15 mL polypropylene snap cap tubes.
Word: somewhereness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From somewhere + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being in, occurring in, or belonging to a specific place. Labels: uncountable Example: For politics is defined by its somewhereness, its concrete historicity in the real world of human beings. 2. The state or quality of existing in a place that is unknown or cannot be pinpointed. Labels: uncountable Example: […] Mary Merris had found it good to shed tears in this little, funny old room, wherein an old man who had looked on life had brought into being a beautiful faith in the essential somewhereness of God. 3. The unique characteristics imparted on a wine by the conditions of the place in which it was grown. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Comparing them is an ideal lesson in California wine somewhereness.
Word: hemovore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemo- + -vore. Pronunciation: /ˈhiːməvɔː(ɹ)/ 1. An organism that ingests blood as the main part of its diet; examples of hemovores include leeches, fleas, ticks, mosquitos, vampire bats, and the vampire ground finch.
Word: Gewürztraminers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gewürztraminer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: terroirist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From terroir + -ist. 1. A person who believes in the usage of the terroir, especially one whose production or selection of wine is influenced by this concept. Example: This should be a caveat to those inveterate terroirists who are inclined to disparage the ripe, fruity, floral and cereal aromas of very young California Chardonnay, […]
Word: terroirists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of terroirist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: science park Part of Speech: noun 1. An area with a collection of buildings dedicated to scientific research on a business footing. Example: Cambridge outskirts are all science parks now. Ursula and I went punting below that quaint bridge, where those Biotech Space Age cuboids now sit cloning humans for shady Koreans. Oh, aging is ruddy unbearable!
Word: industrial park Part of Speech: noun 1. An area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development. Example: Pacing off on average 25 kilometers a day, month after month, we two-stepped around roaring superhighways, under bullet-train bridges, through megacities of 22 million that took a week to traverse, as well as past dams, mines, airports, and industrial parks—a buzzing tableau you’d expect from China’s reputation as the “factory of the world.”
Word: swim lane Part of Speech: noun 1. A lengthwise division of a swimming pool or other swimming arena. 2. A horizontal or vertical division of a process flow chart, typically used to visually separate the tasks of different actors.
Word: swimlane Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of swim lane. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mullard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mulard. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: radiocassette Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of radio cassette. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: acra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ̆κρᾰ (ăkră), probably back-formed from German Akren as this is more easily encountered and even the English is most likely found in books written by Germans. 1. The vascular areas of the body most removed from the heart. Labels: plural, plural-only, rare Example: The principal differential diagnostic considerations in the case of nevi situated at the acra are atypical nevus and melanoma and, occasionally Spitz nevus/tumor. Example: The surface area to volume ratio requires that the surface temperature in the nearly cylinder-shaped body parts should be lower the smaller their radius is. Consequently skin temperatures drop toward the ends of the extremities. A quicker cooling of the acra compared to head or trunk also occurs.
Word: radionavigation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + navigation. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪdiˌəʊnævɪɡeɪʃən/, /ˈɹeɪdiˌoʊnævɪɡeɪʃən/ 1. Radio navigation; navigation using radio signals to provide positional information. Labels: uncountable Example: In Region 2, the use of the band 435-495 kHz by the aeronautical radionavigation service is limited to non-directional beacons not employing voice transmission.
Word: radiophare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. radio beacon
Word: go out like a light Part of Speech: verb 1. To fall asleep quickly.
Word: raisonneur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. A person in a play or book embodying an author's viewpoint.
Word: MTCN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Money Transfer Control Number, a ten-digit number used by Western Union for money transfer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Angajala Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu అంగజాల (aṅgajāla, “sentinel”). 1. A surname from Telugu.
Word: Kuchipudi Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, from which the Indian classical dance form Kuchipudi originated. 2. A classical dance originating from the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Word: tick bite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * tick + bite 1. A bite from a tick that can pass various illnesses to the bitten host.
Word: tick bites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tick bite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: at the latest Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. not later than Example: We need to make a decision by Friday at the latest.
Word: meiome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meio- (“meiosis”) + -ome. 1. The complete set of messenger RNA molecules (transcripts) produced in a cell that is undergoing meiosis.
