nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sargasso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese sargaço (“(originally) the Lisbon false sun-rose or woolly rock rose (Halimium lasianthum); (now) gulfweed, sargasso”), ultimately from Latin salicastrum (“kind of wild vine found in willow-thickets”), from salix (“plant of the genus Salix; willow”) + -astrum (suffix forming nouns expressing incomplete resemblance). Salix is derived from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”). The English word is cognate with French sargasse, Spanish sargazo. The capitalized form of sense 2 (“a confused, tangled mass or situation”), Sargasso, is probably a reference to the Sargasso Sea. Pronunciation: /sɑːˈɡæsəʊ/, /sɑɹˈɡæsoʊ/ 1. A brown alga, of the genus Sargassum, that forms large, floating masses. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: SARGASSO, the Sea-Lentile. Example: Thus the productions of Jamaica, and other places bordering on the gulph of Mexico, may be firſt brought by the ſtream out of the gulph, inveloped in the ſargaſſo or alga of the gulph round Cape Florida, and hurried by the current either along the American ſhore, or ſent into the ocean in the courſe along the ſtream, and then by the ſet of the ſtream; and the prevailing winds, which generally blow two-thirds of the year, wafted to the ſhores of Europe, where they are found. 2. Also Sargasso: a confused, tangled mass or situation. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Afghanistan is a sargasso of wrecks from earlier civilizations; buried in its earth are hordes of Greek coins, Aramaic inscriptions, Saljuq mosques, and Mazdakite fire temples, flaking away in their own dust, forgotten in valleys where the local villagers carry away their bricks for cattle folds. Example: His [Philip K. Dick's] ideas provide diegetic anchors for digitally oriented directors [...] whose works might otherwise float off into a Sargasso of insignificance. 3. A part of an ocean or sea characterized by floating masses of sargassos, like the Sargasso Sea. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Of Sargassos or Weedy Seas. [...] [T]he most remarkable of them all, is that in the North Atlantic. [Christopher] Columbus passed through it on his first voyage of discovery to America. […] The sargassos of the southern hemisphere are not so well marked as this, nor are they as rich in drift or floating matter. Example: [H]eld safe and sound, I'd find the South Equatorial at last, at last, and safe from all the Sargassoes, the Scillas and Charibs, I'd swoop beautifully and lightly, drifting with the sweet currents of the South down the edge of the Brazilian Highlands to the Waters of Peace.
Word: sarmentaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sarment + -aceous. 1. Bearing sarments (runners) Labels: not-comparable
Word: log cabins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of log cabin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cephalophore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”), a derivative of φέρω (phérō, “I bear, I carry”); in the Christian sense, via French céphalophore, coined by Marcel Hébert in 1914. 1. Any of a group of saints depicted in art carrying heads in their hands. Example: According to William of Worcester, quite a large number of Cornish saints were cephalophores: besides S. Nectan and S. Willow, he tells us that “there were three brothers under the name of Genesius and each one carried his head.” 2. Synonym of cephalopod: a mollusk of the class Cephalopoda. Labels: obsolete
Word: premonitor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin praemonitor. 1. One who, or that which, gives premonition; a harbinger Example: Beloved, give me leave to be a premonitor, a forewarner to you in this place, and to tell you that these things must needs provoke God to heavy displeasure . Example: and if he is legitimately attended to, sedulously known, and religiously reverenced, in the way he was reverenced by Socrates, with justice and innocence, will be a predicter in things uncertain, a premonitor in things dubious, a defender in things dangerous, and an assistant in want. 2. A forerunner; a predecessor. Example: And within this erect sport-producing structure is found a columella, which may be regarded as the premonitor of a vascular system.
Word: premonitor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin praemonitor. 1. To monitor beforehand. Example: 4. premonitor all eating; Example: The premonitoring group recorded food, amount, time, and place of eating prior to eating.
Word: grizzler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grizzle + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪzləɹ/ 1. One who grizzles.
Word: grizzlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grizzler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sardelle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sardel (“sardine”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: interoperator Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + operator. 1. Between operators. Labels: not-comparable Example: The interoperator tariffs for 2.5G data services will be a function of duration, data volume, and QoS.
Word: Cimbrian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cimbri + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪmbɹiən/ 1. A member of the Cimbri (tribe that invaded southern Europe in the 2nd century BCE) Labels: historical Example: The Teutones settled in Germany and Gaul; the Cimbrians invaded Italy, where they were defeated by Marius. Example: [W]e find mention of the Cimbrians in the Danish or Cimbrian peninsula[. ...] The Cimbrians and Teutons are described as tall and slightly built men [...] 2. A speaker of the modern Cimbrian language in Italy (see proper noun below)
Word: Cimbrian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cimbri + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪmbɹiən/ 1. A variety of Bavarian (High German) spoken in a number of language islands in northeastern Italy, very conservative in its structure, now highly endangered.
Word: curculio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Curculio, from Latin curculiō (“weevil”). Pronunciation: /kɜː(ɹ)ˈkjuːliəʊ/ 1. Any of the genus Curculio of weevils.
Word: uptrain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + train. 1. To train up; educate. Labels: transitive
Word: Quinean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Quine + -an. 1. Of or relating to Willard Van Orman Quine, an American philosopher.
Word: Stihl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the brand of a manufacturer of chainsaws and other handheld power tools. See Stihl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 1. A type of large industrial saw, usually cordless with a petrol motor and a large circular cutting blade.
Word: anti-social Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of antisocial. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: There must be some deep-rooted anti-social principle in every man's nature, so dearly does he love aught that separates him from his kind; or is it but one of the many shapes taken by that mental kaleidoscope, vanity, the varying and the glittering, the desire of distinction, sinking into that of notice? Example: "It was probably one of our poorest stations in Belfast. It suffered from anti-social behaviour and there are lots of issues around it... […] There was an underpass beside the station which was a difficult area for anti-social behaviour. Again, we got artists involved, and schools and the community to put murals in it, and now the community feels like it's theirs. For a small urban station, it has a really nice modern feel about it."
Word: archerfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archerfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: canned heat Part of Speech: noun 1. Fuel made from denatured and jellied alcohol and contained in a canister with a removable top, designed to be burned directly from that canister. Labels: uncountable 2. Pre-recorded cheering or booing played during a match. Labels: uncountable
Word: Faliscan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Faliscus + -an; see Falisci. Pronunciation: /fəˈlɪskən/ 1. A member of an ancient Italic people who lived in southern Etruria
Word: Faliscan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Faliscus + -an; see Falisci. Pronunciation: /fəˈlɪskən/ 1. The language of these people, related to Latin.
Word: bedoven Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bedoven, from Old English bedofen, past particle of Old English bedūfan (“to bedive, to put under, immerse, submerge, drown”), equivalent to be- + dive. Cognate with Middle Low German bedöven (“immersed”). 1. drenched. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Life of Saint Christina Mirabilis of Saint Trudons Alle hir body […] semyd be dowen in blood. [All her body seemed bedoven in blood.] Example: The wind made wave the red weed on the dike. Bedoven in dank deep was every sike. 2. drowned. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: Heilong Jiang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Chinese 黑龍江／黑龙江 (Hēilóng Jiāng). 1. The Amur river. Example: Hei-lung River is the principal water route in the district. It is open for navigation for 170-200 days in the year. Below Mo-ho, there is a regular schedule for passenger and cargo ships. Example: The planes were manufactured and assembled in Komsomolsk, which is located to the northeast of Khabarovsk, a Russian city in the lower valley of the Heilong Jiang (called the Amur River in Russia), at the confluence of the Heilong Jiang [...]
Word: womans Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of woman Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: womans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of woman Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural, proscribed 2. genitive of woman Labels: form-of, genitive, obsolete Example: Whereupon our enemies, kindled with rage, and pricked forward with an ignominious indignity, leſt they ſhould be brought under the yoke of a womans government, with a strong power of choiſe youth, by force of armes invaded her kingdome, which was foreſeen by us: […] Example: Galen ſaith, The Roots of Spignel are available to provoke Urine and Womans Courſes, but if too much thereof be taken it cauſeth Headach: […]
Word: put horns on Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare Russian наста́вить рога́ (nastávitʹ rogá), Spanish poner los cuernos. 1. To cuckold, to be unfaithful to or make someone’s partner so. Labels: transitive Example: City Comedies depicted the pursuit of wealth, status, and women in Jacobean London. In a typical plot, a ne'er-do-well young gentleman dupes his older relatives out of money, while lower-class rascals play cruder tricks on respectable citizens. For example, in Thomas Middleton's A Mad World, My Masters, Follywit, the Gallant, repeatedly robs his uncle by preying on the old man's hospitality and pride. Meanwhile the wife of a "citizen" (an urban dweller with the city's rights and privileges) and her would-be seducer arrange to put horns on her jealous husband, and a prostitute and her mother (who is also her pimp, a typical manifestation of the genre's cynical attitude toward kinship) contrive to catch Follywit to be the girl's husband. All schemes succeed.
Word: coanchor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + anchor. 1. One of a group of anchorpeople presenting together on television or radio.
Word: coanchor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From co- + anchor. 1. To be a coanchor of Example: Subsequently, Chung coanchored ABC News' 20/20 and Connie Chung Tonight on CNN.
Word: coanchors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coanchor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ijma Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ijma'. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: give someone the business Part of Speech: verb 1. To treat someone harshly or in a wrongful manner, such as by abusing, deceiving, or manipulating. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: “I hope you're right, Mike. I hope you aren't giving me the business.” I grinned at him. “The only one who can get shafted is me.” Example: "They wouldn't waste the women. I'd guess they've got them up at the hotel, taking it in turn to give them the business. Four women only – they won't last till morning." 2. To harangue, criticize vigorously, berate, or ridicule someone. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: The Red Dean's utterances, as usual, got on some people's nerves. The irreverent New York Daily News gave him the business, in a full-column editorial, ending; "Nobody curbs these whizbangs in the United States or England, where they are free to be as nutty as their capacities will permit." Example: Then the kids at school started giving me the business about being a fairy, called me the African Queen.
Word: guisarmes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guisarme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waterzooi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch waterzooi. Pronunciation: /ˈvɑː.tə.zɔɪ/, /ˈvɑ.tɚˌzɔɪ/ 1. A type of Flemish stew, traditionally made with fish. Labels: uncountable
Word: dibbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dibber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roselle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration or misapprehension of French oseille denoting this plant, specific use of oseille sorrel; perhaps compare also sorrel. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊˈzɛl/, /ɹoʊˈzɛl/ 1. Hibiscus sabdariffa, an edible flower in the hibiscus family used to make hibiscus tea. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I planted some roselle in the garden so I can start making my own hibiscus tea instead of relying on processed agua de jaimaica powders. Example: Roselle has also been used as a source of plant fiber called roselle hemp.
Word: roselles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roselle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shamshir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian شمشیر (šamšēr, “sword”). Doublet of scimitar. Pronunciation: /ʃæmˈʃɪər/ 1. A Persian curved blade without a pommel.
Word: Akel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish Akel and Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql, “wisdom, reason”). 1. A surname.
Word: man catcher Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who catches or traps men. 2. An employment agency. Labels: US, slang 3. A type of polearm used in 18th century Europe that consists of a long pole and a two-pronged circular head for snaring the enemy around the neck. Labels: historical
Word: mancatcher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of man catcher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Tamay Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Tamay. This surname is mostly found in Mexico. 1. A surname from Spanish.
Word: khopesh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian ḫpš. Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊpɛʃ/ 1. An Ancient-Egyptian sickle-like sword.
Word: shotel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Amharic ሽቶል (šətol). 1. An Abyssinian curved blade similar to the scimitar. Example: "The kilij has a slight taper down the straight part of the blade. In the bottom portion, it angles sharply and becomes deeper." "So," Thomas said, "you're suggesting there are different types of scimitars?" "Yeah, a bunch. There's the Afghani pulwar, the Ethiopian shotel, the Turkic aldaspan, and at least a dozen more." "You're the resident swordsman, considerate it yours."
Word: broad sword Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of broadsword. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: agua de jamaica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish agua de jamaica, literally "water of roselle". 1. A beverage made from the roselle plant's sepals, usually an infusion or a soda. Example: Our study in California among low-income immigrants from Mexico and first-generation Mexican Americans showed that 68 ... Tacos (-11%) "Agua de Jamaica" (-40%) "Fideos" (-22%) Meat/Vegetables (-10%) "Atole" (-40%) "Chilaquiles" (-21%) Example: agua de Jamaica is a popular drink made by steeping the red flower of the Jamaica plant in warm ^H water and then serving it chilled
Word: short sword Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shortsword. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: PTCA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ventricular tachycardia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ventricular + tachycardia. 1. A heart attack involving a heightened heart rate in a ventricle of the heart. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If your patient has a ventricular tachycardia then defibrillation may not work. Example: When your resting heart rate is over 100 bpm, providers call this tachycardia. This means you may have an issue with your heart’s conduction system that signals your heart to beat. Examples of this type of issue include atrial flutter and ventricular tachycardia.
Word: ventricular tachycardias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ventricular tachycardia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: v-tach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. Ventricular tachycardia. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: v-tach Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening. 1. To undergo ventricular tachycardia.
Word: v-fibbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of v-fib Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: v-taching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of v-tach Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: veniole Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the smaller veins in the heart, especially those connecting with capillaries.
Word: venioles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of veniole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kenan Part of Speech: name Etymology: * Borrowed from Hebrew קֵינָן (qēnå̄n). * Alternatively, possibly a variant of Keenan, from Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian. 1. A surname from Hebrew. 2. A descendant of Seth, son of Enos. 3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Word: shō Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sho. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Free reed instruments such as this shō and its Chinese forebear, the sheng, have been known in East and Southeast Asia since antiquity.
Word: antique shop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From antique (“noun”) + shop. 1. A business dedicated to storing, selling, restoring, and trading in items from previous eras for their superficial and historical value, especially furniture and trinkets. Example: My grandmother Rosemary never cared much for antique shops, she preferred modern goods as opposed to the things of yore. Example: New Alresford is constantly mispronounced, T-shaped, honeycombed with cellars, packed with antique shops, riddled with woodworm, surrounded by watercress. The name - which means 'ford by the alders' - is pronounced 'Allsford'; and no one ever uses 'New', though they do call the adjoining village Old Alresford.
Word: laser pointers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laser pointer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: betimber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *betimbren, from Old English betimbran, betimbrian (“to construct, build”), equivalent to be- + timber. 1. To build. Labels: transitive Example: Wrought there and fashion'd the folk of the Weders A howe on the lithe, that high was and broad, Unto the wave-farers wide to be seen: Then it they betimber'd in time often days, The battle-strong's beacon; [...] 2. To furnish with timber; timber. Labels: transitive
Word: bethump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + thump. 1. To thump soundly. Labels: transitive
Word: bethumb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + thumb. 1. To take hold of or mark with the thumbs; soil or mark with frequent thumbing. Labels: transitive
Word: finocchios Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of finocchio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiques shop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of antique shop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bethrow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bethrowen, from Old English beþrāwan (“to twist”), equivalent to be- + throw. Cognate with West Frisian bedraaie (“to cheat, deceive”), Dutch bedraaien (“to involve”), German bedrehen (“to heave to, come to”). 1. To throw or twist about; throw off; torture. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Gioseso, hauing prouided a good Holly-wand, went into the Chamber, where his wife sate railing, and despitefully grumbling, where taking her by the haire of her head, bethrew her at his feete, beating her entreamely with the wand. Example: Were I a flower what would I do, […] I would be growing to be Be made into a garland to To bethrow two people in a A bond of marriage or Or adorn, the neck of someone honoured at a drop of a hat.
Word: roided out Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From roid + -ed + out. See steroid. 1. Having a very muscular physique, especially one obtained from the actual or apparent use of anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs. Labels: slang Example: 2010. "Odd Man Out" He's so roided out it's ridiculous. Example: 2010. "Undateable: 311 things guys do that guarantee they won't be dating" At a Major League Baseball game, three obviously 'roided-out men made their way to their seats in the middle of the section.
Word: 'roided out Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of roided out. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bethwack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + thwack. 1. To pelt, thrash, or cudgel soundly. Labels: transitive
Word: betie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + tie. 1. To tie round; bind fast. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: bethrall Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + thrall. 1. To enthrall; enslave. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Ne let that wicked woman scape away ; For she it is , that did my lord bethrall
Word: betongue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + tongue. 1. To assail or attack someone verbally, often by mocking, jeering or railing against them. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: betoss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- (“around, about”) + toss. 1. To toss about. Labels: transitive
Word: non-consensual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + consensual. 1. Without permission, without consensus or consent, with coercion, especially said of sexual relations. Example: 2001. "Briefcase on Medical Law" MB's needle phobia rendered her temporarily incompetent and a non-consensual caesarean section would be lawful. Example: 2004. "Legal interaction between decisions of international organizations" Non-consensual decision-making process within organs of IOs The third interesting result of this research relates to the method of adoption of decisions of IOs as compared to international treaties.
Word: date rapist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From date + rapist. 1. A person who commits date rape. Example: 1994. "Date Rape" There is no such thing as the typical date rapist. Example: 2009. "Sex and Society Volume 1" The date rapist often plans a date intending to have sex with the woman.
Word: date-rapist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of date rapist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: acquaintance rape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acquaintance + rape. 1. Rape by somebody personally known by the victim, such as date rape, marital rape, or rape by a teacher or supervisor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1990. Maine Department of Public Safety, Acquaintance rape: he's your friend--and he could rape you Example: Acquaintance rape has become prevalent partly because these attitudes are so pervasive.
Word: Macolyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Mac + acolyte. Pronunciation: /ˈmækəlaɪt/ 1. A loyal user of Apple products, such as Macintosh computers, iPads, and iPhones. Labels: derogatory, slang, sometimes Example: So long as Macolytes keep paying Apple's high prices, its 28% gross margins should far exceed PC rivals — especially if it keeps expanding its portfolio with non-PC products such as the iPod MP3 music player. Example: Will anyone beyond deep-pocketed Macolytes fork over $499-599 (4GB and 8GB models, respectively) and embrace Cingular service, with its sluggish data network, for a two-year contract?
Word: Macolytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Macolyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reality distortion fields Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reality distortion field Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pond Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound. * As a German and north/Low German surname, Americanized from Pfund and Pund respectively, both related to the above. 1. Alternative letter-case form of the pond (“the Atlantic Ocean”). Labels: alt-of Example: The legendary liner is retiring from transatlantic sailing after 33 years of crossing the Pond between New York and Southampton, England. Example: The Pond, as it is dismissively known, is certainly in need of a revamp. Its waters have been despoiled and plundered to the brink of disaster – and in the case of the Grand Banks cod fishery, sent over that edge into deathly extinction.
Word: Pond Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound. * As a German and north/Low German surname, Americanized from Pfund and Pund respectively, both related to the above. 1. A surname. Example: "How do you know?" asked Mr Pond rather snappishly and in unusual irritation. Example: Hi, I’m Max Pond. I’m an active mormon, or member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Word: hoboglyph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hobo + glyph. 1. A sign, usually chalked on a wall or walkway, left by a hobo (tramp) to advise others of local conditions
Word: classic rock Part of Speech: noun 1. A radio programming format that includes hard rock music from the mid-1960s through 1980 or later. Labels: uncountable Example: "Above all though, our poll seems to indicate one thing - in 2009 classic rock still rules."
Word: bone-crunching Part of Speech: adj 1. Very violent or hard, as an impact. Labels: idiomatic Example: Indeed, when baby-voiced Teresa describes the bone-crunching finishes in her new home, a 12,000-square-foot French chateau simulacrum that’s “all granite, marble and onyx,” and avers her commitment to the brand-spanking new (“I just skeeve looking at other people’s houses,” she says. Example: The bone-crunching AC/DC classic Back In Black landed at number six, followed by Metallica's Enter Sandman and the chiming riff of The Beatles' Day Tripper at eight.
Word: castelet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of castlet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pinter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pint + -er. 1. The drinking of a certain number of pints of beer Labels: UK, slang 2. A container that holds a certain number of pints. Labels: UK, slang Example: “Anyway, I'd best get a shuffle on. Got to pick some milk up, you see.” “I've just been too.” Sure enough he showed the hedgehog a four-pinter. 3. Something that takes a certain number of pints of beer to appreciate. Labels: UK, slang Example: She's so ugly, an eight-pinter, I'd say.
Word: princeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prince + -less. 1. Without a prince. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1873?, Cora's Delusion Notwithstanding the round of pleasures in which she every summer took prominent part, she could not stifle her inward and continuous yearning for the music of a princely voice, the glance of devotion from princely eyes, the touch of a princely hand in the dance, and the sweet envy of all maidens who had to go princeless through life.
Word: bacmids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bacmid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kloofing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kloof + -ing. 1. A recreational activity involving descent into a deep ravine or watercourse. Labels: uncountable
Word: Josephism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Joseph + -ism. 1. The policies and reforms of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741–1790) of Austria. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: Josephina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Latinate variant of Josephine. By surface analysis, Joseph + -ina. 1. A female given name from Hebrew.
Word: nephelometrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nephelometric + -ally. 1. By means of nephelometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: immunoturbidimetric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From immuno- + turbidimetry + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to immunoturbidimetry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: idiotism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From idiot + -ism. 1. Very severe mental retardation. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: He did not perceive that regal power, in a few generations, introduces idiotism into the noble stem […] Example: Idiotism had long been accepted as hopeless: ‘Absolute idiocy admits of no cure,’ noted the nineteenth-century psychiatrist George Man Burrows (1771–1846). 2. A foolish utterance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] that clear soprano, in nursery, rings out a shower of innocent idiotisms over the half-stripped baby, and suspends the bawl upon its lips.
Word: idiotism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin idiotismus. 1. Idiom. 2. An overly literal translation of an idiom.
Word: idiotisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of idiotism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inti Labels: form-of, plural
Word: raise borer Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine used to excavate a circular hole between two levels of an underground mine without the use of explosives.
Word: decreolization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Portuguese crioulobor. Spanish criollo French créolebor. English Creole English creole Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English creolization English decreolization From de- + creolization. Pronunciation: /diːˌkɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The process of decreolizing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: At some point in the decreolization process, however, xenolectal structures become masked by surface-structure mimicry of the matrilect, so that the apparent degree of xenolecticity of the evolving mimolect drops below the real level, as represented by the crossover of A-B and C-D. Example: In the process, as substantial numbers of black speakers underwent decreolization, their decreolized speech, although technically a mimolect, would have much of the surface form and therefore social status of a true matrilect, and would itself then serve as an additional model for those speakers further behind in the decreolization process.
Word: decreolizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decreolization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ritualic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French rituélique. 1. Pertaining to ritual.
Word: trokosi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Trokosi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trokosis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trokosi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Alfvén Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Swedish Alfvén. 1. A surname from Swedish.
Word: round-heeled Part of Speech: adj 1. Easily defeated; a pushover. Example: Do we really need — or want — round-heeled labor unions? Or round-heeled government regulators? Or protectionism? We have done rather well with our open and adversarial way. 2. Sexually promiscuous; sluttish. Example: At first she had wondered what he wanted of her, when (so she had heard) plenty of round-heeled Washington girls were his at a push. Example: Okay, so she [Sandra Fluke]'s not a slut. She's "round heeled". I take it back.
Word: reedgrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reed + grass. 1. Any of the grasses in the genus Calamagrostis. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: reedgrasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reedgrass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rockist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rock + -ist. 1. One who subscribes to rockism. Labels: derogatory Example: The basic thesis of the book is that generations of British rockists attended art school and that this explains the distinction and domination of Britpop. Example: Rockists would maintain that their music has progressed since 1956, but there is so little musical difference between rock and pop that many of the artists would be impossible to place in one camp or the other.
Word: rockist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rock + -ist. 1. Related to rockism. Example: Reframe that argument for dance music specifically, and things get weird. Techno and house end up in the “rockist” category — despite their origins in queer culture and radical Blackness — because of their relative emphasis on tradition, craft and underground legitimacy.
Word: rockists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rockist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rockism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rock + -ism. See rock music. 1. A kind of music snobbery that views rock music as superior or normative and values music with "authentic" production values over modern "manufactured" and electronic forms. Labels: derogatory, uncountable Example: Near as a body could tell from here, rockism wasn’t just liking Yes and the Allman Brothers — it was liking London Calling. Example: The rockism debate began in earnest in the early 1980's, but over the past few years it has heated up, and today, in certain impassioned circles, there is simply nothing worse than a rockist.
Word: retinula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin rētinula, diminutive of Medieval Latin rētina. By surface analysis, retin(a) + -ula. 1. One of the group of pigmented cells that surround the retinophorae of invertebrates.
Word: retinulas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retinula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retinulae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retinula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retinaculum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin retināculum, from retinēre (“hold back”). Pronunciation: /ˌrɛtɪˈnækjʊləm/ 1. A connecting band. Example: the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves 2. One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle. 3. One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms. 4. A loop on the underside of the forewing of some moths. 5. A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.
Word: retinacula Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retinaculum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ileocolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ileo- + colic. 1. Relating to the ileum and colon Labels: not-comparable Example: The ileocolic artery is the lowest branch arising from the concavity of the superior mesenteric artery.
Word: roffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ROFL, Internet abbreviation for "rolling on the floor laughing". 1. To laugh uproariously; to be greatly amused. Labels: Internet Example: I roffled at this. Example: Just finished roffling at today's 'oh lucky you'.....mirth aplenty!
Word: bank-and-turn indicator Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of turn-and-bank indicator. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rollneck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roll + neck. 1. A turtleneck sweater. Example: There were a lot of young girls, in their early-twenties she guessed, many of them either Gothed up in thick black mascara and black lip stick, others looking like stereotypical Beat Girls in black rollnecks and jeans.
Word: rollnecks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rollneck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: praxeological Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to praxeology.
Word: praxeologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From praxeological + -ly. 1. In terms of praxeology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Yerkish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Yerkes + -ish, after Robert M. Yerkes, the founder of the laboratory within which the lexigrams were first used. Pronunciation: /ˈjɜːrkɪʃ/ 1. An artificial language of lexigrams developed for use by non-human primates. Example: Kanzi's ability to ‘speak’ in Yerkish and understand English is impressive.
Word: birationality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From birational + -ity or bi- + rationality. 1. The quality of being birational. Labels: uncountable
Word: rotodome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roto- + dome. 1. A rotating radome. Example: […]air-target surveillance and cueing radars mounted in rotodomes[…]
Word: rotodomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rotodome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rotorcrafts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rotorcraft Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rotavated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rotavate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rotavating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rotavate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rotavates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rotavate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shrogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shrog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Turing jump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Alan Turing. 1. In computability theory, an operation that assigns to each decision problem X a successively harder decision problem X′ with the property that X′ is not decidable by an oracle machine with an oracle for X.
Word: Turing jumps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Turing jump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oracle machine Part of Speech: noun 1. In computability theory, a form of theoretical Turing machine, able to solve even undecidable decision problems in a single operation. Example: See also: o-machine Example: Thus, an oracle machine (which enacts an oracle algorithm) would be like an ordinary Turing machine, except that adjoined to its ordinary computational operations would be another operation: ‘Call in the oracle and ask it whether C_q(n) stops; […]
Word: oracle machines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oracle machine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperarithmetical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + arithmetical. 1. Of or pertaining to hyperarithmetic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thoughted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thought + -ed. 1. Having thoughts of a specified kind. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: Light-thoughted Mirth grew serious, and wept
Word: resedimenting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of resediment Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: resediments Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resediment Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Airy function Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after George Biddell Airy. 1. A function, denoted by Ai(x), that is a solution to the Airy equation.
Word: Airy equation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after George Biddell Airy. 1. (d²ʸ)/(dx²)-xy=0,,!, the simplest second-order linear differential equation with a turning point (a point where the character of the solutions changes from oscillatory to exponential).
Word: Apple tax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Referring to American technology company Apple Inc., specifically the high price of its high-end computers (sense 1) and its mobile ecosystem (sense 2). 1. The price paid by people purchasing Apple products, said to be higher than that of comparable alternatives. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: Microsoft has been warning about the so-called "Apple tax" that people pay for buying Macs. Their newest claim: A family of four will pay $3,367 over five years if they buy Macs instead of PCs, not just for the initial machines, but in ongoing costs hardware and software costs. Example: You'll want to buy what you need and no more, as there is a definite Apple-tax premium here. 2. The commission taken by Apple on purchases on its online services, such as the App Store and iTunes. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: (title) Example: Epic's CEO Tim Sweeney has been incredibly outspoken about App Store taxes. He’s taken Fortnite off the Google Play Store and would dearly love to find a way to not have to give Apple a cut on iOS devices. Does he have a personal stake in that fight? Obviously. But he's also one of a growing chorus of voices pushing back against the so-called "Apple Tax."
Word: transactionalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From transactional + -ization. 1. The conversion of something into a transaction or series of transactions. Labels: uncountable Example: […]the […] transactionalization of gender relations in the matrimonial marketplace[…] Example: The transactionalization of financial relationships is also a reflection of this larger trend. Financial markets in the world today are replete with products that were relations at one time.
Word: transactionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From transactional + -ly. 1. With regard to, or in terms of, transactions. Labels: not-comparable Example: Static separation prohibits programming idioms where a mutable shared location changes between being accessed transactionally and being accessed directly[…]
Word: iPod tax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iPod + tax. 1. A levy or tax on digital storage products (e.g. iPods), levied at a per unit capacity rate, used to compensate content providers for piracy of their goods. Labels: slang
Word: unsheeted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sheeted. 1. Not covered by a sheet. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unsheeted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of unsheet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: underbone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + bone. 1. A small motorcycle built on a frame consisting mostly of one large-diameter tubular component.
Word: underbones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of underbone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ahegao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese アヘ顔(がお) (ahegao), from アヘアヘ (aheahe, “panting”) + 顔(かお) (kao, “face”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.heɪ.ɡaʊ/, /əˈheɪ.ɡaʊ/ 1. An exaggerated facial expression consisting of flushed cheeks, rolled-back eyes, and the tongue hanging out, intended to depict a person having an orgasm. Labels: Japanese, countable, uncountable Example: "The ahegao you draw is the best ever, ■■-sensei!." Example: During the set of intercourse at the end of the story, Sherlock is also drawn featuring ahegao expressions, frequently used in hentai or pornographic works.
Word: uncinate fasciculus Part of Speech: noun 1. A tract of white matter in the human brain that connects limbic and frontal parts.
Word: unbracket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + bracket. 1. To remove from brackets or parentheses; to highlight; to bring forward. Labels: transitive
Word: unbrackets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unbracket Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unbracketing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unbracket Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unguiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin unguis + -form. 1. claw-shaped
Word: ungrammared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + grammared. 1. uneducated; illiterate
Word: grammared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From grammar + -ed. 1. Having a specified style of grammar. Labels: not-comparable Example: My companion was an American, big-hearted, full-pursed, bad-grammared, with a full knowledge of her shortcomings, a native of the Pacific coast, and "glad of it." Example: […]remarks about "the blacksmith's art" as exemplified by a mis-spelled and wild-grammared Los Angeles monthly[…]
Word: grammared Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From grammar + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of grammar Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: univerbation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from French univerbation, from uni- (“uni-”) + Latin verbum (“word”) + French -ation (“-ation”). Pronunciation: /ˌjuːnɪvɜː(ɹ)ˈbeɪʃən/, /ˌjynɪvɜˈbeʃən/ 1. The diachronic process of forming a new single word from a fixed expression of several words. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Lexicalization and grammaticization compared In Section 3, it was pointed out that there are two kinds of lexicalization which can be usefully compared with grammaticization, i.e. fossilization and univerbation. The discussion and examples in this section will be confined to the more general and widespread of these two types, i.e. univerbation (the emergence of new lexical entries from collocations), primarily in order to keep the presentation simple and straightforward. Example: Standard examples of univerbation are cupboard, brainstorming, or necklace. 2. A new word formed by this process. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The two suppletive pronominal paradigms *se/o- ~ *te/o- ‘that’ and *i-/ei̯- ~ *e/o- ‘this’ are continued in many IE [Indo-European] languages, both as simplicia and as univerbations with other pronouns and adverbs[.]
Word: grammaticalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French grammaticalisation, coined in 1912 by the French linguist Antoine Meillet, corresponding to grammatical + -ization. Pronunciation: /ɡɹəˌmæ.tɪ.kə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The process of making grammatical. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of language change by which a word or morpheme is reduced to more of a grammeme than a lexeme, for example the reduction of a content word representing an object or action (a noun or verb) to a clitic. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: univerbations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of univerbation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grammaticalizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grammaticalization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unransomed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + ransomed. 1. Not ransomed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: polyostotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + ostotic. 1. Pertaining to multiple bones. Labels: not-comparable
Word: monostotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + ostotic. 1. Pertaining to a single bone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Comtian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Comte + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Auguste Comte (1798–1857), French philosopher and founder of sociology and positivism.
Word: Comtian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Comte + -ian. 1. A supporter or follower of Auguste Comte's ideas; a Comtist.
Word: Comtean Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Comtian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rheboks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhebok Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seroepidemiologic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to seroepidemiology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: shareland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From share + land. 1. A region of arable land divided into sections farmed by different people. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sharelands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shareland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rutherfords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rutherford Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semibarbaric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + barbaric. 1. Somewhat barbaric. Labels: not-comparable Example: a semibarbaric method of carrying out justice
Word: Malayalee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Malayali. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Malayalee Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Malayali. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Malayalees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Malayalee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brachiobasilic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brachio- + basilic. 1. Pertaining to the arm and basilic vein. Labels: not-comparable Example: a brachiobasilic fistula
Word: basilic vein Part of Speech: noun 1. A large superficial vein of the upper limb that helps drain parts of hand and forearm.
Word: tempics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Gary Saul Morson in the 1990s, perhaps from temporal and poetics. 1. A method of reading narratives in terms of time and the current instant. Labels: uncountable