nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: anandite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named in 1967 by D. B. Pattiaratchi, Esko Saari, and Thure Georg Sahama in honor of Ananda Coomaraswamy + -ite. 1. A usually monoclinic mineral of the mica group. Labels: uncountable
Word: alstonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After German Alstonit, from Alston Moor where it was discovered. 1. An aragonite mineral consisting of an isomorphous mixture of calcium and barium carbonates. Labels: uncountable
Word: bromlite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bromley + -ite. 1. The mineral alstonite. Labels: uncountable
Word: aikinite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Aikin + -ite, after Arthur Aikin (1773-1854), English geologist. 1. A sulfide mineral of lead, copper and bismuth. Labels: uncountable
Word: griphites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of griphite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mgriite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From MGRI + -ite, from an initialism used for the Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration. 1. A copper-arsenic-selenium mineral. Labels: uncountable Example: Dimorpheous minerals like bellidoite and berzelianite are as much indistinguishable like intergrowths of the minerals berzelianite, mgriite and lollingite using backscattered and secondary electron images. Optical microscopy is the key to overcome these problems.
Word: feelable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From feel + -able. 1. Capable of being felt.
Word: syntropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From syntropy + -ic. 1. Exhibiting, or pertaining to, syntropy.
Word: heterostyly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + -styly. 1. The condition of having unequal styles Labels: uncountable
Word: homopteran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Homoptera + -an. 1. Any insect of the former hemipteran order Homoptera.
Word: homotransplant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homo- + transplant. 1. An instance of homotransplantation (allotransplantation). 2. The graft (tissue or organ) transplanted in such an instance: Synonym of homograft (allograft).
Word: incubous Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs/, /ˈɪn.kjə.bəs/ 1. Describing an arrangement of leaves such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones. Labels: not-comparable Example: If the apical cell is slightly postically displaced, an incubous orientation of the leaf rudiments ensues […]
Word: homopterans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of homopteran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: handstrokes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handstroke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enterocoels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enterocoel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: handpumps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handpump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grassboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grassbox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: graspers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grasper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fibrescopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fibrescope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: evolvements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of evolvement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: graspingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grasping + -ness. 1. the quality of being grasping Labels: uncountable
Word: halfawake Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of half-awake. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: crackerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cracker + -less. 1. Without a cracker (snack food). Labels: not-comparable Example: Dirk slid a crackerless sardine headfirst onto his tongue.
Word: crackerlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cracker + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a cracker (snack food). Example: Some of the breads are thin and crisp, some are crackerlike, and some are soft and pliable. All are delicious.
Word: muttonheaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mutton + headed. 1. Being a muttonhead; stupid or foolish. Labels: UK, slang Example: “And I suppose you're delighted?” “Of course I am.” “Yes, of course you are! I can well imagine that it's your dearest wish to see that unfortunate muttonheaded girl become the wife of a man who lets off stink bombs in night clubs and pinches the spoons and has had three divorces already and who, if the authorities play their cards right, will end up cracking rocks in Sing-Sing. That is unless the loony-bin gets its bid in first. Just a Prince Charming, you might say.”
Word: 15 megabytes of fame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with 15 minutes of fame. 1. A modest amount of fame achieved in the world of computing, as by inclusion on a popular video or audio clip available on the Internet. Labels: humorous, plural, plural-only Example: Culture is your friend who likes to draw[…]. / The web is an opportunity to make good our fifteen megabytes of fame. / The more widespread and grassroots the Internet, the more difficult it will be to dominate and control it. Example: Even when the time commitment becomes incredible—some would say insane—they argue they’re “compensated” accordingly, whether in pleasure or new knowledge or what Scholz calls their “15 megabytes of fame.”
Word: to a nicety Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. To a fine point, with great exactness or accuracy. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Yes, sure's Gord made liddle apples, 'er'll crack up, an' seems ter me thet would soot some people to a nicety." Example: She gulped like a bulldog trying to swallow a sirloin steak many sizes too large for its thoracic cavity. “You mean there are two of them?” “Exactly.” “And Wilbert isn't the one I thought he was?” “You have grasped the position of affairs to a nicety.”
Word: Polish parliament Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The idiomatic sense is derived from early rules of the Sejm that gave each nobleman who was a member a veto. 1. The Sejm of the Republic of Poland. 2. A deliberative but indecisive institution. Labels: idiomatic Example: But the conversation produced no result. In a summit conference the nay-saver is in a position to prevent what his allies desire. An alliance among democratic nations is a Polish parliament in which the liberum veto functions (within certain limits).
Word: malacosteon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”). 1. Morbid softness of the bones; osteomalacia. Labels: uncountable
Word: chequeens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chequeen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rhinegrave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Low German ringrave and German Rheingraf, from Rhein (“the river Rhine”) + Graf (“grave, count”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌɪnɡɹeɪv/ 1. A German count whose hereditary lands are in the Rheingau area north of the river Rhine, especially one descended from the counts of Salm. Example: the Turks daring the Duke daily to a sett battell, who at length drew out his Army, led by the Rhine-Grave [...].
Word: Rhinegraves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rhinegrave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zanzack Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of sanjak. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: zanzacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zanzack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stigmatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek στίγματος (stígmatos, “point”) + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪɡməˌtɪzəm/ 1. Image-formation property of an optical system which focuses a single point source in object space into a single point in image space Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Normal eyesight, anastigmatic state Labels: countable, uncountable 3. State of having stigmata Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stigmatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Rebracketing of astigmatism as a stigmatism. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪɡməˌtɪzəm/ 1. Alternative form of astigmatism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: my stigmatism is so bad when i drive when it’s dark especially with contacts Example: So apparently I have a stigmatism in my left eye. That's great to know
Word: stigmatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Hypercorrect analysis of stigmatism as the nominal form of stigmatise (compare the verb baptise with the noun baptism) Pronunciation: /ˈstɪɡməˌtɪzəm/ 1. Alternative form of stigma. Labels: alt-of, alternative, proscribed Example: The Movement as we have it was started by a courageous handful of men and women who had had enough of oppression and stigmatism by society. Example: Tired of hearing Pot Propaganda & Fear Stigmatism on #Cannabis #Marijuana #CBD #THC it just Validates the Misconception/Misinformation on the God-Given Natural Herb that's been Safer for Thousands of Years, No Trail of Bodies, Safer than 99% of items that effect US Everyday^([sic]) 🤔🇺🇸
Word: rod for one's back Part of Speech: noun 1. The means of one's own punishment or downfall. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Silcote, you are making a rod for your back in your treatment of that child. She'll live to break your heart for you." Example: Nobody is more wary of Tony Blair's record ratings and the illusion of the Prime Minister's omnipotence than Tony Blair himself. "He thinks his approval ratings are a rod for his back," says one adviser.
Word: rod for one's own back Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rod for one's back. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Zamboanga Chavacano Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish chabacano (“poor taste”) and Zamboanga. 1. A Spanish-based creole language spoken in the Philippines.
Word: rod for one's own breech Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rod for one's back. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [He] would have cheated him; but it prov'd he only made a rod for his own breech, and what he intended to him, was fallen upon himself.
Word: rod for one's breech Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rod for one's back. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: videogramme Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of videogram. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: videogrammes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of videogramme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jobbernowl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], compare French jobard (“gullible, crazy”) and English noll (“head”). 1. A person's head, particularly if misshapen or blocky. Example: [She...] bathed his jobbernowl thrice in the fountain; then threw a handful of meal on his phiz … Example: His toggery was that of a member of the prize ring – what we now call a “belcher” bound his throat – a spotted fogle bandaged his jobbernowl, and shaded his right peeper, while a white beaver crowned the occiput of the Magus. 2. A stupid person; a blockhead Example: “And a noodle and a jolt-head; you’re a jobbernowl and a doodle, a maundering mooncalf and a block-headed numps, a gaby and a loon; you’re a Hatter!” I shrieked the last epithet. Example: That he pays not the least regard to the requirements of convention marks him out as either a superior soul or a rightdown jobbernowl.
Word: jobbernowls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jobbernowl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orthogamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ortho- + -gamous. 1. Of or pertaining to orthogamy
Word: tidy whities Part of Speech: noun 1. Eggcorn of tighty whities. Labels: informal, nonstandard, plural, plural-only, proscribed Example: 9. I like walking down the hall in my tidy whities, or less, and it is a coed dorm Example: To toughen yourself up for a face-off with a stuffed shirt, make like Marcia Brady: Picture him in his tidy whities
Word: tighty-whities Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tighty whities. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: [W]hat do you females (lurkers included :-) think of boxers as opposed to the traditional Fruit-O-The-Loom/Hanes "tighty-whities"? Example: I brushed and flossed my teeth, and got in bed with only my tighty-whities on.
