nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: plaided Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plaid + -ed. 1. Of the material of which plaids are made; tartan. Labels: not-comparable Example: In plaided vest. 2. Wearing a plaid. Labels: not-comparable Example: Is there no Albyn now to wake thy song, No chiefs who still their fathers' worth retain, No plumed and plaided clans those hills among, Worthy to claim the tribute of thy strain?
Word: letheonize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From letheon + -ize. 1. To subject to the influence of letheon (diethyl ether). Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive
Word: letheonized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of letheonize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: letheonizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of letheonize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: velverd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A dialectal variant of fieldfare. 1. A bird, the fieldfare. Labels: UK, West-Country, archaic, dialectal, no-plural, rare
Word: detractingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From detracting + -ly. 1. So as to detract; in a detracting manner.
Word: indihumin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of indican + humin. 1. A brown amorphous substance resembling humin, and obtained from indican. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: slottings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slotting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: larviparous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From larva + -parous. 1. Laying or dipositing living larvae, instead of eggs Labels: not-comparable Example: Trichuris is oviparous, Trichinella is larviparous, and C. philippinensis is both oviparous and larviparous.
Word: waterbok Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of waterbuck. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: waterboks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waterbok Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spoliatory Part of Speech: adj 1. Tending to spoil; destructive. Example: spoliatory lawsuit Example: spoliatory politics
Word: glossographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glosso- + -grapher. 1. a writer of a glossary; a commentator Example: the Glossographer vpon the Decrees noteth, that the ſonne of a King may bee called King during the life of his father
Word: glossographers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glossographer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: protracter Part of Speech: noun 1. rare spelling of protractor Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: protracters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protracter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rugous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French rugueux. 1. wrinkled; rugose Labels: archaic
Word: subcircular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + circular. 1. Nearly circular; approaching a circular form. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unphiloprogenitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + philoprogenitive. 1. Not philoprogenitive.
Word: scandalousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scandalous + -ness. 1. The quality of being scandalous. Labels: uncountable
Word: Hutchinsonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hutchinson + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌhʌt͡ʃɪnˈsəʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌhʌt͡ʃɪnˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to John Hutchinson (writer) (1674–1737), English theological writer, who claimed that the Bible contained the elements of all rational philosophy.
Word: Hutchinsonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hutchinson + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌhʌt͡ʃɪnˈsəʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌhʌt͡ʃɪnˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A follower of John Hutchinson.
Word: Hutchinsonian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hutchinson + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌhʌt͡ʃɪnˈsəʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌhʌt͡ʃɪnˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. An age from 21 to 20 million years ago, a subdivision of the Miocene.
Word: Hutchinsonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hutchinsonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entreatment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From entreat + -ment. 1. entreaty; pleading or invitation Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: From this time be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence; set your entreatments at a higher rate than a command to parley.
Word: entreatments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entreatment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spineboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spineboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overmoisture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + moisture. 1. An excess of moisture. Labels: uncountable
Word: recompetes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recompete Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recompeting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recompete Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recompeted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recompete Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: geraniaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Geraniaceae + -ous. 1. Of or relating to the family Geraniaceae of flowering plants, including the geranium. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: oophoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, oophore + -ic. 1. Having the nature of, or belonging to, an oophore. Labels: not-comparable Example: oophoric budding Example: oophoric cyst
Word: musquito Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of mosquito. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: musquitoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of musquito Labels: form-of, plural
Word: musquitos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of musquito Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fellifluous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin fellifluus, from fel (“gall”) + fluere (“to flow”). 1. Flowing with bile or gall. Labels: uncommon Example: Truth never reveals itself either to the enthusiast smitten with his own reveries; to the fellifluous fanatic enslaved by his prejudices; to the vain glorious mortal puffed up with his own presumptuous ignorance […] Example: Its claws scratch at the back of his eyeballs and cause him to see visions, to shriek with fevers, to choke in the embrace of fetid and fellifluous chimeras […]
Word: pardonableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pardonable + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being pardonable. Labels: uncountable Example: Saint Iohns vvord is, All ſinne is (ανομία) Tranſgreſsion of the lavv; Saint Pauls vvord is, The vvages of ſinne is death; Put theſe tvvo together, and this conceit of the naturall pardonableneſſe of ſinne, vaniſhes alone.
