nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: strongside Part of Speech: adj Etymology: strong + side 1. Of or pertaining to the strongside linebacker position, which typically lines up across from the tight end Labels: not-comparable Example: Bradley might push for playing time right away at the strongside linebacker spot.
Word: stratospherically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English stratospheric Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English stratospherically From stratospheric + -ally. 1. In a stratospheric manner, or to a stratospheric degree. Example: It is no coincidence that when chefs Bocuse and Vergé organised a stratospherically expensive Mediterranean cruise […] they called on the skills of their friend Lenôtre to produce Bocuse's legendary truffle soup. Example: Being forgotten is the fate of most SCP Foundation employees, due only in part to the invisibility of their work. At Site-43, where the community is close-knit, the staffbase relatively humane, and a well-trafficked hallway is set aside for portraits of past local notables, the problem is somewhat attenuated. But memeticists, countermemeticists and antimemeticists face high, very high, and stratospherically high odds, respectively, of being forgotten while they're still around. Amnestic effects have a way of rubbing off on you over time, and there are enough identophagic, obfuscatory or predatorily erasive entities dwelling at the edge of perception that every bit of visual reinforcement helps to underline one's continued existence. 2. By way of or in regard to the stratosphere.
Word: stewarding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of steward Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: staredown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stare + down. 1. A game or confrontation in which two individuals intently gaze at each other, until the other individual is forced to blink or turn away. Labels: informal 2. A confrontation in which each party waits for the other to yield. Labels: idiomatic Example: Since then, Stephon, 31, and the Knicks have been locked in a staredown regarding the cost of a potential buyout.
Word: staredowns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of staredown Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English squish Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English squishable From squish + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɪʃəbəl/ 1. Able to be squished or compressed Example: To use a very unscientific term, the earth is squishable. Example: On group trips, we like to bring a squishable football. It's light (just a few ounces), packable, and universally popular: Who doesn't love a game of two-hand touch in the great outdoors?
Word: squawky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From squawk + -y. 1. Resembling a squawk; raw and grating Example: It’s impossible to find the center of a Hella song, which explodes in multidirectional streaks of percussion and squawky guitar like a Jackson Pollock painting. 2. Making squawking sounds. Example: a squawky chicken
Word: spectatorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English spectator Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English spectatorship From spectator + -ship. 1. The state or quality of being a spectator Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His sporting enthusiasms had already embraced yachting, coaching, fencing, and spectatorship at boxing-matches, cock-fights, dog-fights, and rat-baitings. Example: Once again, spectacle and spectator become confused, although here spectatorship becomes anything but passive[…].
Word: spoonable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English spoon Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English spoonable From spoon + -able. 1. Able to be dipped into with a spoon. Example: The batter should be spoonable but not pourable, essentially vegetables just moist enough to hold together.
Word: specifiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English specify Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English specifiable From specify + -able. 1. Able to be specified Example: Malament’s suggestion […] provides a striking example of how close the descriptive content of the two theories is in at least one precisely specifiable sense.
Word: spacewalkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spacewalker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spacewalker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From space + walker. Analyzable as spacewalk + -er. 1. An astronaut engaging in a space walk or other activity outside the spacecraft. Example: NASA has spacewalkers periodically look at their gloves, since the discovery of a cut in a glove used by an astronaut during the last shuttle mission. Example: Mr. Clooney, as a veteran spacewalker, with his resonant voice and folksy yarns, seems to be channeling every imperturbable astronaut you ever heard speaking from on high.
Word: sonofusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os Latin sonus English sono- English fusion English sonofusion From sono- + fusion. 1. A nuclear fusion reaction hypothesized to occur during sonoluminescence. Labels: uncountable Example: Up to now, Purdue has focused on two scientific papers published in 2005 that Dr. Taleyarkhan hailed as independent confirmation of his sonofusion results.
