nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: docosatrienes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of docosatriene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sagginess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From saggy + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being saggy. Labels: uncountable Example: It’s hard to understand the link between the earthiness and vitality of Brazilian culture and the sagginess of soft middlebrow pop.
Word: unconsoling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + consoling. 1. Not consoling. Example: When some young Gypsies beat him up, she looks on with the unconsoling remark: “They’re only keeping warm, Swann, that’s all.”
Word: unhackable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + hackable. 1. Not hackable; that cannot be hacked or broken into. Example: With Vista, parents for the first time have powerful, easy-to-use, practically unhackable tools to control and monitor just about everything their children do with the home computer, online and off.
Word: boxful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From box + -ful. 1. As much as a box will hold. Example: She […] had bought a new dress at Hollander’s and a boxful of toys for the children at Schwartz’s, and had dined once again with Agnes and had had her and Jimmy to dine at the Belmont one evening before a symphony concert.
Word: boxfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boxful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boxload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From box + load. 1. A load comprising a full box.
Word: boxloads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boxload Labels: form-of, plural
Word: methazolamide Part of Speech: noun 1. A carbonic anhydrase inhibitor. Labels: uncountable Example: That is, until she went to the pharmacy to pick up a refill of methazolamide, the pills she took to control her glaucoma, and instead was given methotrexate, a potent chemotherapy drug that suppresses immunity.
Word: delitescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin delitescens, present participle of delitescere (“to hide away”). 1. Lying uncovered inside; latent.
Word: spacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See spack; ultimately from spastic. 1. A person with cerebral palsy. Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory, offensive, slang 2. A spack; an incompetent or physically uncoordinated person. Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory, offensive, slang
Word: spackers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spacker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dubersome Part of Speech: adj 1. Doubtful. Labels: archaic Example: But he looked rather dubersome, and I thought he was only meaning to sham me off, and I felt hurt at it, Jem; for he had offered fairly, and I took his offer freely. Example: I was a little dubersome about how they'd git along in the stirrups; though they've done better than I thought they would.
Word: virials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of virial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: DLC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of downloadable content. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The Batmobile, the heavily armored vehicle driven by Batman, is available as a paid DLC for Rocket Leaguers. Example: Destiny 2 DLCs offer plenty of content for Guardians to play. Each DLC features a brand new story, new raids, and lots of activities to partake in. Additionally, the main story is connected across every DLC in conjunction with smaller seasonal stories, and as of The Final Shape, episodes too. 2. Initialism of diamond-like carbon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of dioxin-like compound. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 4. Initialism of dual-listed company. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: DLC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Democratic Leadership Council. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Example: The DLC also proclaimed its desire to move the Democratic Party closer to Republican positions on questions of social policy and moral traditionalism.
Word: tackey Part of Speech: noun 1. A scrubby, neglected horse. Labels: Southern-US, US Example: Riding a small tackey[…], he was compelled continually to be on the look-out for, and defence against, the overhanging branches and vines clustering about the trees, through which his horse, in its own desire to clamber over the roots, continually and most annoyingly bore him. 2. A person in a similar condition. Labels: Southern-US, US
Word: ceria Part of Speech: noun 1. The compound cerium(IV) oxide. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: norbolethone Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /nɔː(ɹ)ˈbɒlɪθəʊn/ 1. A particular anabolic steroid. Labels: uncountable
Word: ruminatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From ruminative + -ly. 1. In a ruminative way. Example: But who could not have been captivated by the passages of ecstatic murmurings; shimmering, unhinged harmonies; ruminatively Wagnerian lyricism?
Word: plantocracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plantocracy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Santa Rosa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Santa Rosa (“Saint Rose”). 1. A name shared by multiple places. 2. A name shared by multiple places. 3. A name shared by multiple places. 4. A name shared by multiple places.
Word: zea Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈziː.ə/ 1. Any plant of the genus Zea. Example: […] and here the types used are principally the dwarf ones; and those plants of a greater height with decorative foliage like the zeas or variegated maize, which are used to produce the effect of sub-tropical bedding.
Word: Pomoan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Pomo + -an. 1. Pertaining to the Pomo people. 2. Pertaining to the Pomo languages.
Word: Pomoan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Pomo + -an. 1. The Pomo language family.
