nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pivotable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pivot + -able. 1. Capable of being pivoted. Example: Feist named the album “The Reminder” as “a pivotable riddle: something that could change and feed in and didn’t necessarily have a concrete point to it,” she more or less explained.
Word: intravitreous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + vitreous. 1. Within the vitreous humour of the eye Labels: not-comparable
Word: supertough Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + tough. 1. Exceptionally tough. Example: a supertough coating Example: A face that makes me look supertough in the minds of my fellow passengers.
Word: linearisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From linearise + -ation or linear + -isation. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of linearization. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: epagomenal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek αἱ ἐπαγόμεναι (ἡμέραι) (hai epagómenai (hēmérai), “the five additional days of the calendar of the Egyptians”), from ἐπάγω (epágō, “I bring in”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛpəˈɡɒmənəl/ 1. induced, provided Labels: not-comparable Example: The gods are immortal and therefore they are not born in the human social time of the year; they are born "outside" in the larger frame of the epagomenal days. Example: [The Ancient Egyptian calendar had] 12 months each 30 days long followed by five epagomenal days.
Word: flagbearer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of flag-bearer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: flagbearers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flagbearer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: futureworld Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From future + world. 1. A world with a futuristic appearance. Labels: rare Example: The overcast was solid, great plates of corrugated iron fused from horizon to horizon, and the streets glistened in the rain: a metallic futureworld.
Word: miniscreen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + screen. 1. A miniature screen. Example: With this phrase Hollywood war horses typically mean that stories are stories, and you can tell them on maxiscreens, miniscreens or fragments of screens fitted to the retina.
Word: miniscreens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miniscreen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minisatellites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minisatellite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minusculely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From minuscule + -ly. 1. In a minuscule manner.
Word: macrocell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + cell. 1. The largest and most powerful type of mobile phone cell.
Word: muleback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mule + back, after horseback. Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːlbak/ 1. The back of a mule. Labels: uncountable Example: A tiny, upright figure on muleback, she wore a hat of deep red, her auburn hair falling down about her shoulders.
Word: muleback Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From mule + back, after horseback. Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːlbak/ 1. On the back of a mule. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mulebacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muleback Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macrocells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macrocell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonblonde Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + blonde. 1. Not blonde. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonblonde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + blonde. 1. One who is not a blonde. Example: Our Miss Marple here is Danica Ashby (Laura Howard), a British nonblonde who keeps stumbling into American mysteries, including the overhyping of the prom, the unique frivolity of California girls and the hypocrisy of the soccer coach who resolves to show his opponents no mercy just before kneeling to pray.
Word: nonblondes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonblonde Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonbleaching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + bleaching. 1. That does not bleach. Labels: not-comparable
Word: maculopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macula + -o- + -pathy. Pronunciation: /ˌmækjʊˈlɒpəθi/ 1. Any disease of the macula of the eye. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: metaphyseal Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the metaphysis Labels: not-comparable
Word: maculopathies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maculopathy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metaphysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) + Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis, “growth”), equivalent to meta- + -physis. Pronunciation: /məˈtæfɪsɪs/ 1. The part of a long bone that grows during development. Labels: countable Example: In this ulna, the margins of the lytic lesion in the proximal metaphysis are fully corticated. 2. Change of form; transformation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: multicentred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + centred. 1. Having multiple centres 2. multicentric
Word: perioperatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From perioperative + -ly. 1. In a perioperative manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: Meronyms: preoperatively, postoperatively; presurgically, postsurgically
Word: polyspecific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + specific. 1. Pertaining to multiple species 2. Having multiple specificities
Word: risktaking Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of risk-taking. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: risktaking Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of risk-taking. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pseudonymized Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pseudonym + -ize + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of pseudonymize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pseudonymized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudonym + -ize + -ed. 1. Synonym of pseudonymous. Labels: not-comparable, usually
Word: pseudonymised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pseudonymise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pseudonymised Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of pseudonymized. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, usually
Word: bowling creases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bowling crease Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bowling averages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bowling average Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bull ropes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bull rope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: charlocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of charlock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: videmus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin vidēmus (“we see, observe”), the first-person plural present active indicative form of videō (“to see, observe”). 1. plural of video Labels: form-of, humorous, plural, rare Example: 2000, March 7: David Gruar, alt.uk.a-levels (Google group): revision, 9:00am > If the plural of frustrum is frustra, why isn’t the plural of sums sa? Perhaps it should be sumus. Just as the plural of video should be videmus. Example: 2000, April 10: David Gruar, alt.uk.a-levels (Google group): HELP- CAREER NEEDED, 8:00am I might watch several videmus, certainly. Perhaps before going to some discemus.
Word: sunkissed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sun + kissed. 1. Sunny (exposed to a high amount of sunlight). Example: Now Greece is making it easier for the rich and famous to fulfill their dreams by preparing to sell, or offering long-term leases on, some of its 6,000 sunkissed islands in a desperate attempt to repay its mountainous debts. 2. Rendered warm or brown due to exposure from the sun. 3. Having an attractive appearance from recent sun exposure, i.e. a slight tan, often a slight sunburn, and a radiant glow. 4. Of black descent. Labels: derogatory, euphemistic, offensive
Word: sun-kissed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of sunkissed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kissing gates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kissing gate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dynos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dyno Labels: form-of, plural
Word: finite verbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of finite verb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fine legs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fine leg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diegeses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diegesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: five-fors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of five-for Labels: form-of, plural
Word: greasy spoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of greasy spoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ionic liquids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ionic liquid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bastille Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English bastile, bastel (“fortification for attack mounted on a barge or wheels; projecting part of a fortification, bastion, turret; fortified encampment of a besieging army; structure carrying armed men on an elephant’s back; (figuratively) refuge, shelter; protector”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman bastile, bastille, Middle French bastille, and Old French baastel, basstel (“fortification; fortified tower; temporary fortification constructed for attack or defence; (small) castle or fortress”) (modern French bastille; compare Medieval Latin bastīle), from bastide (“fortification; fortress”) with the ending modified after nouns ending in -ille (from Latin -īle (suffix forming place names)). Bastide is derived from Old Occitan bastida (“fortification; (Provence) country mansion”), from bastir (“to build, construct”) + -ida (suffix forming nouns); while bastir is from *bastīre, from Frankish *bastijan (“to sew; to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *bast (“fibre; rope”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- ~ *bʰasḱ- (“bundle, heap, load”) but this is disputed. Compare typologically Russian опло́т (oplót), плете́нь (pleténʹ) (akin to плести́ (plestí)). Noun sense 2.1 (“jail or prison, especially one regarded as mistreating its prisoners”) is from the Bastille in Paris, France. Known in full as the Bastille Saint-Antoine, it was a former fortress used as a prison by the French monarchy in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Bastille was stormed by a crowd on 14 July 1789 at the start of the French Revolution and later demolished, becoming an important symbol for the French Republican movement. Noun sense 2.2 (“workhouse”) was possibly popularized by the English politician William Cobbett (1763–1835) who opposed the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 (4 & 5 William IV, chapter 76; often called the “New Poor Law”). This Act made relief or welfare for poor people only available through workhouses, and ensured that the working conditions were harsh so that only the truly destitute would apply for relief. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates Late Latin bastile (“wooden siege tower”), bastilla, bastillia, bastillus, bastellum (“fortification; wooden siege tower”) Pronunciation: /bæˈstiːl/, /bɑː-/, /ˈbæstɪl/, /ˈbɑː-/, [bæˈstɪəɫ] 1. To confine (someone or something) in, or as if in, a bastille (noun sense 2.1) or prison; to imprison. Labels: also, figuratively, transitive Example: Inſtead of forging Chains for Foreigners, / Baſtile thy Tutor: Grandeur All thy Aim? Example: [W]hy if you don't ſcamper, you'll be baſtil'd, before you can ſay, "Killarney."
Word: bastilles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bastille Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bastilles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bastille Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scriggle Part of Speech: verb 1. To squirm, wriggle or squiggle. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. To scribble, jot. Labels: rare
Word: scriggle Part of Speech: noun 1. A wriggling motion. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: bayans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bayan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bayanist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bayan + -ist. 1. A person who plays the bayan.
Word: bayanists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bayanist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subungal Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of subungual. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: acritochromacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄκριτος (ákritos, “indistinguishable”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -acy. 1. Color blindness, achromatopsia. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: Molieresque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Molière + -esque. 1. Reminiscent of Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622–1673), French playwright and actor.
