nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: linener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From linen + -er. 1. A dealer in linen; a linen draper. Labels: obsolete Example: all the dames at court by a fortnight, have her counsel of tailors, lineners, lace-women, embroiderers[…]
Word: lineners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of linener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unrumple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + rumple. 1. To free from rumples; to spread or lay even; to uncrumple
Word: unrumples Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unrumple Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unrumpling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unrumple Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: odible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin odibilis. See odium. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊdɪbəl/ 1. Fit to excite hatred; hateful, odious. Labels: obsolete Example: dragons, ostriches, dancing apes, owlets, mermaids, and other odible monsters
Word: plumbagoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plumbago Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aircar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + car. 1. A car capable of flight.
Word: aircars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aircar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poperatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of pop + operatic. 1. Of or pertaining to popera.
Word: cafilas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cafila Labels: form-of, plural
Word: railbuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of railbus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: theatricalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of theatricality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prebreaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + breaded. 1. Breaded in advance, or at the time of manufacture. Labels: not-comparable Example: prebreaded chicken pieces
Word: reptiloid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reptile + -oid. 1. A reptilian humanoid creature. Example: Somewhere in the cosmos, he said, along with all the planets inhabited by humanoids, reptiloids, fishoids, walking treeoids and superintelligent shades of the colour blue, there was also a planet entirely given over to ballpoint life forms.
Word: reptiloids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reptiloid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpungent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pungent. 1. Not pungent.
Word: siestaing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of siesta Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: siestaed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of siesta Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: passuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of passus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fellowlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fellow + -like. Compare fellowly. 1. Like a comrade; companionable; on equal terms.
Word: neguses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of negus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fellowly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English felowly, felawely, felaly, feleyly, feolahlich, equivalent to fellow + -ly. 1. Fellowlike; companionable, sociable or sympathetic. Example: Pro. […] Holy Gonzallo, Honourable man, / Mine eyes ev'n ſociable to the ſhew of thine / Fall fellowly drops :[…]
Word: fellowly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English felowly, felawly, feolahliche, equivalent to fellow + -ly. 1. In a fellowly manner.
Word: fissionless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fission + -less. 1. Without fission. Labels: not-comparable Example: a fissionless ignition system Example: a fissionless bomb
Word: nonlitigable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + litigable. 1. Not litigable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonstealing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + stealing. 1. Not stealing; not committing theft. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonstealth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + stealth. 1. Not employing stealth. Labels: not-comparable Example: a nonstealth aircraft
Word: technosocial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From techno- + social. 1. Of or pertaining to technosociety. Labels: not-comparable
Word: railbuff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rail + buff. 1. A railway enthusiast.
Word: railbuffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of railbuff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cycloplegics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cycloplegic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: purvue Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of purview. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: charcloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From char + cloth. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹklɔθ/ 1. A swatch of fabric made from vegetable fibre (such as linen or cotton) that has been converted via pyrolysis into a slow-burning fuel of very low ignition temperature, historically used as tinder. Labels: uncountable
Word: indeliberately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From indeliberate + -ly. 1. In an indeliberate manner.
Word: singleleaf Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From single + leaf. 1. Having individual leaves that are not grouped into fascicles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: beanhole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bean hole Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: beanholes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beanhole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cudworthian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Cudworth + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Ralph Cudworth (1617-1688), English philosopher.
Word: nonstopped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + stopped. 1. Not stopped (in various senses). Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonstopping Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + stopping. 1. That does not stop. Labels: not-comparable
Word: snakewhip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snake + whip. 1. A kind of single-tailed whip with no handle, capable of being coiled up.
Word: snakewhips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snakewhip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brotherred Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brotherrede, from Old English brōþorrǣden (“fellowship, brotherhood, membership of a brotherhood”), equivalent to brother + -red. Same as brotherhood. 1. Brotherhood; fraternity. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Mr. and Brothern of the fraternitie or Brotherhed of the Assumption of our blessed Ladie uppon the Bridge of Bristol, which fraternity or brothered is a ffrateraitie or Brothered of Temporal persons not incorporated, [...]
Word: retractables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retractable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fingerwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From finger + -wise. 1. In the manner of fingers from a hand; spreading out in several narrow parts. Labels: not-comparable Example: In this way alone too, it seems to me, can one gain a clear and consistent idea of the valley itself as an organic whole, with the various lateral glens which open out fingerwise on every side of it as its component members. Example: The valleys make natural and not ill-graded highways from the prairie to the Wisconsin River, while the ranges of bluffs separating them appear like promontories running out fingerwise from the main plateau[…]
Word: boswellic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Boswellia + -ic + acid. 1. Any of a series of pentacyclic triterpene molecules produced by plants in the genus Boswellia.
Word: precisenesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preciseness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Arbuthnotian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Arbuthnot + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to John Arbuthnot (1667?-1735), English physician and satirist.
Word: arboviral Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by an arbovirus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: herpesviral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From herpes + viral. 1. Of or pertaining to herpesvirus Labels: not-comparable
Word: rolling stops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rolling stop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sibred Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sibrede, sibreden, from Old English sibbrǣden (“affinity, relationship”); equivalent to sib + -red. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪbɹəd/ 1. Relationship; kindred. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. Marriage banns. Labels: uncountable
Word: opinatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From opinative + -ly. 1. In an opinative manner.
Word: applicatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From applicative + -ly. 1. In an applicative manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gossipred Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gossiprede, gossybrede, godsibrede, from Old English godsibbrǣden (“sponsorial obligations”), equivalent to gossip + -red. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒsɪpɹəd/ 1. Relationship by baptismal rites; spiritual affinity or parentage; sponsorship. Labels: historical, obsolete, uncountable Example: The following are the principal provisions of this statute : — That intermarriages with the natives, or any connexion with them in the way of fostering or gossipred, should be considered and punished as high treason: […] Example: But perhaps the most singular illustration of the tendency of kinship to extend itself artificially under the empire of primitive ideas is to be found in certain Slavonic forms of gossipred or spiritual relationship. 2. Idle talk; gossip. Labels: historical, obsolete, uncountable
Word: aegophony Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of egophony. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: safety call Part of Speech: noun 1. A prescheduled phone call to another person who knows where one is and who one was going out with. A missed check-in (or using a pre-arranged code phrase for danger) signals one's contact person to call for help. Example: When it reaches those times during your meeting, no matter how well things are going, make your safety-call to let them know you're doing ok. Example: We chit chat some small talk and I make my safety call. 2. A type of called shot where a shooting player does not have to continue their turn after pocketing one or more of their balls.
Word: relove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + love. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈlʌv/ 1. To love in return. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: To own for him so familiar and levelling an affection as love, much more to expect to be reloved by him, were not the least saucy presumption man could he guilty of, did not his own commandments make it a duty. Example: He therefore that begins to love, doth thereby render the person beloved his debtor, and acquires a just right to be beloved by him again, though he should have no other pretence to or interest in his affections; especially if he be one who is much our superior in all endearing perfections and accomplishments; because this must needs render his love more valuable, and consequently augment our obligation to relove him.
Word: reloved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of relove Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reloves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of relove Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reloving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of relove Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: depressedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From depressed + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being depressed. Labels: uncountable
Word: urohaematin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of urohematin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: glike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See gleek (“a jest”). 1. A sneer; a flout. Labels: obsolete Example: For when I haue taken on both handes, I will giue him the glike which thought he had won me by his giuing. Example: And it is not vnlikely but that M. Dorman with others, vpon vew of D. Hardinges booke, iudgeing that he, as a graue and learned man, had ſufficiently reaſoned againſt vs, but had otherwiſe D. Harding dealte to coldely with vs (as of purpoſe auoidynge glikes , nippes, ſcoffes, bittes, cuttes, and girdes, for ſo himſelfe ſaithe) […]
Word: glikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: karatas Part of Speech: noun 1. Bromelia karatas, a West Indian plant of the pineapple family. Labels: uncountable
Word: tum-tum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps onomatopoeia (of hooves or footfalls); compare tuk-tuk. Perhaps from tandem. 1. A dog cart; a rickshaw; a kind of vehicle. Labels: India Example: An optimistic old man was our driver; he needed all his optimism too, for his tum-tum was one of the most rickety I've seen , and his little pony very tiny. The balance of this vehicle was most important; we had to sit in certain definite positions ... Example: His fellow assistant, Dr Panna Lal, was in ecstasies at the prospect, and was urgent that they should attend it together in his new tum-tum.
