nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: snow banner Part of Speech: noun 1. A banner-like stream of snow blown into the air from a mountain peak, often having a pinkish colour and extending horizontally for several miles across the sky.
Word: snow banners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snow banner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: honey catches more flies than vinegar Part of Speech: proverb 1. Synonym of you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Word: spark coil Part of Speech: noun 1. An induction coil used for producing sparks, as in an internal combustion engine. 2. A self-induction coil used to increase the spark in an electric gas-lighting apparatus.
Word: spark coils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spark coil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spectrographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From spectrographic + -ally. 1. By means of, or in terms of, spectrography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: inselberg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Inselberg, from Insel (“island”) + Berg (“mountain”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsəlˌbɜːɡ/, /-zəl-/, /ˈɪnsəlˌbɝɡ/ 1. A monadnock (isolated mountain). Example: Click: forest elephant, stern and alert. Click: humpback whale, breaching skyward like a frisky trout. Click: Gaboon viper, its big coppery head so close to the lens you could almost feel the flick of its tongue. Click: granite inselberg, like a great igneous gumdrop, protruding above forest canopy. Click: bulge-eyed hippopotamus, almost unrecognizably strange and serene, riding a wave along the Atlantic coast. Example: From the north, the road into Nigeria’s purpose-built capital is strewn with inselbergs, vast monolithic stone outcrops that rise abruptly out of the lush savannah. At the centre of the country, the city became the seat of government in 1991 after Lagos had become too crowded and chaotic.
Word: inselbergs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inselberg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spectroelectric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spectro- + electric. 1. Relating to any form of spark tube whose internal electric discharge is used in spectroscopic observations. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: intaglioed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intaglio Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: intaglioing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of intaglio Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: irreproachability Part of Speech: noun 1. the state or condition of being irreproachable Labels: uncountable
Word: spectrobolometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spectro- + bolometer. 1. A combined spectroscope and bolometer for determining the distribution of energy in a spectrum.
Word: spectrobolometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spectrobolometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spectrobolometry Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of a spectrobolometer. Labels: uncountable
Word: spectrobolometric Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to spectrobolometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spectrobolometrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From spectrobolometric + -ally. 1. By means of spectrobolometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: joint ventures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of joint venture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jugo bean Part of Speech: noun 1. Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea)
Word: bolometry Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of a bolometer. Labels: uncountable
Word: luminometrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From luminometric + -ally. 1. By means of luminometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: kindling point Part of Speech: noun 1. the lowest temperature at which a substance will spontaneously combust in a normal atmosphere without an external source of ignition
Word: kneeboarding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of kneeboard Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: kneeboarded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of kneeboard Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: knuckle sandwiches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of knuckle sandwich Labels: form-of, plural
Word: komodos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of komodo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: koulibiak Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of coulibiac. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: koulibiaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of koulibiak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: labradoodle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Labradoodle. Labels: alt-of
Word: laudest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: laud + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of laud Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: lavishest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: lavish + -est 1. superlative form of lavish: most lavish Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: lavishest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: lavish + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of lavish Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: leasest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: lease + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of lease Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: interrogatest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: interrogate + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of interrogate Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: introducest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: introduce + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of introduce Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: inundatest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: inundate + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of inundate Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: investigatest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: investigate + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of investigate Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: jokest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: joke + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of joke Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: microkinis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microkini Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milk shake Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of milkshake. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: At first glance, Lincoln seemed caught in a time warp—a place of 1930s tourist cabins and Mom-and-Pop diners where one could get honest-to-goodness milk shakes, made in a blender with real ice cream.
Word: spermatophytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spermatophyte + -ic. 1. Relating to spermatophytes. Labels: not-comparable Example: When Doyle and Donoghue (1986a) compare spermatophytic "leaves," they do not account for the fundamental difference between conifero- and megaphylls.
Word: octupled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of octuple Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: octupling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of octuple Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: odontometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From odonto- + -meter. 1. An odontograph. 2. A perforation gauge. Example: The idea of an odontometer is due to Dr. Magnus—the very word, signifying literally a tooth-measurer, was laid down by him; and in Le Timbre-Poste, five years ago, the first odontometer was published by him in illustration of an article on perforations. 3. A device for measuring teeth, used in orthodontia and for creating crowns.
Word: odontometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of odontometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: otterhound Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Otterhound. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: otterhounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of otterhound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spinescences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spinescence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acceptible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Morphologically accept + -ible. Equivalent forms are not attested in Middle English or any etymon of acceptable. 1. Obsolete spelling of acceptable. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: acceptibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From acceptible + -ly. 1. Obsolete spelling of acceptably. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: squilgeed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of squilgee Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: squillgeed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of squillgee Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: squilgeeing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of squilgee Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: squillgeeing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of squillgee Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: uncommentable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + commentable. 1. That cannot productively or meaningfully be commented on. Labels: not-comparable Example: When these gentlemen shall at length be so taught of God, as to see what Moses says in Gen i. 1, they will then throw away their theological sophistry, and understand God's eternal, powerful, uncommentable word, and become divinely wise. Example: 2005, Stuart Sim, Jean-François Lyotard (1924-98, Chris Murray, Key Writers on Art: The Twentieth Century, page 175, Duchamp's work is held to resist critical analysis, having for Lyotard ‘something uncommentable’ about it that defeats the critic.
Word: Pugwash Part of Speech: name Etymology: The toponym is derived from Mi'kmaq pagweak (“shallow water, shoal”). Pronunciation: /ˈpʌɡ.wɒʃ/ 1. A village in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Word: stratocirrus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From strato- + cirrus. Pronunciation: /ˌstɹætə(ʊ)ˈsɪɹəs/, /ˌstɹætoʊˈsɪɹəs/, [-ɾoʊ-] 1. An altostratus cloud.
Word: syntonized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of syntonize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: syntonizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of syntonize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: syntonizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of syntonize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: syntonizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From syntonize + -er. 1. That which syntonizes. 2. A device consisting essentially of a variable inductance coil and condenser with a pair of adjustable spark balls, for attuning the time periods of antennae in wireless telegraphy.
Word: syntonizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syntonizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Saxonness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Saxon + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being Saxon. Labels: uncountable
Word: Normanness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Norman + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being Norman (a member of the mixed Scandinavian and Frankish peoples). Labels: uncountable
Word: kill oneself Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kill, oneself. Example: You were stupid to try climbing up there. You might have killed yourself. 2. To exert oneself to an excessive degree. Labels: informal Example: Don't kill yourself raking the leaves now: We're due for a windstorm tonight. Example: We just about killed ourselves laughing. 3. Expresses discontent or contempt. Labels: Internet, imperative, offensive
Word: gynandry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gyno- (“woman”) + -andry (“man”). 1. Hermaphroditism, intersexuality; androgyny; resemblance (by a member of one sex) of another sex. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: On the whole therefore we may conclude that the preponderance of Linyphiidae in the records of gynandry fairly represents the actual state of things. And, briefly, the British figures stand thus—in 232 species of the Linyphiidae we have 7 ... Example: An interpretation of this specimen is difficult, and the comprehensive paper by Roberts & Parker (1973) does not help in defining these anomalous examples from the solifugids; in fact we cannot relate them to gynandry, intersexuality or […]
Word: gynandries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gynandry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attract attention Part of Speech: verb Labels: no-gloss, translation-hub
Word: American alligator Part of Speech: noun 1. An alligator of a species native to the southeastern United States, Alligator mississippiensis.
Word: thunder-stick Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of thunderstick (referring to a firearm). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: thunder stick Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of thunderstick (referring to a firearm). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fire-stick Part of Speech: noun 1. A gun or cannon, especially a rifle. Originally used by or ascribed to members of non-European cultures or anthropomorphized animals describing firearms. Example: A troop of soldiers, armed with fire-sticks, entered the valley. Example: I knocked the man down, and he ran into the woods, leaving his fire-stick on the ground. 2. Alternative form of firestick. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: thunder-sticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thunder-stick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thunder sticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thunder stick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fire-sticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fire-stick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Krnov Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Czech Krnov, first attested in 1240 as Kyrnow, from the personal name Krn + the archaic placename suffix -óv. 1. An Upper Silesian town on the River Opava in the northeastern Czech Republic, near the Polish border.
Word: auspicatory Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or belonging to auspices or omens Example: The initial response to the new Howard Beale show was not auspicatory.
Word: expropriator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From expropriate + -or. 1. Agent noun of expropriate; one who expropriates. Labels: agent, form-of Example: If the expropriators of today can subsequently purchase protection at a price that allows them to avoid further expropriation, the period of primitive accumulation could lead to an emerging capitalism.
Word: for a song and a dance Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of for a song. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: smell the roses Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of stop and smell the roses. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: for a song and dance Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of for a song. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Shuar Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of an indigenous people of Ecuador, one of the Jivaroan peoples.
Word: Shuar Part of Speech: name 1. A Jivaroan language spoken by the Shuar.
Word: hard on Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hard-on. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hard ons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hard on Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryogrind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cryo- + grind. 1. To freeze organic materials to the point of brittleness and then grind them into a fine powder. Example: A more rapid technique is to cryogrind appropriate mixtures of polymer and salt and then subject the resulting powder to a modest heat treatment.
Word: cryogrinds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cryogrind Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cryoground Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cryogrind Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cryogrinding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cryogrind Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cryogrinding Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of freezing organic materials to the point of brittleness and then grinding them into a powder.
Word: cryogrindings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryogrinding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryopowder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cryo- + powder. 1. A powder formed by cryogrinding organic material. Example: It is shown that addition of the red-beet cryopowder leads to the formation of water particles (3 nm in diameter) at the interfaces between monomolecular layers of the milkfat triglycerides.
Word: cryopowders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryopowder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: X-Filesy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From X-Files + -y. 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the paranormal investigation science fiction television series The X-Files. Labels: informal Example: That doesn't leave room for much X-Files'''y speculation about the nature of the universe — yet that doesn't stop Carter from trying to inject some intellectual spookiness. Example: Spooky posters on the walls of dragon sightings, werewolves in Hungary, and a black and white print of a dead sea monster in Canada. Back in the world of Wayne Phelps but nice and X-Filesy, if it came down to it.
Word: ranariums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ranarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: horrorfest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horror + -fest. 1. A situation, event, film, etc. that is full of horror. Labels: informal
Word: horrorfests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horrorfest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quartilho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese quartilho, from quarto (“fourth”) + -ilho (“-elle: forming diminutives”), in reference to its size being one-fourth the canada. Doublet of cuartillo and cuartilla. 1. A traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume, varying in size between 350 and 530 mL. Labels: historical
Word: preventorium Part of Speech: noun 1. An institution or building for the isolation of patients infected with tuberculosis who did not yet have an active form of the disease. Labels: historical Example: The preventorium, located on the west slope of the Tucson Mountains, began at a former Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Papago in 1934 and remained in operation until 1945. The preventorium served as a refuge for children in danger of contracting tuberculosis.
Word: preventoria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preventorium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preventoriums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preventorium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonmisogynistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + misogynistic. 1. Not misogynistic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antimisogynistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + misogynistic. 1. Opposing or countering misogyny.
Word: counterfeminism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + feminism. 1. antifeminism Labels: uncountable
Word: Labovian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Labov + -ian. 1. Of or relating to William Labov (1927–2024), American linguist, widely regarded as the founder of variationist sociolinguistics.
Word: variationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of variationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: variationism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From variation + -ism. 1. The sociolinguistic study of variation in usage among speakers of the same language. Labels: uncountable
Word: percentwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From percent + -wise. 1. In percentage terms. Labels: not-comparable
Word: percentwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From percent + -wise. 1. In percentage terms. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Gaekwar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Gaekwad. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Gaekwars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gaekwar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gaikwad Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Gaekwad. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Guicowar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Gaekwad. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Gaikwads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gaikwad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Guicowars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Guicowar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arpeggiations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arpeggiation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiadhesives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiadhesive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sid' Part of Speech: noun 1. Eye dialect spelling of side. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "I know Aurelia if you don't," responded Miranda. "I 've seen her house, and I've seen that batch o' children, wearin' one another's clothes and never carin' whether they had 'em on right sid' out or not; I know what they've had to live and dress on, and so do you.
Word: frontstage Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From front + stage, by analogy to backstage. 1. Open, occurring in full view of the public or in a public role. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the light of the 'new work order' requiring explicit accounting of knowledge and responsibility as in case talks, evaluation of professional practice may be a matter of how and where boundaries are drawn between frontstage and backstage activities. Example: Goffman is alert to the situational variability of the roles we play, distinguishing "frontstage" from "backstage" performances.
Word: frontstage Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From front + stage, by analogy to backstage. 1. In full view of the public or in a public role. Labels: not-comparable Example: There are many possible examples which you could use to answer this question: e.g. doctor–patient interactions where the doctor discusses the patient's problems backstage with a colleague or a nurse before meeting the patient frontstage.
Word: frontstage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From front + stage, by analogy to backstage. 1. The public area of a business or enterprise. Example: Another broad issue regarding the physical setting involves decisions about the setting's frontstage and backstage. Example: In the 1970s, MacCannell (1973) developed a six-stage frontstage/backstage model of authenticity that can be applied to theme parks as well as to other tourist sites.
Word: frontstages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frontstage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shikoku Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Shikoku (“type of dog”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shawnee Part of Speech: noun 1. Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum) Labels: uncountable
Word: gracilize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From gracile + -ize. 1. To exhibit a reduction in bone mass due to the process of evolution. Example: The apparent absence of any apparent sexual or age-based divisions of labour contrasts strikingly with anatomically modern humans of the Pleistocene in which females appear to gracilize relatively quickly, implying perhaps a sex-based division of labour (Soffer 1994). Example: No exact racial diagnostics can be made on the basis of the preserved cranial parts, but still it is obvious that it refers to the Mediterranide race that began to gracilize.
Word: gracilizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gracilize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gracilizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gracilize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gracilized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gracilize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gracilized Part of Speech: adj 1. Exhibiting a reduction in bone mass as the result of evolution. Example: The results show a fairly gracilized body build both in males and females, and a morphological convergence of the proportions of the two sexes. Example: Wade argues that our pre-gracilized ancestors lived in a world closer to Hobbes than Rousseau.
Word: gracilization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gracilize + -ation or gracile + -ization. 1. A reduction of bone mass as the result of evolution. Labels: uncountable Example: The last ten thousand years have witnessed a gracilization of the human cranium — and masticatory complex, in particular. Example: This early slowdown is one piece of a broader evolutionary trend known as gracilization, the tendency for modern humans to become more delicate in form. Our bones are thinner, our muscles smaller, and our faces flatter than those of earlier hominins.
Word: video-tape Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of videotape. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A video-tape presentation of the Woman '76 show on cross-dressing
Word: bepenised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + penised. 1. Having a penis. Labels: humorous, not-comparable Example: However much Nina Gordon, Louise Post, and their bepenised rhythm section sound like the Breeders, you could tell the two apart in a blindfold test (probably). Example: It would be a good thing to have a woman president after the 43 bepenised ghouls and functionaries who’ve occupied the office. (OK, there were a few who weren’t half-bad — you wouldn’t need more than one hand to count them.)
Word: Bantoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Bantu + -oid; first used by Krause in 1895 for languages that showed resemblances in vocabulary to Bantu. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːntɔɪd/, /ˈbæntɔɪd/, /ˈbænˌtɔɪd/ 1. Of or relating to a putative branch of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tachyscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tachy- + -scope. 1. An early form of animated-picture machine in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.
Word: tachyscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tachyscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tais Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tai Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tankship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tank + ship. 1. A tanker (vessel for transporting liquid).
Word: tankships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tankship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bephallused Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + phallused. 1. Having a phallus or a representation/replica of a phallus. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] and there is an interesting Kabeirion cup which relates to the series, showing a great snake darting out from its reeds at a padded and bephallused traveller, whose luggage goes flying in the kerfuffle. Example: Yet the obligatory chorus of horse-eared, tailed and bephallused wild-men were, unlike the choruses of tragedy, not citizens of any society, and not even slaves or outcasts of any social system.
Word: tapestry beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. A small black dermestid beetle (Attagenus unicolor) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, etc. Labels: obsolete
Word: tapestry beetles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tapestry beetle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: technography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From techno- + -graphy. 1. The description of the arts and crafts of tribes and peoples. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Live capture of meeting notes while projecting the real-time transcription to participants. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: technographic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to technography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: technographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From technography + -ical. 1. Relating to technography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vaginaed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vagina + -ed. 1. Having a (specified kind of) vagina. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] why their women, the legendary lioness Maniatisses, are wide-vaginaed and bear manly and brave men; […] Example: Whatever the mother goddess is, whether it's Mary in the Catholic iconography or some large-breasted, fat-bellied, prominently vaginaed figurine dug up in some prehistoric site, […]
Word: telechirograph Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument for telegraphically transmitting and receiving handwritten messages, as photographically by a beam of light from a mirror. Labels: historical
Word: telechirographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of telechirograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: American alligators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of American alligator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: telegraphoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From telegraph + -o- + -scope. 1. An instrument for telegraphically transmitting a picture and reproducing its image as a positive or negative. The transmitter includes a camera obscura and a row of minute selenium cells. The receiver includes an oscillograph, relay, equilibrator, and an induction coil whose sparks perforate a paper with tiny holes that form the image. Labels: historical
Word: telegraphoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of telegraphoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: telestereograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + stereograph. 1. An instrument for telegraphically transmitting a picture. Labels: historical
Word: telestereographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of telestereograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: telestereography Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of the telestereograph. Labels: uncountable
Word: metaphasis Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /məˈtæfəsɪs/ 1. The accidental transposition of part of the sounds of two words in a phrase; the production of spoonerisms. Labels: uncountable Example: 'Oxford's great metaphasiarch', as Punch once called him, was seldom guilty of metaphasis, or the transposition of sounds. What he transposed was ideas. Example: Dr. Ashok suffered from a mild form of metaphasis. He made Spoonerisms.
Word: metaphasis Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /məˈtæfəsɪs/ 1. Alternative form of metaphase. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: The sister chromatid exchange (SCE) assay measures the drug-induced metaphasis SCE. Example: The reason is that homologous pairing takes place before metaphasis, during pachytene. 2. Alternative form of metaphysis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: There is abrupt lateral bending of the medial cortex wall of the proximal tibial metaphasis and, in the older child, deformity and retarded development of the ipsilateral epiphyseal plateau68 Example: Next, a 1 cm longitudinal incision is created dorsally over the proximal shaft and metaphasis of the proximal phalanx.
Word: tenorrhaphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From teno- + -rrhaphy. 1. suture of a tendon Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tenorrhaphies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tenorrhaphy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tennos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tenno Labels: form-of, plural
Word: term day Part of Speech: noun 1. A day which is a term (as for payment of rent), or is a day in a term, as of the sitting of a court. 2. One of a series of special days, designated by scientists of different nations or stations, for making synoptic magnetic, meteorological, or other physical observations.
Word: term days Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of term day Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Terek sandpiper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First observed near the Terek River, which flows into the west of the Caspian Sea. 1. Xenus cinereus, a small migratory Palearctic wader.
Word: Terek sandpipers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Terek sandpiper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scrotumed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scrotum + -ed. 1. Having a (specified kind of) scrotum. Labels: not-comparable Example: And now lately imagine the shock of having sent down a nicely bepenised and scrotumed Johnny only to have it come back a vaginad Janie. Example: Thanking his lucky stars the whole while he'd been born dicked and scrotumed and udderless.
Word: oppressional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oppression + -al. 1. Exhibiting or relating to oppression. Example: He must act — not speculate! — and, surrounded as we are on all sides by oppressional circumstances, all of which appear to be attempting to overwhelm us, we must be armed at all points for the encounter.
Word: tetrazin Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of tetrazine. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: tetrazins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetrazin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thermobarograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thermo- + barograph. 1. An instrument for recording simultaneously the pressure and temperature of a gas; a combined thermograph and barograph.
Word: thermobarographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thermobarograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thermotank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thermo- + tank. 1. A tank containing pipes for the circulation of steam, water, air, etc. for heating or cooling or as part of a ventilation system.
Word: thermotanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thermotank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thermosiphon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thermo- + siphon. 1. An arrangement of siphon tubes for assisting circulation in a liquid.
Word: thermosiphons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thermosiphon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thermophore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thermo- + -phore. 1. An apparatus for conveying heat, such as a case containing material which retains its heat for a considerable period.
Word: thermophores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thermophore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thermotensile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thermo- + tensile. 1. Pertaining to the variation of tensile strength with temperature. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thermotonus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thermo- + tonus. 1. A condition of tonicity with respect to temperature. Labels: uncountable
Word: tiddledywinks Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tiddlywinks. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Can any of your correspondents inform me what is the derivation of the word "kiddlewink," or "tiddledy winks"? A friend tells me in the Midland Counties it denotes a house where beer is sold without a licence. Lately a game has been introduced here bearing the name of "Tiddledywinks." Example: What had been his hypothetical singular solutions? Parlour games (dominos, halma, tiddledywinks, spilikins, cup and ball, nap, spoil five, bezique, twentyfive, beggar my neighbour, draughts, chess or backgammon): […]
Word: tiddledywinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tiddledywink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pewtered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pewter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pewtering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pewter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Tolstoyans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tolstoyan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tomtate Part of Speech: noun 1. The grunt Haemulon aurolineatum, or various allied fishes.
Word: tomtates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tomtate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ton miles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ton mile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: top fermentation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells are carried to the top of the fermenting liquid. Labels: uncountable Example: Carlton was mainly equipped to produce top-fermentation bulk beer, the old fashioned English ale. But the public taste had changed. On 27 April the brewers reported to the board that the public taste now was largely for bottom-fermentation beer or lager. Example: Top fermentation is usually carried out at between 64 and 77 ° F/ 18– 25 ° C and takes two to seven days, during which the yeasty foam is skimmed off several times.
Word: torans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: totalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From total + -ization. 1. The act of totalizing, or state of being totalized Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: thermojunction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thermo- + junction. 1. An electrical junction of two dissimilar conductors used to produce a thermoelectric current, as in one form of pyrometer; a thermocouple.
Word: thermojunctions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thermojunction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Thomson process Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Elihu Thomson, American inventor. 1. A process of electric welding in which heat is developed by a large current passing through the metal.
Word: topophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From topo- + -phone. 1. A double ear trumpet for estimating the direction from which sounds proceed, formerly used by navigators.
Word: topophones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of topophone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trackwalker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From track + walker. 1. A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of railway track.
Word: trackwalkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trackwalker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transisthmian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + isthmian. 1. Extending across an isthmus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tramrail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tram + rail. 1. An overhead rail forming a track on which a trolley runs to convey a load, as in a shop. 2. A street railway laid in the streets of a town or city, or an interurban railway for local traffic, on which cable cars, or trolley cars, etc., are used, in distinction from an extended railway line for trains. 3. A grooved rail (one of at least two) laid in a street for trams to run on. Ordinary rails are used on off-street (reserved track) sections of tramways. Example: The line from Nyon to La Cure (17½ miles) was opened in 1916, and is on independent track throughout, leaving the road immediately after passing under the Swiss Federal line from Lausanne to Geneva, where grooved tramrails with tie-bars give place to steel-sleepered track.
Word: tramrails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tramrail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tree burial Part of Speech: noun 1. Disposal of the dead by placing the corpse among the branches of a tree or in a hollow trunk. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tree calf Part of Speech: noun 1. A bright brown polished calfskin binding for books, stained with a conventional tree-like design. Labels: uncountable
Word: trecking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of treck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: trecked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of treck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trecks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of treck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trecks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of treck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trecker Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of trekker. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: treckers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trecker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cauliflowery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cauliflower + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of cauliflower. Example: Cauliflowery excrescences are also accompanied by most copious serous discharges of a brown color.
Word: trennel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of treenail. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trennels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trennel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: copemate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cope + mate? 1. adversary, antagonist Labels: obsolete 2. associate, companion, comrade Labels: obsolete 3. paramour; spouse Labels: obsolete
Word: copemates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of copemate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Triger process Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after M. Triger, a French engineer. 1. A method of sinking through water-bearing ground, in which the shaft is lined with tubbing and provided with an airlock, work being proceeded with under air pressure.
Word: trituberculy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + tubercle + -y. 1. A theory of the development of mammalian molar teeth. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: tritubercular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, tri- + tubercular, or, by surface analysis, tri- + tubercul(um) + -ar. 1. Having or designating teeth with three cusps or tubercles; tricuspid. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to trituberculy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tubercularize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tubercular + -ize. 1. To infect with tuberculosis. Labels: transitive
Word: tubercularized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tubercularize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tubercularizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tubercularize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tubercularizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tubercularize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tuberculosed Part of Speech: adj 1. Affected with tuberculosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tuberculocidin Part of Speech: noun 1. A substance contained in tuberculin, supposed to be the active agent of the latter freed from various impurities. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: Turpentine State Part of Speech: name Etymology: A nickname alluding to its extensive production of turpentine. 1. North Carolina
Word: two-steps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of two-step Labels: form-of, plural
Word: two-steps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of two-step Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Tweedledum and Tweedledumber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Tweedledum and Tweedledee + dumber. 1. Two very similar simpletons, with the latter being even less intelligent. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: - Oh, aren't they sweet?
Word: Tweedledumb and Tweedledumber Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Tweedledum and Tweedledumber. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: torsiometer Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of torsionmeter.
Word: torsimeter Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of torsionmeter.
Word: torsimeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of torsimeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torsiometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of torsiometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torsionmeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From torsion + meter. 1. An instrument for determining the torque on a shaft, and hence the horsepower of an engine, by measuring the amount of twist of a given length of the shaft.
Word: torsometer Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of torsionmeter.
Word: torsometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of torsometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torsionmeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of torsionmeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thrustmeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thrust + meter. 1. An instrument for measuring thrust.
Word: thrustmeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thrustmeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Torrens titles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Torrens title Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tituppy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of tittuppy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tittuppy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tittup + -y. 1. Given to tittuping; lively; prancing. 2. shaky; unsteady Example: Break down! Oh! Lord! Did you ever see such a little tittuppy thing in your life? There is not a sound piece of iron about it. The wheels have been fairly worn out these ten years at least—and as for the body!
Word: Manhès process Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Pierre Manhès, the French metallurgist who invented it. 1. A process by which copper matte is treated by passing through it a blast of air, to oxidize and remove sulphur. It is analogous in apparatus to the process of making Bessemer steel.
Word: slapdashedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From slapdashed + -ly. 1. In a slapdash manner.
Word: Groomsian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Grooms + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Red Grooms (Charles Rogers Grooms, born 1937), American multimedia artist best known for his colorful pop art constructions depicting frenetic scenes of modern urban life.
Word: marconigraph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Marconi + -graph, from the name of Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937). 1. wireless telegraph Labels: dated
Word: marconigraph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Marconi + -graph, from the name of Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937). 1. To communicate by wireless telegraph. Labels: dated
Word: marconigraphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marconigraph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Marconian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Marconi + -ian. Pronunciation: /mɑːˈkəʊ.ni.ən/, /mɑɹˈkoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), Italian physicist and inventor.
Word: Marconi's law Part of Speech: name 1. A law stating the relationship between the height of an antenna and the maximum signalling distance in radio transmission.
Word: Carnot's cycle Part of Speech: name 1. An ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through four successive operations: (1) isothermal expansion to a desired point; (2) adiabatic expansion to a desired point; (3) isothermal compression to such a point that (4) adiabatic compression brings it back to its initial state.
Word: Cartist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish cartista; compare Chartist. 1. In Spain and Portugal, one who supports the constitution. Labels: historical
Word: Cartists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cartist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: helioseismologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From helioseismological + -ly. 1. In terms of helioseismology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cephalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cephal- + -ism. 1. An instance of the development of a head or head-like structure. Labels: obsolete Example: Thee closer connection off the subdivisions of the annelid is only one of degree; and as to having more organs in common than the Salpa it is rather like the community of interest which the coral cephalisms have in the main trunk. Example: The medusoid cephalism is persistent, it remains to perform, in addition to its usual functions, a part which is most commonly assigned to the hydroid; thereby illustrating, by a whole order of beings, the theory that not only the hydroid cephalism, but the most highly developed medusoid cephalism, normally, may remain a constant part o what is commonly called a polypidom.
Word: Chagres fever Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of malaria contracted along the Chagres River in Panama. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: gracilisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gracilise + -ation. 1. Alternative form of gracilization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: gracilise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of gracilize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gracilises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gracilise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gracilising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gracilise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gracilised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gracilise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gracilised Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of gracilized. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: axiomaticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From axiomatic + -ity. 1. The characteristic of being axiomatic Labels: uncountable
Word: axionym Part of Speech: noun 1. A word, such as heroism or cowardice, that carries a value judgement
Word: forma mentis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin forma mentis (“form of mind”). 1. A way of thinking; a mindset or set of attitudes. Labels: uncountable Example: By Christopher Columbus's time, these tenets had become a forma mentis, a mental habit. Example: The groups that are out of power in this kind of state are allowed to aspire for power, but the prevailing forma mentis will induce them to pursue their goals in a manner that does not threaten the basic order or orderliness as such
Word: milk shakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milk shake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wiis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Wii Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Saxis Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Virginia.
Word: Quantico Part of Speech: name 1. A census-designated place in Maryland. 2. A town in Virginia.
Word: Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An invented pseudonym of the supposed writer of a letter to a local newspaper in the archetypal Middle England town of Tunbridge Wells. Possibly first coined 1944 in the BBC radio series Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh. 1. A stereotypical vocal conservative curmudgeon. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: The Post Office bitterly resents the criticism that is constantly voiced in the British press, both by "Disgusteds of Tunbridge Wells" and journalists. Example: It was refreshing that what raised the hackles of Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells had nothing to do with a colourful range of jumpers, nor a flighty Italian art director/photographer.
Word: Jarratt Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A town in Virginia.
Word: world eggs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of world egg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cosmic egg Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of world egg. Example: Some say that Amma was the cosmic egg and fertilized himself.
Word: cosmic eggs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cosmic egg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Roos Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2930).