Word: vermetid Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː(ɹ)mətɪd/ 1. Any species of Vermetidae (worm snails).
Word: vermetids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vermetid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tormentful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From torment + -ful. 1. Full of torment; causing, or accompanied by, torment; excruciating. Example: Malice, and envy, and revenge , are unquiet pasions; and in what nature soever they are, they are as vexatious and tormentful to itself, as they are troublesome and mischievous to others Example: Three like the dawnings of new-born day, they ravished every heart; Yea, tormentful to the yearner’s soul were they, these maidens three.
Word: pectate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pectic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt of pectic acid.
Word: pectates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pectate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geldable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English geldable, from Anglo-Norman gilable, guldable, equivalent to geld + -able, from geld (“money”). 1. Liable to the payment of taxes; subject to taxation. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: infrangibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being infrangible. Labels: uncountable
Word: guardianless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From guardian + -less. 1. Without a guardian. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] I would ſooner leaue my lady ſingled in a Bordello, then in the Genoa pallace, […] Surfet would cloake intemperate appetite, / Make the ſoule ſent the rotten breath of luſt, / When in an Italian laſciuious Pallace, a Lady gardianleſſe.
Word: argumentable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin argumentabilis. 1. Admitting of argument; arguable. Labels: archaic Example: With a religion so argumentable as ours, it may be easy to gather out of it a feast for the human understanding
Word: gumboil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gum + boil. 1. A small suppurating inflamed spot on the gum.
Word: gumboils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gumboil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: appreciatorily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From appreciatory + -ly. 1. With appreciation; appreciatively. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: horserake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horse + rake. 1. A rake designed to be drawn (pulled) by a horse.
Word: horserakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horserake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oölite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of oolite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oölites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oölite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muculent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin mūculentus, from mūcus. 1. slimy; moist and unpleasantly viscous
Word: mountainet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mountain + -et. 1. A relatively small mountain, or hill Labels: archaic
Word: mountainets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mountainet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: texturizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From texturize + -able. 1. That can be texturized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: recaptor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + captor. 1. One who recaptures, or takes a prize that had been previously taken. 2. Someone who recovers or attempts to recover by recaption. Labels: archaic Example: The only argument to shew that the loss had not then ceased to be total, was built upon a mistaken supposition that the recaptor had a right to demand a sale, and put a stop to any further prosecution of the voyage.
Word: recaptors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recaptor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: masty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mast + -y. 1. Full of, or producing, mast (the kind of fruit)
Word: disciplinableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disciplinable + -ness. 1. The quality of being disciplinable. Labels: uncountable Example: We find in animals […] something of Sagacity , Providence , Disciplinableness , and a something like unto a Discursive Ratiocination
Word: rootcap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of root cap. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rootcaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rootcap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sebate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sebacic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. A salt of sebacic acid.
Word: sebates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sebate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biliprasin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin bilis (“bile”) + prasinus (“green”). 1. A dark green pigment found in small quantities in human gallstones. Labels: uncountable
Word: inculpableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inculpable + -ness. 1. The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness. Labels: uncountable
Word: asbestic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From asbestos + -ic. 1. Relating to, or resembling, asbestos.
Word: asbestic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From asbestos + -ic. 1. A type of wall plaster that is a byproduct of the manufacture of asbestos from serpentine. Labels: uncountable Example: After the lime and asbestic are thoroughly mixed, the plaster should be allowed to stand at least twenty-four hours before being used. Example: They heard of the crushers into which the stone was passed at one end , and of the table at the other end with the cyclones, where the material, which was not asbestic, was rejected, and the asbestic was drawn away as fibre, but they had not heard much of what went on in between, except that there were sieves, jiggers, and various pieces of machinery.
