nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Aggadah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Aramaic אַגָּדְתָא (ʾaggāḏ'ṯā, “tale, lore”), from Hebrew הֲגָדָה (haggāḏā). Pronunciation: /əˈɡɑːdə/ 1. A homiletic and non-legalistic exegetical text in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly as recorded in the Talmud and Midrash. A parable that demonstrates a point of the Law in the Talmud. Example: They termed them also..Agada in the Chaldee, or..Hagada in the Hebrew form, which are rendered in Philo, by the Greek ... 2. Obsolete form of Haggadah (“the text recited at Seder”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The story of the delivery of Israel from Egyptian bondage is read in Hebrew by the chief of the house from a book called the agada, which is interwoven with hymns of praise and thanksgiving, and it also contains some legendary chapters entirely figurative in their sense and composition.
Word: Aggadic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of aggadic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hawky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hawk + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a hawk. Example: He was a tall man with very powerful-looking shoulders, but his flesh seemed to sag thinly over his big frame; his face was thin, too, over a hawky nose and receding chin and gray hair. Example: He had a hawky face with a high colour and eyes like slits of blue crystal, set in a web of fine lines. They were hard but not unkind.
Word: Haggadah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew הַגָּדָה (hagadá). Pronunciation: /həˈɡɑːdə/, /həˈɡʌdə/, /hɑːɡɑːˈdɑː/, /hɑːɡəˈdɑː/ 1. The text which is recited at Seder during the first and second nights of Passover, focused on the freeing of Israel from Egyptian bondage as described in the Book of Exodus. Labels: Judaism 2. Alternative form of Aggadah; Talmudic parable Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kaibosh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kibosh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: nimono Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 煮物. 1. Any of various stewed dishes in Japanese cuisine. Labels: uncountable
Word: kaiaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kaiak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infocratic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From info- + -cratic. 1. Being or pertaining to an infocracy.
Word: padfolio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pad + portfolio. 1. A portable case that opens in the manner of a book to reveal a notepad.
Word: padfolios Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of padfolio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bookwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From book + -wise. 1. In the manner of a book. Labels: not-comparable Example: [S]he strode to the middle of the room the paper held and folded book-wise in her hands. Example: Unknown to the audience, the left fingers have tilted the two red top cards open bookwise […]
Word: Lyman's law Part of Speech: name Etymology: After Benjamin Smith Lyman (1835–1920), American mining engineer and amateur linguist. 1. A linguistic rule stating that rendaku does not occur if the second element of the compound contains a voiced obstruent in any position, e.g. yama + kaji produces yamakaji (mountain fire), not *yamagaji.
Word: Shitlington Part of Speech: name 1. A former township in Yorkshire, England, later renamed Sitlington.
Word: lobscows Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lobscouse. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: multitap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + tap. 1. A peripheral for video game consoles that increases the number of controller ports, allowing more players to participate. 2. A text-entry system for mobile phones where each button has several characters, accessed in turn by repeatedly tapping the button. Labels: uncountable
Word: multitaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multitap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skimboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skimboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hoverboarder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hoverboard + -er. 1. One who rides a hoverboard.
Word: hoverboarding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hoverboard + -ing. 1. The fictional sport of riding a hoverboard. Labels: uncountable
Word: hoverboarders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoverboarder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: book-wise Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of bookwise. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: booleans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boolean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bookwormy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bookworm + -y. 1. Like a bookworm; studious. Example: He's a teacher or something, one of them bookwormy men, whose head never pays no attention to what the rest of him is doing.
Word: unabstemious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + abstemious. 1. Not abstemious; tending to indulge.
Word: lithosere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From litho- + sere. 1. A sere originating on rock; a plant succession that begins life on a newly exposed rock surface, such as one left bare as a result of glacial retreat, tectonic uplift, or volcanic eruptions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lithoseres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lithosere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sere + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a sere. Labels: not-comparable
Word: psammosere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From psammo- + sere. Pronunciation: /ˈsæməsɪə(ɹ)/ 1. A sere originating on coastal sand.
Word: psammoseres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psammosere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xeroseral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From xerosere + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a xerosere. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cyberterritory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + territory. 1. A territory in cyberspace. Example: Seeing the new cyberterritory staked out and contested mainly by global corporate players, the authors make a strong case for the urgent need of Canadians to identify and safeguard their own long-term interests...
Word: cyberterritories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyberterritory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cybertopian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cyberutopian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cybertopian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cyberutopian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cybertopians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cybertopian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cybertechnological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cyber- + technological. 1. Of or pertaining to cybertechnology. Example: The cybertechnological explosions of the preceding decades seem to have propelled us into a new cultural age requiring new rules that make the past appear all the more obsolete. So again I ask, why study ancient cultures?
Word: cyberghetto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + ghetto, coined by Bosah Ebo in the paper Cyberghetto or Cybertopia?: Race, Class, and Gender on the Internet (1998). 1. The equivalent of a ghetto in cyberspace; a place on the Internet etc. where a social group is marginalized. Example: But critics argue that the potential for a cyberghetto is real because the Internet will retain vestiges of traditional communities with similar hierarchical social linkages and class-structural relationships. Example: Neither an isolated “cyberghetto” where all interests are monolithically shared, nor a democratic “cybercommunity” based on an ethic of reciprocity, virtual Raider Nation is an anarchic free-for-all where the lack of physical proximity changes the rules.
Word: cyberghettos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyberghetto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyberenvironment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + environment. 1. A cyberspace environment, one in which perception is mediated by computer. Example: Our new cyberenvironments have begun to compress space and time so radically that we cannot help wondering if, or how, they are also altering consciousness itself. Are we on the cusp of some kind of profound transformation of the human condition?
Word: cyberenvironments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyberenvironment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preclear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + clear. 1. To clear in advance. Labels: transitive
Word: preclear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + clear. 1. One who has not yet reached a "clear" state (in which they are free from engrams).
Word: preclears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preclear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ibides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ibis Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: bunless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bun + -less. 1. Without a bun. Labels: not-comparable Example: Surprisingly, at Burger King you can make some fairly good selections and enjoy a reasonable meal. You can even have the occasional burger — Burger King now offers bunless burgers on a plate — and order a side salad instead of fries.
Word: Cobb salads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cobb salad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyanocobalamins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyanocobalamin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bryologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bryo- + -logist. 1. A scientist specialising in bryology.
Word: bryologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bryologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bryological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bryology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to bryology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antisuicidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + suicidal. 1. Opposing or countering suicide. Labels: not-comparable Example: It would be wrong to claim that an antisuicidal effect of lithium has been definitively proved.
Word: flatleaf Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flat + leaf. 1. Having flat leaves (used in the names of plants). Labels: not-comparable Example: flatleaf parsley Example: flatleaf willow
Word: unmarbled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + marbled. 1. Not marbled. Labels: not-comparable Example: An interesting cyclamen was also found here with dark rounded unmarbled leaves, but unfortunately without flowers […]
Word: butchershop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butcher + shop. 1. A store that sells meat. Labels: US 2. A military hospital or its division where surgeries upon the wounded are performed.
Word: butchershops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butchershop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noncancellation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + cancellation. 1. Not of or pertaining to cancellation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncancellation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + cancellation. 1. Absence of cancellation; failure to cancel. Labels: uncountable Example: The noncancellation agreement meant that we had to stay with the same insurer for six months.
Word: canalizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From canalize + -able. 1. Suitable for being canalized.
Word: nonadvanced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + advanced. 1. Not advanced. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonzoonotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + zoonotic. 1. Not zoonotic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unnobly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unnoble + -ly. 1. In an unnoble manner. Labels: archaic
Word: hoverer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hover + -er. 1. One who, or that which, hovers. Example: They're wonderful hoverers, though, and they'll remain stationary in the air, wing-tips vibrating, till they've marked their prey[.]
Word: hoverers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoverer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hovereth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: hover + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hover Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: climbing frame Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of playground equipment consisting of a set of interlinked bars on which children can climb. Labels: Ireland, UK
Word: climbing frames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of climbing frame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: longlived Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of long-lived. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: longnose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From long + nose. 1. Having a long nose (used in the names of fish and other animals). Labels: not-comparable Example: longnose gar Example: longnose shiner
Word: enclosable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From enclose + -able. 1. Capable of being enclosed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: muleless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mule + -less. 1. Without a mule. Labels: not-comparable Example: The stealthy Apaches waited until their pale-face friends were well asleep, and then with a piece of cow-hide, hard and thin, sawed out a section of the adobe wall, at the other end of the corral, and in the morning Los Americanos found themselves horseless and muleless.
Word: mainest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of main: most main Labels: form-of, nonstandard, superlative Example: Feeling, however, that it was of the mainest importance to the cause, and to his client, not only to prove that he was a liberal but an orthodox politician, he shut himself up more than a month in his study, refusing all other business […] Example: I ran back again, then set out in the opposite direction — it must be somewhere, the cobbled road, the mainest road in all the world.
Word: audienceless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From audience + -less. 1. Without an audience. Labels: not-comparable
Word: radioless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From radio + -less. 1. Without a radio. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fingerlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fingerless + -ness. 1. Absence of fingers. Labels: uncountable
Word: advertisable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From advertise + -able. 1. Suitable for being advertised. Example: You veterans know that while there may be many detailed advantages there is often not one which is advertisable.
Word: privacy policy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From privacy + policy. 1. A statement detailing policies that an organization or party uses to collect or hide information about an end user or customer of the organization, particularly where it concerns private information. Example: Of those apps without privacy policies, 76 percent shared sensitive information with third parties, and of those with privacy policies, 79 percent shared data while only about half admitted doing so in their published disclosures. In other words, privacy policies are more aptly referred to as surveillance policies, and that is what I suggest we call them. Example: In January, viral posts – ironically, widely spread on WhatsApp – claimed the privacy policy gave the service the right to read users’ messages and hand the information over to its parent company, Facebook.
Word: privacy policies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of privacy policy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Freier Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Freier. 1. A surname from German.
Word: gonorrhœic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gonorrhœa + -ic. 1. Obsolete spelling of gonorrheic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: He showed that there had been 33 per cent. of male gonorrhœic infections previous to marriage, 26 in all, and, taking all cases of abortion, sterility, uterine and pelvic inflammations, and living births that had occurred in these 81 families, he showed conclusively that there had been the merest fractional difference in their proportion between the previously healthy and not previously infected classes. As regards inflammatory pelvic affections, the balance was fractional in favor of the free‐gonorrhœic cases, in other respects equally fractional in favor of the non‐gonorrhœic.
Word: gonorrhoeic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gonorrhoea + -ic. 1. Related to gonorrhoea; pertaining to gonorrhea. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gonorrheic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gonorrhea + -ic. 1. Alternative spelling of gonorrhoeic. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: zoöparasitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zoö- + parasitic. 1. Alternative spelling of zooparasitic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Phthiriasis is the name given to a zoöparasitic disease caused by an invasion of the skin by lice, of which there are three kinds […]
Word: liverwursts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liverwurst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: würst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a perception of the umlaut as indicating Germanness; the native German word has plain u, not ü, in the singular. 1. Alternative spelling of wurst. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: würsts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of würst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: time line Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of timeline. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: time lines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of time line Labels: form-of, plural
Word: time-work Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of timework. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: time work Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of timework. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: time stream Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of timestream. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Odisha Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Odia ଓଡ଼ିଶା (oṛiśā), in turn derived from Sanskrit ओड्रदेश (oḍradeśa, literally “land of the Odras”), a compound of ओड्र (oḍra, “Odra”) + देश (deśa, “land, country”). Pronunciation: /oː.ɖɪˈʃaː/ 1. A state in eastern India. Capital and largest city: Bhubaneswar. Example: Holonyms: India < South Asia < Asia < Earth, World Example: States like Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha could see as many as 10 to 11 heatwave days, Mr Mohapatra said.
Word: Odia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Odia ଓଡ଼ିଆ (oṛiā), in turn derived from Prakrit 𑀑𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀺𑀅 (ŏḍḍia), from Sanskrit औड्रिक (auḍrika, “relating to the Odras”), an adjective suffixed from the vriddhi of ओड्र (oḍra, “Odra”). Pronunciation: /əʊˈdijə/, /əʊˈdiə/ 1. The official language of the state of Odisha, India. Example: The Culture department has decided to dedicate the theme pavilion of the Cuttack’s historic maritime festival to classical Odia language this year. Example: Bhubaneswar: Preparation of books in Odia language at the under-graduate (UG) level, as mandated under the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020, may take longer owing to a lack of clarity among academics of state's public universities, who are implementing the work.
Word: Odia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Odia ଓଡ଼ିଆ (oṛiā), in turn derived from Prakrit 𑀑𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀺𑀅 (ŏḍḍia), from Sanskrit औड्रिक (auḍrika, “relating to the Odras”), an adjective suffixed from the vriddhi of ओड्र (oḍra, “Odra”). Pronunciation: /əʊˈdijə/, /əʊˈdiə/ 1. An inhabitant of Odisha.
Word: Baleswar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi बालेश्वर (bāleśvar). 1. A city in Odisha, India, on the Bay of Bengal.
Word: inæqual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + æqual. 1. Archaic spelling of inequal. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: ... by which means he procured 10000 merks by year casten upon the shire, and the Toune freed of that inæqual burden under which they ware formerly groaning?
Word: boldhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English boldhede, equivalent to bold + -head. 1. Boldness; courage. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: Sacred War Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek ἱερὸς πόλεμος (hieròs pólemos) 1. Any of three wars fought (in 595-585 BCE, 449 BC-448 BCE and 357-346 BCE) by the Amphictyonic Council.
Word: pædo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From pæd- + -o-. 1. Dated spelling of paedo-. Labels: morpheme
Word: Montmartre Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Montmartre. 1. A neighbourhood of Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Word: Pythian Apollo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Translates Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων Πύθιος (Apóllōn Púthios). 1. Name of Apollo at Delphi
Word: Pythian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Pythius, from Ancient Greek πύθιος (púthios, “belonging to Pytho, the older name of Delphi and its environs”): compare French pythien. 1. Of or relating to Delphi or to its priestess, Pythia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Pythian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Pythius, from Ancient Greek πύθιος (púthios, “belonging to Pytho, the older name of Delphi and its environs”): compare French pythien. 1. A native or inhabitant of Delphi.
Word: Pythia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek Πυθία (Puthía), from Πυθώ (Puthṓ) + -ία (-ía). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪθiə/ 1. A priestess of Pythian Apollo, the Oracle of Delphi
Word: temperate rainforest Part of Speech: noun 1. A rainforest in a temperate climate.
Word: Germanophones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Germanophone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: genuine fakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of genuine fake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: najas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naja Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kohelet Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew קהלת (kohélet). 1. The person to whom most of the book Ecclesiastes in the Bible is attributed, introduced as a son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Word: en femme Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French en femme (“as a woman”) as in s’habille en femme (“dresses as a woman”), from en (“as”) + femme (“woman”). Pronunciation: /ɒn ˈfɑm/, /ɑ̃-/, /ɑn ˈfɑm/, /-ˈfɛm/ 1. Chiefly of a cross-dressing, non-binary, or trans person: dressed in feminine clothing. Labels: not-comparable Example: I am convinced that the tendency or at least the desire to cross dress, is many times more common than the most, liberal statistics I have read. While enfemme, I have had far too many straight men whisper to me they have thought about it and wish they had the opportunity and courage to act on it as I have for about 36 years. Example: If the female discovers her partner's transgendered persona herself or is told by a person other than her partner, the situation is usually quite different. She may overhear a conversation, see a photograph of him en femme, watch a television talk show on which her partner appears cross-dressed, or see her partner referenced in a newspaper or magazine article. […] This manner of discovery commonly increases her experience of betrayal and generates tremendous feelings of humiliation, prejudice, and revulsion. 2. Of a situation: suitable for a cross-dressing, non-binary, or trans person to dress in feminine clothing. Labels: not-comparable Example: These Holidays En Femme are for members of Tri-Ess and we welcome prospective members, heterosexual crossdressers, to join with us in our educational and social programs.
Word: en femme Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from French en femme (“as a woman”) as in s’habille en femme (“dresses as a woman”), from en (“as”) + femme (“woman”). Pronunciation: /ɒn ˈfɑm/, /ɑ̃-/, /ɑn ˈfɑm/, /-ˈfɛm/ 1. Of a cross-dressing, non-binary, or trans person: while dressed in feminine clothing. Labels: not-comparable Example: G., a crossdresser, lived on the second floor of the hotel at which she worked. Not wanting to walk through the lobby enfemme, she climbed the fire escape. Her heels got stuck in the catwalk and the police had to rescue her. Example: They spend anywhere from a couple of hours with us to a couple of days, immersed in classes with a faculty of deans who teach the students individually how to do their own makeup, walk in heels, go out and about town en femme, probe their erotic yearnings, network with others, and in general share and appreciate this part of themselves that has inspired them to dress in female clothing (usually in secret) since they were children.
Word: 2+1 road Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the fact that it has two lanes one way and one lane in the opposite. 1. A three-lane road with two lanes in one direction and one lane in the other.
Word: 2+1 roads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 2+1 road Labels: form-of, plural
Word: volumise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From volume + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of volumize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: volumises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of volumise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: volumising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of volumise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: volumised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of volumise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: açaís Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of açaí Labels: form-of, plural
Word: submittal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From submit + -al. 1. The act of submitting; submission Labels: countable, rare, uncountable 2. Something submitted or to be submitted; a submission. Labels: countable, proscribed, rare, uncountable 3. Data about a product, such as shop drawings, material data, or samples. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crowdfunding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crowd + funding. 1. Funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It was discovered in September 2020 that Cosgrove was raising money on the “Christian crowdfunding site” GiveSendGo to fund his retirement.
Word: bouk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bouk, from Old English būc (“belly, stomach, pitcher”), from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Doublet of bucket. Cognate with Scots bouk, bowk, buik (“body, carcass”), Dutch buik (“belly”), German Bauch (“belly”), Swedish buk (“belly, abdomen”), Norwegian Bokmål buk (“belly”), Icelandic búkur (“torso”). For the phonetic development, compare puck, suck. Pronunciation: /baʊk/, /bəʊk/, /buːk/ 1. The belly. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete 2. The trunk or torso of the body, hence the body itself. Labels: UK, dialectal 3. The carcass of a slaughtered animal. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: bouks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bouk. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: masdar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَصْدَر (maṣdar, “source”). 1. Arabic verbal noun, also used in Georgian grammar (მასდარი)
Word: goblinoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From goblin + -oid. 1. Having the appearance or characteristics of a goblin.
Word: goblinoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goblin + -oid. 1. A being having the appearance or characteristics of a goblin.
Word: goblinoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goblinoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: white list Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of whitelist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: white-livered Part of Speech: adj 1. Lily-livered; cowardly. Labels: archaic Example: Some evil fellows said behind his back that Beowulf was white-livered and a slacker. 2. Malicious. Labels: archaic 3. Having a pale look, once thought to be caused by a white liver. Labels: archaic
Word: whys and wherefores Part of Speech: noun 1. The reasons or motivations for a fact, action, or decision, especially the complete set of such reasons or motivations. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: I can no more tell you the whys and wherefores of myself than I can lift myself up by the waistband and carry myself into the next county. Example: [I]f she noticed anything odd or out of place she would never rest until she had ferreted out the whys and wherefores thereof.
Word: Ghats Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi घाट (ghāṭ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (ghaṭṭa), from Sanskrit घट्ट (ghaṭṭa), ultimately derived from Dravidian. 1. A pair of mountain ranges along the southern Indian coasts. Labels: plural
Word: registered bonds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of registered bond Labels: form-of, plural
Word: no homo Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˌnoʊ ˈhoʊ.moʊ/ 1. Used immediately before or after a statement to indicate that there was no homosexual meaning intended, especially when such a meaning is a reasonable interpretation. Labels: informal, not-comparable, offensive, often, sarcastic Example: You look like you have been working out — no homo. Example: I love you bro, you're awesome; no homo.
Word: systems analysts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of systems analyst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sump pits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sump pit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tldr Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of tl;dr. Labels: Internet, alt-of, alternative
Word: statute miles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of statute mile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: have-a-go Part of Speech: adj 1. daring, courageous, particularly in the face of unexpected adversity. Labels: UK, not-comparable
Word: quietish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quiet + -ish. 1. Somewhat quiet Labels: not-comparable
Word: loudish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From loud + -ish. 1. Somewhat loud Labels: not-comparable
Word: straight arrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From archery, in which an arrow that has a straight shaft flies where you shoot it, while a crooked arrow will veer off. 1. Someone who behaves according to conventional standards; one noted for honesty and integrity. Labels: US, informal Example: He was put down at first as a "straight arrow" — a do-gooder — and the description was sometimes accompanied by the cry, "ugh." as in old Westerns when the settler is shot by the wily redskin. Example: But he might not be a straight arrow. I'm going to get the dirt on him from someone. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straight, arrow. Example: The goal can not be attained by a straight arrow flight. Example: "It's a straight arrow approach," he said.
Word: salt away Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An allusion to the preservation of food in salt. 1. To salt (something) for preservation and then store it away for winter. Labels: dated, transitive 2. To save or preserve (especially money) for future use. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: "You have more than two thousand salted away, I know, Moses, between prize-money, wages, adventures, and other matters." Example: Some of the stockholders . . . wanted to leave the money invested. "Salt away that chicken feed in your duds, and skip along," says Buck. "What business have you got investing in bonds?"
Word: nongeophysical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + geophysical. 1. Not geophysical. Labels: not-comparable
Word: laissez-passers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laissez-passer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: onomatopœic Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of onomatopoeic. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: market-house Part of Speech: noun 1. A building in which a market takes place. Labels: obsolete Example: A two minutes' walk brought Warwick--the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him--to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.
Word: scale off Part of Speech: verb 1. To peel off Example: Perhaps the surface of the red brick, long unpainted, had scaled off a little more here and there.
Word: rugby tackle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹʌɡ.bi.tæ.kəl/ 1. An instance of knocking someone or something over using one's arms and upper body.
Word: rugby tackle Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹʌɡ.bi.tæ.kəl/ 1. To knock someone over using one's arms and upper body.
Word: rugby tackles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rugby tackle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rugby tackles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rugby tackle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rugby tackling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rugby tackle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rugby tackled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rugby tackle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: peal out Part of Speech: verb 1. To ring loudly. Labels: intransitive 2. To cause a bell to ring loudly. Labels: transitive Example: and lending their clear and joyous voices to the wild chorus of the vintage-song that their elders were pealing out; Example: Was it so irreconcilable, Warwick wondered, as still to peal out the curfew bell, which at nine o'clock at night had clamorously warned all negroes, slave or free, that it was unlawful for them to be abroad after that hour, under penalty of imprisonment or whipping?
Word: templatizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of templatization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: onreg'lar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From unregular. 1. Pronunciation spelling of irregular. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "De ole jedge has be'n a little onreg'lar sence de wah, suh; but he gin'ally gits roun' 'bout ten o'clock er so...
Word: roun' Part of Speech: prep 1. Pronunciation spelling of round. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "De ole jedge has be'n a little onreg'lar sence de wah, suh; but he gin'ally gits roun' 'bout ten o'clock er so..."
Word: head-kerchief Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of headkerchief. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The girl, as she passed, seized one end of the basket and helped the old woman to raise it to her head, where it rested solidly on the cushion of her head-kerchief.
Word: headkerchief Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + kerchief. 1. A kerchief worn on the head
Word: blossom out Part of Speech: verb 1. To blossom, to show beauty. Labels: idiomatic Example: "It must be Rena," he murmured. "Who could have dreamed that she would blossom out like that? It must surely be Rena!"
Word: sellthrough Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sell-through. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: unregular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + regular. 1. Not regular; irregular, uncommon Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonregularized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + regularized. 1. Not regularized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: third parties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of third party Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metaplot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + plot. 1. The overarching storyline that binds together events in a role-playing game.
Word: metaplot Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metapelet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metaplots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metaplot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: with one's head held high Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hold one's head high. 1. Proudly, with pride. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: England head to Nice for Saturday’s third-place playoff after yet more semi-final disappointment but with heads held high having played their part in a wonderful game featuring some particularly harsh luck.
Word: treatymaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From treaty + maker. 1. One who makes a treaty.
Word: treatymakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of treatymaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chairmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chaire maker; equivalent to chair + maker. Piecewise doublet of chaisemaker. 1. A manufacturer of chairs.
Word: chairmakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chairmaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chairmaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair English making English chairmaking From chair + making. 1. The manufacture of chairs. Labels: uncountable
Word: interbranch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + branch. 1. Between branches of an institution. Labels: not-comparable Example: During 1912, the central reserve collection was used as a depository for a special set of 114 Yiddish books, for the purpose of meeting through the interbranch loan system the spasmodic demands for books in this language...
Word: NOBO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of nonobjecting beneficial owner. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: nonobjecting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + objecting. 1. Not making an objection; in agreement or compliance. Labels: not-comparable
Word: negationism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From negation + -ism. 1. The revision of history in order to omit something that actually happened. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Across the world ruling elites have become ever more prone to historical negationism
Word: negationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From negation + -ist. 1. One who revises history in order to omit something that actually happened.
Word: negationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of negationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overquantify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + quantify. 1. To quantify too much; to interpret with too great a focus on numbers, quotas, etc. Labels: transitive Example: Problems arise with evaluation systems that are overquantified — when decisions or judgments predominantly rely on satisfying numerical requirements.
Word: overquantified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overquantify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fuckstick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fuck + stick. 1. Penis. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Give me five minutes in that storage closet, and I promise my fuckstick will do things to you that most American housewives only dream about. Example: He leaned back suddenly, burying his fuckstick up to the hilt. He came with a long, loud grunt. I felt the underside of his shaft throb as he bathed the walls of my aching rectum with his dickjuice. 2. An undesirable person. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: 2008, Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder Look, fuckstick, I'm incredibly busy, so why don't you get the hell out of here
Word: overquantifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overquantify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fucksticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fuckstick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fucksticks Part of Speech: intj 1. Expressing frustration. Labels: Ireland, UK, colloquial, vulgar Example: "Fucksticks!" When some other fucker pushes in a queue / "Fucksticks!" When you get caught short and really need a poo / "Fucksticks!" When I came a-tumbling off my BMX / "Fucksticks!" When I split my frenulum while having sex Example: Would A Christmas Carol have been as popular if instead of saying 'Bah, Humbug!' Ebenezer Scrooge had said, 'Oh, Fucksticks!'? What's the funniest expletive you can imagine Scrooge exclaiming?
Word: miniaturizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From miniaturize + -er. 1. One who, or that which, miniaturizes.
Word: miniaturizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miniaturizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piecen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From piece + -en. 1. To join; piece (together); fay. Labels: transitive 2. To extend by adding a part or parts. Labels: transitive Example: But when the building, not designed from the first in its entirety, has been piecened and enlarged from time to time, the very nature of its plan is such as to present peculiar difficulties to those on whom the duty devolves. Example: He'd piecened out himself a bunk on one side, and sot him up a stove in the corner, and hove some burlaps down under foot, with a couple of old wracked chairs, so's he allowed he'da sight lievser stop out there daytimes than not to. 3. To join broken threads or ends in spinning. Labels: transitive
Word: plothole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of plot hole. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: plotholes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plothole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonabsence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + absence. 1. Failure to be absent, i.e. presence. Labels: uncountable Example: It was usual that marriage contracts, particularly in larger towns, include conditions safeguarding the wife's interests. These included: the husband's nonabsence from the marital home for a long or specific period of time;...
Word: instructionless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From instruction + -less. 1. Without instruction. Labels: not-comparable Example: In order to better understand the psychological processes involved in instructionless learning, we have been studying people's attempts to learn about a computer controlled toy robot called "BigTrak" .
Word: conferencelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From conference + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a conference. Example: But while I waited for the test results, I sat in an inner conferencelike room filled with other girls with unwanted pregnancies. We sat in a circle facing each other. At first no one spoke. They also were teenagers.
Word: picksome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pick + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪksəm/ 1. Characterised by picking and choosing, or by being picky; selective. Example: The former is fastidious, and to be thus selective, thus picksome, is surely a virtue. Example: “[...] And you know our Rachel can become notoriously picksome when she doesn't get her way.” 2. Valued for picking; choice; select.
Word: out-Heroded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of out-Herod Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: out-Herods Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of out-Herod Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: out-Heroding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of out-Herod Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: noninstructional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + instructional. 1. Not instructional. Labels: not-comparable Example: The union represents more than 26,000 noninstructional school staff members, including school aides and parent coordinators.
Word: franchisable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From franchise + -able. 1. Suitable for being franchised.
Word: nonequally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From non- + equally. 1. In a nonequal manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ænigmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ænigma + -ic. 1. Archaic spelling of enigmatic. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: One easily sees that this ænigmatic cast of the pastoral was meant to give it an air of instruction, and to make is a reasonable entertainment to such as would nauseate a sort of writing.
Word: nonmanually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From non- + manually. 1. In a manner that is not manual. Labels: not-comparable Example: the voting habits of the nonmanually employed
Word: nonrenovated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + renovated. 1. Not renovated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: apocalypticist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From apocalyptic + -ist. 1. A person who holds or expresses an apocalyptic view.
Word: apocalypticists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apocalypticist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twistable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twist + -able. 1. Capable of being twisted.
Word: apocalyptical Part of Speech: adj 1. apocalyptic
Word: icemaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ice + making. 1. The artificial formation of ice. Labels: uncountable
Word: nonmosaic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + mosaic. 1. Not mosaic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plumbable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plumb + -able. 1. Capable (as depths) of being plumbed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unplumbable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + plumbable. 1. Not plumbable; unfathomable. Labels: not-comparable Example: Either because it was a less toxic species, or because by now Doug was growing immunized, or for some other unplumbable reason, in this case the effects were no worse than those from a bee sting.
Word: nonpolymeric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + polymeric. 1. Not polymeric. Labels: not-comparable
Word: untumbled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + tumbled. 1. Not having been tumbled (smoothed or polished). Labels: not-comparable
Word: siziness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sizy + -ness. 1. The quality of being sizy. Labels: uncountable
Word: sizy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From size + -y. 1. Like size (weak glue or paste). Example: […] which I expected to have found extremely sizy and glutinous, or indeed coagulated, as it is in pleuretic complaints; Example: The cellular tissue of the front part of the neck and chest was infiltrated with a sizy, transparent liquid. 2. Exhibiting size (the thickened crust on coagulated blood).
Word: sizey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of sizy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The blood in most was not sizey; but the crassamentum was tender, and the serum bilious. Where the heat was great, gentle emetics brought up much bile, and very much lessened the inflammatory state of the disease.
Word: cursored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cursor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cursoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cursor Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Hawiye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Somali Hawiiye. 1. A member of a large clan of Somalia, traditionally inhabiting central and southern Somalia, Ogaden and the North Eastern Province.
Word: Hawiyes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hawiye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unmeaningfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unmeaningful + -ly. 1. In an unmeaningful manner.
Word: unmeaningful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + meaningful. 1. Not meaningful.
Word: loncos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lonco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unfeignedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unfeigned + -ness. 1. The quality of being unfeigned; sincerity. Labels: uncountable
Word: interform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + form. 1. Between forms (school groups). Labels: not-comparable Example: There was an interform competition each year where each form [grade level] had to put together a program including a few solos and a whole form piece. All of this was run by one very energetic music teacher who sadly died last year.
Word: interform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + form. 1. An intermediate form. Example: Having completed its cycle on the nuclear or female stage of maturement, its atmosphere, the sum of the atmospheres or essential organisms of its interforms, ascended as a whole to the atmospheric or male plane of maturement. Example: A “zone of rarity” emerges when symptoms cluster neatly into syndromes and interforms are uncommon, although not altogether absent. Fuzzy boundaries and interforms are a special problem for PTSD […]
Word: interfluves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interfluve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bouddhist Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of Buddhist. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Bouddhism Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of Buddhism. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: Bouddhists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bouddhist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cashmire Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of cashmere. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: cashmires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cashmire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: horsetraders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horsetrader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Walachians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Walachian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peasantries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peasantry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wealsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weal + -s- + man. 1. A statesman. Labels: archaic Example: Meeting two such wealsmen as you are — I cannot call you Lycurguses — if the drink you give me touch my palate adversely, I make a crooked face at it.
Word: wealsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wealsman. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gypsiologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gypsy + -ologist. 1. One who studies the life and culture of gypsies.
Word: gypsiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gypsy + -ology. 1. The study of the life and culture of gypsies. Labels: uncountable
Word: gypsiologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gypsiologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antigypsy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + gypsy. 1. Opposing or countering gypsies; practicing or exhibiting antigypsyism. Example: This violently antigypsy diatribe, which brings together all the racial and ethnic stereotypes held in sixteenth-century Spain, was duly withdrawn from the elementary school reader... Example: There is also evidence of numerous local antigypsy campaigns by police, often acting on their own initiative and not in response to complaints or orders from above.