nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: antifluoridation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + fluoridation. 1. Opposing the addition of fluoride to the public water supply.
Word: antifluoride Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + fluoride. 1. Opposing the addition of fluoride to the public water supply.
Word: pathlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From path + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a path.
Word: computerbased Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From computer + based. 1. Based on computer technology. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: capies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of capy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: capiat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin capiat (“let it take”). 1. An instrument for removing foreign bodies from a cavity, such as placental remnants from the uterus. Labels: obsolete Example: Fragments of the membranes, or placenta, may be readily removed with the Capiat. Right here it may be remembered that a metallic instrument can be rendered thoroughly aseptic much more readily and surely than the hand. Example: The instrument closed, as seen in Fig. 1, is then passed along the finger to the os, in and through the cervix up to the fundus of the uterus, which may be determined both by the distance and the resistance to the broad rounded head of the Capiat.
Word: Sensurround Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Latin unda Latin undō Late Latin superundōder. Middle French souronderbor. Middle English sourrounden English surround blend English Sensurround Blend of sense + surround, coined as a brand name. 1. An audio process for motion pictures using low-frequency sound to produce physical sensations in an audience. Example: The object of Sensurround is to subject the audience to such high levels of such low frequency sound that they feel as well as hear the sound waves. Example: Who is against upgrades, jump cuts, more channels, better speakers, the Sensurround pleasure dome of everyday life?
Word: sensurround Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Sensurround. Labels: alt-of, uncountable Example: She'd felt it coming in the routing reading of signals in the marriage sensurround. Example: Forty-seven malnourished men can make a surprising amount of noise. Never again do I expect to experience Dolby sensurround quadrophonic Nicam digital snoring of such exceptional quality.
Word: capitellum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin capitellum, diminuitive of Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head), itself from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Doublet of caddie, cadel, cadet, capital, and caudillo. 1. Synonym of capitulum.
Word: disestablishmentarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disestablishment + -arian. 1. Relating to the disestablishment of privileges, especially of an established church.
Word: disestablishmentarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disestablishment + -arian. 1. An advocate of disestablishment.
Word: lapidarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lapidary + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌlæpɪˈdɛə.ɹi.ən/, /ˌlæpəˈdɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. Synonym of lapidary.
Word: lapidarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lapidary + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌlæpɪˈdɛə.ɹi.ən/, /ˌlæpəˈdɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. Synonym of lapidary.
Word: sertularian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Sertularia, the taxonomic name of the genus for which the order was named, + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌsɜː.tjʊˈlɛə.ɹi.ən/, /ˌsɝ.tjəˈlɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. Any member of the former order Sertularida, hydroids having branched chitinous stems and simple sessile hydrothecae.
Word: platitudinarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From platitude + -arian on analogy of other adjectives ending in -tudinarian, from Latin -tūdin- + -arian, the oblique stem of -tūdō. Pronunciation: /ˌplatɪˌtjuːdɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /-ˌtʃuːdɪˈ-/, /ˌplætɪˌtudəˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. One who uses many platitudes in speaking or writing. Example: Sir Culling was an extreme Low Churchman, an Exeter Hallite to the backbone, and the head and front of the Platitudinarian Party.
Word: predestinarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From predestine + -arian. Pronunciation: /pɹiːˌdɛs.tɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/, /pɹiˌdɛs.tɪˈnɛɹi.ən/ 1. Of or relating to predestination. Labels: not-comparable Example: But it is wrong to stress only the predestinarian aspect of protestantism […].
Word: predestinarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From predestine + -arian. Pronunciation: /pɹiːˌdɛs.tɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/, /pɹiˌdɛs.tɪˈnɛɹi.ən/ 1. One who believes in predestination.
Word: in tow Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Pulled by means of an attached line, such as a cable, chain, or rope. Labels: usually Example: "Do you remember the ship? . . . I mean the dismasted eighty-four that was in tow of the frigate." Example: Far down the field a C-47 cargo plane with two loaded gliders in tow began to move slowly up the runway. 2. Following or accompanying under the direction of another, as if attached by a line and being pulled. Labels: figuratively, usually Example: "He's got a man from Cincinnati in tow, and they are going to dine at the Calumet Club." Example: The House of Representatives hummed with excitement as Congressmen and Senators, many with their spouses and children in tow, awaited the man of the hour.
