nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: yottameter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yotta- + meter. 1. US spelling of yottametre. Labels: US, alt-of Example: No longer do they have to say the visible universe is 1,000 yottameters in diameter. Now it's just 1 ronnameter, give or take a yottameter.
Word: exameters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exameter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zeptometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zeptometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zettameters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zettameter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yoctometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yoctometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yottameters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yottameter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brown-noser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of brown noser. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: somniloquence Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of talking in one's sleep. Labels: uncountable
Word: ◌́ Part of Speech: character 1. Used on loan words to mark e's (mostly final) that are pronounced rather than silent, e.g. animé, café, exposé, maté, resumé, paté, saké; Malé, Pokémon. (Cf. expose, mate, resume, pate, sake, male.) Labels: diacritic 2. Used in glossaries, such as for Latinate technical terms or Classical names, to mark stressed syllables when full pronunciations are not given, as the pronunciation is largely predictable once stress-placement is known. Labels: diacritic 3. Used to show an unexpectedly stressed syllable, or where the choice of stress is metrically important, e.g. idiosyncratic caléndar; noun rébel as opposed to verb rebél; áll trádes as a spondee rather than iamb. Labels: diacritic, rare 4. Alternative form of ◌̀. Labels: alt-of, alternative, diacritic 5. Used in the digraph ⟨ée⟩. Labels: diacritic, obsolete Example: And in his wound the seared blood did make a gréeuous sound, As when a peece of stéele red who tane vp with tongs is drownd In water by the smith, it spirts and hisseth in the trowgh. Example: 1577, William Harrison, The Description of England in Holinshed’s Chronicles, Volume 1, Book 3, Chapter 12 “Of venemous beastes &c.,” Our hony alſo is taken and reputed to be the beſt bycauſe it is harder, better wrought & clenlyer veſſelled vp, thẽ that which cõmeth from beyond the ſea, where they ſtampe and ſtraine their combes, Bées, & young Blowinges altogither into the ſtuffe, as I haue béene informed. 6. Retained in foreign loan words (mostly French é), particularly when unassimilated Labels: diacritic Example: (non-final) ancien régime, coup d'état, décor, déjà vu, détente, élite, résumé, séance. Example: (final) attaché, blasé, canapé, cliché, communiqué, entrée, mêlée, fiancé, fiancée, papier-mâché, passé, pâté, plié, résumé, risqué, naïveté, toupée, touché, as well as café, exposé above.
Word: apikoros Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew אֶפִּיקוֹרוֹס (epikóros, “heretic”), from Ancient Greek Ἐπίκουρος (Epíkouros, “Epicurus”), but later associated with Aramaic אַפְקֵר (ʾap̄ḳēr, “to abandon”). Pronunciation: /ˌɑːpiːˈkɔɹəs/, /-ʊs/ 1. A Jewish skeptic or apostate. Example: And these are they that have no portion in the world to come: He who says that the revivification of the dead cannot be proved from the Law, and that the Law is not from heaven, and an Apikoros (that is, one that does not fully believe in the Law). Example: A persistent fear worried the Jews of the early Diasporas and of Hellenistic times: the fear that a child of theirs might grow up to be an am-haaretz—a peasant, ignorant of Torah; or, even worse, an apikoros—a sophisticated unbeliever who abandons Jewish faith to indulge in rationalistic speculation about the meaning of existence.
Word: project engineer Part of Speech: noun 1. An engineer who designs and coordinates engineering aspects of a construction project
Word: outdating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outdate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Raul Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Spanish, an Anglicized form of Spanish Raúl.
Word: convergences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of convergence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Severin Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality of Croatia. 2. A surname
Word: eutaxy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “good”) + τάξις (táxis, “arrangement; ordering”). 1. Good or established order or arrangement. Labels: uncountable
Word: Liv Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /lɪv/, /liːv/ 1. A diminutive of the female given names Olive and Olivia. Example: I had my essay on a memory stick so it just needed to be printed out in the Arts Fac; I'd intended to re-read it for sense but meeting Liv seemed more important. Example: In comments to Hyperallergic, ancient historian and classical numismatist Liv Yarrow noted the absence of SPQR coins during the period of the Republic and its later use as a means of justifying autocracy while harkening back to an earlier age:
Word: Liv Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /lɪv/, /liːv/ 1. A female given name. From Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish, from Old Norse "hlíf," meaning "defense, protection; byrnie, shield" Influenced by the modern Scandinavian word "liv" meaning "life."
