nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: minilecture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + lecture. 1. A short lecture. Example: After hearing a minilecture on how plants are converted into sugars, and the sugars then distilled into fuel, Mr. Bush, a former Texas oilman who has proclaimed Americans “addicted to oil,” lifted up a glass beaker of switchgrass, a perennial grass that looks like hay, and stared into a bank of television cameras to drive his point home.
Word: minilectures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minilecture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: momentums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of momentum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonlegislator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + legislator. 1. One who is not a legislator. Example: And for the first time, nonlegislators, appointed by the Legislature, will serve on the legislative commission’s board, where they will hold the majority of votes.
Word: nonlegislators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonlegislator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonlobbyist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + lobbyist. 1. One who is not a lobbyist. Example: The measures announced on Wednesday included rules that the governor has already applied to the executive branch, including bans on gifts of more than nominal value from lobbyists to public officials; on gifts from nonlobbyists if they are meant to influence officials; and on virtually all honoraria for statewide elected officials, agency heads and legislators.
Word: nonlobbyists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonlobbyist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prehung Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + hung. 1. Delivered to the customer as installation-ready unit, already attached to its frame. Labels: not-comparable Example: When the prehung steel door was installed, its frame was cemented in place, so there was no way to replace the door, despite the architectural mismatch. Mr. Beauchemin compromised by applying wooden strips along the frame to the top of the transom, to help marry the elements.
Word: profitmaking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From profit + making. 1. That makes a profit; profitable. Labels: not-comparable Example: The foundation stems from a state law that allowed Empire Blue Cross-Blue Shield to become a profitmaking company.
Word: renouncer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From renounce + -er. 1. One who renounces. Example: With habitual renouncers like Ms. McMillin in mind, a handful of gym owners and health club managers have devised innovative ways to create brand loyalty as they turn gym dodgers into gym rats.
Word: renouncers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of renouncer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: debouncer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From debounce + -er. Pronunciation: /diːˈbaʊnsə(ɹ)/ 1. That which debounces. Example: a debouncer circuit
Word: debouncers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of debouncer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repentista Part of Speech: noun 1. A Brazilian poet who sings his or her own improvised verses to the sound of the viola or fiddle.
Word: repentistas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of repentista Labels: form-of, plural
Word: powerlaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From power + law. 1. Alternative spelling of power law. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
Word: pinguidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pinguid + -ity. 1. The state or condition of being pinguid; fatness, obesity. Labels: uncountable
Word: chansonnier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chansonnier. 1. A book which contains a collection of chansons. 2. A singer of chansons. Example: Not only that, H K Gruber, the Austrian composer, conductor and self-described chansonnier who was to perform the vocal solo of his own work, “Frankenstein!!,” the major work on the program, never made it.
Word: chansonniers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chansonnier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meanderingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From meandering + -ly. 1. In a meandering or winding manner. Example: This contrast between the emotional intimations of the movement (at one point a performer chases another around the stage, pulling off his clothes) and the dancers’ affectless manner might be a reason that “Bones” can sometimes feel meanderingly opaque.
Word: retravel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + travel. 1. To travel again. Example: The French writer Bernard-Henri Lévy took a more self-serious tour of evangelical Christianity when he retraveled the road taken by Alexis de Tocqueville in his study of the modern American psyche, “American Vertigo.”
Word: retravels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of retravel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: retraveling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of retravel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: retraveled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of retravel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: retravelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of retravel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: retravelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of retravel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: untravelled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + travelled. 1. Alternative spelling of untraveled. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: High in the former category [pleasant experiences], in my case, comes this widening acquaintance with hitherto untravelled sections of the British railways.
Word: unsystematised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + systematised. 1. Alternative spelling of unsystematized. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: unsystematized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + systematized. 1. Not systematized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trailless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trail + -less. 1. Without a trail. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mr. Whitmore and Mr. Kane attacked the Chiricahua Mountains in southeast Arizona, the Baboquivaris just east of the Tohono O’odham Reservation and the practically trailless Winchesters, west of Benson.
Word: adjustables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adjustable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tropicalistas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tropicalista Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tropicalista Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Brazilian Portuguese tropicalista (although apparently first attested later as noun). By surface analysis, tropical + -ista. Piecewise doublet of tropicalist. 1. A member of a Brazilian art movement, Tropicália or Tropicalismo, of the late 1960s, encompassing theatre, poetry, and especially a mixture of music influenced by bossa nova, rock and roll, and various folk musics. Example: As sons of the Portuguese, Caetano and Gil and all the rest of us tropicalistas absorbed this folk influence, transmuted it and then took it to the world.”
Word: wharfside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wharf + side. 1. The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded. Example: Rather, on a dreary January afternoon, Dumbo resembles the set of “Blade Runner,” or some futuristic movie in which humans and robots and aliens with tentacles coming out of their foreheads hang out playing chess or shooting one another with purple lasers in a seamy wharfside bar.
Word: wharfsides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wharfside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buglike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bug + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a bug (insect). Example: But the birds and the buglike things the birds ate weren’t the only things out there. Example: He might orchestrate the curved lines into stepped, hivelike hills punctuated by dark tunnels where ornate trains and buglike cars or buses chug in or out along extravagantly banked roadways or railroad beds defined by further lines.
Word: antiarrhythmics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiarrhythmic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guanodines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guanodine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: estiatorio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Greek εστιατόριο (estiatório). 1. A Greek restaurant, especially one that is more upmarket and elaborate than a taverna. Example: Estiatoria are very similar to tavernas but tend to be simpler and less expensive, perhaps more traditionally Greek. Example: Tavernas still serve traditional foods, while estiatorios are where culinary innovation meets time-honored preparations.
Word: fetas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adminhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From admin + -hood. 1. The state or period of being an admin. Labels: Internet, rare, uncountable
Word: kataifi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قطائف (kadaif), from Arabic قَطَائِف (qaṭāʔif). Pronunciation: /kəˈteɪ.fi/ 1. A very fine, vermicelli-like pastry used to make desserts in various Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines, particularly Palestinian. Labels: uncountable Example: I much prefer the five-year-old Agnanti, at the upper end of the neighborhood near Astoria Park, which offers unusual regional dishes like ntaka, a Cretan bread salad, and mustard-dipped shrimp kataifi. Example: Work until no lumps are left and the kataifi becomes light and fluffy. Toss the kataifi with 1⁄4 of the melted butter.
Word: maculele Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌmɑːkuleɪˈleɪ/ 1. An Afro-Brazilian dance and martial art in which a number of people gather in a circle and rhythmically strike sticks together to accompany singing. Labels: uncountable Example: AFRO-BRAZILIAN MUSIC & DANCE (Tonight) The New York-based Ologunde company celebrates the Afro-Brazilian culture of Salvador, Bahia, in a program that includes the candomble, capoeira, maculele and samba da roda.
Word: minitrial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + trial. 1. A short or minor legal trial. Example: Under the federal death penalty law, if a jury finds a defendant guilty, a second minitrial is held to determine whether that defendant will face execution or life in prison without parole.
Word: minitrials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minitrial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noncombative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + combative. 1. Not combative. Labels: not-comparable Example: Not that the noncombative Mr. Tierney ascribes presidential powers to himself.
Word: nonentrepreneurial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + entrepreneurial. 1. Not entrepreneurial. Labels: not-comparable Example: By temperament a collaborator, he was also, in his nonentrepreneurial way, a promoter.
Word: nonperishables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonperishable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonchess Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + chess. 1. That is not chess or does not relate to chess. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reprintings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reprinting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: witchlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From witch + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a witch. Example: Her sharp immovable eyes with irregular pupils, her projecting chin, her broad nose, and her yellow complexion gave Bertha's face a strange, Oriental, almost witchlike appearance; and this was not to be wondered at, because she was considered the first wise woman for a good many miles around. Example: Catholic polemicist Nicholas Sander's De origine et progressu schismatis Anglicani, first published in 1585, had gone through its sixth European edition in 1610: this work promotes a perception of Anne as witchlike, detailing her prodigious promiscuity as well as her physical disfigurements (Warnicke 247).
Word: witchily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From witchy + -ly. 1. In a witchy way. Example: As she advanced from the bathroom, her ebony-blue-grey hair falling wild and witchily around her shoulders, clad in her scarlet-daubed painters smock […]
Word: crudities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crudity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duckwalk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From duck + walk, from its resemblance to the awkward waddle of a duck. 1. To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music. Labels: intransitive 2. To walk while squatting. Labels: intransitive Example: Kate and Dan duckwalked beneath the props to one side of the clearing as the rotors spun into a blur.
Word: duckwalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From duck + walk, from its resemblance to the awkward waddle of a duck. 1. Alternative spelling of duck walk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: duckwalks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of duckwalk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: duckwalks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duckwalk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duckwalking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of duckwalk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: duckwalked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of duckwalk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hechsher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew הכשר (“prior approval”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛkʃəɹ/ 1. A certification that a food product or establishment is kosher. 2. A marking indicating that a food product has such a certification. Example: I notice Pepsi and other kinds of sodas at the shul and at various frum households. Hey, man, there ain't no hekhshers on that stuff. What gives?
Word: hechsher Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Hebrew הכשר (“prior approval”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛkʃəɹ/ 1. To certify as kosher. Example: Kashrut means that you eat ONLY foods that have been supervised and hechshered by a specific organization that is responsible for watching the manufacture and packaging of any particular product. It is NOT just avoiding pigs and shellfish.
Word: hyperconsumerism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English consumer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English consumerism English hyperconsumerism From hyper- + consumerism. 1. Consumerism taken to an abnormal degree. Labels: uncountable Example: Jean Railla, the author of “Get Crafty: Hip Home Ec” (Broadway Books, 2004) and founder of GetCrafty.com, agreed: “In a world of thousand-dollar ‘it’ bags, and hyperconsumerism, one of the most political things you can do is to make something yourself.”
Word: oversweet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + sweet. 1. Too sweet; excessively sweet. Example: Operetta is tricky: potentially as sparkling and sophisticated as Champagne, it is often produced today as a kind of Kool-Aid punch, overbright and oversweet and with very little appeal to a discriminating audience.
Word: ranibizumab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From [Term?] + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”). 1. A monoclonal antibody fragment derived from the same parent murine antibody as bevacizumab, used as an antiangiogenic. Labels: uncountable Example: Lucentis, also called ranibizumab, is approved to treat age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the elderly.
Word: skicross Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ski + -cross. 1. The sport of skiercross. Labels: uncountable Example: Then in 2000, he won the skicross gold at the X Games against professional skiers.
Word: smashingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From smashing + -ly. 1. In a smashing way. Example: It has been just over a year since their Wellington boots last sloshed about on these shores, and it’s not as though that trip — billed as their first official overseas tour since being married in April 2005 — came off so smashingly that they, or an adoring American public, ought to be crying out for another.
Word: skijorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skijor + -er. 1. One who skijors. Example: That figure includes skijorers, who wear skis while being pulled by one, two or three dogs.
Word: skijorers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skijorer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superexpressive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + expressive. 1. Especially expressive; very eloquent. Example: He makes small-group music that can be aslant with odd or long meter, and serenely played; it’s not battering or superexpressive, but glows within its own tight structure.
Word: narthices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of narthex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: narthexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of narthex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undercroft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + croft (crypt). 1. A cellar or vaulted storage room. Example: The MR [Midland Railway] instead approached its new St Pancras terminus by bridging the canal. This required that the train deck in the Barlow train shed be supported 15ft or so above ground level on more than 800 cast-iron columns (carefully spaced to mirror Burton's beer warehouses), thereby creating the undercroft in which tens of thousands of barrels of beer arriving by rail were stored. 2. A ground-level car park that occupies the base of a building.
Word: undercrofts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of undercroft Labels: form-of, plural
Word: circle-jerk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of circle jerk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: circlejerk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From circle (noun) + jerk (verb). 1. Alternative form of circle jerk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: circlejerk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From circle (noun) + jerk (verb). 1. Alternative form of circle jerk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unfrumpy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + frumpy. 1. Not frumpy. Labels: rare
Word: untrendy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + trendy. 1. Not trendy; unfashionable, square. Example: James has a wife and family whom he keeps rigidly out of the way in Cambridge, from which he commutes to his untrendy flat in London's Barbican. Example: “Old Time Rock & Roll” and “Rock and Roll Never Forgets” are about being untrendy and proud of it.
Word: unworriedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unworried + -ly. 1. In an unworried way; calmly, without anxiety. Example: Andrew Veyette gave a lovely sinuousness to his “Sarabande” solo, and Ellen Bar was coolly seductive in her “Bransle Gay” solo and the subsequent pas de trois, balancing unworriedly in arabesque as her two partners switched sides.
Word: corruptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From corrupt + -ive. 1. Tending to corrupt. Example: The sensitive appetite is one generic power, and is called sensuality; but it is divided into two powers, which are species of the sensitive appetite---the irascible and the concupiscible. In order to make this clear, we must observe that in natural corruptible things there is needed an inclination not only to the acquisition of what is suitable and to the avoiding of what is harmful, but also to resistance against corruptive and contrary agencies which are a hindrance to the acquisition of what is suitable, and are productive of harm. For example, fire has a natural inclination, not only to rise from a lower position, which is unsuitable to it, towards a higher position which is suitable, but also to resist whatever destroys or hinders its action. Example: And as the body shall be spiritual, so truly immortal, and free from all corruptive change; as the Sun which for so many ages hath shined with an equal brightness to the World, and hath a durable fulness of light in it.
Word: corruptively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From corruptive + -ly. 1. In a corruptive way.
Word: dhoni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dhivehi ދޯނި (dōni). 1. A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives. Example: The witchery of the dawn turned the grey river-reaches to purple, gold, and opal; and it was as though the lumbering dhoni crept across the splendors of a new heaven. Example: Guests at the new Anantara Resort Maldives, opened in September on a five-acre island in the South Male Atoll, can shove off at sunset to fish from an indigenous dhoni sailboat, trailing local tackle — that is, a baited hook on a fishing line.
Word: dhonis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dhoni Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intend + -er. 1. One who intends.
Word: intender Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From in- + tender. 1. Alternative form of entender. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: intenders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intenders Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intender Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lempiras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lempira Labels: form-of, plural
Word: litchis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of litchi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: longtimer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From longtime + -er. 1. One who has been a resident, member, etc. for a long time.
Word: longtimers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of longtimer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lunarlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lunar + -like. 1. As though lunar; moonlike. Example: During these events, most dramatic at the spring and autumn equinox, Derek Hairon, a guide with Jersey Kayak Adventures, offers “moonwalks,” two-and-a-half-hour night hikes on the lunarlike, drained ocean bed.
Word: malignities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of malignity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megapack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + pack. 1. A particularly large pack (group or bundle). Example: The Costco Wholesale Corporation, based in Issaquah, Wash., aims to offer an inviting mix of necessities and indulgences — bulk detergent and megapacks of yogurts, stocked along with giant plasma TVs and crystal stemware.
Word: megapacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megapack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miniplay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + play. 1. A very short play (dramatic work). Example: Each miniplay can vary from performance to performance. Ms. Bannon described how one play, in which a woman details her love life, tended to get interrupted by spectators spontaneously describing their own relationships.
Word: miniplays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miniplay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonjunk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + junk. 1. That is not junk (or junk mail, junk food, etc.); that has worth. Labels: not-comparable Example: Head upstairs to check on the cooking dinner entree, pack nonjunk lunches.
Word: emailware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From email + -ware. 1. Software whose users are encouraged to send the creator an e-mail message in lieu of payment or registration. Labels: uncountable
Word: guiltware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guilt + -ware. 1. Software that attempts to convince the user to fulfil some obligation (such as registration or donation to a charity) by eliciting feelings of guilt. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: payware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pay + -ware. 1. Software for which a payment is required. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: careware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From care + -ware. 1. Charityware. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Some careware is distributed free, and the author suggests that some payment be made to a nominated charity. Other careware includes a levy for charity on top of the distribution charge.
Word: crudware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English crudde English crud Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English crudware From crud + -ware. 1. Crapware. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: fatware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fat + -ware. 1. Bloatware. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: annoyware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French enoiierbor. Middle English anoyen English annoy Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English annoyware From annoy + -ware. 1. Software that annoys the user, as by displaying constant advertisements or reminders to register. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: […]where you should put the disclaimer for software (somewhere that the user sees it when they start the program, tho' I wouldn't do that, just put it in the 'about' box like the mpgn.com guy suggests -- otherwise, having something pop up makes it annoyware, IMHO).
Word: scareware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scare + -ware. 1. Software that attempts to scare the user into compliance, as by displaying false warnings of virus infection. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: nonpurchasing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + purchasing. 1. Not purchasing; nonbuying. Labels: not-comparable Example: And while a cable company may justify a lower bulk rate for shareholders based upon the co-op’s guarantee of payment (or the co-op’s pledge of some other benefit to the company), Mr. Sokolski said that he doubted that this would be enough to make shareholders and nonpurchasing tenants “dissimilar” as cable subscribers.
Word: nonwealthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + wealthy. 1. Not wealthy. Labels: not-comparable Example: Thomas P. DiNapoli, a Nassau County assemblyman also interested in the job, said he would voluntarily limit those contributions to $10,000, but said that eliminating them altogether would make it unduly hard for the nonwealthy to run for the office.
Word: onigiri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese お握り (onigiri). Pronunciation: /ˌoʊ.nɪˈɡɪɹ.i/ 1. A Japanese food made by putting ingredients into white rice, wrapping the outside with laver, and shaping it into a triangle. Example: The sprawling multipage menu offers cleanly executed dishes meant to accompany the sake, including standards like boiled edamame, and the filling rice balls called onigiri that you would expect at any izakaya, or Japanese pub. Example: He cooks his breakfast of rice and misoshiru and packs onigiri rice balls for his lunch.
Word: riceball Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rice ball. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: riceballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of riceball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rice ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A Chinese, Japanese and Korean snack food made from white rice formed into a triangular or oval shape, usually with a filling. 2. An arancino. 3. A tangyuan.
Word: outdazzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + dazzle. 1. To surpass by dazzling more than; to outshine. Labels: transitive Example: From a driving perspective, the M Coupe outdazzles its $106,000 stablemate, the M6.
Word: outdazzling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outdazzle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outdazzled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outdazzle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overcivilized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + civilized. 1. too civilized Example: Yet if “overcivilized” is synonymous with “educated,” which could equal “having too much information,” which could make anyone neurotic, then it could also be said that city women are overcivilized.
Word: phrasemaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phrase + maker. 1. A crafter of phrases; one who pens bombast or rhetoric. Example: But even as you read this, some sharp political phrasemaker is working on a paragraph that begins “Not in a hundred days, not in a hundred hours, but in a hundred New York minutes . Example: As the entrepreneur Peter Thiel — whose politics I loathe, but who’s a good phrasemaker — put it, it was an era in which we wanted flying cars but got 140 characters instead.
Word: phrasemakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phrasemaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: restorationist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From restoration + -ist. 1. Of or pertaining to restorationism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: restorationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From restoration + -ist. 1. A supporter of restorationism, one who seeks to restore things to the way it was. Example: The “restorationist” constitutional narratives and interpretive theories promoted by Republican politicians and lawyers, [this] Essay suggests, serve to legitimate the party’s use of constitutional hardball. 2. One who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to the favour and presence of God; a Universalist.
Word: restorationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of restorationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: floppy diskette drive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From floppy diskette + drive. 1. A computer hardware device to read and write data from removable soft, so-called floppy, diskettes. Example: Floppy diskette drives have largely been replaced by more efficient media such as the USB memory stick.
Word: Japanoise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Japanese + noise. 1. A genre of postindustrial music of Japan, primarily in the 1980s and 1990s. Labels: uncountable Example: While we allow the sounds of Japanoise to challenge our ears, this practice of sound-making reveals not only the limits of origin stories, but also the limits of the concept of “ongaku,” […]
Word: sandaled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sandal + -ed. 1. Alternative spelling of sandalled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Then he stomped his sandaled foot on the gas, and the car lurched ahead.
Word: snowcross Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + -cross. 1. A form of motocross raced on snow with snowbikes (“mini-snowmobile”) Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Alternative spelling of snocross (“snowmobile”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: snocross Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of snow + motocross. 1. A sport in which snowmobiles are raced at high speed on artificial tracks. Labels: uncountable 2. Alternative form of snowcross (“snowbike mini-snowmobile motocross”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: tarriers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tarrier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CCW Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Consumer Council for Water. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CCW Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of counterclockwise. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: CCW Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of counterclockwise. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: CCW Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of channel command word. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of concealed carry weapon. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of crowd control weapon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CCW Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of carrying a concealed weapon. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: tyranny of the majority Part of Speech: noun 1. A situation in which a government or other authority democratically supported by a majority of its subjects makes policies or takes actions benefiting that majority, without regard for the rights or welfare of the rest of its subjects. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I suppose, however, that the secret voting has afforded, and will afford, an important security against the tyranny of the majority, which I consider as the greatest evil and the most formidable danger that can attend a purely democratical government. Example: A popular will not so limited becomes the tyranny of the majority which destroys the freedom of political competition.
Word: school tie Part of Speech: noun 1. A necktie designated as (part of a) school uniform Example: Alumni of prestigious schools fondly wear their school ties as a badge of honor
Word: aeroscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἁεροσκοπία (haeroskopía, “divination by observing the heavens”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I examine”). 1. The branch of meteorology that involves the scientific examination of the various properties and composition of the atmosphere, and their variation Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. divination by observation of the sky Labels: rare, uncountable 3. aeroscepsy Labels: uncountable
Word: lignivorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lignum (“wood”) + -vorous. 1. That feeds on wood.
Word: tumourigenicity Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of tumorigenicity. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: mirror punishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a calque translation of Dutch spiegelstraf or German Spiegelstrafe 1. A form of punishment that reflects the nature of the transgression that it punishes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mirror punishments are often justified by the Biblical phrase 'an eye for an eye'. Example: The Sharia (Islamic penal code) rule of amputating a thief's stealing hand is a bloody mirror punishment.
Word: martyrizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From martyrize + -er. 1. One who martyrs, puts others through martyrdom. Example: Some saints are believed to have forgiven their martyrizers during fatal torture.
Word: renovascular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reno- + vascular. 1. Of or pertaining to the blood vessels of the kidney Labels: not-comparable
Word: martyry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin martyrium (also 'martyrdom'), from Ancient Greek (martyrion), from (martys) 'witness'. 1. A shrine in honor of a (usually religious, notably Christian) martyr, possibly at his grave. Example: Major martyries are often traditional destinations of pilgrimages, hence become chapels or churches beyond the local parish needs 2. A shrine at a site which "bears witness" to a crucial religious event not related to a tomb.
Word: reoxidation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + oxidation. 1. A second or subsequent oxidation (e.g. of hemoglobin)
Word: bilharzia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the German physician Theodor Bilharz. Originally a genus name denoting the genus now called Schistosoma. 1. The parasitic disease schistosomiasis. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After one trip to Uganda, I tested positive for bilharzia, a type of parasitic worm infection carried by freshwater snails.
Word: Aloha Part of Speech: name Etymology: Most seem to be from Hawaiian aloha (“love”). 1. A place in the United States: 2. A place in the United States: 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States:
Word: tergite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tergum (“back(side)”), + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒaɪt/ 1. The dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite.
Word: El Aaiún Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Laayoune: The capital and largest city of Western Sahara. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: microsoma Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the minute granules embedded in the hyaline plasm of the protoplasm of vegetable cells. Labels: obsolete
Word: mazoola Part of Speech: noun 1. money Labels: US, slang, uncountable
Word: mazoplasia Part of Speech: noun 1. mastoplasia. Labels: uncountable
Word: mastoplasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From masto- + -plasia. 1. A medical condition wherein the breast tissue thickens. Labels: uncountable
Word: maziest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of mazy: most mazy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: mazzard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a variant of mazard. 1. A sweet cherry, Prunus avium, especially when used as rootstock. Example: In California three rootstock species are in general use. From fairly reliable estimates, about 65 per cent of the cherries grown in the state are grafted on mazzard (Prunus avium); 30 per cent are on mahaleb (P. mahaleb); and 5 per cent on morello (P. cerasus).
Word: mazzards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mazzard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tergites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tergite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mazzebah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew מַצֵּבָה. 1. A sacred Jewish pillar. Labels: Judaism
Word: mazzeboth Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mazzebah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mazzebahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mazzebah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: massebah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew מצבה. 1. A sacred Jewish pillar. Labels: Judaism
Word: masseboth Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of massebah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wonkfest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wonk + -fest. 1. A self-congratulatory meeting of wonks (overly studious individuals). Labels: informal Example: Later that day he jetted off to New York on Concorde […] to participate in a multilateral wonkfest […]
Word: massebahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of massebah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synergically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From synergic + -ally. 1. In a synergic manner 2. With regard to synergy
Word: synergic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From synergy + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to synergy; synergistic
Word: mbari Part of Speech: noun 1. A ceremonial clay shrine filled with clay models of humans or deities, made by the Igbo tribe. Labels: Africa, Nigeria, West
Word: mbaris Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mbari Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yearsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yearsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mbila Part of Speech: noun 1. In Southern Africa, an instrument similar to the xylophone, played by striking the bars with mallets. 2. The mbira or thumb piano.
Word: mbube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Zulu imbube (“lion”) (uyimbube (“you are a lion”)). 1. A style of a cappella choral music originating among the Zulus of South Africa. Labels: uncountable
Word: wonkfests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wonkfest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: people skills Part of Speech: noun 1. Skills in dealing with or managing people. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: They found that strong people skills correlate loosely or not at all with being a good CEO. Traits like being a good listener, a good team builder....
Word: -long Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From long. 1. Forms adjectives indicating length or duration when suffixed to nouns. Labels: morpheme, not-comparable
Word: divine law Part of Speech: noun 1. Any law (or rule) that, in the opinion of believers, comes directly from the will of God (or a god). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: semi-log paper Part of Speech: noun 1. Paper with horizontal and vertical rules, the one collection spaced according to a logarithmic scale and the other evenly. Labels: uncountable
Word: orbifolds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orbifold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wrynecks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wryneck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semilog paper Part of Speech: noun 1. Paper with horizontal and vertical rules, the one collection spaced according to a logarithmic scale and the other evenly. Labels: uncountable
Word: woodboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of woodbox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wormeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wormery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vestiaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vestiary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: NESOI Part of Speech: adj 1. Acronym for Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included or Not Elsewhere Specified Or Indicated, used to refer to items exported between countries, usually requiring an export license Labels: not-comparable
Word: translatresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of translatress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: titillations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of titillation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: morans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Revelations Part of Speech: name 1. Misconstruction of Revelation (“final book of the New Testament”). Labels: alt-of, misconstruction Example: I find that the prophecies of the Bible and Nostradamus correlate at least generally. I had always assumed that he read Revelations and that encouraged (to some degree) his writings. Example: When do YOU think Revelations was written? And where is YOUR proof?
Word: methacrolein Part of Speech: noun 1. a clear, colorless, flammable liquid, molecular formula C₄H₆O. Labels: uncountable
Word: imidazol Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of imidazole. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: indol Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of indole used for derivatives starting with a vowel Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rebbetzin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish רביצין (rebetsin), from Hebrew רב (“master”) plus Slavic *-itsa (feminine suffix) plus Yiddish ־ין (-in, feminine suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛbətsɪn/ 1. The wife of a rabbi. Labels: Judaism Example: Sometimes when they could not get to Mendel, the women would come to her, to the rebbetzin, and she would bless them as well as she could, with the little wherewithal she brought to the task. 2. Mrs. Labels: Judaism
Word: slogfest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slog + -fest. Pronunciation: /ˈslɒɡ(ˌ)fɛst/ 1. An activity or event characterized by a long duration and an exhausting, wearisome perception by its participants. Labels: informal Example: "Whatever the reason, he took the land route; and it was hard going, a slogfest." Example: "Inexperienced people and kids may appreciate moderate weather, easy terrain, and an easy first find rather than an all-day slogfest that doesn't locate the cache until dusk—or not at all—and leaves everyone drenched to the bone."
Word: chistka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian чи́стка (čístka, “cleaning, purge”). 1. A political purge in Russia. Labels: Russia
Word: chistkas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chistka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: memeplexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of memeplex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: latchings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of latching Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emberlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ember + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an ember.
Word: smokelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From smoke + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of smoke; smoky.
Word: firelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fire + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of fire; fiery.
Word: kasuaris Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kasuari Labels: form-of, plural
Word: headstamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + stamp. 1. The identification marking on the base (bottom) of a cartridge casing. Example: Photographs were taken of the weapons' serial numbers and [of the] markings on the bottoms of the cartridge casings, known as headstamps, which can reveal where and when ammunition was made.
Word: headstamp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From head + stamp. 1. To affix a headstamp to. Labels: transitive
Word: docosanol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From docosane + -ol. From docos- + -ane + -ol. 1. A saturated aliphatic alcohol containing 22 carbon atoms, used mainly as an antiviral agent, specifically for treatment of cold sores Labels: uncountable
Word: thinspiration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of thin + inspiration. Pronunciation: /θɪns.pɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ 1. Material provided as an inspiration to stay thin or lose weight. Labels: uncountable 2. Material intended to provide inspiration for anorexia nervosa as a lifestyle choice. Labels: uncountable Example: Like ballet and some forms of modern dance, thinspiration puts a premium on both agony and lightness. Example: Do a quick search on Instagram and you will find reams of “thinspiration” material, usually in the form of pictures that glamorises the extreme skinniness of various models and celebrities.
Word: phrasal verbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phrasal verb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quartino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian quartino. 1. A carafe that can hold a quarter of a litre of wine. Example: We settled for quartinos of serviceable Chianti ($8.75) and pinot grigio ($8).
Word: idd Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From the Dutch abbreviation idd. 1. Abbreviation of indeed. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Pleroma Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of pleroma (“the spiritual universe seen as the totality of the essence and powers of God”). Labels: alt-of, historical
Word: gets along Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of get along Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: getting along Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of get along Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Samael Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew סַמָּאֵל (sammāʾēl). 1. The angel of death and chief ruler of the 5th heaven. Labels: Judaism 2. The Demiurge.
Word: got along Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of get along Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pretty boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pretty boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tar with the same brush Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tar (“to coat with tar; to besmirch”), in the sense of two or more persons or things being soiled with the same thing. Pronunciation: /ˈtaː wɪ‿ðə seɪm ˈbɹʌʃ/, /ˈtaɹ wɪ‿ðə seɪm ˈbɹʌʃ/ 1. To characterize (someone or something) using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The C Party have tarred themselves with the same brush as the B Party. Example: The merchants of London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Birmingham, were tarred, one and all, with the same brush.
Word: tarred with the same brush Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tar with the same brush Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: multipara Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman who has given birth to more than one child. Example: The active phase of labour lasts on average 8 hours for the nullipara and 6 hours for the multipara.
Word: Afrikan Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of African. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, uncommon Example: The award was to honor Dr. ben-Jochannan for his then fifty-two years-plus of work on behalf of Afrikan people and the major contributions coming out of that work.
Word: Joe Public Part of Speech: name 1. A hypothetical average or generic member of the public; the common man (or person, by extension). Labels: idiomatic Example: Quoting Joe Public proved a dangerous game in the 2008 US presidential elections after he was personified in Joe 'the' Plumber, an actual plumber without previous media exposure.
Word: serica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Serica, from Latin sērica (“garments, silk”). 1. Any June beetle of the genus Serica. Labels: uncommon Example: Described in 1856, it took nearly a century to match his type with a single male from Lee County, Texas, previously recorded by the writer. Thus texana has been one of the rarest sericas in collections. Example: Sericas are often referred to as small June beetles. Sericas feed on plant roots.
Word: municipalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From municipal + -ize. 1. To convert into a municipality
Word: nombril point Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of nombril.