nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mantrap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From man + trap. 1. A mechanical device for catching trespassers. Example: A prevalent custom is the "pomali," exactly equivalent to the "taboo" of the Pacific islanders, and equally respected. It is used on the commonest occasions, and a few palm leaves stuck outside a garden as a sign of the "pomali" will preserve its produce from thieves as effectually as the threatening notice of man-traps, spring guns, or a savage dog would do with us. Example: The space had been cleared of landmines and mantraps. 2. A small space with two sets of interlocking doors, such that the first set of doors must close before the second set opens, used to restrict access. 3. A woman who is dangerously seductive to men. Labels: slang Example: "Don't know the manners of good society, eh? Wal, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal — you sockdologizing old man-trap." Example: If anything, she was worse since she had enough money to implement her desires. They were merely in the trade for business reasons. No—Eloise would be something to steer clear of. Alexander was right. She was a mantrap.
Word: mantric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mantra + -ic. 1. Of, or pertaining to, mantra.
Word: mantua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French manteau, perhaps by confusion with Mantua in Italy. 1. An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France. 2. A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy. Labels: obsolete Example: Anderson mentions black and coloured mantuas amongst other silks introduced here by the French immigrants of 1685. […] Mantuas are also included in a list of silks advertised for sale in the British Chronicle of 1763 […] 3. A woman's cloak or mantle. Labels: obsolete 4. A woman's gown. Labels: obsolete Example: Her dress was extremely elegant, but had an appearance of foreign fashion, as if both the lady and her mantua-maker were of 'a far countree’.
Word: mantuas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mantua Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mantuan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Mantua + -an. 1. Of, or from, Mantua
Word: Mantuan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mantua + -an. 1. Someone from Mantua.
Word: Mantuan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mantua + -an. 1. The dialect of Lombard spoken around Mantua.
Word: amisulpride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English amine Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English amino- English sulfonic Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English sulfonyl Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulf(ur) ▲ English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English amide English sulfamide ▲ English -o- ▲ English -yl English -oyl English sul(famoyl) Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)der. German Pyrrolbor. English pyrrole English -olidine English pyrrolidine ▲ English -yl English pyr(rolidinyl) Arabic لُبَان (lubān) Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese -i Old Javanese Jawi Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der. Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy) Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor. Catalan benjuíder. Middle French benjoinder. English benzoin English benzo- English benz- ▲ English amide English (benzam)ide English sulpiride English -pride English amisulpride From ami(no)- + sul(fonyl) + -pride (“sulpiride derivative”). 1. A selective dopamine antagonist that is used as an antipsychotic drug. Labels: uncountable
Word: amodiaquine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From -quine (“quinoline derivative”). 1. An aminoquinoline compound, related to chloroquine, used as an antimalarial and anti-inflammatory agent. Labels: uncountable
Word: anastomotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to anastomosis
Word: par yields Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of par yield Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pre-packaged Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of prepackaged. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: glober Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for globe-earther. 1. A globe-earther. Labels: derogatory, often, slang Example: Neill, Juan (6 November 2025), X: “Globers wrap themselves in knots in their conspiracy against flat earthers.”
Word: Cherkessk Part of Speech: name 1. The capital city of Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia.
Word: peel strength Part of Speech: noun 1. The average load per unit width required to separate a flexible member from a rigid member or another flexible member. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: picture framing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From picture + framing, after picture frame. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪktʃə ˌfɹeɪmɪŋ/ 1. The act of setting a painting, photograph, etc. in a frame. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The materials needed to construct a picture frame. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually 3. A square or rectangular pattern of ridges in a roof membrane or covering over insulation or deck joints. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: When ridges occur along both longitudinal and transverse joints, outlining the insulation boards, the pattern formed is known as "picture framing" Example: The staggered grid pattern is sometimes called "picture framing," a phenomenon generally limited to smooth-surfaced membranes with asbestos felts
Word: whore paint Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of whore's paint. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: polyisobutylene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + isobutylene. 1. Any polymer composed of isobutylene monomers
Word: polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate Part of Speech: noun 1. organic chemical compound having more than two reactive isocyanate groups; component A in spray polyurethane foam.