Word: solacious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare Old French solacieux. 1. Affording solace. Labels: obsolete Example: Delicious it is in adversity, and solacious in all weakness
Word: discoherent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Latin cohaerēnsder. Middle French coherentder. English coherent English discoherent From dis- + coherent. 1. incoherent Labels: archaic
Word: grudgingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grudging + -ness. 1. The state or quality of grudging. Labels: uncountable
Word: oftentide Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English oftentide; equivalent to often + tide. 1. Often; frequently. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: surrenderee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From surrender + -ee. 1. The person to whom a surrender is made. Example: The lord is compellable by mandamus to admit the surrenderee, that is, the person to whose use the surrender is made.
Word: surrenderees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surrenderee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disquieter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disquiet + -er. 1. One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.
Word: disquieters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disquieter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diota Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin, from Ancient Greek, “two-handled”. 1. A vase or drinking cup with two handles. Labels: Roman, historical Example: 1817, Edward Daniel Clarke, Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa, Part 2: Greece, Egypt, and the Holy Land, 4th Edition, Volume 6, page 105, A Greek had recently discovered a vessel of terra cotta containing some small bronze coins of Naxos, of the finest die, exhibiting the head of the bearded Bacchus in front, and a diota on the reverse, with the legend ΝΑΞΙΩΝ: we bought ten of these. Example: The reasons for introducing these two devices are obvious; but the case of the diota, which is commonly placed horizontally under the feet of the owl, requires a separate explanation. Corsini says, in a dissertation of his Fasti Attici, that it is supposed by dome to refer to the amphora of oil, which was presented to the conquerors at the Panathenæa; but is himself of opinion, that it intended to denotes the manufacture of vessels in terra cotta, for which the Athenians were celebrated.
Word: diotae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diota Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imprenable Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of impregnable. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: diotas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diota Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dioxaborolanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dioxaborolane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aristocratism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aristocrat + -ism. 1. The principles of aristocrats. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His whole family, you know, are accused of being aristocrats, though their only aristocratism consists in wishing to defend a constitution which all France has sworn to maintain. 2. Aristocrats collectively. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: irresistless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ir- + resist + -less. 1. Irresistable. Labels: obsolete Example: When Beauty in Diſtreſs appears, / An irreſiſtleſs Charm it bears: / In every Breaſt does pity move, / Pity, the tender'ſt part of Love. Example: Rome, that shall stretch her irresistless Reign Wherever Ceres views her golden Grain;
Word: flashboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flashboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manbote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English mannbōt (“fine paid to the lord of a slain man or vassal”). More at man, bote. 1. A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his vassal, servant, or tenant. Labels: historical Example: Manbote of freedom Example: Three weeks later an equal sum, under the name of manbote, was paid to the lord, as a compensation for the loss of his vassal.
Word: manbotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manbote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recoiler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From recoil + -er. 1. Someone or something that recoils, or causes a recoil.
Word: recoilers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recoiler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: molochs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moloch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feticism Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of fetishism. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: equipedal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From equi- + pedal. 1. Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet (i.e. front and rear feet) equal or similar Labels: archaic, not-comparable, rare
Word: santalaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Santalaceae + -ous. 1. Relating to the flowering plant family Santalaceae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: regermination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin regerminatio. 1. Germination again or anew; the act of regerminating. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: regerminations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of regermination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impoundage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From impound + -age. 1. The act of impounding. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The fee or fine for impounding. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The installation of a dam to create a reservoir or similar body of water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: During three seasons prior to impoundage , mosquito catching stations were established in the reservoir area and inspected regularly in order to determine approximately the prevalence of anopheline mosquitoes in the area under natural conditions.
Word: impoundages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of impoundage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: capsquare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cap + square. 1. A metal plate that covers the trunnions of a cannon and holds it in place.
Word: capsquares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of capsquare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sulciform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sulcus (“groove”) + -form. 1. Having the form of a sulcus. Example: sulciform impression Example: sulciform marking
Word: husbandage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From husband + -age. 1. The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's manager (formerly named a husband). Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: infashionable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + fashionable. 1. Obsolete form of unfashionable. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Then his band / May be disordered and transformed from lace / To cutwork; his rich clothes be discomplexioned / With blood, beside the infashionable slashes.
