nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: monophagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + phage + -ous: Compare Koine Greek μονοφάγος (monophágos, “that eats alone”). 1. That eats only one kind of food Labels: not-comparable 2. That (prefers to) eat alone Labels: not-comparable
Word: morphometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From morpho- + -metry. 1. measuring the external form and dimensions of living organisms, landforms, and other objects. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mothercraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mother + -craft. 1. The knowledge and skills associated with motherhood Labels: uncountable
Word: murmuration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1350–1400; Medieval Latin murmuratio (“murmuring, grumbling”), equivalent to murmur + -ation. The “flock of starlings” sense is probably derived from the sound of the very large groups that starlings form at dusk. Pronunciation: /ˌmɝməˈɹeɪʃən/, /ˌmɜːməˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. An act or instance of murmuring. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A flock of starlings, in particular when swarming in swirling patterns. Labels: collective, countable, uncountable Example: "Oh! I wasted most of my morning crawling to a murmuration of starlings, which I foolishly mistook for congregation of plover." Example: The same dynamics can be seen in starlings: On clear winter evenings, murmurations of the tiny blackish birds gather in Rome’s sunset skies, wheeling about like rustling cloth. 3. An emergent order in a multi-agent social system. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nebulium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nebula + -ium. 1. A supposed chemical element proposed as a result of spectral analysis of light from a nebula; the emission lines concerned are now known to be due to doubly-ionized oxygen. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: necessarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From necessary + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌnɛsəˈsɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌnɛsəˈsɛɹi.ən/ 1. An adherent of necessarianism; an advocate of the doctrine of necessity. Example: 1810, Charles Buck, Materialists, entry in A Theological Dictionary, Volume 2, page 86, And the Necessarian asserts, that if, in any given state of mind, with respect both to dispositions and motives, two different determinations, or volitions, be possible, it can be on no other principle, than that one of them should come under the description of an effect without a cause; just as if the beam of a balance might incline either way, though loaded with equal weights. Example: But neither you nor myself, necessarian as I am, can pretend to this degree of perfection.
Word: necessitarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From necessity + -arian. Pronunciation: /nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. necessarian 2. One who maintains the doctrine of philosophical necessity, in opposition to that of freedom of the will: opposed to libertarian. (The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911).
Word: necessitarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From necessity + -arian. Pronunciation: /nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to necessity or necessitarianism: opposed to libertarian. The Arminian has entangled the Calvinist, the Calvinist has entangled the Arminian, in a labyrinth of contradictions. The advocate of free-will appeals to conscience and instinct — to an a priori sense of what ought in equity to be. The necessitarian falls back upon the experienced reality of facts. Froude, Calvinism. (The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911).
Word: nectarivorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nectar + -i- + -vorous. 1. That feeds on nectar. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trompe-d'œil Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of trompe d'œil: misconstruction of trompe-l’œil. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The carefully exposed reflection of the fallen soldier in the retina of his shield, which is very much in agreement with the puerile stories of trompe-d’œil—like that of the ‘Grapes of Zeuxis’—which were the stock in trade of art critics like Pliny.
Word: needlecord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From needle + cord. 1. A fine corduroy fabric Labels: countable, uncountable 2. trousers made of the material Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable
Word: newtlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From newt + -like. 1. Having the form or characteristics of a newt
Word: nonfulfillment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + fulfillment. 1. The failure to fulfil an obligation. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: trompe d'œil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A misconstruction of trompe l'œil on French roots: trompe (“deceives”) + of + œil (“eye”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɔ̃p ˈdœj/, /ˈtɹɔmp ˈdɔɪ/ 1. Misconstruction of trompe l’œil. Labels: alt-of, misconstruction Example: Trompe d’œil effects such as false perspectives painted on walls are common.
Word: odontophore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From odonto- + -phore. 1. A projection in the mouths of most molluscs, used with the radula to break up food.
Word: onliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of only: most only, used to mean "only" but with added intensiveness or emphasis. Labels: dialectal, form-of, informal, nonstandard, superlative Example: I can't stand that bastard there... You ain't the onliest one. I can't either.
Word: onomast Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who studies onomastics; a person who studies (proper) names.
