nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: think the sun shines out of someone's backside Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of think the sun shines out of someone's arse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: think the sun shines out of someone's butt Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of think the sun shines out of someone's arse. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative
Word: cubo-futurism Part of Speech: noun 1. A Russian school of painting and sculpture, influenced by cubism and Italian futurism. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: cubo-futurist Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to cubo-futurism. Labels: historical
Word: cubo-futurist Part of Speech: noun 1. An artist working in the style of cubo-futurism. Labels: historical
Word: cubo-futurists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cubo-futurist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: walking fire Part of Speech: noun 1. Will o' the wisp Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Prithe Nunckle be content, this is a naughty night to swim in, now a little fire in a wild field, were like an old leachers heart, a small sparke, all the rest in bodie cold, looke here comes a walking fire. Example: Had we no walking fire, Nor saucer-ey'd devil of these woods That led us ? 2. A line of infantry equipped with automatic weapons advancing in a coordinated attack. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To counter this the French introduced 'walking fire'. The infantry used man-carried automatic weapons to keep the defender pinned down with a continuous hail of bullets for those last dangerous yards. Example: Walking fire was used to sweep an area with artillery. Assaulting infantry often approached an objective from behind the walking fires; this kept the enemy under cover until the assaulting troops were almost on top of them.
Word: walking fires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of walking fire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unclassify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + classify or possibly Back-formation from unclassified. 1. To declassify. Example: This is in response to your request for my official opinion concerning whether an appointing authority can unclassify a position for use exclusively by a second appointing authority. Example: However, if both AFATDS and IFSAS are operating in the unclassified mode, IFSAS still must unclassify each message before sending it to AFATDS.
Word: unclassifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unclassify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unclassifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unclassify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skillman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skill + man. 1. A gray-collar worker; someone who does skilled technical work. Example: Susman (1970) found clear goal differences between skillmen and their helpers in an oil refinery. Example: The day that she went, I said, "You know, you have been one of the best skillmen, ever."
Word: skillmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skillman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trousered class Part of Speech: noun 1. The social class of those who are educated and who perform skilled work for a living. Example: From 1947 to 1956 the so-called freedom was simply confined to the trousered class, the capitalist class, the class who could ride in big limousines. Example: They are part of the 'trousered class', highly educated and westernized.
Word: trousered classes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trousered class Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overtackle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + tackle. 1. To use or equip with excessive tackle. Example: You can use virtually any sturdy tackle and, generally speaking, it is better to overtackle than to undertackle. Example: A lot of kings are taken by accident, by fishermen trolling for marlin and sailfish, and as a result they are often overtackled and the fighting qualities of this great fish are not appreciated.
Word: unhypnotize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + hypnotize. 1. To cause to break out of a hypnotic trance. Labels: transitive Example: You unhypnotize a chicken by poking its head out from under its wing so it can see again. Example: Like, what if a doctor figured out a word or a method that would unhypnotize them?
Word: unhypnotizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unhypnotize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unhypnotizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unhypnotize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Hungarianize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Hungarian + -ize. 1. To make or become Hungarian. Labels: ambitransitive Example: strive to imitate and introduce Hungarian ways and the Hungarian language among them, and who, "with all their might, endeavor to Hungarianize the whole Greek Catholic Russian people," Example: But in their all-pervasive rage to Hungarianize, they have now gone so far as to Hungarianize even by means of medical science.
Word: Hungarianization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hungarian + -ization. 1. the act of making Hungarian. Labels: uncountable Example: The Hungarian liberals - because of Habsburg rule which threatened Germanization, and the only gradually diminishing preponderance of other nationalities - demanded the Hungarianization of the Jews with the utmost vigour. Example: The forced Hungarianization of the Romanians who lived along the Szecklers and the Hungarians, represented the basic element of an unscrupulous expansionist policy.
Word: overtackles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overtackle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overtackling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overtackle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overtackled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overtackle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Hungarianized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Hungarianize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Hungarianizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Hungarianize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Hungarianizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Hungarianize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cavemannish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From caveman + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a caveman.
Word: cavemanish Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cavemannish. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oversystematization Part of Speech: noun 1. excessive systematization Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: oversystematizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oversystematization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sarsai Part of Speech: name 1. A village Junagadh Gujarat India.