Word: knitting needles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of knitting needle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: raphia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of raffia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: rascasse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French rascasse. 1. Scorpaena scrofa, the red scorpionfish.
Word: SNTP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Simple Network Time Protocol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: raticide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rat + -cide. 1. rat poison. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Why don't you use a raticide?" his friend suggested. "But, what is a raticide?" asked Kartar innocently. "It is a material which helps the rat to commit suicide," his friend told him, his eyes showing humour for a minute. Example: Raticides are covered by the provisions of the Law on pesticides of 1961 (item (d) of Section 1).
Word: rationaliser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rationalise + -er. 1. Alternative form of rationalizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ratissage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ratissage, from ratisser (“to rake”). Pronunciation: /ɹatɪˈsɑːʒ/ 1. A raid (especially violent) carried out by the police or military, originally and chiefly carried out by the French in Algeria. and, prior to that, by the Milice (Vichy Government counter-terror police) in 1943-44. Example: The army […] subjected suspect Muslim villages to systematic ratissage – literally a ‘raking-over’, a time-honoured word for ‘pacifying’ operations. Example: A second group of security men had appeared from within the museum, and lashed out with their clubs like warriors in a battle scene from a Kurasawa epic. […] ‘It's another ratissage. A special action.’ 2. A monetary device whereby national reserves are temporarily given up to a central bank.
Word: multinodal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + nodal. 1. Of or relating to multiple nodes.
Word: multinode Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + node. 1. Of or relating to multiple nodes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thoroughbass Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of figured bass. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: promerit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin promeritus, past participle of promerere (“to deserve”), from pro (“before”) + merere (“to merit”). 1. To oblige; to confer a favour on. Labels: obsolete Example: O God, while thou dost thus promerit us by thy Providence, let us not wrong thee by distrust 2. To deserve; to procure by merit. Labels: obsolete Example: Beneficence and communication do not forget, for with such hostes God is promerited.
Word: promerited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of promerit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: promeriting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of promerit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: promerits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of promerit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: thighing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thigh + -ing. 1. masturbation by rubbing oneself against or between another's thighs; for example, frottage or intercrural sex. Labels: uncountable Example: Grinding and thighing are not fornication, and since they are not fornication they do not have the same punishment, and no one is entitled to set punishments according to his opinion[…]
Word: pubwards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pub + -wards. 1. Towards a public house. Labels: humorous, not-comparable Example: Lin went home to relieve the child-minder, cook for the brats and swap e-mails with her would-be admirers, and I headed pubwards with the other two.
Word: paraplanner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + planner. Compare paralegal, paramedic. 1. An assistant to a financial planner.
Word: paraplanners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paraplanner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: refuelable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From refuel + -able. 1. Alternative form of refuellable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: refuellable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From refuel + -able. 1. Capable of being refuelled. Labels: not-comparable Example: an aircraft that is refuellable in flight
Word: paraplanning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + planning. 1. The work of a paraplanner; assistance with financial planning. Labels: uncountable
Word: topbar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From top + bar. 1. One of a set of parallel bars, at the top of a beehive, to which the bees attach their comb.
Word: topbars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of topbar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dithiatopazine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its resemblance to topaz. 1. a stable 1,2-dithietane formed by intramolecular photodimerization of a dithiocarbonyl compound Labels: uncountable
Word: radiocassettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radiocassette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radiophares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radiophare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: raisonneurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of raisonneur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zwiebelane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Zwiebel (“onion”) + -ane. 1. Any of a series of 1,3-dithietane compounds obtainable from the onion.
Word: zwiebelanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zwiebelane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: margate fish Part of Speech: noun 1. A white margate, an edible fish of the west Atlantic.
Word: margate fishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of margate fish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: melodrame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mélodrame. 1. Obsolete form of melodrama. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Ratisbon is the city from which our voyager starts, and many are the legends which he has picked up of castles and monasteries, enough for six tragedies and sixty melodrames. Example: The Englishwoman diffuses over a whole day what the French reserves for a few hours. Effect there is the summing up. In great, as in little things, the French are a nation of actors—life is to them a great melodrame.
