nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: stimmy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of stimulus + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪ.mi/ 1. Stimulus (funds usually provided by a government in times of economic hardship). Labels: slang Example: Quiet references are made to “stimmy” money, for example, and the show trusts us to understand that this is the family’s term of endearment for federal stimulus funds the Bluth company received. Example: For all that, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin did hold a 52-minute phone conversation Monday about getting a new stimmy done anyway, according to Pelosi's Deputy Chief of Staff Drew Hammill.
Word: freehandedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From freehanded + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being freehanded. Labels: uncountable Example: Money of his own he had none, and his purse was always empty by reason of his free-handedness. Example: Later in life he won celebrity by his freehandedness with money.
Word: free-handedness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of freehandedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: freehandedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From freehanded + -ly. 1. In a freehanded manner. Example: We currently prefer to position this cutting guide freehandedly, without any supports, which means shorter cutaneous incisions can be made. Example: In 1945 the Allies noted with surprise how quickly the reconstitution of state authority and the organization of elections were implemented by Karl Renner's provisional government, a government moreover that had been installed freehandedly by the Soviet Union without the consent of the Western Allies.
Word: free-handedly Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of freehandedly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: depharyngealization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + pharyngeal + -ization. 1. A sound change that removes the pharyngeal component of a sound. Labels: uncountable
Word: bodypack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From body + pack. 1. A small box housing a transmitter and battery pack, used with a microphone.
Word: bodypacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bodypack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cacuminalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cacuminal + -ization. 1. A sound change whereby a sound becomes cacuminal, or pronounced with a retroflexed tongue. Labels: uncountable
Word: postalveolarization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From postalveolar + -ization. 1. A sound change whereby a sound becomes postalveolar. Labels: uncountable
Word: hoarhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hoar + head. 1. An old person with grey hair. Labels: obsolete, poetic
Word: hoarheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoarhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interactionalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From interactional + -ist. 1. Synonym of interactionist.
Word: interactionalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interactionalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: formycins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of formycin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: omentopexy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From omento- + -pexy. 1. The operation of suturing the omentum to the abdominal wall, securing anastomotic communication between the portal system and that of the vena cava.
Word: omentopexies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of omentopexy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oophoron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾠοφόρον (ōiophóron, “egg-bearer”), neuter of ᾠοφόρος (ōiophóros, “egg-bearing”). By surface analysis, oo- + -phore + -on. Pronunciation: /oʊˈɒfəɹɒn/ 1. Synonym of ovary.
Word: ophthalmalgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ophthalmo- + -algia. 1. pain in the eye Labels: uncountable
Word: ophthalmodynia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ophthalmo- + -odynia. 1. Pain in the eye. Labels: uncountable
Word: ophthalmometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ophthalmo- + -metry. 1. Measurement of the visual acuity and refractive power of the eyes. Labels: uncountable
Word: ophthalmometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ophthalmometry + -ic. 1. Relating to ophthalmometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oppilatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oppilative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: happyish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From happy + -ish. 1. Somewhat happy. Labels: informal
Word: organotherapies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of organotherapy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barefoot doctors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barefoot doctor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grallochs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gralloch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: optophones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of optophone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mysoped Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /maɪ.səʊ.pɛd/ 1. A sadistic pedophile. Example: Mysopeds, aggressive pedophiles or preferential sadistic child molesters, are more cruel in their offenses and more likely to engage in repetitive acts of sexual violence. Example: The mysoped will often abduct a child from places where children gather:[…]He will usually not attempt to seduce or otherwise induce the child to go with him; he simply takes the child by force. The abduction is followed by a scenario that includes pain inflicted upon the child, followed by the child's death.¶ This type of pedophile has no real sexual interest in children in the traditional sense, although he may sexually abuse them.
Word: fullhanded Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of full-handed. Example: She was still there when he returned fullhanded. 2. Alternative form of full-handed. Example: Objection is sometimes offered to this system upon the hypothesis that all but the rich or fullhanded, are excluded from our sanctuaries. Example: Here is prosperity, Fat and fullhanded, arrived at our door: Crashes, disasters, and famine's severity, Never can harass or trouble us more. 3. Alternative form of full-handed. Example: France was already on the way out of Mexico when he intervened, and his fullhanded shove only accelerated the retreat. 4. Alternative form of full-handed. Example: A good handshake is a fullhanded, firm and brief grasp of the hand. 5. Alternative form of full-handed. Example: I went to the Hill Ranch and stayed a few days, but they being fullhanded, I went to the Half Circle F Ranch, and there found employment gathering horses from the foot hills. 6. Alternative form of full-handed. Example: Commission's rule permitting joint hearing of pending applications, is certainly reasonable one, and when appellant, fullhanded with knowledge of situation, failed to request such joint hearing, he is in no position to demand, and court has no power to require, that Commission suspend its normal functions and reopen its proceedings so as to entitle him as "person aggrieved" to appeal...