Word: retrodiskal Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of retrodiscal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: neurointellectual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuro- + intellectual. 1. Pertaining to intelligence and intellectual capabilities that are neurologically determined. Labels: not-comparable Example: The prognosis of symptomatic neonatal hypoglycemia with seizures is poor and is associated with abnormal neurointellectual development. The prognosis for other forms of hypoglycemia is better. Example: Neurointellectual outcomes in children appear to be more dependent on their mothers' nutritional iodine status than on maternal thyroid function.
Word: neurointensivists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neurointensivist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neurocritically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From neurocritical + -ly. 1. In a neurocritical manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: The neurocritically ill patient population is a unique patient group whose disease processes are a common reason for intensive care unit (ICU) admission.
Word: Newboltian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Newbolt + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Henry Newbolt (1862–1938), English poet, novelist and historian.
Word: Newbolt Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: legateeship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From legatee + -ship. 1. The role or status of legatee. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: legateeships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of legateeship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wig-picker Part of Speech: noun 1. A psychotherapist. Labels: dated Example: Science fiction may be bad science and worse fiction, but to a good wig-picker it "is a sensitive barometer of our changing mental climate. Example: And I've been up, right with you," snapped the little flight surgeon, "playing wig picker to a flock of kids with nerve sickness.
Word: wig-pickers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wig-picker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Auyong Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 歐陽 /欧阳 (Au-iông / O-iông). Doublet of Awyoung, Auyeung, and Ouyang. 1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Word: Awyoung Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 歐陽 /欧阳 (Au-iâng / Au-iông / O-iông). Doublet of Auyong, Auyeung, and Ouyang. 1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Word: Lujhu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 路竹 (Lùjhú). 1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Example: A worker checks a panel at a high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar energy power plant in Lujhu Township of Kaohsiung County, southern Taiwan, January 22, 2010. Example: Protesters from Kaohsiung’s Lujhu (路竹) and Hunei (湖內) districts said the city government failed to promptly publish online that a controversial iron wire and screw factory had passed an environmental review.
Word: Lujhu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 蘆竹 (Lúzhú) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Lújhú. 1. Alternative form of Luzhu (Taoyuan, Taiwan) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The first batch of about 500 reservists yesterday reported to Shanjiao Elementary School in Taoyuan’s Lujhu District (蘆竹) to undergo a new, more intensive 14-day reservist training program. Example: After reporting to the Shanjiao Elementary School in Taoyuan's Lujhu District, the reservists began a 14-day program simulating a scenario of defending a beach near New Taipei City's Linkou District (林口) should a war break out, according to the Ministry of National Defense (MND).
Word: technification Part of Speech: noun 1. The process, or the result, of technifying
Word: teleomorphically Part of Speech: adv 1. In a teleomorphic manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: theoredoxin Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of thioredoxin. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: thiazolide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of antiviral drugs that contain a thiazolidine group
Word: thiazolides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thiazolide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thrombophob Part of Speech: noun 1. A gel containing heparin used to control thrombophlebitis Labels: uncountable
Word: tocographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tocography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transcarotid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + carotid. 1. Across or through the carotid Labels: not-comparable
Word: transpupilar Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of transpupillary. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: treefern Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tree fern. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: treeferns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of treefern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triaminotriazine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any triamino derivative of a triazine, but especially melamine (2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazine) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: trichostrongyloid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Trichostrongyloidea. 1. Any nematode of the superfamily Trichostrongyloidea
Word: trichostrongyloids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trichostrongyloid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tridepside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + depside. By surface analysis, tri- + deps- + -ide. 1. A trimeric depside
Word: ubiquinase Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of ubiquitinase. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: ulceroproliferative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ulcero- + proliferative. 1. ulcerative and proliferative Labels: not-comparable
Word: uncapsidated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + capsidated. 1. Not capsidated Labels: not-comparable
Word: underinformative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + informative. 1. Not informative enough.