Word: trinkly Part of Speech: adj 1. Tinkly Labels: rare Example: I went through my Madonna circa "Lucky Star" phase, with netted shirts, funky belts, and arms full of trinkly bracelets. Example: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AmAuAAAAIAAJ&q=%22trinkly%22&dq=%22trinkly%22&hl=en&ei=fLspTJe-CIKclge4_LTzAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAw (trinkly dulcimer)
Word: trinkle Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪŋkəl/ 1. To trickle. Labels: Scotland, rare 2. To tinkle. Labels: rare 3. To play piano, as in "tinkle the ivories." 4. To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper. Labels: obsolete Example: others of them have made it their business to trinkle with the members of parliament
Word: chinkle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variation of kinkle. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩/ 1. A turn or kink in a rope.
Word: chinkle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From chink + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩/ 1. To chink or jingle. Labels: intransitive, rare 2. To tinkle or cause to tinkle; to produce a continued chinking sound with. Labels: transitive Example: He chinkled the coins in his pocket.
Word: chinkle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chink + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩/ 1. A ringing sound of low volume. Labels: rare Example: Adare rang the bell. So still was the night that now the sighing in the room had stopped and the birds had settled down again in their tree, he could hear the chinkle of the bell, tossing on its wire in the kitchen fifty yards away, downstairs.
Word: strinkle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English strenkelen. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪŋkl̩/ 1. to sprinkle or scatter Labels: Scotland, ambitransitive, rare
Word: springle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spring + -le. 1. a trap to catch animals, using a spring mechanism. Labels: rare
Word: springle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spring + -le. 1. to sprinkle Labels: rare
Word: friggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From frig + -le (frequentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪɡəl/ 1. To wriggle. Labels: intransitive, rare 2. To fiddle, fumble, potter around. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive, rare
Word: swiggle Part of Speech: verb 1. to wriggle, wiggle or squirm Labels: rare 2. to drink to excess Labels: rare
Word: vidimus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin vidimus (“we have seen”). 1. A preliminary drawing of something to be designed and constructed. 2. An inspection or audit.
Word: betell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English betellen (“to tell about, calumniate”), from Old English betellan (“to speak about, answer, defend oneself against a charge or accusation”), equivalent to be- (“about, concerning”) + tell. 1. To speak or tell about; declare; narrate; describe. Labels: transitive Example: Occasionally we do see some short-line road whose track and equipment are kept in such good repair as to betell of exceptional prosperity; […] Example: Sid's face disappeared and one of his cursed Gods was glaring instead, through gouged-out sockets that betold of his having loved that which was denied him, a law that not even legends could do away with. 2. To speak for; answer for; justify. Labels: transitive 3. To lay claim to; win; rescue. Labels: transitive 4. To talk about negatively; slander; calumniate; deride; deceive. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: quasiexperimental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quasi- + experimental. 1. Describing a trial in which the assignment to a group is based upon an experimental condition Labels: not-comparable
Word: quasirandomised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quasi- + randomised. 1. Describing a trial in which a quasirandom method is used to assign participants to groups Labels: not-comparable
Word: radiobiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From radio- + biological. 1. Of or pertaining to radiobiology Labels: not-comparable
Word: reoperation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + operation. 1. A second or subsequent operation Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reoperations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reoperation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhegmatogenous Part of Speech: adj 1. Caused by a rhegma Labels: not-comparable
Word: rhegma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥῆγμα (rhêgma, “breaking, fracture”). Doublet of regma. 1. A rupture or fracture. 2. Alternative form of regma. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: serodiscordance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sero- + discordance. 1. The condition of being serodiscordant. Labels: uncountable Example: Poor knowledge of HIV serodiscordance, transmission, and prevention contribute to HIV transmission risk.
Word: serotypically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From serotypical + -ly. 1. In a serotypical manner Labels: not-comparable 2. With respect to a serotype Labels: not-comparable
Word: serotypical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sero- + typical. 1. Of or pertaining to serotypes Labels: not-comparable
Word: subanalyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subanalysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subfoveal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + foveal. 1. Underneath the fovea Labels: not-comparable
Word: subretinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + retinal. 1. Underneath the retina Labels: not-comparable
Word: subtrochanteric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + trochanteric. 1. Beneath the trochanter of the femur Labels: not-comparable
Word: trochanteric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trochanter + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌtrɒ.kənˈtɛrɪk/, /ˌtrə(ʊ)-/ 1. Of or pertaining to the trochanter of the femur Labels: not-comparable
Word: tachycardic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to, or exhibiting tachycardia Labels: not-comparable
Word: tranquillisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tranquillization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: tranquillization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tranquilize + -ation. 1. The act of tranquillizing; calming Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sclerotial Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to a sclerotium Labels: not-comparable
Word: unrefracted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + refracted. 1. Not refracted Labels: not-comparable
Word: roommatehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roommate + -hood. 1. The state of being a roommate. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Correct. You've passed the first barrier to roommatehood. You may enter.
Word: con games Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of con game Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moonburn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moon + burn, by analogy with sunburn. 1. A hypothetical burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to moonlight. Labels: countable, humorous, uncountable Example: Researchers say the light of the full moon causes the Earth to heat up, ever so slightly. "Moonburn is not a problem," climate expert Robert C. Balling said. Example: "Last night, the moon was so bright I could have gotten a moonburn," he says.
Word: financial year Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of fiscal year. Labels: UK Example: As yet, we don't know what the comparable figures will be like for the current financial year which ends in March 2022, but we can have a good stab at approximating them.
Word: financial years Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of financial year Labels: form-of, plural
Word: socialistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From socialistic + -ally. 1. in a socialist manner, like a socialist
Word: videnda Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of videndum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: videndum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. That which is to be seen. Example: We agree with Mr. Clarke regarding the videnda of European travel […] Example: […] Boorstin's (1987) caricature of the tourist as a cultural dope capturing tautologically on camera the sights that s(he) was told to see lay not so much in his stress on ocular-centric ritual as in the nature of the videndum.
Word: cosmotrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cosmotron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: précising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of précis Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: précised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of précis Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: harrowings of hell Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of harrowing of hell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dumble-dor Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of dumbledore. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: dumbledor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dumbledore. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dumble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probable variant of dimble. 1. A shady valley, a dingle; especially one with steep wooded sides and a stream running through it. Labels: Midlands Example: When a stream runs in a deep dell, particularly in clay districts, the steep banks and stream form what are called a “dumble” in Nottinghamshire. Example: Fine electric activity in sound came from the dumbles below the road, the birds piping one against the other, and water mysteriously plashing, issuing from the lake. 2. The club rush. Labels: East, Yorkshire Example: Recently Dr. K. J. Allison has come across a Leconfield lease of 1631 which included 'all the earl 's dumbles growing in Arram Carr' ? Example: In such circumstances it may well be that a natural pool would be enlarged or deepened or an artificial pond created to maintain a suitable habitat for the rush. Later archival references to the rush “dumbles" are for the River Hull valley.
Word: dumbles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dumble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dumble-dors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dumble-dor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dumbledors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dumbledor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Phan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Phish + fan. 1. A fan of the American rock band Phish. Labels: slang Example: Phish "phans" compile set lists, take notes on performances and tape-record everything from a section designated for them at each show. Example: But none were as crazy as this one -- when Phish's tie-dyed "Phans" danced in the aisles, sang along to the music and generally created a scene that recalled the Grateful Dead's glory daze.
Word: Phan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Phil + Dan. 1. The real-person fiction ship of YouTube personalities Daniel Howell and Phil Lester. Labels: slang Example: In 2017 Tumblr fandometrics identified that two of the ten most reblogged ships were RPF ships. YouTube vloggers Dan Howell and Phil Lester, whose ship portmanteau is Phan, […] Example: In hindsight, I now regret the errors of my ways (flashback to the time I was embarrassingly obsessed with Phan, the romantic pairing of YouTubers Daniel Howell and Phil Lester) as I find it uncomfortable to see people make the mistakes I once did.
Word: Phan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Phan. 1. A surname from Vietnamese
Word: Phan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hakka 潘 (pān). 1. A surname from Hakka
Word: catholicly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From catholic + -ly. 1. In a catholic manner
Word: custumal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin custumale (adjective, neuter form of custumalis), used as an adjectival noun. Attested to 1576. 1. A survey of a medieval English manor, listing each tenant and the customs under which the tenancy was held. Labels: historical Example: However, it may have been too unwieldy for a large and growing city, and its business therefore narrowed as the other courts developed. According to an early thirteenth-century custumal, there were three chief folkmoots a year: […]
Word: doronicum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. Pronunciation: /dəˈɹɒnɪkəm/ 1. Any of several plants of the genus Doronicum, including some called leopardsbane.
Word: downhaul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From down- + haul. 1. Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar. Example: The only sail that is wholly ours is the spanker. They control absolutely--sheets, halyards, clewlines, buntlines, braces, and down-hauls--every sail on the fore and main. We control the braces on the mizzen, although they control the canvas on the mizzen.
Word: infeudation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act, under the feudal system, of putting someone into possession of a fee or fief; enfeoffment. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: infibulate Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform infibulation (on)
Word: insignificancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From insignificant + -cy or insignificance + -y. 1. Lack of signification; meaninglessness. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. Unimportance, insignificance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The argument may fairly be extended to women; for, seldom occupied by serious business, the pursuit of pleasure gives that insignificancy to their character which renders the society of the great so insipid. 3. An insignificant person or thing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: invitatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin invitatorius. 1. Of or pertaining to an invitation
Word: invitatory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin invitatorius. 1. A psalm sung, as an invitation to prayer, at the beginning of some services
Word: laciniate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lacinia (“flap or edge of a garment”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ləˈsɪn.i.ət/ 1. Bordered with a fringe. Labels: not-comparable 2. Bordered with a fringe. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lackaday Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Univerbation with apheresis from the interjection "alack the day". 1. An expression of regret or grief. Labels: dated
Word: lophophore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lopho- + -phore. 1. A feeding organ of brachiopods, bryozoans and phoronids.
Word: modiolus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin modiolus (“wheel's hub”), diminutive of modius (“measure of grain”). 1. The central core of the cochlea 2. A chiasma of facial muscles held together by fibrous tissue
Word: negroni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian negroni, from surname Italian Negroni, from Italian negri (“black”) + Italian -oni (“(ablative) from, of”). The origin of the drink's name is disputed. The drink is most often said to be named after Count Camillo Negroni (1868–1934), who asked for an early form of this cocktail. Pronunciation: /nəˈɡɹoʊni/, /nɪˈɡɹəʊnɪ/ 1. A cocktail consisting of gin, Campari and vermouth, usually in equal parts. Example: The main item on the agenda was alcohol, not food. [Gavin] Ewart began with several negronis (gin, vermouth, Campari), which is not an amateur’s drink, and carried on from there. Example: A curly-haired 20-something sat down across the bar from us, opened a book, and ordered a bowl of olives and a negroni.
Word: palpus Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of pedipalp (“invertebrate appendage”).
Word: quillwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quill + work. 1. Decorative textile embellishment made from porcupine quills by certain Native Americans. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On the each end was a leanback made of willow rods tied together in a tapered trapezoidal form set at an angle. Covers of buffalo hide with the hair on and quillwork designs were draped over the leanback and bed surface.
Word: salmonoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From salmon + -oid. 1. Of or pertaining to the family Salmonidae of salmon and close relatives. Labels: not-comparable
Word: salmonoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From salmon + -oid. 1. Any of these fish. Example: The lake trout‐Lwhich need no populations of two salmonoids, lake trout and landlocked salmon. Example: One of his planned angling adventures is a float trip of nearly 100 miles down a wild stretch of the Zhang River in quest of various little-known trout and a salmonoid called the taimen, which can reach well over 100 pounds and live for more than a century.
Word: scarabaeid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “horned beetle”), via Latin scarabaeus. 1. Any beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (which includes stag- and dung-beetles).
Word: scarabaeoid Part of Speech: adj 1. Resembling a scarab. Labels: not-comparable 2. Resembling a scarab. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of or pertaining to beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 4. Of or pertaining to beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scarabaeoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any beetle of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Word: zenzizenzizenzic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Robert Recorde (as zenzizenzizenzike) in his 1557 mathematics book The Whetstone of Witte, from the root word zenzic. 1. The eighth power of a number. Labels: no-plural, obsolete Example: From this and the word cube, various denominations of powers were formed, as zenzi-cubic for sixth, zenzizenzizenzic for eighth, &c., from which we are now happily delivered. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:zenzizenzizenzic.
Word: scarfskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare scurf. 1. The epidermis, the outermost layer of skin, especially that which forms the cuticle of a nail. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: sclerotin Part of Speech: noun 1. The crosslinked protein component of the cuticles of insects.
Word: shellwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shell + work. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛlwɜː(ɹ)k/ 1. A form of decoration made from shells arranged in a pattern. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The making of objects from shells. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shelterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shelter + -er. 1. A person who takes shelter. Example: As the downpour began, I joined the other shelterers under the tree. Example: With the intensification of air raids on London last September, these tube platforms began to be used as an air raid shelter, and shelterers travelled by train (specially stopped there) from other stations in order to gain access. 2. A person who provides shelter.
Word: shelterwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shelter + wood. 1. Mature trees left standing to provide shelter to new saplings. Labels: uncountable
Word: sheltron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *dóru From Middle English scheltroun, sheltroun (“group of soldiers or army in fighting formation, phalanx; battle, fighting; group of warships, fleet; (by extension) line or row of bones”) [and other forms], from Old English sċieldtruma (“company of soldiers, phalanx; covering; shed, shelter; tortoise”) [and other forms], from sċield (“shield; (figuratively) protection”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut; to separate, split”)) + truma (“band or troop of men”) (possibly from trum (“firm, strong; stable, steadfast”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“firm, hard, solid; strong; tree”), *dóru (“tree”)). Doublet of shelter (which is the less conservative of the two). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛltɹən/ 1. A compact body of troops forming a battle array or phalanx, especially such a body of Scottish troops armed with pikes during the Wars of Scottish Independence in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. Labels: historical Example: The ſheltron of the foremen of the fyrſt ſort, ſhalbe ſet in the ryght corner, and wete thou well that cohort is not ellis but the numbre of fyfty hundred knyghtis, and eṽry legion is ten comportes. Than as I ſaid before, the ſheltron of foremen of the fyrſt cohort, ſhude be ſet in the fyr[ſ]t corner of the ſheldron, and to hem the ſecunde cohort ſhalbe joined. [From an anonymous English translation of Vigetus de re Militari.] Example: As the group tops a crest, there is a skip of panic among them, and they instinctively cluster around the youngest, a schiltrom of hooves and teeth.
Word: tylopod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τύλη (túlē, “knob, hump”) + -pod (“foot”). 1. Any even-toed ungulate mammal, of the suborder Tylopoda, including the camels.
Word: watchfire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From watch + fire. 1. A fire maintained during the night by people keeping watch. Example: Several praus went out in search of the pirates, sentinels were appointed, and watch-fires lighted on the beach to guard against the possibility of a night attack, though it was hardly thought they would be bold enough to attempt to plunder Dobbo.
Word: preocclusion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + occlusion. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiː.əˈkluː.ʒən/ 1. Prior to occlusion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: preocclusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + occlusion. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiː.əˈkluː.ʒən/ 1. The (phonological process, seen for example in Manx, of) insertion of a short stop before a sonorant, such as a [d] before an [n] or [l] (resulting in the preoccluded consonants [ᵈn] and [ᵈl]). Labels: uncountable
Word: cuchifritos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cuchifrito Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shigellas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shigella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shigellae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shigella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pensionnaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French pensionnaire, pensionaire. 1. Someone receiving a pension. Labels: obsolete 2. Someone who boards at a lodging-house, school, or other institution; a boarder, especially in France or other European countries. Example: [H]e found she had not taken the veil; but her mother being lately dead, had entered as a pensionaire, until her family-affairs could be adjusted. 3. A junior member of the Comédie Française.
Word: pensionnaires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pensionnaire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autogating Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + gating. 1. A feature of military image intensifier tubes where the amount of light reaching the intensifier is automatically gated so that bright lights do not damage the unit. Labels: uncountable
Word: autogated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auto- + gated. 1. Having the autogating feature. Labels: not-comparable
Word: autodetect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From auto- + detect. 1. To detect automatically. Labels: transitive Example: The computer failed to autodetect my new printer, so I had to install its software manually. Example: system is in an un-failed state or an autodetected failed state
Word: autodetecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of autodetect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: autodetects Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of autodetect Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: autodetected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of autodetect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: autodeletion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + deletion. 1. Automatic deletion; the process of autodeleting. Labels: uncountable Example: Many BBS features are also available, including autodeletion of old messages. Example: This is no different from the way you handle autodeletion in any other public folder.
Word: tricae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trica Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aptychus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modern Latin, from a- + Ancient Greek πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold, layer”). 1. A hard calcareous plate forming part of the body of an ammonite. Example: It wasn't until the 1970s that paleontologists had amassed enough evidence to be certain that aptychi were modified lower jaws.
Word: aptychi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aptychus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bevatron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From BeV + -a- + -tron. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛv.əˌtɹɒn/, /ˈbɛv.əˌtɹɑn/ 1. A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts. Example: Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence, the inventor of the cyclotron, revealed the plans for one of these machines recently at the Sheffield centennial at Yale. It will be called a bevatron. Example: By pursuing this option her physicists had the best of both worlds: they could have access to a bevatron without disrupting their domestic programme.
Word: bevatrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bevatron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anchor ice Part of Speech: noun 1. Submerged ice anchored to the bottom of a river etc., irrespective of how it formed. Labels: uncountable
Word: anthropodicies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anthropodicy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue-nosed Part of Speech: adj 1. priggish 2. A person from Nova Scotia.
Word: acausally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From acausal + -ly or a- + causally. 1. Without a cause. Labels: not-comparable Example: Particles in the quantum realm seem to move about acausally in a purely random and statistical fashion.
Word: Binkie Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbɪŋki/ 1. A pet name. Example: "Come out and see," he said. Binkie made a face and withdrew from the window. Example: 'Not on your life,' she said. Binkie pleaded. He made her a promise. If Bea played on the first night he'd release Ambrosine from the deal.
Word: blow-off Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from blow off. 1. Alternative spelling of blowoff. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brehons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brehon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baby steps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baby step Labels: form-of, plural
Word: binderless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From binder + -less. 1. Without the use of a (chemical) binder. Labels: not-comparable
Word: turbanless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From turban + -less. 1. Without a turban. Labels: not-comparable Example: The undergrowth parted and gave up Abdul Gafur, turbanless, shoeless, with his waist-cloth unbound, mud and grass in his clutched hands, and his face purple.
Word: bromatology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βρῶμα (brôma, “food”); and -λογία (-logía, “-logy”). Pronunciation: /bɹəʊməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The study of food. Labels: uncountable
Word: bromatological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bromatology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to bromatology Labels: not-comparable
Word: Nibiru Part of Speech: name 1. A supposed planet in a highly elliptic orbit around the Sun.
Word: one-up-one-down Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional house with one room upstairs and one room downstairs. Labels: UK
Word: one-up-one-downs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of one-up-one-down Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin patera. 1. A broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in ritual contexts such as libations. 2. A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes etc. 3. The caldera or crater (dish-shaped depression) atop a volcano, especially an extraterrestrial one; also used in the names of extraterrestrial volcanoes which have such a caldera. Example: What caused the transitions from explosive to effusive volcanism in the Circum-Hellas Volcanic Province generally and during the eruptive lifetimes of individual highland patera volcanoes? Example: Note that the eroded plains materials to the right of the patera show no signs of individual lava flows.
Word: paterae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photocarcinogenicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + carcinogenicity. 1. The state or condition of being photocarcinogenic. Labels: uncountable
Word: phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide + synthase 1. An enzyme in purine biosynthesis that uses ATP and aspartate to convert CAIR into SAICAR, helping cells produce the building blocks for DNA, RNA, and ATP. Labels: uncountable Example: Crystals of phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase (EC 6.3.2.6) from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae were grown by the vapor diffusion hanging-drop technique, using ammonium sulfate as the precipitant.
Word: plankwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From plank + -wise. 1. Across the grain, not parallel to it. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tyrannic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /tɪˈɹæ.nɪk/ 1. Tyrannical. Labels: dated Example: The meek intelligence of thoſe dear eyes / (Bleſt be the art that can immortalize, / The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim / To quench it) here ſhines on me ſtill the ſame.
Word: phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phosphoribosyl + formyl + glycinamidine. 1. A key biochemical intermediate in the synthesis of purine nucleotides. Labels: uncountable
Word: phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase Part of Speech: noun 1. An enzyme involved in purine synthesis. Labels: uncountable
Word: phosphoribosylaminoimidazole synthetase Part of Speech: noun 1. An enzyme involved in nucleotide synthesis, catalyzing the conversion of 5'-phosphoribosyl-5-aminoimidazole into 5-phosphoribosyl-4-carboxy-5-aminoimidazole. Labels: uncountable
Word: Pickwickian syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, one of whose characters is a sleepy fat boy. 1. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome. Labels: uncountable
Word: left-drag Part of Speech: verb 1. To drag an item using the left mouse button. Labels: transitive
Word: right-drag Part of Speech: verb 1. To drag an item using the right mouse button. Labels: transitive
Word: nonparthenogenetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + parthenogenetic. 1. Not parthenogenetic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: arrowing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of arrow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: speleologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From speleological + -ly. 1. as a speleologist, in a speleological manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: conformality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From conformal + -ity. 1. The condition (of a map) of being conformal. Labels: uncountable
Word: decryptable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From decrypt + -able. Pronunciation: [dɪˈkɹɪptəbəɫ] 1. Able to be decrypted Labels: not-comparable
Word: interarm Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + arm. 1. Between arms of a spiral galaxy. Labels: not-comparable 2. Between arms (used especially to describe the difference in measured blood pressure when measured in each arm). Labels: not-comparable
Word: interladder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + ladder. 1. Between ladders of a semiconductor lattice Labels: not-comparable
Word: modularly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From modular + -ly. 1. In a modular manner. Example: in case of remote operations the rig can be easily re-designed to be modularly helitransportable.
Word: overconstrain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin cōnstringōder. Old French constreindrebor. Middle English constreinen English constrain English overconstrain From over- + constrain. 1. To apply excessive constraints (to).
Word: picokelvin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pico- + kelvin. 1. A unit of temperature equal to 10⁻¹² of a kelvin
Word: polarisabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polarisability; Alternative spelling of polarizabilities. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subarcsecond Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + arcsecond. 1. Describing an angle having a value less than one arcsecond Labels: not-comparable
Word: subcondensates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subcondensate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dungeonesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dungeon + -esque. 1. Reminiscent of a dungeon. Example: There was a heavy table in one corner of the dungeonesque place, on which were a number of books and papers.
Word: thermoconversion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thermo- + conversion. 1. conversion by means of heat Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: unravelings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unraveling; Alternative spelling of unravellings. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nannygate Part of Speech: name Etymology: From nanny + -gate. 1. Any of various political scandals involving the hired nannies of politicians, e.g. where taxes are unpaid or a visa not obtained. Example: There are many forms of disorder. Street life is only one. Tax evasion, "Nannygates," political corruption: these forms of disorder—disorder that we experience as much as we do street life—are somehow different. They are not central to the broken windows hypothesis.
Word: whitherever Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From whither + ever. 1. To wherever; to whatever place. Labels: formal, not-comparable
Word: fall webworm Part of Speech: noun 1. Hyphantria cunea, a moth in the family Arctiidae known principally for its larval stage, which creates characteristic webbed nests on a wide variety of hardwood trees in the late summer and fall.
Word: unnature Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + nature. 1. To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: A right heavenly nature, indeed, as it were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them [the elements].
Word: unnature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + nature. 1. That which is contrary to nature; the unnatural. Labels: uncountable Example: So as to be rather unnature, after all, than nature.
Word: unnaturing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unnature Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unnatures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unnature Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unnatured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unnature Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: upstartle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + startle. 1. To cause to rise up in startlement. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: upstartling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of upstartle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: them's the breaks Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From break in the sense “stroke of luck” (compare tough break, lucky break). 1. That is the way things happen; that's life. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: And I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world. But them’s the breaks.
Word: thiaburimamide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thia- + burimamide. 1. A compound formed by adding a sulfide group close to the imidazole ring of burimamide. Labels: uncountable
Word: outcasted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outcaste Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outcasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outcast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of outcaste Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outcasting Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of casting out; expulsion. Example: Etymological figures are sundry kinds of changings, and outcastings, or onsettings, of breathsounds and clippings, in the forms of words.
Word: sunrise period Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sunrise + period. 1. The period of time at the launch of a new top-level domain or second-level domain during which trademark owners may register domain names containing their trademarks (to prevent cybersquatting). Labels: Internet
Word: trinitrocresol Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several isomeric trinitro derivatives of cresol; the commercial mixture was once used as an antiseptic
Word: trinitroglycerin Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of nitroglycerine. Labels: uncountable