nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Cane Corso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian cane corso (literally “Corsican dog”), with adjective corso being more likely derived from Latin cohors (“farmyard; enclosure”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɑːneɪ ˈkɔːsəʊ/, /ˌkɑneɪ ˈkɔɹsoʊ/ 1. A dog of an Italian breed valued as a companion, guardian and hunter.
Word: arrow prayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the idea that it can be quickly "shot" up to God. 1. A very short prayer suitable for uttering at any time.
Word: arrow prayers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arrow prayer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Darwinian curvature Part of Speech: noun 1. curvature in the growth of a root, leaf, etc. caused by damage to one side of it Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: encephalitis lethargica Part of Speech: noun 1. sleepy sickness Labels: uncountable
Word: Entlebucher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Entlebucher Sennenhund, from Entlebuch, a municipality in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. 1. A dog of a breed traditionally used by herders in the Swiss Alps.
Word: Entlebuchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Entlebucher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: capituliform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From capitulum + -iform. 1. Resembling a capitulum.
Word: keyworker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From key + worker. 1. A social worker who helps to coordinate a patient's care and their social welfare, finances, career, etc. Labels: UK 2. A childcare worker who monitors a child's development and participation in activities and discusses these with the child's parents or carer. Labels: UK 3. A worker in any industry who is considered indispensable and expected not to strike. Labels: UK
Word: keyworkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of keyworker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flangeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flange + -less. 1. Without a flange. Labels: not-comparable Example: Immediately outside the rails of 3-ft. gauge, on which the ordinary cars run, are laid smaller rails ⅞ in. lower ; on these run the flangeless wagon wheels, kept in position by the higher rails, which thus act as check rails ; [...]. Example: Ivatt was represented by 4-2-2 No. 262, his first 4-4-0, No. 400, and 2-2-2 No. 92, which had the flangeless driving wheels from Sturrock's famous 4-2-2 No. 215.
Word: statutes at large Part of Speech: noun 1. Published collections or series of legislative acts, in certain jurisdictions. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: ice-cream suit Part of Speech: noun 1. A pale-colored lightweight suit for men. Labels: US
Word: orbitolinid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any foraminifer in the family Orbitolinidae.
Word: orbitolinids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orbitolinid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: French plait Part of Speech: noun 1. French braid
Word: French braid Part of Speech: noun 1. A braided hairstyle starting with three small sections of hair near the crown of the head, which are then braided together toward the nape of the neck, gradually adding more hair to each section as it crosses in from the side into the center of the braid structure. The final result incorporates all of the hair into a smoothly woven pattern over the scalp.
Word: French braid Part of Speech: verb 1. To braid into a French braid. Labels: transitive Example: Barbara French braided my hair—isn't it pretty? Example: She French braided her hair pulling it straight back from her face.
Word: postengagement Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + engagement. 1. After engagement. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sticky foam Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixture of highly tacky and/or tenacious materials, carried in compressed form with a propellant and used as an incapacitant. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: debleat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + bleat. 1. To devocalize (a goat). Labels: transitive Example: The above operation is similarly performed to "debleat" goats when their vocal manifestations become objectionable to the community.
Word: debleats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of debleat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: debleated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of debleat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: debleating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of debleat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: devocalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + vocalization. 1. Act or process of devocalizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: devocalizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of devocalization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foosballer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foosball + -er. 1. foosball player
Word: foosballers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foosballer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bunker buster Part of Speech: noun 1. A bomb designed to penetrate hardened targets or targets buried deep underground. Example: B-2 bombers are the only plane capable of carrying the Massive Ordinance Penetrator, which experts have highlighted as the only type of bomb potentially capable of destroying Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility. Each B-2 bomber is able to carry two of these “bunker buster” bombs, which weigh an impressive 30,000 pounds each. Example: The bombs used in the strikes were GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrators, known as a “bunker busters,” two sources familiar with the operation said.
Word: catastrophizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catastrophize + -er. 1. One who catastrophizes.
Word: catastrophizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catastrophizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chemonucleolysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chemo- + nucleolysis. 1. The injection of chymopapain to treat herniated lower lumbar discs in the spine. Labels: uncountable
Word: ostrich dinosaur Part of Speech: noun 1. ornithomimosaur
Word: orthoquartzite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ortho- + quartzite. Pronunciation: /ˌɔːθəʊˈkwɔːtˌsaɪt/, /ˌɔɹθoʊˈkwɔɹtˌsaɪt/ 1. A very pure quartz sandstone composed of usually well rounded quartz grains cemented by silica. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The contact with the Fountain is sharply defined, since they consist essentially of fine-grained red or pink to white sandstone, at time cemented to an orthoquartzite—a process still continuing. Example: A similar phenomenon on a smaller scale occurs at Hole-in-the-Wall, where beds of orthoquartzite show large bulbous projections on their undersides which appear to squeeze out the underlying shale.
Word: orthoquartzites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orthoquartzite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orthoquartzitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From orthoquartzite + -ic. 1. Of or relating to orthoquartzite.
Word: multichemical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + chemical. 1. Relating to more than one chemical. Labels: not-comparable Example: multichemical contamination
Word: unfatiguing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fatiguing. 1. Not fatiguing.
Word: unfatiguing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unfatigue Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unfatigued Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fatigued. 1. Not fatigued.
Word: unfatigued Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unfatigue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Orionid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Orion + -id; so called because the point they appear to come from, called the radiant, lies in the constellation Orion. Pronunciation: /əˈɹaɪ.ə.nɪd/, /oʊˈɹaɪ.ə.nɪd/ 1. Any of the meteors in a prolific meteor shower associated with Halley's Comet.
Word: Orionids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Orionid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Orion's belt Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Orion's Belt. Labels: alt-of
Word: untyrannized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + tyrannized. 1. Not tyrannized.
Word: Osler-Weber-Rendu disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Described by Sir William Osler, Henri Jules Louis Marie Rendu, and Frederick Parkes Weber. 1. Synonym of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Labels: uncountable
Word: orchidophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From orchid + -o- + -phile. 1. An orchid enthusiast.
Word: orchidophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orchidophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Oregon boot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Once used in Oregon State Penitentiary. 1. A heavy metal shackle attached to prisoners' legs to impede movement.
Word: Oscared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Oscar + -ed. 1. Having been awarded an Oscar statuette. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ornamentor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ornament + -or. 1. One who ornaments.
Word: ornamentors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ornamentor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ornithogeography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ornitho- + geography. 1. The study of the geological distribution of birds. Labels: uncountable
Word: ornithogeographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ornitho- + geographical. 1. Relating to ornithogeography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ornithogeographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ornitho- + geographic. 1. Relating to ornithogeography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ornithogeographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ornitho- + geographer. 1. One who studies ornithogeography.
Word: ornithogeographers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ornithogeographer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orthonectid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the Orthonectida, a small phylum of parasites of marine invertebrates.
Word: orthonectids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orthonectid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Orkhon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Orkhon, from Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠬᠣᠨ (orqon), a valley and river in central Mongolia where Old Turkic inscriptions were discovered. 1. The Old Turkic script. 2. A tributary of the Selenga in Mongolia. Example: Extensive deposits of copper and molybdenum ore, situated some 200 miles northwest of Ulan Bator between the Selenga and Orkhon Rivers, will eventually be extracted by open‐pit methods and processed at the still unfinished town of Erdenet. 3. A valley in Mongolia surrounding the river of the same name 4. A province and aimag of Mongolia. Capital: Erdenet. 5. A district and sum of Bulgan, Mongolia. 6. A district and sum of Darkhan-Uul, Mongolia. 7. A district and sum of Selenge, Mongolia.
Word: Orkhon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Orkhon, from Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠬᠣᠨ (orqon), a valley and river in central Mongolia where Old Turkic inscriptions were discovered. 1. A sheep of a Mongolian breed developed in 1961, reared primarily for wool.
Word: Ori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba Orí. 1. An individual's spiritual intuition and destiny, according to Yoruba beliefs. Labels: uncountable
Word: Ori Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ori. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: Oscar Asche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Oscar Asche (1871–1936), Australian actor, director and writer. 1. cash; money. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang, uncountable
Word: unwretched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + wretched. 1. Not wretched.
Word: Osiandrian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin Osiandriānus, from Osiander. 1. Of or relating to Andreas Osiander (1498–1552), German Lutheran theologian.
Word: Osiandrian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin Osiandriānus, from Osiander. 1. A supporter of the theology of Andreas Osiander.
Word: Saidian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Said + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Edward Said (1935–2003), Palestinian American literary theorist and public intellectual who helped found the critical-theory field of postcolonialism.
Word: oromandibular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oro- + mandibular. 1. Relating to the mouth and mandible. Labels: not-comparable
Word: brokenhillite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Broken Hill, Australia, where it is found; equivalent to Broken Hill + -ite. 1. A disputed earth mineral, a manganese silicate of the pyrosmalite group. Labels: uncountable
Word: Manahoac Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a small group of Siouan-language American Indians in northern Virginia at the time of European contact.
Word: Manahoacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Manahoac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mahock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Manahoac. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mahocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mahock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bedfordian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bedford + -ian. 1. A native of the town of Bedford, England 2. One who is enrolled in or has graduated from Bedford School, England.
Word: Bedfordians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bedfordian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mangyan Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the eight indigenous groups found on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines.
Word: Mangyans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mangyan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Manobo Part of Speech: noun 1. An Austronesian indigenous agriculturalist people of the Philippines. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Maorify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Maori + -fy. Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊɹɪfaɪ/, /ˈmaʊɹifaɪ/, /ˈmæʊɹifɑe/, /ˈmɐʉɹifɑe/, /-ɘfɑe/ 1. To render someone or something more Maori. Labels: transitive
Word: Maorifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Maorify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Maorifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Maorify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Maorified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Maorify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Maorification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Maori + -fication. Pronunciation: /ˌmaʊɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, /ˌmaʊɹifɪˈkeɪʃən/, /ˌmæʊɹifɘˈkæeʃɘn/, /ˌmɐʉɹifɘˈkæeʃɘn/, /-ɘfɘˈkæeʃɘn/ 1. The act or process of Maorifying. Labels: derogatory, uncountable, usually
Word: summut Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative form of summat. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete Example: "Lawk, what sinifies what the play was," said Miss Grimshaw, "'tweren't that; I was going to mention summut by way of proof poz; and there —" [some narrative omitted]
Word: summut Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of summat. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: zum'ot Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative form of summat. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete
Word: zum'ot Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of summat. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: Marblette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From marble + -ette; originally a trademark. 1. A synthetic phenolic resin similar to Bakelite. Labels: uncountable
Word: summot Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative form of summat. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete Example: Is it not ſent to make a Mon to ſwear Summot abaoot the King, and his reet Heir? Example: And yet it may mean summot
Word: summot Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of summat. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: map unit Part of Speech: noun 1. centimorgan
Word: zummat Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative form of summat. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete Example: Thee musn’t lumber the room, if thee’l not drink zummat.
Word: zummat Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of summat. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: zummet Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative form of summat. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete Example: A thawt, an if a war alive,
Word: zummet Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of summat. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: zummut Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative form of summat. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete Example: […] besides, he az been always doing zummut for her ever zince her feather died—zo he as.
Word: zummut Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of summat. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: zumat Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative form of summat. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete Example: If I could a lugged back the oss, that mought a bin wuth zumat.
Word: zumat Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of summat. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: manoalide Part of Speech: noun 1. A calcium channel blocker with antibiotic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects, found in some sponges. Labels: uncountable
Word: autoradiographing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of autoradiograph Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: possessees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of possessee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zaar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zar. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: taijin kyofusho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 対人恐怖症 (taijin kyōfushō). 1. A Japanese form of anthropophobia, a fear of interpersonal relations. Labels: uncountable
Word: Sinism Part of Speech: noun 1. Korean shamanism Labels: uncountable
Word: Muism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Korean 무(巫) (mu, “shaman”) + -ism. 1. Korean shamanism Labels: uncountable
Word: shenkui Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 腎虧／肾亏 (shènkuī). 1. A syndrome in China in which the individual suffers somatic symptoms with anxiety, traditionally believed to be caused by a loss of semen. Labels: uncountable
Word: ethnopsychiatric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ethno- + psychiatric. 1. Relating to ethnopsychiatry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: New Thought Part of Speech: name 1. A spiritual movement, sometimes classed as a Christian denomination, promoting the ideas that Infinite Intelligence, or God, is everywhere, spirit is the totality of real things, true human selfhood is divine, divine thought is a force for good, sickness originates in the mind, and "right thinking" has a healing effect. Example: The ordinary Christian will read the claims of the New Thought fakers with contempt; but have I not shown the Catholic Church publishing long lists of money-miracles?
Word: CCMD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders: a publication by the Chinese Society of Psychiatry (CSP) for the classification of mental disorders. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Lutzian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Lutz + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Friedrich Lutz (economist) (1901–1975).
Word: miryachit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian миря́чить (mirjáčitʹ), меря́чить (merjáčitʹ) or эмиря́чить (emirjáčitʹ, “to suffer from a special nervous disorder”). 1. A nervous disorder said to have been encountered in Siberia, characterized by a jumping tic and the involuntary imitation of the words and actions of other people. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: jumping Frenchmen of Maine syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name given to a group of 19th-century lumberjacks who exhibited this disorder. 1. A rare disorder involving an exaggerated startle reflex which may be described as an uncontrollable jump. Labels: uncountable
Word: hyperekplexic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyperekplexia + -ic. 1. Having or relating to hyperekplexia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hyperexplexia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hyperekplexia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ghost sickness Part of Speech: noun 1. A syndrome, reported to occur among Native Americans, in which the sufferer is preoccupied by the deceased. Symptoms include weakness, loss of appetite, recurring nightmares, and a pervasive feeling of terror. Labels: uncountable
Word: Ibofanga Part of Speech: name 1. The supreme deity according to the beliefs of the Creek tribe.
Word: bouffée délirante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, introduced in 1886 by Magnan. 1. A syndrome in West Africa and Haiti, involving a sudden outburst of aggression with confusion and sometimes hallucinations. Labels: uncountable
Word: swallow tanager Part of Speech: noun 1. Tersina viridis, a tanager found widely throughout South America.
Word: women's troubles Part of Speech: noun 1. Unpleasant symptoms associated with menstruation. Labels: dated, euphemistic, plural, plural-only
Word: West Coast offense Part of Speech: noun 1. An offense that places a greater emphasis on passing than on running.
Word: quantum mysticism Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of metaphysical beliefs and practices that seek to relate consciousness, intelligence, or mystical world-views to the ideas of quantum mechanics and its interpretations. Labels: uncountable
Word: energy medicine Part of Speech: noun 1. A branch of alternative medicine based on the belief that a healer can channel healing energy into a patient by various methods. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crescograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin crēscō (“to grow”) + -graph 1. A device for measuring growth in plants. Example: For the detection of variation of growth it was necessary to devise the extremely sensitive balanced crescograph. Example: The magnetic crescograph, invented by the famed Indian botanist, Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, for this purpose, seems capable of magnifying the highest powers of the microscope a hundred thousand times.
Word: crescographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crescograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laughing academy Part of Speech: noun 1. A mental hospital. Labels: slang Example: Tell me, do you think your old man has slipped his trolley—that he belongs in a laughing academy? Example: One day the men in white will walk in, throw a net over him, and take him off to the laughing academy.
Word: metaemotion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English metaemotion From meta- + emotion. 1. Feelings (sentiment) about one's feelings (uncountable); a feeling about them (countable). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: metaemotions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metaemotion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metaemotional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional English metaemotional From meta- + emotional. 1. Relating to metaemotions. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Irish acre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Historically used in Ireland. 1. A unit of area equal to 7840 square yards (approximately 0.66 hectares or 1.62 statute acres). Labels: historical
Word: autocade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of auto + cavalcade. 1. motorcade
Word: autocades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autocade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: T-minus Part of Speech: phrase 1. Specifies the remaining time until some future event such as a takeoff or encounter commences.
Word: fragfest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frag + -fest. 1. Video gameplay, especially for multiple players, involving extreme action, deadly combat, explosions, etc. Example: What better time is there than the holidays to revel in the profound joys of video gaming? Time off from work or school can be put to prime use: blasting a loved one in a "SOCOM II" multiplayer frag-fest, dropping a mad rhyme with "Karaoke Revolution," slashing your way across Middle Earth in "Lord of the Rings". Example: Unreal is a total fragfest that is all about over-the-top, arcade-style action.
Word: meibomian gland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after 17ᵗʰ century German physician Johann Heinrich Meibom, who provided the first comprehensive description of the glands in his 1666 work De Vasis Palpebrarum Novis Epistola (Epistle on the New Vessels of the Eyelids). 1. A sebaceous gland at the rim of the eyelids, responsible for the production of meibum.
Word: meibomian glands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meibomian gland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frag-fest Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fragfest. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ayurvedic medicine Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Ayurveda. Labels: uncountable 2. A medicine (substance) that is based on Ayurvedic medicine. Labels: countable Example: Hence an attempt has been made to treat the 'HbsAg+ve' patient through Ayurvedic medicines.
Word: Edisons Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Edison Labels: form-of, plural
Word: looney bin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of loony bin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: belt and braces Part of Speech: noun 1. Redundancy affording mutual backup in the event of one system failing. Example: He believes in belt and braces, booking flights from two different airports on different airlines for important trips.
Word: SSCC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of SSA Space Weather Coordination Centre, ESA's centre for space weather at the Space Pole in Belgium. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: m'luds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of m'lud Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weighed anchor Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of weigh anchor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: publification Part of Speech: noun 1. Making public, for or to be used by the people or community.
Word: multimixer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + mixer, originally a trademark. 1. A blender with multiple spindles, used for making milkshakes. Example: Selling multimixers to corner drugstores with fountains, he was made intensely aware of the flight to the suburbs because it took away business from the drugstores. Example: The company sold five-spindle multimixer milk-shake machines — what Kroc believed to be the wave of the future. It was from his job as a multimixer salesman that Kroc was introduced to Dick and Mac McDonald […]
Word: multimixers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multimixer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ethnosemanticist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ethno- + semanticist. 1. One who studies ethnosemantics.
Word: ethnosemantically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From ethnosemantic + -ally. 1. In terms of ethnosemantics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ethnosemantic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ethno- + semantic. 1. Relating to ethnosemantics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ethnosemanticists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ethnosemanticist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ethnosemantics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ethno- + semantics. 1. The branch of ethnolinguistics dealing with semantics. Labels: uncountable
Word: laughing academies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laughing academy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gangstalking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of gangstalk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gangstalking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gangstalk + -ing. 1. The stalking of an individual by a large number of people who coordinate their separate stalking activities. Labels: uncountable
Word: facioscapulohumeral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From facio- + scapulo- + humeral. 1. Relating to the face, scapula, and upper arms; applied to a form of muscular dystrophy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: facioauriculovertebral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From facio- + auriculo- + vertebral. 1. Relating to the face, ears, and vertebrae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: faciohumeroscapular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From humero- + scapular. 1. facioscapulohumeral Labels: not-comparable
Word: nihilisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nihilism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geoglyphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From geoglyph + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒiː.ə(ʊ)ˈɡlɪf.ɪk/, /ˌd͡ʒi.əˈɡlɪf.ɪk/ 1. Of or relating to geoglyphs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sun and planet gear Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for converting reciprocating motion to rotary motion, used in the first rotative beam engines.
Word: sun picture Part of Speech: noun 1. A picture taken by the agency of the solar rays; a photograph. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: baby pink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First recorded in English in 1928. 1. A pale pink color. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: baby pink Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First recorded in English in 1928. 1. Of a pale pink colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fishpot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fish + pot. 1. A basket or similar container that is sunk, with a float attached, and used for catching fish or other sea creatures
Word: fishpots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fishpot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fish glue Part of Speech: noun 1. isinglass Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sun star Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + star. 1. Any of various starfishes belonging to Solaster, Crossaster, and allied genera, having numerous rays.
Word: sun beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the genus Amara of carabid beetles.
Word: eyelash mite Part of Speech: noun 1. A tiny parasitic mite, either Demodex folliculorum or Demodex brevis, living in or near the hair follicles of mammals.
Word: face ague Part of Speech: noun 1. Trigeminal neuralgia. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: Negro monkeys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Negro monkey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obeahman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From obeah + -man. 1. A male practitioner of obeah.
Word: obeahmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of obeahman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: negro bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any shield bug of the family Thyreocoridae. Labels: offensive, possibly
Word: negro bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of negro bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aptagram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of apt + anagram. Pronunciation: /ˈæp.tə.ɡɹæm/ 1. An anagram whose meaning is relevant to that of the original text that was anagrammed. Labels: rare Example: "Moon starer" is an aptagram of "astronomer". Example: "Notes" is an aptagram of "tones".
Word: aptagrams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aptagram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bleep test Part of Speech: noun 1. A test of fitness in which the participant runs continuously between two lines, trying to cover the distance each time in the space between two recorded bleeps.
Word: negro corn Part of Speech: noun 1. durra; Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor) Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: anentropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From an- + entropic. 1. Not entropic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: allomorphy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæləˌmɔːfi/, /ˈæləˌmɔɹfi/ 1. Quality of being an allomorph. Labels: uncountable
Word: broad ligament Part of Speech: noun 1. The wide fold of peritoneum that connects the sides of the uterus to the walls and floor of the pelvis.
Word: Karnatic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Carnatic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cocuswood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cocus + wood. 1. The dense hardwood of Brya ebenus, a Caribbean flowering tree. Labels: uncountable
Word: culturomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From culture + -omics (“study of the totality”); first described in a 2010 Science article by Harvard researchers Jean-Baptiste Michel, Erez Lieberman Aiden and a host of others. 1. A form of computational lexicology that studies human behavior and cultural trends through the quantitative analysis of digitized texts. Labels: uncountable Example: The momentous term culturomics suggests the authors’ ambitious view of what can seem like an intellectual parlor game. The magazine Mother Jones, they cheerfully admit, called the Ngram Viewer “possibly the greatest time-waster in the history of the Internet.” But the authors argue that just as Galileo’s telescope opened new, previously unimagined worlds, the powerful lens of culturomics “is going to change the humanities, transform the social sciences and renegotiate the relationship between the world of commerce and the ivory tower.” 2. The study of culturomes Labels: uncountable
Word: Croatoan Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of Croatan: A member of the Croatoan people, an Amerind people of the east coast of North America
Word: Croatoan Part of Speech: name 1. Former name of Hatteras Island. Synonym of Hatteras. An island of Dare County, North Carolina, United States. Labels: dated 2. Dated spelling of Croatan: An Amerind people that once resided on the island. 3. A former village of the Croatoan people that once existed on Croatoan Island. Labels: historical 4. Ellipsis of Croatoan Sound. Synonym of Croatan Sound. A sound in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Hatteras Part of Speech: name Etymology: Uncertain, but probably from the local Algonquian language of the Hatteras Indians. Pronunciation: /ˈhætəɹəs/ 1. A former American Indian tribe in the Outer Banks of what is now North Carolina, USA. 2. A barrier island in the Outer Banks, North Carolina, United States. 3. An unincorporated village in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. 4. Short for Cape Hatteras, a cape on Hatteras Island in North Carolina, United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Croatan Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a small Native American group once living in the coastal areas of what is now North Carolina.
Word: Croatan Part of Speech: name 1. An Amerind tribe that once lived in and around Croatan Island. 2. A former village in Croatan Island, of the Croatan people of North America. Labels: historical 3. Ellipsis of Croatan Island. Former name of Hatteras Island. Synonym of Hatteras. An island of Dare County, North Carolina, USA. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, dated, ellipsis 4. Ellipsis of Croatan Sound. A sound in Dare County, North Carolina, USA. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Croatans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Croatan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: greenscamming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From green + scamming. 1. greenwashing Labels: uncountable
Word: preprogramme Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + programme. 1. Before a programme (of study, etc.). Labels: not-comparable
Word: preprogramme Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + programme. 1. Alternative form of preprogram. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ristra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ristra. 1. An arrangement of chili pepper pods (or sometimes garlic) to aid drying and sometimes to serve as a decoration.
Word: ristras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ristra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commest Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of comest. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mackerelled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mackerel + -ed. 1. Having a pattern resembling the scales on a mackerel. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gang cask Part of Speech: noun 1. A small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck.
Word: breed in and in Part of Speech: verb 1. To repeatedly breed from animals of the same stock that are closely related.
Word: Spanish windlass Part of Speech: noun 1. A wooden roller, with a rope wound about it, into which a marlinspike is thrust to serve as a lever.
Word: Spanish flag Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Spanish, flag. 2. The flowering plant Lantana camara.
Word: pharaoh's chicken Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it is often found in Ancient Egyptian sculpture. 1. Synonym of Egyptian vulture.
Word: mud plug Part of Speech: noun 1. A plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
Word: green looper Part of Speech: noun 1. The cankerworm.
Word: leading strings Part of Speech: noun 1. Strings or straps by which a child is supported when learning to walk. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Thenceforward my voice was a household law; and at an age when few children have abandoned their leading-strings, I was left to the guidance of my own will, and became, in all but name, the master of my own actions. 2. Guidance given during childhood. Labels: figuratively, plural, plural-only Example: In the hey-day of youth, and hardly out of the leading strings of a school, he formed an intention to nuptialize, and joined heart and hand with sweet Ann Hathaway at the age of eighteen and a half.
Word: frind Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of friend. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: There's a gossoon in me company that did be workin' in a dispinshary that's after tellin' me that bakin' sody in hot wather wid put the comether on yer pains, me poor frind.
Word: labilization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From labile + -ization. 1. The act or process of making labile, that is, of making unstable.
Word: labilisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of labilization. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: hutias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hutia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: labilizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of labilization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: star-of-Bethlehem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Star of Bethlehem in Christian tradition. 1. Any of the genus Ornithogalum of perennial plants mostly native to southern Europe and southern Africa, with clusters of typically white star-shaped flowers.
Word: labilize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From labile + -ize. 1. To make or become labile (i.e. unstable). Labels: ambitransitive Example: L. regards the oxidative processes of the body as taking place not as a result of activated O, but rather by means of "labilized" H atoms of the proteins of the cells so that they react readily with mol. O₂. Example: […] in order to labilize the glycosidic bond.
Word: labilise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of labilize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: mazames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mazame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trans effect Part of Speech: noun 1. The labilization (making unstable) of ligands which are trans to certain other ligands. Labels: physical
Word: labilised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of labilise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: labilising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of labilise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: labilises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of labilise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cis effect Part of Speech: noun 1. The labilization (making unstable) of ligands which are cis to certain other ligands. Labels: physical
Word: labilizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of labilize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: labilizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of labilize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: labilized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of labilize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: goat fig Part of Speech: noun 1. caprifig
Word: half-ape Part of Speech: noun 1. lemur Labels: archaic
Word: self-arrest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From self- + arrest. 1. Any of various mountaineering maneuvers in which a climber who has fallen and is sliding down a slope halts the slide without recourse to a rope or other belay system. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: semimechanized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + mechanized. 1. Partly mechanized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: longwall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From long + wall. 1. A long wall of coal that is mined in a single slice. Labels: attributive, often Example: In addition to its work on longwall faces, the A.B. Fifteen has been adapted for shortwall work either as undercutter or as overcutter, particular care having been taken to give it increased manoauvrability by the provision of special pulleys, and increased mobility by the addition of a tilting underframe.
Word: longwalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of longwall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Spanish broom Part of Speech: noun 1. Spartium junceum, a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the Mediterranean, with many flexible rush-like twigs. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nasal bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nasal bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prestack Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + stack. 1. Before stacking, in the context of seismic migration. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prestack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + stack. 1. The category c is called a prestack over a category C with a Grothendieck topology if it is fibered over C and for any object U of C and objects x, y of c with image U, the functor from objects over U to sets taking F:V→U to Hom(F*x,F*y) is a sheaf.
Word: prestacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prestack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Grothendieck topology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the mathematician Alexander Grothendieck. 1. A structure on a category which makes the category's objects act like the open sets of a topological space.
Word: Grothendieck topologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Grothendieck topology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: banking pin Part of Speech: noun 1. A pin against which a lever strikes, to limit its motion.
Word: folk memory Part of Speech: noun 1. The collective lore, beliefs, and traditional stories which help to define a society, culture, or nation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: That leisured past . . . is insistently evoked in Mr. Kiely's new collection. A compendium of folk memory, it features great bursts of balladry and doggerel. Example: James Wilson would have been bewildered and horrified to learn that 150 years later Britain is credited in the Irish folk memory—and general liberal opinion—with callously allowing a million people to starve to death. 2. A belief, traditional story, or the like, which is common to the people of a particular culture; especially, such a belief or piece of knowledge that is not consciously held but is nonetheless known. Labels: countable, usually Example: But behind these folk-memories of national history, extending over more than a thousand years, there is, in the popular consciousness, a dim background of a far earlier period. Example: In the island of Lewis, librations [sic] were offered, to "Shoney," a sea fairy, in order to bring seaweed, this being a folk-memory of an ancient sea god or goddess, to whom offerings of ale were made by the Vikings at Halloween.
Word: knocking boots Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of knock boots Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rue-bargain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rue + bargain. 1. A bad bargain. Labels: archaic 2. A forfeit paid for withdrawing from a bargain. Labels: archaic
Word: pingases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pingas Labels: form-of, plural
Word: babylift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of Operation Babylift. 1. The evacuation of foreign children from abroad into a country for adoption. Example: The second prong of my effort, Plan B, was to try to provide some help for the 2000 babylift children we had already brought to America. Example: There are ominous implications for babylift children in the story of Leigh Marsh, an adopted Korean child who lost eight years in the Connecticut public school system.
Word: babylifts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of babylift Labels: form-of, plural
Word: folk medicine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From folk (“believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous”) + medicine. Pronunciation: /ˌfəʊk ˈmɛd(ɪ)s(ɪ)n/, /ˌfoʊk ˈmɛdəs(ə)n/ 1. Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants. Labels: uncountable Example: Holonyms: complementary medicine, integrative medicine, traditional medicine Example: Near-synonyms: traditional medicine (often synonymous but includes non-layperson skills), indigenous medicine (almost synonymous but is not applied to the folk medicine of non-Indigenous groups) 2. A particular medicinal remedy used in such traditional medical practices. Labels: countable Example: A folk medicine traditionally used to treat depression is as effective as standard anti-depressant drugs and has fewer side-effects, according to a new study.
Word: indigenous medicine Part of Speech: noun 1. The traditional medicine of peoples considered Indigenous. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: folk-medicine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of folk medicine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: non-physician Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nonphysician. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spit takes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spit take Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spit-takes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spit-take Labels: form-of, plural
Word: formulise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of formulize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mollydook Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mollydooker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: molly-dooker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mollydooker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mollyduker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mollydooker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: misty-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of dewy-eyed.
Word: drightins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drightin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lord knows Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of God knows. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Lord knows, I can't change. Example: My lover is dead, my property and his are gone lord knows where?
Word: heaven only knows Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of God knows, in sense of something unknown to mortal men. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1989, Paul Kennerley for Emmylou Harris's Bluebird, "Heaven Only Knows" I guess that's how it's meant to be, but Heaven only knows.
Word: Lord only knows Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of God knows, in sense of something unknown to mortal men. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: London has, heaven knows, enough homeless waifs, born the Lord only knows where, and brought up the Lord only knows how; but the London article is no more like the Parisian than chalk is like cheese.
Word: Lord's Day Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of Ecclesiastical Latin diēs Dominicus, either directly or as a later development of Old Norse dróttinsdagr (“Lord's day”) 1. Sunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath. Example: All officers in command of Her Majesty’s ships shall cause public worship of Almighty God to be solemnly, orderly and reverently performed in their respective ships, and shall take care that prayers and preaching, by the chaplains of those ships, be performed diligently and that the Lord’s Day be observed. Example: Today was Sunday, and Aunt Alexandra was positively irritable on the Lord’s Day. I guess it was her Sunday corset.
Word: Lord's Days Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lord's Day Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lord's day Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Lord's Day. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Lord's days Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lord's day Labels: form-of, plural
Word: God the Father Part of Speech: name Etymology: See god and father. 1. The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to the God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures and considered the creator of mankind and Father of Jesus Christ. Example: And aboue all thynges: ye muſt geue moſte humble and hartie thankes to God the father, the ſonne, and the holy ghoſt, for the redempcion of the worlde...