Word: selfstanding Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of self-standing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: operatics Part of Speech: noun 1. exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: orthocephalic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ortho- + cephalic. 1. normocephalic Labels: not-comparable
Word: osteitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osteo- + -itis. 1. inflammation of bone Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pandowdy Part of Speech: noun 1. A pudding of spiced, sliced apples (or other fruit), sugar and butter, baked with a crumble topping in a deep dish. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: pararhyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + rhyme. 1. Synonym of consonance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stilting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stilt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stilting Part of Speech: noun 1. Stilted language or movement. Example: Their gestures seemed not of their volition, but as mechanical and awkward as the stiltings of marionettes. Example: He writes easily and informally, with only occasional stiltings of phrase. 2. A structure made of stilts.
Word: faldstools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faldstool Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patchboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patch + board. 1. A component of a manual telephone switchboard, or of various early data processing equipment, in which circuits are completed with cords on a matrix of connections.
Word: patcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patch + -er. 1. A person who patches something. 2. A process or program that applies a software patch. Example: It is hidden in an installer, license key generator or patcher that you will need to access the offered video or software. 3. The driver's assistant or lackey in a team of miners. Labels: historical
Word: penates Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin penātēs, from penus (“inner part of house”). Displaced native Old English cōfgod. Pronunciation: /pəˈnɑːtiːz/, /pəˈnɑtiz/, /pəˈneɪtiz/ 1. The household deities thought to watch over the houses and storerooms of ancient Rome. Labels: Roman, plural, plural-only Example: lest the name thereof being discovered unto their enemies, their Penates and Patronal Gods might be called forth by charms and incantations. 2. Synonym of household deities in other contexts. Labels: figuratively, plural, plural-only Example: ...and a china shepherd and shepherdess, clothed in "a green and yellow melancholy," were the penates of the mantel-piece.
Word: petrosal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin petrōsus (“full of rocks, rocky”) + -al. Pronunciation: /pɪˈtɹəʊ.səl/, /pɪˈtɹəʊ.sl̩/, /pəˈtɹoʊ.səl/ 1. Of great hardness; petrous. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, pertaining to, or located near the petrous part of the temporal bone or the capsule of the inner ear. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: petrosal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin petrōsus (“full of rocks, rocky”) + -al. Pronunciation: /pɪˈtɹəʊ.səl/, /pɪˈtɹəʊ.sl̩/, /pəˈtɹoʊ.səl/ 1. The petrous part of the temporal bone at the base of the skull, surrounding the inner ear. 2. The auditory capsule. Example: midal-shaped petrosal of mammals and bird
Word: phenomenalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. Late Latin phaenomenonder. English phenomenon Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al ▲ Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. French phénomène ▲ Old French -al Middle French -al French -al French phénoménalbor. English phenomenal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English phenomenalism From phenomenal + -ism. 1. The doctrine that physical objects exist only as perceptual phenomena or sensory stimuli Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: physiatrics Part of Speech: noun 1. Physical medicine or therapy. Labels: uncountable
Word: physicalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From physical + -ize. 1. To express using movements of the body. Labels: transitive 2. To interpret in a physical manner, or using physical concepts. Labels: transitive
Word: physicalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From physical + -ness. 1. The condition of being physical; physicality. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We admire the intellect, as indeed we should, and admire all sorts of other endeavors but when the area of physicalness comes, it's reduced to vanity.
Word: pinwale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pin + wale. 1. A corduroy fabric having narrow ribs. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: platysma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin platysma, from Ancient Greek πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ (plắtŭsmă, “flat object”), from πλᾰτῠ́νω (plătŭ́nō, “widen”) + -μᾰ (-mă, “nominal suffix”). Pronunciation: /pləˈtɪz.mə/ 1. A superficial muscle of the human neck that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid.
