nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: piss-prophet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From piss + prophet. 1. One who diagnosed diseases by inspecting the patient's urine. Labels: historical
Word: minority council Part of Speech: noun 1. a civic governing coalition whereby the Mayor's political allies in city council hold a minority of the seats; a form of minority government . As a Mayor may be directly elected, the allied councillors need not hold a plurality of the seats, the opposition alliance on council may contain a majority of the seats on council.
Word: mechanized infantry Part of Speech: noun 1. Infantry which uses infantry fighting vehicles (types of tanks) in combination with regular infantry tactics. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mounted infantry Part of Speech: noun 1. Infantry transported on mounts (e.g. horses) but fighting on foot. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: marine infantry Part of Speech: noun 1. An infantry corps which is trained or assigned to fight on or after transport by navy ships. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The UK and US marine corps were originally their marine infantry
Word: hurrying up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hurry up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hurried up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hurry up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cat-witted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cat + witted. 1. spiteful, obstinate, and small-minded. Labels: obsolete
Word: hurries up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hurry up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: look through Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, through. Example: He looked through the binoculars at the bird. 2. To take a view of the contents of; search in, either with the eyes or by hand. Example: I looked through the magazine, but it didn't seem very interesting. Example: Airport security looked through her purse and confiscated her nail scissors. 3. To penetrate with the understanding; to see through. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: I got a small ring to make; when I brought back the finished trinket to him he stared at me with his sparkling eyes, as if he would look through my very soul, and then said: 'Thou art a clever expert fellow […] Example: But a man should have serious consideration enough to look through this deception. 4. To appear or pretend not to see something or someone who is clearly visible. Labels: idiomatic, often Example: I tried to get Michele's attention at the party, but she looked right through me!
Word: cystinosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cystine + -osis. 1. A disorder caused by abnormal metabolism of cystine. Labels: uncountable
Word: radix complements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radix complement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whatzit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of whatsit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: whatzits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whatzit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Clementi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Governor of Singapore Cecil Clementi. Pronunciation: /kləˈmɛnti/, /ˈklɛmənti/ 1. A town in Singapore.
Word: bazars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bazar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: varment Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of varmint. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪz/ 1. plural of wy Labels: form-of, plural Example: These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.
Word: totalers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of totaler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: totallers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of totaller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aftertax Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of after-tax. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: jordens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jorden Labels: form-of, plural
Word: malaco- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”), the word that French mollusque (“mollusk”), originally from Latin mollis (“soft”) was meant to be a calque of. By surface analysis, malac- + -o-. 1. Forms terms relating to molluscs. Labels: morpheme 2. Soft. Labels: morpheme Example: malacoid
Word: traffic boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A young male crossing guard.
Word: traffic boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of traffic boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crossing guard Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who directs vehicular traffic so that pedestrians, especially students, may cross the right of way.
Word: crossing guards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crossing guard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gwyniad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Welsh gwyniad, from gwyn (“white”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡwɪniːæd/ 1. A freshwater fish of species Coregonus pennantii, native to Bala Lake in Gwynedd.
Word: gwyniads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gwyniad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: right backs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of right back Labels: form-of, plural
Word: left backs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of left back Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lechs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lech Labels: form-of, plural
Word: centre-backs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of centre-back Labels: form-of, plural
Word: went on Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of go on Labels: form-of, past
Word: mêlées Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mêlée Labels: form-of, plural
Word: centraliser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of centralizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: glozing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gloze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: glozing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who glozes; flattery; deceit. Example: […] hypocrisy will at length be unmasked, their glozings will be in time discovered […]
Word: glozed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gloze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ornée Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of orné. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For Mr. Rosedale did Laura wear vestal white, when every one else was à la Zamiel, and a cottage bonnet—a cottage ornée, to be sure—when every other head was in a hat.
Word: normaliser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of normalizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: public limited company Part of Speech: noun 1. A publicly traded limited liability company in the United Kingdom and some other jurisdictions.
Word: public limited companies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of public limited company Labels: form-of, plural
Word: agrégés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agrégé Labels: form-of, plural
Word: formée Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of patté. Labels: not-comparable Example: Crest, two lances or, in saltier, headed ar. pennons hanging to them of the first, each charged with a cross formée gu.
Word: zoomasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zoomass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: normatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of normative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: warung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay warung. Pronunciation: /ˈwɑ.ɹʊŋ/ 1. A type of small family-owned business — often a casual, usually outdoor restaurant (in both countries) or convenience store (in Indonesia). Labels: Indonesia, Malaysia Example: Daud Yusof who runs one of the four warungs in the kampung said his business has been affectred because of the flies and claimed his earnings from selling nasi berlauk has dropped by 40 percent. Example: Walking allows us to know precisely what kind and where to put convenient and comfort shelters like public toilets, benchs, kiosks, warungs and wakafs.
Word: Tjernobyl Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Danish Tjernobyl or Swedish Tjernobyl. 1. Chernobyl (a city in Ukraine). Example: OK, living in the reinder belt of Scandinavia, the weapon tests hasn't poisoned us that much and the plutonium hasn't been that much of a problem, but jee, you shure has dug you head into the ground like a ostridge. Have you never heard of a fishy place called Tjernobyl. That bastard is still giving people here cancer. Since we have less of the shit called Strontium 90 ( not as poisones as plutonium, but shure as deadly), they every year sends a lot of cancerous children from the area around Tjernobyl to us for a "clean" summer holiday. Example: How many new things have we found (virus or bacteria doesn't matter) and still more are coming, AIDS? do you belive^([sic]) it has been there always? do you remember Tjernobyl? nothing to do with virus or bacteria, but what happened? I would say humans stupidity (money again) give them some not so hightech equipment that doesn't work 100% and then let some ppl that don't know what it is use it.
Word: hermitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hermit + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or typical of a hermit.
Word: multispecialty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + specialty. 1. Exhibiting or possessing multiple specialties (especially medical specialties) Labels: US, not-comparable Example: I asked that question of Dr. David Ludwig, director of the Optimal Weight for Life Program at Children’s Hospital Boston, a multispecialty program for the care of overweight children.
Word: bio-unavailable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bio- + unavailable. 1. Not bioavailable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cheaters never prosper Part of Speech: proverb 1. Synonym of cheats never prosper.
Word: snap of a finger Part of Speech: noun 1. A minimum of effort. Example: With her seductive ways, she could have him within the snap of a finger.
Word: object manipulation Part of Speech: noun 1. The performing art of manipulating one or more objects, principally using one's body. Labels: uncountable Example: Juggling is a form of object manipulation.
Word: undefendable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + defendable. 1. Not capable of being defended
Word: tic douloureux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, literally, “painful tic”. Pronunciation: /ˌtɪk duːləˈɹuː/, /-ˈɹø/, /ˌtɪk dɒləˈɹuː/ 1. Trigeminal neuralgia. Labels: uncountable
Word: oil stoves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oil stove Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oil fields Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oil field Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discrepantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From discrepant + -ly. 1. In a conflicting or discordant manner.
Word: aureation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aureate + -ion, from Latin aureatus (“decorated with gold”). 1. The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable, usually
Word: deductive inference Part of Speech: noun 1. inference in which the conclusion is of no greater generality than the premises 2. inference in which the conclusion is just as certain as the premises
Word: biscriptal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + scriptal. Pronunciation: /baɪˈskɹɪptəl/ 1. Having the ability to read or write two scripts. Labels: not-comparable 2. Written in two different scripts. Labels: not-comparable
Word: husos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of huso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: three-way Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The sense referring to a serving of Cincinnati chili was coined in the 1920s by Tom and John Kiradjieff, Slavic-Macedonian immigrants to Cincinnati, for their Empress Chili chain. Doublet of trivia. 1. Relating to three different directions. Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: a three-way valve Example: a three-way junction
Word: three-way Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The sense referring to a serving of Cincinnati chili was coined in the 1920s by Tom and John Kiradjieff, Slavic-Macedonian immigrants to Cincinnati, for their Empress Chili chain. Doublet of trivia. 1. Sexual activity involving three individuals. Example: A guy Julian and you had a three-way with millions of years ago. I used to watch you guys screw through the keyhole sometimes. Example: I had a three-way with two other women in my class. 2. A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti and cheese. Labels: Cincinnati 3. Synonym of three-card monte.
Word: three-ways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of three-way Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mastocarcinoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From masto- + carcinoma. 1. A carcinoma of the breast.
Word: toat Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /təʊt/ 1. Alternative spelling of tote. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: toat Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /təʊt/ 1. The handle of a joiner's plane.
Word: infare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English infer (“entrance”), from Old English infær (“ingress, entrance, ingang”), from Proto-Germanic *in + *farą (“a going”), corresponding to in- + fare. Related to Old English infaru (“inroad, incursion, invasion”). Compare German einführen (“to introduce”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪnfɛə/ 1. A party or other celebration held to mark someone's entrance into a new home, especially the arrival of a bride at her new home; a wedding reception. Labels: Scotland, US Example: At our next meeting we set the day for our wedding; and I went to my father's, and made arrangements for an infair, and returned to ask her parents for her. Example: He stretched his arms above his head and drew a long sigh of pleasurable reminiscence. “We hed a right sorter sociable evenin'. I'll be bound they air all over yander at the infair now.”
Word: infair Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of infare. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: At our next meeting we set the day for our wedding; and I went to my father's, and made arrangements for an infair, and returned to ask her parents for her. Example: He stretched his arms above his head and drew a long sigh of pleasurable reminiscence. “We hed a right sorter sociable evenin'. I'll be bound they air all over yander at the infair now.”
Word: infares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wrathy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wrath + -y; first attested in 1828. Compare Middle English wrothy. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒθi/ 1. Feeling wrath; very angry, furious. Labels: US Example: When I got there, the old lady appeared to be mighty wrathy; and when I broached the subject, she looked at me as savage as a meat axe. Example: Sometimes the wrathy owner of the missing horses undertook to recover them himself.
Word: trigeminal neuralgia Part of Speech: noun 1. A neuropathic disorder of one or both of trigeminal nerves leading to intense pain in parts of the face. Labels: uncountable
Word: infairs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of toat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: toating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of toat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: toated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of toat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wrathier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of wrathy: more wrathy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: wrathiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of wrathy: most wrathy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: ring the changes Part of Speech: verb 1. To make patterned sound sequences on bells, starting and ending on the same tone. 2. To run through all possible variations. 3. To enliven by varying combinations. Labels: UK 4. To pass counterfeit money. Labels: UK, slang 5. To trick a shopkeeper into giving too much change. Labels: dated, slang 6. To take advantage of a change in order to make money.
Word: mix and match Part of Speech: verb 1. To vary elements to make compatible combinations. Example: She became very good at mixing and matching skirts, blouses, and accessories to extend her fashion budget.
Word: melomane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mélomane, from mélo- + -mane; equivalent to melo- + -mane. 1. Synonym of melomaniac. Example: Monsieur de Rochetaillée was a melomane. He thought of nothing, cared for nothing but music. It was the passion of his life; he could not live without music and musicians. Example: But what was even more important to Monet’s eventual success in devising landscape images that attracted music-modeled appreciation like Silvestre’s is the fact that the melomanes among the younger painters of the 1860s had not produced anything like a consistent painting practice modeled on music.
Word: meno- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek μείς, μηνός (meís, mēnós, “month”). 1. month Labels: morpheme 2. menstruation Labels: morpheme
Word: Meno Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unexplained. 1. A surname.
Word: mesocolon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- + colon. 1. The part of the mesentery that attaches the colon to the abdominal wall.
Word: mesonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meson + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to mesons Labels: not-comparable
Word: mesothorium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- + thorium. Probably so-called because these two isotopes (²²⁸Ra and ²²⁸Ac) are, in the decay chain, intermediate between normal thorium (²³²Th) and radiothorium (²²⁸Th). 1. Certain members of the decay chain of thorium, mainly isotopes of radium and actinium
Word: mesotron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- + -tron. Coined by American physicists Carl Anderson and Seth Neddermeyer in 1938 in a letter to Nature titled "Mesotron (Intermediate Particle) as a Name for the New Particles of Intermediate Mass". Pronunciation: /ˈmɛs.əˌtɹɒn/, /ˈmɛs.əˌtɹɑn/ 1. meson Labels: dated
Word: ease up Part of Speech: verb 1. To become more relaxed or less demanding. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: I suggest that you ease up a bit at work. You're getting stressed out. Example: You should ease up on your son. You're putting too much pressure on him. 2. To reduce one's speed. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: He came hurtling round the corner, but quickly eased up when he saw Jane standing there. Example: As we swung through Hatfield in just over six hours from Edinburgh, the day was all but won, and Tappin eased up completely.
Word: marisma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish marisma. Ultimately distantly related to marsh. Pronunciation: /məˈɹɪsmə/ 1. A tidal or saltwater marsh. Example: Mallard [...], in the marisma, nest in precisely similar situations, but their eggs number twelve or fourteen. Elsewhere their nests (being among bush or reedbeds) are less easily seen. Example: ... waters of the marisma. Whilst photographing the latter Mr. Read was fortunate enough to get a good view of the famous wild camels of the marisma galloping away in the distance, the herd numbering some sixteen or eighteen head.
Word: marismas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marisma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backreference Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + reference. 1. An item in a regular expression equivalent to the text matched by an earlier pattern in the expression. Example: The third part of the regular expression, \1, is the backreference and tells ColdFusion to refer back to the first subexpression[…] Example: Path traversal occurs when directory backreferences are used in a path to gain access to the parent folder of a subfolder.
Word: backreference Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + reference. 1. To access (the text matched by an earlier pattern in a regular expression). Labels: transitive Example: By wrapping it in parentheses, the attributes can be reused by backreferencing this part of the pattern[…] Example: It doesn't change what the part matches, so /\d+/ and /(\d+)/ will still match as many digits as possible, but in the latter case they will be remembered in a special variable to be backreferenced later.
Word: backreferences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backreference Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanotechnologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nanotechnological + -ly. 1. In a nanotechnological manner or context. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nanotechnological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nano- + technological. 1. Of, pertaining to, or by means of nanotechnology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: touchpanel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of touch panel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: touch panel Part of Speech: noun 1. A touch screen.
Word: touchpanels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of touchpanel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: modchip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mod + chip. 1. A computer chip or similar hardware device used to modify the behaviour of a games console. Example: Installing a new hard drive would require a modchip that can reprogram or bypass the hard drive lock. Example: The goal of this hack is to install a modchip into your Xbox.
Word: modchips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of modchip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kopis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κοπίς (kopís). 1. A short forward curved sword in Ancient Greece used primarily as a cutting tool, but also for combat.
Word: crackhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crack + house. 1. Alternative spelling of crack house. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gr. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of graphic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of grain. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: six and two threes Part of Speech: noun 1. Two equivalent choices or situations. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: They would fob us off with that and once more make it six and two threes. Example: I said, "Well, it's six and two threes. I get three pound off you here, and I have to work all week for £5 and I get me stamps off, whatever.
Word: forted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of fort Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: forted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːtɪd/ 1. Ensconced in or protected by a fort. Example: The fort was built right in the middle of a large old field, and in it the people had been forted so long and so quietly, that they didn't apprehend any danger at all, and had, therefore, become quite careless.
Word: when the cat's away Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: An ellipsis (anapodoton) of when the cat's away, the mice will play. 1. Ellipsis of when the cat's away, the mice will play. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: tantes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tante Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cross-fosters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cross-foster Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cross-fostered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cross-foster Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cross-fostering Part of Speech: noun 1. the technique of removing eggs from the nest of one species of bird, to be incubated in the nest of another. Usually done to aid the recovery of endangered species. Labels: uncountable
Word: cross-fostering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cross-foster Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grand rounds Part of Speech: noun 1. A tour of inspection by a general officer or commander, visiting all the guards in the officer's command. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. A series of lectures whose subject matter is a particular patient or similar case or a formal hospital meeting at which physicians discuss interesting medical cases. Labels: invariable, plural, plural-only
Word: byo Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of bayou. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: endes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ende Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paddling pools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paddling pool Labels: form-of, plural
Word: idiot boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of idiot box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brutalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brutal + -ist. 1. Someone that follows brutalism.
Word: brutalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brutalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vibist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vibe + -ist. 1. A vibraphone player; someone that plays the vibraphone. Labels: US, slang
Word: vibists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vibist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Viet. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Vietnam. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of Vietnamese. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: view-point Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of viewpoint. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: view-points Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of view-point Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abortus fever Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbɔɹ.təs ˈfiv.ɚ/ 1. A kind of brucellosis, Brucella abortus, and the only one endemic to North America. Labels: uncountable
Word: icebox cake Part of Speech: noun 1. A dessert consisting of whipped cream and stacked chocolate wafers, refrigerated to form a sliceable log. Labels: US
Word: sliceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slice + -able. 1. Capable of being sliced. Labels: not-comparable
Word: monitorless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From monitor + -less. 1. Without a monitor (computer display unit). Labels: not-comparable Example: By providing a monitorless configuration, we allow end-users and VARs more product and price flexibility for matching their hardware to applications... Example: Remember typewriters, those clattering, monitorless contraptions that were all the rage not so very long ago?
Word: nonparameterized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + parameterized. 1. Not parameterized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonstreaming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + streaming. 1. Not transmitted by streaming. Labels: not-comparable Example: a nonstreaming audio technology
Word: nonsigmoidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + sigmoidal. 1. Not sigmoidal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: precinct committeeman Part of Speech: noun 1. A person elected or appointed in State Counties to represent a local ward, precinct, or township. Labels: US
Word: nonmigratable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + migratable. 1. Not migratable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonupgraded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + upgraded. 1. Not having been upgraded. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unupgraded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + upgraded. 1. nonupgraded Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonaudio Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + audio. 1. Not audio. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonvideo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + video. 1. Not in or relating to video format. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonaccomplishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + accomplishment. 1. Something that does not achieve the intended goal.
Word: nonachievement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + achievement. 1. Something that does not achieve the intended goal.
Word: brutalitarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brutalitarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crispant Part of Speech: noun 1. A F0 generation mutant generated by CRISPR/Cas9-directed genome editing.
Word: nonachiever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + achiever. 1. Someone who does not get good grades in education. 2. Someone who does not progress or move forward; someone who lacks motivation.
Word: nonachievers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonachiever Labels: form-of, plural
Word: non-ablative Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of nonablative. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: LTNS Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of long time no see. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: nonadditivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + additivity. 1. Without the state or quality of additivity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lithoautotroph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From litho- + autotroph. 1. A microbe that takes energy from reduced compounds of minerals.
Word: nonadditivities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonadditivity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lithoautotrophs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lithoautotroph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hoppets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoppet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unconstructively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unconstructive + -ly. 1. In an unhelpful manner; in an unconstructive manner.
Word: nonmusically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nonmusical + -ly. 1. In a nonmusical manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: minisaga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + saga. 1. A short saga. Example: In the concluding pages of this minisaga (Herodotus 1. 90-91), Croesus sends to inquire of the priestess of Apollo why the oracle had misled him. Example: The Isaac minisaga closes with a parting look at Esau's efforts to ingratiate himself with his parents.
Word: minisagas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minisaga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: precinct committeemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of precinct committeeman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miniepic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + epic. 1. A short work that resembles an epic in all but length.
Word: miniepics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miniepic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nondefendant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + defendant. 1. One who is not a defendant.
Word: nondefendants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nondefendant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spadeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spade + -less. 1. Without a spade. Labels: not-comparable Example: He of the spare spade, would not lend it to the man who had none, because he had a large garden which he wanted the spadeless man to help to dig […]
Word: squawkily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From squawky + -ly. 1. In a squawky manner.
Word: squawkiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From squawky + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being squawky. Labels: uncountable
Word: spiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spile Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spiling Part of Speech: noun 1. A spile; a post or girder. 2. The edge-curve of a plank or of a strake in a vessel's hull.
Word: spiled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of spile Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: jehadist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jihadist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jehadism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jihadism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: jehadists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jehadist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blowsily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From blowsy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈblaʊzɪli/ 1. In a blowsy manner.
Word: pyrogeography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyro- + geography. 1. The geographical study of the spread of fire Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: silent barter Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of bartering, once common in Africa, in which traders remain silent, either because they have no language in common or because they both wish to keep secret and not discuss the origins of their goods (especially gold and salt). Labels: uncountable
Word: nonmanual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + manual. 1. Not manual. Labels: not-comparable Example: a nonmanual occupation
Word: silver frost Part of Speech: noun 1. A deposit of glaze on trees, shrubs, and other exposed objects during a fall of freezing precipitation; the product of an ice storm. Labels: colloquial, uncountable, usually
Word: silver frosts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of silver frost Labels: form-of, plural
Word: off like a prom dress Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Pun on two senses of off, with the implication that a couple at a prom are likely to have sexual intercourse. Compare off like a bride's nightie. 1. Making a start, or departing, very rapidly. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable, slang Example: When we heard the police car pull up, we were off like a prom dress.
Word: nontemplatized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + templatized. 1. Not templatized. Labels: not-comparable Example: Note that unlike the nontemplatized version, this function still supports constant objects because T is allowed to bind to a constant object... Example: The old-style library uses a less-complicated, nontemplatized class hierarchy.
Word: nonclonally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nonclonal + -ly. 1. In a nonclonal manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonchimeric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + chimeric. 1. Not chimeric. Labels: not-comparable
Word: punniness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From punny + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being punny. Labels: uncountable
Word: punnily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From punny + -ly. 1. In a punny manner.
Word: poncier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of poncy: more poncy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: ponciest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of poncy: most poncy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: gear levers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gear lever Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nondimensionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Italic *mētis Latin mētior Latin dīmētior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dīmēnsiōder. English dimension English -al English dimensional English nondimensional 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 nondimensionally From nondimensional + -ly. 1. In a nondimensional manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonfissioning Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + fissioning. 1. In which fission does not occur. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonfishing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + fishing. 1. Not of or pertaining to the sport or commercial activity of fishing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonadmission Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + admission. 1. Lack or absence of admission; failure to admit. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nonadsorbent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + adsorbent. 1. Unable to adsorb. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonaerobiotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + aerobiotic. 1. Able to live without oxygen from the atmosphere. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aerobiotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aero- + -biotic. 1. Of or pertaining to aerobiosis
Word: nonadsorptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + adsorptive. 1. Not adsorptive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: charge off Part of Speech: noun 1. A write-off.
Word: charge off Part of Speech: verb 1. To write off (an expense). Labels: transitive
Word: charge offs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of charge off Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chargeoff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of charge off. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chargeoffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chargeoff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: charge-off Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of charge off. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: charge-offs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of charge-off Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonachievements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonachievement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonaccomplishments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonaccomplishment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supergraphics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + graphics. 1. Large graphics that are applied with vibrant colors, usually in geometric shapes, over walls or floors and ceilings to make the illusion of altered space. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: pennywise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From penny + wise. 1. Careful with small amounts of money or over small matters. Labels: not-comparable Example: Now some employers are reversing course, convinced that their pennywise approach does not always reduce long-term costs.
Word: multifold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + -fold. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌltəˌfoʊld/ 1. Many; very diverse; manifold. Example: There are many drug lords, each with his own corridor (think of it as a franchise of sorts) funneling narcotics into Texas. There are multifold methods of transport.
Word: bible leaf Part of Speech: noun 1. Tanacetum balsamita, a Eurasian perennial herb that has flowers that are yellow and buttonlike.
Word: bible leaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bible leaf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buttonlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From button + -like. 1. Resembling a button. Example: […] I was then, but slowly, drawn towards the closing vortex. When I reached it, it had subsided to a creamy pool. Round and round, then, and ever contracting towards the button-like black bubble at the axis of that slowly wheeling circle, like another Ixion I did revolve. Example: [He] was smoking slowly and calmly, and looking at nothing at all with his black buttonlike eyes.
Word: scorzoneras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scorzonera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fone Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foe Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural Example: Despair made some run headlong gainst their fone...
Word: fone Part of Speech: noun 1. phone Labels: informal, nonstandard
Word: thoracic cages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thoracic cage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ancony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Compare French encrenée (“iron twice heated and hammered”). 1. A piece of malleable iron that is wrought into the shape of a flat bar, about three feet long, with a square rough unwrought knob on each end.
Word: blognovel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blog + novel. 1. A novel or book created from a blog. Labels: neologism
Word: childism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From child + -ism. 1. Responding to children's particular lived experiences Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Twain and Salinger's common genius, Heiserman and Miller suggest, lay in their masterful use of a colloquial American adolescent's voice to convey their respective "childism," by which they mean the nostalgic wish to recover our inner Adamic child. Example: If nothing else, a project in childism would ask those who study ethics to reflect on whether they are considering the challenge of childhood. 2. Empowering children as an oppressed group Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Prejudice and/or discrimination against the young. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A child-like insight or behavior made by an adult Labels: countable Example: About the same time I was working on my life is a circle theory, I was also working on a childism that could define human behavior and explain why people behave the way they do and predict their behavior. Example: Apart from categorizing her clients' childisms through the several case histories in her book, Young-Bruehl also applies her schema to the Child Savers of the late nineteenth century in order to highlight the transhistorical nature of this kind of treatment ...
Word: erotosexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of erotic + sexual. 1. Both erotic and sexual.
Word: firtle Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːtəl/, /ˈfɝtəl/ 1. To mess around, to waste time. Labels: Cumbria Example: Stop tha firtlin’ aboot.
Word: laptronica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of laptop + electronica. The term gained a certain degree of currency in the 1990s. 1. Musical output made with a laptop computer combined with electronic devices, portable enough for live performances. Labels: uncountable Example: More recently, the notion of using a portable computer on stage became a reality and new forms of music including laptronica, the synthesis of laptop and electronica, were born.
Word: puzzlewit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From puzzle + wit. 1. A stupid person
Word: wait for the ball to drop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An allusion to the Times Square Ball, and perhaps other time balls. 1. To wait in expectation of an occurrence. Labels: idiomatic, rare
Word: little girl Part of Speech: noun 1. A female child, especially one younger than ten years of age. Example: More than ever I wished she was my sister and that mother could watch over her. She would gladly, I knew. A little girl, barely twelve years old and not large for her age. Example: My ... what a sweet little girl! 2. One's daughter. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: My little girl's getting married next week! 3. A weak-willed or effeminate person. Labels: derogatory Example: Laurie tells him to stop being such a little girl and do something bad for once.
Word: zoophilic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zoo- + -philic. Pronunciation: /ˌzəʊ.əˈfɪlɪk/, /ˌzuː.əˈfɪlɪk/ 1. Liking or preferring animals. 2. Relating to or exhibiting zoophilia; having a paraphilia for animals. Example: Species dysphoria in zoophilic men can be understood as an outgrowth of autozoophilia, just as gender dysphoria in gynephilic men can be understood as an outgrowth of autogynephilia.
Word: recoined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recoin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recoining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recoin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recoining Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or result of coining again. Example: recoinings of archaic terms
Word: sacculi Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsæk.jəˌlaɪ/ 1. plural of sacculus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piggy banks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piggy bank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lupulin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lupulus + -in. Pronunciation: /ˈlupjəlɪn/ 1. Small hairs obtained from the strobili of the hop plant. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The bitter aromatic principle of the hop. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lupulins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lupulin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonagesimal Part of Speech: noun 1. The middle to highest point of a part of an ecliptic that is above the horizon at any period of time.
Word: nonagesimal Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonagesimals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonagesimal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonagrian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Nonagria + -an 1. Any one of the moths of the genus Nonagria.
Word: nonagrians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonagrian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: non-agricultural Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of nonagricultural. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: nonalienation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + alienation. 1. Failure to alienate. Labels: uncountable Example: nonalienation of pension benefits
Word: non-allergenic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of nonallergenic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: nonambulatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + ambulatory. 1. Not able to walk around. Labels: not-comparable Example: Traditionally, proximal femoral varus derotational osteotomy has been used in nonambulatory patients to produce a more stable sitting base.
Word: non-daily Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of nondaily. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: non-dance Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nondance. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: non-dance Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of nondance. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: non-dances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of non-dance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sonder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig in 2012, whose project, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, aims to come up with new words for emotions that currently lack names. Inspired by German sonder- (“special”) and French sonder (“to probe”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɑndɚ/, /ˈsɒndə/ 1. The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it. Labels: neologism, uncountable Example: I had a sonder, a realization that the random girl sitting next to me inside of Starbucks might have a fantastic life or she might be dealing with a very ill family member. Example: We need to have a "sonder" moment, where we realize that we aren't the only ones with feelings, dreams, regrets and hopes.
Word: escouade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr Latin quattuor ▲ Latin quadrus Latin quadrōbf.? Latin quadrus Vulgar Latin *exquadrō Italian squadraredeverb. Italian squadra French escouade English escouade From French escouade. 1. A squad. Labels: archaic
Word: intriguant Part of Speech: noun 1. An intriguer.
Word: sounding balloon Part of Speech: noun 1. A weather balloon.
Word: dormitive virtue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque translation of Latin, virtus dormitiva, coined by Molière in The Imaginary Invalid. In the play, he lampoons a group of physicians providing an explanation in macaronic Latin of the sleep-inducing properties of opium as stemming from its "virtus dormitiva". 1. A type of tautology in which an item is explained in terms of the item itself, only put in different (usually more abstract) words. Labels: idiomatic, rhetoric Example: The inevitable next suggestion -— that aesthetic experience is distinguished not by pleasure at all but by a special aesthetic emotion can be dropped on the waste-pile of "dormitive virtue” explanations Example: Solidity now has all the defects of a dormitive virtue, obscurity, unobservability, something-we-know-notwhattery — and none of the advantages of a dormitive virtue
Word: weather balloons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weather balloon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: capellanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of capellane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hymners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hymner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pasir Ris Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Malay Pasir Ris. Pronunciation: /ˌpɑːsə ˈɹɪs/, /-seɪ -/ 1. A town in the eastern part of Singapore.
Word: bio-available Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of bioavailable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: epoch-making Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Calque of German epochemachend. 1. Constituting an epoch; opening a new era; introducing new conceptions or a new method in the treatment of a subject; highly novel and influential. Labels: not-comparable Example: The play itself was "sound," though not epoch-making. The performance of the leading lady was satisfactory and exactly what was to be expected from her. Example: Equally to be expected, in view of the trend of Government legislation and pronouncements over the past few years—but no less epoch-making for that—is the proposal that the railways and canals shall cease to be common carriers and be entirely free to fix their own passenger and freight charges, […].
Word: metabasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin metabasis, from Ancient Greek μετάβασις (metábasis, “a change, a transition”), from μεταβαίνω (metabaínō, “I cross”), from μετά (metá) and βαίνω (baínō, “I move”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-. 1. A change from one subject to another. Labels: rhetoric 2. Any change in the course of a disease; metabola.
Word: metabases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metabase Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of metabasis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lhasa apso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + Tibetan ཨོག་ཚོམ (og tshom) / ཨག་ཚོམ (ag tshom, “goatee, chin-beard”). Alternatively, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + ར་ཕོ (ra pho, “billy goat”) OR from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + འབ་ ('ab, “to bark”) + སོ་ (so, “guard, watchman”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːsə ˈæpsoʊ/ 1. A particular breed of dog, Tibetan in origin.
Word: Lhasa apsos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lhasa apso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: medical examiner Part of Speech: noun 1. A physician who examines cadavers on behalf of the government. 2. A physician who examines pilots to ensure that they are medically fit to fly.
Word: medical examiners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medical examiner Labels: form-of, plural