nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: familiarizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of familiarizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parapublic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From para- (“near to, alongside”) + public. 1. Having ties to both public and private sectors; partially funded or managed by the government. Example: The H135 has gained popularity in China in recent years, performing various parapublic, corporate and tourism missions. Example: Speaking on the parapublic market, Rochereau said there was increasing demand in the law enforcement, maritime security and helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) segments with Airbus' light-twin H135 helicopter as the top choice.
Word: withsayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English withseier, equivalent to withsay + -er. 1. One who withsays; an opponent. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: nondedicated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + dedicated. 1. Not dedicated; used for more than one purpose. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nondual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + dual. 1. Not dual; not pertaining to philosophical duality. Labels: not-comparable
Word: zoopsychologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + psychologist. Pronunciation: /ˌzoʊəsaɪˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/ 1. One who studies or practices zoopsychology.
Word: zoopsychologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zoopsychologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ruthfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną Proto-West Germanic *hreuwan Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu Old English hrēow Middle English rewe Middle English -the Old Norse hrygðinflu. Middle English reuþe Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English reuþful 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 Middle English rewthfully English ruthfully From Middle English rewthfully, equivalent to ruthful + -ly. 1. In a manner that is ruthful: Example: cæsar [ruthfully] Rufio, Rufio: my men at the barricade are between the sea party and the shore party. I have murdered them. Example: They tantalize, particularly when the speaker or the central character of the lyric is a prematurely married girl, ruthfully yearning to return to her parental home, and there, reunite with her childhood lover. 2. In a manner that is ruthful: Example: 1997, Neil W. Hamilton (quoting Owen Lattimore), Zealotry and Academic Freedom, page 313, This commonplace observation becomes very poignant when you are the man accused, and a man like McCarthy ruthfully exploits his advantage by making the accusations so sensational that the revelation of the truth seems drab and dull by comparison. 3. In a manner that is ruthful: Example: Lee's wait was ruthfully short, although he might have traded the first news that reached him for a return to uncertainty.
Word: tactiques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tactique Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vacuum fluorescent display Part of Speech: noun 1. A display device, based on a cathode and anode held in a high vacuum condition, that emits a bright light with high contrast and can display various colours.
Word: codewise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From code + -wise. 1. In terms of code or a specific code. Labels: not-comparable Example: A theme may be, in itself, perfectly moral, but if the plot is replete with offensive and unacceptable details, the entire story becomes unacceptable codewise. Example: The four symbols are designated 1, 2, 3 and 4 and their codes are 0001, 0111, 1101 and 1100, respectively, as shown on the map in Fig. 4. Note that only symbols 3 and 4 are codewise adjacent.
Word: shirtier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of shirty: more shirty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: codetermining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of codetermine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: codetermines Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of codetermine Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: codetermined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of codetermine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cineliteracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cine- + literacy. 1. Familiarity with films and cinema. Labels: uncountable Example: It's easy to caricature Tarantino as a film geek cocooned in cineliteracy - but hard to think of another art form in which knowledge of the medium would be disparaged like this.
Word: rockface Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rock face. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rockfaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rockface Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unmantled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + mantled. 1. Without a mantle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rockfests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rockfest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cineliterate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cine- + literate. 1. Familiar with films and cinema. Example: The noir “look” is now part of a knowing postmodern culture, with cineliterate audiences attuned to the multiple allusions and prepared to accept a greater narrative ambiguity and range of stylistic devices.
Word: dutchie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch + -ie. It is unclear whether the sense of a cannabis joint comes from an earlier meaning of cannabis blunt rolled using a Dutch Masters cigar or whether it instead derives from the song Pass the Dutchie, which is itself based on the song Pass the Kouchie (where kouchie in the title refers to koutchie (a pipe for smoking cannabis)). Pronunciation: /ˈdʌt͡ʃi/ 1. A cannabis blunt rolled inside a Dutch Masters cigar. Labels: slang 2. A cannabis joint. Labels: slang 3. A fast food pastry, being a square doughnut with raisins and glaze. Labels: Canada 4. A large cooking pot; a Dutch pot; a Dutch oven. Labels: Jamaica
Word: sad case Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sadcase. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: meowier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of meowy: more meowy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: meowiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of meowy: most meowy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: Beatlehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Beatle + -head. 1. One who has excessive knowledge of and interest in the Beatles. Labels: informal
Word: chings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ching Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chings Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ching Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chinging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ching Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chinging Part of Speech: noun 1. A stabbing. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang
Word: hyperspecific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + specific. 1. Very highly specific. Example: He landed not on coherent memories but on hyperspecific details – the salty weight of the air at sea, the length of Victoire’s eyelashes, the hitch in Ramy’s voice just before he burst out into full-bellied laughter.
Word: niggerfuxation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nigger + fuck + -ation. 1. Ruination by black people. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, uncountable Example: White people can afford to stand by NO LONGER, and watch our land succumb to niggerfuxation, city by city. We must secure the existence of our people […] Example: These actions should correct the racial imbalance and begin the niggerfuxation of joorael.
Word: ignorative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Introduced by linguist Anna Wierzbicka (born 1938). See ignorant, -ative. 1. Applied to certain linguistic constructs that express indefiniteness or indicate that something is unknown. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reprogrammes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reprogramme Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: biographist Part of Speech: noun 1. A biographer. Labels: dated
Word: biographists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biographist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iconographist Part of Speech: noun 1. An iconographer. Labels: dated
Word: iconographists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iconographist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deprogrammes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deprogramme Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Imai Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 今井 (Imai). 1. A surname from Japanese.
Word: inelative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + elative (“out of”). 1. Expressing the notion "from inside" or "out of". Labels: not-comparable Example: The Lezgi language has an inelative case.
Word: pentagramme Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pentagram. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, rare
Word: fenocchio Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of finocchio. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: Pray aſk Mr. Synge whether his Fenocchio be grown; it is now fit to eat here, and we eat it like Sellary, either with or without Oil, &c. Example: […] Since buried she lay in a deep bed of Oysters, He’d live on “Fenocchi,” and die in his Cloisters! […]
Word: evitative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”). 1. grammatically expressing the notion that something is avoided or feared: a grammatical mood found in some Australian Aboriginal languages. Labels: not-comparable Example: The non-past non-evitative potential corresponds both to the English indicative future and to all imperatives (including jussive and hortatory imperatives); the evitative is used to mark future events that are feared or to be avoided , and corresponds to English "lest..." constructions, except that it is not limited to subordinate clauses.
Word: interprismatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + prismatic. 1. Between prisms. Labels: not-comparable
Word: translatour Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of translator. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: translatours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of translatour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postessive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + essive. 1. Indicating a position behind something. Labels: not-comparable Example: Northeast Caucasian languages like Lezgian and Agul have a postessive case.
Word: postessive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + essive. 1. The postessive case Labels: uncountable
Word: subessive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin subesse (“to be under or below”). 1. Indicating position under or below something. Labels: not-comparable Example: Northeast Caucasian languages like Tsez and Bezhta have a subessive case.
Word: superexpression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + expression. 1. An expression that contains multiple subexpressions. Labels: countable 2. Synonym of overexpression. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: superexpressions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superexpression Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superexplosives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superexplosive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: special ed Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipped compound of special education. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Remember that refusing special ed help at this point may mean that you go through school feeling like a failure and never catch up.
Word: scourger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scourge + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈskɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ 1. One who, or that which, scourges. Example: the unravellers of cunning, the investigators of artifice, the humblers of pride, and the scourgers of oppression
Word: scourgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scourger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scourgeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: scourge + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scourge Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: telegrammatic Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the form of a telegram; especially, brief and concise, using clipped syntax.
Word: telecopier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + copier, originally a trademark of Xerox. 1. Synonym of fax machine. Example: Sorte and his team had moved to the offices of their lawyers, Davis Polk, because they had a bank of six telecopiers. Example: From a computer perspective, however, fax operates as a teleprinter rather than a telecopier, a printer that operates by remote control miles away from your computer.
Word: telecopiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of telecopier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: timeproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From time + -proof. 1. Resistant to the passage of time; enduring, immortal.
Word: genitorture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of genital + torture. 1. Torture of the genitals. Labels: uncountable Example: The content of these videos often includes genitorture, tit-torture, bondage, spanking, flagellation (with belts, whips, and canes), water sports[…] Example: Sounds are sometimes used in SM play for medical scenes and male genitorture.
Word: show willing Part of Speech: verb 1. To show enthusiasm and energy. Example: On board ship, especially American ships, the first requisite for a sailor who wants to be treated properly is to "show willing," any suspicion of slackness being noted immediately, and the backward one marked accordingly. Example: It sang a song as it went, it "showed willing," as the homely saying goes. It was companionable, full of life; had its little ways. 2. To make a valiant effort. Example: No top or gyroscope has actually been balanced perfectly enough to guide an astronomical telescope, but they show willing. Example: Brian Lenihan said recently that we must stick to the four-year deadline -- for now -- and maybe after a couple of years of showing willing, we could re-negotiate. 3. To indicate one's willingness; to acquiesce, co-operate. Example: The moment he shows willing to try again buy patches or other nicotine replacement products recommended by your pharmacist Example: The government, fearing that another front was about to be opened, quickly showed willing to compromise, and declared an amnesty 4. To pretend to be willing; to bluff. Example: He had not been bluffing or merely "showing willing." Example: It is not yet clear whether Mr Dudley and his team are seriously considering a break-up or merely showing willing to placate investors clamouring for more value.
Word: copolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From co- + polar. 1. At the same pole. Labels: not-comparable
Word: contrapolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From contra- + polar. 1. At opposite poles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: edge play Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed. Labels: uncountable 2. Any sexual activity involving the risk of physical harm, such as bloodplay or asphyxiation. Labels: uncountable
Word: figging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Generally thought to derive from feaguing. 1. The insertion of ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra, applied to people as a punishment (typically in BDSM), or to horses to make them deceptively lively (feaguing). Labels: uncountable
Word: figging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fig + -ing. 1. (Development of) white streaks or granulations in soap, a natural development in some soaps once considered a sign of quality and therefore sometimes artificially imitated. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: Figging is usually considered to indicate a good quality of soft soap, but such is really not the case. A first-class soft soap can be made which will not fig, while, on the other hand, a poor soap can be produced which will fig. Example: The figging is probably due to the separation of the potash salts of some of the fatty acids having a high solidifying point, i. e., [...]
Word: figging Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fig + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of fig Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: illusioned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From illusion + -ed. 1. Under an illusion; deceived. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intencely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From intence + -ly. 1. Obsolete form of intensely. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: active galactic nucleus Part of Speech: noun 1. A compact region at the center of a galaxy that has a much higher than normal luminosity over at least some portion of the (measurable) electromagnetic spectrum.
Word: predictor variable Part of Speech: noun 1. An independent variable that may be used to predict the value of another, especially in statistical regression
Word: active galactic nuclei Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of active galactic nucleus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alkali flat Part of Speech: noun 1. A dry lake or playa whose bed contains abundant alkali salts.
Word: alkali flats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alkali flat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dry lake Part of Speech: noun 1. A former lake, especially a lake that has dried and habitually remains dry, (US) opposed to playas.
Word: dry lakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dry lake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mud flats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mud flat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salt flats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salt flat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outcome variable Part of Speech: noun 1. A dependent variable thought to change as a function of changes in a predictor variable.
Word: angiocardiographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄγγος (ángos) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon) Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon)lbor. English angio- Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂ Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English cardiograph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cardiographic English angiocardiographic From angio- + cardiographic. 1. Relating to angiocardiography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: angiocardiography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄγγος (ángos) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon) Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon)lbor. English angio- Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂ Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English cardiography English angiocardiography From angio- + cardiography. 1. A technique for radiographic examination of the heart chambers and thoracic vessels wherein a liquid radiocontrast agent is injected into the bloodstream, then the tissues are examined using X-rays. Labels: uncountable
Word: rollator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roll + -ator; originally a brand name. 1. A walking frame equipped with wheels, especially one designed for the disabled or elderly.
Word: caprines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caprine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concessionnaire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of concessionaire. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cementogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cementum + -o- + -genesis. 1. The process of the development of cementum. Labels: uncountable Example: These enamel-like aberrations in cementogenesis are intriguing and could offer new insights and strategies to regenerate acellular cementum. Example: Evidence supporting a role for EMPs^([enamel matrix proteins]) in cementogenesis has been accumulating from investigations employing immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, and in vitro assays, all supporting EMP expression by HERS^([Hertwig's epithelial root sheath]) cells in several species[…].
Word: maranta Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the family Marantaceae of plants 2. Any of the family Marantaceae of plants 3. Arrowroot starch, traditional and commonly made from Maranta arundinacea.
Word: fenocchi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fenocchio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: remblai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French remblai, from remblayer (“to fill up an excavation, to embank”). 1. Earth or materials made into an embankment after excavation. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: pumping lemmas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pumping lemma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pumping lemmata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pumping lemma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pumpions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pumpion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stadium mustard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The condiment was originally only available at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. 1. A mildly spicy brown mustard. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: applicationwide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From application + -wide. 1. Throughout an application (software program). Labels: not-comparable Example: For example, you may wish to maintain an applicationwide connection string that can be used by all pages, a common DataSet used by multiple pages, or any other piece of data that needs to be accessed on an applicationwide scale.
Word: regionless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From region + -less. 1. Without regions. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not confined or limited to a single region. Labels: not-comparable Example: On the other hand you have freeware and shareware—much of it developed by dedicated open-source programmers—that will let you do almost anything you want with a DVD. You can build a regionless DVD that will play anywhere in the world […]
Word: wrecking amendment Part of Speech: noun 1. An amendment made in bad faith by a legislator who disagrees with the principles of a bill and seeks to make it useless rather than simply voting against it. Example: Senator Littlebrain's wrecking amendment made the bill nonsensical by deleting the clauses that said what the law would do. Example: This is such a dumb (and dangerous) idea that it has all the characteristics of a wrecking amendment, added to the Bill just to eat up parliamentary time so that the whole Bill will fall at the dissolution for the upcoming election.
Word: wrecking amendments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wrecking amendment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backchanneling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of backchannel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: backchannelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of backchannel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: backchanneled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of backchannel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: backchannelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of backchannel; alternative spelling of backchanneled. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: back-channels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of back-channel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: back-channeling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of back-channel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: back-channelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of back-channel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: back-channeled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of back-channel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: back-channelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of back-channel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: perais Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perai Labels: form-of, plural
Word: banana peel Part of Speech: noun 1. The several outermost layers of a banana, especially once removed from the rest of the banana, which may be slippery if stepped on. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US 2. A cause of difficulty, or potential embarrassment. Labels: Canada, US, broadly, figuratively Example: Furthermore, he is completely surrounded by banana peels. Canada's economy is slowing down, though less so far than extreme pessimists feared. Newly released figures show that our merchandise trade surplus in 1989 fell by more than half to its lowest level in 10 years. And, ever since it peaked on Jan. 12, the dollars yo-yo motion has juddered erratically, signalling confusion to the money markets of the world where the mismanagement of a national economy is judged with a harsh and unforgiving coldness. The freshest banana peel under Mr. Wilson's foot is the report that inflation in January jumped from December's 5.1 per cent to 5.5 per cent -- right on the heels of Thursday's rise of more then half a percentage point in the Bank of Canada rate. Example: We had the first black president, trying to bring home a victory on healthcare. I didn’t want to be a banana peel for him.
Word: banana peels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of banana peel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ball-and-socket joint Part of Speech: noun 1. A joint in which one segment has a rounded end and the next segment has a bowl-shaped end, with the rounded end being fitted into the bowl shape, allowing the first segment to move around an indefinite number of axes which have one common center. Examples include the human shoulder joint and the balljoints of some automotive suspensions.
Word: ball-and-socket joints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ball-and-socket joint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ball and socket joint Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ball-and-socket joint. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ball and socket joints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ball and socket joint (alternative spelling of ball-and-socket joints). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antigypsyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + gypsy + -ism. 1. Hostility, prejudice or racism toward Romani people (Gypsies). Labels: uncountable
Word: antiziganism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See tzigane. 1. Antigypsyism (hostility, prejudice or racism toward Romani people). Labels: uncountable
Word: funkabilly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of funk + rockabilly. 1. A subgenre of popular music that blends rockabilly with funk. Labels: uncountable
Word: money pit Part of Speech: noun 1. A possession or financial commitment, especially a building or vehicle, that creates substantial ongoing expenses, especially one whose costs are considered to be unsustainable. Labels: idiomatic Example: [T]he district does not want to hold on to the nearly 50-year old^([sic]) school for very much longer, as it has outlived its usefulness and has become a money pit. Example: Critics lambasted the building's design, the art collection and Mr. Hartford, whose gallery became a money pit. Within a year he was nosing around for a partner or buyer.
Word: money pit Part of Speech: name 1. A complicated, seemingly man-made excavation on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada, rumored to contain pirate treasure and which has been repeatedly and unsuccessfully probed at great expense. Labels: capitalized, informal, sometimes Example: In 1896 . . . work was again started with two engines and steam pumps, with the intention of pumping out the "money pit". Example: They sank twenty shafts in a ring round the central money pit, and drove tunnels endlessly in the hope of intercepting the underground channel and so draining the treasure shaft.
Word: foresighty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From foresight + -y. Cognate with Scots foresichtie, forsichty, Dutch voorzichtig, German vorsichtig. 1. Foresighted; provident; cautious; careful. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: Wi' thoughts like these hid in her breast, Awa flew the foresighty beast, [...] Example: Surely, my dear lady, you are, as they say in the north, 'fearfu' foresighty.'
Word: chartre Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of charter. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: coolhunting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cool + hunting. 1. The observation of emerging trends and styles, usually involving street fashion, as a form of market research. Labels: uncountable
Word: thou'lt Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ðaʊlt/, /ðaʊəlt/ 1. Contraction of thou shalt. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction 2. Contraction of thou wilt. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction
Word: thou'st Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ðaʊst/ 1. Contraction of thou + hast. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction
Word: finocha Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of finocchio. Labels: alt-of, no-plural, obsolete Example: “Finocha” is probably meant for finocchio, the Italian name for fennel (fœniculum).
Word: foresightly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From foresight + -ly. Compare foresighty. 1. Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care or foresight; thoughtful; provident. Labels: rare Example: I have thought more of it than you have done — for I have two or three presents carefully [laid] by for her, and I have also been so foresightly as to purchase two Dutch toys for your Children in case you might marry before we had free […] Example: "I suppose that you, as a foresightly person, have made arrangements to turn all your cases and clients over to some other Analyst in the event of your timely (for to an Analyst nothing is untimely) death" Jonah asked matter-of-factly […]
Word: ostracode Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ostracod. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ostracodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ostracode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gainside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gain + side. 1. The side on which gain, increase, or prosperity is accrued; the upside. Labels: no-plural Example: The only party which was on the gainside was Sriranga Raya, for he got back Chandragiri and its dependencies which he had lost. Example: All of the years that they went to school they costed a lot of money, whereas the chance that they ever will contribute to the gainside is very low.
Word: Camdenite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Camden + -ite. 1. A native or inhabitant of any of the four Camden counties in the United States. 2. A native or inhabitant of Camden, New Jersey. 3. A native or inhabitant of Camden in London, England.
Word: Camdenites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Camdenite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: besique Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of bezique. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: supracondylar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supra- + condyle + -ar. 1. Above a condyle. Labels: not-comparable 2. Above a condyle. Labels: not-comparable, often, specifically
Word: hindsightly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hindsight + -ly. Compare foresightly. 1. Of or pertaining to hindsight; retrospective. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: This can't happen all at once, says the nasty piece of perk, the old Houyhnhnm is hindsightly. Example: The hindsightly choice is for Michael Moore to privately fund insurance for every uninsured person in the US from the profits from Sicko instead of putting it all into getting Obama elected, [...]
Word: hindsightly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hindsight + -ly. Compare foresightly. 1. Retrospectively; in retrospect. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: My thought process was similar to the theory, but when I realized it, I was hindsightly biased.
Word: offencive Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of offensive. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: This Court doeth declare against this ill custome as offencive to them, and diuers sober Christians amongst us[…]
Word: Bostonese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Boston + -ese. 1. A Bostonian. Labels: archaic
Word: Bostonese Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Boston + -ese. 1. The style of speech typical of Bostonians.
Word: Bostoneses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bostonese Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonoolitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + oolitic. 1. Not oolitic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: paleoecologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paleoecologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ostreolith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ostreo- + -lith. 1. A fossil consisting of accumulated oyster shells.
Word: ostreoliths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ostreolith Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exaerobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex-der. Middle French ex-bor. Middle English ex- English ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) French aérobie Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English aerobic English exaerobic From ex- + aerobic. 1. Between the anoxic and hypoxic zones of an underwater environment. Labels: not-comparable
Word: overrelaxations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overrelaxation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overrelax Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + relax. 1. To relax excessively. Labels: transitive Example: They may have diabetes, or be taking a medication that overrelaxes the muscular sphincter at the bottom of the esophagus. 2. To solve using overrelaxation. Labels: transitive
Word: overrelaxes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overrelax Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overrelaxed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overrelax Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overrelaxing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overrelax Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ptychopariid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any trilobite of the order Ptychopariida.
Word: ptychopariids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ptychopariid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: one-stop shop Part of Speech: noun 1. A single place, institution, service, website, technology, etc., that provides everything necessary. Labels: informal Example: a one-stop shop for dispute processing Example: Smartly Styled Winter Outdoor Wear for Men and Boys. Make LUCAS' your one-stop-shop. You get all you need there !
Word: Onmyodo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Japanese 陰陽道 (Onmyōdō おんみょうどう), from Middle Chinese 陰陽 (ʔim-yang "yin-yang") + 道 (dáu "Way"). 1. A traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism, formerly under the control of the imperial government.
Word: Onmyōdō Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Onmyodo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oyster ball Part of Speech: noun 1. An ostreolith.
Word: oyster balls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oyster ball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: JVP Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of jugular venous pressure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of junior vice president. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: JVP Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of Jewish Voice for Peace. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: It also means that when a right-wing Jewish group such as the ZOA chooses to overlook Bannon’s well-documented links to anti-Semitic white nationalists, it puts itself on a moral par with J.V.P. Bannon is the man who expressly called Breitbart News “the platform for the alt-right,” knowing full-well the toxic range of opinion encompassed by the term. Example: Very few Palestinian student groups—or Palestinian people, for that matter—meet Hillel’s standards to co-host an event or to appear as a speaker; even Jewish groups like Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) are disallowed due to their support for BDS. […] In recent years, Hillel chapters have also come under fire for withdrawing support from or further marginalizing queer Jewish student groups that participate in events co-sponsored by JVP, and for banning legendary civil rights activist Dorothy Zellner from speaking at campus chapters after she discussed her commitment to Palestinian human rights work in a speech at Harvard’s Hillel.
Word: endsay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From end + say. 1. A final or closing word; conclusion. Labels: rare Example: The backset of the endsay is alwayes the generall terme.
Word: roll one's own Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cigarettes, which are available commercially rolled (i.e., with the paper around the substance being smoked) but which some prefer to roll. 1. To create something of which an analogue is commercially available. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: My custom wordprocessor? Yeah, I could have just installed Word or OpenOffice, but I always prefer to roll my own.
Word: character actors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of character actor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: character actress Part of Speech: noun 1. A female character actor.
Word: character actresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of character actress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disbelievable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disbelieve + -able. 1. Able to be disbelieved; susceptible to disbelief.
Word: disbelievably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From disbelievable + -ly. 1. In a disbelievable manner.
Word: discommodious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dis- + commodious. 1. Not commodious; uncomfortable or inconvenient.
Word: dayglo Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Day-Glo; luminescent; fluorescent; of colors, very bright. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rolled one's own Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of roll one's own Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rolls one's own Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of roll one's own Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rolling one's own Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of roll one's own Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: honeydew list Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of honey do list. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: raised by wolves Part of Speech: phrase 1. Uncivilized, unmannered. Example: Were they raised by wolves? What exactly are you expecting them to do at your reception, dance on the tables? Example: Do you think I was raised by wolves? Do I really seem that clueless to you?" He said nothing; nothing at all.
Word: raised in a barn Part of Speech: phrase 1. Uncivilized, unmannered. Example: Momma's all the time telling us to act like we weren't raised in a barn. Ole Miz Hawkins must've been raised in her daddy's milk barn, instead of in the house with the china cups like she claims. Example: “Raised in a barn, some people. Raised in a muck-filled, stinking barn.” Mag and Morgan stared at the grumbler's departing back until he was gone.
Word: monographist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From monograph + -ist. 1. One who writes a monograph.
Word: deep pocket Part of Speech: noun 1. singular of deep pockets Labels: form-of, singular
Word: UNS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Unified numbering system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Volo Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Illinois, United States.
Word: cafila Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila). Doublet of coffle. 1. A caravan of travellers or supplies. Example: [W]e heard sounds at a distance, which we conjectured to proceed from the bells of a Cafila, passing over the rocks. Example: I heard someone who seemed to know say that Vodalus was far to the north, hiding among the frost-pinched forests and raiding kafilas.
Word: colourfull Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of colourful. Labels: alt-of, archaic 2. Nonstandard spelling of colourful. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: geographists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geographist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: automatick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of automatic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: plastick Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of plastic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: plastick Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of plastic. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: wading pool Part of Speech: noun 1. A shallow pool usually used by children in which to play.
Word: T-unit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Kellogg Hunt in 1965. 1. The shortest grammatically allowable sentence into which a piece of writing can be split.
Word: Bay Staters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bay Stater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phantastique Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of fantastic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: phantasise Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of fantasize. Labels: UK, alt-of, archaic
Word: pin money Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnmʌni/ 1. An allowance of money given by a man to his wife or to other dependents for their personal, discretionary use. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Meronyms: pocket change, small change, loose change Example: Near-synonym: petty cash 2. A relatively small sum of cash kept in one's personal possession for routine expenses or incidental purchases; an amount of money which is not particularly significant. Labels: dated, idiomatic, uncountable Example: Meronyms: pocket change, small change, loose change Example: Near-synonym: petty cash
Word: pin-money Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pin money. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: synalœpha Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of synalepha. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: versionitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From version + -itis. 1. A situation in which there are many different (and possibly incompatible) versions of the same software, file or document. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: This helps companies maintain an honest relationship with the software publisher and protects against versionitis. Example: Versionitis exists when the team is using multiple versions of the same software[…] Integration of modules can be a nightmare when a project catches versionitis.
Word: adespotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + despotic. 1. Not absolute; not despotic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: comprable Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of comparable. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: "The quality and price is comprable to that of Microsette." Example: "...but for its midline price it's an excellent bargain, especially considering there's no comprable collection currently available on the American market."
Word: Montanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Montanus + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒntənɪz(ə)m/ 1. The doctrines of a heretical sect of the second to fifth centuries in Asia Minor, who held millenarian beliefs. Labels: uncountable Example: The disappearance of charismatic wandering Christian teachers or prophets and the assertion of the authority of bishops were probably sealed by the Catholic Church's confrontation in the later second century with a movement known as Montanism or ‘the New Prophecy’.
Word: pre-echo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + echo. Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈɛkəʊ/ 1. An early sign or indication of something; a foreshadowing. Labels: countable Example: From the earliest days Christians had searched the Tanakh in their anxiety to find pre-echoes of their own passionate convictions about the God-Man Jesus Christ. 2. A digital audio compression artifact where a (typically percussive) sound is heard before it should occur. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pre-echoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pre-echo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: se'nnight Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sennight, a week. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: We leave Bath, as she has perhaps told you, on Saturday se'nnight. Example: It will be in my power to assure him that her ladyship was quite well yesterday se'nnight.
Word: se'nnights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of se'nnight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rasŏn Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 라선(羅先) (Raseon), from 라진(羅津) (Rajin) + 선봉(先鋒) (Seonbong), the two districts that form the city. 1. A special city in North Korea. Example: North Korea also opened a free-trade zone in Rason, at its northeastern corner, in the 1990s. Example: The most recent surge of reform is generally dated to January 2010. In rapid succession, North Korea announced the Strategic 10 Year Plan (2011-2020) for National Economic Development, created the Taepung International Investment Group and the National Development Bank, and elevated the Rason Economic and Trade Zone (luoxian jingji maoyi qu 罗先经济贸易区) to the new status of “special city” (tebie shi 特别市).
Word: dodgerblue Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Dodger blue. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: dodgerblues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dodgerblue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: business park Part of Speech: noun 1. An area of land consisting solely of commercial buildings and enterprises, as opposed to industrial or residential concerns. Example: The location of The Gresley Institute suits Network Rail well. It sits on a business park on Carolina Way, near the large offices used by DB Cargo and Rail Delivery Group.
Word: marantas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maranta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: remblais Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of remblai Labels: form-of, plural
Word: complex fraction Part of Speech: noun 1. Any fraction in which either or both of the numerator or denominator are themselves fractions.
Word: it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye Part of Speech: proverb 1. Rough play results in injury.
Word: does the Pope shit in the woods Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: A combination of the two rhetorical questions is the Pope Catholic? and does a bear shit in the woods?. Compare is a bear Catholic?. 1. Obviously! Rhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, vulgar Example: "You still interested in a writing job?" he asked. […] Is the Pope Catholic? Does a bear shit in the woods? Or, as one of the guys had said a few weeks before, Does the Pope shit in the woods? A writing job. “Yeah,” was all she could say. Example: "I asked her if she would like a coffee. She turned round, smiled and said: 'Does the Pope shit in the woods?' The wife was aghast. Of course I got the blame!”
Word: a(n) Part of Speech: article 1. A or an; the indefinite article (when the initial sound of what will follow is unclear). Example: To be valid, a deed must contain a(n) a. grantee's signature. b. grantor's signature. c. acknowledgment. d. date.
Word: Middle Greek Part of Speech: name 1. Byzantine Greek
Word: DCPM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of data centre predictive modelling. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of differential pulse code modulation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)methane. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: Tibbie Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Isabel. Example: Her brothers call Mary Poor Mary, and indeed the meagreness and timidity of many of the women in their family has caused that word to be attached to the names they were given at their christening ― names that were themselves altered into something less substantial and graceful. Isabel became Poor Tibbie, Margaret, Poor Maggie, Jane, Poor Jennie.
Word: tiarellas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tiarella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antessive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ante- + essive. 1. Indicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something. Labels: not-comparable Example: An antessive case is found in some Dravidian languages.
Word: attenuative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From attenuate + -ive. 1. Tending to attenuate or lessen the force of something. Example: Ceramic armour is used in armoured vehicles for its attenuative properties. 2. Of a yeast, capable of high attenuation, able to convert a high proportion of sugar to alcohol.