nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tripmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trip + mate. 1. A companion on a trip. Example: Though neither I nor my tripmates could tolerate full-body attire during Cambodia’s humid, 90-plus-degree days, we all doused ourselves daily with repellent.
Word: spearlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spear + -let. 1. A small spear. Example: While the poisonous spearlets are now directed largely against rival males, the trait could well have served among ancestral monotremes as the equivalent of a bee’s sting, to ward off the Bigfeet that ever threatened to crush them.
Word: tripmates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tripmate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spearlets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spearlet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unfrenetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + frenetic. 1. Not frenetic. Example: Despite the needs, many residents say they love the town for its intimate and unfrenetic feel.
Word: unradical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + radical. 1. Not radical. Example: Mr. DuBois has, however, approached the work in a radically unradical way, bringing a softening sheen of naturalism to its rumpled texture.
Word: unnippled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + nippled. 1. Without nipples. Labels: not-comparable Example: But the platypus trumps its plush-toy costars by adding a kind of Dada prankishness to the equation, what with its bill that looks like a Charlie Chaplin shoe, the leathery, thumb-sized eggs it insists on laying, the Daffy Duck webfeet outfitted with venomous spurs and the milk that dribbles down its unnippled chest.
Word: kline Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of k-line. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kline Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of k-line. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: interracialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From interracial + -ism. 1. The mixing of races or ethnicities. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: But Central Point, which had been a visibly mixed-race community since the 19th century, was home to a secret but paradoxically open interracialism.
Word: noncable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + cable. 1. Not of or pertaining to cable television. Labels: not-comparable Example: But she used a word seldom heard on the noncable air, and then only by accident — a word that is not publishable in the newspaper.
Word: substantivisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From substantive + -isation or substantivise + -ation. 1. The process of substantivising (converting into a substantive).
Word: prædator Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of predator. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: A temple of four columns, ascending the steps of which is a veiled and togated Roman, bearing a trophy : this evidently alludes to Marcellus’s having slain the King of the Gauls, Britomart ( Viridomarus? ), with his own hand, and thereupon he vowed to dedicate the spolia opima to Jupiter Feretrius—the prædator.
Word: prædators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prædator Labels: form-of, plural Example: They are able to support this greedy host of prædators and parasites because they are extremely prolific, hardy, or eurythermic, and of a very industrious and peaceable disposition.
Word: klining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of kline Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: klined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of kline Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: antiallergy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + allergy. 1. Countering an allergy. Labels: not-comparable Example: The building will be named for Gavin S. Herbert, founder and former chairman of Allergan, the large pharmaceutical products company that first developed antiallergy eye drops 60 years ago in Los Angeles.
Word: megatower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + tower. 1. A very tall tower. Example: One is a story of betrayal, how almost two decades of hard work and advocacy that produced a visionary plan for a low-rise arts district that preserved the area’s past was shunted aside in favor of plans for megatowers and cookie-cutter urban development.
Word: megatowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megatower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multilegged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + legged. 1. Having more than one leg. Example: One particular gown stood out: a sleeveless white silk sheath with an elaborate print ($3,400) that said, “I am Basquiat in hell, forced to endure a Sisyphean nursery school where I trace my hand and paint multilegged monster turkeys and get an F, forever.
Word: overpronator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overpronate + -or. 1. One who overpronates. Example: This model is for triathletes with a neutral stride (there’s a comparable stability shoe for overpronators).
Word: overpronators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overpronator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reconstructors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reconstructor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stuntlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stunt + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a stunt. Example: But in “Passion” Momix stays pop, lightweight: an array of stuntlike short-term sketches, few of which go far beyond the initial wow factor.