Word: livingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From living + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being alive or lively Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: magazining Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magazine + -ing. 1. The act of editing or writing for a magazine. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: Thus, though Byron is gone after his Don Juan — Scott and Southey out of the rhyme department — Wordsworth stamp-mastering — Coleridge's poetry in abeyance— Crabbe mute as a fish - Campbell and Wilsont merely magazining Example: Henry Luce was a magazining genius with an incredible sensitivity to soon-to-break waves of popular sentiment[…]
Word: magazining Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From magazine + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of magazine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: laminarite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From laminar + -ite. 1. A broad-leafed fossil alga.
Word: laminarites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laminarite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misget Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English misgeten, equivalent to mis- + get. 1. To get wrongly or unlawfully; to procure by unlawful means. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: the fruitlesse end Of thy vaine boast , and spoile of love misgot
Word: misgetting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misget Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misgot Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of misget Labels: form-of, past
Word: disquisitory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disquisition + -ory. 1. Of or pertaining to disquisition; disquisitive. Example: The disquisitory character of his intellect better loves the serener regions of politics […]
Word: drysalter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dry + salter. 1. A dealer in chemicals used in the arts (oils, preservatives etc.) as well as, often, preserved foodstuffs including pickles or salted meats. Labels: historical Example: How striking it was to find such sentiments in a man who had risen from nothing to a great fortune, as a dry-salter in London.
Word: drysalters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drysalter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moslings Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain: perhaps from morsel + -ing. 1. Thin shreds of leather shaved off while dressing skins, which are bibulous and used for absorbing grease or oil. Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only, possibly, uncommon Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:moslings.
Word: bowable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bowable, boweable, equivalent to bow + -able. 1. Capable of being bowed (bent) Labels: obsolete Example: In a multi-convoluted helical conveyor of the character described for transporting substantially flat-bottomed full or empty dishtrays, the combination of a supporting structure, a pair of helically-parallel track bars supported by said structure, a plurality of chain-driving sprockets, and an endless, slatted, link-chain belt comprised of a bowable and twistable link-chain, […]
Word: neuropod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + -pod. 1. Any neuropodous animal. Example: The notopods begin on the second or third segment and the neuropods are very variable in their segment of origin, being sometimes altogether absent from the anterior region.
Word: neuropods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neuropod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hystricomorphous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Hystricomorpha + -ous 1. Relating to the rodent group Hystricomorpha, which has had many definitions throughout its history.
Word: decompoundable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From decompound + -able. Pronunciation: /diːkəmˈpaʊndəbəɫ/ 1. Capable of being decompounded.
Word: gastriloquist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gastriloquy + -ist. 1. A ventriloquist. Labels: archaic
Word: gastriloquists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gastriloquist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dichroscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + chro + -scope from Ancient Greek. 1. An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.
Word: dichroscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dichroscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: expiscator Part of Speech: noun 1. One who expiscates. Labels: archaic, formal, rare
Word: traunter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tranter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: traunters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of traunter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glossanthrax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gloss- + anthrax. 1. A disease of horses and cattle causing carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: expiscate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin expiscatus, past participle of expiscari (“to fish out”), from ex (“out”) + piscari (“to fish”), piscis (“fish”). By surface analysis, ex- + Latin pisc- + -ate. 1. To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out or rummage (for information) Labels: archaic, formal, transitive Example: Mathematics may be separated into two divisions, one of which expiscates principles or methods, and the other rules or applications. Example: as if every man had to expiscate for himself from the beginning a system of religious belief
Word: depletory Part of Speech: adj 1. Serving to deplete; depletive. Labels: archaic Example: depletory measures Example: depletory remedy
Word: inequilobate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + equilobate. 1. Unequally lobed; divided into lobes of different shapes or sizes. Labels: archaic Example: inequilobate caudal Example: inequilobate tail
Word: foothook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From futtock, reinterpreted as foot + hook. 1. Alternative form of futtock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: foothooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foothook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demiwolf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demi- + wolf. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛ.miˌwʊlf/ 1. A mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf. Labels: archaic 2. The upper half of a wolf 3. A kind of half-wolf creature, such as a half man, half wolf.
