nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: spaciest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of spacy: most spacy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: pseudoprofessions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudoprofession Labels: form-of, plural
Word: riffwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English riff Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English riffwise From riff + -wise. 1. In terms of riffs Labels: not-comparable Example: My, they all were right up there with the Ted Nugents and Grand Funks riffwise, weren't they?
Word: popcraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pop + craft. 1. The art of composing or performing pop music Labels: uncountable Example: They've mastered one of the finer points of popcraft, the ability to create a texture you want to touch.
Word: perplexingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English perplexing Middle English -ly English -ly English perplexingly From perplexing + -ly. 1. In a way or to an extent that is perplexing. Labels: not-comparable Example: It was a long time before he could steady his nerves to answer my questions, and then he answered perplexingly and brokenly. Example: These perplexingly dissimilar objects found their way into her work at different stages in her artistic development.
Word: nonroyal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + royal. 1. Not of royal rank or family Labels: not-comparable Example: To some degree this business about titles supplanting last names also applies to nonroyal peers, such as your run-of-the-mill dukes.
Word: nonroyal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + royal. 1. One who is not a royal. Example: The controversy mirrors a broader debate about the relevance of monarchy in Europe, as members of the younger generation marry nonroyals with checkered pasts and taxpayers question the expense of maintaining their monarchs’ lifestyles.
Word: nonorganic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + organic. 1. Not organic. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Banned are newspapers and books, noncotton clothing, after-shave lotions and deodorants, all nonorganic or processed foods[…]. Example: Shepard: What else do you know about the geth? Ashley Williams: Just what I remember from history class back in school. They're synthetics. Non-organic life-forms with limited AI programming created by the quarians a few centuries ago.
Word: nonorganic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + organic. 1. An item, material, etc. that is not organic.
Word: nonnurturing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + nurturing. 1. Not nurturing Labels: not-comparable Example: After birth, the damage will be compounded by nonnurturing environments and poor education.
Word: nonegotistical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + egotistical. 1. Not egotistical Labels: not-comparable Example: It is the kind of nonegotistical performance, moreover, that allows her to fit in a period context without any hint of anachronism--a virtue she already displayed as Goldie Hawn's next-door neighbor in Swing Shift, and which Keaton conspicuously lacked as Louise Bryant in Reds.
Word: noncotton Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + cotton. 1. Not cotton; specifically, not made of cotton fabric Labels: not-comparable Example: Banned are newspapers and books, noncotton clothing, […].
Word: nonconcert Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + concert. 1. Not a concert, or unrelated to a concert Labels: not-comparable Example: (Richard Pryor's nonconcert films, for example, can be read largely as emotional autobiographies, yet virtually all of them are artistic failures.)
Word: noncompliant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + compliant. 1. Not cooperating; rebellious. Example: It was directed toward a program, "Tuesday's Child," which endorses systematic, unquestioning rejection by parents of the program-created noncompliant behaviors in their eighteen-month- to five-year-old children. 2. Not complying with certain rules or regulations. Example: We just need to finish up a couple of things on the project, to make sure nothing's left noncompliant.
Word: noncompliant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + compliant. 1. One who fails to comply, for example with a law.
Word: mudheap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mud + heap. 1. A heap of mud; by extension, any pile of metaphorical detritus Example: Pamela Lillard's bluesy urban folk-rock lands her in a ballpark with Vega, Armatrading, Cockburn, and a few others who've rescued forgotten kernels of coolness from the mudheap of outdated singer-songwriter cliches[…
Word: mudheaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mudheap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miniversion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- English version English miniversion From mini- + version. 1. A miniature version Example: Just let the "girls" […] sing the hell out of these songs, and don't even try to create miniversions of the musicals they come from.
Word: monumentalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English monumental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English monumentalize From monumental + -ize. 1. To make something become or appear monumental Example: The film follows three days in her regulated life, and Akerman's intense concentration on her daily activities, monumentalized by Babette Mangolte's superb cinematography and mainly frontal camera setups[…].
