nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: wristiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wristy + -ness. 1. Quality of being wristy. Labels: uncountable
Word: modesty piece Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of lace or other fabric worn over a woman's dress to cover the bosom. Labels: historical Example: Now, sir, what I have to communicate to you at present is, that at a late meeting of the stripping ladies, in which were present several eminent toasts and beauties, it was resolved for the future to lay the modesty-piece wholly aside
Word: modesty pieces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of modesty piece Labels: form-of, plural
Word: graphologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From graphological + -ly. 1. In terms of or by means of graphology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: graphological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From graphology + -ical. 1. Relating to graphology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pickelhaubes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pickelhaube Labels: form-of, plural
Word: insidiated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of insidiate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Freiburg im Breisgau Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Freiburg im Breisgau. 1. An independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Word: Khodorkovsky Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Ходорко́вский (Xodorkóvskij). 1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Ходорко́вский (Xodorkóvskij).
Word: GNV Part of Speech: name 1. 1599 Geneva Bible 2. Gainesville Regional Airport, by FAA airport code 3. Gainesville Regional Airport, by FAA airport code Labels: broadly
Word: beach flea Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various amphipod crustaceans of the family Talitridae, which live on beaches and jump like fleas.
Word: beach wagon Part of Speech: noun 1. A light open wagon with two or more seats, designed to transport people on sand. Labels: historical Example: How many young ladies are there?" asked her mother, beginning to look sober. "Twelve or fourteen in the class, but I dare say they won't all come." "Bless me, child, you will have to charter an omnibus to carry them about." "Why, mother, how can you think of such a thing; not more than six or eight will probably come, so I shall hire a beach-wagon and borrow Mr. Laurence's cherry-bounce." (Hannah's pronunciation of char-a-banc.) Example: The Scottsburg road from Drain's was the one usually taken. At the former place the stage was abandoned for a small steamer to Gardiner, or to the mouth of the river (I took the mail-carrier's small boat from Gardiner to the coast), whence a beach-wagon conveyed passengers twenty miles to the north side of Coos Bay, where they were met by a steamer and taken across to Empire City. The beach ride is wearisome, with the perpetual roll of the broad-tire wheels over the unelastic wet sand, and the constant view of a restless waste of water on one hand, with dry, drifting sand between us and the mountains on the other, varied only with patches of marsh and groups of scraggy pines at intervals.
Word: beachlines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beachline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Geena Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Gina. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Gengis Khan Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Genghis Khan. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: Chardzhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Чарджо́у (Čardžóu), ultimately from Persian چهارجوی (čahârjuy, literally “four canals”). 1. Former name of Türkmenabat: a city in Turkmenistan. Labels: historical
Word: Çärjew Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Turkmen Çärjew. 1. Alternative form of Chardzhou. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: local cell Part of Speech: noun 1. A very small galvanic cell formed by differences in potential between adjacent areas of a metal surface in contact with an electrolyte; implicated in surface corrosion
Word: P&H Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of postage and handling or processing and handling. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: Chardjui Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chardzhou. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Charjou Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chardzhou. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Chardzhev Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chardzhou. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Charjev Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chardzhou. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Chärjew Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chardzhou. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Charjew Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chardzhou. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Türkmenabat Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Turkmen Türkmenabat. 1. A city in Lebap, Turkmenistan.
Word: Turkmenabat Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Türkmenabat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Golias Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: evolutionistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From evolutionistic + -ally. 1. In an evolutionistic manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: ancestral names Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ancestral name Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Peipsi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Estonian Peipsi. 1. Synonym of Chudskoye.
Word: Chudskoe Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chudskoye. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Lake Peipus Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Peipus.
Word: Pskovsko-Chudskoye Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Пско́вско-Чудско́е (Pskóvsko-Čudskóje). 1. Synonym of Peipus.
Word: Pskovsko-Chudskoe Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Pskovsko-Chudskoye. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ialta Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Yalta. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As we approached Ialta, the Czar’s favorite Summer resort, which is nestled snugly in the well-wooded mountains, and has its long esplanade lined with shops, which hang out over the very blue bay, the little old Caucasan gentleman, by signs and looks of intelligence, in some way made us understand that he would like to take us ashore to see the sights. Example: He instantly telegraphed from Ialta in the Crimea to the Russian Ambassador in Berlin: […]
Word: Lake Chudskoye Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Chudskoye.
