nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: broad strokes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An allusion to a manner of painting. 1. Major features or key points; outline. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: The President made his proposals in broad strokes, and the details remain to be worked out. Example: His plan, in broad strokes, was to outfit a small fleet of cars with a number of miniature directional microphones. 2. Developments, movements, or descriptions presented in a bold or sweeping manner, without intricacy, adornment, or subtlety. Labels: especially, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: Maurice hastily climbed the fence, and while he was thus occupied Mr. Samuel Williams received a great enlightenment. With startling rapidity Penrod, standing just outside the storeroom door, extended his arm within the room, deposited the licorice water upon the counter of the drug store, seized in its stead the bottle of smallpox medicine, and extended it cordially toward the advancing Maurice. Genius is like that—great, simple, broad strokes! Example: While the movie unfolds in broad strokes, Ms. MacLaine treats this character with exquisite sensitivity and without condescension.
Word: dickface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dick + face. 1. Term of abuse Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: Just do what you were sent in there to do, dickface!
Word: dickfaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dickface Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piñones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piñon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buttbuddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butt + buddy. 1. A man's male sex partner, especially for anal sex. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: Bill and Matthew have been buttbuddies for years now.
Word: keep the change Part of Speech: phrase 1. An instruction to a taxi driver, waiter etc. to keep the change from the amount handed over as a tip. Example: And she handed me twenty dollars / For a two fifty fare, she said / "Harry, keep the change."
Word: plastic bag Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of packaging made of thin, flexible, plastic film, starch, or plastic textile, used for containing and transporting food, waste, and consumer goods. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Word: Judaick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of Judaic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: Pinot Noir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pinot noir (literally “black pine [cone]”); see pinot. Pronunciation: /ˌpiːnəʊ ˈnwɑː(ɹ)/ 1. A black grape used to make red wine, associated with the Burgundy region in France. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That's 100% pinot noir. Single vineyard. They don't even make it any more. 2. A light and fruity wine made from these grapes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Vine-growers concentrate on wines which can be sold at high prices—such as Pinot Noir.
Word: acousticks Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of acoustics. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: tonicks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tonick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buffet car Part of Speech: noun 1. A railway carriage in which food and drink can be bought at a counter, and either taken to another carriage or consumed at the seating provided. Example: Near-synonyms: refreshment car, club car (broadly synonymous) Example: A small ornamental panel displayed the Great Central's slogan, "Each Express is Vestibuled and has a Buffet Car attached." The buffet car is now being successfully exploited again by the L.N.E.R., but it is only last May that this facility returned to its parent line after a long absence.
Word: restaurant car Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of dining car. Example: One result of this latest increase is the odd situation that a restaurant car dinner costs 6d. more than a Pullman dinner (boat trains excluded). Example: Some unclassed restaurant cars of new interior design, the first of a batch of restaurant and buffet cars being built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd., have been delivered to British Railways. The complete order is for 61 cars, made up of 19 unclassed restaurant cars, four first class restaurant cars, and 38 combined dining and buffet cars.
Word: wellrested Part of Speech: adj 1. Rare spelling of well-rested. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: Don't let them interrupt your naps! It's important to be wellrested when that big moment arrives! Example: Compared to photographs of wellfed, wellrested, happy GI's, the GI wouldn't trade his lot for anyones.^([sic])
Word: water landing Part of Speech: noun 1. An emergency landing in water, especially by aircraft not designed to land on water.
Word: transshift Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From trans- + shift. 1. To interchange or transpose. Labels: transitive
Word: emergency landing Part of Speech: noun 1. A sudden landing of an aircraft, made in case of an on-board emergency or another reason requiring an immediate landing.
Word: final approach Part of Speech: noun 1. The last part of a landing before touchdown, involving a descending flight path directly in the direction of the runway.
Word: beweigh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + weigh. Compare Dutch bewegen (“to move”) and German bewegen, rare German bewägen. 1. To determine the weight of; weigh; consider. Labels: transitive Example: But the governour is sufficiently warned thereof by the common bruit of the people; and also, I shall not fail, on your lordships behalf, to advise him to beweigh the same, in such sort as ye require me by your said letters.
Word: tailstrike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tail + strike. 1. Unintended contact of the rear of an aircraft's fuselage with the ground during a takeoff or landing.
