nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dancemaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dance + making. 1. The creation of dance movements; choreography. Labels: uncountable Example: Others, like Mr. Welch and James Kudelka, are established talents whom Mr. Tomasson helped catapult through commissions early in their dancemaking careers.
Word: haberdashed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Related to haberdashery. See -ed. 1. Decorated with ribbons, trinkets, etc. Example: When he showed that petulant old warhorse of an artist, Horace Vernet, haberdashed with medals, Nadar had no trouble revealing a seeker of official honors. Example: Toward the end of the masterly “Negro With a Hat” (as the Napoleonically haberdashed Garvey was derided by W. E. B. Du Bois), Garvey is quoted as having said: “We were the first Fascists.
Word: midswallow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + swallow. 1. A point in time when someone is swallowing. Labels: uncountable Example: But then Deena blurted out something that stopped me in midswallow.
Word: minicheeseburger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + cheeseburger. 1. A small cheeseburger. Example: Becky Marx was perched at Agnetta's left, delicately sampling from an hors d' ouevres plate that included two Chinese dumplings, a minicheeseburger, several shrimp sauteed in lemon butter, six chicken nachos, and two stuffed mushrooms. Example: There's no kids' menu, but the regular menu features chicken strips and minicheeseburgers, among other tot treats.
Word: minicheeseburgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minicheeseburger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cow town Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cowtown. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: minimetropolis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + metropolis. 1. A relatively small metropolis. Example: He arrived here 58 years ago and helped transform a onetime cow town into a minimetropolis, a former agricultural college into a prominent university and a football program into a national power.
Word: minimetropolises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minimetropolis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mowings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mowing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: newshand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From news + hand. 1. A journalist. Example: The punditocracy, from ankle-biters to bigfeet, suddenly felt itself caught in a one-sided, enamored state and needed to distance itself from charges of rampant dispensing of what cynical old newshands call “big wet kisses” to a charming fresh face.
Word: newshands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of newshand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonmarketplace Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + marketplace. 1. Not of or pertaining to the economic marketplace. Labels: not-comparable Example: But that, in fact, is the point: the nonmarketplace context of hypothetical products frees the designer to leapfrog practical-minded meetings about market share and profit margins and the like and to land at the bigger questions: is this something companies should do — or must do?
Word: overdecoration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + decoration. 1. Excessive decoration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cleanliness and light are present: Art Deco streamlining replaces Edwardian overdecoration.
Word: patinaed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From patina + -ed. 1. Having a patina. Labels: not-comparable Example: The space has been roughly used and has little actual ornament, but everything is deliciously intact, patinaed like an old oak table.
Word: Radcliffe Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɹæd.klɪf/ 1. A surname. 2. A minor city in Hardin County, Iowa, United States. 3. A neighbourhood of Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States. 4. A town and former borough in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7807). 5. A hamlet (formerly a colliery village, now demolished) in Amble parish and Hauxley parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2602).
Word: wagger-pagger-bagger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wastepaper basket, humorously modified by adding -agger to the first letters of waste, paper, and basket; compare -er (suffix forming informal or slang equivalents of words). Pronunciation: /ˌwæɡə ˌpæɡə ˈbæɡə/, /ˌwæɡəɹ ˌpæɡəɹ ˈbæɡəɹ/ 1. A wastepaper basket. Labels: British, dated, humorous, slang Example: When young Oxford suddenly began to substitute "er" for the ordinary termination of a word, it was not making slang so much as diversifying and idiotising conversation. Thus a bedmaker was transformed to a "bedder," breakfast to "brekker," and the waste-paper basket, by a desperate effort, became the "wagger pagger bagger"—to be subsequently surpassed when the Prince of Wales [later Edward VIII] arrived at Magdalen, and was known as the "Pragger Wagger": […] Example: Waste-paper baskets – (I remember certain earnest youths at Oxford who used to call them wagger-pagger-baggers) – are to Philip Guedalla one of the most essential perquisites of the man of letters.
Word: waggeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waggery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exhibitioners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exhibitioner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exhibitionistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From exhibitionistic + -ally. 1. In an exhibitionistic manner.
Word: postscientific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + scientific. 1. After the decline of science. Labels: not-comparable Example: In his own pluralistic and idealistic notion of a postscientific world, Feyerabend suggests there can be balance, with different subcultural powers observing a certain amount of fair play in relation to each other. Example: American innovators — with their world-class strengths in product design, marketing and finance — may have a historic opportunity to convert the scientific know-how from abroad into market gains and profits. Mr. Hill views the transition to “the postscientific society” as an unrecognized bonus for American creators of new products and services.
Word: semicompleted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + completed. 1. Partially completed. Labels: not-comparable Example: The semicompleted project was later shopped around to a number of cable networks.
Word: softheadedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From softheaded + -ness. 1. The quality of being softheaded. Labels: uncountable Example: Tell me: How did it come to pass that virtue — a quality that for most of history has generally been deemed, well, a virtue — became a mark of liberal softheadedness?
Word: squirearchal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From squirearchy + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to squirearchy. Labels: not-comparable Example: The film tells the story of Jack’s induction and military training; depicts the Kiplings’ squirearchal lifestyle at Bateman’s, their Jacobean manor house in Sussex; and explores the family tensions over Jack’s brave but foolhardy enlistment.
Word: Wessexian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Wessex + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to the ancient English kingdom of Wessex.
Word: Wessexian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Wessex + -ian. 1. A native or inhabitant of Wessex.
Word: Wessexians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Wessexian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tiremaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tire + maker. 1. A manufacturer of tires (wheel coverings). Example: She said the tiremaker would continue to provide replacements and service to consumers who already had the tires.
Word: tiremakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tiremaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tyremaker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tiremaker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tyremakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tyremaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toothworts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toothwort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: atonalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From atonal + -ist. 1. A composer of atonal music.
Word: atonalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of atonalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tonalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tonal + -ist. 1. An artist working in the style of tonalism. Example: Bradly blinked a moment, the tonalist in him confused at charming presentation of her femininity, which appeared to have forgotten the prudery that refused to undress before her grandmother in the hut.
Word: tonalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tonalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hoverjet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hover + jet. 1. A kind of levitating aeroplane or spacecraft.
Word: hoverjets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoverjet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tonalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tonal + -ism. 1. An American artistic style of the nineteenth century, characterised by landscapes with a misty atmosphere and dark, neutral hues. Labels: uncountable
Word: backblast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + blast. 1. A dangerous blast of hot gas behind a rocket or missile when it is fired. Example: Two Iraqi soldiers were brought in the morning after being wounded by the backblast of one of their own rocket-propelled grenades.
Word: backblasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backblast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conceptlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin conceptusder. Middle French conceptbor. English concept Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English conceptless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English conceptlessness From conceptless + -ness. 1. Absence of concepts. Labels: uncountable
Word: identitylessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From identityless + -ness. 1. Absence of identity. Labels: uncountable Example: Indeed, if we take 'lack of identity' as the object of further enquiry and search for its true nature, what we find is the identitylessness of identitylessness and so on, going on into infinity
Word: idealessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From idealess + -ness. 1. Absence of ideas. Labels: uncountable
Word: deaccumulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus 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 cumulō Latin accumulō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accumulātiōder. Middle French accumulationbor. ▲ Latin accumulātiōbor. Middle English acumulacyon English accumulation English deaccumulation From de- + accumulation. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːækjuːmjəˈleɪʃən/ 1. The reversal of accumulation, as by selling the assets of a business. Labels: uncountable Example: “Unless you’ve actually lived through it personally, you don’t fully appreciate some of the nuances of the deaccumulation phase,” said Sheryl Garrett, founder of the Garrett Planning Network, which creates financial plans for middle-income people.
Word: conceptless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin conceptusder. Middle French conceptbor. English concept Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English conceptless From concept + -less. 1. Devoid of concepts. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mamajuana Part of Speech: noun 1. A drink from the Dominican Republic, made from rum, red wine, and honey soaked with tree bark and herbs. Labels: uncountable Example: Because some of the roots and herbs found in traditional mamajuana are banned in the United States, according to Mr. Layfield, he spent a year tinkering with substitute ingredients.
Word: ultrapercussive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + percussive. 1. Highly percussive. Labels: rare Example: The Kirov “Rubies” is no longer the ultrapercussive knockout it was a few years ago.
Word: elevational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣʷis Latin levis 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 levō Latin ēlevō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ēlevātiō Old French elevation English elevation English -al English elevational From elevation + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to an elevation. Labels: not-comparable Example: Along with a screen grab from Victoria Secret’s online catalog promoting the bra, Ms. Plew included in her lawsuit a copy of her patent form with a history of previous bras (from the Capparelli to the Zweben) and detailed renderings of her own invention, complete with “diagrammatic rear elevational view.”
Word: lesbi Part of Speech: adj 1. Lesbian. Labels: Indonesia, not-comparable Example: A gay man who owns a salon in Bandung rents out a front room to a lesbi couple, which they use as a photography studio.
Word: lesbi Part of Speech: noun 1. A lesbian. Labels: Indonesia Example: While gay males do occupy some public spaces, such as parks or bus stations, lesbis are mostly invisible, consistent with the Indonesian gender norm that women should not assert themselves in public but remain in the domestic sphere […]
Word: lesene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French lisse, from Latin licium (“thread, loop”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛ.zən/ 1. A low-relief, vertical pillar or pilaster in a wall, usually without a base or capital; used in architecture to divide a facade or other wall surface visually.
Word: outmigration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From out- + migration. 1. Synonym of emigration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The outmigration of young people has left the state with the second-highest proportion of people over 65 in the country, after Florida. Example: The rural north-west of Ireland is not favoured economically, with outmigration still a problem.
Word: outmigrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outmigration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outmodedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From outmoded + -ly. 1. In an outmoded manner.
Word: lesbie Part of Speech: noun 1. Diminutive of lesbian. Labels: diminutive, form-of, slang
Word: rationalizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rationalize + -er. 1. One who rationalizes. Example: Another factor that makes it difficult to forecast our future happiness is that most of us are rationalizers.
Word: rationer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ration + -er. 1. One who rations.
Word: rationalizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rationalizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rationers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rationer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: topplings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toppling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unstereotypical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + stereotypical. 1. Not stereotypical. Example: Two dances by Mr. May drew on the company’s strong underlying humanism, savored most readily in the dancers’ distinctive faces and sometimes refreshingly unstereotypical bodies.
Word: unstereotypically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unstereotypical + -ly. 1. In an unstereotypical manner.
Word: steppelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From steppe + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a steppe.
Word: heatherlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heather + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of the plant heather.
Word: outmigrants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outmigrant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inmigrants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inmigrant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inmigration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + migration. 1. A migration inwards; especially, synonym of immigration. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: inmigrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inmigration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gossipfest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gossip + -fest. 1. A session of enthusiastic gossip. Labels: slang Example: Still, United Artists’ future will depend on reversing a growing perception — fed by an Internet culture that publicizes notions once confined to lunchtime gossipfests — that the studio took a wrong turn shortly after Ms. Wagner joined Mr. Cruise, her longtime producing partner, in agreeing a year and a half ago to reboot it as their own venture with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which had previously owned the company outright.
Word: gossipfests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gossipfest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kissfests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kissfest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jailyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jail + yard. 1. A yard adjoining a prison. Example: Once the Supreme Court affirmed Utah’s right to eradicate him by rifle, Wilkerson was let into a jailyard where he declined to be blindfolded.
Word: jailyards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jailyard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jetfighter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jet fighter. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The push to add surveillance to the war zones may also require a rethinking of how the current crop of jetfighters is outfitted for war, as well as whether to look at low-tech fixes, like using off-the-lot Cessnas outfitted with surveillance gear.
Word: jetfighters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jetfighter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sedgiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of sedgy: most sedgy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: broad-leaved epiphyllum Part of Speech: noun 1. A cactus of species Epiphyllum oxypetalum, whose flowers usually bloom only one night a year.
Word: empty the tank Part of Speech: verb 1. To make the utmost effort; to contribute to the absolute limit of one's energy and abilities. Labels: idiomatic Example: “It's important over the next five games to empty the tank and give all we've got.” Example: “You’ve got to empty the tank,” he said. “You can see the finish line. You know what you have to do.”
Word: sedgier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of sedgy: more sedgy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: sedilias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sedilia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neighborhoodlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neighborhood + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a neighborhood. Example: While Mr. Schweitzer hopes to keep the center’s neighborhoodlike feel, his company has already spent $3 million on renovations.
Word: ultraluxurious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + luxurious. 1. Highly luxurious. Example: If I wanted an American-style pudding that was ultraluxurious, the trick would be to reduce the cornstarch and increase the eggs and chocolate to compensate for the loss of thickening power.
Word: daffily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From daffy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdæfəli/ 1. In a daffy manner. Example: Both women and men even get to do, daffily, the same little pelvic wiggles.
Word: leverageable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From leverage + -able. 1. Capable of being leveraged. Example: “But that kind of single-value ownership is not that leverageable anymore,” he added.
Word: overprime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + prime. 1. To prime with too much fuel. Labels: transitive Example: Be careful not to overprime the stove.
Word: overprime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + prime. 1. A prime number larger than some given natural number. Example: Let q be a minimal overprime of S.
Word: overpriming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overprime Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overprimed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overprime Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cartonnier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. A cupboard for filing. Example: Only Charlotte Moss incorporated real antiques: a set of Louis XV chairs, a 19th-century Italian bureau cabinet, a 19th-century French cartonnier to hold documents and an antique rug from Stark.
Word: cartonniers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cartonnier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: groupspeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From group + -speak. 1. The jargon used by a particular group. Labels: uncountable Example: This impressive mammal seemed on the verge of extinction, a victim of enlightenment and manners and corporate groupspeak.
Word: victimological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From victimology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to victimology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: victimologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of victimology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vimless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vim + -less. 1. Without vim. Labels: not-comparable
Word: victimologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From victimology + -ist. 1. One who studies victimology.
Word: victimologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of victimologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antivictim Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + victim. 1. Opposing the victim (as in a legal trial). Labels: not-comparable
Word: antidefendant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + defendant. 1. Opposing the defendant (as in a legal trial). Labels: not-comparable
Word: antiplaintiff Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + plaintiff. 1. Opposing the plaintiff (as in a legal trial). Labels: not-comparable
Word: plethysmographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plethysmography + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to plethysmography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plethysmographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From plethysmographic + -ally. 1. By means of plethysmography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: manipulatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manipulative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postpainterly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + painterly. 1. Moving away from an earlier painterly style; applied especially to an abstract art movement of the 1960s. Labels: not-comparable Example: Here the airless, awkwardly shaped gallery is redeemed by several curiosities of postpainterly abstraction, among them Richard Kalina’s “Luquillo” (1970), a painting-sculpture hybrid made from polyester striped with acrylic and then folded, and Nicholas Krushenick’s neon-bright geometric silkscreens from the late ’60s.
Word: settleables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of settleable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonsettleable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + settleable. 1. Not settleable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: settlable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of settleable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nonsettlable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + settlable. 1. Alternative form of nonsettleable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: insolences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of insolence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multimonitor Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + monitor. 1. Involving more than one display monitor. Labels: not-comparable Example: “Jeanne Delman” aside, Ms. Akerman’s greatest work is “D’Est” (“From the East”), a multimonitor installation piece that centers on blank-faced Eastern Europeans in train stations and other bleak surroundings.
Word: linky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From link + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪŋki/ 1. Of or pertaining to hyperlinks. Labels: Internet, informal, not-comparable Example: You'll see how to add links to either text or graphics and lots of other linky goodness.
Word: nocturnelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nocturne + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a nocturne. Example: In 2002, with the violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, he led the premiere of Mr. Dutilleux’s nocturnelike “Sur le Même Accord” with the London Philharmonic, a work he and Ms. Mutter will play on one of next week’s New York programs.
Word: nonadventure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + adventure. 1. Not in the genre of adventure. Labels: not-comparable Example: nonadventure movies
Word: underreach Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + reach. 1. To reach insufficiently far; to underachieve. Labels: intransitive Example: If anything, she is underreaching with “Women From Antwerp in November, 2007,” which appears on a band of five relatively small screens.
Word: underreaches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of underreach Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: underreaching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underreach Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: underreached Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of underreach Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lezzy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lezzie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: antisecession Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + secession. 1. Opposing or preventing secession. Labels: not-comparable Example: Three years ago, China’s congress adopted an antisecession law threatening to use military force against Taiwan if it declared independence, using fen lie for secession, or splittism.
Word: antitheological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + theological. 1. Opposing theology. Example: Despite his antitheological bias, James recognized that he could not completely discount religious doctrines. Example: Sayyid Qutb is quickly overtaking Reinhold Niebuhr as the theologian about whom the un- or antitheological pronounce with the most serene authority.
Word: buffetings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buffeting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fusionesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fusion + -esque. 1. Reminiscent of the musical style of jazz fusion. Example: The alto saxophonist Pete Robbins favors a species of fusionesque post-bop that’s complex but welcoming, and ultimately light on its feet. 2. Reminiscent of fusion cuisine.
Word: glowy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glow + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡləʊ.i/, /ˈɡloʊ.i/ 1. Glowing. Example: Hillary grows more and more glowy as Obama grows more and more wan. Example: If used with powder foundation, it [the spray] will give you a glowy appearance. Use with eyeshadow for a vibrant tint.
Word: groundstaff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ground + staff. 1. The staff who maintain the grounds of a school, sports facility, etc. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The United players refused to leave, and a dispute broke out between the players and Chelsea stewards and groundstaff before the incident was resolved.
Word: jiujitsu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jujitsu. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: lesbianish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lesbian + -ish. 1. Characteristic of a lesbian. Labels: informal Example: “It was all very lesbianish of us,” Joshua told me.
Word: lesbianisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lesbianism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lezbo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lesbo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lezbo Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of lesbo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The whole gang of stereotypes are there: Pat Ast (doing a cheap, Divine rip-off) is the two-ton lezbo guard, who's so cruel that she'll confiscate a new inmate's cute stuffed-toy, or stomp a kitten to death with her size-twelve boot;
Word: lypemania Part of Speech: noun 1. melancholy, mournfulness Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Victorian women who weren’t locked up for falling victim to lypemania (melancholy), monomania, homicidal monomania or “moral insanity” were at risk of neurasthenia, a “mirror image of rebellion” in which their “nervous depletion” was explained as the result of their “incursion into the masculine sphere of intellectual labor,” a strain that constitutions formed for tender sentiment couldn’t be expected to support.
Word: neoimperialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + imperialist. 1. A supporter of neoimperialism. Example: You ran a review by a neoimperialist who praises a book by an “Atlantic man” (also a “Homo atlanticus redux”) who is “dapper,” related to Lyndon Baines Johnson, and whose book will be “read with pleasure by men of a certain age, class and education from Manhattan’s Upper East Side to London’s West End.”
Word: neoimperialists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neoimperialist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonhybrids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonhybrid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonsaccharine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)bor. Latin saccharon New Latin saccharum Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English saccharine English nonsaccharine From non- + saccharine. 1. Not saccharine. Labels: not-comparable Example: The “final lecture” he delivered was not about computer science — it was a wise, direct, nonsaccharine talk about how to live.
Word: preacherly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From preacher + -ly. 1. Befitting a preacher. Example: He is channeling the most narcotic form of oratory in modern America for whites as well as blacks: a preacherly style of speaking rooted in black American tradition.
Word: ryokan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 旅館(りょかん) (ryokan), which is from Middle Chinese 旅館 (MC ljoX kwanH, “inn, traveller's lodge”). Compare modern Chinese 旅館／旅馆 (lǚguǎn, “hotel”), from 旅 (lǚ, “travel”) + 館／馆 (guǎn, “lodging-house”). 1. A traditional Japanese inn with communal baths and other public areas. Example: Mr. Ducasse is pursuing plans for a new hotel one hour from central Tokyo, a cross between a ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn, and an auberge, a French country inn.
Word: ryokans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ryokan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neoimperialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *h₁én From neo- (prefix meaning ‘contemporary; new’) + imperialism. Pronunciation: /ˌniː.əʊ.ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.ə.lɪ.z(ə)m/, /ˌni.oʊ.ɪmˈpɪ.ɹi.əˌlɪ.zəm/ 1. A contemporary form of imperialism; modern imperialistic practices by a country, such as using influence and power to dominate smaller countries. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [T]he Turkish Government should from now on recognize and act upon the assumption that Russian neo-imperialism is a definite threat to the safety and independence of Turkey. Example: From the moment this word [Geopolitik] was seized by the Germans, it became the best descriptive term of the guiding philosophy of German neoimperialism.
Word: neoimperialisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neoimperialism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neocolonialisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neocolonialism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sherried Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sherry + -ed. 1. Prepared with sherry. Labels: not-comparable Example: She strikes me as the kind of person who would eat lovely things accompanied by toast points — sherried chicken livers, steak tartare — but even a countess wouldn’t feed a brood that way.
Word: arbutean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From arbute + -an. 1. Made from arbute, the wood of the strawberry tree. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: arbutuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arbutus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stickfighting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stick + fighting. 1. Fighting with a staff or baton, as in certain martial arts. Labels: uncountable Example: He watches a kendo — stickfighting — match between another ronin and an amateur. 2. Synonym of stick fight. Labels: Internet, uncountable
Word: thanatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thanato- + -ism. Coined by Ernst Haeckel. 1. The belief that the human soul eventually dies. Labels: uncountable Example: Or to put it in the bracingly original terms of “The Second Plane,” it is misology that is the cause of thanatism.
Word: wafty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From waft + -y. 1. Tending to waft; gaseous, insubstantial. Example: As unsatisfied with wafty promises that arts learning inspires “creativity” as with pledges that it boosts scores, the Project Zero researchers videotaped several very different classrooms in two schools with intensive arts instruction.
Word: kulichi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian куличи́ (kuličí). 1. plural of kulich Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prekindergartener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prekindergarten + -er. 1. A child who has not yet begun to attend kindergarten. Example: Nothing like a prekindergartener to really boil an issue down to its core.
Word: prekindergarteners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prekindergartener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unambivalence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + ambivalence. 1. The quality of being unambivalent. Labels: uncountable
Word: cestoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the parasitic flatworms of the class or infraclass Cestoda.
Word: cestoid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the order Cestoidea; cestoidean Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: balletgoing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ballet + going. 1. Attending ballet performances. Labels: not-comparable Example: In 1979, Jennifer Dunning, writing in The New York Times, said that Ms. Wilson had “etched herself indelibly on the consciousness of the New York balletgoing public.”
Word: dirtyish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dirty + -ish. 1. Moderately dirty; somewhat dirty.
Word: cliffless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cliff + -less. 1. Without cliffs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cestoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cestoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megavitamin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mega- + vitamin. 1. Involving megadoses of vitamins. Labels: not-comparable Example: With problems ranging from mild unmedicated depression to schizophrenia treated with an unorthodox megavitamin technique, these writers also focus on trapping the words — and all agree that the sick brain often spells catastrophe for the creative mind.
Word: neuroepidemiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + epidemiology, introduced by Dr. Len Kurland, Dr. Milton Alter, and Dr. John Kurtzke in 1967. 1. The epidemiology of neurological diseases. Labels: uncountable Example: Dr. Breteler is a professor of neuroepidemiology at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Word: neuroepidemiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuro- + epidemiological. 1. Of or pertaining to neuroepidemiology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: neuroepidemiologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + epidemiologist. 1. One who works in neuroepidemiology.
Word: neuroepidemiologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neuroepidemiologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seroepidemiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sero- + epidemiological. 1. Of or pertaining to seroepidemiology Labels: not-comparable
Word: nondiscordant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + discordant. 1. Not discordant. Labels: not-comparable
Word: superstimulating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + stimulating. 1. Very highly stimulating. Example: She said players face constant challenges and receive instant feedback, a superstimulating artificial environment.
Word: unalternative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + alternative. 1. Not alternative; mainstream. Labels: rare Example: In 2006, a commune is so unalternative it can get shortlisted for a prime- ministerial award for neighbourliness. Example: What kind of brand, slogan or cultural entity on a T-shirt would be thoroughly uncool, unalternative, at Coachella?
Word: unrequired Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + required. 1. Not required. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mr. Goldman said that poll workers might ask for unrequired identification and that citizens might not vote because they mistakenly thought that they could not do so if they did not have certain forms of identification.
Word: unrequired Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + required. 1. simple past and past participle of unrequire Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: labiæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of labia Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural Example: The great sensibility of the membrane which lines the inside of the labiæ, requires some defence, and therefore the whole surface is amply supplied with mucous folicules and glands. The labiæ are a protection to the other soft parts, so necessary, that the clitoris, or nymphæ, when they project beyond them, are subject to violent inflammation.
Word: focimetry Part of Speech: noun 1. The art or study of measuring the power of lenses. Labels: uncountable
Word: larkspurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of larkspur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: focimeter Part of Speech: noun 1. A lensmeter (optician's instrument). 2. A device that assists in focusing an object in or before a camera; usually a lens of small magnifying power. Labels: historical
Word: troutling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trout + -ling. 1. A young trout. Example: 1747, Charles Jarvis (translator), The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes, Dublin: Peter Wilson, Volume 1, Book 1, Chapter 2, p. 173, So there be many troutlings, answered Don Quixote they may serve me instead of one trout; for I would as willingly be paid eight single reals, as one real of eight: and the rather, because perhaps these troutlings are like veal, which is preferable to beef […] Example: ‘[…] I dare say some trout in the river—hey?—the stream looks lively.’ ‘Middling, only—poor gray troutlings, Sir—not a soul cares to fish it but myself,’ he answered.
Word: troutlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trout + -let. 1. A young trout. Example: The brook beneath, thro’ which the troutlet shy / Shot swiftly on, and baffled all his skill; Example: As, pent in an aquarium, the troutlet / Swims round and round his tank to find an outlet,
Word: troutlets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of troutlet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: troutlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of troutling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conibear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Frank Conibear, a Canadian who first constructed such a trap in 1957. 1. A kind of body-gripping trap designed to kill the trapped animal quickly. Example: It was the killing of Cupcake, a border collie mix, in a conibear trap last winter that first spurred the anti-trapping campaign here.
Word: conibears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conibear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yest Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of yeast. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: focimeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of focimeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miscure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + cure. 1. To cure incorrectly. Labels: transitive
Word: Græcism Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of Grecism. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: jibarito Part of Speech: noun 1. A speciality sandwich of Chicago, made with flattened fried green plantains instead of bread, a garlic-flavoured mayonnaise, and a filling that typically includes meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomato. Example: The research for this article produced as much regret as revelation, with unrequitable longings for far-away creations like Chicago’s jibarito (steak squeezed between thin, crusty slices of smashed plantain) and extinct species like the chacarero of Jackson Heights, Queens: a Chilean sandwich with a garnish of chopped green beans, the specialty of a bakery that is now closed.
Word: jibaritos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jibarito Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Græcisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Græcism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: simple knot Part of Speech: noun 1. A common knot used to tie a necktie.
Word: willow ptarmigan Part of Speech: noun 1. A willow grouse, Lagopus lagopus.
Word: effluve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French effluve, from Latin effluvium. 1. A spray-like electric discharge.
Word: leghold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leg + hold. 1. A kind of trap that catches an animal by the leg. Labels: attributive, often
Word: methergine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. The drug methylergometrine. Labels: uncountable Example: Dr. Hofmann’s work produced other important drugs, including methergine, used to treat postpartum hemorrhaging, the leading cause of death from childbirth.
Word: nontargeted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + targeted. 1. Not targeted. Labels: not-comparable Example: The recent killing of nontargeted animals, including a dog and a golden eagle, and the wounding of others have heightened tensions and helped fuel a movement to restrict fur trapping in Montana.
Word: seriocomedy Part of Speech: noun 1. A seriocomic production. Example: Christopher Weekes, a writer-director who came all the way from Sydney to show “Bitter and Twisted,” a suburban seriocomedy that is one of the more talked-about features at the festival, said over a lunch of organic chicken and Kobe beef that New York had something all directors crave.
Word: seriocomedies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seriocomedy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: helichrysum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Helichrysum of plants related to the sunflower. Example: Also plant a trailer like helichrysum or ivy to soften the edge and provide extra coverage if needed; vines often thin at the base as they age.
Word: helichrysums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of helichrysum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lickably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From lickable + -ly. 1. In a lickable manner. Example: Imagine the footwear wing of Frederick’s of Hollywood, if it had tottered away to seduce the Wonka factory: wall-to-wall red carpet, mirrors, disco sequins and modular Lucite cubbies all showcasing a loopy series of variations on lickably shiny, nosebleed-high hooker pumps (the cheap American cousin of which is commonly known, in fetishistic eBay galleries, as “the Pleaser”).
Word: promwear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prom + -wear. 1. Clothing to be worn at a prom. Labels: uncountable Example: The lineup features rockabilly and rhythm and blues, and the audience at Tuesday’s concert at the House of Blues in the French Quarter, with nine hours of music on three stages, was dotted with women in vintage promwear and men sporting greased-up hair and flashy Western shirts.
Word: verblessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From verbless + -ly. 1. Without a verb. Labels: not-comparable Example: “The thick slippery feel of my bottle’s rubber nipple inside my mouth,” he recalls verblessly.
Word: assertedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From asserted + -ly. 1. According to an assertion. Labels: not-comparable Example: Though the suit does not name Mr. Bloomberg as a defendant and claims discrimination that assertedly occurred after he left an active role in the company, it is the latest and most sweeping of a string of discrimination and sexual harassment complaints filed against the firm since the 1990s.
Word: benightedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From benighted + -ness. 1. The quality of being benighted. Labels: uncountable Example: Although it falls under the rubric of “Masterpiece Classic” (as opposed to the Contemporary or Mystery divisions), it holds no interest in shifting any impressions of benightedness.
Word: prowar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + war. 1. Supporting war. Example: Vanity Fair won in the profile-writing category for a piece by Evan Wright on Pat Dollard, a onetime Hollywood agent who went to Iraq to make a prowar documentary.
Word: tenours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tenour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surburbanite Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of suburbanite. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: Of all the tickets 65 percent went to tourists, and 18 percent to surburbanites.
Word: presuburban Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + suburban. 1. Prior to the development of a suburb. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unfrazzled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + frazzled. 1. Not frazzled; calm. Example: This being Construction Safety Week in New York City, where construction accidents since Jan. 1 have already claimed the lives of more workers (13) than occurred in all of 2007 (12), Mr. LiMandri is making a valiant attempt to appear unfrazzled while having his commissioner chain jerked in several directions simultaneously.
Word: unimmunized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + immunized. 1. Not having been immunized. Labels: not-comparable Example: We know there are unimmunized people out there, and measles is extremely infectious.
Word: vintagey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vintage + -y. 1. Suggesting a vintage style. Labels: informal Example: Another girl in a vintagey red polka-dot dress revealed a striking depth of cleavage, but a lumpy zip-up sweatshirt layered on top announced, in some generic way, that she couldn’t care less, a crucial component of Upper West Side high schooler style. Example: “Every time you turn a corner, there’s a guy wearing skinny jeans, an ironic cap, a low V-neck tee, vintagey high-tops and a scarf.
Word: alternanthera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Alternanthera. 1. Any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Alternanthera in the amaranth family. Example: Various cultivars of purple-leaved Heuchera (coral bells), crimson-leaved annuals such as Solonostemon 'Red Carpet' (coleus), Alternanthera dentata 'Rubiginosa' (alternanthera), and the splendid shrublike annual Euphorbia cotinifolia (red spurge)—these dark reds help carry the eye around a planting bed or along the front of a border.
Word: alternantheras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alternanthera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bacopa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Bacopa of aquatic plants, the water hyssops. Example: Decaying brains, or the fear thereof, have inspired a mini-industry of brain health products — not just supplements like coenzyme Q10, ginseng and bacopa, but computer-based fitter-brain products as well.
Word: bacopas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bacopa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: groundedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grounded + -ness. 1. The quality of being grounded. Labels: uncountable Example: And if we lose our memories we lose that groundedness of who we are.”
Word: hoofprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hoof + print. 1. The mark of a hoof. Example: Perhaps, like us, he may journey for a fortnight, and see not so much as the hoof-print of a deer; in the spring, not even a prairie-hen is to be had. Yet, to compensate him for this unlooked-for deficiency of game he will find himself beset with 'warmints' innumerable. Example: There was the round solid hoof of the quagga, and his near congener the dauw; and there was the neat hoofprint of the gemsbok, and the larger track of the eland; and among these Von Bloom did not fail to notice the spoor of the dreaded lion.
Word: hoofprints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoofprint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonholy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + holy. 1. Not holy. Labels: not-comparable Example: “But because of the tone the media takes, which is crass and nonrespectful, which the Orthodox community would say is nonholy, it’s discounted.”