nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hypersomnia Part of Speech: noun 1. Excessive sleepiness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chiclet keyboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chiclets (itself from chicle), a brand of chewing gum bearing some resemblance to the keys. 1. Any of various early computer keyboards having an array of small, flat rectangular or lozenge-shaped rubber or plastic keys. Labels: informal Example: At the best of times it's difficult to type on a chiclet keyboard. Example: The chiclet keyboard and single-line LED display do not permit rapid data entry and text editing...
Word: Trotskyist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Trotsky + -ist. 1. A supporter of Trotskyism.
Word: Trotskyists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Trotskyist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: representamina Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of representamen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: charros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of charro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: algum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew אַלְגּוּמִּים (algumím). 1. A tree or wood mentioned in the Bible, possibly juniper or red sandalwood. Labels: uncountable Example: And the seruants also of Huram, and the seruants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought Algume trees and, precious stones.
Word: overloop Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of orlop. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: In extremity, we carry our ordnance better than we were wont, because our nether overloops ( u ) , are raised commonly from the water, between the lower part of the port, and the sea . Example: After the accident with the Mary Rose, occasioned by the lowness of her ports, and by the fact of the guns being unbreeched, as was the custom, they raised both the gun-decks, or overloops, as Sir W. Raleigh calls them, and fitted breechings to the guns. 2. A loop that occurs above something. Example: I almost signed, and then luckily I noticed that my boss Abelardo's tall and horizontally compressed conquistador signature, with lots of overloops and proud flourishes, was located one petal over on the very same flower I had chosen. Example: It was not until November 1978 that Levine seriously began pursuing the utilitarian application of his sculptures, when a friend, G. Duff Bailey, a bicycle buff and author of numerous articles about urban cycling, was at Levine's home and informed him that the sculptures would make excellent bicycle racks, permitting bicycles to be parked under the overloops as well as on top of the underloops. 3. An outer loop; A loop that contains an inner loop. Example: Well , they certainly didn't know about loops yet, much less closed loops and overloops. Example: In contrast to the loop-based construction, the overloop-based algorithm (Algo.2) suppresses this problem completely.
Word: overloop Part of Speech: verb 1. To loop over. Example: I sometimes form the fabric by passing the weft thread over alternate loops, as, for example, first, the thread a³ overloops in one row, and then that indicated by a⁴ overloops in the next row; this will produce a change in the figure from a square to a diamond in form, and this is done in one way by setting the wheels C on alternate needles. Example: The torpedo consisted of a cylindrical copper case held in a scoop at the end of the spar and so overlooped by a line that it could be thrown out of the scoop when desired. 2. To loop too much. Example: Lonely atrium mutants, for example, have no distinguishable ventricles, and overlooped embryos have abnormally positioned heart chambers. Example: He had absorbed too much stale water and overlooped a bit.
Word: timespan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + span. 1. An interval of time.
Word: timespans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of timespan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: charra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare the less offensive char ou, which is said to derive from Hindi अचार (acār) (Urdu اچار (acār)) and Afrikaans ou. Indians in South Africa often sold spicy pickles; the combination would simply mean "pickle guy". 1. An Indian. Labels: South-Africa, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur Example: The fact that you call a person a ‘coolie‘ or a ‘charra‘ or a ‘curry-muncher’ doesn't, naturally, stop you looking for bargains in his shop.
Word: charras Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of churrus. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Glass bottles of liquid LSD; moist blocks of Manali charras and Malana cream; sachets of smack; a hundred caps of MDMA and a phial of Australian DMT; ampoules of medical morphine and a dense pad of four thousand Californian blotters.
Word: seize upon Part of Speech: verb 1. To grasp or take hold of (an object) suddenly, forcibly, or tightly. Example: The child seized upon the cat's tail as soon as it was within reach. 2. To take up, embrace, enact, or turn eagerly to (a plan, idea, ideology, cause, practice, method, etc.); to grasp, understand, and accept quickly; to adopt wholeheartedly or vigorously. Example: I heard her ideas and seized upon them immediately. Example: The committee seized upon the new plan at once. 3. To take possession of or claim (an idea, person, event, etc.) as one's own; to assimilate, absorb, annex, co-opt. Example: After the controversy of her public statement, she has been the darling of right-wing groups who have seized upon her as the poster child of their cause.
Word: nappiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nappy + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being nappy. Labels: uncountable Example: You wonder about your own hair’s nappiness. You wonder who can’t bring you home.