Word: gravity drop Part of Speech: noun 1. The deployment of an aircraft's landing gear by the use of gravity.
Word: belly landing Part of Speech: noun 1. A landing of an aircraft without the landing gear being deployed.
Word: floatstick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From float + stick. 1. A device used to measure the fuel level on modern aircraft.
Word: iliac furrows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iliac furrow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spun out Part of Speech: adj 1. In a mentally altered state due to narcotics, poison, or psychiatric condition Example: This old lady we picked up was spun out because she didn't manage her insulin properly.
Word: active powers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of active power Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reactive power Part of Speech: noun 1. The imaginary component of the power of an alternating current circuit; the product of the voltage and that part of the current that is out of phase with the voltage.
Word: reactive powers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reactive power Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buttbuddies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buttbuddy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: man-pussy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of man pussy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boycunt Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪkʌnt/ 1. Alternative form of boy cunt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boy-cunt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of boy cunt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: man-pussies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of man-pussy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boycunts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boycunt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boy-cunts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boy-cunt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: man-milk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of man milk. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: blow one's load Part of Speech: verb 1. To ejaculate, to cum. Labels: idiomatic, slang, vulgar Example: “I want your big cock up my ass so bad, I'm jacking off, and if I don't stop soon, I'm gonna blow my load." 2. Synonym of blow one's chance. Labels: idiomatic, slang, vulgar Example: He blew his load in the first round and went home early.
Word: nukeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nuke + -able. 1. Capable of, or suitable for, being attacked with nuclear weapons. 2. Microwavable. Labels: slang
Word: pushable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From push + -able. 1. Capable of being pushed.
Word: pushable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From push + -able. 1. Something that is pushable. Labels: rare Example: Looked at a LAWN-BOY lately? You’re in for a surprise. The same features and quality are there, but prices are lower… That’s why today’s LAWN-BOY mowers are the value leaders. So see those easy-to-handle “pushables,” the self-propellers you just walk behind. Example: On a hall just off the clinic’s main corridor are two small rooms; one is nearly filled with a child-sized round table and chairs and packed with crayons, paints, and miscellaneous arts and craft supplies. The other has trucks, dolls, puzzles, games, and various rollables and pushables on an open floor.
Word: unflighted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + flighted. 1. Lacking flight feathers, typically due to immaturity (compare flightless) Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: This breed of canary is unflighted for the first six months of its life. 2. Lacking flights (arrows, a screw thread, etc.). Labels: not-comparable Example: Unflighted darts have a tendency to tumble.
Word: cautionary tale Part of Speech: noun 1. A story, originally told in folklore, to warn its audience of a certain danger. Labels: idiomatic Example: This tone has slowly given way to a realization that the country’s experience might be less a curiosity than a cautionary tale. Example: And Harford’s book, of course, has more than a decade of fresh cautionary tales from our troubled era of social media, big data, algorithmic mayhem, and “alternative facts” on which to draw.
Word: twirlable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twirl + -able. 1. Capable of being twirled. Example: Our policemen, of course, will be fitted out with large, twirlable moustaches and small, twirlable rolling-pins, and will be taught to turn their backs on traffic jams, but to blow whistles violently at solitary bicyclists.
Word: gropeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From grope + -able. 1. That may be groped. 2. Of a person or body part, sexually attractive such that it causes others to desire groping. Labels: informal
Word: gropable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of gropeable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: synciput Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of sinciput. Labels: alt-of, no-plural, obsolete
Word: Feil Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. Example: Emily Feil is a senior staff writer covering staff and student labor. She is a freshman from Long Beach, NY and plans to study economics and English. In her free time, she can be found watching bad TV and reading good books.
Word: WPS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of white people shit. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: WPS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Wireless Priority Service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Wi-Fi Protected Setup. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of West Philippine Sea. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: unclassy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + classy. 1. Not classy.
