nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: MMCD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of multimedia compact disc, a proposed storage medium eventually superseded by DVD. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: anticontrol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + control. 1. The deliberate promotion or increase of chaos in a system. Labels: uncountable
Word: bodyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From body + -ism. 1. Prejudice based on the appearance of someone's body Labels: uncountable Example: Politically, nothing is a more powerful distraction from the female conscience than focusing on bodyism. Example: When do we cease to be a collection of many different beauties and become a bunch of “isms” instead, such as ageism, sexism, racism, bodyism, and on and on? We can make positive attitudes the underpinning of our classrooms.
Word: BPR Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of bypass ratio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 2. Initialism of Business process reengineering. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of Bilhorod People's Republic. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: CFTR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: multioccupancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + occupancy. 1. occupancy of a building by more than one separate resident or household Labels: uncountable
Word: downloadability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From download + -ability. 1. The property of being downloadable. Labels: uncountable Example: He also correctly emphasized the importance of compatibility and downloadability.
Word: upshock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up + shock. 1. Any shock caused by a sudden increase (in temperature, pressure, etc.).
Word: upshocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of upshock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dub poetry Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of performance poetry of West Indian origin, accompanied by music and often of a political nature. Labels: uncountable
Word: ledum Part of Speech: noun 1. Any plant of the genus Ledum.
Word: hedgy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hedge + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛ.d͡ʒi/ 1. Pertaining to or like a hedge. Example: A long hedgy path led through the woodland to the house. Example: The Isle of Wight is a pocket edition of England,- an epitome, a compact gem, of all England's beauties of rolling hills, quiet valleys, emerald meadows, hedgy lanes, broken cliffs, and shaggy ocean bays. 2. Indecisive, hesitant, noncommittal, unwilling to take a side. Example: He remained hedgy until he knew exactly what was being asked of him. Example: Naturally they were curious, the businessmen and cadre and assorted visitors, who offered up cigarettes and tea before making their first hedgy attempts at conversation.
Word: gobstruck Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gob + struck. 1. gobsmacked; astonished; astounded Labels: Ireland, UK, slang
Word: GIFT Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of gamete intrafallopian transfer. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable, usually
Word: footballene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From football + -ene, because the structure resembles a football, or soccer ball. 1. buckminsterfullerene Labels: uncountable
Word: helpdesker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From helpdesk + -er. 1. One who works on a helpdesk. Labels: informal Example: We also have the remaing^([sic]) helpdesker developing an internet catalogue and ordering system and assisting the accounts system administrator. Example: Licensed helpdesker indeed. Please. A monkey with a screenshot can be a helpdesker.
Word: helpdeskers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of helpdesker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eruption columns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eruption column Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chemical castrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chemical castration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rugger buggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rugger bugger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hardbag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of hard + handbag, i.e. a harder form of the earlier genre handbag or handbag house. 1. A melodic genre of electronic dance music of the mid-1990s, usually with female vocals. Labels: uncountable Example: They present a wide range of dance styles, including electro, trance, acid house, handbag, hardbag, hardcore, happy hardcore, drum-and-bass, hi-NRG and even industrial.
Word: hopefullest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of hopeful: most hopeful Labels: archaic, form-of, superlative
Word: gabberhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gabber + house. 1. A style of music with elements of gabber and house music. Labels: uncountable
Word: homesitting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From home + sitting. Compare babysitting. 1. Living in and taking care of a home when the usual occupants are away. Labels: uncountable
Word: homesitting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From homesit + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of homesit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: octadecanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of octadecane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arachnophobias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arachnophobia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geekishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From geekish + -ly. 1. In a way or to an extent that is geekish.
Word: geekishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geekish + -ness. 1. The state of being geekish. Labels: uncountable Example: I would just like to comment on the present epidemic of geekishness which is pervading the ranks of freshmen here at the college. I should correct myself and say that this rare disease seems to have been an integral aspect of the class of '81 ever since it set foot in this once geek-free environment.