Word: melodrames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of melodrame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nadiring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nadir Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nadired Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nadir Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unadvisability Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of inadvisability. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: dousing-chock Part of Speech: noun 1. One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads. Labels: archaic
Word: dousing-chocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dousing-chock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unadvisably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unadvisable + -ly. 1. Alternative form of inadvisably. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: inadvisably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From inadvisable + -ly. 1. In an inadvisable or ill-advised manner; against better advice; rashly.
Word: soho Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From so + ho!. Pronunciation: /səʊˈhəʊ/ 1. ho; halloo; a word used in calling from a distant place. Labels: obsolete Example: Proteus: Run, boy, run, run, and seek him out. Launce: Soho, soho! Proteus: What seest thou? Launce: Him we go to find […] Example: He then began to beat about, in the same language and in the same manner as if he had been beating for a hare; and at last cried out, "Soho! Puss is not far off. Here's her form, upon my soul; I believe I may cry stole away."
Word: Chinese menu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the practice of some Chinese restaurants which, for a fixed price, instruct the customer to make selections such as “one from Column A, two from Column B, one from Column C”, where the columns may contain, for example, a selection of soups, appetizers, and entrees. 1. A set of choices from which the user or customer makes multiple selections, specifically one or more choices from each of two or more distinct categories. Example: Each camper picked from a Chinese menu of available activities: one from the various field sports; one from the pool activities list; and two from a wide selection of arts and crafts classes. Example: Throughout American higher education, Western Civilization courses tempered electives and various Chinese menus of distribution requirements. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Chinese, menu.
Word: imparlance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Anglo-Norman emparlance, from the verb Old French emparler. 1. Discussion, especially before some action is taken; conference, debate. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Full oftentimes did Britomart assay / To speake to them, and some emparlance move; / But they for nought their cruell hands would stay […]. 2. Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit, but also used to obtain further time to plead or answer allegations. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: [W]ith Rejoinders and Replies, / Long Bills, and Anſvvers, ſtuft vvith Lies, / Demurr, Imparlance, and Eſſoign, / The Parties ne'er could Iſſue join: / For Sixteen Years the Cauſe vvas ſpun, / And then ſtood vvhere it firſt begun.
Word: imparlances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of imparlance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rewirable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rewire + -able. 1. Alternative form of rewireable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: withcalls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of withcall Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: withcalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of withcall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: withcalled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of withcall Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: withcalling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of withcall Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: withcalling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From withcall + -ing. 1. The act of calling back; revocation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I purchased a Monterey Herald, reporting the withcalling of the subpoenas, and same is hereto attached.
Word: hydrorhiza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: hydro- + Ancient Greek ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”). 1. The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attached to other objects
Word: hydrorhizae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrorhiza Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rootlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rootling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pettychaps Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Probably imitative of the bird’s call, with influence from petty (“small”) and either chap (“jaw; bill of a bird”) or chap (“person”). Alternatively, perhaps directly from petty (in turn from Middle English pety (“tiny”)) and chaps (“jaws”). Attested from the 1670s. 1. Any of several species of small European passerine songbirds, including the willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), the chiffchaffs (Phylloscopus spp.), and the western Orphean warbler (Sylvia hortensis).
Word: hydrorhizas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrorhiza Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Billy Yank Part of Speech: name 1. A soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Labels: US, dated 2. The Union in general. Labels: broadly
Word: homoeomeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of homoeomery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homoeomery Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of homoeomeria. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Anaximander held an Homoeomery of qualified atoms
Word: cruddle Part of Speech: verb 1. To curdle. Labels: obsolete Example: See how thy blood cruddles at this. Example: To prevent the Milk from cruddling, ſome Sugar may be mixed with it
Word: cruddled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cruddle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cruddles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cruddle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cruddling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cruddle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: curdleth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: curdle + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of curdle Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: relieveth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: relieve + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of relieve Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: projecteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: project + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of project Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: protrudeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: protrude + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of protrude Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: relieth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: rely + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rely Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aimeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: aim + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aim Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: relievest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: relieve + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of relieve Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: projectest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: project + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of project Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: reliest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: rely + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of rely Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: after-sail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From after + sail. 1. One of the sails towards the aft, i.e. on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast. Example: On this final leg home, these experiments were taken a step further by putting an extra-large sail on the after mast, increasing sail area and changing the balance of the rig in that the after sail was then larger than the forward sail.