Word: Californios Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Californio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hirudinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hirudin + -al. By surface analysis, Latin hirūdo (“leech”) + -in + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to leeches Labels: obsolete
Word: hirudin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin hirūdo (“leech”) + -in. 1. A peptide, obtained from the salivary glands of leeches, that is used as an anticoagulant. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: colley Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of collie (“dog breed”). Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: junglelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jungle + -like. 1. Resemblng a jungle.
Word: goluptious Part of Speech: adj 1. splendid, delightful, magnificent
Word: gypseous Part of Speech: adj 1. Containing gypsum. 2. Of a chalky white color.
Word: savourer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From savour + -er. 1. One who savours or smacks of something; one who favours or takes pleasure in something.
Word: gilpy Part of Speech: noun 1. A boy. Labels: Scotland, obsolete 2. A boisterous child of either sex. Labels: Scotland, obsolete
Word: humusy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From humus + -y. 1. Similar to humus. Example: This plant thrives best in a humusy soil.
Word: effectives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of effective Labels: form-of, plural
Word: giddap Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of giddyup. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gippoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gippo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: giraffoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From giraffe + -oid. 1. Any animal similar to a giraffe.
Word: giraffoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of giraffoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glegly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From gleg + -ly. 1. expeditiously Labels: Scotland 2. attentively Labels: Scotland
Word: griesly Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of grisly. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Where I was wont to ſeeke the honey Bee, / Working her formall rowmes in Wexen frame: / The grieſlie Todeſtoole growne there mought I ſe / And loathed Paddocks lording on the ſame. Example: And his faire lockes […] He let to grow and griesly to concrew.
Word: Wallon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Walloon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Wallons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Wallon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imposable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French imposable. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpəʊzəbəl/ 1. Capable of being imposed or laid on. Example: imposable regulations Example: imposable law
Word: West Flemish Part of Speech: adj 1. From or relating to West Flanders, the westernmost Belgian province, in the western part of the historic countship of Flanders 2. In or relating to the West Flemish dialects
Word: West Flemish Part of Speech: name 1. A group of Flemish dialects of the Dutch language in the western part of the historic countship of Flanders (now in Belgium and France)
Word: maldistribution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mal- + distribution. 1. Bad or undesirable distribution of wealth, resources etc.
Word: myoinositol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myo- + inositol. 1. The most commonly-occurring isomer of inositol. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: borborigmi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of borborigmus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interpupillary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + pupillary. 1. Between the pupils of the eyes. Labels: not-comparable Example: In connexion with a somewhat extensive research into the state of refraction, visual acuity, and interpupillary distance in the girls of a school in Heidelberg, Beselin (Arch. f. Augenh., xiv. 2) gives the following results with reference to the dynamic relations of the muscles […] Example: I use a Bausch and Lomb Interpupillary Distance Gauge, which will give give^([sic]) the correct interpupillary distances for distance, intermediate, and close visions.
Word: intrahepatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + hepatic. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntɹəhəˈpætɪk/ 1. Within the liver. Labels: not-comparable
Word: colectivos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colectivo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: invasivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From invasive + -ity. 1. The condition of being invasive Labels: uncountable 2. The degree to which something is invasive Labels: countable
Word: hyperacusis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + -acusis. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪ.pəɹ.əˈkjuː.sɪs/ 1. A heightened sensitivity to some sounds, especially extremely loud noises. Labels: uncountable
Word: hyperacusic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyperacusis + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hyperacusis
Word: algesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French algésie, either a back-formation from analgésie (“analgesia”) – the form *ἀλγησία (*algēsía) is not found in Ancient Greek – or formed directly from Ancient Greek ἄλγησις (álgēsis, “sense of pain”) + -ie (“-ia”). Pronunciation: /ælˈdʒiːzɪə/, /-sɪə/ 1. sensitivity to pain
Word: Ludovicus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Lūdovīcus. 1. A male given name from Latin. Labels: rare
Word: acers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: débutante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French débutante, feminine form of débutant. Pronunciation: /deɪb(j)utɑnt/ 1. A female who débuts. Example: A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.
Word: débutantes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of débutante Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cuer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cue + -er. Pronunciation: /kjuː.ə(ɹ)/ 1. One who cues. Example: Cuers of English and other traditionally spoken languages are concerned solely with conveying the visible consonant-vowel phoneme-equivalents and the accompanying prosodic information. 2. The caller in a round dance.
Word: beech marten Part of Speech: noun 1. Martes foina, a marten of Eurasia.
Word: beech martens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beech marten Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stone marten Part of Speech: noun 1. Martes foina; beech marten.
Word: stone martens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stone marten Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mets Yeghern Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Meds Yeghern. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: estoiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of estoile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bilirubinemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bilirubin + -emia. 1. The presence of bilirubin in the blood Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: -uria Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron) Ancient Greek -ουρία (-ouría)bor. New Latin -ūriabor. English -uria From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, Latin -ūria, from Ancient Greek -ουρία (-ouría), from οὖρον (oûron, “urine”). Pronunciation: /-ˈjʊəɹɪə/ 1. urine; urination; presence in urine (of a substance denoted by a prefixed combining form); state or condition of the urine. Labels: morpheme
Word: ensiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ensis (“sword”) + -form. Pronunciation: /ˈɛnsəˌfɔɹm/ 1. shaped like a sword blade
Word: mafiosas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mafiosa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mafiosos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mafioso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypercinnabar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + cinnabar. 1. A form of cinnabar that forms hexagonal crystals Labels: uncountable
Word: irrefusable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ir- + refusable. 1. That cannot be refused. Labels: rare
Word: electric car Part of Speech: noun 1. A car that uses electric motors and motor controllers instead of an internal combustion engine, the power coming from rechargeable batteries.
Word: electric cars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electric car Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brimborion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French brimborion, from Middle French borbotorion, breborion, breborium, brimborion, brinborion, from Ecclesiastical Latin breviārium with influence from Middle French bribe, brimbe. Doublet of breviary and brevier. 1. A useless or worthless object. Labels: obsolete
Word: translater Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of translator. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I built a translater there. The city of Claremont lies down in a deep hole, and in order to get them to get my signal in there I built a translater, and they are very happy. It works very nicely. Example: Thus, client and counsel could not communicate without the aid of a translater, and Negron could not adequately participate in the conduct of his defense. A Spanish translater employed on behalf of the prosecution did translate to Negron his right to make peremptory challenges to prospective jurors […]
Word: beggar-my-neighbor Part of Speech: noun 1. A card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards. Labels: uncountable
Word: beggar-thy-neighbor Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From beggar-my-neighbor (“a card game”). 1. An economic policy that favors domestic interests at greater total cost to the economies of trading partners. Example: The traditional beggar-thy-neighbor view of older Keynesian models saw unilateral tariffs as having an expansionary effect on the domestic economy, due to their expenditure-switching effect, moving domestic demand away from foreign goods and towards domestic goods.
Word: fish hawk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fishhawk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: benefic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin beneficus. See benefice. 1. Favorable; beneficent.
Word: benefic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin beneficus. See benefice. 1. A favorable planet. Example: In the previous condition of overcoming, it was notable that while the malefics could only maltreat by overcoming through a superior sign-based square, the benefics could bonify by overcoming through a superior square or trine.
Word: maternity ward Part of Speech: noun 1. A hospital ward that provides assistance during childbirth.
Word: fairtrade Part of Speech: adj Etymology: fair + trade 1. Produced in such a way that everybody involved in the production receives a fair wage for their work. Labels: not-comparable
Word: purificator Part of Speech: noun 1. One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier. 2. The napkin used to wipe the lip of the chalice during Holy Communion.
Word: matily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From maty + -ly. 1. Friendlily, like a mate. Labels: UK Example: “Reading?” I said. He lowered his book – one of Ma Cream's, I noticed – and flashed an upper lip at me. “Your powers of observation have not led you astray, Wooster. I am reading.” “Interesting book?” “Very. I am counting the minutes until I can resume its perusal undisturbed.” I'm pretty quick, and I at once spotted that the atmosphere was not of the utmost cordiality. He hadn't spoken matily, and he wasn't eyeing me matily. His whole manner seemed to suggest that he felt that I was taking up space in the room which could have been better employed for other purposes. Example: McCormack rounded a bush and Chisholm reared up out of nowhere, a grinning scarecrow, his arm wrapped matily round the boy's shoulders, a pistol jammed against the boy's temple.
Word: Malabar spinach Part of Speech: noun 1. Basella alba, an Asian vine with leaves that are used as spinach-like greens. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Malabar nightshade Part of Speech: noun 1. Basella alba; an Asian leaf vegetable. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: matjes herring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch maatjesharing (“matjes herring”), from maatjes (“young, small”) + haring (“herring”), from earlier forms maetgens-, maeghdekins-, medykens- (“maiden-like”), from maagd (“maiden”) + -kin (“-kin”), so called because matjes herring is made of young herring that has never spawned. 1. Young filleted herring that has been matured for a short time in brine and prepared traditionally with vinegar, sugar, salt, and spices.
Word: Bloquiste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing of French bloquiste. 1. A member of the Bloc Québécois. Labels: Canadian
Word: Bloquiste Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowing of French bloquiste. 1. Pertaining to the Bloc Québécois. Labels: Canadian
Word: palaestra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin palaestra, from Ancient Greek παλαίστρα (palaístra, “wrestling school”). Pronunciation: /pəˈliːstɹə/, /pəˈlaɪstɹə/, /pəˈlɛstɹə/, /pəˈlistɹə/ 1. A public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports; a wrestling school, a gymnasium. Labels: historical Example: Athenian culture flourished in externalities, the open air of the agora and the nudity of the palestra. 2. An arena for literal or figurative combat; a battlefield.
Word: Bloquistes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bloquiste Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matraca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish matraca, from dialectal Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq). See Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ) for more. 1. A type of wooden rattle from Latin America.
Word: matracas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matraca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pequiste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing of French péquiste, from the abbreviation PQ < Parti Québécois + -iste. 1. A member of the Parti Québécois. Labels: Canadian
Word: Pequiste Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowing of French péquiste, from the abbreviation PQ < Parti Québécois + -iste. 1. Pertaining to the Parti Québécois. Labels: Canadian
Word: matranee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi. 1. A female house-servant. Labels: India, obsolete
Word: matranees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matranee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: climbing nightshade Part of Speech: noun 1. Leafy green plants of genus Basella. 2. Solanum dulcamara, a vine with poisonous foliage.
Word: climbing nightshades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of climbing nightshade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From matriculation. Pronunciation: /məˈtɹɪk/ 1. The final year of high school. Labels: South-Africa, countable, uncountable 2. Someone in their final year of high school. Labels: South-Africa, countable, uncountable Example: Once, when some money disappeared […], it was Ben who took the cleaner under his wing and instituted inquiries which revealed a group of matric boys to be the culprits. 3. Alternative letter-case form of Matric Labels: Ireland, alt-of, countable, historical, informal, uncountable
Word: matric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From matrix. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪtɹɪk/, /ˈmætɹɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to matrices. Labels: not-comparable Example: But throughout this book we look upon the matric algebras as our primary object; Example: […] the possibility of using matric methods to solve analysis and synthesis problems becomes apparent.
Word: matrics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matric Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matrical Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, or pertaining to, a matrix. Labels: not-comparable
Word: matricentred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From matri- + centred. 1. matricentric
Word: matricentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From matri- + -centric. 1. Centering around the mother or mothers.
Word: they's Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of they (third-person pronoun) is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal Example: They's gonna have breakfas' now. 2. Contraction of they (=there) is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal Example: They's a house on the end of the street.
Word: they's Part of Speech: det 1. Synonym of their.
Word: we's Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wéyder. Proto-Germanic *wīz Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ Old English wē Middle English we English we English 's English we's From we + 's (contraction of is, has, and was). 1. Contraction of we + is. Labels: Southern-US, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: We's gonna eat dat sandwich.
Word: Ringo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From ring + -o. From the stage name of one of the Beatles, Ringo Starr, actually named Richard Starkey, the drummer of the quartet. From ring, from the rings worn by Richard "Ringo Starr" Starkey. 1. A male given name. Labels: rare 2. A nickname for a drummer. Labels: broadly
Word: Ringo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Ryngros, from Anglo-Norman Ryngotherose, from Norman Ringerose, from Old Norse Hringr, from hringr (“ring”). Compare the surname Ringold. 1. A surname. Labels: countable
Word: Ringo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese りんご (Ringo), from 林檎(りんご) (ringo, “apple”). 1. A male given name from Japanese. Labels: countable
Word: until Kingdom come Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Until death, until the afterlife. Example: I will love you until Kingdom come. 2. At overly frequent intervals. Labels: colloquial Example: He pestered me until Kingdom come about the concert. Example: Brexeternity The notion that Brexit will never in fact be over; that Britain will be stuck half-in and half-out of the European Union forever, condemned to permanent and mind-numbingly awful negotiations until kingdom come (coined by Tony Blair’s Europe minister Denis MacShane).
Word: Santa Barbara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Santa Bárbara (“Saint Barbara”). 1. Any of several cities. 2. Any of several cities. Example: The Santa Barbara oil spill has environmentalists and California officials scrambling as an estimated 105,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into the Pacific Ocean and onto the Golden State’s coast. Example: For the fifth consecutive year, the 94027 ZIP code (primarily Atherton) led the nation with a median list price of $7.75 million. Two more California ZIPs — both picturesque, coastal communities — made the top 10: 92657 (mostly Newport Coast), at $4.965 million, and 93108 (primarily Santa Barbara), at $4.85 million. 3. An island of Santa Barbara County, California, off the coast, one of the Channel Islands.
Word: légitime Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of legitime. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mousseline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mousseline. Doublet of muslin. Pronunciation: /ˈmuːsəliːn/, /ˈmuːsliːn/, /muːˈsliːn/ 1. A very fine, semi-opaque fabric similar to muslin, typically made of silk, wool or cotton. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A soft, light sweet or savoury mousse. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A hollandaise sauce that has been made frothy with whipped cream or egg white, served mainly with fish or asparagus. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A very thin glass for claret glasses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mousselines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mousseline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: légitimes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of légitime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: black-marketing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of black-market Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bituminouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bituminous Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incertain Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English incertayne, borrowed from Middle French incertain, derived in the 14th c. from certain, after Latin incertus (“uncertain”). By surface analysis, in- + certain. 1. Not certain, uncertain. Labels: obsolete Example: ...or to be worse then worst Of those, that lawlesse and incertaine thought, Imagine howling, 'tis too horrible. Example: And again, that as these acquisitions are in themselves generally worthless, so are the means to attain them not only base and infamous, but at best incertain, and always full of danger.
Word: crystal-clear Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of crystal clear. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Awaking in the dead of night, I opened my eyes on her disk—silver-white and crystal-clear. Example: But if the government official upbraids the private citizen for elevating his private affairs to the level of state interests, the private citizen likewise upbraids the official for demeaning the state interests into his private affair, into interests from which all others are excluded as laymen, so that even the crystal-clearest reality seems illusory to him as against the reality embodied in the documents under his nose—which is therefore the official reality, the state reality . . .
Word: fragiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fragile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frots Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of frot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: frotted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of frot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: frotting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of frot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bossnapping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boss + -nap + -ing. 1. A means of activism in which staff kidnap or surround a corporate executive until demands are met. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Moray Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Medieval Latin Moravia, Morauia, from Scottish Gaelic Moireibh, Moireabh, Moreb, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *trebā (“settlement”), of Pictish origin. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɹi/ 1. A historical county in northern Scotland, absorbed into Grampian Region in 1975. 2. A local government district in Grampian Region from 1975 until Grampian Region's abolition in 1996. 3. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996. 4. An unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States.
Word: anti-smoking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + smoking. 1. Alternative form of antismoking. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: an anti-smoking ordinance Example: The park is an anti-smoking zone.
Word: entrainer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From entrain + -er. 1. A substance used for entraining.
Word: avalanching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of avalanche Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The snow is avalanching the skiers.
Word: epicenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epicene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extrinsicality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From extrinsical + -ity. 1. The quality of being extrinsic. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: dégustation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of degustation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: NOT EVEN PUSCHLAVER SCHMUGGLERTRUNK CAN SPOIL OUR DÉGUSTATIONS Example: The Carleton Room, exquisitely elegant with its embroidered wallpaper and French provincial decor, offers fine continental cuisine, a special dégustation, as well as the hotel’s alternative cuisine—appetizer, salad, and main course totaling less than 650 calories.
Word: dégustations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dégustation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: expediant Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of expedient. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: high-performance Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the quality of performing exceptionally well. Example: The new high-performance computer can run all the new software and games.
Word: Boy Scouts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Boy Scout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exosome complex Part of Speech: noun 1. A multi-protein complex capable of degrading various types of RNA molecules and found in eukaryotic cells and archaea.
Word: theocon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening, similar to neocon etc. 1. Clipping of theoconservative. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: Theo-cons demonized the emerging health crisis [AIDS] as a "gay plague".
Word: theoconservatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From theo- + conservatism. 1. The political philosophy stating that religion should play a role in forming public policy. Labels: uncountable
Word: dukun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay dukun. Doublet of lokun. 1. A Malay shaman or witch doctor.
Word: pourparlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pourparler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: theocons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of theocon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: escrowing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of escrow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: escrowed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of escrow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: estrogenism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂-der. Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros)der. Latin oestrusbor. English estrus Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English estro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen English estrogen 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 estrogenism From estrogen + -ism. 1. Any condition caused by the ingestion of estrogen Labels: uncountable
Word: lage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Irish lag (“weak”), from Old Irish lac, from Proto-Celtic *laggos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g-. 1. Water; any weak alcoholic beverage. Labels: UK, obsolete, uncountable Example: I bowse no lage, but a whole gage / Of this I'll bowse to you.
Word: lage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Irish lag (“weak”), from Old Irish lac, from Proto-Celtic *laggos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g-. 1. To drink. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: I saye by the Salomon I will lage it of with a gage of Benebouse; then cut to my nose watch.
Word: phosphaturia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phosphate + -uria. 1. The presence of phosphate in the urine.
Word: hyperphosphaturia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + phosphate + -uria. 1. The presence of excessive phosphate in the urine Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: wedder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wed + -er. 1. A person who marries. Example: The wedder of the heiress! is his lot all bliss when he has made the grand coup, and married for money after a long career of debts, difiiculties, and dishonoured bills? I think not; […]
Word: wedder Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wether (“castrated buck goat or ram”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete, regional Example: They then retreated to an out-house, took a wedder from the fold, killed it, and supped off the carcass, for which (it is said) they offered payment to the proprietor. Example: 1840, Patrick Leslie, Diary entry for 21 February, 1840, cited in Henry Stuart Russell, The Genesis of Queensland, Sydney: Turner & Henderson, 1888, Chapter 7, Our stock consisted of four thousand breeding ewes in lamb, one hundred ewe hoggets, one thousand wedder hoggets, one hundred rams, and five hundred wedders, three and four years old.
Word: athwartship Part of Speech: adj 1. Oriented across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel. Labels: not-comparable Example: athwartship bulkheads; an athwartship berth Example: The Nan-Shan had an athwartship bunker which, being frequently used as cargo space, communicated by an iron door with the fore ’tween-deck.
Word: athwartship Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of athwartships. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: avalanched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of avalanche Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ceros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mayanist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mayan + -ist. 1. One who studies the pre-Columbian Maya.
Word: egyptologist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Egyptologist. Labels: alt-of, uncommon Example: The famous egyptologist, Prof. G. Maspero, is now having the third work of his Egyptian trilogy translated from the French by M. L. McClure Example: A. Rita Freed, an egyptologist at Memphis State University in Tennessee and the person who put the extra "es" in Ramesses for the Boston exhibition,
Word: kalemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kal(ium) + -emia. 1. The presence of potassium in the blood, and (usually, especially) the degree (that is, its concentration). Labels: especially, in-compounds, uncountable Example: Patients with renal insufficiency following trauma present special problems in management because clinical uremia, high levels of azotemia and kalemia, and myocardial potassium intoxication develop rapidly. Example: One of the criteria of efficiency is the reversal of these potassium movements, with decrease of kalemia and increase of the intra-cellular cation, expressing a recovery of ATPase activity.
Word: lipoproteinemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lipoprotein + -emia. 1. The presence of lipoprotein in the blood Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: natremia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From natr- + -emia. 1. The presence of sodium in the blood, and (usually, especially) the degree (that is, its concentration). Labels: especially, in-compounds, uncountable, usually
Word: TBM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of tunnel boring machine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Near-synonym: tunneler Example: Four other TBMs are currently in the ground, digging twin bore tunnels under the Chilterns and in Greater London.
Word: Sinologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sino- + -logist. 1. Alternative spelling of sinologist. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This book is a fully updated edition of a work first published in 1986. It is intended as a comprehensive work on both current and historical phonetic transcription practice. It covers the phonetic symbol usages of such major traditions as the early Amerindianist work of the Boas school; the American structuralist phonetics and phonology associated with Bloch, Smith, and Trager; and the internationally known system of phonetic representation traditions and transcription principles associated with the International Phonetic Association (IPA). In addition it covers less well known traditions like those of Romance philologists, Germanicists, Slavicists, Indologists, Sinologists, Africanists, and so on, and includes entries for rare and obsolete symbols that have been suggested for use by respected specialists in phonetics but which will be unfamiliar to most linguists and speech scientists.
Word: matchplay Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of match play. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: matriclinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin mātr- + -i- + Ancient Greek κλίνειν (klínein) + -ous. 1. Alternative form of matroclinous. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Inheritance in the males is purely matriclinous as would be expected if they arise in unfertilized eggs. Example: A few strongly matriclinous underyearlings were obtained (Kobayasi, 1963) when crossing female crucian carp with Japanese Leuciscinae Moroco percnurus and Tribolodon hakonensis.
Word: patriclinous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of patroclinous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: matriculand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From matricul(a) + -and. Doublet of matriculant. 1. Alternative spelling of matriculant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: grockel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of grockle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: matriculands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matriculand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matriculator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From matriculate + -or. 1. Someone who matriculates, an enroller on a course, especially for a school.
Word: enroller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enroll + -er. 1. Someone who enrolls.
Word: enrollers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enroller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: West Country Part of Speech: name 1. A geographic area in the south west of England, especially the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset. Example: Holonyms: England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe
Word: matrifocal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From matri- + focal. 1. Centered on the mother; matriarchal. Example: This pattern of children turning towards the mother after a divorce is known as the matrifocal tilt. For younger children, it can be a consequence of custody arrangements that leave the children with the mother. But studies across different countries, and spanning several decades, have also found this matrifocal tilt away from the father in grey divorces with grown-up children.
Word: matrilateral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From matri- + lateral. Pronunciation: /ˌmætɹɪˈlætəɹəl/, [ˌmæt͡ʃʰɹɪˈlæɾəɹəl] 1. Related through one's maternal side. Labels: not-comparable
Word: grockels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grockel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matrilocality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From matrilocal + -ity, from matri- + local. 1. The state of being matrilocal, for a married couple to be living with the family of the wife. Labels: uncountable
Word: matrimonious Part of Speech: adj 1. matrimonial Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: staircase lock Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of locks on a waterway canal which rise steeply, and consisting of lock gates where the top gate of one lock is also the bottom gate of the next lock, not having a pound between each level.
Word: staircase locks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of staircase lock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: English Midlands Part of Speech: name 1. A culturally distinct geographic region in the centre of England.
Word: matrist Part of Speech: adj 1. Favoring the mother over the father. Labels: not-comparable
Word: matrist Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who favors their mother over their father.
Word: matrists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matrist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matroclinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin mātr- + -o- + Ancient Greek κλίνειν (klínein) + -ous. 1. Having mostly maternally inherited characteristics. Labels: not-comparable Example: Another frequently cited case of apparent matroclinous heredity is one described by Kühn (1027) in the wasp, Habrobracon juglandis.
Word: matron of honor Part of Speech: noun 1. The primary woman who assists the bride at a wedding, if this woman is married; a married woman serving in the role of maid of honor.
Word: maiden of honor Part of Speech: noun 1. A girl or unmarried woman who assists the bride at a wedding.
Word: matronal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From matron + -al. 1. Of, or pertaining to, a matron. Labels: not-comparable
Word: matronage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From matron + -age. 1. The collective body of matrons. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being a matron. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: matronhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From matron + -hood. 1. The state of being a matron Labels: uncountable
Word: matronship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From matron + -ship. 1. matronage
Word: matross Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch matroos (“sailor, seaman”), essentially from French matelot (“seaman”), from Middle Dutch mattenoot. Compare German Matrose, Swedish matros, Danish matros, and Crimean Tatar matros. Doublet of matelot. Pronunciation: /məˈtɹɒs/ 1. An artilleryman next in rank to a gunner; a gunner's mate, especially one who assists the gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns. Labels: historical Example: [T]he matrosses, in their annual gesture of amity, had torn the sky with the largest piece of ordnance in the Great Keep […].
Word: matrosses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matross Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quotidians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quotidian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ossian Part of Speech: name Etymology: An anglicisation, made known by James Macpherson, of Irish Oisín, diminutive form of os (“deer”). 1. A male given name from Irish; rather rare in the Anglo-Saxon world. Example: Fingal! thou king of heroes! Ossian, next to him in war! ye have fought in your youth; your names are renowned in song. 2. A place name: 3. A place name: 4. A place name: 5. A place name:
Word: eastern tarantula Part of Speech: noun 1. Phlogius crassipes, a species of tarantula native to North Queensland, Australia.
Word: buttie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of butty. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Fingal Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Fionnghall, from fionn (“fair”) + gall (“stranger”). Used by Macpherson as a rendering of the Irish Fionn mac Cumhail. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋɡəl/ 1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, best known in Scotland. Example: Fingal! thou king of heroes! Ossian, next to him in war! ye have fought in your youth; your names are renowned in song. 2. A locality in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. 3. A locality in Break O'Day Council, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Word: Fingal Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Fine Gall (literally “race of the Norsemen”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋɡɔːl/ 1. A county of Ireland north of Dublin, formed in 1994 from parts of County Dublin.
Word: North Queensland Part of Speech: name 1. The northern part of the state of Queensland, loosely defined as being north of either Rockhampton or Mackay. Labels: Australia, informal Example: Despite the failure of attempts to form a separate state, the idea of North Queensland as a distinctive region has existed powerfully almost from first settlement.
Word: Lilith Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew לִילִית (lîlîṯ). 1. A Mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death. 2. The first wife of Adam in Jewish folklore. Labels: Judaism Example: Of Adam's first wife, Lilith, it is told / (The witch he loved before the gift of Eve,) / That, ere the snake's, her sweet tongue could deceive, / And her enchanted hair was the first gold. 3. The "dark moon" or "black moon", a fictitious invisible second moon of Earth proposed by astrologers in the early 20th century. Now often interpreted as the position of the apogee of the actual Moon, or as the empty focus of the Moon's elliptical orbit (Earth occupying the other focus). 4. A female given name from Hebrew.
Word: Lalage Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek λᾰλᾰγή (lălăgḗ, “to prattle”). 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: "What's her name?" "Lalage." She pronounced it as a dactyl, the g hard. Still she could not raise her eyes. " Mr Rossetti approached me one day in the street. […] He himself proposed the name. He is her godfather." She murmured, "I know it is strange."
Word: daos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dao Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homocysteinemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homocysteine + -emia. 1. The presence of homocysteine in the blood.
Word: hyperhomocysteinemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + homocysteine + -emia. 1. The presence of an excessive amount of homocysteine in the blood. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Hortensia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Hortensia. 1. A female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Hortense.
Word: Imelda Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romance (Italian Imelda, Spanish Imelda), from German Irmhild. 1. A female given name from the Romance languages.
Word: Araceli Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality of Palawan, Philippines. Example: Meronyms: Balogo, Dagman, Dalayawon, Lumacad, Madoldolon, Mauringuen, Osmeña, Poblacion, San Jose De Oro, Santo Niño, Taloto, Tinintinan, Tudela — barangays of Araceli
Word: interdigitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + digitation, equivalent to interdigitate + -ion. 1. An interlinking that resembles the fingers of two hands being locked together. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: interdigitations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interdigitation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperpathia Part of Speech: noun 1. An abnormally exaggerated response to a painful stimulus
Word: Hyacinthus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek Ὑάκινθος (Huákinthos). Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪəˈsɪnθəs/ 1. A Spartan youth loved and accidentally killed by Apollo. The flower hyacinth sprang from his blood. Labels: Greek
Word: bossnappings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bossnapping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lockin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lock-in. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lockins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lockin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biologicals Part of Speech: noun 1. biological products, such as antitoxins or vaccines, used to induce immunity Labels: plural, plural-only 2. biological weapons Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: customerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From customer + -less. 1. Without any customers. Example: The sullen clerk there did not return my greetings or my farewell, did not say a word, and did not show a single facial expression except irritation that I had interrupted his customerless routine. Example: He observed as the sad bartender ritually played canasta with two bored and customerless dancers...
Word: bradyarrhythmia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brady- + arrhythmia. 1. A combination of bradycardia and arrhythmia Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Typical nodal escapes occurring during sinus bradyarrhythmia, and subsequent to a nodal premature systole with retrograde A-V and aberrant ventricular conduction. Example: It is our hypothesis that, since bradyarrhythmia seldom resolves spontaneously, the early decrease in survival represents the deaths of many patients with untreated bradycardia.
Word: telexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of telex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: telexes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of telex Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: telexing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of telex Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: telexed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of telex Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bradyarrhythmias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bradyarrhythmia, which can refer to types of bradyarrhythmia, cases of bradyarrhythmia, or episodes of bradyarrhythmia. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tourist traps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tourist trap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bradycardic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bradycardia + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to or afflicted with bradycardia.
Word: bronchodilatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From broncho- + dilatory. 1. That acts as a bronchodilator.