Word: chlorfenapyr Part of Speech: noun 1. A pesticide derived from the halogenated pyrroles. Labels: uncountable Example: They are vulnerable to some pest control poisons — Mr. Rasberry uses products containing the chemicals fipronil and chlorfenapyr — but given the ants’ staggering proliferation and environmental restrictions on the products, not enough of the chemicals can be put down to make a difference, Mr. Meyers said. Example: Diagnostic doses of six acaricides (fenothiocarb, endosulfan, chlorfenapyr, tebufenpyrad, cyenopyrafen and cyflumetofen) resulted in a 68.0~71.8% mortality rate (on average) in the test mite populations, whereas the remaining six acaricides (monocrotophos, omethoate, bifenthrin, abamectin, etoxazole and bifenazate) caused slightly reduced mortality rates (on average 36.5~59.3%).
Word: preapocalyptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + apocalyptic. 1. Before an apocalypse. Labels: not-comparable Example: Rachel’s decision is partly based on her fear of another attack on New York: they were trying to understand, Hans recalls, “whether we were in a preapocalyptic situation, like the European Jews in the ’30s or the last citizens of Pompeii, or whether our situation was merely near apocalyptic, like that of the cold war inhabitants of New York, London, Washington and, for that matter, Moscow.”
Word: sauceboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sauce + boat. 1. Synonym of gravy boat. Example: In Gallery 286 are displayed 19 pieces of tableware (pickle dishes, sauceboats and small baskets) made in blue and white soft-paste porcelain.
Word: sauceboats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sauceboat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unabetted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + abetted. 1. Not abetted. Labels: not-comparable Example: As it turned out, he wasn’t waging his war against the elements unabetted.
Word: malling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mall + -ing. 1. the transformation of a district by building shopping malls Labels: uncountable Example: The malling of Siberia is transforming the drab gray landscape on the outskirts of these cities into a tableau of Day-Glo green and purple outlets, and providing a slim ray of hope to retailers whose business is lagging elsewhere. 2. shopping or window-shopping in a shopping mall Labels: Philippines, uncountable
Word: æsteems Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of æsteem Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He dares Countenance Rebellion and Sacriledge both with his tongue and Purſe; but æſteems it dangerous,and therefore (without all doubt) Imprudence, to Contribute ſo much as a Good look to the Encouragement of the truly Religious and vertuous, leſt he ſhould be ſuſpected by the proſperous ſinner, an Enemy to Treaſon, and Wickedneſſe.
Word: midcampaign Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mid- + campaign. 1. During a political campaign. Labels: not-comparable Example: The midcampaign staff review underscores the difficulties Mr. McCain is having in trying to build his Republican presidential campaign around his crusades for tighter ethics rules and pledges to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest.
Word: surveylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From survey + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a survey. Example: The miscellaneous effect and the surveylike approach also reflect the ambitions of many local museums in the early 21st century: honoring a region’s eclectic communities and welcoming their visitors.
Word: backtest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + test. 1. A test of a strategy, model, etc. using data from a previous time.
Word: backtest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + test. 1. To test a strategy, model, etc. using data from a previous time. Labels: ambitransitive Example: (Mr. Fosback has also backtested this indicator to the late 1940s, the earliest period for which data on the coincident economic indicators were available, and it performed just as well from then until the late ’70s as it did in more recent decades.)
Word: backtested Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of backtest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: backtests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of backtest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: backtests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backtest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biofueled Part of Speech: adj 1. Powered by biofuel. Labels: not-comparable Example: To the Editor: The May 4 Green Traveler column (“Trying to Lighten that Carbon Footprint ”) cites Friends of the Earth’s negative comments regarding Richard Branson’s biofueled flight and the drawbacks of producing biofuels for air travel.
Word: biofuelled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of biofueled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: unblindfold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + blindfold. 1. To remove a blindfold from. Labels: transitive
Word: unblindfolds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unblindfold Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unblindfolding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unblindfold Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unblindfolded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unblindfold Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unblindfolded Part of Speech: adj 1. Not having been blindfolded. Labels: not-comparable Example: The leader announces that at a given signal the unblindfolded players will each take one of the empty seats next to those who are blindfolded, and when requested to sing the unblindfolded must do so, disguising their voices...