Word: aucubas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aucuba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xiphosurans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xiphosuran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Xtian Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of Christian. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: The ritual and tradition are of course rather absurd, but the principle is good and the ethics are identical with Xtian ethics. Example: By the way, my Xtian Behavior, if suited for anyone (of which I'm no judge) is quite as suitable for 16-year-olds as for anyone else.
Word: Xtian Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Christian. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: And because of the hauteur of Portagoose prelates, they drove the Xtians out of Japan till were none of that sect in the Island
Word: beltlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From belt + -like. 1. Resembling a belt (article of clothing).
Word: unlocker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unlock + -er. 1. One who, or that which, unlocks.
Word: unlockers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unlocker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quasihemidemisemiquavers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quasihemidemisemiquaver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quickliming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of quicklime Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: quicklimed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of quicklime Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: quickhatches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quickhatch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quickwitted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compound of quick + witted. Pronunciation: /ˌkwɪkˈwɪt.ɪd/, [ˌkwɪkˈwɪɾ.ɪd] 1. Mentally keen and alert. Example: She was far too quick-witted to miss the implications of what he was saying.
Word: quickwittedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From quickwitted + -ly. 1. In a quickwitted way.
Word: quickwittedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quickwitted + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being quickwitted. Labels: uncountable
Word: unlimed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + limed. 1. Not limed; not treated with lime. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quixotries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quixotry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quizmistress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quiz + mistress. 1. A female quizmaster. Labels: rare
Word: quizmistresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quizmistress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midswing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + swing. 1. The midpoint of a swinging motion. Labels: uncountable Example: The photograph caught him in midswing.
Word: midswing Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From mid- + swing. 1. At such a midpoint. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonjail Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + jail. 1. Not of, or pertaining to, jail. Labels: not-comparable Example: The criminal received a nonjail sentence.
Word: unjailed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + jailed. 1. Not jailed; unincarcerated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cutlass bearing Part of Speech: noun 1. A bearing on the drive shaft of a vessel, usually made of brass with an inner grooved rubber lining that is lubricated by the surrounding water entering the grooves as it rotates. It is a variant of the stave bearing. Example: When you replace a drive shaft on your boat, it is also a good idea to replace the cutlass bearing where the drive shaft exits the boat.
Word: minivacation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + vacation. 1. A short or minor vacation.
Word: minivacations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minivacation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shrieky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shriek + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹiːki/ 1. Inclined to shriek, or characterised by shrieks. Example: I can't wait for the neighbours' shrieky kids to go back to school.
Word: postbreakup Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + breakup. 1. Occurring after a breakup. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trihexyphenidyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + hexy(l) + pheny(l) + -dyl (“vasodilator”). Pronunciation: /ˌtɹʌɪ.hɛk.sɪˈfɛn.ɪ.dʌɪl/, /ˌtɹʌɪ.hɛk.sɪˈfɛn.ɪ.dɪl/, /ˌtɹʌɪ.hɛk.sɪˈfiː.nɪ.dʌɪl/, /tɹaɪˌhɛk.sɪˈfɛn.ɪˌdɪl/ 1. An antimuscarinic drug that has an antispasmodic action on smooth muscle and is used to treat parkinsonism and some other movement disorders. Labels: uncountable
Word: ultralean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + lean. 1. Especially lean; streamlined.
Word: underloved Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + loved. 1. Insufficiently loved; neglected. Example: Having been underloved for all his short life, he’d learned not to attract his mother’s attention in any negative way.
Word: unperformable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + performable. 1. Not performable; that cannot be performed. Example: The avant-garde play was said to be unperformable.
Word: ballotechnic Part of Speech: adj 1. That undergoes a chemical reaction when quickly subjected to extreme pressure. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ballotechnic Part of Speech: noun 1. A material of this kind.
Word: red mercury Part of Speech: noun 1. A supposed substance for use in the creation of nuclear bombs and other weapons, about which there are various conspiracy theories. Labels: uncountable
Word: madeiras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of madeira Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coldbloodedness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cold-bloodedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: enjoyability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enjoy + -ability or enjoyable + -ity. 1. The state or condition of being enjoyable. Labels: uncountable
Word: knuckleheadedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knuckleheaded + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being knuckleheaded; foolishness or ineptitude. Labels: uncountable
Word: lipsticky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lipstick + -y. 1. Resembling, or characterised by, lipstick. Labels: informal Example: She gave me a lipsticky kiss on the cheek.
