nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: improgressive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From im- + progressive. 1. Not progressive. Example: The texture of “The Enormous Room” is keyed-up and rather loose, at once frenetic and static, the notations as wandering and improgressive as day after day in prison must be. Example: Cathedral cities in England, imperial cities without manufactures in Germany, are all in an improgressive condition. The public employments of every class in such places continue the same from generation to generation.
Word: timeling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + -ling. 1. A timeserver (person who conforms to current opinions) Labels: obsolete 2. Someone capable of time travel, or who exists on a certain time plane
Word: timelings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of timeling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enomoties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enomoty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enomoty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐνωμοτία (enōmotía). 1. A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath. Example: The first man in each enomoty (beginning at the right of the front line) was the enomotarch, and the last man in each enomoty was the uragus (οὐραγός).
Word: meterage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meter + -age. 1. The act of measuring, such as of the weight of imports and exports, or the consumption of electricity. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The cost of measuring. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: unportrayable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + portrayable. 1. That cannot be portrayed. Example: High Risk is an anthology of unpredictable, politically unportrayable dualities.
Word: irrepresentable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ir- + representable. 1. Not capable of being represented or portrayed.
Word: gratiolin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Gratiola + -in 1. One of the essential principles of the hedge hyssop (Gratiola officinalis). Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: theosophize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From theosophy + -ize. 1. To practice theosophy.
Word: theosophized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of theosophize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: theosophizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of theosophize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: theosophizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of theosophize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: compromissorial Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to compromise. Example: our compromissorial ambassadors would consent to impale the Liberties of their country and apply the attainder of proscription to the representative men
Word: treadwheel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tread + wheel. 1. A large wheel turned by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet upon its periphery, as for example in a treadmill. Example: It is so deep no man can draw the buckets on a winch, but they must have an ass inside a treadwheel to hoist them up.
Word: treadwheels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of treadwheel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Welsh brith, feminine braith (“variegated”), Irish breá (“fine, comely”). 1. A diamond in the rough; an uncut diamond.
Word: braits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brait Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rasorable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of razorable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: transmutual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + mutual. 1. Reciprocal; commutual. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: In this respect the present Dissenters have the advantage over their earlier predecessors; but on the other hand they utterly evacuate the Scriptural commands against schism; take away all sense and significance from the article respecting the Catholic Church; and in consequence degrade the discipline itself into mere club-regulations or the by-laws of different lodges; — that very discipline, the capability of exercising which in its own specific nature without superinduction of a destructive and transmutual opposite, is the fairest and firmest support of their cause.
Word: wreathen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wreath + -en. 1. Twisted; made into a wreath. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: wreathen work of pure gold
Word: anemographic Part of Speech: adj 1. Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: bird-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. quick-sighted Labels: archaic, not-comparable, rare 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: having eyes of a bird, or similar thereto. Labels: not-comparable
Word: periodoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From period + -scope. 1. A table or other means of calculating the menstrual cycle.
Word: periodoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of periodoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phèneder. English phene Proposed 1836 by French scientist Auguste Laurent as an alternative name for benzene, from French phène, from Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “bring to light, cause to appear, show”). Pronunciation: /ˈfiːn/ 1. Benzene. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 2. A genetically determined phenotype. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This phene has a dominant influence on phosphorus acquisition.
Word: thecasporous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From theca + -sporous. 1. Having the spores in thecae, or cases. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: thecasporous fungi Example: thecasporous fruit
Word: tyranness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tyrant + -ess. 1. Obsolete form of tyrantess. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: that proud tyranness Example: From the vulgar croud Though superstition, tyranness abhorr'd, The reverence due to this majestic pair With threats and execration still demands;
Word: tyrannesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tyranness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attendment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Old French atendement. Pronunciation: /əˈtɛndmənt/ 1. A concomitant circumstance. Labels: obsolete Example: the uncomfortable attendments of hell
Word: attendments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attendment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rectiserial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From recti- + serial. 1. Arranged in exactly vertical ranks, as leaves on stems. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: Esculapian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Aesculapian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Esculapian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Aesculapian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Esculapians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Esculapian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shebander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Persian شاهبندر (šâhbandar, “harbormaster”) 1. A harbourmaster in the Southeast Asia. Labels: historical
Word: Cerinthian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cerinthus + -ian, named after its Jewish founder, Cerinthus. 1. One of an ancient religious sect that attempted to unite the doctrines of Christ with the opinions of the Jews and Gnostics. Labels: historical Example: 1845-1852, Walter Hook, Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Biography There were some among the Cerinthians, who absolutely denied the resurrection of the dead
Word: Cerinthian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Cerinthus + -ian, named after its Jewish founder, Cerinthus. 1. Of or relating to Cerinthus or the Cerinthian sect. Labels: historical
Word: Cerinthians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cerinthian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gleety Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gleet + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡliːti/ 1. ichorous; thin; limpid Example: the Flesh within the Ulcer was livid, and in some parts of a blackish colour , and discharged a gleety Matter
Word: gunnie Part of Speech: noun 1. The space left by the removal of ore, defined by some as being equivalent to a yard. Labels: Cornwall, obsolete Example: If there are no “deads” brought by hand the filling does not shrink from the back of the gunnie, but deads soon settle and lose a tenth of the height.
Word: proscriptional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From proscription + -al. 1. Archaic form of proscriptive. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: lithophyse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lithophysa Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lithophyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lithophyse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: redeliberate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + deliberate. 1. To deliberate again; to reconsider. Labels: transitive
Word: redeliberated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of redeliberate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: redeliberates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of redeliberate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: redeliberating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of redeliberate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: metazoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the singular form of translingual Metazoa. 1. One of the Metazoa. Labels: obsolete
Word: metazoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metazoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rubidine Part of Speech: noun 1. A nitrogenous base homologous with pyridine, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C₁₁H₁₇N. Labels: uncountable 2. Any metameric compound in the same group as the above. Labels: uncountable
Word: subglumaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + glumaceous. 1. Somewhat glumaceous. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: interadditive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + additive. 1. Added or placed between the parts of another thing. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: interadditive clause Example: interadditive partition
Word: underaid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + aid. 1. To aid clandestinely. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To give insufficient aid. Labels: transitive
Word: underaided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of underaid Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: underaiding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underaid Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: underaids Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of underaid Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: whiteback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white + back. 1. Various species that have a white back, including: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […], slopehead,. whiteback, thunder duck, and gourmet's delight have been used to characterize the canvasback which has been described as the gold standard by which other species are compared . 2. Various species that have a white back, including: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The creation of managed habitats shows that most duck species will take to them, the main exceptions being the Pygmy Goose and the Whiteback Duck. 3. Various species that have a white back, including: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One snake-necked Whiteback teeters on the head then, steady, dips into the socket. Example: The whiteback is a close relative of a vulture you may have seen in Africa. 4. Various species that have a white back, including: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the early 20th centruy the number of white-backs was fairly large, though not recognized as a bree, these Baltic landrace cattle accounted for about 10% of the national herd. 5. A type of paperboard used in packaging that has a smooth white surface on one side and a brown or unbleached surface on the other side. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Overall, the downgrading has favored FBB and, in particular, whiteback folding boxboard, which can offer a very good whiteness and therefore good print qualities compared with SBB . Example: It will give Amcor Cartonboard the ability to produce superior quality whiteback board to that currently made at Petrie, opening up new market opportunities for the company. 6. A type of denim that is indigo on one side, and pale on the back. Labels: attributive, uncountable Example: The whiteback navy jeans were selected most often; Example: Of heavy-weight, 111/4-oz. whiteback denim, with the fabric strengthened with 25 percent DuPont 420 nylon, the jeans will not wear or wash white, the company said.
Word: whiteback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of white + wetback. 1. A white immigrant, especially one moving to or from the United States. Labels: countable, humorous, uncountable Example: With only a head full of figures and a pocket full of indigestion tablets, a "whiteback" CPA emerges from the Rio Grande hoping for a better life in Mexico. Example: The " whiteback" joke is from Charlie Hill's appearance on The Tonight Show and is republished in Kenneth Lincoln's book Indian Humor as follows: " the first English immigrants were illegal aliens —' Whitebacks, we call 'em.'
Word: whitebacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whiteback Labels: form-of, plural
Word: premonishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From premonish + -ment. 1. Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Now , after these premonishments I will come to the Compartition it self
Word: speculatist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From speculate + -ist. 1. Someone who makes speculative theories or deals in abstract ideas; a theorist. Example: The very ingenious speculatist, Mr. Hume, seems to wish as well as think, that as death is unavoidable by the political as well as the animal body, the British constitution may die in the arms of despotism. Example: The objections of these speculatists, if its forces do not quadrate with their theories, are as valid against such an old and beneficent government as against the most violent tyranny or the greenest usurpation.
Word: speculatists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speculatist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: panderous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pander + -ous. 1. Resembling or relating to a pander; illicit, debauching.
Word: trilevel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + level. 1. Of three levels. Labels: not-comparable Example: the trilevel US antiterrorism program
Word: furbisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English furbisshour, from Middle French fourbisseur; equivalent to furbish + -er. Compare French fourbisseur. 1. Someone who furbishes.
Word: furbishers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of furbisher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: echometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From echo + -metry, compare French échométrie. 1. acoustics; Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: A-men, Ar-men, Am-men, and Ah-men, and every other prefix and accentuation of men, that the love of variety could suggest, or the art of echometry command, were poured forth with a vigor and energy, that common throats would have "swelled to bursting night." 2. acoustics; Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Blanc, in his Echometry, at the end of his first book of the sphere, teaches the method of making an artificial Echo. Example: although construction of the Banqueting House began a few months before Jones could have had the benefit of Biancani's echometry, Jones was immersed in the Bitruvian tradition and would have been aware of the importance given to resonance and echo in the De Architectura. 3. acoustics; Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The science of echometry is a capricious science. The millionaire was disgusted, when his rich ruttish voice failed to produce a response; he was more disgusted on being told that to no one but the little son of his own gamekeeper would the echo reply at all. Example: In the Harmonie universelle, Marin Mersenne refers to the fable of Pan and Echo in order to introduce the desideratum of a new science of "echometry” (Mersenne 1636: 50–53). 4. The scientific measurement of sounds or echoes. Labels: uncountable Example: It treats of Arithmetic with separate pagination, and is one of the earliest works on commercial arithmetic published in Scotland; the terrestrial glove; the elements of astronomy (p. 54); the principles of geography (p. 71); and echometry or science of measuring sound (p. 107) . 5. The scientific measurement of sounds or echoes. Labels: uncountable Example: In determining dynamic level of liquids in bore-holes by existing methods and apparatus, eg by gas volumes in piping, echometry etc, much time is required together with elaborate apparatus, often yielding unsatisfactory results without possibility of studying in situ all special features in connection with liquid level over long periods. Example: Lovetskaya (1958) established by echometry that bigeye kilka move away from light with a speed of 7 m/min. 6. The scientific measurement of sounds or echoes. Labels: uncountable Example: The acoustics system design for echometry is significantly different from that of tissue-structure mapping in that diffuse backscatter is essential. Example: Manufacturers of IOLs are of course aware of this fact and determine the A- or ACD constants of their lenses in such a way that optimum results are achieved with contact echometry.
Word: tri-level Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of trilevel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: immalleable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From im- + malleable. 1. Not malleable.
Word: Neocomian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Neocomum (“Neuchâtel”) + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to the Lower Greensand. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: blockheadism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blockhead + -ism. 1. The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity or idiocy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Robespierre, when he heard of it, broke out into something almost like swearing at the brutish blockheadism of this Hébert[.]
Word: blockheadisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blockheadism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coachmanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coachman + -ship. 1. Skill in driving a coach (the old vehicle). Labels: uncountable
Word: deliveress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deliver + -ess. 1. A female deliverer. Labels: archaic Example: Joan d'Arc, armed also like a cavalier, with boots and spurs, her hair dishevelled, as the deliveress of the town from our countrymen, when they besieged it Example: Approach, encompassing Death—strong Deliveress! / When it is so—when thou hast taken them, I joyously sing the dead, / Lost in the loving, floating ocean of thee, / Laved in the flood of thy bliss, O Death.
Word: deliveresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deliveress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semicalcareous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + calcareous. 1. Partially calcareous. Labels: not-comparable Example: a semicalcareous plant Example: a semicalcareous rock
Word: spirituosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Medieval Latin spīrituōsusder. English spirituous Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English spirituosity From spirituous + -ity. 1. The quality or state of being spirituous (of liquors). Labels: uncountable 2. The state of being a spirit, i.e. immateriality. Labels: uncountable
Word: wharp Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of warp (“sediment which subsides from turbid water, especially from the River Trent”). Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, archaic, uncountable
Word: cosovereign Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + sovereign. 1. A joint sovereign.
Word: cosovereigns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cosovereign Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discomposition Part of Speech: noun 1. Discordance; inconsistency. Labels: obsolete Example: O perplex'd diſcompoſition, O ridling diſtemper, O miſerable condition of Man.
Word: multigranulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + granulate. 1. Having, or consisting of, many grains or granules. 2. ;
Word: Grotowskian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Grotowski + -an. 1. Of or relating to Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999), Polish theatre director and innovator of experimental theatre.
Word: Townsend Part of Speech: name Etymology: From town + -s- + end. From Middle English toun (“hamlet, village”) + ende (“end”), referring to a dweller at the outskirts of a village. Pronunciation: /ˈtaʊn.zənd/, /ˈtæɔn.zənd/ 1. A surname. Labels: countable Example: Kansas has self-imposed a four-game suspension for head coach Bill Self and assistant Kurtis Townsend to begin this season along with several other sanctions, the school announced Wednesday. 2. A male given name. Labels: countable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 21. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 22. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 23. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 24. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 25. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 26. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: earnestful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ernestful. By surface analysis, earnest + -ful. 1. serious; earnest Labels: obsolete
Word: sylphid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French sylphide. By surface analysis, sylph + -id. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlfɪd/ 1. A young or little sylph. Labels: poetic Example: Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear. Example: He insisted on it, and Lucilia, at length, placed her elegant foot on his hand, and darted so nimbly on horseback, that all her motions gave the idea of one of those sylphids, which imagination paints to us in such delicate colours.
Word: sylphids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sylphid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brachydome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brachy- + dome. 1. A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. Labels: obsolete
Word: brachydomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brachydome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flanch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Old French flanche (“flank”). See flank. Pronunciation: /flæntʃ/, /flɑːntʃ/ 1. A flange (rim or projection). Labels: archaic 2. A bearing consisting of a circle segment encroaching on the field from the side, and always occurring in pairs.
Word: lignum rhodium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin lignum rhodium (literally “rosy wood”), from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪɡnəm ˈɹəʊdɪəm/ 1. The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species Convolvulus scoparius and Convolvulus floridus (Convolvulaceae) from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amyris balsamifera (Rutaceae). Labels: uncountable 2. Rhodiola rosea (Crassulaceae). Labels: uncountable 3. An oil yielded by such plants, used in herbal medicine. Labels: uncountable
Word: crabbish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crab + -ish. 1. Somewhat sour or cross; crabby. Example: [He] regardes not the whips of the moste crabbish Satyristes. 2. crablike; resembling a crab, or crab
Word: isospondylous Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the former order Isospondyli of teleost fish, having the anterior vertebrae separate, and a precoracoid arch. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: revocableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From revocable + -ness. 1. The quality of being revocable. Labels: uncountable
Word: chamfret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See chamfron. 1. A small gutter; a furrow or groove. 2. A chamfer.
Word: chamfrets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chamfret Labels: form-of, plural
Word: restrive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + strive. 1. To strive again. Labels: intransitive
Word: restriving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of restrive Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: restrove Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of restrive Labels: form-of, past
Word: cranioclast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cranio- + -clast. 1. An instrument for crushing the head of a foetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult cases.
Word: cranioclasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cranioclast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: figurabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of figurability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: figurability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French figurabilité. 1. The quality of being figurable. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: afterpiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From after- + piece. 1. An additional work following the main work; especially, a minor entertainment performed after a play. Labels: historical Example: To preface much concerning these little after-pieces of Poetry, I hold needlesse, having spoke my mind so fully before. Example: The idea of farces, or after-pieces, tho’ an inferior branch of the Drama, is, in fact, among the refinements of an improved age. 2. The heel of a rudder.
Word: afterpieces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of afterpiece Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cockmatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cock + match. 1. A cockfight. Labels: archaic
Word: cockmatches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cockmatch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heartshaped Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of heart-shaped. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: monogrammic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From monogram + -ic. 1. Synonym of monogrammatic.
Word: obumbration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin obumbratio. 1. The act of darkening or obscuring; obnubilation; obscuration. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: The miraculous obumbration of the holy Ghost , made more intelligible by two parallel cases
Word: obumbrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of obumbration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incloser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inclose + -er. 1. Archaic spelling of encloser. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: inclosers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incloser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tossy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From toss + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒsi/ 1. Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud, contemptuous, affectedly indifferent. Labels: dated Example: "Honoria, take your feet off my dress. Argemone, my child, I hope you spent a pleasant evening?" Argemone answered by some tossy commonplace.
Word: familiariser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of familiarizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Montagnais Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French montagnais, from montagne (“mountain”) + -ais. Pronunciation: /mɒntənˈjeɪ/, /mɑntənˈjeɪ/ 1. An Algonquian language spoken by approximately 11,000 people in Eastern Canada.
Word: Montagnais Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French montagnais, from montagne (“mountain”) + -ais. Pronunciation: /mɒntənˈjeɪ/, /mɑntənˈjeɪ/ 1. A subdivision of the Innu people of Canada. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: semeniferous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of seminiferous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: hellkite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hell + kite, with the rapacious implication of kite (“bird of prey”). 1. A person who is cruel and wicked, like a devil. Example: O hellkite!
Word: hellkites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hellkite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adjoinant Part of Speech: adj 1. Contiguous, adjoining. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: land adjoinant
Word: shepherdling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shepherd + -ling. 1. A little shepherd. Labels: archaic, poetic
Word: monoplastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek [Term?] 1. That has one form, or that retains its primary form. Labels: not-comparable Example: a monoplastic element Example: a monoplastic nanophosphates
Word: auditorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auditor + -ship. 1. The office or duties of auditor. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: auditorships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of auditorship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grapplement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grapple + -ment. 1. A grappling; close fight or embrace. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Him backward overthrew , and down him stayd With their rude hands, and griesly grapplement
Word: rubidus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rubidus. 1. A butterfly, hybrid between the viceroy (Limenitis archippus) and the red-spotted purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax).
Word: driftwind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drift + wind. 1. A wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps. Labels: archaic Example: drift-winds force to raging
Word: driftwinds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of driftwind Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interglobular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + globular. 1. Between globules Example: interglobular spaces Example: interglobular dentin
Word: mispersuade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + persuade. 1. To persuade wrongly; to persuade into doing something wrong Labels: transitive
Word: mispersuaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mispersuade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mispersuades Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mispersuade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mispersuading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mispersuade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: circumjovial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From circum- + Jovial. 1. In orbit around the planet Jupiter; circumjovian. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: circumjovial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From circum- + Jovial. 1. Any of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter. Labels: obsolete Example: Accordingly the declination of each Circumjovial, assigned by the diligent and sagacious Caſſini
Word: circumjovials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circumjovial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coercibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From coercible + -ly. 1. Coercively; in a way that is coercive; by coercion. Labels: uncommon Example: As an instrument of economic warfare, then, the "oil weapon" can be defined as the ability credibly to threaten to withhold the supply of oil from certain oil-importing nations in order coercibly to effect a change in their political stance. Example: I would sooner consider that a cult since my taxes are coercibly taken from me, while my contributions to the ICC are voluntary. 2. As a result of coercion; having been coerced; in a coerced manner. Labels: rare Example: Industry will meet this obligation either voluntarily or coercibly through taxes. Example: Had the Persians, however, not transported those Paionians farther east, we must consider that hundreds of other Skudrians had also entered Asia and traveled to Parsa, either freely or coercibly.
Word: errable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From err + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈɛrəbəl/, [ˈɛrəbɫ̩] 1. Liable to error; fallible. Labels: obsolete
Word: errable Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɛrəbəl/, [ˈɛrəbɫ̩] 1. Obsolete form of earable. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: But there is now vſed of ſome, another maner of Surueying, Butting, Bounding, but ſpecially of entring of the ſame in theſe latter daies, wherof I would not haue you alſo ignorant, and that is in this forme: they enter ſeuerally euery mans Meſuage, or Tenement, and butte and bound firſt the Scite thereof accordingly, and then euen in the ſame enter all in one (infra) they doo particularly butte and bounde, and alſo enter euery mans Errable lande, alſo his Meadowes, Cloſes, and Paſtures, belongyng to euery of the ſame ſeuerall tenements, all together, and then ſet out the Rent in the right Margent thereof, and the fine and the Herriot therfore, to be due in the left Margent thereof, as for your inſtruction, I will ſet out hereafter onely one example. Example: the saide John Combe, his heires and assignes, shall and will, from tyme to tyme, and at all tymes herafter, well and sufficientlie save and keepe harmles and indempnified as well the saide fowre yardes of errable lande
Word: unsad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sad. 1. Not sad. Labels: nonstandard Example: What’s the matter with American writing these days? .... The few unsad young men of this lost generation will have to look for another way of finding themselves than the one indicated here. Example: The freedom that you wanted bad / Is yours for good, I hope you're glad / Sad into unsad
Word: Kivu Part of Speech: name 1. A lake between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. 2. The region bordering this lake.
Word: Catholicize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Catholic + -ize. 1. To make Catholic; to convert to Catholicism. Labels: transitive Example: Dickinson's iconography of suffering, with its sexualized pleasure-pain, Catholicizes austere American Protestantism. 2. To become Catholic; to convert to Catholicism. Labels: intransitive
Word: Catholicized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Catholicize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Catholicizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Catholicize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Catholicizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Catholicize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: beteela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Portuguese beatilha. 1. A type of muslin from the East Indies, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: beteelas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beteela Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Catholicise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Catholic + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of Catholicize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Catholicises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Catholicise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Catholicising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Catholicise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Catholicised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Catholicise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: changefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From changeful + -ly. 1. In a changeful manner. Example: These words were lowly and sweetly murmured in the same way with the word mother, being changefully varied in their modulations, […]
Word: tripunctate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + punctate. 1. Having three punctures or spots. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spousage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French espousaige, from espouser. See spouse (transitive verb). 1. espousal Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: all the world shall confess his name in peace, be of her full perfect age and apt unto this spousage
Word: willying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of willy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: filicic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin filix (“a fern”) + -icis. Pronunciation: /fɪˈlɪsɪk/ 1. Derived from ferns Labels: not-comparable Example: filicic amblyopia Example: filicic extract
Word: humective Part of Speech: adj 1. Tending to moisten. Labels: obsolete
Word: humective Part of Speech: noun 1. A humectant. Labels: obsolete
Word: inquietness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inquiet + -ness. 1. unquietness Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Devysing of generall inquietnes throw ye haill realme.
Word: parascenia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parascenium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parascenium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Ancient Greek. 1. One of two apartments adjoining the ancient stage, probably used as dressing rooms.
Word: tramble Part of Speech: verb 1. To wash (tin ore, etc.) with a shovel in a frame fitted for the purpose. Labels: transitive Example: When this Buddle grows full , we take it up ; here distinguishing again the Forehead from the Middle and Tails ; which are Trambled over again : But the Forebead of this with the Forebead of the Launder , are Trambled in a second Buddle
Word: trambled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tramble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trambles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tramble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trambling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tramble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pansensism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1956; formed as pan- + sense + -ism. Compare omnisensuality and panæsthetism. Pronunciation: /panˈsɛnsɪzm/ 1. The closely allied forms of panpsychism espoused by the Italian Renaissance philosophers Bernardino Telesio (1509–1588) and Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639), in which all things are capable of perception or sensation. Labels: uncountable Example: A clarification is needed at this point concerning Campanella’s doctrine of universal sensation or pansensism, which has a close relationship to his doctrine of self-consciousness.
Word: strigate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin strigatus, from striga (“row, strip, swath”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪ.ɡət/ 1. Having transverse bands of colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: strigae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of striga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reindex Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + index. 1. To index again or anew.
Word: reindexed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reindex Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reindexes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reindex Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reindexing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reindex Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reindexing Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of indexing something again. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: disquietive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disquiet + -ive. 1. Tending to disquiet; unnerving or offputting
Word: illusoriness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From illusory + -ness. 1. The quality of being illusory. Labels: uncountable
Word: ganzfeld Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German, meaning "complete field", from ganz + Feld. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːnsˌfɛld/, /ˈɡænsˌ-/ 1. A particular phenomenon of visual perception, the ganzfeld effect. Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable
Word: ganzfeld effect Part of Speech: noun 1. A phenomenon of visual perception caused by staring at a uniform field of colour, leading to a sensation of blindness and sometimes to hallucinations.
Word: grey whale Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Innu-aimun Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Montagnais Innu-aimun. 1. The Montagnais language. Example: The Innu singer-songwriter Philippe Mckenzie was a trailblazing figure in the Canadian Indigenous music community. What was remarkable about his music wasn’t the folk-rock acoustic strum or the stoic, lonesome vocals. What was unique were the Innu-aimun lyrics – Mr. Mckenzie, from the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, was recording in his native tongue, a relatively uncommon practice for Indigenous artists at the time.
Word: Innu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Montagnais Innu, from inniw (“man”), from Proto-Algonquian *erenyiwa. Not related to Inuit. This replaced the term Montagnais as the primary name of the people since 1990, but it remains in use officially to refer to its subgroups. 1. An Algonquian First Nations people inhabiting most of northeastern Labrador and parts of Quebec in eastern Canada. 2. The Montagnais language.
Word: Innu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Montagnais Innu, from inniw (“man”), from Proto-Algonquian *erenyiwa. Not related to Inuit. This replaced the term Montagnais as the primary name of the people since 1990, but it remains in use officially to refer to its subgroups. 1. A member of this people
Word: gonioscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu Proto-Hellenic *gónu Ancient Greek γόνῠ (gónŭ)der. Ancient Greek γωνίᾱ (gōníā)der. English gonio- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English gonioscope From gonio- + -scope. 1. any of various instruments allowing a clinician to view the irideocorneal angle through a mirror or prism
Word: gonioscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gonioscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goomah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Neapolitan cummà (“godmother”); popularized by Southern Italian immigrants in America. 1. A mistress. 2. The mistress of a Mafioso. Labels: slang Example: Not only was Ralph a "made guy," but, as Silvio pointed out, Tracee was not related to Tony by blood, nor was she his goomah. Example: Under the cover story of Tippy having worms and going to live on a farm, Johnny gave Tippy to his goomah, Fran, whose son renamed him Freckles.
Word: gaminerie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French gaminerie. See gamin. 1. impishness Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1935, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Blandings Castle', Herbert Jenkins, 1957, page 179. When she had entered his employment a few days before, he had noticed, of course, that she had a sort of ethereal beauty; but then every girl you see in Hollywood has either ethereal beauty or roguish gaminerie or a dark, slumbrous face that hints at hidden passion.
Word: gathered dust Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gather dust Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gathering dust Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gather dust Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gathers dust Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gather dust Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gentleman scientist Part of Speech: noun 1. A financially independent male scientist who pursues scientific study as a hobby. Labels: historical
Word: gluttonise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From glutton + -ise. 1. Alternative form of gluttonize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: great deal Part of Speech: noun 1. Large number, amount, or extent; profusion. Labels: idiomatic, singular, usually Example: We have a great deal of territory to cover. Example: Few expressed any great deal of confidence in the legislative branch. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see great, deal. Example: I got a great deal on a motorcycle. Example: There are plenty of great deals on flights.
Word: gait apraxia Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of ataxia characterized by an inability to initiate the process of walking, despite the power and coordination of the legs being normal when tested in the seated or lying position. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gluttonising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gluttonise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: epipetalous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From epi- + petal + -ous. 1. Found on the petals or corolla. Labels: not-comparable Example: epipetalous stamens Example: epipetalous knob
Word: superrecursive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + recursive, coined by Mark Burgin. 1. Being a generalization of ordinary algorithms that are more powerful than Turing machines. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hallion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare hellion. 1. A rascal.
Word: hallions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hallion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: houpelande Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of houppelande. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: houpelandes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of houpelande Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jonquière Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Jonquière. 1. A former city in Quebec, Canada.
Word: join the choir invisible Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a poem by George Eliot, "O May I Join the Choir Invisible" (1867), further popularized by the "Dead Parrot" sketch (1969) from Monty Python's Flying Circus. 1. To die. Labels: euphemistic, humorous, intransitive Example: This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to see its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies. It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot. Example: Made me wonder whether I should invest in a portable MRI unit to monitor birds about to join the choir invisible for any signs of brain activity.
Word: chromolithographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chromo- + lithographer. 1. Someone engaged in chromolithography
Word: chromolithographers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chromolithographer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superempirical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + empirical. 1. Above or beyond that which can be experienced empirically. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: supernatural, preternatural; extrasensory Example: Although they deviate from what is commonly understood as "religion", they share an interest in the superempirical.
Word: cloudbust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cloud + bust. 1. A cloudburst. Labels: dialectal Example: A sudden cloudbust up in the hills during the night […] swelled the creek Example: "Setting up for a cloudbust," Hickory said. "She don't aim to hit right around here, anyway."
Word: caprifoliaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Caprifoliaceae + -ous. 1. Of or relating to the Caprifoliaceae family of honeysuckles. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: drawerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From drawer + -less. 1. Without drawers. Labels: not-comparable Example: He stands in the kitchen (one side of the room with a sink and counter, a stove, a drawerless white cabinet, an old wok on the stove, pots and pans, a tea kettle, a coffeemaker, mustard, coffee, sugar packets, salt).
Word: brokeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brokery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brokery Part of Speech: noun 1. brokerage. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: And with extorting, cozening, forfeiting, / And tricks belonging unto brokery.
Word: reexperience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + experience. 1. A renewed or repeated experience.
Word: reexperience Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + experience. 1. To experience again or anew. Labels: transitive
Word: reexperiences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reexperience Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reexperiencing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reexperience Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reexperienced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reexperience Labels: form-of, participle, past