nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hickock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a reduplicated variant of hic, hick (“to hiccup”), formed as a quasi-diminutive as though equivalent to hick + -ock. 1. A hiccup.
Word: star shell Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of ammunition shell which bursts to release a shower of stars for illuminating enemy positions etc. Example: Twilight deepened, and a flicker of star-shells wavered in the sky beyond Béthune. Example: The sky flickered with the flash of guns, and an occasional star-shell flooded their path with light.
Word: star shells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of star shell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: string along Part of Speech: verb 1. To keep somebody falsely believing that one has certain intentions. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: She's been telling me for ages that she wants to meet up, but won't give me a date. I'm convinced she's stringing me along. Example: What irks is the DfT's response of stringing the industry along. Far better would be for the DfT to say: "No, we are not upgrading this or that part of the railway - we must make the best of what we have."
Word: counter-rampant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From counter- + rampant. 1. Both rampant and facing each other. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rape van Part of Speech: noun 1. A vehicle with a large interior body having no windows or blocked windows, such that it would be easy to lure or force a person inside and thereafter conceal their presence in the vehicle in order to commit a sexual assault against them. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: It would be difficult even to raise questions about the accuracy of the rape van story, however, in the highly emotional atmosphere of a slide show; you'd be accused of "not believing the women." Example: There were no abductions, no girls lured into rape vans with promises of modeling careers or screen time, no burglaries in the parking lot.
Word: rape vans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rape van Labels: form-of, plural
Word: precariat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of precarious + proletariat, emerging from the socio-economic theories of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and popularized by economist Guy Standing in his book The Precariat (2011). 1. People suffering from precarity, especially as a social class; people living a precarious existence, without security or predictability, especially job security. Labels: collective, countable, uncountable Example: The global precariat is not yet a class in the Marxian sense, being internally divided and only united in fears and insecurities. But it is a class in the making, approaching a consciousness of common vulnerability. Example: Professor [Stephanie] Luce characterized the protesters who had problems finding full-time work as part of an emerging demographic that some commentators call the “precariat” — educated people forced into unsteady or insecure jobs because little else is available.
Word: hideling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hidel + -ing or from a back-formation from hidelings (adverb). 1. Given to hiding or concealment; secretive; furtive; clandestine; secret. Labels: dialectal Example: [...] although from the small creature's habits it must be to a certain extent local, several places in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire are known to us where it may be called abundant, taking into consideration its hideling ways.
Word: hideling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hide + -ling. 1. A person or thing given to hiding itself. Labels: dialectal
Word: hidelings Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hide + -lings. 1. In a clandestine manner; secretly; stealthily; furtively; in secret. Labels: not-comparable Example: An' she's to come to you here, hidlings, as it war?
Word: hidelings Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hide + -lings. 1. Clandestine; furtive; hideling.
Word: hidelings Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hide + -lings. 1. plural of hideling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hidel-like Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hidel-like, equivalent to hidel + -like. 1. Secretly; hidingly. Labels: obsolete
Word: hidingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hiding + -ly. 1. In a hiding, clandestine, or secretive manner. Example: But the very fact that you are doing it hidingly means it is not all right.
Word: hidness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hidnes, hudnesse, from Old English ġehȳdnes (“comfort, security”), equivalent to hide + -ness. 1. Secrecy; hiddenness. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, uncountable
Word: Abrahamist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Abraham + -ist. 1. One who follows or believes in an Abrahamic religion.
Word: Abrahamists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Abrahamist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: check-fold Part of Speech: verb 1. To check and then fold to a bet by another player in the same betting round.
Word: check-fold Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of checking then folding to a subsequent bet.
Word: wadd Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wad. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: waeg Part of Speech: noun 1. kittiwake Labels: obsolete
Word: wagel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of waggel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: waikavirus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of several viruses, of the genus Waikavirus, that are transmitted by leafhoppers and infect rice and other plants
Word: waileress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English weileressis pl; equivalent to wailer + -ess. 1. A female professional mourner Labels: rare
Word: wallhick Part of Speech: noun 1. The lesser spotted woodpecker.
Word: wanhorn Part of Speech: noun 1. galangal Labels: uncountable
Word: blue-red Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blue + red. Compare Old English blēorēad (“blue-red, purple”). 1. Of a colour between blue and red; purple or crimson. Example: This unquiet feeling increases as the hue progresses, and it may be safely assumed, that a carpet of a perfectly pure deep blue-red [translating Blaurot] would be intolerable. Example: A dye-stuff which dyes wool and silk in acid-bath in fine red-violet tints, dissolves in water with a blue-red color and a yellowish fluorescence, is sparingly soluble in alcohol, insoluble in ether and benzene, […] 2. Consisting of the colours blue and red individually. Example: a blue-red cock (rooster)
Word: blue-red Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blue + red. Compare Old English blēorēad (“blue-red, purple”). 1. A colour between blue and red; purple or crimson. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Let us suppose a red represented by the equivalent number, five, with one part of blue added to it, thus causing it to be a blue-red or crimson. Example: A blue-red monochromatic color plan includes any hues created when blue-red is combined with white, black, and/or gray.
Word: wannabee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wannabe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yellow-red Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ȝelu-red, ȝolowhered, from Old English ġeolurēad (“reddish yellow, orange”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelwaraud (“orange”), equivalent to yellow + red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jeelrood (“orange”), Dutch geelrood (“orange”), German Low German geelroot (“orange”), German gelbrot (“yellow-red, orange”). 1. Of a colour between yellow and red; orange. Example: The spar buoy is a red and white horizontally striped pole with a yellow top and has a yellow-red ball at the top and a yellow triangular flag beneath the ball. Example: After a few days the silver appeared to become more colloidal and the sections were stained a yellow-red color. 2. Consisting of yellow and red colours individually.
Word: yellow-red Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ȝelu-red, ȝolowhered, from Old English ġeolurēad (“reddish yellow, orange”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelwaraud (“orange”), equivalent to yellow + red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jeelrood (“orange”), Dutch geelrood (“orange”), German Low German geelroot (“orange”), German gelbrot (“yellow-red, orange”). 1. The colour orange. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable Example: Obviously one will be red, but will the other hue be a yellow-red (orange) or a red-purple? Example: The cultural meanings associated with yellow and yellow-red (orange) are varied.
Word: wardialer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From war + dialer. 1. A program that dials every telephone number in a particular area searching for computers, or trying to guess passwords.
Word: assistive technology Part of Speech: noun 1. Umbrella term that includes adaptive, assistive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities.
Word: assistive technologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assistive technology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lurt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of North Germanic origin, related to Danish lort (“excrement”) and Norwegian lort (“filth, dirt, excrement”). 1. A lump of dirt or excrement; a turd. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: presidentialness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From presidential + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɛzɪˈdɛnʃəlnəs/, /ˌpɹɛzɪˈdɛnt͡ʃəlnɪs/ 1. The quality of being presidential; suitability for the presidency. Labels: uncountable Example: For Carter, who during the primaries had emerged from the oblivion of "Jimmy who?", the debates offered a challenge as well as an opportunity — to convince voters that his "presidentialness" was better than the incumbent's. Example: Likewise, Perot continued to work on the miscellaneous goal of proving his own presidentialness via use of statistics and common sense.
Word: pollutician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pollution + politician. 1. A politician who supports policies and initiatives that result in environmental damage. Labels: derogatory Example: Here the polluticians and the developers carved up the cake with gusto. 2. A politician who supports policies and initiatives designed to reduce environmental pollution. Labels: derogatory, sometimes Example: Too many owners of factory chimneys have already capitulated to the negative attitude of the polluticians and have converted to smokeless fuels. 3. A corrupt politician Labels: derogatory Example: Indeed the Rastafarian brethren contend that the '"polluticians" [politicians] are selling us out' for their own self-serving interests.
Word: polluticians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pollutician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chromia Part of Speech: noun 1. Chromium(III) oxide. Labels: uncountable
Word: politainer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of politician + entertainer. 1. A politician who is or used to be an entertainer. Example: Both [Jesse Ventura and Jerry Springer] are famous, populist politicians with a history of outlandish behavior. They are both "politainers."
Word: politainers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of politainer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strontia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From strontium + -a. Ultimately after Strontian, the Scottish village where strontium (and the mineral strontianite) was discovered. 1. A pale earth composed of strontium oxide (SrO). Labels: uncountable Example: 1829, Jacob Green, A Text Book of Chemical Philosophy, R. H. Small, page 247, From the close resemblance between baryta and strontia, these substances were once supposed to be identical. Example: 1825 [Clara F. Cutbush], James Cutbush, A System of Pyrotechny, 2018, Outlook Verlag, page 230, Nitrate of strontia deflagrates on ignited coals Dr. Hope pointed out, that if nitrate of strontia be exposed to a red heat, and a combustible substance be, at this time, brought in contact with it, a deflagration, with a very vivid red flame, will be produced.
Word: playlistism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From playlist + -ism. 1. The practice of judging other people based on the contents of their music playlist. Labels: uncountable Example: This has lead ^([sic]) to a new kind of music snobbery called playlistism. Music snobs amuse themselves by laughing at a colleague's collection of showtunes, or the hopelessly pretentious jazz of the goatee-ed guy at the other end of the dorm.
Word: quarter-finals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quarter-final Labels: form-of, plural
Word: life-times Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of life-time Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torchère Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of torchiere. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: torchères Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of torchère Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sassarese Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːsəɹiz/, /ˈsæsəɹiːz/ 1. A Romance lect, transitional between Corsican and Sardinian, spoken in the province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.
Word: Sassarese Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːsəɹiz/, /ˈsæsəɹiːz/ 1. Of or relating to Sassari or its people or culture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Sassarese Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːsəɹiz/, /ˈsæsəɹiːz/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Sassari.
Word: pumpkineer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pumpkin + -eer. 1. One who grows giant pumpkins, generally for the purpose of entering contests. Example: Last year's winner weighed in at 604.5 pounds, grown by a Vermont pumpkineer.
Word: pumpkineers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pumpkineer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amban Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Manchu ᠠᠮᠪᠠᠨ (amban). 1. A Chinese official under the Qing Dynasty, especially the ranking official or provincial governor in a semi-independent territory under Chinese rule. Labels: historical Example: Regarding the scene before him with the calmness of a stoic, sits the grey-bearded old Ambân in his chair of state, quietly smoking a long pipe, while beside him kneel his weeping daughters, all conscious of their coming fate. Example: In 1846 Messrs. Huc and Gabet, two French Lazarist Fathers, visited Lhasa from the north, and stayed two and a half months, when they were expelled through the influence of the Chinese Amban.
Word: ambans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amban Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ambasa Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amban Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yarkandi Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to the city or district of Yarkand.
Word: Yarkand Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Yarkant. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Goez, who travelled to Tibet in 1602, in describing Yarkand, the capital of the kingdom of Kasgar, in Little Bucharia, mentions, that a commodity, particularly acceptable in China, was a kind of marble or jasper, found in Kasgar*. Example: Where was the band heading? Not for India—probably for Yarkand; possibly for some place still farther east. It was therefore necessary for Captain Blacker to turn south-east up the Raskam River, and plunge into the wild tangle of the Karakoram mountains. 2. A river in China, upon which the city of Yarkant is located. The upper part of this river is known as Raskam.
Word: shagreened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shagreen + -ed. 1. Covered in shagreen. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a rough surface similar to that of shagreen. Labels: not-comparable Example: Surface, especially pseudoscutal area, shining, faintly shagreened.
Word: shagreened Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From shagreen + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of shagreen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kifu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 棋譜(きふ) (kifu), from Chinese 棋譜／棋谱 (qípǔ). Pronunciation: /ˈki.fuː/ 1. A record of an abstract strategy game, especially Go or shogi.
Word: plutography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pluto- + -graphy. 1. Depiction, presentation, or coverage of the rich, particularly the lifestyles they enjoy. Labels: uncountable Example: We successfully averted Hilary Duff's Valley Girl riff ("A Cinderella Story") and Julia Stiles' Midwestern spin ("The Prince & Me"), only to crash head-on into more Hathaway in "PD 2: Royal Engagement", an odious piece of plutography, the bait being more Julie Andrews.
Word: diatoric Part of Speech: adj 1. Having an aperture for attachment to the dental plate Labels: not-comparable
Word: pinkwashing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pink + -wash + -ing. The LGBT-related sense derives from the fact that the colour pink is often associated with homosexuality and LGBT culture. The breast cancer-related sense refers to the pink ribbon, an international symbol of breast cancer awareness. 1. The practice of a state or company presenting itself as gay-friendly and progressive to downplay its negative behavior. Labels: uncountable Example: Several protesters, many of whom said they were Jewish, invoked what they called pinkwashing, Israel's alleged touting of its progressive stance on gay rights as a way of deflecting global attention away from its treatment of Palestinians. 2. The practice of a company using support of breast cancer-related charities to promote itself and its products or services. Labels: uncountable Example: One such pinkwashing campaign was KFC's "Buckets for the Cure," an attempt by the fried chicken franchise to raise breast cancer awareness in partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure. 3. The practice of making a toy pink to signal that the manufacturer is marketing it toward girls. Labels: uncountable Example: Today, the pink-washed versions of toys that had been marketed solely to boys for decades are touted as a shift toward gender-neutrality.
Word: pinkwashing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pink + -wash + -ing. The LGBT-related sense derives from the fact that the colour pink is often associated with homosexuality and LGBT culture. The breast cancer-related sense refers to the pink ribbon, an international symbol of breast cancer awareness. 1. present participle and gerund of pinkwash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chrysostomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. golden-tongued (used as an epithet) 2. Of or pertaining to John Chrysostom, early Archbishop of Constantinople
Word: empyreumatic Part of Speech: adj 1. Characteristic of empyreuma. Labels: obsolete
Word: blocker bet Part of Speech: noun 1. A relatively small bet, chiefly on the river, designed to discourage a player yet to act in the betting round from raising. Labels: slang
Word: pinkwash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pink + -wash. 1. To cover in a coat of pink paint. Labels: transitive, uncommon Example: […] I see, twenty yards away, workmen pinkwashing the newly laid, badly stained, cheap-looking brick cladding of a newly built apartment house called — well, something ridiculous: Nepal, let's say. 2. To promote consumer goods and services using support of breast cancer-related charities. Labels: transitive Example: They see such corporate involvement as exploitation, making profits on the backs of ill women. […] They claim these campaigns trivialize the disease, "pinkwashing" its real nature. Example: Gayle Sulik, sociologist and author of "Pink Ribbon Blues", said pinkwashing is only the beginning of how "breast cancer culture" undermines women's health. 3. To tout the gay-friendliness of something in an attempt to downplay or soften aspects of it considered negative. Labels: transitive Example: Pinkwashing not only manipulates the hard-won gains of Israel’s gay community, but it also ignores the existence of Palestinian gay-rights organizations. Example: Critics say Israel is 'pinkwashing' its practices vis-a-vis the Palestinians by emphasizing its good record on gay rights.
Word: nomenclation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nomenclatio. 1. A name. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: And if we were to give every hill and Province their old nomenclations from Armenia to Indya, it would savour of presumption and prolixity […]
Word: pinkwashed Part of Speech: adj 1. Colored or tinged pink, especially from paint or light. Example: The buildings were low, generally with one story, and never with more than two, and built of adobe, a sort of clay found abundantly in the dryer parts of the Southwest. They were not only whitewashed but bluewashed and pinkwashed, as Roy put it, giving a very gay appearance to the streets. Example: We move out of the trees and up a little rise where we can better see the sky, which is slate blue with a flaming rosy glow that fades to the palest pinkwashed gold.
Word: pinkwashed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pinkwash Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pinkwashes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pinkwash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: supermoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supermoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gay-friendliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gay-friendly + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being gay-friendly. Labels: uncountable Example: New Orleans is something of a bastion of gay-friendliness in perhaps the most socially conservative and gay-hostile part of the nation, the Gulf South.
Word: rapophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rap + -phile. 1. One who loves rap music. Labels: slang Example: You've got gall, you've got guile / To step to me, I'm a rapophile
Word: rapophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rapophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fact check Part of Speech: noun 1. A verification of the factuality of specific information.
Word: fact check Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of fact-check. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fact checks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fact check Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fact checks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fact check Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fact checking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fact check Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fact checking Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fact-checking. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: fact checked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fact check Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fact-check Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fact check. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fact-check Part of Speech: verb 1. To verify the factuality of specific information. Labels: transitive Example: There are the tiniest statements, such as claiming that Dartmouth is technically the only railway station in Britain never to have had a railway line, that need to be fact-checked (and in this case debunked - at least Hull Corporation Pier was similar).
Word: fact-checks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fact-check Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fact-checks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fact-check Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fact-checking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fact + checking. 1. The investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts. Labels: uncountable Example: However, I'm hopeful that the constant and diligent fact-checking that the Brown Bob team pursued throughout the production has done the trick for The Architecture The Railways Built.
Word: fact-checking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fact-check (verb) + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of fact-check Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fact-checked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fact-check Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: d/b/a Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of dba (“doing business as”). Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: thingmy Part of Speech: adj 1. Agitated, flustered, in a lather. Labels: Scotland, informal Example: If a guy it^([sic]) going to get thingmy when he sees a women^([sic]) pull her breast out then he is not much a guy is he.
Word: thingmy Part of Speech: noun 1. A thingy; a non-specific object or gadget. Labels: Scotland, informal Example: It was a huge, massive great place, with loads of people dragging lights around, and tiers of seating, and a big blonde woman wearing earmuff thingmies, […]
Word: thingmies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thingmy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Abrahamism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Abraham + -ism. 1. The Abrahamic religions, sects, or denominations, considered collectively; Abrahamic henotheism. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: gliotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to gliosis Labels: not-comparable
Word: Gobannian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or from Abergavenny Labels: not-comparable
Word: Gobannian Part of Speech: noun 1. A native or inhabitant of Abergavenny
Word: Abergavenny Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh aber + Gavenny; the mouth of the River Gavenny, which here flows into the river Usk. 1. A market town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO2914).
Word: lovelings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loveling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: machoism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglicization of machismo. By surface analysis, macho + -ism. 1. machismo; exaggerated masculinity Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: morrice Part of Speech: noun 1. A morris dance. Example: The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move; And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves. Example: Across the page the symbols moved in grave morrice, in the mummery of their letters, wearing quaint caps of squares and cubes.
Word: morrice Part of Speech: verb 1. To dance, especially a morris dance 2. To move away rapidly; to decamp. Example: Zounds! here they are. Morrice! Prance! Example: Up with you, on your pins. There: now then, Morrice!
Word: dessicated Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of desiccated. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: combustionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From combustion + -ary. Pronunciation: /kəmˈbʌst͡ʃəˌnɛəɹi/ 1. Of, or pertaining to, combustion.
Word: cranequin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Equivalent to crane + -kin. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪn.əˌkɪn/, /ˈkɹæn.əˌkwɪn/ 1. A device used to arm a crossbow by cranking a gear.
Word: decock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + cock. Pronunciation: /ˈdi.kɔk/, /diˈkɔk/ 1. To uncock; to let down the cock of (a firearm). Labels: transitive Example: "Fair enough. I'll tell Pintsize to decock the confetti cannon."
Word: decocks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decock Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decocking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decock Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decocked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of decock Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sangar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pashto سنګر (sangar) or from Persian سنگر (sangar). Pronunciation: /ˈsaŋə/, /ˈsæŋɚ/ 1. A fortified breastwork, niche, or look-out post, especially one built of stone, sod, or sandbags. Labels: UK Example: […] sandbag sangars on the site of the new block-houses were occupied by the men, Pathans all, of a composite militia and constabulary force who had spent the day with pick and shovel behind the protecting line of British infantry. Example: At the summits of these the enemy sharpshooters waited for them in sangars, or rock-built entrenchments, each of which had to be taken before the advance could safely continue.
Word: sangars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sangar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counter-mine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of countermine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: countermines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of countermine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: budtender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bud + bartender. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdˌtɛndə(ɹ)/, /ˈbʌdˌtɛndɚ/ 1. A recreational or medical cannabis dispensary worker who sells marijuana and is knowledgeable about various cannabis products. Labels: informal Example: "You can call me the bud tender," the white-coated Arrow said as he offered patients their choice of 13 different kinds of marijuana, in addition to such goodies as chocolate-flavored cannabis bars. Example: The so-called budtenders who work behind large glass display cases provide assistance in selecting the best strain. All of them are medical marijuana users, and they typically are medicated while working.
Word: baileys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bailey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unraveler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unravel + -er. 1. One who, or that which, unravels.
Word: jump seats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jump seat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Silicon Beach Part of Speech: name 1. Any of several coastal towns or cities that host hi-tech industries; examples include Los Angeles and Brighton.
Word: dog-whistle politics Part of Speech: noun 1. The communication, of often contentious political ideas in coded language, such that only a small group of voters understands them as they are meant to be understood. Labels: uncountable
Word: QWERTY phenomenon Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of qwerty syndrome.
Word: healthspan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From health + span, modelled after lifespan. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlθspæn/, /ˈhɛlθˌspæn/ 1. The length of time in one's life where one is generally in good health. Example: We now have a glimpse of a future which could include the ultimate conquest of frailty, disease and disability that occurs frequently with aging. […] In short, our goal is not just a longer lifespan but an extended "healthspan," helping a greater number of older Americans lead vigorous, more productive lives with less vulnerability to chronic disease. Example: [M]illions of Americans are currently spending large amounts of time and money on interventions that they hope will increase their "healthspans"—their periods of healthy life.
Word: caapi Part of Speech: noun 1. A hallucinogen, obtained from the South American vine, Banisteriopsis caapi, used medicinally by the indigenous peoples of the Amazon. Labels: uncountable Example: The bundle of the caapi would presumably have quite lost its virtue from the same cause, and I do not know that it was ever analyzed chemically; Example: No more interesting or complex narcotic drink can be found than ayahuasca, caapi, or yajé, prepared basically from the bark of the liana Banisteriopsis caapi.
Word: cacogeusia Part of Speech: noun 1. An experience of a bad taste not due to ingested material Labels: uncountable
Word: cacomelia Part of Speech: noun 1. A congenital deformity of a limb
Word: cacoplastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κᾰκός (kăkós)der. English caco- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic English cacoplastic From caco- + plastic. 1. Pertaining to, or causing, abnormal growth or formation.
Word: Sulpician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sulpice + -ian. So called after the parish of St. Sulpice in Paris, of which the founder, Jean Jacques Olier, was pastor in 1643. 1. One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry, and later introduced into Canada and the United States. Labels: historical
Word: Sulpicians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sulpician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bully tree Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several West Indian trees of the family Sapotaceae of tropical trees that yield a milky sap. 2. Any of several West Indian trees of the family Sapotaceae of tropical trees that yield a milky sap. 3. Any of several West Indian trees of the family Sapotaceae of tropical trees that yield a milky sap. 4. Any of several West Indian trees of the family Sapotaceae of tropical trees that yield a milky sap.
Word: bully trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bully tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gutta-perchas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gutta-percha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sulpitian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sulpitius + -ian. 1. Alternative form of Sulpician. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sulpitians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sulpitian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: idioplasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From idio- + -plasm. 1. Alternative form of idioplasma. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: trigrammic Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of trigrammatic. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable, rare
Word: Ignatius beans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ignatius bean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vauqueline Part of Speech: noun 1. strychnine Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: tracheate Part of Speech: adj 1. Having tracheae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tracheate Part of Speech: noun 1. Any arthropod with tracheae; one of the Tracheata.
Word: tracheate Part of Speech: verb 1. To form tracheae Labels: rare
Word: tracheates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tracheate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subalternating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + alternating. 1. subalternate; successive Labels: not-comparable Example: subalternating science
Word: pediluvies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pediluvy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pediluvy Part of Speech: noun 1. The bathing of the feet. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable 2. A bath for the feet. Labels: countable, obsolete, rare
Word: seminose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin semen seed + glucose. 1. A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow syrup; D-mannose. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: tripodian Part of Speech: noun 1. An ancient stringed instrument, apparently resembling the Delphic tripod in form, and very difficult to play.
Word: tripodians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tripodian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: statarianly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From statarian + -ly. 1. fixedly; steadily Labels: obsolete Example: Your skirmishing parties, call them cohorts or cow-hearts, shall never drive my statarianly disciplined battallion from its ground.
Word: cyclamin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclam(en) + -in. 1. A white amorphous substance, originally regarded as a glucoside but now known to be a triterpenoid glycoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen purpurascens. Labels: uncountable
Word: instyle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From in- + style? 1. To style. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The Christians of the West, for the recovery of the Holy Land (so by them instiled).
Word: instyled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of instyle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: instyles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of instyle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: instyling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of instyle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: doob grass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi दूब (dūb), from Sanskrit दूर्वा (dūrvā). The first element is a doublet of durva. 1. Synonym of Bermuda grass. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: Liparian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Lipari + -an. Pronunciation: /lɪˈpɛəɹi.ən/, /lɪˈpɛɹi.ən/, /-ˈpeɪ-/ 1. Of, from or relating to Lipari, the largest of the Aeolian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the north coast of Sicily, Italy.
Word: Liparian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lipari + -an. Pronunciation: /lɪˈpɛəɹi.ən/, /lɪˈpɛɹi.ən/, /-ˈpeɪ-/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Lipari.
Word: heteroptics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + optics. 1. hallucination; the vision of something that is not real. Labels: uncountable Example: But this irregularity in vision , together with such enormities , as tipping the wink , the circumspective roll , the sidepeep through a thin hood or fan , must be put in the class of Heteroptics.
Word: connivencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of connivency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: connivency Part of Speech: noun 1. connivance Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: fulham Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because loaded dice were supposed to have been chiefly made at Fulham, originally in Middlesex, England. 1. Alternative form of fullam (“loaded die”). Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, archaic, slang Example: “Cards may be more agreeable,” said Captain Colepepper; “and, for knowing your company, here is honest old Pillory will tell you Jack Colepepper plays as truly on the square as e’er a man that trowled a die–Men talk of high and low dice, Fulhams and bristles, topping, knapping, slurring, stabbing, and a hundred ways of rooking besides; but broil me like a rasher of bacon, if I could ever learn the trick on ‘em!” 2. Alternative form of fullam (“sham”). Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, archaic, broadly, colloquial Example: As one cut out to pass your tricks on, / With fulhams of poetic fiction
Word: diploetic Part of Speech: adj 1. diploic Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: hemicranies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemicrany Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemicrany Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of hemicrania. Labels: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable
Word: mayfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From May + fish. 1. A striped killifish (Fundulus majalis).
Word: sasheries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sashery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sashery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sash + -ery. 1. A collection of, or decoration of sashes. Labels: archaic, rare Example: distinguished only by their sasheries and insignia
Word: Areopagist Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Areopagite. Labels: rare
Word: Areopagists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Areopagist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crop-ear Part of Speech: noun 1. A person or animal (often a horse) whose ears are cropped. Example: "Well, horse and away!" said the patron, "so soon as you have got your riding livery in trim. You may ride the black crop-ear —and hark ye, I'll make you a present of him to boot."
Word: crop-ears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crop-ear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ceduous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin caeduus, from caedō (“to cut down”). Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.dju.əs/ 1. Of a tree: fit to be felled. Labels: obsolete Example: Theſe [trees] we ſhall divide into the Greater and more Ceduous, Fruticant and Shrubby; Feras and wild; or more Civiliz'd and domeſtique; [...]
Word: Otomanguean Part of Speech: name 1. A large language family comprising several families of Native American languages.
Word: lavalier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French lavallière, named after French noblewoman Louise de La Vallière (1644–1710), from a family name meaning “small valley” in French. Pronunciation: /ˌlæv.əˈlɪɹ/, /ˌlɑv-/ 1. An item of jewellery consisting of a pendant, sometimes with one stone, suspended from a necklace. 2. A lavalier microphone.
Word: lavaliers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lavalier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chairoplane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)der. French aéroplanebor. English aeroplane blend English chairoplane Blend of chair + aeroplane. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛːɹə(ʊ)pleɪn/, /ˈtʃɛɹəpleɪn/, /-ɹoʊ-/ 1. A fairground ride, a variation on the carousel in which the chairs are suspended from the rotating top of the carousel.
Word: chairoplanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chairoplane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arpine Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of arpent. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Why , mistress , ' tis your only way, Before the judge's face: if he be master To enjoin me first that I reveal to you Of poor ten arpines of land forty hours longer
Word: barred owl Part of Speech: noun 1. A large American owl (Strix varia) with dark brown transverse bars on the breast. Example: Two barred owls, lugubrious and beautiful, call across a great distance.
Word: barred owls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barred owl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unharbor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + harbor. 1. Alternative form of unharbour. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unharbored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unharbor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Hocktide Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from an unknown first element + tide. 1. A medieval English festival celebrated on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter Sunday. The festivities involved men and women tying each other up and demanding a kiss or other payment for release. Labels: historical
Word: Hockday Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Hocktide.
Word: concertative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The "quarrelsome" sense is from Latin concertativus. The concertation sense is a back-formation from concertation, replacing the -ation suffix with -ative. 1. Related to concertation, especially in the context of tripartism. Example: […] the development of the 'concertative state', the institutionalized consultation between large interest groups, government and administration. Example: It [sc. the NEDC system] was clearly one of several concertative arrangements set up by the British state to provide channels of access for labor and management to industrial policy making.
Word: furbaby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fur + baby. 1. A furry pet considered a child by a human. Labels: endearing, informal Example: Mrs. Jackson still kept doggie biscuits in her pockets, even though her furbaby had died two months ago. Example: As I took the satiny-furred cat into my arms, his purring ratcheted up a couple of notches. Brian stood looking at the two of us, grinning, then said of the malnourished creature, “I guess we have a furbaby!”
Word: take a knee Part of Speech: verb 1. To come to rest, usually briefly, with one of one's knees on the ground. Example: Levon Berry, a 288-pound tackle for S. Pete, decided to take a knee and adjust the adhesive tape that's wrapped around his street shoes. Example: "Take a knee, take a knee," he said as each group came to him. Brennan knelt to Bonow's right. He plucked a few blades of grass and sucked them, tasting dirt and fertilizer and lime. 2. Of any player with the ball, to kneel and place the ball on the ground, thereby ending the play and indicating they do not intend to advance with the ball. Labels: Canadian Example: The N.F.L. estimates that number could rise to 30 percent, but special-teams coaches say at least 40 percent of kickoffs will end with the returner taking a knee in the end zone. 3. To cease performing customary activities or duties and kneel on one knee, sometimes as a form of protest. Example: Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said Wednesday night that officers "took a knee" after the April riots following the death of Freddie Gray, allowing crime to spike because they felt a lack of support from commanders. Example: Likewise, when black players take a knee during the national anthem to protest police violence against African-Americans, they are making a gesture of pain and distress. They are putting America in a more honest context — our “Star-Spangled Banner” dimly seen through the mists of deep injury. 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, knee. Example: During the play he took a knee to the helmet.
Word: social loafing Part of Speech: noun 1. The tendency for members of a group to put in less effort together than they might put in individually. Labels: uncountable
Word: jongs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jong Labels: form-of, plural
Word: volitary Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to flight. Labels: rare Example: a vain thought […] is such a fleeting and volitary thing […] Example: Many of these petrifactions had been the ossified parts of birds, that are at present (as far as is known) extinct in these islands, whose probable tameness, or want of volitary powers, caused them to be early extirpated by a people, driven by both hunger and superstition (either reason is quite sufficient in its way) to rid themselves of their presence.
Word: roller hockey Part of Speech: noun 1. a form of hockey played on roller skates and a roller rink. Labels: uncountable Example: So of course his sons played roller hockey, Mike and Sean both, they’d been playing since they could walk, and had practically grown up at that rink and on skates, that was what you called them, not Rollerblades, the rolling footwear was a means to an end, to play hockey was what mattered.
Word: spare wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. An extra wheel held in reserve in a motor vehicle, to be used in an emergency.
Word: quad hockey Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of roller hockey played on four-wheeled roller skates. Labels: uncountable
Word: inline hockey Part of Speech: noun 1. a form of hockey played on inline skates and a roller rink. Labels: uncountable
Word: quad skate Part of Speech: noun 1. A roller skate with four wheels, two either side of the foot.
Word: mesocyclonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meso- + cyclonic. 1. Relating to a mesocyclone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: munchings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of munching Labels: form-of, plural
Word: giglot Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪɡlət/ 1. A strumpet, or a playful or unruly girl. Labels: obsolete
Word: giglot Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪɡlət/ 1. giddy, inconstant, lewd, or wanton Labels: obsolete Example: (O giglet Fortune) to master Cæſars Sword, Example: But she, the giglot wanton, did not break a bedvow.
Word: giglots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of giglot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tauridor Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of toreador. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: […] at least I should have made a very sorry tauridor […]
Word: tauridors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tauridor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diverticle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin diverticulum, deverticulum (“a bypath”), from divertere (“to turn away”). 1. A turning; a byway. Labels: obsolete Example: the descrying of the several passages from them unto particular conclusions, and the Diverticles and blind By-paths which Sophifſry and Deceit are wont to tread 2. A diverticulum. Labels: obsolete
Word: diverticles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diverticle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flavopurpurin Part of Speech: noun 1. 1,2,6-trihydroxyanthraquinone Labels: uncountable
Word: anthragallol Part of Speech: noun 1. 1,2,3-trihydroxyanthraquinone Labels: uncountable
Word: oxyanthrarufin Part of Speech: noun 1. 1,2,5-trihydroxyanthraquinone Labels: uncountable
Word: oxychrysazin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oxy- + chrysazin. 1. 1,2,8-trihydroxyanthraquinone Labels: uncountable
Word: isopurpurin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + purpurin. 1. 1,2,7-trihydroxyanthraquinone Labels: uncountable
Word: anthrapurpurin Part of Speech: noun 1. 1,2,7-trihydroxyanthraquinone, a purple dye used in histology for the detection of calcium Labels: uncountable
Word: trihydroxyanthraquinone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + hydroxy- + anthraquinone 1. Any of several isomeric organic compounds with formula C₁₄H₈O₅, formally derived from anthraquinone by replacing three hydrogen atoms by hydroxyl groups, and including several historically important dyes.
Word: trihydroxyanthraquinones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trihydroxyanthraquinone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quinalizarin Part of Speech: noun 1. 1,2,5,8-tetrahydroxyanthraquinone Labels: uncountable
Word: lawsone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lawsonia, (Lawsonia inermis). 1. 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, the colouring principle of henna. Labels: uncountable
Word: spinochromes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spinochrome Labels: form-of, plural