Word: mantralike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mantra + -like. 1. Resembling a mantra; fervent and often repeated. Example: By the time of their second album, The Fugs (which actually made the top forty), the group had evolved into a kind of primitive clatter marked by lustful evocations and mantralike prepsychedelic trance-Rock.
Word: smithing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English smethyng; equivalent to smith + -ing. 1. The work of a smith; the forging of metal. Labels: uncountable
Word: silversmithing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From silver + smithing. 1. The work of a silversmith; the forging of silver. Labels: uncountable
Word: goldsmithing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gold + smithing. 1. The work of a goldsmith; the forging of gold. Labels: uncountable
Word: coppersmithing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From copper + smithing. 1. The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper. Labels: uncountable
Word: boylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From boy + -like. 1. Resembling a boy.
Word: imprescindible Part of Speech: adj 1. Indispensable, essential, imperative, vital. Example: It is imprescindible that the actor—in his lay mind—visualize the execution of an act which bears all the elements that are required by a statutory crime definition. Example: Courage to be unpopular means in criminal law punishing only in cases where punishment is imprescindible in the interest of social protection.
Word: nonanswer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + answer. 1. The lack of an answer. 2. An answer that is so vague or noncommittal as to be worthless.
Word: nonanswers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonanswer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonjazz Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + jazz. 1. Not jazz music, not jazz dance. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nonjazz musicians play classical music. Example: An example of a nonjazz workout is a hip-hop aerobics DVD.
Word: jazzlike Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of jazz-like. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oughties Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from nought and eighties. 1. A decade running from the first year of a century to the tenth. Labels: humorous, plural, plural-only, rare
Word: paradelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From parade + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a parade.
Word: tablike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tab + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a tab (protruding flap or strip).
Word: antishoplifting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + shoplifting. 1. That serves to counter shoplifting. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonblacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonblack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonmagical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + magical. 1. Not magical. Labels: not-comparable Example: In any other way, is Magic decadent when there are more magic acts on the stage today than there ever were before; and there are more amateurs, more magic supply houses, and even editors of nonmagical magazines, thinking magic very interesting, spend their time and money in publishing tricks and ilinsions for their readers? Example: These doubtless have a natural nonmagical basis — the necessity of making good crops and protecting private property would be recognized everywhere, and would call forth legal enactments ; but it was inevitable, in certain communities, that such enactments should be strengthened by supernatural sanctions such as those offered by the conception of taboo..
Word: undetectably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From undetectable + -ly. 1. In an undetectable way.
Word: warrenlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From warren + -like. 1. Resembling a warren; mazelike, labyrinthine.
Word: ethnocidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ethnocide + -al. 1. Pertaining to, or inclined to, ethnocide.
Word: foodwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From food + -wise. 1. In terms of food. Labels: not-comparable Example: Living with a master chef, we led a charmed life, foodwise.
Word: agrifood Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of agri-food. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: agrifoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agrifood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mezuza Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mezuzah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mezuzas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mezuza Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microbusiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + business. 1. A very small business or enterprise.
Word: microbusinesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microbusiness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanobioelectronics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + bioelectronics. 1. Bioelectronics on a nanoscale. Labels: uncountable
Word: below the radar Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Synonym of under the radar.
Word: CDO-squareds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of CDO-squared Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tolah Part of Speech: noun 1. tola (unit of mass) Labels: uncommon
Word: tolas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tola Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tolahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tolah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jewish piano Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the row of keys on a cash register and the stereotype of Jews as money-grubbing. 1. A cash register. Labels: offensive, slang Example: I want to buy a Jewish piano. What's that? Cash register. Example: Seeing Joe Rubin, someone would yell to Ogy, the bartender, as he rang up a cash register sale, "Play that Jewish piano, Ogy. Make the Jewish piano sing.
Word: troy grain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Morphologically, from Troyes, town in Northern France + grain, unit of mass. 1. A unit of mass, equal to 1/24 of a pennyweight or 1/480 of a troy ounce, fixed at 0.064 798 91 grams under the metric system.
Word: take out the trash Part of Speech: verb 1. Often used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take out, trash. 2. To forcefully remove undesirable people from a place. Labels: idiomatic 3. To announce something, hoping it will not get much publicity, at a time when it is not likely to be noticed by the news media, for instance on election day or late on Friday afternoon before a holiday weekend. Labels: idiomatic
Word: hemopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemo- + -pathy. 1. Any disorder or disease of the blood
Word: glycosuria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English glycose Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron) Ancient Greek -ουρία (-ouría)bor. New Latin -ūriabor. English -uria English glycosuria From glycose + -uria. 1. The presence of sugars (especially glucose) in the urine, often as a result of diabetes mellitus Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: glossodynia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glosso- + -odynia. 1. A burning sensation on the lips, tongue, or entire mouth. Labels: uncountable
Word: gonadotrope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁eti Proto-Hellenic *gígnomai Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ) Ancient Greek -άζω (-ázō) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) New Latin gonadēsbor. English gonad Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English gonado- Proto-Indo-European *trep-der. Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos)der. Latin tropusder. English -trope English gonadotrope From gonado- + -trope. 1. A basophil that produces gonadotropin 2. A gonadotropic material
Word: United Statesian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From United States + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to the United States of America. Labels: nonstandard, not-comparable Example: For this blue-book is a sort of school primer, intended to teach the Danes how to pronounce the United-Statesian language, and perhaps we English may have a lesson, too. Example: There's a real United-Statesian bigness to some of the things Whitman says.
Word: United Statesian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From United States + -ian. 1. An inhabitant or citizen of the United States of America. Labels: nonstandard Example: To those of us who know […] such entries are more amusing than inconvenient; but to an outsider, say a Frenchman or a United-Statesian, they would cause a great expenditure of useless labour. Example: If I was, through my father, a first-generation United Statesian, I found I was, through him, an eleventh-generation North American.
Word: hypersplenism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, hyper- + splen- + -ism. 1. A disorder in which abnormal spleen activity destroys blood cells. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hyperstatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + static. 1. statically indeterminate Labels: not-comparable
Word: hyperstaticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + staticity. 1. The condition of being hyperstatic Labels: uncountable
Word: hypersthene Part of Speech: noun 1. An inosilicate that is an orthorhombic pyroxene. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tanyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tan + yard. 1. A tannery, or a yard of a tannery.
Word: tanyards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tanyard Labels: UK, form-of, plural
Word: timber yards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of timber yard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 'naner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apheretic form of banana with intrusive rhotacism. 1. banana Labels: Appalachia, Southern-US, informal Example: Banana pudding was another Elvis favorite, which he called ’naner pudding.
Word: underhill Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + hill. 1. (of a road, track or other path) passing along the foot of a hill. Example: There's an underhill lane you can walk along there.
Word: discompany Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + company. 1. To free from company, to dissociate. Labels: archaic
Word: Wealdsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Weald + -s- + man. 1. A man from the Weald.
Word: Wealdsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Wealdsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lexica Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lexicon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: robin redbreast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name Robin + redbreast. See robin. 1. The European robin. Labels: UK 2. Any robin. 3. A Bow Street Runner (from the colour of his waistcoat). Labels: UK, historical, slang
Word: shegetz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish שייגעץ (sheygets), from Hebrew שֶׁקֶץ (šeqeṣ, “abomination”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪɡəts/ 1. A gentile, a non-Jewish male. Labels: derogatory, sometimes Example: And where is she now, that find! Hello, Pumpkin! Making some lucky shaygets a wonderful wife out there in middle America?
Word: shkotzim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish שקצים (shkotsem), from Hebrew שְׁקָצִים (shkatsím), plural of שֶׁקֶץ (shékets, “abomination”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃkɑtsɪm/, /ˈʃkɒtsɪm/ 1. plural of shegetz Labels: form-of, plural Example: ...my father made it sound to me like Roosevelt in the White House in Washington ... and all the while how he hated their guts ... oh the whole pack of them up there in Massachusetts, shkotzim fox-hunting! playing polo! 2. plural of shkotz Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shegetzes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shegetz Labels: form-of, plural
Word: talebearing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tale + bearing. 1. The spreading of gossip or rumor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: waiting to be in her presence to burst into the tears with which he delivered endless, and sometimes even untrue, talebearings Example: The damage done by calumny, detraction, and talebearing can frequently not be repaired.
Word: talebearings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of talebearing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shagtastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shag + -tastic. Popularized by the Austin Powers movies. Pronunciation: /ʃæɡˈtæstɪk/ 1. brilliant, with implications of sexual intercourse. Labels: UK, slang Example: Equally, George Best's "shagtastic marathon" involving bedding seven women in 24 hours because it coincided with his shirt number is the stuff of legend now Example: Hinting at sexual extravagance might have caused outrage and disgust in the mid 1800s, but in the shagtastic twenty-first century, it's a certificate of honour.
Word: nature preserves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nature preserve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gravityless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gravity + -less. 1. Without gravity (the physical force). Labels: not-comparable Example: When the third Skylab space laboratory mission returned from a three month gravityless voyage in February 1974... Example: ...the consequences if the earth were to become gravityless (a hypothetical question often used to stimulate thinking)...
Word: mistressless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mistress + -less. 1. Without a mistress. Labels: not-comparable Example: ...being of prudent years to undertake the charge of his motherless and mistressless family... Example: For, truth to tell, he was weary of his mistressless home, and he called to mind how neat and expert Zillah used to be...
Word: palatalisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of palatalization. Labels: UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable
Word: palatalisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palatalisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpalatalized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + palatalized. 1. Not palatalized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subnode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + node. 1. A node within another node of a network or element in a data structure. Example: Without subnodes, all instances of a data source type share the configuration parameters.
Word: mandalalike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mandala + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a mandala (ritualistic geometric design). Example: This mandalalike garden, often depicted with the four rivers of paradise, is a sacred place with the Virgin as the protective wall... Example: ...the individual can see a variety of geometrical or architectural forms — dynamic kaleidoscopic patterns, mandalalike configurations, arabesques...
Word: heliborne Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heli- + borne. 1. Transported by helicopter. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Israelis manned their fighting positions, certain they would be facing, at most, a few dozen heliborne commandos.
Word: herdlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From herd + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a herd, especially in having a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
Word: ayran Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of airan (“Turkish drink made from yoghurt”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: quakey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quake + -y. 1. Alternative spelling of quaky. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I didn't feel blushy or quakey, but quite cool and only a little excited.
Word: blushy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blush + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈblʌʃi/ 1. Suffused with blushes or blushlike hues. Example: The artistic impulse that impels one to give a touch of beauty to all material objects extends even to the green-grocer and butcher, and the shop windows of these tradesmen betray both design and beanty. The blushiest side of the apple is always turned towards the passer-by and the hectic glow of the cranberry is further heightened by the contrasting whiteness of celery tops. Example: As it happens, the blushy tone does wonders for tallowy New York winter complexions, and, more important, it sets off to advantage the booth’s prize display: a 1901 portrait miniature of the future Kings George VI and Edward VIII, at ages 6 and 7 respectively. 2. Embarrassed, blushing; feeling as though one might blush. Example: I didn't feel blushy or quakey, but quite cool, and only a little excited.
Word: bogland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bog + land. 1. Land that is predominantly boggy; marshland. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I had been on a message for my father, and was walking home along the road, when I saw a tall, fine lassie coming over the bogland on the right hand side of the road. Example: Even when it has been drained, the bogland does not make a very stable roadbed.
Word: boglands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bogland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bookroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From book + room. 1. A room in which books are kept; a library. Example: There was no outcry when the ancient bookrooms of the oldest colleges were stripped of those precious volumes preserved in their sheepskin covers and fine board cases which had been handled so lovingly by librarian and scholar. Example: She is forced into making these sacrifices by the aggressive neglect of the school’s administrators, who won’t even let her take books from the bookroom.
Word: bookrooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bookroom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boutiquey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From boutique + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a boutique (fashionable shop). Labels: informal Example: Maybe some shoppers will look at the store and be turned off by the boutiquey feeling, and they won't wander inside. Example: In hip-hop terms this is chicken feed, but Mos Def isn’t Jay-Z, and the gig had a long profile within certain influential strata: a boutiquey show in New York’s most beautiful theater, preceded by weeks of positive chatter.
Word: embedder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From embed + -er. 1. One who, or that which, embeds. Example: If an object is neither an embedder of nor embedded in a network of causal relations... 2. A tool for embedding wire into a surface. Example: The mating box, capping fork and spur-wheel embedder are essential tools for apiculture.
Word: embedders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embedder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ʻokina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Hawaiian ʻoki Hawaiian -na Hawaiian ʻokinaubor. English ʻokina Unadapted borrowing from Hawaiian ʻokina (“cutting off, separation”). 1. Alternative spelling of okina. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I was aware of the ʻokina and kahakō from many previous trips to Hawaiʻi and I had dealt with similar issues back in California related to English-language media using the Spanish tilde and accents. […] So I took a closer look and it turns out that today technology is our friend: ʻOkina and kahakō don’t seem to stump searches anymore and our content management system accommodates them all the way from our keyboards to your cellphones and computers. Example: The state said that of the nearly 2,000 streets under HDOT’s jurisdiction, over half require the addition of Hawaiian diacritical markings, and that the use of kahakō and ʻokina can drastically change the meaning of a word.