Word: on tow Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of in tow. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: under tow Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of in tow. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: verbality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From verbal + -ity. 1. The state or characteristic of consisting of words; that which consists simply of verbiage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For my own investigations of traditional logic lead irresistably to the conclusion that it is essentially an equivocation between psychology and verbality. Example: In other words, to read a visual poem is to betray it; to restore it to verbality is to eliminate half of its meaning. 2. Proficiency or fluency in the use of words. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Generally, high communicators were found to be: college majors in humanities or natural sciences, Jewish or Catholic persons, first-born or only children, and those high in verbality.
Word: on watch Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. On duty as a guard or lookout 2. Vigilant; alert.
Word: caperer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From caper + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪpəɹə(ɹ)/ 1. One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances. Example: The nimble caperer on the cord. 2. A caddis fly larva. Example: The fairies had washed him, you see, in the swift river, so thoroughly, that not only his dirt, but his whole husk and shell had been washed quite off him, and the pretty little real Tom was washed out of the inside of it, and swam away, as a caddis does when its case of stones and silk is bored through, and away it goes on its back, paddling to the shore, there to split its skin, and fly away as a caperer, on four fawn-coloured wings, with long legs and horns. They are foolish fellows, the caperers, and fly into the candle at night, if you leave the door open. Example: […] caddis insects, the tribe to which the caperer belongs, may be said to do either the one or the other.
Word: monarchal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From monarch + -al. Compare earlier monarchial, Medieval Latin monarchālis, and Middle French monarchal. 1. Synonym of monarchical.
Word: monarchial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably partly from monarchy + -al (compare Middle French monarchial) and partly monarch + -ial. 1. Synonym of monarchical. Example: [T]he former Party inclin'd moſt to the Republican Part of our Government, and the latter to the Monarchial.
Word: admixtured Part of Speech: adj 1. To which something has been admixed
Word: diamagnetization Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of making something, or of something becoming, diamagnetic Labels: uncountable
Word: geoparticle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geo- + particle. 1. Describing the use of elementary particles in the exploration of the internal geological structure of the Earth. Labels: attributive, uncountable
Word: hyperdiffusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + diffusion. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.pə.dɪˌfjuː.ʒən/, /ˈhaɪ.pəɹ.dɪˌfju.ʒən/ 1. Any form of diffusion whose mathematical representation contains orders greater than cubic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Pseudoarchaeological hypothesis that postulated that historical technologies can be traced to a single civilization. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hyperdiffusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + diffusive. 1. Of, pertaining to, or giving rise to hyperdiffusion
Word: superconvergence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + convergence. 1. Very rapid convergence Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: superohmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + ohmic. 1. Describing an electric current that is greater than would be predicted by Ohm's law.
Word: arisings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arising Labels: form-of, plural, plural-only 2. The waste products or byproducts of an industrial process. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: compony Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French componé, from Old French compondre, from Latin compōnere (“put together, arrange, compile”). Cognate with English compose, compound. Pronunciation: /kɒmˈpɒni/ 1. Divided into a line of squares of alternating tinctures. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional
Word: greenling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From green + -ling. 1. Any of various food fishes, of the family Hexagrammidae, of the northern Pacific
Word: hoggin Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixture of clay, gravel and sand, used as a base for laying pavements and paths Labels: uncountable, usually Example: You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore. Follow this with a layer of compacted "hoggin" – compacted clay, gravel and sand. This is then sprayed with hot bitumen, and has a layer of pea shingle rolled into it.
Word: greenlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of greenling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microgamete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + gamete. 1. The smaller of a pair of anisogamous, conjugating gametes; the male sperm or pollen
Word: nobbut Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From no + but. Compare Scots nae but, nae bit (“no more than, only, merely, just”). 1. nothing but; only; just Labels: Northern-England, UK, not-comparable Example: He were nobbut a lad when he joined the army.
Word: principalship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From principal + -ship. 1. The condition, rank or office of a principal
Word: swather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swath + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈswɑθɚ/ 1. A device on a mowing machine or combine harvester that raises uncut grain and marks the edge of the swath. 2. A length of cloth used to swaddle an infant. Example: Swathers should be for ever abolished. Why did they put them on? Because they fancied an infant could not hold itself together. They did not hold themselves together any better for being squeezed in that manner.
Word: swathers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swather Labels: form-of, plural
Word: principalships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of principalship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alone in a crowd Part of Speech: phrase 1. Feeling as though one does not fit in with the people around oneself.
Word: aftertime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From after- + time. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːf.tə.taɪm/ 1. A later time; the future. Example: Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood […] Example: Toward morning, while the old man sat exhausted and asleep in his chair where he had been sitting before his books as one who watches by his beloved dead and prints the features on his memory for a solace in the aftertime of empty desolation, his daughter sprang into the room and gently woke him, saying-- "My presentiment was true! 2. The process in which a harmony singer or background singer repeats a line or a series of words in a song separately after the lead singer rather than singing it in unison with the lead singer; prominent in country music and Southern gospel.
Word: aftertimes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aftertime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anachronic Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of anachronistic. Labels: rare
Word: anachronical Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of anachronistic. Labels: rare Example: But the whole notion seems to rest on an anachronical misconception of the 'Evangelia'.
Word: amphitheatrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From amphitheatrical + -ly. 1. With some apparent characteristics of an amphitheatre. Example: The citadel walls that crown the hill, on the slopes of which the modern city descends amphitheatrically into the sea, are remnants of Venetian fortifications.
Word: ampliative Part of Speech: adj 1. That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information. Example: To speak Hegelese for a moment, since the deductive processes so discriminated require for their own development, for their own self-realization, to be combined with and enriched by their ampliative complements, in the broad view of these matters required by an investigation of philosophical governance the opposition between them must be overcome. Example: Therefore I take it to be rather declarative, or ampliative, or both.
Word: anaerobiosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an- + aerobiosis; by surface analysis, an- + aero- + -biosis. 1. Any form of life that is sustained in the absence of air (or oxygen) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This last method is the most satisfactory for anaerobic cultivations, as by its means complete anaerobiosis can be obtained with the least expenditure of time and trouble.
Word: anaerobioses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anaerobiosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inclarity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + clarity. 1. Lack of clarity. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: anagrammatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From anagrammatic + -ally or anagrammatical + -ly. 1. In an anagrammatic manner. Example: Now the words "Oh, Walter Hawkins, Esquire," makes anagrammatically, "W.H., who likes rare antiques!" exactly his idiosyncrasy as a man and a collector. Example: The monster in this case is a reptilian, vomit- and blood-spewing thing in a glass tank that’s more reminiscent of “Alien” than of the dime-store concoctions on “Doctor Who,” the show from which “Torchwood” was anagrammatically spun off.
Word: gizard Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of gizzard. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: underendowed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + endowed. 1. Insufficiently endowed. 2. Having small breasts or buttocks. Labels: euphemistic 3. Having a small penis. Labels: euphemistic
Word: upswelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of upswell Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: upswelling Part of Speech: noun 1. That which upswells.
Word: urodele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Urodela. 1. Any caudate amphibian. Example: Although courtship and other mating behaviors of many urodele amphibians in the laboratory have been described in great detail (Arnold, 1977; Halliday and Verrell, 1986; Verrell, 1989), little is known about such behavior in natural populations (MacMahon, 1964; Lynch and Wallace, 1987).
Word: dilatability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dilate + -ability. 1. The condition of being dilatable Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dilatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dilate + -able. 1. That can be dilated
Word: outland Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English outland, outlond, from Old English ūtland (“foreign land, land abroad”), from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandą (“outland”), equivalent to out- + land. Cognate to Dutch uitland, Afrikaans uitland, German Ausland, Danish udland. The use in the phrase "outland German" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the German cognate of the same meaning, Auslandsdeutsche (see Ausland). The use in the phrase "outland Chinese" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the Chinese term of the same meaning, 華僑 / 华侨 (huáqiáo). 1. Provincial: from a province (of the same land). Labels: not-comparable 2. Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land. Labels: not-comparable Example: These outland Romans will not kill us all If you permit them to do their governing, Which is so dear to them, over you and us. Example: I heard strange pipes when I was young, / Piping songs of an outland tongue. 3. Living abroad, living in a foreign land, expatriate. Labels: not-comparable Example: Whatever dependence the Pan-German chauvinist had placed on outland Germans proved to be a broken reed. Example: When the "outland Danes," who live in other countries, return by the thousand for the summer festivals, they gather first in the grim 13th-century fortress of Kronborg, [...]
Word: outland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English outland, outlond, from Old English ūtland (“foreign land, land abroad”), from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandą (“outland”), equivalent to out- + land. Cognate to Dutch uitland, Afrikaans uitland, German Ausland, Danish udland. The use in the phrase "outland German" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the German cognate of the same meaning, Auslandsdeutsche (see Ausland). The use in the phrase "outland Chinese" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the Chinese term of the same meaning, 華僑 / 华侨 (huáqiáo). 1. Any outlying area of a country; the provinces. Labels: especially, in-plural
Word: outland Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + land. 1. To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.
Word: sheaved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sheave Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sheaved Part of Speech: adj 1. Made into a sheaf Labels: not-comparable
Word: raku Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Raku. Labels: alt-of
Word: pulsatory Part of Speech: adj 1. Consisting of pulses; rhythmic; throbbing. Labels: not-comparable 2. Played by beating, like a gong or a drum. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: Eora Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /iːˈɔrə/ 1. An Australian Aboriginal tribe or clan of the Sydney region and surrounds. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Eora Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /iːˈɔrə/ 1. Their language or dialect.
Word: sauger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Attested from late 19th century. 1. A freshwater perciform fish, of species Sander canadensis.
Word: coigne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of coign. 1. Alternative form of coign: a keystone; a wedge; (obsolete) a corner or angle, especially of a building. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Great figures started from the roof And lofty coignes. Example: From the eaves of the several stories there hung one hundred and fifty-two bells, and countless lanterns adorned the same coignes of vantage.
Word: Kaiser roll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Kaisersemmel, from Kaiser (“emperor”) + Semmel (“roll”), so named in honour of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. 1. A typically crusty round bread roll supposedly invented in Vienna, made from flour, barm, malt, water, and salt, and whose characteristic feature is a five-spoked propeller- or pinwheel-like star on its obverse. Example: Did you see it?? It was the biggest bee in the world! It was the size of a Kaiser roll! It must've weighed 70 pounds!
Word: Vienna roll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So named after the city in which it is supposed to have been invented. 1. Kaiser roll
Word: Kaiser rolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kaiser roll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kümmelweck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the German Kümmelweck, from Kümmel (“caraway”). 1. Alternative spelling of kummelweck. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: multifacet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + facet. 1. Having many facets. Labels: not-comparable
Word: meat-and-potatoes Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of meat and potatoes. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yes-huh Part of Speech: adv 1. Used to assert a statement that has just been denied by another, especially where that denial took the form of "nuh-uh". Labels: emphatic, informal, not-comparable
Word: açai Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of acai. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: get on someone's last nerve Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of get on someone's nerves. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: difference equation Part of Speech: noun 1. An equation involving an ordered sequence of real numbers (a_nₙ₌₁ ᪲) and some of its differences, where the first difference is defined as Δ(a_n)=a_n+1-a_n, and the kᵗʰ difference is defined recursively as Δᵏ(a_n)=Δᵏ⁻¹(a_n+1)-Δᵏ⁻¹(a_n),. 2. more broadly, any recurrence relation
Word: Goy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Various origins: * English habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Gouy. * Borrowed from Galician Goy, a habitational surname from a small village in the province of Lugo. * Borrowed from French Goy, a metonymic occupational surname for a farmer, from Old French goi (“bill hook, kind of knife”). * Borrowed from Hokkien 倪 (gê); compare Ni, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters. 1. A surname.
Word: Goy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of goy. Labels: alt-of
Word: recurrence relation Part of Speech: noun 1. an equation that recursively defines a sequence; each term of the sequence is defined as a function of the preceding terms.
Word: Goyim Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Goy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: connivery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From connive + -ery. 1. collusion Labels: countable, uncountable 2. plotting, scheming Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: conniveries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of connivery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conocuneus Part of Speech: noun 1. A conical wedge; a conoid
Word: consignificant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From con- + significant. 1. Jointly significant Labels: not-comparable, rare 2. Having the same signification; synonymous. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: zumbi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jumbie (“a ghost or spirit”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Nonstandard spelling of zombie. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard, rare Example: and thus there was no danger of the Zumbi, or ghost killing men by reapparition. Example: as a libation, it would appear, to the zumbi or n’zumbi of the other world, by and with whom they always deem themselves surrounded and connected.
Word: constableship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From constable + -ship. 1. The office or rank of a constable
Word: consulage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From consul + -age. 1. A charge or duty paid to a consul
Word: constableships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of constableship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From consular + -ity. 1. The office or tenure of a consul; consulship. Labels: uncountable
Word: consultable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From consult + -able. 1. That may be consulted.
Word: vocational schools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vocational school Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conquerour Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of conqueror. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: NQ Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of North Queensland. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NQ Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of newly qualified (a person that is newly qualified in some profession). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, initialism
Word: creches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of creche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Grandmummy Part of Speech: name 1. one's grandmother Labels: informal Example: Grandmummy told me about her life.
Word: sanitary ware Part of Speech: noun 1. The ceramic wares designed for use in a bathroom/toilet, including WCs, sinks, urinals, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Coarse-glazed earthenware for sewer pipes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unprophetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + prophetic. 1. Not prophetic.
Word: zoochory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + -chory. Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊəˌkɔːɹi/, /ˈzuːəˌkɔːɹi/ 1. The dispersal of seeds, spores, or fruit by animals. Labels: uncountable
Word: unmanifest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + manifest. 1. Not manifest.
Word: detrends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of detrend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Laurussia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Laurentia + Russia. Pronunciation: /lɔːˈɹʌʃə/ 1. A minor supercontinent made up of the Laurentia, Avalonia and Baltica cratons. Later joined with other continents as part of Pangaea. Labels: historical
Word: Euramerica Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Europe + America. Pronunciation: /ˌjʊəɹəˈmɛɹəkə/ 1. A minor supercontinent made up of the Laurentia, Avalonia and Baltica cratons. Later joined with other continents as part of Pangaea. Labels: historical
Word: Thibet Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Tibet. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] the first essential move was being made in a design so vast and far-reaching that the whole future course of civilization might well hang on its issue. So might one disclose a tiny rill in the uplands of Thibet—and thousands of miles away the muddy yellow waters of the surging Whang Ho obliterate an inoffensive province.
Word: dozenal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dozen + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌzənəl/ 1. Of a number, expressed in base 12. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: dozenal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dozen + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌzənəl/ 1. A value in a number system that uses 12 as its base. Labels: rare Example: Many dozenalists have devised their own set of numerals, or they adopt the symbols prevalent in their dozenal society.
Word: bifurcative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bifurcate + -ive. 1. Of or pertaining to bifurcation Labels: not-comparable
Word: descriptional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From description + -al. 1. Of, pertaining to, or using description. Labels: not-comparable
Word: galileons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of galileon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homothets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of homothet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homothet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homo- + -thet. 1. homothecy
Word: intractabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intractability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanoapertures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanoaperture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanoaperture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + aperture. 1. A nanoscale aperture
Word: photoconverters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photoconverter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photoconverter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + converter. 1. A photodetector
Word: semialgebras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semialgebra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superspinars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superspinar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amyotrophy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + myo- + -trophy. 1. atrophy of muscles Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: anabatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτός (ănăbătós, “moving upward”), from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”). 1. rising (up a slope) 2. Of or pertaining to anabasis
Word: anabatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτός (ănăbătós, “moving upward”), from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”). 1. Ellipsis of anabatic wind. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: backveld Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + veld. 1. Backward and unsophisticated rural areas. Labels: Africa, Southern Example: And how was she to know that one may live in London, or New York, a village in Yorkshire, or a dorp in the backveld […] but one behaves inevitably, inexorably, exactly like everyone else. Example: If it hadn't been for Susan he might have ended his life in some small, forgotten backveld village, quietly content to teach a bit of history and geography to one generation of school children after the other […].
Word: barrelfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From barrel + fish. 1. The black rudderfish, Hyperoglyphe perciformis
Word: rudderfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁roh₁-(ye-)-tider. Proto-Germanic *rōaną Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Germanic *-þrą Proto-Germanic *rōþrą Proto-West Germanic *rōþr Old English rōþor Middle English rother English rudder Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English rudderfish From rudder + fish. 1. Any of various not closely related fish that have the habit of following ships 2. Any of various not closely related fish that have the habit of following ships
Word: basanite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin basanites; more at basalt. 1. A basaltic extrusive rock, similar to chert. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: breadthways Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From breadth + -ways. 1. breadthwise Labels: not-comparable
Word: pneumat- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of pneumato- before a vowel Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: cornbrash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A local name for a soil that was good for growing corn (wheat). 1. A coarse calcareous sandstone in various parts of England Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pneumato- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma). Pronunciation: /ˈ(p)njuːmətəʊ/ 1. Relating to air. Labels: morpheme
Word: croze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare cross and crosier. Pronunciation: /kɹəʊz/, /kɹoʊz/ 1. A groove at the ends of the staves of a barrel into which the edge of the head is fitted. 2. A cooper's tool for making these grooves.
Word: crucian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Low German karusse, karutze, possibly from Medieval Latin coracinus (“kind of river fish”). Also compare German Karausche. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuːʃən/ 1. A small greenish-brown carp, Carassius carassius, farmed in parts of Europe.
Word: depicter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From depict + -er. 1. One who, or that which, depicts (a specified subject). Example: One of the nodes in a depiction is identified as the depictee; depictions describe their depictee in terms of their other nodes, which are known as depicters. Example: In the depiction D-HUMAN, N-ARM acts as a depicter; at the same time, in D-ARM, N-ARM is the depictee—the subject of the depiction.
Word: depictive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From depict + -ive. 1. Of or pertaining to depiction. Labels: not-comparable
Word: depictive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From depict + -ive. 1. A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun in relation to the action of a verb. Example: In this chapter, I address both the semantics of the Case-marking opposition in depictives in the East Slavic languages and also the syntax of depictive secondary predication in general.
Word: pneumaturia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pneumat- + -uria; compare French pneumaturie, German Pneumaturie. Pronunciation: /ˌ(p)njuːməˈtjʊəɹɪə/ 1. The presence of undissolved gases in the urine during urination. Labels: uncountable
Word: devisable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From devise + -able. 1. That can be devised or invented. 2. Capable of being bequeathed, or given by will. Example: The rights of men in ſociety, are neither deviſeable, nor transferable, nor annihilable, but are deſcendable only; and it is not in the power of any generation to intercept finally, and cut off the deſcent.
Word: devisor Part of Speech: noun 1. A testator.
Word: devitrify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + vitrify. 1. To become crystalline and brittle
Word: electrocoagulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + coagulation. 1. A form of electrosurgery in which a high-frequency electric current is used to bring about the coagulation and destruction of tissue. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: electrosurgery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + surgery. 1. the application of high-frequency electric current to tissue as a means to cut, coagulate, desiccate, or fulgurate it Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: enclasp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + clasp. 1. To hold in (or as if in) a clasp; to embrace
Word: fencerow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fence + row. 1. The land adjacent to a fence; the entire right of way of the fence, including the fence itself and any bushes and trees that grow next to it.
Word: flightseeing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of flight + sightseeing. 1. Sightseeing from an aircraft. Labels: uncountable
Word: fragrancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fragrant + -cy or fragrance + -y. 1. A fragrance. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: gateleg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gate + leg. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪtlɛɡ/ 1. A table leg, set into a frame in the form of a gate, that may be swung back to allow a leaf of the tabletop to hang down; having such a leg or legs. Labels: also, attributive Example: a gateleg desk; a gateleg shelf 2. A piece of furniture (especially a table) with a leg or legs of this kind. Labels: broadly Example: […] the gate-leg at which we used to have afternoon tea had to be taken away into the drawing-room to make place for the piano out of the drawing-room when it was moved in here:
Word: gatelegs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gateleg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: devitrifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of devitrify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: devitrifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of devitrify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: devitrified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of devitrify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enclasps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enclasp Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enclasping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enclasp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enclasped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enclasp Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fragrancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fragrancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fencerows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fencerow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: devisors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of devisor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: testators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of testator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meatatarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meatatarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: depicters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of depicter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consulages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consulage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crozes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of croze Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crucians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crucian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urodeles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urodele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electrophosphorescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From electro- + phosphorescent. 1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting electrophosphorescence Labels: not-comparable
Word: electrophosphorescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + phosphorescence. 1. A form of phosphorescence, especially in doped LEDs, that is triggered by an electric charge Labels: uncountable
Word: light-emitting diodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of light-emitting diode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: icefall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ice + fall, modelled after waterfall. 1. A relatively rapid and turbulent flow of ice, somewhat analogous to a waterfall.
Word: incommutable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + commutable. 1. Not commutable Labels: not-comparable
Word: intertwist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inter- + twist. 1. To twist together; to intertwine
Word: icefalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of icefall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intertwists Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intertwist Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: intertwisting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of intertwist Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: intertwisting Part of Speech: noun 1. A twisting together. Example: The knots, or complicated intertwistings and entanglements of thread, string, silk or other twisted articles, when carelessly handled […]
Word: intertwisted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intertwist Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: isomerous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From iso- + -merous. 1. Having the same number of parts Labels: not-comparable
Word: judenrein Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from German judenrein (“cleansed of Jews”, literally “Jew clean”). 1. "Clean of Jews", i.e. having no Jewish inhabitants (e.g. because they have been deported or killed). Labels: Nazism, euphemistic, not-comparable
Word: marbly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English marbely, marbylle, equivalent to marble + -y. 1. Characteristic of marble.
Word: onglaze Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From on + glaze. 1. Done on a glazed surface Labels: not-comparable
Word: onkus Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown. Australian from 1903, New Zealand from 1909. Compare slightly earlier onky. 1. Inferior; unpleasant; unacceptably bad. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, dated, slang Example: The soup was crook. It was onkus. A yellow-bellied platypus couldn′t drink it […] 2. Good; acceptable; okay. Labels: New-Zealand, obsolete, rare, slang
Word: overalled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From overall + -ed. 1. Wearing overalls Labels: not-comparable Example: A group of overalled men at one of the dozen stained crueted tables looked up briefly as they came in and then resumed their low conversation. Relief crews for the Diesels, Bond guessed. Example: He meant the four other young faces in the picture, two bare-footed girls and a pair of overalled boys.
Word: peperino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian peperino. 1. A light, porous volcanic rock composed of small grains of sand etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rectangularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rectangular + -ity. 1. The condition of being rectangular Labels: uncountable 2. A rectangular form Labels: countable
Word: registrary Part of Speech: noun 1. The chief administrative officer of Cambridge University 2. A registrar. Labels: obsolete
Word: raise eyebrows Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause surprise. Labels: idiomatic Example: How did we lose the future? Gelernter's answer may raise some eyebrows. He believes that the United States realized the fair's predictions of a technological and economic utopia—and the country subsequently imploded with its own success. Example: Southgate's team selection raised eyebrows when he decided to leave the creative talents of Grealish and Phil Foden on the bench and showed huge faith in Arsenal teenager Bukayo Saka by starting him after his fine performance against the Czechs. 2. To cause mild disapproval. Labels: idiomatic Example: The fact that a Chinese state-owned company was awarded the contract to build the structure also raised eyebrows. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, eyebrows.
Word: knit one's eyebrows Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of knit one's brows. Labels: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic
Word: throw a tantrum Part of Speech: verb 1. To have a temper tantrum; to display a fit of childish anger. Labels: idiomatic
Word: sammie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of sandwich (pronounced "sammich") + -ie (colloquial/diminutive suffix). 1. A sandwich. Labels: informal
Word: sammies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sammie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of sammy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sammies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sammy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: oversit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English oversitten (“to gain possession of”), from Old English ofersittan (“to occupy, possess; forbear”), from Proto-West Germanic *ubarsittjan (“to sit over, occupy, preside over”), corresponding to over- + sit. Cognate with Middle Low German ōversitten, ȫversitten (“to attend, partake; advise, discuss; miss”), Middle Dutch oversitten (“to overstay; meet about, discuss”), Middle High German übersitzen (“to sit across from, occupy; disregard, neglect; exceed, miss”). Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈsɪt/ 1. To preside over, govern, rule; to control. Labels: transitive Example: He is the Father of Gods and Men, the breeder and Maintainer of all the things whereof this worlde is compoſed: and yet for all that, he entreth not into them, but his power and prouidence ouerſitting them from aboue, atteine vnto all things, […] 2. To conquer, gain control or ownership of. Example: Let me, however, entreat of you, above all things, to remember my ball, and do not let them oversit the thing so as not to get to it. 3. To neglect, omit; to desist, refrain from, forbear. Labels: archaic Example: And he greatly reproaches those who 'forget or oversit the time of housel,' […] 4. To spend too much time sitting. Labels: intransitive Example: And Miriam Hopkins taboos fried foods. Asked how she keeps slender she answered, “Live sensibly, never overeat, oversleep or oversit.” That’s about the best reducing advice anyone could give. Next to overeating, oversitting is just about the worst way to destroy a lovely figure. Example: It’s no coincidence that we speak of how much we can eat in one sitting. Oversitting at a dinner table may contribute to overeating, and understanding this may help curb overeating.
Word: rooigras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans rooigras. 1. A perennial grass, Themeda triandra, that has large red-brown spikelets Labels: South-Africa, uncountable
Word: rooikat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans rooikat (“red cat”). 1. caracal Labels: South-Africa
Word: sawbench Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From saw + bench. 1. Synonym of table saw.
Word: shamiana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali শামিয়ানা (śamiẏana) and Hindustani (Hindi शामियाना (śāmiyānā) / Urdu شامیانہ (śāmiyāna)), from Classical Persian شامیانه (šāmiyāna, “(India) a marquee”). 1. A large, ornate tent or pavilion; a marquee. Labels: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South-Asia Example: It was the rainy season and we had put up a big shamiana around the open-air pit to accommodate everyone. Example: At a time when free expression in India is under pressure from many directions […] the podiums and shamiana tents of the Jaipur festival have become pop-up shops for thinkers with contrarian positions.
Word: shatterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shatter + -er. 1. A person who, or thing that shatters something.
Word: shavehook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shave + hook. 1. A tool used for scraping metals, consisting of a sharp-edged triangular steel plate attached to a shank and handle.
Word: shatterers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shatterer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shavetail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shave + tail. 1. An inexperienced person, especially a newly-commissioned military officer. Labels: US Example: Yass. I never got above the rank of shavetail. We were the dogfaces who gave ’em hell at Chateau Thierry. Example: You stupid, goddamn shavetail son of a bitch! You keep your fucking weapon pointed downrange or I will shove that fuckin' piece up your sorry fucking ass!
Word: shavetails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shavetail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strelitzia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name, from Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, of the house of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. 1. Any of several flowering plants of the genus Strelitzia.
Word: surrebuttal Part of Speech: noun 1. surrebutter Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The written costs arguments of counsel have been made with fastidious attention to detail. There are 15 sets of written submissions (in recognition of the milky way of points raised by counsel, I permitted submissions by way of reply, rebuttal, surrebuttal and beyond). I do not have the requisite life-expectancy to address all of the points in these Reasons.
Word: syrette Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Syrette. Labels: alt-of
Word: taperer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From taper + -er. 1. A person who carries a taper in a religious service
Word: taperers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taperer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tarweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tar + weed. 1. Any of various American flowering plants that have sticky leaves. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass. Example: To this group belong feeds such as: Silage, alfalfa hay, turnips, kale, apples, potatoes, beet pulp, beet tops, rape, cabbage; and also weeds such as garlic, scaleweed, dog-fennel, tarweed, peppergrass, wild mustard, and others.
Word: syrettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syrette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tarwhine Part of Speech: noun 1. A yellowish sea bream, Rhabdosargus sarba.
Word: tarweeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tarweed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strelitzias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strelitzia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shavehooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shavehook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tochus Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tuchus. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sawbenches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sawbench Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trackie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From track(suit) + -ie (diminutive suffix). 1. A tracksuit. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, informal Example: Dylan was wearing a light trackie top in the colours of the flag. Example: ‘I′ve fucking had it with this town,’ she said. ‘I go into the super last night, they reckon they seen me taking frozen stuff out of me trackie at the car. So I′m gonna walk around with fucking frozen peas down me trackie, right? Right?’
Word: underdrawing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + drawing. 1. A sketch done on the ground of a work of art before paint, pastel, ink, or other more permanent medium is applied. Example: Depending on the medium used, underdrawing in embroidery and other decorative techniques may be revealed by radiography where it is relatively radio-absorbent in comparison to other materials used either in the original artefact or in later mounting and conservation methods. Example: When subjected to printing or photocopying, the blue underdrawing will disappear, leaving only the ink lines. 2. An image of a figure that is slid under the page on which a designer draws a garment, so that the result conforms to the figure's proportions. Example: You can use a croquis as an underdrawing for fashion drawing Example: Used as a base or underdrawing, it can be slipped under a page in the sketchbook and worked off of from there. 3. An underdrawn cover or lining of the underside of a floor or roof with plasterwork, boarding, or similar. Example: He has the whole of the room underdrawn, with the exception of two bays at one end; he admits plenty of air by the windows in the roof into the triangular shaped space formed by the roof and the underdrawing; it is here deprived of its moisture, and passes into the spinning room, where the underdrawing stops short of the length of the room. Example: Tongued and grooved boards ⅝ in. thick form the underdrawing for the roof.