nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: nonglass Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + glass. 1. Not of or pertaining to glass. Labels: not-comparable Example: a nonglass container
Word: godpapa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From god + papa. 1. A godfather. Labels: dated, informal
Word: godpapas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of godpapa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: archbishoprick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of archbishopric. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: archbishopricks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archbishoprick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neoglaciations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neoglaciation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: godfatherhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From godfather + -hood. 1. The role of godfather. Labels: uncountable
Word: godmotherhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From godmother + -hood. 1. The role of a godmother Labels: uncountable
Word: godmama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From god + mama. 1. A godmother. Labels: dated, informal
Word: godmamas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of godmama Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sculptable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sculpt + -able. 1. Capable of being sculpted. Example: The biomedical sciences can now furnish the ambitious effigy maker with sculptable living tissue, albeit at great expense...
Word: nonbiomedical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + biomedical. 1. Not biomedical. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonscriptable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + scriptable. 1. Not scriptable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: button mushroom Part of Speech: noun 1. The mushroom species Agaricus bisporus in its white immature state.
Word: nondescribable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + describable. 1. Not describable; incapable of being described. Labels: not-comparable
Word: snacklike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From snack + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a snack. Example: Lots of children prefer the crunchy, snacklike taste of raw carrots and green beans. Example: Consider forgoing the standard three square meals a day in favor of five small, snacklike meals, recommends Anne Simons, MD.
Word: syringelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From syringe + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a syringe. Example: In addition, some artists actually sometimes seal sacred liquid within the hollow, syringelike handle of the fan. Example: Pipefishes are slender and elongate, with a syringelike mouth and body encased in dermal plates arranged in series of rings.
Word: tricolons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tricolon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tricola Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tricolon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isocolon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἰσόκωλον (isókōlon), neuter of ἰσόκωλος (isókōlos), from ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) and κῶλον (kôlon, “member, clause”). By surface analysis, iso- + colon. 1. A rhetorical scheme in which parallel elements possess the same number of words or syllables. Labels: rhetoric
Word: isocolons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isocolon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isocola Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isocolon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isocortices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isocortex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonaccountability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + accountability. 1. Absence of accountability. Labels: uncountable Example: Adding to the problem were hierarchical relationships that also reeked of nonaccountability.
Word: epulary Part of Speech: adj 1. of or pertaining to feasts Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: nonpulmonary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + pulmonary. 1. Not pulmonary. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncardiopulmonary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + cardiopulmonary. 1. Not cardiopulmonary. Labels: not-comparable
Word: beer muscles Part of Speech: noun 1. An aggressive attitude resulting from consumption of an alcoholic beverage. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: Many people, especially after a few beers, grow “beer muscles” and are ready to fight for any reason. Example: The show has become a come-on for drunks to flex their beer muscles. 2. A protruding stomach, supposedly indicative of excessive consumption of beer. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: Grothers Gribble, Berger, Wolf, Shadwill and the writer are still nursing their “beer muscles.” I mean German goitres. Example: “You can't find a better-tasting beer,” said Farmer Cheatle, a resident who was losing a battle to hold in a bulging belly he called “beer muscles”. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beer, muscles. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: German goitre Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of German goiter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: German goiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German + goiter, from the stereotype that Germans drink a lot of beer, and from the similarity of a protruding stomach to a protruding goiter. 1. A protruding stomach, especially one supposed to be indicative of excessive consumption of beer. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, offensive, possibly Example: Brothers Gribble, Berger, Wolf, Shadwill and the writer are still nursing their “beer muscles.” I mean German goitres. Example: Any man who likes playing Santa Claus is in much better shape come Christmas if he has a German goiter.
Word: torpidness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From torpid + -ness. 1. torpor; torpidity Labels: uncountable
Word: notebooklike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From notebook + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a notebook. Example: notebooklike brevity
Word: nontorpid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + torpid. 1. Not torpid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ecopoetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + poetics. 1. The poetics of ecopoetry Labels: uncountable
Word: ecophysiologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecophysiology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hamerkops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hamerkop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hamhanded Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of ham-handed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hamhandedly Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of ham-handedly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hamfistedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hamfisted + -ly. 1. Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It is a political offering – the Eurovision palaver, where Madonna hamfistedly tried to engineer peace in the Middle East, was a foreshadowing – but one in which Madonna’s meanings often perform a kind of seven-veil dance.
