nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: doot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By onomatopoeia, from Cantonese 嘟 (dut¹). 1. Beep (electronically-produced tone). Labels: Hong-Kong Example: In a landmark deal between Octopus Cards and the Hong Kong Council of Social Services, up to 30 charities could be giving you a doot as well as a thank you when you shell out to help the needy. Example: This card is used for almost all forms of public transportation in Hong Kong, and is also accepted is basically any major chain store, restaurant, fast food chain, etc. Just tap the card/your wallet to the reader, and wait for the doot sound, at which point it will flash your remaining balance on the screen.
Word: doot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By onomatopoeia. 1. A vote. Labels: Internet, humorous
Word: doot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By onomatopoeia. 1. To vote. Labels: Internet, humorous
Word: doot Part of Speech: noun 1. Vagina, vulva. Labels: Ireland, slang
Word: dooty Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of doody (“excrement”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 2. Eye dialect spelling of duty. Labels: alt-of, countable, dated, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable Example: Glad to see you back at the post of dooty. Example: When we gets back to the old Laughing Lass, then we drops back into our dooty again all right and proper.
Word: drownded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of drown Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
Word: drownding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of drownd Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: drownd Part of Speech: verb 1. To drown. Labels: dialectal, nonstandard Example: By which the little brookes forsooke their boundes, And water all the passages so drownds […] Example: "I know now!" exclaimed Tom; "somebody's drownded!"
Word: drownd Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of drowned. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: One of his feete unwares from him did slide, That downe hee fell into the deepe abisse, Where drownd with him is all his earthlie blisse. Example: God quickened in the Sea and in the Rivers, So many fishes of so many features, That in the waters we may see all Creatures; Even all that on the earth is to be found, As if the world were in deep waters drownd.
Word: crost Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of cross. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Them claims marked with a crost belongs to th' Company.
Word: crost Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cross Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: […] I did espie Where towards me a sory wight did cost*, Clad all in black, that mourning did bewray, And Iacob staffe in hand devoutly crost, Like to some pilgrim come from farre away.
Word: deucedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From deuced + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdjuːsɪdli/, /ˈdusɪdli/ 1. Quite; extremely; utterly. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: "You know, Kaspar," said he, in conclusion, to the excited Almayer, "it is deucedly awkward to have a half-caste girl in the house. Example: Then you load them deucedly badly,' said Lord Wellington.
Word: developement Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of development. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Gentlemen, the complete developement of this business, however, now approached. Example: When I mingled with other families, I distinctly discerned how peculiarly fortunate my lot was, and gratitude assisted the developement of filial love.
Word: doat Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of dote. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Ye all doat upon him, but he's not the Man you take him for. Example: I took any means to get access to you. O speak to me, Sophia! comfort my bleeding heart. Sure no one ever loved, ever doated like me.
Word: didna Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Borrowed from Scots didna. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪdnə/ 1. did not Labels: Scotland, contraction Example: And he gi'ed him anither shake--then, laying haud of his nose, he swore that he would pu't as lang as a cow's tail, if he didna that instant restore him his lost property. Example: Don't ye remember I wore it to the picnic? an' then it didna suit, an' I put it back in the box.
Word: dinting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dinted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cosey Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of cosy. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Mr. Pickwick expressed the pleasure it would afford him to meet the medical fellows; and Mr. Bob Sawyer had informed him that he meant to be very cosey, and that his friend Ben was to be one of the party, they shook hands and separated Example: The old ladies had cosey times together.
Word: cosey Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of cosy. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: consumedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From consumed + -ly. In the sense "extremely", perhaps influenced by confoundedly and/or consummately. 1. In a way that entirely consumes one Example: They give every token of hating their neighbors consumedly; argal, they are going to be madly enamored of them. Example: The men took it as a huge joke, and at every pause laughed consumedly. 2. deucedly; extremely Labels: colloquial, dated Example: These border rascals are apt to be restless in the dark hours, and their knives prick most consumedly sharp!
Word: consarned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of consarn Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: "If Mr. Woods has gone into the hands of the Injins, in his church shirt," rejoined the overseer, "his case is hopeless, so far as captivity is consarned."
Word: consarned Part of Speech: adj 1. darn; pestilent Labels: dialectal, not-comparable Example: I believe you are one of them consarned student fellers."
Word: consarned Part of Speech: adv 1. darned; quite Labels: dialectal, not-comparable Example: It looks consarned strange, that's what I say!
Word: consarn Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of concern. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Howsever, sir, that is a subject that need give us no consarn.
Word: consarn Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of concern. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: There isn't no place," said Phoebe, "where there isn't somethin' that Miss Panney wants to consarn herself in."
Word: consarn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of confound. 1. Confound. Labels: no-past, no-present-participle Example: Consarn it, Jarius, you are a hog, and no mistake. Example: Consarn ye, take thet ! " And he banged each of the inoffensive animals in the sides with the stock of his gun
Word: confest Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of confess Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past, poetic Example: […] I wish it may not displease others; for, I have confest there are many defects in it. Example: What though her face confest a darker shade?
Word: carpetless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From carpet + -less. 1. Not carpeted. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: rugless Example: Presently a sudden silence fell upon the grumbling audience, and everybody's eyes sought a single point--the wide, empty, carpetless stage.
Word: brickor mortis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of brick + rigor mortis. 1. A condition of the housing market in which very few houses are bought and sold. Labels: UK, informal, rare, uncountable Example: I've certainly heard people complain of feeling "credit crunched", although I can't really imagine anyone using the term brickor mortis with a straight face.
Word: chromo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from chromolithograph. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊməʊ/ 1. A color print produced by chromolithography. Labels: historical Example: All Nature is smiling, in fact, with one large, comprehensive smile, exactly like a first-class PRANG chromo with a fresh coat of varnish upon it. Example: It was manifest that we all felt that we ought to send the poor shoemaker SOMETHING. There was long and thoughtful discussion of this point; and we finally decided to send him a chromo.
Word: chromo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊməʊ/ 1. A prostitute. Labels: Australia Example: That dried-up lady snob lived behind lace curtains all her life. She's of no more importance than a chromo.
Word: chromo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened from chromodomain. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊməʊ/ 1. Of or relating to the chromodomain, a protein structural domain associated with chromatin production Labels: not-comparable Example: HP1 shares an ~50-amino acid NH 2 -terminal sequence motif, the chromo domain, with polycomb, an important regulatory gene that functions in the stable repression of homeotic genes during Drosophila development (28 ). Example: To determine whether the conserved domains, the chromo, SET, and cysteine-rich regions, were also critical for Clr4 HMTase activity, we tested mutant Clr4 proteins for HMTase activity.
Word: carle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of carl. 1. peasant; fellow Labels: Scotland Example: Eh, Mr Henry! but the carle gae him a screed o' doctrine! Ye might hae heard him a mile down the wind—He routed like a cow in a fremd loaning. Example: Had he instead of on the Doge's throne Stamped the same brand upon a peasant's stool, His blood had gilt the threshold; for the carle Had stabbed him on the instant.
Word: deuterobenzene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deutero- + benzene. 1. A form of benzene in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by deuterium
Word: Batswana Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Motswana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Motswana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tswana Motswana. Pronunciation: /mɒtˈswɑːnə/ 1. A member of the Tswana tribe of southern Africa, especially an inhabitant of Botswana; a Botswanan. Example: He said very carefully, ‘Most of the time we Batswana live in the wilderness and loneliness.’ Example: The Minister who piloted it through Parliament, the Honourable Phandu Skelemani, swore that if any Motswana were to suffer under it, he would take personal responsibility.
Word: ne'ertheless Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English nerthelesse, nere-the-les, nerþeles By surface analysis, ne'er + the + less. Pronunciation: /ˌnɛəðəˈlɛs/ 1. Alternative spelling of nevertheless. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, not-comparable, poetic
Word: decypher Part of Speech: verb Etymology: As decipher, but retaining the y from the Old French etyma of cipher (cyfre, cyffre); the i spelling tends to be preferred etymologically, being consistent with its cognates, the French déchiffrer and the Italian decifrare, and with their common ancestor, the Medieval Latin cifra, cifera, ciphra. By surface analysis, de- + cypher. 1. Alternative spelling of decipher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: decypher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: As decipher, but retaining the y from the Old French etyma of cipher (cyfre, cyffre); the i spelling tends to be preferred etymologically, being consistent with its cognates, the French déchiffrer and the Italian decifrare, and with their common ancestor, the Medieval Latin cifra, cifera, ciphra. By surface analysis, de- + cypher. 1. Alternative spelling of decipher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: decyphers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decypher Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decyphers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decypher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decyphering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decypher Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decyphered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of decypher Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: decyphered Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of deciphered. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: deadeye Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dead + eye. See glossary of nautical terms of "deadrise" for usage of "dead" to describe a stationary object or spatial stability of an object relative to motion. See nautical definition of "eye" for usage referring to the foremost part of a ship's bow that aims its orientation. For biological eye stabilization during head and neck movement, see vestibulo-ocular reflex Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdaɪ/ 1. Very accurate in shooting or throwing. Labels: not-comparable Example: Gross, only a 20-year-old junior, is a deadeye passer, a poised runner and a quick-thinking field general. Example: Help in that department should come from highly touted freshman Jason Kapono, a 6'7" deadeye shooter who made 211 threes in high school. 2. Cold; unfriendly. Labels: not-comparable Example: The deadeye stare of the bassist was enough to make any normal person run. Example: Outlandish in its violence and its conceit, "The Brave One" would be an interesting addendum to Foster's career even without its biographical frisson, without the image of Erica holding a gun with a deadeye stare […]
Word: deadeye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dead + eye. See glossary of nautical terms of "deadrise" for usage of "dead" to describe a stationary object or spatial stability of an object relative to motion. See nautical definition of "eye" for usage referring to the foremost part of a ship's bow that aims its orientation. For biological eye stabilization during head and neck movement, see vestibulo-ocular reflex Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdaɪ/ 1. A wooden disk having holes through which the lanyard is passed, used for tightening shrouds. 2. A very accurate marksman. Example: He taught both my mother and me to shoot, taught my mother so well that she became a better shot than he was--a real deadeye. 3. A penchant for noticing a particular thing, or a person who has such a penchant. Labels: uncommon Example: He examined the cash balance daily, boasted he could pay off all debts in two hours, had a deadeye for fake figures in scanning a ledger, and personally audited the books each New Year's Day. Example: Thirty-four years later, she was a tough CEO who went after Jimmy's detractors with a deadeye for the jugular.
Word: jump-starts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jump-start Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jump-starts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jump-start Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jump-starting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jump-start Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jump-started Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jump-start Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deadeyes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deadeye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tisan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tisane. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ptisane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: As ptisan. 1. Alternative spelling of tisane. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: numinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin num(i)n (“divine will, god”) + -al. 1. Divine.
Word: word salad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From word + salad, based on the notion that salads offer varied bulk, yet do not substantially provide sustained nutrition. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜː(ɹ)d ˈsæləd/ 1. A nonsensical assemblage of words, typical of schizophrenia, Wernicke's aphasia, and some other mental disorders. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: All of his other verbal offerings were continuous word-salad—a mixture of made-up sounds, syllables, words, and incomplete phrases. 2. Meaningless text generated by a computer. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Results will be shown for recognition, prediction, and separation of regular input from word salad (random sequences of words). 3. An intentionally nonsensical and voluminous statement. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Chris Wallace asked @GovAbbott why he didn't complain about migrant abuse when Trump was President and he launched into word salad, with no real answer.
Word: pons asinorum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin pons asinorum, from Latin pōns (“bridge”) + genitive plural of asinus (“donkey”). Literally, “bridge of donkeys”. 1. A method for finding the middle term of a syllogism in Aristotlean analytics. 2. An obstacle which will defeat a beginner or foolish person. 3. A proposition in Euclid stating that the angles at the base of an isoceles triangle are equal. Example: [H]e had scarce advanced beyond the Pons Asinorum, when his ardour abated, the test of truth by demonstration did not elevate him to those transports of joy with which his preceptor had regaled his expectation; and before he arrived at the fortieth and seventh proposition, he began to yawn drearily […].
Word: nuclear bombs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nuclear bomb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ᴀ Part of Speech: symbol 1. Indicates IPA [a] in unassimilated loans (e.g. French ami, Spanish casa).
Word: on the toss of a coin Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Left to pure chance; based on a flippant metric. Labels: idiomatic
Word: Blue Dog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Various, including the presence of the "Blue Dog" paintings of Louisiana artist George Rodrigue in the offices of Louisiana representatives where early meetings were held. 1. A member of the Blue Dog Coalition, founded in 1994, of conservative and moderate members of the Democratic Party. Labels: US
Word: Blue Dogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Blue Dog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fourragère Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, feminine of fourrager (“connected with or yielding forage”), from fourrage (“forage”), from Old French forage. Pronunciation: /fʊɹəʒɛɹ/ 1. A braided cord awarded to a military unit for distinguished service and worn on the left shoulder. Example: When an entire division commanded by a political rather than a military general had been wiped out, he had earned for his battalion a French decoration called a Fourragère which is seldom given to other than French regiments.
Word: fourragères Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fourragère Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ꜱ Part of Speech: symbol 1. Used in the digraph ⟨ꜱʜ⟩ for the /ʃ/ sound.
Word: ᴢ Part of Speech: symbol 1. Used in the digraph ⟨ᴢʜ⟩ for the /ʒ/ sound.
Word: alendronates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alendronate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miscomprehension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + comprehension. 1. An incorrect understanding of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Teachers testing with informal reading inventories (selected because of comprehension difficulty unrelated to word recognition) were asked to give explanations for the miscomprehensions of their students.
Word: miscomprehensions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miscomprehension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miscomputation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + computation. 1. The incorrect performance of a computation. Example: His miscomputation of the amount of tax he owed increased his tax bill. 2. A wrong or incorrect computation. Example: The miscomputation of the library's weight was the result of not accounting for the weight of the books.
Word: miscomputations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miscomputation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: talismen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Plural of talisman by erroneous analogy with man → men; compare shamen. Pronunciation: /ˈtalɪsmɛn/ 1. plural of talisman Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural Example: They had fetiches and talismen, who bring good fortune. Example: It is easy to understand how the sale or barter of talismen begun.
Word: viciosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vitiosity under influence of vicious, both of which derive ultimately from Latin vitiōsus. 1. Viciousness. Labels: archaic, countable, rare, uncountable
Word: vitiosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vitiōsitās, from vitiōsus. Pronunciation: /vɪʃiˈɒsɪti/ 1. viciousness Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: vitiosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vitiosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: viciosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viciosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Salix, the genus name. Doublet of sallow. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪlɪks/, /ˈsælɪks/ 1. Any member of the genus Salix; a willow.
Word: bottle openers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bottle opener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: love affairs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of love affair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fairy godmothers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fairy godmother Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lusus Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of lusus naturae. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: On the right hand […] is a multitude of loose stones, lying on the surface. They are of the lime-stone kind, mere lususes, assuming most singular forms; some are excavated, and often perforated.
Word: Florida rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Florida room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toe cheese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the similarity with cheese. 1. The sticky, smegma-like substance that accumulates between one's toes in case of insufficient hygiene. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Love is: learning to appreciate the smell of your sweetheart's toe cheese! Example: Jesse Pinkman: Yo kiss my pink ass man, I didn't ask for any of this! Alright, how am I supposed to live here now, huh?! My whole house smells like toe cheese and dry cleaning. Walter White: Because, you didn't follow my instructions! Jesse Pinkman: Oh well Heil Hitler bitch!
Word: throughfare Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of thoroughfare. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Hurt him? His body's a passable carcass, if he be / not hurt. It is a throughfare for steel, if it be not hurt.
Word: electrolier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- (prefix meaning ‘electric, electrical’) + (chande)lier. Pronunciation: /ɪˌlɛk.tɹəˈlɪ.ə/, /əˌlɛk.tɹəˈlɪ.əɹ/, /əˌlɛk.tɹəˈlɪɹ/, /i-/ 1. A fixture, usually hanging from a ceiling, for holding electric lamps; specifically, a chandelier lit by electricity rather than with candles or gas. Labels: dated Example: Every lamp in the drawing room is shaded, and no one can complain of too much light. Not so, however in the boudoir, where the electric lamps are displayed in all their brilliancy, lighting up the rose du barri walls with a splendour enough to captivate a Frenchwoman. The silvered walls brackets, fender, and electrolier, by Messrs. Verity, are dazzling; […] Example: Artificial illumination is furnished by incandescent electric lamps pendant from a large corona and from side electroliers.
Word: pretheater Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + theater. 1. Before attending the theater (especially of drinks or a meal). Labels: US, not-comparable Example: We picked up our tickets and stopped next door to have a pretheater drink. Example: Metrazur, in Grand Central Terminal, throws in a free miniature "suitcase" with its pretheater meal, filled with cookies to munch on during intermission and a $3 MetroCard for the commute to Broadway. 2. Preceding the formation of theater. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: During the early, pretheater period (ca. 700-1350), both religious and secular performing arts prospered.
Word: afterdamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From after- + damp. 1. Suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp, consisting of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, and sometimes hydrogen sulfide. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: SMF Part of Speech: noun 1. single-mode fibre; a type of an optical fibre which is designed to carry only a single ray of light.
Word: ornis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Ornis, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”), Ancient Greek ὄρνιθος (órnithos, “bird”). 1. A bird. Labels: formal 2. The birds collectively of a region; avifauna. Example: Baird then proceeds to treat of the eastward movement of American birds, and its influence on the ornis of Greenland and Europe, and vice versâ.
Word: adiabat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from adiabatic. 1. The curve on a graph of pressure and temperature which gives the adiabatic heating or cooling of a gas.
Word: eragrostis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name Eragrostis. 1. Any of several species of grass from the genus Eragrostis; lovegrass. Example: Springing up between the carrot-seed during the first season were the long frail, feathery stalks of the wind-blown eragrostis, a lush sweet grass.
Word: first imperative Part of Speech: noun 1. present imperative (second-person forms only); compare second imperative Labels: Latin
Word: second imperative Part of Speech: noun 1. The future imperative mood (second- and third-person forms possible); indicating a command that is to be carried out both now and in future. Labels: Latin, uncountable 2. A verb form in the second imperative. Labels: countable
Word: second imperatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of second imperative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: first imperatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of first imperative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: river crab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of Chinese 河蟹 (héxiè). 1. A Chinese mitten crab.
Word: river crab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 河蟹 (héxiè, “river crab”) above, a near-homonym of 和谐 (héxié, “harmony”), referring to China's Harmonious Society campaign. 1. Government censorship. Labels: Internet
Word: dollface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doll + face. 1. An attractive woman. Labels: endearing, often, slang, uncountable, usually
Word: dollfaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dollface Labels: form-of, plural
Word: departition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From depart, after Latin analogies, or from Middle English departycyon. 1. separation Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. departure Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: departition Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + partition. 1. to remove the partitions from; to merge back into a single unit Labels: transitive
Word: nonpubescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + pubescent. 1. Not pubescent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: be the case Part of Speech: verb 1. To exist as an independent fact of (external) reality. Labels: stative Example: It being the case that all mammals breathe air, it follows that whales must breathe air.
Word: fleme Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English flemen, from Old English flȳman, flīeman (“to put to flight, drive away, banish”), from flēam (“flight”). 1. To drive away, chase off; to banish. Labels: obsolete
Word: brute fact Part of Speech: noun 1. An inscrutable datum of experience; a thing that is undeniably the case, but which is impervious to reasoned explication. Example: The rationalist, Kantian definition of truth, therefore, fails. At the bottom of every fact there is an act of reason, and thus no realist notion of truth serves; at the bottom of every rational necessity there is a choice, the act of invention, and so no critical definition of truth serves.³ ² ⁹ The forms and categories of thought themselves need verification in an experience which does not apply them so much as make them.³ ³ ⁰ That the very conditions of intelligibility change and develope is clear, according to LR, from the history of science.³ ³ ¹ Further, a list of categories given once and for all is nothing but itself a brute fact, an irrational surd, if it cannot itself be explained.³ ³ ² Example: 2008: Charles-Édouard “Le Corbusier” Jeanneret-Gris [aut.] and John Goodman [tr.], Toward an Architecture, pages 101–102 (Frances Lincoln Publishers; →ISBN Architecture has graver ends; capable of sublimity, it touches the most brutal instincts through its objectivity; it appeals to the highest of the faculties, through its very abstraction. Architectural abstraction has the distinctive and magnificent quality that, while being rooted in brute fact, it spiritualizes this, because brute fact is nothing other than the materialization, the symbol of a possible idea. Brute fact is amenable to ideas only through an order that is projected onto it. The emotions aroused by architecture emanate from physical conditions that are ineluctable, irrefutable, forgotten today.
Word: brute-fact Part of Speech: adj 1. brute fact (when used attributively) Labels: not-comparable Example: The fact that we can agree about veridical perceptions with others possessing similar conceptual schemas is strong evidence that the brute-fact features of our perceptual experience have an important correlation with a certain given […] Example: I’ll call the third proposal for what grounds the Positive Epistemic Fact the brute-fact proposal, because it gives the Positive Epistemic Fact the status of brute fact.
Word: brute facts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brute fact Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daffish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From daff + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈdæfɪʃ/ 1. Stupid, silly. Labels: obsolete Example: fayr frende said Morgan le fay ryde not after that knyght / for ye shalle not wynne no worship of hym / Fy on hym coward saide sire Hemyson / for I wyst neuer good knyghte come oute of Cornewaile / but yf hit were syr Tristram de Lyones / what & that be he said she / Nay nay said he / he is with la beale Isoud and this is but a daffyssh knyght — William Caxton edition, 1485, leaf 205r "Fair friend, said Morgan, ride not after that knight, for ye shall not win no worship of him. Fie on him, coward, said Sir Hemison, for I wist never good knight come out of Cornwall but if it were Sir Tristram de Liones. What an that be he? said she. Nay, nay, said he, he is with La Beale Isoud, and this is but a daffish knight.
Word: nonfactorizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + factorizable. 1. unfactorizable Labels: not-comparable
Word: orgulity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English orgul (“pride”) + -ity. 1. pride Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: marish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mareys, marys, from Anglo-Norman mareis, mereis, or from Middle French mares, marest, both from Late Latin mariscus, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk (“marsh”). Doublet of marsh and morass. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɹɪʃ/ 1. A marsh. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: Thenne sir Tristram departed / and in euery place he asked & demaunded after sir Launcelot / but in no place he coude not here of hym whether he were dede or on lyue /[…]/ Soo syr Tristram rode by a forest and then̄e was he ware of a fayre toure by a mareyse on that one syde / and on that other syde a fayr medowe Example: The Cherubim descended; on the ground / Gliding meteorous, as evening-mist / Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, / And gathers ground fast at the labourer's heel / Homeward returning.
Word: marish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mareys, marys, from Anglo-Norman mareis, mereis, or from Middle French mares, marest, both from Late Latin mariscus, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk (“marsh”). Doublet of marsh and morass. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɹɪʃ/ 1. Marshy; growing in bogs or marshes. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: And the silvery marish flowers that throng / The desolate creeks and pools among, Example: after the manner of Cards or Maps, the utmost limits of knowne Countries, are set downe to be full of thicke marrish grounds, shady forrests, desart and uncouth places.
Word: web server Part of Speech: noun 1. software that delivers Web pages and other documents to browsers using the HTTP protocol. 2. the computer on which such software runs.
Word: web servers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of web server Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grummer Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌmɚ/ 1. comparative form of grum: more grum Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: grummest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌmɪst/ 1. superlative form of grum: most grum Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: bread crumbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bread crumb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surmullet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French surmulet, from Middle French sormulet, from sor (“reddish brown”) + mulet (“mullet”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɚˈmələt/ 1. A red mullet, Mullus surmuletus.
Word: -therm Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “warm”). 1. used to name types of animal having a specified form of body temperature mechanism Labels: morpheme 2. heat Labels: morpheme Example: geotherm
Word: humpback whales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of humpback whale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: southern bottlenose whales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of southern bottlenose whale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: northern bottlenose whales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of northern bottlenose whale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pygmy sperm whales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pygmy sperm whale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surmullets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surmullet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: test tube babies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of test tube baby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: business architects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of business architect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epistêmê Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of episteme. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Truth — objective truth — was the function that permitted the discourse of this epistêmê to operate.
Word: epistemé Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of episteme. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Its epistemé was focused on the view that in every entity there are hidden forces which generate the very being, control the events, and give meaning to the universe as a unity […]
Word: Gila monsters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gila monster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: towel rails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of towel rail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poker runs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poker run Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dice runs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dice run Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kanton Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of canton. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: incomprehensibleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti Proto-Italic *hendō Proto-Italic *praiɣendō Latin prehendō Latin comprehendō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin comprehēnsibilis Latin incomprehēnsibilisbor. Middle French incomprehensibleder. English incomprehensible Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English incomprehensibleness From incomprehensible + -ness. 1. The state of being incomprehensible. Labels: uncountable Example: She liked being reminded of the incomprehensibleness of the world.
Word: bee-eaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bee-eater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urethrostomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From urethro- + -stomy. 1. A procedure that creates a permanent opening in the urethra, typically to remove obstructions to the flow of urine.
Word: urethrostomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urethrostomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urolagnia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uro- + -lagnia. Pronunciation: /ˌjʊə.rə(ʊ)ˈlæɡ.niə/, /ˌjʊ.roʊˈlæɡ.niə/ 1. Synonym of urophilia. Labels: uncountable
Word: gloriosos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glorioso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gloriosas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gloriosa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonclaimed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + claimed. 1. Not claimed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: monarchized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of monarchize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: indecipherability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From indecipherable + -ity. 1. The state of being indecipherable. Labels: uncountable
Word: urolith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uro- + -lith. 1. A urinary stone, being any stone passed from the urinary tract, such as a bladder stone or a kidney stone. 2. A urinary stone, being any stone passed from the urinary tract, such as a bladder stone or a kidney stone.
Word: uroliths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urolith Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heterographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heterography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: set-top boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of set-top box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heterographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heterography. Pronunciation: /ˌhɛt.ə.ɹəʊˈɡɹæf.ik/, /ˌhɛt.ə.ɹoʊˈɡɹæf.ik/ 1. Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a writing system in which a particular symbol represents more than one possible sound. Labels: not-comparable Example: In English. many letters are heterographic. Example: Quite often, more than one heterographic monosyllable […] can represent the same mononym in particular contexts if they are semantically indifferentiable.
Word: RHU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Random House Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RHU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of radioisotope heater unit, a device that generates heat from the natural decay of radioactive material. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of rural heath unit. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Ab Fab Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortening. 1. Absolutely Fabulous, a British television sitcom of the 1990s. Labels: British, English, informal Example: Ab Fab developed from a sketch on the French and Saunders show […]
Word: remarrieds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of remarried Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soupless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From soup + -less. 1. Without soup. Labels: not-comparable Example: Glad to escape, they accepted the hearty hand shake that accompanied his "Good bye, boys," and hurried to their cold and soupless meal. Example: Some restaurants say soupless noodles account for four-fifths of their ramen sales.
Word: soupiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soupy + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being soupy. Labels: uncountable
Word: bisexualities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bisexuality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strawberrylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From strawberry + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a strawberry (plant or fruit).
Word: raspberrylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From raspberry + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a raspberry (plant or fruit).
Word: batfaced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bat + faced. 1. Whose face resembles that of a bat (the flying mammal). Labels: rare Example: He ducked back down the alley / With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl / All along along / There were incidents and accidents / There were hints and allegations... Example: ...in their rumpled jackets they're somber but not wistful; they're too full of themselves for that, batfaced, slightly astonished but also sleepy like us...
Word: Plathian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Plath + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Sylvia Plath (1932-1963), American poet and novelist, or her works.
Word: seriocomically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From seriocomic + -ally. 1. In a seriocomic manner.
Word: seriocomical Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌsɪəɹiəʊˈkɒmɪkəl/ 1. seriocomic
Word: cranberrylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cranberry + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a cranberry (plant or fruit).
Word: autoregistration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + registration. 1. Automatic registration. Labels: uncountable
Word: nonregistered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + registered. 1. Not registered; unregistered. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cryptomaterial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypto- + material. 1. Any material, such as documents or devices, used in cryptography. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cryptomaterials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryptomaterial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fut. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of future. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: fut. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of future. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: volētis, 2 ⁿᵈ-pers. pl. fut. of volō (“I wish”, “I will”) 2. Abbreviation of futures. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, plural, plural-only
Word: relexification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From relexify + -ation. Pronunciation: /ɹiˌlɛksəfəˈkeɪʃn̩/ 1. The mechanism of language change by which one language replaces much or all of its lexicon with that of another language. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tensal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tense + -al. 1. of or pertaining to grammatical tense Labels: not-comparable Example: Names which do not terminate in a vowel sound, require a vowel prefixed to the tensal inflection, rendering it obun, or ebun. Example: If this theory be correct, it shows that the nature of the Hebrew verb, which agrees with the Syriac and Arabic verb, is rather modal than tensal, and differs widely from that of the verb in the Greek, Latin, and modern languages of Europe.
Word: dearborn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for the inventor. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪəbɔːn/ 1. A light four-wheeled wagon. Example: It was somewhat hazardous to venture out with them at that time of day, but he loaded some in a dearborn so as to give them the appearance of going to a colored Quarterly Meeting, then in session near by.
Word: dearborns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dearborn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dearborns Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Dearborn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dearborns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dearborn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quasi partners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quasi partner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nominal partners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nominal partner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nominal clauses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nominal clause Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nominal ledgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nominal ledger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nominal variables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nominal variable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: categorical variables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of categorical variable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ordinal variables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ordinal variable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interval variables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interval variable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ratio variables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ratio variable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quasi-reorganizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quasi-reorganization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quail-pipes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quail-pipe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quail pipes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quail pipe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coffee bars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coffee bar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coffee beans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coffee bean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coffee breaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coffee break Labels: form-of, plural
Word: water breaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of water break Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coffee grinders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coffee grinder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coffee klatches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coffee klatch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coffee klatches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of coffee klatch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coffee makers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coffee maker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coffee pots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coffee pot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coffee tables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coffee table Labels: form-of, plural
Word: late bloomers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of late bloomer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sinuations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sinuation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gayeties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gayety Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of maty (“native house servant in India”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: matees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ironice Part of Speech: adv 1. ironically Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: inexpugnable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin inexpugnābilis. Morphologically, from in- + expugn + -able. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnɛkˈspʌɡnəbəl/, /ˌɪnɪkˈspʌɡnəbəl/ 1. Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable. Example: My one hope of the world, my inexpugnable consolation in looking at the miseries of the world, is that this is altering. Example: It crept into one's mind, a distress as vague and inexpugnable as a sea fog on a spring morning, and presently one shivered and wanted to go indoors...
Word: achlorophyllaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + chlorophyllaceous. 1. Lacking chlorophyll; hence colourless Labels: rare
Word: wanter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From want + -er. 1. One who wants, or who wants something Example: Witless hizzie, e'en 's you like, The ne'er a doit I 'm carin'; But men maun be the first to speak, An' wanters maun be speerin'. Example: But if Donald McFarlane wants money, he's got kin that can accommodate him, James; wanters arena always that fortunate.
Word: wanter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Contraction of want to. 1. Pronunciation spelling of want to. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: I reckon it weighs about a ton by the weight of it if yer wanter know. Example: Here, lift over them crates o' oranges I wanter fix 'em in the winder."
Word: wanters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wanter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hap'orth Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈheɪpə(ɹ)θ/ 1. Alternative form of ha'p'orth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tar Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gray iron Part of Speech: noun 1. An alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon that contains 1.7 to 4.5% carbon and 1 to 3% silicon. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: white iron Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of cast iron that contains carbon as cementite. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: noodlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noodling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: turnable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From turn + -able. 1. Capable of being turned. Labels: not-comparable
Word: echino- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From combining form of Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”). 1. Forming compound terms denoting something prickly or, specifically, indicating the sea urchin. Labels: morpheme
Word: intelligential Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin intelligentia (“intelligence”) + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to intelligence. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] in at his mouth The Devil entered; and his brutal sense, In heart or head, possessing, soon inspired With act intelligential; but his sleep Disturbed not, waiting close the approach of morn. Example: Nor demonstration physical alone, Or more intelligential and abstruse, Persuades me to this faith; but from that truth It cometh to me rather, which is shed Through Moses, the rapt Prophets, and the Psalms.