nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: retunding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of retund Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: retunds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of retund Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ingemination Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˌd͡ʒɛmɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. Repetition; reduplication; reiteration. Example: Even Chriſt himſelfe who is Amen, the faithfull witneſſe, and in whom all the promiſes of God are Yea and Amen, often coroborateth his divine Eſſayes and heavenly promiſes with that ſacred ingemination Amen, Amen; […] Example: Happiness with an echo or ingemination
Word: chalaziferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chalaza + -i- + -ferous. 1. Having or bearing chalazas. Example: chalaziferous layer Example: chalaziferous region
Word: phakoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phako- + -scope. 1. Alternative spelling of phacoscope. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: phakoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phakoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jogging bras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jogging bra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poind + -er. 1. The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder. Labels: Scotland Example: So Caius Gracchus defends the treasury from others' violence, whiles himself robbed it; so the poinder chafes and swears to see beasts in the corn, yet will pull up a stake, or cut a tether, to find supply for his pin-fold 2. One who distrains property. Labels: Scotland Example: The poinder no doubt is preferable at common law, because the assignment not being completed by intimation, the debtor continues still proprietor
Word: poinders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poinder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contradictious Part of Speech: adj 1. Filled with contradictions; contradicting; inconsistent. Labels: obsolete Example: The police prosecutor hammered at him and the bench had a go at him, and they commanded from him such a madhouse particularity between the distinctions of looking and seeing that Bradly was reduced to imbecility, and so contradictious were his mutterings that he was openly suspected of trying to shield that wretched tramp, whom Bradly would have gladly seen sunk in the bottomless pit reserved for snoopers. 2. Inclined to contradict or cavil. Labels: obsolete Example: If he had taken a contradictious tone on purpose to draw Mrs. Luna out, he could not have elicited more of the information he desired.
Word: submarshal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + marshal. 1. An under or deputy marshal.
Word: submarshals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of submarshal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cestoidean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Cestoidea + -an 1. One of the Cestoidea.
Word: cestoideans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cestoidean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ownerlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ownerless + -ness. 1. Quality of being ownerless. Labels: uncountable
Word: crotchetily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From crotchety + -ly. 1. In a crotchety manner.
Word: cypseliform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin cypselus (“a kind of swallow”), from Ancient Greek. 1. Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae, now known as the Apodidae.) Labels: obsolete
Word: Dover's powder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after English physician Thomas Dover (1660–1742). 1. A powder of ipecac and opium, formerly used to treat colds and fevers. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: Dover's powders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dover's powder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vodouist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voodooist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vodouists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vodouist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thunnies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thunny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thunny Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of tunny (a kind of fish). Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: voudou Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voodoo (religion) Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: voudou Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of voodoo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: luskish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lusk + -ish. 1. lazy Labels: obsolete Example: that lousie came / To luskish Athens
Word: vodun Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voodoo. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Protestantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Protestant + -ly. 1. Like a Protestant; in conformity with Protestantism. Example: To Protestants, therefore, whose common rule and touchstone is the Scripture, nothing can with more conscience, more equity, nothing more Protestantly can be permitted, than a free and lawful debate at all times by writing, conference, or disputation of what opinion soever, disputable by Scripture ; concluding that no man in religion is properly a heretic at this day, but he who maintains traditions or opinions not probable by Scripture, who for aught I know is the Papist only ; he the only heretic who counts all heretics but himself.
Word: equipendency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From equi- + pendency. 1. The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not being inclined or determined either way. Labels: uncountable Example: Wherefore, doubtless the will of man in the state of innocence had an entire freedom, a perfect equipendency and indifference to either part of the contradiction, to stand, or not to stand; to accept, or not accept the temptation. Example: Notwithstanding this, the feet fell, heel and sole together, flat upon the ground, and left it, for the air's uncharted ways, with manifest repugnancy. The arms were content to dangle, in perfect equipendency.