Word: hamhandedness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ham-handedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hamfistedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hamfisted + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being hamfisted Labels: uncountable
Word: paraphrast Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who paraphrases. Labels: rare Example: The Chaldee Paraphraſt underſtood it more generally, and rendred it thus: The VVord of the Lord abhorred them, as he did Sodom and Gomorrah.
Word: drop the f-bomb Part of Speech: verb 1. To utter the word fuck, especially in an inappropriate manner or setting. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: I swear to God, I've never heard David (Robinson) or Avery (Johnson) swear. I sometimes sit down and think, "Gosh, I've never heard them drop the F-bomb." Example: It's fitting that Clay Aiken, a man who rarely, if ever, drops the f-bomb, topped the list of the Ten Best-Mannered People of 2003. 2. To say the word faggot. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic
Word: drop the F-bomb Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative letter-case form of drop the f-bomb. Labels: alt-of
Word: ecophysiologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + physiologist. 1. A biologist involved in ecophysiology.
Word: ecophysiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eco- + physiological. 1. Of or pertaining to ecophysiology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ecophysiologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecophysiologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muffledly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From muffled + -ly. 1. In a muffled manner; indistinctly. Example: A voice came muffledly from inside the closet.
Word: noneclectic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + eclectic. 1. Not eclectic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonhybridized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + hybridized. 1. Not hybridized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonchemically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nonchemical + -ly. 1. In a nonchemical manner; by means other than chemical. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nonchemically Initiated Respiratory Reflexes
Word: nonphysiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + physiological. 1. Not physiological. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nondeficient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + deficient. 1. Not deficient. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncanal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + canal. 1. Not of or pertaining to a canal. Labels: not-comparable Example: In addition to the table given showing ocean freight rates during the canal season, a corresponding table for the noncanal season, namely, for the months from December to April, inclusive, has been prepared and is given herewith. Example: Likewise, in the late Victorian Punjab, as Singh has shown, the neglect of small-scale irrigation improvements in the noncanal districts brought about increasd dependence upon rainfall and thus greater vulnerability to drought.
Word: nondelineated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + delineated. 1. Not delineated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nondelimited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + delimited. 1. Not delimited. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonmanufactured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + manufactured. 1. Not manufactured. Labels: not-comparable Example: nonmanufactured commodities
Word: shelllike Part of Speech: adj 1. Uncommon spelling of shell-like. Labels: alt-of, uncommon Example: Dark brown to black; streak brownish red; fracture shelllike; crystals equidimensional to tabular, also in rounded and scaly masses...
Word: candleless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From candle + -less. 1. Without candles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonequidimensional Part of Speech: adj 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-Italic *aikʷos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin aequi-der. English equi- 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 equidimensional English nonequidimensional From non- + equidimensional. 1. Not equidimensional. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nondelirious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + delirious. 1. Not delirious. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thickskinned Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of thick-skinned. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nation-states Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nation-state Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bogglesome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From boggle + -some. 1. Characterised or marked by boggling; mind-boggling. Example: Doing it by touch alone is a bogglesome undertaking. Example: The combination of huge world sales, bogglesome advances (a three-book deal for pounds 20m was negotiated with HarperCollins in 1992; it's almost time for a new one) and television rights to mini-series (the personal forte of her gravelly, Germanic husband Bob) brings wads of moolah in every post.
Word: undemocratizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of undemocratize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: undemocratizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of undemocratize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: camite Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of bromobenzyl cyanide. Labels: uncountable
Word: aurally challenged Part of Speech: adj 1. Deaf or hard of hearing. Labels: euphemistic, humorous, sometimes Example: I had to repeat the instructions for her five times; methinks the old lady was aurally challenged.
Word: frying pans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frying pan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mos' Part of Speech: adv 1. Pronunciation spelling of most. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: mos' Part of Speech: det 1. Pronunciation spelling of most. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: mossers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mosser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mau Mau Part of Speech: name 1. A group of anti-British insurgents in colonial Kenya, active in the 1950's. Example: Just as it is sometimes impossible to find a Briton who voted for Margaret Thatcher, and every Frenchman’s father appears to have been in the Resistance, every Kikuyu seems to have had a father who fought valiantly for Mau Mau. 2. A card game for two or more players, similar to crazy eights.
Word: OOI Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of out of interest. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cedr- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From the Latin cedrus (“cedar”), from the Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”). Pronunciation: /siːdɹ/, /sɪdɹ/ 1. cedar Labels: morpheme
Word: bipas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bipa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bipa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Korean 비파 (bipa), from Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá). Doublet of biwa and pipa. 1. A pear-shaped lute with five strings, of Korean origin.
Word: Noosaville Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Noosa + -ville. 1. A town and suburb in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.
Word: undemocratise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + democratise. 1. Alternative spelling of undemocratize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: undemocratises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of undemocratise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: undemocratising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of undemocratise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: undemocratised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of undemocratise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cedmata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin cedmata, from the Ancient Greek κέδματα (kédmata). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛdmətə/ 1. Chronic joint pain, especially of the hip-joint. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: undemocratization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From undemocratize + -ation. 1. the act or process of undemocratizing Labels: uncountable
Word: undemocratisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From undemocratise + -ation. 1. Alternative spelling of undemocratization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Patras Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Patreus, the name of its founder. Pronunciation: /pəˈtɹæs/, /ˈpætɹəs/ 1. The third most populated Greek city (after Athens and Thessaloniki), the most populated city in the Peloponnese and the capital of Western Greece (administrative region of Greece).
Word: corant Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of coranto (“kind of dance”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Meganesia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From mega- + Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos) + -ia. 1. The continent comprising Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania, which was one connected landmass during the last Ice Age.
Word: guilties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guilty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: turneaureite Part of Speech: noun 1. A brown mineral that is a mixed arsenate, phosphate and chloride of calcium Labels: uncountable
Word: hutter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: hut + -er Pronunciation: /ˈhʌtə/ 1. Someone who lives in a hut. Example: The sixty-five remaining hutters were evicted in 2012. It was a similar story at Rascarrel in Galloway. Some hutting sites like Seton Sands in East Lothian became caravan sites […]
Word: unqueenly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + queenly. 1. Not queenly; not befitting a queen.
Word: es- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From s-. Pronunciation: /ɛs/ 1. Used to form names of drugs with a chiral center in the S configuration. Labels: morpheme
Word: deepener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deepen + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːpənə(ɹ)/ 1. One who, or that which, deepens. 2. A hypnotic suggestion designed to send the listener deeper into a state of trance.
Word: deepeners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deepener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unbewitched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bewitched. 1. Not bewitched. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Portman Part of Speech: name Etymology: From port + man. 1. A surname originating as an occupation. Example: One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation.
Word: portman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English portman, from Old English portman, portmann (“townsman, burgher, citizen”), equivalent to port + man. 1. A burgess of a port, especially of one of the Cinque Ports.
Word: biface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + face. 1. A double-sided stone tool
Word: portmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of portman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stylophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stylo- + -phone. Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪləfəʊn/ 1. A small synthesizer operated using a stylus.
Word: soysage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of soy + sausage. 1. A vegetarian or vegan sausage made with soy instead of meat. Example: Soybeans can be used to make soyburgers, souffles, fritters, casseroles, soysages, soymilk, ice bean, tofu (Japanese bean curd), tempeh (Indonesian cultured soy cake), spreads, dips and soups and many more.
Word: soysages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soysage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mangerlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From manger + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a manger. Example: a mangerlike receptacle
Word: stylophones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stylophone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metroplex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of metropolitan + complex, originally coined as a marketing term for the Dallas–Fort Worth conurbation. 1. A large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs. Labels: US Example: Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex Example: The collection of small urban centers and the multinucleated metropolitan subcenters is the twenty-first-century metroplex that provides citizens with opportunities to develop different lifestyles in new environmental settings. In the metroplex the new arrivals do not have to abandon their careers or interests.
Word: metroplexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metroplex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonpunctuated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + punctuated. 1. unpunctuated Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonstimulated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + stimulated. 1. Not stimulated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonstimulating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + stimulating. 1. Not stimulating. Labels: not-comparable
Word: forecastable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From forecast + -able. 1. Capable of being forecast; predictable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: olivelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From olive + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an olive. Example: An olivelike mass can be felt in the epigastrium.
Word: armorlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From armor + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of armor. Example: The word armadillo is of Spanish origin and refers to the armorlike covering of these animals.
Word: armourlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From armour + -like. 1. Alternative spelling of armorlike. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: subway tile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the tile used on the turn-of-the-century NYC subway. 1. A style of white glazed ceramic tile, as used on the walls of the New York City subway stations in the early twentieth century, especially the 3" × 6" size then used.
Word: unwantedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unwanted + -ly. 1. In an unwanted manner. Example: She became unwantedly pregnant.
Word: beautyless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From beauty + -less. 1. Devoid of beauty. Labels: not-comparable Example: All of these base qualities combined compose a maliciously beautyless whole not to be found in other countries, and prove conclusively the brutal power of great sums of money for the enforcement of vulgarity[…]
Word: olive trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of olive tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonvitreous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + vitreous. 1. Not vitreous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonglassy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + glassy. 1. Not glassy. Labels: not-comparable Example: a nonglassy mineral
Word: chantefable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French chantefable (from chanter (“to sing”) + fable (“story”)). 1. A form of Medieval French literature with alternative spoken and sung passages.
Word: more and more Part of Speech: adv 1. Progressively more. Example: The road gets more and more steep. Example: He started calling more and more frequently. 2. In a manner that progressively increases. Example: The wound hurt more and more as we walked on. Example: His colour sicken'd more and more, He faded into age; And then his enemies began To show their deadly rage. 3. Indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true. Labels: modal Example: More and more, children are among the first to take up new technologies. Example: More and more it is not the soul and Nature, but the eye and print, whose resultant is thought.
Word: more and more Part of Speech: det 1. Increasingly more; a growing number of; a growing quantity of. Example: There are more and more people who keep pets these days. Example: It's unarguable that ticket offices are less relevant than they once were. More and more passengers buy tickets online.
Word: enzyms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enzym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tooth fairies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tooth fairy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chemy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the post-Classical Latin chemia, chymia, chimia. Doublet of Kimiya. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛmɪ/ 1. alchemy, chemistry (prior to their being properly distinguished) Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: chipas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chipa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zo- Part of Speech: prefix Pronunciation: /zəʊ/ 1. contracted form of zoo- Labels: contracted, form-of, morpheme
Word: 90-day wonders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 90-day wonder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: copulant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cōpulāns. 1. One engaged in sexual union. Example: Those which produce copulable copulants in one individual are designated as monoecious, while those in which copulable copulants must come from different individuals are considered dioecious. Example: Concerning the copulation positions of Turbellaria in general, Hyman (1951a:127) stated, "Usually the copulants face more or less away from each other with the genital regions pressed together and often elevated, the rest of the body attached to the subtratum. 2. Something that brings other things together into a unified whole. Example: It is well known from chemistry that a fatty or oily element will not of itself unite with a watery, but must be united by means of saline copulants. 3. A sign that represents the joining or unity of other signs. Example: The copulants are likewise indispensable and have the property of being Continuant. Example: Since the classes are yielded by a static typology and not a dynamic process such as semiosis, it might be wiser to conceive the relation between subjects in terms of compatibility rather than state categorically that collectives determine copulants, for example: collectives are not only with the copulant, but also with the designative and descriptive facets of signs..
Word: copulant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cōpulāns. 1. Signifying combination, identity or union. Labels: not-comparable Example: By virtue of Oi, namely the identity of the weather on that occasion, the sign expresses a distributive relation —to each situation of utterance there corresponds an identifiable weather type: the sign is therefore Copulant. Example: Copulant signs are, quite clearly, those signs whose immediate object is a continuous predicate.
Word: surmisant Part of Speech: adj 1. Aware through having made a surmise; suspecting. Example: At the well-known pipe of all hands, every one in the least degree surmisant of the brewing mutiny felt in his inmost soul that something was forthcoming most "material to the issue."
Word: laundry mark Part of Speech: noun 1. An identifying marking, usually in coded form and handwritten in indelible ink on an inconspicuous area of a garment, widely used until the mid-20th century as an organizing aid by merchants who cleaned and pressed clothing. Labels: historical Example: One of his shirt cuffs . . . bore a laundry mark, and the detectives finally located the laundry in this city. Example: The suit-case gave no clue. It contained one empty leather-covered flask and a pint bottle, also empty, a change of linen and some collars with the laundry mark, S. H.
Word: laundry-mark Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of laundry mark. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: renote Part of Speech: verb 1. To change the date upon which the court will consider a motion. Labels: intransitive
Word: renotes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of renote Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Goldstein Part of Speech: name Etymology: One of the ornamental surnames chosen by German Jews, from German Gold (“gold”) + Stein (“stone”). 1. A surname from German. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After learning about the October 7 Hamas attack, Goldstein said she felt overwhelmed and confused at how communities could see the Hamas attack in such different lights. 2. A district of Schwanheim, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Moshe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew. Transliteration of Hebrew משה (moshé), sometimes conjectured to derive from Egyptian msj (“to give birth to”), a common element in Egyptian names of the form ‘[name of deity] is the one who bore him’. Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊʃɛ/, /moʊˈʃɛ/, /ˈmoʊʃə/ 1. A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, equivalent to English Moses. Example: The Samson Option states that Moshe Dayan gave the go-ahead for starting weapon production in early 1968, putting the plutonium separation plant into full operation. Example: But from that time on I always referred to him as my friend Moshe the “Mossadnik”. 2. Synonym of Moses (the Jewish Hebrew prophet)
Word: tiercé Part of Speech: adj Etymology: French 1. Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; said of an escutcheon. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tiercerons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tierceron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alkynyl Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from an alkyne
Word: alkynyl Part of Speech: noun 1. Any univalent radical derived from an alkyne
Word: ravissant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: French 1. In a half-raised position, as if about to spring on prey. Labels: not-comparable 2. Devouring prey; seizing and eating prey. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Counts of Miranda quarter this coat with (2 and 3):—Arg. two wolves passant in pale Sa., each ravissant a lamb of the first; within a bordure Gu. charged with eight aspas Or for Avellenada. Example: And it came to pass that Clément Chardin des Lupeaulx, whose father was ennobled by Louis XV., and bore quarterly; of the first, argent, a wolf sable, ravissant, carrying a lamb, gules; of the second, purpur, three buckles argent, two and one; of the third, barry of six, gules and argent; of the fourth, gules, a caduceus winged and wreathed with serpents, vert; with four griffins' claws for supporters; and EN LUPUS In HISTORIA for a motto, managed to wurmount his half-burlesque escutcheon with a Count's coronet. 3. Ravishing; exquisite. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: In one word, it is so light, so pretty, so ravissant, and such a perfect dear, that EUGENIE herself could not help being jealous, if she were to see it. Example: His dame chanced to have a niece—a niece, tradition says, with the loveliest complexion and the most ravissant auburn hair in the world , and with whom, when she visited her aunt, all Oppidans and Tugs who saw the beatific vision became straightway enamoured.
Word: demonstre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French demonstrer, from Old French demonstrer, demoustrer, from Latin dēmonstrō, with re-Latinized spelling. 1. To demonstrate. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: Moishy Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the male given name Moshe.
Word: mailslot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mail slot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mailslots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mailslot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonmacrophage Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + macrophage. 1. Not of or pertaining to a macrophage. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonrocky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + rocky. 1. Not rocky. Labels: not-comparable Example: a nonrocky habitat Example: nonrocky soils
Word: -thermic Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Mid 19th century, from Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “heat”) + -ic. 1. Relating to heat or temperatures. Labels: morpheme
Word: -thermal Part of Speech: suffix 1. Relating to heat or temperatures. Labels: morpheme
Word: Swadesh Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hindi स्वदेश (svadeś), Bengali স্বদেশ (śodeś) (both “homeland”), and other terms derived from Sanskrit स्वदेश (svadeśa). Pronunciation: /ˈswɑːdɛʃ/ 1. A male given name from Sanskrit.
Word: Swadesh Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈswɑːdɛʃ/ 1. A surname.
Word: microcomputation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + computation. 1. microcomputing Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: anti-Canadianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + Canadian + -ism. 1. Sentiments or actions directed against the government, culture, or citizens of Canada. Labels: uncountable
Word: batonlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From baton + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a baton.
Word: afanc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Welsh afanc. Pronunciation: /ˈævæŋk/, /ˈɑvɑŋk/ 1. A lake monster in Welsh mythology, described variously as resembling a crocodile, beaver or dwarf-like creature, and sometimes said to be a demon.
Word: kiss the gunner's daughter Part of Speech: verb 1. To be flogged or beaten while restrained over a cannon. Labels: archaic, idiomatic Example: But I was punished, my lad—made to kiss the wench that never speaks but when she scolds, and that's the gunner's daughter, comrade. Example: "No," replied Bosun Thorpe, "for any breaches of discipline by boy seamen are dealt within by making him, in naval jargon, ‘kiss the gunner's daughter’. . . . he bends over one of the guns; then he is lashed across the backside."
Word: lenites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lenite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: leniting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of lenite Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lenited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lenite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thricely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From thrice + -ly. 1. thrice; three times. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anally inflicted death sentence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Backronymy; with reference to contracting HIV/AIDS by means of anal sex and to the virtual incurability of the disease. 1. AIDS; acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Labels: dated, offensive, uncountable Example: No, in Canada gays had marched in the streets protesting the group’s song “AIDS” (Anally Inflicted Death Sentence), which boasted such memorable lyrics as: […] Example: anally inflicted death sentence AIDS. Oh sorry that’s MOD, same thing though
Word: where are the toilets Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of where is the toilet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Rhodie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of Rhodesian + -ie (diminutive). Pronunciation: /ɹəʊdi/ 1. A white person who is resident in, or self-identifies with Rhodesia, particularly in its pre-independence days. Labels: South-Africa, UK, derogatory, informal, sometimes Example: […] the British squaddies look with faint contempt on the Rhodesians (or "Rhodies" as they sometimes call them; military slang mushrooms overnight).[…] Example: Remaindered from the Rhodesian war, all they have now is their ghosts inadequately repressed by extreme religion, alcohol, purple pills or a penchant for tearing down bars. Don't believe these guys don't exist. Spot them at the end of a Harare Rhodie bar or even worse stumbling towards you across the terrace of a bush hotel […]
Word: Rhodie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of Rhodes + -ie (diminutive). Pronunciation: /ɹəʊdi/ 1. A recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship. Labels: informal
Word: RAII Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Bjarne Stroustrup. 1. Initialism of Resource Acquisition Is Initialization, a popular design pattern in object-oriented programming that ties resources to the lifespan of associated objects to prevent resource leakage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: With RAII, the closing action cannot be skipped or bypassed, even if the function exits the scope prematurely with an early return or by throwing an exception.
Word: Rhodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rhodie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semischolarly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + scholarly. 1. Partly scholarly; having some aspects of scholarship but not others. Labels: not-comparable Example: a semischolarly biography
Word: noncircadian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + circadian. 1. Not circadian. Labels: not-comparable
Word: deinitialize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + initialize. 1. To release any resources that were allocated to (some object or process) as part of initialization. Labels: transitive
Word: deinitialized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deinitialize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deinitializing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deinitialize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deinitializes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deinitialize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deinitialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + initialization. 1. The process of deinitializing. Labels: uncountable
Word: repunctuate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + punctuate. 1. To punctuate in a new, different manner. Labels: transitive Example: The editor decided that repunctuating Shakespeare's sonnets risked damaging their meaning.
Word: repunctuates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of repunctuate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: repunctuated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of repunctuate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unpunctured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + punctured. 1. Not having been punctured. Labels: not-comparable
Word: repunctuating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of repunctuate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: repunctuation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + punctuation. 1. The process or result of repunctuating. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some of the editor's repunctuations were challenged by scholars.
Word: repunctuations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of repunctuation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unrepulsive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + repulsive. 1. Not repulsive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ethnobotanicals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ethnobotanical Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jedward Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of John + Edward. 1. John & Edward, an Irish singing duo who achieved fame in The X Factor in 2009. Labels: Ireland, UK, informal
Word: doctorhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doctor + -hood. 1. The status or period of being a doctor. Labels: uncountable
Word: prewritten Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of prewrite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prewrote Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of prewrite Labels: form-of, past
Word: prewrites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prewrite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: premarriage Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + marriage. 1. Before marriage. Labels: not-comparable
Word: premarriage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + marriage. 1. A period of time before marriage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Dating and pre-marriage are times to sort out what kind of person you like or if you like people at all. Example: If we have to start inspecting premarriages and I have to give birth control advice to every innocent woman those boys decide […]
Word: undimpled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + dimpled. 1. Not dimpled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unpimpled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pimpled. 1. Not pimpled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unfurrowed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + furrowed. 1. Not furrowed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pimpliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pimply + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being pimply. Labels: uncountable
Word: chuddars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chuddar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chaddar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chador. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chaddars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chaddar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: didya Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: did + ya 1. Alternative spelling of didja. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction Example: Where didya get the pretty wallpaper?
Word: chadur Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chador. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chadurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chadur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chuddah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chador. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chuddahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chuddah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chuddur Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chador. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chuddurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chuddur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chudder Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chador. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chudders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chudder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: godmoder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From god mode + -er. 1. A player who engages in godmoding. Labels: derogatory, informal, often
Word: godmoders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of godmoder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonsemiotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + semiotic. 1. Not semiotic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: meep Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative Pronunciation: /miːp/ 1. imitating a small animal's cry, particularly a kitten or small bird Labels: onomatopoeic Example: "Meep, meep, meep!" echoed his brothers and sisters. They all felt pleased with themselves for having learnt to call their mother … Example: "We gave him three nervous breakdowns, you know," he says, waving his fingers in the rear view. "Listen, I..." "I've heard this kind of thing before. The English think the French are little blind dogs. Meep meep meep meep meep," he says, performing a talking pantomime with his hand. 2. imitating a small vehicle's high pitched horn Labels: onomatopoeic 3. expressing surprise, dismay, fear, or concern Labels: informal, onomatopoeic Example: See Thesaurus:wow
Word: meep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative Pronunciation: /miːp/ 1. A high-pitched exclamation of fear or concern. Labels: informal, onomatopoeic Example: Gilly cradled her daughter close, even when the baby let out a “meep” of protest before getting back to the business of nursing.
Word: meep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative Pronunciation: /miːp/ 1. To make a high-pitched exclamation. Labels: informal, onomatopoeic Example: Her companions gathered round her, twittering and meeping sympathetically, but there was nothing that anyone could do. Example: He cried out, as if he meant it as a joke, "When I was Richard's age I nearly died of pneumonia." "Darling, it is cold," Ariah meeped, and put her mitten on his.
Word: tweetup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of tweet + meetup. 1. A meeting in person organised on the social networking web site Twitter.
Word: reclimb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + climb. 1. To climb again. Labels: transitive Example: They were the first group to reclimb Mount Everest.
Word: ℞ Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: An R with a cross-stroke indicating an abbreviation (of recipe, response, retrograde etc). In the case of a prescription, abbreviating Latin recipe (“take this”, second-person singular imperative of recipiō); it is sometimes typeset as, or even interpreted as, a digraph Rx. Compare also Dx (“diagnose, diagnosis”) and Hx (“history”). 1. A prescription. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US 2. Take (used to begin a list of ingredients of a compound). Example: BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulla caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ℥. j. or ʒ. x. the graines (that is the kernelles) of barbaries. ℈. ß. and with ſugar roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] make a bole. 3. Marks the congregation's response to the versicle. 4. Retrograde.
Word: reclimbs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reclimb Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reclimbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reclimb Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reclimbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reclimb Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fishbed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Fishbed. Labels: alt-of
Word: Fishbed Part of Speech: noun 1. The Soviet MiG-21 aircraft.
Word: Rooney Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicised from Irish Ó Ruanaidh (“descendant of a person named Champion”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːni/ 1. A surname from Irish.
Word: Clooney Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Cloney. Pronunciation: /ˈkluːni/ 1. A surname from Irish.
Word: opera houses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opera house Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Schreiber Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from German of German origin. 2. A township in the Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada, named after Sir Collingwood Schreiber.
Word: daïses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daïs (alternative spelling of daises). Labels: dated, form-of, plural
Word: cask wine Part of Speech: noun 1. Wine that is sealed in a plastic bladder and packaged in a cardboard box. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable Example: At the end of the 1970s, a production line for cask wines was introduced. Example: Also, the big wine companies of the eastern states have put cask wine on supermarket shelves tor less than it costs local Swan Valley to produce, let alone sell. And it must be said that the big company cask wine can be easier to live with the morning after. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cask, wine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holland followed suit with a great increase in cask wines and a slight increase in bottled wines. Example: Most common cask wines were a blend of the third, fourth, and fifth cuttings, and they were sold inexpensively and as quickly as possible.
Word: box wine Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of wine that is sealed in a plastic bladder and packaged in a cardboard box; cask wine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: knee-deep in the Big Muddy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (1967), a folk song by Pete Seeger, protesting the war in Vietnam. 1. Stuck in a predicament; mired in a difficult situation, especially one resulting from poor judgment or bad leadership. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: Polls show three-quarters of the people don't want us to invade Haiti. Nonetheless, it appears we're about to go knee-deep in the Big Muddy. Example: The 40-year-old Fastow, a hot-tempered financial whiz, engineered the controversial partnerships that led to Enron's meltdown. . . . "He's knee-deep in the big muddy," Meagher says.
Word: waist-deep in the Big Muddy Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of knee-deep in the Big Muddy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Caucasology Part of Speech: noun 1. The historical, linguistic or geopolitical studies of the Caucasus. Labels: uncountable
Word: Caucasiology Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Caucasology. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Kartvelology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kartvelo- + -logy. 1. Kartvelian studies Labels: uncountable
Word: proportionator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proportionate + -or. 1. An unbiased stereological method used to estimate population size.
Word: proportionators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proportionator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stereological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stereology + -ical. 1. of or pertaining to stereology Labels: not-comparable
Word: Armenologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Armenologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peanutbutter Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpiːnʌtˌbʌ.tə/, /ˈpi.nʌtˌbʌ.tɚ/ 1. Alternative spelling of peanut butter. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: polliniser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pollenizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pollen counter Part of Speech: noun 1. A device used to measure the amount of pollen in the air, to determine the pollen count.
Word: pollen counters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pollen counter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Regents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Regent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: regos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rego Labels: form-of, plural
Word: what say you Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Early Modern English syntax for what do you say; at the time, do-support was not yet obligatory. Compare Middle English what seien ye. Pronunciation: /ˌ(h)wɒt seɪ ˈjuː/, /ˌ(h)wʌt seɪ ˈju/, /ˌwɑt-/ 1. What do you say? What is your opinion? Labels: formal Example: But vvhat ſay you novv? there is a Trout novv, and a good one too, if I can but hold him; and tvvo or three turns more vvill tire him: […] Example: "What say you, my friend," cried the traveller, turning pleasantly to Natty's companion; "shall we toss up this dollar for the honour, and you keep the silver if you lose – what say you, friend?" 2. What do you say? What is your opinion? Labels: formal 3. Sometimes followed by if: how about or what about (something)? Labels: informal 4. Followed by to: do you fancy, or would you like (something, such as an activity or a drink or a food item)? Labels: informal Example: If vve ſhould reuell much, therefore vve vvill haue / Some halfe a dozen frends and make no more adoe. / But vvhat ſay you to Thurſday. Example: VVhat ſay you to a leg of Beef novv, ſirha?
Word: riddle me this Part of Speech: phrase 1. Answer this riddle (or other difficult or tricky question) for me. Example: Riddle me this, and guess him if you can, / Who bears a nation in a single man? Example: Somebody riddle me this. Why do people find pro-gay slogans on T-shirts so threatening?