Word: tighty whities Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tight + -y and white + -y. 1. Men's or boys' traditionally white briefs. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, often, plural, plural-only Example: Forbes, in his tighty whities and black socks, seems an incongruous apparition against the sense of home the kitchen implies. Example: It would indeed be great if my red socks and my tighty whities declared themselves to my washer.
Word: orthogamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ortho- + -gamy. 1. fertilization of the ovules of a plant by pollen from the same plant Labels: uncountable
Word: adstratum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ad- + stratum. 1. Any language having elements that are responsible for change in neighbouring languages
Word: autarch Part of Speech: noun 1. A despotic ruler
Word: cambozola Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Cambozola. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: claypan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clay + pan. 1. A compact stratum of partially permeable material rich in clay.
Word: daggerboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dagger + board, from its shape. 1. A retractable centreboard that slides out to act as a keel. Example: Route the bitter end of the cunningham through the hole in the daggerboard and secure it with a figure 8 knot. This keeps the daggerboard in the hull in case of a capsize. Example: Push the boat the rest of the way into the water and insert the daggerboard. 2. One of many decorative boards that form a valance for a canopy, particularly on older railway stations. Example: It will also have examples of its composite canopy daggerboards, which use CNC technology to produce replicas of historic designs - and which have been deployed as modern alternatives to traditional daggerboards in sensitive surroundings such as at Bath Spa.
Word: domanial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French domanial, from Medieval Latin domanialis, from Latin dominium + -alis. 1. Of or pertaining to a domain. Example: These shifting arrangements, while they were certainly an important feature of domanial administration, will actually have little direct bearing on our inquiry.
Word: domical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dome + -ical. 1. Of, pertaining to, resembling or having a dome
Word: emplane Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From em- + plane. 1. Alternative form of enplane. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: holophrasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From English holo- and Latin phrasis or Greek φράσις (phrásis). 1. The use of a single word to convey a complex idea. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: holophytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From holophyte + -ic. 1. That can obtain nutrition without the ingestion of food Labels: not-comparable
Word: holos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of holo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: holothurian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὁλοθούριον (holothoúrion, “holothurium”). 1. Of or relating to sea cucumbers.
Word: holothurian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὁλοθούριον (holothoúrion, “holothurium”). 1. Synonym of sea cucumber.
Word: inculturation Part of Speech: noun 1. The adaptation of Christian teachings in a non-Christian culture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The expression of Catholicism within the total culture of India would be an example of “inculturation.” It emphasizes the adaptation of the faith to a variety of cultures rather than a process whereby the culture is modified to fit an expression of the faith that is foreign to it. Example: I think that Western culture poses particular problems with regard to inculturation. You do not find theologians demanding that we be inculturated, adopt the norms of our society, and yet that is often what is happening.
Word: indigested Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + digested. Pronunciation: /ˌɪndɪˈd͡ʒɛstɪd/ 1. Not resolved; not regularly disposed and arranged; unmethodical, crude. Labels: archaic Example: This, like an indigested meteor, appeared and disappeared almost at the same time. Example: See, from afar, yon Rock that mates the Sky, / About whoſe Feet ſuch Heaps of Rubbiſh lye: / Such indigeſted Ruin; bleak and bare, / How deſart now it ſtands, expos'd in Air! 2. Not digested in the stomach; undigested. Example: Indigested food. 3. Of wounds: not in a state suitable for healing; (specifically) of an abscess or its contents: not ripened or suppurated. Labels: obsolete
Word: interoceptive Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to interoception or an interoceptor. Labels: not-comparable Example: Atypical interoception has been observed in EDs (Khalsa & Lapidus, 2016), although findings are inconsistent. Several studies have found that reduced interoceptive attention is related to disordered eating (e.g., Fassino et al., 2004), although dietary restraint may be associated with non-acceptance of internal states, rather than lack of clarity (Merwin et al., 2010). Others have shown no difference in cardiac interoceptive accuracy (e.g., Eshkevari et al., 2014). Self-reported interoceptive accuracy has been measured extensively in EDs using the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI; Garner et al., 1983), with a meta-analysis reporting substantial interoceptive deficits across multiple EDs (Jenkinson et al., 2018).
Word: issuant Part of Speech: adj 1. Issuing, emerging. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: It is the place that whatever goodness a damned human being has is amplified. Thus, hell is issuant from God's love. God is maximally good even to those beings that by their acquired nature must be eternally separated from heaven. 2. Issuing or emerging from something, especially from the bottom (or a division) of the field or chief, or from an ordinary. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having only the upper half depicted, especially if because it is issuing from something (such as a division of the field). (Compare naissant.) Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: The lion is issuant from a heraldic crown of gold on which are arranged the rose (for England), the thistle (for Scotland), the leek (for Wales), and the oak-leaf (for Great Britisn as a whole).
Word: jumpstation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jump + station, from the name of an early search engine, JumpStation. 1. A web site that acts as a portal, offering links to many other sites on a particular topic. Labels: Internet Example: Future Fantasy offers a searchable online book catalog and notifies readers of current events at the store and in the field in general. It also provides a jumpstation of hyperlinks to other stores, publishers, online magazines, original fiction, […] Example: If you right-click on a website listed on a jumpstation, you will be given various options including 'open in new window'.
Word: Juneberry Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of juneberry. Labels: alt-of
Word: juneteenth Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Juneteenth. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: jurying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jury Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lodicule Part of Speech: noun 1. A small scale at the base of the ovary of a flower of a grass.
Word: lovesome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lufsom, lufsum, from Old English lufsum (“loving, lovable, pleasant”), equivalent to love + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌvsəm/ 1. Worthy of love; having qualities that inspire love; lovable. 2. Affectionate; friendly. Labels: Ireland, archaic 3. Lovable on account of beauty; lovely, beautiful. Example: A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! Example: Through all the living Regions dost thou move, And scatter'st, where thou goest, the kindly Seeds of Love: Since then the race of every living thing, Obeys thy pow'r; since nothing new can spring Without thy Warmth, without thy Influence bear, Or beautiful or lovesome can appear, Be thou my Aid: my tuneful Song inspire, And kindle with thy own productive Fire; 4. Amorous; showing or feeling love. Labels: archaic Example: [T]he Lady seems Lovesome, & I fancy lends him Money from Time to Time.
Word: lovey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From love + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌvi/ 1. An informal mode of address (associated most often with actors and the like). Labels: UK Example: “Now, my lovey, eat it up like a good girl,” said nurse, setting her lips in a way that Bertha knew, and that meant she had come into the nursery at another wrong moment. Example: The number one I hope to reap / Depends upon the tears you weep / So cry, lovey, cry 2. A baby's toy, blanket, or other object of affection. Example: Young children need to have certain love objects or “loveys” such as teddy bears around all the time. Example: If loveys can help children grow up, he says, "it seems obvious to me that we should treasure them. […] If a child has formed an attachment to a lovey, it's important that his need be respected by his caregivers
Word: lucite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Lucite. Labels: alt-of
Word: maintopmast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From main + topmast. 1. The topmast of the mainmast.
Word: misfield Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from mis- (prefix meaning ‘badly; wrongly’) + field (verb). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪsˈfiːld/, /ˌmɪsˈfild/ 1. To field (“catch or intercept and play”) (a ball) clumsily or ineptly; in cricket this can result in the batsman scoring another run. Labels: transitive 2. To field a ball clumsily or ineptly. Labels: intransitive
Word: misfield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from mis- (prefix meaning ‘badly; wrongly’) + field (verb). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪsˈfiːld/, /ˌmɪsˈfild/, /ˈmɪsfiːld/, /ˈmɪsˌfild/ 1. A failure to field (“catch or intercept and play”) a ball properly.
Word: mistakably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From mistakable + -ly. 1. In a mistakable manner
Word: mistletoebird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mistletoe + bird. 1. An Australian flowerpecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, that commonly eats and thereby serves to spread mistletoe.
Word: motivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English motivity From motive + -ity. 1. The power to cause movement, especially as an inherent mental faculty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The soul is what moves the body and perceives sensible objects; it is characterized by self-nutrition, sensation, thinking, and motivity (413b); but the mind has the higher function of thinking, which has no relation to the body or to the senses. 2. Driving force, drive; creative power, invention. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This is the prime motivity. And the motivity of sex is subsidiary to this: often directly antagonistic. 3. Movement, mobility. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mutagenize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mutagen + -ize. 1. To cause mutation.
Word: objectivize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From objective + -ize. 1. To objectify. Labels: transitive Example: Our emphasis at this point is on the use of abusive sex in sexual relations as a selling technique. Of course we're not interested in seeing women objectivized in [non-violent] sexual ways for purposes of selling anything, but the immediate protest is to get rid of the violence...The images [on album covers] are part of an environment that trivializes brutality against women.