Word: Noemvriana Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of the Greek Νοεμβριανά (Noemvrianá). 1. November–December 1916, an important episode in modern Greek history concerning the entrance of Greece into World War I on the side of the Allies. Labels: historical
Word: poikilitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek ποικίλος (poikílos, “scattered”) Pronunciation: /ˌpɔɪkɪˈlɪtɪk/ 1. Describing the texture of an igneous rock that has small crystals of one mineral scattered among larger crystals of another
Word: poikiloblastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poikiloblast + -ic. 1. Describing the texture of a metamorphic rock that has small idioblasts of one constituent lying within larger xenoblasts
Word: flippancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flippancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: posteriority Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From posterior + -ity. 1. The condition of being posterior (in any sense) Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: principate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin prīncipātus, referring to the titles prīnceps senātūs (“first among senators”) and prīnceps cīvitātis (“first among citizens”), adopted by Octavian Caesar Augustus in order to preserve the illusion of formal continuance of some aspects of the Roman Republic. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪns.əˌpeɪt/ 1. The early period of the Roman Empire, during which some characteristics of the government of the Roman Republic were retained; the reign of any particular emperor during said period. Labels: Ancient-Rome, countable, uncountable Example: The history of the courts and of judicial procedure during the principate is closely parallel to that of the government as a whole. 2. The office of one who is principal or preeminent (such as a prince); the quality or status of being principal; preeminence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1998, Annabel S. Brett (translator and editor), William of Ockham, On the Power Of Emperors and Popes, Thoemmes Press, page 87, From all this we may draw the conclusion that papal principate was instituted for the utility and advantage of its subjects and not for the honour and glory or the utility and temporal advantage of the holder of the principate, in such a way as that such principate deserves to be called 'of service' and not of 'lordship'. 3. A state ruled by a prince; a principality. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: principate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin prīncipātus, referring to the titles prīnceps senātūs (“first among senators”) and prīnceps cīvitātis (“first among citizens”), adopted by Octavian Caesar Augustus in order to preserve the illusion of formal continuance of some aspects of the Roman Republic. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪns.əˌpeɪt/ 1. Primary; principal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: privatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From private + -ism. 1. Concern with issues only insofar as they affect one as an individual; self-interest. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Jane Austen's Emma (1816) illustrates the social novel's association of androgyny with selfish privatism. Example: What Habermas describes as ‘family-vocational privatism’, which is similar to what Williams (1983) recognizes as ‘mobile privatism’, can be considered in terms of a category of ‘self-seeking privatism’ (Lodziak, 1996), which is pursued by those for whom capitalism ‘pays off’ in terms of status, financial rewards and so on […]
Word: progressionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From progression + -ist. 1. An advocate of social progress, ideally towards perfection. 2. A person who holds that all life forms gradually evolve to a higher form.
Word: promotability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. English promote Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English promotability From promote + -ability. 1. The ability to be promoted (in any sense). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: promptbook Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of prompt book. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: proteinlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From protein + -like. 1. Having the characteristics of a protein
Word: pultrude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of pull + extrude. 1. To draw resin-coated glass fibres through a heated die in order to make a composite material
Word: pustulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin pustulatus, past participle of pustulare (“to blister”). 1. To form, or be formed into, pustules. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: pustulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pustulatus, past participle of pustulare (“to blister”). 1. Having pustules or prominences resembling them. Example: a pustulate leaf, shell, or coral
Word: rauwolfia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of several small trees and shrubs, of the genus Rauwolfia, that yield materials of medical use. 2. Any of a group of alkaloids extracted from these trees.
Word: recipiency Part of Speech: noun 1. recipience Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: recipience Part of Speech: noun 1. The ability to receive; receptivity Labels: uncountable
Word: rejector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reject + -or. 1. Alternative form of rejecter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: retiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin rēticulum (“net”) + -form. 1. Having the form of a net; reticulate
Word: rejuvenescence Part of Speech: noun 1. A renewal of youthful characteristics or vitality. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The escape of the protoplasm of a cell and its conversion into a cell of a different character, as in certain algae. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rockburst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rock + burst. 1. A sudden, violent collapse of rock under stress, especially in a mine.
Word: requirer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From require + -er. 1. A person who requires.
Word: sandiver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French suin de verre, suint de verre, literally "grease of glass". 1. A scum that forms on molten glass. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: saxicoline Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of saxicolous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sclerosed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from sclerosis. The verb sclerose was derived from sclerosed (adj). Compare also diagnose (verb). Pronunciation: /skləˈɹəʊst/ 1. Hardened by sclerosis. 2. Hardened; fixed; inflexible; tough. Labels: figuratively Example: "They are all good men." "Of course they are. It's quite physiological. They are a body of elderly men, and the elderly brain is sclerosed and cannot record new impressions." 3. lignified
Word: segmentary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From segment + -ary. 1. Composed of segments Labels: not-comparable
Word: seismosaurus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. A dinosaur, of genus Seismosaurus, from the Jurassic period
Word: selaginella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of a group of ferny plants of the genus Selaginella, spike moss.
Word: shapewear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shape + -wear. 1. Foundation garments, designed to hold a part of the body in a particular form. Labels: uncountable
Word: sheerlegs Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shear legs. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Gear Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: sheetlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sheet + -let. 1. A small sheet of postage stamps sold as a unit.