Word: unifollicular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uni- + follicular. 1. Composed of a single follicle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: upstandingly Part of Speech: adv 1. In an upstanding manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: urovaginal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uro- + vaginal. 1. urinary and vaginal Labels: not-comparable
Word: venoarteriolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From veno- + arteriolar. 1. Relating to veins and arterioles Labels: not-comparable
Word: venographically Part of Speech: adv 1. In a venographic manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: videodermatoscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From video- + dermatoscopy. 1. dermatoscopy with the aid of a video camera Labels: uncountable
Word: volaemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From volume + -emia (-emia is from New Latin). 1. blood volume Labels: uncountable
Word: volcanogenically Part of Speech: adv 1. In a volcanogenic manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: xanthization Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of becoming yellow, typically by the accumulation of hematite. Labels: uncountable
Word: xenotransfusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xeno- + transfusion. 1. A form of xenotransplantation in which blood is transfused from an animal to a human, or between animals of different species. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: xenotransfusions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xenotransfusion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zeugopodal Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to a zeugopod Labels: not-comparable
Word: Cimei Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 七美 (Ciměi). 1. A rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan. Example: Multi-island ferry tours (NT$550) starting from the South Sea visitor center make Cimei their last port in of call before returning to Magong, usually allowing passengers an insufficient hour and a half to look around. Example: The abundant marine resources of the Taiwan Strait, however, did not really contribute significantly to their economic improvement since the population was so small that the supply of fish always exceeded local demand. The more fish they harvested, the poorer their families became as the price declined. Hence, some Penghuans were forced to be seasonal fishers, oscillating back and forth between Kaohsiung and Penghu every year, while others migrated directly to Kaohsiung. The first wave of Penghuan migrants came mainly from Cimei. They began their migration during the colonial period and in general preferred to settle in Cihou rather than Gushan. 2. An island of Cimei, Penghu County, Taiwan. Example: Some 58 kilometers south of Makung, or four hours by yacht, lies Chimei island. The name means “seven beauties” in English, and commemorates the virtue of seven virgins in the Ming Dynasty who, according to legend, threw themselves into a well rather than be captured by the invaders.[...]Small airports have also been built on Chimei and Penghu are convenient.[...]Small airports have also jbeen^([sic – meaning been]) built on Chimei and Wangan islands to handle services by light aircraft. Example: If Penghu’s main island is not quite remote enough, regular flights depart from Makung to tiny Chimei Yu ④ (Isle of Seven Beauties).
Word: unduplicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + duplicate. 1. To deduplicate.
Word: zagger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zag + -er. 1. One who zags. Example: Rabbits, silly ziggers and zaggers, are so busy in snow that their tracks turn to half-pipes, patterned over and over with lucky footprints, like the path of a giant mole with its roof removed for study.
Word: zigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zig + -er. 1. One who zigs. Example: Rabbits, silly ziggers and zaggers, are so busy in snow that their tracks turn to half-pipes, patterned over and over with lucky footprints, like the path of a giant mole with its roof removed for study.
Word: zigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Russian Z + nigger. 1. Someone who supports the policy or doctrine of the Kremlin and the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022). Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: Ukraine breaking away from Russia's sphere of influence and joining Europe and the West is based. Russia is a zigger shithole. Example: Pakis may be annoying, but at least they're Muslim and actually like Turkey. Ziggers move there and still paint Zs on their cars. 2. A Russian soldier who takes part in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar
Word: zaggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zagger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ziggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zigger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unduplicates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unduplicate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unduplicating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unduplicate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unduteously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unduteous + -ly. 1. In an unduteous manner.
Word: unduteousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unduteous + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being unduteous. Labels: uncountable
Word: corticocancellous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cortico- + cancellous. 1. Both cortical and cancellous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: not worth the powder Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: An allusion to gunpowder being wasted on small birds etc. 1. Not worth the time or effort. Labels: colloquial
Word: not worth the powder and shot Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of not worth the powder. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: floorway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From floor + way. 1. An elevated section of floor over which one can walk. Example: […] a portion of the northern roadway of the bridge, measuring 70x30 feet, was entirely detached from its supporting cable and was only held up by the indirect support which it derived from the adjoining floorway. Example: […] a helical floorway supported on horizontal beams each having one end fixed to said skirt structure and the other end cantilevered over one of said outwardly spaced columns, said floorway extending upwardly […]
Word: floorways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of floorway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cheiralgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheir- + -algia. 1. Alternative form of chiralgia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: dystopia canthorum Part of Speech: noun 1. A lateral displacement of the inner canthi of the eyes, giving the appearance of a widened nasal bridge, and associated with Waardenburg syndrome. Labels: uncountable
Word: Levy-Hollister syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A disorder characterised by abnormal development of the lacrimal system, ears, teeth, and upper limbs. Labels: uncountable
Word: quantoid Part of Speech: noun 1. An academic who relies purely on quantitative research methods. Labels: derogatory Example: […] quantoids and qualitoids have developed different languages and different approaches to their topics. They are accustomed to arguing with each other or ignoring each other. Example: The latter, for example, are overheard dismissing the former as mere “quantoids”—as if quantitative methods turn those who deploy them into machinelike expellers of numeric waste. 2. The left hand side of a linear differential equation whose right hand side is zero. Labels: obsolete Example: It indicates a certain relation between two differential equations, quantoids, or quotoids, whereof one is a transformation of the other by change of the independent variable.
Word: quantoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quantoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chloromatous Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to a chloroma. Labels: not-comparable
Word: corticalis Part of Speech: noun 1. The outer layer of an internal organ; cortex. Example: Simultaneously the nucleus becomes more distinctly differentiated from the corticalis, by a more or less decided yellowish-brown color; its transparency, however, does not suffer to the same degree as that of the corticalis. Example: Sometimes it was present within the normal ring of the corticalis and sometimes in a greatly expanded corticalis, extending also into the marrow cavity.
Word: poikiloderma congenitale Part of Speech: noun 1. Rothmund-Thomson syndrome Labels: uncountable
Word: corynebacteriosis Part of Speech: noun 1. infection by Corynebacterium species Labels: uncountable
Word: daddy-oh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From daddy + -oh. 1. Alternative spelling of daddy-o. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: daddy-ohs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daddy-oh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chloroleukemic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to chloroleukemia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: green cancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of French cancer vert. 1. Chloroma. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: undissectable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + dissectable. 1. That cannot be dissected. Labels: not-comparable
Word: silicatize Part of Speech: verb 1. To silicify.
Word: silicatized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of silicatize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: silicatizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of silicatize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: silicatizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of silicatize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: subantral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + antral. 1. Beneath an antrum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subgemmal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + gemmal. 1. Beneath a gemma. Labels: not-comparable
Word: submitral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + mitral. 1. Beneath the mitral valve. Labels: not-comparable
Word: confuddles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of confuddle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: confuddles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of confuddle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tetrahydropteroylglutamic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A derivative of folic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: acne varioliformis Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of acne that leaves large scars. Labels: uncountable
Word: venoactive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From veno- + active. 1. Improving venous tone. Labels: not-comparable Example: a venoactive drug
Word: tyrosinosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tyrosine + -osis. 1. Any abnormality of tyrosine metabolism. Labels: uncountable
Word: PIAs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of PIA Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trospium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tro(pane) + spi(ro) + -ium (“quaternary ammonium compound”). 1. A drug used to treat overactive bladder. Labels: uncountable
Word: vectorcardiographic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to vectorcardiography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vectorcardiographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From vectorcardiographic + -ally. 1. By means of vectorcardiography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vectorcardiograph Part of Speech: noun 1. The machine used to carry out vectorcardiography.
Word: vectorcardiographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vectorcardiograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ultralente Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ultra- + lente. Pronunciation: /ˌʌltɹəˈlɛnteɪ/ 1. A long-acting form of insulin. Labels: uncountable
Word: NPH Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of neutral protamine Hagedorn, a type of insulin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of normal-pressure hydrocephalus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: shimstock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shim + stock. 1. Stock (material) suitable for making shims; often in the form of sheets of metal, plastic, or wood of various thicknesses, ready to have pieces cut out of them as needed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They keep 1-thou and 2-thou shimstock handy when they're building these assemblies. 2. Metal foil used for measurement of proposed dental work. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They keep 8-micron and 12-micron shimstock handy when they're evaluating the occlusion.
Word: shimstocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shimstock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spirillary Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to Spirillum species. Labels: not-comparable Example: spirillary rat-bite fever
Word: stereoradiogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stereo- + radiogram. 1. A diagnostic image produced by stereoradiography.
