nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pitstop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pit stop. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: When a driver is told to 'box, box', they're being instructed to make a pitstop. This is because 'box' sounds more distinct than 'pit' over the team radio, so there's less chance of confusion leading to an error. The word itself refers to the painted box outside a team's garage where pit stops take place, although some argue that it hails from 'boxenstopp', which is German for 'pit stop'.
Word: love-child Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From love + child. 1. Alternative spelling of love child. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trashbag Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of trash bag. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Apennine Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈæpənaɪn/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Apennines Labels: not-comparable
Word: track lighting Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of lightbulbs that are affixed movably to tracks. Labels: uncountable
Word: blocky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English block Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English blocky From block + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈblɑk.i/, /ˈblɒk.i/ 1. Resembling a block in shape. Example: The oldest video games had crude, blocky graphics. Example: So, per se, you've been launched into a blocky world, where a seed has been generated and every block no longer gives what it usually does in the old Minecraft.
Word: uncountables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of uncountable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryptanalyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryptanalysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: put on weight Part of Speech: verb 1. To experience a weight gain, to increase in weight.
Word: fiefs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fiːfs/ 1. plural of fief Labels: form-of, plural
Word: animal-like Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English animal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English animal-like From animal + -like. 1. Resembling an animal.
Word: animallike Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of animal-like. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: for example, animallike motion will suffice for us to recognize he his an animal
Word: fall behind Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, behind. 2. To be late (for a regular event) Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: You're falling behind with the rent. 3. To be progressively below average in performance. Labels: intransitive Example: You could lose your job if you keep falling behind with your work. Example: It's not like John to fall behind in maths. 4. to fail to keep up (with) Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: hiney Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of heinie. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I've sat out there so much my hiney's sore.
Word: speedful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English speedful, spedeful, spedful (“successful, prosperous”), equivalent to speed + -ful. 1. Successful, effectual, efficient. Labels: archaic 2. Full of speed; hasty; fast. Labels: nonstandard
Word: grandmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grand + master. 1. A master in a field, whose skills or accomplishments exceed those of other masters. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Grandmaster. Labels: alt-of
Word: to-fall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tofall. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Grand Master Part of Speech: noun 1. A title, especially of chivalric orders, fraternal orders and fraternal organizations.
Word: pelmanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pelman + -ism. Named after the Pelman Institute, founded in London in 1898. 1. A system of training to improve the memory. Labels: uncountable Example: Leamas who normally read nothing, read newspapers slowly and with concentration. He remembered details, like the names and addresses of people who were the subject of small news items. He did it almost unconsciously as a kind of private pelmanism, and it absorbed him entirely. 2. A memory card game in which a pack of cards is spread out face-down and players try to turn up pairs with the same symbol. Labels: uncountable
Word: fall into Part of Speech: verb 1. To go into something by falling. Labels: literally, transitive Example: The cat might fall into the pool if you're not careful. 2. To visit (a place or a person). Labels: transitive Example: I hope to see her whenever I next fall into the area. 3. To enter a condition or state, especially a negative one. Example: After it closed, the old mall fell into disrepair. Example: Our senator fell into disrepute because of the banking scandal. 4. To enter something (especially a profession) without having planned it. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Most of us didn't plan to be designers; we just fell into the job. 5. To be classified as; to fall under. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Trees fall into two main categories: deciduous and evergreen.
Word: kajava Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi कजावा (kajāvā). 1. Alternative form of kajawah. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: She rides only in a kajava, or basket, or in a closed takhterawan, or horse litter, or, as she sits perched high up, astride a man's saddle, looking in her balloon garments, and doubtless feeling, more insecure than Humpty Dumpty on the wall.
Word: beerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *beuzą Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ Old English bēor Middle English ber English beer Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English beerless From beer + -less. 1. Without beer; lacking beer. Labels: not-comparable Example: A meatless day or a beerless or tealess day does not suggest moderation so much as immoderation.
Word: beeriness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English beery Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English beeriness From beery + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being beery. Labels: uncountable
Word: beerish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *beuzą Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ Old English bēor Middle English ber English beer Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English beerish From beer + -ish. 1. Tasting of beer, beery Labels: not-comparable
Word: beered-up Part of Speech: adj 1. intoxicated on beer. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: Actually he looks much like what is depicted in American movies as the typical pre-war Bavarian who sits goodhumoredly drinking beer out of a giant stein, bellowing ebulliently in beered-up delight as a blonde-braided girl and a lederhosened man dance to the accompaniment of a merry accordion. Example: Cardiff is a legendary boozing town, and right up there with Dublin and Prague when it comes to hen and stag parties – most Friday and Saturday nights see the city centre invaded by hordes of beered-up lads dressed in ladies’ underwear, and sparkly stetsoned, stilettoed ladettes tottering from club to karaoke bar to kebab shop.
Word: mind's eye Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪndz ˌaɪ/ 1. The ability to picture an image mentally through imagination. Labels: idiomatic Example: I can see in my mind's eye how the house will look after the renovations. Example: He who would see it with his mind's eye must begin by very little, and then by little and little climb nigher and nigher, and stepmeal, as if he were climbing on a ladder, and would be up on some sea'cliff; […]
Word: orichalcum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin orichalcum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀρείχαλκος (oreíkhalkos), from dative singular of ὄρος (óros, “mountain”) + χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”). Pronunciation: /ɒɹɪˈkælkəm/ 1. A valuable yellow metal known to the Ancient Greeks and Romans; now sometimes interpreted as referring to a natural alloy of gold and copper, and sometimes treated as a mythical substance. Labels: uncountable Example: Many walls were coated with metals – with brass, tin and a red ^([sic]) metal, unknown to us, called orichalcum.
Word: chirpies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chirpy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: featurefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English featureful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English featurefulness From featureful + -ness. 1. The property of being full of features (often used of computer software). Labels: uncountable
Word: paraphyletic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From para- (“near”) + Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “tribe, race”) + -etic. 1. Of a defined group of taxa: not including all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of all members. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bacterin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriabor. English bacteria Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English bacterin From bacteria + -in. Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.tə.ɹɪn/ 1. A suspension of killed or attenuated bacteria for use as a vaccine. Example: Any of the above may result in an improper bacterin being given[…] Example: […] the object of bacterin therapy is to produce an active resistance […]
Word: centavos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of centavo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ferreous Part of Speech: adj 1. Containing or resembling iron.
Word: trashbags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trashbag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ferriferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ferri- + -ferous. 1. Containing iron. Example: a ferriferous rock
Word: ferruginous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ferrūgineus, from ferrūgo (“rust”). Pronunciation: /fəˈɹuːd͡ʒɪnəs/, /fəˈɹuːd͡ʒənəs/, /fəˈɹud͡ʒənəs/, /fəˈɹʉːd͡ʒənəs/ 1. Containing iron. 2. Rusty. 3. Rust-colored. Example: A few miles north of Coquimbo, I met with the ferruginous, balaniferous mass (E) with many silicified bones; I was informed that these silicified bones occur also at Tonguay, south of Coquimbo […]
Word: ferrugineous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of ferruginous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: in two shakes Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Very quickly; without delay. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: by George! we would souse the Lords o' the Admiralty themselves, if they were here, in a couple of shakes Example: She tried to get the case open. . . . "I wish Father was here," said Phyllis; "he'd get it open in two shakes."
Word: in two shakes of a cow's tail Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Synonym of in two shakes.
Word: in two shakes of a dog's tail Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Synonym of in two shakes.
Word: in two shakes of a duck's tail Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Synonym of in two shakes.
Word: Fallopian Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fəˈloʊpi.ən/ 1. Discovered (reputedly) by Fallopius (mainly as in Fallopian tube). Labels: not-comparable
Word: leader board Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of leaderboard. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The region is usually at the bottom of the leader board even for lottery money from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Word: arrove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By analogy with class 1 strong verbs such as drive : drove; compare nearly standard American English dove as the past tense of dive. Pronunciation: /əˈɹoʊv/, /əˈɹəʊv/ 1. simple past of arrive Labels: form-of, nonstandard, past Example: Arter we arrove there Jabez axed me whether Ide be married there or wait till we got to Higgins Patent. Example: I arrove about sunrise at the 'Planter's' jest as the 'Powhatan' was a steaming up to the wharf; and so I druv on to de wharf to see if de judge and his darter was a-board, and sure nuff dere dey was!
Word: arrove Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of arroba (Spanish unit of measure) Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: And it is to be observ'd, That these Pipes are to be of the size appointed by the Orginances of Sevil, which are to hold 27 Arroves a Pipe, an Arrove liquid being 32 Pounds. Example: Damaged biscuit is now sold for upwars of two reals the pound; firewood, three dollars the quintal; charcoal, two dollars the arrove; onions, four reals the pound; an old ox was killed lately, and fold for eight reals the pound.
Word: arriven Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of arrive Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
Word: flight of fancy Part of Speech: noun 1. An idea, narrative, suggestion, etc., which is extremely imaginative and which appears to be entirely unrealistic, untrue, or impractical; thinking which is very speculative. Labels: idiomatic Example: And, whereas the mind of Man, when he gives the Spur and Bridle to his Thoughts, doth never ſtop, but naturally ſallies out into both extreams of High and Low, of Good and Evil, his first Flight of Fancy commonly tranſports Him to Idea's of what is moſt Perfect, finiſhed, and exalted; [...] Example: Who might not, by a very easy flight of fancy, have believed that everything about him took this haunted tone, and that he lived on haunted ground?
Word: polemicizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of polemicize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: polemicize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From polemic + -ize. By surface analysis, polem- + -ic + -ize. 1. To engage in argument. Labels: intransitive
Word: intervenes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intervene Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: independencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of independency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: independency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From independent + -cy. 1. Independence. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: All young creatures, thought I, more or less, covet independency […]. Example: A printed copy of this Declaration of Independency came accidentally to our hands a few days after the dispatch of the Mercury packet, and we have the honor to enclose it. 2. An independent territory or state. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Independency Part of Speech: name 1. The principle that each individual religious congregation is free from any external ecclesiastical control, as by a bishop.
Word: jambalayas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jambalaya Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metabolisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metabolism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: olorosos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oloroso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: front organizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of front organization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rulebooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rulebook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: front group Part of Speech: noun 1. A front organization that appears to be an independent voluntary association or charitable organization. Example: Black Matters was one of many fake activist groups, such as Blacktivist and the police brutality tracker DoNotShoot.us, created to mimic and influence American protesters. RBC discovered around 120 Facebook, Twitter and Instagram frontgroup accounts with a combined total of 6 million followers and likes.
Word: front groups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of front group Labels: form-of, plural
Word: louching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of louche Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: viscacha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish vizcacha, from Quechua wisk'acha. Pronunciation: /vɪˈskatʃə/, /vɪˈskɑt͡ʃə/ 1. Any of the several South American rodents, native to the Andes Mountains, of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus. Example: From the tenderness of its covering, it is not, though a stronger and larger animal, so able to bear the severity of winter in the Andes as the Chinchilla, though it is not so decidedly an animal of the plains as the viscacha of Paraguay. Example: The guanaco, the viscacha, and the hare of the Pampas, are found in Patagonia.
Word: heddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English helde, from Old English hefeld, from the root of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have, heave”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Cognate with Old Saxon hevild, Middle Low German hevelte, Icelandic hafald. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdəl/ 1. A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded. Example: The only other table, generally used by operative weavers, is that for setting the heddles, so as to correspond with the reed. Few weavers are in possession of a sufficient variety of heddles, to suit every reed in which they may be employed to weave cloth. Example: The heddles and heddle frames, Fig. 3, and the reed may be purchased from dealers in craftwork supplies. 2. One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.
Word: heddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English helde, from Old English hefeld, from the root of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have, heave”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Cognate with Old Saxon hevild, Middle Low German hevelte, Icelandic hafald. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdəl/ 1. To thread each strand of the warp through the eye of a heddle. Example: After each frame has been heddled, stand upright within easy reach until the full set has been completed. Example: This, of course, discounts the idea that the system of heddling based on Icelandic descriptions (Hoffmann, 1964, 188, fig. 91) has been used for all time, although it could in theory have been used for any of the 2/2 twills in the York collection.
Word: cits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rickshawed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rickshaw Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: director general Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of French directeur général, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun. 1. The highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. In reference to government, the executive officer below the minister of the department.
Word: weeker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyg-der. Proto-Germanic *wikǭ Proto-West Germanic *wikā Old English wiċe Middle English wyke English week English -er English weeker From week + -er. 1. Someone who participates in something for a certain number of weeks. Labels: especially, in-compounds Example: Most holidaymakers are two-weekers, but a few are three-weekers.
Word: kipa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kippah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kippa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kippah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cock a snook Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform a snook, a gesture of disrespect. Labels: UK, derogatory, idiomatic 2. To flout or show disrespect to. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: to cock a snook at authority
Word: lemon curd Part of Speech: noun 1. A thick preserve made from lemons (juice and zest), egg yolk, butter and sugar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ‘Hi. I brought some lemon curd.’ ‘Lemon curd!’ said Adrian. ‘And what was I saying only this minute, Tom?’ “If only we had some lemon curd for our guests.” You’re a mind-reader, Bollocks.’
Word: weason Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of weasand. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: No pressure should be placed on the bum or the weason. Example: He fell: the shaft that slightly was impress'd / Now from his heavy fall with weight increas'd / Drove through his neck aslant, he spurns the ground; - And the sould issues through the weason's wound.
Word: dipartite Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of bipartite. Labels: not-comparable
Word: term logic Part of Speech: noun 1. An approach to logic that splits propositions into two terms—subject and predicate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mascaras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mascara Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 1000th Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of thousandth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: Smithian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Smith Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Smithian From Smith + -ian. 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a person bearing the surname Smith. 2. Of or characteristic of the theories of the political economist Adam Smith (1723–1790). Example: Smith's ideas inform Austen's most beloved novel too. In Pride and Prejudice, the idea of pride is Smithian. Example: [One economic phenomenon driving growth] is what is known as “Smithian growth”—the gains from trade and specialization. 3. Of a regional geological stage of the Early Triassic epoch (249.7 – 247.4 Ma; preceded by the Dienerian and followed by the Spathian).
Word: azyl Part of Speech: noun 1. An organic radical containing the functional group -N=N-O•, where the nitrogen atom is bonded to an oxygen atom and a carbon-centered radical. Example: Widely spread classification of conjugated radicals, based on the formal structural sign of "key" atom is evidently not satisfactory enough, because the delocalization of unpaired electrons cloud different in their origin radicals, for example, aroxyls, classical nitroxyls, aromatic azyls and verdazyls, can be formally united into one and the same group of compounds of trivalent carbon.
Word: ariette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ariette, from Italian arietta. 1. A short aria, or air. Example: a military ariette
Word: perjurous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of perjurious. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The witness made perjurous statements under oath. Example: The judgment will be set aside based on the client's perjurous answer to the judge's direct questions.
Word: compliancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From compliant + -cy or comply + -ancy or compliance + -y. 1. The condition of being compliant; compliance, complaisance Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: perjurious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin perjuriosus. 1. Of or pertaining to perjury.
Word: reified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: arriccio Part of Speech: noun 1. A layer of plaster laid slightly coarsely to provide a key for the intonaco.
Word: out of one's sight Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In a place where one cannot see it. Example: Don't go out of my sight, Jenny.
Word: s-band Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛsˌbænd/ 1. An ultrahigh radio frequency, one within the range of 1,550 to 5,200 MHz.
Word: in sight Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In a place where something can be seen. Example: When we rounded the corner, Peter was in sight at the other end of the road. 2. Near or close in either distance or time. Labels: figuratively Example: The end is in sight. Example: We were in sight of land.
Word: in one's sight Part of Speech: adv 1. According to one's point of view, or opinion Labels: not-comparable Example: If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
Word: ondé Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of undé. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: secularising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of secularise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: secularise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of secularize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: uncredited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English credited English uncredited From un- + credited. 1. Unacknowledged. Labels: not-comparable Example: “Your lack of basic journalistic ethics in both the manner in which you ‘reported’ this uncredited nonsense, and the slanderous, unnecessary use of my picture without permission demands a response, and I am, of course, pursuing legal action.” 2. Not believed. Labels: not-comparable Example: I find, with him to whom the tale is told, belief only makes the difference betwixt truth and lies; for a lie believed is true, and truth uncredited a lie. 3. Not listed in the credits. Labels: not-comparable Example: Several uncredited musicians worked on the film score.
Word: Make-make Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Makemake. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: TNO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of trans-Neptunian object. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SDO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of scattered-disc object. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of selective door operation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of squadron duty officer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of social dominance orientation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of special development order Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: SDO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Solar Dynamics Observatory. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cash money Part of Speech: noun 1. Cash, or a thing easily converted to cash, as opposed to credit. Labels: emphatic, slang, uncountable Example: 2008 July 9, Jacqueline Mitchell, “America's Most Stolen Vehicles”, in Forbes magazine, So don't think for a moment that your old but tired vehicle matters only to you. Your clunker is cash money to professional thieves.
Word: cash money Part of Speech: adj 1. Highly desirable; beneficent or conveying high status. Labels: humorous, slang Example: Two countries are beating us in the tattoo game. Not by much, but they’re beating us. Italy leads the world at 48 percent. Sweden comes in at No. 2 with 47 percent. And the U.S., for purposes of this discussion, picks up the bronze medal. Not very cash money of you, U.S. You’re slippin’. Example: That’s not very cash money of you / Dear Editors, / What the fuck is up with SSAF allocation?
Word: time is money Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Generally attributed to Benjamin Franklin. See the cite from 1748. 1. Money is wasted (in lost wages, missed opportunities, etc.) when a person's time is not used productively; time is valuable and should not be wasted. Example: Remember that Time is Money. He that can earn Ten Shillings a Day by his Labour, and goes abroad, or sits idle one half of that Day, tho’ he spends but Sixpence during his Diversion or Idleness, ought not to reckon That the only Expence; he has really spent or rather thrown away Five Shillings besides. Example: And what do you mean to do with your time this winter? You must remember that time is money.
Word: I came, I saw, I conquered Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Calque of Latin vēnī, vīdī, vīcī (“I came, I saw, I conquered”). Pronunciation: /ˌaɪ̯ ˈkeɪ̯m | ˌaɪ̯ ˈsɔː | ˌaɪ̯ ˈkɒŋ.kə(ɹ)d/ 1. I have gained a total and swift victory.
Word: scazon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin scāzon, from Ancient Greek σκάζων (skázōn), from σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”). Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪzɒn/, /ˈskeɪzən/ 1. A limping satiric meter in classical verse. 2. An iambic trimeter ending with a trochee or spondee.
Word: fast-breeder reactor Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfæstbɹiːdɚ ɹiˈæaktɚ/ 1. A nuclear plant which produces fissionable material from high-energy neutrons as a byproduct in excess of the amount it uses to operate.
Word: indescript Part of Speech: adj 1. undescribed Labels: rare
Word: undescribed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English described English undescribed From un- + described. 1. Not described Labels: not-comparable 2. Not previously known to science Labels: not-comparable
Word: nispero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish níspero (“medlar, loquat”), from Latin mespilum (“medlar”). 1. The loquat, Eriobotrya japonica. 2. The sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.
Word: phosphorus ylide Part of Speech: noun 1. A molecule of phosphorus that contains both covalent and ionic bonds.
Word: talk is cheap Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: The expression first appears c. 1783 in the play All pleas'd at last. 1. It is easy to make boastful or unrealistic statements which are not supported by actions or evidence. Labels: idiomatic Example: Cecil Winwood accepted the test. He claimed that he could dope the guards the night of the break. “Talk is cheap,” said Long Bill Hodge. “What we want is the goods. Dope one of the guards to-night.”
Word: eye pattern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A binary signal passed through an LC lowpass filter looks like a row of eyes. 1. An oscilloscope display of a data signal passed through a transmission line, clocked synchronously to the data symbols; used to analyze the quality of transmission.
Word: barbarisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barbarisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: berde Part of Speech: noun 1. A stringed instrument (chordophone) of Bosnian origin, a large guitar-shaped instrument that is played upright, using a plectrum.
Word: quadriga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quadrīgae, literally "four yoked", from quattuor (“four”) + iugum (“yoke”). Pronunciation: /kwɒdˈɹiː.ɡə/, /kwəˈdɹiː.ɡə/, /kwɑˈdɹi.ɡə/, /kwɑˈdɹaɪ.ɡə/ 1. A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast. Labels: historical Example: In the Vatican Library is a vase of terra cotta, on whose upper part we see delineated the sun and moon, in a quadriga, which proceeds forward [travels, voyages, fulfils its course] upon a ship. […] Both these deities stand in a quadriga, which indeed is the vehicle proper to the sun, insomuch that the Rhodians every year threw into the sea a quadriga, dedicated to this divinity. Example: On another denarius we see Victory holding a wreath and driving a quadriga […] 2. A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing. Labels: historical
Word: half-awake Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From half- + awake. 1. Barely awake. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonapplication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Latin applicātiōbor. Old French aplicacionbor. Middle English applicacioun English application English nonapplication From non- + application. 1. The failure to apply an existing law, rule, regulation etc.
Word: nine thousand Part of Speech: num 1. cardinal number between eight thousand nine hundred ninety nine and nine thousand and one
Word: eight thousand Part of Speech: noun 1. The cardinal number between seven thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and eight thousand and one.
Word: seven thousand Part of Speech: num 1. cardinal number between six thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and seven thousand and one
Word: blockade runner Part of Speech: noun 1. A vehicle, typically a naval one, with the purpose of transporting cargo across a military blockade.
Word: six thousand Part of Speech: num 1. cardinal number between five thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and six thousand and one
Word: four thousand Part of Speech: num 1. cardinal number between three thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and four thousand and one
Word: three thousand Part of Speech: num 1. cardinal number between two thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and three thousand and one
Word: radicalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English radical Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English radicalness From radical + -ness. 1. the state or the quality of being radical. Labels: uncountable
Word: radicalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of radicalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: radicalized Part of Speech: adj 1. That has been through the process of radicalization. Example: While the majority of Uyghurs might temporarily yield to Beijing’s Sinification campaign, it can be expected that a significant minority among them will resist it and adopt a more radicalized stance against the Chinese state.
Word: radicality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English radical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English radicality From radical + -ity. 1. The quality of being radical; radicalness. Example: However, the radicality of political praxis and the radicality of Theory might not be of the same order. 2. Germinal principle; source; origination. Labels: obsolete Example: there may be equivocal seeds and hermaphroditical principles, which contain the radicality and power of different forms 3. Radicalness; relation to root in essential nature or principle. Labels: obsolete
Word: radicalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radicality Labels: form-of, plural Example: 2001, "Content's Dream: Essays 1975-1984", Charles Bernstein, p. 73. By 'constructive' partly I'm trying to point to certain radicalities or extremes of compositional strategy that tend to increase the artifactual, …
Word: arteriosclerotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā)bor. Latin artēria Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā) English arteri- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English arterio- English scler(a) Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek -ωτικός (-ōtikós)der. Latin -ōticusder. French -otiquebor. English -otic English sclerotic English arteriosclerotic From arterio- + sclerotic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by arteriosclerosis
Word: arteriosclerotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā)bor. Latin artēria Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā) English arteri- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English arterio- English scler(a) Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek -ωτικός (-ōtikós)der. Latin -ōticusder. French -otiquebor. English -otic English sclerotic English arteriosclerotic From arterio- + sclerotic. 1. A person suffering from arteriosclerosis. Example: Halo and Banga have recently indicated (1953) that the elastase content of the pancreas of human arteriosclerotics is substantially less than normal.
Word: abovementioned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From above + mentioned. Pronunciation: /əˌbʌvˈmɛnʃənd/ 1. mentioned above Labels: literary, not-comparable Example: … bended that the abovementioned two officers and one hundred and thirty-four men may be quartered in the towns of New- haven, Wallingford and Brani'ord, …
Word: Christmastimes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Christmastime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Christmas times Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Christmas time Labels: form-of, plural
Word: excellentness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English excellent Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English excellentness From excellent + -ness. 1. the state or the quality of being excellent Labels: uncountable
Word: splendidness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin splendidus English splendid Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English splendidness From splendid + -ness. 1. the state or the quality of being splendid. Labels: uncountable 2. something that is splendid. Labels: uncountable
Word: nicenesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of niceness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: definitions by pointing Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of definition by pointing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gentlenesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gentleness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: talk radio Part of Speech: noun 1. A radio program format consisting of discussions regarding topical or controversial issues. Labels: uncountable
Word: talk-radio Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of talk radio. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: non-commercial Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of noncommercial. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: NR's own guidelines clearly state that non-commercial photography by rail enthusiasts and passengers is not only permitted but "welcomed" at stations it manages directly and those managed by other operators.
Word: sea trial Part of Speech: noun 1. testing of watercraft
Word: sea trials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea trial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nemes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian nms. 1. A headcloth worn by pharaohs.
Word: fluttersome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flutter + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌtəɹsəm/, /ˈflʌtəsəm/ 1. Marked by fluttering; (by extension) restless; nimble. Example: Her discomfort at the fluttersome part of her when he became a dragon the first time had prevented him from taking that shape again—until she ordered him to do whatever it took to get Motsey back. Example: “That fluttersome jade's better suited to the scullery. She'snot got the looks for a lady's maid, nor ever will, I vow.” She grinned at Elizabeth.
Word: burdalane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A form of bird alone. 1. The last child that survives in a family. Labels: obsolete
Word: gradability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grade Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English gradability From grade + -ability. 1. The property of being gradable. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The gradability of adjectives has important consequences for their grammatical behaviour.
Word: cumberground Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cumber + ground, in reference to the Bible, Luke 13:7. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌm.bə.ɡɹaʊnd/, /ˈkʌm.bɚ.ɡɹaʊnd/ 1. Any totally worthless object or person; something that is just in the way. Labels: obsolete Example: Give a man money, and he may sit down upon it and spend it, or live upon the interest which it will yield in idleness, a mere cumberground and drone, from whose life the world derives no benefit.
Word: cumbergrounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cumberground Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drumble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See drumly. 1. To be sluggish or lazy. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Go, take up these clothes here. Quickly! Where's the / cowl-staff? Look how you drumble! Carry them to the / laundress in Datchet Mead. Quickly! Come. 2. To be confused. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 3. To mumble in speaking. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 4. To do something ineptly; to bungle or bumble. Labels: obsolete
Word: earth-fast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *erthfast, *erthfeste, from Old English eorþfæst (“earthfast, fixed in the earth, firm in the earth”), equivalent to earth + fast. 1. Firm or planted in the earth, and difficult to remove. Labels: not-comparable
Word: elden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From eld + -en (“to become”). Compare Middle English elden, ealdien (“to age, grow older”). More at eld. Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.dən/ 1. To advance in eld or old age; to grow older; to age. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Margery looked up at him, colouring, startled, suspicious. "Truth, Lady, you've no call to look at me thus," Hugh said, smiling. "I'm eldening now, like my late master, God cherish him, but I'm not so old I can't remember what it is to burn, […]
Word: elden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eld + -en (“pertaining to”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.dən/ 1. Rare form of olden. Labels: form-of, not-comparable, rare Example: In the orient, elden age, / Ere man had learned to wage / Dispassionate war against his natural mind, / Thy voice of mystery— / Reading aloud the earth’s extended page, / Bade human aspirations find, / In the cool fountain and the forest tree, / A sentient Deity; […] Example: And when, adown life’s current floating slow, / Earth’s mated hearts with happy cooings go, / It may be scarce begun the joyful voyage, / Which hope has drawn out unto elden age, / Ere the sad mandate is received, to cast / Aside the aspirings fostered of the past; […]
Word: eldfather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eldfader, variant of olde fader, from Old English eald fæder (“grandfather, ancestor”), equivalent to eld (“old”) + father. Cognate with Scots eldfader (“grandfather, father-in-law”), Old Frisian aldafeder (“grandfather”). 1. One's grandfather or forefather. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: Elof sat with his eyes closed, still in the grip of the thought that he had just heard his eldfathers, all the way back to Adam, chanting at the table. Example: For some reason "rune" continued to be the most attractive of the two, though, truth to tell, there had been no more than the usual mention of the word either in my general reading or in the Frisian (the language of my eldfathers) […] 2. One's father-in-law. Labels: obsolete
Word: eldfathers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eldfather Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eldmother Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eldmoder, from Old English eald mōdor (“grandmother”), equivalent to eld (“old”) + mother. Cognate with Scots eldmoder, eldmother (“mother-in-law”), Old Frisian aldemōder. 1. One's grandmother or other female ancestor, or one's mother-in-law. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: Item I gyve vnto my eldmother his wyffe my wyffes froke and a read petticote and a smoke. Example: John Morpeth [...] saith that, on Sondaie last [...] the said John Robson said to the said Arthure, "Thou haiest a witch to thy eldmother[.]"
Word: eldmothers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eldmother Labels: form-of, plural
Word: evenhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *evenhode, evenhede, equivalent to even + -hood. 1. Equality; equity; justice. Labels: archaic, obsolete, rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:evenhood.
Word: homonymy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English homonym Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English homonymy From homonym + -y. Pronunciation: /həˈmɒnəmi/ 1. The property of being a homonym. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: forswunk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English forswunken, past participle of forswinken (“to overwork”), equivalent to for- + swunk. More at forswink. 1. totally worn out from work Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: If indeed he had so turned from Latin texts to garden-tools, he would certainly have been forswunk.
Word: gowl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English gaulen, goulen. Compare yawl (intransitive verb). Pronunciation: /ɡaʊl/ 1. To weep angrily; to howl. Labels: Scotland, obsolete
Word: gowl Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡaʊl/ 1. vulva. Labels: Ireland, slang 2. an annoying person; an idiot; a dishonest person. Labels: Ireland, slang
Word: hardel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from hard + -el (diminutive suffix). 1. the back of the hand Labels: obsolete
Word: lanken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From lank + -en. 1. To become lank or lanky; grow thin. Labels: intransitive
Word: kulang Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of koulan (“kind of onager”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gearmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gear + maker. 1. A manufacturer of gears. 2. A manufacturer of any type of equipment.
Word: burling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of burl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: anthologise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthologize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: anthologiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anthologise + -er. 1. Alternative spelling of anthologizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hoped-for Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of hoped for. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: But things were not to go with the hoped-for smoothness.
Word: hoped for Part of Speech: adj 1. desired; wished for. Example: There had never before been a known case of fraudulent claim of this sort. The man received, not his hoped-for £4,000, but eighteen months imprisonment instead. Example: Unfortunately, the job opportunities they are seeking are often more hoped for than real, […]
Word: cumber-ground Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cumberground. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cumber ground Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cumberground. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bastos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of basto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dimp Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪmp/ 1. A small or short cigarette. Labels: UK, colloquial 2. The butt end of a cigarette, before it has been completely smoked; a half-smoked cigarette. Labels: UK, broadly, colloquial
Word: ascaroside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Realized as ascar- + -ose + -ide rather than ascarylose + -ide. 1. Any of a group of glycolipids, containing the sugar ascarylose, found in some nematode worms
Word: autoinhibited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of autoinhibit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: autoinhibited Part of Speech: adj 1. Subject to, or produced by autoinhibition
Word: autoinhibition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + inhibition. 1. Any of several intramolecular interactions that regulate protein function. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: autoinhibitory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auto- + inhibitory. 1. Of or pertaining to autoinhibition
Word: cuproenzyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cupro- + enzyme. 1. Any metalloenzyme that contains one or more copper atoms
Word: cuproprotein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cupro- + protein. 1. Any metalloprotein that contains one or more copper atoms
Word: defocused Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /diːˈfəʊkəst/ 1. simple past and past participle of defocus Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: defocused Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /diːˈfəʊkəst/ 1. Produced by defocusing