nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: permissibleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From permissible + -ness. 1. The state of being permissible; legitimacy; allowableness. Labels: uncountable
Word: allowability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From allow + -ability. 1. The state of being allowable; legitimacy; permissibleness. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: coronides Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɒˈɹəʊnɪdiːz/ 1. plural of coronis Labels: form-of, plural Example: It has previously been noticed that D makes constant use of a filling-mark at the ends of lines, which is never used by A and very rarely by B, and that B is conspicuous for his extremely illiterate spelling; and to these the authors add a new criterion, that of the style of the coronides at the ends of books, of which facsimiles are given.
Word: quietage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quiet + -age. 1. Quietness; stillness, peace. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Instead thereof sweet peace and quiet-age / It doth establish in the troubled mynd.
Word: arboreous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin arbor (“tree”). Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈbɚ.iəs/ 1. Having the characteristics of a tree. (of a plant) Example: 1684, Thomas Browne, “Observations upon Several Plants Mention’d in Scripture” in Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: Charles Mearne, pp. 28-29, For the Parable may not […] imply any or every grain of Mustard, but point at such a grain as from its fertile spirit, and other concurrent advantages, hath the success to become arboreous, shoot into such a magnitude, and acquire the like tallness. Example: […] the continental climate, that is, having a colder winter and warmer summer, capable of producing considerable vigour of arboreous vegetation, and not so favourable to the generating of […] peat-moss […] 2. Covered or filled with trees. Example: But among Authours, we meet with nothing more frequent, and indeed more celebrated, than those Arboreous amenities and Plantations of Woods, which they call’d Luci; Example: The country was no longer plain-land, but an arboreous wilderness interspersed with small fields and fruit orchards. 3. Growing on trees. Labels: obsolete Example: And those fruites whiche Galene calleth arboreous, are those growing vppon trees. Example: Mushromes are either terrestrial, which grow out of the earth, or arboreous, which adhere to the stocks of trees; 4. Having a tree-like, branching structure. Labels: obsolete Example: The arboreous ramification of the Meditallium of the Cerebellum appearing, being cut right downwards. Example: 1698, William Cowper, The Anatomy of Humane Bodies, Oxford: S. Smith and B. Walford, Table 56, […] [the] Internal Concave Surface [of the Placenta Uterina] next the Amnios, Appears Cover’d with the Chorion; under which the Arboreous Disposition of its Blood-Vessels are elegantly Exprest.
Word: quietsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quiet + -some. 1. Characterised or marked by quietness; calm; still; tranquil Labels: archaic Example: Let no false treason seek us to entrap, / Nor any dread disquiet once annoy / The safety of our joy; / But let the night be calm and quietsome, / Without tempestuous storms or sad affray, / Like as when Jove with fair Alcmena lay, …
Word: Indi Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.daɪ/, /ˈɪn.dʌɪ/, /ˈɪn.dʌi/, /ˈɪn.dəi/, /ˈɪn.dɑe/ 1. A locality in the Snowy Valleys council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. 2. An electoral division in Victoria, Australia.
Word: dolefull Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of doleful. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Lupi Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines.
Word: feare Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of fear. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Revenge and Malice were as two violent oppugners on the one ſide, but Honeſty, Religion, Feare of God, with-held him on the other.
Word: feare Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of fear. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Who when ſhe ſaw Dueſſa ſunny bright, / Adornd with gold and iewels ſhining cleare, / She greatly grew amazed at the ſight, / And th’vnacquainted light began to feare: For neuer did ſuch brightnes there appeare, / And would haue backe retyred to her caue, […]
Word: theyr Part of Speech: contraction 1. alternative form of theyre Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: theyr Part of Speech: pron 1. Obsolete spelling of their. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Pegasi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pegasus. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: astrologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From astrological + -ly. 1. In an astrological manner. Labels: not-comparable 2. With regard to astrology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: helpe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of help. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: helpe Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of help. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: For iff the patient be aſhamed to diſcloſe his wounde to the phyſician which knoweth it not, phyſicke can not helpe him.
Word: helpelesse Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of helpless. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: evill Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of evil. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: evill Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of evil. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: mischivous Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of mischievous. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Tauri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Taurī, from Ancient Greek Ταῦροι (Taûroi). 1. An ancient people who inhabited the Crimean Mountains. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only Example: Who these Tauri were is a question of some difficulty. Strabo calls them a Scythian people, but Herodotus clearly distinguishes the Tauri from the Scythians, as being a different nation.
Word: oule Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of owl. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: oules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: darke Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of dark. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: darke Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of dark. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: lightspeed lag Part of Speech: noun 1. A delay in communications or information processing caused by a signal propagation being limited by the speed of light. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: filé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French filé (“threaded”), after the way sassafras is processed. Pronunciation: /fɪˈleɪ/, /fiːˈleɪ/ 1. A spicy herb made from the dried and ground leaves of the North American sassafras tree (Sassafras albidum) and used in Louisiana Creole cooking. Labels: uncountable
Word: fainéant Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of faineant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: galère Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French galère, from Latin galea (“galley”). Originally referred to a type of ship, then metaphorically to difficult situations or unpleasant groups of people. 1. An undesirable, difficult, or burdensome situation. Labels: literary, rare 2. A group of people regarded as troublesome or unwelcome. Labels: broadly
Word: bewonder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + wonder. Compare Dutch bewonderen (“to admire”), German bewundern (“to admire”), Swedish beundra (“to admire”). 1. To wonder about; wonder over; wonder at; regard wonderingly; admire. Labels: archaic, transitive 2. To fill with wonder or admiration; amaze. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: The other seeing his astonishment, / How he bewonder'd was, and how he far'd […]
Word: wonderous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wonder + -ous. 1. Wondrous.
Word: smiler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English smyler, smylere; equivalent to smile + -er. 1. Someone who smiles. Example: Jenny hadn’t been a natural hugger, but she’d been a smiler, a handholder. 2. The mouth. Labels: UK, slang Example: You're asking for a punch in the smiler!
Word: styler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From style + -er. 1. Someone who styles (especially hair), a stylist.
Word: smileless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From smile + -less. 1. Without a smile, unsmiling. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Joycian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Joyce + -ian. 1. Alternative spelling of Joycean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Joycian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Joyce + -ian. 1. Alternative spelling of Joycean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: simple interest Part of Speech: noun 1. Internet that is paid only on the principal. Labels: uncountable
Word: simple pendulum Part of Speech: noun 1. A hypothetical pendulum consisting of a weight suspended by a weightless string.
Word: agnomina Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agnomen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butterwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butter + wort: perhaps from the ability of the leaves to coagulate milk, or from their peculiar sliminess. 1. Any plant of the insectivorous genus Pinguicula. Example: As he climbed up through the golden gorse he would look for orchids amongst the commoner cotton grass, bog asphodel and butterwort[.] 2. common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)
Word: Hellespont Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἑλλήσποντος (Hellḗspontos). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛl.ɪ.spɒnt/, /ˈhɛl.ɪs.pɑnt/ 1. The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west. Labels: historical Example: That he who has the time should lack the force, that she who has the force should lack the time! That a trifling and in all probability tractable obstruction of some endocrinal Bandusia, that a mere matter of forty-five or fifty minutes by the clock, should as effectively as death itself, or as the Hellespont, separate lovers.
Word: Dardanelles Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Ottoman forts spanning the strait, the Dardanelles, themselves likely named after Dardanus, an ancient city on the Asian shore of the strait, itself said to take its name from Dardanus, the son of Zeus and Electra. Pronunciation: /ˌdɑː.dənˈɛlz/, [ˌdɑː.dənˈɛɫz], /ˌdɑɹ.dənˈɛlz/, [ˌdɑɹ.dənˈɛɫz] 1. The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.
Word: disciplic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disciple + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to disciples or discipleship.
Word: hydro-geothermal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hydro- + geothermal. 1. That employs water heated geothermally Labels: not-comparable
Word: medicolegal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From medico- + legal. 1. Of, or pertaining to, both medicine and law, as for example with the legal implications of a medical decision (such as when to stop attempting resuscitation, or when not to prescribe a certain medication or surgery. Labels: not-comparable
Word: medievalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From medieval + -ism. 1. The state of being medieval. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is striking, and quite in character with the man, that he [Sir Walter Scott], who had popularised a romantic notion of the Middle Ages, should be a convinced supporter of the railway, which was effectively to destroy the few traces of medievalism that had survived into the society of his time. 2. The study of the Middle Ages. Labels: uncountable 3. A custom or belief from the Middle Ages. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: medievalisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medievalism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pump-jet Part of Speech: noun 1. A marine system that creates a jet of water for propulsion of watercraft.
Word: medievalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From medieval + -ize. 1. To make medieval. Labels: transitive Example: We may notice the 3rd, 6th and 7th examples, designed by Mr. W. T. Sams, especially the first named, a lumpy and mediævalized Town Hall. Example: I don't mean that you are to Grecianize their dress, any more than medievalize it.
Word: medifurca Part of Speech: noun 1. mesofurca Labels: obsolete
Word: mesofurca Part of Speech: noun 1. The internal skeletal element of the mesosternum.
Word: mesofurcae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesofurca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesofurcal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mesofurca + -al. 1. Of, or pertaining to, the mesofurca. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mesosternum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- + sternum. 1. The middle portion, or body, of the sternum. 2. The ventral piece of the middle segment of the thorax.
Word: mediglacial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From medio- + glacial. 1. Between two glaciers. Labels: not-comparable 2. Formed between glaciers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Medinan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medina + -an. 1. Of, or from, Medina.
Word: Medinan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medina + -an. 1. Someone from Medina.
Word: Medinan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Medina + -an. 1. An age forming part of the Silurian.
Word: Medinans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Medinan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mediocrist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mediocre + -ist. 1. A mediocre person.
Word: mediocrely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From mediocre + -ly. 1. In a mediocre way.
Word: mediocral Part of Speech: adj 1. mediocre Labels: archaic
Word: diffusibility Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of the speed of diffusion. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Capacity for spreading. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: meditational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meditation + -al. 1. Of, or pertaining to, meditation. Labels: not-comparable 2. Used as a means for meditation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Mediterranean flour moth Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of species Ephestia kuehniella of moths that feeds on grain.
Word: Mediterranean fruit fly Part of Speech: noun 1. A fruit fly of species Ceratitis capitata, capable of wreaking extensive crop damage.
Word: medjidie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish مجیدیه (mecidiye), most likely through French medjidié, the adjectival form of the personal name Mecid, from Arabic مَجِيد (majīd, “glorious”) 1. A coin of the Ottoman Empire, worth twenty piasters. Labels: historical
Word: spreadability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spread + -ability. 1. Ease of spreading or of being spread. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: S wave Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of S-wave. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: discoursive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From discourse + -ive. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkɔː(ɹ)sɪv/ 1. Synonym of discursive. Labels: archaic Example: The epic is everywhere interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes.
Word: medlure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From medfly lure. 1. An insect attractant, used to attract the medfly. Labels: uncountable
Word: Médoc Part of Speech: name Etymology: The common noun is derived from the name of the region. 1. A grape-growing region in the south of France.
Word: Médoc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The common noun is derived from the name of the region. 1. A Médoc AOC wine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: s.a. Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of semiannual. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 2. Initialism of subject to approval. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: s.a. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of sex appeal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: medrick Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of tern, especially the common tern or Arctic tern. Labels: rare
Word: medricks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medrick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: middelmannetjie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans middelmannetjie (“little man in the middle”) (analysable as middel (“middle”) + man (“man”) + -etjie (“diminutive suffix”)), from Dutch middel (“middle”) + mannetje (“a short man”) (from man (“man”) + -etje, a variant of -tje (diminutive suffix)). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmanəki/, /ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmanətʃi/, /ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmænəki/, /ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmænət͡ʃi/, /ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmʌnəki/ 1. A ridge between ruts made by wheels in a dirt or gravel road. Labels: South-Africa Example: Spoor [of a hippopotamus] […] Well-worn paths, some 20 cm wide, lead up from rivers, the four-toed tracks running parallel, and clearly indicating a ‘middelmannetjie’. Example: An old Ford was going down a road that had a formidable middelmannetjie (hump down the middle). This middelmannetjie was so high that the front axle of the car caught on it, the car somersaulted, and Trichardt and his passenger, a man called Van Niekerk, were flung out and broke their necks.
Word: discoursively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From discoursive + -ly. 1. In a reasoning manner; by way of conversation or discourse. 2. Discursively.
Word: medrinaque Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of fabric from the Philippines, made from the abaca tree. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: medspeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From med + -speak. 1. The jargon used by the medical community. Labels: uncountable
Word: dimorphous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + morph + -ous or di- + -morphous. Pronunciation: /daɪˈmɔːfəs/ 1. Dimorphic; occurring or existing in two different forms. Labels: not-comparable
Word: medullar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French médullaire and its etymon Latin medullāris. By surface analysis, medulla + -ar. 1. Alternative form of medullary. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Proto-Bantu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From proto- + Bantu. 1. The hypothetical protolanguage of the Bantu languages.
Word: medusahead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By appellativization from Medusa + head. 1. A type of bristly grass native to Europe, Taeniatherum caput-medusae Labels: uncountable
Word: mee krob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Thai หมี่กรอบ (mìi-grɔ̀ɔp, literally “crisp noodles”). 1. A type of crispy rice noodles from Thailand, normally served with a sweet sauce. Labels: uncountable
Word: S.Dak. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of South Dakota. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: éclaircissement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French éclaircissement. 1. Alternative form of eclaircissement. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: meemaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably an affectionate alteration of mama or reduplication of maw (“mother”). 1. Synonym of mamaw (“grandmother”). Labels: Southern-US, US, dialectal Example: “Let's celebrate with drinks at Tipsy River.” “Uh, I don't want to go to Tipsy River. I don't want to bother my meemaw while she's working.” “Let's not push it. He's embarrassed of his country-ass grandma.” “Don't be embarrassed of your meemaw, Wayne. She's fun.” Example: “Captain, we are in orbit of Brekka.” “Dr. Migleemo, you have the conn.” “Ba-ha-ha. A feast of opportunities to make you proud, Captain.” “Keep it together, Doctor. You'll do fine.” “[sniffles] It's really happening.” “Orders, sir?” “Yes. Initiate a subspace communication link to my meema. I want her to see her special boy being the captain!” “Yes, sir.”
Word: meemaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly related to maw (“mouth; opening”). 1. To mouth words so that they can be heard over noise (or later so that they cannot be overheard), originally in the cotton industry of Lancashire. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive Example: On working days weavers who had jobs were already meemawing across the racket of looms as the van delivered and in hot weather, with weaving shed doors open, the sound bombarded the streets. Example: Bill, who had nudged the other customer out of the shop and locked the door, meemawed at him to wait.
Word: meemaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly related to maw (“mouth; opening”). 1. Alternative form of mee-maw. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Be still, says th'chap: un then fixin his een on th' dug's, un givin his buddy some spasmoddical twitches, un jertin his neck as if his yed wur a burden to it, un he wanted t'throw it off, he begun to make aw sorts o' meemaws wi his honds. Example: “Nor me noather,” replied Ben. “They'n too mony meemaws abeawt 'em for me.”
Word: screaming meemie Part of Speech: noun 1. The Nebelwerfer, a type of German mortar used in World War Two. Labels: historical
Word: meetable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meet + -able. 1. Possible to meet face to face. 2. Reachable, able to be met or reached.
Word: megabook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + book. 1. An extremely large book. Labels: informal
Word: S meter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for "signal strength meter". 1. An indicator used to measure the strength of the radio signal, often provided on communications receivers.
Word: megacephalic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mega- + -cephalic. 1. Having an extremely large head.
Word: chuckleheaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chuckle + headed. 1. stupid, idiotic Example: In one of these chuckleheaded essays about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Martin Amis complains about the use of the shorthand 9/11: “My principal objection to the numbers is that they are numbers,” he writes in “The Second Plane.”
Word: editioned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From edition + -ed. 1. Having undergone editioning Labels: not-comparable Example: Two Palms has a suite of intaglio prints by Chris Ofili (similar to those on view through tomorrow at David Zwirner) and editioned hand-painted collages by Richard Prince, who merges covers of nurse-themed pulp-fiction titles with images clipped from pornographic sources.
Word: editioning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From edition + -ing. 1. The process of making a small number of prints available, in order to make the print more lucrative. Labels: uncountable
Word: saturity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin saturitas. 1. The state of being satiated; fullness, repletion. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: buydown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From buy + down. 1. An accelerated repayment of the principal of a loan. 2. A payment by a third-party to a lender to reduce some of all of the payments otherwise required, especially in first few years of the loan, thereby enhancing the apparent quality of the loan.
Word: buydowns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buydown Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Saturnalian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Saturnalia + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to Saturnalia. Labels: historical 2. Alternative letter-case form of saturnalian (“riotously merry; dissolute”). Labels: alt-of
Word: Saturnalian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Saturnalia + -an. 1. One celebrates or takes part in Saturnalia. Labels: historical Example: What masking, what mumming, what carding, what dicing, what gluttony, what drunkenneſs, what chambering, what wontonneſs, what turning nights into days, and days into nights! This Feaſt [i.e., Christmas] was occaſioned by thoſe most licentious Saturnalians, and they have indeed for many years become very like them, only worſe, and that not only by connivance of Authority; […] Example: Noëmus vino ſuccubuit ſemel, ejus vires fortè nondum expertus. Saturnalibus more receptum erat, multo mero ſe ingurgitare: & ebrietati Saturnus præerat. 2. Alternative letter-case form of saturnalian (“a merrymaker, a partygoer”). Labels: alt-of Example: Christmas Eve, impatiently expected, was peeping over the brink of the hour. Millions had prepared for its celebration. Towns would be painted red. You, yourself, have heard the horns and dodged the capers of the Saturnalians. Example: The howling of drunken wedding-guests, the fluttering of ribbons, the stampede of frightened horses, the breaking of glasses, the dancing on the edge of bloody, atrocious crime, all this should roll across the picture like a moving, swollen ocean, and above it all […] clouds of drunken Saturnalians who devour their own flesh, and have turned their stinking backs on all that is star-like above us, and everything reeks and smokes and flings itself into the abyss!
Word: skysurfing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + surfing. 1. A kind of skydiving where the skydiver has a surfboard attached to the feet, and performs surfing-like stunts in midair. Labels: uncountable
Word: skysurfer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + surfer. 1. Someone who does skysurfing.
Word: jabby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jab + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæbi/ 1. Short yet vigorous and forceful. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Its tight, jabby songs, influenced equally by minimalist post-punk and sentimental white soul, end just when you think you’ve figured them out. 2. Characterized by jab-like rhythms or actions. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: Short, jabby movements of the knife.
Word: relock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + lock. 1. To lock again.
Word: saturniid Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /səˈtɚ.ni.ɪd/ 1. Any moth of the family Saturniidae
Word: rhythm section Part of Speech: noun 1. The section of a band maintaining the rhythm, consisting of e.g. drums, bass, keyboard, etc.
Word: -nym Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *ónomã Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă)der. English -nym See -onym § Etymology. 1. Alternative form of -onym. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: open and affirming Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to Christian congregations and other Christian groups that accept gay men and women, bisexuals, and transgender people.
Word: rub in Part of Speech: verb 1. To apply by rubbing. Labels: transitive Example: Flattening chicken breast halves serves two purposes: It provides more surface area to rub in the Greek-influenced seasoning, and it ensures that the chicken cooks quickly. 2. Of butter, to mix in by rubbing. Labels: transitive 3. To make a point in an irritatingly emphatic manner. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Postcards from Florida might mean someone is rubbing in the fact he or she has been lounging on the white, sandy beaches
Word: boards up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of board up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: boarding up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of board up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: boarded up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of board up Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Silverdale: The Furness Line station's community group is interested in restoring the boarded-up Platform 2 building for community use.
Word: autos da fé Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of auto da fé Labels: form-of, plural
Word: auto da fé Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of auto da fe. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This was the appointed day for the auto da fé, and streets, balconies, and windows were already alive with eager faces to witness the procession of[…] Example: I have an autograph letter dated Madrid, 11 July, 1680, which contains a short account of an auto da fé[…]
Word: auto-da-fé Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of auto da fe. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The taste was of sweetened silt and arabica beans that hadn't been gently roasted so much as charred to death in their very own auto-da-fé.
Word: autos-da-fé Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of auto-da-fé Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exclusionary rule Part of Speech: noun 1. A doctrine which requires that evidence obtained as the result of an illegal act on the part of law enforcement personnel (such as a warrantless search, or continued questioning a witness who has invoked the right of counsel) must therefore be excluded from being admitted as evidence in a trial. This rule does not apply in civil proceedings, although statutes sometime specifically provide for exclusion of such evidence. Labels: US
Word: exclusionary rules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exclusionary rule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: warp and woof Part of Speech: noun 1. The threads in a woven fabric, composed of the warp (threads running lengthwise) and woof (threads running crosswise) to create the texture of the fabric. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The fundamental structure of any process or system. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: … the “manifest destiny” theory that justifies the stealing of all territory contiguous to our own, and kindred topics, constitute the warp and woof of conversation. Example: He unconsciously uses the fitting word and phrase to designate the situation in which he finds himself, thus the fitting word and phrase, the well-chosen modifier and forcible verb become part of the warp and woof of his speech.
Word: germaine Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of germane. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [Ham.] The phraſe would bee more Germaine to the matter: […]
Word: superfecundity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + fecundity. 1. Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species. Labels: uncountable
Word: synanthy Part of Speech: noun 1. the abnormal fusion of two or more flowers Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Many of the recorded cases of synanthy are really cases of the adhesion of the inflorescence rather than of the flowers.
Word: Abomey Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌæb.əˈmeɪ/, /əˈboʊ.mi/ 1. The capital city of Zou department, in southern Benin.
Word: Aboukir Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Egyptian Arabic أَبُو قِير (ʔabū qīr), from the Arabic name of the Egyptian Copt Cyrus, قِير (qīr). Pronunciation: /ˌɑ.buˈkɪɹ/ 1. A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures. 2. A bay outside this village, at the mouth of the Nile, where on 1 August 1798 a British fleet led by Horatio Nelson defeated the French in the Battle of the Nile.
Word: compluvium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin compluvium. 1. A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. Example: In the centre of the floor of the atrium a portion was sunk for the reception of rain water; this was termed the impluvium; and above it an opening of similar dimensions was left in the ceiling or roof, termed the compluvium.
Word: Cadmus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Via Latin Cadmus, from Ancient Greek Κάδμος (Kádmos). Pronunciation: /ˈkædməs/ 1. A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet. Labels: Greek 2. An unincorporated community in Linn County, Kansas, United States.
Word: Cadmus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈkædməs/ 1. A surname.
Word: Kadmos Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Cadmus. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lararium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin larārium. Pronunciation: /ləˈɹɛəɹi.əm/, /ləˈɹɛɹi.əm/ 1. In an ancient Roman home, the part of the house set aside as a shrine or chapel for the household gods. Labels: historical
Word: megalosaur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From megalo- + -saur. 1. A carnivorous dinosaur of the family Megalosauridae. Example: As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill.
Word: megalosaurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megalosaur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megamouth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + mouth. 1. Ellipsis of megamouth shark Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: megamouth shark Part of Speech: noun 1. A rare species of deepwater shark, Megachasma pelagios, a filter-feeder, swimming with its large mouth wide open to capture plankton and jellyfish.
Word: megaloscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From megalo- + -scope. 1. A type of speculum that magnifies the orifice.
Word: megaloscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megaloscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megaphonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From megaphone + -ic. 1. Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone 2. Produced by a megaphone 3. loud and echoey, as if produced by a megaphone
Word: megaphonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From megaphone + -ist. 1. Someone who uses a megaphone.
Word: megaphonists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megaphonist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Megarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Megara + -ian. Pronunciation: /məˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/, /məˈɡɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to, Megara
Word: Megarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Megara + -ian. Pronunciation: /məˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/, /məˈɡɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. Someone from Megara.
Word: Megarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Megarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megaron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέγαρον (mégaron). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɡəɹɒn/, /ˈmɛɡəɹɑn/ 1. The rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars. Labels: historical Example: The megara faced north (“notebook north” equals true northeast) in the first court behind the archaic East Gate, similar in layout to their predecessors Megara 1 and 2 in the pre-Kimmerian East Court. Megaron C had gone through a period of use and a complete reconstruction before the Painted House was built. Example: The megaron is a hall building with an open-fronted porch, but this porch is not just any laterally confined space.
Word: megara Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɡəɹə/ 1. plural of megaron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megaseller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + seller. 1. A book or other product that has sold in extremely large numbers. Example: British churches are divided over whether to allow filming of The Da Vinci Code, an adaptation of Dan Brown's biblically revisionist megaseller. Example: Wentz has also achieved notoriety through his business acumen, signing the megaseller Panic! at the Disco to his label, Decaydance Records, and through his exhibitionist tendencies
Word: beddable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bed + -able. 1. Sexually attractive. Labels: informal Example: […] feminine, great body great legs great taste, trained and beddable, Jesus, how beddable. Example: It was obvious from the twist of his mouth that she was not the beddable woman he'd pictured.
Word: megasellers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megaseller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrops Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps), from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). Doublet of hydropsy and dropsy. 1. The abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a tissue or cavity. Labels: uncountable
Word: megasporange Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + sporange. 1. A large sporange.
Word: megass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since about 1840 in American English, a modification of bagasse. Pronunciation: /məˈɡæs/, /məˈɡɑːs/ 1. Bagasse. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: The megass was then gathered together, and suffered to steep in water so hot, that the hand can be borne in it without inconvenience, and after a while the megass was reground : the canes yielded two pans of liquor, and the megass one; […]
Word: hydropericardium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + pericardium. 1. The accumulation of serous fluid in the pericardium Labels: uncountable
Word: Manoah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew מנוח (Manoaḥ). 1. The father of the biblical strongman Samson.
Word: megastardom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + stardom or megastar + -dom. 1. The state of someone acknowledged as a megastar. Labels: uncountable
Word: hydroperitoneum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + peritoneum. 1. The accumulation of fluid in the peritoneum Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: If uniformity could be preserved throughout, we ought, however, to say hydroperitoneum, in place of ascites, hydropneumonia, for edema of the lungs, hydroarachnoid, for hydrocephalus, hydropleura, for hydrothorax, and hydrovarium, for dropsy of the ovaries. Example: In the greater proportion of cases hydroperitoneum causes no difficulty.
Word: háčeks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of háček Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megatonnage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + tonnage. 1. The destructive power of an explosive, measured in megatons. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "We have grown accustomed to a deadly paradox: the world's greatest megatonnage of TNT is buried in the heart of the earth's most productive agricultural area. Example: That simple idea gained increasing public support in the late 1970s and early 80s as an alternative to the complexities of the arms race, with its continuing posturing and intermittent negotiations about megatonnage, throw weight and inspections.
Word: megatonnages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megatonnage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megilp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /məˈɡɪlp/ 1. A mixture of linseed oil with turpentine or mastic varnish, used as a thickener for oil paints but later discredited as a source of cracking and yellowing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was in a hurry […] and instead of replicating the twenty or so layers of paint in the original he used megilp to give the impression of thickly applied paint.
Word: megohmmeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + ohmmeter. 1. An instrument that measures extremely high resistances, in megaohms.
Word: megohmmeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megohmmeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megger Part of Speech: noun 1. A megohmmeter.
Word: megger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From megaphone (which directors traditionally use) + -er. 1. A film director. Labels: slang Example: Backers, confronted with the heavy demands of directors, point out that the megger is doing more of a job than the producer […] Example: The megger, as the director is known to the motion picture industry's trade journals, has to be a sort of reservoir of knowledge, know-how, residual bits of information on all subjects and techniques.
Word: meggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Megrelian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Georgian მეგრელი (megreli). 1. Mingrelian
Word: Megrelian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Georgian მეგრელი (megreli). 1. Mingrelian (language)
Word: Megrelian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Georgian მეგრელი (megreli). 1. Mingrelian (person)
Word: Megrelians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Megrelian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydropneumothorax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + pneumothorax. 1. The presence of both fluid and air in the pleural cavity
Word: Mingrelians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mingrelian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mzungu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Common Bantu *mʊ̀díʊ́ngʊ̀der. Swahili mzungubor. English mzungu Borrowed from Swahili mzungu, from Common Bantu *mʊ̀díʊ́ngʊ̀. Pronunciation: /(ə)mˈzʊnɡuː/ 1. A white person. Labels: Africa, East Example: I have given my daughter to an mzungu, and he says he will make her like the wives of the white men. Example: suspicion about an mzungu wanting a copy of the country's constitution
Word: megstie Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of surprise. Labels: Scotland, obsolete Example: Eh, megstie ! " cried the woman, laying down the leather- cap and the tied-up parcel, and holding out both her hands in astonishment. Example: Megstie me, gudeman," cried Mrs Gables, " are ye speaking of ganging o'er to the Whigs ? you that was such a desperate Tory. I'll no alloo't
Word: mehari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic مَهَارٍ (mahārin, “a mehari camel or dromedary”), from مَهَرَ (mahara, “to be deft or skillful”) 1. A type of fast-running dromedary camel, which can be used for racing or transport.
Word: meharis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mehari Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Meibion Glyndwr Part of Speech: name Etymology: meibion (plural of mab (“son”)) + anglicisation of Glyndŵr (surname of Owain Glyndŵr, Welsh ruler. 1. A Welsh nationalist movement formed in the 1960s.
Word: scapha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scapha (“light boat; skiff”). 1. The scaphoid fossa of the helix of the ear.
Word: taid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh taid (“grandfather”). Doublet of dad. 1. A grandfather. Labels: North-Wales Example: Coordinate term: nain Example: Then we threw down a gauntlet to the mams, dads, nains and taids of Wales to see where they go to treat their kids to some really good, tasty food.
Word: Caesarea Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Caesarēa. Both the Algerian and Turkish cities were named in honor of Augustus. Doublet of Kayseri and Cherchell. Pronunciation: /ˌsiː.zəˈɹiː.ə/, /ˌsɛ.zəˈɹiː.ə/, /ˌsɛ.səˈɹiː.ə/ 1. A port city in Israel. Example: The borders changed from mitzvah to mitzvah and the main criterion for inclusion seems to have been the Jewish population of the town. Thus Caesarea, a city inhabited by pagans and Jews, was originally considered part of Eretz Yisrael for the purposes of tithes and the Sabbatical year, but was later excluded. 2. Various other former cities in the Roman Empire, including: Labels: historical 3. Various other former cities in the Roman Empire, including: Labels: historical
Word: cardinal spiders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cardinal spider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hidradenitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1894. From the German Hidradenitis (1865; also the etymologically more consistent Hidrotadenitis, 1893), ultimately representing the Ancient Greek roots ἱδρώς (hidrṓs, “sweat”, stem: ἱδρῶτ-, hidrōt-) + ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”, stem: ἀδεν-, aden-) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “[inflammatory] disease”). Pronunciation: /haɪdɹədɪˈnaɪtɪs/ 1. Inflammation of the sweat glands. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hydrosanitary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hydro- + sanitary. 1. Describing any sanitary apparatus that employs water. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hydrosol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + sol. 1. A sol (solid-in-liquid colloid) in which the continuous phase (dispersing medium) is water. Example: Meronyms: hydrocolloid, water 2. An herbal distillate: an aqueous product, made from plants (especially herbs) via steam distillation (usually specifically hydrodistillation); such a product is a colloidal suspension of essential oils that also has some water-soluble components dissolved in the water. Example: I live on 15 acres with all kinds of small ecosystems, such as a woods, pond/boggy area, stream, fields, and everything in between. 90% of the herbs used at EH [Essential Herbal magazine] grow here. In the last decade, many natives have been reintroduced into the woods and wetland area, while around the house a riot of color explodes each year, and the wild plant foods are encouraged and eaten. The line between weed and cultivated herb is very fine around here. Somewhere around 2004, a glass distiller arrived, and it has been a great teaching tool, traveling halfway across the US to show exactly how essential oils are made. Now (2018) stills are much more common, so it's good to stay home and make hydrosols when the mood strikes. We do eco-dying and are working with embedding botanicals in resins, always learning something new to do with herbs.
Word: hydrosulfate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + sulfate. 1. Any sulfate of an organic base
Word: hydrosulfurous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hydro- + sulfurous. 1. hyposulfurous Labels: not-comparable
Word: kelson Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of keelson. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Is not the main-truck higher than the kelson is low?
Word: kelsons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kelson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whaleman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whale + -man. 1. A male whaler; (loosely) any whaler.
Word: whalemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whaleman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chicken salt Part of Speech: noun 1. A seasoning comprising table salt blended with herbs, spices, flavourings, and sometimes monosodium glutamate, often containing chicken extracts. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, uncountable Example: Look at that man, eating No Name chicken salt from a noodles packet; not bothering to chase after the packet being blown by the wind towards the forest. Example: ‘Chicken salt. That′s all it was. He wanted chicken salt and he got ordinary salt and so he whinged at me.’
Word: petrologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From petrological + -ly. 1. In a petrological way. Labels: not-comparable
Word: untroubledly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From untroubled + -ly. 1. In an untroubled way.
Word: wetwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wet + work. 1. Alternative form of wet work. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: From the very beginning, when he and Dewey had conceived the consortium and the operation that would make wetwork history, he had planned to be present... Example: Once upon a time, Wilcox had been reluctant to take wetwork assignments, national security be damned. But he had been married then.
Word: downtempo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From down + tempo. 1. A genre of house music and ambient music with an ethereal sound and a driving beat. Labels: uncountable
Word: downtempo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From down + tempo. 1. Having a slow tempo. 2. Having a slow, relaxed pace.
Word: downtempo Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From down + tempo. 1. At a slow tempo. 2. At a slow, relaxed pace.
Word: Wiener schnitzel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Wiener Schnitzel (literally “Viennese schnitzel”). Attested in English since the 1850s. 1. A veal cutlet dipped into flour, egg and breadcrumbs, then fried. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I’ve had genuine delicate Wiener schnitzel in Vienna, authentic big-as-a-plate Milanese cutlets in Milan and the well-loved Milanesa in Argentina, sometimes as a sandwich.
Word: graupel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Graupel(wetter) (literally “graupel (weather)”). Graupel is a back-formation from graupeln (“to hail (with soft hailstones)”) + -el (diminutive suffix); and graupeln is from Graupe (“hulled grain, pearl barley”) (ultimately from Proto-Slavic *krūpà (“grainy substance; groats; hail”) and Proto-Indo-European *krewp-) + -eln (suffix forming verbs, often with a diminutive or frequentative sense). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaʊp(ə)l/ 1. A precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake. Labels: uncountable Example: Is it desirable in giving the falls of hail to draw a distinction between "graupel" and true hail? Example: November.— […] Smart shower of graupel (i.e. frozen snow in pellets), with snow at 9 p.m. on 10th. 2. A small ball of rime resulting from this process. Labels: countable Example: It is established that graupels and hailstones are cone-shaped with rounded apexes and that they become egg-shaped as a result of growth during descent. Example: [W]hen an ice or snow crystal collides with supercooled droplets, the droplets will freeze on the surface of the crystal to form rime. […] [C]ontinued riming will eventually produce a particle that is completely covered by rimes such that the original crystal shape can no longer be recognized. The particle now becomes a graupel (sometimes also called a soft hail or snow pellet). […] By convention, a graupel should be smaller than 5 mm in diameter. If it becomes greater than 5 mm in diameter (2.5 mm in radius) it will be called hail.
Word: graupels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of graupel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thereinunder Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From therein + under. 1. In and under that (of a clause to follow later in a document, etc.). Labels: not-comparable
Word: deathmonger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From death + monger. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛθmʌŋɡə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛθmʊŋɡə/ 1. One who peddles death; a murderer of many. Example: So what if arms dealers are money-grabbing deathmongers? This is a revelation? Example: And then there were those who died and were martyred in the struggle to maintain a Jewish lifestyle, murdered at the hands of deathmongers, pillagers […]
Word: deathmongers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deathmonger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subcookie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + cookie. 1. A cookie-like piece of data stored with others in a single cookie (so as to circumvent restrictions on the number of cookies a single web site may create). Labels: Internet, rare
Word: subcookies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subcookie Labels: form-of, plural