Word: brandings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of branding Labels: form-of, plural 2. A children's game in which one player tosses a tennis ball at other players who vigorously try to avoid being hit, the person being hit then becoming the person with the ball. Labels: Australia
Word: counterpetition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + petition. 1. An opposing petition set up in response to another petition. Example: He also noted that there are counterpetitions urging him to keep making films.
Word: counterpetition Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From counter- + petition. 1. To petition in opposition to another petition.
Word: counterpetitions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterpetition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterboycott Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + boycott. 1. An opposing boycott set up in response to another boycott.
Word: counterboycotts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterboycott Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fritzing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fritz Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fritzed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fritz Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gompa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan དགོན་པ (dgon pa). 1. A Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and sadhana in Tibet, India, Nepal, or Bhutan. Example: And when finally I got to the end of the five-hour drive over the highest motorable pass in the world, it was to learn that the gompa in Hunder was closed.
Word: gompas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gompa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: instructionals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of instructional Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kalarippayattu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam കളരിപ്പയറ്റ് (kaḷarippayaṟṟŭ). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑ.ləɹ.iˈpaɪ.ə.tu/ 1. A Dravidian martial art from the Indian state of Kerala. Labels: uncountable Example: Like karate, for instance, which would appear to derive from the ancient Indian martial art kalarippayattu.
Word: kefalotiri Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kefalotyri. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: “Now, these are what we’d call tasty cheeses,” she said as I speared cubes of creamy kefalotiri and manchego, nodding in agreement: tasty!
Word: kerosenelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kerosene + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of kerosene. Example: But the kerosenelike fuel and the engines that burn it were dirty, noisy, dawdling and even deadly, linked to increased risk of cancer and respiratory disease.
Word: leatherwoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leatherwood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leatherware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leather + -ware. 1. Items made from leather. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Story of Anvil” implies, Anvil takes itself less seriously than Metallica, Iron Maiden, Anthrax or any of the other heavy metal bands for whom blinding guitar speed, studded leatherware and general bombast proved a route to success.
Word: leatherwares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leatherware Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manchego Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Manchego. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: “Now, these are what we’d call tasty cheeses,” she said as I speared cubes of creamy kefalotiri and manchego, nodding in agreement: tasty!
Word: mancessions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mancession Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maximalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From maximal + -ize. 1. To make maximal; maximize. Labels: transitive
Word: maximalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of maximalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: maximalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of maximalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: maximalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of maximalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: maximalisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maximalism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maximalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maximality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minimisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minimisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meltwaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meltwater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microhydraulic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + hydraulic. 1. Of or pertaining to microhydraulics. Labels: not-comparable Example: Yet too much concern is certainly better than too little, and the people who support Norberg-Hodge have helped bring solar heaters and microhydraulic power plants and low-cost greenhouses to Ladakh.
Word: midtempos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of midtempo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mothbally Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mothball + -y. 1. Resembling or suggesting mothballs, especially their distinctive odour. Example: A skinny blotter paper suffused with the rosy chemical geraniol and layered with a second blotter dipped in mothbally indole yields lily of the valley, which otherwise would require bales of tender white buds for just a few grams of essential oil.
Word: nonqualifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + qualifier. 1. One who fails to qualify. Example: And he came up short in the Sprint Showdown race for nonqualifiers earlier in the night, failing to finish high enough to advance to the main event.
Word: nonqualifiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonqualifier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palinka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hungarian pálinka. 1. A traditional Hungarian fruit brandy. Labels: uncountable Example: An apricot palinka made with honey, apricot juice and lime — every bit as captivating as the new food in town. Example: Better yet, there were no cover charges, and we didn’t bother to order drinks in half the spots. So, despite having a Slovak beer and shots of both the traditional Hungarian fruit spirit palinka and the bittersweet digestif Unicum, the entire evening cost 2,000 forints, under $10.
Word: petrodiesel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From petro- + diesel. 1. Diesel derived from petroleum (contrasted with biodiesel). Labels: countable, retronym, uncountable Example: Biodiesel is a technologically feasible alternative to petrodiesel, but nowadays biodiesel costs 1.5 to 3 times more than fossil diesel in developed countries. Example: Biodiesel these days is selling at about the same prices as petrodiesel, or even a little more in many places.