Word: after-sails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of after-sail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bioassimilable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bio- + assimilable. 1. That can be assimilated by a biological system
Word: mispaid Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mispay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mispay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + pay. Compare apay. 1. To pay incorrectly, or to the wrong person. Labels: transitive
Word: mispaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mispay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mispays Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mispay Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pannikel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See pan (“a dish”). 1. The brain-pan, or skull; hence, the crest. Labels: obsolete Example: To him he turned, and with rigor fell / Smote him so rudely on the pannikell
Word: mispayment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + payment. 1. incorrect payment Example: a history of mispayments to benefit fraudsters
Word: mispayments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mispayment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squeamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English squaimous, queimous, swaymos, sweymows, partly from Anglo-Norman escoimus, escoymous, of unknown origin (possibly from the English); and partly from Middle English sweme, sweyme, swayme, sqweme (“sorrow, grief, unconsciousness, dizzy spell, faintness”) + -ous. See sweam and sweem. 1. squeamish Labels: obsolete
Word: commigrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1755; borrowed from Latin commigrātus, perfect passive participle of commigrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, con- + migrate. 1. To migrate together. Labels: intransitive
Word: commigrated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of commigrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: commigrates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of commigrate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: commigrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of commigrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spurwinged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spur + winged. 1. Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cutcheries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cutchery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonheraldic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + heraldic. 1. Not heraldic. Labels: not-comparable Example: It has been my observation that fleurs-de-lys and castles last on in glazing for about five years, but that in the 1290s they become rarer and are sometimes changed in color to become simple nonheraldic decoration.
Word: gatten tree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare UK dialect gatter bush. 1. Any of various small trees: the guelder rose (Viburnum opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus). Labels: obsolete
Word: lavender marriage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lavender (“gay, homosexual”) + marriage. 1. A heterosexual marriage of convenience entered into in the hope of concealing the homosexual sexual orientation of one or both of the spouses. Example: [Henry] Willson thwarted tabloid attempts to out [Rock] Hudson as gay and Hudson later married Willson’s secretary, Phyllis Gates, in what was possibly a “lavender marriage” meant to further allay suspicion.
Word: lavender marriages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lavender marriage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jackanapery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jackanapes + -ery. 1. The behaviour of a jackanapes. Labels: countable, dated, derogatory, uncountable Example: “Look at this festive assembly. All of us, gathered here together, chuckling at jokes and silliness.” [laughter] “And jackanapery.” [rim shots] “I guess there's only one thing left to say. What is this shit?” [rim shot] [laughter] “[laughs] Very good.” “You call yourselves vampires? Bah. This entire evening has been nothing but a pageant of insipid nonsense.” “[laughing] Yes.” “Worshipping at the altar of your own mediocre frivolity. A jester's hollow dance. And who is laughing?” “Yeah! [whoops] [grunts]” “Vampires are supposed to have blood orgies and slaughter circles. Gah! You have all gone soft. You even invited humans to this asinine affair.”
Word: jackanaperies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jackanapery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Indian wrestles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Indian wrestle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Indian wrestling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Indian wrestle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Indian wrestled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Indian wrestle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Indian wrestle Part of Speech: verb 1. To stand with the lateral side of one's (usually right) foot touching the lateral side of his opponent's (right) foot and with his (right) hand clasping his opponent's, and to attempt to force his opponent to lose balance to the extent the latter's (right) foot moves even as his opponent does the same to him. Labels: ambitransitive Example: She's got that Indian wrestlin' down pat, an' she's built for it. Example: White witnessed Dickey's athleticism in a more visceral way when they Indian wrestled, locking right arms and right legs and trying to throw each other. 2. To engage in a struggle to put an opposing side at a disadvantage. Labels: ambitransitive, figuratively 3. From a lying-down position, to attempt to cause an opponent who is lying in the opposite direction to roll over backward by using locked knees. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Indian Wrestle. Two boys lie down alongside of each other, with the feet pointing in opposite directions. They lock the near elbows firmly. Each then raises the near leg three times, one or both counting (Fig. 9). / On the third count they interlock the legs near the knee and try by main strength to turn each other over backward. Example: Indian Wrestle: Opponents on backs, right shoulders together, legs in opposite direction, right arms locked, raise legs; on signal, hook feet together and roll opponent over on face. 4. To arm-wrestle. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: seralbumen Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of albumin found in the blood serum of animals. Labels: uncountable
Word: subtrude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sub- + Latin trudere (“to thrust”). 1. To place under; to insert below.
Word: subtruded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of subtrude Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: subtrudes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subtrude Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: subtruding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of subtrude Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cauter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cautère, Latin cauterium, from Ancient Greek καυτήρ (kautḗr), variant of καυστήρ (kaustḗr, “cauterizing apparatus”), from καίω (kaíō, “burn”)). Compare caustic, cautery. 1. A hot iron for searing or cauterizing. Example: The punctuall, or pointed cauter; is almost square, and altogether Sharpe pointed
Word: cauters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cauter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dad's Day Part of Speech: noun 1. Father's Day Labels: informal
Word: cytula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”). 1. The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, whose development produces the child or other organism. Example: It is only after fertilization is accomplished that a new cell-kernel arises in this cytod, which thus becomes the parent-cell (Cytula )
Word: cytulas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cytula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accessory nerve Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of a pair of motor nerves that are the 11th cranial nerve of higher vertebrates, arise from the medulla oblongata and the upper part of the spinal cord, controlling the pharynx and the muscles of the upper chest, back and shoulders.
Word: scorbute Part of Speech: noun 1. scorbutus; scurvy Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: accessory nerves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accessory nerve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accessory shoe Part of Speech: noun 1. A clip or track on a camera that allows for accessories to be attached.
Word: accessory shoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accessory shoe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Angoumois moth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So named from Angoumois in France. 1. Sitotroga cerealella, a small moth destructive of grain.
Word: Angoumois moths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Angoumois moth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sissoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi [Term?] / Urdu [Term?]. Doublet of shisham. 1. A leguminous tree (Dalbergia sissoo) of northern India. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was a huge tree near Minoti's house. It was a Sissoo tree. 2. The dark brown compact and durable timber obtained from this tree. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sissoos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sissoo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accipitrines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accipitrine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Renaissance man Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the Renaissance, as such a concept of man was developed in this period. 1. A man who lived during the Renaissance period. Labels: literally 2. A man with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge. Labels: figuratively Example: Returning from the collections in Paris and Milan, a fashion-editor friend told me, “It's all about”—always the three most powerful words in retail—“Renaissance men.” The one-dimensional C.E.O. is over, he said. “Now it's all about men of multitalents.” Example: Any fellow who defines himself as a Renaissance man is telling you, in shorthand, "I am full of a quiet yet all-encompassing knowledge and no matter what you know, I will always know better than you and will chuckle with a quiet condescension whenever you challenge me and I might even smoke a pipe.[…]”
Word: talksome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From talk + -some. Compare Dutch spraakzaam (“talksome”). 1. Given to much speaking; talkative; wordy. Example: King Sigurd answered somewhat shortly: "Be thou as talksome as it pleases thee, but let me hold my peace for thee." Example: With all the inventions they have in this new land, you would think some man would have invented a zip-her for a talksome woman's mouth.
Word: God complexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of God complex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slang-whanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slang and whang (“to beat”) + -er. 1. One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: If, in addition to our own amusements, we have, as we jogged carelessly laughing along, brushed away one tear of dejection and called forth a smile in its place — if we have brightened the pale countenance of a single child of sorrow — we shall feel almost as much joy and rejoicing as a slang-whanger does when he bathes his pen in the heart's blood of a patron and benefactor; or sacrifices an illustrious victim on the altar of party animosity. 2. One who verbally attacks others; normally a politician or editor. Labels: rare
Word: slang-whangers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slang-whanger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spareful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spare + -ful? 1. Abstemious; Lacking in appetite or vitality. Labels: obsolete Example: I admonish them, therefore, to be more spareful in their diet, and so they shall gain health to their bodies, and comfort to their purse. Example: She greeted him with the same kindly smile of twenty years before, with a thinner and more spareful expression, however, such as age takes on. 2. sparing; chary. Labels: obsolete Example: Lucullus was a niggard of his meat, And spareful of his cups seem'd Anthony; Example: A good demand obtains for rosin, only limited by the spareful granting of licences. 3. frugal. Labels: dated Example: But Erasmus added, "And yet such as she was, being also spareful and given to profit, he so framed and fashioned her by his dexterity that he lived a sweet and pleasant life with her, and brought her to that case, that she learned to play and sing at the lute and virginals, and every day at his returning home he took a reckoning and account of the task he enjoined her touching the said exercise." Example: The gamesome wind among her tresses plays. And curleth up those growing riches short; Her spareful eye to spread his beams denays, But keeps his shot where Cupid keeps his fort;
Word: stearoptene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stearic + -optene as in elaeoptene. 1. The more solid ingredient of certain volatile oils, such as rose oil. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: stearoptenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stearoptene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Renaissance men Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Renaissance man Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cooptated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cooptate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cooptates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cooptate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cooptating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cooptate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: march-ward Part of Speech: noun 1. A warden of the marchland (border area between England and Wales, or England and Scotland) Labels: historical
Word: march-wards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of march-ward Labels: form-of, plural
Word: campanero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish campanero. 1. The bellbird of South America.
Word: campaneros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of campanero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyacinthlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyacinth + -like. 1. Resembling hyacinth. Example: Phenylacetaldehyde imparts a hyacinthlike aroma […]
Word: phenylpyruvates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phenylpyruvate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phenylacetaldehyde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phenyl + acetaldehyde. 1. An aromatic compound found in buckwheat, chocolate, etc. responsible for the antibiotic activity of maggot therapy.
Word: phenylacetaldehydes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phenylacetaldehyde Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tamaric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tamarice. See tamarisk. 1. A shrub or tree, perhaps the tamarisk or some kind of heath. Example: He shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:tamaric.
Word: ethmoturbinal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ethmo- + turbinal. 1. An upper turbinal, connected directly with the ethmoid bone.
Word: ethmoturbinals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ethmoturbinal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudoturbinal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + turbinal. 1. An incurved portion of the wall of the nasal chamber, distinguished from the true turbinals.
Word: pseudoturbinals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudoturbinal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: harehound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hare + hound. 1. One of a small breed of dogs used for hunting hares.
Word: harehounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of harehound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: congiaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of congiary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: congiary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin congiarium, from congius (“a liquid measure”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɹi/, /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒi.ə.ɹi/, /ˈkɑn.d͡ʒiˌɛɹi/ 1. A present of corn, wine, oil, etc. or later of money, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the common people. Example: We often fee on them the emperor, and two or three general officers, sometimes sitting, and sometimes standing, as they made speeches, or distributed a congiary to the soldiers or people Example: On his arrival in Rome in the year A.D. 219, Elagabalus thought well to carry through the laudable custom (for the poor) of bestowing the usual congiary on the people. If Mediobarbus were to be trusted, he gave six such during his short reign of approximately four years, besides the soldiers' donatives (which to his cost and undoing he foolishly neglected as time went on).
Word: sexangle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sexangulus (“sexangular”), from sex (“six”) + angulus (“angle”). Compare French sexangle and English hexangular. By surface analysis, sex- + -angle. Piecewise doublet of hexangle. 1. Synonym of hexagon. Labels: obsolete Example: the super parts being taken from the Quadrangle will form the Sexangle
Word: sexangles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sexangle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dictamnus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Dictamnus, from Latin dictamnum. See dittany. 1. A suffrutescent plant of the genus Dictamnus, with strong perfume and showy flowers.
Word: dictamnuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dictamnus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dittanies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dittany Labels: form-of, plural
Word: passymeasure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corrupted from Italian passamezzo. Doublet of passamezzo. 1. A dance, the passepied. Labels: obsolete Example: After a passy-measure, or a pavin', I hate a drunken rogue
Word: passymeasures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of passymeasure Labels: form-of, plural