Word: Lake Chudskoe Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Lake Chudskoye. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Iguaçu Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Iguazu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Chukchi Peninsula Part of Speech: name 1. A peninsula in northeastern Russia, bordered by the Chukchi Sea to the north, the Bering Sea to the south, and the Bering Strait to the east; part of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
Word: Chukotka Peninsula Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Chukchi Peninsula.
Word: Chukotski Peninsula Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Chukchi Peninsula.
Word: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Part of Speech: name 1. An autonomous okrug of Russia, located partly on the Chukotka Peninsula.
Word: carbivore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of carb + carnivore. 1. A person who eats food high in carbohydrates. Labels: informal
Word: Shamakhi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Azerbaijani Şamaxı. 1. A city in Azerbaijan.
Word: Şamaxı Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Shamakhi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Schemacha Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Shamakhi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Shemakha Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Шемаха (Šemaxa). 1. Alternative form of Shamakhi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Shamakhy Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Shamakhi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Schmidt Island Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the Soviet scientist and first head of the Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route, Otto Schmidt. 1. an island in the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago of the Russian Arctic
Word: Erymanthian Boar Part of Speech: name 1. a giant boar that ravaged the area round Mount Erymanthos; captured by Heracles Labels: Greek
Word: Istambul Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Istanbul. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: 1984-ish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From 1984 + -ish, a reference to the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Piecewise doublet of 1984-esque. Pronunciation: /ˌnʌɪntiːneɪtiˈfɔːɹɪʃ/ 1. Resembling or pertaining to a totalitarian society, especially one characterised by intensive surveillance of the population. Labels: informal Example: I have no idea what this 1984-ish-sounding organization actually does, though I suspect it has something to do with industrial processes. Example: The poems were then posted on a Library of Congress website, and high school principals were encouraged in the slightly 1984-ish task of reading them over their loud speakers each morning at the beginning of the school day.
Word: pukish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From puke + -ish. 1. Resembling vomit, especially in color. 2. Nauseated, queasy.
Word: moth-ball Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mothball. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Me and Solly, as I now called him, prepared to shake off our moth-balls and wing our way against the arc-lights of the joyous and tuneful East. Example: The church interior was as comfortable as Sunday-morning toast and marmalade— […] and a general polite creaking of ladies' best strays and gentlemen's stiff shirt-bosoms, and an odor of the best cologne and moth-balls.
Word: moth-balls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moth-ball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moth ball Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mothball. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: moth balls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moth ball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: re-run Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rerun. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: re-run Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of rerun. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: re-runs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of re-run Labels: form-of, plural
Word: re-runs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of re-run Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: re-running Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of re-run Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: re-ran Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of re-run Labels: form-of, past
Word: tropify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From trope + -ify. 1. To make a trope. Labels: literally 2. Alternative form of trope. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tropifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tropify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tropifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tropify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tropified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tropify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: troper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trope + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹəʊ.pə/, /ˈtɹoʊ.pɚ/ 1. One who tropes. 2. A book of tropes (phrases or verses added to the Mass when sung by a choir). 3. A contributor to the wiki website TV Tropes. Labels: slang Example: Since its [TV Tropes’] founding in 2004, more than 42,000 people have volunteered to be “tropers” like Barbara—a mixture of fans, writers, educators and amateur academics smitten by pop culture and accessing their inner Joseph Campbell. […] There’s a section called “Troper Tales,” about the ways tropes have shown up in the tropers’ real lives. […] He [Fast Eddie] thought up the site [TV Tropes] during a discussion on Buffistas.org, a community of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” enthusiasts, a group of whom became the first tropers. Example: Thus, TV Tropes was born, an online encyclopaedia, which allows open collaboration among its contributors (the “tropers”): anyone can add pages, and edit or delete existing ones. Registration is needed for access, but it is free and instant. […] On the site, each trope and each work has its own page: these contain a short description and a list of examples, often with comments and explanations from tropers.
Word: tropers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of troper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tropable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trope + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹəʊpəbəl/ 1. That can be troped or is subject to tropes. Example: But if we agree with Stevens that Tennessee nature is tropable as wilderness and with the Modern Language Association's advertisements for its 2001 convention that New Orleans' climate is "tropical," from which we might reasonably infer its nature is tropable as jungle, then Mississippi, perhaps especially north Mississippi, does constitute such a liminal space. Example: Exploiting the visual rhetoric of the page, the spatial hiatus between the two hemistichs mimetically distances utterance from intention, and encourages readers to treat the speaking 'I' less as a confessional vessel than a reusable, tropable token, a rhetorical posture or per-sona—an assumed 'mask' to 'sound through'.
