nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: antiartistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -ista Late Latin artistader. French artiste Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French artistiquebor. English artistic English antiartistic From anti- + artistic. 1. Opposing art.
Word: birthmarked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From birthmark + -ed. 1. Having a birthmark. Labels: not-comparable Example: Flory was standing against the veranda rail, half facing the girl, but keeping his birthmarked cheek hidden. Example: In death, Reuben, with his birthmarked red face, is finally more ferociously alive to his father than he ever was as a boy struggling to fit in.
Word: extraliterary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + literary. 1. Outside literature. Example: For all the obvious extraliterary reasons, “This Is Water” is often an extremely painful reading experience, and in this opinion I cannot imagine I will be alone.
Word: herbologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From herbology + -ist. 1. One who studies herbology. Example: His mother retired as a concert pianist; she is a herbologist and acupuncturist in private practice in New City.
Word: herbologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of herbologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monographing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of monograph Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: monographed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of monograph Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: photofinisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo + finisher. 1. A person, technician, or business that specializes in photofinishing. Example: The older man, who had rented space on Mr. Silverman’s floor in Ovington Studios, a seven-story building of artist studios near Cadman Plaza on the edge of Brooklyn Heights, introduced himself as Emil Goldfus, a retired photofinisher and an amateur painter.
Word: photofinishers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photofinisher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postflood Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + flood. 1. After a flood. Labels: not-comparable Example: Like many postflood sights, the specter of Neck Wound dragged on and on.
Word: preflood Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + flood. 1. Before a flood. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Eburones Part of Speech: noun 1. A Belgic people of Germanic or Celtic descent who lived in the upper north of Gaul in ancient times. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: semiproductive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive English semiproductive From semi- + productive. 1. Somewhat or partly productive. Labels: not-comparable Example: And trust me, it may take decades, but this woman will get over you eventually, and even go on to live a semiproductive life.
Word: semisub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of semisubmersible. Analyzable as semi- + sub. 1. A semisubmersible. Labels: informal 2. A semisubmarine. Labels: informal, uncommon
Word: semisubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semisub Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diseconomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diseconomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multiflavored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + flavored. 1. Having more than one flavor. Example: Did it really need a lengthy exploration of the ice cream business, replete with the smell of Belgian waffle cones and culminating in horror-film visions of deliquescent, multiflavored goo?
Word: clofazimine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chlo(ro)- + ph(en)az(ine) + imine. Pronunciation: /kloʊˈfæz.ɪˌmin/ 1. A reddish brown fat-soluble powdered dye C₂₇H₂₂Cl₂N₄ that is a derivative of riminophenazine used especially to treat lepromatous leprosy. Labels: uncountable Example: Another drug, clofazimine, used more than a century ago to treat leprosy, may be effective against autoimmune disorders like multiple sclerosis and psoriasis.
Word: clodronates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clodronate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: riminophenazines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of riminophenazine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fiendishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fiendish + -ness. 1. The quality of being fiendish. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He added, “I didn’t give enough credit to the fiendishness of the C.I.A.”
Word: noncomminuted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + comminuted. 1. not comminuted Labels: not-comparable
Word: conduritols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conduritol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Holstein-Lewis fracture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Arthur Holstein (1913–2000) and Gwylim Lewis (1914−2009), American orthopedic surgeons who described it in 1963. 1. A fracture of the distal third of the humerus resulting in entrapment of the radial nerve. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Holstein Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a tribe which inhabited the area, the Holsten / Holtsaten. The name is equivalent to German Holz (“wood”) + Sassen (“inhabitant”), German Low German Holt (“wood”) + Saten (“inhabitant”). 1. A geographic region and former duchy between the rivers Elbe and Eider, to the south of Schleswig, part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Example: Schleswig refuses to be separated from Holstein.
Word: Holstein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the animals' region of origin: the horses came from Schleswig-Holstein, the cows came from the area of Frisia and Holstein. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒlʃtaɪn/, /ˈhoʊlstaɪn/, /ˈhoʊlstin/ 1. A breed of dairy cattle, distinctively colored in splotches of black and white. Example: At the height of things, Bride Lake Farms had milked a herd of sixty-five registered Holsteins. Every other day, the Hood Dairy truck would pull up, pump nine thousand pounds of raw milk out of the tank, and drive it off for processing. 2. A breed of horse, thought to be the oldest of the warmblood breeds, used in show jumping.
Word: Holstein Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: redrill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + drill. 1. To drill again or anew. Example: He was so intent on being a good bowler that, unsatisfied with the grip, he had his bowling ball redrilled.
Word: redrilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of redrill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: redrilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of redrill Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: redrills Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of redrill Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: thonged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thong + -ed. 1. Having a thong or thongs. Labels: not-comparable Example: It helps that the dozens of veiled and uneducated female laborers who assemble the handmade items — gag balls, lime-green corsets, thonged spanking skirts — have no idea what the items are used for.
Word: crumblingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From crumbling + -ly. 1. So as to crumble; while crumbling.
Word: parking violation Part of Speech: noun 1. The illegal act of parking a motor vehicle in a restricted place or in an unauthorised manner.
Word: iced coffee Part of Speech: noun 1. Various types of cold beverages made from coffee. (This entry is a translation hub.) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hooks up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hook up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hooking up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hook up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: iced teas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iced tea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iced coffees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iced coffee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imbalsamation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From im- + balsam + -ation. 1. Embalming. Labels: uncountable
Word: disastre Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of disaster. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Co. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of company (often used as "& Co." (and company)) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: The project was co-created by Shanghai Maglev Transportation Development Co. Ltd., a German Consortium consisting of Siemens AG, Thyssen Transrapid GMBH and Transrapid International GMBH. 2. Abbreviation of county, alternative form of Co. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: episcopacies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of episcopacy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subcritical mass Part of Speech: noun 1. A mass of fissile material that is insufficient to sustain a nuclear chain reaction.
Word: supercritical mass Part of Speech: noun 1. A mass of fissile material that is more than sufficient to sustain a nuclear chain reaction.
Word: chevauchées Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chevauchée Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beaux sabreurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beau sabreur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: social conservatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of social conservative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: social stigmas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of social stigma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heavy lifting Part of Speech: noun 1. The most demanding part of an endeavour; work requiring the most effort, resources, or consideration. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: That's what I call the heavy-lifting part of the problem, and that's really where the term genetic caching comes into play. Example: 2003 March 18, John Howard, speech to the Australian Parliament Alliances are two-way processes and, where we are in agreement, we should not leave it to the United States to do all of the heavy lifting just because they are the world’s superpower. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see heavy, lifting. Labels: uncountable
Word: antimasturbation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + masturbation. 1. Opposing masturbation. Example: This assortment of euphemisms for masturbation, both in terms of its practice and cure, is scattered throughout antimasturbation literature.
Word: nonleukopenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + leukopenic. 1. Not leukopenic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Merovingian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *mārī Proto-West Germanic *wīg Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ing Medieval Latin Merovingī Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānus Old French -ien Middle French -ien Middle French Merovingienbor. English Merovingian From Middle French Merovingien (“of or relating to the Merovings, the descendants of Merovech”), from Medieval Latin Merovingī (“Merovings”) [plural of Merovingus, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg (a male given name composed of *mārī (“famous”) + *wīg (“fight”)) + *-ing] + Middle French -ien. (See Meroving for more.) By surface analysis, Meroving + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛ.ɹəˈvɪn.dʒɪ.ən/, /ˌmɛɹ.əˈvɪn.dʒi.ən/ 1. Of or relating to the Merovings, the members of a Salian Frankish dynasty, descended from Merovech, that came to rule the Franks in a region (known as Francia in Latin) largely corresponding to ancient Gaul from the middle of the 5th century, and whose politics involved frequent civil warfare among branches of the family. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Merovingian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *mārī Proto-West Germanic *wīg Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ing Medieval Latin Merovingī Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānus Old French -ien Middle French -ien Middle French Merovingienbor. English Merovingian From Middle French Merovingien (“of or relating to the Merovings, the descendants of Merovech”), from Medieval Latin Merovingī (“Merovings”) [plural of Merovingus, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg (a male given name composed of *mārī (“famous”) + *wīg (“fight”)) + *-ing] + Middle French -ien. (See Meroving for more.) By surface analysis, Meroving + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛ.ɹəˈvɪn.dʒɪ.ən/, /ˌmɛɹ.əˈvɪn.dʒi.ən/ 1. A member of the Merovingian dynasty.
Word: Tyrus Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Tyre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Merovingians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Merovingian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meroterpenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meroterpene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: merostomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of merostome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Meroving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *mārī Proto-West Germanic *wīg Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ing Medieval Latin Merovingusbor. English Meroving From Medieval Latin Merovingus, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg [a male given name composed of *mārī (“famous”) + *wīg (“fight”)] + *-ing. By surface analysis, Merovech + -ing. Cognate with Old English Merewīoingas (a hapax legomenon in the genitive case). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɹəvɪŋ/ 1. A descendant of Merovech; a Merovingian. Example: The French had their Merouings, the old Kentiſh Kingdome here its Oiſcings, from Merouee and Oiſca. Example: Though the long-haired Merovings ruled from the Ebro to the Meuse […]
Word: Merovings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Meroving Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antimaterialistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + materialistic. 1. Opposing materialism. Example: Second, secular socialist Zionism, the dominant ideal of Israeli society in its formative years, experienced difficulties in transmitting its pioneering ethos and its antimaterialistic ideology to an increasingly consumer-oriented society.
Word: gnosiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gnosis + -logy. 1. Alternative form of gnoseology. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: gnoseological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs)der. English gnosis Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English gnoseology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic 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 -ical English -ical English gnoseological From gnoseology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to gnoseology, the study of knowledge. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Priestley Part of Speech: name Etymology: Habitational surname from aby of various minor places in North Yorkshire, from Old English prēost (“priest”) + lēah (“wood clearing, meadow, leigh”). Equivalent to priest + -ley (“lea”). 1. A surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Hauptmannian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hauptmann + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946), German dramatist and novelist, or his works.
Word: phonometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phono- + -metric. 1. Relating to the measurement of sound Labels: not-comparable
Word: gnoseologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs)der. English gnosis Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English gnoseology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic 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 -ical English -ical English gnoseological 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 gnoseologically From gnoseological + -ly. 1. Alternative form of gnosiologically. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: as above, so below Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: The concept was first laid out in the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus: "That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, and that which is Above, corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the miracles of the One Thing." 1. What happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels; the microcosm and macrocosm behave alike.
Word: umuzungu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mzungu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: xenoreactivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xeno- + reactivity. 1. The quality of being xenoreactive. Labels: uncountable
Word: fibrodysplasias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fibrodysplasia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wiremen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wireman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: agrisystem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From agri- + system. 1. An agricultural system. Example: “People like the idea of I take care of them, and they take care of me,” she said, explaining that the personal agrisystem of feeding food scraps to chickens that, in turn, produce breakfast, has enormous appeal.
Word: agrisystems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agrisystem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spicebushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spicebush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feltness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From felt + -ness. 1. The quality of being felt. Labels: uncountable
Word: ghatam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit घटं (ghaṭaṃ). 1. An earthenware pot used as a percussion instrument in the Carnatic music of South India. Example: For a stretch, this cohort made additional room for T. H. Vinayakram, an expert on the ghatam, an earthenware pot played with thrummed fingers or open palms.
Word: ghatams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ghatam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nontextile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + textile. 1. Not of or pertaining to textiles. Labels: not-comparable Example: To prevent overcrowding on the subways, Dr. Copeland mandated shifts for various businesses, so that offices opened at 8:40 a.m. and closed at 4:30 p.m., while wholesalers started their days earlier, and nontextile manufacturers moved their start time to 9:30.
Word: semitalented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + talented. 1. Having a certain amount of talent. Labels: not-comparable Example: Funny, faux-naïve paintings by this Toronto artist resemble the works of a semitalented high school stoner steeped in heavy metal music, fantasy novels and French Symbolism. Mr. Ethier paints on easel-size panels in oleaginous glazes, creating an oozy, finger-painting-like luminosity.
Word: yurtlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From yurt + -like. Pronunciation: /ˈjɜːtlaɪk/, /ˈjɝːtlaɪk/, /ˈjʊɹtlaɪk/ 1. Resembling or characteristic of a yurt. Example: Though I think that the closest I came to actually wearing felt was a yurtlike bathrobe with large red, cut-out and flocked tomatoes on its enormous pockets — a Christmas gift from my mother at the onset of my adolescence.
Word: chosenness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chosen + -ness. 1. The quality of being chosen. Labels: uncountable Example: “How scary is it, in a culture of chosenness, to be the anointed king who’s rejected?”
Word: hairstyled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hairstyle + -ed. 1. Having a hairstyle (of some specified kind). Labels: not-comparable Example: Most people do not directly associate Arnold Schwarzenegger's stony, punk-hairstyled face […] with humor. Example: In the past year the Jonas Brothers, three charming, talented, aggressively hairstyled, purity-ring-wearing brothers from northern New Jersey, transformed from a middling tween-focused band into perhaps the most significant pop juggernaut since ’N Sync.
Word: purity ring Part of Speech: noun 1. A ring representing a religious vow to abstain from sexual intercourse until marriage.
Word: superlethal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + lethal. 1. Extremely lethal. Example: The flu could suddenly become superlethal.
Word: superworried Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + worried. 1. Extremely worried. Labels: informal Example: But Biden, channeling his Average Joe, was superworried — a signal to the White House that it was time to make the flu more boring.
Word: undoubled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + doubled. 1. Not doubled. Labels: not-comparable Example: Assuming at the other table that three no-trump was undoubled, if the contract was making, the redouble would increase the gain to 9 international match points from 4.
Word: undoubled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of undouble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unfated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fated. 1. Not fated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anticlassical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + classical. 1. Opposing or rejecting what is classical. Example: Nothing in the decorative scheme derives from classical architecture — indeed it could be said to be anticlassical, so thoroughly does it bypass traditional design.
Word: antirally Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + rally. 1. Opposing a rally. Example: The antirally demonstrators broke windows and forced their way into the building as the terrified audience fled in the opposite direction. Example: After years of complaints from local residents about noise, violence and indecency, the City Council adopted a series of antirally laws last fall in the hope of driving away the 500,000 motorcyclists who roar into this coastal town of 24,000 people every May. Mayor John Rhodes has declared the rally officially and permanently canceled.
Word: awarenesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of awareness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boozehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From booze + -head. 1. An alcoholic. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Sure, there are a few beaming boozeheads and upbeat probation violators who spoil the mood by, well, mugging for the cameras.
Word: boozeheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boozehead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: booze cruises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of booze cruise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: booze cans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of booze can Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dermatopathology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dermato- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology English dermatopathology From dermato- + pathology. 1. The study of cutaneous diseases at a microscopic level. Labels: uncountable Example: Her father is a professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School and the director of dermatopathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Word: dermatopathological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dermato- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic 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 -ical English -ical English pathological English dermatopathological From dermato- + pathological. 1. Of or pertaining to dermatopathology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: folkstyle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From folk + style. 1. Being a style of amateur wrestling practised at collegiate and university level in the United States; the ultimate goal is to pin the opponent to the mat, and the legs can be used in offense and defense. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: But there are differences in the scoring and technique between the folkstyle wrestling in college, and the freestyle at the Olympics and the world championships.
Word: hypercompetitiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypercompetitive + -ness. 1. The quality of being hypercompetitive. Labels: uncountable Example: All in the spirit of Yankee hypercompetitiveness.
Word: lampoonable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lampoon + -able. 1. Suitable for being lampooned. Example: The system in which I have embedded myself has its faults, some of them lampoonable.
Word: memoiristic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From memoir + -istic. 1. In the style of a memoir. Example: So it’s a perfect moment for Whitehead’s memoiristic fourth novel, “Sag Harbor,” a coming-of-age story about the Colsonesque 15-year-old Benji, who wishes people would just call him Ben.
Word: nondigitally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nondigital + -ly. 1. In a nondigital manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: This time, the product is more tied to mobile devices like the iPhone and involves “collecting” digital icons by (nondigitally) visiting certain spots in various cities.
Word: nontext Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + text. 1. Not text. Labels: not-comparable Example: Microsoft’s Encarta team concentrated on developing nontext supplements that would make it a multimedia extravaganza.
Word: noteworthies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noteworthy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overcover Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overcoveren, equivalent to over- + cover. 1. To cover over. Labels: transitive Example: The floodwaters soon overcovered the little hill. 2. To give too much coverage (as for example on television). Labels: transitive Example: You’ll never persuade me that we’ve overcovered the slaughter in Congo — our sin is that we didn’t scream enough, not that we screamed too much.
Word: overcovering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overcover Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overcovers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overcover Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overcovered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overcover Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overmanipulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + manipulate. 1. To manipulate too much. Labels: transitive Example: Cooking philosophy: Buy the best you can find or afford and don’t overmanipulate it.
Word: overmanipulates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overmanipulate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overmanipulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overmanipulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overmanipulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overmanipulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sandpaperlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sandpaper + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of sandpaper; rough and abrasive. Example: At the third-floor level runs a band of varying ornament, including projecting panels of glazed terra cotta surrounding roughened, sandpaperlike rectangles.
Word: sandpaperish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sandpaper + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of sandpaper; rough and abrasive.
Word: socioanthropologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From socio- + anthropologist. 1. One who studies socioanthropology. Example: Médina Gounass was first settled in the early 1960s by rural people flocking to the city’s outskirts, people who were not “educated in the culture of trash disposal,” said Fatou Sarr, a socioanthropologist at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, who has written about the area.
Word: socioanthropologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of socioanthropologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subtextless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From subtext + -less. 1. Devoid of a subtext. Labels: not-comparable Example: You all keep trying to make Rock Hudson -Doris Day -style romantic comedies with the golden guys and gals of the moment, and the results are sexless, subtextless, bland career-girl-in-search-of-Mr.-Right retreads.
Word: smearily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From smeary + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsmɪəɹɪli/, /ˈsmɪɹɪli/ 1. In a smeary fashion. Example: Their feeble pamphlets, their smearily printed newspaper, seemed futile against the enormous blare of Corpo propaganda. Example: Here was the pretty Chinese table whose top had been greased smearily by the flat feet of Ariffin doing his little dance.
Word: smeariness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smeary + -ness. 1. The quality of being smeary. Labels: uncountable Example: The smeariness of the marble-topped hall table did not offend her. Example: She wore a limp blouse over blue jeans and had the body lines of a teenager, the crooks and skews and smeariness, and a way of merging with furniture, a kind of draped indecision.
Word: superscaled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + scaled. 1. Built on a very large scale. Example: This section ends in superscaled square-topped pediments, another Blum trademark.
Word: technothriller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From techno- + thriller. 1. A genre of thriller combining action, fantasy, and science fiction elements, including detailed technical explanations. Example: The techno-thriller and its practitioners may be standing athwart. Tom Clancy, for one, made it clear to me that he has no interest in contemporary literature as Literature. He perennially scorns any salon environs. Example: Few filmmakers have his feel for the flux and transience of life as we live it, and his movies are especially eloquent in depicting the passage of time, whether it’s the one-year period of awkward realignments among a constellation of Parisian friends in “Late August, Early September” (1998) or the entire life cycle of a marriage in the period epic “Les Destinées Sentimentales” (2000) or even the jet-lagged permanent-present tense of the technothriller “Demonlover” (2002).
Word: technothrillers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of technothriller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: technostructures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of technostructure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undermotivated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English motivated English undermotivated From under- + motivated. 1. Not sufficiently motivated. Example: Meanwhile, a bunch of hungry directors with digital cameras, time on their hands and not much money are making free-form studies about tentative hookups and long conversations among actual, overeducated, undermotivated young folks.
Word: unhonored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + honored. 1. Not honored. Labels: not-comparable Example: Laboring slowly, unhonored and unpaid and bound toward an immaterial prize far more meaningful than “success” as New York parlance would have it, these writers have destiny for incentive — and perhaps the exemplars of bygone literary gods for inspiration.
Word: incentiveless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From incentive + -less. 1. Without an incentive; unmotivated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unhonoured Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of unhonored. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: untrumpeted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + trumpeted. 1. Not having been trumpeted; without fanfare. Example: Quietly, faithfully, their late-paid, ill-paid or altogether unpaid works go into the world untrumpeted, unreviewed and unbought, to give the lie to the fallacy denounced by Annie Dillard a quarter-century ago: “that the novelists of whom we have heard are the novelists we have.”
Word: archdruidess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arch- + druidess. 1. A chief druidess; a female archdruid. Example: Three years ago, Mr. Michell surprised friends and family by marrying Denise Price, the archdruidess of the Glastonbury Order of Druids, after a courtship of less than a month. Mr. Goodwin said that two months later, “she threw him out.”
Word: archdruidesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archdruidess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biothreat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + threat. 1. A threat from biological weapons. Example: Before a tour of the biothreat response testing laboratory on Sunday, visitors had to promise not to reveal its location.
Word: biothreats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biothreat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: falsettoed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From falsetto + -ed. 1. Uttered in a falsetto. Labels: not-comparable Example: And even by the Auto-Tuned, falsettoed, post-nightclub conventions of contemporary R&B, this is a colossally strange record: Ciara is taxed like never before.
Word: falseworks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of falsework Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ritornellos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ritornello Labels: form-of, plural
Word: purity rings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of purity ring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decentring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decentre Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decentring Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which something is decentred.
Word: decentres Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decentre Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decentred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of decentre Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: decentering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decenter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decentering Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of decentring. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: decentered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of decenter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: decenters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decenter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decennially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From decennial + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛnɪəli/ 1. Every ten years. Labels: not-comparable
Word: decenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outwalking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outwalk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outwalks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outwalk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outwalked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outwalk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: semiformality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + formality. 1. The quality of being semiformal. Labels: uncountable Example: Founded in 1975 and led by the violinist Richard Tognetti since 1989, the orchestra looks youthful and hip onstage, its players clad in varying shades of black semiformality.
Word: crackhouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crackhouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: labneh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From South Levantine Arabic لَبْنَة (labne). Pronunciation: /ˈlæb.neɪ/, /ˈlɛb.neɪ/ 1. Yogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey and thus has a consistency between that of yogurt and cheese. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And I can assure you, were he to encounter the entire crew of the aircraft carrier Enterprise, he’d serve them eggs sunny-side up, and labneh fresh from the bag.
Word: morbilliviral Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to morbillivirus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: morbillivirus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Morbillivirus of viruses. Example: Eighty percent tested positive for morbillivirus, which can cause serious disease in some animals and humans.
Word: morbilliviruses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of morbillivirus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: narratorly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From narrator + -ly. 1. In the style of a narrator. Example: But it chooses dramatic re-creation to deliver much of its material: actors portraying Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt and their various lieutenants stride into meetings, have whispered conversations and so on, with a narrator propelling the tale along in that overwrought narratorly voice so popular in such programs.
Word: rubblestone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rubble + stone. 1. Rubble; a loose collection of broken stones. Labels: uncountable Example: Its dormitory cottages were built in 1881 to 1895 and featured rubblestone walls, brownstone quoins and arched windows.
Word: shakeratos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shakerato Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shaker-uppers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shaker-upper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superharvest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + harvest. 1. An exceptionally abundant harvest. Labels: rare Example: If you get a last-minute dinner invitation, you might freeze that fish you bought; if you take the kids strawberry picking, get the excess in there as quickly as you can; if you have a superharvest of vegetables (or a good score at the farmer’s market), blanch them and freeze them.
Word: superharvests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superharvest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snow lotus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque from a southern Asian language. 1. Any of various plants in the genus Saussurea that grow at high latitudes in central Asia.
Word: alchemilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Alchemilla of herbaceous perennial plants. Example: Clarins Bright Plus HP Intensive Brightening Botanical System deploys snow lotus, biotin, alchemilla and raspberry, along with vitamin C.
Word: alchemillas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alchemilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aloesin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aloes + -in? 1. A derivative of aloe vera. Labels: uncountable Example: Among the list of ingredients showing up are niacinamide, soy, licorice extract, paper mulberry, bearberry, vitamin C and aloesin (an aloe vera derivative).
Word: bribetaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bribe + taking. 1. The acceptance of bribes. Labels: uncountable Example: My readers will bear in mind, that the “miscreant” has since been convicted and dismissed, for bribetaking and malversation of office, in the cases, which were transmitted by Colonel Outram, and quashed by the said minute! Example: To look the dishonors straight in the face; to flay bribe-sanctioning at the top, as we flay bribetaking at the bottom; to see that the corrupting of a legislature is a darker and a meaner sin than the slugging of a scab; to ask for "law and order" among the mighty as we ask it among the obscure; to set ourselves grimly and a little sadly — as if with a sense of common frailty — to the great task of national house cleaning, is the solemn beginning to which we are committed in these early days of the twentieth century.
Word: beatnikery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beatnik + -ery. 1. The behaviour and attitudes of beatniks. Labels: uncountable
Word: lighteners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lightener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multicarat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + carat. 1. Of multiple carats. Labels: not-comparable Example: A tall Colombian woman, 44, with multicarat diamond earrings, she said, “He is a brilliant man who is needed by this community.”
Word: orgiastically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From orgiastic + -ally. 1. In an orgiastic fashion. Example: Then, for the appalling bacchanal in the last act, a disaster in most productions, Israeli soldiers dance orgiastically with their phallic rifles.
Word: prefaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prefade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dialler Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dialer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: diallers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dialler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diallages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diallage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: presoftened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + softened. 1. Softened in advance. Labels: not-comparable Example: Alternately, if you prefer chain-store shopping to drugs or peace, there is a presoftened T-shirt that says merely SOHO, in a distressed font.
Word: presoftened Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + softened. 1. simple past and past participle of presoften Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unprosperously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unprosperous + -ly. 1. In an unprosperous manner.
Word: uptightly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From uptight + -ly. 1. In an uptight manner. Example: Child-women were bowed and baby-dolled up to resemble decorative Easter eggs: newly and uptightly pregnant (a paragon of marital fidelity), half-crippled by feminine weakness and excess luxury, declawed and wholly dominated by the unstoppable twin libidos of war and Wall Street.
Word: webheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of webhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amphitheaterlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From amphitheater + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an amphitheater. Example: Set in a shallow, amphitheaterlike depression, once a gravel pit supplying material for the Thruway, it covers 11 acres.
Word: lexicometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lexico- + -metry. 1. The measurement of the frequency with which words occur in text. Labels: uncountable Example: Various textual analyses are provided by a criminologist, an anthropologist, a researcher in lexicometry and a Talmudic exegete.
Word: exegeted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of exegete Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exegeting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of exegete Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: parachutelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From parachute + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a parachute. Example: The Ice Bag, a parachutelike swell of nylon cloth capped by polyester resin, is an oversized, mechanized version of the classic headache remedy.
Word: reconcilables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reconcilable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: irreconcilables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of irreconcilable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: resettler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From resettle + -er. 1. One who resettles. Example: Cemre Jade, a 29-year-old Turkish-born sociologist working for Abkhazia’s Center for Strategic Studies, a government-financed policy research organization, hopes that Abkhazia can model its repatriation program on Israel’s, which offers resettlers a full package of support systems and benefits.
Word: resettlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of resettler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underacknowledged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + acknowledged. 1. Having received insufficient acknowledgement. Example: Dedicated to the many women who had been underacknowledged presences at the university since the 19th century, the stone was carved with an open-ended spiral of numbers, each marking the enrollment of women in the university in a given year, with 1969 footnoted: “Yale admitted women into the undergraduate college.”
Word: unpropulsive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + propulsive. 1. Not propulsive. Labels: not-comparable Example: In neither work does Mr. King display much interest in musical impetus; the dancing mostly unfolds to music with long, unpropulsive rhythmic lines.
Word: unresigned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + resigned. 1. Not resigned. Example: And Wallander’s bleak but unresigned despair is reflected in wind-swept, fog-choked Ystad, a Baltic seaside town near Malmo.
Word: unresigned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unresign Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Hampshirites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hampshirite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clownery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clown + -ery. 1. The behaviour of a clown; clownishness, tomfoolery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Defensive clownery by the Mets at certain points of the game ultimately cost the 22-year-old Niese his first major league win in eight months.
Word: consultaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consultary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clown doctors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clown doctor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nondegree Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + degree. 1. Not of or pertaining to an academic degree. Labels: not-comparable Example: But upon returning to civilian life in 2003, Mr. Morgan struggled, hopscotching from town to town and holding dead-end jobs, including one as a technician at a garage door company in Colorado Springs, and spending two semesters in 2007 as a nondegree student at the University of Colorado in Boulder before moving back with his parents.
Word: underexercised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + exercised. 1. Having inadequate exercise. Example: (This might surprise the millions of underexercised, wide-beamed Americans who nonetheless managed to plant two sneakered feet on the crown’s landing in hazy humidity).
Word: confrontative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From confront + -ative. 1. confrontational Example: ONE reason women choose other women as targets “is probably some idea that they can find a less confrontative person or someone less likely to respond to aggression with aggression,” said Gary Namie, research director for the Workplace Bullying Institute, which ordered the study in 2007.