nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: teletype Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + type (“text, typewriter”), q.v. In the United States, chiefly understood as a genericization of the Morkrum or Teletype Corporation's branded teletype machines. Doublet of telotype. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛlɪˌtaɪp/ 1. To use a teletype. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: take the rap Part of Speech: verb 1. To be blamed or punished for something, especially for the wrongful actions of another; to willingly allow oneself to be so blamed or punished. Labels: idiomatic, slang
Word: telium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin telium, from Ancient Greek τέλειος (téleios) + Latin -ium, from τέλος (télos). 1. A sorus, in the form of a pustule, in the tissue of plants infected with rust fungi.
Word: sorus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin sōrus, from Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós, “heap”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːɹəs/ 1. Any reproductive structure, in some lichens and fungi, that produces spores. 2. A cluster of sporangia on the edge or underside of a fern frond. Example: AGLAOMORPHIA, [...] Sori non-indusiate, rotundate, [...] Fronds coriaceous, dimorphous, the sterile sessile querciform, brown rigid; [...]
Word: algarrobo Part of Speech: noun 1. carob (Ceratonia gen. et spp.)
Word: cryopyrin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κρῠ́ος (krŭ́os)lbor. English cryo- English pyrin English cryopyrin From cryo- + pyrin. 1. A nucleotide-binding and leucin-rich protein which activates the inflammasome in response to toxins. Labels: uncountable
Word: dystonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin dystonia, from German Dystonie. By surface analysis, dys- + -tonia. Pronunciation: /dɪˈstəʊnɪə/ 1. A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In one type of vocal dystonia called lingual protrusion dystonia, a person’s tongue can protrude when they try to speak, strangling their words.
Word: haemorrhaging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of haemorrhage Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: haemorrhaging Part of Speech: noun 1. bleeding
Word: neuropil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably an abbreviation of obsolete neuropilema, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) + πίλημα (pílēma, “felt”); or neuro- + Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos, “hair”). 1. A fibrous network of nervous tissue that forms the gray matter of the brain
Word: Trina Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Katrina, from Ancient Greek.
Word: haemorrhagings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haemorrhaging Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pelican flowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pelican flower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gutnish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Swedish gotländsk (“from Gotland”). Equivalent to Got(land) + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈɡuːt.nɪʃ/, /ˈɡut.nɪʃ/ 1. The native language of the island of Gotland in present-day Sweden, used both as a spoken and written language until late medieval times.
Word: vernier caliper Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of sliding calipers for measuring the external or internal dimensions of objects, using the vernier scale for improved precision.
Word: acro Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of acrobatic. 1. Combining acrobatic elements with something else. Labels: not-comparable
Word: acro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of acrobatic. 1. Acrobatic gymnastics. Labels: uncountable
Word: acro Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of acrow. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: acro Part of Speech: noun 1. A warbler of the genus Acrocephalus. Labels: informal
Word: toeprinting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toe + printing, on the model of DNA footprinting. 1. the use of primer extension inhibition to examine formation of the translational initiation complex, autogenous regulation of gene expression, and to map the boundaries of mRNA-associated complexes Labels: uncountable
Word: Angevin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French angevin. 1. Of, from or relating to Anjou, a former province of France (previously a county, duchy and the associated House of Anjou), now part of the administrative regions of Pays de la Loire, Centre-Val de Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Labels: historical
Word: Angevin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French angevin. 1. A native or inhabitant of Anjou. Labels: historical 2. A native or inhabitant of Angers.
Word: raquet Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of racquet. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: rumbles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rumble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rumbles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rumble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resounds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resound Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mystifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mystify + -er. 1. A person who obscures or muddles information, making something appear to be a mystery. 2. A situation that is puzzling, or mystifying
Word: Wookiees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Wookiee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: punk rockers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of punk rocker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyc Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /saɪk/ 1. Clipping of cyclorama. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: sacciform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek σᾰ́κκος (sắkkos)bor. Latin saccus English -i- Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmisder. English -form English sacciform From Latin saccus + English -i- + -form. 1. Resembling a pouch 2. Having the form of a sac
Word: carmagnole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 18th-century, borrowed from French carmagnole, named after Carmagnole, the French name of the northwestern Italian town of Carmagnola. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑːmənˈjəʊl/, /ˈkɑɹmənˌjoʊl/ 1. A popular Red Republican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution. Labels: historical Example: dancing a devil's dance to the diabolical music of the carmagnole 2. A short jacket, fashionable during the French Revolution, with short skirts, a broad collar and lapels, and several rows of buttons. Labels: historical
Word: limit cycle Part of Speech: noun 1. A closed trajectory in phase space of a dynamical system having the property that at least one other trajectory spirals into it either as time approaches infinity or as time approaches minus-infinity.
