nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: flattie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flat + -ie. 1. A flattie spider, generally in the family Selenopidae, so called because of its flattened, sprawling shape. Labels: informal 2. A flat white (a type of coffee). Labels: informal 3. A flat marinated cut of meat. Labels: South-Africa Example: a chicken flattie 4. A flat store. Labels: slang Example: All the rube had to do was throw a baseball into a barrel and get a prize. How hard could that be? But the barrel was rigged with a false bottom as resilient as a trampoline so that a ball thrown from the specified distance invariably bounced out. Not everything was a flattie. 5. A flat-bottomed sloop-rigged sharpie. Example: Flatties were in use on Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds of North Carolina, employed for shoal water fishing and trapping and usually manned by black boatmen ... no duck-hunting or use of guns was allowed by the local white men. Example: This is the "flattie" model of this skiff — there was also a V-bottomed version similar to the m odified sharpie of Figure 6-4. 6. A traditional two-dimensional motion picture, as opposed to a deepie. Labels: informal Example: “SOMEDAY,” Hitchcock told me, “there will be three-dimensional wall Video screens, and Dial M for Murder will come into its own. But at the time I was making that picture, I worried that 3-D might be a fad that would fade and that Dial M would go out as a 'flattie.' […] 7. A flat earther. Labels: Internet 8. The operator of a flat joint, or crooked gambling operation. Labels: slang Example: A carnival hawker may run a legitimate game in which you have a fair chance to win, but then again he may be a flattie — a carnival grifter expert at separating the unwary from their money. 9. A Flat-coated Retriever. Labels: colloquial 10. A woman with very small breasts. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, humorous 11. A navel that is neither protruding nor sunken. Labels: informal 12. A flatmate. Labels: informal 13. A flat pitch, which is typically easy to bat. Labels: informal 14. Alternative spelling of flatty. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: finished product Part of Speech: noun 1. The final version of a product. Example: At the time of writing, I have not seen the finished product, but I nevertheless think this is a win-win situation for Network Rail, operators, Fabrik and, of course, others. 2. Synonym of finished article. Example: This, it must be stressed, is not to mark Arsenal out as potential Premier League winners or acclaim them as the finished product - there have been false dawns before, under both current manager Mikel Arteta and his predecessor Unai Emery.
Word: popliteus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin, see poples. 1. A small muscle at the back of the knee that aids in bending the knee and in the rotation of the lower leg.
Word: so's Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Contraction of so as. 1. So that, in order that. Labels: contraction Example: Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. 2. To the extent that. Labels: contraction Example: "Has he been working?" / "Not so's you'd notice."
Word: so's Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Contraction of so + is. 1. So is. Labels: contraction Example: My father's at work right now. So's my mother.
Word: so's Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Contraction of so + has. 1. So has. Labels: contraction Example: My father's gone away on holiday. So's my mother.
Word: commonplaced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of commonplace Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: commonplacing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of commonplace Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: There are some people who ought never to dream of commonplacing the ideal with themselves. The world of the heart is essentially ideal: it collects all poetry,—innate and acquired; it is fastidious, dreaming, and delicate; and is a question of taste as well as of feeling; and it is to this world that love belongs.
Word: censitary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin censitarius, from Latin censere (“assess (for tax)”). Compare French censitaire, Spanish and Italian censitario. 1. (of an elective franchise, especially in the nineteenth century) dependent on or proportional to a poll tax (cense) or property qualification; restricted. Labels: not-comparable Example: The composition of the Provincial and District Assemblies out of representatives of the three orders (peasants, clergy, and nobles), and the censitary provisions taken for keeping the representatives of the peasants in a minority, were, as experience has shown, a useless and vexatious precaution. Example: By 1791-92, the two camps were moving toward a property-based, or censitary, compromise
Word: nonsmoking Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of non-smoking. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: ecphonesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐκφώνησις (ekphṓnēsis, “pronunciation, exclamation”). 1. Exclamation. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable, usually Example: By Ecphonesis, straight the mind is raised When by a sudden flow of passion seized. 2. The part of the service spoken in an audible tone. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: arrow key Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a set of keyboard keys marked with directional arrows, used for navigation through documents and lists etc.
Word: exhalatory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪksˈhælətəɹi/, /ɪksˈhælətɹi/, /ɛksˈhæləˌtɔɹi/ 1. Of or pertaining to exhalation Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonhypothalamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + hypothalamic. 1. Not hypothalamic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonurinary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + urinary. 1. Not urinary. Labels: not-comparable Example: Certain disease states, eg, high-output fistulas or massive diarrhea, will increase the amount of nonurinary losses for nitrogen.
Word: expungements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of expungement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rokurokubi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 轆(ろく)轤(ろ)首(くび) (rokurokubi). 1. A yōkai in the form of a person who can stretch their neck to great lengths. Labels: Japanese
Word: Shirime Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 尻目. 1. A yōkai whose appearance is of a person with an eye in place of the anus. Labels: Japanese
Word: Jawjah Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɔʊ.dʒə/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of Georgia, representing Southern US English. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: The janitor of the College to which I went directed me to a boarding-house, where I engaged a small, third-story room, which I afterwards shared with Mr. Chaucer of Jawjah, as he called the State which he had the honor to represent.
Word: saltarelli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saltarello Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pysma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πύσμα (púsma, “a question requiring an explanation”). 1. The asking of a series of questions requiring complex answers. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: girya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Russian ги́ря (gírja). 1. A kettlebell; a weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise. Example: He slammed the giryas back down on the rubber-matted floor. Example: Kettlebells, which are Russian in origin (called girya), are believed to have been around since the early 1700s.
Word: GRE Part of Speech: noun 1. Any edition of the Graduate Record Examination or of any of its Subject Tests. Example: I'm taking the GRE on Sunday. Example: He took seven subject GREs, and scored in the 94th percentile or higher on each!
Word: GREs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of GRE Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Trifluvien Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the French Trifluvien. 1. A resident of Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières) or its surrounding county. Labels: Quebec
Word: Trifluvien Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the French Trifluvien. 1. Of or pertaining to the city of Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières) or its surrounding county. Labels: Quebec
Word: Trifluvian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French trifluvien, equivalent to tri- + fluv- (from Latin fluvius (“river”)) + -ian. This is a latinate rendering of Three Rivers/Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Compare English fluvial. 1. A resident of Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières) or its surrounding county. Labels: Quebec
Word: Trifluvian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French trifluvien, equivalent to tri- + fluv- (from Latin fluvius (“river”)) + -ian. This is a latinate rendering of Three Rivers/Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Compare English fluvial. 1. pertaining to the city of Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières) or its surrounding county Labels: Quebec
Word: Trifluvienne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the French Trifluvienne. 1. Female equivalent of Trifluvien. Labels: Quebec, feminine, form-of
Word: Trifluviennes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Trifluvienne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Trifluvians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Trifluvian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: double-parked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of double-park Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: multigenus Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + genus. 1. consisting of, or related to multiple genera Labels: not-comparable Example: "Using sequencing data combined with spectral fluorescence imaging, we have discovered a multigenus, highly organized microbial consortium in human dental plaque."
Word: aeolotropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aeolo- + -tropy. 1. The phenomenon whereby the physical properties (e.g., electric conductivity, refractive index) of a body depend on the direction in which they are measured. Labels: uncountable Example: One of the most curious and interesting things in the mathematics of æolotropy.
Word: æolotropy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of aeolotropy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: eolotropy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of aeolotropy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: aeolotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aeolo- + -tropic. 1. Pertaining to aeolotropy; of a body or substance, having physical properties (e.g., electric conductivity, refractive index) that depend on the direction in which they are measured. Labels: not-comparable Example: An individual body […] may be isotropic in one quality or class of qualities, but æolotropic in others. Example: On extending his [Mitscherlich's] inquiry to other aelotropic crystals he observed a similar variation, and was thus led, in 1825, to the discovery that aelotropic crystals, when heated, expand unequally in the direction of dissimilar axes.
Word: æolotropic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of aeolotropic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: eolotropic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of aeolotropic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: mustela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin mūstēla and translingual Mustela. 1. Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela. Example: Almost all of the mustelas have a power of secreting and discharging a most fetid and intolerable stench at their will; and many of them do it as a mean of defence: and often so effectually that the very beast that pursues them is compelled to relinquish the chace, so completely is he overpowered by its noisome vapour. Example: Skull.—The skull of the Felis yaguarundi, in general shape, exhibits a close relationship to that of F. eyra, and, like it, much narrower and elongated than in the Felida concolor or pardalis; calling to mind the mustelas as much as the cats.
Word: mustelas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mustela Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hub-bub Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hubbub. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aelotropic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of aeolotropic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: elotropic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of aeolotropic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: irbis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian и́рбис (írbis). 1. snow leopard (large feline mammal, Panthera uncia, native to mountain ranges of central Asia) Labels: no-plural, uncommon Example: The tiger and the irbis (felis irbis) reach the northern limit of their distribution in the reeds of Balkhash, but occasionally stray northward into the neighbourhood of the Alatau.
Word: nathless Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of natheless. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Would'st thou revive the deep Despair, / The Anguish, that unutter'd nathless wrings / My inmost Heart? Example: I dare not always touch her, lest the kiss Leave my lips charred. Yea, Lord, a little bliss, Brief bitter bliss, one hath for a great sin; Nathless thou knowest how sweet a thing it is.
Word: vinhos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vinho Labels: form-of, plural
Word: novillo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish novillo. 1. A young bull (fought by a novillero).
Word: novillos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of novillo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obliterator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From obliterate + -or. 1. One who obliterates. Example: These submerged treacheries left an atmosphere. Even two such practised obliterators of their species as Bradly and Podson could not fail to note that each was secreting a certain reservation of opinion on the other.
Word: obstetricate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From obstetric + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To assist in the manner or as if in the manner of a midwife. Labels: obsolete Example: Some adviſe us to break the ſhells of Pines to facilitate their delivery, and I have eſſay'd it; but to my loſs; Nature does obſtetricate, and do that office of her ſelf when it is the beſt ſeaſon; [...] Example: Whatever its effect on the soldiers, Paul's sermon on Areopagus has not been forgotten in Mars Hill, Maine, where the town's other doctor wears a cross in his lapel and has personally been obstetricated twice
Word: through variables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of through variable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: through variable Part of Speech: noun 1. A variable transmitted through an element. For example, the torque applied at one side of a stem is transmitted through this one to the other side.
Word: accountability partner Part of Speech: noun 1. A fellow business professional who acts as a moderating influence and mentor
Word: brother-in-arms Part of Speech: noun 1. comrade in arms (fellow combatant or soldier) Example: But the vengeance I told myself I was getting for Wrex felt like a lie. I could win the game but he wasn't coming back. Being forced to lose my in-game comrade-who I thought of as a virtual person of color and as a brother-in-arms-affected me in a forceful way that I never expected. Mass Effect made me look at myself and think about the way races, classes and individuals bring their histories to bear.
Word: highlightable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From highlight + -able. 1. Capable of being highlighted. Labels: not-comparable Example: Highlightable text can be selected and copied to another location.
Word: Biebs Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Bieber + -s (hypocoristic suffix). Pronunciation: /biːbz/ 1. The pop musician Justin Bieber. Labels: slang
Word: admonitioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From admonition + -er. 1. An admonisher; one who admonishes. Labels: obsolete
Word: admonitioners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of admonitioner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: comptessa Part of Speech: noun 1. countess Labels: no-plural, rare
Word: Standard German Part of Speech: name 1. The standardised German (more precisely High German) language, especially as distinguished from High German varieties such as Bavarian or Luxembourgish, or from Low German. Labels: uncountable
Word: Rule 63 Part of Speech: name Etymology: Rule 63 was first introduced as part of the expanded edition of Anonymous’ Rules of the Internet, most likely published in the summer of 2007, based on Google Insights. The Urban Dictionary entry for “Rule 63” was first submitted by user InternetHateMachine on August 8th, 2007. 1. The proposition that it is possible to find genderswapped versions of every fictional character, especially as fan art on the internet. Labels: Internet, informal, slang
Word: impoverishedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From impoverished + -ness. 1. Quality of being impoverished. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: impoverishedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From impoverished + -ly. 1. In an impoverished way. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: preapprove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + approve. 1. To approve beforehand, before execution or implementation. Labels: transitive Example: Since election boards aren't actually willing to preapprove these forms for software companies, Dean, as a presidential candidate, submits his own forms. Example: While you'll probably have her sympathies if your condominium association wants to preapprove your storm door, you'll need to work harder for her support if your boss at the music megastore demands you grow a goatee to help lend the place some indie cred.
Word: preapproves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of preapprove Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: preapproving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of preapprove Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: affixoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of affixoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cold sleep Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of coldsleep. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: I hesitated, then added, "I'm going to take the Long Sleep. The cold sleep—you know what I mean." Example: Half a thousand colonists had left Sol system in cold sleep, with twenty crew.
Word: TINLC Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of There is no lumber cartel. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, humorous, initialism
Word: eptagon Part of Speech: noun 1. A heptagon. Labels: rare
Word: eptagons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eptagon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corresponsive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Formed as: correspons- (perfect passive participial stem of the Medieval Latin correspondeō) + -ive; compare responsive. 1. jointly or mutually responsive: exchanging 2. responsive to stimulus: responding, answering 3. equivalent or similar in character: corresponding Example: Now on Dardan plains / The fresh and yet unbruised Greeks do pitch / Their brave pavilions: Priam's six-gated city, / Dardan, and Tymbria, Helias, Chetas, Troien, / And Antenorides, with massy staples / And corresponsive and fulfilling bolts, / Sperr up the sons of Troy.
Word: eisegeses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eisegesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: onycha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin onycha. 1. the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes: Take vnto thee ſpices, ſtactee, and onycha, galbanum of ſwete ſauour, and the cleareſt frankincenſe, al shal be of equal weight: 2. The precious stone onyx. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: onychinus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin onychinus, from Ancient Greek ὀνῠ́χῐνος (onŭ́khĭnos). 1. onyx Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: […] a certain vessel finely and subtilly made of the precious stone onychinus […]
Word: opilio Part of Speech: noun 1. The snow crab Chionoecetes opilio.
Word: cat's cradles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cat's cradle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epistaxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epistaxis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sakazuki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese さかずき. 1. A Japanese cup for drinking saké.
Word: Alvina Part of Speech: name Etymology: A feminine form of Alvin. 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages. Example: Consequently Alvina, or Vina as she was called, understood only the explicit mode of good-humoured straightforwardness.
Word: oppressure Part of Speech: noun 1. oppression Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: ornature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ornatura. 1. Decoration; ornamentation. Labels: archaic Example: if you haue regard to their ornature , how manie mines of sundrie kinds of course & fine marble are there to be had in England ?
Word: ostiolum Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ostiole. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ostiola Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ostiolum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: papulae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of papula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: papulas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of papula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Frankland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Fronc-lond, from Old English Francland (“Land of the Franks, France”). Cognate with Icelandic Frakkland (“France”). Frank + land. 1. The land or realm of the Franks. Labels: archaic, countable, historical, uncountable Example: It fell above all on Northern Frankland, and soon the Scheldt, the Meuse, and the Rhine were full of pirate squadrons. 2. France. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable 3. A surname from Middle English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Frank-land Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Frankland. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pastophorium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pastophorium. 1. A small chapel in a temple containing an image of a god.
Word: pastophoria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pastophorium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cataphor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cataphora (“a coma”), from Ancient Greek καταφορά (kataphorá, “a bringing down, a lethargic attack”). Pronunciation: /ˈkatəfə/, /-ˌfɔː/, /ˈkætəfɚ/, /-ˌfɔɹ/ 1. Semicoma. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Somnolence marked by periods of partial consciousness. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The use of a pronoun or other linguistic unit to refer ahead to another word in a sentence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yet, all psycholinguistic studies, syntax processing, logic based grammars, poetry parsing and even formal parser construction, indicate that resolving anaphor is much easier than cataphor; we therefore collect an additional code point for any cataphor. Example: It was hypothesized that the cataphor this would signal that a concept is likely to be mentioned again in the following story and that therefore the this-cataphor results in a higher activation.
Word: semicoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + coma. 1. A mild coma.
Word: misbid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the fusion of Middle English misbidden (to mistreat; equivalent to mis- + bid) and Middle English misbeden (“to mistreat; abuse; outrage; offend; insult”), from Old English misbēodan (“to ill-use, injure, do wrong to, announce wrongly”), equivalent to mis- + bid (“to offer, declare”). Pronunciation: /mɪsˈbɪd/ 1. To injure; mistreat. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To insult; offend. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To make an incorrect offer or bid. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I did my bids for that month and I misbid, and I bid all weekends. 4. To bid incorrectly; bid higher or lower than actual. Labels: ambitransitive Example: After apologizing profusely for his errors on the first two hands, he misbid the last hand and they ended up in fifth place.
Word: misbid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the fusion of Middle English misbidden (to mistreat; equivalent to mis- + bid) and Middle English misbeden (“to mistreat; abuse; outrage; offend; insult”), from Old English misbēodan (“to ill-use, injure, do wrong to, announce wrongly”), equivalent to mis- + bid (“to offer, declare”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsbɪd/ 1. A mistake in a bid or offer; a wrong offer or bid. Example: If you explode quite often because of misplays or misbids by the 'moron' who is ruining your game, your temper-ridden body is a good target for a sudden elevation of blood pressure, a stroke, a coronary attack.
Word: autoreferential Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auto- + referential. 1. Self-referential. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dithiolate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + thiolate. 1. Any salt or derivative of a dithiol
Word: epizoodic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Influenced by variant pronunciation. Compare epizudic. Pronunciation: /ɛpɪˈzuːdɪk/ 1. Alternative spelling of epizootic, in the sense a particular disease (as opposed to an outbreak of disease). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Say, Charlie, what did you give your horse when he had the epizoodic?" "Tablespoonful aconite," was the laconic response.
Word: anangeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin anangeon, from Ancient Greek ἀναγκαῖον (anankaîon), neuter of ἀναγκαῖος (anankaîos, “necessary”). The spelling of this word with -ng- is unexpected. The Latin word first appears in Jodocus Badius' annotations of Quintilian's Institutio Oratoria, printed in 1516, in which ἀναγκαῖον is glossed as Anagkeon in the text and Anangeon in the index. The latter spelling is likely an error that was introduced by the compiler of the index and copied by later authors. Pronunciation: /əˈnænd͡ʒiən/ 1. A justification of an action by inevitability or necessity. Labels: rhetoric
Word: magnetoresponsive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From magneto- + responsive. 1. Displaying a response that is dependent upon the strength of an applied magnetic field
Word: metaplectic Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing a specific form of symplectic group. Labels: not-comparable
Word: orthochronous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ortho- + -chronous. 1. Describing any Lorentz transformation or Galilean transformation which preserves the direction of time Labels: not-comparable
Word: brending Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brenning, brinninge, equivalent to bren (“to set on fire”) + -ing. Probably influenced in form by the past participle brend, brent (“burnt”), or from brand. 1. The act of burning; burning. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, uncountable Example: From the building to the brending.
Word: schoolboy errors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schoolboy error Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toll lines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toll line Labels: form-of, plural
Word: turkey slaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turkey slap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peculium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin peculium. See peculiar. 1. The savings of a son or a slave, with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own. Labels: historical 2. A special fund for private and personal uses. Example: Still, however, he gained something, and it was the glory of his heart to carry it to Mr MacMorlan weekly, a slight peculium only subtracted, to supply his snuff-box and tobacco-pouch.
Word: peculia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peculium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teething ring Part of Speech: noun 1. An object designed for a baby or toddler to chew during the teething stage
Word: teething rings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teething ring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: staging area Part of Speech: noun 1. A base where troops and gear gather before deployment or transit. Example: The outpost near the border was used as a staging area for the army's invasion. 2. A place to gather in preparation. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: Burn the contents of the staging area onto a writable CD-ROM, carry it over to the Web server, and mount it.
Word: antanagoge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνταναγωγή (antanagōgḗ, “a leading or bringing up”). Pronunciation: /ænˌtænəˈɡəʊd͡ʒi/ 1. Answering the charge of an adversary by a countercharge. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable 2. Offsetting a proposition with an opposing proposition in one's own speech or writing. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: antirrhesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀντίρρησις (antírrhēsis, “altercation”) Pronunciation: /æntɪˈɹiːsɪs/ 1. A discrediting or rejection of an authority. Labels: rhetoric
Word: apodixis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀπόδειξις (apódeixis). Pronunciation: /æpə(ʊ)ˈdɪksɪs/, /æpə(ʊ)ˈdaɪksɪs/ 1. Full demonstration or showing; absolute and incontrovertible proof. Labels: rhetoric Example: ... this [bold assertion of defiance] might taste of a desperate will, if he had not afterwards given an apodixis in the battle ... Example: Pythagoras, engaged in showing that the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides, is committed to apodeixis; Mark Anthony, arguing that the demonstrable generosity and benevolence of Caesar towards the people of Rome showed him to be a most unlikely candidate for the character of an ambitious tyrant, resorts to pistis, argument on the grounds of probability.
Word: basisterna Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of basisternum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: batcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From batch + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbæt͡ʃɚ/, /ˈbæt͡ʃə/ 1. A machine for preparing batches, especially of concrete, of a fixed size or volume.
Word: batchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of batcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bakhtinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Bakhtin + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Russian philosopher and literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin.
Word: peribolus Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of peribolos. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: periboli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peribolus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peribolos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek περίβολος (períbolos). 1. An enclosed court, especially one surrounding a temple. Labels: historical
Word: retainment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From retain + -ment. 1. retention Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: epizoötic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epi- + zoötic. Pronunciation: /ɛpɪ.zəˈwɒtɪk/, /ɛpɪ.zoʊˈɒtɪk/ 1. Dated spelling of epizootic. Example: Y. pestis is able to live in the dark, moist environment of rodent burrows even after the rodents have been killed by an epizoötic, or epidemic.
Word: epizoötic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From epi- + zoötic. Pronunciation: /ɛpɪ.zəˈwɒtɪk/, /ɛpɪ.zoʊˈɒtɪk/ 1. Dated spelling of epizootic. Labels: not-comparable Example: A fourth group, however, was very common — diseases transferred to humans from animal hosts, with animals acting either as intermediaries, as with malaria or typhus, or as primary or secondary epizoötic victims, as with bubonic plague.
Word: regest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin regesta, plural: compare Old French regestes, plural. See register. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛst/ 1. A register. Labels: obsolete Example: But who was cheif among the Britans in this exploit, had bin worth remembring, whether it were Maglocune of whose prowess hath bin spok’n, or Teudric King of Glamorgan, whom the regest of Landaff recounts to have bin alwaies victorious in fight; […]
Word: regest Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛst/ 1. To throw back. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: pertingent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ultimately from Latin pertingent. 1. Touching; having direct contact with. Example: The -C column applies to suffixes that consist of a lone consonant such as pertingent -t and locative -xʼ, but plural -xʼ is excluded due to morphosemantic cooccurrence constraints.
Word: konbini Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese コンビニ (konbini), which is a clipping of コンビニエンスストア (konbiniensu sutoa), which is from English convenience store. If English had a clipping of convenience store as *conveny (/kənˈviːni/), it would be analogous (i.e., morphologically and phonologically parallel) with konbini. 1. A convenience store in Japan. Example: Just as it is almost impossible to walk through a Japanese town or city without encountering a vending machine, konbini are a fixture of the urban landscape, their brightly lit frontages holding out promise of round-the-clock sustenance and polite, if functional, customer service. Example: One-stop shops for everything, from clothes to make-up to household items, konbinis are open round the clock as “life infrastructure” (an official classification by the Japanese government), offering services that are vital to daily life.
Word: apodioxis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin, from ἀποδίωξις (apodíōxis), from Ancient Greek ἀποδιώκειν (apodiṓkein, “to drive away”). Pronunciation: /ˌæpə(ʊ)daɪˈɒksɪs/ 1. Emphatic rejection or dismissal of an opponent or an opposing proposition. Labels: obsolete, rhetoric
Word: dern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dern, derne, from Old English dyrne, dierne (“secret”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnī (“hidden, secret”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɜː(ɹ)n/ 1. A secret; secrecy. Labels: obsolete 2. A secret place; hiding. Labels: obsolete 3. An obscure language. Labels: obsolete 4. Darkness; obscurity. Labels: obsolete
Word: dern Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dern, derne, from Old English dyrne, dierne (“hidden, secret, retired, obscure, remote, eluding detection, concealed, deceitful, evil, magical”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnī (“hidden, secret”). Doublet of terne. Pronunciation: /ˈdɜː(ɹ)n/ 1. Hidden; secret; private. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: Now with their backs to the den's mouth they sit, / Yet shoulder not all light from the dern pit. Example: Through dreary beds of tangled fern, / Through groves of nightshade dark and dern.
Word: dern Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dernen, dærnen, from Old English dyrnan, diernan (“to keep secret, conceal, hide, restrain, repress, hide oneself”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan (“to conceal”), from *darnī (“hidden, secret”). Cognate with Old Saxon dernian (“to conceal”), German tarnen (“to camouflage, disguise”). See also darn, tarnish. Pronunciation: /ˈdɜː(ɹ)n/ 1. To hide; secrete, as in a hole. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: He at length escaped them by derning himself in a fox-earth. 2. To hide oneself; skulk. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: But look how soon they heard of Holoferne / Their courage quail'd, and they began to derne.
Word: dern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Maybe related to door. Pronunciation: /ˈdɜː(ɹ)n/ 1. A gatepost or doorpost. Labels: UK Example: 1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!, Ch. XIV, How Salvation Yeo Slew the King of the Gubbings So I just put my eye between the wall and the dern of the gate, and I saw him come up to the back door […]
Word: dearn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dern. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dearn Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of dern. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dearn Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of dern. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: in dern Part of Speech: adv 1. In secret; in secrecy. Labels: obsolete Example: Where lies in dern auld Rhymer's race. 2. In private. Labels: obsolete
Word: enargia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐνάργεια (enárgeia, “sensory vividness”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒiə/ 1. Vivid, lively description. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: syntheton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σύνθετον (súntheton), from συντίθημι (suntíthēmi, “to put together”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnθətɒn/ 1. A set phrase linking two or more non-synonymous words by conjunction. Labels: rhetoric
Word: nonpooled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + pooled. 1. not grouped together, not put together Labels: not-comparable Example: This method opens a new, nonpooled connection to the database. ASP.NET checks the queue for notifications using this connection.
Word: eponymize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From eponym + -ize. 1. To name (something or someone) after oneself or another entity; to give an eponym as a name. Labels: transitive Example: His name was eponymized in the Kelly pad for obstetrical and surgical tables, the Kelly cystoscope for visualization of the female bladder (he was the first to use air to inflate the bladder for examination and for catheterization of the ureters) […]
Word: just so Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒʌst ˈsəʊ/, /ˌd͡ʒʌst ˈsoʊ/ 1. In the precise manner indicated. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: even so (archaic) Example: If you don’t turn the knob just so, the door won’t open. 2. very neatly and tidily. Labels: not-comparable Example: Jason, 14, who arrived more than two years ago after drifting through five foster homes and a psychiatric hospital, is showing visitors with evident pride how neatly the bookshelves in the living room are kept, how the sneakers in the mud room are lined up just so. Example: “Everything has to be just so,” he [Lonnie Rose] said. “Being in a concrete box for a long time makes you even more O.C.D.” 3. To the same extent. Labels: not-comparable Example: Poor in quality are these classes [of poetry], just so rich in the number of songs and melodies are the other groups which constitute the wedding-songs proper. 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see just, so Labels: not-comparable Example: Your dog is just so friendly. Example: I like any flower, just so as it’s real.
Word: aedoe- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἰδοῖα (aidoîa, “privy parts, pudenda”). 1. Relating to genitalia. Labels: morpheme Example: The primitive penis — not to be confused with the aedoeagus — […]
Word: social contract Part of Speech: noun 1. An implicit agreement or contract among members of a society governing such matters as submission of individuals to the rule of law and acceptable conduct. Example: In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […] Example: When scammers large and small live better than those creating value in the real economy, the Social Contract has ceased to exist.
Word: turn one's nose up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌtɜːn wʌnz ˈnəʊz‿ʌp/, /ˌtɜɹn wʌnz ˈnoʊz‿ʌp/ 1. Followed by at: alternative form of turn up one's nose. Labels: idiomatic
Word: cœmetery Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of cemetery. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: However, if any thane, or great lord, had a church, within his own demeſnes, diſtinct from the mother church, in the nature of a private chapel ; then, provided ſuch church had a cœmetery or conſecrated place of burial belonging to it, he might allot one third of his tithes for the maintenance of the officiating miniſter : but, if it had no cœmetery, the thane muſt himſelf have maintained his chaplain by ſome other means ; for in ſuch caſe all his tithes were ordained to be paid to the primariæ eccleſiæ or mother church *.
Word: silentious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin silentiōsus. By surface analysis, silence + -ous. Pronunciation: /saɪˈlɛn.ʃəs/ 1. Habitually taciturn; prone to silence. Example: Yet Will had very good qualities too: gentle, tractable, and, above all, grateful; silentious, even to a fault: he spoke, at any time, very little, but made it up emphatically with action; Example: Can Bruce be other than Scotch? They are far more entertaining, I think, as well as informing, taken in the common run, than we silentious English; who, taken en masse, are tolerably dull.
Word: silentiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From silentious + -ly. 1. In a manner marked by silence or laconism
Word: apnœa Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of apnea. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Besides, there was extreme congestion of part of the lungs, and obstruction of the bronchi. In connexion with these changes stand the vomiting and purging, and, with the last of them, death by apnœa.
Word: Aeaea Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Aeaea, from Ancient Greek Αἰαία (Aiaía). Pronunciation: /iːˈ(j)iː.ə/ 1. The mythical island said to be the home of the sorceress Circe. Labels: Greek
Word: Œdipus Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic spelling of Oedipus. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: 1821, Sophocles, J. Savill Faucit, Œdipus, a musical drama, in three acts.
Word: pœnalty Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of penalty. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: It is ordered by the Townsmen that all ſwine that go at liberty with in the Lim̄itts of this Towne ſhalbe by yᵉ owners thereof : conſtantly & sufficiently ring vpon pœnalty of paying all dam̄ages done by such ſwine, wth 3ᵈ a Swine to Such person as shall find such swine dam̄age ſaisant, either to the Com̄on or his owne prticular.
Word: pervulgate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin pervulgo. 1. To publish. Labels: obsolete Example: I did pervulgate the ſame treatiſe vnto ſome of my familiers and acquaintance
Word: phylarchus Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of phylarch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: phylarchi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phylarchus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: petrolæum Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of petroleum. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable Example: The foreign bituminous waters are, the Lacus Aſphaltites in Judea, a ſpring of petrolæum in the palatinate of Cracow in Poland, a ſpring of petrolæum in Tranſylvania, ſome hot ſprings of petrolæum in the kingdom of Naples, ſeveral ſprings of petrolæum in the duchy of Modena, the deſcription of which is chiefly from Rammazini.
Word: bijugate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + jugate. 1. Of a compound leaf, having two pairs of leaflets Labels: not-comparable 2. Of leaf arrangement, having pairs of (opposite) leaves, spirally arranged, producing a double spiral Labels: not-comparable
Word: throughgang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *thurgh-gang, from Old English *þurhgang (“a going through, permeation”), equivalent to through- + gang. Compare Old English þurhgangan (“to go through, go over”), Old High German durhgangan, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (þairhgaggan). 1. a thoroughfare; an entry; passage; passageway Labels: Scotland, dialectal
Word: nothing ball Part of Speech: noun 1. a pitch which has neither much speed nor much spin Example: If he cannot throw a fast ball, he may be able to get by on a nothing ball (a term coined for Wes Ferrell's looping delivery, which, though it doesn't curve, is hard to hit). Example: two of the leading pitchers in the major leagues use the "nothing ball", a term used derisively by batters to describe change of pace deliveries. 2. a ball which presents little attacking threat Labels: UK Example: 2010 Harry Redknapp, quoted in "Relegated Burnley produce comeback" (9 May 2010) ESPNsoccernet I was very disappointed (with the first goal) because it was a nothing ball over the top, Brian Jensen was way out of position and should have been sweeping that up.
Word: throughgoing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From through- + going. Compare thoroughgo, Scots throuchganging, Old English þurhgān, þurhgangan (“to go through, penetrate”). More at through, go. 1. A scolding; a severe reprimand or reproof. Labels: Scotland, dialectal
Word: throughgoing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From through- + going. Compare thoroughgo, Scots throuchganging, Old English þurhgān, þurhgangan (“to go through, penetrate”). More at through, go. 1. Active; energetic. Labels: Scotland, dialectal
Word: thoroughgo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English thurhgon, from Old English þurhgān (“to go through, go over, pass through, pierce, penetrate, permeate, pervade”), equivalent to thorough- + go. Cognate with Dutch doorgaan (“to go on, continue, go through, proceed”), German durchgehen (“to go through, pass through”). 1. To go through. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: chew off Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chew, off. Labels: transitive Example: I'd sooner chew off my hand than go out with you. 2. To reprimand, to scold Labels: idiomatic, transitive
Word: chink up Part of Speech: verb 1. To fill cracks in something, for example a wall. Labels: idiomatic, transitive
Word: chip away Part of Speech: verb 1. To reduce or weaken bit by bit; often used with at. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Iraneus contrasts the unity and integrity of these writings with the distorted, contextless citations of the Gnostics. He describes the code of textual harassment that allows these heretics to chip away at the Scriptures, […] Example: Matthew Towers, senior industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan, thinks the PowerPC will gradually build market share over the next several years. “They'll ‘chip’ away at Intel, but slowly,” he says.
Word: chip up Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause something to have chips, cracks or dents. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: It were when my father were employed as mason under 'brick and mortar Benson,' as they called him, for repairs of a wall, and they were short of stones, and they chipped up the figure I be telling you of. 2. To exchange lower-denomination chips for higher-denomination chips. 3. To increase one's amount of chips.
Word: chirk up Part of Speech: verb 1. To make more cheerful; to cause to perk up. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: "Well, I think," said Mis' Jane Moran, "that we've hit on the only way we could have hit on to chirk each other up over a hard time." Example: My idea was to chirk him up at the start. 2. To become more cheerful; to perk up or become animated or enthusiastic. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: "Go ahead," he says, and I see Jim chirk up to listen. Example: Now you jest wipe your eyes and chirk up.
Word: choke off Part of Speech: verb 1. To get rid of; to cause to come to an end. Labels: idiomatic, transitive 2. To stop (someone or something) in the execution of a purpose or task; to stop (someone) from doing something. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: to choke off a speaker by uproar Example: "It was a discreditable business. There were one or two folk who were inclined to take him seriously, but he soon choked them off." "How?" "Well, by his insufferable rudeness and impossible behavior." 3. To choke up; to choke on words. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive 4. To cause (someone) to lose interest or drift off from a conversation. Labels: idiomatic, transitive
Word: choke up Part of Speech: verb 1. To (temporarily) lose one's power of speech, because of strong emotion. Labels: intransitive Example: Hearing that song always makes me choke up. Example: The point overlooking the sea has beautiful scenery. It's over that away. Such a beautiful place gets me all choked up. 2. To cause (a person) temporarily to lose the power of speech, because of strong emotion. Labels: transitive Example: It chokes me up to think about how he died. 3. To cease talking. Labels: imperative, intransitive, often 4. To block up; to cause something to be blocked. Labels: figuratively, sometimes, transitive Example: The bodies choked up the entrance, barring the egress of those behind. Example: "[…] All the leading entrances to the station, all the platforms within and all the passages without, were absolutely choked up with men and women and children, and hundreds of them could not get away until midnight." 5. To hold the bat higher (farther from the knob) than is normal. Labels: intransitive
Word: choose up Part of Speech: verb 1. To form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive 2. To choose (not necessarily fully consensually) to work as a prostitute for a particular pimp. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang 3. To select; pick, especially, to make a final decision on a selection or option. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: She prostituted for a couple of pimps before meeting MacD in Oakland. When Dakota got into his car, MacD said, "Bitch, my name is MacDaddy,” and added: "You've just gotten in a pimp's car, and you've chosen up. Example: A couple bitches tried to play me They tried to have my babies I’m like “bitches, you crazy?” I’m tryna git my loot up […] Money or a broke bitch It ain’t hard for me to choose up