nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sdeign Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Italian sdegnare, aphetic form of disdegnare; later also taken as a shortening of disdain. 1. To disdain. Labels: obsolete Example: Which when those knights beheld, with scornefull eye They sdeigned such lascivious disport, And loath'd the loose demeanure of that wanton sort.
Word: sdeigned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sdeign Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sdeigning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sdeign Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sdeigns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sdeign Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: planorbis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the freshwater air-breathing mollusks belonging to Planorbis and allied genera, having shells of a discoidal form.
Word: planorbises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of planorbis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trenchmore Part of Speech: noun 1. A lively, boisterous dance. Labels: archaic
Word: trenchmores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trenchmore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ribband Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rib + band. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪbˌbænd/, /ˈɹɪbənd/ 1. A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position and give rigidity to the framework.
Word: ribband Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪbənd/ 1. Obsolete spelling of ribbon. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: A Svveet diſorder in the dreſſe / Kindles in cloathes a vvantonneſſe: / […] / A Cuffe neglectfull, and thereby / Ribbands to flovv confuſedly: / […] / Do more bevvitch me, than vvhen Art / Is too preciſe in every part. Example: I hope by this time the pink-coloured ribband in your hat is pulled off, and the pink-coloured gown put on
Word: ribbands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ribband Labels: form-of, plural
Word: melligenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin mel, mellis + -genous. 1. Having the qualities of honey. Labels: archaic Example: melligenous fliud Example: melligenous paste
Word: circumcursation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin circumcursare, circumcursatum (“to run round about”). 1. The act of running or rambling around. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: circumcursations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circumcursation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: probabiliorist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin probabilior, comparative of probabilis (“probable”), + -ist. 1. One who holds, in opposition to the probabilists, the theory of probabiliorism.
Word: probabiliorists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of probabiliorist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paideutics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδευτικός (paideutikós). 1. The science or art of teaching. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: espauliere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an Old French word corresponding to French épaulière or espalière. See espalier. Pronunciation: /ˌɛs.poʊlˈjɛəɹ/ 1. A defence for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, especially as used in the fifteenth century: a pauldron. Example: Upon the espaulieres are placed pauldrons, also ridged, with the edges turned up, so as to form the prototypes of pass-guards.
Word: espaulieres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of espauliere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chanceful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chance + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃænsfəl/, /ˈt͡ʃɑːnsfəl/ 1. hazardous; random Labels: obsolete Example: And, would ye not poor fellowship expel, Myself would offer you t'accompany In this adventure's chanceful jeopardy
Word: anguineal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anguine(ous) + -al, from Latin anguineus, from anguin- + -eus, from an earlier form of anguis. 1. Like a snake; anguineous 2. Describing a certain type of hyperbola that has a snakelike form Labels: obsolete
Word: peremption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin peremptio: compare French péremption. 1. A quashing (of law, or a lawsuit) Labels: obsolete 2. a defeating.
Word: peremptions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peremption Labels: form-of, plural
Word: borough English Part of Speech: noun 1. Patrilineal ultimogeniture; inheritance by the youngest surviving male child. Labels: UK, historical, uncountable Example: the great variety of customs affecting many of these tenements so held in ancient burgage, the principal and most remarkable of which is that called Borough English Example: The distribution of Borough English or ultimogeniture in England was roughly as follows. The custom extenhded along the whole line of the "Saxon Shore" from the Wash to the neighbourhood of the Solent, including the whole of the south-eastern counties.
Word: haemony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by John Milton for the play Comus around 1634 (see quotation below). Various scholars suggest that the word comes from a classical source such as Latin Haemonia (“Thessaly”, a place associated with magic), Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”), or Ancient Greek αἵμων (haímōn, “skillful”). Pronunciation: /ˈhiːməni/ 1. A magical plant mentioned by John Milton, said to be good against enchantments. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: He call’d it Hæmony, and gave it me / And bad me keepe it as of ſoveraine uſe / Gainſt all inchantments, mildew blaſt, or damp / Or gaſtly furies apparition; / […] Example: It is not agreed whether Milton’s Hæmony is a real or poetical plant.
Word: prolicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin prōlēs (“offspring”) + -cide. 1. The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth. Labels: uncountable Example: PROLICIDE […] Admits of two divisions, fœticide or criminal abortion and infanticide or the destruction of the new born infant. 2. One who commits prolicide. Labels: countable Example: Perhaps they had accommodated the foregoing statement to the casuistical axiom, non homo est, qui non futurus est, which is a very agreeable one to prolicides.
Word: carolin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin Carolus (“Charles”). 1. A former gold coin of Germany 2. A former gold coin of Sweden
Word: carolins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carolin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish cearrbhach; compare Scottish Gaelic cearrach, from ceàrrbhag (“the left hand”), from ceàrr (“left”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹəʊ/ 1. A gambler in Ireland. Labels: obsolete Example: Did you blame me even now for wishing of Kern Horse-Boys and Carrows to be clean cut off , as too violent a means; and do you yourself now prescribe the same Medicine?
Word: carrows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carrow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: befortune Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + fortune. 1. To befall; to happen to. Labels: dated, poetic, transitive Example: I wish all good befortune you.
Word: befortuned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of befortune Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: befortunes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of befortune Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: befortuning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of befortune Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disappreciate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + appreciate. Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈpɹiːʃɪeɪt/ 1. To undervalue; to not appreciate. Labels: transitive
Word: disappreciated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disappreciate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disappreciates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disappreciate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disappreciating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disappreciate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pectosic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pectose + -ic + acid. 1. An acid that consists mainly of pectin. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: calendulin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From calendula + -in. 1. A gummy or mucilaginous substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin. It is possibly saponin or lutein. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: flawter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare flay. 1. To scrape or pare (a skin, etc.). Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: flawtered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of flawter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: flawtering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flawter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flawters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flawter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lacert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French lacerte, from Late Latin lacertus (“muscle”), from Classical Latin lacertus (“upper arm”), of uncertain etymology but possibly related to lacerta (“lizard”). 1. Alternative form of lacertus: a fleshy muscle of the human body. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: lacerts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lacert Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incocted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare concoct. 1. Indigestible; also, raw. Labels: obsolete Example: Meales, uſually ſavvced vvith a healthfull hunger, vvherein no incocted Crudities oppreſſe Nature, and cheriſh diſeaſe: […]
Word: signation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin signātiō. See sign (verb). Pronunciation: /sɪɡˈneɪʃən/ 1. A sign given, especially of a cross Labels: obsolete 2. a marking. Labels: obsolete Example: Thus the Aſſe having a peculiar mark of a croſſe made by a black liſt down his back, and another athwart, or at right angles down his ſhoulders; common opinion aſcribes this figure unto a peculiar ſignation; ſince that beaſt had the honour to bear our Saviour on his back.
Word: signations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of signation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin triarii (plural), a class of Roman soldiers who formed the third rank from the front, from tres, tria (“three”). 1. Occupying the third post or rank. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Let the brave Second and Triarian Band Firm against all Impression stand
Word: triarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin triarii (plural), a class of Roman soldiers who formed the third rank from the front, from tres, tria (“three”). 1. A soldier of the triarii
Word: catchweight Part of Speech: adv 1. Without any weight restrictions; without being handicapped. Labels: not-comparable Example: They'll break from the gate in full tack with jockeys riding catchweight in silks. Example: to ride catchweight
Word: catchweight Part of Speech: adj 1. Without any weight restrictions; having no handicap. Labels: not-comparable Example: There were also races for gentlemen-riders, in whch all the best performers of the day took part. Lord Glamis, afterwards Earl of Strathmore, rode his maiden race there—a catchweight match with Sir Watkin Wynn, a rare bit of fun got up by the officers of the 1st Life Guards. Example: And— He reached the paddock and took up an unobtrusive position at the rail to watch the first race for which a mounted Police bugler had just sounded the “Boot and Saddle.” It was a catchweight sprint for local farmers' ponies. 2. Having no standard weight, but rather having weight determined when packaged for sale or shipping. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is regular practice to furnish wire in catchweight coils. Example: The scaler looks at the order ticket and selects a shipping container or containers of proper size to hold the catchweight items or those of 12 pounds or less. The catchweight items are weighed, marked, and placed in the containers.
Word: catchweight Part of Speech: noun 1. A weight category other than the standard weight categories: either an agreed-upon weight range or an agreement to allow any weight. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was an especially good entry, thirty-nine horses, representing twenty-two regiments, being entered in the Light Weight race, which was for horses five years old and upwards, the property of oflicers on full or half pay of the Regular Army, that had not won a race under the recognised rules of steeplechasing in any country, point-to-point races excepted; while eighteen faced the starter in the Welter race, in which the conditions were the same, excepting that the catchweight was 13 st. 7 lb. Example: The fatal difference 'twixt his weight and mine, A second battle should he do this day : Nay, though outmatched I be, let but my mistress Give me the word: instant I'll take him on Here — now — at catchweight. 2. The weight of an item that is not set to a standard, but which varies around an approximate value. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Catchweights over 300 pounds would be about the correctest figure to give for ladies of the royal family ; and the women-folk generally are big-faced and big-bodied, though not especially large-limbed. Example: A number of trial fillings and catchweights may be necessary to obtain the desired degree of accuracy. 3. The weight of all the fish caught. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At the end of two hours, the first seventeen anglers up the line from me had taken a total of only three legal fish, which suggested I wasn't ... Carr told me the quantitative specialist wins an occasional match with the biggest total catchweight. Example: Catchweight seems to me to be a far more reasonable measure of impact than days at sea, even though the general impact of high levels of human activity should also be brought into the calculations.
Word: auletic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin auleticus, from Ancient Greek. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈlɛtɪk/, /ɔˈlɛtɪk/, /ɑˈlɛtɪk/ 1. Of or relating to a musical pipe or piper. Labels: not-comparable Example: The tale of Midas's success would, in this case, be a kind of expression in extremis of the auletic nome's auditory poetics
Word: retchless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English recche (“care, heed”) + -less. Compare English reckless. 1. careless; reckless Labels: obsolete Example: They are such retchless flies as you are, that blow cutpurses abroad in every corner; your foolish having of money makes 'em. Example: Retchless of laws, affects to rule alone
Word: pointrel Part of Speech: noun 1. An engraving tool. Example: Lay the rough plan upon the clean paper, on which you intend to draw the fair copy, press them close together by weights, and keep them as flat as possible; then with a pointrel, or needle point, prick through all the corners of the plan to be copied.
Word: pointrels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pointrel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stiff-backed Part of Speech: adj 1. obstinate Example: Do you fall in with some sour-visaged, stiff-backed worshipper of the Furies?
Word: reezed Part of Speech: adj 1. Grown rank; rancid; rusty. Labels: obsolete Example: Alternative form: reesed Example: 1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum Or once a week, perhaps, for novelty / Reez'd bacon-soords shall feast his family.
Word: contentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin contentatio. 1. contentment; satisfaction Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: great applause and contentation in the hands of Misitheus
Word: contentations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contentation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lichwale Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant, the gromwell. Labels: obsolete
Word: lichwales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lichwale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coestablishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + establishment. 1. joint establishment Labels: uncountable Example: 1817, Richard Watson, Anecdotes of the life of Richard Watson, Bishop of Landaff humanity and policy , if not strict justice , require a coestablishment' of the religion of the minority
Word: blencher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blench + -er. 1. One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer during a hunt. Labels: obsolete 2. One who flinches or shrinks back. Labels: obsolete
Word: blenchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blencher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plagiocephalic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plagio- + -cephalic. 1. Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull.
Word: plasterly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plaster + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈplæstə(ɹ)li/, /ˈplɑːstə(ɹ)li/ 1. Resembling plaster (plaster of Paris). Example: out of gypseous or plasterly ground
Word: dogdraw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dog + draw. 1. The pursuit of deer with a dog. Labels: UK, obsolete, uncountable Example: Dogge draw is, where any man hath stricken or wounded a wild beast‥and is found with a Hound or other Dogge drawing after him, to recouer the same.
Word: speak ill of Part of Speech: verb 1. To vilify; to defame; to criticize. Example: Jimmy Carter was the first former president to speak ill of a sitting president while on foreign soil
Word: doust Part of Speech: noun 1. Dust. Labels: West-Country, obsolete, uncountable
Word: doust Part of Speech: verb 1. To extinguish, to destroy, to kill. Labels: West-Country, obsolete Example: [...] the Duke of Dorset charged in the list with "not known, but supposed forty thousand per year" (charitable supposition) had when formerly in office only about 3 or £4,000, and has not now, nor when the black list was printed, any office whatever -- (Much tumult, and cries of "shame" and "doust the liars") Example: Fussel, E.F. (1867), Medical Times and Gazette, page 420: “"[...] I wished the above system of drainage to be carried out, but I met with this response from an official, in many matters a man entitled to the greatest consideration:- "I found that sort of thing at a house the other day, and I soon dousted it."” 2. To dust. Labels: West-Country, obsolete 3. To separate dust from ore. Labels: Cornwall, obsolete Example: Lock, Charles George Warnford (1895), Economic mining: a practical handbook for the miner, the metallurgist and the merchant: “The ore is first cobbed and classed into (a) prile, (b) best dredge, and (c) crusher dredge; a is finished product; c is crushed, jigged, and huddled; b is dousted, or, after reducing in rolls to 8-mesh, dry-sifted in fine mesh hand sieves.”
Word: marchman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From march + -man. 1. A person living in the marchland (border regions) between England and Scotland or England and Wales. Labels: historical
Word: marchmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marchman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pluviametrical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of pluviometrical. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: demoniasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δαιμονιασμός (daimoniasmós), ultimately from δαίμων (daímōn). 1. Alternative form of demonianism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: PCASP Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of passive cavity aerosol spectrometer probe. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of privately contracted armed security personnel. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: dousting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of doust Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dousting Part of Speech: noun 1. A beating, a dusting. Labels: West-Country, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Bottrell, William (1880), Stories and Folklore of West Cornwall: “"For they'll get a mayn dousting when ever they coam."” 2. A process for separating the dust from ore. Labels: Cornwall, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Lock, Charles George Warnford (1895), Economic mining: a practical handbook for the miner, the metallurgist and the merchant: “Dry winnowing or "dousting" is useful where the ore is more friable than the ganguo, eg the chalcopyrite and erubescite at the Capo copper-mines, Namaqualand.”
Word: hemipeptone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemi- + peptone. 1. A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter, which (unlike antipeptone) is convertible into leucin and tyrosin by the continued action of pancreatic juice. It is also formed from hemialbumose and albumin by boiling dilute sulphuric acid.
Word: hemipeptones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemipeptone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sorbefacient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sorbere (“to suck in, absorb”) + faciens, p.pr. of facere (“to make”). 1. Producing absorption. Labels: dated Example: sorbefacient effects
Word: sorbefacient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sorbere (“to suck in, absorb”) + faciens, p.pr. of facere (“to make”). 1. A medicine or substance that produces absorption. Labels: dated
Word: sorbefacients Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sorbefacient Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sherris Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of sherry. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: A good sherris-sack hath a twofold operation in it. It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish and dull and curdy vapours which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble fiery.
Word: gimmal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably the same word as gemel. Compare gimbal. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪməl/ 1. Joined parts in machinery; a pair or series of interlocked links. Labels: obsolete, plural-normally
Word: gimmals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gimmal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cerused Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ceruse + -ed. 1. Washed with a preparation of white lead as a cosmetic treatment. Labels: not-comparable Example: My wants have not transformed me: I dare tell you, / To your new-cerused face Example: Because I though myself more deserving of such a dignity, being more like a man, and able to render more service to the king than you who are so cerused, shaved, and painted about the eyes, face, and skin. 2. Finished with a whitening pigment that fills the grain, originally white lead, but in more recent times using less toxic pigments. Labels: not-comparable Example: Traverse the lobby's inlaid marble floor and cream Venetian-plastered walls and ascend one level to the reception area, lounge and bar boasting cerused dark wood floors, 15-foot-high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows facing Thompson Street. Example: Furnishings of teak and cerused oak inside and out compliment bona fide classics such as the Barcelona chairs in the living room and Eames lounge in the master bedroom .
Word: insection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See insect. 1. A cutting in or into; incision. Labels: archaic
Word: insections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of insection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: benzal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic لُبَان (lubān) Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese -i Old Javanese Jawi Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der. Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy) Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor. Catalan benjuíder. Middle French benjoinder. English benzoin Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English benzoic Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Latin alcoholder. Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de-der. Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. German Aldehydbor. English aldehydeclip. English -al English benzal From benzoic + -al (“aldehyde”). 1. A transparent crystalline substance, C₆H₅.CO. NH₂, obtained by the action of ammonia on benzoyl chloride and by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bullition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin bullire, bullitum (“to boil”). See boil (verb) and ebullition. 1. The action of boiling. Labels: obsolete Example: There is to be observed in those dissolutions which will not easily incorporate, what the effects are : as the bullition ; the precipitation to the bottom; the ejaculation towards the top […]
Word: bullitions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bullition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flatscape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flat + -scape. 1. Any flat surface or area; a platform. Example: This non-place could be the flatscape of a parking lot, or a suburban sprawl littered with supermarkets, parkways, little houses and garden plots. Example: Other rooms filled with other men roaming a flatscape only recently wired with electricity and now braising in radio waves. 2. A flat landscape. Example: Tractor trailers pass through the flatscape, the few people whom we do see are wearing modern clothing, a billboard advertises Coca-Cola, and some of the dogs are wearing collars, so they must live somewhere outside the barren world [...] Example: A flatscape of houses with the San Francisco Bay beyond unfolded outside Ford's office window. 3. A landscape lacking distinguishable or interesting features; a plain or monotonous landscape. Example: In industrial civilization, environmental variety has been replaced by what has been called "'a flatscape", lacking intentional depth and providing possibilities only for commonplace and mediocre experiences. Example: Several phenomenologists have remarked on the problems of modern living, where architectural trends are towards a placeless geography, a meaningless pattern of similar buildings, a 'flatscape'.
Word: gerocomia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gerocomy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: battologize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From battology + -ize. 1. To keep repeating needlessly; to iterate. Example: after they have battologized Lla y-lala, or Hilula, i.e. Praises, they iterate another to this effect
Word: battologized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of battologize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: battologizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of battologize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: battologizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of battologize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spinstry Part of Speech: noun 1. The business of one who spins; spinning (of yarn) Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: What new Decency then can be added to this by your spinstry?
Word: Sirbonian Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /səˈbəʊ.ni.ən/, /sɚˈboʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Alternative form of Serbonian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: consignification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From con- + signification. 1. joint or secondary signification
Word: consignifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consignification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paune Part of Speech: noun 1. cornpone (bread) Labels: obsolete
Word: tubicolar Part of Speech: adj 1. tubicolous
Word: dérailleur Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of derailleur. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The chain is guided by dérailleurs from one sprocket to another, front and rear, until the gear ratio desired is reached. […] Generally the problems in this area will be with the dérailleurs or the chain. Still, it is possible that a bad chain will have worn the teeth on the freewheel or the front sprocket. Example: To this effect, the subject of the invention is a control device for a dérailleur-gear for a bicycle, of the type as described previously, characterized in that the cable for actuation of the dérailleur-gear is connected to an actuation stud rotated by the operating hand-lever, and on which are provided the control mechanism and the means for attaching the moveable part of the device to the fixed part of the latter.
Word: denticulation Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of being set with small notches or teeth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He only omits the Denticulation of the edges of his Bill, or those small oblique Incisions, which, from their inward respect, are plainly made for the better retention of the Prey 2. A small tooth; a denticle. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: denticulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of denticulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hindward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hindward, hindeward, from Old English hindanweard, equivalent to hind (“behind”) + -ward. 1. Toward the posterior extremity.
Word: hindward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hindward, hindeward, from Old English hindanweard, equivalent to hind (“behind”) + -ward. 1. Posterior; in the rear.
Word: photopsin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + opsin. 1. Any of a class of photoreceptor proteins present in the cones of the retina.
Word: delibation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin delibatio: compare French délibation. 1. Act of tasting; a slight trial. Labels: obsolete Example: The principles of motion and vegetation in living bodies seem to be delibations from the invisible fire or spirit of the universe
Word: delibations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of delibation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disemployment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + employment. 1. The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment (as sometimes distinguished from unemployment). Labels: uncountable Example: this glut of leisure and disemployment Example: So an AI-enabled future may have all sorts of economic dislocations — not just unemployment, but disemployment — the obsolescence of a lot of professions. But the marginal cost of goods and services will essentially go to zero, providing enough wealth that societies can provide a universal basic income for all. What you’re predicting makes me think of a 1930 piece by John Maynard Keynes called “The economic possibilities of our grandchildren.”
Word: bachelry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bachelrie, from Old French bachelerie. 1. Collectively, aspiring knights. Labels: historical, obsolete, plural, plural-only
Word: photopsins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photopsin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phthalin Part of Speech: noun 1. A colourless crystalline substance obtained by reduction from phthalein, into which it is easily converted by oxidation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of the series of which phthalin proper is the type. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: precogitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin praecōgitātus, perfect passive participle of praecōgitō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. By surface analysis, pre- + cogitate. 1. To cogitate beforehand. Example: […]without any precogitated and resolved mallice
Word: precogitated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of precogitate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: precogitates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of precogitate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: precogitating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of precogitate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: premunitory Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to a praemunire. Labels: historical, not-comparable Example: premunitory process Example: premunitory clause
Word: premunires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of premunire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cultirostral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin culter (“knife”) + rōstrum (“beak”). 1. Having a bill shaped like the coulter of a plough, or like a knife. Labels: obsolete
Word: NP-hard Part of Speech: adj 1. A problem H is NP-hard if and only if there is an NP-complete problem L that is polynomial time Turing-reducible to H. Labels: not-comparable 2. An alternative definition restricts NP-hard to decision problems and then uses polynomial-time many-one reduction instead of Turing reduction. Labels: not-comparable
Word: preambulatory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈæmbjʊlətɹi/, /pɹiːˈæmbjʊlətəɹi/, /pɹiːæmbjʊˈleɪtəɹi/, /pɹiˈæmbjʊləˌtɔɹi/ 1. Preceding; acting as a preamble; introductory. Labels: not-comparable Example: Simon Magus had preambulatory impieties.
Word: manation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin manatio, from manare (“to flow”). Compare emanation. 1. The act of emanation or flowing out. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually
Word: dérailleurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dérailleur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: solemnizate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin sōlemnizō + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. Obsolete form of solemnize. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: solemnizate matrimony in their churches, chappels, or elsewhere, between any persons that have been married before
Word: solemnizated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of solemnizate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: solemnizates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of solemnizate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: solemnizating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of solemnizate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: alkekengi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Through French alkékenge, Spanish alquequenje, from Arabic كَاكَنْج (kākanj). 1. A herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Alkekengi officinarum). 2. The flavoursome berry of this plant.
Word: alkekengis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alkekengi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coexecutor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + executor. 1. A joint executor.
Word: coexecutors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coexecutor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superplease Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From super- + please. 1. To please exceedingly. Labels: transitive Example: But careless of all vulgar censure, as not depending on common approbation, he is confident it shall superplease judicious spectators
Word: superpleased Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of superplease Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: superpleases Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of superplease Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: superpleasing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of superplease Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decerniture Part of Speech: noun 1. A decree or sentence of a court. Labels: historical, obsolete
Word: decernitures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decerniture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trichinize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From trichina + -ize. 1. To render trichinous; to affect with trichinae. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: trichinized pork
Word: trichinized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of trichinize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trichinizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trichinize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trichinas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trichina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trichinizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of trichinize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: setula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin setula, saetula, diminutive of seta, saeta (“bristle”). 1. A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta
Word: setulae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of setula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nemertian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nemertean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nemertians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nemertian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: featherfoil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From feather + foil (“a leaf”). 1. An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris) with finely divided leaves.
Word: featherfoils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of featherfoil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twi-tongued Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twi- + tongued. 1. Having two tongues; double-tongued; two-tongued; (by extension) deceitful. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: The doubtful House she fears, the twi-tongued race. [...] Example: [...] that in this view of the case the crafty twi-tongued Burleigh said, that England never could be undone but by her parliament.
Word: amalgamize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From amalgam + -ize. 1. To amalgamate.
Word: amalgamized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of amalgamize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: amalgamizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of amalgamize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: amalgamizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of amalgamize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: punctist Part of Speech: noun 1. A punctator. Example: That the words are to be read interrogatively, both the LXX. and the punctists agree […]
Word: punctists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of punctist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revesture Part of Speech: noun 1. Vesture. Labels: obsolete Example: The aulters of this Chapell were hanged with rich reueſture of cloth of golde of Tiſſue, embroudered with pearles.
Word: esloin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See eloign. Pronunciation: /ɪsˈlɔɪn/, /ɛsˈlɔɪn/ 1. To remove, banish or withdraw. Labels: obsolete Example: From worldy cares himselfe he did esloyne Example: If any be diſſeized or eſloined by us, without lawful judgment of his peers, of lands, chattels, franchiſes, or of any right, we will, forthwith, reſtore the ſame….
Word: esloined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of esloin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: esloining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of esloin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: esloins Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of esloin Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stimulatress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stimulator + -ess. 1. A woman who stimulates. Labels: rare
Word: two-tongued Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English two-tounged, two tungyd, equivalent to two + tongued. Compare twi-tongued. 1. Having two tongues; double-tongued. Labels: not-comparable 2. Deceitful; lying; two-faced. Labels: broadly, not-comparable 3. Possessing the ability to speak two languages; synonym of bilingual. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Thomas had used "the bilingual sea" in "Quite Early One Morning" (1945), so that "two-tongued" was a product of a natural piece of wordplay. Example: It is through the voice-over (fully bilingual, because, as the narrator announces, this will be an “f...ing Canadian film”) that the narrator demonstrates both the positive and the negative aspects of the two-tongued individual.
Word: semicastrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From semi- + castrate. 1. To deprive of one testicle.
Word: semicastrated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of semicastrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: semicastrates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of semicastrate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: semicastrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of semicastrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: catapasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατάπασμα (katápasma, “powder”), from πάσσω (pássō, “sprinkle”). 1. A medicinal powder used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc. Labels: obsolete
Word: catapasms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catapasm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemadynamometer Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument to take various measurements in the blood, originally only blood pressure.
Word: hemadynamometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemadynamometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetricity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tetricitas, taetricitas. By surface analysis, tetric + -ity. 1. The quality of being tetric: crabbedness, harshness, bitterness. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: His Manner of Laughter is no way agreeable, opening his Mouth too wide: It even ſeems to indicate ſome Conſtraint and Pain: When he ſhuts his Mouth it gives a Tetricity to his Looks; his Noſe is all of a Piece; his Countenance wears a ſettled Gloomineſs; and his Forehead is of the uſual Size and Figure. Example: "Had you truinated this matter with imprejudication," said the Lady Marguerite, "prior to the existimation you have with so much tetricity delivered, it must have been obvious to you, Doctor Gregory Martimas, that your incondite baniloquence must appear to me either arising from incogitancy, or an innane knodoxy, which gives you an exopation temerariously to insinuate, that those of my sex must necessarily be nescious on topics of erudition."
Word: air jacket Part of Speech: noun 1. A lifejacket. Example: AIR-JACKET. A leathern garment furnished with inflated bladders, to buoy the wearer up in the water. Example: She wore an inflatable air jacket stolen from Air France. 2. An inflatable vest worn to cushion falls. Example: 1765, George Alexander Stevens, The Celebrated Lecture on Heads, London: R. Richards, Part 3, p. 16, […] our army all should wear a new uniform; all our horse infantry should wear air jackets, and all our foot cavalry should wear cork waistcoats; and then ye know why they’d be all over the sea before you could say Jack Robinson. Example: Anna Sparks shrugged into her air jacket and slipped her bib over the top of it. There was a time when she'd have felt invincible in the lead-up to the cross-country, especially if she'd posted a personal best of 40.3 to lie third behind David Powell and Sam Tide after the dressage, but today nerves roared through her system like ocean waves, building and crashing. 3. An enclosed space containing nothing but air that surrounds something in order to provide insulation. Example: In the first Daimler gasoline engines a current of air was forced through an air jacket surrounding the cylinder by means of a rotary fan mounted on the crank shaft. Example: But instead of having an air jacket around the firebox or stove, it has many water pipes among the flames.
Word: air jackets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of air jacket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crumpy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crump + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌmpi/ 1. brittle; crisp Labels: UK, dialectal Example: I had hardly swallowed my broiled chicken , and three fourths of a sweet fresh trout that was set before me ; and was just nibbling at a bit of crumpy oaten cake to give a goût to my cheese and my dram of brandy
Word: smearings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smearing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: odontocete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from translingual Odontoceti, From Ancient Greek ὀδόντος (odóntos, “teeth”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “whale”). Pronunciation: /oʊˈdɑn(t)əˌsit/, /ɒˈdɒntəˌsiːt/, /əʊˈdɒntəsiːt/ 1. Any member of the cetacean parvorder Odontoceti; a toothed whale. Example: Sperm whales and dolphins are odontocetes.
Word: odontocetes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of odontocete Labels: form-of, plural
Word: two-headed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From two + headed. Compare twi-headed. 1. Having two heads or faces on one body. Labels: not-comparable 2. Directed by two heads or chiefs; existing under two coordinate authorities. Labels: not-comparable
Word: twi-headed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twi- + headed. 1. Having two heads; two-headed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Compare the two twi-headed serpents which Loeg, in the Serglige Conculaind, sees on the plain of Mag Denna. Example: They watched in silent anxious adoration as their twi-headed god was led forward and seated in the centre of the circular enclosure on a massive throne of carved dark wood.
Word: A-Pucikwar Part of Speech: name Etymology: From A-Pucikwar a- (prefix used on words relating to the mouth) + Pucikwar. 1. The now-extinct language spoken by the Pucikwar people.
Word: A-Pucikwar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From A-Pucikwar a- (prefix used on words relating to the mouth) + Pucikwar. 1. The Pucikwar people, collectively. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only
Word: spiralizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spiralize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spiralizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spiralize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spiralized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of spiralize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spiralized Part of Speech: adj 1. Formed into spirals Labels: not-comparable
Word: spiralizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spiralization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spouters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spouter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interblends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of interblend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: interblending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of interblend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: interblending Part of Speech: noun 1. A blending together.
Word: interblended Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of interblend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: two-legged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From two + legged. Pronunciation: /tuːˈlɛɡɪd/, /ˈtuːlɛɡd/ 1. Having or furnished with two legs, or leg-like appendages. Labels: not-comparable Example: two-legged animals two-legged shears Example: And that thing made of ſound and ſhovv / VVhich mortals have miſnamed A Beau, / (But in the language of the ſky / Is call'd a tvvolegg'd butterfly) / VVill make your very heartſtrings ake / VVith loud and everlaſting clack, […]
Word: two-legged Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From two + legged. Pronunciation: /tuːˈlɛɡɪd/ 1. Someone or something with two legs, especially human beings. Example: The four-leggeds blamed the cleansing on the humans, and decided to destroy all two-leggeds. Example: Because most of the animals had learned to distrust the two-leggeds, they shrank back into the forest.
Word: two-lipped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From two + lipped. 1. Having two lips. Labels: not-comparable 2. Divided so that segments resemble the two lips when the mouth is more or less open; bilabiate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: twoling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From two + -ling. Compare twilling. 1. A twin crystal consisting of two individuals.
Word: Abun Part of Speech: name 1. A language, sometimes considered an isolate and sometimes considered West Papuan, spoken in Papua and divided into the dialects Abun Tat (Karon Pantai), Abun Ji (Madik), and Abun Je.
Word: Abun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Amharic or Tigrinya አቡነ (ʾäbunä), or from a similar Classical Syriac word. 1. Father, the title of a bishop in an Ethiopian or Coptic church.
Word: twolings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twoling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From impious + -ness. 1. Quality of being impious. Labels: uncountable
Word: uninjurable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + injurable. 1. immune to injury Example: Unerringly impelling this dead, impregnable, uninjurable wall, and this most buoyant thing within; there swims behind it all a mass of tremendous life, only to be adequately estimated as piled wood is—by the cord; and all obedient to one volition, as the smallest insect.
Word: injurable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From injure + -able. 1. Capable of being injured.
Word: soundingboard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sounding board. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wastingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From wasting + -ly. 1. In a way that causes wastage; wastefully. Example: As in decapitating the whale, the operator's instrument is brought close to the spot where an entrance is subsequently forced into the spermaceti magazine; he has, therefore, to be uncommonly heedful, lest a careless, untimely stroke should invade the sanctuary and wastingly let out its invaluable contents.