Word: curber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From curb (verb) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkəːbə/ 1. Someone or something which curbs. Example: [T]hey required him as a safeguard against the demon and a curber of other people's crimes.
Word: curber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English curb Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English curber From curb (noun) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkəːbə/ 1. A type of thief who used a ‘curb’ or hooked pole to steal things through open windows. Labels: historical, slang Example: Night was the natural time for the curber’s activities and striking up an acquaintance with a serving maid was an invaluable way of getting a window left open or learning the exact layout of the rooms in the house.
Word: jobation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English jobe Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English jobation From jobe + -ation. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəʊˈbeɪʃən/ 1. An extensive rebuke or telling-off; a long criticism or admonitory lecture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Better a jobation tonight than everlasting talk tomorrow.
Word: graticule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French graticule, from Medieval Latin grātīcula, from Latin crāticula (“grating, grill”), from crātis (“hurdle; wickerwork”) (probably from Proto-Indo-European *kréh₂-tis (“fenced handiwork”)) + -cula (feminine form of -culus, a variant of -ulus (“diminutive suffix”)). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹætɪkjuːl/, /ˈɡɹætəˌkjul/, [-ɾə-] 1. A grid of horizontal and vertical lines; specifically, one used as a guide to proportionately enlarge or reduce a drawing. 2. A grid of horizontal and vertical lines; specifically, one used as a guide to proportionately enlarge or reduce a drawing. Labels: UK 3. A (nearly) rectangular or square region created by a grid of horizontal and vertical lines. Labels: broadly
Word: relooking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of relook Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hakim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindustani حکیم / हकीम (hakīm), from Classical Persian حکیم (hakīm), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, “wise, learned”). 1. A doctor, usually practicing traditional medicine. Labels: South-Asia Example: The second speaks of naturall Philosophy or Physick, and is studyed by the Hackeams or Physitians […] Example: I went up to them, and they said, ‘We hear that you are a hakim, who has done great things.’
Word: hakim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Classical Persian حاکم (hākim), from Arabic حَاكِم (ḥākim). 1. A judge or governor in Islamic India. Labels: historical
Word: supercherie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French supercherie, itself borrowed from Italian soperchieria. Pronunciation: /suːˌpɛ(ɹ)ʃəˈɹiː/ 1. Foul play; an attack made by deceit. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: it is a Superchiery,[…] as being wel armed, to charge a man who hath but a piece of a sword, or being sound and strong, to set upon a man sore hurt. 2. Deception, deceit; an instance of fraud. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We[…]should certainly deny to any teacher of morals, in any age, who resorted to such ‘supercherie’ and charlatanism, any very high place among the instructors and benefactors of mankind. Example: According to France's foreign minister, the British foreign secretary is guilty of perpetrating a supercherie.
Word: zoophily Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + -phily. Piecewise doublet of zoophilia. 1. pollination by animals Labels: uncountable
Word: contracter Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of contractor. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: An apparent Heir in Process ad deliberandum is not in the Case of a Contracter with Creditors, but is only when entred a quasi Contracter: […]
Word: Schwimmer Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree German schwimmen German -er German Schwimmerbor. English Schwimmer Borrowed from German Schwimmer. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Wimbleware Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Wimbledon + Edgware (from Edgware Road) Pronunciation: /ˈwɪm.bl̩ˌweə(ɹ)/ 1. The Wimbledon to Edgware Road service on the London Underground's District Line. Labels: informal
Word: zeitgebers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zeitgeber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abgeschmackt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from German abgeschmackt. 1. Outrageous; tasteless. Example: The Buddha and Mohammed and their companions and many Christian saints are incrusted with a heavy jewellery of anecdotes which are meant to be honorific, but are simply abgeschmackt and silly, and form a touching expression of man's misguided propensity to praise. Example: The play, which did not have a success, has a dark, vibrant beauty of its own; it recalls Pirandello, and the abgeschmackt post-war German drama.