Word: massification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mass + -ification. 1. The process of bringing something to a mass audience. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Conversion of a count noun to a mass noun. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: skeletalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skeletal + -ism. 1. The process of making something skeletal, or reducing it to the barest form. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: We can say, broadly, that minimalism in House and Techno tends to take one of two paths: either skeletalism or massification. Example: A linguistic skeletalism noted by Steinhagen: "in the fourteen words of the poem there is not a single local adverb, no prepositions, no colour adjectives and no verbs of perception" (Statischen Gedichte 162).
Word: skeletalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skeletal + -ization. 1. The process of making something skeletal, or reducing it to the barest form. Labels: uncountable
Word: skeletalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From skeletal + -ize. 1. To reduce to a bare or skeletal form. Labels: transitive
Word: skeletalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of skeletalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skeletalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skeletalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skeletalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of skeletalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: FTPable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From FTP + -able. 1. accessible using FTP Labels: Internet, not-comparable Example: While all areas of engineering are not abundantly represented in the over 1000000 FTPable items, computer science reports certainly are. Example: The list, derived from "The EFF's Guide to the Internet" is by no means all-inclusive, but it should cover about 98 percent of the FTPable files you will find.
Word: senticous Part of Speech: adj 1. Prickly, thorny.
Word: heliskier Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of heli-skier. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heliskiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heliskier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gomers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gomer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oscillographic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to an oscillograph Labels: not-comparable
Word: glycobiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glyco- + biological. 1. Relating to glycobiology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: odobenid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the family Odobenidae; a walrus
Word: odobenids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of odobenid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phonendoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phono- + endo- + -scope. 1. A form of stethoscope used in auscultation
Word: extropianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From extropian + -ism. 1. Belief in, or support for, the theory of extropy. Labels: uncountable Example: The main tenets of Extropianism are ‘boundless expansion, self-transformation, dynamic optimism, intelligent technology, and spontaneous order’. The goal of Extropianism is to enable those who want to be at the vanguard of the incumbent transformation into a ‘posthuman’ age.
Word: HSF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of High Sierra Format, the early logical file system used for CD-ROMs. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of High Seas Fleet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: HSF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of heat sink and fan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of high speed ferry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of high speed freighter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: high-top Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of sports shoe that extends significantly over the wearer's ankle. Example: When not clad in standard issue dress shoes, Turner wears a mean pair of hightops. Example: Got your tongue pierced anyway / You in your high-tops any day / You in your skinny jeans anyway 2. A faded hairstyle in which the hair is allowed to grow tall above the fade.
Word: hightop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of high-top. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hightops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hightop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ferriable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ferry + -able. 1. Capable of being ferried. Example: 1876-1888, John Ruskin, Bibliotheca Pastorum It will not be easy to guard a hundred miles' length of ferriable river against him.
Word: magainins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magainin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gulf War syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A chronic multisymptom disorder affecting veterans and civilians after the 1991 Gulf War, possibly related to chemical weapons. Labels: uncountable
Word: hackerdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hacker + -dom. 1. The realm or sphere of computer hackers. Labels: uncountable Example: REM says that "somebody" should castigate the media for using "hacker" when they mean "cracker". That "somebody", gentle reader, is you, baby, nobody but you. If you don't do it, nobody else will. You, and you, and you, and you and, of course, you. Write a letter to the T.V. station or the local newspaper each and every time you hear them use "hacker" when they mean "cracker". It can be the same short letter each time, with the station name and program or paper name and article changed. Keep it online (unless you are paranoid about DOD and computer use, see article in same issue of HUMAN-NETS); change the details and print it to lpr (or however you get hardcopy). This will be easier when E-Com hookups become prevalent; for now, keep licking stamps and mailing to the media. They may listen iff they get enough abuse from real hackers (the good side, not the dark side, of hackerdom!). Example: In a personal post on Medium, Laird said he hoped the ouster would help educate others about systemic sexism in hackerdom, exacerbated by a tendency toward rule-breaking, distrust of legal authorities in reporting transgressions, and some excessive scenesterism: “There's been a lot of looking the other way in the hacker community when powerful people overstep the bounds, and that has to stop."
Word: gothdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goth + -dom. 1. The Gothic subculture generally. Labels: uncountable Example: Still, Anne is clear that she was destined for gothdom. She explains: In high school, I made one or two desultory attempts at generally wearing black, varying from the established jeans or khakis. It was frowned upon heavily. Example: But the clothes don't make the goth: A number of groups flirt with gothdom, but aren't consistently accepted as gothic.
Word: Gulf War illness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Gulf War syndrome. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: curariform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From curare + -iform. 1. Resembling curare. Example: With extremely large doses, the action of edrophonium becomes curariform and capable of potentiating rather than antagonizing the peripheral paralytic effect of curare.
Word: edrophonium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērbor. German Äther German Ether Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Ethylbor. English ethyl Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English oxy English hydroxy Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phéno- ▲ Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. French -yle French phénylebor. English phenyl English hydroxyphenyl New Latin ammōniumbor. English ammonium English onium English -onium English edrophonium From e(thyl) + (hy)dro(xy)ph(enyl) + -onium (“quaternary ammonium compound”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛ.dɹəˈfoʊ.ni.əm/ 1. An anticholinesterase C₁₀H₁₆NO⁺ used especially to stimulate skeletal muscle and in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis. Labels: uncountable
Word: potches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of potch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: potching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of potch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: potched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of potch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kazillionaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kazillion + -aire, based on millionaire. 1. Someone who is immensely wealthy. Labels: humorous Example: If you can't bear to get off the boat and want to sail all the time, you need to become a kazillionaire to have your own yacht and crew, or learn necessary navigational skills and earn a license. Example: [Warren Buffett] The plainspoken Midwestern kazillionaire, supposedly the world's second richest man, announced this year that he was giving away up to 85 percent of his fortune to charity
Word: kazillionaires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kazillionaire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: potchkied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of potchky Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: medicides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medicide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grungey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From grunge + -y. 1. Alternative form of grungy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: grungester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grunge + -ster. 1. A fan of grunge music or subculture; a grunger. Labels: informal
Word: grungesters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grungester Labels: form-of, plural
Word: junglism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jungle + -ism. 1. jungle music or its subculture Labels: uncountable
Word: Lymeswold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Marketing invention, perhaps derived from the place name Wymeswold. 1. A soft British blue cheese with edible rind, produced from 1982 until 1992. Labels: uncountable
Word: netnews Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From net + news. 1. Electronic messages distributed by means of newsgroups, such as on Usenet. Labels: Internet, uncountable Example: Usenet software has gotten much better over time to cope with the ever increasing aggregate flow of netnews[…] Example: In the UNIX tradition categories of netnews groups are structured hierarchically.
Word: Abashev Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Аба́шев (Abášev). Pronunciation: /əˈbɑ.ʃəf/ 1. Belonging to or pertaining to a Bronze Age era culture from the Chuvash region of Russia.See Abashevo culture Labels: not-comparable
Word: Qalyub virus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Egyptian town where it was discovered. 1. A nairovirus discovered in Egypt, primarily transmitted by the tick Ornithodoros erraticus. Labels: uncountable
Word: nairovirus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Nairovirus (now Orthonairovirus) of tick-borne bunyaviruses with circular, negative-sense single-stranded RNA.
Word: nairoviruses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nairovirus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peripolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peri- + polar. 1. Surrounding a (magnetic or electric) pole Labels: not-comparable
Word: NICAM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Near Instantaneous Companded Audio Multiplex, an early form of lossy compression for digital audio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Exhibit A Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the conventional way of labelling the first piece of physical evidence used in a criminal trial. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt ˌeɪ̯/, /ɛɡ-/, /iɡˈzibət ˌeɪ̯/ 1. The foremost example, often with a negative connotation. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: The legislature can’t fight corruption when the politicians are Exhibit A. Example: Exhibit A—I had a boyfriend once. I was fifteen. He was fifteen. He had green eyes and floppy hair and liked Vampire Weekend, and if that doesn't guarantee a life of shared bliss, I don't know what does.
Word: OPRAF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Office of Passenger Rail Franchising. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: pressperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From press + person. 1. A member of the press; a journalist.
Word: presspeople Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pressperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: presspersons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pressperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slapheaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See slaphead. 1. bald; without hair on the head. Labels: derogatory, humorous, informal
Word: buh-bye Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /bəˈbaɪ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of bye-bye. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: A spinoff, “Major Crimes,” starring “Battlestar Galactica” veteran Mary McDonnell and a number of “Closer” cast members, premieres in August. Sedgwick won’t be among them, swapping Brenda’s syrupy “thank yew” for an upbeat “buh-bye now” to her co-workers. Example: But then he worried that Hasta la vista might come off as glib and dismissive—as in “Buh-bye, I will never come back here again.” So he opted for the more forward-looking “I’ll be back.”
Word: pindown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from pin down. 1. solitary confinement, formerly used as a method of punishment in children's homes Labels: UK, uncountable 2. A hypothetical nuclear attack using a barrage of missiles to disrupt the target's ability to launch its own missiles. Labels: uncountable
Word: polarographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polarography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wonkdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wonk + -dom. 1. The realm or sphere of wonks; wonkery. Labels: uncountable Example: In fact, the Clinton administration seems practically a subsidiary of this academy of wonkdom. Example: Surely it had no precedent in the world of welfare wonkdom.
Word: pharmafood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pharma- + food. 1. A food supposed to have health benefits; a nutraceutical. Example: The problem is that the area is grey so far as the authorities are concerned and it is difficult to know where to draw the line between a nutriceutical or pharmafood and a medicinal drug substance. Example: Science seems to discover another new "pharmafood or neutraceutical" almost daily.
Word: pharmafoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pharmafood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PCness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From PC (“politically correct”) + -ness. 1. Political correctness. Labels: uncountable
Word: SEAQ Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Stock Exchange Automated Quotation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: pencentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pen + -centric. 1. Wholly or primarily operated by means of a pen or stylus. Example: The application is fully pencentric and allows users to write into the spreadsheet's cells[…] Example: All pen applications can be categorized as either pencentric or pen-enabled.
Word: bonifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bonification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ribozymology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ribozyme + -ology. 1. The study of ribozymes. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: Etruscan shrew Part of Speech: noun 1. Suncus etruscus, a species of shrew native to Eurasia. Example: Of particular interest is the Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), the smallest living mammal, whose adult body mass averages no more than 2 g. Example: Not much is known about the habits of the Etruscan shrew, but it swims well - most shrews do - and climbs well, but only if it has to.
Word: unabject Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + abject. 1. Not abject. Labels: not-comparable Example: He also showed me ways in which an adult gay man could think about, talk about, and have sex: ways that were unashamed and unabject, but at the same time too witty and self-aware ever to be boringly "normal."
Word: peopleware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From people + -ware. 1. People, regarded as a resource; human resources. Labels: uncountable Example: The cost of peopleware and software has risen dramatically over the past years, while the cost of hardware has decreased. Example: The primary objective is to define a group of peopleware activities, which are normally missing from traditional software process models, to take into account the capabilities of the people who play roles in the software process.
Word: too much bed makes a dull head Part of Speech: proverb 1. Too much inactivity makes one less mentally acute.
Word: unabolish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + abolish. 1. To reinstate (a law or institution which had been abolished). Labels: rare Example: Once a parliament abolishes capital punishment, it's very hard to unabolish it. And the European Union has made abolition a de facto condition of membership.
Word: unabolished Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + abolished. 1. Not abolished. Labels: not-comparable Example: There was no gas laid on at Overshott. Bedroom candlesticks were an unabolished institution.
Word: unabolished Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of unabolish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unabort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + abort. 1. To undo an abortion (in various senses). Labels: rare Example: Well, she can't unabort that baby. Example: She can't unabort, and trying to blame a previous abortion is rather like blaming illness on that old lady next door cursing you.
Word: unaborted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + aborted. 1. Not aborted, not having been aborted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unaborted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of unabort Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: slashzines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slashzine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slashzine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slash + zine. 1. A zine that publishes slash fiction. Example: There's also a healthy B7 [Blake's 7] slashzine community. Example: Slashzines based on Dark Shadows characters are rare; most Dark Shadows fans have never even heard of them.
Word: unabrogated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + abrogated. 1. Which has not been abrogated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: clearwings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clearwing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unabsolve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + absolve. Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.əbˈzɒlv/, /ˌʌn.əbˈzɑlv/, /-ˈsɑlv/, /-ˈsɔlv/, /-ˈzɔlv/ 1. To undo (revoke) the absolution of. Labels: rare
Word: sesiid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any in the family Sesiidae of moths; a clearwing.
Word: sesiids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sesiid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abasias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abasia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rolling demo Part of Speech: noun 1. A demonstration version that can be watched but is not interactive. Example: Trantor (US Gold)! Ocean Conqueror (Hewson)! Moron (Atlantis)! Master Brain (Powertape)! North and South - rolling demo (Infogrames)! And another selection of game busting pokes in Pokemania! Example: The game's rolling demo flickered in front of her and she felt herself being drawn into the ghosts that it held in that LCD screen.
Word: rolling demos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rolling demo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unabusing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + abusing. 1. Which does not abuse. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bearability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bear + -ability. 1. bearableness Labels: uncountable
Word: unaccent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + accent. 1. Not to accent, or to remove the accent from. Labels: transitive
Word: unaccent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + accent. 1. An unaccented syllable.
Word: Augean stables Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Augean (“pertaining to Augeas”) + stables. Augeas was a legendary king of Elis in Greek mythology who owned numerous divine cattle (3,000 head, according to some later retellings) which produced a huge amount of dung in stables that had not been cleaned for over 30 years. The cleaning of the stables was the fifth of the twelve Labours of Hercules, which Hercules achieved by rerouting the Alpheus and Peneus rivers through them. Pronunciation: /ɔːˌd͡ʒiːən ˈsteɪbl̩z/, /ɔˌd͡ʒiən ˈsteɪb(ə)lz/, /ˈɔˌɡiən-/ 1. The stables where King Augeas kept his vast herd. Labels: Greek, idiomatic, plural, plural-normally Example: We started with the idea of washing ourselves at the hotel; but on seeing the basin and water and towel provided, I decided not to waste my time playing with them. As well might Hercules have attempted to tidy up the Augean stables with a squirt. 2. An extremely filthy or untidy place or situation. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-normally Example: She ordered him upstairs immediately to clean the Augean stables of his bedroom. Example: Nor is his diligence in this particular, leſs to be applauded, for having cleans'd the Augean''' Stables of ſo many Syſtems [of logic], from ſtudied Barbariſm and Delirium. 3. A place or situation characterized by corruption or moral decay. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic, plural, plural-normally Example: Yea, as yee loue your ovvne life, peace, vvelfare; Rouze vp your ſpirits, avvaken your Chriſtian courage, and ſet your ſelues heartily againſt the traitorly ſinnes of theſe times, vvhich threaten the bane of all theſe. Cleanſe yee theſe Augean''' ſtables of our drunken Tauernes, of our profane ſtages, and of thoſe blinde Vaults of profeſſed filthineſſe, VVhoſe ſteppes goe dovvne to the chambers of Death; yea, to the deepe of Hell. Example: Let us ſhevv our Duty to this our great and benevolent Sovereign; let us endeavour to alleviate his Cares, and him of all ungrateful Burthens; let us take upon our ſelves the heavy and long Labour of cleanſing the Augean''' Stables, and of cutting off all the Hydra's Head at once.
Word: unstress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + stress. 1. Not to stress, or to remove the stress from. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: unstress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + stress. 1. An unstressed syllable.
Word: unaccepting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + accepting. 1. Not accepting.
Word: unaccepting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + accepting. 1. present participle and gerund of unaccept Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disbarrable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disbar + -able. 1. Meriting disbarment. Labels: not-comparable Example: a disbarrable offence Example: a disbarrable violation
Word: netsurfing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From net + surfing. 1. The activity or hobby of surfing the Internet. Labels: uncountable
Word: sussexites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sussexite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: veejaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of veejay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: veejayed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of veejay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tummelberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tummel + berry, after the river in Scotland. 1. A hybrid fruit resembling a large raspberry.
Word: tummelberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tummelberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unroutable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + routable. 1. That cannot be routed. Labels: not-comparable Example: unroutable packets on a computer network
Word: in abatement Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Seeking termination of an action by reason of formal deficiency.
Word: unaccept Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin accipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin acceptārelbor. Old French accepterder.? Middle English accepten English accept English unaccept From un- + accept. 1. To rescind one's acceptance of. Labels: transitive, uncommon Example: Mr. Hurst interrupted, 'to have his name mixed up with shady people, as Ormond says; so, my dear! the long and short of it is, you must refuse her invitation to go there on this visit!' 'But I have accepted it.' 'Unaccept it then,' jocosely. Example: According to Spinoza's view, comprehension automatically entails acceptance, and only afterward is the mind able to proceed to unaccept the statement.
Word: treehopper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tree + hopper. 1. An insect of the family Membracidae.
Word: membracid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the insect family Membracidae.
Word: membracids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of membracid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urgicenter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From urgent + center. Compare surgicenter, emergicenter. 1. A medical facility, not part of a hospital, where emergency treatment can be given. Labels: US Example: Jonathan and Cathy took their daughter Millie to a West Side urgicenter.
Word: urgicenters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urgicenter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: honeybug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From honey + bug. 1. Term of endearment.
Word: lovebug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From love + bug. From their mating behavior, remaining paired up for several days during copulation. 1. An insect, the honeymoon fly (Plecia nearctica, family Biblionidae), native to Central America and the southeastern United States. 2. An insect native to subtropical regions of south-eastern China, Taiwan, and Japan (Plecia longiforceps). Example: The bugs, officially called Plecia longiforceps, earned their nickname from their distinctive mating behaviour, flying attached as couples during copulation. […] Originally from subtropical regions of south-eastern China, Taiwan and Japan’s Ryukyu islands, the lovebugs were first scientifically identified in South Korea during a major 2022 outbreak. 3. A person who is in love; a sweetheart. Labels: informal Example: His parents flipped their lids when the two lovebugs got hitched. Jonnie couldn't stand the fact that her beautiful young son, gone so long over seas, had now tangled up with an older woman, and even worse, an older divorced woman […]
Word: honeybugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of honeybug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lovebugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lovebug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: webize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Web + -ize. 1. To adapt for the World Wide Web. Labels: Internet, transitive Example: Anchors provide object identity via webizing through URIs. Example: Of course, that doesn't mean that parts of the home-buying process haven't been “webized,” or broken down into smaller pieces that can be done very efficiently online.
Word: webized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of webize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: webizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of webize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: agentspace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From agent + space; compare cyberspace, gopherspace. 1. The conceptual space within which software agents operate and interact. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: agentspaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agentspace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wolfdogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wolfdog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Whitewatergate Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Whitewater + -gate, influenced by the original Watergate scandal. 1. The Whitewater controversy, a US political scandal that began with the real-estate investments of Bill and Hillary Clinton and their associates in the Whitewater Development Corporation. Labels: informal
Word: velveeta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Velveeta, a brand of processed cheese (itself from velvet), perhaps likening its spreadability to the spreading of a post across newsgroups. Coined by Usenet user Charles Daniels in 1995. Compare spam (“junk e-mail”) (named after SPAM, brand of processed meat). 1. The crossposting of a message to an unreasonably large number of newsgroups. Labels: Internet, rare, uncountable Example: Massive velveeta and spammage are highly frowned upon. Example: As a matter of summary the us.* hierarchy limit of 5 groups has substantial outside support as being reasonable due to velveeta.
Word: watercise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of water + exercise. 1. A form of exercise done in water; aquacise. Labels: uncountable
Word: comlink Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of commlink. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: comlinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comlink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commlink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From comm + link. 1. A communications device. Example: A great aurora spread across the heavens, and the Thukker infantrymen lost all hope as their commlinks went dead and the TACNET dropped offline. In that moment, each man understood that they were doomed. Example: Sheppard removed his commlink unit and attempted to access the engineering duty officer to report the occurrence.
Word: commlinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of commlink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: broket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of broken + bracket. 1. An angle bracket: either of the symbols < and > when used as an enclosing pair. Labels: informal Example: Electronic addresses, logins, and passwords are shown enclosed in brokets such as: . The brokets are not part of the addresses.
Word: brokets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of broket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: comeovers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comeover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: workaholicism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From workaholic + -ism. 1. The condition of being a workaholic. Labels: uncountable
Word: bannerware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From banner + -ware. 1. software that contains banner advertising for other software by the same maker Labels: uncountable Example: I use Crystal FTP, top quality FTP CLient^([sic]), bannerware, but that isn't much of a problem. Example: KiwiWord 2000 is not adware or bannerware, you will find no banners etc.
Word: black information Part of Speech: noun 1. data showing that somebody is uncreditworthy Labels: uncountable Example: As a result, finance companies share only black information with banks (though sharing white information as well among themselves). Example: It may be possible that black information is a better predictor of default behavior as argued by Chandler and Parker (1989).
Word: white information Part of Speech: noun 1. data showing that somebody is creditworthy Labels: uncountable Example: As a result, finance companies share only black information with banks (though sharing white information as well among themselves).
Word: ageful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From age + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪd͡ʒfl̩/, [-fl̩] 1. Aged, elderly, old. Example: Poor Hans, with watery eye, and ache at heart, / Glanced at the tambour; she is lost to him. / Hirschvogel sat crossed-legged, his glasses up, / And watched for what might hap, with ageful fire. Example: Of course, it also represents the courtesy of the old men of the country, with their eylids drooping into ageful insipidity and ageful sleep and their bodies leaning over the age-old sticks without which can they hardly stand. 2. Eternal, everlasting. Labels: rare Example: In the New Testament, the substantive αιων, and αιωνιος the adjective derived from it, occur more than two hundred times. The adjective, which strictly might be rendered “full of ages” or “ageful,” is generally translated "eternal" or "everlasting," and I believe correctly; […]
Word: ageful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From age + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪd͡ʒfl̩/, [-fl̩] 1. An eternity, a perpetuity. Labels: rare Example: I thank you, Sir; for one minutes commendations from a perſon that has kept a conſtant regiſter of Conſequences is worth an age-ful from any body elſe.
Word: disc golf Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɪsk ɡɒlf/, [ˈdɪsˀkɒlf] 1. A sport (game) in which players take turns to throw a disc (“frisbee”) on a course to eventually reach a goal (target, netting) attempting to reach the target, and then hit it with as few throws as possible. An analogue of golf using a disc (frisbee) instead of a ball, and throws instead of swings of golf clubs. Labels: uncountable
Word: bail bandit Part of Speech: noun 1. A criminal who commits further crimes while released on bail. Labels: informal
Word: bail bandits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bail bandit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: access course Part of Speech: noun 1. An academic course intended to equip students with the skills they need in order to take further courses. Labels: UK
Word: access courses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of access course Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ambient food Part of Speech: noun 1. Food that would normally be stored refrigerated but has been processed so that it can be safely stored at room temperature. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: trainered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trainer + -ed. 1. Wearing trainers. Labels: not-comparable Example: Rufus sat on the low garden wall with his back to the house, and kicked his trainered heels against it in a steady rhythm.
Word: auto shop Part of Speech: noun 1. A shop that deals in the repair of automobiles Labels: Canada, US 2. A school class dealing with the repair of automobiles. Labels: Canada, US
Word: abattises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abattis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wood shop Part of Speech: noun 1. A shop that deals in woodworking or carpentry Labels: Canada, US 2. A school class dealing with woodworking or carpentry Labels: Canada, US
Word: restrainingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From restraining + -ly. 1. So as to restrain or hold back. Example: […] Brown laid his hand restrainingly upon the gallant skipper's arm.
Word: nazim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu ناظم, ultimately from Arabic ناظم. 1. The chief elected official of a local government in Pakistan.
Word: HDM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of hot dark matter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of house dust mite. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: golfaholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Scots golfbor. English golf Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -oholic English -aholic English golfaholic From golf + -aholic. 1. A golf enthusiast. Labels: slang
Word: golfaholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of golfaholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lexophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lexophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wordaholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From word + -aholic. 1. A lover of words. Labels: slang
Word: wordaholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wordaholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: readaholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From read + -aholic. 1. One who loves to read books; a bookworm. Labels: slang
Word: readaholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of readaholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: readaptation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + adaptation. 1. A second or subsequent adaptation.
Word: readaptations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of readaptation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: videoholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. English audioinflu. English video Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -holic English videoholic From video + -holic. 1. One who loves to watch videos or television. Labels: slang
Word: videoholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of videoholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sportsaholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sports + -aholic. 1. A sports enthusiast; one who loves to watch or play sport. Labels: slang
Word: sportsaholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sportsaholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: church planting Part of Speech: noun 1. The establishment of a new local church. Labels: uncountable
Word: A-life Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of artificial life. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: A-lifer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From A-life + -er. 1. One with an interest in artificial life. Example: A number of these concern Strong A-Life, the view that it is possible to create living things through the programs that A-Lifers write.
Word: unstorable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + storable. 1. Not capable of being stored. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonstorable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + storable. 1. Not capable of being stored. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fieldside Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From field + -side. 1. Alongside a field. Labels: not-comparable Example: Facilities for fieldside processing of crops include threshing floors for Old World cereals and pits or hearths for bulk roasting of corn[…]
Word: foxcore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fox + -core. See fox (“attractive woman”). 1. Music by female-fronted bands of the 1990s. Labels: uncountable
Word: downloadables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of downloadable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyberlawyer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + lawyer. 1. A lawyer who specializes in cyberlaw.
Word: cyberlawyers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyberlawyer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repugnancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of repugnancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Desert Storm syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the military code name Operation Desert Storm. 1. Gulf War syndrome Labels: uncountable
Word: makhanas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of makhana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: makhairas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of makhaira Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xiphos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos). Doublet of seif. 1. A double-edged, single-handed sword, typically used by Ancient Greek hoplites as a secondary weapon after the dory (thrusting spear) or javelin. Labels: historical
Word: xiphoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xiphos Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xiphoi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xiphos Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xiphosaurans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xiphosauran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: murgh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Classical Persian مرغ (murġ). 1. chicken Labels: uncountable Example: Our other entrée was murgh massalam ($3.50), half a chicken of fall-off-the-bone tenderness in a rich brown cream sauce garnished with a whole hard-boiled egg. Example: But of those bold curries, butter chicken, or murgh makhani, is the richest of all.
Word: dialuramide Part of Speech: noun 1. murexan Labels: uncountable
Word: abattised Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of abatised. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: solsticial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French solsticial. By surface analysis, solstice + -ial. 1. Alternative form of solstitial. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: dinomaniac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dino + -maniac. 1. One who has dinomania; a dinosaur enthusiast. Labels: informal
Word: dinomaniacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dinomaniac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dinoceratans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dinoceratan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dinocysts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dinocyst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dinoturbation Part of Speech: noun 1. Bioturbation caused by the movements of dinosaurs. Labels: uncountable
Word: nondirectionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nondirectional + -ly. 1. In a manner that is not directional. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cross bike Part of Speech: noun 1. A hybrid bicycle intended for general recreational and utility use, usually with flat handlebars. 2. A cyclocross bicycle.
Word: cross bikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cross bike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disableism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of disablism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: disableist Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of disablist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: disablist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disable + -ist, by analogy with racist, sexist, etc. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈeɪblɪst/ 1. Exhibiting disablism; prejudiced against the disabled.
Word: disablist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disable + -ist, by analogy with racist, sexist, etc. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈeɪblɪst/ 1. One who exhibits disablism.
Word: unidiosyncratically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unidiosyncratic + -ally. 1. In an unidiosyncratic manner.
Word: bidistillation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + distillation. 1. double distillation; the act of distilling twice Labels: uncountable