Word: miniversions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miniversion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midtale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English tale English midtale From mid- + tale. 1. The middle of a story Labels: uncountable Example: "Where's the picture of my mother-in-law?" he barks in midtale, and a bartender hustles off to look for it.
Word: monumentalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of monumentalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: monumentalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of monumentalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: monumentalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of monumentalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: laypersons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of layperson Labels: form-of, plural Example: She is also concerned about the dangers of laypersons sharing their theories, pet cures, and even their medications with one another too freely.
Word: headachy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English headache Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English headachy From headache + -y. 1. Suffering from a headache Example: After an hour at school she was soaked with sweat, dizzy, and headachy. 2. Resembling or characteristic of a headache. Example: a headachy pain
Word: highpoint Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of high point. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This posing is the film's comic highpoint.
Word: imagist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English image Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English imagist From image + -ist. 1. A follower of any of the various artistic schools known as imagism Example: Most critics group Lanyon with the Chicago imagists, artists who use ordinary objects and meticulous detail to explore fantasy. Example: D. H. Lawrence would have been a poet of distinction without an imagist movement, but he became a modern poet, and a major one, by becoming an imagist, and in time he attained greater distinction than any of the other English poets who helped found the imagist movement.
Word: imagist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English image Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English imagist From image + -ist. 1. Characteristic of or pertaining to imagism. Example: D. H. Lawrence would have been a poet of distinction without an imagist movement, but he became a modern poet, and a major one, by becoming an imagist, and in time he attained greater distinction than any of the other English poets who helped found the imagist movement. Example: Their advertisements rely wholly on memory, which is why they can be (indeed must be) less detailed, more imagist, more distinctive—more memorable.
Word: homee Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of homey. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: My kids wanted to know who it was, and if it was their homee [a close friend] they were going to get involved.
Word: imagists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of imagist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underclasser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From underclass + -er. 1. A member of an underclass Example: The national symbol for this new attitude is Bernhard Goetz, who was acquitted of attempted murder by a jury after admitting he shot four underclassers because he thought they meant him harm.
Word: high point Part of Speech: noun 1. A climax; the best time in a given period. Example: This has been the high point of my life. 2. The point of the highest elevation in a given area. Example: Blanca Peak is one of just three ultra-prominence peaks, or “ultras,” in the state and the highpoint of the Sierra Blanca Range, a massif that includes ranked 14ers Ellingwood Point, Little Bear Peak, and Mount Lindsey. 3. · or · (the Greek punctuation mark used for a medium pause like a semicolon ; the Ancient Greek punctuation mark used for the end of a sentence like a full stop, then for a medium pause like a semicolon). Example: A more regular system was developed in the schools of Alexandria, its invention being ascribed to Aristophanes of Byzantium (260 B.C.). This was the use of the full point with certain values in certain positions (θέσεις) : the high point (στιγμὴ τελεία), equivalent to a full stop; the point on the line (ὑποστιγμή), a shorter pause, equivalent to our semicolon; and the point in a middle position (στιγμὴ μέση), an ordinary pause, equivalent to our comma. In the Codex Alexandrinus the middle and high points are pretty generally used. But the middle point eventually disappeared; and about the ninth century the comma was introduced. Example: The point at the top of the line (·) (στιγμὴ τελεία, ‘high point’) was a full stop; that on the line (.) (ὑποστιγμή) was equal to our semicolon, while a middle point (στιγμὴ μέση) was equivalent to our comma. But gradually changes came over these stops till the top point was equal to our colon, the bottom point became the full stop, the middle point vanished, and about the ninth century A.D. the comma (,) took its place.
Word: underclassers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of underclasser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shearwall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shear + wall. 1. An element of a wall that resists lateral shear on a building Example: Lake Point Tower, world's tallest apartment building, concrete shearwall.
