nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: neros Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek νῆρος (nêros), from Akkadian 𒐞 (nēr). 1. A period of 600 years. Example: the progressive subdivisions of the saroses of 3,600 years, of the neroses of 600 years, and of the sosses [sic] of 60 years have the same progression as the divisions and subdivisions of the zodiac 2. One sixth of a saros, or about three years. Labels: archaic, rare
Word: vulnibactin Part of Speech: noun 1. A siderophore, related to salicylic acid, present in the bacterium Vibrio vulnificus Labels: uncountable
Word: behind every successful man there stands a woman Part of Speech: proverb Pronunciation: /bɪˈhaɪnd ˌɛvɹi səkˈsɛsfl̩ ˈmæn ðɛə ˈstændz ə ˈwʊmən/, /bə-/, /bɪˈhaɪnd ˌɛvɹi səkˈsɛsfl̩ ˈmæn ðɛɚ ˈstændz ə ˈwʊmən/ 1. A man’s achievements are made possible by the support and work of their wife or female partner.
Word: behind every great man there stands a woman Part of Speech: proverb 1. Synonym of behind every successful man there stands a woman (“men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners”).
Word: Lithuanianization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lithuanianize + -ation. 1. The act or process of Lithuanianizing. Labels: uncountable Example: The Lithuanianization affected commercial enterprises and rapidly developing cooperatives. Example: Another provision of the Lithuanianization program was aimed at Jewish enrollment in universities.
Word: Vectensian Part of Speech: adj 1. of or from the Isle of Wight. Labels: not-comparable Example: This probability is strengthened by the enthusiastic praises Wilkes always bestowed on the native charms of the lower class of Vectensian females; and in his hours of levity with the companions of his gallantries, he always distinguished it by the name of Cyprus. Example: Of a similar type, but dealing with a less cultivated, less fertile field, is the anthology of Vectensian verse, Poets of the Wight, compiled by Charles J. Arnell.
Word: Vectensian Part of Speech: noun 1. someone from the Isle of Wight Example: I have never been able to appreciate nor to understand why it is that Vectensians are constantly challenged to explain why they live in the Isle of Wight at all. Example: In reality, a readily agreed confederation seems the most likely course for Vectensians in AD 43.
Word: Joe Blow Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Joe Bloggs. Labels: Australia, Canada, US
Word: Quintinshill Part of Speech: name 1. A remote location near Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY3269).
Word: Buddhaness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Buddha + -ness. 1. Buddhahood Labels: uncountable
Word: engrainer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ingrainer. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He introduced himself to the owner as a first-rate painter and engrainer, and offered to turn this door into a mahogany, walnut, oak, or what-not door.
Word: engrainers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of engrainer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ingrainer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ingrain + -er. 1. One who ingrains.
Word: ingrainers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ingrainer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Little Master Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Kleinmeister 1. Any of a group of German printmakers who produced finely detailed miniature prints in the first half of the 16th century. Labels: historical
Word: Little Masters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Little Master Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Belgian hare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Its precursors were bred in Belgium in the early 18th century. 1. A fancy breed of domestic rabbit (not a true hare) that has been selectively bred to resemble the wild hare, with a slender wiry frame and long powerful legs.
Word: Belgian hares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Belgian hare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fashionmongering Part of Speech: noun 1. Slavish following of the latest fashions. Labels: derogatory, uncountable Example: The following complaint, borrowed from the same writer, while it establishes the early fashionmongering of the French, will appear very singular to our modish contemporaries.
Word: fashionmongering Part of Speech: adj 1. Slavishly following the latest fashions. Labels: derogatory, not-comparable
Word: weather box Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of weather house (“mechanical device to indicate atmospheric conditions”). Example: Like the toy figure in a weather box, Maria popped from the swinging door.
Word: weather boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weather box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Big Thicket Part of Speech: name 1. A forested area of southeast Texas, between Beaumont and Nacogdoches.
Word: shian Part of Speech: noun 1. A magical fairy mound. Example: He jumped into the Shian, and plunged at once into the whirling movements of its inhabitants. Donald was in great perplexity, for he feared to enter the Shian. All he could do therefore was to put his mouth to one of the crevices, and calling, as the custom was, three times on his brother, entreating him in the most moving terms, to come away and return home.