Word: outcurve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English curve English outcurve From out- + curve. 1. A ball, thrown by the pitcher, that curves away from the batter.
Word: papalist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From papal + -ist. 1. Supporting papal authority; supporting papalism or hierocracy. Labels: historical Example: The Summa de potestate ecclesiastica of Augustinus was reprinted in 1582 and again during each of the next three years, and it became a standard repository of papalist arguments. The pope, Augustinus had argued, has immediate power of jurisdiction over temporal as well as spiritual things […]
Word: papalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From papal + -ist. 1. A supporter of papal authority; (Middle Ages) a hierocrat. Labels: historical 2. A papist (Roman Catholic). Labels: derogatory, rare
Word: papaveraceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Papaveraceae + -ous. 1. Of or relating to the poppy family Papaveraceae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: do you believe in God Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to ask whether the interlocutor believes in God.
Word: paperbark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paper + bark. 1. Any of several Australian trees and shrubs, of the genus Melaleuca, that have flaky bark.
Word: paperchase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paper + chase. 1. A cross-country race in which a trail of shredded paper marks the route. 2. An administration process involving cross-references between many documents; the following of a paper trail. Labels: broadly 3. Any long line of white objects or things. Labels: figuratively Example: He lit his first cigarette, a Balkan and Turkish mixture made for him by Morlands of Grosvenor Street, and watched the small Waves lick the long seashore and the fishing-fleet from Dieppe string out towards the June heat-haze followed by a paper-chase of herring-gulls.
Word: pentobarbitone Part of Speech: noun 1. pentobarbital (sodium salt) Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: kinkster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kink + -ster. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪŋk.stəɹ/ 1. One who enjoys kinky erotic activities. Labels: informal Example: Today’s hardcore kinkster would feel ill equipped indeed without a generous supply of lubricant to aid in the insertion of a multitude of devices into their own body cavities or those of others.
Word: kinksters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kinkster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vacuumings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vacuuming Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metaphyta Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metaphyton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: role playing games Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of role playing game Labels: form-of, plural
Word: role-playing game Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of roleplaying game. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: roleplaying games Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roleplaying game Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deleatur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēleātur (“may it be deleted; may it be destroyed”). 1. dele (“mark signifying deletion”) Example: […] having been ironically reprimanded for inventing ingenuous errors, [he] will have to allow the errors of others to pass, when what he is tempted to do, and rightly so, is to fill the margins of the page with a flurry of indignant deleaturs […]
Word: delens Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + lens. 1. To remove lensing effects from CMB maps
Word: AME Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of apparent mineralocorticoid excess. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of alternate mission equipment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of aviation medical examiner. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of amplitude modulation equivalent. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: delenda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dēlenda. 1. Things to be deleted or removed. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: He marked in red several delenda throughout the text.
Word: eigh Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of eh. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Eigh?" said Kemp, with his mouth open. "Keep your nerve," said the Voice. "I'm an Invisible Man." Example: "Eigh, eigh! he's killed me!" Mr. Utley shrieked. But none of the students made a move out of their seats.
Word: score off Part of Speech: verb Etymology: score + off 1. To defeat (especially in an argument), get the better of, achieve a success over, gain an advantage or win points over, make a point to the detriment or at the expense of, make appear foolish. Sometimes with particle on (someone). Labels: idiomatic, slang, transitive Example: The old hag never missed out on any opportunity to score off on her daughter-in-law. Example: Whether it was politics, trade, competition in industry, snobbery, boasting, self-advertisement, or gossip, the object was to score off one's adversary and put him down. 2. To delete or remove (especially from a list); to score out, strike out or strike off, cross out or cross off; to draw a line through. Labels: idiomatic, separable, transitive Example: You can score off my name, I quit. Example: You can score my name off, I quit. 3. To defeat (someone) verbally; to win a confrontation with words; to tell (someone) off. Labels: archaic, slang, transitive 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see score, off. To score from. Example: A field goal or point after touchdown may be scored off a drop kick.
Word: scores off Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of score off Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scoring off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of score off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scored off Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of score off Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: score-off Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from score off. 1. The action or result of scoring off someone (a rebuttal, a point won). Labels: rare Example: There were a thousand and one gems of café-chatter, of tit-for-tattle – of score-offs and well-rubbed-ins. Example: […] the Minister should come in here and use the occasion of the making of his statement on such an important matter as the Estimate for his Department as a political score-off on his opponents.
Word: score-offs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of score-off Labels: form-of, plural Example: There were a thousand and one gems of café-chatter, of tit-for-tattle – of score-offs and well-rubbed-ins.
Word: step-cousins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of step-cousin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: primrose paths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of primrose path Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Makedonka Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Macedonian Македонка (Makedonka, “Macedonian girl”). 1. A transliteration of the Macedonian female given name Македонка (Makedonka)
Word: blood corpuscles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blood corpuscle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Buster Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Austrian German Buste (“pockmark, boil”), from Latin apostema (“boil”), + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌstɚ/, /ˈbʌstə/ 1. A surname.
Word: Buster Part of Speech: name Etymology: From buster. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌstɚ/, /ˈbʌstə/ 1. A male given name. 2. A male nickname. 3. Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person. Labels: colloquial Example: Beginning with a curt “Listen, Buster,” she proceeded to sketch out with admirable clearness the salient points in the situation as she envisaged it [...] “I thought she was splendidly firm.” “Yes, sir.” “It's the red hair that does it, I imagine.” “Yes, sir.” “If anyone had told me that I should live to hear Aubrey Upjohn addressed as ‘Buster’ ...” Example: Set this straight, Buster. I'm not here to say "please." I'm here to tell you want to do. And if self-preservation is an instinct you possess, you better fuckin' do it and do it quick.
Word: immortal rind Part of Speech: noun 1. See under rind (“gall”). Labels: uncountable Example: “Oh?” she said. “So you have decided to revise my guest list for me? You have the nerve, the – the –” I saw she needed helping out. “Audacity,” I said, throwing her the line. “The audacity to dictate to me who I shall have in my house.” It should have been “whom”, but I let it go. “You have the –” “Crust.” “– the immortal rind,” she amended, and I had to admit it was stronger, “to tell me whom” – she got it right that time – “I may entertain at Brinkley Court and who” – wrong again – “I may not.”
Word: aminolevulinic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From amino- + levulinic. 1. Of or pertaining to aminolevulinic acid or its derivatives Labels: not-comparable
Word: aminolevulinic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amino + levulinic acid. 1. Any amino derivative of levulinic acid, but especially 5-aminolevulinic acid which is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of porphyrin
Word: biooncology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + oncology. 1. The use of biological drugs in oncology Labels: uncountable
Word: biovisualization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + visualization. 1. visualization of biological systems Labels: uncountable
Word: colonography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From colono- + -graphy. 1. A virtual, non-invasive form of colonoscopy that uses computed tomography Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hermithood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hermit + -hood. 1. The condition of being a hermit. Labels: uncountable
Word: intrathoracically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From intrathoracic + -ally. 1. In an intrathoracic manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: micropoop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + poop. 1. excretion of waste by microorganisms Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: microzooplankton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + zooplankton. 1. Any of the smallest forms of zooplankton Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nephrological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nephro- + -logical. 1. of or pertaining to nephrology Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonproteolytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + proteolytic. 1. Not proteolytic Labels: not-comparable
Word: radiochemotherapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + chemotherapy. 1. chemoradiotherapy
Word: subnephrotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + nephrotic. 1. Describing a level of proteinuria that is too low to indicate nephrosis Labels: not-comparable
Word: kanos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kano Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peralkaline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From per- + alkaline. 1. Describing igneous rocks that have a higher ratio of sodium and potassium to aluminium than is needed to produce feldspar
Word: peraluminous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From per- + aluminous. 1. Describing igneous rocks that have a higher molar proportion of aluminium to sodium, potassium and calcium
Word: percenter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From percent + -er (measurement suffix) or -er (informal entertainment suffix); the sense of "agent" relates to a percentage of profits being charged as a fee. Pronunciation: /pəˈsɛn.tə/, /pɚˈsɛn.tɚ/, /pəˈsen.tə/ 1. A member of a group that forms a specified percentage of a population. Labels: in-compounds 2. An agent. Labels: including, slang Example: If you are an agent, and you have been or are being approached by the American Guild of Variety Artists to help form a percenter organization in your city, you could do worse than use the Artists Representatives' Association for your model.
Word: pereiopod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pereion + -pod. 1. Any of the thoracic appendages of a decapod that are used for walking (and for gathering food)
Word: profilist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From profile + -ist. 1. An artist who draws or paints profiles
Word: prommer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prom + -er. 1. A person in the standing area of a promenade concert.
Word: purificatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pūrificātōrius. 1. That purifies; purificative
Word: qualificatory Part of Speech: adj 1. That serves as qualification
Word: reefpoint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reef + point. 1. Any of a series of short ropes attached to a sail that are used to secure it when reefed.
Word: releasor Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who releases (surrenders) a claim on an estate.
Word: rellie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From relative + -ie. 1. relative (someone in the same family) Labels: informal Example: Similary, corresponding with genealogists in Australia soon introduced me to "rellie." It took me some time to realize that this was not an abbreviation for pickle relish. It means relatives, as in "I just came back from visiting my rellies."
Word: reservable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reserve + -able. 1. That may be reserved. Labels: not-comparable Example: Its place will be taken this summer by an ordinary restaurant car express, with reservable seats, on Saturdays only, between Waterloo and Ilfracombe.
Word: reserver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reserve + -er. 1. A person who reserves something
Word: globocrat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From globe + -crat. 1. A globalist; a person who advocates globalism and globalist policies. Example: He attacked "transnational economic elites" and "globocrats" for their seeming indifference to national borders. Example: At the World Bank, for example, the lavishly paid globocrats seem incapable of stopping payment to Third World kleptoptocracies.
Word: escalefter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of escalator + left, spelled with -er. Coined by the Washington DC metro. 1. One who stands still on the left of an escalator impeding those wanting to move more quickly (often the right of the escalator is for standing and the left is for walking).
Word: boggard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; occurring since 16th century in northern and north midlands British dialects; etymologically related to boggle, bogle, and obsolete bog (“a bugbear”); the first element perhaps ultimately a variant of bug (“goblin; terrifying thing; etc.”), and thus equivalent to bog + -ard (“augmentative suffix”). 1. A bogey: a ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature, especially a small local spirit haunting gloomy places or the scenes of violence. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: A Boggarde, spectrum. Example: He thinks every bush a boggard, i.e. a bugbear or phantasm. 2. A bugbear: any terrifying thing. Labels: figuratively Example: Nor be such buggarddes to the poor, yff they may not beare the bagge alone. Example: Hell is but a boggarde to scarre children. 3. Any real or imagined thing which prompts a horse to boggle (take fright). Labels: obsolete
Word: boggard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bog (“latrine; outhouse”) + -ard. 1. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. Labels: obsolete Example: Siege, jacques, bogard, or draught, latrina. Example: He [Satan] thought it wisdome to keep the land [of Ireland] for a Boggards for his unclean spirits.
Word: boggart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of boggard, recorded since 18th century. As a monster that feeds on fear, coined by British novelist J. K. Rowling in 1999 in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. 1. Alternative spelling of boggard (A bogey, a ghost) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: OH! Maeſter—ſtrange things late I've ſeen— / And oft has boggart-haunted been ! / I'm ſure I's falt when ſtory's-tauld, / 'Till blude run aw' through veins ſo cauld ! Example: “[…]Are na ye shamed, ye weak gawly, that ye darena stir ower the threshold for fear of a boggart?” 2. A shapeshifting monster that feeds on fear. Example: "A boogeyman," I said. "Sometimes known as a boggle or a boggart. It's a weak form of phobophage - a fear-eater, mostly insubstantial." Example: I pushed open the lid, half-expecting a Boggart to burst out of the trunk, taking the form of my worst nightmare.
Word: beurre manié Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French beurre manié (“kneaded butter”), from beurre (“butter”) + manié (“kneaded”). 1. A dough consisting of equal parts of soft butter and flour, used to thicken soups and sauces. Labels: uncountable
Word: blackaviced Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of blackavised. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wildings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wilding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pedion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πεδίον (pedíon, “plain, field”). 1. An asymmetric triclinic crystal form that only has one face.
Word: morbid obesity Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being morbidly obese. Labels: uncountable
Word: peaching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of peach Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: peached Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of peach Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pointblank Part of Speech: adv 1. point-blank Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: We had many hot discussions on the topic, and it ended by my refusing pointblank to marry Miss Sherman at all.
Word: skeletonlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From skeleton + -like. 1. Like a skeleton. Example: The myriads of tiny twinkling lights with their background of mysterious half darkness, the skeletonlike forms of the massive buildings, barely revealed, and[…]
Word: hoos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hozen Part of Speech: noun 1. stockings; hose Labels: West-Country, obsolete, plural, plural-only Example: thy Hozen muxy up zo vurs thy Gammerels to tha very Hucksheens o' tha
Word: Twister Part of Speech: name 1. A party game that requires several players on a single mat to straddle four colored rows of dots in randomly selected positions without falling. Example: In the foyer, a game of Twister has started. It's appealing because all of the women are wearing lowriders.
Word: happy-clappies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of happy-clappy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brush-offs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brush-off Labels: form-of, plural Example: For the first time, we in the SF ghetto are beginning to get criticism – not brush-offs from literary snobs.
Word: brushoffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brushoff Labels: form-of, plural Example: I knocked on a few random editor's doors, but was met by frantic stares and hurried brushoffs.
Word: pattern board Part of Speech: noun 1. A pole-mounted steel board, usually whitewashed, used by shotgunners to assess the spread of the shot.
Word: amiloride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from ami(dino) + (ch)lor- + -(am)ide. Pronunciation: /əˈmɪl.ə.ɹaɪd/ 1. A diuretic C₆H₈ClN₇O that promotes sodium excretion and potassium retention; any related compound. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: amyloidotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to amyloidosis Labels: not-comparable
Word: morro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish morro. 1. A round hill or point of land.
Word: antimouse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + mouse. 1. Describing an antibody, resident in a human or other animal, that reacts with any antigen found in (and with some relevant degree of specificity to) mice. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antirabbit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + rabbit. 1. Describing an antibody, resident in a human or other animal, that reacts with any antigen found in (and with some relevant degree of specificity to) rabbits. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antitumoural Part of Speech: adj 1. antitumour
Word: attomole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From atto- + mole. 1. 10⁻¹⁸ of a mole. This is only about 600,000 particles. Labels: physical
Word: biodiagnostic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) ▲ Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) Ancient Greek δῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)bor. English diagnostic English biodiagnostic From bio- + diagnostic. 1. biochemically diagnostic Labels: not-comparable
Word: biparentally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From biparental + -ly. 1. In a biparental manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: capillarogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From capillaro- + -genesis. 1. The formation and development of capillaries Labels: uncountable
Word: carcinoembryonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From carcino- + embryonic. 1. Describing any material (but especially a glycoprotein) that is present in patients with some cancers and also in healthy fetuses Labels: not-comparable
Word: carcinosarcoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carcino- + sarcoma. 1. Any malignant neoplasm that has characteristics of both a carcinoma and a sarcoma
Word: cholangiocarcinomas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cholangiocarcinoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cholangiopathies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cholangiopathy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cholangiopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cholangio- + -pathy. 1. Any disease of the bile ducts
Word: clinicodemographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clinico- + demographic. 1. Describing the demographics of clinical factors. Labels: not-comparable
Word: coactivated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From co- + activated. 1. activated along with another Labels: not-comparable
Word: coactivated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From co- + activated. 1. simple past and past participle of coactivate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: coamplified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From co- + amplified. 1. amplified along with another Labels: not-comparable
Word: coamplified Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From co- + amplified. 1. simple past and past participle of coamplify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: colocalisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + localisation. 1. Alternative spelling of colocalization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: colocalised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of colocalise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cosuppression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + suppression. 1. The simultaneous suppression of two or more things. Labels: uncountable 2. RNA interference. Labels: uncountable
Word: countereffect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + effect. 1. An effect that is the opposite of another (especially another that has the same cause)
Word: requestion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + question. 1. To question again.
Word: requestions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of requestion Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: requestioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of requestion Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: requestioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of requestion Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: miscarriage of justice Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɪs.kæ.ɹɪd͡ʒ ɒv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stɪs/, /-əv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stəs/, /ˈmɪs.kæ.ɹɪd͡ʒ ɑv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stɪs/, /ˈmɪs.kɛ.ɹɪd͡ʒ-/ 1. An error at a trial which led to an unjust outcome, such as the conviction of a person for a crime they did not commit. Example: The Incarcerations is an unsettling indictment of Modi's India, and alleges grave miscarriages of justice, […].
Word: second guesser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From second + guesser. First use appears c. 1937. By a back-formation, second-guess as a verb appears a few years later in 1941. From second guess + -er. 1. A person who second-guesses. Example: Such a change of heart in MacPhail, or any other second guesser, is unlikely. 2. A person, particularly a fan, who questions or criticizes decisions made by the players or managers, especially after the results of those actions are known. Labels: slang
Word: second-guesser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of second guesser. Labels: alt-of, alternative