Word: stoloniferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stolon + -i- + -ferous. 1. Producing stolons or suckers. Example: stoloniferous plant
Word: crucigerous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin crux, crucis (“cross”) + -gerous. 1. Bearing a cross; marked with the figure of a cross. Labels: not-comparable Example: But not to look so high as Heaven or the single Quincunx of the Hyades upon the head of Taurus, the Triangle, and remarkable Crusero about the foot of the Centaur; observable rudiments there are hereof in subterraneous concretions, and bodies in the Earth; in the Gypsum or Talcum Rhomboides, in the Favaginites or honey-comb-stone, in the Asteria and Astroites, and in the crucigerous stone of S.Iago of Gallicia.
Word: prosopolepsies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prosopolepsy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prosopolepsy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reflecting New Latin combining forms: prosopo- + -lepsy; from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face, person”) + λῆψις (lêpsis, “taking, seizure”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈsəʊpəˌlɛpsi/ 1. a premature opinion or prejudice against a person, formed from external appearance Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Sclavic Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of Slavic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: misaffected Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mis- + affected. 1. lacking sympathy Labels: obsolete
Word: scolopacine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin scolopax (“a snipe”), from Ancient Greek σκολόπαξ (skolópax). 1. Of or relating to the Scolopacidae, or sandpipers. Labels: not-comparable 2. Or, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of sandpipers; sandpiper-like. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scolopacine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin scolopax (“a snipe”), from Ancient Greek σκολόπαξ (skolópax). 1. Any sandpiper of the family Scolopacidae, a scolopacid 2. Any sandpiper of the scolopacid subfamily Scolopacinae
Word: praisement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From praise + -ment. 1. appraisal (judging the value of something) Labels: obsolete
Word: praisements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of praisement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misadvisedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From misadvised + -ly. 1. In a misadvised manner.
Word: perishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Old French perissement. 1. The act of perishing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: To bestowe life is no perishemente but auantage.
Word: perishments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perishment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conchyliometry Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of conchometry. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: seedman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seed + -man. 1. Alternative form of seedsman. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Early in the century, Momma […] sold lunches to the sawmen in the lumberyard […] and the seedmen at the cotton gin […].
Word: seedmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seedman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alineation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of allineation. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: alineations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alineation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carnivoracity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oblique stem of Latin caro, carnis (“flesh, meat”) + -i- + voracity. 1. greedy appetite for meat Labels: humorous, obsolete, uncountable Example: April 18, 1730, Alexander Pope, letter to Mr. Gay Mr. Cleland always speaks of you: he is at Tunbridge, wondering at the superior carnivoracity of our friend: he plays now with the old Duchess, nay dines with her, after she has won all his money
Word: racistly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From racist + -ly. 1. In a racist manner. Example: However, cultural pluralism was rejected by many whites, who ethnocentrically and racistly affirmed the inherent superiority of their own group, and who maintained that accommodation between the races could be established only on the basis of dominance and submission. They demanded separateness, but not equality. Example: The only way that the world is ever going to be free is when the youth of this country moves with every principle of human respect and with every soft spot we have in our hearts for human life, in a fashion that lets the pig power structure know that when people are racistly and fascistically attacked, the youth will put a foot in their butts and make their blood chill.
Word: peckerhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pecker + head, from pecker (“penis”). 1. A dickhead: an unpleasant, stupid or mean person. Labels: US, derogatory Example: I dunno what this peckerhead thinks he's doin' but he's about to fall off that bridge.
Word: peckerhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From picker + head, alluding to the similarity between the terminal box on a motor and the rotating head of used to pick fruit. 1. An electric motor's terminal connection or wiring box. Labels: US
Word: tallitot Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tallit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tallises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tallis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coefficiencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coefficiency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coefficiency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + efficiency. 1. joint efficiency; cooperation Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Now the managing and carrying on of this work by the Spirits instrumental coefficiency requires , that they be kept together without distradion or dissipation
Word: Bialystok Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Białystok. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: high yellow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the golden-yellow skin tone of some multiracial people. "High" is usually considered a reference to a social class system in which skin color (and associated ancestries) is a major factor, placing those of lighter skin (with more white ancestry) at the top and those of darker skin at the bottom. 1. A black person with light skin with yellow undertones. Example: Being a light-skinned girl, you get called names. You get called 'lite-brite', you get called 'high yellow', 'redbone'.
Word: high yellow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: After the golden-yellow skin tone of some multiracial people. "High" is usually considered a reference to a social class system in which skin color (and associated ancestries) is a major factor, placing those of lighter skin (with more white ancestry) at the top and those of darker skin at the bottom. 1. Of a black person, having a light skin tone. Example: Now, you gonna get your little narrow, high yellow ass back into the theater and enjoy Soul Plane 2.
Word: cissexism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cis- + sexism or cissex(ual) + -ism. 1. Bias or prejudice favouring cisgender people; transphobia. Labels: uncountable Example: In that context where cissexism and cissupremacy are the oppressions in question, a cisgender woman would not count as a marginalized person.
Word: sarigue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French sarigue. 1. A small South American opossum (Philander opossum) with four white spots on the face.
Word: hagiographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hagiographic + -ally. 1. In the manner of a hagiography
Word: dig into Part of Speech: verb 1. To research a particular subject. Example: She is going to dig into Egyptian basket-weaving this semester. 2. To begin eating heartily. Example: Bobby really dug into his potatoes.
Word: moustached warbler Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird, Acrocephalus melanopogon.
Word: zweckrationalität Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Zweckrationalität. 1. Technical rationality; rationality in accordance with organizational demands instead of moral demands. Labels: uncountable Example: This thinking, supported by this array of heroes in bronze, can only further persuade people that whites may be masters of zweckrationalität—technical rationality—but are deficient in wertrationalität—basic human values.
Word: wertrationalität Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Wertrationalität. 1. Rationality in accordance with moral demands instead of organizational and technical demands. Labels: uncountable Example: This thinking, supported by this array of heroes in bronze, can only further persuade people that whites may be masters of zweckrationalität—technical rationality—but are deficient in wertrationalität—basic human values.
Word: introvertly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From introvert + -ly. 1. In the manner of an introvert
Word: HFFA Part of Speech: adj 1. Hot from far away (but ugly up close) Labels: informal Example: She’s not as sexy as you first think — you’ll see she’s just HFFA once you start talking to her.
Word: nosey parkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nosey parker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nosey parkers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nosey parker Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: raws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of raw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rehost Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + host. 1. To host again or anew. Labels: transitive
Word: rehosting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rehost Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rehosts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rehost Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rehosted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rehost Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pintable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pin + table. 1. A pinball table.
Word: pintables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pintable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hapke parameter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after astronomer Bruce Hapke. 1. Any of a set of parameters for a quasi-experimental model used to describe the directional reflectance properties of the airless regolith surfaces of bodies in the Solar System.
Word: Dahlesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Dahl + -esque. Pronunciation: /dɑːlˈɛsk/ 1. In the style of Roald Dahl (1916–1990), British novelist, whose children's books are characterized by black humor and grotesque villains. Example: The origins of the loathsome Dursleys come directly from snobbish Dahlesque caricatures of people of limited culture and intelligence. Example: From 1948 to 1953 Dahl began to publish stories that will forever associate his name with dark humour, dark characters and death. Eventually giving rise to a new adjective ‘Dahlesque’, now used by readers and critics to convey the nature of new works that share these qualities…
Word: operous Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of operose. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: blenk Part of Speech: verb 1. To blink, shine, or look. Labels: obsolete
Word: hobbitses Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the common use of this plural by Gollum in the fictional works by J. R. R. Tolkien. 1. plural of hobbit Labels: form-of, humorous, nonstandard, plural
Word: wonings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of woning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sexposition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of sex + exposition, coined in 2011 by Myles McNutt to describe the numerous scenes in the fantasy TV series Game of Thrones in which characters talk while they have sex with prostitutes or watch them having sex. 1. (The practice of providing) exposition against a backdrop of sex or nudity. Labels: uncountable Example: There were similar grumbles about season GAME OF THRONES eps, but it always had the Dinklage turning in reportedly great performances--including a redefinition of, ahem, "SLAPschtick"--and its infamous sexposition[…]
Word: perichondritides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perichondritis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perichondritis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See perichondrium and -itis. 1. inflammation of the perichondrium Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: togated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin togatus, from toga (“a toga”). 1. Dressed in a toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned. Labels: not-comparable Example: And now, I suppose, my Striplings are formally clad, and togated, newly arrived at the Vniversities
Word: plantule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French plantule, diminutive of plante (“a plant”), Latin planta. 1. The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination; a seedling. Labels: dated
Word: plantules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plantule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Germanish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German + -ish. Compare Dutch Germaans (“Germanic”), German germanisch (“Germanic”), Swedish germansk (“Germanic”). 1. Germanic. Example: [...] till at last it wrote in a Germanish hand, with the m's and the r's and the l's all exactly alike, [...] Example: The new Italian Roman Empire and the new germanish-German Reich are actually the oldest of presences. 2. German. Example: "What's dis about Peggy readin Germanish books? Sure she can't understand the Germanish language," he said in an irreverent, mocking tone. 3. Of, like, or resembling anything German; German-like; somewhat German. Example: […] at everyone in uniform, and stole anything Germanish that they could pry loose. Example: He had a grand stage presence, a voice noble in quality and in volume, a fine dramatic style of singing, with tragic power, and humor, too, although these were rather Germanish; […]
Word: German-like Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German + -like. 1. Like or resembling the German people, their language, or their culture; Germanish.
Word: Germanlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German + -like. 1. Alternative form of German-like. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nocturnal penile tumescence Part of Speech: noun 1. An erection during sleep or on waking up.
Word: Ranterism Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ranter + -ism. 1. The practice or beliefs of the Ranters. Labels: historical
Word: Ranter Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of an alleged sect in the time of the English Commonwealth (1649–1660) who were regarded as heretical by the established church. Labels: historical 2. One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervour and zeal. Labels: derogatory, historical
Word: Ranters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ranter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perispore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peri- + spore. 1. The outer covering of a spore.
Word: perispores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perispore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cockerney Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Imitative of cockney pronunciation, with epenthesis. 1. Pronunciation spelling of cockney. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: His finest creation, cockerney geeza Lee Nelson, is worth the price of admission on his own.
Word: cockerney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of cockney pronunciation, with epenthesis. 1. Pronunciation spelling of cockney. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: I told her I'm a Cockerney. Her uncle is a sailor too.
Word: Cockerney Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Imitative of cockney pronunciation. 1. Pronunciation spelling of Cockney. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: Cockerney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of cockney pronunciation. 1. Pronunciation spelling of Cockney. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: I told her I'm a Cockerney. Her uncle is a sailor too.
Word: xats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: honour killings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of honour killing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mazologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mazology + -ist. 1. One versed in mazology; a mammalogist. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: There is an animal (though I cannot agree in calling it a species of the Walrus, as some mazologists have done,) called the manati or sea-ape[…] Example: […]the two most eminent mazologists of antiquity are Aristotle and Pliny;[…]
Word: mazologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mazologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chimney corner Part of Speech: noun 1. The side of an open fireplace or hearth in a home, traditionally thought of as a place for the old or unwell; an inglenook. Example: It is meere injuſtice to ſee an old, crazed, ſinnowe-ſhronken, and nigh-dead father ſitting alone in a chimnie-corner, to enjoy ſo many goods as would ſuffice for the preferment and entertainment of many children, and in the meane while, for want of meanes, to ſuffer them to looſe their beſt daies and yeares, without thruſting them into publike ſervice and knowledge of men;[…]. Example: “I see a vacant scat,” replied the Ghost, “in the poor chimney corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved.[…]”
Word: chimney corners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chimney corner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gascoine Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of Gascon. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: altisonous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin altisonus. 1. Alternative form of altisonant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: athermancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See athermanous. 1. Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat; the quality of being a good insulator. Labels: uncountable Example: In fact the very experiments devised to show conductivity proved in a very striking manner the existence of athermancy, or opacity to radiant heat, in the case of a considerable number of gases.
Word: manid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Manis + -id or from Manidae. Pronunciation: /ˈmænɪd/ 1. pangolin
Word: manids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hurds Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See hards. 1. Alternative form of hards. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sycoceryl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σῦκον (sûkon, “a fig”) + κηρός (kērós, “wax”) + -yl. 1. A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig. Labels: uncountable
Word: pionies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piony Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of peony. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: anthropomorphitic Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of anthropomorphic. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Anthropomorphitic phrases are found throughout the whole Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments.
Word: discriminateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From discriminate + -ness. 1. The state of being discriminated; distinctness. Labels: uncountable
Word: cognoscence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cognoscentia, from cognōscere (“to know”). See also cognizance. By surface analysis, co- + Latin gnōsc(ere) + -ence. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɡnəsəns/ 1. Cognizance (awareness). Labels: uncountable Example: Beſides, there being that communication betwixt the Earth and the Aire, that at leaſt the fame of things will arrive to their cognoſcence that have left this life; […]
Word: unthriftiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of unthrifty: most unthrifty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: hard by Part of Speech: adv 1. nearby; in close proximity. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: He attendeth here hard by, To know your answer, whether you'll admit him. Example: So the Comptroller and I thence to a tavern hard by, and there did agree upon drawing up some letters to be sent to all the pursers and Clerks of the Cheques to make up their accounts.
Word: hard by Part of Speech: prep 1. Close to; near; in proximity to; next to. Labels: dated Example: He was laid to rest hard by the same church where he was once baptised. Example: In a bar hard by P. P. Layouts, Richard Hnatt sat sipping a Tequila Sour.
Word: chess-apple Part of Speech: noun 1. The wild service tree of Europe (Sorbus torminalis). Labels: archaic
Word: spendthrifty Part of Speech: adj 1. spendthrift; prodigal
Word: convallamarin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Convallaria + Latin amarus (“bitter”). 1. A poisonous glucoside extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) Labels: uncountable
Word: balloonfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From balloon + fish. 1. The pufferfish; blowfish
Word: balloonfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of balloonfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pineaster Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of pinaster. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: pineasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pineaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haemachrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From haema- + -chrome. 1. hematin Labels: uncountable
Word: significatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin significatorius. 1. significant; meaningful; having signification
Word: revie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + vie. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈvaɪ/ 1. To vie with, or rival, in return. Labels: obsolete 2. To exceed an adversary's wager in a card game. Labels: obsolete Example: here's a trick vied and revied! 3. To make a retort; to bandy words. Labels: obsolete
Word: revied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of revie Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: revies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of revie Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: revying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of revie Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nodated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin nodatus, past participle of nodare (“to make knotty”), from nodus (“knot”). See node. 1. knotted Example: The more abundant in the material right valves were always more nodated than the left ones thus only left valves were taken into consideration . 2. Crossing itself. Example: Form A to b or B to b, along the circular arc (see fig. 4), the paths of a series of points will give a gradation of symmetrical double nodated figures between the arc of a circle and the cuspidated tirangular figure. This is the first or finite series of symmetrical double nodated lines.
Word: fumage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French fumage, fumaige, from Latin fumus (“smoke”). Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːmɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Hearth tax. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: As early as the conquest mention is made in domesday book of fumage or fuage, vulgarly called smoke farthings; which were paid by custom to the king for every chimney in the house Example: A FUMAGE, or tax of smoke farthings, or hearth tax, a kind of tax usually to be found among the fiscal traditions of communities in remote times, ranges among those of the Anglo-Saxon period. Such a tax is mentioned subsequently in Domesday Book. 2. A surrealist art technique, devised by Wolfgang Paalen, in which impressions are made by the smoke of a candle or kerosene lamp on a piece of paper or canvas. Labels: uncountable Example: 2013, Whitney Sherman, Playing with Sketches, The Quarto Group (Rockport Publishers), page 32, Fumage is not a frequently used drawing technique, but when used it can produce a subtle and mysterious effect. One notable twentieth-century fumage artist was banker Hugh Parker Guiler, spouse of diarist Anaïs Nin.
Word: steganopod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek στεγανός (steganós, “cover, roof”) + -pod. 1. Any of the Steganopodes, a former suborder of birds having four toes webbed together. Labels: obsolete
Word: steganopods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of steganopod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subterrestrial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + terrestrial. 1. Under the earth; subterranean. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subterrestrial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + terrestrial. 1. Someone who lives under the earth.
Word: antimason Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + mason. 1. One who opposes Freemasonry.
Word: antimasons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antimason Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peristeropodous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek περιστερά (peristerá, “pigeon”) + -podous. 1. Having feet like those of a pigeon; said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, such as curassows and megapodes. Labels: archaic
Word: fouthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fouth (“abundance, fullness, plenty”) + -y. 1. Ample; plentiful; free in giving; generous; hospitable. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal 2. Having the appearance of fulness; full-looking. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: miltwaste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milt + waste. 1. Any of species (Asplenium ceterach) of small European ferns formerly used in medicine. Labels: archaic Example: a species which is now rather inconsistently made the type of a genus bearing this last name of "Ceterach," while another set of plants, in no respect resembling a spleen, are called Spleenworts, and Miltwastes.
Word: realizingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English realizing Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English realizingly From realizing + -ly. 1. So as to make real, or to impress on the mind as a reality.
Word: cestraciont Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek κέστρα (késtra, “hammer; a kind of fish”) + κίων (kíōn, “pillar; uvula; nasal septum”). 1. Any shark historically placed in the genus Cestracion, now in Heterodontus (bullheads, and the horn shark and Port Jackson shark), Sphyrna (certain hammerheads), and Eusphyrna (winghead shark). Labels: archaic
Word: phocenic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek φώκαινα (phṓkaina, “porpoise”). 1. valeric acid Labels: uncountable
Word: full-looking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From full + looking. 1. Looking or appearing full. Example: To create a full-looking wreath, slide the knots close together.
Word: mammology Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mammalogy (“study of mammals”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete, proscribed, uncountable
Word: mammology Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of mastology (“study of breasts”). Labels: uncommon, uncountable
Word: disdiapason Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + diapason. 1. An interval of two octaves
Word: disdiapasons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disdiapason Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perigraph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peri- + -graph. 1. An instrument for measuring a person's ability to flex the neck and limbs. Labels: dated 2. A careless or inaccurate delineation of anything. Labels: rare
Word: perigraphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perigraph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrolat Part of Speech: noun 1. An aromatic hydrosol, especially one made by steam distillation of a plant extract
Word: hydrolats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrolat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: afterset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From after- + set. 1. That which is positioned after or behind. Example: Mnemonically and semantically, an afterset consists of all those elements which can correctly be written after a given element, a foreset of those which can correctly be written before it. 2. A set or stage which is located behind another; a film industry lounge. Example: They were led to a suite in the back of the building where they could relax and mingle before the afterset. A group of industry people were already waiting inside the room. Example: But then they had to prove me wrong 'Cause later on that night after we did the show We went back to the afterset and wouldn't ya know Yeah, Bloods and Crips start scrappin' and shootin' [...]
Word: afterset Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From after- + set. 1. Pertaining to an object or material state (such as concrete, paint, moulding, etc) after it has set. Labels: not-comparable Example: Their use avoids the necessity of drilling into the floor duct at each point where a floor outlet is desired, in order to place an afterset insert.
Word: peacher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peach + -er. 1. One who peaches or informs on another; an informer. Labels: dated Example: Named Appellatores, (accusers or pechers of others yt were giltles).
Word: peachers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peacher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gecarcinian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gecarcinus + -ian. 1. A land crab of the genus Gecarcinus or allied genera, as in family Gecarcinidae.
Word: gecarcinians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gecarcinian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amerciament Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Medieval Latin amerciamentum, from amerciari + -amentum, learned Latinization of Anglo-Norman amercier + -ment, from Old French à merci. 1. Alternative form of amercement. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: amerciaments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amerciament Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disinflame Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + inflame. 1. To divest of flame or ardour. Example: O Lycians , why are your hot spirits so quickly disinflamed? Example: The impossibility of obtaining more will disinflame you , and we shall be, then, a beautiful and honest exception of folks liking without loving each other , and soon you shall feel only the sweetness of a friendship so pure, therefore so durable. 2. To reduce inflammation (in). Example: In many instances simple manipulation, a steroid injection to disinflame the affected area, or some other maneuver is suficient for most soft-tissue injuries. Example: Treatment then may be needed to disinflame the scar, or to get rid of the chaotically formed scar, by deep cross-fiber massage or manipulative rupture ( Ombregt et al ibid) .
Word: disinflamed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disinflame Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disinflames Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disinflame Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disinflaming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disinflame Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: atstand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English atstonden, etstonden, ætstanden, from Old English ætstandan (“to stand still, stand at, stand near, stand in, stand by, stop, rest, stay, remain, stand up, check, resist, cease, blight (crops)”), equivalent to at- + stand. Conflated in some senses with Middle English anstanden (“to resist”). See astand. 1. To stand still; remain; stay. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 2. To come to a standstill; stop. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 3. To make a hostile stand; resist; withstand. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 4. To stand to; withstand; resist; stand close to; press. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: atsake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English atsaken, ætsaken, from Old English ætsacan (“to deny, disown, abjure, renounce”), equivalent to at- + sake. 1. To deny. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 2. To deny; abjure; renounce. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: atscape Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From at- + scape (“to escape”), perhaps modelled after Middle English atscheaken ("to escape"; see atshake). More at ascape, escape. 1. To escape. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete, rare
Word: Colbert bump Part of Speech: name 1. A spike in a politician's popularity following an appearance with, or promotion by the comedian Stephen Colbert. Labels: US, idiomatic, informal
Word: barbastel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of barbastelle (“type of bat”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: barbastels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barbastel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sarcophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sarco- + -phile. 1. A carnivorous marsupial, especially of genus Sarcophilus Labels: dated
Word: sarcophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sarcophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pucherite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Pucher + -ite, named after a mine in Saxony. 1. vanadate of bismuth, occurring in minute reddish-brown crystals Labels: uncountable
Word: atshake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English atscheaken, atsceken, equivalent to at- + shake. Compare ashake. 1. To flee away; escape. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete, rare
Word: flickermouse Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of flittermouse. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: sericteria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sericterium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sericterium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Latin sericterium, from Ancient Greek σηρικόν (sērikón, “silk”). 1. A silk gland, as in the silkworms.
Word: atshoot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English atschoten, ætscheoten, from Old English ætscēotan (“to escape, disappear”), equivalent to at- + shoot. Compare Dutch ontschieten (“to slip from, forget”), German entschiessen. 1. To shoot away; shoot away from. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete
Word: apostemes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aposteme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apostume Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of aposteme. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: apostumes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apostume Labels: form-of, plural
Word: physopod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From physo- + -pod. 1. One of the Thysanoptera (syn. Physopoda); a thrips.
Word: physopods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of physopod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: endamnified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of endamnify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: endamnify Part of Speech: verb 1. To hurt; to damn. Labels: transitive Example: those who hired the fishing of that lake adjoyning, were endamnified much by the violent breaking in of the leas
Word: mestizaje Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish mestizaje. 1. The postrevolutionary construction of a modern Mexican national identity. Labels: uncountable
Word: clear one's lines Part of Speech: verb 1. To clear the ball away from a dangerous position. Labels: idiomatic Example: The Canaries went ahead when the home defence failed to clear their lines and Pilkington was on hand to slide in his eighth goal of the campaign.
Word: amphigories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amphigory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amphigory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French amphigouri, of uncertain derivation; perhaps from Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí) + γῦρος (gûros, “circle”) or -αγορία (-agoría, “speech”). Pronunciation: /ˈæm.fɪ.ɡɔ.ɹi/ 1. A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, which is meaningless despite possibly appearing to have meaning. Example: There is always a danger that a poet, in search after the infinitely ingenious, may lapse into amphigory, into sheer absurdity and triviality, which Cowper, in spite of his elegant lightness, does not always escape. Example: Greenberg answered with the same sort of polite amphigory the cosmic linguist had selected. “I have long wished for the boon of experiencing in person the scholarly aura of Dr. Ftaeml, but I had never dared let the wish blossom into hope. Your servant and pupil, sir.”
Word: odontogeny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From odonto- (root of Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) + root of Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be born”). Compare French odontogénie. 1. The generation, or mode of development, of the teeth. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: pistachioes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pistachio Labels: dated, form-of, plural
Word: ganil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. A kind of brittle limestone. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable Example: Here [in Pure limes] may be included stalactites , marble , limestone , chalk , zufa , ganil
Word: atsit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English atsitten, ætsitten, from Old English ætsittan (“to sit by, remain, stay, wait”), equivalent to at- + sit. See also asit. 1. To remain sitting; stay; abide. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 2. To sit against; withstand; disobey. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: choristic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kɔːˈɹɪstɪk/ 1. choral; relating to a choir
Word: counterprove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From counter- + prove. 1. To take a counterproof of. Labels: transitive
Word: counterproved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of counterprove Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: counterproves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of counterprove Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: counterproving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of counterprove Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: semicubical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + cubical. 1. Of or relating to the square root of the cube of a quantity. Labels: not-comparable Example: semicubical homotopy Example: semicubical map
Word: atslike Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English atsliken, ætsliken, equivalent to at- + slike. Compare German entschleichen. 1. To slip away. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: emyd Part of Speech: noun 1. Any freshwater tortoise of the family Emydidae.
Word: emyds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emyd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cosureties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cosurety Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cosurety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + surety. 1. someone who is surety with another. Labels: archaic
Word: boraginaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Boraginaceae + -ous 1. Of, relating to, or resembling the Boraginaceae, a plant family which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many other pestiferous plants.
Word: readept Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + Latin adeptus, past participle of adipisci (“to obtain”). 1. To regain; to recover. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Henrie the sixt had by their means readepted the kingdome
Word: readepted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of readept Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: readepting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of readept Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: readepts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of readept Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sombrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French sombre + -ous. Compare Spanish sombroso. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒmbɹəs/ 1. Gloomy; sombre. Example: Before me rose an avenue / Of tall and sombrous pines; / Abroad their fan-like branches grew, / And, where the sunshine darted through, / Spread a vapor soft and blue, / In long and sloping lines. Example: It was some time before my eyes became used to its artificial dusk, and I could make out the different animals leading their sombrous lives behind the glass by the light of a pale moon.
Word: ringbird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ring + bird, because of its collar of white feathers. 1. The reed bunting. Labels: obsolete
Word: ringbirds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ringbird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phyma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek φῦμα (phûma). 1. A tubercle, tumor, or abscess on any external part of the body. Labels: obsolete
Word: phymata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phyma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phymas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phyma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: precrural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + crural. 1. Situated in front of the leg or thigh. Labels: not-comparable Example: the precrural glands of the horse
Word: funeralist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From funeral + -ist. 1. A funeral director; one who arranges a funeral, often after preparing a body for it. Labels: rare Example: I am not here to fulfil the office of his funeralist, his biographer, or his eulogist. These duties either have been or will be discharged by others. I am here only as the interpreter of his monument. Example: Preparations went on apace, and the great day dawned, clear and sunshiny as the most enthusiastic funeralist could desire.
Word: funeralists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of funeralist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: purprise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French porpris, from porprendre (“to take away entirely”); por- (“for”) + prendre (“to take”). Pronunciation: /pə(ɹ)ˈpɹaɪz/ 1. An enclosed space, such as the land within the borders of a manor. Labels: obsolete Example: The place of justice is an hallowed place ; and therefore , not only the bench , but the foot – pace and precincts , and purprise thereof , ought to be preserved without scandal and corruption
Word: purprises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of purprise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pronunciative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin pronunciativus. 1. Of or relating to pronunciation. Example: The letter y has the same pronunciative value as i, and can always be substituted by i. 2. Uttering confidently; dogmatical. Labels: obsolete Example: the confident and pronunciative School of Aristotle 3. Pertaining to making pronouncements; declamatory. Example: Such a judge is not an authoritative judge, but pronunciative only; neither can he make law, but declare it, without any negative voice. 4. The mood of a verb that implies a pronouncement or assertion. Example: It would probably be the most logical course to treat of the adjunctive genus first (as it, generally speaking, keeps closer to the root than the sejunctive one) both in its pronunciative and its imperative mood; and then deal with the sejunctive in both moods.
Word: cherup Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of chirrup. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: cherup Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of chirrup. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Those with sweet water oft her handmaid fills, Which, as she went, would cherup through the bills.
Word: cherups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cherup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cheruped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cherup Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cheruping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cherup Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cherupping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cherup Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cherupped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cherup Labels: form-of, participle, past