Word: marudi Part of Speech: noun 1. A large, tree-dwelling bird, of the genus Penelope, native to Guyana
Word: marudis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marudi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blown it Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of blow it Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: blowing it Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of blow it Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blows it Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blow it Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Australianisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Australian + -isation. 1. the act or process of Australianising Labels: uncountable Example: It seemed, the Review reported, that the Foreign Investment Review Board would approve the terms and timetable of any Australianisation proposals. Example: This Australianisation of natural resource ownership is forcing the other companies to dilute their majority holdings and earlier this year CRA announced that it would move towards reducing its foreign ownership to less than 50 per cent.
Word: inachievable Part of Speech: adj 1. unachievable Labels: uncommon Example: It is clear that this type of evidence should be allowed; not only to support the exact testimony of Carl Wille concerning these facts which were allowed into evidence, but also to affirmatively prove to the Administrative Law Judge and to the Board that the purpose for which this information was requested by the Union was inachievable because the secondary records are not available or are not in existence.
Word: Israelise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Israel + -ise. 1. Alternative form of Israelize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: For a number of years, it has been evident that the Israeli government has intensified its efforts to Judaise and Israelise Jerusalem. Example: ... defended it against Arab accusations, told the Israeli foreign ministry that 'if the Israeli Government went on like this even her friends would have to believe that she was trying to get rid of the Arab population on the West Bank in order to Israelise it'.
Word: Jamaicanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Jamaican + -ize. 1. to make Jamaican. Example: Barclays Bank is the fourth foreign owned bank to Jamaicanize its operations. Example: And then I decided it was time for me to come home and to bring all that experience and to Jamaicanize it and I said if I come home I really want to promote art.
Word: Jamaicanization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jamaican + -ization. 1. the act or process of Jamaicanizing. Labels: uncountable Example: This is perhaps implied by his statement: Government's programme of Jamaicanization of business operations in the country is moving ahead, and soon every Canadian bank operating in the island will have gone Jamaican Example: Jamaicanization, though, did not mean nationalization.
Word: Albanianize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Albanian + -ize. 1. to make Albanian. Example: The idea was to prevent the many Serbian and Montenegrin members of the Party from having any influence and to Albanianize the organization so that it could discriminate against those opposed to the ethnic purge of Kosovo. Example: Kostovicova has interpreted the attempts of Albanian historiography to Albanianize the Battle of Kosova as intended “to suit the imperative of national unity behind a national claim to territory in the post-1990 period.”
Word: Greekify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Greek + -ify. 1. to make Greek. Example: Although he was an opponent of the populares, no one did more than Cicero to Latinize Greek rhetoric and Greekify Roman oratory. Example: Led by his son Judah the Hammer (Judah Maccabee), the rebels fought a guerrilla war, not only against the Syrian army of occupation, but also against the Jewish priests and nobles who were trying to Greekify the Jewish religion.
Word: Greekification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek + -ification. 1. the act or process of Greekifying. Labels: uncountable Example: This Outline of Knowledge, later to be called a Table of Intents, later to be called a Table of Contents, finally to be named by Adler the Propaedia, a bogus Greekification that means something like before-knowledge, was to become the first principle of Plan B. Example: The principal threat to the Bulgarian national identity in the 18th century has been Greekification, if the Ottomans had a policy of Turkification and Islam, why did the wealthy Bulgarians been more Greekified, more than being Turkified, was not it the Pope Paisi, the first inciter of Bulgarian nationalism, who had resisted Greek economic and cultural domination.
Word: Turkmenize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Turkmen + -ize. 1. to make Turkmen. Example: Böriev believed that foreign words should be subordinated to the rules of the Turkmen language: When we borrow foreign words, it is essential to take the foreign root and Turkmenize these words. Example: Turkmenize or leave the country. The Latinization of the alphabet has been achieved without any visible opposition and is now an established fact of life.
Word: Turkmenization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turkmen + -ization. 1. The act or process of Turkmenizing. Labels: uncountable Example: Niyazov has stepped up Turkmenization of society, including the introduction of a stringent language law which could alienate both non-Turkmen and Turkmen alike. Example: Niyazov's Turkmenization project, declaring Turkmenistan the 'home of ethnic Turkmen', left little room for the development of the other ethnies and their languages (IRIN 2005).