Word: optimizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos ? Latin optimus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French optim(isme) ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French optimistebor. English optimistbf. English optimize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English optimizer From optimize + -er. 1. A person in a large business whose task is to maximize profits and make the business more efficient. 2. A program that uses linear programming to optimize a process. 3. A compiler or assembler that produces optimized code.
Word: em dashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of em dash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shearwalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shearwall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: high points Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of high point Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dachshunds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dachshund Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dachshunde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Dachshunde. 1. plural of Dachshund Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: brins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hachures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hachure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: usures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of usure Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Sahul Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the name “Sahull” and “Sahoel” of a submerged sandbank between Australia and Timor on Dutch maps of the 17th century. From this the continental shelf was given the name “Sahul Shelf”, and the continent including the dry shelf was called Sahul. Pronunciation: /səˈhuːl/ 1. The continent that contains the islands of Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, especially during the ice ages of the Pleistocene when these were connected by solid land.
Word: gravures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gravure Labels: form-of, plural Example: In that period the Crommelyncks produced more than 700 gravures for Picasso, often working through the night and proofing successive stages of each print so that Picasso could carry it further the following morning.
Word: financers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of financer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pat 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 patness From pat + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being pat. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The setup's almost laughably pat, and nothing that follows mitigates that patness.
Word: unbagged Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From unbag + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of unbag Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unbagged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bagged. 1. Not bagged Labels: not-comparable Example: There were unbagged groceries all over the counter.
Word: unbag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English un- Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag English unbag From un- + bag. 1. To remove from a bag. Example: Since the cat is unbagged in the first act, most of the play concerns James's maneuvering between bouts of reconciliation and backsliding. Example: They unbagged the groceries, working side by side, mostly silently. Each item removed from its bag was like a brick removed from the wall between them.
Word: unbags Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unbag Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unbagging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unbag Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prematureness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English premature 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 prematureness From premature + -ness. 1. The quality of being premature. Labels: uncountable
Word: polyptota Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polyptoton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concretum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From concrete + -um. 1. Something that is concrete, rather than abstract. Example: There are quite familiar and truly outstanding liabilities—ontological, epistemological, and phenomenological—associated with saying that merely intentional objects are abstracta, or mental concreta, or non-existent non-mental concreta.
Word: bureaux de change Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bureau de change Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bureaucraties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bureaucratie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mafoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 馬伕 /马伕 (mǎfū), from 馬 /马 (mǎ, “horse”) + 伕 (fū, “servant, labourer”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːfuː/ 1. In China, someone who looks after horses in a stable; a groom. Example: The mafoos held their charges miserably, as if sick with nerves.
Word: mafoos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mafoo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mafufunyana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Zulu amafufunyane,amafufunyana. Pronunciation: /ˌmafʊfʊˈnjɑːnə/, /ˌmafufuˈnjana/, /ˌmafʊfʊˈnjɑːne/ 1. In Zulu and Xhosa culture, a mental disorder in which the sufferer is believed to have been possessed by evil spirits, causing hysteria. 2. The evil spirit who causes such a disorder.
Word: mag wheels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mag wheel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magainin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the antimicrobial peptides isolated from the skin of the African clawed frog.
Word: bâtons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bâton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: African clawed frog Part of Speech: noun 1. A clawed frog found in southern Africa, Xenopus laevis, that has some properties very useful for genetics. Example: Heaven knows what led him to do it, but Hogben found that if you injected an African clawed frog with the urine of a pregnant woman, within hours it would lay eggs.
Word: pseudovirgin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English virgin English pseudovirgin From pseudo- + virgin. 1. A female of certain species that has mated but has not received sperm. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pseudovirgin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English virgin English pseudovirgin From pseudo- + virgin. 1. A person who appears or pretends to be a virgin but is not. Example: Back-stabbing, gossiping pseudovirgins, getting together only for group vomits.
Word: rehabber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rehab + -er. 1. A rehabilitator; a person who rehabilitates buildings or animals. Labels: informal Example: At the time, he was a 30-year-old home rehabber and realtor who had worked on several successful projects but had not quite hit the Lincoln Park boom in a really big way. 2. One who is in rehab for drug abuse etc. Labels: informal
Word: pseudovirgins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudovirgin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rushee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rush + -ee. 1. A student who is rushed by a fraternity or sorority Example: Another rushee answered, "One that does a lot.
Word: magalogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of magazine + catalogue, coined in 1986 1. A type of catalogue with a magazine-like style.
Word: rehabbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rehabber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magalogues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magalogue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: studenthood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English student Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English studenthood From student + -hood. 1. The state or quality of being a student Labels: uncountable Example: On the way to my office I imagined Cynthia as a chrysalis, my imposed burden of studenthood, falling off me, drifting into the night.
Word: surefootedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English surefooted Middle English -ly English -ly English surefootedly From surefooted + -ly. 1. In a surefooted manner Example: […
Word: rushees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rushee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: testicularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English testicular Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English testicularity From testicular + -ity. 1. The possession of testicles; thus, masculinity Labels: uncountable Example: Plainly, James is a dickhead who lacks testicularity.
Word: tubelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin tuba Latin tubusder. Middle French tubeder. English tube Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English tubelike From tube + -like. 1. Resembling a tube, especially in shape. Example: At risk are the corpora cavernosa, the two tubelike masses of tissue that run through the center of the penis.
Word: Magar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nepali मगर (magar), from the name in Eastern Magar. 1. A member of a particular ethnic group from Nepal and northern India.
Word: Magar Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Nepali मगर (magar), from the name in Eastern Magar. 1. The Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Magar people.
Word: Magars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Magar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adultlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin adolēscō Latin adultuslbor. French adultebor. English adult Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English adultlike From adult + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an adult Example: I wanted to do something adultlike.
Word: arrhythmically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English arrhythmic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English arrhythmically From arrhythmic + -ally. 1. In an arrhythmic manner; without a fixed rhythm Example: These gestures, performed with the nonchalance of a daily chore, appeared and disappeared arrhythmically, weaving an intricate texture. Example: I lean in for a closer inspection as one little froggie flops arrhythmically down in front of me.
Word: artsiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English artsy 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 artsiness From artsy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being artsy Labels: uncountable Example: More likely, Nichols sensed his dramatic gimmick wasn't panning out, and so took refuge in the inscrutability of artsiness.
Word: bullnecked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bull + necked. 1. Having a thick, muscular neck Example: Tyson is bullnecked and broad-shouldered.
Word: chattery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatter English -y English chattery From chatter + -y. 1. Tending or inclined to chatter. Example: Some of the women were sincere. Some were nervous. Some were fake and glib and chattery. Some stumbled. At least one was manic.
Word: chattery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatter English -y English chattery From chatter + -y. 1. Chatter, idle talk. Labels: humorous, rare, uncountable Example: His press secretary, Jen Psaki, under a burden greater than that of any press secretary of recent times, is shortly to abandon the post, wandering off to the vastly greater paid and vastly less demanding pastures of cable television chattery.
Word: coulotte Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of culotte. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: As I write this, I wonder why I didn't wear my sleeveless blue-and-green sweater and coordinated coulotte skirt instead.
Word: coulotte Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of picanha (a cut of steak).
Word: Sino-Tibetan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: In the linguistic sense, a calque of French sino-tibétain, coined in 1924 by Jean Przyluski. Przyluski and Gordon Luce then introduced the English equivalent Sino-Tibetan in 1931. Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/, /ˌsɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/ 1. Of or relating to both China and Tibet. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sino-Tibetan relations are more complicated than the media portrays. 2. Of the Sino-Tibetan languages, one of the major language families. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mandarin, Burmese, and Tibetan all belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family.
Word: counterterrorist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreurbor. Middle English terrour English terror Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English terrorist English counterterrorist From counter- + terrorist. 1. Intended to combat terrorism Labels: not-comparable Example: Henry Kissinger was there; so was Robert Komer, the CIA officer who ran the counterterrorist "pacification" program in 1967 and '68[…].
Word: counterterrorist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreurbor. Middle English terrour English terror Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English terrorist English counterterrorist From counter- + terrorist. 1. A person involved in counter-terrorism, who works against terrorists. Example: Every new season of this Fox thriller is another twist of a kaleidoscope: the same pieces — terrorists; counterterrorists (and, almost inevitably, a mole); an innocent suburban family; and the president, his aides and his family — are tumbled together to form new patterns around the central figure of the special agent Jack Bauer.
Word: ovenlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English oven Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English ovenlike From oven + -like. 1. Resembling an oven, especially in shape Example: The massive bricks and low arches of this hall make it dungeonlike, even ovenlike. 2. Resembling the temperature inside a hot oven.
Word: numerological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English numerology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English numerological From numerology + -ical. 1. Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology. Labels: not-comparable Example: If you can't make up your mind whether to choose astrological, numerological, or some other type of spiritual guidance, don't worry. Example: [Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.
Word: discharger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English discharge Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English discharger From discharge + -er. 1. Someone or something that discharges something, such as pollution or a firearm Example: "Over 90% of the dischargers examined were in violation of permit limits.
Word: dissatisfies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dissatisfy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dissatisfying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dissatisfy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dischargers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of discharger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dungeonlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dungeon Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English dungeonlike From dungeon + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon. Example: The massive bricks and low arches of this hall make it dungeonlike, even ovenlike.
Word: feistily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English feisty Middle English -ly English -ly English feistily From feisty + -ly. 1. In a feisty manner Example: She pictured the runty Marine general--a veteran of the Nicaraguan campaigns--standing feistily between opposing texts.
Word: magatama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 勾玉 (magatama). 1. A curved bead from the Jōmon period in Japan, made from a variety of different gemstones.
Word: magatamas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magatama Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intradistrict Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English district English intradistrict From intra- + district. 1. Within a single district Labels: not-comparable Example: […] the Wisconsin legislature passed a law providing incentives for transfers of schoolchildren in the metropolitan area, both intradistrict and interdistrict.
Word: interdistrict Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English district English interdistrict From inter- + district. 1. Between two or more districts. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] the Wisconsin legislature passed a law providing incentives for transfers of schoolchildren in the metropolitan area, both intradistrict and interdistrict.
Word: magaziner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic خَزَنَ (ḵazana)der. Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan) Arabic مَخَازِن (maḵāzin)bor. Italian magazzinoder. Middle French magasinder. Middle English magasyne English magazine English -er English magaziner From magazine + -er. 1. Someone who writes for a magazine.
Word: magaziners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magaziner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overmilitarize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English militarize English overmilitarize From over- + militarize. 1. To militarize excessively, or to overemphasize military solutions and approaches Example: "We overmilitarized," he said.
Word: overmilitarizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overmilitarize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overmilitarizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overmilitarize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overmilitarized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overmilitarize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: imagistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From imagist + -ic or image + -istic. 1. Of or pertaining to imagism. Example: So much 'performance art' tends to be a kind of closed, aloof, imagistic, private vision.
Word: doomster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English doom Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English doomster From doom + -ster. 1. Someone who predicts doom. Example: Breathe not, hid Heart: cease silently, / And though thy birth-hour beckons thee, / Sleep the long sleep: / The Doomsters heap / Travails and teens around us here, / And Time-wraiths turn our songsingings to fear. Example: Chase and Pleasant may have been innocents, but they were smarter than the doomsters who predicted that Chase would lose her fortune, for their New York company, the Ballet Theatre (later the American Ballet Theatre), got off to a phenomenally successful start. 2. A judge; a deemster. Labels: Scotland, archaic Example: You are of opinion that the justice of an execution consists, not in the extent of the sufferer's crime, or in his having merited punishment, or in the wholesome and salutary effect which that example is likely to produce upon other evil-doers, but hold that it rests solely in the robe of the judge, the height of the bench, and the voice of the doomster?
Word: doomsters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doomster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: introitus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin introitus. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɹəʊ.ɪtəs/, /ɪnˈtɹəʊ.ɪtuːs/ 1. The entrance to a hollow organ or canal; often specifically the entrance to the vagina. Example: During NA therapy, 49 of the 54 women cleared their introitus of all Enterobacteriaceae. Example: Now, far be it from me to add insult to injury, but how could you be so klutzy that you "missed the introitus"? 2. A piece of music played before a mass; a musical introduction of any sort. Example: Five have an introitus (introduction) that stands outside the isorhythmic scheme;¹⁰⁸ some of these introitus are instrumental rather than vocal […] Example: As summarized in Example 3.14, nearly all of these introitus […]
Word: neocolonial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colonial English neocolonial From neo- + colonial. 1. Of or pertaining to, or based on, neocolonialism Example: One of the things that was a sin of ours, and the neocolonial arrangement we tried to produce, was that we had all the answers and they had none. Example: This is a racist, neocolonial construct.
Word: liberationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English liberation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English liberationist From liberation + -ist. 1. A person who works or advocates for liberation. Example: Mozambican Lina Magaia is a leading thinker in the struggle for black independence in southern Africa. She is a fighter, an agronomist, an author, an administrator, a liberationist, and a mother. 2. A person in favour of church disestablishment.
Word: liberationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liberationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Magdeburgian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Magdeburg Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Magdeburgian From Magdeburg + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌmaɡdəˈbɜːɡɪ.ən/, /ˌmæɡdəˈbɝɡi.ən/ 1. Of, from or relating to the city of Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Word: Magdeburgian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Magdeburg Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Magdeburgian From Magdeburg + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌmaɡdəˈbɜːɡɪ.ən/, /ˌmæɡdəˈbɝɡi.ən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Word: noncondemning Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + condemning. 1. Not condemning Labels: not-comparable Example: I was fair and civil and noncondemning.
Word: Magdeburgians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Magdeburgian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Magellanic Clouds Part of Speech: name Etymology: From having a cloud-like appearance, and having been discovered on Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe, a voyage of discovery during the Age of Exploration. Named after Portugeuese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. 1. Collectively, the pair of galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud; also sometimes includes the Magellanic Bridge and Magellanic Stream. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Magellanic Clouds Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From having a cloud-like appearance, and having been discovered on Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe, a voyage of discovery during the Age of Exploration. Named after Portugeuese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. 1. plural of Magellanic Cloud Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonquota Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + quota. 1. Not included in, or not subject to, a quota. Labels: not-comparable Example: a nonquota immigrant Example: More "nonquota" teachers--teachers not assigned to a classroom but to a special program—are allotted magnet schools than segregated schools[…].
Word: maggies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maggie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of maggy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maggotiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English maggoty 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 maggotiness From maggoty + -ness. 1. The state of being maggoty Labels: uncountable
Word: maggotorium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From maggot + -orium. 1. A place where maggots are stored.
Word: maggotoriums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maggotorium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Frisia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Frisia, from Frisii (“Frisians”). Mostly displaced native English Frise. 1. A coastal geographical region in Western Europe, along the southeastern corner of the North Sea in what today is mostly a large part of the Netherlands (including the present-day province of Frisia; see below) and smaller parts of northern Germany (including present-day East Frisia). It is the traditional homeland of the Frisians. Labels: historical Example: Devoting himself to labour among the heathen, [Winfrid] crossed to Frisia, in 716; […] 2. Fryslân, a province of the Netherlands. Also referred to as Friesland (using the Dutch vernacular endonym) and West Frisia. Example: The population of the Province of Frisia, which is divided into eleven urban and thirty rural communes, is of a people of a distinct national character, who have never known feudalism and who attach a high importance to their independence and personal value, hard-working, and of a serious and grave character, with little sentiment for the past. Example: The three areas populated by Frisians today are the Dutch province of Frisia (West-Frisia), the German landscape East-Frisia […], and the German district North-Frisia […].
Word: maggoty-pie Part of Speech: noun 1. magpie Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: maggoty-pies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maggoty-pie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Febo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Febo. 1. A surname.
Word: peepier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of peepy: more peepy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: peepiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of peepy: most peepy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: kelim Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kilim. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pluralisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pluralism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coated felt sheets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coated felt sheet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ambulacrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ambulacrum, from ambulō (“walk; travel”). 1. A row of pores in an echinoderm, for the protrusion of appendages such as tube feet. 2. A walk or promenade planted with trees, often near a house.
Word: Gestalt therapy Part of Speech: noun 1. An existential and experiential psychotherapy that focuses on the individual's experience in the present moment. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: uncoated free sheet Part of Speech: noun 1. A grade of paper containing little or no mechanical wood pulp that is often used in the production of office papers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Other grades of paper, such as uncoated free sheet paper used in electronic printers and copiers, are increasing in per capita consumption.
Word: gnasher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gnash + -er. 1. One who gnashes the teeth. 2. A tooth. Labels: colloquial Example: Teeth for the ladies; teeth for the gentlemen — at upwards of two pound ten a gnasher" Example: COUNTRY park ranger Bob Thurston could hardly believe his luck when he casually asked bosses at the gravel quarry next door whether any interesting old
Word: ritual abuse Part of Speech: noun 1. Any form of physical, sexual, or psychological mistreatment that involves the use of ritual. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: satanic ritual abuse Part of Speech: noun 1. Any form of physical, sexual, or psychological mistreatment that involves the use of a satanic ritual; the subject of a moral panic in the 1980s and 1990s. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: parental alienation syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A supposed disturbance in which children are obsessively preoccupied with depreciation and/or criticism of a parent. Labels: uncountable
Word: complex post-traumatic stress disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of post-traumatic stress disorder that results from extended exposure to extreme trauma. Labels: uncountable
Word: hockey rink Part of Speech: noun 1. An ice surface delimited and with goal nets which people play ice hockey. 2. A building that houses such a surface.
Word: dissociative identity disorder Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈsəʊʃi.ətɪv aɪˈdɛntɪti dɪsˈɔːdə/, /dɪˈsoʊʃi.ətɪv aɪˈdɛntɪti dɪsˈɔɹdɚ/ 1. A mental disorder characterized by the presence of two or more personality states or distinct identities that repeatedly take control of a person's behavior. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: roller rink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roller-skating rink. 1. A surface that is specially delimited, designed, and maintained for roller skating. 2. A building housing such a surface.
Word: roller rinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roller rink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reexhumation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English exhumation English reexhumation From re- + exhumation. 1. A second or subsequent exhumation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: regasify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus 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 -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English gasify English regasify From re- + gasify. 1. To convert (a substance, especially liquefied natural gas (LNG)) back to gas. Example: This new LNG business required very large investments […] to construct the plants that, at one end, would liquefy the gas and, at the other, regasify it […].
Word: reevaporate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English evaporate English reevaporate From re- + evaporate. 1. To evaporate a liquid subsequent to its being condensed from the gas phase
Word: rainbow tables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rainbow table Labels: form-of, plural
Word: historiographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English historio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English historiography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English historiographic From historiography + -ic. 1. Relating to the writing of history. 2. Relating to the study and practice of historical scholarship.
Word: decodings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decoding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supervillainess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From supervillain + -ess or super- + villainess. 1. A female supervillain. Example: On the everlasting As the World Turns, Lisa was another kind of person, a sort of supervillainess of the soaps. Yet she was always saved from damnation... Example: Disappointingly, Valkyrie turns out really to be the Enchantress, a supervillainess whose intention is the destruction of both sexes.
Word: supervillainesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supervillainess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paraphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paraph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mons. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Monsignor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Msgr. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Monsignor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: showinesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of showiness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scarlet fevers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scarlet fever Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scarlatinas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scarlatina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dang tootin' Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of darn tootin'. Labels: alt-of, alternative