Word: PMDI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: magot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French magot. 1. The Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) native to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco along with a small population of uncertain origin in Gibraltar. Labels: archaic Example: The magot differs from the ape by having a long muzzle and large canine teeth; and from the baboon by having no actual tail; though it has an exuberance of skin which bears that appearance. 2. A seated oriental figurine, usually of porcelain or ivory, of a grotesque form
Word: magots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peragrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin peragratus (“wandered through”), past participle of peragro (“to wander”). See peregrine, peregrinate. 1. To travel around or through. Labels: obsolete
Word: laserworts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laserwort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polyisobutylenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polyisobutylene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pop rivet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericised from POP, the brand name of the original manufacturer, now owned by Stanley Engineered Fastening, a division of Stanley Black & Decker 1. A blind rivet; a rivet which can be fixed with access only to the factory head end; after passing the bucktail through the items to be secured, the rivet gun is attached to a frangible mandrel through the centre of the rivet, which upsets the bucktail to form the field head and breaks off when the correct pressure has been achieved.
Word: coix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin coix, from Ancient Greek κόϊξ (kóïx, “doum palm”). Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊ.ɪks/, /ˈkɔɪks/ 1. An East Asian grass (Coix lacryma-jobi), sometimes harvested as a cereal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: refamiliarization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + familiarization. 1. The act or process of refamiliarizing. Labels: uncountable
Word: refamiliarisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + familiarisation. 1. Alternative spelling of refamiliarization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Job's tears Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒəʊbz.tɪə(ɹ)z/ 1. A tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant of the species Coix lacryma-jobi (family Poaceae), native to southeast Asia. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: jeanswear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jeans + -wear. 1. Jeans and other clothes made from denim. Labels: uncountable
Word: positive drainage Part of Speech: noun 1. the drainage condition in which consideration has been made during design for all loading deflections of the deck and additional roof slope has been provided to ensure drainage within 48 hours following rainfall during conditions conducive to drying. Labels: uncountable
Word: ungrooved Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + grooved. 1. Without a groove or grooves. Labels: not-comparable
Word: positive side waterproofing Part of Speech: noun 1. An application where the waterproofing systems and source of hydrostatic pressure are on the same side of the structural element. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hypnobirthing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypno- + birthing. 1. The use of hypnotherapy to ease the process of childbirth. Labels: uncountable
Word: chavender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare chevin. 1. A chub (fish).
Word: pot life Part of Speech: noun 1. The period of time a reacting composition remains suitable for its intended processing after mixing with reaction-initiating agents.
Word: sneezewort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sneeze + wort. Compare German Nieswurz (“hellebore”), Dutch nieskruid (“hellebore”). 1. A hardy flowering plant of species Achillea ptarmica, poisonous to cattle, sheep and horses, but with various herbal applications in humans. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sneezeworts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sneezewort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pot lives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pot life Labels: form-of, plural
Word: press brake Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine used in cold-forming sheet metal or strips of metal into desired profiles.
Word: lime rickey Part of Speech: noun 1. any one of a number of different drinks containing lime juice as a primary ingredient
Word: trilith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + -lith. 1. A trilithon.
Word: pre-tin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + tin. 1. To coat (a metal) with solder or tin alloy prior to soldering or brazing it. Labels: transitive
Word: triliths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trilith Labels: form-of, plural
Word: must weight Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of the amount of sugar in grape juice. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: naringin Part of Speech: noun 1. The major flavonoid glycoside in grapefruit, giving the fruit its bitter taste, which is metabolized to the flavanone naringenin in humans. Labels: uncountable Example: No interaction occurs between naringin and pectin and, therefore, grapefruit peel extract is not very turbid. The high naringin content of grapefruit peel extract often results in precipitation of naringin crystals in the concentrate. Example: UV-C irradiation alters the levels of the flavanone naringin and the polymethoxyflavone tangeretin in the peel of Citrus aurantium fruits and this, in turn, reduces the growth of Penicillium digitatum on irradiated fruits.
Word: quercitrin Part of Speech: noun 1. A glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose, a constituent of quercitron dye. Labels: uncountable
Word: proportioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proportion + -er. 1. A basic pumping unit consisting of two positive displacement pumps designed to dispense two components at a precisely controlled ratio.
Word: flourlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flour + -like. Piecewise doublet of flowerlike. 1. Resembling flour.
Word: gangliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gangly + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being gangly. Labels: uncountable
Word: hesitancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hesitancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of homey: most homey Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: protection course Part of Speech: noun 1. A sacrificial material used to shield a waterproofing material from damaging external forces.
Word: donut holes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of donut hole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paradisiac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin paradīsiacus. Pronunciation: /ˌpæɹəˈdɪziæk/ 1. Of or like Paradise; heavenly, delightful. Example: the Paradisiac - State of Infant Nature Example: September 13, 1725, Alexander Pope, letter to Mrs Blount a paradisiacal scene
Word: paradisiacally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From paradisiac + -ally. 1. In a paradisiac way.
Word: swelteringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sweltering + -ly. 1. In a sweltering way.
Word: dinarization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dinaric + -ization. 1. The development of a supposed Dinaric race by intermixing. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: dinarization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dinar + -ization; compare dollarization. 1. The adoption of the dinar as currency. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: Dinarization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of dinarization. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: raggle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rag + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæɡ.əl/ 1. A groove or slot, often cut in a masonry wall or other vertical surface, for inserting an inset flashing component such as a reglet. 2. A ragged piece.
Word: raggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rag + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæɡ.əl/ 1. To notch irregularly. Labels: transitive
Word: black letters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of black letter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blackletters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blackletter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cheeseboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cheesebox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pragmatique Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of pragmatic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: creosoting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of creosote Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: creosoted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of creosote Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: defats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of defat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: demits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of demit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: demitting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of demit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: demitted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of demit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deprioritizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deprioritize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deprioritizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deprioritize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deprioritized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deprioritize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: derezzing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of derezz Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: derez Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of derezz. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: derezing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of derez Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: derezed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of derez Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dimplier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of dimply: more dimply Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: dimpliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of dimply: most dimply Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: dudesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dudess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dwarfesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dwarfess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ealdormen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ealdorman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: furiosos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of furioso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: em-dashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of em-dash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emdashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emdash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enhalos Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enhalo Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enhaloing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enhalo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enhaloed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enhalo Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: eulogists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eulogist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cajuela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish cajuela. 1. A large container for gathering coffee cherries in Central America. 2. The amount that this container can hold, typically 17 liters (4.5 gallons).
Word: fairyflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fairyfly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fiftysomethings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fiftysomething Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fingerpricks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fingerprick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cajuelas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cajuela Labels: form-of, plural
Word: funning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fun Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: funs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fun Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: funned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fun Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: færies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of færie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heptathlons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heptathlon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fractionals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fractional Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adornos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adorno Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tarada Part of Speech: noun 1. An Iraqi war canoe.
Word: taradas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tarada Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Scotch whisky Part of Speech: noun 1. Whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Scotch whiskies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Scotch whisky Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemipelvectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemipelvectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Filistin Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Falasteen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: remonetize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + monetize. 1. To monetize again. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US
Word: remonetizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of remonetize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: remonetized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of remonetize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: remonetizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of remonetize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: remonetisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + monetisation. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of remonetization. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: remonetisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of remonetisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: renaturalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + naturalization. 1. The act of renaturalizing. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US 2. The act of renaturalizing. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US Example: From this point of view, this research discusses the integration of damaged riverine systems into socio-economic and ecological systems in urban areas through renaturalization processes with a focus on providing mutual benefits for both nature and mankind and supporting sustainability and integrity of each system.
Word: renaturalizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of renaturalization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nose-pick Part of Speech: noun 1. A stall trick performed on a ramp, quarter-pipe or similar structure, in which the skater lands on the front truck and nose of the board against the coping (edge). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nose-pick Part of Speech: verb 1. To pick one's nose. Labels: idiomatic Example: Children should not nose-pick.
Word: nose-picker Part of Speech: noun 1. One who picks their nose. Labels: informal 2. One who removes dirt or debris off of the front end of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle (referred to as the nose). Labels: informal, slang
Word: nose-pickers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nose-picker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: codexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of codex Labels: form-of, plural Example: Only eleven codexes form the division that is intitled CHRISTIAN I. Example: To discover and possess Greek codexes then became the ambition of every cultured person
Word: streetside Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From street + -side. 1. Alongside or near a street. Labels: not-comparable Example: “Topshop is not as cheap as H & M, but it is fantastic visually and the store looks fun,” said Fern Penn, a SoHo retailer who, driven back by the streetside chaos, said she would return after the initial hubbub had died down. Example: Cheng had to pull the building back to be able to plant trees close to the property line, because of the maze of utility lines at streetside.
Word: slicings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slicing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fallopian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Fallopian. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable
Word: challengeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English chalengeable; equivalent to challenge + -able. 1. Able to be challenged or disputed. Example: It follows, Justice Ginsburg wrote, that “if a defendant is tried before a qualified jury composed of individuals not challengeable for cause, the loss of a peremptory challenge due to a state court’s good-faith error is not a matter of federal constitutional concern.”
Word: anaemically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From anaemic + -ally. 1. Alternative spelling of anemically. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative
Word: autocues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autocue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discomfortingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From discomforting + -ly. 1. In a discomforting manner
Word: fightbacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fightback Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strimming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of strim Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: strim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from strimmer, originally a trademark. Pronunciation: /stɹɪm/ 1. To cut using a strimmer/string trimmer. Labels: UK Example: Videos showed a badger entering a sett less than two metres from where the contractors had been using petrol hedge-trimmers to strim brambles, the resident said.
Word: strimmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of string + trimmer, originally a trademark in the United Kingdom. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪmə/, /ˈstɹɪmɚ/ 1. Synonym of string trimmer (“a powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc., without damaging other objects”). Labels: UK
Word: enslaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enslave + -er. 1. One who enslaves. Example: What indignation in her mind Against enslavers of mankind! Base kings, and ministers of state, Eternal objects of her hate! Example: And then came others, possessing weaponry and a sophisticated support before which tribes in dense jungles had no recourse: European concessionaires and feckless traders, brutish exploiters and enslavers.
Word: enslavers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enslaver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outmuscling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outmuscle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outmuscles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outmuscle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sandpapery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sandpaper + -y. 1. Resembling sandpaper. Example: TV talk-show host Les Crane annoyed plenty of people in the mid-'60s with his sandpapery communication style. Example: A bruiser with a sandpapery voice, he was a reliable teller of corner-boy tales and, it seemed, a willing cog.
Word: prophylactically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From prophylactic + -ally. 1. Preventively. Example: “I can’t imagine that you would be treating people prophylactically yet,” said Dr. Timothy J. Gardner, the president of the American Heart Association .
Word: floodway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flood + way. 1. An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected. Example: Since 2005 the governments of Manitoba and Canada have spent $665 million to double the capacity of the floodway and to reinforce bridges, control gates and dikes.
Word: floodways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of floodway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dragstrip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drag + strip. 1. A paved straight racetrack used for automotive drag racing. 2. Any place for high-speed competitive activity. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: Point guard Danielle Robinson led Oklahoma with 23 points worth of dragstrip basketball.
Word: dragstrips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dragstrip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: storeowner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From store + owner. 1. A person who owns a store (or shop); a shopowner. Example: Then she is consumed by anxiety when she hears from a storeowner about a nearby bombing that killed four people while she was sleeping.
Word: storeowners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of storeowner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overachievement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + achievement. 1. A greater than anticipated achievement. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: overachievements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overachievement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: breakfasts in bed Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of breakfast in bed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: breakfasts in bed Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of breakfast in bed Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: extraconstitutional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + constitutional. 1. Beyond what is accommodated for in a constitution. Example: It has become clear that then-President Donald Trump wanted then-Vice President Mike Pence to use extraconstitutional powers to manipulate the tabulation of electoral votes to secure a second term despite his defeat in the election.
Word: microbus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + bus. 1. A station wagon shaped like a small bus. Example: Well, we shot the line and we went for broke With a thousand screamin' trucks An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus In a chartreuse microbus.
Word: microbuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microbus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polytonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + tonal. Pronunciation: /ˌpɑliˈtoʊnəl/, /ˌpɒliˈtəʊnəl/ 1. That uses two or more tonalities simultaneously.
Word: celebreality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English celebrity Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Medieval Latin reālitāslbor. French réalitéder. English reality blend English celebreality Blend of celebrity + reality. 1. A television programme about the real life of a celebrity.
Word: celebrealities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of celebreality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shutter speed Part of Speech: noun 1. The duration of time for which the shutter of a camera remains open when exposing photographic film or other photosensitive material to light for the purpose of recording an image. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Shutter speeds are usually measured in seconds or fractions of a second, and are typically arranged in a sequence that includes 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250 and 1/500.
Word: screw cap Part of Speech: noun 1. The cap of a container, especially a bottle or jar, which screws onto the threaded lip of the container. Example: Four-year-old Anna surprised her parents when she unscrewed the screw cap and poured herself a glass of milk, like an old pro. 2. The style of closure that has such a cap; a container that has such a cap. Labels: metonymically Example: Corks remain prevalent, but nowadays the wine industry also offers plenty of screw caps, too, for occasions that warrant them or customers who prefer them. Example: When you buy the wine tonight, pick up some screw caps in addition to whichever corked bottles you buy.
Word: screw caps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of screw cap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stop down Part of Speech: verb 1. To decrease the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a lower number to an f/stop represented by a higher number. Example: The f/stops are arranged so that as you stop down, each stop allows half the amount of light to pass through as the stop before it did. Example: To get an image with a larger “depth of field”—ie, where more of the distant objects as well as the nearer ones in a scene are in focus—the photographer must “stop down” the aperture of the lens, restricting the amount of light admitted.
Word: cap screw Part of Speech: noun 1. A screw that has a cap which is intended to rest against the side of the outermost material being screwed together when the screw has been screwed in to its maximum extent.
Word: cap screws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cap screw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: screw top Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of screw cap.
Word: cosiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cosy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being cosy. Labels: UK, uncountable, usually
Word: manual alphabet Part of Speech: noun 1. An alphabet, or a representation of a written alphabet, in which letters are represented by positions of the hand and fingers.
Word: manualette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From manual + -ette. 1. A small manual.
Word: manuary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin manuārius. 1. Manual; involving (skills using) the hands. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: manuary trades Example: And as on the one side the Cochin-Chinois haue no wrought Stuffes nor Manufactures, because they doe not apply themselues to Manuary trades, by reason of that idlenesse into which their plenty hath plunged them: and that on the other side they are easily inueigled with the curiosities comming from other places[…]such as Combes, Needles, Bracelets, Beades of glasse to hang in their eares, and such other trifles and womanish curiosities.
Word: manuary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin manuārius. 1. An artificer, a craftsman. Labels: obsolete Example: The common is deuided into marchauntes and manuaries generally, vvhat partition ſoeuer is the ſubdiuident. Marchandize containeth vnder it all thoſe vvhich liue any vvay by buying or ſelling: Manuarie thoſe vvhoſe handyvvorke is their vvare, and labour their liuing. Example: That there was a short go in his first draught seemes not very probable, for what likenesse is there betweene go and sed that his Manuary or printer should take the one for the other?
Word: manubial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin manubialis from manubiae (“money obtained from the sale of booty, plunder”). Pronunciation: /məˈnu.bi.əl/, /məˈnjuː.bi.əl/ 1. Taken as or relating to the spoils of war; funded from the spoils of war (especially in the Roman Empire). Labels: not-comparable Example: Ah where’s thy manubial glory of yore, The hall’s bright bedeckment of beauty? Example: 1825, James Elmes, General and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Fine Arts, London: Thomas Tegg, under the entry COLUMN, […] the manubial column was ornamented with trophies and spoils taken from the enemy;
Word: manubiary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin manubiārius. 1. Pertaining to the spoils of war. Labels: not-comparable
Word: manubrial Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, or pertaining to, the manubrium Labels: not-comparable 2. Shaped like a handle Labels: not-comparable
Word: manucode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Javanese [Term?]. 1. Any of the birds of paradise in the genus Manucodia.
Word: manucodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manucode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manuductor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin manus (“hand”) + ductor (“leader”). 1. The chief novice in an order.
Word: manufactural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From manufacture + -al. 1. Of or relating to manufacture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: manufacturess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From manufacture + -ess. 1. A female manufacturer. Labels: dated, rare
Word: manuhiri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori manuhiri. 1. The visitors at a pohiri. Labels: New-Zealand, plural, plural-only
Word: hepatomegalia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hepatomegaly. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pōhiri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori pōhiri or pōwhiri (“to beckon; to welcome”) from whiri (“to wave; to whisk; to plait; a fan”). 1. A Maori welcoming ceremony involving speeches, dancing, and singing. Labels: New-Zealand
Word: pohiri Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pōhiri. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: seaspray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + spray. 1. The water thrown into the air when waves break on the shore. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A sheep that's been hanging on deck, curing in the seaspray, is roasted over an open fire.
Word: aimers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aimer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aesthenosphere Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of asthenosphere. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: featherlight Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of feather-light. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Stores, dealerships, galleries struggled to satisfy the skyrocketing demand for ever more recherché produce: limited-edition olive oils, three-hundred-dollar corkscrews, customized Humvees, the latest anti-virus software, escort services featuring contortionists and twins, video installations, outsider art, featherlight shawls made from the chin-fluff of extinct mountain goats.
Word: red, white and blue Part of Speech: name 1. The flag of the United Kingdom. Labels: UK Example: Forget not the boys of Kilmichael, those brave lads so gallant and true. Who fought 'neath the green flag of Erin, and conquered the red, white and blue. 2. The flag of the United States of America. Labels: US Example: Thy banners make tyranny tremble, When borne by the red, white and blue. 3. The flag of France. Example: The Fourteenth of July was declared the national holiday and a new flag, the tricolor, the red, white, and blue, was adopted in place of the old white banner of the Bourbons, studded with the fleur-de-lis. 4. The flag of the Netherlands. Example: Many houses now were showing flags, and the red, white and blue was a jubilation in the morning sun. 5. The flag of Russia. Example: 2013, Catherine Merridale, Red Fortress, Penguin, page 228: Example: Lit in the national colours of red, blue and white.
Word: red, white and blue Part of Speech: adj 1. Quintessentially American. Labels: US Example: Some folks are born made to raise the flag / they're red, white and blue Example: What is more red, white, and blue than cheeseburgers!
Word: bleu, blanc et rouge Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French bleu, blanc et rouge (literally “blue, white and red”). 1. The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club. Labels: Quebec Example: Nashville Predators Voice Pete Weber says of hockey's bleu, blanc et rouge, “Montreal Canadiens fans care too much.” Example: Hitting the NHL during the 1985–86 season, he not only debuted in the famed bleu, blanc, et rouge but guided the squad to Lord Stanley's Cup.
Word: mantologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mantologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manumitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From manumit + -er. 1. An emancipator from slavery, someone who manumits.
Word: manumittor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From manumit + -or. 1. Alternative spelling of manumitter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: manumotive Part of Speech: adj 1. Which can be moved by hand. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: manuport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin manū (“with a hand”) portāre (“to carry”). 1. A natural (not man-made) object of an excavation site, which was originally brought into the site by humans.
Word: ethnoarchaeology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)der. English ethno- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía) Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā) English archaeology English ethnoarchaeology From ethno- + archaeology. 1. The ethnographic study of peoples for archaeological reasons. Labels: uncountable
Word: ethnoarchaeologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)der. English ethno- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía) Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā) English archaeolog(y) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English archaeologist English ethnoarchaeologist From ethno- + archaeologist. 1. Someone interested in ethnoarchaeology.
Word: ethnoarchaeological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)der. English ethno- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía) Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā) English archaeology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English archaeological English ethnoarchaeological From ethno- + archaeological. 1. Of or relating to ethnoarchaeology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: archaeometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From archaeo- + -metry. 1. The application of techniques and methodologies of the natural sciences to archaeology, mostly for dating, analysis, survey and confirmation of provenance or authenticity. Labels: uncountable
Word: Queer Street Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unknown 1. A stunned condition. Labels: idiomatic Example: In any event, the German slugger nailed down 21 of his 39 victories by putting his opponent on Queer Street via the knockout route. Example: Frazier had him on Queer Street in the 11th round. ... He was glad he got off Queer Street. 2. A difficult circumstance, especially bankruptcy; hard times. Labels: UK, dated, idiomatic Example: But soon they led a Queer-street life, / 'Twas what she'd not expected / Like cat and dog, with snarl and strife, / And love and lamps neglected. / About his work he would not wag Example: He is one of those men who have overshot their true generation. He should have been a buck in the days of the Regency—a boxer, an athlete, a plunger on the Turf, a lover of fair ladies, and, by all account, so far down Queer Street that he may never find his way back again. 3. Suspicious circumstances. Labels: UK, dated, idiomatic Example: I found the wadding of the pistol with which the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn was shot. It was a bit of the printed description of your house at Chesney Wold. Not much in that, you'll say, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet. No. But when my foreign friend here is so thoroughly off her guard as to think it a safe time to tear up the rest of that leaf, and when Mrs. Bucket puts the pieces together and finds the wadding wanting, it begins to look like Queer Street.
Word: warpaint Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of war paint. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: manurable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From manure + -able. 1. Able, or suitable, to be manured or cultivated on. Labels: not-comparable
Word: war time Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of wartime. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Magadan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Магада́н (Magadán). 1. An oblast in far eastern Russia. 2. A port city, the administrative center of Magadan Oblast, Russia, on the Sea of Okhotsk.
Word: Magadan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Magadán. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines. 1. A surname from Spanish.
Word: midcourter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From midcourt + -er. 1. A player in the midcourt.
Word: netballer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From netball + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛtbɔːlə/, /ˈnɛtˌbɔlɚ/ 1. A netball player.
Word: charoset Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of haroseth. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: goodest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From good + -est. 1. superlative form of good: most good, best Labels: form-of, humorous, nonstandard, superlative
Word: schedes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schede Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gurgly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gurgle + -y. 1. Gurgling; like a gurgle. Example: The baby made a gurgly noise that might have been laughter.
Word: hillwalking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hill + walking. 1. The pastime of walking in hilly countryside. Labels: Ireland, UK, uncountable
Word: negihama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ネギハマ (negihama). 1. A type of sushi, yellowtail and scallion. Labels: uncountable
Word: incult Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin incultus. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkʌlt/ 1. Uncultivated, wild. Labels: obsolete Example: Massinissa made many inward parts of Barbarie and Numidia in Africk (before his time incult and horrid) fruitful and battable by this means. 2. Rough, unrefined. Labels: archaic Example: where good government is, […] there all things thrive and prosper […] : where it is otherwise, all things are ugly to behold, incult, barbarous, uncivil, a paradise is turned to a wilderness.
Word: Birobidzhan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Биробиджа́н (Birobidžán). 1. A city, the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia.
Word: tippees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tippee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tippee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tip + -ee. 1. The recipient of a gratuity; somebody tipped off. Example: An 1890 article in The New York Times debated the ethics of tipping porters : “Tipping is objected to by austere and frugal American moralists upon the ground that it undermines the manhood and self-respect of the tippee. 2. A recipient of inside information. Labels: US Example: If tippees trade on the information, knowing it was given improperly, they, too, can be found guilty of insider trading, says attorney Jared Kopel
Word: manurers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manurer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inside information Part of Speech: noun 1. Information obtained by or from a person in a position of trust (a director, an employee, a consultant) that affects the price of publicly traded securities. Labels: US, uncountable Example: Must a corporation issue a news release if it becomes aware that material inside information has leaked out? "It should make an immediate announcement," Example: Recently, the hedge-fund industry has been shaken by allegations that it exploits inside information.
Word: manustupration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin manus (“hand”) + stuprō (“debauch”). The verb is often wrongly quoted as stupō, stupare. 1. Synonym of masturbation. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The vice consists in any excitement of the genital organs produced otherwise than in the natural way. It is known by the terms, self-pollution, self-abuse, masturbation, onanism, manustupration, voluntary pollution, solitary or secret vice, and other names sufficiently explanatory.
Word: manuterge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French manuterge, from Latin manutergium, from manus (“hand”) + tergeō (“wipe, clean”) + -ium. 1. A towel used by a priest during liturgy.
Word: manuterges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manuterge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manutergium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin manutergium. 1. manuterge
Word: manyatta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Maasai manyatta. 1. A Masai or Samburu settlement or compound, often temporary, established by a family or clan, or as an encampment of young warriors. Labels: Africa, East Example: The Masai tribes, or sections of tribes, haunt certain districts. Every section has usually some three favourite districts, in each of which is a village called a manyatta. Example: All of the inhabitants worked together for two full moon cycles to build their manyattas, bomas for the cows and a fence that spanned the length of two big football pitches to protect everyone from the lions.
Word: manyattas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manyatta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dayrise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From day + rise. 1. daybreak, dawn Labels: countable, poetic, uncountable Example: 'Twas a fair sight to see her glide A constant shadow by the side Of her old Father ! At dayrise, With light feet and with sunny eyes, Example: Compared to such sentimentalism that dream of the million men rising up at the President's call between dayrise and dayfall appears like grim realism.
Word: eunoto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Maasai [Term?]. 1. A Masai ceremony in which a warrior passes into senior warriorhood. Labels: Kenya
Word: warriorhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From warrior + -hood. 1. The state of being a warrior. Labels: uncountable Example: His back and muscular shoulders were all ridged by the cicatrized weals of warriorhood.
Word: flywhisk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fly + whisk. 1. A whisk used to brush away flies.