Word: stereoradiograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stereoradiogram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stereoradiographic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to stereoradiography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stereoradiographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From stereoradiographic + -ally. 1. In terms of or by means of stereoradiography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: seromatous Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to a seroma Labels: not-comparable
Word: within one's means Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Without spending more than one can afford. Example: live within one's means
Word: subnasale Part of Speech: noun 1. The nasal septum.
Word: one-horse lawyer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the agricultural phrase one-horse meaning 'to be drawn/worked by a single horse.' This led to "one-horse" being expanded to mean anything small or contemptible. 1. A lawyer who has only worked in a small town, lacking the experience and sophistication of more prominent lawyers. Example: The two chatted about several matters, and then the visitor commented, "Mr. Lincoln, if anybody had told me that in a general crisis like this the people were going out to a little one-horse town to pick out a one-horse lawyer for President, I wouldn't have believed it." Example: I was a one horse lawyer in this one horse town.
Word: one-horse lawyers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of one-horse lawyer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: one-horse Part of Speech: adj 1. Drawn or worked by a single horse. Example: He constructed a one-horse plough for me about two years ago, which only weighs 581b., for planting potatoes. Example: Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh! 2. Having no competitor. 3. Small, insignificant. Labels: broadly Example: Let us have no one-horse candidate for the Presidency. General Grant is the man. Example: A Nestor may reappear as an elderly pedagogue, a Circe as the "Madam" of a one-horse brothel.
Word: exorbitism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ex- + orbit + -ism. 1. protrusion of the orbits of the eyes Labels: uncountable
Word: Pequin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Pequin. 1. A surname from French.
Word: Pequin Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Peking (“Chinese capital city”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: That Riuer of Nanquin which I called (Yamſu or) Ianſu, the ſonne of the Sea, goeth Northward to Nanquin, and then returning ſomewhat Southward, runneth into the Sea with great force; fortie myles from which it paſſeth by Nanquin. And that from hence to Pequin there might bee paſſage by Riuers, the Kings of China haue deriued a large Channell from this to another Riuer, called the Yellow Riuer, ſuch being the colour of that troubled water. This is the other famous Riuer of that Kingdome, in greatneſſe and note, which ariſesth without the Kingdome to the Weſt, out of the Hill Cunlun, conjectured to bee the ſame whence Ganges ariſeth, or one neere to it.
Word: magilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish מגילה (megile, “a lengthy document, a long story”), from Hebrew מגילה / מְגִלָּה (məḡillāh, “a scroll”). Doublet of megillah. Pronunciation: /məˈɡɪlə/ 1. Something large or elaborate. Example: No, I didn't wear them. I got dressed up. Pantyhose, makeup, the whole magilla. Example: Before a Kohen duchans he's gotta have his hands washed by one of the Levites, it's a whole magilla, what do I know? 2. A big fuss or messy situation. Example: Now after this magilla, please be ashamed of yourself and sit down & write a nice long letter Example: Because I got into one of my magillas over what in hell to write you, Paul who thought I was crazy said that maybe he would apply for it instead but Gordon thought he was too successful. 3. An epitome; an acme; an exemplar. Example: “It's not just one more thing, this is the big magilla,” Keena said. Example: Beyond Baroque, she says, “was the big magilla” to which they all aspired. 4. Someone big and brutish; a gorilla. Example: Big, stupid magillas with guns. Example: Those of us in the talk radio dodge can't help but make note of Rush Limbaugh, the thousand-pound magilla in our particular jungle.
Word: magillas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ginormousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ginormous + -ness. 1. Hugeness; massive size. Labels: humorous, informal, uncountable Example: Kody chuckled, and then he began banging around pots and pans in the kitchen, probably getting ready to feed his ginormousness. Example: The ginormousness of their responsibilities hit her all at once.
Word: sing-off Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sing + -off. 1. A competition between two or more singers where each tries to do better than the last. Example: The two of them engaged in a sing-off until they realized that both tunes had the same beat. Example: This really is Anything Goes, not just a Cole Porter sing-off using portions of the Anything Goes narrative.
Word: sing-offs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sing-off Labels: form-of, plural
Word: no big whoop Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no, big whoop. 2. Used to minimize the importance of something Labels: US Example: Give a call, we'll talk, no big whoop.
Word: spokescritter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of spokesperson + critter. 1. An animal or animated creature that is used as a brand representative or spokesperson. Example: Tony the Tiger, the longtime spokescritter for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, is just one famous example of how animation can be used in advertising. Example: Animated Spokescritters adopted by ASPCA from the Walt Disney animation studios began to appear in public service announcements.
Word: spokescritters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spokescritter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dingbatty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dingbat + -y. 1. Like a dingbat; silly and not very smart. Example: Of course she would involve the police and the football coach and a battery of Mark's dingbatty friends. Example: Then they returned in such a giddy mood that I could have easily mistaken my mother for one of Becky's dingbatty friends.
Word: silite Part of Speech: noun 1. a clear RTV silicone sealant, used for bonding, sealing and caulking
Word: coalition builder Part of Speech: noun 1. A tool, app or program that calculates the sums of Members of Parliament between the parties for possible government coalitions, given the results of an election.
Word: thought up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of think up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cheer pheasant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the chir pine under which it is found to be nesting. 1. A species of pheasant, Catreus wallichii, of the western Himalayas.
Word: cheer pheasants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cheer pheasant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Overground Part of Speech: name Etymology: From overground, in contrast to the Underground. 1. The London Overground, a counterpart of London Underground operated by TfL (Transport for London), which operates some of the various lines around London which are mainly above ground. Example: Yes, it was rather bizarre to make a former underground line into part of a network called London Overground, and at Whitechapel the Overground goes under the Underground. But let's not spoil our happy ending for the East London Line.
Word: keep one's ears open Part of Speech: verb 1. to listen for important information. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic
Word: at a run Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. running.
Word: Radlett Part of Speech: name 1. A large settlement in Aldenham parish, Hertsmere district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ1699).
Word: passive aggressive Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of passive-aggressive. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: take to the skies Part of Speech: verb 1. to start flying. Labels: US, figuratively
Word: take to the sky Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of take to the skies. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Heighington Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.ɪŋ.tən/, /ˈheɪ.ɪŋ.tən/ 1. A village and civil parish in Darlington borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2422). 2. A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0369).
Word: way leave Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wayleave. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: [...] the building of the base of the cursed Inner Circle. This was to be built beneath property considerably more desirable and expensive even than those in the District's suburbs, and the costs of way leaves, of compensation, underpinning and outright purchases would prove crippling.
Word: way leaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of way leave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pleasure trips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pleasure trip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: -ities Part of Speech: suffix 1. plural of -ity Labels: form-of, morpheme, plural
Word: flak catcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American author and journalist Tom Wolfe in his 1970 book Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers, from flak, meaning "criticism". 1. A person whose job is to conduct public relations by shielding a more prominent person by intercepting and deflecting complaints and criticism. Example: As the mau-mauing brigade heads downtown to the welfare office, they run into the chief flak catcher. Example: But as superintendent in charge of external relationships for the RCMP — image polisher and flak catcher — Edwards had learned to become patient and thick of skin.
Word: flak catchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flak catcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flak-catcher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of flak catcher. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Joseph especially had been the ideal "flak-catcher” ready to turn the other cheek when abused. Example: I try to think of a new way of asking the Health Department's nominated flak-catcher, junior minister David Mellor, about the impending back-bench revolt over health charges.
Word: flak-catchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flak-catcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flack catcher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of flak catcher. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As indicated above it is frustrating and a waste of time to talk to a "flack catcher" who has no authority. Example: It was my first experience with the phenomenon that would later be called "mau-mauing the flack catcher."
Word: flack catchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flack catcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flack-catcher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of flak catcher. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The biography of Edward S. Gruson states that “after being flack-catcher to the president of Harvard University during the recent years of student and community unrest,” the author searched for a totally irrelevant area of study and ended up writing Words for Birds. Example: I don't think I'm cut out to be a flack-catcher."
Word: flack-catchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flack-catcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mau-maus Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mau-mau Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mau-mauing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mau-mau Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mau-mauer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mau-mau + -er. 1. One who agitates for change; rabble rouser. Example: The successful mau-mauer knows that differences in treatment on the job based on sex are illegal. The sophisticated mau-mouer must organize women to seek representation in both management and union decision-making. Example: There was another mau-mauer named Chaser. Chaser was the central character in Wolfe's essay, the supreme mau-mauer, the sweetest talking, smoothest flowing operator.
Word: mau-mauers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mau-mauer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ctetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of ktetic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: higher off the hog Part of Speech: adv 1. comparative form of high off the hog: more high off the hog Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: highest off the hog Part of Speech: adv 1. superlative form of high off the hog: most high off the hog Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: higher on the hog Part of Speech: adv 1. comparative form of high on the hog: more high on the hog Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: highest on the hog Part of Speech: adv 1. superlative form of high on the hog: most high on the hog Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: Luy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Khmer លុយ (luy). This surname could also derive from Spanish Luy and German Luy. 1. A surname.
Word: bath chair Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Bath chair. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Watkin attended the opening of Marylebone station in a bath chair, having recently suffered a stroke. 2. A chair that can be used in a bath (bathtub), coming in different sizes for babies and adults.
Word: bath chairs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bath chair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Liong Part of Speech: name 1. A barangay of Roxas, Capiz, Philippines.
Word: luminates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of luminate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: luminating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of luminate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: luminated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of luminate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deluminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + luminate. 1. To extinguish a light; to darken. Example: A modification of the above has a stopcock at the base for controlling the flow of gas into the burner, simultaneously admitting the proper proportion of air to deluminate the flame. Example: The smoky deluminated lounge was a sunken scatter of driftwood booths and castaway tables.
Word: deluminates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deluminate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deluminating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deluminate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deluminated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deluminate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: self-caused Part of Speech: adj 1. Of self-sufficient causality/causation. Labels: not-comparable Example: If the theory of everything exists, it necessarily has to be self-caused, otherwise it will be merely a partial theory; but the mathematical definition of everything is undecidable, no single set may hold its supposed components, thus the theory of everything by definition does not exist.
Word: Dely Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Dely Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Delhi. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: armchairing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of armchair Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: puzzlery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From puzzle + -ry. 1. Something that contains puzzles; Labels: uncountable Example: Want to try to unravel this bid of Talmud puzzlery yourself? Example: Next door, with a roaring fire nine months of the year, is the housekeeper's sitting room, where you may find Mrs Grouse either armchaired and sewing or desked with a puzzlery of papers, trying, as she says, to 'make head nor tail' of things and — what seems to me contradictory — to make their ends meet. 2. The process of solving puzzles. Labels: uncountable Example: The rules of this game are of course a little more complicated than those of jigsaw puzzlery. Example: Personally, I enjoy the challenge of this jig-saw puzzlery but oh, how I long for a few neat clerihews of four or five lines, some vivid haikus with their seventeen syllables, or a tiny one verse gem.
Word: front-desk Part of Speech: verb 1. To be denied by an INS agent without filing because the officer believes the application invalid at face value. Example: The Supreme Court pointed out a possible exception: "front-desking" may also produce the concrete effects necessary for a claim to be ripe. Example: Under the Supreme Court's holding, the LULAC stay order survives only for the small group of cases in which aliens were front-desked by the INS in their application for legalization.
Word: front-desks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of front-desk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: front-desking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of front-desk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: front-desked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of front-desk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Horobets Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ukrainian горобець (horobecʹ). 1. A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Горобец (Horobec).
Word: Gorobets Part of Speech: name Etymology: Alternative spelling of Horobets, from Ukrainian горобець (horobecʹ). 1. A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Горобец (Horobec).
Word: Vorobey Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Воробе́й (Vorobéj). 1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Воробе́й (Vorobéj).
Word: Vorobej Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian воробей (vorobej) or Belarusian верабей (vjerabjej). 1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Воробей (Vorobej).
Word: Vorobei Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian воробей (vorobej, “sparrow”) or Belarusian верабей (vjerabjej). Doublet of Wrobel. 1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Воробей (Vorobej).
Word: Horobec Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ukrainian горобець (horobecʹ). 1. A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Горобец (Horobec).
Word: Frobel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Germanized variant of a Slavic surname. From a Slavic word meaning "sparrow", e.g. Lower Sorbian wrobel, Upper Sorbian wrobl, or Polish wróbel, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vorbьľь. Doublet of Wrobel. 1. A surname.
Word: coal-bearing Part of Speech: adj 1. Containing or yielding coal Labels: not-comparable
Word: Vrobel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Slavic word meaning "sparrow", e.g. dialectal Czech or Slovak vrobel or vrobeľ, Lower Sorbian wrobel, Upper Sorbian wrobl, or Polish wróbel, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vorbьľь. 1. A surname.
Word: Vrubel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Polish wróbel or dialectal Czech or Slovak vrubel or vrúbel, all meaning sparrow. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vorbьľь. 1. A surname.
Word: rag on Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare rag (“to tease, torment”). 1. To ridicule, to make fun of (someone). Labels: Canada, US, transitive Example: Spencer knew his second homer—a two-run drive in the Yankee’s five-run eighth—was gone well before it landed in the second deck in left field.[…] “They were ragging on me because the first one was close,” Spencer said. Example: They was saying the jawn freaked out and called the cops cause all her sorority sistahs started ragging on her and calling her a stank ho for fucking half the basketball team.
Word: Priewe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Germanized short forms of Polabian or Pomeranian Slavic personal names such as Pribyslav or Pribygněv. 1. A surname.
Word: tee-hee Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of tee hee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tee hees Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tee hee Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tee heeing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tee hee Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tee heed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tee hee Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tee hee'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tee hee Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: opium-eating Part of Speech: adj 1. That uses opium as a recreational drug. Labels: not-comparable Example: The opium-eating sod sidled off gurgling. He hadn't understood.
Word: opium-eater Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who uses opium as a recreational drug; an opium addict. Example: Turkish opium-eaters it seems, are absurd enough to sit, like so many equestrian statues, on logs of wood as stupid as themselves. Example: The mind (brain), utterly prostrate after the effect had ceased, required still more imperatively than in the case of the opium-eater a fresh supply to the deceased imagination[.]
Word: opium-eaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opium-eater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Volodymyr Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ukrainian Володи́мир (Volodýmyr), Old East Slavic Володимѣръ (Volodiměrŭ). A Ukrainian cognate of Russian Влади́мир (Vladímir). Doublet of Vladimir. Pronunciation: /vələˈdiːmiə(ɹ)/, /vəˈlɒdɪmiə(ɹ)/, /ˌvoʊloʊˈdiːmiə(ɹ)/, /vəˈloʊdɪmiə(ɹ)/ 1. A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Володи́мир (Volodýmyr), equivalent to Vladimir. Example: On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Kira in the hospital to celebrate her return, also giving her an iPad to entertain her as she recovers. 2. A city, the administrative centre of Volodymyr Raion, Volyn Oblast, in western Ukraine. 3. A city, the administrative centre of Volodymyr Raion, Volyn Oblast, in western Ukraine. 4. Ukrainian form of Vladimir, a city, the administrative centre of Vladimir Oblast, Russia.
Word: sateh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of satay. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated, uncountable
Word: Huy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Two main origins: * Borrowed from Vietnamese Huy. * Borrowed from German Huy. 1. A surname.
Word: fileset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From file + set. 1. A set or group of computer files that are related
Word: old-womanishly Part of Speech: adv 1. In the manner or style of an old woman. Example: He was excessively careful, old-womanishly apprehensive.
Word: hair-clips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hair-clip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: curry stuff Part of Speech: noun 1. The ingredients that are ground to make curry powder. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The curry powders of India are articles of considerable commercial traffic; 32,550 cwt. of curry stuff was imported into Ceylon, chiefly from India, in 1851. Example: The Gulnare brought us a few comforts in the shape of fresh provisions, fruits and curry stuffs, for which the Malayan Archipelago is famous, and with her came a supply of cocoanuts, which would have fully stocked an average plantation.
Word: curry stuffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curry stuff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Elain Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh Elain. Alternatively, a variant of English Elaine. 1. A female given name.
Word: chuck off Part of Speech: verb 1. To evict someone, e.g. from a form of transport, perhaps for unruly behaviour, or because the final destination has been reached. Labels: informal Example: Even when the Circle was whole, I used often to be chucked off its trains at Edgware Road because something had gone wrong. Now - just to make this clear - it is impossible to negotiate the north-west corner of the Circle without being chucked off at Edgware Road. 2. To insult or verbally abuse (someone); to tease, sneer at or demean (someone). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang