nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: if, as and when Part of Speech: adv 1. In the event that the thing being discussed comes to pass. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: 1944, Thomas Reed Powell, letter to William O. Douglas, quoted in Melvin I. Urofsky (1989), '"Dear Teacher": The Correspondence of William O. Douglas and Thomas Reed Powell', Law and History Review 7(2), page 364, No one cares about what a judge thinks, if, as and when. All that counts is what he says. Example: The whole thing, Tyne decided, would make a nice problem to mull over in his old age -- if, as, and when.
Word: Cyrenaicism Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cyrenaic + -ism, q.v. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪriˌneɪəsɪzm/, /ˈkaɪrəˌneɪəsɪzm/ 1. Synonym of hedonism, particularly (ethics, chiefly historical) the specific beliefs of the philosophical school of Aristippus of Cyrene, advocating pursuit of sensual pleasure as the highest good. Labels: derogatory, usually Example: This reads like an avowal of Epicureanism or of the more selfish philosophy of pleasure known as Cyrenaicism.
Word: phrasal prepositions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phrasal preposition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: webumentaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of webumentary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coups de maitre Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coup de maitre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ACPA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ACPA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of anticitrullinated protein/peptide antibody. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: no-host Part of Speech: adj 1. At which guests are required to pay for their own drinks. Labels: not-comparable
Word: seponation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Danish seponering (“discontinuation”), + -ation. 1. Discontinuation, especially of a psychoactive drug. Labels: uncountable
Word: citrullines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of citrulline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nondating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + dating. 1. Not dating (going on romantic outings with a partner). Labels: not-comparable
Word: hardnosed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hard-nosed. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: it is a period romp that sees Johnson play Frank Wolff, a hardnosed but noble captain of a steamboat in the early 20th Century transporting a British scientist (Emily Blunt) down the Amazon river on a quest for the mythical Tree of Life.
Word: ultratraditionalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ultra- + traditionalist. 1. A person who takes traditionalist principles to an extreme.
Word: ultratraditionalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ultratraditionalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyberwear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber + -wear. 1. Clothing and accessories that offer cyber features or capabilities. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: At noon, she'll take off her cyberwear and enjoy a sensual, tasty lunch with her family in their nonelectronic kitchen. Example: Consider David Warner, who makes his rounds in a "cyberwear" buzz suit that captures information from his patients' monitors...
Word: relitigate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + litigate. 1. To litigate again; to sue or pursue legal remedy a second or further time. Labels: intransitive, transitive 2. To dispute, debate, contest again. Labels: transitive Example: Like Mr bin Laden, Mr Gingrich is apparently still relitigating the victories and defeats of religious wars fought in Europe and the Middle East centuries ago.
Word: relitigates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of relitigate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: relitigating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of relitigate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: relitigated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of relitigate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: decoupages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decoupage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decoupages Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decoupage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decoupaging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decoupage Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decoupaged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of decoupage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pitmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pit + master. 1. One who operates a barbecue pit. Sometimes a term of respect for someone who is skilled at barbecuing.
Word: pitmasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pitmaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impingements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of impingement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drenchingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From drenching + -ly. 1. In a drenching manner. Example: The rain came down drenchingly and we were soaked to the skin in mere seconds.
Word: shotmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shot + maker. 1. A player who is skilled at making shots and scoring even against skilled defense.
Word: shotmakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shotmaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extracontinental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + continental. 1. Beyond or outside a continent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tetanuran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Tetanurae + -an 1. Any theropod of the clade Tetanurae, all theropods, including birds, that are more closely related to modern birds than to the genus †Ceratosaurus. Example: The oldest tetanuran, the crested allosauroid Cryolophosaurus, was discovered in Lower Jurassic rocks on Antarctica and is quite similar to allosauroids from Upper Jurassic rocks on several continents.
Word: tetanuran Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Tetanurae + -an 1. Of or pertaining to the dinosaurs of the clade Tetanurae. Labels: not-comparable Example: During Late Cretaceous times, the top predators in most Laurasian terrestrial ecosystems were the large-bodied tyrannosaurids, which suggests that this tetanuran clade may have originated after the split between Laurasia and Gondwana.
Word: authentic cadence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From authentic + cadence. 1. A cadence involving the resolution of the dominant chord (V) to the root chord (I). Labels: US
Word: lapillus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lapillus. 1. A fragment of lava ejected from a volcano. Example: They also found rounded granules that are probably accretionary lapilli — volcanic hailstones, formed as material gathers in the air. 2. One of the otoliths in finfish.
Word: eudaemonia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Eudaimonia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hyperaemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”), equivalent to hyper- + -aemia. 1. Alternative spelling of hyperemia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement).
Word: protopathic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From proto- + -pathic. 1. Relating to a sensory nerve that detects the presence of a stimulus without determining its location. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to first symptoms of a disease, as in the sense of protopathic bias Labels: not-comparable
Word: workboot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From work + boot. 1. A sturdy boot intended as workwear. Example: Hugh said nothing. With a mighty effort he had restrained himself from putting one scuffed yellow workboot right through Henry Beaufort's damned old Rock-Ola as he went by. Then, with his head down, he had passed out into darkness.
Word: workboots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of workboot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lustreware Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lusterware. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: tetanurans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetanuran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonflier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + flier. 1. One who, or that which, does not fly, especially a person who does not travel by aeroplane.
Word: nonfliers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonflier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: breadthwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From breadth + -wise. 1. directed across the breadth of an object or place. Example: Make a breadthwise cut.
Word: breadthwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From breadth + -wise. 1. Across the breadth of an object or place. Example: The tubes should be placed breadthwise inside the box.
Word: contraclockwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From contra- + clockwise. 1. counterclockwise Labels: not-comparable
Word: contraclockwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From contra- + clockwise. 1. counterclockwise Labels: not-comparable
Word: well-oiled machine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The figurative sense is an extension from the literal sense. 1. Something that operates capably through the effective coordination of many parts. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: run like a well-oiled machine Example: Our office runs like a well-oiled machine. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see well-oiled, machine.
Word: well-oiled machines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of well-oiled machine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: willowware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From willow + -ware. 1. Articles made from willow. Labels: uncountable
Word: technopeasant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From techno- + peasant. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛknəʊˌpɛzənt/ 1. One who is disadvantaged or exploited within a modern technological society, especially through inability to use computer technology. Labels: informal Example: “You would be able to, if only you′d — ” Jim cut him off in mid-grumble. “I know. ‘If only I′d stop being a technopeasant and open my eyes.’ OK, I know I′ve been a technopeasant, but now I want to open my eyes, and I need you to help me do it.” Example: Being a technopeasant, I took his word for it and bought the rabbit ears for an additional sum. When I got home and uncrated the set, I discovered it had a built-in antenna and that I did not need the extra one.
Word: technopeasants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of technopeasant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clayware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clay + -ware. 1. Articles made from clay. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: claywares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clayware Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ovenware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oven + -ware. 1. Cooking utensils that can be safely used in an oven. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ovenwares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ovenware Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lordlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lord + -like. 1. Like a lord; lordly.
Word: cyberfashion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + fashion. 1. Fashion (popular trends) in cyberwear. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: What makes cyberfashion possible today is the convergence of several technologies. Example: A "cyberfashion show" vets the latest ideas in wearable computing and techno paraphernalia. This year's theme for the STUDIO is Utopia/Dystopia.
Word: cybercreature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + creature. 1. A creature that exists only in cyberspace or on the Internet. Labels: rare
Word: cybercreatures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cybercreature Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cybersexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cyber- + sexual. 1. Of or pertaining to cybersex (sexual acts in cyberspace). Labels: not-comparable
Word: cybermedicine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + medicine. 1. Telemedicine by means of cyberspace or the Internet. Labels: uncountable
Word: snakewise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From snake + -wise. 1. In the manner of a snake; serpentine, with twisting or wriggling motions. Labels: not-comparable
Word: serpentinely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From serpentine + -ly. 1. In a serpentine manner.
Word: snakingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From snaking + -ly. 1. In a snaking manner; serpentinely. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: The anonymous writer asserts that the definition was inserted into the preamble only of the Act of 1643, and "subtilly and snakingly" made statutory in 1655 "all to gratify the conjobling^([sic]) of a Linsy Winsy Apothecary-Surgeons." Example: Amazonian in build, with a pretty face, Bindu often called herself an actress and snakingly pointed to a string of films where she was not clawed, pawed or jawed by her boss.
Word: fecundist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fecund + -ist. 1. Of or pertaining to fecundism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fecundities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fecundity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fecundly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From fecund + -ly. 1. In a fecund manner.
Word: pregnantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pregnant + -ly. 1. In a pregnant manner. 2. unresistingly; openly; hence, clearly, evidently Labels: obsolete Example: A thousand moral paintings I can show / That shall demonstrate these quick blows of Fortune's / More pregnantly than words.
Word: ecolabel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + label. 1. A label on a product that states that it has been produced in an environmentally friendly manner.
Word: thuswise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From thus + -wise. Pronunciation: /ˈðʌswʌɪz/ 1. In this way. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: Butt God which shewed before by the mougth off all hys prophetes that Christ shulde suffre, hath thuswyse fulfilled it. Example: The atoms, as their own weight bears them down / Plumb through the void, at scarce determined times, / In scarce determined places, from their course / Decline a little – call it, so to speak, / Mere changed trend. For were it not their wont / Thuswise to swerve, down would they fall, each one, / Like drops of rain, through the unbottomed void; / And then collisions ne'er could be nor blows / Among the primal elements; and thus / Nature would never have created aught.
Word: ecolabels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecolabel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: randomwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From random + -wise. 1. randomly Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: randomwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From random + -wise. 1. random Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: forestries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forestry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ecoforestry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + forestry. 1. A sustainable, eco-friendly form of forestry. Labels: uncountable
Word: subserviate Part of Speech: verb 1. To make subservient 2. To subordinate
Word: slovenlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sloven + -like. 1. slovenly Labels: archaic, rare
Word: kidlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kid + -like. Compare kidly. 1. Resembling kid (the material). 2. Childlike. Labels: informal Example: He suspected they had done the most kidlike thing, regardless of the consequences for them; they had given up and gone home. 3. Resembling or characteristic of a kid (juvenile goat); haedine.
Word: dactylectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dactyl- + (from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”)) + -ectomy (from Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ, “excision”)). Pronunciation: /ˌdæktɪˈlɛktəmɪ/ 1. The amputation of a finger. Labels: rare Example: […] it would appear that amputation or dactylectomy is definitely contraindicated. Of the four patients whose digits were amputated (and who were not included in this series), no change in the prognosis of their general condition was found […] Example: There was also criticism of Clover, the foremost anæsthetist of his day, who had laid down the rules of administering anæsthæsia since the first use of it under his direction in November 1847, by chloroform, for a dactylectomy.
Word: retropharyngeally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From retropharyngeal + -ly. 1. In a retropharyngeal manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unenshrined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + enshrined. 1. Not enshrined. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unshrunken Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + shrunken. 1. Not shrunken. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unshrunk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + shrunk. 1. Not shrunk. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unpuritanical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + puritanical. 1. Not puritanical.
Word: Cromwellians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cromwellian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pulselike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pulse + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a pulse.
Word: lenticularly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From lenticular + -ly. 1. In a lenticular manner.
Word: sagelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sage + -like. 1. Resembling a sage (wise person).
Word: testicularly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From testicular + -ly. 1. In a testicular manner.
Word: desmethyldoxylamine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From desmethyl + doxylamine. 1. One of the two main metabolites of doxylamine (the other being didesmethyldoxylamine). Labels: uncountable
Word: didesmethyldoxylamine Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪdɛzˌmɛθɪldɒkˈsɪləmiːn/ 1. One of the two main metabolites of doxylamine (the other being desmethyldoxylamine). Labels: uncountable
Word: procyonid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the family Procyonidae, a New World family of the order Carnivora, including the raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles.
Word: procyonids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of procyonid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: olingo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From American Spanish olingo. 1. A small procyonid of most species of the genus Bassaricyon, resembling the kinkajou, native to the rainforests of Central and South America.
Word: olingos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of olingo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: devil's strip Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of devil strip. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: econo- Part of Speech: prefix 1. economics; economy. Labels: morpheme 2. economical; affordable. Labels: morpheme Example: She bought the econo-brand groceries instead of the name brand ones.
Word: key set identifiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of key set identifier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: devil strip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From devil + strip, from the area’s status as a no man's land between private and public property, devil or devil's in place names meaning “barren, unproductive and unused”. Compare devil's lane (“narrow area between two parallel fences”), devil's footstep (“barren spot of land”). 1. The grassy area between the sidewalk and the street. Labels: US 2. The space between tracks on a streetcar line. Labels: US
Word: Bevin Boy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Ernest Bevin (1881-1951), Minister of Labour in the wartime coalition British government. 1. Any of the young British men conscripted to work in the coal mines between 1943 and 1948. Labels: historical
Word: cheve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cheven, from Old French chevir. See chievance. 1. To come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed. Labels: dialectal, intransitive, obsolete Example: to cheve well in an enterprise Example: All things went well and chieved prosperously
Word: Mito Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 水戸 (Mito). 1. The capital city of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Labels: uncountable
Word: primidone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of p(y)rimid(ine) + d(i)one. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪm.əd.əʊn/, /ˈpɹaɪ.məˌdoʊn/, /ˈpɹɪm.əˌdoʊn/ 1. An anticonvulsant drug chemically related (and partially metabolized) to phenobarbital, used in the treatment of epilepsy and essential (idiopathic) tremor. Labels: uncountable
Word: pyrimidinedione Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyrimidine + dione? 1. Any of a class of chemical compounds characterized by a pyrimidine ring substituted with two carbonyl groups.
Word: pyrimidinediones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pyrimidinedione Labels: form-of, plural
Word: idoxuridine Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular antiviral drug used to combat herpesvirus. Labels: uncountable
Word: phenylethylmalonamide Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌfɛnɪlˌɛθɪlməˈlɒnəmaɪd/ 1. A metabolite of primidone. Labels: uncountable
Word: hyperhomocysteinaemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hyperhomocysteinemia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Maebashi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 前橋 (Maebashi). 1. The capital city of Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Word: parcelwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From parcel + -wise. 1. In parcels or allotments; piecemeal, fragmented. Labels: not-comparable
Word: parcelwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From parcel + -wise. 1. In a parcelwise fashion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Kofu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 甲府 (Kōfu). 1. The capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
Word: Kōfu Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Kofu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: steelware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steel + -ware. 1. Articles made from steel. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Otsu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 大津 (Ōtsu). 1. The capital city of Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Word: Ōtsu Part of Speech: name 1. Romaji spelling of Otsu.
Word: saltirewise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From saltire + -wise. 1. In the form of a saltire; crossing diagonally. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Tsu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese 津 (Tsu). 1. The capital city of Mie Prefecture, Japan. Labels: uncountable
Word: doated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of doat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chromos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chromo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Matsue Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 松江 (Matsue). 1. The capital city of Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
Word: crimsoned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of crimson Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: furder Part of Speech: adj 1. Pronunciation spelling of further, comparative form of far: more far. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: For first Mr. Dier's opinion was that the ancient custom for exportation was by the common laws; and goeth furder, that that ancient custom was the custom upon wools, woolfells, and leather. Example: "Yes," rejoined Mr. De Younge; "things are gitting mighty critical even in dese 'ere parts; and I wouldn't live furder down town if you was to give me a house rent-free.
Word: fule Part of Speech: noun 1. fool Labels: Scotland, dialectal Example: That army gent, Major Boston, as is agent for all the College lands down the valley, he be a poor weak fule, and when all these tinants come to him and say that they must either hev the land at five shillings an acre or go, he gits scared, he du, and down goes the rent of some of the best meadow land in the country from thirty-five shillings to five. Example: "Why, you dog-goned old fule, you cain't hit thet bawl."
Word: fule Part of Speech: adj 1. fool Labels: Scotland, dialectal Example: "What's the fule thing shaking for?" said he; "I mean nothing but civility to you.
Word: tan lines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tan line Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gurrier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; the following possible etymologies have been suggested: * From Scottish English gurry (“a brawl; to dispute; to growl, grumble”) + -er (agent noun suffix). * From French guerrier (“warrior”), in which case it would be a doublet of warrior. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌ.ɹɪ.ə/, /ˈɡəː-/, /ˈɡə.ɹɪ.ɚ/, /ˈɡʊ.ɹi.ɚ/, /ˈɡʌ.ɹi.ɚ/ 1. A street urchin. Labels: dated Example: Some weeks ago I was a victim of crime within 150 yards of the gates of Leinster House. I was approached or set upon by a little gurrier with a syringe. It is not a pleasant experience to have someone push a syringe against one's face at 12.30 a.m. on the streets of Dublin, particularly when one is within a stone's throw of the seat of Administration. 2. A loutish young man; a ruffian. Example: The Garda sergeant wanted to know the distinction between a Gouger and a Gurrier. Mr. Howard, who was a true-blue Dubliner, supplied the answer: "A Gurrier is a little man cut short, a mickey dazzler. He cuts a dash among the girls and is always willing and able to strike a blow for a pal. But our Gurrier, unlike the Gouger, never gets into trouble with the police." Example: She said the gentleman in question was nothing but a gurrier. She went into details over his garb and his accent. He wore a blazer with brass buttons and his trousers were gray flannel. He was the sporting type. His accent she said had to be heard to be believed, likewise his impertinence. She called him a pup. Then she said gurrier. Then she reverted to pup.
Word: windoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From window + -oid. 1. A small, less adorned, floating window or palette of tools that remains on top of other windows.
Word: præmarital Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of premarital. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: The absurdly low sentences against men convicted of assault, the utterly inadequate protection against seduction, the tolerance by society of a double standard of morals in the præmarital state, the advocacy, even by an eminent Judge, of an inequality between man and woman in the laws of divorce — these are the things which give the lie to Sir Almroth Wright’s complacent assumption that “under this covenant a full half of the programme of Christianity has been realized.” Example: If it is so, it is hard to understand why those people who allow præmarital freedom and do not enforce conjugal fidelity, should marry at all.
Word: cancaneuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cancaneuse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: comunas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comuna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: temporal bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of temporal bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: temporal hours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of temporal hour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: temporal lobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of temporal lobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frontal lobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frontal lobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: occipital lobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of occipital lobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: walk-ins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of walk-in Labels: form-of, plural
Word: walks in the snow Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of walk in the snow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: opinion polls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opinion poll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cults of personality Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cult of personality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cross-benchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cross-bencher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: verrugas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of verruga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sicilianos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of siciliano Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sicilianas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of siciliana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acrophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acro- + -phone. 1. The first sound of a word, or a glyph used to represent the first sound of the word it represents Example: There were three classes of predicted knowledge sources: (a) induced sublexical relations (i.e., induction of orthographic–phonological relations from the experience of print words), (b) acrophones from letter names, and (c) transfer from spelling experience. Example: Where there are no certain cognates to an acrophone, but the identity of its letter is secure, I shall reconstruct the translation in square brackets.
Word: idiomatology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From idiomatic + -ology. Contemporary use is traced to George W. Grace in the unpublished 1977 paper "Language: An Ethnolinguistic Essay". However, the term had been coined at least twice previously in the same sense. 1. The study of idioms and idiomatic language Labels: uncountable Example: Mr. Alan Gardiner's Home Thoughts on Language emboldens one to ask whether there is not room for a science of Idiomatology* as a sister to Semantics. Example: His aim is language characterization as to its system, a kind of idiomatology.
Word: metalexicography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + lexicography. 1. The study of lexicography Labels: uncountable Example: Metalexicography can be divided into five fields of interest; the first is lexicographic theory […] Example: This is a bibliography of works that deal with the theory, methods, and procedures of lexicography (in short, with what is called in French and German metalexicography)
Word: metatypy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Australian and British linguist Malcolm Ross in 1996. 1. The morphosyntactic change that a language undergoes due to its speakers being bilingual. Labels: uncountable Example: The Trans New Guinea language area is probably the result of repeated metatypy rather than of common genetic origin.
Word: foregather Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of forgather. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: One morning the twins foregathered in the parlor. Example: These were the same people with whom the judges who rendered these decisions were apt to foregather at social clubs, or dinners, or in private life.
Word: graphemics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with phonemics. By surface analysis, graphemic + -s. Pronunciation: /ɡɹæˈfiː.mɪks/, /ɡɹæˈfi.mɪks/ 1. The study of the graphemes, or writing units, of a script, and of their relation to the phonemes of the spoken language. Labels: uncountable
Word: foregathered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of foregather Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: foregathering Part of Speech: noun 1. A gathering together; an assembly. Example: [I]n all our foregatherings she was careful to sit as far from Felicity as possible. Example: The very pure source […] is the snowy mountain-peak above. There, eternally, goes on the white foregathering of the crystals, out of the deathly cold of the heavens; […]
Word: foregathering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of foregather Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: foregathers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of foregather Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: queane Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of quean. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Downe with this litle queane, that hath at me such spite, Saue you from hir maister, it is a very sprite. Example: You shall finde it no otherwise my sister, but that either this cursed queane hath invented a great lie, or else that she never saw the shape of her husband.
Word: guideword Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guide + word. 1. A word or phrase that serves as one's guide. Example: Naturalness is perhaps the best guideword to keep in mind. Example: Heidegger accompanies this meditation, however, with a second, more overtly "philosophical" or "thinking" reflection on the "guideword" Das Wesen der Sprache: -- die Sprache des Wesens ("The essence of language: -- the language of essence"). 2. A word that is printed at the top or bottom of the page in a reference work, in order to help readers find a specific entry. Example: Secondly, the teacher-librarian must know how to use books herself to find information — title page, table of contents, index, guidewords, etc. 3. A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word from the following page. Labels: historical 4. Any of the words in a memo or email that define metadata regarding the message, such as sender, recipient, and subject. Labels: uncommon Example: One purpose of a traditional memo or e-mail is to provide essential information quickly and easily, so there is no restriction, other than appearance or practicality, on the number or variety of guidewords you include.
Word: guidewords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guideword Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ã Part of Speech: character 1. The letter a with a tilde, replacing the sequence an or am. Labels: Early, Modern, letter, lowercase, obsolete Example: commãd — command Example: hãmer — hammer
Word: ȧ Part of Speech: symbol 1. A dictionary transcription for the BATH vowel
Word: ạ Part of Speech: symbol 1. An orthographic ⟨a⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the THOUGHT vowel, as in the word "call". Labels: dated
Word: pseudodocumentary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin documentumbor. French document Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. French -aire French documentairebor. English documentary English pseudodocumentary From pseudo- + documentary. 1. A film that mimics the style of a documentary but is not actually produced by filming real events Example: A sort of pseudodocumentary, "Kaleidoscope" takes a generic event--here, "Sally gets a second cat"--and describes it through rapid-fire testimony from "witnesses" (their roles are given them by the audience)--Sally, the second cat, a neighbor's dog, etc. Example: In 2004, while he was a film student at New York University, he made a pair of shorts — both called “Buy It Now,” one narrative, the other pseudodocumentary — about a 15-year-old girl who sells her virginity on eBay. Mr. Campos posted an actual auction on the site, eliciting nearly 4,000 responses that bid the price up to $2,000 before the ad was removed.
Word: pseudodocumentaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudodocumentary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sluffs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sluff Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sluffing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sluff Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sluffed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sluff Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: onomatopoeiae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of onomatopoeia Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: Nor can I approve of the term employed by Torrend : onomatopoetic substantives. Substantives they are certainly not, as they pertain to none of the eight classes and have nothing of the nature of nouns. On the other hand, only a part of them are real onomatopoeiae, i. e. words resembling the sound made by the thing of which they are the names. Example: Al-Khwarizmi, who follows Al-Farabi's definitions slavishly, introduces but two onomatopoeiae tan and tanna to represent relatively, it would seem, ˘ and ¯.
Word: quæry Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of query. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: I muſt own I don’t underſtand the meaning of the 18th quæry, ſo muſt leave it to be anſwered by thoſe who are better able to caſt up what the quæriſt calls the ſum‐total of harmony.
Word: quæry Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of query. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Pasteur pipettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pasteur pipette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: echini Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of echinus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: onomatope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Irregular back-formation from onomatopoeia. Pronunciation: /ˈɒnəmətəʊp/, /ˈɑnəmətoʊp/ 1. A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis. Example: Some of the onomatopes were given with the notations of their respective sounds as they appear to the Indian ear; thus, the sound of the plane and drawing-knife (s-s-s) becomes the root sⁱu […] Example: From the start, [Jean] Gabin’s voice belonged to a popular, Parisian, sociological register, with his stress on vowels (‘a’ becomes ‘âââ’), his colourful slang and onomatopes such as ‘bah !’, ‘bof !’, ‘Eeeh ben !’ (for ‘Eh bien !’ [‘well!’]).
Word: onomatopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of onomatope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kushitic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Kushite + -ic. 1. Alternative spelling of Cushitic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kushitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Kushite + -ic. 1. Alternative spelling of Cushitic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: windoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of windoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kushite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kush + -ite. 1. Alternative spelling of Cushite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kushites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kushite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phenobarb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. The drug phenobarbital or phenobarbitone. Labels: informal, uncountable 2. A tablet of the drug. Labels: countable, informal
Word: phenobarbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phenobarb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nilo- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Of or pertaining to the Nile. Labels: morpheme Example: Nilo-Saharan Example: Nilo-Hamitic
Word: untessellated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + tessellated. 1. Not tessellated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unpixellated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pixellated. 1. Not pixellated. Labels: not-comparable Example: Using SVG, you can define images — static or animated — that appear clear and unpixellated at nearly any rendering size.
Word: unpixelated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pixelated. 1. Alternative spelling of unpixellated. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: fetiche Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of fetish. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: wasbian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of was + lesbian. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒzbiən/ 1. A former lesbian who is now heterosexual. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, sometimes Example: On the island she will meet up with her pal Mary Sharon (a slightly subdued, slightly aging radical-feminist-lesbian attorney), Teddie (ex-love of Rachel and only slightly less-true-believer), Rachel (who’s hosting the reunion on her tiny island), Grace (enigma extraordinaire), and Julie (ex of Tyler’s, now a ‘wasbian’).
Word: ansate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ansātus (“handled; having handles”), from ansa (“handle”). 1. That has a handle or a part that resembles a handle. Labels: not-comparable Example: The decoration of this feature is singular for it displays in relief an ansate, oval dish complete with offerings. Example: 1990, John Irwin Jones, Chapter 15: Comparative Development of Somatic Sensory Cortex, Edward G. Jones, Alan Peters (editors), Cerebral Cortex, Volume 8B: Comparative Structure and Evolution of Cerebral Cortex, Part 2, page 407, In cats, the ansate sulcus forms a posterior boundary for much of SI, and the coronal sulcus functions as a jugular sulcus demarcating forelimb and face projections.
Word: gurriers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gurrier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: furrin Part of Speech: adj 1. Pronunciation spelling of foreign. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: I do relish the smart sayins, the odd ways of furrin parts, and the sarcastic slaps at folkses weak spots. Example: And the gutturals of that furrin English is always a little hard to catch.
Word: airly Part of Speech: adv 1. early Labels: dialectal Example: The winter had set in airly, and the snow had lain deep for months, and the game of the woods had got pretty well starved out. Example: Ye're up airly the mornin'.
Word: desart Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of desert. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And novv thee vvorſhip, mongſt that bleſſed throng / Of heauenlie Poets and Heroes ſtrong. / So thou both here and there immortall art, / And euerie vvhere through excellent deſart. Example: See, from afar, yon Rock that mates the Sky, / About vvhoſe Feet ſuch Heaps of Rubbiſh lye: / Such indigeſted Ruin; bleak and bare, / Hovv deſart novv it ſtands, expos'd in Air!
Word: backslidings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backsliding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desarts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of desart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forrard Part of Speech: adv 1. Forward. Labels: dialectal, not-comparable Example: Here and there an adventurous genius coins a phrase for the benefit of posterity,--as we once heard a mate order a couple of men to "go forrard and trim the ship's whiskers," to the utter bewilderment of his captain, who, in thirty years' following of the sea, had never heard the martingale chains and stays so designated. Example: Off, here, Masser Mile--larboard bow, well forrard; look sharp and soon see him, yourself, sir."
Word: forrard Part of Speech: adj 1. Forward. Labels: dialectal
Word: Luana Part of Speech: name Etymology: American 18th/19th century coinage, a fanciful spelling of Louanna, from Lou + Anna. 1. A female given name originating as a coinage. Example: Young Eagle, with a proud heart, led Luana forth to the mossy bank of the river, Example: The Bird of Paradise, by Mr Richard Walton Tully, is more pictorial than decorative. […] One of these characters, an American physician named Paul Wilson, sinks from civilisation to savagery because he marries a native princess named Luana […]
Word: futilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of futility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: garcon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of garçon. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And, harkee, garcon! let the blood Of cobwebbed years be spilt for him-- Aye, in a rich Burgundy flood This piscatorial pride should swim; So, were he living, he should say He gladly died for me and mine, And, as it was his native spray, He'd lash the sauce--What, ho! the wine! Example: The garcon was a small man in the fifties, inclined to corpulence, with a large head, large, blue-gray eyes, purplish lips, and blue-black hair cut pompadour.
Word: gauntleted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gauntlet + -ed. 1. Adorned with one or more gauntlets Labels: not-comparable Example: It was brought to General Lee as he sat on his horse near the Chancellorsville House, and, unable to open it with his gauntleted hands, he passed it to me with directions to read it to him. Example: One of the Duke's gauntleted hunting-gloves lay on the floor; she stooped and lifted it and put it to her lips. 2. Having a gauntlet (overlapping parallel rail tracks). Labels: not-comparable Example: The opportunity was also taken to remove one of the few examples of gauntleted tracks in this country, interlacing the down fast and slow lines over the bridge. Example: The narrow gauge is gauntleted with the up main line through a tunnel beneath the town and then turns away to its separate station.
Word: forgit Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of forget. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: D-don't forgit your old sooty friend. Example: "We are going to run them machines an' don't you forgit it," mumbled Hellig, and lurched forward.
Word: fotch Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of fetch. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, pronunciation-spelling Example: "I'll fotch her up," volunteered Texas, who had a hyena's hankering after dead bodies. Example: I'll fotch him, Miss Jinny. 2. simple past and past participle of fetch; fetched Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: My granmammy done hear me bawlin an go fotch me to my mammy's house. Example: Brer Rabbit come prancin' 'long twel he spy de Tar-Baby, en den he fotch up on his behine legs like he wuz 'stonished.
Word: foundress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English founderess, founderesse, foundress (“female founder or builder of a city; female founder or benefactor of a religious house; (figuratively) female inventor or originator; (figuratively) a source”) [and other forms]; from founder, foundere, foundour (“founder or builder of a building, city, country, etc.; builder or endower of a church, college, monastery, etc.; benefactor or patron of such an institution; charter member of a guild; first head of a religious organization; inventor, originator; (figuratively) earliest of a class of people; (figuratively) a source”) + -esse (“suffix forming female forms of words”). Foundour is derived from Anglo-Norman fundur, Old French fondeor, fondeur (“creator, instigator, founder”) (modern French fondeur), from Latin fundātor (“founder”) (rare), from fundō (“to make by smelting, found”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”)) + -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns). The English word is analysable as founder + -ess (suffix forming female forms of words). Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊndɹəs/, /-ɪs/, /faʊnˈdɹɛs/ 1. A female founder (“one who founds or establishes”). Labels: dated Example: But whether he departed without the French kings conſent or diſaſſent, he deceiued in his expectacion, and in maner in diſpaire, retourned againe to the Lady Margaret his firſt fooliſh foundreſſe. Example: Forgetfull of himſelfe, his bearth, his Country, friends, and all, / And onely minding (vvhom he miſt) the Foundreſſe of his thrall. 2. A female animal which establishes a colony. Labels: specifically Example: [T]he comparison of multiple inseminations and multiple foundress associations showed that the number of foundresses, a component of migration structure, affects the potential for social evolution more strongly than the number of inseminations per foundress, a component of the mating structure. Example: When two [European paper wasp] foundresses meet at the nest site after hibernation, the foundress with the higher corpus allatum activity usually becomes dominant.
Word: foundress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From founder (“one who founds or casts metals”) + -ess (suffix forming female forms of words). Founder is derived from Middle French fondeur (“owner of a foundry; ironworker in charge of smelting, founder”) (modern French fondeur), from Latin fundātor (“founder”) (rare): see further at etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊndɹəs/, /-ɪs/, /faʊnˈdɹɛs/ 1. A female founder (“one who founds or casts metals”). Labels: obsolete, rare Example: The great bell of my heart is crack'd, and never / Can ring in tune againe, till't be nevv caſt / By one only skilfull Foundreſſe.
Word: gae Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the "Why are u gae?" meme. 1. Deliberate misspelling of gay (“homosexual”). Labels: Internet, alt-of, deliberate, derogatory, misspelling 2. Deliberate misspelling of gay (“lame, uncool”). Labels: Internet, alt-of, deliberate, derogatory, misspelling
Word: generall Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of general. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Moreover it seemeth that Gonzalvo de Oviedo, a famous Spanish writer, alludeth unto the sayde voyage in the beginning of the 13. chapter of the 19. booke of his generall and natural historie of the West Indies, agreeing very well with the time about which Richard Eden writeth that the foresayd voyage was begun. Example: Centurions, and l. peticapitaines: I would then apoinet a generall hed, over all the main battaile: I would that every Conestable should have an Ansigne, and a Drum.
Word: halfe Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of half. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: […] take a pint of Hippocras, halfe a pound of sweet butter, two or three Nutmeg, little Vinegar, poure it into the Pye in the Oven and let it lye and soake an hour, then take it out, and when it is cold stop the vent hole. Example: In 1721 in Berwick, Maine, peddler William Moore sold Daniel Goodwin "a yard and a halfe of Stuff for handcarchiefs," […
Word: halfe Part of Speech: adv 1. Archaic spelling of half. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable Example: Frighted with this confused noyse, I rose, And looking from a turret, might behold Yong infants swimming in their parents bloud, Headles carkasses piled vp in heapes, Virgins halfe dead dragged by their golden haire, […].
Word: Sarita Part of Speech: name 1. A census-designated place, the county seat of Kenedy County, Texas, United States.
Word: Sarita Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit सरिता (saritā). 1. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.