Word: joyne Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of join. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: joyning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of joyn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of joyne Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: joyned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of joyn Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of joyne Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Ruskies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rusky Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of Ruskie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SLS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Space Launch System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Space Launcher System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SLS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of second-level support. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of sodium lauryl sulphate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of single-leg squat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of shit life syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of spider lamb syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: doctourship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doctour + -ship. 1. Obsolete form of doctorship. Labels: alt-of, no-plural, obsolete
Word: mathematick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of mathematic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: mathematicks Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of mathematics. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: mediatour Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of mediator. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: melancholick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of melancholic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: melancholick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of melancholic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: melancholicks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of melancholick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesenterick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of mesenteric. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: genealogick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of genealogic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: metallick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of metallic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: metaphysick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of metaphysic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: metaphysick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of metaphysic. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: metaphysicks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metaphysick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metaphysicks Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of metaphysics. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: mimick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of mimic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: mimick Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of mimic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: mimicks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mimick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mimicks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mimick Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mnemonicks Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of mnemonics. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: mnemonicks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mnemonick. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: morbifick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of morbific. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: mosaick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of mosaic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: mundick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of mundic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: narcotick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of narcotic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: narcotick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of narcotic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: necromantick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of necromantic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: nephritick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of nephritic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: nephritick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of nephritic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: vergeress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From verger + -ess. Pronunciation: /ˈvəːdʒəɹɪs/ 1. A female verger. Example: I will appear in a vision to the vergeress who sweeps the floors.
Word: vergeresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vergeress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obstetrick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of obstetric. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: There all the learn'd shall at the labour stand, And Douglas lend his soft obstetrick hand.
Word: obstetricks Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of obstetrics. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: omnifick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of omnific. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ophthalmick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of ophthalmic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: optick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of optic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: optick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of optic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: opticks Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of optics. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: I have now given in Axioms and their Explications the ſumm of what hath hitherto been treated of in Opticks.
Word: organick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of organic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: arsenick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of arsenic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: unsmelted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + smelted. 1. Not smelted; not having been subjected to a smelting process; still in the state of being an unrefined ore. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pacifick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of pacific. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: panegyrick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of panegyric. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: paralytick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of paralytic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: paralytick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of paralytic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: paregorick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of paregoric. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: patriotick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of patriotic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: patronymick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of patronymic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: patronymick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of patronymic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: pedantick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of pedantic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: peristaltick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of peristaltic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: bacchian Part of Speech: adj 1. jovial or drunken Labels: rare
Word: lid-lifter Part of Speech: noun 1. The first game played. Labels: slang
Word: unwilted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + wilted. 1. Not wilted; alive, (particularly of vegetables) fresh, crisp.
Word: unmashed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + mashed. 1. Not mashed; whole and intact. Labels: not-comparable
Word: philippick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of philippic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: phthisick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of phthisic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: phthisick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of phthisic. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: ...her Inhabitants breathe nothing but an impure and thick Mist, accompanied with a fuliginous and filthy vapour, which renders them obnoxious to a thousand inconveniences, corrupting the Lungs, and disordering the entire habit of their Bodies; so that Catharrs, Phthisicks, Coughs and Consumptions, rage more in this one City, than in the whole Earth besides.
Word: acter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From act + -er (“person or thing to which a certain number or measurement applies”). Pronunciation: /ˈæk.tə/, /ˈæk.tɚ/ 1. A play or film with a particular number of acts. Labels: in-compounds Example: a one-acter Example: a two-acter
Word: acter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From act + -er (forming agent nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈæk.tə/, /ˈæk.tɚ/ 1. An actor, someone who or something which acts. Labels: nonstandard, uncommon
Word: acters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shouts out Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shout out Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shouts out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shout out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shouting out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shout out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shouted out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shout out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gabbroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gabbro + -oid. 1. Resembling gabbro.
Word: bottled water Part of Speech: noun 1. Drinking water sold by bottle, either natural or processed by e.g. filtering, carbonation or mineralization. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Bottled water can originate from tap water, groundwater, or natural spring water and might be filtered, distilled, deionized, carbonated, or mineralized.
Word: bottled waters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bottled water Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chief information officer Part of Speech: noun 1. An executive who is in charge of the technical affairs of a business, notably as head of the information technology department, typically directly under the chief executive officer and/or the board. Example: Near-synonyms: CITO, CTO, chief technology officer, CISO
Word: processionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From processional + -ly. 1. In processional fashion; one after the other. Labels: not-comparable Example: All riding before the venerable Religious Brethren of the Abbey of Saint Rhemigius, attired in white Aulbes, with the Crosse and Torchlight, singing Processionally, and the two Chauntres cloathed in Coapes, each bearing a Staffe of Siluer. Example: She had formed pretty notions, how charmingly it would look to have a penitent of her own making, dangling at her side, to church, thro’ an applauding neighbourhood: And, as their family increased, marching with her thither, at the head of their boys and girls, processionally, as it were, boasting of the fruits of their honest desires, as my good Lord Bishop has it in his Licence.
Word: profilin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From profilamentous + -in. 1. An actin-binding protein involved in the dynamic turnover and restructuring of the actin cytoskeleton, found in all eukaryotic organisms in most cells. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: profilins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of profilin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prognostically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) ▲ Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) ▲ Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs) Ancient Greek πρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek προγνωστῐκός (prognōstĭkós)der. Medieval Latin prognosticusder. English prognostic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English prognostically From prognostic + -ally. 1. In prognostic terms. Labels: not-comparable Example: The severe forms of this disorder, which may extend over weeks and months, are liable to be confused with progressive deteriorating processes, especially so because those symptoms which were wont to be considered by many as positively unfavorable prognostically, may be found here in very deceptive imitations. Example: Some began to whisper that prognostically she'd passed her prime.
Word: crossfeed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + feed. 1. The process of blending the left and right channels of a stereo recording. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The supplying of one fuel tank of an aircraft or rocket with fuel from another, or of an engine with fuel from a tank connected to a different engine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crossfeed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cross- + feed. 1. To supply one fuel tank of an aircraft or rocket with fuel from another, or an engine with fuel from a tank connected to a different engine. 2. To blend the left and right channels of a stereo recording. 3. To coexist on a single limiting resource where one strain or species grows on the primary resource and the second grows on the partially degraded resource excreted by the first. Example: It is now recognized that crossfeeding does not occur with derivatives of the mouse L-cell line (such as A9) , nor with certain HeLa clones. However, crossfeeding does occur with other heteroploid mouse lines (3T3 and derivatives), hamster BHK-21 cells and derivatives, and diploid human fibroblasts. Example: How can the results of crossfeeding trials be used to sequence mutant strains of the bacteria Serratia marsescens in the biosynthetic pathway for the production of prodigiosis?
Word: proofless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From proof + -less. 1. Without proof. Labels: not-comparable Example: nor did I content my self with the proofless proposal of my Conjecture Example: A sneering smile was the only answer for a moment; then,-- "I shall take great pleasure in confounding my enemies should the matter be brought before a court,--I'm sure if the colonel can stand that sort of thing I can,--but as for defending myself or anybody else from utterly unjust and proofless suspicions, it's quite another thing."
Word: prosily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From prosy + -ly. 1. In a prosy manner. Example: By what magic could the young student escape the weary old professor, who was prosily proving Time merely a form of thought; a proposition of which, to judge by the little value he appeared to set on the subject of his discourse, he must himself have been fully persuaded? Example: He was earnestly but prosily orating at the audience.
Word: proslavery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + slavery. 1. Supporting slavery. Example: By 1835 the excitement was at its height, and especially along the line of the moral and religious argumentation, where the proslavery men met talk with talk. Example: When it seemed later that the cause of freedom would eventually triumph the proslavery element undertook to perpetuate slavery through a system of indentured servant labor.
Word: proslavery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + slavery. 1. Support for the institution of slavery. Labels: uncountable Example: The old wisdom that southerners rose up in unison in 1831 after a decade of preparation in the tenets of proslavery is patently an erroneous interpretation.
Word: prosodial Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to prosody. Labels: not-comparable Example: Thus the whole scene is a wilderness of brightness, less radiant but more touching than when processions of men and maidens bearing urns and laurel-branches, crowned with ivy or with myrtle, paced along those sandstone roads, chanting paeans and prosodial hymns, toward the glistening porches and hypaethral cells.
Word: prophetship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prophet + -ship. 1. The property or state of being a prophet. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To deny Mahomet's prophetship would excite a violent antagonism, and I content myself with making them acknowledge that God is greater than all Prophets or Apostles, and that there is but one God for all the human race. Example: As regards the Magians they believed in the prophetship of Zaradasht...
