nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Trincomalee Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Sri Lanka.
Word: bedset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed + set. 1. Two or more beds that have similar composition and structure, with very distinct strata above and below the bedding planes. 2. A collection of bedding items, such as sheets and pillow cases, sold together. Example: However, 1977 product data are included in total for bedspreads and bedsets. Example: Sheets and Pillow Cases (part of a bedset)
Word: Batticaloa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Portuguese Batticaloa, ultimately from Tamil மட்டக்களப்பு (maṭṭakkaḷappu). 1. A city in Sri Lanka.
Word: Vavuniya Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tamil வவுனியா (vavuṉiyā). 1. Vavuniya, a city in Sri Lanka
Word: firing party Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of firing squad.
Word: firing parties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of firing party Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kalmunai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tamil கல்முனை (kalmuṉai). 1. Kalmunai, a city in Sri Lanka
Word: conscience round Part of Speech: noun 1. A blank round of ammunition issued to one or more members of a firing squad without telling them, so that each person in the squad knows there is a chance that they themselves did not fire the lethal shot.
Word: conscience rounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conscience round Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Negombo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tamil நீர்கொழும்பு (nīrkoḻumpu), borrowed via Portuguese Negombo. 1. Negombo, a city in Sri Lanka
Word: Moratuwa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sinhalese මොරටුව (moraṭuwa). 1. Negombo, suburb of Colombo and a city in Sri Lanka
Word: Old Style Part of Speech: noun 1. The Julian calendar system, especially with reference to Russia, where it continued to be used until the early 20th century. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: The banded ones were all dressed in white gowns — a gay survival from Old Style days, when cheerfulness and May-time were synonyms — days before the habit of taking long views had reduced emotions to a monotonous average. Example: As the [Manx] people reckon this festival according to the Old Style, Hollantide in the Isle of Man is our twelfth of November. 2. A dating system in which March 25 is the New Year's Day. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: New Style Part of Speech: noun 1. The Gregorian calendar system. Labels: historical, uncountable 2. A dating system having January 1 as the New Year's Day. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: Southern Ohlone Part of Speech: name 1. A language of the Ohlone people once spoken from Santa Clara to Monterey counties in California.
Word: Northern Ohlone Part of Speech: name 1. A now revived language of the Ohlone people once spoken throughout the northern half of the San Francisco Bay Area also known as Chochenyo.
Word: multisurfaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multisurface Labels: form-of, plural
Word: California hazelnut Part of Speech: noun 1. A shrub with edible nuts, Corylus cornuta subsp. californica, native to the western edge of North America.
Word: Liebig's extract Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Developed in 1847 by Justus von Liebig, German chemist. 1. A concentrated beef extract. Labels: uncountable Example: After this discussion on the salts of the extractum carnis, Dr. Kemmerich returns to the question of the nutritional powers of Liebig's extract.
Word: beehive quern Part of Speech: noun 1. An early rotary quern having a roughly hemispherical upper stone and a conical central hopper to hold the grain that falls down a hole to the grinding surface.
Word: beehive querns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beehive quern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clockvine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the species of the plants in genus Thunbergia. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: clockvines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clockvine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roundhand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From round + hand. 1. A style of handwriting in which the letters are well rounded and free. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: roundhands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roundhand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shrew mole Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various moles that resemble shrews, in subfamily Uropsilinae, in the tribe Urotrichini, or in the genus Neurotrichus.
Word: shrew moles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shrew mole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mobbed-up Part of Speech: adj 1. Involved with the Mafia. Labels: slang Example: In this way, cartels of mobbed-up outfits drove everyone else out of the business. The impact of organized crime on the union movement was ruinous. Example: The following morning a little detective work led me to Spiro's, a mobbed-up social club on Eighteenth Avenue that was Frankie Carbone's hangout.
Word: ten-in-one Part of Speech: noun 1. A carnival freak show that presents numerous exhibits in the same location.
Word: ten-in-ones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ten-in-one Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silk paper Part of Speech: noun 1. tissue paper Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: silk papers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of silk paper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gray ground squirrel Part of Speech: noun 1. A ground squirrel native to the western US and Baja California (Otospermophilus beecheyi). 2. A ground squirrel of the northwestern US (Urocitellus canus) 3. A ground squirrel of the central US, Franklin’s ground squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii).
Word: honegar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of honeygar. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: honeygar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of honey + vinegar. 1. A mixture of honey and apple cider vinegar, similar to switchel, claimed to have health benefits. Labels: uncountable
Word: switzel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of switchel (“drink based on water and vinegar”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: switcherooed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of switcheroo Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: switcherooing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of switcheroo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scorpion lobster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Its long tail is likened to that of a scorpion. 1. Any of species Eiconaxius andamanensis of decapod crustaceans (not a true lobster).
Word: mud lobster Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a number of decapod crustaceans in the infraorders Axiidea and Gebiidea (true lobsters are in the related infraorder Astacidea)
Word: mud lobsters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mud lobster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scorpion lobsters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scorpion lobster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: California hazelnuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of California hazelnut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microsculptures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microsculpture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pug-ugly Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely ugly. Example: Then look at the medical profession as a whole. A more pug-ugly collection of badly-dressed social misfits would be difficult to find. Example: We've all witnessed it: 'Look at his wee nose and those darling eyes, he's the most beautiful baby in the world,' uttered to the most pug-ugly baby you have ever seen.
Word: dharmapala Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit धर्मपाल (dharmapāla). 1. Buddhist deity; protector of Buddhism
Word: scorpion shell Part of Speech: noun 1. A gastropod (genus Lambis) distinguished by long, channelled spines.
Word: scorpion shells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scorpion shell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scorpion plant Part of Speech: noun 1. scorpionweed (genus Phacelia)
Word: scorpion plants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scorpion plant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scarebug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scare + bug. 1. A bugbear; an imaginary monster to frighten children. Labels: obsolete Example: Is hell but a name and word, a scarebug for to keep fools in awe? Example: You can't fright me with your scarebugs. I'm going to be cremated. That's real ashes to ashes.
Word: scarebugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scarebug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scarecrowy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scarecrow + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a scarecrow.
Word: miniscript Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + script. 1. A very short script of any kind.
Word: miniscripts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miniscript Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rimic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of rhymic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: kumbhanda Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit कुम्भाण्ड (kumbhāṇḍa) or Pali kumbhaṇḍa. 1. A dwarfish spirit in Buddhist mythology.
Word: Apalala Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit अपलाल (apalāla) or Pali Apalāla. 1. The name of a water-dwelling naga in Buddhist mythology.
Word: Girimekhala Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Pali Girimekhalā. 1. The name of an elephant in Buddhist mythology.
Word: clistogamic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cleistogamic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: clistogamous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cleistogamous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: vegetatious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vegetate + -ious. 1. Of or pertaining to vegetation.
Word: mahoraga Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Pali mahoraga or Sanskrit महोरग (mahoraga). 1. A type of serpentine deity in Indian mythology, most notably Buddhism and Jainism.
Word: Mucalinda Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Pali Mucalinda. 1. A naga in Buddhist mythology.
Word: autofiltration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + filtration. 1. The filtration of material by itself, acting as its own filter medium. Labels: uncountable
Word: dark-hearted Part of Speech: adj 1. Malevolent; cold and cruel. Example: And, at a feast, one of the darkest-hearted fellows, one of the very few who didn’t come to Church, got up and proposed they should throw off the Worship, as it was only bringing sickness and death among them, after all they had given up for it. Example: “Your father is the darkest-hearted man of all,” he said tightly. “He preys on innocent, small children. Our Kickapoo children are revered! Never defiled! Your father will never defile children again!” 2. Unenlightened; ignorant of holy teachings. Labels: archaic Example: His dying command makes in incumbent on his followers to offer the “unspeakable gift” alike at the door of cottage and palace, forecastle and cabin. Mountain top and vale— plain and ocean are to be made to rejoice in the “glad tidings of great joy.” How the dark-hearted of earth need its light. Example: Poor, dark-hearted creatures! when will they learn to say with us those calm words of intense Christian comfort, 3. Despondent. Example: I was not prosperous enough to become intoxicated, nor poor enough to grow moody and dark-hearted, nor sufficiently at ease in my circumstances to sit idle and invent sin. Example: Only a dark-hearted bit of humanity, praying into the dark ; but what must that " only " mean to the Christ who died for him ? 4. Bleak. Example: What is the latest word from the dark-hearted hills? Example: His work can mainly be divided into classical adaptations, usually with a dark heart, and apparently fluffy country-house comedies, often concerned with aristocrats and actresses, though these also tend to be dark-hearted and fundamentally, if not tragic, then at least elegantly sad about the human condition and its various compromises and betrayals. 5. Having dark heartwood. Example: The wood is pale yellowish, often dark-hearted, close, dense, liable to split. 6. Having a dark center. Example: I seemed to look down on a parterre of mixed hyacinths, variegated tulips, and dark-hearted poppies, as I beheld them. Example: The dark-hearted or dominants behaved in two different ways. Some of them remained true to their type, all their offspring being dark-hearted.
Word: potato fly Part of Speech: noun 1. A striped blister beetle (Epicauta vittata), a pest of potato crops.
Word: potato flies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of potato fly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: darkhearted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of dark-hearted. Example: The Nana himself, his like-minded brother Bala Rao, and the darkhearted Azimoollah Khan, all died in Nepal during 1859. 2. Alternative form of dark-hearted. Example: Chiefs are darkhearted and fickle. 3. Alternative form of dark-hearted. Example: Fealis, First Dancer before her, had been cut down in her fourth dueldance; and Mene, before that, had been lamed and had come to feel too darkhearted for briding. 4. Alternative form of dark-hearted. Example: Thus motivated, he began to really distinguish himself as a pompous prat on Atrocities, Christian Death's darkhearted return to the somber cesspool of slow-paced grimness. 5. Alternative form of dark-hearted. Example: The next thing that impressed was the very high proportion of red or darkhearted wood and the very small ring of white wood in these darkhearted logs. 6. Alternative form of dark-hearted. Example: An eternity later, the snowflake melted into a darkhearted halo.
Word: dark hearted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of dark-hearted. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The star, broad blazing, lingers till it steep / Its gathered folds of radiance where the West / Reflects the unpeopled heaven on the breast / Of seas now dimmed, which mourn, their glory gone, / The lifeless splendours of an empty throne. / Well mightst thou, star of beauteous glory, be / To darker hearted men a deity. Example: There never was a darker hearted or a more criminal strangling of a mighty people than that attempted by “Bill” Clark and four-eyed Wellcome at Helena this week.
Word: fetchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fetch + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛt͡ʃi/ 1. Characterised by fetching; (by extension) alluring, attractive, good looking Example: Children, too, were said to be naturally drawn to the "fetchy, catchy poster." Example: You're going to show them what you're made of. That your fluff is fluffier than the fluffiest. That your fetching skills are fetchier than the fetchiest.
Word: fetchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blend of for real + sketchy. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛt͡ʃi/ 1. Truly sketchy Labels: slang
Word: tint block Part of Speech: noun 1. A surface prepared for printing a background. Labels: historical
Word: tint blocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tint block Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pachyodont Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pachy- + -odont. 1. Having thick teeth. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having hinge teeth with large obscure tubercules with corresponding pits on the opposite valve. Labels: not-comparable Example: The pachyodont arrangement is characteristic of the Chamidae, the jewel boxes.
Word: pachyodont Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pachy- + -odont. 1. An organism with teeth of this kind.
Word: minor orders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minor order Labels: form-of, plural 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see minor, orders.
Word: bring one's own hide to market Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from a German proverb, notably adapted by Karl Marx to describe the exploited worker who must sell himself (his own hide) in the labor market; the denotative metaphoric analogy is to bringing animal hides to market, but simultaneously also the self-evident connotative overtones are of chattel slavery and prostitution, in which human corporeality is exploited and personhood is devalued; in the quote below, the word hiding lends both its literal and figurative senses to the parsing: both literal skinning (of an animal) and also flogging and fleecing (of a person, that is, beating and robbing): : 1867, Karl Marx, trans. Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, Capital, vol. 1 ch. 6: :: [T]he possessor of labour-power follows […] , timid and holding back, like one who is bringing his own hide to market and has nothing to expect but — a hiding. 1. To create one's own fate, as a result of one's chosen character and actions; to experience the appropriate consequences of one's behavior. Labels: US, idiomatic, often Example: "[T]hou art a living passenger upon this earth, and must look out for thyself. Help yourself! Nobody forwards thee to thy destination; and we Germans have a proverb that comes near it in meaning: 'Each one must carry his own hide to market.'" Example: In this grandfatherly letter about my paternal grandfather, whom I never knew, let me end by offering you, as part of your heritage, this saying ascribed to my other grandfather, John Hoyer, whom I knew well, who watched me grow from infancy and who lived in good health until he was over ninety. You carry your own hide to market.
Word: carry one's own hide to market Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of bring one's own hide to market. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: take one's own hide to market Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of bring one's own hide to market. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Lyanna Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name. Example: 'Lyanna! Lyanna!' thou calledst ever: 'Lyanna! 'a ripple of rays that came:' 'Lyanna, thy name is like song forever!' Example: If Lyanna was telling the truth, it presumably meant that her Night wasn't actually over. That her acceptance and control of the mana would not be complete. And that she could relapse anytime, unshielded, wreaking untold damage to herself ...
Word: expartner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ex- + partner. 1. Alternative form of ex-partner. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: One expartner cannot, therefore, indorse in the name of the firm a bill which belonged to the firm, but all must join, though the expartner indorsing have authority to settle the partnership affairs. Example: Decide whether your child is important enough to you to avoid making him as just another means of waging war with your expartner.
Word: expartners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of expartner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ex-partner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ex- + partner. 1. Someone who was once a partner (any sense) but is not one any more. Example: The wiseguy repeatedly knocked the businessman's ex-partner, who both agreed was a lazy son of a bitch and didn't hold up his end of the business. Example: What with his ex-partner having embezzled most of his detective agency right out from under him and hightailed it to parts unknown, and with Sam not having two dollars to his name at the moment, things were grim.
Word: ex-partners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ex-partner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exterior product Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of product between vectors and/or multivectors which is associative, linear, and alternating. Example: The exterior product of two vectors is a bivector. Example: The exterior product between two vectors is anti-commutative; therefore the exterior product between a vector and itself is zero.
Word: boh koleng Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 無可能 /无可能 (bô-khó-lêng) in Malaysia and Singapore. Pronunciation: [bo²¹ kʰo²⁴ leŋ²⁴] 1. Impossible Labels: Manglish, Singlish Example: Touch your heart and ask yourself, pirate. Do you think you can legislate $1k min wage for all sectors, "across sectors"? Bo Ko Leng, right?! Example: Yah lor...boh koleng leh.
Word: firebreaking Part of Speech: noun 1. The activity of creating firebreaks. Labels: uncountable Example: Generally, the forest, owing to the flatness of the country, lends itself to ideal subdivision into compartments and cheap firebreaking by horse-drawn graders. Example: The usual method of firebreaking is to grade two parallel lines and burn the intervening vegetation. 2. To direct media attention at a second story in order to minimize the impact of an embarrassing story. Labels: uncountable Example: Below the line spin involves setting and driving the news agenda, but also 'firebreaking' (deliberately constructing a story to divert journalists away from an embarrassing story, e.g., Campbell's leak to the Sunday Times that MI6 was investigating Chris Patten when the story of Robin Cook's affair broke) or 'stoking the fire' (the precise opposite of firebreaking by gathering and providing information to sustain a story which an opponent is finding embarrassing, e.g. Labour spin doctors' efforts to fuel the story of rifts between John Major and the anti-Europeans in the Conservative Party) or 'undermining a personality' (e.g. the off-the-record description of Gordon Brown as 'psychologically flawed', Harriet Harman as 'incapable of joined-up thinking', while a 'senior government aide' suggested that Mo Mowlam's illness had left her 'without the intellectual rigour for her job' with another anonymous 'adviser' claiming to be 'dismayed at her erratic behaviour'. Example: Gaber (2000, p. 512) has explored and listed distinct techniques deployed by communications managers to cajole journalists and set the agenda, ranging from efforts to plant a story, to activities of' 'firebreaking' aiming to divert the media's attention from a potentially negative story.
Word: firebreaking Part of Speech: adj 1. Acting as a firebreak. Labels: not-comparable Example: A chessboard of firebreaking hedges is, therefore, considered to be essential in any attempt to educate a population to protect their soil against bush fires. Example: Fire frequency lessened at the time of settlement because of the firebreaking effect of roads and fields, and the grubs grew into multiple-stemmed trees and shaded out the heliophious prairie herbs;
Word: microbotanical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + botanical or microbotany + -ical. 1. Microscopic and botanical (typically used of pollen grains and suchlike). Labels: not-comparable
Word: microelastography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + elastography. 1. elastography of microtumours Labels: uncountable
Word: microfibrillin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + fibrillin. 1. A very short form of fibrillin that serves as a scaffold for the deposition of elastin Labels: uncountable
Word: microfluorometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + fluorometer. 1. A fluorometer used in microfluorometry
Word: microfluorometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microfluorometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microhemorrhagic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + hemorrhagic. 1. Relating to microhemorrhage Labels: not-comparable
Word: microhomogenizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microhomogenizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moluscicidal Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of molluscicidal. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: monosaposin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + saposin. 1. A saposin formed by cleavage of a disaposin or trisaposin
Word: disaposin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + saposin. 1. A dimer of two (normally different) saposins
Word: trisaposin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + saposin. 1. A trimer of three (normally different) saposins
Word: multiserotypic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + serotypic. 1. Relating to or composed of multiple serotypes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: myelinotrophic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From myelin + -o- + trophic. 1. Relating to the nutrition of tissue regulated by myelin Labels: not-comparable
Word: myringosclerotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From myringo- + sclerotic. 1. Relating to myringosclerosis Labels: not-comparable
Word: myringosclerosis Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of tympanosclerosis. Labels: uncountable
Word: Kayah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Burmese ကယား (ka.ya:). 1. A member of any of a number of Karenic ethnolinguistic groups in Myanmar (Burma), primarily in Kayah State
Word: Kayah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Burmese ကယား (ka.ya:). 1. Synonym of Karenni (“language”).
Word: Karenni Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Anglicized form of Burmese ကရင်နီ (ka.rangni, “red Karen”) 1. Alternative form of Kayah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Karenni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglicized form of Burmese ကရင်နီ (ka.rangni, “red Karen”) 1. Alternative form of Kayah. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: nanoantibiotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + antibiotic. 1. An antibiotic in the form of a nanomaterial
Word: nanoantibiotics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanoantibiotic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanocompound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + compound. 1. Synonym of nanocomposite.
Word: nanocompounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanocompound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanomanufacture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From nano- + manufacture. 1. To manufacture a nanomaterial
Word: nanomanufacture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + manufacture. 1. The manufacture of a nanomaterial Labels: uncountable
Word: nanomanufactured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nanomanufacture Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nanophthalmia Part of Speech: noun 1. A very severe case of microphthalmia. Labels: uncountable
Word: napthaldehyde Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of naphthaldehyde. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: bird stuffer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who prepares bird specimens; a bird taxidermist. Labels: obsolete Example: My Portuguese bird-stuffer Fernandez now insisted on breaking his agreement and returning to Singapore; partly from homesickness, but more I believe from the idea that his life was not worth many months' purchase among such bloodthirsty and uncivilized peoples.
Word: bird stuffers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bird stuffer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kick to the kerb Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of kick to the curb. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stopperless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stopper + -less. 1. Lacking a stopper. Labels: not-comparable
Word: furlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of furling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unfunneled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + funneled. 1. Not funneled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unfunnelled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + funnelled. 1. Not funnelled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nasopharyngoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From naso- + pharyngoscope. 1. An endoscope used in nasopharyngoscopy
Word: nasopharyngoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nasopharyngoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nasorespiratory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From naso- + respiratory. 1. Relating to nasal breathing Labels: not-comparable
Word: neamine Part of Speech: noun 1. An aminosugar that is a degradation product of neomycin. Labels: uncountable Example: Papergrams of the crude material confirmed the presence of neomycin B and of neamine […]
Word: nephelometrical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of nephelometric. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: neuroretinopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + retinopathy. 1. Any disease that affects the retina and the optic nerve
Word: neuroretinopathies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neuroretinopathy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nistatine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nystatin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nistatines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nistatine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonandrophilic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + androphilic. 1. Not androphilic Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonbasidiomycetous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + basidiomycetous. 1. Not basidiomycetous Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncontractibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + contractibility. 1. The condition of being noncontractible Labels: uncountable
Word: nonentrapped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + entrapped. 1. Not entrapped Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonglycopeptide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + glycopeptide. 1. Any substance that is not a glycopeptide
Word: nonglycopeptides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonglycopeptide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonsporiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + sporiferous. 1. Not sporiferous Labels: not-comparable
Word: norabietane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nor- + abietane. 1. A derivative of abietane one of which is a component of fichtelite
Word: nosepoked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nosepoke Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rixy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin rixa + -y. 1. quarrelsome Labels: obsolete
Word: Grytviken Part of Speech: name 1. A station in South Georgia. An abandoned whaling station on South Georgia Labels: historical
Word: liberty sandwich Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined during wartime because of antipathy toward the Germans and their language; see liberty cabbage. 1. A hamburger. Labels: US, historical
Word: liberty sandwiches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liberty sandwich Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mediacies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mediacy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dysopsia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- + -opsia. 1. dimness or difficulty of vision Labels: uncountable
Word: dysopia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dysopsia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: dysopsy Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of dysopsia. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: still as a stock Part of Speech: adj 1. stock still Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: the old woman was not so intent at her devotions, but she casting her eyes aside likewise saw a Purse in the Boys hand, missing her own soon knew that to be it, wherefore she and all the people came nearer the Boy, who stood still as a stock and said nothing to them Example: And there you stand, doing nothing — absolutely still as a stock, though you see him beating your wife.
Word: long-slip Part of Speech: noun 1. A fielder some distance behind and on the right of the batsman. Labels: dated
Word: long-slips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of long-slip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trichorexis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of trichorrhexis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: trichorrhexis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tricho- + -rrhexis. 1. brittleness of the hair Labels: uncountable
Word: Sallee rover Part of Speech: noun 1. A Moorish pirate. Labels: obsolete
Word: Sallee-man Part of Speech: noun 1. A Moorish pirate. Labels: obsolete
Word: Sallee rovers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sallee rover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sallee-men Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sallee-man Labels: form-of, plural
Word: white snow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Latin nix (“snow”) used for white forms of zinc oxide. 1. Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, snow. Labels: uncountable
Word: Chinese white Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its supposed origin in China. Compare China white, typically used for a white lead-based pigment. 1. A form of zinc oxide used in white paints. Labels: uncountable
Word: ememe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English meme blend English ememe Blend of emotion + meme. Pronunciation: /ɛˈmiːm/ 1. Any emotional message implied or inferred (metamessage) contained within communication, which is commonly recognised within a specific group of people or culture. Example: An ememe can be any language which can be culturally used to convey an emotion. Even 'Ok'or 'How are you' can be examples of ememes. Example: In Reference 49, the word was chosen as the smallest possible, meaningful emotional unit (named ememe along the same lines as phonemes and sememes) […]
Word: New Light Part of Speech: name 1. A relatively progressive or less traditional religious movement, especially (historical) the party within the 18th-century Scottish Secession Church which adopted Voluntary views of the relations of church and state; or the Socinianizing party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century. Example: An Antiburgher meeting house was erected at Blacks-well in 1761, and a New Light Burgher house, near the church, towards the end of last century. Example: [The Public Universal Friend] was born into a Quaker family in Rhode Island but was disowned in 1776 for joining the New Light Baptists.
Word: New Light Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of such a religious movement.
Word: New Lights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of New Light Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Furniss Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: life rocket Part of Speech: noun 1. A rocket for carrying a line from the shore to a ship in distress. Labels: historical
Word: life rockets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of life rocket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: life mortar Part of Speech: noun 1. A mortar for throwing a shot of some kind to carry a rope from the shore to a ship in distress. Labels: historical
Word: life mortars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of life mortar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clock calm Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of a perfectly flat sea with no waves and no wind.
Word: keep one's end up Part of Speech: verb 1. do one's part Labels: UK, colloquial
Word: clock calms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clock calm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: auger-fish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named because of its timber-boring habit, like an auger. 1. A shipworm of the genus Teredo, most commonly Teredo navalis^(WP WSp Commons). Labels: Cornwall, dialectal
Word: harmans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Element of uncertain origin + -mans. 1. The stocks (instrument of punishment) Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only 2. plural of harman (“policeman”) Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural, plural-only
Word: Martials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Martial (alternative letter-case form of martials) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Northern California Part of Speech: name 1. The northern half of the state of California, typically north of Monterey County and its distinct culture centered around the San Francisco Bay Area Example: The bull kelp forests off Northern California are sometimes spoken of as the redwoods of the sea. And like the redwoods, these forests are in danger. In less than a decade, these otherworldly undersea landscapes, lush with life, have all but disappeared along 200 miles of coast north of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
Word: San Francisco Bay Area Part of Speech: name 1. A region of California, United States The nine or twelve counties surrounding the city of San Francisco. Example: An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area in recent weeks, officials say, forcing shoreline cleanups, spreading unpleasant odor and spurring scientists to further investigate the extent of the ecological damage. Example: Anaïs Felt, a 31-year-old content creator based in the San Francisco Bay area, has “never felt better” after taking a microretirement this year.
Word: Bay Area Part of Speech: name 1. Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay Area: a geographic region of California, United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: But the radio warned us to stay away from the Bay Area. From San Jose up through San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley, there is chaos.
Word: shankest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of shank: most shank Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: non-coming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English non comyng, noun comyng, equivalent to non (“no”, adjective) + coming. 1. A lack or absence of coming; failure to come Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] and inasmuch as the husband does not now come, which non-coming shall be adjudged a default, we pray that they be distrained to attorn. Example: This poem is about non-coming and non-going.
Word: non-comings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of non-coming Labels: form-of, plural
Word: non-obeisance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English non-obeisaunce, nonnobeisaunce, equivalent to non (“no”, adjective) + obeisance. 1. Lack of obeisance or failure to obey; disobedience Labels: uncountable
Word: LPCs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of LPC Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rockefelleresque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Rockefeller + -esque. 1. Reminiscent of John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), American oil magnate, industrialist, and philanthropist, noted for his great wealth.
Word: know one's own head Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of know one's own mind. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scudding sail Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of studdingsail. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: studdingsails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of studdingsail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scudding sails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scudding sail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glittening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of glitten Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: glittened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of glitten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: come low Part of Speech: verb 1. To be available cheaply; to cost little money. Labels: dated Example: […] and we also know that the fees of petitioner's attorney do not come low.
Word: come high Part of Speech: verb 1. To be expensive; to cost a great deal. Labels: dated
Word: emergency man Part of Speech: noun 1. A bailiff's officer or volunteer provided for a special service, especially one who was placed in charge of properties from which the tenants were evicted during the Land War, or who came to bring in the crops of men who were boycotted during that period. Labels: Ireland, historical
Word: emergency men Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emergency man Labels: form-of, plural
Word: juxtacapillary receptors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of juxtacapillary receptor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goldbeaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goldbeater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goldbeater's skin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the use of cow intestines as a separator in the manufacture of gold leaf. 1. The outer membrane of the caecum in a cattle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Comstock laws that forbade the importation of contraceptives were never enforced against goldbeater's skins or their molds, so that throughout the decades when the laws against reproductive control were most stringently enforced a constant supply of materials ready to be turned into condoms was available. Example: The membrane had been used, perhaps since antiquity, to make gold leaf, which goldbeaters produced by starting out with a small ingot of gold and beating it thinner, then sandwiching the leaves between sheets of cow intestines, ultimately creating a stack of alternating goldbeater's skins and gold leaf that could be more than 100 layers deep.
Word: goldbeater's skins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goldbeater's skin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goldbeating Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gold + beating. 1. The manufacture of gold leaf by hammering gold. Labels: uncountable Example: The art of goldbeating is of great antiquity, being referred to by Homer; and Pliny states that one ounce of gold was extended to 750 leaves, each leaf being four fingers square, which is three times the thickness of the ordinary leaf gold of the present time. Example: My father engaged two young guild apprentices from our neighbor's larger workshop to help transport the wooden stump, hammers, and other supplies from the goldbeating studio.
Word: houseleader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From house + leader. 1. The leader of a house; househead. Example: Successful candidates will join multi-disciplinary teams working under the supervision of a houseleader and supported by specialist consultant staff. Example: The houseleader, who is exempt from accommodation fees, has to play the role of watchdog for the management... (there is) a stigma accorded to rural folks, coupled with a deep sense of being malu (shy, embarrassed, ashamed) and takut (afraid) should she not be able to retain her job and therefore be forced to return to the village in times of recession. 2. The leader of a house; househead. Example: The girls' houseleaders are responsible for organizing and leading the noon-hour intramural sports. Example: all leaving houseleaders should collect all cleaning tools and hand them to the new houseleaders. 3. The leader of a house; househead. Example: First, that John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, a brilliant man, then Democratic Minority HouseLeader, had been selected as Temporary Chairman, which was right and proper, as he was the highest Democratic official in the land; Example: "In our opinion," the CCF houseleader said for example, "on this occasion the Senate has performed a service for the Canadian people..." 4. The leader of a team that builds a house for Habitat for Humanity. Example: After all, each of these houseleaders was directly responsible for leading groups of volunteers and homeowners in building their homes. Example: Habitat houseleader Don Shaw (red jacket, below right) displays a house under way to its owners, Andre and Yvette Johnson.
Word: houseleaders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of houseleader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: icehearted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of ice-hearted. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: There are no painted-glass windows in Southern mills to cut off the view or the light of heaven, and no icehearted superintendents to lord it over the operatives. Example: And it was Swan — not the Chinese slave, not the icehearted mademoiselle, not the thieving ugly whore at the fandango house — that the forty-niner wove into his mythology.
Word: ice-hearted Part of Speech: adj 1. Lacking compassion; cold and unfeeling. Example: Even the most ice-hearted commuters melt when they see him sitting there.
Word: carrying-pole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of carrying pole. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: carrying-poles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carrying-pole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jar mill Part of Speech: noun 1. A small ball mill with a jar-like drum. Example: Either a special steel mortar or a special steel jar mill may be used as alternative means of preparing a crushed sample of glass. Example: For laboratory use and for grinding colours and enamels porcelain pot or jar mills are used.
Word: jar mills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jar mill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kinly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kin + -ly. 1. Involving or characteristic of kinship. Example: Among the unrelated lodgers in Kaloleni we have an interesting contrast which is pointed out by Luo themselves and which is used to substantiate the distinction which they hold between those whom I may call kinly and unkinly friends. Example: On this occasion, the acting president and the new Thai ambassador talked of a number of matters, in particular the development of the kinly and neighbourly relations between the peoples of Laos and Thailand.
Word: jungle drums Part of Speech: noun 1. Drumming performed, or as performed, in the rituals of traditional preindustrial societies. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. An informal network of news and gossip; the grapevine. Labels: figuratively, plural, plural-only Example: Durham was only thirty miles from Middlesbrough, but clearly isolated from the jungle drums of Teesside gossip. Example: The word was out, the jungle drums were thumping, and I was beseeched by the glazed and mahogany masses for whom Canada is not simply a heterogeneous and upscaled lifestyle but an entirely new sense of possibilities.
Word: bin fire Part of Speech: noun 1. A fire set in a rubbish bin or trash can, often as an accident or as vandalism. 2. A complete mess; an absolute debacle. Labels: figuratively Example: No, I need to figure this out because it's baffling. You dumped this funny, clever, successful accountant for this jobless human bin fire?
Word: bin fires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bin fire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antivaxxer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of anti-vaxxer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: antivaxxers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antivaxxer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: occipitalization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of occipitalisation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: octocalcium Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of octacalcium. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: octoclothepin Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of clorotepine. Labels: uncountable
Word: octosaccharide Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of octasaccharide. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: oxodicarboxylic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oxo- + dicarboxylic. 1. Relating to a dicarboxylic acid in which a methylene group has been replaced by a carbonyl group Labels: not-comparable
Word: oxodicarboxylate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oxo- + dicarboxylate. 1. Any derivative of a dicarboxylate in which a methylene group has been replaced by a carbonyl group
Word: truffle butter Part of Speech: noun 1. Salted butter cooked together with sliced or grated truffles. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Sexual secretions that accumulate when alternating between anal and vaginal penetration. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually
Word: palaeothere Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paleothere. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: palaeotheres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palaeothere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paralophids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paralophid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pathopoiesia Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of pathopoiesis. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: pheromonostatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pheromone + -static. 1. Relating to pheromonostasis Labels: not-comparable
Word: pheromonostasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pheromone + -stasis. 1. The suppression of pheromone production and/or receptivity Labels: uncountable
Word: phosphopeptidome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phospho- + peptidome. 1. A peptidome of phosphopeptides
Word: phosphopeptidomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phosphopeptidome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: physioacoustic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φῠ́σῐς (phŭ́sĭs) English physio- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic English physioacoustic From physio- + acoustic. 1. Relating to the physiotherapeutic uses of sound Labels: not-comparable
Word: phytotherapeutical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phyto- + therapeutical. 1. Alternative form of phytotherapeutic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: craneway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crane + way. 1. The area within which a crane operates or can move. 2. An opening allowing cranes to pass in and out of an industrial building.
Word: twistronics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twist + -tronics. 1. The study of any of various electronic, optical and mechanical characteristics of two-dimensional materials (such as graphene) associated with a twist introduced between successive layers Labels: uncountable
Word: twistronic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to twistronics Labels: not-comparable
Word: spider solitaire Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several variants of the solitaire (patience) card game that employs two packs of cards. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pleurocentesis Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of thoracentesis.
Word: pleuropneumoniae Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pleuropneumonia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable