nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: stonyheartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stonyhearted + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being stonyhearted; remorselessness, cruelty, or pitilessness. Labels: uncountable Example: He was on the verge of running away to escape Merlin's stonyheartedness when the wizard took him by the shoulder. “You think you understand me, but you don't.” he said. Then his voice grew softer. “I wasn't rejoicing at your misfortune."
Word: stony-heartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stony-hearted + -ness. 1. Alternative form of stonyheartedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Pain is better than numbness, and broken-heartedness better than stony-heartedness, as surely as it is better to be alive than dead.
Word: stony-heartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From stony-hearted + -ly. 1. In a stonyhearted manner; pitilessly. Example: ...their women refused to let their newly-born daughters have access to their milk, and do put them in any way to death: but this practice is not general through all the subdivisions of their tribe, though in several places they do thus stony-heartedly kill them.
Word: Bous Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality of Saarland, Germany. 2. A town in Luxembourg.
Word: re-experience Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + experience. 1. Alternative form of reexperience. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: evenish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From even + -ish. Compare Saterland Frisian ieuwenske (“next to, along side of, beside”). 1. Somewhat even. Example: On the score of quality, some very in-and-out trials since tend to make the thirty-one exhibitors rather an evenish class, although to the eye it is long since a finer or more racing-looking lot ever came out ; Newmarket's pride, too, unquestionably having the best of it, both in the gifts of nature and the assistance of art. Example: With paintbrushes and bourbons in hand and cigarettes clamped between our teeth we spent a happy week or so covering ourselves and the boat in an evenish coat of yellow paint. At the time, ideas like that seemed normal, sensible even.
Word: Et Part of Speech: symbol 1. Abbreviation of ethyl (-C₂H₅). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: Ph Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of phenyl. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: Tf Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of triflyl. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: evenlike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English efenlike, also evenliche, from Old English efnlīċe (“evenly, equally”, adverb). More at evenly. 1. Evenly. Labels: dialectal, nonstandard Example: "I figured to show you how to practice your stitches on the mendin' 'til you can sew them all small an' evenlike.
Word: evenlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From even + -like. Compare Middle English evenlike, Old English efenlīc (“equal, even”). 1. Characteristically even, equal, or level. Example: Kate was not of a sorrowful disposition; but since the death of an affectionate mother, whom she had dearly loved, her natural vivacity had settled into an evenlike seriousness of manner, which gave to her pleasing countenance a doubly interesting appearance [...] Example: The magnetic field component, Hz, of the waveguide mode considered assumes an evenlike symmetry along the center of the waveguide. In type A structures, the photonic crystal cladding has even symmetry along the center of the defect.
Word: stoutheartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stouthearted + -ness. 1. Courage, pluck, boldness. Labels: uncountable Example: Horatius, on duty when the enemy attacked, displayed a stoutheartedness unmatched by his companions. He kept them from running away by promising to hold off the enemy while they destroyed the bridge behind him. 2. Resoluteness, fortitude, dauntlessness. Labels: uncountable Example: In a vacant gesture the foreman began making rounds during breakfast, glad-handing the men as they sulked over their porridge and coffee, reminding them of their fortitude and stoutheartedness. Example: The oak (Quercus pedunculata and Q. sessiliflord) our national tree is an emblem of British stoutheartedness and of the British constitution ; which like the tree has continued longer than most of its fellows.
Word: stout-heartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stout-hearted + -ness. 1. Alternative form of stoutheartedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: But I also know, because you have shown me, that yours is the courage and stout-heartedness that can meet any demands cheerfully and willingly, without hope of reward other than that which comes with a job well done... Example: Care in listening, and stout-heartedness in holding to good counsel, is a wife's great protection.
Word: stoutheartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From stouthearted + -ly. 1. Bravely, courageously. Example: Led by one of the war's greatest leaders, Winston Churchill, and buoyed by the hope for American aid, the British stoutheartedly lived through their "finest hour". 2. Resolutely. Example: Although acutely conscious of living in a 'wilderness,' they stoutheartedly refused to yield an inch to pioneer prejudices or frontier values.
Word: stout-heartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From stout-hearted + -ly. 1. Alternative form of stoutheartedly. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: With this in mind, my father hid my brother and sister (who were still quite small), under his bulky overcoat with hand-made pockets. I walked, stout-heartedly, beside him. This way my parents hoped and prayed that the Turks would see only one child and let us pass by unharmed. Example: And he tries stout-heartedly to explain away Lorenzo Clark's anti-Semitic jibes and mean tricks by pretending that the black is half-crazed by his terminal malady.
Word: stronghearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English strong-herted, strong-hertyd, equivalent to strong + hearted. Compare German starkherzig (“strong-hearted”), Swedish stark hjärtat (“strong-hearted”). 1. Resilient, enduring. Example: To lose two sons in one day was indeed overwhelming and could crack any stronghearted man. 2. Brave, courageous. Example: It is according to the same principles that tyrants declare an irreconcilable hatred for Truth and endeavour to crush those who are stronghearted enough to announce it.
Word: Japanese crucian carp Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of crucian carp, Carassius cuvieri, found in Japan and as an introduced species in Taiwan.
Word: strong-hearted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of stronghearted. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Ye had better," said Mrs. Saddletree. "I will be wanted ower yonder," indicating the Tolbooth with her hand, "and I maun leave him now, or I will never be able to leave him.I fearna for his life—I ken how strong-hearted he is—I ken it," she said, laying her hand on her bosom, "by my ain heart at this minute." Example: “You're a strong-hearted girl to have taken all that without fainting.”
Word: strongheartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stronghartydnes, equivalent to stronghearted + -ness. 1. Resilience, endurance. Labels: uncountable Example: As Cooper pointed out, among the foremost of the nineteenth-century Gros Ventre character ideals were "strongheartedness" and the ability to "bear and forgo." 2. Courage, bravery. Labels: uncountable Example: And desertion was noticeably worse among soldiers of lower classes than it was among those of moderate and superior means. But there were, of course, innumerable instances of strongheartedness among the humblest of Rebs.
Word: strong-heartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stronghartydnes, equivalent to strong-hearted + -ness. 1. Alternative form of strongheartedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Then the boy would feel confident and deep-rooted in his trust in God, and turn away from the garret window, where he had been waching the busy house-sparrows, with a courage and strong-heartedness that were ready to face all the evils and trials in the world. Example: The memoirs in Chapter Six reveal the many kinds of personal loss that women can encounter during a lifetime that spans six to nine decades — and the resilience and strong-heartedness that allows humans to live with and even learn from loss.
Word: strongheartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From stronghearted + -ly. 1. Bravely, courageously. Example: They listened as Walter Frank urged the audience "strongheartedly to proclaim great deeds and thus to help develop a people that not only understands great deeds but is also able to perform them." 2. Resiliently. Example: For a year past, he knew the inevitable, yet by his indomitable will kept strongheartedly to his' work, sustained by a rugged vitality. Example: You may, if you will, journey through life as many a valiant traveler before you has done, jousting strongheartedly with the years, marked but not marred by age.
Word: strong-heartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From strong-hearted + -ly. 1. Alternative form of strongheartedly. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: When we do not demand that our children take a break from their seductive playthings, when we do not require that they strong-heartedly persist in their endeavors, when we attribute their laggardly behavior and mediocre performance to partisan teachers, corrupt bureaucracies, and a demoralized society, we are ultimately doing them a great disservice.
Word: tender-heartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tender-hearted + -ness. 1. Alternative form of tenderheartedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tender-heartednesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tender-heartedness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tender-heartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From tender-hearted + -ly. 1. Alternative form of tenderheartedly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: warm-heartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From warm-hearted + -ness. 1. The quality of being warm-hearted. Labels: uncountable
Word: weak-hearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From weak + hearted. 1. Alternative form of weakhearted. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: weak-heartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weak-hearted + -ness. 1. Alternative form of weakheartedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: weak-heartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From weak-hearted + -ly. 1. Alternative form of weakheartedly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: whole-hearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From whole + hearted. 1. Alternative form of wholehearted. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: whole-heartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whole-hearted + -ness. 1. Alternative form of wholeheartedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Lordship of Ireland Part of Speech: name 1. The Irish state under the English Kings/Queens when the King/Queen of England held the ex officio title Lord of Ireland from the time Pope Adrian IV granted the title to King Henry II of England, until the time King Henry VIII left the Roman Catholic Church and elevated his Irish title to King of Ireland and the Irish state's status from a lordship to a kingdom.
Word: air admittance vent Part of Speech: noun 1. a mechanical sewer vent that allows air to enter into the sewage system but does not allow exhaust of sewer gases, to aid the flow of sewage by providing air behind water, where a standard vent stack to atmosphere is not possible, by drawing in interior air but keeping harmful sewer gases contained.
Word: ushioni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 牛鬼 (うしおに, ushioni). 1. An ox ogre or demon; an evil ox spirit. Labels: Japanese
Word: gentle-hearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gentle + hearted. 1. Kind and compassionate. Example: I am not sure how our "gentle-hearted" little girl will take the sight of the sheep's death, but when it happens she seems as matter-of-fact as the other two children. 2. Meek and mild. Example: Were these that worshipped here more reverential of the dead? or more affectionate in attachments unsevered by the grave? or more abundant in resources to procure what gentle-hearted poverty might sigh for in vain, a monument, or tablet, or grave stone; Example: The officials shall go on addressing the troops and say, "Is there anyone afraid or gentle-hearted? Let him go back to his home, lest he melt the heart of his brothers, like his heart!" 3. Refined and cultivated, high-born Labels: archaic Example: And here's to right our gentle-hearted King!
Word: gentlehearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gentle + hearted. 1. Alternative form of gentle-hearted. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Unfortunately, meek, kind, gentlehearted Annamaria had cultivated the two most lamentable, most damning traits known to womanhood: She was nice. Example: Lady Swinburne was watching him covertly and read some of his thoughts, for she was a discerning gentlehearted woman.
Word: gentle-heartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gentle-hearted + -ness. 1. Kindness and compassion. Labels: uncountable Example: There was a halo about everything that Uncle John did, the radiance that goes with great kindness, the jovial gentle-heartedness of a humane man. 2. Meekness, mildness. Labels: uncountable Example: Gentle-heartedness follows from humble-heartedness. When I know my proper place, and am therefore free to appreciate and affirm the invaluable goodness of my neighbor, I can afford to be gentle. 3. Refinement; high-born graciousness. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: And she was deserving of this love, because of her graciousness, her refinement, her gentle-heartedness and her piety.
Word: gentleheartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gentlehearted + -ness. 1. Alternative form of gentle-heartedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: He was unquestionably kind, but it was a sort of lazy kindness, owing not so much to gentleheartedness as to a desire to avoid conflict at all cost. Example: So in the human world, young people who really deserve to be loved because of their modesty and gentleheartedness are likely to be little cared for when brought into rivalry with women who are much more clever and cunning, and probably less pure hearted.
Word: gentle-heartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From gentle-hearted + -ly. 1. In a gentle-hearted manner.
Word: gentleheartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From gentlehearted + -ly. 1. Alternative form of gentle-heartedly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hollowhearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hollow + hearted. 1. Alternative form of hollow-hearted. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hollow-heartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hollow-hearted + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being hollow-hearted. Labels: uncountable
Word: hollowheartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hollowhearted + -ness. 1. Alternative form of hollow-heartedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hollow-heartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hollow-hearted + -ly. 1. In a hollow-hearted manner.
Word: hollowheartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hollowhearted + -ly. 1. Alternative form of hollow-heartedly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chestly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chest + -ly. 1. Of or relating to one's chest, especially in reference to placement, position, or posture. Example: But we hope that this able Artist will not be tempted to pursue this tinsel practise, this converting the chestly-coloured dress of the Graphic Muse into Harlequin and Columbine finery, making a plaything of his noble profession. Example: When he came within a foot away from me, with the debonair Homeboy strolling style, and flexible, chestly posture, he waiked around me analyzing [...] 2. swelled up; proud. Labels: broadly Example: It was the heat from this fire which had domed up the fog blanket and then dissipated it. When the fire died, the fog gradually came back, and remained there until noon, when the sun burned it off. Rather chestly at being the only pilot to come in and go out that morning I called on Captain Joe Wilson, [...]
Word: shallow-hearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shallow + hearted. 1. Frivolous, incapable of deep feeling. Example: What, what, ye sanguine, shallow-hearted boys!
Word: shallowhearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shallow + hearted. 1. Alternative form of shallow-hearted. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: She is mindless, brainless, shallowhearted.
Word: shallow-heartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shallow-hearted + -ness. 1. The quality of being shallow-hearted. Labels: uncountable
Word: shallowheartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shallowhearted + -ness. 1. Alternative form of shallow-heartedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Kordylewski cloud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Kazimierz Kordylewski, who made the first observations of the phenomenon. 1. Any of the dust clouds found at the Trojan points, the L4 and L5 Lagrange points, in the Earth–Moon system, and of any other such system.
Word: restitutive fantasy Part of Speech: noun 1. An imaginary reality created by someone to avoid what they cannot handle emotionally. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In restitutive fantasy, the person imagines some goal object which is not present in the environment: the fantasy thus serves as a replacement for the absent real object. The lonely child imagines his parents when they are away from him. Example: If Keats cannot, in restitutive fantasy, resurrect "the teeming autumn, big with rich increase," his imagination will, in a second attempt, rise to another response in an effort to deny the obdurate blankness of the stubble-plains […]
Word: humourism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of humorism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: utility programme Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of utility program. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, possibly
Word: application programme Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of application program. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: computer programme Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of computer program. Labels: UK, alt-of, dated
Word: programme trading Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of program trading. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: arsecunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arse + cunt. 1. Rare form of asscunt. Labels: UK, form-of, rare
Word: federation furniture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the era of Australian Federation in 1901. 1. a style of wooden furniture from the early 1900s. Labels: Australia, uncountable
Word: deceiptfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From deceiptful + -ly. 1. Obsolete form of deceitfully. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: deceiptful Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of deceitful. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: deceiptfull Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of deceitful. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: champas Part of Speech: noun 1. The native peat of Peru. Labels: uncountable Example: Champas, or peat, was cut as a substitute; but instead of being piled up in stacks, it was scattered over the country to dry, so that if the royalists attempted to burn it, the destruction would be a work of time, and of difficulty.
Word: manodanda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit मनोदण्ड (manodaṇḍa, “complete control over one's thoughts”). 1. complete control over one's thoughts Labels: Hinduism, uncountable 2. mental deeds Labels: Hinduism, uncountable 3. mental punishments in the Indosphere, such as being cursed Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: kayadanda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit कायदण्ड (kāyadaṇḍa, “complete control over one's body”). 1. complete control over one's bodys Labels: Hinduism, uncountable 2. bodily actions Labels: Hinduism, uncountable 3. corporal punishments in the Indosphere Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: exodos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos, “a departure”). Doublet of exodus. 1. A final scene or departure in a play, especially a tragedy. Labels: Ancient-Greek Example: 1994, Carlo Ferdinando Russo (author and translator), Aristophanes: An Author for the Stage, [1962, Aristofane autore di teatro], page 173, The exodos requires three actors, one for the Athenian (thirty iambic trimeters), one for his companion (five iambic trimeters) and one for the Spartan Singer (three iambic trimeters and around forty lyrical lines). Example: Then scenes alternate with choral songs, till the final exodos ("going-out") of the actors and chorus.
Word: gulti Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil குல்தி (kulti), reverse of தெலுகு (teluku). 1. a Telugu Labels: India, ethnic, offensive, slur
Word: Morrígan Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Morrigan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pulture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French peulture. 1. The claim to food for men, horses, and dogs within the bounds of a forest, etc. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: underappreciation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + appreciation. 1. insufficient appreciation Labels: uncountable
Word: beautiful music Part of Speech: noun 1. A mostly instrumental middle-of-the-road music format, prominent on American radio from the 1960s to the 1980s. Labels: uncountable 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beautiful, music. Labels: uncountable
Word: playstreet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + street. 1. A scheme by which a road is temporarily closed to allow local children to play there, e.g. in neighbourhoods where playground facilities are not available. Example: The Police Athletic League of New York City began operation of 75 playstreets and playgrounds in July for city youngsters who could not leave the city's streets during the hot months.
Word: playstreets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of playstreet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unasses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unass Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unassing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unass Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unassed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unass Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pignistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by Philippe Smets from Latin pignus (“a bet”) + -istic. 1. Being or relating to a probability that a rational person will assign to an option when required to make a decision. Labels: not-comparable
Word: impressures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of impressure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shot sample Part of Speech: noun 1. A sample taken for assay from a molten metallic mass by pouring a portion into water to granulate it.
Word: shot samples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shot sample Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sciascope Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of skiascope. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sciascopy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of skiascopy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sciascopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sciascope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Skoptsy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Russian скопцы́ (skopcý) 1. An underground religious movement in Russia, known for practising castration and mastectomy in accordance with their teachings. The movement was active to the mid 20th century. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The members of this movement. Singular form is Skopets Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Sobranje Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Bulgarian събрание (sǎbranie, literally “assembly”). 1. The parliament of Macedonia or (formerly) of Bulgaria.
Word: soft steel Part of Speech: noun 1. Steel low in carbon; mild steel; ingot iron. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: solid-drawn Part of Speech: adj 1. Drawn out from a heated solid bar, as by a process of spiral rolling which first hollows the bar and then expands the cavity by forcing the bar over a pointed mandrel fixed in front of the rolls; said of a weldless tube. Labels: not-comparable
Word: weldless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From weld + -less. 1. Made or done without welding. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Stundist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian, probably from German Stunde (“hour”), from their meetings for Bible reading. 1. A member of a large sect of Russian radical Protestant dissenters founded near Odessa around 1860, who adhere to a literal reading of the Bible and reject priestly dominion and all external rites of worship, influenced by German Protestant settlers. Labels: historical
Word: Stundism Part of Speech: noun 1. The beliefs and practices of the Stundists. Labels: uncountable
Word: Stundists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Stundist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superdreadnought Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + dreadnought. 1. A battleship of a class more powerful than the earlier dreadnoughts.
Word: superdreadnoughts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superdreadnought Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swagsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swag + -s- + -man. 1. Synonym of swagman (“itinerant traveller”). Labels: Australia, historical 2. Synonym of swagman (“middleman for stolen goods; a fence”).
Word: swagsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swagsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syndactyl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of syndactyle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: syndactyls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syndactyl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syntonically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From syntonic + -ally. 1. In syntonic fashion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: syntonical Part of Speech: adj 1. Dated form of syntonic. Labels: alt-of, dated, not-comparable
Word: footcandles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of footcandle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Uwaine Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Ywain Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: canelé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French canelé. 1. A small French pastry (from Bordeaux) with a soft center and a golden crust, made with rum-flavoured crepe batter, cooked in small molds. Example: ‘Do you play chess?’ Sophia asked, helping herself to a canelé.
Word: canelés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canelé Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chamisal Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of chamise (“American shrub”). Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: peched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pech Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: peched Part of Speech: adj 1. Tired, out of breath, worn out. Labels: Scotland Example: The poor old dog did look fairly peched, and didn't bat an eyelid when I lifted up the nearest pup, a black and white ball of fluff. Example: “I'm fair peched,” Grandad said, as he said every Sunday. “That's 'cos you're old, Granda.” Wee Jean cooried into the old man's side, hiding from the North Sea wind.
Word: chatter mark Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the fine undulations or ripples formed on the surface of work by a cutting tool which chatters. 2. A short crack on a rock surface planed smooth by a glacier.
Word: chatter marks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chatter mark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chippendale Part of Speech: name Etymology: From an assimilated (alveolarized) variant of the placename Chippingdale, from Old English ċīeping (“market”) + dæl (“valley”). * (furniture): Named after English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪpn̩deɪl/ 1. A style of furniture designed by, or resembling that of, Thomas Chippendale, generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on. Labels: attributive 2. A style of rococo bookplate. Labels: attributive 3. A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia. 4. A habitational surname from Old English.
Word: Chippendalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chippendale + -ism. 1. An ornamental style resembling that of Chippendale furniture. Labels: uncountable
Word: chuprassie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chaprasi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chuprassy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chaprasi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chaprassy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chaprasi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chuprassies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chuprassie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of chuprassy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clash gear Part of Speech: noun 1. A change-speed gear in which the gears are changed by sliding endwise.
Word: clash gears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clash gear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Clydesdale terrier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Clydesdale, a district in Scotland where the dogs were bred. 1. One of a breed of small silky-haired terriers related to, but smaller than, the Skye terrier, having smaller and perfectly erect ears.
Word: Clydesdale terriers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Clydesdale terrier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lightning arresters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lightning arrester Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Concord buggy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Concord, New Hampshire, where first made. 1. A kind of buggy having a body with low sides, and side springs. Labels: historical
Word: Concord buggies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Concord buggy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compressed yeast Part of Speech: noun 1. A cake yeast made by filtering the cells from the liquid in which they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and mixing with starch or flour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: corah Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi कोरा (korā, “fresh, unused; (of silk) plain or undyed”). 1. plain, undyed Labels: not-comparable
Word: corah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi कोरा (korā, “fresh, unused; (of silk) plain or undyed”). 1. A plain, undyed Indian silk.
Word: cordy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cord + -y. 1. Of, or like, cord; having cords or cord-like parts.
Word: corrobboree Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of corroboree. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: corrobborees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corrobboree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cracker State Part of Speech: name Etymology: See Georgia Cracker. 1. Georgia, United States. Labels: informal
Word: Crofton system Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Sir Walter Crofton, Irish prison director. 1. A system of prison administration involving firstly periods of solitary confinement, then work in the prison, followed by intermediate prisons, before freedom on ticket of leave. Labels: historical
Word: crotch chain Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, etc.
Word: crotch chains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crotch chain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Croydons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Croydon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: curials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ywain Part of Speech: name 1. A knight of the Round Table and the son of King Urien in Arthurian legend.
Word: pekes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Crookes space Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Sir William Crookes, English chemist, who first described it. 1. The dark space within the negative-pole glow at the cathode of a vacuum tube, observed only when the pressure is low enough to give a striated discharge. Labels: dated
Word: Crookes layer Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Crookes space.
Word: court circular Part of Speech: noun 1. An official record that lists the engagements carried out by the monarch and Royal Family of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, and appointments to their staff and to the court. Labels: UK
Word: court circulars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of court circular Labels: form-of, plural
Word: court guide Part of Speech: noun 1. A directory of the names and addresses of the nobility and gentry in a town. Labels: historical
Word: crackaloo Part of Speech: noun 1. A gambling game in which players throw coins at the ceiling of a room, aiming to have them fall as near as possible to a certain crack in the floor. Labels: uncountable
Word: crack-loo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crackaloo. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bacterioscopist Part of Speech: noun 1. One who carries out bacterioscopy.
Word: bacterioscopists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bacterioscopist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bacterioscopically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bacterioscopic + -ally. 1. By means of bacterioscopy. Labels: not-comparable Example: Two cases of diarrhoea during the voyage were shown bacterioscopically to be cholera, one being a passenger, the other a member of the crew.
Word: ausubo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish [Term?]. 1. balata tree
Word: ausubos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ausubo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ballotage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ballotage, ballottage. 1. In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates; a runoff election.
Word: ballotages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballotage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bank discount Part of Speech: noun 1. A sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it becomes due.
Word: barrel process Part of Speech: name 1. A process of extracting gold or silver by treating the ore in a revolving barrel or drum, with mercury, chlorine, cyanide solution, or other reagent.
Word: basic process Part of Speech: name 1. A Bessemer process or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment.
Word: Basuto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sotho Basotho. 1. A member of the Basotho people.
Word: Basuto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sotho Basotho. 1. Alternative form of Basotho. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Basutos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Basuto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bunkoed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bunko Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bunkos Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bunko Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bunkoing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bunko Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bumblepuppy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bumble puppy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Bull Mooser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Bull Moose. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Bucephalus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Būcephalus, from Ancient Greek Βουκέφαλος, Βουκεφάλας (Bouképhalos, Boukephálas), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κεφᾰλή (kephălḗ, “head”) + -ᾱς (-ās). 1. The warhorse of Alexander the Great. Labels: historical
Word: Bucephalus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Būcephalus, from Ancient Greek Βουκέφαλος, Βουκεφάλας (Bouképhalos, Boukephálas), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κεφᾰλή (kephălḗ, “head”) + -ᾱς (-ās). 1. Any horse used for riding. Labels: humorous Example: the Bucephalus which he bestrode 2. That which is the greatest of its kind. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: It will suffice to say that when I started on my journey into the realms of lexicography, I regarded Kʻang Hsi as a Bucephalus on whose tail — 蠅附龭尾 — a foreign fly might safely get an advantageous lift.
Word: Bucephaluses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bucephalus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bromoiodized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bromo- + iodized. Pronunciation: /ˌbɹəʊməʊˈaɪədaɪzd/ 1. Treated with bromides and iodides. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bromoiodism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bromo- + iodism. 1. poisoning induced by large doses of bromine and iodine or of their compounds Labels: uncountable
Word: bromanil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bromine and aniline. 1. A substance analogous to chloranil but containing bromine in place of chlorine. Labels: uncountable
Word: box kite Part of Speech: noun 1. A kite consisting of two light rectangular boxes, or cells open on two sides, and fastened together horizontally.
Word: Hargrave kite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the inventor's surname. 1. box kite
Word: box kites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of box kite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hargrave kites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hargrave kite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cellular kite Part of Speech: noun 1. box kite
Word: cellular kites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cellular kite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bower-Barff process Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the surnames of the two men who developed the process. 1. A method of coating iron or steel with magnetic iron oxide in order to minimize atmospheric corrosion. The articles to be treated are put into a closed retort and a current of superheated steam passed through for a period, followed by a current of producer gas (carbon monoxide), to reduce any higher oxides that may have been formed.
Word: unifiliar Part of Speech: adj 1. Composed of a single electric wire Labels: not-comparable
Word: box tail Part of Speech: noun 1. An aircraft's tail or rudder, usually fixed, resembling a box kite.
Word: decimal candle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Translation of French bougie décimale. 1. A photometric standard formerly used in France, having the value of one twentieth of the Violle platinum standard, or slightly less than a British standard candle. Labels: historical
Word: decimal candles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decimal candle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bod veal Part of Speech: noun 1. Veal too immature to be suitable for food. Labels: uncountable
Word: Bodhisattwa Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of bodhisattva. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Bodhisattwas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bodhisattwa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bodhisat Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of bodhisattva.
Word: bodhisats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bodhisat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Blue Hen State Part of Speech: name Etymology: The state bird is the Delaware Blue Hen. 1. The state of Delaware. Labels: informal
Word: block signal Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block system, often coupled with a switch so that opening or closing the switch also operates the signal.
Word: block signals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of block signal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Blackwater State Part of Speech: name Etymology: Alluding to the dark colour of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mould in the soil. 1. Nebraska Labels: dated, informal
Word: hajilij Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic هَجْلِيج (hajlīj). 1. The tree Balanites aegyptiaca, from which zachun is derived. Example: They dug a grave in the shade of a hajilij tree.
Word: bidarkee Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of bidarka. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: bidarkees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bidarkee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backfirings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backfiring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: only-begotten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English oonlybigeten, equivalent to only + begotten. Compare also Middle English only geten, oonly geten (“only-begotten”, literally “only-gotten”) and Middle English onbygoten, oon be-gotyn, one bygeten, oon bigetun, oon bigeten (“only-begotten”, literally “one-begotten”). Calque of Latin ūnigenitus, itself a calque of Ancient Greek μονογενής (monogenḗs). 1. Being the only child of one’s parent (especially one’s father) Labels: not-comparable 2. One of the attributes of Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God the Father. Labels: not-comparable Example: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed And [we believe] in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God.
Word: take the back track Part of Speech: verb 1. To retrace one's steps; to retreat. Labels: dated, informal
Word: balopticon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From βάλλω (bállō, “throw”) + ὀπτικός (optikós, “visual”). At the same time it reflects the initials of the company Ba(usch) & L(omb) Optical. 1. An early kind of stereopticon or projector. Labels: historical
Word: balopticons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of balopticon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backstream Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + stream. 1. A current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy.
Word: backstream Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + stream. 1. To flow in a direction opposing the current or the intended direction. Labels: intransitive
Word: backstreaming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of backstream Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: backstreamed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of backstream Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: backstreams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backstream Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backstreams Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of backstream Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Baraca Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named in allusion to the Hebrew בְּרָכָה (bərɔḵɔ̂, “blessing”) that occurs in 2 Chronicles xx. 26 and 1 Chronicles xii. 1. An international, interdenominational organization of Bible classes for young men, founded in the late 19th century. Labels: historical
Word: Babiism Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of Bábism. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Sufiism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Sufism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Barnburner Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in New York, around the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848. Labels: US, historical, slang
Word: Barnburners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Barnburner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bebeeru Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bibiru. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bebeerus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bebeeru Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bibiru Part of Speech: noun 1. A tropical South American tree, Chlorocardium rodiei, the greenheart.
Word: bibirus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bibiru Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Belleek ware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A very fine kind was made at Belleek in Ireland. 1. A porcelain-like kind of decorative pottery with a high gloss, which is sometimes iridescent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Belleek wares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Belleek ware Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Egyptian clover Part of Speech: noun 1. Trifolium alexandrinum, an annual clover cultivated mostly in irrigated subtropical regions. Labels: uncountable
Word: berseem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بِرْسِيم (birsīm). 1. Egyptian clover Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Bielid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Biela + -id, after Biela's Comet. 1. Andromedid
Word: Bielids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bielid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Andromedid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Andromeda + -id. 1. Any of a group of meteors appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation of Andromeda, associated with Biela's Comet (which had broken up by 1846).
Word: Andromedids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Andromedid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beaumontague Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Said to be from French beau montage, "beautiful face", referring to the appearance of the filled surface. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6vA7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT157&lpg=PT157&dq=%22beau+montage%22 1. A cement used in making joints, filling cracks, etc. For iron, the principal constituents are iron borings and sal ammoniac; for wood, they are white lead or litharge, whiting, and linseed oil. Labels: uncountable
Word: Becquerel ray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Radioactivity was discovered in 1896 by the French scientist Henri Becquerel. 1. A radioactive ray of any kind. Labels: archaic
Word: Becquerel rays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Becquerel ray Labels: form-of, plural
Word: X-light Part of Speech: noun 1. X-ray radiation Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: derma ray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps because they were found to cause dermatitis. 1. A weak radioactive ray arising from the impact of cathode particles with the molecules of gas contained in an X-ray tube or with the glass walls of the tube. Labels: archaic
Word: derma rays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of derma ray Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bickford Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Boulangism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French boulangisme 1. The spirit or principles of a French political movement identified with Georges Boulanger (1837–1891), who promoted an aggressive nationalism which opposed Germany and called for the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) to be avenged. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: Boulangist Part of Speech: adj 1. Supporting Boulangism Labels: not-comparable
Word: Boulangist Part of Speech: noun 1. A supporter of Boulangism. Labels: historical
Word: Boulangists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Boulangist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bouled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of boule Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: debaucherously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From debaucherous + -ly. 1. In a debaucherous manner.
Word: Bissel truck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Bissell truck. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Bissell truck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Invented in 1857 by Levi Bissell. 1. A single-axled bogie that pivots towards the centre of a steam locomotive to enable it to negotiate curves more easily.
Word: pony truck Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Bissell truck. Example: A bogie has been provided at the front end of the engines in place of the original pony truck; it is identical with that fitted to the class "B1" 4-6-0 locomotives. Example: The outermost non-driven axle forms a pony truck within the bogie frame, with its bearings in a cannon box.
Word: pony trucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pony truck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bissell trucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bissell truck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Röntgenize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Röntgen + -ize. 1. To render (air or other gas) conducting by the passage of X-rays. Labels: dated, transitive
Word: Röntgenizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Röntgenize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Röntgenized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Röntgenize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Sudetes Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Sudeten.
Word: bromogelatine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bromo- + gelatine. 1. Alternative form of bromogelatin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bromogelatin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bromo- + gelatin. 1. A process for preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin. Labels: uncountable
Word: dry plates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dry plate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brasilin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of brazilin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: brasilein Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of brazilein. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: neoflavanoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of neoflavonoid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: neoflavanoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neoflavanoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scranning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scran Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scranned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scran Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: leaky gut syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A supposed medical condition where an altered or damaged bowel lining or gut wall allows substances such as toxins, microbes, undigested food, or waste to leak through, triggering an immune reaction and leading to other disorders. Labels: uncountable