Word: guildmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guild + -mate. 1. A member of the same guild. Example: all celebrating the life and honouring the death of their guildmate. Example: By then I was receiving dozens of private messages in the game every hour from players I had never met who could see that my guildmate and I were out front: “OMG how did you level so fast?,” “Hey you must have a lot of gold, can I have some?” and of course “You guys are huge nerds.”
Word: guildmates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guildmate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperinflated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + inflated. 1. Inflated to an abnormal degree. Example: Another change that may occur from chronically hyperinflated alveoli is the formation of blebs... 2. Increased through hyperinflation. Example: There’s nothing modern about Red Lodge, which resembles a scaled-down version of Park City, Utah, minus the luxury vehicles, designer ski outfits and hyperinflated housing prices.
Word: hyperinflated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hyper- + inflated. 1. simple past and past participle of hyperinflate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: knottily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From knotty + -ly. 1. In a knotty way. Example: He examines the implications of a doubly incestuous bloodline (which is not new speculation and is knottily complicated: it makes Adolf “a First-Degree Incestuary One Step Removed.”)
Word: multiproduct Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Latin prōductusder. Middle English product English product English multiproduct From multi- + product. 1. Involving more than one type of product. Labels: not-comparable Example: Later this year it plans to introduce a small multiproduct compact that women can load up with different products every day if they wish.
Word: nonadversarial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + adversarial. Pronunciation: /nɒnˌæd.vəˈsɛəɹi.əl/, /nɑnˌæd.vɚˈsɛɹi.əl/ 1. Not adversarial. Labels: not-comparable Example: On Wednesday, the administration announced that an unnamed judge on the secret court, in a nonadversarial proceeding that apparently cannot be appealed, had issued orders that apparently both granted surveillance requests and set out some ground rules for how such requests would be handled.
Word: noodge Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nudzh. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Max Bialystock is many things — a stinking liar, a crook, a shameless noodge, a stud muffin for the elderly and infirm.
Word: noodge Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of nudzh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: noodges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noodge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noodges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of noodge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: noodged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of noodge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: noodging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of noodge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pantingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From panting + -ly. 1. While, or as if, panting; eagerly, breathlessly. Example: This same man, […] pantingly threatened me with permanent disfiguring mayhem, if ever again I should introduce his name into print, […] Example: He spies on the Hitler household by inserting a pantingly nosy narrator who poses as a Nazi Intelligence officer but claims to have been sent by the Devil.
Word: shipful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English shipfull, schyp fful, ssipvol, equivalent to ship + -ful. 1. As much as a ship will hold. Example: And in Elinor Gordon’s booth you’ll find a shipful of China Trade porcelains, of a kind that gave the West an image of China that the Chinese thought the West wanted to see.
Word: shipfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shipful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shipsful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shipful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tournedos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French tournedos, from tourner (“to turn”) + dos (“back”). Pronunciation: /ˈtʊə(ɹ)nəˌdəʊ/, /ˈtɔː(ɹ)nədəʊ/ 1. Filet mignon. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ‘Now,’ he turned back to the menu, ‘I myself will accompany Mademoiselle with the caviar, but then I would like a very small tournedos, underdone, with sauce Béarnaise and a cœur d’artichaut.[…]’ Example: He loves grilled chops, sole meunière, rare tournedos and fresh vegetables.
Word: unsavable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + savable. 1. Not savable; that cannot be saved. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: irrecoverable, irreparable, irretrievable, unrescuable Example: By the middle, the show was unsavable.
Word: FE Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Formula E. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of Fundamentals of Engineering; an exam taken by prospective engineers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The FE exam is a computer-based test (CBT). It is closed book with an electronic reference.
Word: FE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of further education. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: 4B Part of Speech: name Etymology: From four Korean words starting with Korean 비(非) (bi, “un-, not”), thus literally translated as "four nos". 1. A radical feminist movement originating in South Korea whose tenets are: no sex with men, no giving birth, no dating men, and no marriage with men. Example: The blowback and fear that 4B practitioners experience underscores their conviction that Korea is still a frightening place for women. Example: Ever since the election, there have been endless headlines about US women emulating South Korea’s fringe 4B movement[.]
Word: 4B Part of Speech: noun 1. A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade 3B but lighter marks than a pencil of grade 5B; a pencil with very soft lead. Labels: UK
Word: 5B Part of Speech: noun 1. A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade 4B but lighter marks than a pencil of grade 6B; a pencil with very soft lead. Labels: British, English
Word: 6B Part of Speech: noun 1. A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade 5B; a pencil with extremely soft lead. Labels: British, English
Word: 4H Part of Speech: noun 1. A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 3H but darker marks than a pencil of grade 5H; a pencil with very hard lead. Labels: British, English, uncountable, usually 2. A pencil of grade 4H. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: 5H Part of Speech: noun 1. A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 4H but darker marks than a pencil of grade 6H; a pencil with very hard lead. Labels: British, English, uncountable, usually 2. A pencil of the grade 5H. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: 6H Part of Speech: noun 1. A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 5H; a pencil with extremely hard lead. Labels: British, English, uncountable, usually 2. A pencil of grade 6H. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: 3H Part of Speech: noun 1. A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 2H but darker marks than a pencil of grade 4H; a pencil with hard lead. Labels: British, English, uncountable, usually 2. A pencil of grade 3H. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. tritium. In this case, the "3" should be superscripted: ³H. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: 2H Part of Speech: noun 1. A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade H but darker marks than a pencil of grade 3H; a pencil with hard lead. Labels: UK, uncountable, usually 2. A pencil of grade 2H. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Alternative form of ²H (“hydrogen-2”) Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: marrowsky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1859 and most likely derived from Polish Morawski. Generally thought to be named after a Polish nobleman active in London a couple of decades before the word's first attestation who suffered from accidental sound transpositions (possibly Józef Boruwłaski). 1. Spoonerism. Labels: UK, rare
Word: conversos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of converso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conversationless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From conversation + -less. 1. Without conversation. Labels: not-comparable Example: All the natural charm of the previous day was gone. The eaters of the dinner, like the dinner itself, were lukewarm, insipid, overdone—and all owing to this poor little dull Young Barnacle. Conversationless at any time, he was now the victim of a weakness special to the occasion, and solely referable to Clennam.
Word: oxlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ox + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an ox: strong, foolish, etc.
Word: fanfest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fan + -fest. 1. An event held for fans. Example: Fans of the genre frequently gather at comic book and sci-fi fanfests, which often screen Japanimation films. Example: Fanfests are increasingly popular, offering offseason weekends celebrating the team and its players and offering sponsors opportunities...
Word: fanfests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fanfest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fearsomeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fearsome + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being fearsome. Labels: uncountable Example: Of all the naturalists to choose to make a victim! Mr. Irwin, of course, had gained celebrity engaging with unwieldy and lethal reptiles as if they were, on a scale of fearsomeness, roughly equivalent to a table of society matrons at tea.
Word: headwall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + wall. 1. The highest cliff of a glacial cirque. 2. The steep cliff at the back of a cirque. 3. A retaining wall at the outlet of a drain, culvert or tunnel. Example: The platforms of all stations from Shepherds Bush to Liverpool Street have been lengthened from 325 ft. to 427 ft. between tunnel headwalls, to take longer trains. Example: HS2 Ltd has built a 17-metre-high headwall and reinforced the ground at what will become the south portal of the ten-mile Chiltern Tunnel, as part of preparations for the arrival next year of tunnel boring machines (TBMs).
Word: headwalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of headwall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cavityless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cavity + -less. 1. Without a cavity or cavities. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonobvious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + obvious. 1. Not obvious. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonobviousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nonobvious + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being nonobvious. Labels: uncountable Example: “If KSR raises the bar for nonobviousness, Judge Stein may need to rethink his conclusion that the Plavix patent is not obvious,” said C. Scott Hemphill, an associate professor of law at Columbia University .
Word: schmos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schmo Labels: form-of, plural Example: In early episodes, Homer is simply one of Burns's drones or boobs or schmos from Sector 7G. Example: And what about the husbands? Yes, these yearned-for women were, in many cases, married, but you never get these schmos' side of the story.
Word: testfire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From test + fire. 1. To subject to a test firing. Labels: transitive Example: The test of an antisatellite weapon last week, which Beijing declined to confirm or deny Friday despite widespread news coverage and diplomatic inquiries, was perceived by East Asia experts as China’s most provocative military action since it testfired missiles off the coast of Taiwan more than a decade ago.
Word: testfiring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of testfire Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: testfired Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of testfire Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: testfires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of testfire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trickledown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trickle + down. 1. Alternative spelling of trickle-down. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: It has a huge trickledown effect,” said Mr. Cost, who had to lay off four employees because business was slow this year and last.
Word: analysands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of analysand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: astonishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From astonish + -able. 1. Astonishing. Labels: obsolete 2. Susceptible to being astonished; shockable. Example: These are good times for the astonishable reading public.
Word: budworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bud + worm. 1. Any of various moth caterpillars. Example: After working briefly for a federal entomologist to control the spruce budworm — and spraying DDT from the air — he returned to the Adirondacks in 1946 to be district ranger at Cranberry Lake for 11 years.
Word: budworms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of budworm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: collegebound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From college + -bound. 1. Bound for college; soon to attend college. Labels: not-comparable Example: “I urge you all to argue with your teachers, argue with your parents,” Sanders told a group of about 60 students at South Burlington High School — generally liberal, affluent and collegebound — one afternoon in mid-December.
Word: coverless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cover + -less. 1. Without a cover or covers. Labels: not-comparable Example: He took the coverless book from her hand. Chardenal's French primer. Example: Beside the window the enormous bed was made up, with ragged blankets and a coverless bolster.
Word: cubicled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cubicle + -ed. 1. Fitted with, or divided into, cubicles. Labels: not-comparable Example: Yet just down the hall, resembling a sort of high-rise oasis amid this construction, is the carpeted and cubicled office of Adventure Publishing, where the employees are busy putting out a trade magazine that covers the toy industry.
Word: culantro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish culantro, whence also the doublet cilantro, which see for more. Both words are doublets of coriander. Pronunciation: /kuːˈlɑːn.tɹoʊ/, /kuːˈlæn.tɹoʊ/ 1. The tropical herb Eryngium foetidum, native to Mexico, Central America and South America but cultivated worldwide, used medicinally and in Caribbean cuisine. (See Usage notes below for this sense.) Labels: uncountable Example: A painting of a woman wearing a burgundy shawl over a flamenco-style dress hangs on a wall, and in the garden, tomatoes, peppers, corn and culantro, an herb used in Caribbean cooking, grow in the summer. 2. Alternative form of cilantro (the stems and leaves of Coriandrum sativum) Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: cilantros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cilantro Labels: form-of, plural Example: Waghmare and Annapure (2015) studied the effect of the modified atmosphere packaging technique on the shelf life and quality of fresh-cut cilantros by combining it with sodium hypochlorite.
Word: tropicals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tropical Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subtropicals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subtropical Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subtropically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sub- + tropically. 1. In a subtropical way.
Word: deskman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From desk + man. 1. A subeditor. Labels: US, dated Example: His face showed his lack of confidence in the deskman. 2. Anyone who works at a desk, as in a police station.
Word: deskmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deskman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subedit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sub- + edit. 1. To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: subedits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subedit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: subediting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of subedit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: subedited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of subedit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dicer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dice + -er (agent noun suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ̯.sə/, /ˈdʌɪ̯.sə/, /ˈdaɪ̯.səɹ/, /ˈdʌi̯.səɹ/, /ˈdəi̯.səɹ/ 1. A gambler who plays dice. 2. One who, or that which, dices (cuts into cubes); a tool for this purpose.
Word: dicers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dicer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Awadhi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Awadhi अवधी (avdhī). 1. Of or relating to Awadh in India.
Word: Awadhi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Awadhi अवधी (avdhī). 1. A native or inhabitant of Awadh in India.
Word: Awadhi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Awadhi अवधी (avdhī). 1. An Indo-Aryan language spoken in India and Nepal that is considered to be a part of the Eastern Hindi languages.
Word: hyperstimulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hyper- + stimulate. 1. To stimulate to an excessive degree; to cause hyperstimulation of. Labels: transitive 2. To undergo hyperstimulation. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: My concern (I'm sure others share this with me) is that your RE does not plan to monitor your ovaries' response to the Clomid. It's my understanding that we cysters are more inclined to hyperstimulate. I did last Clomid cycle and had to take a month off. Who knows if it's happened before? I went to 4 Drs. before I found one who did monitor me while on Clomid.