Word: shipway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ship + way. 1. The sloping dry dock in which a ship is built and from where it is launched. 2. A navigable waterway large enough for ships. Example: Near-synonym: seaway
Word: shorelark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shore + lark. 1. Either of two larks, of genus Eremophila, found in the Arctic or in mountainous regions
Word: sizeism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From size + -ism. 1. Discrimination based on a person's size (such as height, girth, or weight). Labels: uncountable Example: Sizeism is hard to avoid on dating apps such as Grindr and Tinder, where users commonly forbid men under 6ft from contacting them. Tinder even made a 2019 April Fool’s joke about launching a “height verification” update that would prevent guys from exaggerating their stature.
Word: skimboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skim + board. 1. The thin board used in skimboarding.
Word: skimboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From skim + board. 1. To take part in skimboarding.
Word: skimboarding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skim + board + -ing. 1. A form of surfing in shallow water near a beach. Labels: uncountable
Word: smokebox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smoke + box. Pronunciation: /ˈsməʊkbɒks/ 1. A chamber in which smoke passes from a boiler before being vented through a chimney. Example: […] with this arrangement the cylinders are cast separately from the saddle, and bolted to the frames on each side with a fabricated stiffener between the frames. This stiffener is carried up to form the saddle for the smokebox, and within it is fitted the exhaust pipes from the cylinders to the blast pipe.
Word: pallophotophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by the inventor Charles Hoxie ca. 1922 from πάλλω (pállō, “shaking”) + φωτός (phōtós, “light”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”) 1. A device that records sounds on photographic film. Labels: historical
Word: Sep Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /sɛp/ 1. Abbreviation of September. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Samh Part of Speech: name 1. Upsilon Andromedae c, an extrasolar planet orbiting the Sun-like star Upsilon Andromedae A.
Word: surrogate parent Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who takes care of a child when the normal parents are unavailable.
Word: surrogate parents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surrogate parent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surrogate father Part of Speech: noun 1. A man who takes care of a child when one or more of the parents are unavailable (see also surrogate parent, foster parents). 2. A man who acts as a father figure to a child usually when a father is not in the picture.
Word: surrogate fathers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surrogate father Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heteroideous Part of Speech: adj 1. diversified in form Labels: rare
Word: seditiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From seditious + -ly. 1. In a seditious manner or fashion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: socioecology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From socio- + ecology. 1. The use of techniques of sociology in the field of ecology.
Word: deep inside Part of Speech: adv 1. at heart, deep down Example: But deep inside he knew the truth was he longed for one last great adventure. Example: Besides, sometimes, deep inside, she longed to be twelve again.
Word: sociogenomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From socio- + genomics. 1. The study of the multivariate feedback loops by which nature and nurture (genetics and environment) interact with and shape each other. Labels: uncountable Example: Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” 150 years ago, the debate about what makes us who we are has dominated the human sciences. Do genes determine our destiny, as the hereditarians would say? Or do we enter the world as blank slates, formed only by what we encounter in our homes and beyond? What started as an intellectual debate quickly expanded to whatever anyone wanted it to mean, invoked in arguments about everything from free will to race to inequality to whether public policy can, or should, level the playing field. Today, however, a new realm of science is poised to upend the debate — not by declaring victory for one side or the other, nor even by calling a tie, but rather by revealing they were never in opposition in the first place. Through this new vantage, nature and nurture are not even entirely distinguishable, because genes and environment don’t operate in isolation; they influence each other and to a very real degree even create each other. The new field is called sociogenomics, a fusion of behavioral science and genetics that I have been closely involved with for over a decade. Though the field is still in its infancy, its philosophical implications are staggering. It has the potential to rewrite a great deal of what we think we know about who we are and how we got that way.
Word: socioecological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From socio- + ecological. 1. Of or pertaining to socioecology.
Word: somesthetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to somesthesia Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to somesthetics Labels: not-comparable
Word: somesthesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soma + -esthesia. 1. somatesthesia Labels: uncountable
Word: somatesthesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From somato- + -esthesia. 1. awareness of one's own body Labels: uncountable
Word: sploshed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of splosh Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: starflower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From star + flower. 1. Borage (Borago officinalis), an annual herb, and its product, starflower oil (family Boraginaceae). 2. Calytrix, a shrub native to Australia (family Myrtaceae). 3. Erinus alpinus, an alpine plant (family Plantaginaceae). 4. Grewia occidentalis (crossberry or lavender star flower, family Malvaceae). 5. Ipheion, a genus of small bulbous perennials (family Amaryllidaceae). 6. Orbea variegata, a succulent from South Africa (family Apocynaceae). 7. Ornithogalum, a genus of perennial bulbous plants (family Asparagaceae), including: 8. Ornithogalum, a genus of perennial bulbous plants (family Asparagaceae), including: 9. Ornithogalum, a genus of perennial bulbous plants (family Asparagaceae), including: 10. Ornithogalum, a genus of perennial bulbous plants (family Asparagaceae), including: 11. Ornithogalum, a genus of perennial bulbous plants (family Asparagaceae), including: 12. Ornithogalum, a genus of perennial bulbous plants (family Asparagaceae), including: 13. Any of several annual herbs, of the genus Trientalis (sometimes Lysimachia, having white star-shaped leaves (family Primulaceae)) 14. Any of several annual herbs, of the genus Trientalis (sometimes Lysimachia, having white star-shaped leaves (family Primulaceae)) 15. Any of several annual herbs, of the genus Trientalis (sometimes Lysimachia, having white star-shaped leaves (family Primulaceae))
Word: sterndrive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stern + drive. 1. A form of marine propulsion similar to an outboard motor
Word: sternite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stern- (“of or relating to the sternum”) + -ite. 1. The ventral plate of each segment of an arthropod.
Word: sternocleidomastoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin sternocleidomastoīdēs, from Latin sternum (“the breastbone”) + Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “the collarbone”) + Latin mastoīdēs (“like a breast”), equivalent to sterno- + cleido- + mastoid. Pronunciation: /ˌstɜː.nə(ʊ)ˌklʌɪ.də(ʊ)ˈma.stɔɪd/, /ˌstɝ.nəˌklaɪ.dəˈmæˌstɔɪd/ 1. Relating to or involving the sternum, the clavicle and the mastoid process of the temporal bone. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sternocleidomastoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin sternocleidomastoīdēs, from Latin sternum (“the breastbone”) + Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “the collarbone”) + Latin mastoīdēs (“like a breast”), equivalent to sterno- + cleido- + mastoid. Pronunciation: /ˌstɜː.nə(ʊ)ˌklʌɪ.də(ʊ)ˈma.stɔɪd/, /ˌstɝ.nəˌklaɪ.dəˈmæˌstɔɪd/ 1. Ellipsis of sternocleidomastoid muscle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: sternomastoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sterno- + mastoid. 1. Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stillage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From still + -age. 1. The residue from the manufacture of alcohol from grain; typically used in animal feed Labels: uncountable
Word: stillage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch stellage. 1. A rack or pallet used to hold goods (originally casks) off the floor Labels: countable
Word: spolium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin spolium. 1. The property of a beneficed ecclesiastic not transmissible by will. Labels: uncountable
Word: stomachful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stomach + -ful. 1. Enough to fill one's stomach. Example: Now, the stomach, to digest it well, will contain but about ten quarts, and when the animal eats one-third of his daily ration of seven pounds in one and one-half hours, he has swallowed at least two stomachsful of hay and saliva, one of these having passed to the intestine. Example: Narrow and steadfast they were, and with stomachsful of conscience;[…] 2. As much as one can stomach.
Word: stomachful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stomach + -ful. 1. sullen; obstinate; perverse Labels: obsolete
Word: strawboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From straw + board. 1. A form of cardboard, usually yellow, made from straw Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: strawflower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From straw + flower. 1. Any of many Australian plants of the genus Xerochrysum, especially Xerochrysum bracteatum, having deep yellow flowers than can be readily dried.
Word: strigose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin striga (“row, strip, swath”) + -ose; compare strigosus. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹaɪɡəʊs/ 1. Having fine grooves, ridges, or streaks. 2. Having stiff hairs, pressed together.
Word: subdictionaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subdictionary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subdictionary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + dictionary. 1. A subset of a dictionary 2. A subordinate dictionary
Word: EKO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Edgeworth-Kuiper object. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: subentries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subentry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subentry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + entry. 1. A subordinate entry.
Word: submodifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + modifier. 1. A subordinate modifier
Word: suckler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suckle + -er. 1. An animal that has not yet been weaned. 2. Any animal that suckles its young; a mammal.
Word: supinator Part of Speech: noun 1. Any muscle that aids supination
Word: suppositious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin suppositius, from Latin suppositīcius. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃəs/ 1. Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake. Example: […] who knowes not how false, how suppositious, the writings and Epistles of the auncient Popes are iustly esteemed? Example: […] a hen teaches this language with equal ease to the ducklings, she has hatched from suppositious eggs, and educates as her own offspring […] 2. Imaginary; fictitious, pretended to exist. Example: At rehearsals the actor tossed an entirely imaginary cloak about his shoulders as though it were heavy brocade, courteously removed a hat made of air, and seriously set out on a suppositious table a non-existent dinner, after sedulously cooking it on a kitchen range that was a chair. 3. Hypothetical, based on supposition; conjectural. Example: Near-synonyms: assumed, presumed, presumptive, putative, supposed; apparent, likely Example: Look, Dr. Lanning, let me present you with a suppositious case. Supposing we had a politician who was interested in defeating a reform candidate at any cost and while investigating his private life came across oddities such as I have just mentioned.
Word: technospeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From techno- + -speak. 1. technobabble Labels: uncountable
Word: sylva Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of silva. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A solitary cotton-wood, with an occasional clump of willows, constitute the sylva of this portion of the river.
Word: tectonophysics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tectono- + physics. 1. The physics of tectonic plates, their formation and movement Labels: uncountable
Word: testation Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of a testator in disposing of property by a will Labels: uncountable
Word: thymoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thymus + -oma. 1. Any tumour of the thymus
Word: finick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from finical. 1. To display extreme daintiness or refinement. 2. To trifle.
Word: townish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English townishe, townysche, equivalent to town + -ish. 1. Characteristic of a (certain type of) town. Labels: in-compounds, often 2. Pertaining to or inhabiting a town, urban. Labels: obsolete Example: My mothers maydes when they did ſowe & ſpyñ they ſang ſometyme a ſong of the feld mowſe that forbicauſe her lyvelood was but thyñ Would nedes goo ſeke her townyſſh ſyſters howſe Example: In stature passing all the rest, A gallant girl for hewe; To be compared to townish nymphs, So faire she was to viewe.
Word: townlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From town + -let. 1. Synonym of small town.
Word: townward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From town + -ward. 1. Towards a town. Labels: not-comparable
Word: townward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From town + -ward. 1. Towards a town; townwards. Labels: not-comparable
Word: townwards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From town + -wards. 1. Towards a town; townward. Labels: not-comparable Example: He switched on, put the groaning vehicle into gear, turned it round skilfully and sped dustily townwards.
Word: transurethral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + urethral. 1. performed through the urethra Labels: not-comparable
Word: transvalue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from transvaluation. 1. To represent or evaluate something according to a new principle, causing it to be revalued. Example: One of the attractions of the whole panorama of Jewish mysticism for Scholem is its vivid and manifold demonstration of how it is possible to maintain a historical identity and a certain sense of continuity of belief while vigorously transvaluing values, redefining world and self and the realm of the spirit as historical circumstances change.
Word: triallers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trialler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trialler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trial + -er. 1. A horse or a dog used for trialling. Example: Ch. Doony Bluebell, Fairholme Trusty, Type, and Typist, are notable, while the blue roan, Fairholme Rally, has attained conspicuous success as a field trialler, and at stud was responsible for transmitting length of head, then much needed in the breed, and sired innumerable winners. 2. A motorcycle specialized for trials events. Example: The 350 Alpina puts out two less horsepower than a 125 Elsinore. We got 18 horses on the pump. A 27mm Amal mixes. The bike isn’t as sluggardly as one might expect for a zooted-up trialer. One of ’em finished ninth in the 350 Expert at Hopetown last year. Mike Hannon must have ridden his bejeebers off.
Word: trifacial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + facial. 1. trigeminal Labels: not-comparable
Word: trifacial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + facial. 1. trigeminal nerve
Word: triflingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From trifling + -ly. 1. In a trifling manner. Example: […] I am apt to think, that a perſon, vvho vvas ready to give more knovvledge than he received, vvould be vvelcome vvherever he came. […] Hovv much more nobly vvould a philoſopher, thus employed, ſpend his time, than […] more triflingly ſedulous in the incatenation of fleas, or the ſculpture of cherry-ſtones.
Word: trifold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + -fold. 1. threefold Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a mirror: having three reflective surfaces hinged together. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trifold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + -fold. 1. Any sheet of paper or cardboard, folded into three sections along two parallel creases and used to present information, typically as a brochure or display board. Example: Are saddlestitched double-fold brochures more effective than simple trifolds? Example: Before moving on to other aspects of story writing, have students create Character-Plot-Setting trifolds with ready-to-use tips on developing these three vital story elements. 2. A wallet with three equal-sized sections that fold together. Example: Trifolds and credit card hip wallets have been interchangeably in the second slot for several seasons, and this Christmas it appeared that trifold sales edged ahead by a nose. Example: A Dante spokesman estimated about 10 percent of the increase was attributable to higher prices. Best selling items were flatfolds and trifolds. 3. Anything folded into thirds to resemble a trifold. Example: Three plywood portable trifolds covered with burlap were assembled with hinges to divide the room at the pleasure of the displayers. Example: Panoramic cards (two cards, folded) and trifolds (three cards) were occasionally issued in the Photochrome series and are rare finds today.
Word: triform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin trifōrmis. 1. Having three different forms Labels: not-comparable
Word: truncal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From truncus + -al 1. Of or pertaining to the trunk (of the body). Labels: not-comparable Example: Cerebellar dysfunction is characterized by truncal ataxia, a broad-based stance, dysmetria in which the limbs either overstep (hypermetria) or understep (hypometria), and tremor that is most pronounced when the animal attempts a goal-orientated movement (intention tremor).
Word: uncompromisingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uncompromising + -ness. 1. The condition of being uncompromising Labels: uncountable
Word: unconfessed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + confessed. 1. Not acknowledged in a confession. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Chevalier de Joinville made a third in every tête-à-tête, and was de trop in none; for he always talked to them of themselves, or entertained them at the precise moment when there was, though unconfessed, some slight approach to ennui. 2. Not having confessed to a priest. Labels: not-comparable Example: He died unconfessed.
Word: unconfessed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unconfess Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: underslung Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + slung. 1. Supported from above, as from the underside of a wing, etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: One day they shot a ten-pounder that had been hanging round them, melting into the grey distances and then reappearing, silent, motionless in the upper water, its angry tiger's eyes glaring at them so close that they could see its gills working softly and the teeth glinting like a wolf's along its cruel underslung jaw. Example: The four-wheel bogies, of the underslung equalising beam type, are steel welded fabrications. 2. Having a low center of gravity. Labels: not-comparable
Word: underwork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + work. Pronunciation: /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈwɜː(ɹ)k/ 1. To require too little work from; to work insufficiently. Labels: transitive 2. To work or operate in secret or clandestinely. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: [H]e raiſeth (in priuate) a nevv Inſtrument, one Sertorius Macro, and by him vndervvorketh, diſcouers the others Coũſells [i.e., counsels], his Means, his Ends, […] 3. To do less work than necessary (on). Labels: ambitransitive Example: to underwork a painting 4. To do work for inadequate payment. Labels: intransitive 5. To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine. Labels: transitive Example: But thou from loving England art so far, That thou hast underwrought his lawful king. 6. To do similar work for a lesser price than; to undercut. Labels: transitive Example: One mason may underwork another.
Word: underwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + work. Pronunciation: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌwɜː(ɹ)k/ 1. Subordinate work; petty business. Labels: uncountable Example: 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation the underwork of the nation 2. An underneath structure, for example for physical support Labels: uncountable Example: the underwork of a road Example: underwork of marble
Word: undesirableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From undesirable + -ness. 1. The condition or quality of being undesirable. Labels: uncountable Example: These are the things that are in the world; from these doth sin take all its baits, whereby it enticeth and entangleth our souls. If the heart be filled with the cross of Christ, it casts death and undesirableness upon them all, it leaves no seeming beauty, no appearing pleasure or comeliness in them. Example: The undesirableness of any other house in the same neighbourhood for Sir Walter was certainly much strengthened by one part, and a very material part of the scheme, which had been happily engrafted on the beginning. He was not only to quit his home, but to see it in the hands of others; a trial of fortitude, which stronger heads than Sir Walter’s have found too much. 2. An undesirable quality or thing. Labels: countable, rare Example: […] Harcourt Street combined within its precincts all the undesirablenesses that had existed separately in all the other streets she had visited. It was old and dirty, noisy yet dull, swarming with children, and overrun with costermongers, hand-organs, and cats.
Word: hachement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French hachement, from hacher (“to chop”). 1. In massage, a hacking or chopping stroke repeated in succession with the edge of the extended fingers or with the whole hand. Labels: uncountable
Word: undetonated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + detonated. 1. Not (yet) detonated Labels: not-comparable
Word: undifferenced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + difference + -ed. 1. Not having a mark of difference. Labels: not-comparable Example: In speculating upon this curious controversy, the question naturally arises, whether a plain and undifferenced coat-armorial descends to a man's heirs, according to the ordinary rules of heritable succession, or whether it happens[…] Example: Nowadays, even the successive heirs to the principal or undifferenced coat of arms usually rematriculate after a few generations, or bring up to date a pedigree in the Public Register of Genealogies, both for the purpose of putting on[…]
Word: unfaceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + faceable. 1. Unable to be faced or confronted. Example: Stupefying heat shimmered in the mangrove forest, the sun an unfaceable white glare somewhere overhead.
Word: unmetrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + metrical. 1. Not written in meter. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unmilitary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + military. 1. Not military. Example: The Indian military system is full of unmilitary anomalies, all productive of irresponsibility and undiscipline. Example: National Guards and Soldiers of the line […] fall into disorderly street-processions, constitutional unmilitary exclamations and hurrahings.
Word: unmitigatedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unmitigated + -ly. 1. In an unmitigated manner
Word: unmodernized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + modernized. 1. Not modernized.
Word: untunable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + tunable. 1. Unable to be tuned. 2. unmelodic; inharmonious Labels: archaic
Word: vaporish Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of vapourish. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vapourish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vapour + -ish. 1. Characteristic of vapour. 2. hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish Labels: dated
Word: vaporousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vaporous + -ness. 1. The condition of being vaporous Labels: uncountable
Word: verticillium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of many fungi, of the genus Verticillium, that cause wilt in plants
Word: body throw Part of Speech: noun 1. Any throw that is made around a part of the body, as opposed to in front of the head or chest.
Word: body throws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of body throw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: body catch Part of Speech: noun 1. Any catch that is made around or behind a part of the body, as opposed to in front of the head or chest.
Word: body catches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of body catch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reverse chops Part of Speech: noun 1. A pattern involving carrying each object under the next object before throwing it to the opposite hand. Labels: uncountable
Word: back cross Part of Speech: noun 1. A throw where the object is caught and then thrown from behind the back.
Word: back crosses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of back cross Labels: form-of, plural
Word: back-cross Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of back cross. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: back-crosses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of back-cross Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Catalanophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Catalano- + -phile. Pronunciation: /katəˈlanə(ʊ)fʌɪl/ 1. A lover or admirer of Catalan culture. Example: Monarchists, and historians paying deference to monarchy, call them ‘king-counts’; Catalans and Catalanophiles call them ‘count-kings’.
Word: Catalanophile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Catalano- + -phile. Pronunciation: /katəˈlanə(ʊ)fʌɪl/ 1. Appreciative of Catalan culture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Catalanophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Catalanophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Catalano- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Catalan + -o-. 1. Relating to the Catalan culture, people or language. Labels: morpheme
Word: bilding Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of building. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: But all matters relating to the army, the navy, the finances, to foreign affairs, the taxes, and public bildings, must be reported to her by the chiefs of the several departments.
Word: creditability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From creditable + -ity, or ability. 1. The quality of being creditable. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: creditabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of creditability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drosophila Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From taxonomic name Drosophila. Pronunciation: /dɹoʊˈsɑfələ/, /dɹəˈsɑfələ/ 1. Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila Example: In contrast, the drosophilas of Hawaii owe their oddity entirely to the whims of natural selection. Example: Moreover, the host plant relationships of cactus-specific drosophilae which serve as dispersal agents are well known (Fellows and Heed, 1972; Heed, 1978). The discussion which follows is based on the above studies of yeasts, cacti and drosophilae.
Word: drosophilas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drosophila Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fruit flies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fruit fly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gentlemen's agreement Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gentleman's agreement. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: working conditions Part of Speech: noun 1. The environment in which one works, as influenced by factors such as cleanliness, lighting, equipment, paid overtime, uniforms, access to amenities, etc. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I'm not proposing a return to Victorian working conditions, or anything like that, but there are two areas where things need changing.
Word: All Whites Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the all-white strip traditionally worn by the team. Modelled after the All Blacks, the New Zealand national rugby union team. 1. The men's national association football (soccer) representative team of New Zealand. Labels: New-Zealand
Word: westing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From west + -ing. 1. A distance west of a datum line on a map or chart. 2. A distance travelled westward.
Word: westing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From west + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of west Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: visitability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From visit + -ability. 1. The ability to be visited. Labels: uncountable 2. The extent to which a building (or other site) is accessible to the disabled. Labels: uncountable
Word: visitatorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin vīsitātōrius + -al. 1. visitorial
Word: visitorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From visitor + -ial. 1. Of, pertaining to, or having the power to make an official visitation Labels: not-comparable Example: The court, he wrote, has always understood that visitorial powers are “quite separate” from the power to enforce the law, and the attorney general was acting in the role of “sovereign-as-law-enforcer” in seeking the information.
Word: addlebrained Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From addle + brained. 1. Synonym of addlepated.
Word: bushtit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bush + tit. 1. Any of the long-tailed tits of the family Aegithalidae 2. Any of the long-tailed tits of the family Aegithalidae