Word: demiwolves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demiwolf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misbestowal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + bestowal. 1. The act of misbestowing. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: dolabriform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dolabra (“mattock”) (from dolo (“hew”)) + -iform. 1. Shaped like the head of an axe or hatchet. Example: Some leaves, and certain organs in shellfish, are dolabriform.
Word: bdellometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the French bdellomètre, from the Ancient Greek βδέλλα (bdélla, “leech”) + the French -mètre (“-meter”), itself from the Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “(something used to) measure”). 1. A cupping glass to which a scarificator and an exhausting syringe are attached.
Word: couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Presents an example of a minimally simple project that the person or group described is presumed unable to accomplish. 1. Is unable even to organise a project that requires no planning; is incompetent; used to describe someone as greatly incompetent. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, idiomatic, slang, vulgar Example: “Deladrieux should have stayed an accountant,” Murphy sighed. “He's got three people working for him but they're just administrative clerks, pencil-pushers, they couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery. That's what you get when you assign engineering jobs to non-engineers.[…]” Example: 'It'll be a sad day when the British leave. You lot couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery without the Queen, God bless her'.
Word: sneezings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sneezing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oaker Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of ochre. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: All is but fained, and with oaker dide, That everie shower will wash and wipe away.
Word: ochers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ocher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phenose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of phenyl + dextrose. 1. A sweet amorphous deliquescent substance obtained indirectly from benzene, and isometric with dextrose. Labels: uncountable
Word: lithophytous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lithophyte + -ous. 1. Archaic form of lithophytic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: blindman's buff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of blind man's buff. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: syllabical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. Alternative form of syllabic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: hymenopter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French hyménoptère. 1. hymenopteran Labels: archaic
Word: hymenopters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hymenopter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fautrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin fautrīx. By surface analysis, fautor + -trix. 1. A patroness. Labels: obsolete
Word: lanyer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lanier. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lanyers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lanyer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rubbidge Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of rubbish. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: […] one of the most rich, and flourishing countreys of the Christian world […] now wasted with the miseries of a long and cruell warr, wallowing in blood, buried in rubbidge and dust […]
Word: rubbidges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rubbidge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palmcorders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palmcorder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palmchats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palmchat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chronographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chronograph + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or recorded via, a chronograph. Labels: not-comparable
Word: protrusively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From protrusive + -ly. 1. In a protrusive manner.
Word: shrubbiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shrubby + -ness. 1. The quality of being shrubby. Labels: uncountable
Word: discloud Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + cloud. 1. To clear of clouds. Labels: archaic Example: That God would be pleased to discloud these gloomy dayes with the beams of his
Word: disclouded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of discloud Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: xiphiplastrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xiphiplastron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypoplastra Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypoplastron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypoplastron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + plastron. 1. The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
Word: hypoplastrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypoplastron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypoplasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hypoplasia + -ic. 1. Relating to hypoplasia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypoplasias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypoplasia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: e-sports Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + sports. 1. Alternative form of esports. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The effect on traditional sports is just one of the concerns often expressed about this phenomenon. The proliferation of e-sports conjures images of children eating sugary snacks late into the night as they stare at their screens.
Word: pentylic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pentyl + -ic. 1. Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, pentyl. Labels: not-comparable Example: pentylic acid Example: pentylic alcohol
Word: Romanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Roman + -ism, after Romanist. Compare Romish. 1. The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion. Labels: derogatory, uncountable Example: Romanism once extinguished, all other Sects will follow, and that the Catholic Religion—falsely so called—for Catholick means universal—is going, none now will venture to deny. Example: Then I saw how a spot no larger than this could be crowded with millions of souls, and yet be apparently uninhabited. Romanism increases the degradation of tenantism, and rum completes it.
Word: intomb Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of entomb. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: intombed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intomb Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: intombing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of intomb Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: intombs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intomb Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lithotomist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lithotomy + -ist. 1. One who performs a lithotomy.
Word: lithotomists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lithotomist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unketh Part of Speech: adj 1. uncouth Labels: UK, obsolete
Word: spheromere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sphero- + -mere. 1. Any of the symmetrical segments arranged around the central axis and composing the body of a radiate animal. Labels: archaic
Word: spheromeres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spheromere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ironicalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ironical + -ness. 1. irony; the quality of being ironical. Labels: uncountable
Word: avoucher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From avouch + -er. 1. One who avouches. Example: Therefore, as when men wickedly swear they rend and tear God's name, and make him, as much as in them lies, the avoucher and approver of all their wickedness […]
Word: avouchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of avoucher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tesseraic Part of Speech: adj 1. Done in mosaic; tessellated. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: […] 100 brick pillars, inlaid very curiously with tesseraic work, with stones of divers colours, little bigger than dice […]
Word: cardioinhibitory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cardio- + inhibitory. 1. restraining or limiting the heart's action. Labels: not-comparable Example: cardioinhibitory response Example: vagal cardioinhibitory fibers
Word: emulatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From emulative + -ly. 1. So as to emulate; by copying.
Word: Asiaticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Asiatic + -ism. 1. Something peculiar to Asia or Asians. Labels: countable, dated 2. Manners similar to those ascribed to Asians. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: […] he writes in The Will to Power that there is something fundamentally immoderate, dissolute, Asiatic in the Greek character: that the bravery of the Greek consists in the battle with their own Asiaticism […]
Word: Asiaticisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Asiaticism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pretendership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pretender + -ship. 1. The character or claims of a pretender. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: But I am at a loss how to dispose of the dauphin, if he happen to be king of France before the pretendership to Britain falls to his share; for I doubt he will never be persuaded to remove out of his own kingdom, only because it is too near England.
Word: pretenderships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pretendership Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Asiatics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Asiatic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: malleableize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From malleable + -ize. 1. To make malleable. Labels: transitive
Word: malleableized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of malleableize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: malleableizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of malleableize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: malleableizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of malleableize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Pulinda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit पुलिंद (puliṃda). 1. One of an ancient tribe of India.
Word: Pulindas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pulinda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indazol Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of indazole. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: indazols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indazol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: politicogeographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From politico- + geographical. 1. Of or pertaining to geography and politics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: episternal Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the episternum. Labels: not-comparable Example: episternal sulcus Example: episternal cartilage
Word: improsperity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From im- + prosperity, from Latin improsperitas. 1. Lack of prosperity. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: inconformable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + conformable. 1. Obsolete form of unconformable. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Episcopalianism Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Episcopalian + -ism. 1. The doctrines and practices of Episcopalians. Example: I don’t know the first thing about Episcopalianism, but no one seems to mind when they find me sitting in the back pew, staring ahead at the figure of Christ on the cross.
Word: dermatopathic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dermato- + -pathic. 1. Of or pertaining to skin diseases or their cure. Labels: not-comparable Example: dermatopathic agent Example: dermatopathic lymph nodes
Word: excisable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From excise + -able. 1. Liable or subject to excise. Labels: not-comparable Example: Tobacco is an excisable commodity. 2. Able to be excised. Labels: not-comparable Example: After incomplete resection of soft tissue sarcomas, resection of local tissue should be performed, even if excisable tissue margins appear narrow.
Word: ganocephalous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ganocephala + -ous. 1. Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala, a former group of temnospondyls. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mint chocolate chip Part of Speech: noun 1. A flavor typically used in ice cream and other desserts, consisting of a mint-flavored base, usually derived from peppermint or spearmint, embedded with small chocolate chips. Labels: uncountable Example: As exemplified by a peppermint patty or a bowl of mint chocolate-chip ice cream, mint is the chocolate lover’s herb. Example: This cake is an ode to York Peppermint Patties, Andes Mints (swiped from your grandmother’s candy bowl), and mint–chocolate chip ice cream. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mint, chocolate chip. Labels: uncountable
Word: infinituple Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From infinite. Compare quadruple. 1. Multiplied an infinite number of times. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: If the comparison could be made, I verily believe these would be found to be almost infinituple of the other; which ought therefore to be reputed as nothing.
Word: multinodate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + nodate. 1. Having many knots or nodes.
Word: dentilated Part of Speech: adj 1. toothed Example: a dentilated border Example: a dentilated coin 2. containing dentils Example: a dentilated cornice
Word: insomnious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin insomniosus, from insomnia (“insomnia”). See English insomnia and -ous. 1. restless; sleepless Example: Insomnious people are encouraged to list all hidden agitations out on a piece of paper or two, or maybe ten. The more one writes them out, the more one will catch the cumbersome thoughts
Word: cellarets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cellaret Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cellarages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cellarage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jara Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from Spanish
Word: Ancient Egypt Part of Speech: name 1. A civilization that existed in the valley of the Nile River from c. 3150 BCE to 30 BCE. Labels: historical
Word: Christmas cheer Part of Speech: noun 1. Food and drink, especially alcoholic beverages, consumed around the Christmas holiday. Labels: uncountable 2. The joyful and generous attitude expected of people at Christmas. Labels: uncountable Example: The message of the astronauts, however, was not primarily one of Christmas cheer, and had nothing to do with the "Prince of Peace" or the "spirit of the season." Instead, it consisted of a dramatic reading of the first ten verses of the Book of Genesis, the story of the creation of the world.
Word: kangaroo-rat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kangaroo rat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kick plate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kickplate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: endeed Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete form of indeed. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: endeed Part of Speech: intj 1. Obsolete form of indeed. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: extatical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extatic + -al. 1. Archaic form of ecstatical. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Hence love is ſaid to be both extatical, that is, carrying the lover as it were out of himſelf unto the loved ;[…]
Word: Petre Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a medieval spelling variant of Peter. Pronunciation: /ˈpiːtə/ 1. A surname transferred from the given name. 2. An English barony. 3. A male given name from Ancient Greek, mostly transferred back from the surname. Labels: rare
Word: Sliabh Luachra Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Sliabh Luachra (literally “mountain of rushes”). Pronunciation: /ˌsliːəv ˈluːəxɹə/ 1. A region of Ireland, straddling the county boundaries of Cork, Kerry, and Limerick, noted for its traditional music, poetry and dance.
Word: harmonizability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From harmonize + -ability. 1. Suitability or potential for being harmonized. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: American Civil War Part of Speech: name 1. A war fought in the United States between 1861 and 1865, between the Northern states (Union) and Southern states (Confederacy).
Word: man is the measure of all things Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: According to Plato, the phrase was coined by Greek philosopher Protagoras. 1. the doctrine that all knowledge is subjective, being derived from observations made by humans, and there can be no objective truth
Word: helos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of helo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: helos Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of helo Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: homopterous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Homoptera + -ous. 1. Of or pertaining to the Homoptera, a former suborder of insects. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lightshifts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lightshift Labels: form-of, plural
Word: venturine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare aventurine. 1. Gold powder for covering varnished surfaces in japanning. Labels: uncountable
Word: Tibby Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Isabel. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth. 3. A surname originating as a matronymic.
Word: fraised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fraise + -ed. 1. Fortified with a fraise (palisade). Labels: not-comparable
Word: patriarchdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patriarch + -dom. 1. The office, jurisdiction, or rule of a patriarch. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: patriarchdoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patriarchdom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mauthers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mauther Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alongshoreman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alongshore + man. 1. Alternative form of longshoreman, a wharfinger or stevedore. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: alongshoremen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alongshoreman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intercavernous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + cavernous. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.tɚˈkæv.ɚ.nəs/ 1. Between the cavernous sinuses. Labels: not-comparable, relational Example: the intercavernous sinuses connecting the cavernous sinuses at the base of the brain
Word: spider strap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the resemblance to a spider's many legs. 1. A system of connected straps (for example on luggage or for equine use). 2. One of a ten-armed system of straps used by responders in backboard immobilization. Labels: in-plural Example: "SPIDER STRAPS" provide a very quick and efficient way to secure a patient to a long backboard. Example: She secured the straps, pulling them tight to let the weight settle to her shoulder and back muscles. Fanning the spider straps of the face mask, she took a deep breath and donned it chin first, then straps at the neck, temple,
Word: ZWNBSP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of zero-width non-breaking space. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: excisability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From excise + -ability. 1. Suitability or potential for being excised. Labels: uncountable
Word: harmonizabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of harmonizability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neuration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + -ation. 1. The arrangement or distribution of veins (nerves), as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some examples are very dark in colour, and then the pale neurations on the elytra become almost obsolete.
Word: neurations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neuration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geminy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Gemini. 1. twins; a pair; a couple Labels: obsolete Example: I have grated upon my good friends for three reprieves for you and your coach-fellow Nym; or else you had looked through the grate, like a geminy of baboons.
Word: geminy Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of jiminy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spider straps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spider strap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vengeaunce Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of vengeance. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: rendrynge Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of rendering. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: entrynge Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of entering. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: encountrynge Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of encountering. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: heterostyled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hetero- + styled. 1. heterostylous Labels: not-comparable Example: The family of the Rubiaceæ contains not far short of as many heterostyled genera as all the other thirteen families together ; and hereafter no doubt other Rubiaceous genera will be found to be heterostyled
Word: educatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From educative + -ly. 1. In a manner that is educative.
Word: violuric acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From violet and barbituric. 1. A complex nitroso derivative of barbituric acid, with formula HON=C(CONH)₂CO, that forms characteristic yellow, blue, and violet salts. Labels: uncountable
Word: preventatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From preventative + -ly. 1. In a manner that is preventative.
Word: clangourous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of clangorous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hydrotelluric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hydro- + telluric. 1. Formed by hydrogen and tellurium. Labels: not-comparable Example: hydrotelluric fluorosis
Word: vulpic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. The methyl ester of pulvinic acid methyl (2E)-2-(3-hydroxy-5-oxo-4-phenylfuran-2-ylidene)-2-phenylacetate Labels: uncountable
Word: emolumental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From emolument + -al. 1. Pertaining to an emolument Labels: not-comparable 2. profitable; money-making. Labels: not-comparable Example: emolumental knowledge Example: emolumental office
Word: dissipativities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dissipativity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dissipativity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dissipative + -ity. Labels: empty-gloss, no-gloss, uncountable, usually
Word: helmette Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of helmet. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: helmettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of helmette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PBGM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of property-based game management. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: The Ditch Part of Speech: name 1. The Tasman Sea, separating Australia and New Zealand. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang 2. Any sea. Labels: UK, slang
Word: bejape Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bejapen, bijapen, equivalent to be- + jape. Cognate with Scots bejaip (“to befool”). 1. To play a trick on; trick or befool. Labels: UK, dialectal, rare, transitive
Word: divestible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From divest + -ible. 1. Capable of being divested. Labels: not-comparable
Word: voltagraphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From voltaic and -graphy. 1. In galvanoplasty, the act or art of copying, in metals deposited by electrolytic action, a form or pattern which is made the negative electrode. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: alkalifiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From alkalify + -able. 1. Capable of being alkalified, able to be converted into an alkali. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tisicky Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of phthisicky. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: apprehensibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being apprehensible. Labels: uncountable Example: 1826-1827, Thomas De Quincey, "Lessing", in Blackwood's Magazine Even Lessing is too palpably infected by the error which he combats ; the poetic being too frequently in his meaning nothing more than that which is clothed in a form of sensuous apprehensibility
Word: rulemonger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rule + monger. 1. A stickler for rules. Labels: derogatory
Word: rulemongers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rulemonger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forerecited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fore- + recited. 1. Named or recited before; aforementioned. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: the forerecited practices
Word: envisagement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From envisage + -ment. 1. The act of envisaging. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: envisagements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of envisagement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inextinguishably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From inextinguishable + -ly. 1. In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.