Word: Liv Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɪv/, /liːv/ 1. A member of the Livonian people. Example: We must assume that possession of the lands occupied by the Livs was simply asserted, just as designating the entire littoral as Livonia was asserted before the territory was fully conquered.
Word: Liv Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Khmer លីវ (liiw). Pronunciation: /lɪv/, /liːv/ 1. A surname from Khmer.
Word: Liv Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortened form of Liverpool created by taking the first three letters. Pronunciation: /lɪv/, /liːv/ 1. University of Liverpool, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
Word: supersister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English sister English supersister From super- + sister. 1. Any of a set of sisters of a haplodiploid species (e.g. honeybee, or any Hymenoptera) who are daughters of the same queen that was inseminated by a single male (drone). By contrast, full sisters of a diploid species (e.g. humans) share a genetic coefficient of relatedness of 0.5. Supersisters share 0.75 relatedness.
Word: haplodiploid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Hellenic *hə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̔- (hă-) Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)der. English haplo- English diploid English haplodiploid From haplo- + diploid. 1. In which members of one sex are haploid and members of the other are diploid; found especially in the Hymenoptera Labels: not-comparable Example: Curiously, female sweat bees, as are most others bees, wasps, and ants in the order Hymenoptera, are haplodiploid organisms, in which fertilized eggs become female young and unfertilized eggs become males.
Word: haplodiploid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Hellenic *hə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̔- (hă-) Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)der. English haplo- English diploid English haplodiploid From haplo- + diploid. 1. Such an organism
Word: Manfred Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Manfred. 1. An unincorporated community in Wells County, North Dakota, United States. 2. A male given name from German. Example: We can only speculate what Manfred Laber, the artist, had in mind. According to Barbara Schlecht, head of the Zeitpyramide trust, Mr. Laber was fully aware of the consequences of his design. 3. A surname from German.
Word: Rainer Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Rayner, a patronymic surname from a medieval given name from Proto-Germanic *raginą (“counsel by the gods”) + *harjaz (“army”). Also borrowed from modern German. 1. An English and American surname transferred from the given name.
Word: Reiner Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Reiner. Doublet of Rayner. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ.nəɹ/, /ˈɹaɪ.nə/ 1. A male given name from German. 2. A surname from German. Example: Nick Reiner is “responsible” for the deaths of his parents, legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles police said.
Word: pikul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay pikul. 1. Alternative form of picul. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cyprinid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, an appellativization from Cyprinid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names), or, by surface analysis, Latin cyprin(us) (“type of carp”) + -id. 1. Of, pertaining to, or being the Cyprinidae family of fish that includes barbs, carps, and minnows. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cyprinid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, an appellativization from Cyprinid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names), or, by surface analysis, Latin cyprin(us) (“type of carp”) + -id. 1. Any fish of this family. Example: Romanichthys, commonly known as the Romanian darter, is a very primitive cyprinid which has two dorsal fins and a covering of rough scales.
Word: Tocharian A Part of Speech: name 1. The eastern member of the Tocharian branch of Indo-European languages, extinct since the ninth century. Once spoken in the Tarim Basin in Central Asia.
Word: Tocharian B Part of Speech: name 1. The western member of the Tocharian branch of Indo-European languages, extinct since the ninth century. Once spoken in the Tarim Basin in Central Asia.
Word: coal tit Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊl ˈtɪt/, /ˌkoʊl ˈtɪt/ 1. One of the smallest birds of the tit family Paridae (Periparus ater), with a black cap, white nape patch and greyish body with buff underparts. 2. Periparus ater melanolophus, the similar black-crested tit.
Word: beermat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of beer mat. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Disk interfaces have been around since the year dot, as people soon realised that the microdrive was unreliable, unstable and generally rubbish for the storage of anything, useless except as a rather small beermat.