Word: semireality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Medieval Latin reālitāslbor. French réalitéder. English reality English semireality From semi- + reality. 1. Something not quite real, having a partial resemblance to reality. Labels: uncountable Example: The series, along with such like-minded shows as the MTV semireality show “The Hills” and a cautionary senior edition, “The Real Housewives of New York City,” are focused on friends, and most of all on frenemies.
Word: semisatirical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + satirical. 1. Partially satirical. Labels: not-comparable Example: That is the essence of “Gossip Girl,” a semisatirical portrait of power and privilege in the private schools and penthouses of New York’s ultra rich.
Word: shamblingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From shambling + -ly. 1. With a shambling motion. Example: The band developed its sound, shamblingly at first, on the road, in an era before thousands of blog or YouTube users could form an opinion of a band based on some MySpace demos and a duff early gig in Tacoma.
Word: tastewise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From taste + -wise. 1. In terms of taste. Labels: not-comparable Example: Cocktail geeks might want to stop reading — tastewise, this is kids’ stuff, all sweetness and light. Ms. Lo combines green tea-infused simple syrup with milk and a shot of vodka, yielding a familiar flavor — think of a green tea frappuccino at Starbucks and you’re in the right neighborhood — edged with the keenness of the vodka.
Word: turbodiesels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turbodiesel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unbustling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bustling. 1. Not bustling. Example: This Puget Sound island is refreshingly unbustling.
Word: unfallen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fallen. 1. Not having fallen; that has not experienced or suffered a fall. Labels: not-comparable Example: The unfallen world beyond time remains as a background to the figured beats of the heart in our world of serial progression. Example: For me, in any case, Ladakh seemed a beautifully unfallen place next to the blue-glass shopping malls of modern Lhasa, the global village of pizza joints and guesthouses that is urban Nepal, or long-isolated Bhutan with its chic new hotels.
Word: undeflectable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + deflectable. 1. Not deflectable. Example: What continues to impress, however, is the woman’s sheer undeflectable force.
Word: unnavigability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + navigability. 1. The quality of being unnavigable. Labels: uncountable Example: “Gossip Girl,” which has its season finale on Monday, explores the unnavigability of friendship.
Word: diwaniya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gulf Arabic ديوانية (dīwānīya). 1. In Kuwait, a guest room where men gather to chat, eat and drink. Example: Diwaniyas are a place to network where people from different facets of society gather to discuss topics of interest, form alliances, close business deals or introduce people to associates. Historically, Diwaniyas have consisted of only men but now have evolved into mixed gender or only women. Example: Al Salem presented a snapshot of the architecture of diwaniyas in Kuwait, and stressed on how rooted it is in the local culture of hospitality. A Kuwaiti diwaniya is a traditional reception area where business colleagues and guests are received and is a tangible representation of the importance of hospitality in Kuwait’s culture and traditions. 2. A traditional Kuwaiti social gathering in such a room. Example: In the past, candidates depended mostly on personal ties with voters at diwaniyas, traditional evening social gatherings.
Word: diwaniyas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diwaniya Labels: form-of, plural
Word: landgrab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From land + grab. Compare Old Norse landnám (“the taking of land”). 1. A landrush. Example: Of course, every big media company is buying digital properties — in a landgrab either for audience or bragging rights. Example: One politician present called the US land grab “inevitable”, adding: “AI is the next big thing, and no one is going to roll over and play dead and say, ‘You take over.’ China's not going to let that happen and certainly the US won't”.
Word: landgrab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From land + grab. Compare Old Norse landnám (“the taking of land”). 1. To acquire land that one does not have a right to possess. Labels: transitive Example: American, Japanese and European multinational corporations continue to landgrab tens of thousands of hectares of land for their agribusiness and plunder Mindanao's natural resources. Example: I am sure this man is not out here to landgrab, but—and one's judgment is suspended—why find him on the plains near Glorieta, with no money and with an inflamed arm caused by two missing fingers on the left hand?
