nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: porticus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin porticus. Doublet of porch, portego, and portico. 1. A small room in a church, commonly forming extensions to the north and south sides of it, giving the building a cruciform plan, which may function as a chapel, rudimentary transept or burial place. Example: It remains therefore to speculate on the form of the church: whether we located north and south aisles beyond the nave or whether these are porticuses is not clear. The church could have been fully aisled, or it might have had shorter aisles extending to the east end, or just flanking porticuses. Example: Most early masonry churches were of a simple plan consisting of a nave, and sometimes a chancel, porticuses (in a cellular plan church) or transepts (in an integrated plan church), and a tower. Porticuses (porticūs: sing porticus) were lateral chambers. 2. An ancient Roman colonnade, arcade, or portico. Example: It lay between the Circus Flaminius and the theatre of Marcellus, occupying the same site as the porticus which was built by Q. Caecilius Metellus, after his triumph over Macedonia, in b. c. 146 [Metellus, No. 5], and enclosing, as the porticus of Metellus had done, the two temples of Jupiter Stator and of Juno. […] He built a magnificent house on the Palatine, which, according to Cicero (de Off. i. 39), contributed to his election to the consulship, and he also erected a beautiful porticus, which is spoken of below. […] The porticus erected by Cn. Octavius was called Porticus Octavia, and must be carefully distinguished from the Porticus Octaviae, built by Augustus in the name of his sister. […] In the Notitia we have mention of a Minucia Vetus et Frumentaria, whence it is doubtful whether two different porticus or only one is intended. Example: Mr. Codd agrees that this Roman porticus must have been an arcade, with the columns of which we have the bases attached to the square piers; this was a usual Roman construction, and the two bases at an angle (one of them partly inserted in the other) would belong to this plan, the wide distance apart of the bases also confirms the idea that they stood against arches.
Word: supplicat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin, he supplicates. 1. A petition, especially onewritten, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with. Labels: UK, historical
Word: supplicavit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin supplicāvit. 1. A writ issued by the King's Bench or Chancery for taking the surety of the peace against a person. Labels: historical
Word: tenuate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”). 1. To make thin; to attenuate. Labels: archaic, rare, transitive
Word: vindices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vindex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sweat gland Part of Speech: noun 1. An exocrine gland found under the skin in mammals for regulating body temperature.
Word: all's Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of all + is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: Everything will be fine when all's said and done. 2. Contraction of all + has. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction 3. Contraction of all + as, literally “all that”. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: All's I know is that there are still many expressions missing. Example: [Turtle, playing flute and prancing:] All's I can say, if you want spring to hustle along you gotta encourage it. [Albert:] An' all's I can say is how can you be so fey?
Word: digamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin digamia (“twice married”), from Ancient Greek διγαμία (digamía, “bigamy”), δίγαμος (dígamos), from δίς (dís, “twice”) + γάμος (gámos, “marriage”). By surface analysis, di- + -gamy. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪ.ɡə.mi/ 1. A second marriage (as after the death or divorce of a spouse)
Word: sweat glands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sweat gland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lignicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ligno- + -cide. 1. A woodcutter. Labels: rare
Word: magophony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μαγοφόνια (magophónia), from μάγος (mágos) and φόνος (phónos, “slaughter”). 1. The slaughter of magi or priests. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable
Word: machine politician Part of Speech: noun 1. A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends. Labels: US Example: It wasn't that these ward bosses were universally bad men, but the qualities that made for a successful machine politician or boss were the opposite of those that made for an honest public servant.
Word: UAEs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of UAE Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exquires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exquire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: exquire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin exquīrere. See exquisite. 1. To search into or out. Labels: obsolete Example: How she came by it, yet is not exquir'd Example: That cloſe and moſt inennerable Pander That paſſeth all our ſtudies to exquire
Word: chronotopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chrono- + -topic. 1. Of or pertaining to a specific time and place. Labels: not-comparable
Word: devouress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from devoureress, from the Old French devoureresse, feminine form of devoreor. 1. A female devourer. Labels: obsolete Example: She was a devouress of men, exhausting one and then moving on to the next. Example: The devotee of the East cited the so-called Tourfan Madonna as being in his opinion an evolution of the Goddess Marichi, who after being a cruel devouress of children gradually evolved into their solicitous guardian, becoming the spiritual comrade of Kuvera, god of fortune and wealth.