Word: songcraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From song + -craft, sometimes after Old English sangcræft (“singing, poetry; music”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɒŋkɹɑːft/, /ˈsɔŋkɹæft/, /sɑŋ-/ 1. The practice or skill of crafting or composing songs. Labels: uncountable Example: The purpose of the anecdote is to show the bold recklessness of the warrior, who could amuse himself with his song-craft in the very face of the enemy. Example: Pause by some neglected graveyard, / For a while to muse, and ponder / On a half-effaced inscription, / Written with little skill of song-craft, / Homely phrases, but each letter / Full of hope, and yet of heart-break, / Full of all the tender pathos / Of the Here and Hereafter;— / Stay and read this rude inscription, / Read this Song of Hiawatha!
Word: sonero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish sonero. Pronunciation: /səˈnɛəɹəʊ/ 1. An improvising lead singer in salsa music Example: This annual concert at Madison Square Garden features two salsa giants: Victor Manuelle, a leading young sonero, or improvising singer, who is not above dipping into reggaetón to score a hit, and Gilberto Santa Rosa, an unswerving traditionalist for three decades.
Word: soneros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sonero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish snus. Pronunciation: /snuːs/ 1. A type of tobacco snuff consumed in the form of a moist powder which is placed under the (usually upper) lip, without chewing, for extended periods of time. Labels: uncountable
Word: stewarded Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: stewarded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of steward Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sectionals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sectional Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semiconsciousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English semiconscious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English semiconsciousness From semiconscious + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being semiconscious, neither unconscious nor fully aware Labels: uncountable Example: With Mr. Corzine in a state of semiconsciousness, Richard J. Codey, the president of the State Senate, is serving as acting governor.
Word: selectwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From select + woman. 1. A female selectperson. Example: Near-synonyms: selectperson, selectman, councilperson, councilwoman, councilman Example: “She buys up everything that’s in her view,” said Ruth Epstein, the first selectwoman of Kent.
Word: seitan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Romaji of the Japanese セイタン which was coined by philosopher George Ohsawa in 1961. Ohsawa also occasionally used the kanji term 生蛋 from 生 (“fresh; raw”) and 蛋, the first character in 蛋白 (tanpaku, “protein”). In Japan, wheat gluten itself is usually referred to as 麩 (fu, “wheat bran, gluten”), while seitan in particular is generally written in katakana as セイタン. Another common term for this is グルテンミート (“gluten meat”). Pronunciation: /ˈseɪtən/, /ˈseɪtɑːn/, /ˈseɪtæn/ 1. Specially processed wheat gluten, used as a protein-rich food. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Pan-simmer baked seitan cutlets in Basic Broth (page 20) or other seasoned stock for 15 minutes. Example: Fifty people […] ordered from a diverse menu that included vegan options like wheatgrass shots ($4) and seitan cutlets ($16).
Word: selectwomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of selectwoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semiregular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English regular English semiregular From semi- + regular. 1. Somewhat regular; occasional. Labels: not-comparable Example: Although Lester must still see doctors on a semiregular basis for checkups, his health has returned to normal. 2. Whose regular open sets form a base. Labels: not-comparable Example: A space is semiregular iff the regularly open sets (3D) form a base for the topology.[…]Every space X can be embedded in a semiregular space. 3. Uniform (isogonal and isotoxal) with regular faces of two or more types, such that each vertex is surrounded by the same polygons in the same order. Labels: not-comparable Example: It will be seen below that this semiregular polyhedron is of importance in its relationship to periodic minimal surfaces serving as a conceptual reference. Example: In a semiregular tessellation, there is an isometry of the plane carrying any vertex to any other vertex.
Word: semiserious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Italic *sēros Latin sērus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius ? Proto-Indo-European *swer- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *swerjos? Latin sērius Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Medieval Latin sēriōsus Old French serieuxbor. Middle English seryows English serious English semiserious From semi- + serious. 1. somewhat or partially serious Labels: not-comparable Example: Rosenblum's semiserious survey of dogs in art illustrates major cultural and social changes over the centuries.
Word: shamanistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Tungusic *samān Evenki сама̄н (samān)bor. Russian шама́н (šamán)bor. German Schamanebor. English shaman Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English shamanistic From shaman + -istic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of shamanism. Example: From Christ to the Fisher King of the Grail legends, the man suffering from a magical wound is no ordinary man; he is the man who has transcended the duality of sexuality, the man with a vulva, the shamanistic androgyne. Example: There are an estimated 300 shamanistic temples within an hour of Seoul’s bustling city center, and in them, shamans perform their clamorous ceremonies every day.
Word: sermonizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sermon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sermonize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sermonizer From sermonize + -er. 1. A preacher; one who delivers sermons Example: Before long, Jansson[…]had acquired a reputation as a riveting sermonizer.
Word: sermonizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sermonizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shushers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shusher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shusher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shush + -er. 1. Someone who shushes, insisting on silence Example: Aren’t they supposed to be bespectacled women with a love of classic books and a perpetual annoyance with talkative patrons — the ultimate humorless shushers?
Word: shorefront Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shore + -front. 1. The area fronting on a coastline.
Word: shorefront Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shore + -front. 1. Of property or real estate: adjacent to the shore. Labels: not-comparable Example: A small trailer with a sign out front was advertising Beachtown, a New Urbanist community of pastel-colored shorefront homes.
Word: shorefronts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shorefront Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sheerly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English schyrly, equivalent to sheer + -ly. 1. Absolutely; purely; quite. Example: It had amused the blind man to accept the invitation to give the annual Stalworthy lecture, as it frequently did amuse him to do unexpected things—sheerly to experience—but more than once before he was through the unentertaining business he cursed the moment of good-natured assent. Example: On a sheerly technical plane, the projections used for the backgrounds were very effective, particularly in the third act, where a sunset faded most convincingly. 2. At a very steep angle; precipitously. Example: The pit dropped sheerly from my feet, but a little way along, the rubbish afforded a practicable slope to the summit of the ruins. 3. At once. Labels: obsolete
Word: shticky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shtick + -y. 1. Having a pronounced shtick; gimmicky. Example: So I handed out lyrics by Allan Sherman, the shticky 1960s parody writer who my father revered and channeled to the end.
Word: snoozy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From snooze + -y. 1. Sleep-inducing; tedious. Labels: informal Example: While the basic automatic-transmission 528xi takes a snoozy 7.6 seconds to reach 60 miles an hour, the 535xi blazes there in 5.6 seconds, a remarkable two-second advantage. 2. Sleepy; drowsy. Labels: informal Example: She places the snoozy child in the car seat at her feet.
Word: skylighted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From skylight + -ed. 1. Furnished with one or more skylights. Labels: not-comparable Example: The court, with its burbling fountain, is […] a vast, skylighted, airy new public space, chilly with all the newly scrubbed marble and naked light but aptly lofty.
Word: snoozier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of snoozy: more snoozy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: snooziest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of snoozy: most snoozy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: record charts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of record chart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slopeside Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English slope Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side English slopeside From slope + -side. 1. Located on or near a ski slope. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the Green Mountains of north-central Vermont, this project is the first slopeside development in Stowe, the center of a resort area long popular with weekenders — especially in winter.
Word: slopeside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English slope Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side English slopeside From slope + -side. 1. The side of a slope. Example: There were still few trees, but the slopesides seemed very steep, and plastered over them were the patterned patches of Indian farms! Example: As roots clutch the gully soil and cling to the slopesides.
Word: tokening Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tokenyng, *taknand, from Old English tācniende, from Proto-Germanic *taiknōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *taiknōną (“to mark, denote, indicate”), equivalent to token + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of token Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tokening Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tokning, takning, from Old English tācnung (“signification, indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom”), equivalent to token + -ing. 1. The act or process of marking or designating. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A token, sign, or proof. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. That which a thing betokens; meaning, interpretation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: transvaginal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English vaginal English transvaginal From trans- + vaginal. 1. Through the vagina Labels: not-comparable
Word: tokened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of token Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wraithlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English wraith Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English wraithlike From wraith + -like. 1. Resembling a wraith; ghostly. Example: Beyond the hut a clump of myalls loomed spectral and wraith-like, and round them a gang of crows cawed noisily, irreverent of the great silence. Example: The sight of them [the Grampians] as we crossed the viaduct over the North Esk I am not likely to forget. After a night of snow, they hung wraith-like across the sky, exquisitely beautiful in the greyness of winter dawn.
Word: wrister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wrist + -er. 1. A wrist shot, a shot made primarily with a wrist motion Example: The opening goal, a wrister by Cal Clutterbuck over Pogge's shoulder from 30 feet out, was certainly one he'd like back. 2. A knitted wrist covering Labels: US, dated
Word: wristers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wrister Labels: form-of, plural
Word: worksite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From work + site. 1. A site where work occurs; usually used in reference to construction work. Example: Earlier yesterday, Harper attended a tightly controlled "photo opportunity" at a home renovation worksite to highlight his proposed measure of tax credits to stimulate the construction industry. Example: It's easy to miss things. After all, this is a massive project that's around 124 miles long and which contains dozens and dozens of worksites (large and small) covering a whole range of activities.
Word: worksites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of worksite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: worklessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English workless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English worklessness From workless + -ness. 1. The state of being without paid work. Labels: UK, uncountable Example: The majority come from circumstances where worklessness is embedded, and placements need to incorporate some element of mentoring if these individuals are to develop the life skills necessary to sustain a career.
Word: wishfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wishful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English wishfulness From wishful + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being wishful. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: She asked her little question with something of the softness of her old manner, with something of the longing loving wishfulness which used to make so many of her questions sweet to her mother’s ears. Example: [The film American Madness] simply hit too close to home for audiences in 1932: the wishfulness of its happy ending could not compensate for the familiarity of its painful subject. 2. Wishful thinking. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: For the long lost glories, that never in fact existed save in the wishfulness of their brains, were being remembered with a reality as vivid, if not more so, as truth itself. Example: […] Gov. Eliot Spitzer has made New York the latest state to travel down a murky legal road, to a place where laws are made not in response to facts, but to wishfulness and fear.
Word: translesion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + lesion. 1. Extending across a lesion, often specifically a damaged section of DNA Labels: not-comparable
Word: winegrowing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wine + growing. 1. Synonym of viticulture (“the cultivation of grape vines for wine production”). Labels: uncountable Example: Nine riders […] dropped out with injuries sustained in two crashes during the 136km trip from suburban Adelaide through the Clare Valley winegrowing region to Victor Harbour on the coast.
Word: wicketless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English wicket Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English wicketless From wicket + -less. 1. Having failed to gain a single wicket Labels: not-comparable Example: Vettori paid the price for a wicketless outing in the final one-day international against the West Indies on Tuesday, slipping from first place to second.
Word: whitegoods Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of white goods. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: THIS has big savings on top brands of whitegoods, televisions, vacuum cleaners and most major appliances.
Word: waveguiding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of waveguide Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: waterslide Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of water slide. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Each pays $230 a month for the crowded living space that is mostly taken up by three beds and a mattress on the floor. Ms. Silva and her roommates do most of their cooking in microwave ovens; they have wireless Internet and access to the motel pool and waterslide. Example: "We ended up at Wet 'n' Wild on the Gold Coast and spent the next four hours hurtling down waterslides.
Word: waterbombing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of waterbomb Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wallcovering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wall + covering. 1. A covering for a wall, such as wallpaper Example: There is no reason not to paper one wall with your favorite wallcovering — the wall with the fireplace, say, or the one where you plan to park the sofa — and paint adjacent walls a complementary color.
Word: waterbomb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From water + bomb. 1. To drop large quantities of water onto (a fire) from the air. Labels: transitive Example: Four aircraft - including two air cranes - are currently waterbombing the area, […].
Word: waterbomb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From water + bomb. 1. Alternative form of water bomb. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: voguing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vogue + -ing. 1. A stylized form of modern dance characterized by photographic-style poses integrated with angular, linear and rigid movements. Labels: uncountable Example: In past works Mr. Harrell[…] has explored the point where voguing, with its angular movements, meets postmodern dance of the 1960s and ’70s, as well as the concept of “cool.”
Word: vegies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vegie Labels: form-of, plural Example: The Nielsen report also revealed a rise in consumers turning to specialist stores for fresh fruit and vegies.
Word: vampy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English vamp Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English vampy From vamp + -y (adjectival suffix). 1. Resembling or characteristic of a vamp; tending toward indecency. Example: She was a wonderfully campy, vampy siren, and her double fouettes in the coda were breathtaking. Example: I chose "Zumanity," a Cirque du Soleil extravaganza whose M.C. was a vampy Mistress of Seduction who raunched through the show's visual feast of contortionists, near-naked dancers, two Asian girls swimming inside a glass pool and some pretty spectacular gymnastics acts.
Word: vampy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of vampire + -y (diminutive suffix). 1. Alternative spelling of vampie (“a vampire”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Last year Halloween time: I went to hear this author speak on Bram Stoker at the Borders (no, I am not a vampy), for the fun of it. The news filmed me and my friendie and said something along the lines of me looking hungry when he talked about blood. Example: If he pierced his skull he wouldn't be a vampy or a wolfie, he'd be a) dead. or b) a Redcap. heh heh heh
Word: vaccinia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vaccinus + -ia. 1. An infection of cowpox. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On the other hand, Professor Heim inquired minutely into all the circumstances of the case, and says he is convinced of the variolation of the cow, and of the transmission from her of a disease similar to vaccinia. 2. A virus which causes this infection (Orthpoxvirus vaccinia). Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: Since then, a handful of vaccinia cases have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including one, described in the May 4 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, of vulvar infection in an Alaskan woman whose sex partner was a serviceman. 3. A closely related poxvirus, used as a smallpox vaccine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: untransformed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English transformed English untransformed From un- + transformed. 1. Not transformed; free of any transformation Labels: not-comparable Example: The manuscript he's come up with, he asserts, is a rarity for him: It represents experience untransformed by the power of imagination.
Word: untransformed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of untransform Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unselective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English selective English unselective From un- + selective. 1. Not selective; open and inclusive. Labels: not-comparable Example: The 1851 Exhibition was international and unselective; the 1951 exhibitions, however, will be entirely British. Example: “I’m preaching the virtues of the unselective small colleges, the ones that are inclusive rather than exclusive,” Mr. Pope said in an interview at his apartment in a retirement community here in the suburbs of northern Virginia.
Word: unscreened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English screened English unscreened From un- + screened. 1. Not screened, or not having been screened Labels: not-comparable Example: They are usually untrained, unscreened and unsupervised[…]. 2. not protected by a built-in screen. (of cables etc.) Labels: not-comparable
Word: unrelievedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unrelieved Middle English -ly English -ly English unrelievedly From unrelieved + -ly. 1. Utterly; absolutely; without relief Example: In the review, which appeared in the Literary Review of Canada, Mr. Black wrote, “she would have to write something unrelievedly terrible before I could bring myself to write anything negative about it.”
Word: unmiked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English miked English unmiked From un- + miked. 1. Not miked; not amplified with a microphone Labels: not-comparable Example: But it may end up unmiked in her coloratura register, where it does.
Word: unmatchable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English match Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English matchable English unmatchable From un- + matchable. 1. Unable to be matched. Example: An edge in a graph which has a perfect matching is an unmatchable edge if no perfect matching in the graph contains that edge. 2. Uniquely good; not approached by anything else in quality or excellence. Example: Yes, the originals were fantastic, perhaps even unmatchable.
Word: unmatchable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English match Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English matchable English unmatchable From un- + matchable. 1. Something that cannot be matched. Example: Both the matchables and the unmatchables direct us along new lines of inquiry. The matchables invite study of kinship, neighbouring, and property as advantageous ladders of social advancement, while the unmatchables invite inquiry into risk, its incidence, and the strategies young people were employing […]
Word: unintegrated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English integrated English unintegrated From un- + integrated. 1. Lacking integration Labels: not-comparable Example: Still, for all the current talk of integrating advertising into programming, […] there’s something distinctly unintegrated about this finished product.
Word: unflashy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English flashy English unflashy From un- + flashy. 1. Not flashy. Example: He was quiet, unassuming, decidedly unflashy, nearly clergylike: the antithesis of the popular image of an agent. Example: She was nothing like the wild supermodels and party girls he had been dating. Ms. Hamm has unflashy clothes, jewelry and ways and is the opposite of high-maintenance.
Word: unplaced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English placed English unplaced From un- + placed. 1. Not assigned a place. Labels: not-comparable Example: For none of these I write, and none of these Could read the writing if they deigned to try; So may they flourish in their due degrees, On our sweet earth and in their unplaced sky. Example: Until more detailed phylogenetic work is done to elucidate their true relationships, it seems best to leave all these species unplaced. 2. Not among the first three horses to finish a race. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Listed John Dillon Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Australia Day is an option for Rok Posta, who has only been unplaced four times in his 20 starts.
Word: undersupplied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of undersupply Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: waterbombs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waterbomb. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waterbombs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of waterbomb Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: waveguided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of waveguide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: truckmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From truck + maker. 1. A manufacturer of trucks. Example: Near-synonyms: automaker, carmaker Example: Sodertalje, a scenic industrial town about 20 miles southwest of Stockholm, is home not just to the truckmaker Scania, which has its main factory here, but also to a thriving and growing population of Iraqis, most of them Christians. Ms. Ewas chose Sodertalje because her brother lives here.
Word: vampier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of vampy: more vampy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: vampiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of vampy: most vampy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: truckmakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of truckmaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tryna Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Elision of trying to. Chiefly AAVE, though also a natural realization of trying to in many other dialects. Cf. finna, gonna. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪ(ə)nə/ 1. Future modal indicating intent. Labels: also, auxiliary, dialectal, slang Example: Every time I hear a brother call a girl a bitch or a ho / Tryna make a sister feel low / You know all of that gots to go Example: You get caught in the middle, tryna dribble on my court
Word: tripleton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From triple + -ton. 1. Three cards of the same suit, held in a dealt hand Example: It means that you lead low from a doubleton and the middle card from a tripleton.
Word: tripletons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tripleton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tyramide Part of Speech: noun 1. A tyramine derivative
Word: tyramides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tyramide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twistier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of twisty: more twisty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: twistiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of twisty: most twisty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: twisties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twisty Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of twistie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twisties Part of Speech: noun 1. The loss of perceptual awareness of body positioning during a spin, twist, turn, flip, etc. maneuver. The loss of air sense. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: unaged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English aged English unaged From un- + aged. 1. Not having been aged. Labels: not-comparable Example: Argentinian beef is grass-fed, hormone-free and unaged.
Word: ultrahip Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + hip. 1. Extremely hip. Example: Their growing popularity, ironically perhaps, is due partly to their visual presentation--the color-coordinated space-age costumes and ultrahip mannerisms[…].
Word: ultracheap Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + cheap. 1. Extremely cheap Example: Ryanair brought ultracheap fares to much of Europe, charging fees for many extras and transforming the short-haul market there.
Word: unawarded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English awarded English unawarded From un- + awarded. 1. Not (yet) having been awarded (to someone). Labels: not-comparable Example: Fifty other statues that haven’t yet been awarded can also be seen, and visitors will be allowed to hold one of the unawarded Oscars.
Word: unawarded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From unaward + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of unaward Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unbanked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English bank Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English unbanked From un- + bank + -ed. 1. Not having been banked. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not served by a bank. Labels: not-comparable Example: It targeted the unbanked poor – "the watchmen, tomato sellers and small-scale farmers" whom Mwangi lists as typical customers – with cheap savings accounts and microloans backed by unusual guarantees. Example: [M]any low-income people are "unbanked" (not served by a financial institution), and thus nearly eaten alive by exorbitant fees. As the St. Louis Federal Reserve pointed out in 2010: "Unbanked consumers spend approximately 2.5 to 3 percent of a government benefits check and between 4 percent and 5 percent of payroll check just to cash them. […]["] 3. Of a train, not having the assistance of a banker (etymology 3) when climbing a steep grade (or bank). Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: However, it was recently made obvious, both that the B.R./Sulzer Type 4s can comfortably negotiate the bank without help on the normal express train formations of this route, and also that the Western Region wants to eliminate the expense of providing bankers.
Word: unbanked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English bank Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English unbanked From un- + bank + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of unbank Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uncalculated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English calculated English uncalculated From un- + calculated. 1. Not calculated; lacking forethought. Labels: not-comparable Example: Echoing the views of my colleagues from the region and beyond, I told the Security Council on Feb. 18, 2003, that while the ramifications of the war could go beyond anyone’s calculations, “one outcome is almost certain: extremism stands to benefit enormously from an uncalculated adventure in Iraq.”
Word: unconflicted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English conflicted English unconflicted From un- + conflicted. 1. Not conflicted; at peace Labels: not-comparable Example: For the first time in his life, Mr. Warner said he felt unconflicted about getting married[…].
Word: unconflicted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English conflicted English unconflicted From un- + conflicted. 1. simple past and past participle of unconflict Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: undersupply Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English supply English undersupply From under- + supply. 1. To provide with insufficient supplies; to supply inadequately Example: As a result, clinics and hospitals are understaffed and undersupplied.
Word: undersupply Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English supply English undersupply From under- + supply. 1. An inadequate supply. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: underserviced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English serviced English underserviced From under- + serviced. 1. Receiving an inadequate or disproportionately low level of service, especially from the state Example: In Toronto, we have underserviced neighbourhoods, subsidized routes into the city's fringes, and unreliable service in the core.
Word: underinvested Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of underinvest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: undercapitalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English capitalization English undercapitalization From under- + capitalization. 1. Insufficient capitalization Labels: uncountable Example: Most businesses die from undercapitalization, and we had access to a lot of cash.
Word: undersupplies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of undersupply Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: undersupplying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of undersupply Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unfamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unfamous, unfamouse; equivalent to un- + famous. 1. Not famous Example: On Monday night, they wore their new label, Elizabeth and James (named for their unfamous siblings)[…]
Word: unexercised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English exercised English unexercised From un- + exercised. 1. Not having been subjected to physical exercise. Labels: not-comparable Example: Says Colonel Thomas Murray, chief Army psychiatrist in South Viet Nam: “Some of our psychiatrists are the most improbable military guys: soft, flabby, unexercised.” Example: […] Lou was a respectful reader of the boy books that were emerging then, those magazines of black-and-white photos of teenagers with shaved chests, sucked-in if unexercised stomachs, and cloth posing-straps who stood on a dais silhouetted against a sunburst of seamless paper. 2. Not having been exercised Labels: not-comparable Example: Shelby W. Bonnie, the former chief executive, agreed to reprice 700,000 unexercised shares, the company said yesterday in a statement.
Word: unexercised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unexercise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: undialable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English dialable English undialable From un- + dialable. 1. Unable to be reached by dialing Labels: not-comparable Example: I am from the UK and unfortunately the help and info lines are undialable from this country so I have no way of finding out if my uncle, aunt and cousin are still alive or where they might be.
Word: underinvest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English invest English underinvest From under- + invest. 1. To invest insufficiently. Example: Rentokil was exposed as a business whose managers had underinvested to keep up with past glories. Example: The company also underinvested in creating an ecosystem for people to easily expand Alexa’s abilities, in the way that Apple had done with its App Store, which helped stoke interest in the iPhone, the person said.
Word: underinvests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of underinvest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: underinvesting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underinvest Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: out of all proportion Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of out of proportion. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tapestrylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tapestry Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English tapestrylike From tapestry + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a tapestry. Example: The tapestrylike pictures have a sweetly personal poetry unlike the more anonymously stylized look of the exhibition’s other works.
Word: winkfest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wink Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder. Proto-Italic *θēstos Proto-Italic *fēstosder. Latin fēstus Latin festumder. Middle High German fëst German Festbor. English fest English -fest English winkfest From wink + -fest. 1. A work typified by winking, either literally or in the form of ironic self-reference. Labels: rare Example: The girl sleuth in a retro-pomo pop-culture winkfest that has everything but a good mystery, which was all it needed.
Word: underdope Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English dope English underdope From under- + dope. 1. To dope at less than the optimal level for superconductivity Example: We note that this range shrinks with underdoping.
Word: underdopes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of underdope Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: underdoping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underdope Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: underdoped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of underdope Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: winkfests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of winkfest Labels: form-of, plural