Word: tum-tum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed fom Twi Akan tumtum (“mashed green bananas”). Compare Sranan Tongo tonton (“mashed plantain dumpling”). 1. A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain in a wooden mortar until it is soft. Labels: uncountable
Word: tum-tum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reduplication of tum, a shortened form of tummy. 1. Stomach. Labels: childish, informal Example: Can't eat - my tum-tum's hurting. Example: Take a little food and stir in some GASTRIC JUICE, which is made fresh daily by the 35 million glands that line your tum-tum. 2. Abdomen. Labels: childish, informal Example: The dog likes having its tum-tum rubbed. Example: The Internet is full of sites where you can buy everything you need to make a plaster mold of your tum-tum.
Word: breastfast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From breast + fast. 1. A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf or to another vessel. Labels: archaic
Word: breastfasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of breastfast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mizmaze Part of Speech: noun 1. A maze or labyrinth. Labels: also, archaic, figuratively Example: In the perplexing mizmaze of the modern residence, in the undue attention to the multiplex mysteries of the modern wardrobe, in the multiform engagements of the modern individual, the family is losing its identity. Example: So the young man took the end of the silken string in his left hand, and his gold-hiked sword, ready drawn from its scabbard, in the other, and trod boldly into the inscrutable labyrinth. How this labyrinth was built is more than I can tell you, but so cunningly contrived a mizmaze was never seen in the world, before nor since. There can be nothing else so intricate, unless it were the brain of a man like Dædalus, who planned it, or the heart of any ordinary man 2. A state of bewilderment. Labels: archaic Example: "Not a bit of it," responded our friend. "They come along so fast that I was all in a mizmaze trying to keep track on 'em.[…]"
Word: mizmazes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mizmaze Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aphakial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aphakia + -al. 1. Pertaining to or exhibiting aphakia; aphakic. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: aphakial eyes
Word: conterminable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From con- + terminable? 1. Having the same ends; terminating at the same time or place. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: c. 1638-1639, Henry Wotton, letter to Edmund Bacon Love and life are not conterminable.
Word: pussy-boy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pussyboy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pussy-boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pussy-boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: typhomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See typhus and mania. 1. A form of delirium common among sufferers of typhoid fever. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: kyanol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See cyanite. 1. Aniline. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. A base obtained from coal tar. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: besaint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + saint. 1. To make a saint of. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: besainted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of besaint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: besainting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of besaint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: besaints Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of besaint Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: erasion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ērādō (“to erase, to scrape”) + -siō, equivalent to erase + -ion. 1. The act of erasing; a rubbing out or obliteration; erasure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If erasions are found in a text occuring verbatim in another author who continues the material erased, then without a doubt that first author in the particular instance is not original. Example: […] followed by the low level driving energy to said heating means for effecting the erasion of the data recorded on the thermal recording media; 2. The surgical removal of tissue by scraping. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A very considerable time must elapse before an operation can assert that a case of excision or erasion of the knee is thoroughly successful. Example: The method of erasion—scraping off the epidermis until the papillary layer of the skin is laid bare—is now most requently used in this country.