Word: devouresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of devouress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gehenna Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin gehenna, from Ancient Greek γέεννα (géenna), from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (ge'henom, “hell”, literally “valley of Hinnom”), named after the Valley of Hinnom outside Jerusalem, which was constantly filled with the waste of the city, which was then burnt. Heinous deeds are also associated with this valley, as during the time when Jerusalem was ruled by non-Jews (referred to in scriptures simply as 'pagans') child sacrifice was practiced there. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈhɛ.nə/ 1. In rabbinical literature and Christian and Islamic scripture, the place where the souls of the wicked go after death, where they suffer eternal damnation or annihilation. Example: Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of Gehenna? 2. Hell. 3. A place of suffering and misery. Example: School was Gehenna for the restless student. 4. The valley of Hinnom outside Jerusalem. Example: The people obeyed his commandment, and succeeding ages followed the example, and Gehenna became the general sink of the city, and the receptacle of all its pollutions. Example: By the fifth century C.E., however, confusion about the tradition led to transference of the reputed site of Gehenna to the Kidron Valley, on the eastern side of Jerusalem.
Word: impendent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin impendēns. 1. impending; threatening Labels: archaic Example: Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall.
Word: succedes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of succede Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: succumbent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin succumbens, present participle. Pronunciation: /səˈkʌmbənt/ 1. submissive; yielding Labels: obsolete Example: Reason succumbent to Faith
Word: regressus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin regressus. Doublet of regress. 1. The entitlement of a debtor to have a co-debtor pay their share. Labels: Roman, uncountable Example: In Solidarity the guarantor who pays the whole has regressus against his co-guarantors, that is to say, has a power of recovering from them contribution of their share of the debt: whereas the Correal debtor who pays has no regressus or right to contribution. Example: Hence the pactum non petendo in rem of one correus debendi benefits the rest whenever on payment by one of them he woud have regressus against the others, for otherwise the pactum would be practically inoperative. 2. Reversion to a benefice on default of one's successor. Labels: uncountable Example: On July 30th 1541, at the entreaty of the king of Scots, the pope provides Reid to the Church of Orkney, void by the death of Robert Maxwell, with retention of the monastery of Kinloss and his other benefices and pensions and right of regressus. Example: The regressus device meant that the benefice could he restored to the cleric who had resigned it should the recipient of the resignation die or resign or fail to pay the pension.
Word: halfpipes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of halfpipe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin posteā (“after those things”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɒstiə/ 1. The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is endorsed on the nisi prius record. Example: 1821, Arnold v Mundy, N.J. Lexis 2. […]and upon coming in of the Postea there was a rule to shew cause why that nonsuit should not be set aside and a new trial granted.
Word: train-wreck Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of train wreck. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: Harmon, the fireman lodger, passing through the kitchen on his way out to work, had paused to tell Saxon about the previous day's train-wreck in the Alviso marshes, and of how the engineer, imprisoned under the overturned engine and unhurt, being drowned by the rising tide, had begged to be shot.
Word: developmentalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From developmental + -ism. 1. An economic theory which states that the best way for Third World countries to develop is through fostering a strong and varied internal market and imposing high tariffs on imported goods. Labels: uncountable Example: Most fundamentally, Sachs argues, developmentalism advocates the wrong values. Under developmentalism, the economy dominates society rather than the more rational opposite. Example: Nevertheless, the strong political reasons which supported developmentalism had vanished before the World Bank made its diagnosis.
Word: barfolicious Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of barfalicious. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare Example: Using just one font to display each record, if you printed 1500 records, FMP7 would dump 1500 copies of the font into the PostScript/PDF output. Barfolicious! Example: Oh, barfolicious! Accusing a gay person of heterophobia is like accusing a Jew of Naziphobia.
Word: victualage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From victual + -age. 1. Food. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: I could not proceed to the schoolroom without passing some of their doors, and running the risk of being surprised with my cargo of victualage.
Word: barfalicious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From barf + -licious. 1. Disgusting, (metaphorically) vomit-inducing. Labels: rare, slang Example: alt.support.diabetes is always fertile ground for finding truly self-indulgent, navel-gazing posts (and I fear every day that this is some ugly side effect of diabetes) but this post* was especially barfalicious: ¶ […]
Word: suppurative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From suppurate + -ive, from Modern Latin suppūrātīvus, from suppūrō. 1. Of a disease or medical condition, causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.
Word: suppurative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suppurate + -ive, from Modern Latin suppūrātīvus, from suppūrō. 1. A medicine that causes suppuration.
