nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: no pun intended Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to acknowledge that what one has just said, or what one is about to say, could be viewed as an unintended pun or double entendre. The term is likewise used sarcastically to emphasise an intended pun. Example: The air was thick with cat calls (no pun intended), But not even a muscle in her neck did twitch as she sauntered up into The heart of the alleyway. She knew what she wanted. She was lookin' for that stud bull, she was looking for that he cat. And that was me. Tommy the Cat is my name and I say unto thee...
Word: kissing disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it may be transmitted through kissing. 1. Mononucleosis. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: It was in a college, West Point, that infectious mononucleosis won a romantic reputation. . . . Investigators at a girls' school also found post-vacation peaks, and mono became known as the "kissing disease".
Word: dysmetria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1910-1915. Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δυσμετρία (dusmetría), from δυσ- (dus-) + μέτρον (métron) + -ία (-ía). 1. An inability to control or to limit muscular movement. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: germ-plasm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of germ plasm. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: cribles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crible Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ale posts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ale post Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tearings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tearing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snacktime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snack + time. 1. A time when a snack is eaten. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: America is already enjoying a swicier summer thanks to new PLANTERS® Sweet & Spicy Dry Roasted Peanuts - but swicy doesn't have to end with snacktime.
Word: snacktimes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snacktime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coffeetime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coffee + time. 1. A time when coffee is drunk. Example: And, as our time together grew in tension and abrasiveness, as our endless morning coffeetimes and afternoon shopping trips became harder to endure-
Word: decons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: poussettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poussette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiholdup Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + hold-up. 1. Serving as a deterrent against gunpoint robbery. Labels: not-comparable Example: German bank officials in Darmstadt are transferring money in a new antiholdup bank van that carries a vat of dye in the top.
Word: springwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spring + wood. 1. The wood in a tree's growth ring formed earlier in the growing season, when growth is more rapid, thus composed of wider elements and usually lighter in colour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: summerwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From summer + wood. 1. The wood in a tree's growth ring formed later in the growing season, when growth is less rapid. Labels: uncountable
Word: orks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ork Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draw dead Part of Speech: verb 1. To play a drawing hand that is inevitably going to lose, no matter what the remaining community cards are. Example: Player A has Q8. Player B has J10. Table: J2J8. Player A made a pair, but he is drawing dead.
Word: community card Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the cards which appear on the board and can be a part of any player's hand. Labels: in-plural
Word: community cards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of community card Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hole cards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hole card Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonrecessed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + recessed. 1. Not recessed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Recessed wheels are less subject to damage than nonrecessed wheels.
Word: thermal imaging Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of thermography. Labels: uncountable Example: Thermal imaging cameras give drones the ability to operate by day or night. [...] On this occasion, using a normal visual camera plus a thermal imaging one, we used a drone to 'sweep' the track, looking for any trespassers that were immediately apparent.
Word: ladderless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ladder + -less. 1. Without a ladder. Labels: not-comparable Example: The roof was low but she could not clamber up on it ladderless, hauling the long shakes and the nails, the hammer.
Word: nonorderable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + orderable. 1. Not capable of being ordered (placed into sequence). Labels: not-comparable
Word: unorderable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + orderable. 1. Not capable of being ordered (placed into sequence). Labels: not-comparable
Word: back walls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of back wall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: front walls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of front wall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interset Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + set. 1. Between sets. Labels: not-comparable Example: Thereafter, each set of parties can be treated as a single party for purposes of analyzing interset movements...
Word: interset Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inter- + set. 1. To set between or among.
Word: Fornicalia Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Fornacalia (“Roman baking festival”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Fornicalia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Presumably a phonetic reversal of California, chosen to resemble fornication and to end with -alia (a common word ending found sometimes in geographical names, like Sedalia, perhaps also chosen because it ends genitalia and causes Fornicalia to match that word in meter and rhyme). 1. California (a state of the United States). Labels: humorous
Word: chivalries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chivalry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tee-name Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of to-name. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative
Word: antipatent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + patent. 1. Opposing patents (legal claims to inventions) or the nature of current patent law.
Word: pseudocoding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + coding. 1. The expression of an algorithm in pseudocode. Labels: uncountable
Word: codestream Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From code + stream. 1. A stream of code. Example: The codestream obtained after compression of an image with JPEG 2000 is scalable in nature, meaning that it can be decoded in a number of ways.
Word: codestreams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of codestream Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supercatalysts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supercatalyst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: all on a sudden Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of all of a sudden. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: attributive adjectives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attributive adjective Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Barbary macaque Part of Speech: noun 1. Macaca sylvanus, an Old World monkey found in Gibraltar and the Atlas Mountains in Algeria and Morocco.
Word: Barbary macaques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Barbary macaque Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yestergay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of yesterday + gay. 1. A former gay male who is now in a heterosexual relationship. Labels: slang
Word: nonpowdered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + powdered. 1. Not powdered. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unpowdered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + powdered. 1. Not powdered. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rubber check Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the metaphor of a bounced check. 1. A check that is rejected by the bank against which it is drawn for insufficient funds. Example: A rubber check for seven hundred and fifty dollars that bounced seven hundred and fifty feet.
Word: rubber cheque Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rubber check. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bounced check Part of Speech: noun 1. A check that has been rejected by the bank against which it is drawn for insufficient funds.
Word: buzzlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From buzz + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a buzz (humming sound).
Word: compassless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From compass + -less. 1. Without a compass for navigation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonmasturbatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + masturbatory. 1. Not masturbatory. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonfoliate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + foliate. 1. Not foliate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: toquake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English toquaken, equivalent to to- + quake. 1. To quake or tremble exceedingly. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: toquash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English toquasshen, equivalent to to- + quash. 1. To beat or crush to pieces. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: toreave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English toreven, equivalent to to- + reave. 1. To take away or remove completely. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: exampling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of example Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cover crops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cover crop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English torely, torly; equivalent to tore + -ly. More at tore. 1. With difficulty; hardly; stoutly; firmly. Labels: dialectal, obsolete
Word: torend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English torenden; equivalent to to- + rend. 1. To tear apart, rend to pieces; tear up. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: torfer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English torfer, torfere, torfayr, a borrowing from Old Norse torfǽra (“a difficult road or passage”) whence the Icelandic torfæra (“an obstacle; a difficult drive, a difficult route”) and torfær (“of a path: difficult to negotiate”), torfǽrr (“hard to pass”, adjective), from tor- (“hard, difficult”) + fara (“to go, pass”). More at tore, fare. 1. Difficulty, trouble. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, uncountable
Word: torfere Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of torfer ("difficulty, trouble"). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: torfel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin obscure. Perhaps a variant of terfle or a variant of Middle English torfer (“hardship, harm, injury”). More at torfer. 1. To fall; decine; pass away; die. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
Word: torive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English toriven, equivalent to to- + rive. 1. To rive in pieces; rend. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: ichthyologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ichthyology + -ic. 1. Of or belonging to ichthyology or ichthyic. 2. The ichthyological attributes or characteristics (of an area), the fishes (of a region) as the objects of scientific study.
Word: torob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English torobben, equivalent to to- + rob. 1. To steal completely; take away entirely. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: toyear Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English toyere; equivalent to to- + year. 1. This year, in this year; during the year. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Betty hath brought more Goods into our Lock to-year than any five of the Gang […].
Word: to-year Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of toyear. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: mulattress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mulâtresse, feminine of mulâtre. Pronunciation: /mjuːˈlatɹɪs/ 1. A female mulatto, a mulatta; a woman with one black and one white parent. Labels: dated, offensive Example: I believe his final choice was determined less by personal preference than by compassion: it was a beautiful but modest-looking mulattress who stood in the background, protruding a pair of superb pear-shaped breasts, with her hands clasped behind her head and eyes raised soulfully to the ceiling.
Word: mulatresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mulatress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forefixed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From forefix, equivalent to fore- + fix + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of forefix Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: forefixed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From forefix, equivalent to fore- + fix + -ed. 1. Fixed in advance; predetermined. Example: The genius of Puritanism, with all its forefixed concatenation of misdeeds and punishments, had served me out properly.
Word: yaku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 役 (yaku). Pronunciation: /ˈjɑː.kuː/ 1. A condition that scores points when met, usually in the form of a specific combination of tiles or cards. Labels: Japanese Example: There are certain combinations of hands called “Yaku,” which, if held by a player, either among his tricks or in his hand, entitle him to certain payments from the other players. Example: It's a lot of fun for me as I'm just getting to know all the combinations (of three cards each) for yaku, which means the other fellow must subtract 50 from his score.
Word: allicient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin alliciens, present participle of allicere (“to allure”); ad + lacere (“to entice”). 1. That attracts; attractive. Labels: formal
Word: allice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of alose. Pronunciation: /ˈa.lɪs/ 1. A fish, the allis shad (Alosa alosa). Example: Both species of this fish resemble an overgrown herring: of these the allice is the largest, being often met with of as much as two feet in length[…]
Word: cadavera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cadāvera. 1. plural of cadaver Labels: form-of, plural Example: Caryatides from cadavera, [page] 22 […] [page 22] Before proceeding to the operation in question, the cadavera are submitted to the following treatment. […] A cadaver, after being treated in this manner, is deposited [?] the interior of a mould, which is filled with the following mixture, […] Example: The custom inaugurated with the opening of the Hospital, of making autopsies in all cases in which the cadavera are not claimed for burial by friends or relatives, and in which it is believed the interest of general medicine or knowledge of the treatment of this important class can be advanced, has been kept up.
Word: feer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fere, from Old English fēre (“able to go, fit for service”). More at fear. 1. Alternative form of fear (“able, capable”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: feer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fere, from Old English ġefēra. 1. Alternative form of fere (“companion, friend, mate”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: feer Part of Speech: verb 1. To mark (a field) with furrows before ploughing. Labels: Scotland, transitive
Word: anceps Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin anceps (literally “double-headed”). Pronunciation: /ˈænsɛps/ 1. A syllable that can be either short or long.
Word: ancipites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anceps Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recomposer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From recompose + -er. 1. One who recomposes. Example: To say the recomposers of the book of Amos may not meaningfully do so is to imply that we may not.
Word: Rayleigh scattering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the British physicist Lord Rayleigh (1842–1919). 1. The elastic scattering of light or other electromagnetic radiation by particles much smaller than the wavelength of the light. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Sky gazers in India and in other parts of the world will be able to witness a blood moon on September 7 during a total lunar eclipse. The moon will take on a dark red-copper hue. This is the result of a physical effect called Rayleigh scattering. During a total lunar eclipse, the earth comes between the sun and the moon, blocking direct sunlight from striking the lunar surface. However, not all sunlight is blocked. Only the bluer light is filtered out; the redder light is scattered by the earth's atmosphere, giving the moon its striking colour. This phenomenon is called Rayleigh scattering. The British Nobel laureate John William Strutt (Lord Rayleigh) explained the phenomenon in the 19th century.
Word: animadvertor Part of Speech: noun 1. One who animadverts. Example: IT was ever my Deſire and Care, if it were poſſible, not to fall under the Pen of the Animadvertor;[…]. Example: While I hold myself ready to substantiate every charge I have made against Highland depopulating proprietors, be it known that I will pay no attention to anonymous animadvertors; I must know my man.
Word: neuroleptic malignant syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A life-threatening neurological disorder, exhibiting muscle rigidity, fever, delirium, etc., most often caused by an adverse reaction to neuroleptic or antipsychotic drugs. Labels: uncountable
Word: gopherspace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gopher + space. 1. The world of information available via the Gopher protocol. Labels: Internet, uncountable Example: How do you figure out where in gopherspace a particular kind of resource might be hiding? Example: This chapter explains how to set up shop and do business in Gopherspace.
Word: FTE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of full-time equivalent. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Many of those are tied to human labour, from the per-hour fees of professional services firms to the per-seat subscriptions of software companies and the “full-time equivalents” (FTEs) that advertising agencies use to calculate fees. 2. Initialism of full-time employee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “I said, ‘We have two F.T.E.s devoted to Trump’s war on the Arctic refuge, and we have 108 going to D.E.I., and I don’t think we have our priorities straight,’” Mr. Dougherty said, using the acronyms for “full-time employees” and “diversity, equity and inclusion.”
Word: FTE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Fault Tolerant Ethernet, a proprietary protocol created by Honeywell. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: full-time equivalent Part of Speech: noun 1. The result of a calculation to estimate the effective size of a workforce that may include part-time workers. Example: We estimate our work-from-home employees to be 30% of our total full-time equivalents. Example: Many of those are tied to human labour, from the per-hour fees of professional services firms to the per-seat subscriptions of software companies and the “full-time equivalents” (FTEs) that advertising agencies use to calculate fees.
Word: antecursor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin antecursor, from ante (“before, in front”) + cursor (“runner”). 1. A forerunner; a precursor. Labels: obsolete
Word: retinohypothalamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From retino- + hypothalamic. 1. Of or pertaining to the retina and the hypothalamus; used especially of the retinohypothalamic tract, a photic input pathway involved in the circadian rhythms of mammals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plus size Part of Speech: noun 1. A size of clothing designed specifically for overweight people. 2. An overweight person.
Word: plus sizes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plus size Labels: form-of, plural
Word: party in one's mouth Part of Speech: noun 1. An exciting combination of flavors. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: We couldn't help ourselves here; every component in this salad comes together to create a party in your mouth and therefore deserves a mention. Example: There are plans to expand the sushi menu at the bar; for now the offerings are limited to specialty items such as the party-in-your-mouth creation called the B1020 Roll […]
Word: marriage guidance Part of Speech: noun 1. Advice or support about marriage, especially in the form of professional counselling, and typically given to couples looking to overcome problems in a relationship. Labels: attributive, often, uncountable
Word: rule of the road Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the requirements for how drivers, bicyclists, etc, behave and operate while using public roadways. Example: To obtain a driving licence, you must pass a test to show that you understand the rules of the road. Example: It is a rule of the road in this country that a motorist must yield to a pedestrian who is in a pedestrian crossing. 2. The regulation requiring all traffic (travelling on a road or otherwise) to keep either to the left or the right. Example: The general rule of the road for steamers is precisely the same as the general rule of the pavement for foot passengers in London […] Example: Hence in Japan the influential samurai warriors habitually kept to the left while walking or riding. Their example influenced other travellers and resulted in the modern rule of the road in Japan: keep left. 3. (nautical) A regulation concerning safe handling of vessels on roadsteads, seaways, sea lanes, etc. 4. A basic (fundamental) and general requirement or principle for how to operate or behave in a certain context or domain (for example, an industry, an occupation, a company, an association). Labels: countable, figuratively Example: You can't fill in fraudulent information on this form if you want to keep your job at this company. That's not a suggestion, that's just a rule of the road around here.
Word: antiroad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + road. 1. Opposing the construction of a road. Example: I mentioned Britain's antiroad protesters, and they were tickled pink at the idea of people living in treehouses to stop a road.
Word: Old Georgian Part of Speech: name 1. A language of the South Caucasian family, spoken between the 5ᵗʰ Century BC and the 17ᵗʰ Century AD when it evolved into the modern Georgian language.
Word: omo Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of omorashi. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
Word: pseudodementias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudodementia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pick-up Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkʌp/ 1. Alternative form of pickup. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Seasonal fluctuations in traffic mean the number of paths actually used varies. In general, three up goods and the pick-up [pick-up goods train] leave Freetown daily.
Word: pseudocyst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + cyst. 1. A pathological collection of fluid, differing from a cyst in lacking a clearly-defined epithelial cell layer.
Word: pseudocysts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudocyst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anticarbon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + carbon. 1. The hypothetical antimatter equivalent of carbon. Labels: uncountable
Word: tearingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From tearing + -ly. 1. With a tearing or ripping motion. Example: The beast sat on its haunches and tearingly ate the hind quarters of a still-squealing little pig. Example: The Zimbabwean telephone exchange is temperamental (make that hair-tearingly frustrating)...
Word: feldspathoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feldspathoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: collegewide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From college + -wide. 1. throughout a college. Labels: not-comparable
Word: networkwide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From network + -wide. 1. throughout a network. Labels: not-comparable
Word: businesswide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From business + -wide. 1. throughout a business. Labels: not-comparable
Word: businesswide Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From business + -wide. 1. throughout a business. Labels: not-comparable
Word: enterprisewide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From enterprise + -wide. 1. throughout a business enterprise. Labels: not-comparable
Word: enterprisewide Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From enterprise + -wide. 1. throughout a business enterprise. Labels: not-comparable
Word: universitywide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From university + -wide. 1. throughout a university. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonperverted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + perverted. 1. Not perverted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unperverted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + perverted. 1. Not perverted.
Word: unpersuasiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unpersuasive + -ness. 1. The quality of being unpersuasive; lack of persuasiveness. Labels: uncountable
Word: agathism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”) + -ism. 1. The doctrine that the ultimate end of all things is good, although the intermediate means may be evil. Labels: uncountable
Word: great circles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of great circle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gershom Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew גֵּרְשֹׁם (gershóm, “Gershom”), found in Exodus. 1. A male given name from Hebrew. Labels: rare Example: And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Word: toshake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English toshaken, from Old English *tōsceacan, *tōscacan, equivalent to to- + shake. 1. To shake violently; shake to pieces. Labels: obsolete
Word: toshear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tosheren, from Old English tōsceran (“to cut apart”), equivalent to to- + shear. 1. To cut in two. Labels: obsolete
Word: toshend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English toshenden, from Old English tōsċendan (“to destroy”), equivalent to to- + shend. 1. To ruin completely; destroy. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: paystub Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pay stub. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: paystubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paystub Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forever stamp Part of Speech: noun 1. A postage stamp with no indicated monetary value and indefinitely valid for a given service, e.g. a domestic first-class letter under 20 grams. Labels: US
Word: tetrarchies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetrarchy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: of a sudden Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of all of a sudden. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Then of a sudden the rope was still—the stone had caught at the very edge. Gingerly the ape-man clambered up the frail rope. Example: Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
Word: occipital bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of occipital bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: targeted killing Part of Speech: noun 1. The intentional killing by a government or its agents of a civilian or "unlawful combatant" who is not in that government's custody, and who is taking part in an armed conflict or terrorism, whether by bearing arms or otherwise, and is thus regarded by the government as having lost the immunity from being targeted that he or she would otherwise have under the Geneva Conventions. Labels: countable, euphemistic, uncountable Example: The moral legitimacy of targeted killing becomes even clearer when compared to the alternative means of fighting terror – that is, the massive invasion of the community that shelters and supports the terrorists in an attempt to catch or kill the terrorists and destory their infrastructure. Example: Even if the targeted killing is deemed to fall within the laws of armed conflict, the rules relating thereto protect non-combatants. While civilians cannot be targeted, if they are killed or injured during an attack on a military target, then as long as the means employed were discriminate and proportionate, there is no violation of the laws of armed conflict.
Word: cartilaginously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From cartilaginous + -ly. 1. in a manner involving cartilage.
Word: unrebutted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + rebutted. 1. Not having been rebutted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: periodic law Part of Speech: noun 1. The principle that chemical properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers
Word: phono cartridge Part of Speech: noun 1. The component attached to the end of the tone arm of a phonograph turntable that holds the stylus.
Word: come stà Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Italian come sta (literally “as it stands”). The accent mark is not present in standard Italian orthography. 1. An instruction to play without improvised ornamentation or rhythmic alteration.
Word: wrick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wricken, probably from Middle Dutch wricken (Modern Dutch wrikken (“to wriggle”)) or Middle Low German wricken (“to move jerkily; sprain”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). See also Low German wriggen, German Low German wricken (“to row; scull; move back and forth”)). Compare also Danish vrikke (“to move; turn; wriggle”), Swedish vricka (“to sprain; twist; scull”). 1. To twist; turn Labels: dialectal 2. To wrench; strain Labels: dialectal
Word: wrick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wricken, probably from Middle Dutch wricken (Modern Dutch wrikken (“to wriggle”)) or Middle Low German wricken (“to move jerkily; sprain”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). See also Low German wriggen, German Low German wricken (“to row; scull; move back and forth”)). Compare also Danish vrikke (“to move; turn; wriggle”), Swedish vricka (“to sprain; twist; scull”). 1. A painful muscular spasm in the neck or back
Word: clasht Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of clash Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: uMMA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of urinary methylmalonic acid: a test for vitamin B12 deficiency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: double-checks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of double-check Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: double-checking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of double-check Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: double-checked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of double-check Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: allotons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alloton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alloton Part of Speech: noun 1. A particle that carries an imaginary electric charge; posited to account for dark matter
Word: graphoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From graph + -oid. 1985, United States. 1. A matroid that has two collections of nonempty subsets called circuits and cocircuits such that the intersection of any circuit and cocircuit is not only the identity matroid, no circuit properly contains another circuit, no cocircuit properly contains another cocircuit, and for any painting of M that colors exactly one element green and the rest either red or blue there exists either a circuit containing the green element and no red elements or a cocircuit containing the green element and no blue elements. 2. A set of statements of the form, "X is irrelevant to Y given that we know Z" where X, Y and Z are sets of variables, which can be manipulated by a set of axioms concerning informational irrelevance and its graphical representation.
Word: intrabinary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + binary. 1. Within a binary star system Labels: not-comparable
Word: intrahost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + host. 1. Within a host organism Labels: not-comparable
Word: preliminatory Part of Speech: adj 1. preliminary Labels: nonstandard, not-comparable
Word: pseudoknotted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudo- + knotted. 1. Having one or more pseudoknots
Word: subclonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + clonal. 1. Of or pertaining to a subclone Labels: not-comparable
Word: tumorogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tumor + -genic. 1. Alternative spelling of tumorigenic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: caract Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Latin character. 1. A mark or sign. Labels: obsolete 2. A magical symbol. Labels: obsolete
Word: speed traps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speed trap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shopping lists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shopping list Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shoulder bags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoulder bag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: have got someone's back Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of have someone's back. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: have someone's back Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hæv ˌsʌmwʌnz ˈbæk/ 1. To be prepared and willing to support or defend someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you ever need help, just ask. You know I have your back. Example: Liz Truss has promised Britons she has “got your back” and set out a plan for “growth, growth and growth” in a conference speech disrupted by protesters asking who voted for her plan.
Word: X-country Part of Speech: noun 1. cross-country Labels: attributive, informal, uncountable, usually 2. cross-country skiing Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: X-country Part of Speech: adv 1. Across the country. Labels: not-comparable Example: They took a red-eye flight X-country.
Word: klondyke Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of klondike. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: klondyke Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of klondike. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: klondyker Part of Speech: noun 1. A ship involved in klondyking.
Word: klondykers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of klondyker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xfer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From x- + (trans)fer. 1. Abbreviation of transfer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: xfer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From x- + (trans)fer. 1. Abbreviation of transfer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: moto-x Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of moto-cross. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: moto-cross Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of motorcycle + cross-country. 1. A sport involving the off-road racing of motorcycles. Labels: uncountable
Word: Ieper Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Ypres.
Word: whale tails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whale tail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grammar nazi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of grammar Nazi. Labels: alt-of
Word: mannies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manny Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of mannie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mobcap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mob cap. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mob caps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mob cap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diplontic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From diplont + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to a diplont. Labels: not-comparable
Word: diplont Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diplo- + -ont. 1. An organism having a diploid number of chromosomes in its cells
Word: Massa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Both borrowed from Italian Massa, from Latin Māssa, from massa (“mass, bulk”). Compare Massey. 1. A town in Tuscany, Italy. Labels: uncountable 2. A surname. Labels: countable
Word: Massa Part of Speech: noun 1. A Chadic ethnic group in Cameroon and Chad. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Massa Part of Speech: name 1. A Chadic language spoken by the Massa people.
Word: Massa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of massa, master, particularly as a form of address. Labels: alt-of Example: Officer.—"What is the numerical strength of the enemy in our front?" Intelligent Contraband.—"Eh, Massa?" O.—"How many men has the Confederate General Blank?" I. C.—"'Bout forty-leben thousan', Massa." O.—"Don't you mean about four thousand?" I. C.—"Yes, Massa; dar's 'bout four hundred ob 'em." Example: "I wanted to speak to you about Miss Merze, Rhoda." "Yes, Massa Fred."
Word: ice cream cones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ice cream cone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: -rel Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -rel, -erel, from Old French -erel, -erelle. Pronunciation: /ɹəl/ 1. pejorative suffix Labels: morpheme Example: waste + -rel → wastrel 2. diminutive suffix Labels: diminutive, morpheme, suffix Example: cock + -rel → cockerel
Word: awesometastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From awesome + -tastic. Pronunciation: /ɔsm̩ˈtæstɪk/ 1. superbly wonderful; fantastic, great Labels: slang Example: "Watching a cooking show on PBS." "How is it?" "Awesometastic," she replied, echoing her mother's sassy spunk.
Word: sodomitess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Translation for the Hebrew word "kedeshah" in Deuteronomy 23:17. 1. A female sodomite. 2. A female temple prostitute.
Word: wise apple Part of Speech: noun 1. A smart aleck. Labels: idiomatic Example: Private Wise Guy Bly is the type of guy who in civilian life was known as a "wise apple". Example: "The Americans did not win at Bunker Hill," this wise apple said. 2. Having the manner of a smart aleck. Labels: attributive, idiomatic Example: She gave me a wise-apple smirk and asked, "And how are things at YOUR house?"
Word: wiseapple Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wise apple. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wise-apple Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wise apple. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fakey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fake + -y. 1. Fake. Labels: colloquial Example: We do many before and afters at Cosmo with models (who don't look all that great before the makeup, incidentally) and civilians, and none of them ever continues to do the “after” makeup on a regular basis. Too much work, too fakey and, if you’ve pulled all the stops out every day, where would be the joy and drama when you need to look really fabulous? Example: It is easy to dislike many of the later videos: even as early as the late ’80s, the kind of drama he puts onto screen often looks fakey, and isn’t always rescued by his skill as a performer.
Word: fakey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fake + -y. 1. Alternative form of fakie (“biking or boarding move”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: karyolysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From karyo- + -lysis. 1. The dissolution of the nucleus of a cell by the action of deoxyribonuclease Labels: uncountable
Word: mannie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From man + -ie. 1. A man Labels: Scotland 2. An undersized or insignificant man Labels: Scotland
Word: Mannie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Aphetic diminutive with -ie. 1. A diminutive of the male given name Emmanuel.
Word: scramasax Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of dagger or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons, the Franks and the Vikings. Labels: historical
Word: vigoro Part of Speech: noun 1. a team sport with elements of cricket, played mainly by women in Australia Labels: uncountable
Word: beller Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bellow. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, dialectal Example: With a beller of wrath, I jerked my arm away from him and hung a clout on his proboscis that knocked him headfirst through the ropes.
Word: beller Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of bellow. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, dialectal Example: "Don't you start bellering now..." Example: ‘Girl, stop that bellering. What you talking about?’
Word: Buxtehude Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Buxtehude. 1. A city in Germany, in northern Lower Saxony.
Word: Achaemenes Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Achaemenes, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (Haxāmaniš). Doublet of Hakhamanish and Hakhamanesh. Pronunciation: /əˈkɛməniːz/ 1. The founder of the Achaemenid dynasty.
Word: Navaho Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Navajo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Navaho Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Navajo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: compellent Part of Speech: adj 1. That compels. Example: Acquiescence to a compellent threat invites another demand […]
Word: mast seeding Part of Speech: noun 1. An intermittently-occurring, synchronous production of large amounts of seed by a population of plants. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: mentos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mento Labels: form-of, plural
Word: militations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of militation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semiaridity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + aridity. 1. The quality of being semiarid. Labels: uncountable
Word: smoker's coughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smoker's cough Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wieldier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of wieldy: more wieldy Labels: archaic, comparative, form-of
Word: wieldiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of wieldy: most wieldy Labels: archaic, form-of, superlative
Word: sea beds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea bed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chöd Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan གཅོད (gcod, “to sever”), short for གཅོད་སྒྲུབ་ཐབས (gcod sgrub thabs), equivalent to Sanskrit छेद साधना (cheda sādhanā); both literally "cutting practice". 1. A spiritual practice primarily found in Tibetan Buddhism.
Word: Chod Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Chöd. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: telefaxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of telefax Labels: form-of, plural
Word: telefaxes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of telefax Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: RPer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From RP + -er. 1. Abbreviation of role-player. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: RPers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of RPer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: role-player Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of roleplayer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unmeticulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + meticulous. 1. Not meticulous.
Word: unsqueamish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + squeamish. 1. Not squeamish.
Word: unrewardingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unrewarding + -ly. 1. In an unrewarding manner.
Word: nonfragmentary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + fragmentary. 1. Not fragmentary. Labels: not-comparable
Word: shit test Part of Speech: noun 1. A conscious or unconscious challenge posed by a woman to a man to determine his suitability as a romantic or sexual partner consisting of acting in a cold, unfriendly, provocative or otherwise defiant manner and seeing how the man reacts and whether he is able to stay unfazed. Labels: vulgar Example: Coleman left and Passow texted him an apology, the Intercept reported. In reply, Coleman said that he was only warming up the car, and added, "I'm sorry baby I failed your shit test."
Word: shit test Part of Speech: verb 1. To target with a shit test. Labels: transitive, vulgar Example: This all started because the American accused me of "shit testing" him. I had no idea what he meant so I Googled it, and spent an afternoon in silent wonder.
Word: witch hunt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of witch-hunt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: discretionaries Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the adjective discretionary. 1. Goods and services that are not essential, bought by a customer using discretionary income. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: witch hunts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of witch hunt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: McCarthyisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of McCarthyism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Verlainesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Verlaine + -esque. 1. Reminiscent of the works of French poet Paul Verlaine (1844-1896).
Word: pugnosed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of pug-nosed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: verjuices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of verjuice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: verjuices Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of verjuice Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: verlanised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of verlanise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: FAQs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of FAQ Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Murcians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Murcian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: casualising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of casualise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: casualises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of casualise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cat meat Part of Speech: noun 1. Cat eaten as meat. Labels: uncountable 2. Meat prepared to be given as food for a cat. Labels: uncountable Example: 2008, Too Much Sunlight, by Pat Gerber. Page 23. *By this time Suzanna was no longer cooking offal for the cats, but always had a tin of cat meat at home so gave the kitten a portion. 3. Someone who has been badly beaten. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Anyone who attacks this fort will be turned to cat meat. Example: In 1976, country singer Hank Snow has turned the killers of children to cat meat by lashing them with his belt.
Word: dog meat Part of Speech: noun 1. Meat from a dog eaten as food. Labels: uncountable Example: We visited South Korea this time around, where we ate dog meat for the first time. 2. Meat prepared to be given to a dog as food. Labels: uncountable Example: That's a tin of dog meat, as well, really, er, served in the traditional manner, chopped up into a big bowl that says "DOG" on the side. 3. Synonym of dead meat (“someone in danger of being killed or severely punished”). Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Did you just step on my blue suede shoes? You're dog meat now!
Word: sagacities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sagacity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bobbings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bobbing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Modern Japanese Part of Speech: name 1. The modern stage of the Japanese language, usually dated from around 1600.
Word: buttless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From butt + -less. 1. Without a butt, not having a butt. Labels: not-comparable Example: With the exception of the trigger mechanism and spring, the pistol was made entirely out of flat black plastic and looked very much like a small buttless sawed-off shotgun. 2. Of a piece of clothing, showing the bare buttocks of a person. Labels: not-comparable Example: buttless pants
Word: quadrangularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quadrangular + -ity. 1. The quality of being quadrangular. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: degree mill Part of Speech: noun 1. a disreputable university, churning out degrees to unqualified students. Labels: derogatory
Word: gossipmongering Part of Speech: noun 1. The behaviour of a gossipmonger; the spreading of salacious rumours. Labels: uncountable
Word: hatemongering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hatemonger + -ing. 1. The behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred. Labels: uncountable Example: I think it is right and proper that a hatemongering anti-Islam, anti-women, anti-feminism, anti-puppies (probably) commentator should not be given regular airtime in the national media, but getting fired to be replaced with another one, while the original runs amok underground, is not a victory.
Word: poisonmonger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poison + monger. 1. One who peddles poison (literally or figuratively).
Word: poisonmongers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poisonmonger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overcharger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overcharge + -er. 1. One who overcharges.
Word: overchargers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overcharger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nondomain Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + domain. 1. Not of or pertaining to a domain. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scrollworks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scrollwork Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Juba dance Part of Speech: noun 1. A dance with stomping and slapping motions, the hambone.
Word: jubes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jube Labels: form-of, plural