Word: fullhanded Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of full-handed. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He failed to do so; permitted his vendee to remove from the country fullhanded, though his own embarrassments should have urged him to enforce his claim, if in truth it had not been adjusted Example: With the optimism of his twenty-eight years— he had told the reporters he was twenty-six— he was throwing fullhanded his pearls of knowledge before men and women who would rather have seen him draw rabbits out of a hat.
Word: full-handedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From full-handed + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being full-handed; wealth, completeness, generosity, or enthusiasm. Labels: uncountable
Word: fullhandedness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of full-handedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: inorb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From in- + orb. 1. To form or constitute as an orb. Labels: transitive
Word: full-handedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From full-handed + -ly. 1. In a full-handed manner.
Word: fuckheadedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From fuckheaded + -ly. 1. In a fuckheaded manner. Labels: vulgar
Word: ZOPA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of zone of possible agreement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: neo-Hellenism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Neo-Hellenism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: neo-Hellenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neo- + Hellenic. 1. Relating to Neo-Hellenism Labels: not-comparable
Word: Neo-Hellenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neo- + Hellenic. For the proper noun, translation of the endonym νεοελληνική f (neoellinikí, “neo-Hellenic”, adjective), by ellipsis of the noun γλώσσα f (glóssa, “language”) for Modern Greek, ellipsis of Modern Greek language. 1. Alternative form of neo-Hellenic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Neo-Hellenic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From neo- + Hellenic. For the proper noun, translation of the endonym νεοελληνική f (neoellinikí, “neo-Hellenic”, adjective), by ellipsis of the noun γλώσσα f (glóssa, “language”) for Modern Greek, ellipsis of Modern Greek language. 1. Modern Greek language Labels: uncountable Example: see also: koine Neo-Hellenic (Standard Modern Greek)
Word: neo-Kantian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neo- + Kantian. 1. Relating to Neo-Kantianism Labels: not-comparable
Word: neo-Kantian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + Kantian. 1. Alternative form of Neo-Kantian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: neo-Kantianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + Kantianism. 1. Alternative form of Neo-Kantianism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: neo-Lamarckism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + Lamarckism. 1. Alternative form of Neo-Lamarckism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: neo-Lamarckian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neo- + Lamarckian. 1. Relating to Neo-Lamarckism Labels: not-comparable
Word: neo-Lamarckian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + Lamarckian. 1. An advocate of Neo-Lamarckism
Word: neo-Latin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neo- + Latin. 1. Of or pertaining to the Neo-Latin language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: neo-Malthusian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neo- + Malthusian. 1. Relating to Neo-Malthusianism. Example: In it, [Paul] Ehrlich and his wife, Anne, presented a neo-Malthusian scenario of imminent population explosion and ensuing disaster. "The battle to feed all of humanity is over," the Ehrlichs warned. Example: The introduction by Science editors, like the coverage in National Geographic earlier this year, notes the failure, so far, of neo-Malthusian predictions of global doom from overpopulation and centers on the reality that population pressures, and problems, are local and focused in hot spots.
Word: neo-Malthusian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + Malthusian. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Neo-Malthusian (“proponent of Neo-Malthusianism”). Labels: alt-of Example: The neo‐Malthusians have for some time dominated discussions of world population. In their gloom, some even calculated a date by which the planet would have so many people that there would be no room for anybody to lie down. Example: (A side note: Whenever I write about efforts to save children from malaria or diarrhea, I get cynical letters from neo-Malthusians who argue that saving children’s lives is pointless until birthrates drop. That’s incorrect. There’s abundant evidence that when parents are confident that their children will live, they will have fewer and invest more in each of them.)
Word: neo-Malthusianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + Malthusianism. 1. Alternative form of Neo-Malthusianism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: neo-Pentecostal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neo- + Pentecostal. 1. Synonym of neo-charismatic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lifeday Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lif-day; equivalent to life + day. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌɪfdeɪ/ 1. A day of someone's life; chiefly in plural: a lifetime. Labels: archaic Example: For loth in his lifdayes · for likyng of drynke / Dede bi his douȝtres · þat þe deuel lyked.
Word: lifedays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lifeday Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Heeney Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Heaney. 1. A surname from Irish. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An unincorporated community in Summit County, Colorado, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: milking machine Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine for milking cows.
Word: pasport Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of passport. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Spanish needles Part of Speech: noun 1. A flowering plant, taxonomic name Bidens bipinnata. Labels: uncountable
Word: Spanish cedar Part of Speech: noun 1. A tree in the chinaberry family, of species Cedrela odorata.
Word: Spanish dagger Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several species of flowering plant in the genus Yucca, especially Yucca gloriosa. Example: The Spanish dagger plants at the gate pricked his calves painfully and he stumbled forward.
Word: Spanish onion Part of Speech: noun 1. A relatively large variety of the onion, yellow or white in colour and with a mild, sweet flavour. 2. red onion. Labels: Australia
Word: Spandau Part of Speech: name 1. The westernmost borough of Berlin.
Word: spam killer Part of Speech: noun 1. A program that automatically deletes spam (unsolicited commercial email). Labels: informal
Word: Speaker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of speaker (“presiding officer of a legislative body”). Labels: alt-of
Word: Speaker Part of Speech: name 1. A surname
Word: specif. Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of specifically. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: speed merchant Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who runs, drives or moves in a given way very fast. Labels: idiomatic
Word: speed walking Part of Speech: noun 1. power walking Labels: uncountable
Word: speech therapy Part of Speech: noun 1. The study and correction of a person's speech and language defects, disorders in communication and swallowing disorders. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grass carp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partial calque of Chinese 草魚 /草鱼 (cǎoyú, literally “grass fish”). 1. A freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), native to eastern Asia. Example: The main fish species in freshwater ponds in China are silver carp, bighead carp, grass carp, common carp, crucian carp, black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella), etc. According to their live habitat, they can be divided relatively into pelagic and benthic fish.
Word: white amur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partial calque of Russian бе́лый аму́р (bélyj amúr) for the same fish, as also sometimes black amur has been used for чёрный аму́р (čórnyj amúr, “Mylopharyngodon piceus”). 1. A freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), the grass carp, native to Asia from Vietnam to the Amur River.
Word: AZO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of aluminum-doped zinc oxide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: P3HT Part of Speech: noun 1. poly(3-hexylthiophene). Labels: initialism
Word: gyrenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gyrene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Scottification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scottish + -ification. 1. The process of making or becoming Scottish.
Word: barklouse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bark louse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: barklice Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barklouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mooseknuckle Part of Speech: noun 1. The visible bulge in a man's crotch, as a consequence of wearing tight pants Labels: slang Example: ... an afternoon sitting on the street with moose knuckle mooseknuckle the showing of testicles and cock through the crothch of tight pants ... Example: Mitch had smoothly removed her shortlets and panties. Began massaging mooseknuckle. 2. An ugly cameltoe Labels: slang Example: No more of his talk about his bitch and her fat mooseknuckle of a puss bunched up in her acid-washed jeans. Example: “See, nowadays, everybody's just got it hanging out 24/17. [scoffs] It's no mystery. And the leggings. Ah! The leggings already! It's like a... like a goddamn mooseknuckle express train! In my day, a woman was expected to put out some effort.”
Word: mooseknuckles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mooseknuckle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gentle-handed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gentle + handed. 1. Having or involving hands that are gentle.
Word: gentlehanded Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of gentle-handed. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: If a clever, kind, gentlehanded little girl could get a crumb of bread down their throats, it would do no harm; but all rough, violent, clumsy manipulation is as bad as the throat-tickling of the hard-fingered hangman. Example: ...you went in but where you hurried every Sunday morning to scramble up on the huge bed, much bigger than your own bed, to bury yourself between Her softness and sweetsmellingness and His hardstubbled, gentlehanded roughness.
Word: gladhands Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gladhand Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: guncle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of gay + uncle. 1. A gay uncle. Labels: slang Example: It could have been worse. Vince had been debating whether to have Buddy call her Guncle (Gay-Uncle) Lisa. Example: The major upside of all this, for me anyway, was that these Broadway guys became my guncles, or gay uncles, and had a strong hand in teaching me lots of adult lessons—particularly one guncle named Chris.
Word: minibear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + bear. Originated as ranger slang at Philmont Scout Ranch, a large scouting camp in New Mexico. 1. A critter, or any animal that is smaller than a bear, that gets into a camper's food, pack, or tent. Labels: US, slang Example: Almost any place worth camping in comes equipped with a full complement of night-foraging critters. Most are small, like chipmunks, but they are still worthy of the nickname "minibears." Example: Poor Poncho had been nearly disemboweled during a mini-bear attack. Much of the colorful paper on his outside was ripped off and shredded. Apparently he was a true piñata and had some sweets on his insides.
Word: minibears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minibear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: black marketeers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of black marketeer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commutates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of commutate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: commutating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of commutate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: commutated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of commutate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vandalizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vandalize + -er. 1. Synonym of vandal. Labels: rare
Word: easy like Part of Speech: noun 1. Something very likeable; something so good that it is easy to like it. Example: Back again with the Asics GT Quick, built in a mesh and suede the simple Grey, Black, and Red, for the upper makes this an easy like. Example: An easy like during this year's Sundance was Richard Linklater's latest, and long in the works, Boyhood, which saw the Dazed And Confused helmer shoot the same cast over a 12 year period to chronicle the trials and triumphs (and more often than not little moments) of growing up.
Word: easy likes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of easy like Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fish-horn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fish + horn. 1. A horn that produces a loud and penetrating sound, used by a fishmonger to announce that the catch is in. Labels: historical Example: Our "music" consisted of a bass-drum, which was tortured by the clown; a fish-horn beautifully played upon by Sam Palmer; a dinner-bell whose din was extracted by Jack Adams. Example: He pointed toward the column, whose advance Juggie was enthusiastically stimulating by loud and prolonged blasts on the fish-horn.
Word: fish-horns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fish-horn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fish horn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fish-horn. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The race starts with the blowing of the traditional fish horn, followed by the gun and you off.
Word: fish horns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fish horn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prepubescents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prepubescent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fuck boy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fuck + boy. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌkbɔɪ/ 1. A young man who sleeps with partners without any intention of having a relationship with them. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Nah dude, I can't ever go steady. I'm a fuck boy through and through. 2. A weak and contemptible man. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: “You're not a fuck boy, but you keep on fucking up and I'm tired. My heart is tired T.” 3. A prisoner who provides sexual favors to a stronger inmate, either as the result of rape or in return for protection and gifts. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: "You know what a fuck boy is, hack. Those weak boys that get forced into sexual slavery in prisons all over America. Their somebody's bitch and they sell them for profit in here. I'll bet you dipped it in the mouth of some poor fuck boy to mule in some contraband. Tell me it's so, hack."
Word: fuck boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fuck boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fuck-boy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fuck boy. Labels: slang Example: The fuck-boy is not really gay. But he's powerless and so has no choice. 2. Alternative form of fuck boy. Example: Although the loss was only pocket change to Future, his reputation was in jeopardy, and he couldn't overlook that.To do so would be equivalent to him inviting every fuck-boy to his glass front door.
Word: fuck-boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fuck-boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fuckboy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fuck + boy. 1. Alternative spelling of fuck boy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: ‘Ngl, he’s BUFF,’ Ruth offered in the ‘St Augustine’s finest’ WhatsApp group. ‘But he looks like a fuckboy tbh LOOOL.’
Word: fuckboys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fuckboy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cellular debris Part of Speech: noun 1. Organic waste left over after a cell dies by undergoing apoptosis or lysis. It is a natural waste product in animals, and in some cases is cleared away by the immune system. Labels: uncountable
Word: faygelah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of feygele. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: faygelahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faygelah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jokefic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From joke + fic. 1. A fanfic intended to be humorous or absurd. Labels: slang Example: (Stealth, don't get any ideas, before you launch into another epic because I said the word 'SRB2'. This is a jokefic.) Example: this was just written as what was *supposed* to be a two chapter April Fool's jokefic and a chance to throw some ideas out i couldn't use elsewhere.
Word: jokefics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jokefic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: joint family Part of Speech: noun 1. A household consisting of two or more closely-related nuclear families, such as two or more brothers along with their wives and children, or multiple generations along with spouses. Labels: India Example: Earlier when joint family was the norm, children used to find time to look after their parents. Example: But since we live in a joint family with my in-laws in the adjacent bedrooms, we usually keep the volume of television a little high to restrict the sounds.
Word: joint household Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of joint family. 2. A household comprising unrelated persons, such as housemates, or several unrelated families.
Word: sadfic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sad + fic. 1. A fanfic which intentionally deals with a tragic situation or theme. Labels: slang Example: Just keep in mind that I don't do darkfics or sadfics. Example: For I had faith that this author would apply craft and finesse to the fic, even if it were yet another "sadfic" with yet another Akane added to the corpses that litter the archive.
Word: sadfics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sadfic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: only Nixon can go to China Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of only Nixon could go to China. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: goodfic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From good + fic. 1. Well-written fan fiction. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Yes, it was intentionally written as 'badfic', as opposed to 'goodfic'. Example: It's good badfic, which is definitely preferable to bad goodfic.
Word: Danaus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Danaus, from Ancient Greek Δᾰνᾰός (Dănăós). Pronunciation: /ˈdæn.eɪ.əs/ 1. a mythical king who founded Argos Labels: Greek
Word: netgamer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From net + gamer. 1. A person who plays video games with others over a network.
Word: sea perch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + perch. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːpɜːtʃ/ 1. Any of various species of saltwater fish in various families, especially in the genus Sebastes. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of various species of saltwater fish in various families, especially in the genus Sebastes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Kafka Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Kafka, from Czech German Kavka (“jackdaw”), from either Upper Sorbian or Lower Sorbian, which are ultimately from the Proto-Slavic *kavъka, imitating the call of a jackdaw. Compare Polish kawka, Czech kavka, Slovene kávka, all meaning “jackdaw”. Pronunciation: /ˈkæfkə/, /ˈkɑfkɑ/, /ˈkɑfkə/ 1. A surname from German. 2. Franz Kafka (1883–1924), a German-language writer from Prague.
Word: womanhaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of womanhater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neuroanastomosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + anastomosis. 1. anastomosis of a pair of nerves
Word: neuroballistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuro- + ballistic. 1. Powered by a spring or a stretched or twisted cord Labels: not-comparable
Word: neurobiologism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neurobiology + -ism or neuro- + biologism. 1. The tendency to attribute neurobiological causes to mental and psychological diseases Labels: uncountable
Word: neurophysiopathologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φῠ́σῐς (phŭ́sĭs) English physio- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English pathologist English physiopathologist English neurophysiopathologist From neuro- + physiopathologist. By surface analysis, neurophysiopathology + -ist. 1. A pathologist who specialises in neurophysiopathology
Word: flashfic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flash + fic, from flash fiction. 1. Flash fiction. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: I will throw down the gauntlet to other flash authors (or anyone else)... Write a piece of flashfic that's a palindrome (reading by paragraphs, that is). I'll see if I can whip out another one as well... Example: Anti-illusionist metalepsis is acceptable under certain circumstances, however, as we can see in the NCIS and Due South flashfic self-insertion challenges (malnpudl 2007; china_shop 2008). 2. An individual work of flash fiction, especially a fanfic. Labels: countable, slang Example: (Though, not to nit pick^([sic]) but it isn't a drabble; they're 100 words, excluding title; this is a short fic, flashfic, ficlet...whatever<g>) Example: This feels like a flashfic, one of those teensy-weensy short stories that leaves you gasping in just five or six sentences.
Word: flashfics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flashfic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heimish Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of haimish. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heymish Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of haimish. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: haimisch Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of haimish. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Borsht Belt Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Borscht Belt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Jewish Alps Part of Speech: name 1. The Borscht Belt (Catskills region). Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: shicker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שיכּור (shiker, “drunk”), from Hebrew שיכור / שִׁכּוֹר (shikór). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪkɚ/ 1. Drunk, drunkard.
Word: shicker Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שיכּור (shiker, “drunk”), from Hebrew שיכור / שִׁכּוֹר (shikór). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪkɚ/ 1. Drunk.
Word: shickers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shicker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shadchan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shadchen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shadchans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shadchan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bigs Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a shortening of big leagues. Pronunciation: /bɪɡz/ 1. Major League Baseball Labels: informal
Word: sooq Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of souq. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: koses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kos Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Africanistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From African + -istic. 1. Relating to Africanism Labels: not-comparable
Word: lolium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Lolium of ryegrasses.
Word: gouty-handed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gouty + handed. 1. Suffering from gout in the hands. 2. Slow to reward. Labels: idiomatic, obsolete Example: In matters of disbursement he was (to use an eighteenth century idiom) “monstrous gouty-handed."
Word: bisexualist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bisexual + -ist. 1. A bisexual person. Labels: dated Example: Six homosexualists (males?) thus far examined yielded from anatomically perfect testes an ovarian reaction in four instances and in the other two subjects (bisexualists), an ovario-testicular reaction (ovarian by measurement predominating).
Word: podcatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from podcatching. 1. To download and listen to a podcast. Labels: Internet, rare
Word: neutrosphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neutro- + -sphere. 1. The unionized layer of the atmosphere between the surface and the ionosphere
Word: neutropause Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neutro- + -pause. 1. The boundary between the neutrosphere and the ionosphere
Word: hardhandedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hardhanded + -ness. 1. Harshness, strictness. Labels: uncountable Example: Well-to-do citizens, both Reformed and Catholic, also backed down and withdrew their demands, forming a united front to suppress the revolt in the cities, either through hardhandedness or appeasement. 2. The embodiment of working-class virtue; hard-working practicality. Labels: uncountable Example: Coming in among us by hundreds and thousands, as they now are and for years have been, their gentler and fiercer passions, like meadow rivulets and mountain torrents, mixing in with and modifying our own, and their art, science and literature, their hardhandedness and willingheartedness, and their experiences of life generally, giving to and receiving from ours new impulses and new directions, the whole soon flow together in one common stream of Humanity, which will be found irresistible by any barriers that may oppose its course, and inevitably give new and peculiar aspects to the region and the era wherein it holds its way.
Word: hard-handedness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hardhandedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: squig out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare squick and squeamish and wig out. 1. To weird out or disgust; to make (someone) feel uneasy and squeamish. Labels: slang
Word: squig Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskwɪɡ/ 1. A squirrel. Labels: Yorkshire, colloquial
Word: squig Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈskwɪɡ/ 1. Only used in squig out
Word: hardhandedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hardhanded + -ly. 1. In a hardhanded manner; harshly and strictly. Example: His first stand-in parent is the sister who "brought [him] up by hand," hardhandedly flinging him like "a conjugal missile" and mauling him, physically and spiritually, at every turn.
Word: hard-handedly Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of hardhandedly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: monostylistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + stylistic. 1. Of or relating to a single style (manner of doing or presenting things). Labels: not-comparable Example: Were there one dominant, isolated mythology governing the American thought pattern, which the American sculptor interpreted, as did the Egyptian, the Greek, the Roman, and others, contemporary sculpture would likewise be monostylistic and thematic. Example: Though fairly homogeneous, standard languages are by no means monostylistic, as I said in section 3.4.2.
Word: Sursilvan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Romansh sursilvan, named after the Surselva region in Switzerland. 1. Of or relating to a group of dialects of the Romansh language spoken in the Surselva, on the western bank of the Rhine. Labels: not-comparable
Word: conversion course Part of Speech: noun 1. An academic course by which a student studying a certain subject can change to another subject.
Word: conversion courses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conversion course Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suther Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsʌðə(ɹ)/ 1. To sigh, or moan. Labels: archaic, regional 2. To whir. Labels: archaic, regional Example: 1820?, John Clare, The Flight of Birds The pigeon suthers by on rapid wing, / The lark mounts upward at the call of spring.
Word: suther Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsʌðə(ɹ)/ 1. The sighing of the wind. Labels: archaic, regional
Word: shallow brooks are noisy Part of Speech: proverb 1. People who do not consider things deeply often chatter or talk a lot. Example: To the contrary, psychiatrists know well the truth of the old proverbs "Shallow brooks are noisy" and "Still waters run deep." We must not assume that someone whose feelings are modulated and controlled is not a passionate person. Example: Shallow brooks are noisy; deep waters are smooth. Depend upon it, when a man is deeply and strongly impressed with the truth of his own convictions, he is in no way tempted to rail at his neighbour.
Word: heartbreak grass Part of Speech: noun 1. A highly toxic herb (Gelsemium elegans), native to China, India, and southeast Asia, that yields poisons. Labels: uncountable
Word: side shot Part of Speech: noun 1. A reading or measurement from a survey station to locate a point that is off the traverse or that is not intended to be used as a base for the extension of the survey. It is usually made to determine the position of some object that is to be shown on a map.
Word: Burggraf Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Burggraf. 1. A surname from German.
Word: chardonnay socialist Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of champagne socialist. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand
Word: electrical storms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electrical storm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: friends in high places Part of Speech: noun 1. Friends who have authority or influence and who can ensure that one's interests will be protected or furthered. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: "Herr Freudenberg himself has great friends here, friends in high places. He will see that nothing happens." Example: In recent years he was protected by friends in high places.
Word: fucking like rabbits Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fuck like rabbits Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fucked like rabbits Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fuck like rabbits Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: graylags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of graylag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Edelmann Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Edelmann (“nobleman”). Doublet of Edelman. Pronunciation: /ˈɛdəlmən/, /ˈeɪdəlmən/ 1. A surname from German.
Word: Edelmanns Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Edelmann Labels: form-of, plural
Word: modernish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From modern + -ish. 1. Somewhat modern.
Word: Nicolaism Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular Christian heresy (in the early church) Labels: uncountable
Word: nictemeral Part of Speech: adj 1. Varying regularly with a day/night cycle; diurnal; circadian. Labels: not-comparable Example: To cope with daily variation of environmental parameters, talitrids evolved a migratory behaviour, synchronized with tidal and nictemeral cycles, that enable them to locate the suitable patches of habitat on the shore (Pardi and Ercolini 1986).
Word: verste Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of verst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: m80 Part of Speech: noun 1. Informal form of matey. Labels: Internet, form-of, informal
Word: Baha'ism Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Baháʼism. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crapfic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crap + fic. 1. Poorly or badly written fanfiction. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: nyctography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nyctograph + -y. 1. The use of the nyctograph Labels: uncountable
Word: nyctograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nycto- + -graph. 1. A device that allows a person to write in a form of shorthand (nyctography) in the dark. Labels: uncountable
Word: crapass Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crap + -ass. 1. Lousy; bad. Labels: not-comparable, vulgar
Word: nightline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From night + line. 1. An overnight telephone counselling service, typically for students. 2. A fishing line set out to catch fish overnight.
Word: know what one is doing Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of know what one is about.
Word: dehydrohalogenate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + hydro- + halogen + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To remove the elements of a hydrogen halide from a substance.
Word: Caliphization Part of Speech: noun 1. Process of becoming a caliphate. Labels: uncountable Example: This is the 'Caliphization' of the West; the Bible now read as if it were the Koran; Calvin's asharia looming up on the horizon Example: However Milbank adds to the usual focus on the rise of nominalism, the argument that the classical-theistic synthesis at this time underwent 'an invasion by ultimately Islamic norms', or what he calls the 'Caliphization of the West' – the regulation of philosophy by the Archbishops ...
Word: caliphization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Caliphization. Labels: alt-of, uncountable Example: ... all bear witness to the iconic nature of scripture and direct us away from what John Milbank calls the “caliphization” of Scripture. Example: So how to interpret the purported re-caliphization of Iraq and Syria?
Word: dildonics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dildo + -onics, equivalent to a blend of dildo + electronics, attributed to American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson. 1. Electronic or robotic sex toys. Labels: uncountable Example: Donna doesn't have to be too explicit, not like it's the real thing. Reeb can shoot a few limb movements tomorrow, some dildonics the next day; the software overdubs stock effects. Example: […] NeuraLove suit is a combination of state-of-the-art wireless technology, nanotechnology, sensors and dildonics”— “Dildonics?” Lauren repeated. She'd bet that wasn't in Webster's.
Word: subking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + king. 1. A monarch of a polity that is in turn part of another kingdom. Example: After this, Kapole was told to take the message to two senior subkings, namely Kapemba and Chiti.
Word: subkings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: high-handedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From high-handed + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being high-handed. Labels: uncountable Example: I had had no opportunity as yet of passing on Poirot’s message to Lawrence. But now, as I strolled out on the lawn, still nursing a grudge against my friend’s high-handedness, I saw Lawrence on the croquet lawn, aimlessly knocking a couple of very ancient balls about, with a still more ancient mallet.
Word: horny-handed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From horny (“bony or hard like an animal’s horn, calloused, rough”) + handed. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːniˌhændɪd/, /ˈhoɹniˌhændəd/ 1. Having hands that are horny (calloused) and tough from manual labour; hardhanded. Example: "My patience must be inexhaustible. I am much tempted to kick you downstairs, Mr. Railing." / "You forget that I'm a working-man and horny-handed, so it's safer not to try." Example: The pitchfork remains one of the hand tools that no invention can ever wholly replace, and I suppose that unborn generations of men will grow hornyhanded and weary in its use.
Word: Pit of Voles Part of Speech: name Etymology: pit + of + voles, from the site's reputation in fandom as being filled with amateurish and poorly-written stories. 1. The online fan fiction archive FanFiction.net. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: […] I have comparatively little spare time compared to what I'd like, and what fanfiction reading I've been doing has tended to be in the less ugly depths of the Pit of VOles.^([sic]) Example: This was my utter last choice as a posting avenue, because it's such an incredible pain in the butt to post here, compared to anywhere else, whether it's LJ, my website, a messageboard or even the Pit of Voles.
Word: hornyhanded Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of horny-handed. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The pitchfork remains one of the hand tools that no invention can ever wholly replace, and I suppose that unborn generations of men will grow hornyhanded and weary in its use. Example: He was so fond of drink, that he would shamelessly accept the contemptuous hospitality of hornyhanded workmen.
Word: horny-handedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horny-handed + -ness. 1. The quality of being horny-handed. Labels: uncountable
Word: hornyhandedness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of horny-handedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: horny-handedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From horny-handed + -ly. 1. Done with hands that are tough and horny from manual labor. Example: One time he worked in a mill horny-handedly, But, as he said to his friends very candidly, Nature had blessed him with quickness of jaw, So he gave up perspiring and took to the law.
Word: know better Part of Speech: verb 1. To recognize that a statement or belief is false or doubtful. Example: 'Do you think, sir,' said Mr Willet, […] 'do you think, sir, that I'm a born fool?' 'No, no, Johnny,' returned Solomon, looking round upon the little circle of which he formed a part: 'We all know better than that.' Example: "Kapoor Brothers told us they had no books or records, but we knew better and were able to search and find them." 2. To understand that certain behavior is wrongful, futile, or inappropriate. Example: "All that happened when he was eight; he's older now and knows better." Example: [B]oth sides know better than to expect that U.S. special envoy Senator George Mitchell's shuttling between Jerusalem and Ramallah will be able to bridge the chasm between their demands.
Word: Hundredhanded Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Hundred-handed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Call the huge organism by a fabled name, Briareus, the Hundredhanded, with all his tenacles swimming in his own sea of Music; thus we may mythologize the Orchestra for our fancy.
Word: Hundred-handed Part of Speech: adj 1. Of the Hekatonkheires, three giants of Greek mythology who helped Zeus overthrow the Titans. Labels: not-comparable Example: Uranos imprisoned the Titans in the earth, and threw the Cyclops and Hundred-handed Giants into Tartarus, but was at length overthrown and disabled by his son Cronos the Titan, who thereupon released his brother Titans and established the second dynasty of gods called the Cronids.
Word: aces and eights Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of dead man's hand. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: eights and aces Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of dead man's hand. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Hundred-Handed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Hundred-handed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: You guys go free the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handed ones," said Zeus.
Word: Chuuk Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Chuukese chuk (“mountain”). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃuːk/ 1. A lagoon and associated atoll in Micronesia. 2. One of the four states that composes the Federated States of Micronesia.
Word: Truk Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Chuukese chuk (“mountain”). Pronunciation: /tɹuːk/ 1. Alternative form of Chuuk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hundred-handed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having 100 hands. Labels: not-comparable Example: Of course, it's impossible to follow up on every single big of misbehaviour and less-than-perfect conduct that you will come – you're not some hundred-handed Eastern deity – but you must be seen to be doing what you can. 2. Alternative form of Hundred-handed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: In Classical legend Cottys was the hundred-handed brother of the hundred-handed monsters Briareus and Gyes, allies of the God Zeus in his war against the Titans on the borders of Thrace and Thessaly.
Word: oonuh Part of Speech: pron 1. You (plural); y'all, you guys, you all. Labels: Caribbean, dialectal Example: Both of oonuh was so young
Word: wild cats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wild cat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seismic shift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An allusion to the drastic change of the landscape caused by a massive earthquake. 1. A fundamental reorientation of a state of affairs. Labels: idiomatic Example: The seismic shift in Mexico began in 1810 with the movement toward independence from Spain. Example: For the republican movement, the acceptance of seats in a "partitionist" Assembly signaled a seismic shift in historical attitudes since the division of Ireland in 1921.
Word: fruitification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fruit + -ification. 1. Alternative form of fructification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pollen is the essential feature or element in all fruitification of blossoms, essential to fruitbearing. 2. Alternative form of fructification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The fruitification consists of numerous minute grains or seeds, some of which are single, but the greater part crowded, and disposed in separate fasciae, forming parallel segments of circles, of which the base of the plant is the centre, and leaving naked spaces between the fasciae. 3. Alternative form of fructification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In parasitic species the hyphae spread in the intercellular spaces of the host and produce asexual fruitification, and acervulus, below the epidermis. 4. Alternative form of fruition. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: We must also keep in mind that Gandhi did not live long enough to see through the fruitification of his vision. 5. The addition of fruit (to something) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The owners of Sloppy Joe's in Havana, too, may bear some responsibility for the fruitification of the drink.
Word: fruitifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fruitification Labels: form-of, plural