Word: colour-blind Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of colour blind. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: rivage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman rivage, Middle French rivage, from Late Latin rīpāticum. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪvɪdʒ/ 1. A coast, a shore. Labels: archaic, countable, poetic, uncountable Example: Ryght soo departed Galahad / Percyual / and Bors with hym / and soo they rode thre dayes / and thenne they came to a Ryuage and fonde the shyp[…]/ And whanne they cam to the borde / they fonde in the myddes the table of syluer / whiche they had lefte with the maymed kynge and the Sancgreal whiche was couerd with rede samyte Example: Pactolus with his waters shere Throwes forth upon the rivage 2. A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers. Labels: UK, countable, historical, uncountable
Word: color blind Part of Speech: adj 1. Unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors (usually red and green). 2. Holding no prejudice based on skin color or race; not paying attention to skin color. Labels: figuratively Example: Because mass incarceration is officially colorblind, it seems inconceivable that the system could function much like a racial caste system. Example: MAHER: Well, whatever. I just said we shouldn't have two national anthems. We're one country. It's not a good idea. We've seen what happens in other countries where you have, you know- when you separate things out. That's never where America was. That's never where liberalism was. It was about being a colorblind society.[…]
Word: color-blind Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of color blind. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: colour blind Part of Speech: adj 1. British spelling of color blind.
Word: romusha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 労務者 (rōmusha, “laborer; forced laborer”). Compare Indonesian romusa. 1. A forced laborer, especially one of those made to work in the Dutch East Indies under Japanese occupation during the Second World War. Example: Javanese workers were known as romushas (the Japanese translation for the colonial term ‘coolie’) and put to work on Java, its neighbouring islands and across Southeast Asia.
Word: koelie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans koelie. 1. Alternative spelling of coolie. Labels: South-Africa, alt-of, alternative
Word: curl-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the verb curl up. 1. crunch (exercise)
Word: monopersonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Middle English personal English personal English monopersonal From mono- + personal. 1. Having only one grammatical person. Labels: not-comparable Example: Grammars of several languages traditionally list a subcategory of monopersonal verbs that occur only in the third-person but not in the first or second. Some such verbs do not even occur in the third-person plural. For instance, Finnish has several subtypes of monopersonal verbs, here all listed in the third person singular (marked by lenghthening of the stem-vowel): […]
Word: R.Ph. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of registered pharmacist. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: trisomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trisome + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌɪ.sə(ʊ)mi/ 1. The presence of three copies, instead of the normal two, of a particular chromosome of an organism. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: third way Part of Speech: noun 1. An approach or solution which strives for an alternative to or middle ground between two opposing viewpoints. Example: It is a place of no compromise, thought Guillam, a place of no third way. 2. An ideology which seeks to find middle ground between right- and left-wing politics, associated during the 1990s with various centre-left political parties in Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Example: He believes the left must be radical—the opposite of the social democratic left or “Third Way” politics espoused by Bill Clinton and later Tony Blair, which he says betrayed the people to side with big business and the wealthy. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, way.
Word: you know it Part of Speech: intj 1. Indicates agreement, approval, encouragement. Labels: idiomatic Example: "What he did to her was wrong." "You know it, sister!" Example: "I've still got a few years on the chain gang." "Counting the days, huh?" "You know it."
Word: bone meal Part of Speech: noun 1. Ground bones used as a slow-release fertilizer, especially for bulbs. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bone meal Part of Speech: verb 1. To use bone meal on. Labels: transitive
Word: bone-meal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bone meal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: cI Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviated form of cylindrical inclusion. Labels: abbreviation, form-of, uncountable
Word: bonemeal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bone meal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: down time Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of downtime. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: down-time Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of downtime. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cI protein Part of Speech: noun 1. A repressor found in λ phage (a bacteriophage that particularly infects the human digestive bacteria, E. coli) which turns off genetic transcription at the phage's L and R promoters, and thus prevents multiple phages from infecting a single host.
Word: remunerates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of remunerate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: photo artist Part of Speech: noun 1. A person that uses photographic equipment to create art
Word: frottole Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frottola Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photographic artist Part of Speech: noun 1. A photo artist
Word: photoartist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of photo artist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: conformant Part of Speech: adj 1. In accordance with a set of specifications. Example: I would like to say that I think the reference to the National Labor Relations Act and the other so-called conformant statutes in both 9017 and the War Labor Disputes Act, might very well be decided by the courts, when they do decide them, refer entirely to procedural interpretations rather than to matters of substantive law. Example: Microsoft LDAP is conformant to LDAP set of standards; however, it is non-conformant to many standards.
Word: LLP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of limited liability partnership. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of laser light plane. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Abbreviation of long lap penalty. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: LLLP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of limited liability limited partnership. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: chatbot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chat + -bot, from earlier chatterbot. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃætbɑt/ 1. A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room. Labels: Internet Example: The chatbot was quite simple yet informative. Example: To deal with a large number of typical queries, “chatbots” technology should be considered. A chatbot can be defined as an intelligent evolution of email. The chatbot categorizes messages on the fly and provides answers to questions accordingly. As such, it can be used as a customer support tool.
Word: ballbreaker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ball-breaker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ball-buster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. By surface analysis, ball + buster. Possibly derived from Yiddish בעל־הביתטע (baleboste, “mistress, lady of the house”), in which case synonyms like ball-breaker and ball-wracker may be secondary derivations. See also Beelzebub for connotations of the same supposed first element. Any deverbal formation conflated with back-breaking may have reinforced the native development. 1. Synonym of ball-breaker. Labels: US, vulgar
Word: ballbuster Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ball-buster. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: funeste Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of funest. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] her father had dropped hints about his history and belongings which surrounded him in her eyes with a sort of chill and supernatural halo. There was something funeste and mysterious even in his beauty; and his spirits faltered and sank in his presence.
Word: mathetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from Ancient Greek μαθητικός (mathētikós, “easily taught”), or from mathesis + -etic. 1. The study of learning. Labels: uncountable
Word: unhesitating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + hesitating. 1. Not hesitating; with no hesitation. Labels: not-comparable Example: The present writer was once asked to name what he considered to be "the most typically English railway approach to a town": a somewhat tall order, especially as such matters will always be, in the last resort, of individual opinion. But the unhesitating answer to this question (which has not been altered after many years of extended travel throughout England) was "Sudbury, in Suffolk."
Word: metamorphosed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of metamorphose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: metamorphosing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of metamorphose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: councilmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of councilman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sociologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sociologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unprogressive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + progressive. 1. Not progressive; not contributing to progress. Example: Introducing a comprehensive re-design scheme for the Canadian National Railways earlier this year, the Director of Public Relations, Mr. C. A. Harris, said a 1959 survey by his department had revealed that the railways were felt by the public to be unprogressive and slow to improve performance and service; the existing modernisation scheme had, he said, been lying like an iceberg, mostly beneath the surface.
Word: unprogressive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + progressive. 1. A person whose views are not progressive. Example: […] the unprogressives, the reactionaries, the unenlightened, who refuse to bow down to the god, Art.
Word: instructional design Part of Speech: noun 1. The discipline of creating educational materials, often with the implication of alternative media. Labels: uncountable Example: 1983, Reigeluth,http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=qt_9Q4K5Bz8C&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=instructional+design&ots=83ufQ_l9Gd&sig=58ViHGTy6N-Z6gztRt40Oi02Vys [BOOK] Instructional-design Theories and Models: An Overview of Their Current Status - CM Reigeluth - 1983 - books.google.com ... for Reading This Book xlll Foreword xv David R, Krathwohl UNIT I INSTRUCTION: WHAT THE DISCIPLINE IS LIKE 1. Instructional Design: What Is It and Why Is It? ...
Word: goon squad Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of individuals serving as enforcers, bodyguards, assassins, and the like, especially persons hired for such a purpose and using violent, thuggish methods. Labels: US, derogatory, idiomatic, informal Example: He denied charges that the union was using "goon squads," as strong-arm detachments are called on the West Coast, and asserted that any violence was provoked by the employers. Example: No one has ever accused Uganda's mercurial President Idi ("Big Daddy") Amin Dada of running a democracy. . . . In Kampala, the capital, much of the terror is committed by Big Daddy's personal goon squad, the 3,000-man Public Safety Unit.
Word: defibrate Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /diːfaɪˈbɹeɪt/ 1. To break into fibers. Labels: transitive Example: We need to defibrate the rags before we can make paper.
Word: infobot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From info + bot. 1. A chatbot that provides access to a database of information via keywords or questions. Labels: Internet
Word: leprotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From leprosy + -otic, q.v. 1. Of or related to the disease leprosy.
Word: proso Part of Speech: noun 1. Panicum miliaceum, a grass used as a crop. Labels: uncountable Example: Examples are corn, sorghum, wheat, oats, millet, soybeans, and proso.
Word: wolffish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wolf + fish. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊlfˌfɪʃ/ 1. Any fish of the family Anarhichadidae.
Word: ss. Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of scilicet (“namely, to wit”), especially (law) indicating that a legal document was executed in the appropriate place within a jurisdiction for the act recorded. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: sc. Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of scilicet: namely, to wit, (law) done and recorded in the appropriate place within a jurisdiction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: sc. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of scene. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of scruple (unit of measure). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: employment at will Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional principle of law, recognized in some jurisdictions, which holds that, in the absence of a contract to the contrary, an employment relationship can be terminated at any time by the employer or employee, for any reason or for no reason whatever. Labels: uncountable
Word: at will employment Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of employment at will. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: at-will employment Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of employment at will. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: employment-at-will Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of employment at will. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Volkswagen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *fulkazder. Proto-Germanic *fulką Proto-West Germanic *folk Old High German folc Middle High German volc German Volk German -s- German Wagen German Volkswagenbor. English Volkswagen Borrowed from German Volkswagen. Pronunciation: /ˈvoʊksˌwæɡən/ 1. A German car manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg.
Word: Volkswagen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *fulkazder. Proto-Germanic *fulką Proto-West Germanic *folk Old High German folc Middle High German volc German Volk German -s- German Wagen German Volkswagenbor. English Volkswagen Borrowed from German Volkswagen. Pronunciation: /ˈvoʊksˌwæɡən/ 1. A car manufactured by Volkswagen.
Word: regenerates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of regenerate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: regenerating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of regenerate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: regenerated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From regenerate + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of regenerate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: regenerated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From regenerate + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪtɪd/ 1. Spiritually made again; reborn. Example: She declared her helpmate to be a limb of Antichrist, and one with whom no regenerated person could associate. 2. Physically formed or created again; restored, remade, revived. 3. Formed by regeneration. Example: The little bud of regenerated tissue which would normally have grown into a new tail had been removed. 4. Reprecipitated after chemical treatment, especially in the form of fibres; pertaining to fibres prepared in this way.
Word: superintendents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superintendent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urchins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urchin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: window seat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From window + seat. 1. A typically soft seat placed in a recess, for a window, in a wall, and filling the recess. 2. A seat beside a window in public transport, as in a bus, train or passenger aircraft. Example: Or take an eastbound Met from King's Cross outside the rush hour, when you ought to be able to find a window seat. Again, look up, to see the beautiful brick valley made by the Metropolitan: the towering arcaded walls with brick struts going over.
Word: window-seat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of window seat. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: So Michael sat all the afternoon on the window-seat telling her everything that occurred in the Lane.
Word: necklet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English neck Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English necklet From neck + -let. 1. A necklace. 2. A type of ornament worn tightly about the neck. Example: He was a dog—one of those small, silky, fluffy dogs that look like a fur necklet, until they begin to bark.
Word: threepenny-bit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of threepenny bit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: threepenny bit Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈθɹʌpəni bɪt/ 1. A former (pre-decimalisation) British or Irish coin worth three old pennies. Labels: historical Example: All day long he worked, cutting out pennies and shillings and half-crowns and threepenny-bits. 2. A woman's breast; a tit. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: All these skinny modern chicks with their perky threepenny bits do nothing for me.
Word: perpetrators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perpetrator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barley-water Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of barley water. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: She was old and fat and smelt of barley-water.
Word: schoolfellows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schoolfellow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barley water Part of Speech: noun 1. A soft drink made by boiling pearl barley with water, and adding flavouring and sugar. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: Large quantities of barley water were consumed constantly, but in the old days, a special boy was kept to run out for beer. 2. A decoction of barley used as a nutritive and demulcent. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: anti-lapse 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- English lapse English anti-lapse From anti- + lapse. 1. Of or relating to a statute that abrogates the common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pearl barley Part of Speech: noun 1. Barley that has had the husk and bran removed. Labels: uncountable
Word: algebraic number theory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of algebraic number + number theory. Possibly (alternatively or also) a calque of German algebraische Zahlentheorie. 1. The branch of number theory in which number-theoretic questions are expressed in terms of properties of algebraic number fields or related objects, and studied using techniques from algebra. Labels: uncountable Example: As is well-known in algebraic number theory, there is a far-reaching analogy between number fields and algebraic function fields in one variable with finite constant field. Example: The field of mathematics that these generalize to is known as algebraic number theory. As a matter of historical fact, our development here parallels the development of algebraic number theory.