Word: prophetships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prophetship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: provinciality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From provincial + -ity. 1. The quality of being provincial. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Her father, who was sitting at the piano, his long fingers raised as though about to play, whirled about and cut in quickly with an unintelligible answer, "Your Aunt Victoria refers to non-existent phenomena, my dear, in order to bring home to us the uncouth provinciality in which we live." Example: Our literary gentleman, at all events, found his task very engaging, though as a cataloguer he was much perplexed by the extraordinary informality, in one respect, of formal public papers, a curious provinciality, as he could but take it to be, of municipalities.
Word: protocontinent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proto- + continent. 1. A landmass capable of becoming a continent. Example: There were still plenty of islands about, including proto-Britain in the west and Iberia in the south, but stretching from the Turgai Strait in the east to Scandinavia in the north, a European proto-continent was beginning to take shape, one that no amount of rising seas or shifting tectonic plates has divided since.
Word: protocontinents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protocontinent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pyrolites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pyrolite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pyrolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyro- + -lite. 1. A theoretical rock considered to be the best approximation of the composition of Earth's upper mantle, generally considered to be one part tholeiitic basalt and three parts dunite. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tholeiites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tholeiite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tholeiitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tholeiite + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to tholeiite. Labels: not-comparable Example: They are built from a different kind of lava, much gummier than that of the free-flowing tholeiitic basalt.
Word: pushful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From push + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊʃfʊl/ 1. Energetic; pushy. Example: All grades pass before you, from the pushful American commercial man interested in a patent medicine, to the proud Indian Rajah with his turbaned suite; from the variety actress to the daughter of a peer, or the wife of a millionaire pork-butcher doing Europe. Example: He met Gluck, who a little later was quite inaccessible to the most pushful of young men; also Dittersdorf and Wagenseil, who, whatever we may think of them, were very high and unapproachable musicians in their time.
Word: pilgarlick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of pilgarlic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Pindarick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of Pindaric. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Pindarick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of Pindaric. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Platonick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of Platonic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: platonick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of platonic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: pleuritick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of pleuritic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: pneumaticks Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of pneumatics. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: pneumatick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of pneumatic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: polemick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of polemic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: polemick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of polemic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: politicks Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of politics. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: politicks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of politick Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: posteriour Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of posterior. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: posteriour Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of posterior. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: prismatick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of prismatic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: prophetick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of prophetic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] if in this extatick State of Dreaming (during which the Astral Impulses are incomparably stronger than in common Dreams, or in the ordinary Course of Life) that prophetick Energy more efficaciously exerts itself […]
Word: quadratick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of quadratic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: quadratick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of quadratic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: maneuvrable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From maneuvre + -able. 1. Alternative form of maneuverable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rhombick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of rhombic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Romantick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of Romantic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: romantick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of romantic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: romantick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of romantic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: betterish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From better + -ish. 1. Somewhat better; of somewhat superior sort.
Word: betterhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From better + -hood. 1. The state or condition of being better; superiority. Labels: uncountable
Word: betwine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + twine. 1. To twine together; entwine. Labels: transitive
Word: betweenhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From between + -hood. Compare German Zwischenheit (“betweenness”). 1. The state or condition of being between or in-between; intermediate condition; betweenness. Labels: uncountable Example: Mörike, writes one scholar, is situated historically in a state of Zwischenheit, or “betweenhood”; [...] 2. That which is between or in-between; anything intermediate. Labels: uncountable Example: This fence, this gap, this indeterminate betweenhood, is the discursive condition of semiotics, as the semiotic is the condition of all conversation.
Word: atwind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ætwinden, ætwenden, from Old English ætwindan (“to escape, wind off, turn away, flee”), equivalent to at- + wind. 1. To escape. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: Space Launch System Part of Speech: name 1. A Shuttle-derived heavy launch vehicle being designed by NASA to replace the Space Shuttle.
Word: hyperglycæmia Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hyperglycemia. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: hypoglycæmia Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hypoglycemia. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: appear'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of appear Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: hypoglycæmic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of hypoglycemic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hyperglycæmic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of hyperglycemic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: clear'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of clear Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scanlates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scanlate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scanlating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scanlate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scanlated Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of scanlate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scanlations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scanlation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypermasculinity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + masculinity. 1. exaggerated masculine behavior or traits, especially strength and those of a violent, dominant, or sexual nature Labels: uncountable, usually Example: These images glamourized and normalized violent standards of hypermasculinity
Word: gaydom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gay + -dom. 1. The collective gay experience, community, and culture. Labels: uncountable Example: Elsewhere, "gaydom" was rapidly becoming "lesbian and gaydom. Example: 2000, Larry Kramer, Reynolds Price, Faggots Tonight was an opening that would be covered by Women's Wear and filled with slummers and celebrities and socialites, now that gaydom in this city is so chic.
Word: fandubbed Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of fandub Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fandubbing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fandub + -ing. 1. fandub
Word: fandubbing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fandub + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of fandub Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fandubber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fandub + -er. 1. one who fandubs, a person that produces fandubbings
Word: fandubbings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fandubbing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: half birthday Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From half + birthday. 1. The day halfway in between two consecutive birthdays. Example: You can sing "Happy Half Birthday to You!" or you could try only singing every other word. Example: The fete was Mary Beth's half-birthday.
Word: half-birthday Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of half birthday. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: half birthdays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of half birthday Labels: form-of, plural
Word: half-birthdays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of half-birthday Labels: form-of, plural
Word: medicotechnical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From medico- + technical. 1. Of, or pertaining to, both medicine and technology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plastic bags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plastic bag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Apollo's belts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Apollo's belt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butt buddy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of buttbuddy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: butt buddies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butt buddy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shear wall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shear + wall. 1. Alternative form of shearwall. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: voltes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of volte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: involucrin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin involūcrum (“wrapper, covering”) + -in. 1. A protein component of human skin. Labels: uncountable Example: In binding the protein loricrin, involucrin contributes to the formation of a cell envelope that protects corneocytes in the skin.
Word: arrestant Part of Speech: noun 1. Any substance that halts insect development, as used in pesticides.
Word: explosive decompression Part of Speech: noun 1. A situation where the ambient air pressure suddenly drops faster than the air in the lungs can escape, creating a risk of barotrauma to the lung tissue. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deep freeze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deep + freeze. Second sense appears c. 1851 in the publication Prairie Farmer. 1. A chest freezer. 2. A time period of very cold weather, in which the temperatures are below freezing. Labels: Canada, US
Word: angstrom units Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angstrom unit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heavy-lifting Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of heavy lifting. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: affine combination Part of Speech: noun 1. A linear combination (of vectors in Euclidean space) in which the coefficients all add up to one.
Word: NPOESS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NPP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of NPOESS Preparatory Project. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of National Parking Platform. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of National People's Party (India). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NPP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of nuclear power plant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: aluminium shower Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of aluminum shower. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boss key Part of Speech: noun 1. A designated keypress to hide a running program from view, usually to conceal a game from a superior in the workplace. Example: When the directors came out of their meeting, I hit the boss key to replace my game with a fake spreadsheet screen. Example: To obtain the boss key in Leisure Suit Larry games, press <Ctrl><B>. This is also displayed in the “Special” menu. However, use the boss key with caution. First of all, your boss must be really naive if he believes that this display is part of your normal work and secondly, you must be prepared to lose your current score after you press the boss key.
Word: thorough-going Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of thoroughgoing. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sheriffhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English shirrevehod, sherefhode, equivalent to sheriff + -hood. 1. The office of sheriff. Labels: uncountable
Word: sheriffship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sheriff + -ship. 1. The office or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
Word: rubrick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of rubric. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: saick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of saic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: sarcastick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of sarcastic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Satanick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of Satanic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: satirick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of satiric. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: scenick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of scenic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: schismatick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of schismatic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: schismatick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of schismatic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: septick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of septic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: soporifick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of soporific. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: soporifick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of soporific. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: spermatick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of spermatic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: spherick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of spheric. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: splenetick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of splenetic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: statisticks Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of statistics. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: dipt Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dip Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: styptick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of styptic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: styptick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of styptic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Stoick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of stoic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Stoick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of stoic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: stomachick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of stomachic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: decision height Part of Speech: noun 1. The height at which a pilot performing a precision approach must decide whether to land on the runway or to perform a go-around maneuver.
Word: cytolyze Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause, or to undergo, cytolysis. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: frontolyze Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause or to undergo frontolysis.
Word: glycolyze Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause or to undergo glycolysis.
Word: heterolyze Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause or to undergo heterolysis.
Word: histolyze Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause or to undergo histolysis.
Word: lipolyze Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause or to undergo lipolysis. Example: Evidently, while the venom lipolyzes in a solution of this alkalinity, it is more active in less alkaline ones.
Word: plasmolyze Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause or to undergo plasmolysis.
Word: protolyze Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause or to undergo protolysis.
Word: thermolyze Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause or to undergo thermolysis.
Word: sincipital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1653; formed as the Latin sinciput (stem: sincipit-) + the English -al on the pattern of a Latin etymon of the form sincipitālis, which is first attested later (in 1757); compare the French sincipital (first attested in 1812). Pronunciation: /sɪnˈsɪpɪtəl/ 1. Of or relating to the sinciput. Labels: not-comparable
Word: straight red Part of Speech: noun 1. A straight red card. Example: With the Stoke supporters jeering Ziv's every subsequent touch, the pantomime atmosphere created by the home crowd reached a crescendo when Ziv was shown a straight red shortly after the break in extraordinary circumstances.
Word: danger zone Part of Speech: noun 1. A specifically hazardous place to be avoided, usually demarcated, such as an area with anti-personnel mines. Example: She has danced into the danger zone / When the dancer becomes the dance Example: The athletic Walker, one of Tottenham's more effective attacking elements with his raids from right-back, made a timely intervention after Rose had been dispossessed and even Aaron Lennon was needed to provide an interception in the danger zone to foil another attempt by the Russians. 2. The range of temperatures within which bacteria are likely to grow in food. 3. The genitals. Labels: figuratively Example: They say I better get a chaperone / Because I can't stop messing with the danger zone
Word: cursour Part of Speech: noun 1. Courser. Labels: Scotland, dialectal, obsolete Example: Now lerges of my Lord Bothwell, The quilk infredome dois excell; He gaif to me a cursour gray, Worth all this sort that I with mell, For lerges of this new-yeir day. Example: In one bloody foray the M'Gregors slew forty of Sir Duncan's brood mares in the Cosche of Glenurchy, and at the same time a blood horse,—“ ane fair cursour sent to him from the Prince out of London.
Word: betwynde Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + atwind. 1. To escape. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: bad trip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bad + trip, first use appears c. 1966 in the periodical Life. 1. An acute adverse psychological reaction to the effects produced under the influence of psychoactive substances, namely hallucinogens. Labels: idiomatic, slang
Word: beveil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + veil. 1. To cover or furnish with a veil. Labels: transitive
Word: beveiled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From beveil + -ed. 1. Covered or furnished with a veil.
Word: beveiled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From beveil + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of beveil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: psychedelic crisis Part of Speech: noun 1. A bad trip.
Word: psychedelic crises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psychedelic crisis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bad trips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bad trip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bittock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bit + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle English bitlok (“bittock”). 1. A little bit; a small piece. Example: Then I cut the flesh into bittocks And Shahrazad was surprised by the dawn of day and fell silent and ceased to say her permitted say. 2. A short distance. 3. A brief duration. Example: Tell her the bairns will be home in a bittock.
Word: desk pilot Part of Speech: noun 1. A serviceman relegated to menial deskwork, often due to poor physical and mental abilities. Labels: US Example: Ever since Sgt. Armstrong got too fat to pass his PT tests, he got promoted to desk pilot.
Word: desk pilots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of desk pilot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: long screwdriver Part of Speech: noun 1. Interference (usually in military matters) by politicians. Labels: idiomatic Example: The telegraph, telephone, and then radio made it easier for governments to intervene in the conduct of military operations, inserting that 'long screwdriver' so resented by modern commanders.
Word: slamdunk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of slam dunk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: slamdunk Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of slam dunk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: slamdunks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slamdunk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waify Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From waif + -y. 1. Characteristic of a waif; thin; waifish. Example: She has a very waify frame.
Word: danger zones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of danger zone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wretchock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wretch + -ock (“diminutive suffix”). 1. A stunted or abortive cock; the smallest of a brood of domestic birds; any puny or imperfect creature. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: ballock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bollock. Labels: Ireland, alt-of, alternative
Word: Manifest Destiny Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of manifest destiny. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: Qur'ân Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Qur’an. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cursin' Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of cursing. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling