nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: schoolmistressly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From schoolmistress + -ly. 1. Befitting a schoolmistress; in the manner or style of a schoolmistress. Example: "I've told you." Rosemary's voice grew schoolmistressly sharp. "He writes every day."
Word: showmanly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From showman + -ly. 1. Befitting a showman.
Word: tradesmanly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tradesman + -ly. 1. Befitting a tradesman.
Word: surgeonly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From surgeon + -ly. 1. Befitting a surgeon. Example: Drawing his own pistol, he leaned to strike John Thomas with surgeonly precision along the temple. John Thomas dropped like a poleaxed steer. Dr. Amos had used exactly the force necessary to knock him out.
Word: churchmanly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From churchman + -ly. 1. Befitting a churchman.
Word: leaderly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From leader + -ly. 1. Befitting a leader.
Word: merchantly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder. Anglo-Norman marchauntbor. Middle English marchaunt English merchant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English merchantly From merchant + -ly. 1. Befitting a merchant.
Word: ministerly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From minister + -ly. 1. Befitting a minister.
Word: patricianly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From patrician + -ly. 1. Befitting a patrician.
Word: physicianly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From physician + -ly. 1. Befitting a physician.
Word: pastorly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pastor + -ly. 1. Befitting a pastor.
Word: sailorly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sailor + -ly. 1. Befitting a sailor.
Word: patronly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From patron + -ly. 1. Befitting a patron.
Word: handmaidenly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From handmaiden + -ly. 1. Befitting a handmaiden.
Word: farmerly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From farmer + -ly. 1. Befitting a farmer.
Word: unshepherdly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + shepherdly. 1. Not shepherdly. Example: No doubt a good deal could be said about the botany of a single blade of grass, but the flock is starving whilst the green pastures are interdicted by the fluent but most unshepherdly botanist. Example: [Bo Peep] is the tale of one who is originally a merely unfortunate shepherd but who soon becomes a wilful and deliberate loser of sheep, an unshepherdly shepherd.
Word: unreaderly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + readerly. 1. Not readerly.
Word: workmanly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From workman + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːkmənli/, /ˈwɝkmənli/ 1. Befitting a workman; skilful; workmanlike.
Word: workmanly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English werkmanly, werkmanlike, equivalent to workman + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːkmənli/, /ˈwɝkmənli/ 1. Befitting a workman; in skilful or workmanlike manner.
Word: workmanships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of workmanship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clerkly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clerk + -ly. 1. Of clerks; befitting a clerk. Example: the clerkly life Example: Therefore, desiring to keep my place in the young Tsar’s regard, I did not speak too highly of Mazeppa, though I allowed him to be a shrewd and capable person, of clerkly rather than military attainments. 2. Scholarly. Labels: obsolete Example: For notwithstanding al your great brags and this your clerkly booke, ye knowe not nor euer shall knowe, but that the Pope is the supreame head of the Churche. Example: Hath he not tvvit our Soueraigne Lady here / VVith ignominious vvords, though Clarkely coucht? / As if ſhe had ſuborned ſome to ſvveare / Falſe allegations, to o'rethrovv his ſtate.
Word: clerkly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From clerk + -ly. 1. In a scholarly manner. Labels: obsolete Example: If these woordis to some seme spoken to clerkly, goe to, I will expounde theim more plainely. Example: For this doo lerned persons déeme, of Ouids present woorke: That in no one of all his bookes the which he wrate, doo lurke Mo darke and secret misteries, mo counselles wyse and sage, Mo good ensamples, mo reprooues of vyce in youth and age, Mo fyne inuentions too delight, mo matters clerkly knit, No nor more straunge varietie too shew a lerned wit.
Word: craftsmanly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From craftsman + -ly. 1. Befitting a craftsman.
Word: courtierly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From courtier + -ly. 1. Befitting a courtier.
Word: speakerly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From speaker + -ly. 1. Befitting a speaker or orator.
Word: vicarly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vicar + -ly. 1. Befitting a vicar.
Word: companionly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From companion + -ly. 1. Befitting a companion.
Word: friarly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From friar + -ly. Piecewise doublet of brotherly. 1. Befitting a friar.
Word: bachelorly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bachelor + -ly. 1. Befitting a bachelor.
Word: bumpkinly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bumpkin + -ly. 1. Befitting a bumpkin.
Word: burgherly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From burgher + -ly. 1. Befitting a burgher.
Word: butlerly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From butler + -ly. 1. Befitting a butler.
Word: captainly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From captain + -ly. Piecewise doublet of chieftainly. 1. Befitting a captain. Example: "Honor, dearest," — ah, the tremulousness of the captainly voice which had made so brave a show that morning, with sea-lore wonderful!
Word: triyearly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + yearly. 1. Three times in a year. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trihourly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + hourly. 1. Three times an hour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trihedrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trihedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cuboctahedrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cuboctahedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miniconstitution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + constitution. 1. A short legal constitution. Example: When Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997, the Chinese government initially held out the possibility of full democracy after 2007, including the concept in the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s miniconstitution, but stopped short of an unequivocal promise of how and when to achieve universal suffrage.
Word: miniconstitutions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miniconstitution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monocellular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + cellular. 1. Of one cell; unicellular. Labels: not-comparable Example: In Spore the player guides a species from primordial monocellular ooze through the various stages of evolution: onto land, into tribes, civilizations and finally interstellar colonization.
Word: postfertile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + fertile. 1. After the end of fertility. Labels: not-comparable Example: According to experts, about 70 percent of women experience hot flashes, weight gain, loss of libido and other symptoms as they transition from their fertile to postfertile years and their hormone levels fluctuate sharply.
Word: postfeminisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postfeminism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhombicuboctahedra Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhombicuboctahedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beadboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bead + board. 1. Wooden boards with a bead or ridge running their length used for paneling walls or ceilings. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The aesthetic of the house is prim and country, with white beadboard knee walls around the first floor and pale flowered wallpaper in the Shaker-style kitchen. 2. A construction material made from "beads" of expanded polystyrene compressed together. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: beadboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beadboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midquestion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + question. 1. A point in time during which a question is being asked. Labels: uncountable Example: “Is that it?” he says in midquestion.
Word: neckpiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neck + piece. 1. A piece of clothing to be worn around the neck. Example: It also has a neckpiece bearing a low-relief representation of the necklace of the chivalric Order of the Golden Fleece, to which only the most powerful of European rulers belonged.
Word: neckpieces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neckpiece Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reintensify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + intensify. 1. To intensify again. Labels: transitive Example: The lifting or the developed fixed print is done by first reintensifying it with any contrast coloured powder and then lifting by collotape lifter. 2. To become intense again. Labels: intransitive Example: Major initiatives now appear unlikely unless the financial crisis reintensifies, as the bank assesses whether the much-discussed “green shoots” in recent data releases will wither or take root. Example: Not surprisingly, Donna briefly reintensified after returning to the temperate Atlantic, seeing the rapid drop in its central pressure once again boot it from a Category 2 to a Category 3 hurricane on the evening of September 11.
Word: reintensifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reintensify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reintensifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reintensify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reintensified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reintensify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hologramlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hologram + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a hologram. Example: But the production does have a couple of visual coups de théâtre, including a final one in which past and present (or present and future) come together in a tableau wherein it is impossible to distinguish between actors and their projected, hologramlike images.
Word: midsemester Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mid- + semester. 1. During a semester. Labels: not-comparable Example: “This is like a midsemester report card,” said Sarah E. Mendelson, a scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, who is organizing a conference on civil society here that Mr. Obama and perhaps Mr. Medvedev will attend.
Word: vettable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vet + -able. 1. Capable of being vetted. Labels: not-comparable Example: It doesn't matter if the stuff is true in the scientific sense, ie, has any objective, publicly vettable evidence supporting it. What matters is that it sounds good, appeals to intuition.
Word: aquaponics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of aquaculture + hydroponics. By surface analysis, aqua- + -ponics. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)ækwəˈpɒnɪks/, /ˌɑkwəˈpɑnɪks/, /ˌækwə-/ 1. A sustainable food production system that combines traditional aquaculture with hydroponics, with effluent from the water in which fish are reared being used as nutrition for plants. Labels: uncountable Example: The tomato may in fact have absorbed a flavor from the soil in which it was grown, one granted neither by the sand of Florida's winter tomatoes exported North, nor by hothouse aquaponics. Example: The warm water in which [Donnie] Tenney's tilapia swim and grow is pumped from the fish tanks to beds nurturing basil, rosemary, and cucumber, then drained, filtered, and recirculated to the tilapia. The hybrid aquaculture-hydroponics system, dubbed aquaponics, uses pumps, aerators, greenhouse lights, and fans all powered by natural gas from an abandoned gas well.
Word: catcaller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catcall + -er. 1. One who catcalls. Example: But if you’re determined to reply, tip your hat to the ever-classy Dionne Warwick — pre-Psychic Friends Network, anyway — and tell the rude catcaller: “Walk on By.”
Word: catcallers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catcaller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catbox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demiglaze Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of demiglace. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: A grilled pork chop in a smoky maple-mustard demiglaze, served with haricots verts and sweet potato spaetzle, was masterly.
Word: demiglaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demiglace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elevatored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From elevator + -ed. 1. Furnished with an elevator. Labels: not-comparable Example: Now the stairs are a worry, and Ruth, who gets the bulk of the narrative, finds herself wondering whether she and Alex can find an elevatored place with the million dollars they hope to get for their apartment.
Word: farmwear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From farm + -wear. 1. Clothing designed to be worn while doing farm work. Labels: uncountable Example: I thought I knew what the word meant — Timberland boots — but I hoped to discover whether timbos were still part of hip-hop style or had reverted back to being the farmwear I’d known as a kid.
Word: microbudget Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + budget. 1. A very small budget. Labels: attributive, often Example: Having scored a distribution deal for this microbudget film she shot with friends in Seattle over a handful of days last summer, Ms. Shelton embarked on a sort of victory lap of the festival circuit. Example: We now have thousands upon thousands of tiny movies made on microbudgets, financed with personal credit cards.
Word: microbudgets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microbudget Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neuroeducation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + education. 1. An interdisciplinary field that uses neuroscience and psychology to suggest strategies for education. Labels: uncountable
Word: neuroeducational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuro- + educational. 1. Of or pertaining to neuroeducation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: neuroembryological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuro- + embryological. 1. Of or pertaining to neuroembryology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Burroughsian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Burroughs + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), American novelist, poet, essayist and performer, a primary figure of the Beat Generation.
Word: palindromist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palindrome + -ist. 1. One who composes palindromes. Example: According to the championship’s official news release: “600 word nerds filled the ballroom at the Marriott Hotel at the Brooklyn Bridge and watched seven prominent palindromists deliver new reversible verses written on the spot. Example: Today Duncan, who works as a staff member at the MIT Press Bookstore in Kendall Square, has developed a reputation as a professional palindromist.
Word: palindromists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palindromist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sassiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sassy + -ness. 1. The quality of being sassy. Labels: uncountable Example: “I like to say that Wendy has a brashness, a sassiness to her, that she’s loud in a very good way, in look and point of view,” said Lonnie Burstein, the executive vice president of programming at Debmar-Mercury, the production company behind the TV show.
Word: foetidness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foetid + -ness. 1. The quality of being foetid. Labels: uncountable
Word: fluidness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fluid + -ness. 1. The quality of being fluid. Labels: uncountable
Word: heartbeatlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heartbeat + -like. 1. Resembling a heartbeat. Example: Conjuring up images of Gene Hackman as the surveillance expert in Francis Ford Coppola ’s film “The Conversation,” Mr. Morton moved through the park surreptitiously for more than 40 days over the course of a year, capturing gospel choirs, park-bench arguments, the rattle of dead leaves and the heartbeatlike clack of lawn-bowling balls.
Word: microdisplacements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microdisplacement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterprejudice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + prejudice. 1. A prejudice formed in response to another prejudice. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Prejudice has bred a counterprejudice so that now neither faction can nor will see without distortion.
Word: counterprejudices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterprejudice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterpositions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterposition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterpositional Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌkaʊn.tə(ɹ).pəˈzɪ.ʃən.əl/ 1. Of or pertaining to a counterposition. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gargler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gargle + -er. 1. One who gargles. Example: By the end of 24 hours, nine water garglers, but only two in the licorice group, still found it painful to swallow.
Word: garglers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gargler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperkinetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hyperkinetic + -ally. 1. With, or as if with, the exaggerated movements of hyperkinesis. Example: But on Monday, it became a place where Suren Seneviratne, a 22-year-old disc jockey, stood atop a 26-foot-high plinth, wearing a homemade panda costume and hyperkinetically talking on the phone.
Word: nonreassuring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + reassuring. 1. Not reassuring; giving cause for concern. Labels: not-comparable
Word: predevelopment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + development. 1. A phase of preparation prior to development. Labels: uncountable Example: The authority is already paying Mr. Silverstein $300,000 a day in penalties  more than $100 million since July 2008  for failing to complete the predevelopment work on two of Mr. Silverstein’s three sites.
Word: bilats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bilat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: planespotting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plane + spotting. 1. The observation and logging of the registration numbers (tailnumbers) of aircraft as a hobby. Labels: uncountable
Word: poperetta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pop + operetta. 1. A light popera with a frivolous story. Example: That was the era of the lushly scored costume poperetta (“The Phantom of the Opera,” “Cats,” “Miss Saigon,” “Les Misérables”), staged like Cecil B. DeMille epics and usually overseen by the Mike Todd-ish producer Cameron Mackintosh.
Word: poperettas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poperetta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slurpable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slurp + -able. 1. Capable of being slurped. Example: High stools, a long counter and a brief menu of dumplings, buns and slurpable ramen noodles are what you will find here[…]
Word: postfuneral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + funeral. 1. After a funeral. Labels: not-comparable Example: It used to be known as the “John Garfield Still Dead” syndrome, after the extensive postfuneral coverage of a movie star who had a fatal heart attack in 1952 in the bed of a woman other than his wife.
Word: unduplicable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + duplicable. 1. Impossible to duplicate. Labels: not-comparable Example: The response was overwhelming and, unfortunately, unduplicable. After "Long Tall Shorty", "Alimony," and further sides stiffed, Tommy returned to school. Example: A convent is a world apart, unduplicable.
Word: winterlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From winter + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of winter; wintry. Example: Well, in a season of meteorological extremes, perhaps it should not come as a great surprise to see several inches of hail accumulate in Yonkers on Tuesday night, creating scenes of winterlike wonder that residents were still dealing with on Wednesday.
Word: subcommander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + commander. 1. A commander who is subordinate in rank. Example: Still other officials say the mayhem may be partly a result of a vicious rivalry between two Qaeda subcommanders in Mali, Mokhtar Belmokhtar and Abdelhamid Abu Zeid, a clash that underscores the kind of autonomous jihad cells that counterterrorism officials say are particularly hard to combat.
Word: subcommanders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subcommander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antihangover Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + hangover. 1. Countering hangovers. Labels: not-comparable Example: The company’s unlikely success — it has only one other product, an antihangover pill called Chaser — has forced the big beverage makers to play catch-up.
Word: champeta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish champeta. 1. A form of local independent music from Colombia. Labels: uncountable Example: Bomba Estéreo’s set at the Bowery Ballroom on Thursday night — part of a six-band lineup — was kaleidoscopic and danceable, mingling the clip-clop bounce of cumbia and another Colombian rhythm, champeta, with echoey guitar, reggae backbeats and the singing and rapping of Liliana Saumet.
Word: nondenial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + denial. 1. A (possibly evasive) statement that is not a denial. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In its own statement, Guardian Media Group, The Guardian’s parent company, took note of the nondenial.
Word: nondenials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nondenial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metaconceptual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meta- + conceptual. 1. Pertaining to metaconcepts. Labels: not-comparable Example: On their new metaconceptual show, which makes its debut on Wednesday, Mr. Black and Mr. Showalter play the bickering stars of a sketch comedy program who never miss an opportunity to undermine each other.
Word: reroast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + roast. 1. To roast again. Labels: transitive Example: He spent a year and a half with older survivors as a hooligan and black marketeer in the American occupation zone of Germany, living high for revenge, riding a BMW motorcycle, selling Lucky Strikes and used coffee grounds stolen from the kitchens of the American occupying troops, reroasted and repackaged for the Germans.
Word: reroasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reroast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reroasted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reroast Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shoutfest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shout + -fest. 1. An event characterized by shouting. Labels: informal Example: At the encore, “Fun Stix Party” devolved into a raucous, peppy shoutfest that was also the most technically flamboyant song of the night.
Word: tenementlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tenement + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a tenement. Example: The show was set in a tenementlike building at 1030 Tremont, though records from the 1960s do not show an apartment house at that spot.
Word: shoutfests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoutfest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blognoscenti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of blog + cognoscenti. 1. Intelligent, discerning bloggers. Labels: informal, neologism, plural, plural-only Example: The blognoscenti were quick to note after the Uniform Project site started making the rounds that earlier projects have played with the one-dress idea.
Word: decentralist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + central + -ist. Pronunciation: /diːˈsɛntɹəlɪst/ 1. A supporter of decentralism. Example: Instead, Hayek pushed a decentralist, libertarian line because he believed that none of us has a monopoly on truth or knowledge[…]
Word: decentralists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decentralist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decentralism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + central + -ism. Pronunciation: /diːˈsɛntɹəlɪzəm/ 1. A policy of favouring decentralization. Labels: uncountable
Word: isovist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + possibly vista. 1. A measurement representing the volume of space visible from a given point of known location. Example: The best architects intuitively understand this psychological preference, as they construct spaces that naturally lead us from one expansive isovist to the next.
Word: isovists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isovist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kakistocrat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κάκιστος (kákistos, “worst”), superlative of κακός (kakós, “bad”) + -κρατία (-kratía, “power, rule, government”) (corresponding to -crat). 1. A very ill-qualified ruler; a member of a kakistocracy. Example: On the other hand, should the kakistocrats in Iran stick with the name of expediency to describe their power brokers? Example: An obvious characteristic of a kakistocrat is inserting unqualified loyalists into positions of power. Nepotism and kakistocracy go hand-in-hand.
Word: kakistocrats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kakistocrat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microtargeted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + targeted. 1. Targeting a very narrow and specific audience. Example: Bishop, a journalist, and Cushing, a statistician, argue that the social and political balkanization of the past 30 years — microtargeted marketing, the proliferation of TV channels, more extreme political parties — is potentially dangerous.
Word: microtape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + tape. 1. A small cassette tape. Example: The use of these tapes requires a student to have a microtape recorder that accommodates the smaller-size tape.
Word: skycycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + cycle. 1. A bicycle capable of levitation. Example: “The blasters and lasers on the skycycles are fully charged and set on the highest level of power,” answered Tiffany in her high voice. Example: Ethics does not compel you to make it a family heirloom, passing it down from generation to generation, into the distant future, when the cool kids are riding those antigravity skycycles.
Word: skycycles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skycycle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tuniclike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tunic + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a tunic. Example: In some cases, wearing the dress in its tuniclike form over a completely different outfit reduces the garment itself to a sort of accent piece.
Word: undiverting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + diverting. 1. Not diverting. Example: The author Roxana Robinson in her small writing room, deliberately sparse and undiverting.
Word: złote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Polish złote. 1. plural of złoty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: złotych Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Polish złotych. 1. plural of złoty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zemfira Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Земфи́ра (Zemfíra), name of the heroine in Pushkin's poem Цыга́ны (Cygány, “The Gypsies (1827)”). Possibly of Romani origin. Pronunciation: [zɪɱˈfiɹə], [zɛɱˈfiɹə] 1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Земфи́ра (Zemfíra).
Word: shooting preserves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shooting preserve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: omphacites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of omphacite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dadgummit Part of Speech: intj 1. goddammit Labels: US, euphemistic Example: Dadgummit! That was the last dollar I had.
Word: æquitable Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of equitable. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The Officers of Chryst’s kingdom ar men of wesdome and æquitable discretion, occupeit in maters of chieff importance, concerning the glorie of God and salvatioun of his peiple, and thair for sould nocht be empeschit with triffling Questionnes.
Word: hysteriæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hysteria Labels: form-of, plural
Word: labiates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of labiate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homonymously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From homonymous + -ly. 1. In a homonymous manner, so as to have the same name or relation. Example: An Appellative is one that signifies a common substance, as man, horse. An Adjective noun is one that is applied homonymously to proper or appellative nouns, and signifies either praise or blame. It is derived from three sources, from the soul, the body, and external things: from the soul, as sage, licentious; from the body, as swift, slow; from external things, as rich, poor. Example: Although we apply the same term nutrition to all of them indiscriminately, nevertheless, its signification is by no means the same. In the same way, the term sensation is used homonymously[9] for man and beast; not with the idea, however, that the sensation of one species is the same as that of another, for each species has its own characteristic soul distinct from every other, with the result that there necessarily arises from each soul activities peculiar to itself. 2. In a homonymous way Example: see something homonymously
Word: lablabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lablab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lablab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the taxonomic New Latin Lablab. 1. Any of the twining leguminous plants related to the bean, especially the hyacinth bean.
Word: electrolysing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of electrolyse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: laconicism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From laconic + -ism. 1. Alternative form of laconism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: laconicisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laconicism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lacquerer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lacquer + -er. 1. One who lacquers.
Word: lacquerers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lacquerer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: psychoanalyser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From psychoanalyse + -er. 1. One who psychoanalyses.
Word: lacquerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lacquer + -less. 1. Without lacquer. Labels: not-comparable
Word: psychoanalysers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psychoanalyser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: psychoanalyzer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of psychoanalyser. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: psychoanalyzers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psychoanalyzer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lactin Part of Speech: noun 1. lactose Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: dialyser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dialyse + -er. 1. Alternative form of dialyzer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: levigating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of levigate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: levigates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of levigate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: levigated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of levigate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dialysers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dialyser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: modernizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From modernize + -able. 1. Suitable for modernization.
Word: lactoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lacto- + -scope. 1. An instrument for estimating the amount of cream in milk, based on its relative opacity
Word: lactoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lactoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Laconians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Laconian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laggingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From lagging + -ly. 1. So as to lag or fall behind.
Word: laemmergeyer Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of lammergeyer. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: laemmergeyers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laemmergeyer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ladysfingers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ladysfinger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lamarckianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lamarckian + -ism. 1. Alternative form of Lamarckism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: landlordisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of landlordism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adulthoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adulthood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smell of the lamp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Suggesting work done throughout the night during the days of oil lamps. 1. To bear marks of great study and labor. Labels: archaic, idiomatic
Word: j'accuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of j'accuse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lamish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lame + -ish. 1. Somewhat lame. Labels: not-comparable Example: I was rather puzzled about Wild Dayrell's chance at first, when a big light horse, with "P" on the sheets and a lamish hock, passed me; but I soon found out my error, and joined the cortige of the real Simon Pure.
Word: radioiron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + iron. 1. A radioactive isotope of iron. Labels: uncountable
Word: lanthopine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek λανθάνω (lanthánō, “to escape notice”) + opium + -ine. 1. An alkaloid found in opium. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: Jekyll-and-Hyde Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Jekyll and Hyde. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lapful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lap + -ful. 1. As much as somebody's lap can hold. Example: The revelry from the tent grew at last so boisterous, the wailings and cries of help from the tower so terrible, that, unable to bear the heartrending emotion any longer, Queen Elizabeth stole forth alone, amid the darkness, to carry beneath the rich dalmatique she wore, a whole lapful of the millet loaves, crisp, russet and fresh baked, which had been just brought from the oven for the table of the King, and threw them to the famishing inmates of the tower.
Word: lapfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lapful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lapsful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lapful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lanolins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lanolin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lanolines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lanoline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laponites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laponite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accel Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of accelerando. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: accel Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of acceleration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
Word: cresc Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of crescendo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: paralysable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From paralyse + -able. 1. Able to be paralysed. Labels: rare
Word: reanalysable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reanalyse + -able. 1. Alternative form of reanalyzable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: analysability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From analysable + -ity. 1. Alternative form of analyzability. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pea-times Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pea-time Labels: form-of, plural
Word: periphrastic conjugations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of periphrastic conjugation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: personal jurisdictions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of personal jurisdiction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: show ankle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably an allusion to the flirtatious practice by some young women, especially in the first half of the twentieth century, of raising a long skirt sufficiently to reveal a bare ankle but no more than that. 1. To provide a hint or to reveal partial information in order to gain attention or arouse interest. Labels: idiomatic Example: "He figures that to do so, he'll have to be able to show a little ankle, to give some idea of new positions the United States is prepared to take." Example: No one expects Cuomo to declare his candidacy tonight But Carduff said "we expect him to show some ankle".
Word: church-yard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of churchyard. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] we should have carried on the garden wall, and made the plantation to shut out the church-yard, just as Dr. Grant has done.
Word: lifeboatman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lifeboat + -man. 1. A man who crews a lifeboat. Example: Sail-propelled trolley used by lifeboatmen for traversing the Spurn Head Railway. This view was taken in March, 1930 Example: In a corner of the churchyard, where old headstones mark the graves of many mariners, is a striking white statue of a lifeboatman, erected as a memorial to three members of the local lifeboat crew who lost their lives in 1916 while trying to reach a ship in distress.
Word: roasties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roastie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pianella Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of lightweight, soft slipper or houseshoe. Example: the stockings are of black or dark brown; the shoes, without heels, resembling the Italian pianellas, are white, with white heels.
Word: alienlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From alien + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an alien. Example: On the screen there was this creepy image: a giant head, mouth agape, with clawing hands reaching out of it, alienlike, toward the figure of a girl.
Word: nonillustrious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + illustrious. 1. Not illustrious. Labels: not-comparable Example: “So why was this nonillustrious title held all of these years for me?” Mr. Paterson asked.
Word: noseride Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From nose + ride. 1. To manoeuvre a surfboard from the front end. Labels: intransitive Example: We strewed the contents of the box across the bench and clawed through them to find other images of Sando. There was even an old picture of him as a jug-eared kid in sandshoes, noseriding a longboard with his back arched and his arm and head thrown back like a matador. Example: The idea behind the shape, reminiscent of an hourglass, is to emphasize noseriding and tailriding for recreational surfers.
Word: noserides Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of noseride Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: noseriding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of noseride Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: noseriding Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of standing on the front end of a surfboard while riding a wave. Labels: uncountable Example: Lance's real speciality is noseriding. A lot of surfers run up to the nose.
Word: unconstrain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin cōnstringōder. Old French constreindrebor. Middle English constreinen English constrain English unconstrain From un- + constrain. 1. To free from constraints. Labels: transitive Example: “When you have a constrained transmission system and you seek to unconstrain it,” said Mary Ellen Paravalos, the vice president for transmission at National Grid, a New York and New England company, some local parties stand to lose.
Word: unconstrains Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unconstrain Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: megablockbuster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + blockbuster. 1. An exceptionally successful blockbuster. Example: Dan Brown’s fans have waited six long years for “The Lost Symbol,” his follow-up to the megablockbuster novel “The Da Vinci Code” that is being published in hardcover on Sept. 15.
Word: megablockbusters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megablockbuster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overissuance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + issuance. 1. Excessive issuance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “As a result,” the letter stated, “you received an overissuance of food stamps in the amount of $0.”
Word: overissuances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overissuance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rekidnap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + kidnap. 1. To kidnap again. Labels: transitive Example: He was rekidnapped in 1990, and never seen again.
Word: rekidnapping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rekidnap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rekidnaps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rekidnap Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rekidnapped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rekidnap Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ungrand Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + grand. 1. Not grand. Example: But at the moment it’s filled with the distinctly ungrand contents of one person’s everyday life.
Word: ergonometric Part of Speech: adj 1. ergonomic Example: Other companies are developing shirts with ergonometric seams, taping inspired by physical therapy equipment and compression panels.
Word: intrafactional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + factional. 1. Within a single faction. Labels: not-comparable Example: Even with the nuance, the vote was a momentous step for a church that has been mired in intrafactional warfare over homosexuality for more than a decade.
Word: semicontrolled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + controlled. 1. Under a certain amount of control. Labels: not-comparable Example: The mower leaves the base and maneuvers in a semicontrolled pattern until all the grass is mowed.
Word: taxodium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. Pronunciation: /tækˈsoʊdiəm/ 1. Any of the genus Taxodium of flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family. Example: It was a bright July morning, and she was showing off her garden, a “Through the Looking Glass” landscape of taxodium, cryptomeria and juniper, alliums, corkscrew grass and ostrich ferns[…]
Word: taxodiums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taxodium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cataraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of catamaran + raft. 1. A long raft with two pontoons, capable of carrying more than one person. Example: I have a 14-foot raft and a cataraft, which is a raft with two pontoons and a frame that can carry me and two other passengers.
Word: catarafts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cataraft Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ballache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ball + ache. See ball (“testicle”). 1. A nuisance. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: financialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From financialize + -ation. Pronunciation: /fʌɪˌnanʃl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn̩/ 1. Conversion of intangible value into financial instruments. Labels: uncountable Example: Such growth would be fine if financialization really delivered on its promises—if financial firms made money by directing capital to its most productive uses, by developing innovative ways to spread and reduce risk. Example: This book is a contribution to efforts to retheorize financialization, a term which refers to the increased power of the financial sector in the economy, in politics, in social life and in culture writ large. 2. The act of making, or treating as, financial; bringing something into the sphere of finance. Labels: uncountable
Word: intertank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + tank. 1. A structure in between the stacked tanks of a rocket body, where one tank is arranged above/below another, in the vertical body. Example: As shown in photographs taken of the external tank after it was jettisoned, most of the missing foam peeled off in strips from the intertank section.
Word: intertanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intertank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonvirtuosic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + virtuosic. 1. Not virtuosic. Labels: not-comparable Example: Its vibe is so desirable, and so possible: its best records were made with simple arrangements, careful drum-pattern repetition, winnowed-down bass lines, pre-1980s studio-recording techniques and, in plenty of cases, nonvirtuosic singers.
Word: armguard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arm + guard. 1. A protective cover for the arm. Example: Off comes the bright red jacket with built-in armguards.
Word: armguards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armguard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consultors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consultor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consultest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: consult + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of consult Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: descenders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of descender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: massings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of massing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ball ache Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ballache. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: debriefer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From debrief + -er. Pronunciation: /diːˈbɹiːfə(ɹ)/ 1. One who gives a debriefing. Example: But literary escorts are not simply chauffeuses; they are coaches, reconnaissance experts, debriefers, psychologists, comrades in arms.
Word: debriefers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of debriefer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desserty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dessert + -y. 1. Like a dessert. Example: The cocoa-infused tequila is also the base for a desserty drink called the El Tejate, in which it’s shaken with chipotle-infused tequila and sweetened condensed milk to evoke the classic Mexican marriage of chilies and chocolate.
Word: genelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gene + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of genes. Example: They studied the genelike building blocks in more than 250 examples of collective intelligence enabled by the Web. The intent, they write, is to provide a systematic framework for thinking about collective intelligence, so “managers can do more than just look at examples and hope for inspiration.”
Word: unlitigated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + litigated. 1. Not litigated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prelitigation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + litigation. 1. Prior to litigation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: litigations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of litigation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minitrampoline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + trampoline. 1. A small trampoline. Example: Part of Ligety’s rehabilitation included balancing on his right leg on an unstable platform while tossing a ball against a minitrampoline and catching it.
Word: minitrampolines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minitrampoline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semiobscure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + obscure. 1. Somewhat obscure. Labels: not-comparable Example: It’s a literary tribute album, in effect, on which reliable earners acknowledge the influence of a respectably semiobscure national treasure by covering his songs. 2. Of the wings of insects: deeply tinged with brownish-grey, but semitransparent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semihard Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + hard. 1. Somewhat hard. Labels: not-comparable Example: semihard cheese Example: There was the cone with vanilla ice cream and a semihard hood of nut-sprinkled chocolate over that.
Word: snakeproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From snake + -proof. 1. Resistant to snakes. Example: This included a squirrel- and snakeproof bluebird house, special tasty food (which entailed keeping mealworms in my refrigerator), available water and other amenities.
Word: wormproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From worm + -proof. 1. Resistant to worms.
Word: speedballer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From speedball + -er. 1. A drug addict who takes speedballs (cocaine and heroin). 2. One who pitches speedballs. Example: The movie was named “Bull Durham,” with Tim Robbins as the speedballer who was all over the place.
Word: speedballers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speedballer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strategizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From strategize + -er. 1. One who strategizes. Example: It has long been assumed that Malcolm is based on Alastair Campbell, former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s all-powerful strategizer, spokesman and interference blocker.
Word: strategizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strategizer Labels: form-of, plural