Word: landgrabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of landgrab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: landgrabs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of landgrab Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sunsetting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sonne settynge. 1. An instance of the sun setting; a sunset.
Word: sunsetting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sonne settynge. 1. present participle and gerund of sunset Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sunsetted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sunset Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sunscalding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sunscald Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sunscalded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sunscald Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sunscalds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sunscald Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reaccustoming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reaccustom Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reaccustoms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reaccustom Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reaccustomed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reaccustom Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skimmable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From skim + -able. 1. Capable of, or (especially) optimized for, being skimmed (read through quickly). Example: Nearly all documentation of business processes should be skimmable, with the summaries clearly differentiated from the detailed expositions. 2. Worthy only of being skimmed rather than closely read; that is, not worthy of close reading. Example: Though it’s a short book, “The Downhill Lie” becomes skimmable at such moments.
Word: watsan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. water and sanitation Labels: uncountable Example: While different management options exist for managing water and sanitation services in large towns and cities and also in rural areas, there is limited knowledge on how best to manage watsan services in small towns. Example: Most developing countries spend less than 0.5 percent of their gross domestic product on watsan, and only 12 percent to 15 percent of that in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa goes to sanitation, according to the 2006 United Nations Human Development Report.
Word: waths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wath Labels: form-of, plural
Word: expressionistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From expressionistic + -ally. 1. In an expressionistic manner. Example: The film’s psychological journey leads to a shootout in an abandoned mining town, staged by Mann in multi-leveled, expressionistically distorted space that seems a universe away from the open plains and sharp horizon lines of Ford’s classical vision.
Word: giganticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gigantic + -ism. 1. hugeness Labels: uncountable Example: “The giganticism of the proposed developments on the yards and the speed with which the M.T.A. and the city seem to be rushing to adopt a plan are a great concern,” said Andrew Berman, a member of the Hudson Yards Community Advisory Committee.
Word: unprospected Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + prospected. 1. Not having been prospected. Labels: not-comparable Example: In February, for example, the Interior Department awarded Royal Dutch Shell the right to drill for oil in the Chukchi Sea off the northwestern shore of Alaska, a heretofore unprospected patch of marine habitat and prime walrus fishing ground.
Word: nonpyritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + pyritic. 1. Not pyritic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chronophotography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos)bor. English chrono- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) French photographiebor. English photography English chronophotography From chrono- + photography. 1. An antique photographic technique from the Victorian era which captures movement in several frames of print. Labels: uncountable Example: And since he studies 19th-century chronophotography — sometimes called precinema or pre-cinematography — for his day job as a professor of animation at London Metropolitan University, he knew where (and when) to begin looking for model machinery.
Word: ecofriendliness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of eco-friendliness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: In the early 1990s, she worked in the New York State attorney general’s office policing bogus claims of ecofriendliness during Green I.
Word: Blair Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic blàr (“field, plain”). Pronunciation: /blɛɚ/ 1. A surname. Labels: countable 2. A unisex given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A unisex given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A number of places in the United States: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 16. A village in the city of Cambridge, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: overdilute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + dilute. 1. To dilute excessively. Labels: transitive Example: “We just wanted to be disciplined in our growth and not overdilute our valuation,” Mr. Liu said.
Word: overdiluted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overdilute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overdiluting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overdilute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overdilutes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overdilute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: precinema Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + cinema. 1. Before the development of cinema. Labels: not-comparable
Word: softbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soft + box. 1. A photographic lighting device consisting of a bulb with reflective back and side walls and a diffusing material at the front. Example: Mr. Tamindzic, a lanky 6 feet 3 inches tall, all legs and elbows, was purposeful and obvious, with a hefty Canon EOS 5D camera in one hand and a LumiQuest softbox flash in the other (to throw up a noirish, crime-scene photographer’s burst of intense light).
Word: softboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of softbox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: banate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ban + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːnət/ 1. Synonym of banat. Labels: historical Example: The establishment of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929, however, brought the redrawing of administrative regions into banates that purposely avoided all historical and ethnic lines.
Word: baras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bara Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unhorrified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + horrified. 1. Not horrified. Example: “It looked like she had definitely been wearing nail polish for two weeks,” Ms. Diamond said, sounding distinctly unhorrified.
Word: dispensational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dispensation + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to dispensation. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to dispensationalism. Labels: not-comparable Example: Evangelicals have long been influenced by dispensationalism, a theology that promotes a literal reading of biblical prophecy. Many dispensationalists believe Israelites’ return to the Holy Lands is a requirement for the Second Coming of Jesus. When Israeli troops captured the Old City of Jerusalem in June 1967, some saw it as a sign that Jesus was coming. However, dispensational teaching has been waning in mainstream evangelical circles, even as support for a state of Israel has remained strong. Example: Simultaneous to its burgeoning presence in Europe, dispensational theology made its way into North America in the mid-1800s through publications and organized teaching of James Inglis (1813–1872). Its eschatological views in particular captured the attention of conservative denominations, namely Baptist and some Presbyterian, who were concerned with the rise of liberalism in Christian thought. Dispensationalism spread across the United States through the Niagara Bible Conferences (1883–1897) and the teaching of pastors and theologians such as James H. Brookes (1830–1897), Dwight Moody (1837–1899), and Cyrus Scofield (1843–1921). Scofield’s reference Bible, with its accompanying dispensational notes, helped further instill this theology, especially among evangelical churches.
Word: fatheadedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fatheaded + -ness. 1. The quality of being fatheaded. Labels: uncountable Example: Dr. Hurewitz, The Times said, “notes the excesses of Jewish terrorists and the maneuvers of Zionist politicians no less firmly than the bad faith of the Arabs, the inconsistency of the Americans, the double talk of the Russians, or the meanness and fatheadedness of the British.”
Word: geeksta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of geek + gangsta. 1. An unfashionable, nerdy individual who performs gangsta-style music. Labels: humorous, slang Example: Elvis Costello and The Talking Heads’s David Byrne popularized a cool geek style that’s led to Moby, Weezer, Vampire Weekend and even self-styled “nerdcore” rock and geeksta rappers.
Word: geekstas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geeksta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: housebois Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of houseboi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: literalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From literalist + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪt(ə)rəˈlɪstɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to literalism or literalists. Example: Mr. Hagee’s views flow out of his adherence to what is known in evangelical circles as premillennial dispensationalism, a literalistic approach to biblical prophecy that places a special emphasis on the role of the nation of Israel in the end of history. 2. Using a method of interpretation regarded as woodenly, inflexibly, or simplistically literal in its perceived neglect of such considerations as context, genre, and authorial intent. Example: It is most important to distinguish literalistic from literal interpretation. The former generates an unlettered, ultimately illiterate reading—one that is incapable of recognizing less obvious uses of language such as metaphor, satire, and so forth. ... Interpreters err either when they allegorize discourse that is intended to be taken literally or when they "literalize" discourse that is intended to be taken figuratively.
Word: literalistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From literalistic + -ally. 1. In a literalistic manner.
Word: outlitigate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + litigate. 1. To defeat in litigation. Labels: transitive Example: The film lays out how Mr. Gore, and the nation, missed a chance to find out for sure, partly through Mr. Gore’s own lack of nerve but mostly because the Democrats were outlitigated and outfoxed by a tougher, more sophisticated team of Republican lawyers and political consultants.
Word: outlitigating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outlitigate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outlitigated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outlitigate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outlitigates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outlitigate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outlivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outliver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puzzleheadedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From puzzleheaded + -ness. 1. The quality of being puzzleheaded; foolish confusion. Labels: uncountable
Word: letterboxer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From letterbox + -er. 1. One who takes part in the hobby of letterboxing.
Word: letterboxers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of letterboxer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overmined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + mined. 1. Depleted by excessive mining. Example: With the sonic trends of the 1960s and ’70s already long overmined, it’s not particularly surprising that new bands are revisiting the 1980s, eschewing Beatles-and-Stones hegemony for (equally well-coiffed) sources like Bauhaus, the Cure, New Order and Depeche Mode.
Word: reindict Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + indict. 1. To indict again. Labels: transitive Example: Andrew Caccioppoli, another former manager at Janney’s stock-loan desk, had been indicted previously but was reindicted along with his sister, Donna Macli, and her husband, Thomas Macli.
Word: reindicted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reindict Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reindicting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reindict Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reindicts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reindict Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: retally Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + tally. 1. To tally again; to recount. Labels: transitive Example: In 2001 painstaking postmortems of the Florida count, one by The New York Times and another by a consortium of newspapers, concluded that Mr. Bush would have come out slightly ahead, even if all the votes counted throughout the state had been retallied.
Word: retallying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of retally Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: retallied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of retally Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: retaliatorily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From retaliatory + -ly. 1. In a retaliatory manner.
Word: intramonthly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + monthly. 1. Within a single month. Labels: not-comparable Example: He entered “several abnormally high intramonthly provision flows, without having obtained any valid explanations as to their validity,” the report said.
Word: layin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lay-in. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Odom blocked Fabio Oberto's layin at the other end, leading to a fast-break layup from Fisher.
Word: layins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of layin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misexplanation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + explanation. 1. Incorrect explanation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The main thrust of the book is Wolff’s opinion on how bridge ought to be: free from cheats; free from purely destructive bidding methods; free from misexplanations; free from timely hesitations that tell partner what to do; free from organizers who do not know and love the game; and free from appeals committees that rule based on the players involved, not the law.
Word: misexplanations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misexplanation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: NOTAM Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of notice to airmen or (gender-neutral) notice to air missions, to inform pilots of hazards. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: supersign Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + sign. 1. A higher-level sign. 2. A sign (panel bearing a message) that is highly technologically advanced or otherwise impressive. Labels: informal Example: One of the three supersigns fabricated by County Neon Sign Corp. of Fairview, NY, the Virgin sign is composed of 6"-diameter stainless steel tubes set horizontally, with two bands of red neon running between each pair of tubes.
Word: supersigns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supersign Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subsign Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + sign. 1. A lower-level sign.
Word: subsign Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sub- + sign. 1. To sign beneath; to append a signature to. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: subsigns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subsign Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antispeculation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + speculation. 1. Opposing or countering financial speculation. Labels: not-comparable Example: But in recent days, a more powerful group has joined the antispeculation bandwagon: members of Congress.
Word: barosaurus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Barosaurus of long-tailed, long-necked, herbivorous dinosaurs. Labels: no-plural Example: Some of his literary fans could be glimpsed a few weeks ago at PEN’s black-tie gala, paying their respects to Mr. Rushdie as he sipped a drink next to the lumbering barosaurus at the American Museum of Natural History .
Word: baroreflexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baroreflex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: criminalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of criminality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daggerboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daggerboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fightingest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of fighting: most fighting Most inclined to fight. Labels: form-of, nonstandard, superlative Example: Can the increase be attributed to the Stanley Cup win by last season’s fightingest team, Anaheim, or to the campaign to loosen instigator rules by its general manager, Brian Burke?
Word: flayings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flaying Labels: form-of, plural
Word: governessing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of governess Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: governessed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of governess Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hashlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hash + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of hash (mixed meat and potatoes etc.). 2. Resembling or characteristic of the output from a hash function.
Word: overeagerness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overeager + -ness. 1. The quality of being overeager; excessive readiness or enthusiasm. Labels: uncountable Example: In her review of Christopher Benfey’s “Summer of Hummingbirds” (May 4), Laura Miller characterizes Benfey as having “a conspiracy theorist’s overeagerness in spying out connections.”
Word: superprivileged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + privileged. 1. Very highly privileged. Example: The fact that such an architectural trophy has gone unbought for a year speaks less about any ambivalence for modernism, or even a softness in local property values, than about the domestic expectations of the superprivileged.
Word: thighless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thigh + -less. 1. Without thighs. Labels: not-comparable Example: But how he could paint such pictures is marvellous, for he was not only armless but thighless, his short legs being closely united to the trunk. Example: Some manufacturers advocate the use of thighless legs whether the stumps are long or short, and pay little attention to the character of the extremities.
Word: voidings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voiding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bedrail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed + rail. 1. A rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed. Example: As long as surfaces in hospitals are contaminated with drug-resistant bacteria, doctors’ and nurses’ hands become recontaminated seconds after washing and gloving, as soon as they pull open a privacy curtain to see the next patient or touch a bedrail.
Word: bedrails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bedrail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blueslike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blues + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of the blues genre of music. Example: On “Train” it displays heavy-metal flair, and the singer Brad Arnold achieves a blueslike informality that bespeaks his Mississippi roots.
Word: sporotrichosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sporotrich- + -osis, from a former genus Sporotrichum whose species have since been reclassified into other genera, including Sporothrix and others. 1. A disease caused by infection with the fungus Sporothrix schenckii, sometimes acquired from roses. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Rose bushes can carry an organism that causes sporotrichosis, a fungal infection.
Word: acylpiperidines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acylpiperidine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acylpyridines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acylpyridine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acylphosphatidylethanolamines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acylphosphatidylethanolamine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: directorially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From directorial + -ly. 1. In terms of film direction. Example: At least five directors were involved in the production, from Korda’s hapless original choice, Ludwig Berger, whom he came to dislike for his intimate approach to material that Korda had envisioned as grand and sweeping; to Michael Powell (brought in mainly to work with Veidt, whom he had directed in “The Spy in Black” and “Contraband,” Veidt’s first two British films); to the American action director Tim Whelan; and, when the production moved to the United States, to the influential Art Moderne production designer William Cameron Menzies and Korda’s more directorially accomplished brother, Zoltan Korda.
Word: dropoffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dropoff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duneland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dune + land. 1. Land where dunes are found. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: From these towns, connections were provided in the early years of the century through the dunelands to the coastal resorts. Example: “A little fog, a little drizzle — those are the good days,” Mark Forker, the movie’s director of special effects, remarked one morning in late April while the crew was shooting some of the final scenes in the book on a stretch of scraggly duneland by the shore of Lake Erie here.
Word: dunelands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duneland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geohazard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geo- + hazard. 1. A geological hazard, such as the risk of a landslide or tsunami. Example: Yumei Wang, the director of Oregon’s geohazards team, said a quick evaluation last year found that 1,300 of the state’s schools (housing 340,000 students) and emergency-services buildings had a “high or very high” risk of collapse in a substantial earthquake. Example: It notes: "It is important to understand, therefore, that whilst there now exists considerable skill in observing and forecasting rainfall, the science behind the translation of rainfall into geohazards, such as washouts, earth slides and other earthwork failures, is immature and remains the biggest gap in going from the meteorological hazard to the impact on the ground. [...]."
Word: geohazards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geohazard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: padauk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Burmese ပိတောက် (pi.tauk). 1. Any of the trees of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The valuable timber of these trees. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In the dusty workroom her artificially red ponytail glowed like padauk, one of the exotic veneers she uses in her work.
Word: padauks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of padauk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subappendix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + appendix. 1. An appendix that is subsidiary to another appendix.
Word: subappendices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subappendix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subappendixes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subappendix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: releasees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of releasee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reconsult Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + consult. 1. To consult again. Labels: transitive Example: I also reconsulted the gastroenterologist, who now suggested a “capsule” endoscopy, in which the patient swallows a tiny camera that passes through the system so its images can be analyzed.
Word: reconsulting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reconsult Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reconsults Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reconsult Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reconsulted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reconsult Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fucknuggets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fucknugget Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tailwater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tail + water. 1. The water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Like the more renowned Missouri and Henry’s Fork of Montana and Idaho, it is a tailwater fishery; that is, it owes its remarkable fecundity and its population of big wild trout to the cold-water outflow of reservoir impoundment.