Word: number-theoretically Part of Speech: adv 1. By means of, or in terms of, number theory. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pleas of the crown Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plea of the crown Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plea of the crown Part of Speech: noun 1. A legal action against a criminal. Labels: UK
Word: geometricians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geometrician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: convulvulus Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of convolvulus, a plant of the bindweed family. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: graph-theoretically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English graph-theoretical Middle English -ly English -ly English graph-theoretically From graph-theoretical + -ly. 1. In a manner which uses graph theory Labels: not-comparable 2. In the sense of graph theory Labels: not-comparable
Word: psshaw Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of pshaw. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Oh, psshaw, I don't believe a word you are saying.
Word: a-tilt Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English tilt English a-tilt From a- + tilt. 1. With a lance. Example: To run a-tilt at men, and wield / Their naked tools in open field;
Word: set theoretically Part of Speech: adv 1. In a manner which uses set theory Labels: not-comparable 2. In the sense of set theory Labels: not-comparable
Word: set-theoretically Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of set theoretically. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: a representation that is set-theoretically identical to the original
Word: turn-about Part of Speech: adv 1. sequentially; in turn Labels: not-comparable Example: He not only sold matches like any ordinary match-man, but he drew pavement pictures as well. He did these things turn-about according to the weather. If it was wet, he sold matches because the rain would have washed away his pictures if he had painted them. If it was fine, he was on his knees all day, making pictures […]
Word: turn-about Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of turnabout. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: corbeau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French corbeau m (“raven”). Doublet of corbel. 1. The black vulture, Coragyps atratus. Example: The local corbeaux, black, heavy, hunched, hopped about the slopes of rubbish; the children of the shanty town ran between the traffic on the rubbish-strewn highway to get to the dump. Example: A whale man, if you see a whale. It beach. It taking up the whole of La Tinta. You not see the corbeaux? The Marines say they think it must be dead. 2. A man who carts away the dead plague victims. Labels: historical Example: By 8 August, it was necessary to conscript beggars to bury the dead because the corbeaux, special bearers of plague-striken corpses, no longer sufficed for the task. Example: The next day she died and her body was removed by the corbeaux (the men who carted away the dead) - an ignominious death like that of Jesus Christ, wrote the annalist. 3. A very dark shade of green, almost black.
Word: timewarp Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of time warp. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: That makes the change at Ely easy, and I take 387172/105 to Downham Market. I'm not sure if the station is stuck in a timewarp, or if it's an intentional homage to the days when it was part of Network SouthEast, but the red, white and blue signage is everywhere. The signal box is still there, and the station building looks like it hasn't changed in 35 years.
Word: timewarp Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of time warp. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bronzer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bronze Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bronzer From bronze (“to tan skin”) + -er (agent noun suffix). 1. A cosmetic product intended to give the skin a temporary bronzed colour resembling a suntan. Example: Bronzers, you see, contain alcohol, which can't help but be drying to the skin. Example: Some men were turning up with their faces covered with "bronzers" that made them look jaundiced, mottled terra cotta, or muddy brown.
Word: bronzer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bronze Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English bronzer From bronze + -er (comparative suffix). 1. comparative form of bronze: more bronze Labels: comparative, form-of, rare
Word: kangaroo courts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kangaroo court Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electronic rock Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various genres of rock music that feature electronic synthesisers. Labels: uncountable
Word: stravaig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly borrowed from Scots stravaig (“(verb) to wander idly, roam; to traverse; (noun) roaming about; casual ramble, stroll”), probably an aphetic form of English extravage (“(obsolete, rare) to go beyond the scope of something, digress; to talk wildly, ramble”), influenced by Scots vaig (“to wander idly, roam”). Extravage is a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin extrāvagārī (“to stray outside limits, wander”) (whence extravagate), from Latin extrā (“beyond, outside of”, preposition) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs (“out”)) + vagārī (the present active infinitive of vagor (“to ramble, roam, stroll about, wander”), from vagus (“rambling, roaming, strolling, wandering”) (further etymology uncertain) + -or (the first-person singular present passive indicative of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs))). Pronunciation: /stɹəˈveɪɡ/, /st̪rɑˈveːɡ/, /st̪rə-/, /straˈveɡ/ 1. To stroll or wander aimlessly on (a road, etc.); to ramble. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, transitive Example: [I]n them days, you see the people used to be hanged outside o' the town, […] [I]n them days they did not attind to the comforts o' the people at all, but put them into a cart, all as one as a conthrairy pig goin' to the market, and stravaiged them through the town to the gallows, that was full half a mile beyant it; […] Example: Innes, stravaiging the square and wynds in his apple-cart, jingled his weights in vain, unable to shake even moneyed children off their stools; […] 2. To stroll or wander; to ramble, to roam. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive Example: Dear gudeman, what has put it i'your head that our bairn stravaigs i'the night-time? Example: Would you have an old woman like me stravaiging about the shore by myself? 3. Of a river, road, etc.: to meander, to wind. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, figuratively, intransitive Example: Down the main street goes the road, but a path stravaiges by fields and along the grey palings of Warren Manor.
Word: stravaig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly borrowed from Scots stravaig (“(verb) to wander idly, roam; to traverse; (noun) roaming about; casual ramble, stroll”), probably an aphetic form of English extravage (“(obsolete, rare) to go beyond the scope of something, digress; to talk wildly, ramble”), influenced by Scots vaig (“to wander idly, roam”). Extravage is a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin extrāvagārī (“to stray outside limits, wander”) (whence extravagate), from Latin extrā (“beyond, outside of”, preposition) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs (“out”)) + vagārī (the present active infinitive of vagor (“to ramble, roam, stroll about, wander”), from vagus (“rambling, roaming, strolling, wandering”) (further etymology uncertain) + -or (the first-person singular present passive indicative of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs))). Pronunciation: /stɹəˈveɪɡ/, /st̪rɑˈveːɡ/, /st̪rə-/, /straˈveɡ/ 1. An act of strolling or wandering aimlessly; a ramble, a stroll, a wander. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland Example: They cursed, they swore, they drank, they danced, they fought—first wi' whatever folk happened to fa' in wi' them on the stravaig—and then, castin' out amang theirsells, wi' ane anither, till they had a' three black een—and siccan noses! Example: There's passages pretty near all under and round this city, to them who knows them. I've gone a dark stravage into pretty near every one first and last.
Word: stravaige Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of stravaig. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Down the main street goes the road, but a path stravaiges by fields and along the grey palings of Warren Manor.
Word: vranyo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian враньё (vranʹjó, “lying, lies”), from врать (vratʹ, “to lie”) (contrasted with ложь (ložʹ)). Pronunciation: /vɹɑːˈnjəʊ/, /vɹɑˈnjoʊ/ 1. White lies or half-lies in Russian culture, told without the intention of (maliciously) deceiving, but as a fantasy, suppressing unpleasant parts of the truth. Labels: uncountable Example: If the reports from the Russian authorities aren't all vranyo, there were not many Chechens among the Beslan ghouls. Example: And, after uttering the witty bit of vranyo, Gogol repaired the social lie at once by concluding "Nevsky Prospekt" with the admonition: Oh, do not trust that Nevsky Prospekt! ... the devil himself lights the street lamps to show everything in false colors.
Word: orientationist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English orientation 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 -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English orientationist From orientation + -ist. 1. Oppressing or hating persons of a certain sexual orientation. Example: Personally I find sissy boys a little too heavy to juggle, as well as being ageist, sexist and orientationist props. Example: Since they don't, they are truly a private organization and I have no right to complain about any of their decisions, racist, sexist, orientationist, whatever.
Word: run-away Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from run away. 1. Alternative spelling of runaway. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: run-aways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of run-away Labels: form-of, plural
Word: erster Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of oyster. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: ersters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of erster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: allotheistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *áľľos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der. English allo- English theistic English allotheistic From allo- + theistic. 1. Of or relating to allotheism. Example: And he inveighed against Candle-mas as an allotheistic thing, a burning of tapers to Februa; and he indicted the vanity of Shrove-tide, with its cock-scaling in honor not of Christ but Themistocles... Example: Wearers of sheets prepared for a migration across the river. Down into the river they went, allotheistic teens, shawls wrapped snugly around them, to ford the river called Tokeneke, rock by rock.
Word: autotypes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autotype Labels: form-of, plural
Word: holla Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈhɒlə/, /ˈhɑlə/ 1. Alternative form of hollo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Holla, there! Holla, there, I say! What the devil are you about with my master's box-coat?
Word: holla Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhɒlə/, /ˈhɑlə/ 1. Alternative form of hollo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: holla Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From holler. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒlə/, /ˈhɑlə/ 1. To shout out or greet casually. Labels: colloquial Example: School days went by. I ran across Sly a couple a times, but I wasn't in no mood to talk. He could save all that philosophical bullshit he liked to holla. Didn't nobody need to tell me what was up.
Word: holla Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From holler. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒlə/, /ˈhɑlə/ 1. what's up; a greeting Labels: colloquial 2. used to express interest in a woman
Word: shout out Part of Speech: verb 1. To publicly greet or acknowledge a person, group, or organization. 2. To speak when inappropriate, particularly in a school environment. Example: My teacher said I shouldn't shout out all the time.
Word: shout out Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of shout-out. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: ouverts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ouvert Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wordnet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From word + net. 1. A semantically structured lexical database. Example: Bilingual corpora can be used for synset validation in a more fruitful way, especially having in mind the request that all synsets from a wordnet for a language other than English have to be associated, if possible, with an English synset using ILI. Example: (if a document mentions dogs, a wordnet allows the inference it is about animals)
Word: wordnets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wordnet Labels: form-of, plural Example: EuroWordNet is an EC-funded project […] that aims to build a multi-lingual database consisting of wordnets in several European languages. Example: Wordnets include words of the natural language, collocations and various relations between them.
Word: espagnole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French (sauce) espagnole (“Spanish [sauce]”). Doublet of Española. 1. A strong basic sauce consisting of a dark brown roux that is slowly reduced while further ingredients are added, traditionally including veal stock. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: V.I.P. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of VIP ("very important person") Labels: alt-of, alternative, initialism
Word: Portugais Part of Speech: noun 1. A Portuguese person. Labels: obsolete
Word: grecques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grecque Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wackyparsing Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of a phrase being wackyparsed. Labels: Internet
Word: wackyparsing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wackyparse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: styliform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin stylus (“stylus”) + -iform. 1. Having the form of, or resembling, a bristle, pin, or pen; styloid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: styloid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From style or stylus + -oid (“-like, resembling”). Compare Ancient Greek στῡλοειδής (stūloeidḗs). Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪ.lɔɪd/ 1. Resembling a stylus or pen. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the styloid process. Labels: not-comparable Example: But is the human hyoid nevertheless absolutely deprived of the lateral parts of the skull? That is not the case. A ligament coming from each small callosity or from the apohyal is prolonged laterally and reaches the extremity of the styloid apophysis.
Word: styloid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From style or stylus + -oid (“-like, resembling”). Compare Ancient Greek στῡλοειδής (stūloeidḗs). Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪ.lɔɪd/ 1. Ellipsis of styloid process. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: unring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + ring. 1. Hypothetically, to reverse the act of ringing, or the consequences of the action. Labels: transitive Example: In a criminal trial, if the prosecution brings in inadmissible evidence that would unfairly prejudice the accused, a mistrial may be warranted. Having the judge admonish the jury to disregard the evidence might not be enough, as the saying goes, 'You can't unring the bell.'
Word: unring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + ring. 1. To remove a ring from. Labels: poetic, transitive Example: Her lofty song commands in thrilling strains That new-raised woman snap her rusty chains, Unring her finger and unbind her breast.
Word: unrings Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unring Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unringing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unring Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unringing Part of Speech: adj 1. Not ringing. Labels: not-comparable Example: He's the kind of person whose trials are writ in water; but even he has waited by an unringing telephone, even he has futilely hoped, even he carries memories that continue to smart.
Word: unrung Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of unring Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unrung Part of Speech: adj 1. Not having been rung. Labels: not-comparable
Word: you can't unring a bell Part of Speech: proverb 1. Some things cannot be undone.
Word: christenings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of christening Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unring a bell Part of Speech: verb 1. To reverse the irreversible; to perform the impossible. Labels: idiomatic Example: "We can't unring any bells here. There's no point in trying to second-guess anyone right now. What's done is done." Example: “We move for a mistrial based on the testimony this morning,” Blanche said. “There’s no way to unring that bell, in our view.”
Word: Western European Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Western Europe, its people, or its culture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Western European Part of Speech: noun 1. A Western European person; one who comes from or lives in Western Europe.
Word: Eastern European Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Eastern Europe, its people, or its culture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Eastern European Part of Speech: noun 1. An Eastern European person; one who comes from or lives in Eastern Europe.
Word: Northern European Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Northern Europe, its people, or its culture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Northern European Part of Speech: noun 1. A Northern European person; one who comes from or lives in Northern Europe.
Word: Southern European Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Southern Europe, its people, or its culture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Southern European Part of Speech: noun 1. A Southern European person; one who comes from or lives in Southern Europe.
Word: Sims Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sim, the short form of Simon + -s. Pronunciation: /sɪmz/ 1. A surname transferred from the given name. 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: