nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: queerspawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From queer + spawn. 1. The children of gay or lesbian parents. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: In my interactions with others in the queerspawn community, I've met people from all kinds of families: Venezuelan toddlers adopted at birth by gay dads; adults whose parents came out after they left for college; […] Example: Asha is the product of many parents, is proud queerspawn, and above all loves her international family.
Word: tequeño Part of Speech: noun 1. a Venezuelan dish consisting of a fried breaded cheese stick or a spear of bread dough with white cheese in the middle
Word: tequeños Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tequeño Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homoculture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homo- (“homosexuality”) + culture. 1. The subculture of homosexual people. Labels: uncountable
Word: homoculture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)der. English homo- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English homoculture From homo- (“homogeneous”) + culture. 1. A form of human eugenics based on promoting desirable qualities rather than eliminating undesirable ones. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: picture windows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of picture window Labels: form-of, plural
Word: progymnastic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to the progymnasmata. Labels: not-comparable
Word: progymnasmata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek προγυμνάσματα (progumnásmata) 1. A series of preliminary rhetorical exercises originated in Ancient Greece, aiming to prepare students for writing declamations after they had completed their education with the grammarians. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only, rhetoric
Word: UAL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of University of the Arts London. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of United Airlines. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ringed worm Part of Speech: noun 1. Any annelid.
Word: ringed worms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ringed worm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hussey Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hussy. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And to be sure, as your ladyship says, the girl hath always appeared like a good, honest, plain girl, and not vain of her face, forsooth, as some wanton husseys in the neighbourhood are.
Word: husseys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hussey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemiloops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemiloop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Heliogabalan Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Heliogabalian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ragooing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ragoo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ragooed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ragoo Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: croppy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crop + -y, alluding to the practice of having the hair cut short. 1. An Irish republican rebel. Labels: derogatory, historical, slang
Word: croppies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of croppy Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of croppie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prophaner Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of prophane: more prophane Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: prophanest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of prophane: most prophane Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: ungolden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + golden. 1. Not golden. Example: Being at a banker's a few days since, and seeing on the counter a number of [sovereigns] of a very dusky ungolden hue, I asked what was the matter with them? Example: Zelda belonged to the ungolden world—her element was the golden age which was not of gold.
Word: unhintable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + hintable. 1. That must not be hinted at; unmentionable. Example: With the word 'baby' unmentionable and unhintable, we all had to go on pretending that my mother was in bed for some slight cold, or other indisposition. Example: The whole visit was tense with Soppy's unhintable doings.
Word: hintable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hint + -able. 1. That can be hinted at, or alluded to. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: And as for boils, as for boils, well, as for boils — Well, my pen recoils, Because people's invariable humorous remarks about other people's boils are invariably unprintable, And most of them are not even hintable. 2. Having support for hinting. Labels: not-comparable
Word: outplead Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + plead. 1. To surpass in pleading; to plead more successfully than. Labels: transitive Example: There were some strokes in this speech which perhaps would have offended Mr Allworthy, had he strictly attended to it; but he had now got one of his fingers into the infant's hand, which, by its gentle pressure, seeming to implore his assistance, had certainly out-pleaded the eloquence of Mrs Deborah, had it been ten times greater than it was.
Word: outpleaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outplead Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outpleads Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outplead Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outpleading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outplead Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pebly Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of pebbly. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: In the midst of the grove was a fine lawn, sloping down towards the house, near the summit of which rose a plentiful spring, […] tumbling in a natural fall over the broken and mossy stones till it came to the bottom of the rock, then running off in a pebly channel […]
Word: foilsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foil + -s- + -man. 1. A person who fights with a foil, or thin sword.
Word: foilsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foilsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enrolleth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: enroll + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enroll Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Italian of the East Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the supposed similarities in pronunciation. 1. The Telugu language. Labels: poetic 2. The Malay language. Labels: poetic Example: Or in soft whispers may he be address'd, By girls who lisp th' Italian of the East? Example: Our first native servant, a boy called "Omah," came from Timor in the Gulnare, and I then heard spoken for the first time what is now as familiar to me as my mother tongue, the melodious Malayan language, the "Italian of the East," as some writers term it.
Word: explainee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From explain + -ee. 1. Someone who receives an explanation. Example: To be a skilled explainer, one has also to take account of the explainees, and their social and cultural backgrounds, motivations, linguistic ability, and previous knowledge – and plan accordingly before embarking upon the explanation.
Word: explainees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of explainee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bologna sausage Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of bologna. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In reality, true Nature is as difficult to be met with in Authors, as the Bayonne Ham or Bologna''' Sauſage is to be found in the Shops.
Word: Bologna sausages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bologna sausage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unabrasiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unabrasive + -ness. 1. The quality of not being abrasive. Labels: uncountable
Word: counterriposte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + riposte. 1. A thrust delivered in response to the opponent's riposte.
Word: counterripostes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterriposte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mimologics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mimologiques, title of a 1976 book on the subject by Gérard Genette. 1. phonetic symbolism Labels: uncountable
Word: Osmanian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Osman + -ian, after Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire. 1. Synonym of Ottoman.
Word: Osmanian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Osman + -ian, after Osman Yusuf Kenadid, who invented it in the 1920s. 1. The Osmanya script.
Word: interrelationality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From interrelational + -ity. 1. The quality of being interrelational. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: interrelationalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interrelationality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cash basis Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of accounting that tracks income and expenditure when they actually occur, rather than when they become due. Labels: attributive, often, uncountable
Word: red-headed stepchild Part of Speech: noun 1. A person or thing that is unfairly disliked and maltreated.
Word: red-headed stepchildren Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red-headed stepchild Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unaugust Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + august. 1. Not august.
Word: semimuffle furnaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semimuffle furnace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Elizabeths Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Elizabeth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matamatam Part of Speech: noun 1. A Tolai ceremony in memory of dead ancestors.
Word: matamatams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matamatam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: taraiu Part of Speech: noun 1. Among the Tolai, a sacred grove associated with male rituals.
Word: deceaseds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deceased Labels: form-of, plural Example: Equal shares in dividing the estate were only applied in the case of individual deceaseds.
Word: tubuan Part of Speech: noun 1. A female figure associated with the Duk-Duk secret society.
Word: antineutralino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + neutralino. 1. The antiparticle of a neutralino.
Word: antineutralinos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antineutralino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: planckon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Planck + -on. 1. A Planck particle. Example: On the other hand, quantum mechanical arguments have been put forth which suggest that the ultimate remnant of an evaporating black hole is a degenerate gas (fluid) of Planck mass black holes called planckons […]
Word: planckons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of planckon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ileocecal valve Part of Speech: noun 1. A sphincter muscle valve that separates the small intestine and the large intestine. Its critical function is to limit the reflux of colonic contents into the ileum.
Word: ileocecal valves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ileocecal valve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antitriton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + triton. 1. The antiparticle of a triton.
Word: antitritons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antitriton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: physicky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From physic + -y. 1. Resembling medicine. Labels: archaic Example: 'May I ask,' said the Major, 'what wine this is, which has — if I may so express myself — a very physicky flavour?'
Word: ileal papilla Part of Speech: noun 1. ileocecal valve
Word: ileocaecal valve Part of Speech: noun 1. ileocecal valve
Word: Tulp's valve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Described by the Dutch physician Nicolaes Tulp (1593–1674). 1. ileocecal valve
Word: Tulpius valve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Described by the Dutch physician Nicolaes Tulp (1593–1674); Tulpius is a Latin rendering of his name. 1. The ileocecal valve.
Word: Bauhin's valve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Described in 1588 by Gaspard Bauhin. 1. The ileocecal valve.
Word: ileocecal eminence Part of Speech: noun 1. ileocecal valve
Word: valve of Varolius Part of Speech: noun 1. ileocecal valve
Word: colic valve Part of Speech: noun 1. ileocecal valve
Word: antisneutrino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + sneutrino. 1. The antiparticle of a sneutrino.
Word: antisneutrinos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antisneutrino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antigravitino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + gravitino. 1. The fermionic superpartner of an antigraviton.
Word: antigravitinos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antigravitino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trusteed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of trustee Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trusteeing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of trustee Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spositron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From s- + positron. 1. The supersymmetric partner of a positron.
Word: spositrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spositron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: land agent Part of Speech: noun 1. A professional employed to manage an estate; steward or estate manager. Labels: UK Example: The duties of an Irish land agent comprise a great deal of office work, drawing up agreements with tenants, receiving rent, superintending agricultural and all landlords' improvements, sitting as magistrate and representing the landlord when the latter is absent at poor-law meetings, road sessions, and on grand juries. Example: It was a relationship quite different from that of the late-eighteenth-century steward who was evolving into the salaried land agent so characteristic of the nineteenth century. 2. A person employed to manage the legal and practical aspects of developing a land grant. Labels: historical Example: He held the office as resident land agent of the Holland Land Company for twenty-one years. In this capacity he laid out the city of New Amsterdam, now Buffalo, gave its streets the jaw-breaking names of the Dutch proprietors and made it a flourishing town. Example: As land agent, he had observed the successful German settlement at Muenster, thirty-eight miles north, and the arrival of a French-Canadian group who took up homesteads in 1904 at St. Brieux, in the same area. 3. A real estate broker, especially one who specializes in the buying and selling of farms or undeveloped land. Example: The importance of appearing in this Directory is so evident to every land agent and attorney that we will discuss the matter no further. Example: If, following such a communication from the land agent, the owner of the property intimates that he is willing to negotiate for the sale thereof, he does not thereby make the land agent in any sense his agent for sale, or for any other purpose. 4. A government official responsible for managing public lands. Example: By these papers you will learn that the Hon. Rufus McIntire, while engaged in the service of this State as land agent, in endeavoring to expel from lands bordering on the Aroostook river, in this State, a body of armed men, principally from the British provinces, who were engaged in cutting the timber, in defiance of the authorities of this State, has been seized, with Gustavus G. Cushman and Thomas Bartlett, Esquires, who were aiding the land agent in this service, and have been transported to Frederickton, the capital of New Brunswick. Example: ln townships so selected, in which suitable roads have not been located, the land agent shall cause such roads to be located as the public interest and the accommodation of the future settlement require. 5. An employee of an oil or mining company who negotiates with landowners for rights to extract oil or minerals from their property. Labels: US Example: On January 10, 1951, a land agent of the plaintiff called at the home of the defendants and requested of Mrs. Bancroft permission to enter' upon the land to make a survey for location of a pipe line. Example: The casual approach to mineral leasing, where each lease was typed up on an individual basis, was no longer appropriate. Efficiency demanded a standardized form and one, moreover, that could be completed by the land agent in the field.
Word: sakaton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sakata + -on. 1. Any of the elementary particles (the proton, neutron, and lambda baryon) that make up other hadrons in the Sakata model, a precursor to the quark model.
Word: sakatons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sakaton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reggeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Regge + -on. From the name of Tullio Regge, Italian theoretical physicist. 1. A virtual particle involved in the scattering described by Regge theory.
Word: reggeons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reggeon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pressuron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pressure + -on, so called because it decouples from matter in pressureless regimes. 1. A hypothetical scalar particle that couples to both gravity and matter.
Word: antipreon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + preon. 1. The antiparticle of a preon.
Word: antipreons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antipreon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Higgson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Higgs + -on. 1. The Higgs boson.
Word: Higgsons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Higgson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antislepton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + slepton. 1. The antiparticle of a slepton.
Word: antisleptons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antislepton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Varolian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Varolio + -an. 1. Relating to, or discovered by, Costanzo Varolio (Latinized as Constantius Varolius; 1543–1575), Italian anatomist and physician. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unfatuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fatuous. 1. Not fatuous.
Word: antisfermion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + sfermion. 1. The antiparticle of a sfermion.
Word: antisfermions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antisfermion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sleptonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slepton + -ic. 1. Relating to sleptons. Labels: not-comparable
Word: banyaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of banyak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baniaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baniak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bunyaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bunyak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buniaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buniak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antisakaton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + sakaton. 1. The antiparticle of a sakaton.
Word: antisakatons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antisakaton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: open core Part of Speech: noun 1. A business model for software whereby the core is open-source and free, while closed-source add-ons are available for purchase. Labels: uncountable Example: We deliver a fully functional product with our community edition. You can download it under a GPL v3 license. But, additionally, we provide enterprise features only if you pay for them. It's open core. Example: In part because the upsell features are often not clearly partitioned off from the core project, many open core products require their contributors to sign a contributor license agreement (CLA), which assigns rights to the commercial owner of the product.
Word: antiparton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + parton. 1. The antiparticle of a parton.
Word: antipartons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiparton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antigluon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + gluon. 1. The antiparticle of a gluon. Labels: particle
Word: antigluons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antigluon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Erdős Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hungarian Erdős. 1. A surname.
Word: stamfort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from the English town of Stamford. 1. haberject Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: stamforts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stamfort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twintail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twin + tail. Sense 2 is a calque of Japanese ツインテール (tsuintēru). 1. A variety of goldfish with the tail divided into two parts. 2. Either of a pair of unbraided tails worn on the sides of the head; an unbraided pigtail. Labels: slang 3. Either of a pair of unbraided tails worn on the sides of the head; an unbraided pigtail. Labels: in-plural, slang
Word: twintails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twintail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hotelish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hotel + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a hotel. Example: What a bare, hotelish room it was! He tossed off his coat and sat for ten minutes looking blankly at the sputtering gas jet. Then his whole life, desolate as a desert, loomed up before him with appalling distinctness.
Word: autophagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auto- + -phagous. 1. Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pluriparas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pluripara Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pluriparae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pluripara Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polypodous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + -podous. 1. Having numerous legs.
Word: Goodhart's law Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after British economist Charles Goodhart (1936–), who originated it. 1. The idea that, when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure; originally, "as soon as the government attempts to regulate any particular set of financial assets, these become unreliable as indicators of economic trends".
Word: Swedish model Part of Speech: name 1. The combating of prostitution by criminalizing the buyer, rather than the seller, of sexual services.
Word: polymelous Part of Speech: adj 1. Having or relating to polymelia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scouch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare crouch. 1. To stoop. Labels: dialectal, intransitive Example: You'll hit your head agen the beam, if you don't scouch. Example: Of course, Little Bun did cry some when he couldn't find his Ma and Pa. He scouched down in the grass and the tears trickled down his cocious nose in a little stream that fell on Mr. Grasshopper, who was dozing among the leaves […]
Word: scouching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scouch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scouched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scouch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: autem gogler Part of Speech: noun 1. A religious- or spiritual-based con artist or scam operator. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: Autem-Gogglers, a Crew of Religious Canters, pretending to be persecuted Camisars, or French Prophets, distorting their Faces with ridiculous Grimaces, &c. and laying Claim to Inspiration, in order to gather People about them, with intent to rob, plunder, or pick Pockets. 2. Hence, a conjuror or fortuneteller. Labels: UK, obsolete
Word: autem-gogler Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of autem gogler. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: autem-goglers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autem-gogler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bippies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bippy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autem goglers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autem gogler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blister beetles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blister beetle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: simulation hypothesis Part of Speech: name 1. The hypothesis that seeming reality is in fact a simulation (such as a computer program) of which humans, the simulants, are unaware.
Word: Sweet Lolita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 甘ロリ (amarori), a blend of 甘い (amai, “sweet, sugary”) + ロリータ (lolita), from English lolita. 1. A Japanese fashion movement whose adherents dress in pastel colours and styles resembling clothing for young girls. Labels: uncountable
Word: Tibetanist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tibetan + -ist. 1. Synonym of Tibetologist.
Word: Tibetanists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tibetanist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obeliscoid Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of obeliskoid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: obeliskoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From obelisk + -oid. 1. Resembling an obelisk. Labels: not-comparable
Word: overassert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + assert. 1. To assert too forcefully. Labels: transitive
Word: overasserted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overassert Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overasserts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overassert Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overasserting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overassert Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overforceful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + forceful. 1. With excessive force.
Word: overforcefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From overforceful + -ly. 1. With excessive force.
Word: overdeck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + deck. 1. To overdecorate. Labels: transitive Example: […] but one great hindrance in this my design, is, that our clerk, who was once a gardener, has this Christmas so overdecked the church with greens, that he has quite spoiled my prospect […] Example: She was neither overdressed nor overdecked in jewels, nor over made-up as some of her peers were; nor was she overboisterous.
Word: overdecks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overdeck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overdecking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overdeck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overdecked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overdeck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overboisterous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + boisterous. 1. Excessively boisterous. Example: She was neither overdressed nor overdecked in jewels, nor over made-up as some of her peers were; nor was she overboisterous.
Word: autem jet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From autem (“church”) + jet (“black”), referencing the colour of a priest's vestments. 1. A parson. Labels: UK, obsolete
Word: overgovern Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + govern. 1. To govern with too much rigidity or precision. Labels: ambitransitive Example: In Europe, he says, we over-govern. The subjects of European governments would seem, according to his notion, to be brought into this world only to be licked and taxed. Example: He should not overgovern his neighbors and they should not overgovern him with countless laws calling for more clerks, more police and more rules and regulations and orders which few persons will obey.
Word: overgoverned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overgovern Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overgoverns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overgovern Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overgoverning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overgovern Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overhomogenize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + homogenize. 1. To homogenize to excess. Labels: transitive
Word: overhomogenized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overhomogenize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overhomogenizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overhomogenize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overhomogenizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overhomogenize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + ink. 1. To apply too much ink to. Labels: transitive Example: Do not press the stamp hard into the pad, as this overinks the stamp and shortens the life of the pad by squeezing out the ink.
Word: overinked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overink Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overinks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overink Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overinking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overink Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overlabor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + labor. 1. Alternative form of overlabour. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: overlabored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overlabor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overlabors Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overlabor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overlaboring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overlabor Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overplan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + plan. 1. To plan in too much detail. Labels: transitive
Word: overplans Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overplan Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overtrim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + trim. 1. To trim too much. Labels: transitive
Word: overtrims Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overtrim Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overtrimming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overtrim Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overtrimmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overtrim Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: permakill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From perma- + kill. 1. To kill permanently, so as to prevent resurrection. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Azathoth will no longer instantly permakill anyone who offends it. Instead 60% of max hitpoints are lost until amends are made. Example: At least the movies hadn't lied about how to permakill zombies. Shoot 'em in the head. Destroy the brain.
Word: permakilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of permakill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: permakills Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of permakill Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: permakilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of permakill Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overarrange Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + arrange. 1. To arrange excessively or too precisely. Labels: transitive
Word: overarranged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overarrange Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overarranges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overarrange Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overarranging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overarrange Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mosquito fern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the belief that no mosquito can penetrate the coating to lay its eggs in the water. 1. Any in the genus Azolla of aquatic ferns.
Word: overadjust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + adjust. 1. To adjust excessively or too precisely. Labels: transitive
Word: overadjusting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overadjust Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overadjusts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overadjust Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overconstruct Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + construct. 1. To place too great a construction upon; to exaggerate. Labels: transitive Example: The first is a caveat against the tendency to overconstruct a link between patterns of urban dwelling and cultural practices in South Africa. Example: Very often theorists are prone to overconstruct facts, that is to endow them with greater meaning than is warranted by the observations.
Word: overconstructs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overconstruct Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overconstructing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overconstruct Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overgirt Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overgird Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mosquito ferns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mosquito fern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overnear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + near. 1. Too near; too close. Example: Yet not overnear Let him approach.
Word: overmerry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + merry. 1. Excessively merry. Example: I'll in to counsel them; haply my presence May well abate the over-merry spleen, Example: It would never do to turn up overmerry, plus the fact that he was expected to make a speech on this ghastly occasion.
Word: overorganize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + organize. 1. To organize in too much detail. Labels: transitive 2. To become too politically or socially cohesive and structured. Labels: intransitive Example: As the decade wore on, the sexy/anarchist "attitude" wore down […] and the mail became dominated by gay press releases from organizations and gay businesses. Maybe we over-organized, and stifled the poetry.
Word: overorganizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overorganize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overorganizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overorganize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overorganized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overorganize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: land agents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of land agent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zootaxy Part of Speech: noun 1. The scientific classification of animals. Labels: uncountable
Word: jurants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jurant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knubby Part of Speech: adj 1. lumpy; knobbly
Word: lienable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lien + -able. 1. Subject to a lien, or legal claim. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonlienable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + lienable. 1. Not lienable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unlienable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + lienable. 1. Not lienable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sea ruffe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + ruffe. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːɹʌf/ 1. Any of various species of saltwater fish in various families, or a specimen thereof, some species in the genus Sebastiscus. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lichanos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin lichanos, from Ancient Greek λιχανός (likhanós, “the forefinger”). 1. In Ancient Greek musical theory, the higher-pitched of the two movable notes in the nearer tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the mese and higher than the parhypate.
Word: lichanoi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lichanos Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parhypate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin parhypatē, from Ancient Greek παρυπάτη (parupátē, literally “next to the hypate, next-highest”). The hypate was the "highest" in the sense of being the string on a lyre nearest the player and physically above the other strings (compare a modern guitar, where the low E string is nearest the player), but actually the lowest in pitch. 1. In Ancient Greek musical theory, the lower-pitched of the two movable notes in the nearer tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the lichanos and higher than the hypate.
Word: parhypates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parhypate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ligative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ligate + -ive. 1. Serving to connect separate elements. Labels: not-comparable
Word: exopassives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exopassive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: endopassives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of endopassive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: as you were Part of Speech: intj 1. Disregard the previous partial command or order and return to the most recent formal command or order. 2. Stop standing at attention or don't stand at attention (used when, for instance, an officer enters a barracks room).
Word: limelit Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of limelight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sea ruffes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea ruffe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lingcod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ling + cod, from its superficial resemblance to those two fish. 1. Ophiodon elongatus, a fish of the greenlings, of the family Hexagrammidae, native to the west coast of North America.
Word: lingcods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lingcod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: searuffe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sea ruffe, used especially in compound terms. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: searuffes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of searuffe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lippie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lip + -ie. 1. Alternative spelling of lippy (“lipstick; lip”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Like some kind of masonic handshake, Collie passed Vanya a tube of black lippie. She smeared it carelessly across her wide mouth and handed it to me. My parents would have a hissy fit if they knew I put on lipstick but they weren't around. Example: I'm worried I'm turning into a 1950s housewife: the other day I found myself tidying up the sitting room and putting on some lippie before Tony got home from work!
Word: lippie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leap (“trap or snare for fish made from twigs; (obsolete) basket”) + -ie. 1. Alternative spelling of lippy (“dry measure”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A miniſter's ſtipend is paid by the heritors as follows: James Speers pays 3 bolls 3 firlots 1 peck 3 lippies oats, 2 bolls barley, and L. 3 : 15 : 4; [...] Example: A Scotch barley boll contains 5 bushels, 3 pecks, 2 lippies, and a little more, according to the Winchester gallon. A Scotch barley boll, according to the legal measure, contains 6 bushels, wanting a little more than ½ lippie.
Word: kumascope Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of cymoscope. Labels: rare
Word: lobstick Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional marker found in the Boreal Forests of Canada, created by removing the middle or lower branches of a coniferous tree.
Word: lobsticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lobstick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kumascopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kumascope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cymatoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cymatoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autem jets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autem jet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: locoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loculed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From locule + -ed. 1. Having (a specified kind or number of) locules. Labels: not-comparable
Word: loggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From log + -y. 1. Full of logs. Example: […] a level area characterized by many large fallen logs, but without boulders suitable for basking by lizards. Arctostaphylos, Ceanothus, and Quercus shrubs are dispersed in this loggy area.
Word: autem divers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autem diver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lopstick Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lobstick. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lopsticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lopstick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lopgrass Part of Speech: noun 1. The grass Bromus hordeaceus. Labels: uncountable
Word: canegrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cane + grass. 1. Synonym of love grass. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: canegrasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canegrass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: looey Part of Speech: noun 1. lieutenant Labels: US, slang
Word: looeys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of looey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: louie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of looey. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: louies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of louie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lowlifer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lowlife + -er. 1. Synonym of lowlife.
Word: lowlifers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lowlifer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lozell Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of losel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lozells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lozell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lucigen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Obsolete trade name, from Latin lūx (“light”) + -gen. 1. A kind of oil lamp using compressed air. Labels: historical
Word: lucigens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lucigen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lumbang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tagalog lumbang. 1. The kukui tree.
Word: lumbangs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lumbang Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lunies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of luny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: luxmeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lux + -meter. 1. A light meter
Word: luxmeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of luxmeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lytically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From lytic + -ally. 1. By means of, or in terms of, lysis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lychnises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lychnis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macrologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macrology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macrames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macrame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myoinositols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myoinositol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myosotises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myosotis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myosotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myosote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myocarditides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myocarditis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myocarditises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myocarditis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myoclonuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myoclonus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mycophagist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myco- + -phagist. 1. A person who eats fungi. 2. An organism or animal that feeds on fungi.
Word: mycophagists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mycophagist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muttonfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muttonfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mutagenically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From mutagenic + -ally. 1. In a mutagenic manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: muscularities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muscularity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: museologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of museology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: musefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From museful + -ly. 1. In a museful manner, musingly, pensively. Example: Diana’s face was clearly before him through the deluge; now in single features, the dimple running from her mouth, the dark bright eyes and cut of eyelids, and nostrils alive under their lightning; now in her whole radiant smile, or musefully listening, nursing a thought. Example: He spoke more musefully, in a slightly higher-pitched voice, and appeared to be in no hurry to reach those definite conclusions at which his cousin arrived—somewhat long-windedly but always with the end well in view.
Word: muricated Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of muricate.
Word: murines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of murine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mungoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mungo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mulmull Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mulmul. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: mulmulls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mulmull Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multitrillions Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + trillions. 1. Multiple trillions. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Its [the gut’s] five feet of large intestine contain a veritable zoo—upwards of 500 fungal, bacterial, and viral varieties with a total population in the multitrillions. Example: This kind of warfare [i.e., biological] would have us devouring the world’s children in a manner of speaking and those who are immunologically impaired, presuming we were going to immunize our own population but not those of the antagonist. Thus we would be conducting warfare which by definition would be indiscriminate rather than selective. We would lose control of the evolution of the bacteria that we would be releasing in the multitrillions.
Word: mucosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mucosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: movelessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move 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 moveless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English movelessly From moveless + -ly. 1. motionlessly Example: Ann stared hard but movelessly at her brother, the full red lower lip gradually falling away from the pouting red upper one until a double ripple of pearl appeared between them.
Word: motorcaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of motorcade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: motorcading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of motorcade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: morphogeneses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of morphogenesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moroser Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of morose: more morose Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: monorhymed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + rhymed. 1. Employing a single rhyme. Labels: not-comparable
Word: monorimed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + rimed. 1. Alternative form of monorhymed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: mongolisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mongolism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moistify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From moist + -ify. 1. To make moist; to moisten. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: moistified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of moistify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: moistifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of moistify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: moistifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of moistify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mohalim Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mohel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: modulability Part of Speech: noun 1. The property of being modulable. Labels: uncountable
Word: mimmered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mimmer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mimmers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mimmer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: miltonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any orchid of the genus Miltonia.
Word: miltonias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miltonia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: millefioris Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of millefiori Labels: form-of, plural
Word: micropsias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of micropsia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macropsias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macropsia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megalopsia Part of Speech: noun 1. macropsia Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: megalopsias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megalopsia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: micropipet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + pipet. 1. Alternative form of micropipette. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: micropipets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of micropipet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: micropipetted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of micropipette Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: micropipetting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of micropipette Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: micrometeoritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + meteoritic. 1. Relating to micrometeorites. Labels: not-comparable
Word: microcopying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of microcopy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present