Word: open sets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of open set Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quominus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quōminus. 1. A writ and legal fiction that (until the late 19th century) allowed the Court of Exchequer to obtain a jurisdiction over cases normally brought in the Court of Common Pleas, based on having the plaintiff in a debt case claim that he was a debtor to the king, and that the defendant's debt prevented him paying the king. Labels: attributive, historical, sometimes, uncountable Example: a quominus clause
Word: brown butter Part of Speech: noun 1. A preparation of unsalted butter in which the butterfat and milk solids are allowed to separate and brown over a heat, used in French pastry or as a sauce. Labels: uncountable
Word: obes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of obe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: absit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin absit (“let (him or her) be absent”), the third-person singular present active subjunctive of absum (“be absent”). 1. Formal permission to be away from a college for the greater part of the day or more. Labels: UK Example: In the evening, after some difficulty, he persuaded his tutor to give him an absit to sleep at Huntingdon that night, and drove over there after dinner in a fly with Egerton, Castleton, and Grey. Example: Another associated matter was the subject of a discussion, on one occasion only, on the effect of an absit on a student's residence if he used it to be away from Cambridge from Saturday to Monday 'as is allowed at at least one College'.
Word: absit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Amharic አብሲት (ʾäbsit, “proofing dough”). 1. A portion of fermenting dough diluted to a paste with water and then cooked. Example: A portion of the fermented paste may be mixed with three parts of water and boiled, resulting in an absit. Example: The cooking gelatinizes the starch and makes the absit viscous.
Word: ades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dēsum (“to be missing”). 1. Placed after a catalogue abbreviation to indicate that this particular work does not appear in it.
Word: desunt Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of desi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hank Marvin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Cockney rhyming slang to rhyme with starving. Hank Marvin (born 1941) is an English musician. 1. Starving; very hungry. Labels: colloquial
Word: heteropteran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Heteroptera + -an. 1. Any of very many insects of the suborder Heteroptera
Word: hospitalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hospital + -ism. 1. wasting away of infants in long-term institutional care, caused by lack of contact with caregivers Labels: uncountable 2. A spoiled or degenerate condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: brothel creeper Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of soft shoe with a crepe sole. Labels: dated Example: And yet, with the national celebration of teds in the 1970s, drape coats and brothel creepers entered into the canon of permanent English style.
Word: courbettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of courbette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brothel creepers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brothel creeper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: huntaway Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Huntaway. Labels: alt-of
Word: juvenilize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From juvenile + -ize. 1. To maintain in a juvenile state.
Word: leptotene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French leptotène, corresponding to lepto- (“thin”) + -tene (“ribbon”). Coined by Hans von De Winiwarter in 1900 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912. 1. The first part of the prophase of meiosis, characterized by threadlike chromosomes
Word: mesogastrium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- (“middle”) and Latin gaster (“belly”). 1. The part of the embryonic mesentery that includes the stomach Example: The mesogastriums were extracted en bloc from the stomach, straightened and measured for their length and width.
Word: micropterous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + -pterous. 1. Having small, sometimes merely vestigial, wings.
Word: micrurgy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micr- + -urgy. 1. The manipulation of individual cells, using very small instruments and a microscope Labels: uncountable
Word: monogenean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Monogenea + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌmɒn əˈdʒiːniːən/ 1. Any of the many trematode flatworms of the class Monogenea, mostly ectoparasites on fish
Word: ploughland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plowelond, plouȝ-lond, plow-land, equivalent to plough + land. Compare German Pflugland, Old Norse plógsland (“ploughland”). 1. Land that has been or is meant to be ploughed. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Synonym of carucate. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: protopodite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proto- + podite. 1. The basal segment of the limb of a crustacean
Word: pterygoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin pterygoīdēs, from Ancient Greek πτερῠγοειδής (pterŭgoeidḗs, “like a wing”), from πτέρῠξ (ptérŭx, “a wing”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛ.ɹɪ.ɡɔɪd/, /ˈtɛɹ.əˌɡɔɪd/ 1. Of, pertaining to or lying in the region of the inferior part of the sphenoid bone of the vertebrate skull. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pterygoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin pterygoīdēs, from Ancient Greek πτερῠγοειδής (pterŭgoeidḗs, “like a wing”), from πτέρῠξ (ptérŭx, “a wing”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛ.ɹɪ.ɡɔɪd/, /ˈtɛɹ.əˌɡɔɪd/ 1. A pterygoid part (such as a bone, muscle, or nerve).
Word: postal addresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postal address Labels: form-of, plural
Word: computer processor Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkəmˈpjuːtəˌprəʊsɛsə/ 1. A hardware component of a computer that executes the instructions that make up a program.
Word: industrial estates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of industrial estate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chamotte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French chamotte, from German Schamotte, of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ʃəˈmɑt/, /ʃəˈmɒt/ 1. A ceramic raw material with a high percentage of silica and alumina. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: average bear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the cartoon character Yogi Bear, said to be "smarter than the average bear". 1. The norm; an average person; Used in comparisons Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: She's no smarter than the average bear. Example: I'm not saying he's fat, but he is heavier than the average bear...
Word: yellow locust Part of Speech: noun 1. black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) Labels: rare
Word: yellow locusts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yellow locust Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moneyocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From money + -o- + -cracy. 1. Rule by the rich. Labels: uncountable
Word: reciprocities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reciprocity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underthing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + thing. 1. An undergarment. Labels: in-plural Example: 'Have you left your underthings off?' he asked her. 'Yes!' 'Ay, well, then I'll take my things off too.' Example: My wife would never dare to buy an underthing that was anything but white or black. She thought you had to be a hooker to wear colors.
Word: underthings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of underthing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sessioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: session + -er 1. A session ale or session beer.
Word: generationer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From generation + -er. 1. A member of a specified generation. Labels: in-compounds Example: Although Ali was not a hip-hop generationer, the community-wide debate sparked by her book exposed the crux of the gender issue facing the hip-hop generation[…] Example: One Ticuani native in her mid-twenties, who has long- established friendships with returning second-generationers, is uncomfortable with the contrast between their apparent ease and her own family's difficult financial situation.
Word: oncofertility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From onco- + fertility. 1. Fertility despite cancer. Labels: uncountable
Word: foxes in the henhouse Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fox in the henhouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sisig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kapampangan. 1. A pork dish from the Philippines. Labels: uncountable
Word: disincentivized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disincentivize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pupillages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pupillage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pupillarities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pupillarity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: figurae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of figura Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coelum Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of coelom (“body cavity”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: globulus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin globulus. 1. The nucleus globosus. 2. A pill, bolus, or spherical suppository. Labels: obsolete
Word: improvisatrice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Italian improvvisatrice, the feminine form of improvvisatore; compare improvisatrix. Pronunciation: /ɪmˌpɹɒvɪzəˈtɹiːt͡ʃeɪ/ 1. A female improvisatore.
Word: improvisatrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of improvisatrice Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of improvisatrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: improvisatrici Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of improvisatrice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: levogyre Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From levo- + -gyre. 1. Levorotatory. Labels: not-comparable
Word: levogyre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From levo- + -gyre. 1. A levorotatory substance.
Word: crawfishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of crawfish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crawfishing Part of Speech: noun 1. fishing for crawfish Labels: uncountable
Word: crawfished Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of crawfish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: olive juice Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From the lip movements being similar. 1. I love you. Labels: humorous Example: “Olive juice,” Jimmy said. Mark stood up and Ann came in. She tucked Jimmy in. “Olive juice,” she said. They walked back into the living room. “What's olive juice?” Mark asked. “Watch my lips when I say it,” Ann said. Example: Hey, baby, I hope you're feeling better. You're not a failure; you are perfect in every way. I'll see you soon! Olive juice <3 xx
Word: olive juice Part of Speech: noun 1. The juice extracted from olives. Labels: uncountable Example: The lowest levels of acrylamide (338.67±9.23 μg/kg) were found in olives that were not neutralized with carbon dioxide, whereas the highest levels of acrylamide (681.60±11.36 μg/kg) were found in olives that had been neutralized for 4 hr. These results indicated that the formation of acrylamide in whole olives, as well as in olive juice, is pH dependent.
Word: Hobbsian Part of Speech: adj 1. Rare form of Hobbesian. Labels: form-of, rare Example: They make fun of Thom's "Einstein in sheepskin" and see the life of ancient Avebury in a Hobbsian way as "nasty, brutish, and short." They forget that ancient Ireland transformed the emergence of Western Europe in the Dark Ages, and that ancient Ireland did not store knowledge in cities, but in rural monasteries.
Word: Occitanie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Occitanie. 1. Occitania: an administrative region in southern France.
Word: dextrogyre Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dextro- + -gyre. 1. Dextrorotatory. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dextrogyre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dextro- + -gyre. 1. A dextrorotatory substance.
Word: children should be seen and not heard Part of Speech: proverb 1. Children should behave well and be quiet, especially in the presence of adults. Example: Until you can organize yourself and those who share your discontent, and compile and reconstruct some proposals for meeting the needs of gay youths, until you can present them in an adult (and I stress that word — ADULT) manner; lay low, my friend, for children should be seen and not heard.
Word: solyanka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian and Ukrainian соля́нка (soljánka). 1. A thick, spicy and sour soup in Russian and Ukrainian cuisine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rassolnik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian рассо́льник (rassólʹnik). 1. A soup in Russian cuisine made from pickled cucumbers. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: media darling Part of Speech: noun 1. A celebrity who is especially popular and who receives frequent and very favorable attention in the news media. Labels: idiomatic Example: TV Correspondent Alexander Krutkov became an overnight media darling with his piercing on-the-spot dispatches. Example: “[T]he coverage of Obama has been so positive that you have to call him, though I really hate this term, a media darling.”
Word: many-sidedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From many-sided + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛnɪˈsʌɪdɪdnəs/ 1. The fact or quality of having many sides or facets. Labels: uncountable Example: Leaning back in the cab, this amateur bloodhound carolled away like a lark while I meditated upon the many-sidedness of the human mind.
Word: ramentum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ramentum (“a scraping”). 1. One of the thin brownish chaffy scales found on the epidermis of the leaves or young shoots of some ferns
Word: ramenta Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ramentum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ramulus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ramulus. 1. A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.
Word: ramuli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ramulus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ramule Part of Speech: noun 1. ramulus
Word: pirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: refusnik Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of refusenik. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Among the reported abuses of human rights provisions were these: […] Jews had been refused permission to emigrate for unstated reasons, and many such refusniki – a sad new term in the Russian^([sic]) language – had been dismissed from their jobs, thus being reduced to poverty; […] Example: Sean Dobson was bombarded with questions about life in America but was never able to explain our bizarre culture. He met many types: the black marketeers, but also the brave refusniki. He found Moscow grey and depressing, but old Leningrad still charming, despite its disrepair.
Word: refusniks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of refusnik Labels: form-of, plural
Word: refusest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: refuse + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of refuse Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: qualitates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of qualitate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: qualitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from qualitative. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒ.lɪ.teɪt/ 1. To measure in qualitative terms. Labels: transitive
Word: nuclear data Part of Speech: noun 1. Compilation of experimental and evaluated data describing nuclear properties. Labels: uncountable
Word: suppuratives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suppurative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mystiques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mystique Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nounhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From noun + -hood. 1. The quality of being a noun. Labels: uncountable Example: It made occasional forays into nounhood, in fixed expressions like without fail and no-fail.
Word: adjectivehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adjective + -hood. 1. The quality of being an adjective. Labels: uncountable
Word: verbhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From verb + -hood. 1. The quality or state of being a verb. Labels: uncountable
Word: Grenelle Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Grenelle. 1. A commune of Seine department, France. Labels: historical 2. A neighbourhood of Paris, France.
Word: nonattributive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + attributive. 1. Not attributive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Dworkinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Dworkin + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Ronald Dworkin (1931-2013), Jewish-American philosopher, jurist, and scholar of United States constitutional law. 2. Of or pertaining to Andrea Dworkin (1946-2005), American radical feminist and writer best known for her criticism of pornography.
Word: Dworkinian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dworkin + -ian. 1. A supporter of Ronald Dworkin.
Word: lambfold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lamb + fold. 1. An enclosure for keeping lambs.
Word: lambfolds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lambfold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: relique Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of relic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: What needs my Shakespear for his honour'd Bones, The labour of an age in piled Stones, Or that his hallow'd reliques should be hid Under a Star-ypointing Pyramid?
Word: biniou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Breton binioù, plural of béni. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪnjuː/ 1. A set of traditional Breton bagpipes.
Word: ukha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yuHs- Proto-Balto-Slavic *jáušāˀ Proto-Slavic *jūxà Old East Slavic уха (uxa) Russian уха́ (uxá)bor. English ukha Borrowed from Russian уха́ (uxá). Doublet of jus and juice. 1. A clear Russian fish soup. Labels: uncountable Example: You’ll see pools of kefir, sbiten, kvass, or vzvar in cavities of rocks, borscht and ukha swelling up in tree stumps, stuffed blintzes and pierogi mushrooming in flower clusters or out of tree bark or hanging from leaves, and cream-covered smetannik adorning trees like snow.
Word: norra Part of Speech: contraction 1. Not a. Labels: contraction, informal Example: This is norra lorra fun.
Word: opiner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From opine + -er. 1. One who opines. Example: That’s what drew me to it: an Internet opiner must be pretty bold so early on to liken Gates, however indirectly, to both a former Black Panther on death row and a Hollywood shoplifter.
Word: opinator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin opīnātor, from opīnor (“to opine”). By surface analysis, opine + -ate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈɒpɪneɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. An opinionated person, or someone who holds an opinion. Labels: obsolete Example: it is that fond Opinators invest their beloved Congregation , with all the glorious Priviledges, and Titles, making Angels of their own men
Word: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Part of Speech: name 1. A proposed common ancestor to the group of Malayo-Polynesian languages.
Word: intenable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + tenable. 1. Untenable. Labels: obsolete
Word: considerator Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who considers; a considerer. Labels: obsolete Example: unsatisfied considerators
Word: saltant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin saltans, present participle of saltare (“to dance”), v. intens. from salire (“to leap”): compare French sautant. See sally (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈsæl.tənt/, /ˈsɔl.-/, /ˈsɑl.-/ 1. Leaping; jumping; dancing. Labels: not-comparable 2. In a leaping position; springing forward; salient. Labels: not-comparable Example: Why the devil, can you deny that you've not a partiality for cats, ha! ha! ha! […] the feline species is preserved—the crest is very evident a kitten saltant, ha! heh! heh! Example: "The luce is the fresh fish; the salt fish is an old coat." This speech is an heraldric puzzle. It is pretty clear that "the dozen white luces" apply to the arms of the Lucy family. […] Since our first edition we have received an ingenious explanation from a correspondent, "A Lover of Heraldry." "The arms of the Lucies (now quartered by the Duke of Northumberland) are gules, three lucies hauriant, argent. […] 'The salt fis (i.e. the fish or luce saltant) is an old coat.' Without taking it as a strict and formed adjective, I think in Shallow's mouth the salt luces may well mean the saltant lucies."
Word: saltator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from the genus name, translingual Saltator, borrowed from Latin saltātor (“dancer”). 1. One of several passerine birds in the genus Saltator.
Word: sades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sades Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: supponent Part of Speech: adj 1. Used as the nominative subject of a personal verb. Example: MY non supponent Lord, and Soveraign master of contradictions in adjected terms, that unto you I have presumed to tender the dedicacie of this introduction, will not seem strange to those, that know how your concurrence did further me to the accomplishment of that new Language, unto the frontispeice whereof it is premitted.
Word: d. in p. aeq. Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin dīvidātur in partēs aequālēs (“let it be divided into equal parts”). 1. Let it be divided into equal parts. Labels: imperative-only
Word: squinter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From squint + -er. 1. One who squints.
Word: non-generic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + generic. 1. Not generic. Labels: not-comparable Example: Non-generic drugs are usually more expensive than their generic equivalents.
Word: menometrorrhagia Part of Speech: noun 1. Excessive uterine bleeding occurring outside of the normal menstrual period.
Word: 'tute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apheretic form of institute. 1. Clipping of institute. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: I got my undergraduate degree from the ‘tute.
Word: leafen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From leaf + -en. 1. Formed in leaves. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: leafen gold
Word: quatenus Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin quātenus (“how far, to what extent”). 1. Relating to the belief that the Book of Concord is authoritative insofar as it faithfully describes the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible; admitting the possibility that the Book of Concord might contradict the Bible. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quatenus Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin quātenus (“how far, to what extent”). 1. In a quatenus manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: DTMC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of discrete-time Markov chain. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IETF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Internet Engineering Task Force. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: pledgeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pledge + -less. 1. Without a pledge or commitment. Labels: not-comparable
Word: blees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonneuroleptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + neuroleptic. 1. Not neuroleptic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: photomanipulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + manipulation. 1. The application of image-editing techniques to photographs in order to create an illusion or deception. Labels: uncountable
Word: unwronged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + wronged. 1. Not having been wronged. Labels: not-comparable
Word: running target Part of Speech: noun 1. A target that is towed across a range as the shooter shoots. 2. A goal that changes as effort is made to reach the goal. 3. A standard of performance set by the first-placed competitor that lower-placed competitors try to exceed.
Word: good ol' boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of good ol' boy Alternative form of good old boys. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gather up Part of Speech: verb 1. To gather, assemble or collect, usually into a group or mass. Labels: transitive Example: Beatrice gathered up the hem of her petticoat.
Word: good old boy network Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of old boy network.
Word: old-boy network Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of old boy network. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: packing case Part of Speech: noun 1. A large, sturdy box or wooden crate used for the secure shipment of goods. Example: In one place, there was a new wooden church, which, having no steeple, and being yet unpainted, looked like an enormous packing-case without any direction upon it. Example: [T]he flat packing-case containing the portrait in oils and the three carbon photographs had been pushed under the bed.
Word: packing-case Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of packing case. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker arm-chairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had also emerged some Indian clubs,[…]; and all these articles[…]made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
Word: tintas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tinta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: go to the polls Part of Speech: verb 1. To vote. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive
Word: IMC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of instrument meteorological conditions. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
Word: VNE Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of velocity, never exceed. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: nuclear matrix Part of Speech: noun 1. A framework of fibers extending throughout the nucleus of a cell.
Word: lunar cataclysm Part of Speech: name 1. A period of time, approximately 4 billion years ago, during which a large number of impact craters formed on Earth's Moon.
Word: reproductiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reproductive + -ness. 1. the condition of being reproductive Labels: uncountable
Word: reproductivity Part of Speech: noun 1. the condition of being reproductive Labels: uncountable 2. The extent to which something is reproducible Labels: countable
Word: siblicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sibli(ng) + -cide (suffix meaning ‘killing; killer’). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪblɪsaɪd/ 1. The killing of a sibling, especially as observed among certain species of animals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I continue to question the interpretation of "fatal sibling aggression" and active brood reduction as a means of maximizing productivity[…]. To me, the data clearly indicate a simple response to food availability, with the oldest young passively out-competing its smaller sibling for a limited resource. I still have not seen data to support "siblicide" as a strategy. Example: Oophagy and adelphophagy, which are forms of embryonic cannibalism, occur in both cartilaginous and bony fishes. They are variations on the tactic of siblicide (Mock, 1984) as a reproductive strategy. In oophagy, embryos feed upon sibling eggs. […] Adelphophagy, literally eating one's brother, is also known in sharks as intrauterine embryonic cannibalism[…].
Word: snufflier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of snuffly: more snuffly Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: snuffliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of snuffly: most snuffly Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: ABAC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of attribute-based access control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: affirmatio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin affirmātiō (“affirmation; confirmation”). Doublet of affirmation. 1. Making a statement as if it were in response to a question or were in dispute, especially when it is not. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: supercolony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + colony. 1. A group of nests whose ants do not exhibit mutual aggression.
Word: supercolonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supercolony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slungshot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slung + shot. 1. A maritime tool consisting of a weight (the "shot") affixed to the end of a long cord, used to cast line from one location to another and sometimes as an improvised weapon. Example: All at once the blood dropped out of her cheeks as the mercury drops from a broken barometer-tube, and she melted away from her seat like an image of snow; a slung[-]shot could not have brought her down better.
Word: slungshots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slungshot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nut-brown butter Part of Speech: noun 1. brown butter Labels: uncountable
Word: spreds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spred Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spreds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spred Labels: form-of, plural
Word: golubtsy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian голубцы́ (golubcý), singular голубе́ц (golubéc). Doublet of holubtsi. 1. Russian cabbage rolls. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Hong Kong dollar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Hong Kong + dollar 1. The currency of SAR Hong Kong.
Word: Hong Kong dollars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hong Kong dollar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supersector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + sector. 1. A sector comprising several lesser sectors.
Word: supersectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supersector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parasailer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of parasailor. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: parasailers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parasailer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whitelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From white + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of white people. Example: If this is happening, this group should also be in the process of developing whitelike racial attitudes befitting of their new social position and differentiating (distancing) themselves from the collective black.
Word: unicolonial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uni- + colonial. 1. Exhibiting unicoloniality. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unicoloniality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uni- + coloniality. 1. A social structure of ants in which the workers can move freely between different nests. Labels: uncountable
Word: supercolonial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + colonial. 1. Of or pertaining to a supercolony. Labels: not-comparable
Word: circumventable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From circumvent + -able. 1. Capable of being circumvented.
Word: staycationing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of staycation Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Agesilaus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀγησίλαος (Agēsílaos). 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek of certain historical persons. 2. Name of two kings of Sparta.
Word: forespeech Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forespeche, from Old English forespǣċ, foresprǣċ (“a preface”), equivalent to fore- + speech. 1. a preface
Word: dulcamara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dūlcamāra. 1. The dried young branches of the woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), formerly used as a diuretic, diaphoretic, sedative, and narcotic. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: dulcin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dulcis (“sweet”), + -in. 1. An artificial sweetener, 4-ethoxyphenyl-urea, no longer permitted in food Labels: uncountable
Word: dulcinea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish Dulcinea, the name of Don Quixote's mistress in Cervantes' romance. The name in Spanish is derived from Latin dulce, from Latin dulcis. 1. sweetheart, ladylove
Word: dromi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dromus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duvetine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of duvetyne. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: dronish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From drone + -ish. 1. Like a drone; slow; sluggish.
Word: stackyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of stack + yard. 1. A farmyard in which stacks of hay etc. are stored.
Word: staghorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stag + horn. 1. The antlers of a stag when used to make handles etc. Labels: uncountable 2. A staghorn coral. Labels: countable 3. A struvite kidney stone. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stopstreet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stop + street, a calque of Afrikaans stopstraat. 1. An intersection having one or more stop signs; a stop intersection Labels: South-Africa
Word: subordinary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + ordinary. 1. Any device that is given less status (typically because it is less common or less simple) than the normal ordinaries.
Word: subtopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of suburb + utopia, coined by British architectural critic and broadcaster Ian Nairn. 1. Sprawling suburbs, collectively. Labels: UK, countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: In the 1890s and in the early years of the present century there was considerable building development in the area around Sanderstead, Warlingham and Oxted, where large villas were springing up. East Grinstead, Tunbridge Wells and Uckfield were growing fast, as was that loosely knit "subtopia"—neither town, village nor country—which is known collectively as Crowborough. Example: Their bland don't-mind-me-meekness is all the more offensive for it, resulting in an energy vampire form of architecture. It's subtopia writ large if anything.
Word: grammary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gramery, grammarye. 1. Alternative spelling of grammar. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic 2. Alternative form of gramarye. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic Example: She took a spell of grammary, and threw it on the knight: / Still he stood, and moved not: (I tell the tale aright:) / She took from him his falchion, unlac'd his hauberk bright. / Mournfully Wolfdietrich cried, "Gone is all my might.[…]" Example: Tall at times his stature grew, with spells of grammary; / Then to the noblest princes fellow might he be: / And when he rode, a noble blade bore he in his hand; / In many fights the sword was proved worth a spacious land.
Word: tetrapterous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tetra- + -pterous. 1. Having four wings or wing-like elements. Labels: not-comparable
Word: underfelt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + felt. 1. A layer of felt-like material laid underneath a wall-to-wall carpet Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: underfelt Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of underfeel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: urochordate Part of Speech: noun 1. Any marine invertebrate of the subphylum Urochordata; the sea squirts.
Word: hematuric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hematuria + -ic. 1. having hematuria
Word: volution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (the participle stem of) Latin volvere (“to turn”). Pronunciation: /vəˈl(j)uːʃn̩/ 1. A turning (rolling or revolving) motion. 2. A single turn (of a coil etc.); a twist. Example: On the left wrist were two circular excoriations, apparently the effect of ropes, or of a rope in more than one volution.
Word: wardress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From warder + -ess. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːdɹɪs/, /ˈwɔɹdɹɪs/ 1. A female warder. Example: The door opened and the wardress came in. Example: She is not beaming at all. Her mouth is set like the wardress of Belsen wishing to boil Joyous’s chubby cheeks into candle wax.
Word: improvisatrix Part of Speech: noun 1. A female that improvises. Example: She understood, well, the rapid art of light conversation, which does not dogmatically insist upon any thin: as well as that pleasing address which gives a consideration to each of the company in turn, though she often indulged in that kind of talent which rendered her a celebrated improvisatrix. Example: The point of it all is not so much the story as the reception the little improvisatrix herself received, which was not unlike that accorded Mme. de Staël’s Corinne as she held forth before the populace in Rome: “And how the audience was enthralled! It would be a pleasing triumph for a story-teller of mature years to see such eyes, such lips, to hear such exclamations of delight or horror as this inchoate Small Person was inspired by” (223).
Word: pure-bred Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of purebred. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pure-bred Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of purebred. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pure-breds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pure-bred Labels: form-of, plural