Word: erasions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of erasion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: farcing Part of Speech: noun 1. A stuffing; forcemeat. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. Alternative form of farsing (“the insertion of vernacular paraphrases into a Latin liturgy”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: farcing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of farce Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: episternums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of episternum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: episterna Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of episternum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: festerment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fester + -ment. 1. A festering. Example: those misadventures and pettier miseries of life , which , if not so alleviated , would keep us in a state of continual festerment
Word: festerments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of festerment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goltschut Part of Speech: noun 1. A small gold or silver ingot, formerly used as money in some parts of Asia. Labels: archaic, historical
Word: goltschuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goltschut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: typhos Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of typhus. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: unoil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + oil. 1. To remove the oil (any sort) from. Labels: transitive
Word: unoiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unoil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unoils Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unoil Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: subatom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + atom. 1. Any particle that is smaller than an atom; a subatomic particle.
Word: subatoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subatom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reliquidate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + liquidate. 1. To liquidate again.
Word: reliquidated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reliquidate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reliquidates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reliquidate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reliquidating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reliquidate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: whimmy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From whim + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈʍɪmi/, /ˈwɪmi/ 1. Full of whims; whimsical. Labels: archaic Example: The study of Rabbinical literature either finds a man whimmy or makes him so.
Word: reliquidation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + liquidation. 1. A second or subsequent liquidation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reliquidations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reliquidation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hecdecane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. Archaic form of hexadecane. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: bibracteate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + bracteate. 1. Having two bracts. Labels: not-comparable
Word: numskulled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of numbskulled. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: indesirable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + desirable. 1. Archaic form of undesirable. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: phalloidins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phalloidin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amanitine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of amanitin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: amanitines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amanitine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knittle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knit. 1. Alternative form of nettles. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: knittles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of knittle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disquisitive Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to disquisition; fond of discussion or investigation; inquisitive.
Word: reperuse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + peruse. Pronunciation: /ɹiːpəˈɹuːz/ 1. To peruse again. Labels: transitive Example: I dare not reperuse what I have written, I must deposit it. Example: ‘Reperuse now that portion of this argument which has reference to the identification of the corpse by Beauvais.’
Word: reperused Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reperuse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reperuses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reperuse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reperusing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reperuse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: virmilion Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of vermilion. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: filcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From filch + -er. 1. One who filches; a thief. Example: But to return — Poor Paddy had a wife, The very plague and torment of his soul, The harbinger of battle and of strife, And, what was worse, the filcher of his bowl ; Example: Well, she sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina / She's a sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize
Word: filchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of filcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overcatching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overcatch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overcaught Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overcatch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: beerhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English beerhouse, from Old English *bēorhūs, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀahūs (“beerhouse”), equivalent to beer + house. 1. A tavern or restaurant in which the primary drink served is beer. Example: Near-synonyms: (broadly synonymous) alehouse, beer parlour, beer bar, pub, saloon; (overlapping) brewpub
Word: beerhouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beerhouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: harborous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From harbour + -ous. 1. hospitable Labels: obsolete
Word: pilgrimize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pilgrim + -ize. 1. To wander as a pilgrim; to go on a pilgrimage. Labels: obsolete Example: Fellow Onion, I'll bear thy charges, and thou wilt but pilgrimize it along with me to the land of Utopia Example: substantial clothing to use in rough pilgrimizing in the Holy Land
Word: pilgrimized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pilgrimize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pilgrimizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pilgrimize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pilgrimizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pilgrimize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prowdly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From prowd + -ly. 1. Obsolete form of proudly. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: prosyllogistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + syllogistic. 1. Of or pertaining to a prosyllogism Labels: not-comparable
Word: episyllogistic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to an episyllogism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prosyllogism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + syllogism. 1. A syllogism that is preliminary or logically essential to another syllogism. 2. The conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes a premise of the following syllogism.
Word: prosyllogisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prosyllogism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lovefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From loveful + -ly. 1. In a loveful manner. Labels: rare
Word: lipic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare lipid. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪpɪk/ 1. Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: elocutive Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to elocution. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Preaching in it's elocutive part[…]
Word: prowd Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of proud. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: metasomatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From metasomatic + -ally. 1. By means of metasomatism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: moonwake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moon + wake. 1. The reflection of moonlight on a body of water. Labels: no-plural Example: I was long puzzled to know why this moonwake always followed as I walked […] Example: And they grew and brightened and gathered; and whiles together they ran. Like the moonwake over the waters […]
Word: monadiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From monad + -iform. 1. Having the form of a monad; resembling a monad in having one or more filaments of vibratile protoplasm. Example: monadiform germs Example: monadiform Protozoa
Word: ennobler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ennoble + -er. 1. One who ennobles.
Word: ennoblers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ennobler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orchotomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orchotomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orchotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle”) + -tomy. 1. The surgical removal of a testicle; castration. Labels: dated, uncountable, usually
Word: thatness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From that + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈðætnəs/ 1. The quality or characteristic of being that (something referred to). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hand bridge Part of Speech: noun 1. a player's front hand formed to position their cue while making a shot
Word: days of wine and roses Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the poem Vitae Summa Brevis (1896) by Ernest Dowson. 1. A bygone era of innocence and simplicity, especially youth. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: harmost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἁρμοστής (harmostḗs). See harmony. 1. A governor or ruler appointed by the Spartans in the cities they subjugated.
Word: harmosts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of harmost Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fassaite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Fassa + -ite, after a valley in the Tyrol. 1. A variety of augite
Word: fassaites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fassaite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monospherical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + spherical. 1. Consisting of a single sphere. Labels: not-comparable Example: monospherical prosthesis Example: monospherical total shoulder replacement
Word: handcuff artist Part of Speech: noun 1. An escape artist who specializes in escaping handcuffs. 2. A person who only bets when they are sure of a victory. Labels: slang
Word: vowelism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vowel + -ism. 1. The use of vowels. Labels: uncountable
Word: botchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From botch + -y. 1. Full of botches or mistakes; poorly done. Example: Read over again my letter to the Lord Chancellor, and my last letter to yourself, and if they do not satisfy you that I am right in looking forward to a more substantial ecclesiastical reform, and in not promoting this botchy business, you must forgive me if I never say another word to you on the subject.
Word: overelegant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + elegant. 1. Excessively elegant.
Word: overelegance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + elegance. 1. Excessive elegance. Labels: uncountable
Word: programmist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From programme + -ist. 1. One who supports a programme or schedule, especially politically. Example: But these first theorists and programmists of communism, who conceived their programmes after the fashion of an economic enterprise, a hygienic reform, or an educational institution[…] Example: In Quebec in 1875 he was ultramontane, programmist, out-Veuilloting Veuillot, swearing by Mgr. Bourget and Mgr. Lafleche[…] 2. A composer of program music. Example: the leit-motif, that much-vaunted invention of programmists Example: Yet all the while I find myself seriously distrusting the psychological validity of the current classification of composers into absolutists and programmists or impressionists.
Word: programmists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of programmist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gunsmithy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gun + smithy. 1. A gunsmith's shop.
Word: gunsmithies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gunsmithy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imbodied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of imbody Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: imbodies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of imbody Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: imbody Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See embody. 1. Archaic form of embody. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: such imbody'd force
Word: imbodying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of imbody Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flexanimous Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the power to change somebody's mind. Labels: rare Example: a flexanimous orator
Word: beamily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From beamy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːmɪli/ 1. In a beaming manner. Example: a bright halo, shining beamily
Word: bribeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bribe + -less. 1. Incapable of being bribed, or without bribes. Labels: not-comparable Example: c. 1603?, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Walter Raleigh's Pilgrimage From thence to heaven's bribeless hall.
Word: dilettanteism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dilettante + -ism. 1. Alternative form of dilettantism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman.
Word: dilettanteisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dilettanteism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nectarial Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əl/, /nɛkˈtɛɹi.əl/ 1. Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant. Labels: not-comparable Example: nectarial cells Example: nectarial gland
Word: aldermanity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alderman + -ity. 1. The condition of being an alderman. Labels: uncountable Example: How would certain topics, as aldermanity, cuckoldry, have sounded to a Terentian auditory, though Terence himself had been alive to translate them? Senator urbanus, with Curruca to boot for a synonime, would but faintly have done the business.
Word: subzonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + zonal. 1. Relating to a subzone. Labels: not-comparable 2. Situated under a zone, or zona; applied to a membrane between the zona radiata and the umbilical vesicle in the mammal embryo. Labels: not-comparable
Word: enticer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From entice + -er. 1. One who entices or allures. Example: a comely grace, courtesies, gentle salutations, cringes, a mincing gait, a decent and an affected pace, are most powerful enticers
Word: enticers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enticer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fickly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From fickle + -ly. 1. In a fickle manner. Labels: obsolete Example: Up, and away goes Alce, our cooke-mayde, a good servant, whom we loved and did well by her, and she an excellent servant, but would not bear being told of any faulte in the fewest and kindest words and would go away of her owne accord, after having given her mistresse warning fickly for a quarter of a yeare together.
Word: anisostemonous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aniso- + Ancient Greek στήμων (stḗmōn, “warp”) + -ous. 1. Having a different number of stamens to petals. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: contravener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From contravene + -er. 1. One who contravenes.
Word: contraveners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contravener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: somethin' Part of Speech: pron 1. Informal spelling of something. Labels: alt-of, informal
Word: Karan Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name of North American usage, variant of Karen.
Word: Karan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa, “Karna”). Doublet of Karna. 1. A male given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage. Example: Sharmishta Roy, who did the sets of K3G, has this to say about Johar: “Karan cannot handle dirt, he cannot deal with grime, he went to Chandni Chowk and almost fainted.”
Word: sufferage Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of suffrage. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: slipage Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of slippage. Labels: no-plural
Word: glaunce Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of glance. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: A has a little gald me I confeſſe: / And as the Ieſt did glaunce avvaie from me, […]
Word: glaunce Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of glance. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [W]hen Marcus Philoſophus came in, Sylenus vvas grauelled, and out of countenance, not knovving vvhere to carpe at him, ſaue at the laſt, he gaue a glaunce at his patience tovvards his vvife.
Word: glaunc'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of glaunce Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past, poetic Example: When as the tread of ſtranger feet ſhe heard, Eftſoons her eyes ſhe thitherwards enhaunc’d, Which as the glitterand ſun‐beam bright appear’d, And quicker than the quivering levin glaunc’d, And ſtrait toward them with light ſtep advaunc’d; Her holden‐tendrill’d locks down from her head Hung looſely, wav’ring as to them bechaunc’d, She never them confin’d in tye or brede, But they mos t comely ſeem’d, whan moſt diſhevelled.
Word: be a man Part of Speech: verb 1. To put up with something or take responsibility for it; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining. Labels: idiomatic, imperative
Word: enhaunc'd Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of enhanced. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: enhaunc'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enhaunce Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past, poetic
Word: commaundment Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of commandment. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: understaund Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of understand. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: commaunds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of commaund Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commaunds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of commaund Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pussygirl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pussy + girl. 1. A (term of endearment for a) female submissive sex partner; a prostitute; a seductress. Labels: informal, vulgar Example: One of her adventures has her as a "Pussygirl" in a Sexyboy Club. Example: The "heroine" is said to have seduced her father at the age of 13, to have been an MP, a spy, a "pussygirl" and countless other things.
Word: pussygirls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pussygirl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ignoraunt Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of ignorant. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ignorauntly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From ignoraunt + -ly. 1. Obsolete form of ignorantly. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: beaglepuss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Franco-American Novelty Company's brand name "Beagle Puss Disguise Kit", apparently from beagle + puss (“face”). 1. A novelty pair of horn-rimmed glasses with attached eyebrows, plastic nose, and bushy mustache, caricaturing Groucho Marx. Labels: uncommon Example: Vonnegut did not write the book, and the photo on the book jacket of Trout looked suspiciously like Farmer, wearing Boss Mule work gloves, beagle puss and mustache, sunglasses, mufflers, etc. Example: The punchline: a bewildered Ung wearing a beaglepuss and trying to type with a rubber chicken […]
Word: heteroglossia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + -glossia. 1. The coexistence of distinct linguistic varieties, styles of discourse, or points of view within a single language, as in a literary work. Labels: uncountable Example: A superficial impression of Asia may be of disorder, whereas this condition is in fact the immediate historicity that speaks for an undertheorised heteroglossia.
Word: Groucho glasses Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Groucho from Groucho Marx + glasses 1. A novelty pair of horn-rimmed glasses with attached eyebrows, plastic nose, and bushy mustache, caricaturing Groucho Marx. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Joe handed Groucho glasses to each of them and then indicated the guns. Example: I felt like I was going down on a pair of Groucho glasses.
Word: cruize Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of cruise. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: It would be the greatest pleasure to him to have her there to the last moment before he sailed, and perhaps find her there still when he came in, from his first cruize! Example: [H]e flogged the whole starboard watch the last time that he was on a cruize, because the ship would only sail nine knots upon a bowline.
Word: cruize Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of cruise. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: I should not wonder if you had your orders to-morrow; but you cannot sail with this wind, if you are to cruize to the westward; […] Example: I shall cruize a fortnight more, and then join the admiral at Jamaica.
Word: typicall Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of typical. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hindraunce Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hindrance. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: matcht Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of match Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: marcht Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of march Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: plesauntly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From plesaunt + -ly. 1. Obsolete form of pleasantly. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: pleasaunt Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of pleasant. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: shockt Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of shocked. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: shockt Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shock Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: heterobiography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + biography. 1. biography written by another person, as opposed to an autobiography Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aunswerable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aunswer + -able. 1. Obsolete form of answerable. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: unaunswerable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + aunswerable. 1. Obsolete spelling of unanswerable. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: dje Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian ђе. 1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Ђ / ђ.
Word: hypopharynx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + pharynx. 1. bottom part of the pharynx, the part of the throat that connects to the esophagus
Word: bitchboy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bitch + boy. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪt͡ʃˌbɔɪ/ 1. A bottom, usually a younger, submissive male. Labels: slang Example: 2004, Best gay erotica, snippet ...set of anal beads in a twelve-mile radius of Christopher Street and shove them all up your ass while you whine and whine and whine like the beefy blond bitchboy of my dreams, but then I think about actually having to do that. Example: I love being a bitchboy bottom when a top can seduce me properly. 2. A coward, especially a younger man. Labels: vulgar Example: “Yo, bitchboy!” a kid, conveniently hidden in the line, shouts down. “You goin' or not?!”
Word: bitchboys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bitchboy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyponasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + -nasty. 1. an upward bending of leaves or other plant parts, caused by increased growth on their lower surface Labels: uncountable
Word: hypozoic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hypo- + -zoic. 1. older than the lowest rocks which contain organic remains Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypocrystalline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hypo- + crystalline. 1. having both glass and crystalline components Labels: not-comparable
Word: maihem Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mayhem (“maiming or causing bodily harm”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: public comments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of public comment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mud wrestler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mud + wrestler. 1. Alternative form of mudwrestler. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mud wrestlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mud wrestler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mudwrestlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mudwrestler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jabroni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of earlier gibone (also spelled jiboney, jaboney, etc.), possibly from dialectal Italian giambone (“ham”, also “self-important fool”). As a wrestling term, it was popularized by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who claimed to have borrowed it from the Iron Sheik. Prior to its popularization by Johnson, the term had also been used by Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, and others. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈbɹoʊni/ 1. An obnoxious or contemptible person; a crybaby. Example: Howard glared at the kid walking towards him. "Now look here, jabroni. These are my trails and that's my tree house you're playing house in, and I don't remember you asking me permission to be here.[…]" Example: Sometimes a person is stuck as a jabroni for life. Geraldo Rivera--there's a guy who no matter how high he grows his hair, how full he grows his moustache, or how dangerous an assignment he goes on as an "investigative reporter," he'll always be a jabroni. 2. A performer whose primary role is to lose according to social standing. Labels: slang Example: Get out of that, uh, jabroni outfit. Example: A jobber—also known as jabroni, extra, and enhancement talent—is playing the part of getting beat all the time.
Word: resthold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rest + hold. 1. a light hold used to regain energy during a match
Word: eschewer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eschew + -er. 1. One who eschews.
Word: eschewers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eschewer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ingross Part of Speech: verb 1. Prior to the abolition of inrollment in 1849, to engross a Parliamentary bill prior to royal assent by preparing it on a roll, incorporating any amendments. Labels: UK, historical 2. Archaic form of engross. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: ingrossed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ingross Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ingrosses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ingross Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ingrossing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ingross Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: introflexed Part of Speech: adj 1. Flexed or bent inward. Labels: archaic
Word: lollingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From lolling + -ly. 1. So as to loll (like the tongue) 2. In a lazy, relaxed manner. Example: Ibises half-lollingly posed on some old trunk, and gray herons motionless on one leg, solemn flamingoes who from a distance looked like red umbrellas scattered in the foliage, and phenicopters of every color, enlivened the temporary morass.
Word: lute-backed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a curved spine. Example: lute-backed chair Example: lute-backed person
Word: orthodoxical Part of Speech: adj 1. Dated form of orthodox. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: ungueal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French onguéal. 1. Alternative form of ungual. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: analogal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From analogy + -al. Pronunciation: /əˈnæləɡəl/ 1. Analogous. Labels: obsolete Example: [F]or things that are not so [i.e., not fundamental], we are to weigh them in two balances, in the balance of analogy, and in the balance of scandal: we must hold them so, as may be analogal, proportionable, agreeable to the articles of our faith, and we must hold them so, as our brother be not justly offended, nor scandalized by them; we must weigh them with faith, for our own strength, and we must weigh them with charity, for others' weakness.
Word: bucolical Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of bucolic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: ruffianish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ruffian + -ish. 1. Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian.
Word: reerect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + erect. 1. To erect again. Labels: transitive
Word: reerected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reerect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reerecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reerect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reerects Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reerect Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reprune Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + prune. 1. To prune again or anew. Labels: transitive Example: Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew.
Word: repruned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reprune Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reprunes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reprune Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: repruning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reprune Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lightman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From light (noun) + -man. 1. A man who carries or takes care of a light. Example: c. 1680s?, Tom Brown, The Practical Quaker; or, the New-Lights The Stars might go to sleep a-nights, And leave their work to these new-Light The Midwife Moon might mind her Calling , And noisy Lightman leave his Bawling
Word: lightmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lightman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entreatance Part of Speech: noun 1. Entreaty. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: These two entreatance made they might be hard
Word: hugy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hugy, hogy, equivalent to huge + -y. 1. Huge; vast. Labels: archaic, dialectal, humorous Example: Your threefold armie and my hugie hoſte, Shall ſwallow vp theſe baſe borne Perſeans. Example: His hugy bulk on sev'n high volumes roll'd; Blue was his breadth of back, but streak'd with scaly gold.
Word: gravelliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gravelly + -ness. 1. The quality of being gravelly. Labels: uncountable
Word: victress Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of victoress. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And at the field fought before Bebriacum, ere the battailes joyned, tvvo Ægles had a conflict and bickered together in all their fights: and vvhen the one of them was foyled and overcome, a third came at the very inſtant from the ſunne riſing and chaſed the Victreſſe avvay. Example: The mill lasted four rounds, when giddy little Ettie was declared the victress.
Word: victresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of victress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firmitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin firmitudo. See firm. 1. strength; stability Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: Thou lookest for firmitude and vigour in those graces, which thou wilt allow in thy best disciples, no less than truth.
Word: gubernative Part of Speech: adj 1. governing Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: […]Gubernative and Executive power