Word: theopathic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From theo- + -pathic. Pronunciation: /ˌθiːə(ʊ)ˈpæθɪk/, /ˌθiəˈpæθɪk/ 1. Sensitive to divine influence; being profoundly affected by ideas of godly origin. Example: There is no English name for such a sweet excess of devotion, so I will refer to it as a theopathic condition.
Word: them's the facts Part of Speech: phrase 1. Those are the facts, that's the truth, that's how it is. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: The boy was left with Bob Yancy mainly because nobody else would take him. Them's the facts. Now go on! Example: ‘Them’s the facts!’ said Brown, taking little trouble to hide his contempt for anyone so stupid as not to understand. ‘The orficers were killed. Couldn’t see it with me own glims ’cos I couldn’t be everywhere at once. But they was dead all right.’
Word: raquetball Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of racquetball. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: racketball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From racket + ball. 1. Alternative spelling of racquetball. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: pinguin Part of Speech: noun 1. Bromelia pinguin, a plant with edible fruit.
Word: pinguin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɛŋ.ɡwɪn/, /ˈpɪŋ.ɡwɪn/ 1. Alternative form of penguin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, obsolete
Word: replay attacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of replay attack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superceding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of supercede: misspelling of superseding. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: 2-8-8-2s Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 2-8-8-2 Labels: form-of, plural
Word: immortalise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From immortal + -ise. Perhaps modelled on Middle French immortaliser. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɔː(ɹ).təˌlaɪz/ 1. To give unending life to, to make immortal. Example: The meek intelligence of thoſe dear eyes / (Bleſt be the art that can immortalize, / The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim / To quench it) here ſhines on me ſtill the ſame. 2. To make eternally famous. Example: His heroic deeds were immortalised in song and tale. Example: There is a local rhyme which says: Culbone, Oare and Stoke Pero Are three such places as you seldom hear o'. Stoke Pero and Culbone are equally remote hamlets, respectively 5 miles south-east and 2½ miles east of Oare, a village of which few would have heard had not Blackmore [(R. D. Blackmore)] immortalised it.
Word: epimutation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epi- + mutation; compare epigenetic. Pronunciation: [ɛpɪmjuˈteɪʃən] 1. A heritable change in gene expression that does not affect the actual base pair sequence of DNA. Example: The first sign of cellular abnormality in some tumors is an epimutation—a change in heritable chromatin marks, such as an increase or decrease in the density of DNA methylation.
Word: CNT Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of carbon nanotube. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: firr Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of fir. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: epigenotype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epi- + genotype; compare epigenetic. 1. The stable pattern of gene expression that is outside the actual base pair sequence of DNA.
Word: epigenotype Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From epi- + genotype; compare epigenetic. 1. To analyse or document such genotypes.
Word: millimètre Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of millimetre. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: The patient was a little girl, who, after juxta-epiphysary osteitis of the tibia, presented, with an anchylosed knee, a shortening of 24 millimètres. An application of Vienna paste, and afterwards Canquoin’s was made over the front of the tibia; three months afterwards the shortening was only 11 millimètres.
Word: rat running Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rat run Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exercisable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin exerceō Latin exercitiumder. Old French exercisebor. Middle English exercise English exercise Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English exercisable From exercise + -able. 1. Capable of being exercised. Labels: not-comparable Example: an exercisable legal power
Word: libertinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English libertine Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English libertinism From libertine + -ism. 1. A lifestyle or pattern of behavior characterized by self-indulgence and lack of restraint, especially one involving sexual promiscuity and rejection of religious or other moral authority. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [T]he lord made a boaſt of his libertiniſm, and frequently avowed that he held all women to be fair game (as his lordſhip ſtyled this pretty ſport), and that they were all, without exception, to be won. Example: Instead of being a hardy body of "monk-knights," […] they led a life of luxury and libertinism, and were to be found in the most voluptuous courts of Europe.
Word: confluxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conflux Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eutherians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eutherian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: verdictive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English verdict Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English verdictive From verdict + -ive. 1. Having the illocutionary force of issuing a judgment.
Word: verdictive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English verdict Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English verdictive From verdict + -ive. 1. A speech act whereby a judgment is issued. Example: Verdictives consist in the delivering of a finding, official or unofficial, upon evidence or reasons as to value or fact […]
Word: verdictives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of verdictive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goodman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English godeman, equivalent to good + man. 1. A familiar appellation of civility for a man. Labels: Scotland, archaic 2. A husband; the master of a house or family. Labels: Scotland, historical Example: Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey. Example: ‘The gudeman,—he's done with t' paper, and you'll keep it for good and all.’
Word: topgallant Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /tɒpˈɡælənt/, /təˈɡælənt/ 1. Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast. Example: the topgallant yards, braces, etc. 2. Of the most superior quality; the best of its kind. Example: The consciences of top-gallant sparks. Example: Delight, — top-gallant delight is to him, who acknowledges no law or lord, but the Lord his God, and is only a patriot to heaven.
Word: topgallant Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɒpˈɡælənt/, /təˈɡælənt/ 1. The sail suspended from the topmost section of a mast. 2. The topmost section of a mast; topgallant mast. 3. Anything elevated or splendid.
Word: disfranchisement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English disfranchise Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English disfranchisement From disfranchise + -ment. 1. The act of disfranchising. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The deprivation of the privileges and immunities of citizenship. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: goodish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd. Proto-Germanic *gōdaz Proto-West Germanic *gōd Old English gōd Middle English good English good Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English goodish From good + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊdɪʃ/ 1. Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable. Labels: not-comparable Example: I heard him speak, and he had a goodish accent, as of a clerk or shopwalker. 2. Considerable; goodly. Labels: not-comparable Example: The white rock, visible enough above the brush, was still some eighth of a mile further down the spit, and it took me a goodish while to get up with it, crawling, often on all fours, among the scrub.
Word: copartnership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From copartner + -ship or co- + partnership. 1. The state of being a copartner or of having a joint interest in any matter. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A partnership or firm. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: federative Part of Speech: adj 1. Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy, a federation; federal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chast Part of Speech: verb 1. to chasten Labels: obsolete
Word: chast Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of chaste. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: aguardiente Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish agua Latin ardentem Spanish ardiente blend Spanish aguardientebor. English aguardiente Borrowed from Spanish aguardiente. Pronunciation: /ˌɑɡwɑɹˈdjɛnteɪ/, /-diˈɛn-/, /-ti/ 1. A kind of brandy made in Spain and Portugal. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: assertor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English assert Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English assertor From assert + -or. 1. One who asserts or avers. Example: [N]o waver in Judgment, have I, though Gods mercy, ever been; but a conſtant aſſertor of, and ſufferer for my ſatisfiedneſs in, and adheſion to, the piety and probity of my breeding and belief, vvhich vvas ever, yet is, and I hope, through Gods grace, to death ſhall be, in point of Religion according to the Doctrine and Diſcipline of the Church of England. Example: 2017 Mario von der Ruhr, et al: Religion and Wittgenstein's Legacy; →ISBN When Wittgenstein says that he cannot contradict the assertor of a Last Judgement, he uses (repeatedly) the first person singular. There is no argument that the impossibility of his contradicting the man is a result of his not himself being a religious man, or not being a participant in any religious life, the result, that is, of some condition such that, if anyone were in that condition, he also would not be able to contradict the assertor. He mentions the case of an atheist who does contradict the assertor, and asks whether the atheist means the same by a Last Judgement as does the assertor, but replies that the criterion for meaning the same isn't clear. 2. One who supports, affirms, defends, or vindicates; a champion. Example: [I]t is a deed of higheſt charitie to help undeceive the people, and a vvork vvorthieſt your autoritie, in all things els authors, aſſertors and novv recoverers of our libertie, to deliver us, the only people of all Proteſtants left ſtill undeliverd, from the oppreſſions of a Simonious decimating clergie; […]
Word: beforetime Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From before + time. Pronunciation: /bɪˈfɔːtʌɪm/ 1. Formerly, previously. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: There was a certayne man called Simon, which beforetyme in the same cite, used witchecrafte and bewithched the people, sayinge that he was a man that coulde do greate thinges. Example: Thou shalt see Gold tarnished, and the grey above the green And as the thing thou seest thy face shall be And no more as the thing beforetime seen.
Word: algebraical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin algebraicus + -al or algebra + -ical. 1. Pertaining to algebra or its laws. 2. Requiring a finite number of algebraic operations; the opposite of transcendental.
Word: accidia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of acedia (“sloth”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: canaille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Latin canēs Latin canisder. Vulgar Latin *canālia Italian canagliabor. Middle French canaillebor. English canaille Borrowed from Middle French canaille. Pronunciation: /kəˈnaɪ/, /kəˈneɪl/ 1. The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar. Labels: collective, countable Example: I was on a rampart watching the enemy pitch their camp; and, seeing the crowd of idlers round the stream, I asked M. du Pont, commissary of the artillery, to send one cannon-shot among this canaille: he gave me a flat refusal, saying that all this sort of people was not worth the powder would be wasted on them. Example: … whatever language he knows, he knows precisely; whatever word he pronounces, he pronounces rightly; above all, he is learned in the peerage of words; knows the words of true descent and ancient blood, at a glance, from words of modern canaille; … 2. Shorts or inferior flour. Labels: Canada, uncountable
Word: encrease Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of increase. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: All counties, hundreds, wapentakes and trethings , shall stand at the old ferm, without any encrease, except in our Demesne Lands
Word: encrease Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of increase. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] the coldness of her lover, the loss of her reputation, all contributed to make her miserable, and to encrease the frenzical disposition of her mind. Example: I have reckoned upon a Medium, that a Child juſt born vvill vveigh 12 pounds, and in a ſolar Year if tollerably nurſed encreaſeth to 28 Pound.
Word: impressment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Latin impressusder. Middle English impressen English impress Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English impressment From impress + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɛsmənt/ 1. The act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service, especially military service and (most often) naval service. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: owing to the immense number of our sailors, and the extent of our commerce, we were enabled by impressment and other means, to fit out and man a powerful fleet in a few weeks Example: Although it was a warm day, she seemed to think of nothing but the fire. I fancied she was jealous even of the saucepan on it; and I have reason to know that she took its impressment into the service of boiling my egg and broiling my bacon, in dudgeon […]
Word: pipkin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pipe + -kin. 1. A small earthen pot.
Word: dispraise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French despreisier. Doublet of disprize. Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɹeɪz/ 1. To notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize. Example: They spake agaynst it, and dispraysed it, raylinge on it. Example: Although I dispraise not the defence of just immunities, yet love my peace better, if that were all.
Word: dispraise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French despreisier. Doublet of disprize. Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɹeɪz/ 1. Blame; reproach; disapproval; criticism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their censure did not much affect him; for the good-natured young man was disposed to accept with considerable humility the dispraises of others. Example: Pierre Petit, in 1683, devoted a long Latin poem to his dis-praise; and Parnell's charming Ode is well known.
Word: beechen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bechen, from Old English bēċen (“made of beechwood, beechen”), Proto-West Germanic *bōkīn, equivalent to beech + -en. Cognate with Dutch beuken (“beechen”). Pronunciation: /ˈbiːt͡ʃən/ 1. Consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech tree. Labels: not-comparable Example: [T]o the altar each man brought some goodly offering, // A beechen cup brimming with milky foam, […] Example: Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves, And one by one with sighing sound Whispering fell the beechen leaves In the wintry woodland wavering.
Word: cark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English carken (“to be anxious, worry”, intransitive), from Old English *carcian ("to be sorrowful, worry"; found in becarcian (“to worry about, care for”)), a frequentative form of Old English carian (“to care”), equivalent to care + -k. The Middle English carken, also charken (“to load (sth.); to bear (crops); to burden, harass”, transitive), from Old Northern French carquier (“to load, burden”), from Latin carricāre (“to load”), related to Old French chargier (“to load”), is a different word often confused with the above. Pronunciation: /kɑː(ɹ)k/ 1. To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: [W]ho vvould not rather Sleep Quietly upon a Hammock, vvithout either Cares in his Head, or Crudities in his Stomach, then lye Carking upon a Bed of State, vvith the Qualms and Tvvinges that accompany Surfeits and Exceſs? 2. To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety. Labels: intransitive, obsolete, transitive Example: Carnal pleasures are the sins of youth: ambition and the love of power, the sins of middle age: covetousness and carking cares, the crimes of old age. Example: [W]e shall see how in morbid melancholy this sense of the unreality of things may become a carking pain, and even lead to suicide. 3. To labor anxiously. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Why for sluggards cark and moil?
Word: cark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cark, kark (“worry”), from Old English carc (“sorrow, worry”). Pronunciation: /kɑː(ɹ)k/ 1. A noxious or corroding worry. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: His heauie head, deuoide of carefull carke, / Whose sences all were straight benumbd and starke. Example: Fling cark and care aside. 2. The state of being filled with worry. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: cark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From caulk. Pronunciation: /kɑː(ɹ)k/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of caulk. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: untime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English untime, untyme, ontyme, from Old English untīma (“an unseasonable time”), from Proto-Germanic *untīmô, equivalent to un- + time. Cognate with Old Norse útími (dialectal Norwegian otime). 1. The absence of time; timelessness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Actually, his apocalypse is a reverse cosmogony: he features himself as a monstrous Leviathan swallowing all the faithful, and the Untime celebrated by "unceasing" clock-chiming seals the reign of death and the return to pre-cosmogonic chaos. Death, not life, is what the imam has to offer to the faithful of Desh. Example: The body of Al-Lat has shrivelled on the grass, leaving behind only a dark stain; and now every clock in the capital city of Desh begins to chime, and goes on unceasingly, beyond twelve, beyond twenty-four, beyond one thousand and one, announcing the end of Time, the hour that is beyond measuring, the hour of the exile's return, of the victory of water over wine, of the commencement of the Untime of the Imam. 2. A wrong time; an unsuitable or improper time. Labels: India, South, countable, often, uncountable
Word: untime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English untime, untyme, ontyme, from Old English untīma (“an unseasonable time”), from Proto-Germanic *untīmô, equivalent to un- + time. Cognate with Old Norse útími (dialectal Norwegian otime). 1. To cause to be done at the wrong time. Labels: transitive Example: […] which untimes the pleasant melodies of musical harmony, […]
Word: untime Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English untime, from Old English untīme. 1. Untimely. Labels: India, South Example: Untime cravings
Word: banian Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of banyan. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: When doubling a point, which was covered with a heavy growth of the banian mangrove, which extended into deep water, we discovered a party of Kubu Orangs fishing from off a pack of drift that had lodged against the inward trend of the northern shore.
Word: fugient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin fugientem, present participle of fugo (“flee”). 1. Fleeing. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Thus, alongside of the church militant with its prisons, dragonnades, and inquisition methods, we have the church fugient, as one might call it, with its hermitages, monasteries, and sectarian organizations, both churches pursuing the same object—to unify the life, and simplify the spectacle presented to the soul.
Word: Lévy flight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after French mathematician Paul Pierre Lévy (1886–1971). 1. A type of random walk in which the increments are distributed according to a “heavy-tailed” distribution i.e. there are a significant number of large increments.
Word: Lévy glass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after French mathematician Paul Pierre Lévy (1886–1971). 1. An inhomogeneous medium, containing small spheres of varying size, in which the path of a light ray follows a Lévy flight.
Word: polyubiquitination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English ubiquitination English polyubiquitination From poly- + ubiquitination. 1. The addition of a series of ubiquitin molecules to another protein.
Word: polyubiquitinated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English ubiquitinated English polyubiquitinated From poly- + ubiquitinated. 1. ubiquitinated with a series of ubiquitin molecules Labels: not-comparable
Word: closed caption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: "Closed" originally indicated that such captions were by default not visible until activated (opened) by the viewer turning them on, in contrast to open captions which are embedded in the video itself, visible to all. 1. Text which can be displayed on a television or other video screen with suitable equipment, usually a transcription or description of audio material.
Word: dirhombicosidodecahedrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dirhombicosidodecahedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: closed captioning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: "Closed" originally indicated that such captions were by default not visible until activated (opened) by the viewer turning them on, in contrast to open captions which are embedded in the video itself, visible to all. 1. The transcription, either verbatim or in edited form, of the dialogue and sometimes sound effects of a program, displayed onscreen and synchronized with the program, most frequently used by the deaf and language learners. Closed captions are encoded invisibly, and displayed by a decoder. Labels: uncountable Example: ... the closed captioning said, "There were no survivors of flight 815." [Note from Season 3: turns out it was "We're the survivors of flight 815."] 2. The analogue standard for this transcription, which analogue media like videotapes, laser discs, and cable television use, but also digital forms like satellite television and DVDs. Labels: formal, uncountable
Word: transient ischaemic attack Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of transient ischemic attack. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: PEX Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of cross-linked polyethylene. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable 2. PHIGS Extension to X: an early Unix 3D graphics API. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: desi Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Desi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: desi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Desi. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A particular variety of cultivated chickpea. Example: There are two types of chickpea, desi (small seeded, angular and coloured) and kabuli (large seeded, ram-shaped and beige coloured). No precise information is available about the division of the 11 million hectares under chickpea between desis and kabulis, but an approximation is that more than 85 per cent of the area is covered with the desis type and the rest with kabuli. Example: These lighter coloured desis are now generally favoured by most markets as they look fresher, despite the majority of desis still ending up dehulled.
Word: pedicellate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pedicel Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English pedicellate From pedicel + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Having (or supported by) a pedicel. Labels: not-comparable
Word: temnospondyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Temnospondyli, from Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”) + σπόνδυλος (spóndulos), Ionic/Attic form of σφόνδυλος (sphóndulos, “vertebra”). 1. Any of many extinct primitive amphibians (labyrinthodonts) of the order Temnospondyli, from the Carboniferous, Permian and Triassic periods. Example: Experts disagree over whether temnospondyls were ancestral to modern amphibians (frogs, salamanders and caecilians), or whether the whole group died out without leaving descendants. Example: Nigerpeton is a temnospondyl, more closely related to modern amphibians than to amniotes, but far bigger than today's diminutive amphibians.
Word: brachiosaur Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several massive, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Brachiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
Word: dissorophid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δῐσσός (dĭssós) ("double, twofold") + Ancient Greek ὀροφή (orophḗ) ("ceiling, roof") + -id. 1. Any of several extinct temnospondyl amphibians, of the family †Dissorophidae, from the Pennsylvanian epochs and Permian period
Word: lissamphibian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Lissamphibia + -an 1. Any of the living amphibians of the subclass Lissamphibia, including the frog and salamander families.
Word: lissamphibian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Lissamphibia + -an 1. Of, pertaining to, or being these creatures.
Word: fist-size Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the size (and approximate form) of a fist Labels: not-comparable
Word: amphibamid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several extinct temnospondyls, of the family †Amphibamidae.
Word: salientian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Salientia + -an. 1. Any amphibian of the clade Salientia; frogs and toads, those of order Anura and extinct relatives of other orders.
Word: salientian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Salientia + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to these animals.
Word: caudatan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Caudata + -an 1. Any amphibian of the order Caudata; the salamanders
Word: caudatan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Caudata + -an 1. Of or pertaining to these animals
Word: pleckstrin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of platelet + leukocyte C kinase substrate + KSTR (amino acids) + string. 1. A protein found in platelets Labels: uncountable
Word: dogpile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dog + pile. In reference to piles of people, originally as a noun after earlier pig pile. In reference to dog excrement, a clipping of pile of shit. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡ pʌɪl/, /ˈdɔɡ ˌpaɪl/, /ˈdɑɡ ˌpaɪl/ 1. A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim. Labels: US, colloquial Example: The bottom man of a 'dog pile' in a fraternity house scuffle is in a hospital with a neck dislocation. 2. Any similarly disorderly pile of people or things. Labels: US, colloquial, figuratively Example: Purdy tucked the pigskin under his elbow and cantered over a dog-pile for a tally. Example: Unscrambling the dogpile of objects can be messy. 3. A pile of dog excrement. Labels: US, colloquial, euphemistic Example: Mrs. Brown cleaned her lawn up bright and early each day; Picked up all the dog piles so her children could play. 4. The situation where many participants attack the same user (on a discussion forum or similar). Labels: Internet 5. A cache stampede.
Word: dogpile Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dog + pile. In reference to piles of people, originally as a noun after earlier pig pile. In reference to dog excrement, a clipping of pile of shit. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡ pʌɪl/, /ˈdɔɡ ˌpaɪl/, /ˈdɑɡ ˌpaɪl/ 1. To jump into a dogpile. Labels: US, ambitransitive, colloquial, often Example: He can either take a beating from one man or... be dogpiled by a dozen men. Example: I fumbled the snap, fell on the ball and about 10 guys dog-piled on top of me. 2. To pile on, to overwhelm in other senses. Labels: US, ambitransitive, colloquial, figuratively 3. For many participants to attack the same user (on a discussion forum or similar). Labels: Internet Example: But this guy was serious, using online payment services and dogpiling her e-mail box within minutes, requesting expedited shipping.
Word: dogpiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dogpile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dogpiles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dogpile Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: apedom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ape Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-West Germanic *-dōm Old English -dōm Middle English -dom English -dom English apedom From ape + -dom. 1. The quality or state of being an ape. Labels: uncountable Example: So you're climbing the evolutionary ladder, and you've just begun to break the chains of apedom. 2. Apes, taken collectively. Labels: uncountable
Word: apeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ape Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English apeness From ape + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being an ape. Labels: uncountable
Word: apekind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ape + -kind. 1. Apes, taken collectively. Labels: uncountable Example: Humankind has been brought to its knees by a global virus, and genetically enhanced apekind has built its own utopian eco-community in the forests outside San Francisco.
Word: -kind Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -kinde, -kunde, -kuinde, alteration (due to the noun kind (“type, class”)) of -kin, -kun, -cun, from Old English cynn (“family, race”), see kin. Most uses appear to have been formed by analogy with mankind. 1. Used to form nouns denoting groups or classes taken collectively from animate nouns Labels: morpheme, uncountable
Word: Denverite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Denver Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Denverite From Denver + -ite. 1. A native or inhabitant of Denver Example: The native Denverite decided to go to University in Boulder. Example: The latest facilities include a new C. B. & Q. westbound express, called the Overnite Denverite, covering the distance in 17 hr. 20 min., and an acceleration of the C. & N. W.-U. P. westbound Columbine to the same figure.
Word: allotypic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English allotype Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English allotypic From allotype + -ic. 1. Of, due to, or pertaining to an allotype. Labels: not-comparable
Word: allotypical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English allotype Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English allotypical From allotype + -ical. 1. Allotypic: of, due to, or pertaining to an allotype. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: deep blue sea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deep + blue + sea. Compare Old Norse blá djúp (“deep blue sea”). 1. The sea, the ocean, the open sea. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: roostertail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rooster + tail, from analogy with the shape of a rooster's feathered tail. 1. A violent fountain or spray, especially one caused by a moving vehicle or boat. Example: A roostertail of snow kicked up behind me.
Word: roostertail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rooster + tail, from analogy with the shape of a rooster's feathered tail. 1. To pour like a fountain; to spurt violently. Example: The red dust of Tanguieta rolling and roostertailing behind us. 2. To move rapidly through water, leaving a roostertail wake. Example: The shiny new aluminum tribal Jet-Boat roostertailed up the river, straight for us, kicking up a wake that rocked our boat hard enough to knock the cards off the cooler.
Word: roosters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rooster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roostertails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roostertail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roostertails Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of roostertail Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Nova Iorque Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese Nova Iorque. Doublet of New York. 1. A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
Word: pinout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pin + out. 1. The manner in which an electrical connector or device is wired; the list of signals that correspond to each pin or output.
Word: rail track Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of railroad track. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rail tracks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rail track Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reconcilability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English reconcilable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English reconcilability From reconcilable + -ity. Pronunciation: /ɹɛkənsʌɪləˈbɪlɪti/ 1. The property of being reconcilable. Labels: uncountable Example: To demonstrate its commitment to the reconcilability of noble status and economic activity, the government also took to ennobling successful businessmen by royal letters patent, stressing the social utility and personal virtue which such individuals incarnated.
Word: Redbones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Redbone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: refugee camp Part of Speech: noun 1. A camp where refugees seek shelter.
Word: retirement home Part of Speech: noun 1. A multi-residence housing facility intended for elderly people.
Word: retirement homes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retirement home Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retrogradation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English retrograde Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English retrogradation From retrograde + -ation. 1. Motion in a retrograde manner. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Decline, degradation. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A reaction that takes place in gelatinized starch when the amylose and amylopectin chains realign themselves, largely responsible for bread becoming stale. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The major reason that bread stales is not moisture loss, but rather a process called retrogradation, in which the starch molecules in the bread crystallize.
Word: retrogradations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retrogradation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reliableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English reliable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English reliableness From reliable + -ness. 1. The property of being reliable, reliability. Labels: uncountable
Word: restauranteering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From restauranteer + -ing. 1. The act, or profession, of running a restaurant. Labels: uncountable