Word: Syrianization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Syrian + -ization. 1. The act or process of Syrianizing. Labels: uncountable Example: Most striking of all was the extensive Syrianization of the landscape that took place throughout the eighth century, first, through the settlement of Syrian contingents (junds) in such places as Seville and Valencia; Example: The Israelis will of course say that any intervention will lead to the Syrianization of Lebanon. The irony of it is that even if they stay out, it will lead to Syrianization of Lebanon. 2. A form of Balkanization; the fragmentation and destruction of a state into smaller, often hostile regions. Labels: uncountable
Word: ghawa syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the resyllabification of dialectal Arabic قَهْوَة (gahwa, “coffee”) as قْهَوَة (ghawa), which is the prototypical example of the phenomenon. 1. A phenomenon in some Arabic dialects in which the second consonant in a word forms a cluster with the first consonant. Labels: uncountable 2. Imitation of such resyllabification due to perceived prestige or correctness. Labels: uncountable
Word: zylon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Trademarked name. 1. A synthetic polymer material, a range of thermoset liquid-crystalline polyoxazole developed in the 1980s. Labels: uncountable Example: They wore Zylon soft body armor and load-bearing vests accessorized with baton and knife holders […] 2. An earlier synthetic material. Labels: uncountable Example: Like many imaginative men, Alexandre felt that he was not made for the century in which he lived, this epoch of appalling tedium all too little relieved by gadgets, by nickel, aluminum, plastic, celluloid, Bakelite, nylon, zylon. Example: I scream, extracting from my closet the zylon jacket I wear only with my collar up (a style she abhors as much as the filthy garment itself).
Word: Wiesemann Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Wiesemann. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Altenhofen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Altenhofen. 1. A surname from German.
Word: caulky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From caulk + -y. 1. Of or pertaining to caulk.
Word: reslime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + slime. 1. To slime again. Labels: transitive Example: The slime-providers were never given any training of any kind, and the troughs were freshly cleaned and reslimed before each experimental animal was run.
Word: suctiony Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From suction + -y. 1. Of or resembling suction. Labels: informal Example: Ruth muffles the receiver with her hand but I can just make out her saying, “Quiet, Emily. Mommy's on the phone.” There's the slight suctiony sound of her taking her hand off the mouthpiece. Example: It was more of a suctiony porthole than a door, and it was lined with a bright orange rubber gasket.
Word: sinky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sink + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋki/ 1. Into which one can sink. Labels: informal Example: Then I settled myself in the roomiest, deepest, sinkiest of spring-cushioned “arm-chairs,” and fastened my gaze on him, to wander no more while he stayed.
Word: ball-like Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ball + -like. 1. Characteristic of a ball.
Word: fearfest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fear + -fest. 1. Synonym of scarefest.
Word: Mocha Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Gujarat, India. 2. A village in Madhya Pradesh, India. 3. A city in Tungurahua Province, Ecuador. 4. A city in Taiz Governorate, Yemen. 5. A female given name. 6. A surname. 7. The name originally proposed for JavaScript.
Word: destink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + stink. 1. Synonym of destinkify. Labels: humorous, slang
Word: beary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bear + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛə.ɹi/, /ˈbɛɹi/, /ˈbɛə̯ɹi/, /ˈbeːɹi/, /ˈbeəɹi/ 1. Of or pertaining to a bear. Labels: informal
Word: cutesy-wootsy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Reduplication from cutesy; compare fuzzy-wuzzy, palsy-walsy. Pronunciation: /ˌkjutsiˈwutsi/ 1. Cute in an affected or excessive way. Labels: derogatory, informal, mildly Example: Why didn’t I marry the girl? Well, there was her cutesy-wootsy boarding school argot, for one. Couldn’t bear it. “Barf” for vomit, “ticked off” for angry, “a howl” for funny, “crackers” for crazy, “teeny” for tiny. Example: […] our pink ladies seem to think we’d like nothing but cutesy-wootsy cards with soppy messages and pictures of kittens and babies in rompers […]
Word: bawk Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of bok (“clucking sound of a chicken”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Zango Part of Speech: name 1. A town and commune in Viana, Luanda Province, Angola. 2. A local government area of Katsina State, Nigeria. 3. A surname from Fula.
Word: snakebelly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snake + belly. 1. The belly of a snake. Example: He was flattened to the ground, lower than a snakebelly.
