nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: retroduction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin retroducere, retroductum (“to lead or bring back”), from retro (“backward”) + ducere (“to lead”). 1. Synonym of abduction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Whereas retroduction involves one step, and deduction involves two, induction, as the third stage, involves three: classification, probationary argument, and appraisal of the probations. Example: Note that deduction and retroduction employ the same form of logical statement to determine either the post- or precondition, respectively. 2. A system of research or problem-solving based on abduction; A dialectic method of working from existing information to achieve a theory or from a desired outcome to achieve a design. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: This is the big advantage of retroduction; it is difficult the first time it is attempted, but with a little experience, you can select the designs more and more quickly. Most good designers perform retroduction without realizing it. Example: Elsewhere (Chiasson, 2005), I demonstrate that abduction can be considered an aspect of retroduction rather than as a synonym for it. 3. A leading or bringing back. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: On the subject of Planting, Mr. M. is of opinion that 'the offering premiums for the general increase of wood is going retrograde, or constributing towards a retroduction of uncultivated nature; instead of which, this country ought to be in a state of garden-like cultivation. Example: Touching the free introduction and retroduction of incomplete manufactures to be finished, or advanced, and then returned, a trade which has been very profitable to Germany.
Word: unnest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + nest. 1. To dislodge from a nest. 2. To separate objects that have been nested or placed one inside the other. Example: The eye unnested from the head, cannot see Example: She unnested the coffee cans and used the top one as an ashtray.
Word: unnesting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unnest Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unnests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unnest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: didelphid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + Ancient Greek δελφύς (delphús, “womb, uterus”) + -id. Pronunciation: /daɪˈdɛlfɪd/ 1. A member of Didelphidae; opossum
Word: didelphids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of didelphid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photopsy Part of Speech: noun 1. photopsia Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: xylophonically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From xylophonic + -ally. 1. As if by a xylophone. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: A fox trot idyl of the Orient, xylophonically told and played in excellent tempo. Example: […] while the dishes on the bed tray clinked xylophonically against one another.
Word: beslubber Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of beslobber. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Then straight she came to me, beslubber'd with tears, And told me she'd have me, if I'd cease her fears Example: He rolled to his feet, cursing at the coating of slime beslubbering his newly laundered jacket
Word: beslubbered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of beslubber Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: beslubbering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beslubber Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: beslubbers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of beslubber Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decylic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From decyl + -ic. 1. Relating to the decyl radical Labels: not-comparable
Word: home-speaking Part of Speech: noun 1. Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Our Saviour , […]was Lord to express his indoctrinating power in what sort himn best seemed ; sometimes by a mild and familiar converse ; sometimes with plain and impartiall home-speaking
Word: paradigmatics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paradigmatic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: humectation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin humectatio: compare French humectation. 1. moistening. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The cure of such an effect must be performed by two means, that is, evacuation and cooling with humectation. Example: That which is concreted by exsiccation or expression of humidity, will be resolved by humectification, as earth, dirt and clay.
Word: humectations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of humectation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inapprehensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + apprehensive. 1. Not apprehensive; regardless; unconcerned. Example: men become senseless of the evils of mankind , inapprehensive of the troubles of their brethren
Word: gynecian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. Of or relating to women. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: gynecian hospital
Word: Mussulmanic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Mussulman + -ic. 1. Muslim Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: astay Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + stay? Pronunciation: /əˈsteɪ/ 1. Of an anchor, such that in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water. Labels: not-comparable
Word: diaphanotype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek διαφανής (diaphanḗs, “transparent”) + -type. 1. A colour photograph produced by superimposing a translucent coloured positive over a strong uncoloured one. Labels: dated
Word: diaphanotypes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diaphanotype Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ingulfment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ingulf + -ment. 1. Archaic form of engulfment. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: ingulfments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ingulfment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interpoint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of interpunct Pronunciation: /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ˌpɔɪnt/ 1. Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.
Word: interpoint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + point. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈpɔɪnt/ 1. A small division or individual feature between others. Example: Creative brilliance is the interpoint between the being of unique motif becoming the artist in refined design. 2. A pause. Labels: obsolete
Word: interpoint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inter- + point. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈpɔɪnt/ 1. To mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Her heart commands, her words should pass out first, / And then her sighs should interpoint her words; / The whiles her eyes out into tears should burst.
