nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: doubling up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of double up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: doubled up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of double up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pubbiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of pubby: most pubby Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: pubbier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of pubby: more pubby Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: cybercrook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- English crook English cybercrook From cyber- + crook. 1. A cybercriminal. Labels: Internet Example: It is widely recognized that you are far more likely to be swindled by a waiter at a restaurant than an evil cybercrook. Example: The cybercrook has realized that stealing the next version of the Coca-Cola recipe or Windows software is worth more than a $10 million heist.
Word: cybercrooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cybercrook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roof tiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roof tile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: OPS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of on-base plus slugging. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of other professional studies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: OPS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Open Publication Structure, a sub-specification of EPUB. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: on-base plus slugging Part of Speech: noun 1. A metric used to evaluate the effectiveness of a hitter; the sum of on-base percentage and slugging percentage. Labels: uncountable
Word: subexpression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English expression English subexpression From sub- + expression. 1. An expression that is a part of a larger expression. Example: The third part of the regular expression, \1, is the backreference and tells ColdFusion to refer back to the first subexpression[…] Example: Something to note that's shared between all subexpressions (as well as scriptblocks) is that the end of a line does not terminate the subexpression.
Word: on-base percentage Part of Speech: noun 1. The frequency with which a hitter successfully reaches first base.
Word: points of reference Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of point of reference Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lacertilian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Lacertilia + -ian 1. Relating to the reptilian suborder Lacertilia. 2. Lizardlike.
Word: lacertilian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Lacertilia + -ian 1. A reptile of suborder Lacertilia.
Word: lacertilians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lacertilian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: on-base percentages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of on-base percentage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slugging percentages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slugging percentage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repolarize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English polarize English repolarize From re- + polarize. 1. To polarize again.
Word: wash-leathers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wash-leather Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repolarizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of repolarize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: repolarizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of repolarize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: repolarized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of repolarize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Romagnolo Part of Speech: name Etymology: By surface analysis, Romagn(a) + Italian -olo. 1. The Romagnol language.
Word: repolarise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English polarise English repolarise From re- + polarise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of repolarize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: repolarisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English polarisation English repolarisation From re- + polarisation. 1. Alternative spelling of repolarization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: repolarisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of repolarisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repolarization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English polarization English repolarization From re- + polarization. 1. The act of repolarizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: repolarizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of repolarization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loose scrum Part of Speech: noun 1. Ruck. Labels: dated
Word: Cirillo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Cirillo. Doublet of Cyril. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: price-earnings ratio Part of Speech: noun 1. The ratio of share price to earnings per share used as an indication of the relative value of the share.
Word: installment loans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of installment loan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Celestina Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name, variant of Celestine. Example: Mrs. Celestina Hoffman, widow of former School Commissioner Philip Hoffman and a leader in Red Cross and other welfare work here for many years, died yesterday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ella McGough of Gilbertville, N. Y., after a brief illness. Example: After Dr. Wallis’s death, his subsequent wife, Celestina Wallis, now 93, and his surviving son and grandchildren were in litigation in Surrogate’s Court in a case that blocked the sale of the house for many months.
Word: Carso Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Carso. 1. Alternative form of Karst: A mountainous karst plateau in northeastern Italy and southwestern Slovenia; in full, Karst Plateau. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: representability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English presend English -t English present English represent Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English representability From represent + -ability. 1. The quality of being representable. Labels: uncountable Example: The first of these is concerned with the finite representability of belief sets.
Word: sawflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sawfly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maximum breaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maximum break Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goober Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Kongo ngubader. Gullahbor. English goober Via Gullah from Kongo nguba (“peanut”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡuːbə/, /ˈɡubɚ/ 1. A peanut. Labels: Southern-US Example: A few bags Gouber Pea, or Ground Pea Example: But he so seam I frade of he, I guess he steal my goober. 2. A Georgian or North Carolinian, particularly one from the pine forests of the Sandhills region. Labels: Southern-US, dated, slang Example: Conscripts by the dozen... Come pouring in the Castle... Some from Mississippi state and “Goobers” from Tar river. Example: The peanuts or earth-nuts known in North Carolina and the adjoining States as Goober peas, so that during the late Civil War a conscript from the so-called ‘piney woods’ of that State was apt to be nick-named a Goober. 3. A foolish, simple, or amusingly silly person. Labels: Internet, US, childish, slang Example: For Ralph, any encouragement is too much. When Lisa gives Ralph a valentine bearing that locomotive pun that so affected The Simpsons’ showrunner, Ralph misinterprets the gesture as a genuine display of romantic interest rather than a gesture of pity from a thoughtful young geek to a friendless goober. Example: [Keanu] Reeves had spent much of the decade as a celebrity goober—a great-looking guy best known for being a bland actor (at least by traditional acting standards). 4. A quantity of sputum. Labels: US, slang Example: […] spat a goober into the sunbaked dust between them […]
Word: goober Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Kongo ngubader. Gullahbor. English goober Via Gullah from Kongo nguba (“peanut”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡuːbə/, /ˈɡubɚ/ 1. To drool or dribble. Labels: intransitive, slang 2. To drip or slather; to apply a gooey substance to a surface. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: ball returns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ball return Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baulk colours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baulk colour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baulk ends Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baulk end Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baulk lines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baulk line Labels: form-of, plural
Word: billiard tables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of billiard table Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seawolf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sēwolf, from Old English *sǣwulf, equivalent to sea + wolf. 1. A strong-jawed North Atlantic fish of wolffish family Anarhichadidae, Anarhichas lupus. 2. An elephant seal. Labels: archaic 3. Any of various dangerous people and animals that attack at sea. Example: The seawolf twisted onto itself, its jaws clopping together near its own tail. Example: Benjamin stood, gasping for breath and looking down at the dead corsair. "You were a worthy foe, seawolf," he murmured regretfully.
Word: seawolves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seawolf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sound-alike Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who has a similar voice to another.
Word: sound truck Part of Speech: noun 1. A vehicle equipped with loudspeakers, used for advertising, safety announcements, etc.
Word: surround-sound Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of surround sound. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: surround sound Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of using multiple speakers to give the effect of being surrounded by sound. Labels: uncountable 2. The effect of being surrounded by sound. Labels: uncountable
Word: sound system Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic system used to reproduce sound. 2. The set of speech sounds that make up a language; a phonology. Example: One young Tamil teacher had assimilated the sound-system of English so thoroughly to that of his mother-tongue that none of the Chinese and Malay children understood him. 3. A mobile platform playing selected recorded music, set up as a social event, often with an entrance fee. Example: Rooted in Caribbean culture and introduced to the UK by the Windrush generation, sound systems – static or truck-bound collectives of MCs and DJs playing music through customised, bass-heavy speakers – have been integral to Notting Hill carnival since 1973.
Word: sound track Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of soundtrack. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As the rest of the film was made on location in the railway yards of Havre and not in a studio, and was given a sound-track of penetrating vividness, this whole production gives the closest possible ring of truth of any film about railways.
Word: outsound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outsounen, outsownen, equivalent to out- + sound. 1. To sound out (all senses) Labels: rare 2. To surpass in sounding.
Word: missound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English sound English missound From mis- + sound. 1. To sound or pronounce wrongly. Example: Every word in English of more than one Syllable has a fixed accent established by the custom of the language, to misplace which is as offensive to the propriety of speech, as to missound the vowel. Example: Many of you have read these stories and could never pick out any such English; no more would you of the Ismael Persians Haly, or Mortuus Alli they worship, whose true etymology is, mortuum halec, a dead Red-Herring, and no other, though, by corruption of speech they false dialect and missound it.
Word: missound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English sound English missound From mis- + sound. 1. mispronunciation. Labels: uncountable Example: They are, however, often found used in the second person without this suffix, for which the avoiding of the missound is quoted as the reason.
Word: black spots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of black spot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brown spots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brown spot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: check sides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of check side Labels: form-of, plural
Word: combing ridge Part of Speech: noun 1. A topmost row of roofing slates that project above the line of the ridge
Word: finderscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English finder Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English finderscope From finder + -scope. 1. A small telescope, or other sighting device, mounted on top of a main telescope to enable approximate directional positioning.
Word: finderscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of finderscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanotori Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanotorus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spamvertises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spamvertise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spamvertised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of spamvertise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: roop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ropen (“to cry out”), from Old English hrōpan (“to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną (“to call, shout, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with Scots roup (“to shout, roar, cry out loudly”), Saterland Frisian roupe (“to call, shout”), Dutch roepen (“to shout, cry out”), German rufen (“to call, cry, shout”), Swedish ropa (“to call, cry out, shout”), Icelandic hrópa (“to cry out”). Pronunciation: /ɹuːp/ 1. To cry; shout. Labels: dialectal, intransitive 2. To roar; make a great noise. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive 3. To make hoarse. Labels: dialectal, transitive, usually, with-up Example: I am rooped up.
Word: roop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ropen (“to cry out”), from Old English hrōpan (“to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną (“to call, shout, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with Scots roup (“to shout, roar, cry out loudly”), Saterland Frisian roupe (“to call, shout”), Dutch roepen (“to shout, cry out”), German rufen (“to call, cry, shout”), Swedish ropa (“to call, cry out, shout”), Icelandic hrópa (“to cry out”). Pronunciation: /ɹuːp/ 1. Hoarseness.
Word: roops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roops Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of roop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: May-September romances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of May-September romance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: combing ridges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of combing ridge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outsounds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outsound Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outsounding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outsound Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: He met the beautiful Effie—each unknown to the other— rendered her some trifling courtesy, and returned to his books to find her sunny features upon every page, and to hear the melody of that one remembered tone outsounding all the grave voices of Antiquity. Example: The savants fall into long treatises to know whether these mysterious roots were verbs, or pronouns, whether a vowel could be a root or not, whether the consonant ought to be onsonnding or outsounding.
Word: outsounding Part of Speech: noun 1. A sounding out Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: And it is not too much to say that its outsoundings and reverberations went into all the seventeen states of the precious Union that God 's providence had blessed us with. Example: Her wood-clattery heels sound against the stones at the gate. Against a cluster of coppered leaves; their outsoundings, a filigree.
Word: outsounded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outsound Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: missounds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of missound Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: missounding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of missound Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: missounded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of missound Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sound trucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sound truck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: verbivore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin verbum (“word”) + Latin vorax, from vorō (“devour”), on the pattern of herbivore and carnivore; coined in the early 1980s by Richard Lederer. 1. One who has an enjoyment of words and wordplay. Labels: humorous
Word: surround sounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surround sound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sound systems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sound system Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sound tracks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sound track Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sound-alikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sound-alike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: verbivores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of verbivore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conscientous Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of conscientious. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: unported Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English ported English unported From un- + ported. 1. Not having been ported, or converted to another platform. Labels: not-comparable Example: There are still two hundred unported applications that we need to add to the distribution. 2. Not having been adapted to country-specific legislation. Labels: not-comparable Example: This text is published under the licence Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike-3.0 unported.
Word: unported Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unport Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tricksy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tricks Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English tricksy From tricks + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪksiː/ 1. Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious. Example: My trickſey Spirit. Example: There will succeed, therefore, in my opinion, and that too within no long time, to the rudeness and rusticity of our age, that ensnaring meretricious popularness in literature, with all the tricksy humilities of the ambitious candidates for the favourable suffrages of the judicious public, which if we do not take good care will break up and scatter before it all robustness and manly vigour of intellect, all masculine fortitude of virtue.
Word: tricksier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of tricksy: more tricksy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: tricksiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of tricksy: most tricksy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: split-finger fastballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of split-finger fastball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cut fastballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cut fastball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: two-seam fastballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of two-seam fastball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gallimaufrey Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of gallimaufry. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: gallimaufreys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gallimaufrey (alternative form of gallimaufries). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mumsier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of mumsy: more mumsy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: mumsiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of mumsy: most mumsy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: mimsies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mimsy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gumptionless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gumption Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English gumptionless From gumption + -less. 1. Lacking gumption. Example: But I am no gumptionless Eve, that he should beguile me. Example: No actress that I know can so mingle dewy pathos and the salt of sanity: yet she must forego these in favour of gumptionless Dianas.
Word: hitter's count Part of Speech: noun 1. A count favourable to the batter, in which there are more balls than strikes, especially a 3-0, 3-1, or 2-0 count. Example: The runners will be going on the hitter's count.
Word: Carrollian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Carroll Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Carrollian From Carroll + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Lewis Carroll (1832-1898, real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) or his writings, most notably a type of imaginative fantasy involving humorous plays on words and logic.
Word: switch hitters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of switch hitter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quitting time Part of Speech: noun 1. The time when a day's work ends, and an employee is permitted to go home. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Tolkienian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Tolkien Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Tolkienian From Tolkien + -ian. 1. Of or relating to John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) or his writings, of which the best known are the fantasy epics The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Word: Tolkienesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Tolkien French -esquebor. English -esque English Tolkienesque From Tolkien + -esque. 1. Resembling or influenced by the works, ideas, or literary style of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973).
Word: pinch hits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pinch hit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pinch hits Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of pinch-hits. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: renogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reno- + -gram. 1. A medical scan of the kidney.
Word: renograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of renogram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pinch hitters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pinch hitter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lackbrain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lack + brain. 1. A person who lacks brains; an idiot. Labels: derogatory Example: Among themselves, his clerical brethren who employed him to produce revivals, acknowledged him to be but a pitiful lackbrain... Example: "Is that clear enough, even for you, lackbrain?"
Word: lackbrains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lackbrain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: opera glove Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of evening glove. Example: Anyone who knows a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g about pop culture will immediately recognize this iconic little black dress, opera gloves, and tiara combo from Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Word: evening glove Part of Speech: noun 1. A ladies' formal glove that extends beyond the elbow.
Word: robbable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English rob Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English robbable From rob + -able. 1. That can be robbed; susceptible to robbery. Example: ...and doubtless the robber barons had hard times to pick up a living, because the demand for robbable passers must have exceeded the supply. Example: All old men are robbable. He's an old man. He's robbable.
Word: championless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-West Germanic *-jan Proto-West Germanic *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English championless From champion + -less. 1. Without a champion. Labels: not-comparable Example: Lone in a far-off land, / With empty heart and treasure lost, / Poor, championless, and fortune-crost, She stretches out her hand... Example: And while men spoke betwixt wrath and mockery of the Rusty Knight, I loved more dearly that champion who was doing so ill so bravely for a championless lady...
Word: unchampioned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English championed English unchampioned From un- + championed. 1. Not championed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: drizzlier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of drizzly: more drizzly Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: drizzliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of drizzly: most drizzly Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: drearsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English drear Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English drearsome From drear + -some. 1. Marked by dreariness; characteristically dreary. Example: It seemed to me illogical that, at some expense, the Government was going to keep me for eighteen months doing something for which I had no aptitude whatever. Even when I eventually settled to the dull and drearsome life in the Pay Office in Singapore, I had good shorthand speed and I could type, but these jobs were allotted to civilians while I tried to make sense of army accounting. Example: “[...] And as if it were your custom to wear your best habit on a drearsome day like this one. The old blue one were good enough for Miss Charley and Miss Melissa afore today.”
Word: Foley catheter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Invented by Frederic Foley of Minnesota. 1. A catheter that is held in the bladder by an inflatable balloon
Word: statesmanly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English statesman Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English statesmanly From statesman + -ly. 1. Befitting a statesman.
Word: private dicks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of private dick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laugh track Part of Speech: noun 1. The soundtrack of laughter sounds that accompanies a television comedy show. Example: You know where you never see a camcorder? At a funeral. Wouldn't that be fun? Especially if you didn't know any of the people there. Why not go to a stranger's funeral, and bring your camcorder? Have a little fun! Zoom in on the corpse's nose hairs. Then pull back, and pan over to the widow's tears. Get a tight shot of that. Do a montage of people wracked with grief. Then go home and put a laugh track on it! Smoke a joint and show it to your friends. That would be a lot of fun. Example: Possibly a show with no laugh track would improve with a well-done laugh track.
Word: canned laughter Part of Speech: noun 1. Prerecorded laughter that is edited into the soundtrack of a TV program. Labels: uncountable
Word: catheterisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of catheterization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: axmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of axman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recursivenesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recursiveness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incursively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English incursive Middle English -ly English -ly English incursively From incursive + -ly. 1. In an incursive way.
Word: quintenary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Based on Latin quintus and number adjectives like septenary and novenary. 1. Consisting of five things. Labels: not-comparable
Word: kitschily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English kitschy Middle English -ly English -ly English kitschily From kitschy + -ly. 1. In a kitschy way.
Word: fruitily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fruity Middle English -ly English -ly English fruitily From fruity + -ly. 1. In a fruity way.
Word: shilly and shally Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of shilly-shally. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: We know how they dillied and they dallied and they shillied and they shallied until after her death Example: Mummy shillied and shallied
Word: RAM disk Part of Speech: noun 1. A virtual disk, implemented in software, that stores its contents in random access memory.
Word: ramdisk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of RAM disk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: RAM disks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of RAM disk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ramdisks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ramdisk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phagology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phago- + -logy. 1. The study of habits related to eating or feeding. Labels: nonce-word, obsolete, uncountable
Word: cybercampaign Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- English campaign English cybercampaign From cyber- + campaign. 1. A campaign waged on the Internet.
Word: cybercampaigns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cybercampaign Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oralities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misphrase Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English phrase English misphrase From mis- + phrase. 1. To phrase incorrectly.
Word: misphrasing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misphrase Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misphrasing Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of something being phrased badly or wrongly.
Word: misphrases Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misphrase Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misphrased Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misphrase Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unstudious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English studious English unstudious From un- + studious. 1. Not studious; not inclined towards studying.
Word: fansubbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fansub Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fansubbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fansub Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fansubber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fansub + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfænsʌbə(ɹ)/ 1. One who fansubs: an amateur translator of subtitles.
Word: fansubbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fansubber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: danburite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Danbury, Connecticut, USA, where it was first discovered, + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈdænbəɹaɪt/ 1. A crystalline mineral similar to topaz. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: danburites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of danburite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cylindrite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cylinder Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English cylindrite From cylinder + -ite. 1. A sulfosalt mineral, containing tin, lead, antimony and iron, whose triclinic pinacoidal crystals often occur as tubes or cylinders. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cylindrites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cylindrite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: agrellite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Stuart Olof Agrell (1913-1996), optical mineralogist, + -ite. 1. A mineral with the chemical formula NaCa₂FSi₄O₁₀ Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: agrellites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agrellite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: punditries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of punditry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sugar papers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sugar paper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geladas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gelada Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanotechnologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nanotechnology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English nanotechnologist From nanotechnology + -ist. 1. Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers. Example: By controlling matter at this size, nanotechnologists hope to fabricate devices and materials with novel, seemingly magical properties.
Word: nanotechnologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanotechnologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: handwrite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hand + write. 1. To write something manually, normally used to emphasise that it is not being typed. Example: “Whoever you get, whether it’s the neighbor down the street or somebody you don’t know, type or even handwrite exactly what the duties and responsibilities are and have both parties sign it,” Mr. Dunn said. Example: The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series.
Word: handwrites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of handwrite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: handwrote Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of handwrite Labels: form-of, past
Word: phallocratic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phallo- + -cratic. 1. Pertaining to government or dominance by males.
Word: wabi-sabi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese わび・さび or 侘び寂び (wabi-sabi) Pronunciation: /ˈwɑbiˈsɑbi/ 1. A Japanese aesthetic that derives from imperfection and transience. Labels: uncountable Example: Tai purchased purple flowers in a wabi-sabi pot for Tara. Example: If Dot were to pick an ideology, hers would be wabi-sabi. Her life is full of decay and beauty in imperfection.
Word: zoosadism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + sadism; coined by German psychoanalyst Ernest Borneman. 1. The deriving of sexual pleasure from cruelty to animals. Labels: uncountable
Word: well begun is half done Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Traditional, via Ancient Greek; quoted by Aristotle in his Politics. 1. Much depends on the beginning of an endeavor.
Word: Chita Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Чита́ (Čitá). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪˈtɑː/, /t͡ʃɪˈtə/ 1. A city, the administrative center of Zabaykalsky Krai, Siberia, Russia.
Word: sunk costs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sunk cost Labels: form-of, plural
Word: non-rational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + rational. 1. Contrary to reason; lacking an appropriate or sufficient reason; irrational. Labels: not-comparable Example: Indeed, the tirade against information in effect serves to justify the constriction of the area of rationality and scientific approach, in order to find room for all kinds of non-rational sources of "knowledge." 2. Lacking the ability to reason. Labels: not-comparable Example: But what of non-rational beings—the animal or infant-man of attuition? 3. Not within the domain of what can be understood or analyzed by reason; outside the competence of the rules of reason. Labels: not-comparable, often Example: In the total artistic process the two phases—rational and non-rational, planful and inspirational—may be successive or simultaneous. Example: Holton, a Harvard physicist and science historian, introduces us to the two extremist factions he sees attacking science from both sides: the "new Dionysians" who would widen the spectrum of scientific knowledge to include nonrational experience and the "new Apollonians" who would restrict scientific investigation to dealing only with those questions that seem to guarantee rational solution from the outset. 4. Not based on one's own interests; inconsistent with utility maximization. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the nature of things there must be causes that explain why an industrial enterprise—mill, factory, foundry, dairy, refinery—is located at just this or that place, and not somewhere else. Some of these causes are non-rational, such as accident and caprice. . . . The remaining causes are rational and economic; that is, the selected locality is deemed to offer certain advantages in production or marketing.
Word: nonrational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + rational. 1. Alternative spelling of non-rational. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: arational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + rational. Pronunciation: /eɪˈɹaʃ(ə)nəl/ 1. Not within the domain of what can be understood or analyzed by reason; not rational, outside the competence of the rules of reason. Example: If the end-product of a man's philosophizing about the nature of the cosmos is the ultimate, arational matter, this will affect his moral opinion of the cosmos. Example: Scientific knowledge is conceptual, rational, and testable. Mystical knowledge is usually aconceptual, arational, and does not lend itself to interpersonal testing.
Word: nordic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See Nordic. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔː.dɪk/, /ˈnɔɹ.dɪk/ 1. Of or relating to cross-country skiing. Example: The resort’s terrain, known for its excellent tree skiing, also includes nordic trails and thousands of untracked acres reachable by snowcat on guided trips. 2. Alternative spelling of Nordic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: cels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bounceback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from bounce back. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊnsˌbæk/ 1. A rebound. 2. An economic recovery. 3. An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered. Labels: Internet Example: Don't be fooled into thinking that just because you don't get many bouncebacks and not many people are unsubscribing that you have a good list […] 4. A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift. Example: List management company and rental order service. Includes AMERICAN CONSUMER (10,372,518 names) covering such subject lists as horticultural products, art prints, books, jewelry and fashion items, diet products, beauty and cosmetics, housewares and gifts, general merchandise, catalog offers, bouncebacks, […] Example: It is not unusual to get as high as 15 or 20 percent return in bounceback orders if customer satisfaction with the original order is high and the appeal for a follow-up order is strong. 5. A patient who returns with the same complaint. Labels: slang
Word: equal weight Part of Speech: noun 1. A weighting that gives the same weight (or importance) to two or more options Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: eyecatching Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of eye-catching. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: invalided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of invalid Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shillyshallying Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shilly-shallying. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: underskilled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English skilled English underskilled From under- + skilled. 1. Insufficiently skilled
Word: securin Part of Speech: noun 1. A protein involved in anaphase triggering. Labels: uncountable
Word: solartype Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of solar-type. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: solar-type Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a star, having similar characteristics to those of the Sun. Labels: not-comparable
Word: solitarious Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌsɒlɪˈtɛəɹi.əs/, /ˌsɑlɪˈtɛɹi.əs/ 1. solitary; not gregarious
Word: solitariously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English solitarious Middle English -ly English -ly English solitariously From solitarious + -ly. 1. In a solitarious manner
Word: solubles Part of Speech: noun 1. Liquid, containing dissolved and dispersed solids, that is a byproduct of alcoholic fermentation, and is used as a source of dietary protein. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: solvolytic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to solvolysis.
Word: New Amsterdam Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Dutch Nieuw-Amsterdam; From nieuw (“new”) + Amsterdam (a city in the Netherlands). 1. The capital city of New Netherland, a colony of the Netherlands; the Dutch colonial settlement that later became New York City. Labels: historical 2. The capital city of East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana. 3. A town in Indiana, United States. 4. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States.
Word: Mede Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Medus, from Ancient Greek Μῆδος (Mêdos). Pronunciation: /miːd/ 1. Any of a Western Iranian people who inhabited the ancient region of Media.
Word: Medes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mede Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bithynia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Latin Bīthȳnia, from the Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūnĭ́ā). Pronunciation: /bɪˈθɪni.ə/ 1. A geographic region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey. Labels: historical
Word: somatocentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From somato- + -centric. 1. Describing any function of neurons centred on the soma. Labels: not-comparable
Word: somatosensation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə? Proto-Indo-European *styeH- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? Ancient Greek σῶμᾰ (sômă)der. English somato- English sensation English somatosensation From somato- + sensation. 1. A somatosensory sensation
Word: Lycia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Lycia, from Ancient Greek Λυκίᾱ (Lukíā). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪʃi.ə/, /ˈlɪʃə/, /ˈlɪsi.ə/ 1. A historical region in southwestern Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey. Labels: historical Example: The circumstances surrounding the League's creation are unclear, but it was probably a response to the tyranny of Rhodes, which was briefly assigned control of Lycia in 190 BCE by Rome. 2. A former province of the Roman Empire, existing on its own from 43 AD to 74 AD, and later as part of Lycia et Pamphylia. Labels: historical
Word: somitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English soma Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English somite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English somitic From somite + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to a somite. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sonicator Part of Speech: noun 1. Any device that produces high-intensity ultrasound
Word: trinary star Part of Speech: noun 1. A stellar system that has three stars orbiting around each other; triple star.
Word: trinary stars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trinary star Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spacebased Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From space + based. 1. Alternative form of space-based. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spacegroup Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of space group. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: triple star Part of Speech: noun 1. Three stars which form a stellar system, such that they orbit the point of equilibrium of their gravitational fields; a trinary star. 2. Three stars that appear to be one when seen with the naked eye, either because they orbit one another (trinary stars) or happen to be in the same line of sight even though they are separated by a great distance.
Word: spectrotemporal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin speciō Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin spectrumbor. English spectrum English spectro- English temporal English spectrotemporal From spectro- + temporal. 1. Being a function of both time and frequency or wavelength Labels: not-comparable Example: The microphone signal was fed to a custom-made, real-time song recognizer that detected the first stereotypic syllable of song motifs using a two-layer neural network trained on spectrotemporal song data.
Word: triple stars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of triple star Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pantsless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-énts Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts? Proto-Hellenic *pánts Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs) Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn) Ancient Greek Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)der. Italian Pantalonebor. French pantalonbor. English pantaloon English pantaloons English pants Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English pantsless From pants + -less. 1. Alternative form of pantless. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: trouserless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English trouser Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English trouserless From trouser + -less. 1. Without trousers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: speedometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English speed Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der. Latin -metriader. Old French -métrieder. English -metry English speedometry From speed + -o- + -metry. 1. The measurement of speed Labels: uncountable