Word: acidoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acid + -oid. 1. Potentially acidic Labels: not-comparable
Word: acidoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acid + -oid. 1. A potential acid
Word: acidoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acidoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alkanal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree German Alkyl German alk- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. German -an German Alkanbor. English alkane English -al English alkanal From alkane + -al (“aldehyde”). 1. An alkyl aldehyde.
Word: alkanals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alkanal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alveographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From alveograph + -ic. 1. Relating to, or by means of an alveograph Labels: not-comparable
Word: ambilineally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From ambi- + lineally. 1. In an ambilineal manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: ammetry Part of Speech: noun 1. The measurement of current by means of an ammeter Labels: uncountable
Word: amylolysin Part of Speech: noun 1. A lantibiotic present in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Labels: uncountable
Word: anciliary Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of ancillary. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: antefurcal Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to an antefurca Labels: not-comparable
Word: antefurca Part of Speech: noun 1. A forked chitinous structure in the thorax of some insects
Word: antefurcae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antefurca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antescutal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ante- + scutal. 1. anterior to a scutum (of an insect) Labels: not-comparable
Word: anthropopressure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anthropo- + pressure. 1. pressure due to the presence of people or habitation Labels: uncountable
Word: antianxiolytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + anxiolytic. 1. Synonym of anxiolytic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: apastatin Part of Speech: noun 1. A statin that inhibits an aminopeptidase Labels: uncountable
Word: apidological Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of apiological. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: apstatin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of apastatin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: archaeostratigraphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From archaeo- + stratigraphic. 1. Relating to the archaeological study of strata (typically as a means of establishing chronology) Labels: not-comparable
Word: arrhythmical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of arrhythmic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: aviremia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + viremia. 1. The condition of being aviremic Labels: uncountable
Word: axiobuccolingual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From axio- + buccolingual. 1. axial and buccolingual Labels: not-comparable
Word: pseudoneutral Part of Speech: adj 1. Having only the pretensions or appearances of being neutral. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pseudoneutral Part of Speech: noun 1. Something that merely appears neutral. Labels: rare
Word: keep cup Part of Speech: noun 1. A reusable coffee cup used to get coffee from a cafe and thus avoid using single-use disposable cups.
Word: keep cups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of keep cup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backordering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of backorder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Bengal gram Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of chickpea, or the flour made from it
Word: biocenotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to a biocenosis Labels: not-comparable
Word: biocompartmental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.? Proto-Italic *partis Latin pars Latin partiō Latin partior Latin compartīrībor. Italian compartire Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Italian -mento Italian compartimentobor. Middle French compartimentder. English compartment English -al English compartmental English biocompartmental From bio- + compartmental. 1. Relating to a biocompartment Labels: not-comparable
Word: bioelastomeric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bio- + elastomeric. 1. Relating to bioelastomers Labels: not-comparable
Word: bioelastomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + elastomer. 1. A biological elastomer
Word: bioelastomers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioelastomer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: COMPACFLTs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of COMPACFLT Labels: form-of, plural
Word: companion sets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of companion set Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fireside sets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fireside set Labels: form-of, plural
Word: competitive eaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of competitive eater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: complement proteins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of complement protein Labels: form-of, plural
Word: complex compounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of complex compound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: complexitons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of complexiton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: composite keys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of composite key Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biogeoclimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + geoclimate. 1. A geographic area having a specific pattern of vegetation and soil as a result of a broadly homogenous macroclimate
Word: compositums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of compositum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compound keys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of compound key Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compound predicate words Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of compound predicate word Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compspecs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of compspec Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biohydrogel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + hydrogel. 1. A biological hydrogel
Word: computer shops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of computer shop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biohydrogels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biohydrogel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: COMSUBFORs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of COMSUBFOR Labels: form-of, plural
Word: COMSUBPACs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of COMSUBPAC Labels: form-of, plural
Word: botherings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bothering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bronchoaspirate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From broncho- + aspirate. 1. To aspirate gastric matter into the bronchi
Word: threshing sled Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of threshing sledge.
Word: threshing sleds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of threshing sled Labels: form-of, plural
Word: threshing-sled Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of threshing sled, synonym of threshing sledge. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: threshing-sleds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of threshing-sled Labels: form-of, plural
Word: threshing roller Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of threshing sledge.
Word: threshing rollers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of threshing roller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: threshing-roller Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of threshing roller, synonym of threshing sledge. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: threshing-rollers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of threshing-roller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: capsulotendinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From capsulo- + tendinous. 1. Relating to a tendon and associated capsule Labels: not-comparable
Word: cardiomotility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂ Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- Latin mōtus Latin -īlislbor. English -ile English motile Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English motility English cardiomotility From cardio- + motility. 1. motility (movement) of the heart Labels: uncountable
Word: cardiopathogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cardio- + pathogenesis. 1. The origin and development of heart disease Labels: uncountable
Word: cariologist Part of Speech: noun 1. A dentist who specialises in the treatment of caries
Word: cariologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cariologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: centrosymmetrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From centro- + symmetrically. 1. In a centrosymmetric manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: cerebropetal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cerebro- + -petal. 1. Directed towards the brain Labels: not-comparable
Word: chemigenomics Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chemogenomics. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: chemomechanically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English mechanical English mechanical 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 mechanically English chemomechanically From chemo- + mechanically. 1. In a chemomechanical manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: chrysanthemoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any plant of the genus Chrysanthemoides
Word: chrysanthemoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chrysanthemoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clatrimazole Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of clotrimazole. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: cloacinid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any nematode of the genus Cloacina
Word: cloacinids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cloacinid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conclusional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From conclusion + -al. 1. Relating to a conclusion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: conglobatin Part of Speech: noun 1. A macrolide, present in the bacterium Streptomyces conglobatus, that may have antitumour activity Labels: uncountable
Word: cotrimaxozole Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of cotrimoxazole. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Gershengorn Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Гершенгорн (Geršengorn), from German Herschenhorn. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɜːɹʃənˌɡɔɹn/ 1. A surname.
Word: counterregulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of counterregulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cryoenvironment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cryo- + environment. 1. A cryogenic environment
Word: cryoenvironments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryoenvironment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryoprocedure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cryo- + procedure. 1. A cryogenic procedure
Word: cryoprocedures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryoprocedure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryosonde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cryo- + sonde. 1. A cryogenic sonde
Word: cryosondes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryosonde Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryptotephra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypto- + tephra. 1. volcanic ash that is hidden under other strata Labels: uncountable
Word: cryptotephrastratigraphy Part of Speech: noun 1. stratigraphy of cryptotephra Labels: uncountable
Word: llamacide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From llama + -cide, by analogy with homicide (a rhyming word in many dialects). 1. The act of killing a llama. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Tpr. Ronald Clark solved a "llamacide" case by identifying two high school students who, while drunk, shot a llama to death. Example: would it be considered llamacide?
Word: cyanylation Part of Speech: noun 1. Reaction with a cyanide (nitrile) group Labels: uncountable
Word: cybercycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + cycle. 1. An exercise cycle equipped with a computer screen
Word: cybercycle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cyber- + cycle. 1. To exercise on such a device
Word: cybercycles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cybercycle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cybercycles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cybercycle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cybercycling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cybercycle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exercise cycle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of exercise bicycle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cyclooctadepsipeptide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclo- + octadepsipeptide. 1. A cyclic octadepsipeptide
Word: octadepsipeptide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From octa- + depsipeptide. By surface analysis, octa- + depsi- + peptide. 1. An oligomeric form of depsipeptide composed of eight monomers
Word: cybercycled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cybercycle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: water soldier Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the species Stratiotes aloides, sole species of the genus Stratiotes of aquatic plants.
Word: water soldiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of water soldier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cytosporone Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a small group of octaketides that are agonists for nuclear receptor/transcription factors
Word: cytosporones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cytosporone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bagging out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bag out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bags out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bag out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bagged out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bag out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: systasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post-classical Latin systasis, and its source, Ancient Greek σύστασις (sústasis, “composition, construction”), from συν- (sun-, “syn-”) + στάσις (stásis, “stasis”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪstəsɪs/ 1. The combination of different elements; synthesis. 2. A union or confederation. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: The municipal army […] is a worse preservative of a general constitution, than the systasis of Crete, or the confederation of Poland.
Word: systases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of systasis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: request note Part of Speech: noun 1. In the inland revenue, an application to obtain a permit for removing excisable articles.
Word: request notes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of request note Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Irishize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Irish + -ize. 1. to make Irish. Example: I admit there are some recent importations of Catholics who would like to Germanize, Irishize, and whiskeyize America. Example: What is not classical is that Carrora, in order to be a box-office attraction, had to Irishize his name.
Word: whiskeyize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From whiskey + -ize. 1. to cause to use whiskey excessively. Example: I admit there are some recent importations of Catholics who would like to Germanize, Irishize, and whiskeyize America. Example: It has whiskeyized, brutalized and damned the American Indian.
Word: fillipping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fillip Labels: archaic, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fillipped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fillip Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: Reminiscere Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Reminiscere (“Remember!”), the beginning of the day's introit. 1. Synonym of Reminiscere Sunday.
Word: Reminiscere Sunday Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Reminiscere (“Remember!”), the beginning of the introit of the day's mass, traditionally drawn from Latin translations of Psalm 25. 1. The second Sunday in Lent.
Word: mumoir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of mum + memoir. 1. Alternative form of momoir. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative
Word: Kashans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kashan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Quadragesima Sunday Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Quadragesima (“Lent”), q.v. 1. The first Sunday in Lent, the sixth before Easter.
Word: cross to bear Part of Speech: noun 1. A problem, or unpleasant or painful situation or person that one has to accept and deal with, although one finds it very difficult, or it causes trouble or worry over a long period of time. Labels: idiomatic Example: We all have our crosses to bear. Example: The loss was a heavy cross for her to bear.
Word: realschule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Realschule, from real (“real”) + Schule (“school”), from the view that classical education at Gymnasia was not fit for the real world. Pronunciation: /reɪˈɑːlˌʃuːlə/, /reɪˈɑlˌʃulə/ 1. Synonym of real school.
Word: real school Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Realschule, from real (“real”) + Schule (“school”), from the view that classical education at Gymnasia was not fit for the real world. Pronunciation: /ˈrɪəl ˌskuːl/, /ˈril ˌskul/, /ˈriəl ˌskul/ 1. A secondary school (especially in German-speaking countries) teaching a curriculum of "real-world" subjects (math, science, modern languages) rather than one heavily laden with literature, Latin, and Ancient Greek. Labels: historical Example: The duke of Brunswick... has caused real schools, in contra-distinction to verbal, to be erected at Brunswick. Example: Realschulen, real schools... because they are less occupied with the study of languages (Verbalia) than with the knowledge of things (Realia).
Word: real schools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of real school Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Oculi Sunday Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin oculi (“eyes”), from the 1st word of the introit of the day's mass, traditionally a Latin translation of Psalm 25:15. 1. The third Sunday in Lent.
Word: Fig Sunday Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Palm Sunday: the Sunday before Easter.
Word: glitterance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glitter + -ance. Coined by Robert Southey in his 1801 Thalaba the Destroyer. 1. a glittering, a sparkling with light Labels: poetic Example: And now had Thalaba Perform’d his last ablutions, and he stood And gaz’d upon the little boat […] Till, from the glitterance of the sunny main, He turn’d his aching eyes, And then upon the beach he laid him down, And watch’d the rising tide. Example: As the rooks, at dawn of day, Bestirring them to dry their feathers chill, Some speed their way a-field; and homeward some, Returning, cross their flight; while some abide, And wheel around their airy lodge: so seem’d That glitterance, wafted on alternate wing, As upon certain stair it came, and clash’d Its shining.
Word: glitterances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glitterance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mommying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mommy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: language area Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Sprachraum, Sprachgebiet, and/or Dutch taalgebied. 1. A geographical area where some language is commonly spoken.
Word: Finnishization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Finnish + -ization. 1. the act or process of making Finnish. Labels: uncountable Example: The society advocated Finnishization, an end to Swedish bilingualism, and a barrier to Swedish “contamination,” positing the existence of a Finnish race that mixed Nordic, east Baltic, and Finnish ethnic elements. Example: The Finnishization of the East has surpassed even the dreams of the Greater Finland propagandists.
Word: Irishization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish + -ization. 1. the act or process of Irishizing. Labels: uncountable Example: If In the Shadow of the Glen is an Irishization of Ibsen's play, then a major part of the alteration is its revolutionary nature that lies more in the area of culture than gender. Example: “Every one of us Poles understands that in the Irish parochial schools our children are being systematically deprived of their Polish soul,” a religious paper observed, and that finally the children would “yield to the process of Irishization.
Word: Macedonianize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Macedonian + -ize. 1. to make Macedonian. Example: Government and party organs were kept firmly under Bulgarian control, but at the same time the Pirin district was being culturally Macedonianized by Yugoslav Macedonians. Example: Resorting to violence and overt threats, the compaign to Macedonianize the names and surnames of the Albanians as well as the names of the cities and villages inhabited by them is stepping up.
Word: Macedonianization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Macedonian + -ization. 1. the act or process of Macedonianizing. Labels: uncountable Example: Now I should like to throw some light on the beginnings of the present Yugoslavian policy of Macedonianization that is in full swing in Macedonia today. Example: However, unable to advance openly with its true goals, it reformed its plan; firstly, to force Macedonianization upon the people, and with that to drive out the Bulgarian propaganda, and later on to switch the Macedoniansm into Serbianism.
Word: Serbinization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Serbian + -ization. 1. the act or process of making Serbian. Labels: uncountable Example: Albanians in Yugoslavia were subject to policies of deliberate assimilation and Serbinization. Example: But the advent of Milosevic in 1987, his strong nationalist stance and drive for systematic Serbinization, the collapse of the Serbian Communist Party, which was turned into Serbian Socialist Party, made things more tensed and worser,
Word: Serbianize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Serbian + -ize. 1. To make Serbian. Labels: transitive Example: Therefore, they endeavoured by all means to educate in administration a certain number of people from Bosnia and, once they were sent back, this would be utilized to Serbianize Bosnia. Example: While Serbs have reconciled themselves to their failure to Serbianize Macedonia, Bulgarians have not, perhaps because Bulgarophile Macedonian Slavs still exist.
Word: Noo Zillun Part of Speech: name 1. Pronunciation spelling of New Zealand, representing New Zealand English. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: Serbianization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Serbian + -ization. 1. the act or process of Serbianizing. Labels: uncountable Example: Its principal successor, Belgrade's new military, the Army of Yugoslavia, continued a process of Serbianization already begun in the JNA during Yugoslavia's descent into war and dissolution. Example: Textbooks described brutal beatings of some 30,000 Albanians and over 100 deaths from 'inhuman torture and pain', which 'shows a clear goal of the Yugoslav regime to be the expulsion of Albanians and Serbianization of their lands'.
Word: puddle jump Part of Speech: noun 1. A short airplane flight (in a puddle jumper). Example: Just a white-knuckled puddle jump away lies the stunningly beautiful. relatively unvisited islands of Samoa. Example: First, came an uneventful puddle jump to the chaos of LA International, where, surrounded by thousands, I looked out on the tarmac at the massive aluminum monster that was to be my flight to New York. 2. A jump over or into a puddle. Example: Karen Cornell Wilson Kenya's big red boots were ... great for puddle jumps. Example: Hold the lead in your right hand so the slack is draped against your left thigh, then take a puddle jump with your left leg. 3. A short trip by boat, especially one that remains close to shore. Example: The first time I saw cloudberries on a portage was early on, after several hard short portages and puddle jumps. Example: The trips aren't long; in fact, the south ferry is barely more than a puddle jump. 4. A small difference. Example: Shepard concluded: ". . . he puts it over as show business, tinkling the piano, puckering and mugging as he goes and making the generation gap seem little more than a puddle jump.
Word: puddle jump Part of Speech: verb 1. To take a short flight (on a puddle jumper). Example: I was concerned that you couldn't get into La Paz at 13,000 feet, and had to go over into Lima and puddle jump out of Lima into La Paz. Example: "Why puddle jump between home and New York? 2. To jump over or into puddles. Example: Not wanting to puddle jump across the parking lot if I didn't have to, I reached for my cell phone and called the club, only to get a busy signal. Example: Ange parked fifty yards away and sent the three younger men to puddle-jump and investigate. 3. To take a short trip by boat, especially one that remains lose to shore Example: There are some dandy short cuts up there, if you don't mind puddle jumping. If you figure tide and current right, sometimes you can jump a puddle in a couple of good jumps, with the breakers boosting you. 4. To move a small distance; to go from one small thing to another. Example: States will no longer be able to "puddle jump" among aid categories in order to take advantage of the more general federal matching formulas in some programs.
Word: puddle jumps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of puddle jump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puddle jumps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of puddle jump Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: puddle jumping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of puddle jump Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: puddle jumped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of puddle jump Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Koreanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Korean + -ize. 1. To make Korean. Labels: transitive Example: Culturally, "Americanized" Korean culture has enough problems, and efforts are being made to preserve the native culture and Koreanize foreign cultures. Example: To Koreanize democracy, we should, first of all, reject long-term power by one man.
Word: Koreanization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Korean + -ization. 1. the act or process of Koreanizing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There is a ongoing debate on how to reconcile Koreanization with the international aspect. Example: They are attempting Koreanization of their teaching and research in universities and colleges. Modernization is no longer synonymous with Westernization or Americanization. Modernization is a true Koreanization, seeking its own potentialities and building up its own idiosyncrasies.
Word: Austrianize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Austrian + -ize. 1. to make Austrian. Example: She will find the Mahometan as well as the Pravoslav element, both alike Serbian by blood, linked together in opposition against the Croatian bureaucrats by whose means she vainly hoped to Austrianize the province. Example: Austria has owned Trieste about 300 years, but has never been able to Austrianize it.
Word: puddle-jump Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of puddle jump. Labels: attributive, usually Example: We've waited longer than that for space for a puddle-jump in the U. S. Example: And the flight was a long puddle-jump: three-and-a-half hours to Marquette (another Upper Peninsula town), and a layover there before continuing to Hancock. 2. Alternative form of puddle jump. Labels: attributive, usually Example: It was no puddle-jump to the next harbor — the water route curved north and west around a peninsula of land marked Punta Eugenia. 3. Alternative form of puddle jump. Labels: attributive, usually Example: Many baseball players have openly used androstenedione, a muscle-building compound that major league baseball hasn't banned even though it's merely a molecular puddle-jump from anabolic steroids.
Word: puddle-jump Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of puddle jump. Example: Or suppose at that early hour he'd been forced to fly into Chicago; would he puddle-jump in on a commuter flight or rent a car for the four-hour drive? Example: Is there any chance you all can puddle-jump to the reunion? 2. Alternative form of puddle jump. Example: God wades through the oceans (Job 38:16) like a schoolboy might puddle-jump in his rubber boots while the stars sing at the sunrise of a new day (Job 38:7). 3. Alternative form of puddle jump. Example: Since we normally puddle-jump close inshore, what is needed is one that puts out a nice narrow pencil of ultrasonic energy ahead. Example: That you can handle a small runabout is no indication you can skipper a twin-screw yacht; that you can puddle-jump on bay is no indication you can run an inlet. 4. Alternative form of puddle jump. Example: Without a clear set of objectives and a plan for achieving them, you can only puddle-jump from one task to another, leaving lots of things half finished.
Word: puddle-jumps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of puddle-jump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puddle-jumps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of puddle-jump Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: puddle-jumping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of puddle-jump Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: puddle-jumped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of puddle-jump Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skim coat Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin layer of plaster, glue, plastic, or other substance applied over a surface in order to cover imperfections and make it smoother. Example: You can skim-coat the piece with spackling comound, following the length of its grain and dragging the knife over the surface at a slight angle so that you fill in only the grain. Then sand again, and apply a second skim coat, if needed. Example: A skim coat touches up small voids.
Word: skim coats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skim coat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skim-coat Part of Speech: verb 1. To apply a skim coat. Example: You can skim-coat the piece with spackling comound, following the length of its grain and dragging the knife over the surface at a slight angle so that you fill in only the grain. Example: The best way to avoid the problem of photographing is to skim-coat the entire surface after the third coat of joint comound has dried.
Word: skim-coats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of skim-coat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: skim-coating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skim-coat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skim-coated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of skim-coat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: count chickens Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A reference to the proverb don't count your chickens before they're hatched 1. To trust in something good that is not yet certain. Example: I was starting to count chickens, but then I had always worked on the principle that it was good to talk oneself out of being tired, or pessimistic. Example: She says sometimes she'll take me in as a partner. Ah, I'd like that—but there, you mustn't count your chickens. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see count, chicken.
Word: counts chickens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of count chickens Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: counting chickens Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of count chickens Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: counted chickens Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of count chickens Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: supersessive Part of Speech: adj 1. superseding; tending to supersede; having the character or quality of supersession Example: It has befallen him most frequently, I recognise, when the supersessive terms of his expression have happened to be verse; but that doesn't in the least isolate his case, since it is clear to the most limited intelligence that the title we give him is the only title of general application and convenience for those who passionately cultivate the image of life and the art, on the whole so beneficial, of projecting it.
Word: Carling Sundays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Carling Sunday Labels: form-of, plural