Word: interpointed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of interpoint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: interpointing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of interpoint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: interpoints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interpoint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interpoints Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of interpoint Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gonimous Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia or gonimia, as that part of a lichen which contains the green or chlorophyll-bearing cells. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: exauthoration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin exauctoratio. 1. Deprivation of authority or dignity; degradation. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: exauctoration of the power of superiors
Word: subquadruple Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + quadruple. 1. Containing one part of four; in the ratio of one to four. Labels: not-comparable Example: As one of these under pulleys abates half of that heaviness of the weight, and causes the power to be in a subduple proportion; so two of them abate half of that which remains, and cause a subquadruple proportion, three a sextuple, four a suboctuple.
Word: orphaline Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of orpheline. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hask Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See hassock. 1. A basket made of flags or rushes, as for carrying fish. Labels: obsolete Example: But nowe ſadde Winter welked hath the day, / And Phœbus weary of his yerely taſ-ke: / Yſtabled hath his ſteedes in lowlye laye / And taken vp his ynne in Fiſhes haſ-ke. Example: The ioyfull Sunne, whom cloudy winters ſpight,/ Had ſhut from vs in watry fiſhes haske, / Returnes againe to lend the world his light
Word: hask Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of ask. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "You never mind me," returned the trainer, who had been carrying around a couple of spare footballs all the morning, as if afraid some one would steal them. "You just play your 'ardest, that's hall I hask of you."
Word: hasks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hask Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lomonite Part of Speech: noun 1. laumontite Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: thermobatteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thermobattery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thermobattery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thermo- + battery. 1. A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.
Word: haustellate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See Haustellata. 1. Having a haustellum, or sucking proboscis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: haustellate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Haustellata. 1. A haustellate insect. Example: Bees form part of that section of insects called mandibulate insects, i.e., insects which eat with jaws, in contradistinction to the haustellates, or insects which suck up liquid food through a trunk .
Word: haustellates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haustellate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nouch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See ouche. 1. An ouche; a jewel. Labels: obsolete
Word: nouches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nouch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semiquintile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + quintile. 1. An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.
Word: semiquintiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semiquintile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: collationed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of collation Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bogglish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From boggle + -ish. 1. Uncertain, doubtful; skittish Labels: rare Example: So, I’m feeling a bit bogglish or a bit skittish today. I’ve got lots of grown up stuff to do involving going places, talking to people and making ‘phone calls
Word: imparalleled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From im- + paralleled. 1. unparalleled Labels: obsolete
Word: lamprel Part of Speech: noun 1. The lamprey. Labels: obsolete
Word: lamprels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lamprel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scolopendrine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Scolopendra + -ine. 1. Belonging to, or pertaining to the Scolopendra, a genus of centipedes. Labels: archaic
Word: trichopterous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Trichoptera + -ous. 1. Of, pertaining to, or characterizing the Trichoptera.
Word: princehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pryncehood, princehode, princehod, princehed, equivalent to prince + -hood. 1. The state, quality, or condition of being a prince Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The rank or office of a prince Labels: countable, uncountable 3. princeliness Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: rectangled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rectangle + -ed. 1. rectangular Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: To find the Area of a Rectangled Quadrangle. We measure Areas, by the Superficies of any Square measure 2. tangled (from a rebracketing of "rectangle" as "rec tangle") Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: ravenala Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Ravenala, from Malagasy ravinala, from ravina (“leaf”) + ala (“forest”). 1. Any plant of the genus Ravenala.
Word: ravenalas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ravenala Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scioptics Part of Speech: noun 1. The art or process of exhibiting luminous images, especially those of external objects, in a darkened room, by arrangements of lenses or mirrors. Labels: uncountable
Word: isopepsin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + pepsin. 1. Pepsin modified by exposure to a temperature of 40 to 60°C. There is no evidence that this substance had any relevant characteristics. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: moted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mote + -ed. 1. Filled with motes, or fine floating dust. Labels: not-comparable Example: [B]ut most she loath'd the hour / When the thick-moted sunbeam lay / Athwart the chambers, and the day / Was sloping toward his western bower. Example: The still air/To her astonished gaze grew all instinct,/Moted with airy forms for ever drawn/Up, by some genial influence.
Word: ruthenious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ruthenium + -ous. 1. Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: populaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of populace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outtop Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of out-top. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: outtopped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outtop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outtopping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outtop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outtops Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outtop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: perisarc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peri- + Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”). 1. The outer hardened integument that covers most hydrozoan coelenterates.
Word: perisarcs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perisarc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inframaxillary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From infra- + maxillary. 1. Under the lower jaw; submaxillary. Labels: not-comparable Example: the inframaxillary nerve Example: inframaxillary plates 2. Of or pertaining to the lower jaw. Labels: not-comparable
Word: riotise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From riot + -ise. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌɪətʌɪz/ 1. Wild excess; revelry, riotousness. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Which stately manner whenas they did see, / The image of superfluous riotize, / Exceeding much the state of meane degree, / They greatly wondred whence so sumptuous guize / Might be maintayned […]
Word: enhunger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + hunger. 1. To make hungry. Labels: dated, literary, transitive Example: Those animal passions which vice had […] enhungered to feed on innocence and life. Example: February 1860, Dr. John C. Peters, "The Late Reforms in Pathology and Therapeutics", in Homoepathic Journal such small quantities of food as would enhunger, if not almost starve a hearty person
Word: enhungered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enhunger Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enhungering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enhunger Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enhungers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enhunger Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gib boom Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jib boom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gib booms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gib boom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperorganic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + organic. 1. Extremely organic. Labels: not-comparable Example: The still immanent or purely mental act of will : what for distinction's sake I would call the hyperorganic volition to move
Word: bihydroguret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + hydroguret. 1. A compound of two atoms of hydrogen with one atom of some other substance; a compound of two parts of hydrogen with one part of another substance (by weight or by volume). Labels: obsolete Example: bihydroguret of carbon Example: bihydroguret of phosphorus
Word: inscroll Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From in- + scroll. 1. To write on a scroll; to record. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Your answere had not beene inscrold. 2. to curl up like a scroll
Word: inscrolled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of inscroll Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: inscrolling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of inscroll Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inscrolls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of inscroll Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: refrainment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From refrain + -ment. 1. The act of refraining. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: oglio Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of olio. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: oglios Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oglio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cantonize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From canton + -ize. 1. To divide into cantons or small districts. Labels: transitive
Word: cantonized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cantonize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cantonizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cantonize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cantonizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cantonize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: displode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin displōdō, from dis- + plaudō. 1. To burst with a loud bang; to explode. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: disploding engines 2. To burst; to cause to explode. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: In posture to displode their second tire / Of thunder.
Word: disploded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of displode Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: displodes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of displode Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disploding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of displode Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: guiac Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of guaiac. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: intentation Part of Speech: noun 1. intention Labels: obsolete Example: intentation of the crime
Word: nascal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French nascale. 1. A kind of pessary of medicated wool or cotton. Labels: obsolete
Word: nascals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nascal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: somatical Part of Speech: adj 1. somatic Labels: archaic
Word: brokerly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From broker + -ly. 1. mean (money-pinching) or servile Labels: obsolete Example: A brokerly slave,
Word: sacerdotally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sacerdotal + -ly. 1. In a sacerdotal manner, in the manner of a priest. Example: 1720, Samuel Parker, Biblioteca Biblica, Oxford: William and John Innys, Volume I, Part 2, Occasional Annotation 30, “The Pillar of Jacob,” p. 608, […] first he Blessed the Place Sacerdotally, setting it apart by Solemn Rites for a Place of Divine Worship […] Example: Some ladies went a dozen times in the day to hear mass, but paid little attention to what was going on sacerdotally.
Word: white-heart Part of Speech: noun 1. A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
Word: white-hearts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of white-heart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: atmologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From atmology + -ist. 1. Someone versed in atmology.
Word: atmologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of atmologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetterous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tetter + -ous. 1. Having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter (the skin condition). Labels: obsolete Example: tetterous eruptions
Word: fatiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin fatifer, from fatum (“fate”) + ferre (“to bear, bring”). 1. Fate-bringing; deadly; destructive. Labels: formal, obsolete
Word: sermonet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sermon + -et. 1. A short sermon.
Word: sermonets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sermonet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: throw good money after bad Part of Speech: verb 1. To waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred. Labels: idiomatic
Word: nurn Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of norn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: astronomick Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From astronomy + -ick. 1. Obsolete spelling of astronomic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: agarick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of agaric. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: agrestick Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of agrestic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: aromatick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of aromatic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: For in the Rites of funeration they did use to anoint the dead body, with Aromatick Spices and Oyntments, before they buried them.
Word: aromatick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of aromatic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: bombastick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of bombastic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ecstatick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of ecstatic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: elastick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of elastic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: graphick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of graphic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: diabolified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of diabolify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: diabolifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of diabolify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: diabolify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin diabolus (“devil”) + -fy. 1. To ascribe diabolical qualities to; to change into, or represent as, a devil. Labels: transitive Example: a. 1658, Anthony Farindon, a sermon One faction turneth them againſt another; the Lutherane againſt the Calviniſt, and diabolifieth him
Word: diabolifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of diabolify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ichthyopterygium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin ichthyopterygium, from Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) + πτερύγιον (pterúgion, “fin”). By surface analysis, ichthyo- + pterygium. 1. fish fin. Labels: comparative, obsolete Example: As already stated, they are used more like limbs for walking than fins for swimming, but this physiological resemblance to the limbs of the higher animals is not borne out by a morphological one; the fin is an ichthyopterygium, and shows no tendency towards modification in the direction of a cheiropterygium. Example: […]whether the tetrapod limb be derived from an ichthyopterygium like that of the shark, or an archipterygium like that of Ceratodus, or a reduced archipterygium like that of Eusthenopteron[…]
Word: mingleable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mingle + -able. 1. That can be mingled. Labels: not-comparable Example: [T]he oyle of Turpentine, though a lighter Liquor then vvater, and not mingleable vvith it, does by leaning upon the Surface of the External vvater, preſs up the vvater vvithin the pipe, to a far greater height then that of the External vvater it ſelf: […]
Word: immixable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From im- + mixable. 1. Not mixable. Example: Get a glasse sphere , fill it with such liquors as may be clear of the same colour , immixable , such as are oyl of tartar , and spirit of wine
Word: retinea Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retineum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: idiotick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of idiotic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: retineum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin retineum, from Medieval Latin retina. By surface analysis, retin(a) + -eum. 1. Part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate, hypothetical membrane resembling the retina. Labels: archaic
Word: cerebrin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cerebrum + -in. 1. A non-phosphorized nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: metroscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From metro- + -scope. 1. A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterine souffles (not the dessert) during pregnancy. One part is inserted into the vagina, and the other into the ear. Labels: historical 2. Any of various other measuring devices, such as for thickness.
Word: metroscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metroscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonphosphorized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + phosphorized. 1. Not phosphorized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: phosphorless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phosphor + -less. 1. Without phosphor. Labels: not-comparable
Word: poetick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of poetic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ascetick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of ascetic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ascetick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of ascetic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: mimetick Part of Speech: adj 1. Rare spelling of mimetic. Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: Geocentric Coordinate Time Part of Speech: name 1. A coordinate time standard intended to be used as the independent variable of time for all calculations pertaining to precession, nutation, the Moon, and artificial satellites of the Earth, equivalent to the proper time experienced by a clock at rest in a coordinate frame co-moving with the center of the Earth. Example: In some recent papers (for example: Ashby and Bertotti 1983, 1984) the satellite motion is treated in the local inertial geocentric reference frame with geocentric coordinate time being an independent argument.
Word: now and again Part of Speech: adv 1. Synonym of occasionally, sometimes, intermittently. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: I still go swimming now and again, but not as often as when I was a child.
Word: muriated Part of Speech: adj 1. Put in brine. Labels: not-comparable Example: We purposely, and in transitu only , take notice here of the pickl'd , muriated , or otherwise prepared herbs 2. Combined or impregnated with muriatic acid (hydrochloric acid). Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: muriated lime 3. Prepared with silver chloride with the help of common salt. Labels: historical, not-comparable Example: muriated phorographic papers
Word: acceleratively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kel-der. Latin celer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin celerō Latin accelerō Latin accelerātuslbor. ▲ Latin accelerō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accelerātiōder. English accelerationbf. English accelerate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English accelerative Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English acceleratively From accelerative + -ly. 1. In an accelerative manner or context. Labels: not-comparable
Word: doxologize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From doxology + -ize. 1. To give praise to God with a doxology
Word: doxologized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of doxologize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: doxologizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of doxologize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: doxologizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of doxologize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: walty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare walt (“to roll”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːlti/, /ˈwɒlti/ 1. Liable to roll over; tippy. Labels: archaic Example: This ship is so crank and walty I fear our grave she will be!
Word: ironick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of ironic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: litrameter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek λῑ́τρᾱ (lī́trā, “a pound”) + -meter. 1. An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of liquids by the height to which they rise in vertical tubes under a definite air pressure.
Word: litrameters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of litrameter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chariotee Part of Speech: noun 1. A light, covered, four-wheeled carriage with two seats. Labels: historical
Word: chariotees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chariotee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peripatetick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of peripatetic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: That the Aristotelian Physiology cannot boast it-self the proper Author of any one Invention; is prægnant evidence of its infecundous deficiency: And 'twould puzzle the Schools to point at any considerable discovery, made by the direct, sole manuduction of Peripatetick Principles.
Word: peripatetick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of peripatetic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: deceptory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin deceptorius, from decipere. 1. deceptive Labels: archaic
Word: piperaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Piperaceae + -ous 1. Of or pertaining to the order of plants, Piperaceae, of which the pepper is the type. Labels: not-comparable
Word: arcual Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to an arc. Labels: not-comparable Example: arcual shape Example: arcual measure
Word: ouranography Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of uranography. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: disbench Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + bench. 1. To drive from a bench or seat. Labels: transitive Example: My words disbenched you not. 2. To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges. Labels: UK, transitive Example: The benchers also have the power to disbench and disbar for misconduct.
Word: disbenched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disbench Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disbenches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disbench Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disbenching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disbench Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: indamaged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + damaged. 1. Not damaged. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: indamaged Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From in- + damaged. 1. simple past and past participle of indamage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: infeoff Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of enfeoff. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [I]n February 1648, in a letter to [Thomas] Fairfax's secretary, [Robert] Overton expresses pleasure that the king's servants have been removed and suggests that it would 'prove a happy privation if the Father would please to dispossess him of three transitory kingdoms to infeoff him in an eternal one'. Example: [H]e alleged farther that his predecessors had been infeft, at the Conquest, in the lands of Alfric son of Wisgar, who was Lord of that Hundred, as may be read in Domesday Book by all persons.
Word: infeoffed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of infeoff Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: infeoffing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of infeoff Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: infeoffs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of infeoff Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: orchal Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of orchil. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: orchals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orchal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mope-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. short-sighted Labels: archaic Example: What a mope-eyed ass was I, I could not know her! Example: Don't grope around in the dark like the foolish, mope-eyed man - playing “blind man's-buff”, as it were, with your business interests
Word: outsaw Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of outsee Labels: form-of, past
Word: outsee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + see. 1. To see beyond Labels: transitive 2. to surpass in vision or foresight.
Word: outseeing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outsee Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outseen Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of outsee Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outsees Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outsee Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: endosarc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endo- + Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”). 1. Entoplasm. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: Geocentric Co-ordinate Time Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Geocentric Coordinate Time. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In 1991, the International Astronomical Union defined the Terrestrial Time (TT) in terms of the Geocentric Co-ordinate Time.
Word: I'm confused Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that the speaker is confounded by something.
Word: set the bar Part of Speech: verb 1. To set specific standards or expectations. Labels: idiomatic Example: to set the bar high; to set the bar low Example: She set the bar at an hour of exercise a day.
Word: rollicker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rollick + -er. 1. One who rollicks.
Word: atmidometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow. Example: We are likewise here presented with a very accurate account of an Atmometer, or Atmidometer, invented by the author
Word: atmidometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of atmidometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multocular Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of multiocular. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: determinabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of determinability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: determinability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From determine + -ability. 1. The quality of being determinable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One of the wisest of uninspired men has not hesitated to declare the dog a great mystery, on account of this dawning of a moral nature unaccompanied by any the least evidence of reason, in whichever of the two senses we interpret the word—whether as the practical reason, that is, the power of proposing an ultimate end, the determinability of the Will by ideas; or as the sciential reason, that is, the faculty of concluding universal and necessary truths from particular and contingent appearances. Example: This absolute determinability of our mind by abstractions [pg 057] is one of the cardinal facts in our human constitution. Polarizing and magnetizing us as they do, we turn towards them and from them, we seek them, hold them, hate them, bless them, just as if they were so many concrete beings.
Word: evomition Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of spewing forth i.e.vomiting, or erupting. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: An ass's head was placed so conveniently, that the party affected might easily with his mouth accost either of the animal's ears; which he was to apply close for a certain space, and by a fugitive faculty, peculiar to the ears of that animal, receive immediate benefit, either by eructation, or expiration, or evomition.
Word: bodiced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bodice + -ed. 1. Wearing or having a bodice. Labels: not-comparable Example: Braided is her hair, / Soft her look and modest, / Slim her little waist / Comfortably boddiced.
Word: biplicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin bi- (“twice”). Bailey (1736) suggests borrowing from Latin biplicitas, but this is not well attested. Compare duplicity, from Latin duplicare (“double”). 1. The state of being twice folded; reduplication. Labels: uncountable Example: […]that certain characteristic properties of the bacterial flagellum can be imitated in a wire coil model. These properties are: (1) the arc which is visible frequently at the end of a flagellum (Figs. 10 and 11), and (2) the phenomenon of “biplicity,” that is, the sudden appearance of one-half the usual pitch (Fig. 12). 2. Doubleness, the state of being double. Labels: uncountable Example: The integration and differentiation of vital function on the one hand, and the preparation and composition of food-material on the other hand form — as we will become fully aware further on — the two great divisions in the subject-matter of the science of organization, divisions corresponding to the fundamental biplicity of all advanced organization, its animal and its vegetative life. Example: He who reads them will see that Mr. Darwin by no means minces matters with Lyell[…] There may be a certain biplicity of kindness and courtesy in Mr. Darwin ; but there is no duplicity of his essential manhood and truth.
Word: stealingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From stealing + -ly. 1. By stealing (moving stealthily); furtively or sneakily Labels: not-comparable Example: if they were divers motions, they did so stealingly slip one into another as the latter part was ever in hand before the eye could discern the former was ended.
Word: bisilicate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + silicate. 1. A salt of metasilicic acid, in which the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is two to one. Example: bisilicate of lime/aluminia/magnesia
Word: bisilicates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bisilicate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ditrochee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin ditrochaeus, from Ancient Greek. 1. A double trochee; a metrical foot made up of two trochees.
Word: ditrochees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ditrochee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guiacum Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of guaiacum. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: evangelian Part of Speech: adj 1. Rendering thanks for favours. Labels: not-comparable Example: evangelian sacrifice
Word: espousement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Old French espousement. 1. betrothal; espousal. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: espousements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of espousement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: debruised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See debruise. Compare Old French debruisier (“to shatter, break”). Compare bruise. 1. Surmounted by an ordinary (or something else). Labels: not-comparable Example: A lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it. Example: The lion of England and the lilies of France without the baton sinister, under which, according to the laws of heraldry, they were debruised in token of his illegitimate birth.
Word: aneal Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of anneal. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of anele. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ticklenburg Part of Speech: noun 1. A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: ticklenburgs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ticklenburg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: civilizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From civilize + -er. 1. Someone or something that civilizes.
Word: civilizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of civilizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superchemical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + chemical. 1. Above or beyond chemistry; not explainable by chemical laws. Example: We trace physics and chemistry to a certain point, but as we pursue the investigation we find something superphysical and superchemical, or else a physics and a chemistry far higher than any we yet know.
Word: horopteric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From horopter + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the horopter. Labels: not-comparable
Word: orthomyxoviral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: orthomyxovirus + -al 1. Relating to the orthomyxoviruses. Labels: not-comparable
Word: orangeroot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From orange + root. 1. The plant goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis). Labels: uncountable
Word: devilship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From devil + -ship. 1. The character or person of a devil or Satan. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Thy airy devilship to remove From this circle here of love
Word: Romic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Rome + -ic. 1. A phonetic alphabet based on the Roman alphabet; a precursor of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Word: sidecasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sidecast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sidecasting Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of dumping excavated material alongside the line being excavated. Labels: uncountable
Word: twiggen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twig + -en (“made of”). 1. Made of twigs; wicker. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: But I'll beat the knave into a twiggen bottle.
Word: equivalue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From equi- + value. 1. The putting of an equal value upon
Word: equivalued Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of equivalue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: equivalues Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of equivalue Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rafte Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reave Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: When the French vaward was thus brought to confusion, the english archers rafte away their bowes, and tooke into their handes, axes, mastes, swords, billes, and other hand weapons Example: […]and Mounsieur Baccalaure the Ensigne bearer of Monsieur de Brion was slayne, and Hugh Earle of Pepoli, had his legge shot through with an harquebusse, the Frenche guidons were rafte and torne[…]
Word: odourants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of odourant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gnast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gnast, knast, from Old English *gnāst (“spark”) (attested in fȳrgnāst (“spark of fire”)), from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + Proto-Germanic *hnaistô (“spark”), perhaps from the ultimate (imitative) source of German knistern (“to crackle”). Cognate with German dialectal Ganster (“spark”), Danish gnist (“spark, sparkle”), Swedish gnista (“spark”), Icelandic gneisti, neisti (“spark”), German Gneis (“spark, gneiss”) (whence English gneiss). 1. A spark; a dying or dead spark, as of a snuffed candle. Labels: obsolete
Word: gnast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gnasten, gnaisten, from Old English *gnǣstan, from Proto-Germanic *gnaistijaną, causative of *gnīstijaną (“to grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneydh-, *gʰneyd- (“to gnaw, scratch, rub”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian knasterje (“to gnash”), German Low German gnatschen (“to knead, gnash”), German knastern (“to gnash”), Icelandic gnesta (“to crack”). 1. To gnash. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete
Word: correal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin corre(us) + English -al Pronunciation: /kəˈɹiːəl/ 1. Under joint obligation (applied to an obligation in which the parties are severally liable). Labels: Roman, not-comparable
Word: physicker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From physic + -er. 1. A physician; a doctor. Labels: colloquial, dated, dialectal
Word: physickers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of physicker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gomuti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay. 1. The palm tree Arenga pinnata. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The gomuti is the thickest of all the palms, but shorter than the coconut. It is readily distinguished from all other palms by its rude and wild aspect. 2. A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of palms of species Metroxylon sagu and Arenga pinnata (syn. Arenga saccharifera), of tropcial east Asia, and used for making cordage. Labels: uncountable Example: The Gomuti, from the trunks of the 'Arnaga Sacharifera,' [sic] is much used as a substitute for horsehair. Example: While he worked, I trussed the black's hands and feet with a piece of gomuti rope I found lying on the floor.
Word: galligu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Term used in Widnes (historically part of Lancashire), of unknown origin. Possibly onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic. 1. The insoluble waste products of the Leblanc process. Labels: uncountable Example: Most of what is now south-central Widnes is probably underlain by galligu[…] Example: Of the technical improvements in the Leblanc process, some of the most important were concerned with the treatment of galligu to recover sulphur.
Word: steelie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steel + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈstiːli/ 1. A zinc-coated steel one-cent (penny) coin, produced during World War II because of copper shortages. Labels: US Example: the jewel of his collection, a steelie from 1943 2. A steel bearing ball used as a marble. Example: the heaviest in his collection, an old steelie from the junkyard Example: The steelies were just balls of steel, industrially ugly and not part of most girls' collections. There were four sizes of marbles and we called them boulders, biggies, regulars, and teenies. 3. A steel wheel. Labels: colloquial Example: old Mopars wearing steelies with dog dishes 4. A steel-toe boot. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only, usually Example: Better wear your steelies when he's around. [implying that he is clumsy]
Word: steelies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of steelie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magicker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magic + -er. 1. One who does magic; a sorcerer or magician. Example: Better magickers were given fragments of the ball he'd rescued and used them as foci to deflect incoming shots. Example: Those who blasphemed in a holy place; those who spouted heresies; those who sought the services of a magicker[…]
Word: magickers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magicker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magickly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From magick + -ly. 1. In a magick manner.
Word: musicker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English musiker. Equivalent to music + -er (with -k- added to retain the “hard c”). Compare German Musiker etc. 1. A musician. Labels: colloquial, dated, dialectal
Word: musickers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of musicker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cylindroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cylinder + -oid. 1. A cylinder with elliptical cross-section. Example: The intrados of a simple vault is generally formed of the portion of the surface of a cylinder, cylindroid, or sphere, never greater than that of half the solid; and the springing lines of the coussinet, which terminate the walls from which the vault rises, are generally straight lines, parallel to the axis of the cylinder or cylindroid. 2. A certain three-dimensional surface described by a moving straight line, used to illustrate the motions of a rigid body and the forces that act upon it. 3. A ribbon-like mucous cast frequently found in the urine in cases of mild irritation of the kidney.
Word: cylindroids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cylindroid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: traitourly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From traitour + -ly. 1. Obsolete form of traitorly. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: traitourly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From traitour + -ly. 1. Obsolete form of traitorly. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: megaceros Part of Speech: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Ancient Greek, meaning "great horn". 1. Irish elk
Word: trewth Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of truth. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable, usually