nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bohea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 武夷 (Bú-î) or 武夷茶 (Bú-î-tê, “Bohea tea”), named after the Bohea Hills or in Hokkien 武夷山 (Bú-î-soaⁿ), also known as Wuyi Mountains from Mandarin 武夷山 (Wǔyíshān), in Fujian where the tea is grown. Compare French bou. Pronunciation: /ˈboʊ̯.hi/ 1. A black tea from Fujian, China. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The breath of the roses, mingled with the fragrant bohea, which stood just made on the little breakfast-table.
Word: viables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tech up Part of Speech: verb 1. To upgrade to a higher technology level.
Word: imba Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɪmbə/ 1. Clipping of imbalanced. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:imba.
Word: heterostylism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + -style + -ism. 1. heterostyly Labels: uncountable
Word: impertransible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin im- (“not”) + pertransire (“to go through”). See per- and transient. 1. impermeable Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: tobine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare German tobin, Dutch tabijn. See tabby. 1. A stout twilled silk, formerly used for dresses. Labels: historical
Word: tobines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tobine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autocratorical Part of Speech: adj 1. autocratic Labels: obsolete Example: […] the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, in respect of the same Divinity, have the same autocratorical power […]
Word: incumber Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of encumber. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: incumbered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of incumber Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: incumbering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of incumber Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: incumberment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From incumber + -ment. 1. Archaic form of encumberment. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: incumberments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incumberment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incumbers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of incumber Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dallop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps cognate with Norwegian dialect dolp, a lump. 1. A tuft or clump, especially an unploughed patch amongst fields of corn. Labels: East-Anglia, Essex, obsolete Example: Of barlie the longest and greenest ye find, / leaue standing by dallops, till time ye doo bind 2. Alternative form of dollop. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: Dallop, s[ubstantive] a deal heap, a division or small heap,[…] Example: DALLOP, s[ubstantive] […] 5. A clumsy and shapeless lump of any thing tumbled about in the hands.
Word: dallops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dallop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epithumetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιθυμητικός (epithumētikós), from ἐπιθυμέω (epithuméō, “to want, to desire”). 1. sensual; inclined towards lust Labels: obsolete
Word: mesotrochal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meso- + trochal. 1. Having the middle of the body surrounded by bands of cilia (said of the larvae of certain marine annelids). Labels: not-comparable Example: mesotrochal band Example: mesotrochal larva
Word: relievable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From relieve + -able. 1. Capable of being relieved Example: relievable duties Example: Suits in Parliament originally commenced for things relievable at Law
Word: revestiaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of revestiary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revestiary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin revestiarium: compare French revestiaire. See revest. 1. The storage space or room in a church or temple where the vestments etc. are kept. Labels: obsolete
Word: Hellanodic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἑλλανοδίκας (Hellanodíkas), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek”) + δίκη (díkē, “justice”). 1. A judge or umpire in certain games or combats.
Word: Hellanodics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hellanodic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: testacean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin testaceus (“having a shell”) + -an. 1. Covered with or having a shell.
Word: testacean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin testaceus (“having a shell”) + -an. 1. One of the rhizopods in the former grouping Testacea. Labels: obsolete
Word: testaceans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of testacean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: illaqueable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin illaqueō (“to entrap”) + -able. 1. Capable of being ensnared or entrapped. Labels: nonce-word, obsolete Example: As concerning the infamous and diabolical magic, he that would know whether or no a philosopher be temptable by it, or illaqueable into it
Word: irretrievableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From irretrievable + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being irretrievable. Labels: uncountable
Word: lapsable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of lapsible. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: But to be mutable or changeable in way of diminution, lapsable or peccable, is an essential property of a rational imperfect being.
Word: trivialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trivial + -ism. 1. The theory that every proposition and its negation is true. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If it is possible for trivialism to be true, it may be false as well as true that all humans are mammals […] Example: This charge of trivialism is also called the principle of explosion […] 2. A trivial matter or method; a triviality. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When, across the hundredfold poor scepticisms, trivialisms and constitutional cobwebberies of Dryasdust, you catch any glimpse of a William the Conqueror, a Tancred of Hauteville or suchlike, — do you not discern veritably some rude outline of a true God-made King […]?
Word: trivialisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trivialism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hedgebote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hege botte; equivalent to hedge + bote. 1. A haybote. Labels: UK, obsolete
Word: hedgebotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hedgebote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lifemate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From life + -mate. 1. A companion for life. Example: The truth seems to be, however, that when he casts his leaves forth upon the wind, the author addresses, not the many who will fling aside his volume, or never take it up, but the few who will understand him better than most of his schoolmates or lifemates. Example: GWF 45 desires friends with goal for lifemate to share and care for keeps.
Word: lifemates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lifemate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monarchess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From monarch + -ess. 1. A female monarch, i.e. queen or empress. Labels: obsolete
Word: monarchesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monarchess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bronchic Part of Speech: adj 1. bronchial Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: bronchic respiration Example: bronchic dilatations
Word: sulphurization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sulphur + -ization. 1. Alternative form of sulfurization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: sulphurizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sulphurization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obstetricious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin obstetrīcius. 1. Serving to assist childbirth; obstetric. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: eschewment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eschew + -ment. 1. The act of eschewing. Labels: uncountable
Word: Carron oil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used at the Carron ironworks in Scotland (operating 1759 -1982) Carron oil was mentioned by Dr. Joseph F. Montgomery in his 1872 journal Burns and Scalds: Their Treatment, with Cases. Referring to a case in 1863, he used a carron oil in the treatment of three children badly burned in an explosion. the mixture had at the time been widely used in Scotland for the treatment of burns. "Dr. Montgomery managed to apply oil and lime-water liniment. In fact, this type of oil was also being used during the same time on the other side of the world in Scotland (Lee 170). According to the British Medical Journal, lime-water liniment was often mixed with linseed oil to help with the burn and this combination became known as Carron oil in the world of burn medicine". 1. A lotion of linseed oil and limewater, applied to burns and scalds. Labels: uncountable Example: Carron oil—so called from the famous Carron ironworks, where it is extensively used—not only lessens the immediate pain, but covers the part with a film which effectually shuts out the air and prevents the skin getting dry. This Carron oil […] consists of equal parts of olive oil and lime-water. Olive oil, or salad or Lucca oil, is the oil best suited for the purpose; but if not easily obtainable, linseed oil answers the purpose very well. Example: Then Mrs. McLash, with woman's wisdom, came rushing from her bedroom with cotton-wool and bandages and iodine and chlorodyne and carron-oil.
Word: disflesh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + flesh. 1. To reduce the flesh or obesity of. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: […]nor the fat man disflesh himself 2. To disembody. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: disfleshed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disflesh Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disfleshes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disflesh Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disfleshing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disflesh Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: suboccipital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + occipital. 1. Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput. Labels: not-comparable
Word: suboccipital Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + occipital. 1. Any of the group of suboccipital muscles. Labels: colloquial
Word: myselves Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From my + -selves. Pronunciation: /maɪˈsɛlvz/, /məˈsɛlvz/ 1. Me; used to indicate the speaker as an entity with more than one self. Labels: nonstandard, pronoun, reflexive Example: So many pistols I have borrowed to protect myselves from creatures who too readily recognize my weapons and have murder in their heart! Example: I can't communicate with myselves. I lost millions in the last couple of weeks, playing the market the regular way.
Word: clong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corruption of conlang. Created on Reddit around 2020. Pronunciation: /ˈklɒŋ/, /ˈklɑŋ/ 1. Synonym of conlang. Labels: humorous Example: A good example for that would be /aɪ̯/, which turns into /æ/ in Viennese and /oɐ̯/ in my mum's dialect. Same thing goes with my clong's dialects, where there's one with /æ/ and one with /oɐ̯/.
Word: clong Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈklɒŋ/, /ˈklɑŋ/ 1. past participle of cling Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: recognizor Part of Speech: noun 1. One who enters into a recognizance. Labels: historical Example: No crime attaches to the recognizors for suffering a forfeiture, any more than in failing to perform any other civil contract
Word: recognizors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recognizor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: handygripes Part of Speech: noun 1. Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; close quarters in fighting. Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only Example: For now the mastives, charging home, / To blows and handygripes were come:
Word: heresiographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heresiography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heresiography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heresy + -o- + -graphy. 1. A treatise on the topic of heresy.
Word: preventingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From preventing + -ly. 1. So as to prevent or hinder. Labels: dated
Word: gazeful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gaze + -ful. 1. Gazing. Labels: obsolete Example: Which when as I, that never tasted blis / Nor happy howre, beheld with gazefull eye, / I thought there was none other heaven then this […]
Word: mudwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mud + wort. 1. Any of the plant of genus Limosella, found in muddy areas.
Word: mudworts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mudwort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: applotment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From applot + -ment. 1. apportionment; allocation Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: applotments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of applotment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cocciferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin coccum (“a berry”) + -ferous. See coccus. 1. Bearing or producing berries. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, rare
Word: protectoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From protector + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a protector; protectorial. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: protectoral power
Word: cynorexia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyn- + -orexia. 1. A voracious appetite, like that of a starved dog. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. Bulimia. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: pseudoneuropterous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Pseudoneuroptera + -ous. 1. Of or pertaining to the Pseudoneuroptera, a former division of insects somewhat resembling the Neuroptera. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: irresistance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ir- + resistance. 1. lack of resistance Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: retractation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French rétractation, Latin retractatio (“a revision, reconsideration”). 1. retraction (of something previously said) Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: […] but while they own what G. Fox hath written, and that he writ it with a perfect spirit: I say untill they do make some Recantation or Retractation: or shew the Reasons why they doe not, H. Norton who keeps more plainly to his Principles is to windward of them, and the Foxians do but strip themselves naked to be more derided and scorned as the more notorious Juglers and Dissemblers . Example: When he met Strether's eye on such occasions he looked guilty and furtive, fell the next minute into some attitude of retractation.
Word: retractations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retractation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sworded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sword + -ed. 1. Wearing or carrying a sword. Labels: not-comparable Example: a long-sworded man Example: The helmed cherubim And sworded seraphim Are seen in glittering ranks with wings display'd
Word: pompillion Part of Speech: noun 1. An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: intemperant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin intemperāns, -antis. See in- (“not”) + temperant. 1. intemperate Labels: obsolete Example: I know in Monterey, from my own experience, the court places the question before the alleged intemperant person and asks them if they want to go to a hospital. Example: In particular, supporters of nativist policies decried the tendency to permit intemperant (or any other) newcomers to vote in American elections.
Word: albuminimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin albumen, albuminis + -meter. Compare French albuminimètre. Pronunciation: /ˌælbjʊmɪˈnɪmɪtɚ/ 1. An instrument, usually made of wood, for determining the quantity of albumen in a liquid, generally urine.
Word: albuminimeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of albuminimeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sicklied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sickly Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: subduple Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + duple. 1. Indicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two. Labels: not-comparable Example: 3:6 is a subduple ratio, while 6:3 is a duple ratio. Example: As one of these under pulleys abates half of that heaviness of the weight, and causes the power to be in a subduple proportion; so two of them abate half of that which remains, and cause a subquadruple proportion, three a sextuple, four a suboctuple.
Word: aswing Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + swing. Pronunciation: /əˈswɪŋ/ 1. In a state of swinging. Labels: not-comparable Example: And sweeping trails of amaranthine blooms Crossing the lucent air, aswing or still, Example: […] over the western seas, where all the remembered years lie floating idly aswing with the ebb and flow,
Word: contranatural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From contra- + natural. Compare counternatural. 1. Opposed to or against nature; unnatural. Example: For it is the perfection of every being to act according to the principle of its nature, and it is the nature of an arbitrarious principle to act or not, to do or undo, upon no account but its own will and pleasure; to be determined and tied up, either by itself, or from abroad, is violent and contra-natural.
Word: ideomotion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ideo- + motion. 1. ideomotor movement; movement done subconsciously, such as twitching. Labels: uncountable
Word: stereochrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stereo- + -chrome. 1. A picture produced by stereochromy.
Word: stereochromes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stereochrome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stereochromic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stereochromy + -ic. 1. Relating to stereochromy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: monosyllabism Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of consisting of monosyllables, or having a monosyllabic form. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The frequent occurrence or use of monosyllables. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: His monosyllabism and formal manner convinced me that he was stoned.
Word: monosyllabisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monosyllabism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beechy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From beech + -y. 1. Of, relating to, or containing beech trees. Example: The peculiar idyllic character of the German hills is principally found in such places as the beechy glens about Eisenach and the Inselberg in Thüringen, in the vale of the Bode, in the Hartz, in the lovely valley of Lorsbach, luxuriant with beech and birch, with hills folding in one another like fingers, and the chestnut glades about Cronberg in the Taunus.
Word: syllabism Part of Speech: noun 1. The expression of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This latent syllabism, which underlies the alphabetism of the hieroglyphic writing, indicates with sufficient clearness the origin of the Egyptian alphabet.
Word: syllabisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syllabism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reforestize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + forest + -ize. 1. To reforest. Labels: dated, rare, transitive
Word: reforestized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reforestize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reforestizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reforestize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: antacrid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + acrid. 1. Serving to correct acridness of the humours. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: It is antacrid probably; is called a specific for the epilepsy, and all corrvulsive disorders; and commended also for vertigoes, apoplexies, pleurifies, quartans, worms, and I don't know what. Example: Take extract of lead, mercurial ointment, antacrid cerate , of each an equal part. Incorporate them in a mortar or on a tile.
Word: antacrid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + acrid. 1. An antacrid drug. Example: Antacids and antacrids select, from the mineral kingdom, exhibited per anum, vaginam et urethram, to absorb vitiated secretion .
Word: goodship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English goodschipe, from Old English gōdscipe (“kindness”), equivalent to good + -ship. 1. goodness Labels: obsolete
Word: hemitone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin hemitonium, from Ancient Greek. 1. A semitone. Labels: archaic
Word: hemitones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemitone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fissuration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fissure + -ation. 1. The act of dividing or opening; the formation of a fissure. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The condition of having fissures. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fissurations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fissuration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antisabbatarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + Sabbatarian. 1. opposing the observance of the Sabbath
Word: antisabbatarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + Sabbatarian. 1. An opposer of the observance of the Christian Sabbath.
Word: antisabbatarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antisabbatarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: devoutful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From devout (adjective) + -ful. 1. Full of devotion; devoted or pious. Labels: obsolete 2. Sacred. Labels: obsolete Example: [T]o ſelect among ten thouſand faires, / A Lady farre inferior to the moſt, / In faire proportion both of limbe and ſoule: / To take her from auſterer check of parents, / To make her his by moſt deuoutfull rightes, / Make her commandreſſe of a better eſſence / Then is the gorgious world even of a man.
Word: Beliebers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Belieber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overweigh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overweȝen; equivalent to over- + weigh. First known attestation in the Ancrene Wisse ("luue ouerweið hit"). Pronunciation: /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈweɪ/ 1. To exceed in weight, outweigh; to preponderate; to weigh down. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: And when the princely Perſean Diadem, Shall ouerweigh his wearie witleſſe head, And fall like mellowed fruit, with ſhakes of death, In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King: Example: My unsoil’d name, the austereness of my life, / My vouch against you, and my place i’ the state, / Will so your accusation overweigh, / That you shall stifle in your own report, / And smell of calumny.
Word: overweighed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overweigh Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overweighing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overweigh Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overweighs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overweigh Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Indo-Briton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Indo- + Briton. 1. A person born in India, of mixed Indian and British ancestry. Labels: dated Example: Since then, twelve others have been received into the church; all Burmans but one, an Indo-Briton
Word: Indo-Britons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Indo-Briton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extratextuality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From extra- + textuality or extratextual + -ity. 1. The quality of being extratextual. Labels: uncountable
Word: intratextuality Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being intratextual. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A reference by a text to itself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Spenser has an intimate feel for Vergilian intratextuality, the mirrorings and repetitions that create patterns of likeness and difference, reaching over the whole text and linking images, motifs, and persons.
Word: Arachosia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Arachōsia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραχωσία (Arakhōsía), a borrowing from the Iranian language of that region; ultimately from Proto-Iranian *hárahwatiH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *SáraswatiH. Compare the Old Persian name of the place: 𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁 (h-r-u-v-t-i-š /⁠harauvatiš⁠/, literally “rich in waters/lakes”). 1. An ancient Achaemenid and Seleucid satrapy in the eastern part of their respective empires, around modern-day southern Afghanistan.
Word: enflesh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + flesh. 1. To envelop or supply with flesh. Labels: transitive Example: Vices which are […] enfleshed in him. Example: Accordingly, ablenationalism when taken to this extreme, perpetuated through the war on drugs and its financial and enfleshed circulation of violence, reconfigures what Puar (2017) calls the "right to maim."
Word: enfleshed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enflesh Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enfleshes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enflesh Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enfleshing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enflesh Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fistinut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Turkish fıstık / فستق. See pistachio. 1. A pistachio nut. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: The Pistacia mutica (fistinut tree), Cercis siliquastrum, Vitex agnus and othr^([sic]) Mediterranian^([sic]) species of trees are characteristic for the Southern coast of the Crimea, from the Cape Aya to Kisiltash.
Word: fistinuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fistinut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chrysology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chryso- + -logy. 1. The branch of political economy relating to the production of wealth, generally including precious metals. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: monociliated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + ciliated. 1. Having only one cilium. Labels: not-comparable Example: monociliated cell
Word: outstorm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + storm. 1. To exceed in storming (in various senses). Labels: transitive Example: Insults the tempest and outstorms the skies.
Word: outstormed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outstorm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outstorming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outstorm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outstorms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outstorm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Achaemenid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Achaemenidēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμενίδης (Akhaimenídēs), from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs) + Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix). By surface analysis, Achaemenes + -id. Pronunciation: /əˈkiːmənɪd/, /əˈkɛmənɪd/ 1. Of or relating to the dynasty which ruled the Persian empire c. 550–330 BCE (the Achaemenid Empire), founded by Achaemenes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Achaemenid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Achaemenidēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμενίδης (Akhaimenídēs), from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs) + Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix). By surface analysis, Achaemenes + -id. Pronunciation: /əˈkiːmənɪd/, /əˈkɛmənɪd/ 1. A member of the dynasty which ruled the Persian empire c. 550–330 BCE (the Achaemenid Empire).
Word: Achaemenids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Achaemenid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Achaemenidae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Achaemenid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sachemship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sachem + -ship. 1. The office or position of a sachem.
Word: Achaemenides Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of Achaemenide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sachemships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sachemship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dissuasory Part of Speech: adj 1. Tending to dissuade; dissuasive. Example: dissuasory message Example: dissuasory guidelines
Word: irregularist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From irregular + -ist. 1. One who is irregular. Example: to bear out the heartless flourishes of tians indeed are puritans , irregularists , exorbitants
Word: irregularists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of irregularist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tartarine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tartar + -ine. 1. Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: longulite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin longus (“long”) + -lite. 1. A kind of long thin needle-shaped crystallite.
Word: longulites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of longulite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: immomentous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From im- + momentous. 1. Not momentous; unimportant; insignificant. Example: And now our newspapers cease to assert the Austrian defeat immomentous, or the co-operation of Prussia certain. Example: the traditional achievements connected with his memory, prove, if any proof were necessary, that he played no immomentous part upon the stage of life in his generation
Word: Achaemenian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Achaemenes + -ian. 1. Achaemenid Labels: not-comparable
Word: Achaemenian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Achaemenes + -ian. 1. Achaemenid
Word: Achaemenians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Achaemenian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Achæmenian Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of Achaemenian. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: Achæmenian Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of Achaemenian. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: `So it is still spoken, and there is yet an Egypt? And what Pharaoh sits upon the throne? Still one of the spawn of the Persian Ochus, or are the Achæmenians gone, for far is it to the days of Ochus.'
Word: Achæmenians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Achæmenian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Achæmenid Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of Achaemenid. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: Achæmenid Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of Achaemenid. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Achæmenids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Achæmenid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proratable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prorate + -able. 1. divisible pro rata (proportionately); capable of being prorated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: disgracive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disgrace + -ive. 1. Causing disgrace. Labels: obsolete Example: I wonder at those , that will assume a knowledge of all ; they are unwisely ashamed of an ignorance , which is not disgracive
Word: antennate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From antenna + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To bring one's antennae into contact with another insect. Example: Workers attempt to avoid the queen, but if antennated try to escape or exhibit a submissive crouching posture, while the queen starts to bite and pull their legs and antennae.
Word: antennate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From antenna + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Having antennae or a shaped-like form. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: As reaction to humidity and activity level are usually closely linked it is therefore inadvisable to draw comparisons between strengths of response of de-antenate and antennate insects.
Word: hamiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in glossaries in 1842 and first used in 1870; either directly from the Latin hāmiformis (1651, 1806) or formed from the suffixation of its etymon, hāmus (“hook”), with the English -form. Pronunciation: /ˈheɪmɪfɔːm/ 1. Curved at the extremity. Example: HAMIFORM. (Hamus, a hook.) Curved at the extremity. Example: Hamiform, curved at the extremity. 2. Shaped like a hook. Example: Pinnae subentire or slightly repand, gradually short-acuminate; under surface provided with gland-like, hamiform hairs; main rachis provided with a callous gland at the place of insertion of the pinnae.
Word: embolismal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From embolism + -al. 1. Archaic form of embolismic. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: nigrita Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of genus Nigrita, certain estrildid finches.
Word: nigritas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nigrita Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nigrite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin niger (“black”) + -ite. 1. An insulating material consisting of the impure residuum obtained in the distillation of paraffin. Labels: uncountable
Word: fuliginose Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of fuliginous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: periodicalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From periodical + -ness. 1. periodicity Labels: uncountable
Word: redeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rede + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːdləs/ 1. Without rede or counsel. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: seasoner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From season + -er. 1. Someone or something that seasons or gives a relish. 2. A sailor who is hired for a season. 3. A loafer or beachcomber. 4. A conker that has been stored for a whole year and allowed to harden. Labels: UK
Word: seasoners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seasoner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: increpation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin increpatio. 1. A rebuke or reproof. Labels: obsolete Example: first the admonitions , fraternal or paternal , of his fellow Christians , or of the governors of the Church , then more public reprehensions and increpations
Word: increpations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of increpation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weasy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of wheezy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The fumes of a long pipe, whose stem she sucked between her toothless gums, occasionally found its way into her weazy lungs. Example: “Thee bee'st for sartan too thick and weazy like for them stairs,” said the miner.
Word: carburetting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of carburet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: carburetted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of carburet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: glutinosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French glutinosité. 1. The quality of being glutinous or viscous. Labels: uncountable
Word: atmolysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From atmo- + -lysis. 1. The separation of mingled gases of unequal diffusibility by transmission through porous substances. Labels: historical, physical, uncountable
Word: decadist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From decade + -ist. 1. A writer of a book divided into decades (ten parts). Example: Livy was a decadist.
Word: decadists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decadist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lakeweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lake + weed. 1. The water pepper, an aquatic plant of the family Polygonaceae.
Word: lakeweeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lakeweed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inobedient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English inobedient, from Old French inobedient, from Latin inoboediens (“not obedient”), present participle of inoboedire (“to disobey”). Compare French inobedient. See obedient. 1. Not obedient; disobedient. Labels: obsolete Example: [...] I'se near be the ill bird and foul my nest, set apart strong necessity and the skreigh of duty, which no man should hear and be inobedient.
Word: ribauld Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪbɔːld/ 1. Archaic spelling of ribald. Labels: alt-of, archaic, rare Example: When that lewd ribauld with vile lust aduaunst Layd first his filthy hands on virgin cleene
Word: ribaulds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ribauld Labels: form-of, plural
Word: affrontedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From affronted + -ly. 1. shamelessly or in an offended manner Labels: obsolete Example: his Majesty had observed that ever since his coming to the crown , the popular sort of lawyers have been the men that most affrontedly in all Parliaments have trodden upon his prerogative
Word: escheatage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From escheat + -age. 1. The right of succeeding to an escheat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: their goods are not subject to droit Aubaine, that is , they do not fall by Escheatage to the King as other strangers goods do in some Countries
Word: peccantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From peccant + -ly. 1. In a peccant manner.
Word: refounder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From refound + -er. 1. One who refounds.
Word: refounders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of refounder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synallagmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek συναλλαγματικός (sunallagmatikós). 1. Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; bilateral. Labels: not-comparable Example: a synallagmatic contract
Word: insolidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + solidity. 1. Lack of solidity; weakness. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: the insolidity of an argument Example: a demonstration of the insolidity of this Exception
Word: amorosity Part of Speech: noun 1. The state or quality of being amorous; amorousness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He whispered to me the warmth of his amorosity: I replied with serene benignity, such things must not be talked of in such ways.
Word: pictographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pictographic + -ally. 1. In a pictographic manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: geodephagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From geo- + translingual Adephaga + -ous. 1. Living in the earth; applied to the ground beetles. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: When I first searched for insects in the Transvaal, and in a valley beneath high cliffs, I was intensely surprised to find the stones turned over before my arrival. Being positively certain that no other geodephagous coleopterist was in the neighbourhood, I was somewhat inclined, like the Roman missionaries, who, on their arrival in Thibet, found Catholic ritual among the Buddhists, to ascribe the circumstance to occult influence; but this was before I became acquainted with the insect-searching attributes of my friends the Baboons
Word: invirile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + virile. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɪɹaɪl/ 1. Deficient in manhood; effeminate, unmanly. Example: Ovid in Pontus, puling for his Rome / Of men invirile and disnatured dames / That poison sucked from the Attic bloom decayed, / Shrank with a shudder from the blue-eyed race / Whose force rough-handed should renew the world, […]
Word: hydrargochloride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of hydrargyrum + chloride. 1. A compound of the mercury dichloride with another chloride. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: hydrargochloride of cacodyloxide Example: hydrargochloride of thebaine
Word: hydrargochlorides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrargochloride Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ilial Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of iliac (“Pertaining to the ilium”). Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: fibrillose Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfɪbɹɪləʊs/ 1. Covered with fibrils, such as fungi or the undersurface of some lichens. Example: lower surface typically with loose dark pink to grayish vinaceous fibrillose patches or sometimes merely white-fibrillose
Word: amphigenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From amphi- + -genous. 1. growing on all sides of a leaf, as in the lichens Labels: not-comparable Example: amphigenous diaspores Example: amphigenous hyphae 2. bisexual (attracted to both males and females). Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: amphigenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From amphi- + Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “gender”) + -ous. 1. bisexual (attracted to both males and females). Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: dennet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from the maker's surname? 1. A kind of light gig (open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse) Labels: dated
Word: dennets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dennet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lithagogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. Any medicine capable of expelling calculous matter with the urine. Labels: archaic Example: seeds were formerly used as a lithagogue, or expeller of the stone in the bladder
Word: lithagogues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lithagogue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incrustment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From incrust + -ment. 1. Synonym of incrustation. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: incrustments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incrustment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barrator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English baratour, from Old French barateor (“deceiver”), from Old French barater, bareter (“to deceive, cheat, barter”). Compare barter (intransitive verb). Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹətɚ/ 1. One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger. Example: But by Hawk. P. C. bk. 1, c. 21, if such suits are merely groundless, and brought only with a design to oppress the defendants, such a man may as properly be called a barrator as if he had stirred up others to bring them. 2. One who abuses their office by dealing fraudulently. Labels: obsolete 3. One who abuses their office by dealing fraudulently. 4. One who abuses their office by dealing fraudulently. 5. A quarrelsome person, one who fights, a bully. Labels: archaic Example: I care not though men call me impudent, / Smooth-tongu'd, audacious, petulant, abhominable, / Forger of vvords and lie, contentious Barretour, / Old, vvinding, bragging, teſty, crafty fox.
Word: barrators Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹətə(ɹ)z/ 1. plural of barrator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brabble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle Dutch brabbelen (“to quarrel, jabber”). Akin to babble. Compare modern Dutch brabbelen, German brabbeln (“to talk confusedly”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæbəl/ 1. To make clamorous noises; to act noisily. Labels: dated Example: Then next is the Clinke, a gaol or prison for the trespassers in those parts; namely, in old time, for such as should brabble, frey, or break the peace on the said bank, or in the brothel houses, they were by the inhabitants thereabout apprehended and committed to this gaol, where they were straitly imprisoned. Example: 1640, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 141, Brabbling curs never want sore ears. 2. To babble (of a stream or other watercourse). Example: Farther on, when they came to a miniature glen between the semblance of two hills, down which, in mockery of a torrent, brabbled a slim brown stream, MacLean stood still […] Example: Down in the middle, among mossy boulders, the beck brabbled through golden sheets of Draba […]
Word: brabble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch brabbelen (“to quarrel, jabber”). Akin to babble. Compare modern Dutch brabbelen, German brabbeln (“to talk confusedly”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæbəl/ 1. A brawl, or commotion. Labels: dated Example: This petty brabble will undo us all. Example: What they, by this their journey to Versailles, do specially want? The twelve speakers reply, in few words inclusive of much: "Bread, and the end of these brabbles […]"
Word: brabbles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brabble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bicycular Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to bicycling. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: irrevealable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ir- + revealable. 1. Incapable of being revealed. Labels: archaic
Word: isokinetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From isokinetic + -ally. 1. In an isokinetic manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dynamometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dynamo- + -metry. 1. The measurement of forces doing work. Labels: uncountable
Word: beef olive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from the French alouette (“lark”), since the shape resembles a dish of stuffed larks; or possibly from the shape. 1. Thinly sliced beef wrapped around a savoury filling.
Word: countersignal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + signal. 1. A signal produced in response to another signal.
Word: countersignal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From counter- + signal. 1. To send a false or misleading signal. Labels: intransitive 2. To send a contrasting signal. Labels: intransitive Example: But of course, Silicon Valley is a mecca of counter-signaling—witness the superstatus Zuckerbergian hoodie—and it's no surprise to discover that in the land of the billionaire dropout, an Internet entrepreneur like Thiel sees evidence that higher education inhibits innovation. Example: Just as the logic of signaling attracts New Money to luxury, countersignaling directs the Old Money sensibility toward modesty. 3. To signal opposition to (someone or something); distance oneself from; disassociate. Labels: transitive
Word: countersignals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of countersignal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cembrene A Part of Speech: noun 1. neocembrene Labels: uncountable
Word: catch the sun Part of Speech: verb 1. To sunbathe. Labels: idiomatic 2. To become sunburned. Labels: idiomatic 3. To reflect light from the sun. Labels: idiomatic Example: A coin on the ground caught the sun and I stooped to pick it up. 4. To be in a sunny position. Labels: idiomatic Example: The sunflowers will catch the sun if they are planted there.
Word: crème Chantilly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French crème chantilly. 1. Synonym of Chantilly cream. Labels: uncountable
Word: C-ration Part of Speech: noun 1. An individual canned, precooked, or prepared wet ration formerly issued to land forces in the US military. Labels: US
Word: distarch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + starch. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪstɑɹt͡ʃ/, /ˈdaɪstɑːt͡ʃ/ 1. Of a cross-linked starch. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Zou Part of Speech: noun 1. An indigenous people living along the frontier of India and Burma. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Zou Part of Speech: name 1. The Kukish language spoken by the Zou people.
Word: Japanazi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Japanese + Nazi. 1. Any citizen of the Axis powers who opposed the Allies in the Second World War. Labels: US, dated, derogatory, informal Example: This is not a very merry Christmas for Japanazi leaders. And, that should be a source of great personal satisfaction to you. Example: The members of the Death Dodgers now in the Armed Forces will soon have the Japanazis trying to dodge death. To them we send our warmest regards and affection, and the sincere hope that they'll be back with us soon.
Word: Japanazis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Japanazi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crystalloidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crystalloid + -al. 1. Relating to a crystalloid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: echogenicities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of echogenicity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: echotextural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From echotexture + -al. 1. Relating to echotexture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: firestriker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + striker. 1. A piece of high-carbon steel used for striking a spark, usually kept in a tinderbox with flint and tinder.
Word: firestrikers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of firestriker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ergotin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ergot + -in. 1. ergotine Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: battologist Part of Speech: noun 1. One who battologizes.
Word: battologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of battologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: favourless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From favour + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪvə(ɹ)ləs/ 1. unfavoured; having no countenance or support Labels: archaic 2. unpropitious; unfavourable Labels: archaic Example: Fortune favourless
Word: loculicidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin loculus (“cell”) + caedere (“to cut”). Compare French loculicide. 1. dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell Labels: not-comparable Example: loculicidal capsules Example: loculicidal dehiscence
Word: minow Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of minnow. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: he gets him into swifter and swifter streams, and there lies at the watch for any flie or Minow that comes neer
Word: minows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gothamist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gotham + -ist, after Gotham, Nottinghamshire, England, associated with some humorous tales of foolish behaviour. 1. A person lacking in wisdom. Labels: archaic Example: such Gothamists , such Bedlamites , such mad men are most among us
Word: Gothamists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gothamist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haggishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From haggish + -ly. 1. In the manner of a hag.
Word: recrudency Part of Speech: noun 1. recrudescence Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: rhymic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rhyme + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to rhyme. Labels: not-comparable 2. That rhymes Labels: not-comparable