Word: fishing lines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fishing line Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lassa Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic form of Lhasa. Labels: alt-of, archaic 2. Acronym of Latin American Society of South Australia. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 3. A town in Borno state, Nigeria. Example: It was first described in the town of Lassa, Nigeria in 1969. Example: Luka. The Gospel According to St. Luke in Margi. Prepared by The Church of the Brethren Mission. Lassa, Nigeria. 4. A city in the Kara Region of Togo Example: Other Catholic elemntary schools are at Lassa and a few other places . Example: At Lassa, the president witnessed the unanimous selection of Chief Adre Walla who replaces the deceased Asoumaro Walla
Word: Old Low German Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of German Altniederdeutsch. 1. a grouping of continental West Germanic, not affected by the High German consonant shift, spoken before the 12th century; depending on the definition specifically Example: The most important isogloss dividing Old Low German is the plural conjugation of the verb. Example: In particular, we will cover Old High German (OHG), Old Low German (OLG, including Old Saxon/OS and Old Low Franconian/OLFr, sometimes also referred to as Old Dutch), Old English (OE), and Old Frisian (OFri). 2. a grouping of continental West Germanic, not affected by the High German consonant shift, spoken before the 12th century; depending on the definition specifically Example: Old Low German developed after the Frankish subjection of the Saxons.
Word: Middle Saxon Part of Speech: name 1. Middle Low German
Word: odds and sods Part of Speech: noun 1. Miscellaneous items. Labels: UK, idiomatic, informal, plural, plural-only Example: Perhaps it's for the best, if this is what his recording career has sunk to: a slapdash assortment of odds and sods from all parts of his career. Example: The new News Corp (unkindly referred to as “crap co”) will consist of around 130 newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal and the Times of London, an education business and other odds and sods. 2. Ordinary people who lack distinction. Labels: UK, idiomatic, informal, plural, plural-only Example: "I suddenly found that, although my proposals had been accepted at the very highest level, they were not accepted at the lower levels . . . I mean, the aristocrats who appointed the Italian painters or the Viennese musicians didn't have to get agreement from all the odds and sods around, did they?" Example: But as the smartly dressed Kim arrived covered in mud from her foray across the pig yard, Tina took the opportunity to sneer, “Now we know how the odds and sods feel when Princess Diana turns up.”
Word: bus shelters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bus shelter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Brabants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Brabant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supralocalisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From supra- + localisation. 1. Alternative form of supralocalization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: supralocalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From supra- + localization. 1. The replacement of local regional words or phrases with those having a wider currency. Labels: uncountable
Word: gall of glass Part of Speech: noun 1. The neutral salt skimmed from the surface of melted crown glass. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: white precipitate Part of Speech: noun 1. A heavy white amorphous powder (NH₂.HgCl) obtained by adding ammonia to a solution of mercuric chloride or corrosive sublimate; amido-mercuric chloride. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. A white crystalline substance obtained by adding a solution of corrosive sublimate to a solution of sal ammoniac. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: red precipitate Part of Speech: noun 1. mercuric oxide (HgO), a heavy red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuric nitrate, or by heating mercury in the air. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: chin whelk Part of Speech: noun 1. sycosis Labels: obsolete
Word: sycophantizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sycophantize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stomach staggers Part of Speech: noun 1. The swelling of an animal's (usually, a horse) stomach with food or gas, resulting in indigestion and sometimes death. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: Belgian endive Part of Speech: noun 1. Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, grown without sunlight to produce pale leaves. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable
Word: granulated steel Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: inductive embarrassment Part of Speech: noun 1. The delay in signalling on an electric wire, produced by lateral induction. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: planetarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of planetarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: battle piece Part of Speech: noun 1. A painting, or a musical composition, representing a battle. 2. A piece of music designed to be played in battle.
Word: battle pieces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of battle piece Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crowd sail Part of Speech: verb 1. To carry an unusual amount of sail in an attempt to accelerate the speed of a vessel. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: the Spaniards busied themselves in making the most of a sudden favourable change of wind, and, without much regard to order, were crowding sail to get near the land.
Word: trembling poplar Part of Speech: noun 1. The European aspen (Populus tremula) or American aspen (Populus tremuloides).
Word: trembling poplars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trembling poplar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: floe rat Part of Speech: noun 1. The ringed seal (animal). Labels: archaic
Word: floe rats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of floe rat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unworshippable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + worshippable. 1. That cannot be worshipped.
Word: unworshipable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + worshipable. 1. That cannot be worshiped.
Word: worshippable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of worshipable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unworshipful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + worshipful. 1. Not worshipful.
Word: brigade major Part of Speech: noun 1. chief of staff of a brigade.
Word: brigade majors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brigade major Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quality binding Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of worsted tape used in Scotland for binding carpets, etc. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: quality fade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Paul Midler, author of Poorly Made in China (2009). 1. A gradual, deliberate reduction in the quality of manufactured goods in order to increase profit margins. Labels: uncountable Example: Chinese factories often engaged in this sort of quality fade—the incremental degradation of a product over time. They quietly reduced the amount of materials or else manipulated the quality of raw inputs. Example: In this paper, quality fade, an element of supply chain vulnerability, is defined as the unforeseen deterioration of agreed to or expected quality levels with respect to product and/or service requirements. The use of outcome‐based, behavior‐based, or mix contracts can be used to reduce the likelihood of quality fade and illustrate preferred scenarios for buyer and suppliers.
Word: protocatechuates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protocatechuate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gadfly petrels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gadfly petrel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clap net Part of Speech: noun 1. A net for catching birds or insects, which can be drawn closed by pulling a string. Example: The clap net is the grand weapon of the entomologist : it is a large piece of muslin, four feet long, and nearly three wide. Example: One day the colonel, who was very keen on hunting, took me with him when he went out to catch partridges with a clap-net [translating Tyras], an invention which impressed me very much.
Word: clap nets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clap net Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vegetable gardens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vegetable garden Labels: form-of, plural
Word: owl train Part of Speech: noun 1. A railway train that travels during the night. Labels: slang
Word: stump it Part of Speech: verb 1. To go on foot; hence, to run away; to escape. Labels: dated, idiomatic, slang Example: Stump it , my cove ; that's a Bow Street runner 2. To make electioneering speeches. Labels: US, dated, slang
Word: homomarriage Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of same-sex marriage. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: loo table Part of Speech: noun 1. A round table originally designed for playing the card game lanterloo. Example: There was also a loo-table, in an adjoining room, or rather closet, round which the company had just sufficient space to sit, with their chairs close to the wainscot. Example: […] in the evening Elizabeth joined their party in the drawing-room. The loo table, however, did not appear.
Word: loo tables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loo table Labels: form-of, plural
Word: colloblast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -blast. 1. A kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores, used to capture prey by adhesion.
Word: colloblasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colloblast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lasso cell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In reference to its role in capturing prey. 1. colloblast
Word: lasso cells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lasso cell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oziers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ozier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Malaca Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Malacca. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: passive iron Part of Speech: noun 1. Iron that has been subjected to the action of heat, strong nitric acid, chlorine, etc. It is then not easily acted upon by acids. Labels: uncountable
Word: village carts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of village cart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: post off Part of Speech: verb 1. To send away through the postal service; to mail. 2. To put off; to delay. Labels: Early, Modern, archaic Example: A second vse hence we should make, is for reproofe of many, who post off the time of the Lords offer, till age, sicknes, death: of these there are specially two sorts. Example: […] let me inferr further, that this late repentance must needs be very dangerous, when as repentance at the best, withall advantages of life, is a worke of the greatest difficulty; why then should we post off that to the last minute, for which all our life is to little?
Word: baffling wind Part of Speech: noun 1. A wind that frequently shifts from one point to another.
Word: baffling winds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baffling wind Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Phrygian stone Part of Speech: noun 1. A light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice (or perhaps the pumice itself), used for dyeing, and said to be drying and astringent. Labels: Ancient-Rome
Word: alien priories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alien priory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alien priory Part of Speech: noun 1. A small religious establishment under the control of a larger monastery in another country. Labels: historical Example: The Plantagenet Kings[…]boldly seized the revenues of these Alien Priories in time of war between England and France. Example: Velemont, a Benedictine abbey, founded in 1169. Annual income ten thouſand livres. At Stratfield-Say, in Berkſhire, was an alien priory belonging to this abbey.
Word: ermine moth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the resemblance to ermine. 1. A white moth with black spots (especially Yponomeuta padella of Europe). 2. Any of the family Yponomeutidae. 3. Any of certain white bombycid moths of America.
Word: ermine moths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ermine moth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: British gum Part of Speech: noun 1. A brownish substance, very soluble in cold water, formed by heating dry starch. It corresponds in its properties to dextrin and is used in solution as a substitute for gum in stiffening goods. Labels: uncountable
Word: perforced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of perforce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: perforcing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of perforce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: weaning brash Part of Speech: noun 1. A severe form of diarrhea which was said to affect children recently weaned. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: homomarriages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of homomarriage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: had like Part of Speech: verb 1. Had nearly; (did) not quite (followed by the infinitive). Labels: archaic Example: Wee had likt to haue had our two noses snapt off with two old men without teeth. Example: [the] report […]had like to have been my utter overthrow
Word: cedar bird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called as its diet includes cedar cones. 1. A waxwing bird of species Bombycilla cedrorum.
Word: cedar birds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cedar bird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: permanent white Part of Speech: noun 1. barite used as a white pigment or paint, in distinction from white lead, which tarnishes and darkens from the formation of the sulphide. Labels: uncountable
Word: pigmentlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pigment + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a pigment.
Word: hornet flies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hornet fly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hornet fly Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of genus Spilomyia of hoverflies (Syrphidae), many with coloring resembling that of hornets, some of which are predators of insect pests, others nectar-feeding pollinators. 2. Any of the genus Asilus and allied genera of large, fierce dipterous robber flies (Asilidae) that often prey on insects larger than themselves to suck their blood, the males of which resemble hornets in coloring. Labels: archaic
Word: bacon beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of larder beetle.
Word: bacon beetles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bacon beetle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sweating iron Part of Speech: noun 1. A knife or piece of iron used to scrape off sweat, especially from horses; a horse scraper.
Word: sue me Part of Speech: intj 1. Phrase sarcastically used to suggest that a person who does not like the actions or opinions of the speaker can respond by filing a lawsuit against the speaker. Example: "So I've got it! So sue me!" Example: "God, you're preaching again. And your ceiling's dirty." "So, sue me."
Word: volant piece Part of Speech: noun 1. An adjustable piece of armour for guarding the throat, etc. during jousting. Labels: historical
Word: volant pieces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of volant piece Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catch a Tartar Part of Speech: verb 1. To discover someone is much stronger, much more dangerous, or much more violent than they appeared at first, especially after laying hands on them Labels: archaic, colloquial Example: Now thou hast got me for a Tartar, To make m 'gainst my will take quarter. Example: What a Tartar have I caught! 2. To fail in attempt to rob someone who turns out to be a stronger robber. Labels: obsolete 3. To discover someone who cannot be controlled or disposed of more generally. Labels: archaic, colloquial, figuratively Example: You must give up flirting, my boy, or if I mistake not, you'll find you've caught a Tartar.
Word: serve someone the same sauce Part of Speech: verb 1. To treat in the same way, especially as retaliation. Example: Zeus wants to serve you all with the same sauce and hurl the lot of you into the Barathrum.
Word: Lydian stone Part of Speech: noun 1. A touchstone of flint slate. Labels: archaic
Word: rotten stone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rottenstone. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pinion wire Part of Speech: noun 1. Wire fluted longitudinally, for making the pinions of clocks and watches. It is formed by being drawn through holes of the shape required for the leaves or teeth of the pinions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: spangled coquette Part of Speech: noun 1. Lophornis stictolophus, a trochilid hummingbird of South America.
Word: jelly powder Part of Speech: noun 1. A powder to be mixed with water to make jelly. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. An explosive composed of nitroglycerine and collodion cotton. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: jelly plant Part of Speech: noun 1. An edible seaweed (Eucheuma speciosum) from which jelly is made. Example: The Jelly plant of Western Australia is used for invalids , as it makes an excellent stock for jelly
Word: flock paper Part of Speech: noun 1. Wallpaper coated with flock, fixed with glue or size. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
Word: puffing pig Part of Speech: noun 1. A porpoise, especially the harbour porpoise. Labels: obsolete
Word: rasp palm Part of Speech: noun 1. The walking palm (Socratea exorrhiza)
Word: rasp palms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rasp palm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palmsful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palmful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hawk boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A plasterer's (male) attendant who supplied him with mortar. Labels: dated Example: The hawk boy's server is about the size and shape of a common garden hoe, but the handle is in the direction of the instrument. Example: Whenever any mischief or damage was done, rightly or wrongly, the plasterers' hawk-boys always had the credit of it. The plasterers of London should rejoice that the hawk-boys are abolished.
Word: hawk boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hawk boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: porations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: self-sown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From self- + sown. 1. Not planted by humans, but just growing, from seeds spread by another plant, or by animals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ejaculative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ejaculate + -ive. 1. Ejaculatory. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1866, George Henry Calvert, First Years in Europe, Extract reproduced in 1993, Karl Ortseifen, Winfried Herget, Holger Lamm (editors), Picturesque in the Highest Degree... Americans on the Rhine, page 28, We were now so far inland that none of my fellow-passengers had probably ever stood on the wharf of a larger sea-port, for I was the first American they had seen; and the surprise was ejaculative that I was white, and increased to wonder when they learnt that I had made the passage from America to Europe in only twenty days. Example: Having erectile and ejaculative potency gives no assurance of orgastic potency. When erectile and ejaculative potency is in evidence, as it seems to be among gays, it seems superficially libelous to speak of potency problems.
Word: interjectural Part of Speech: adj 1. Interjectional. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sir, in my life I never ſavv an elderly gentleman more aſtoniſhed! He ſtarted back tvvo or three paces, rapt out a dozen interjectoral oaths, and asked vvhat the devil had brought you here! Example: The Science of Language teaches us not only that there can be no concept without a word, but that every word of our language, (with the exception of purely interjectural and imitative words) is based on a concept.
Word: catalogic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From catalog(ue) + -ic. Pronunciation: /katəˈlɒdʒɪk/, /katəˈlɒɡɪk/ 1. Pertaining to or consisting of a catalogue. Labels: not-comparable
Word: perjink Part of Speech: adj 1. Meticulously neat and precise; prim or finicky. Labels: Scotland Example: All my things were kept by her in a most perjink and excellent order, but they soon fell into an amazing confusion, for, as she often said to me, I had a turn for heedlessness;[…]. Example: No, Glenroy, I have more sense than to think that Inch Orran would behave in such a way as that; but I don't like people being so perjink in paying back their entertainments.
Word: diddley-eye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of the sound. 1. Old style traditional Irish music, typically with tin whistles, banjos, and bodhrans. Labels: Ireland, derogatory, informal, often, uncountable
Word: Xinjiangese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Xinjiang + -ese. 1. Of, from or pertaining to the region of Xinjiang. Labels: not-comparable Example: He takes a beautiful ivory and bamboo waterpipe out of a trunk, and packs the bowl with layer after layer of Xinjiangese herbs and sticky hash, grinning. "Most Chinese people hate it, but we Xinjiang people love to fly." Example: The ancient dynasty's storied openness to cultural influences (and particularly exotic new musics) arriving from central Asia and the Middle East through the frontier province of Xinjiang informed the band's choice of musical elements – a mix of heavy metal, Xinjiangese folk harmonies and traditional Chinese instruments.
Word: Zhejiangese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Zhejiang + -ese. 1. Of, from, or pertaining to the province of Zhejiang. Labels: not-comparable Example: Let me just make certain things clear. With regards to HongKong-->Xianggang, since I now use exclusively Mandarin, I am only calling the city by its MANDARIN CHINESE name just as Cantonese speakers say Hearng Korng and Zhejiangese and Fujianese and Shanghainese call it differently. Example: "... Learning from other places in the country, we decided to "pool" money (jizi). But we had no idea how to pool money with the Zhejiangese, we were not even able to talk to them! ..."
Word: Mantjiltjara Part of Speech: name 1. A Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language; one of the principle components of Martu Wangka, part of the Western Desert language group.
Word: Mantjiltjara Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Mantjiltjara language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: biliojejunal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bilio- + jejunal. 1. relating to the bile duct and the jejunum Labels: not-comparable
Word: intrajejunal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + jejunal. 1. Within the jejunum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pharyngojejunal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pharyngo- + jejunal. 1. relating to, or connecting the pharynx and the jejunum Labels: not-comparable
Word: transjejunal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + jejunal. 1. Across the jejunum Labels: not-comparable
Word: sejoint Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin seiunctus. 1. separated, disjoined Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: unjingoistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + jingoistic. 1. Not jingoistic Labels: not-comparable
Word: straight-up Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), equivalent to straight + up. 1. True; unambiguous; unqualified; plainly so, with no bones about it. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: From her recent comments, I think she's a straight-up racist. Example: Because it doesn’t actually produce anything, some knock Rockstar as a straight-up patent troll. 2. Of an alcoholic drink: served straight up. Labels: not-comparable Example: I'm going to go get a straight-up cocktail.
Word: straight-up Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), equivalent to straight + up. 1. Alternative form of straight up. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Augeas Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Augēās, from Ancient Greek Αὐγείᾱς (Augeíās). Pronunciation: /ɔːˈd͡ʒiːəs/ 1. A king of Elis, best known for his stables, the Augean stables. Labels: Greek
Word: Augeias Part of Speech: name Etymology: Fro Ancient Greek Αὐγείας (Augeías) 1. Alternative form of Augeas. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unfemale Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + female. 1. Not female.
Word: feralization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From feral + -ization. 1. The process of becoming feral. Labels: uncountable
Word: cameralike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From camera + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a camera.
Word: enquote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + quote. 1. To place in quotation marks. Labels: transitive
Word: enquoting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enquote Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enquotes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enquote Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enquoted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enquote Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unkey Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + key. 1. To stop transmitting on a two-way radio, etc. Labels: transitive Example: I forgot to unkey the microphone, and everyone could still hear me.
Word: unkeying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unkey Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unkeys Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unkey Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vegetably Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vegetable + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of vegetables. Example: To serve four: Peel, cut into quarters and slice very thin two or three good size yellow turnips, making about two cupfuls. Cover with boiling water and sprinkle with one-half teaspoon salt. Allow to stand eight or 10 minutes. This removes any vegetably taste. Drain. Example: When I tasted it before bottling, it had a medley of sugar, woodiness and typically Chardonnay vegetably taste.
Word: vegetably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From vegetable + -ly. 1. In vegetable terms, or by vegetable means. Labels: not-comparable Example: To achieve the correct riding contact required by the precision of the sport of riding, there is no substitute for pure vegetably tanned leather - which I choose to name "naturally tanned" because no synthetic materials are used in their tanning […] Example: Vegetably speaking, they'll take beans, potatoes, and tomatoes.
Word: marbleization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From marble + -ization. 1. The process of marbleizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: marbleizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marbleization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maquila Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish maquila, from Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة (makīla, “measured”). In reference to factories, via Spanish clipping of maquiladora, from maquilar (“to assemble”) + -adora (“-ator: forming agent nouns”), from maquilar's original sense of taking a toll of grain. Also understood as a clipping within English. 1. Synonym of medio, half-celemin, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L. 2. Synonym of maquiladora, a factory or sweatshop in Latin American and Spanish contexts.
Word: maquila Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Basque makila via Spanish maquila. 1. Alternative spelling of makila, a kind of walking stick. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I would give one of my fingers to have your milord out on the mountains, and each of us with a maquila in his fist.
Word: maquilas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maquila Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manipulee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From manipulate + -ee. 1. One who or that which is manipulated.
Word: manipulees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manipulee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pohutukawas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pohutukawa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pohutukawa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori pōhutukawa. Pronunciation: /poːˈhutukʌwʌ/, /pəˌhuːtəˈkʌːwə/, /pəˌhuːtəˈkɑːwə/ 1. A coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers with prominent stamens around Christmastime. Example: I found in an old-fashioned garden overlooking the beach and the pohutukawa trees, the mulberry tree with leaves to feed our ‘charges’, and a kindly owner willing to give me supplies of leaves. Example: On the map, this road ends with the representation of a sacred pōhutukawa tree.
Word: myxomycetes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myxomycete Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muttery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mutter + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌtəɹi/ 1. Sounding like a mutter. 2. Inclined to mutter or grumble.
Word: myosepta Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myoseptum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nam pla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Thai น้ำปลา (nám-bplaa). Pronunciation: /ˌnam ˈplɑː/, /ˌnɑm ˈplɑ/ 1. A Thai fish sauce. Labels: uncountable
Word: fishpools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fishpool Labels: form-of, plural
Word: naqib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic نَقِب (naqib) 1. One of the leading missionaries of the Hashimiyya movement who prepared the Abbasid Revolution in Khurasan. 2. The head representative of the ashraf, the descendants of Muhammad; an honorary position in the Ottoman Empire.
Word: naqibs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naqib Labels: form-of, plural
Word: narcomedusan Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the Narcomedusae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: naupaka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hawaiian naupaka. 1. Any of many species of tropical flowering plants of the genus Scaevola.
Word: naupakas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naupaka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: argileh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic أرجيلة. 1. hookah
Word: argilehs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of argileh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roach motel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The meaning "low-priced motel" is because such a place might be expected to be infested with roaches. The meaning "something easy to enter, difficult to leave" is from American roach-bait brand Roach Motel, advertised with the slogan "Roaches check in, but they don't check out!" 1. A low-priced motel in a state of disrepair. Labels: derogatory 2. Something that is easy to enter, but is difficult or costly to leave. Example: 8.3.1 The Importance of Easy Access: Avoid the “Roach Motel!” In Chapter 6, we discussed what a “roach motel” was. You can get data into a “roach motel”, but you can't easily get it out. Example: Don't hope for a better shake from Apple, either. Apple's longstanding love-affair with proprietary formats and lock-ins will very likely make the iPad every inch the roach motel that the Kindle is 3. A cockroach trap.
Word: roach motels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roach motel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crunchy granola Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsessed with health or environmental issues. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: We continue to lead advanced economies in per-capita carbon emissions, 28 percent of which come from transportation. But even if the crunchy granola argument isn't good enough to make you see the benefits of public transit, consider that trains, trams, buses, and the like reduces traffic congestion, which is good for the life satisfaction of everybody behind the wheel, since science shows long commutes make us unhappy.
Word: crunchy granola Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who cares about environmental issues. Labels: derogatory, informal
Word: crunchy granolas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crunchy granola Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ice beer Part of Speech: noun 1. A pale lager beer which has undergone some degree of fractional freezing, similar to the German Eisbock. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ice beers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ice beer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lapunyahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lapunyah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: narcology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From narco- + -logy. 1. The study of drug abuse. Labels: uncountable
Word: nanovoltmeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + voltmeter. 1. A voltmeter capable of measuring on the scale of nanovolts.
Word: nanovoltmeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanovoltmeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microvoltmeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + voltmeter. 1. A voltmeter capable of measuring on the scale of microvolts
Word: microvoltmeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microvoltmeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microvoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microvoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: partitionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From partition + -ism. 1. A policy favouring geopolitical partitioning. Labels: uncountable 2. The treatment of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as distinct. Labels: Ireland, uncountable
Word: parthenogenically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From parthenogenic + -ally. 1. By parthenogenesis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: parabronchial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From para- + bronchial. 1. Relating to the parabronchus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pathwidths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pathwidth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carbos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carbo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chartbusters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chartbuster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hexacelsian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hexa- + celsian. 1. A hexagonal polymorph of celsian. Labels: uncountable
Word: fabbiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of fabby: most fabby Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: girlf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of girlfriend. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɝlf/, /ˈɡɜːlf/ 1. Clipping of girlfriend. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
Word: grammatological Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to grammatology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: grammatologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From grammatological + -ly. 1. In terms of grammatology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: grammatologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grammatology + -ist. 1. One who studies grammatology.
Word: grammatologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grammatologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butcher paper Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of absorbent kraft paper, originally sold to butchers in large sheets for wrapping meat and fish, and now used for arts and crafts in primary education. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: lift music Part of Speech: noun 1. elevator music Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: Morte Part of Speech: name 1. A surname
Word: Scotch pie Part of Speech: noun 1. A small double-crust meat pie eaten in the United Kingdom and Canada.
Word: Scotch pies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Scotch pie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pigeony Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pigeon + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a pigeon.
Word: graduate tax Part of Speech: noun 1. A proposed method of financing higher education, whereby graduates would pay their tuition costs as additional income tax. Labels: Ireland, UK
Word: skankers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skanker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semesterly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semester + -ly. 1. Occurring every semester. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ubacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ubac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antilocking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + locking. 1. antilock Labels: not-comparable
Word: paratuberculous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From para- + tuberculous. 1. Relating to paratuberculosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aerovane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aero- + vane. 1. An anemometer that combines a propeller and a tail on the same axis to measure wind speed and direction.