nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: purposiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From purposive + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)pəsɪvnəs/ 1. The state or condition of being purposive. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 1853, William Benjamin Carpenter, Principles of Human Physiology, Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 5th American and 4th Enlarged London Edition, Chapter 14, p. 675, These reflex actions of the Spinal Cord have much more regularity and apparent purposiveness in the lower Vertebrata, approaching in this respect to the reflex actionso fhte ganglionic column of Articulata, than they have in Man. Example: The majestic spectacle of this blind, inarticulate purposiveness thrusting its way upward and ever upward in an endless unity of differentiated achievements towards an ever-increasing complexity of organisation, towards spontaneity and spirituality, swept away all my old conception of a duty to Man as such.
Word: metaphilosopher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + philosopher. 1. One who is involved in metaphilosophy.
Word: metaphilosophies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metaphilosophy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metaphilosophers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metaphilosopher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonexploratory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + exploratory. 1. Not exploratory. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonexperimentally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nonexperimental + -ly. 1. In a nonexperimental manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nontheft Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + theft. 1. Not of or pertaining to theft. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonfire Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + fire. 1. Not of or pertaining to fire. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonwater Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + water. 1. Not of or pertaining to water. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonlighted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + lighted. 1. Not lighted; unlit. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonmerchantable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder. Anglo-Norman marchauntbor. Middle English marchaunt English merchant Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English merchantable English nonmerchantable From non- + merchantable. 1. Not merchantable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonmarketable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + marketable. 1. Not marketable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nongoods Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + goods. 1. Not of or pertaining to goods. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nongoods sectors include transportation; communications; electric, gas, and sanitary services; trade; finance, insurance, and real estate services[…]
Word: noninsurer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + insurer. 1. A person or organization that is not an insurer.
Word: noninsurance Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + insurance. 1. Not of or pertaining to insurance. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noninsurers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noninsurer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonsweet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + sweet. 1. Not having a sweet taste. Labels: not-comparable Example: The complex sweet-salty-bitter taste of concentrated (0.25 M) sodium saccharin was represented appropriately between the sweet and nonsweet stimuli.
Word: noncapped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + capped. 1. Not capped. Labels: not-comparable Example: a noncapped container
Word: nonstolen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + stolen. 1. Not stolen. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonweather Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + weather. 1. Not of or pertaining to weather. Labels: not-comparable Example: For instance, such nonweather factors as insects, disease, errors of management, accidents, and other factors may not be considered controllable […]
Word: calicheamicin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of enediyne antibiotics derived from the bacterium Micromonospora echinospora, extremely toxic to all living cells and used in targeted therapy against cancer.
Word: calicheamicins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calicheamicin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: esperamicin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of bacterium-derived chromoprotein enediyne antibiotics that are potent antitumour agents.
Word: esperamicins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of esperamicin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enediyne Part of Speech: noun 1. Any compound that has a double bond and two triple bonds. 2. Any of a class of bacterial products characterized by nine- or ten-membered rings containing two triple bonds separated by a double bond, many of which are highly toxic to DNA and used as antitumour agents.
Word: hackwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hack + work. 1. Work that is usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or following a certain formula. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: During those fifteen months, he cannot have earned more than $10 a month from writing, mostly from the worst sort of hackwork Example: Early on, the film even blunders into outright hackwork, employing laughably literal-minded needle drops. 2. Any type of work that is dull or unoriginal. Labels: countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable
Word: enediynes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enediyne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chromoproteins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chromoprotein Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neocarzinostatin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /niːəʊˈkɑː(ɹ)zɪnəʊˌstætɪn/ 1. A macromolecular chromoprotein enediyne antibiotic secreted by Streptomyces macromomyceticus. Labels: uncountable
Word: neocarzinostatins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neocarzinostatin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tofuburger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tofu + -burger. 1. A vegetarian burger using tofu in place of meat. Labels: rare Example: I want to expand my tofu kit business and start tofuburger restaurants around the country, just like McDonalds.^([sic]) Example: Karen Aileron looks distractedly out the window, a tofuburger sizzling in the skillet on the stove.
Word: tofuburgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tofuburger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shallowish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shallow + -ish. 1. Somewhat shallow. Labels: not-comparable Example: shallowish waters
Word: deepish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From deep + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːpɪʃ/ 1. Somewhat deep. Labels: not-comparable Example: deepish waters
Word: undentable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + dentable. 1. Not dentable; impossible to dent. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mr. Plick was an inventor and had invented a noiseless garbage pail with undentable sides.
Word: rodentproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rodent + -proof. 1. Resistant to rodents.
Word: nondeniable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + deniable. 1. Not deniable; that cannot be denied. Labels: not-comparable
Word: shabono Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yanomamö shapono. 1. A communal hut built by the Yanomamo, traditionally of thatched palm leaves and wood and divided into areas for different family units.
Word: shabonos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shabono Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shapono Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shabono. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shaponos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shapono Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tongue depressor Part of Speech: noun 1. A long narrow smooth piece of wood designed to depress the tongue, to allow for examination of the rear of the oral cavity. 2. Any device used to depress the tongue. Labels: uncommon
Word: tongue depressors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tongue depressor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonbereaved Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + bereaved. 1. Not bereaved. Labels: uncountable
Word: religiosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of religiosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sundaylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Sunday + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a Sunday, especially in terms of the religious observances and abstinence from work of the Christian Sabbath. Example: Hence the un-Sundaylike demeanor of the procession, for few towns hold it more unseemly to stand and stare at passers-by, especially on the Sabbath. Example: In riding through these counties, the stranger is painfully impressed with the Sundaylike stillness that everywhere prevails...
Word: Sundayish Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Sunday + -ish. 1. On or around Sunday. Labels: informal, not-comparable
Word: Sundayish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Sunday + -ish. 1. Sundaylike Labels: informal
Word: unprostituted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + prostituted. 1. Not having been prostituted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Brontean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Brontë + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to any or all of the Brontë sisters, English writers of the 1840s and 1850s, or to their works or style.
Word: noncritic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + critic. 1. One who is not a critic.
Word: nonmonarchic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + monarchic. 1. Not monarchic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncritics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noncritic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ununderstandable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + understandable. 1. Not understandable; that cannot be understood. Example: Cameron was for closing the discussion as useless and ununderstandable. Example: But to report an item or sequence of behaviour as radically ununderstandable is to say that it is so inaccessible to any possible explanation[…]
Word: sporteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: sport + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sport Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nonunderstandable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + understandable. 1. Not understandable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonunivalent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + univalent. 1. Not univalent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cradlelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cradle + -like. 1. Resembling a cradle.
Word: nonpoliced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + policed. 1. Not policed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonmonitored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + monitored. 1. Not monitored. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonsupervised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + supervised. 1. Not supervised. Labels: not-comparable
Word: minimin Part of Speech: noun 1. A strategy or algorithm that seeks to minimize the minimum possible result. Labels: uncountable
Word: death throes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɛθ θɹoʊz/ 1. plural of death throe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mnemonization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mnemonize + -ation. 1. The act or process of mnemonizing. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: mnemonizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mnemonization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macrofaunas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macrofauna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microfaunas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microfauna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megafish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + fish. 1. Any fish belonging to the megafauna. Labels: rare
Word: morphophonological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From morpho- + phonological. Pronunciation: /ˌmɒ(ɹ).foʊˌfɒn.əˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪk.əl/ 1. Of or pertaining to morphophonology. Labels: not-comparable Example: These scholars identify well-defined irregular correspondences recurring in words found across the (northern) European branches of Indo-European. On the basis of these, they posit clearly formulated ideas on some of the morphophonological properties of a hypothetical pre-Indo-European language that could be the source of these words.
Word: morphophonologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From morphophonological + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌmɒ(ɹ).foʊˌfɒn.əˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪk.li/ 1. In a morphophonological manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: patrifocal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From patri- + focal. 1. patriarchal
Word: patrifocality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patrifocal + -ity. 1. The state or condition of being patrifocal; patriarchy. Labels: uncountable
Word: matrifocality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From matrifocal + -ity. 1. The state or condition of being matrifocal. Labels: uncountable
Word: unbelted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + belted. 1. Not belted; without a belt. Labels: not-comparable
Word: orchestrational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From orchestration + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to orchestration.
Word: norks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nork Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unlikability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + likability. 1. The quality of being unlikable. Labels: uncountable Example: Kathryn Walat, a playwright who attended, said, “Most startling was the reaction to women writing — and I think of my own work — about female protagonists and the unlikability of those characters.”
Word: Javalike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Java + -like. 1. Resembling the Java programming language or some aspect of it. Example: In contrast, C# is C++ extended with Javalike features, including automatic memory and object lifetime management... Example: For just-in-time (JIT) compilation for Javalike systems, register allocation is also critical...
Word: javalike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From java + -like. 1. Resembling java coffee or some aspect of it. Example: I sipped the coffee, tasted copper and dishwater and something vaguely javalike […]
Word: stewlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stew + -like. 1. Resembling stew. Example: “My mom likes to soak,” Quintana agreed, before allowing that for a more stewlike dish, a meatier article, the canned red kidney beans would more than suffice — and save loads of time besides.
Word: yeastily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From yeasty + -ly. 1. In a yeasty manner.
Word: yeastiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yeasty + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being yeasty. Labels: uncountable Example: You, no doubt, will come to your own conclusion, based on yeastiness and maybe “crumb factor” and possibly “hole-to-dough ratio.” Example: I'd like to be able to dismiss it all as superficial and irrelevant to what was really going on, people arguing about Hegel and so on, but I'm forced to admit there was a yeastiness in the air that was due to a great deal of unrestrained and irreverent frivolity […]
Word: lustinesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lustiness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uniced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + iced. 1. Not iced. Labels: not-comparable Example: An uniced cake will lose some of its desirable flavor and moistness if exposed to the air, and a "stale" condition will develop.
Word: unicast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uni- + broadcast. 1. Being the transmission of messages to a single destination host on a packet switching network. Labels: not-comparable Example: In this paper, we describe a model of multicast service we call host groups and propose this model as a way to support multicast in the DARPA Internet environment [14]. We argue that it is feasible to implement this facility as an extension of the existing "unicast" IP datagram model and mechanism. 2. Synonym of singlecast. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unicast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From uni- + broadcast. 1. To transmit in this manner.
Word: pseudopatient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + patient. Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uːdəʊˈpeɪʃ(ə)nt/, /ˈs(j)uːdəʊˌpeɪʃ(ə)nt/, /ˌsudoʊˈpeɪʃ(ə)nt/, /ˈsudoʊˌpeɪʃ(ə)nt/ 1. A person who pretends to be ill, especially to gain some benefit. Labels: dated Example: [W]e were informed of a Frank physician who had been rewarded for his professional services by the present of a house, valued at five thousand dollars. […] The original proprietor appeared, and was received with great courtesy by the doctor, who prescribed immediately for some chronic disease of which the Armenian complained. The sum of $500 was put into his hands with great formality by the pseudo patient, and he stopped the grateful doctor's thanks immediately, by informing thim that this sum was not a fee, but an equivalent for the original purchase-money of his house, which he civilly requested him to evacuate as soon as possible. Example: On one of the velvet sofas, full in the firelight, lay Federne asprawl. […] Federne started up and roared; caught Sarona by both his hands, and nearly shook his arms off; gave him no time to speak or escape (though Sarona still maintained his cue, and stared roundly upon his pseudo[-]patient), but bade Moss open the folding-doors, and led him in in triumph. 2. A person who poses as a patient so that research may be conducted or staff trained. Example: Most of the pseudopatients were falsely diagnosed with mental disorders. Example: It is clear that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals. […] I and the other pseudopatients in the psychiatric setting had distinctly negative reactions. We do not pretend to describe the subjective experiences of true patients. Theirs may be different from ours, particularly with the passage of time and the necessary process of adaptation to one’s environment. But we can and do speak to the relatively more objective indices of treatment within the hospital.
Word: pseudopatients Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudopatient Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudopenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudopenis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spiralwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spiral + -wise. 1. In a spiral shape or motion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spiralwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From spiral + -wise. 1. In a spiral shape or motion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonleukemia Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + leukemia. 1. Not of or pertaining to leukemia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonsclerotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + sclerotic. 1. Not sclerotic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: seminarlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From seminar + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a seminar. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lecturelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lecture + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a lecture. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hard architecture, straight lines of pews, social distance between people, and lecturelike seating arrangements designed for frontal presentations […]
Word: Medean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Mede + -an. 1. Alternative form of Median. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Medean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mede + -an. 1. Alternative form of Median. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Medean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medea + -n. 1. Of, or pertaining to, Medea from Greek mythology. Example: As Dido was (among other things) a tragic and a Medean character in those passages in Virgil, so now Medea can seem Didonian […]
Word: Medic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mede + -ic. 1. The Median language.
Word: phonemicize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From phonemic + -ize. Pronunciation: /fəˈniːmɪsaɪz/, /fəʊˈniːmɪsaɪz/ 1. To represent as a phoneme or series of phonemes. Labels: transitive 2. To become phonemic as opposed to allophonic. Labels: intransitive
Word: phonemicizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of phonemicize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: phonemicizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of phonemicize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: phonemicized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of phonemicize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: phonemicization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phonemicize + -ation. 1. The process by which speech sounds are analyzed or reorganized into distinct phonemes within a language; the act, process, or result of phonemicizing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act, process, or result of making a writing system phonemic. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: phonemicizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phonemicization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incarnatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From incarnate + -able. 1. That can be incarnated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: proctorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From proctor + -ial. 1. Of or pertaining to a proctor or to the office of proctorship. Labels: not-comparable
Word: proctorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proctor + -ship. 1. The post or office of proctor. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: proctorships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proctorship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proctorially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From proctorial + -ly. 1. In a proctorial manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unphonemicized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + phonemicized. 1. Not phonemicized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ready room Part of Speech: noun 1. A room on an aircraft carrier where on-duty pilots are stationed while not flying their aircraft. Example: […] sleeping late, playing acey-deucey and cards, fogging the ready rooms with tobacco smoke,[…]
Word: reidentification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + identification. 1. Identifying again or as something else. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reidentifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reidentification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: renunciatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From renunciate + -ory. 1. Serving to renounce; rebellious, contrary. Example: Many radicals engage in renunciatory styles of dress and personal behavior.
Word: hula hoops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hula hoop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hula hoops Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hula hoop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Castrophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Castro + -phile. 1. A supporter or admirer, especially a foreign one, of Fidel Castro or the Castro regime. Example: It remains to be seen whether the United States Government holds to these conditions in political crises (especially if there is a danger of a Castrophile Government appearing); Example: Ed Butler remembers that "he was a total Castrophile. He wanted to promote Fidel Castro and did everything that he could in the debate, prior to it, and afterward."
Word: Castrophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Castrophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: galpal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gal + pal, chosen for the rhyme. Pronunciation: /ˈɡælpæl/ 1. A female friend or girlfriend. Labels: slang Example: "Drew dumps boyfriend and shacks up with gay galpal." Example: My kid and her galpals all played this song five hundred thousand times in a row when they first brought it home...
Word: galpals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of galpal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: redneckish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From redneck + -ish. 1. Like or indicative of a redneck or rednecks; rural, uneducated, unsophisticated, etc. Labels: US, informal
Word: ungorgeous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + gorgeous. 1. Far from gorgeous; unattractive. Labels: rare
Word: tablewise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English tabylwyse, equivalent to table + -wise. 1. Positioned in a way that suggests the shape of a table. Labels: not-comparable Example: It was a flat, plain slab of dark gray stone, placed on pillars tablewise, that stood solitary above the turf, commanding attention. 2. Oriented like the communion table, with the ends east and west, as opposed to altarwise. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sheepback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sheep + back, from its shape. 1. A rock formation created by glacial erosion.
Word: erosionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From erosional + -ly. 1. In an erosional manner; by means of erosion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sheepbacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sheepback Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schizotypy Part of Speech: noun 1. A continuum of personality characteristics and experiences, ranging from normal dissociative, imaginative states, to the more extreme end of psychosis (schizophrenia in particular). Labels: uncountable
Word: opisthobranch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From opistho- + branchia. Pronunciation: /ɵˈpɪsθəbɹæŋk/ 1. A gastropod with gills behind the heart, formerly thought to belong to a single group.
Word: opisthobranch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From opistho- + branchia. Pronunciation: /ɵˈpɪsθəbɹæŋk/ 1. Placed behind the heart. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having gills placed behind the heart. Labels: not-comparable Example: For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp.
Word: opisthobranchs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opisthobranch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scarfpin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scarf + pin. 1. A pin used to hold a scarf or tie in place. Example: Mr Carlyle listened to the faithful catalogue of his possessions. His fetter-and-link albert of gold and platinum was minutely described. His spotted blue ascot, with its gentlemanly pearl scarfpin, was set forth, and the fact that the buttonhole in the left lapel of his morning coat showed signs of use was duly noted.
Word: scarfpins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scarfpin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea hare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From their marine habitat and a pair of rhinophores that resemble a rabbit's ears. 1. Any member of the order Aplysiamorpha or Anaspidea, large marine gastropod molluscs with a soft internal shell made of protein. Example: Pliny saith that there are certaine Seahares in India that to us are poison, and we bane to them; so that we die if we but touch them; now whether is man or the Sea-hare poison?
Word: rhinophore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhino- + -phore. 1. A club-shaped structure that occurs in pairs as the most prominent part of the external head anatomy of the dorid nudibranchs.
Word: rhinophores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhinophore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dorid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the taxonomic superfamily Doridoidea of nudibranchs.
Word: dorids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dorid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sohcahtoa Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative letter-case form of SOHCAHTOA. Labels: alt-of
Word: dactyle Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of dactyl. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: subsubroutine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + subroutine. 1. A subroutine called from another subroutine. Labels: rare Example: Some programming languages even permit a subroutine to contain itself as a subsubroutine; a brain-twisting arrangement. Example: ...hierarchies of subroutines and subsubroutines were used by the programmers to simplify their own organization, introducing a series of levels of control...
Word: subsubroutines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subsubroutine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intempestivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin intempestīvitās; cognate with the French intempestivité. Pronunciation: /ɪntɛmpɛˈstɪvɪti/ 1. Unseasonability; untimeliness. Labels: uncountable Example: This “untimeliness” has nothing to do with the “intempestivity” of Nietzsche, which implies a denial of the present and an affirmation of future values. Example: I do not know if he wrote his own script, but whoever did, his subsequent pep talk was a masterpiece of intempestivity.
Word: theographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From theography + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to theography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: theography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From theo- + -graphy. 1. Writing about a god or gods. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: totalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From totalist + -ic. 1. Of or relating to totalism. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having the state of each cell represented by a number, and the value of a cell dependent only on the sum of the values of nearby cells. Labels: not-comparable Example: BTW: Of course the rules were parametrised, so any totalistic 2-dimensional 9-neighbourhood CA could be run. Example: Note that the game of life is not totalistic: the transition function depends on the cell's own state and on the sum of the neighboring states. 3. Outer totalistic. Labels: not-comparable Example: Many good applets run Moore binary totalistic rules such as Conway's Life, but WebsideCA also runs von Neumann rules, rules in the "Brian's Brain" family, non-totalistic binary and decay rules, and Cyclic rules. Example: Since Life is totalistic on 8 neighbours, this requires no extra assumptions.
Word: noncentralized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + centralized. 1. uncentralized Labels: not-comparable
Word: voix céleste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French voix céleste (“heavenly voice”). 1. An organ stop consisting of either one or two ranks of pipes slightly out of tune, so as to produce a beating effect when combined with a normally tuned rank.
Word: hotmelt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hot + melt. 1. An adhesive that is applied in a liquid molten form but sets into a solid form as it cools. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hotmelts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hotmelt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infecund Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + fecund. 1. infertile Labels: not-comparable 2. unable or unwilling to produce children Labels: not-comparable
Word: intercardinal directions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intercardinal direction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inspirators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inspirator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inspiratrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin inspīrātrīx. By surface analysis, inspirator + -trix. 1. A female inspirator.
Word: inspiratrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inspiratrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megafishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megafish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megaflops Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + FLOPS. 1. a measure of the speed of a computer; one million floating point operations per second.
Word: megaflops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megaflop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intercardinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + cardinal. 1. Between the cardinal directions, as for example southwest between south and west. Labels: not-comparable
Word: camel spider Part of Speech: noun 1. Any fast-moving, predatory desert arachnid belonging to the order Solifugae having massive paired chelicerae and a long body covered with tactile hairs.
Word: Indostan Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Hindustan. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: clove pinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clove pink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barge masters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barge master Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draft animals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of draft animal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draught animals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of draught animal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inner cities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inner city Labels: form-of, plural
Word: to pieces Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, piece. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, piece. Example: The dog tore the doll to pieces. 3. Completely, utterly. Labels: idiomatic Example: I just love my nieces to pieces. 4. Out of control. Labels: idiomatic 5. Into a state of emotional breakdown. Labels: idiomatic Example: I went all to pieces when my brother died.
Word: procompetitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + competitive. 1. Promoting competition in the marketplace.
Word: mitospore Part of Speech: noun 1. A conidium.
Word: aplanospore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aplano- + spore. 1. An immobile spore that may nevertheless potentially grow flagella.
Word: prisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of priser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in the raw Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Ellipsis of in the raw state. 1. Unprocessed, rough. Example: I guaranteed him that in both these synagogues hakafot would provide him with music "in the raw." 2. In the natural state; in real life. Labels: idiomatic Example: He was seeing life in the raw, and it was a different life from what he had known within the printed books of his library. Example: 1921, Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche, He read there in the raw what is perhaps the most amazing page in the history of human development, and in the end he was forced to the conclusion that all his early preconceptions had been at fault, and that it was such exalted, passionate enthusiasts as Vilmorin who had been right. 3. Naked. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: Bond looked grimly at the pile of parcels which contained his new identity, stripped off his pyjamas for the last time ('We mostly sleep in the raw in America, Mr Bond') and gave himself a sizzling cold shower. Example: He stood gawking at Cyndee, who was standing in the raw on the shore of the pond his daddy had put in.
Word: skirrett Part of Speech: noun 1. A metal spike to which is attached a small drum onto which is wound string or line. In use, the spike is pushed into the ground to anchor it, and then the line is pulled out as far as needed to mark a straight edge. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the lecture on the third degree, according to the English work, the following is adopted: “I now present to you the working tools of a Master Mason, which are the Skirrett, Pencil and Compasses..." Example: The tools of the Master Mason are the Pencil, the Skirrett, and the Compasses. The Pencil is an action tool that symbolizes the use of creative thought. The Skirrett is a tool that constrains the pencil and can symbolize understanding, but also can mean tradition or knowledge that acts as a restraint on action. The Compasses are used to measure in all drafting and for the formation of many geometrical shapes. 2. Alternative form of skirret. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: The famous nurserymen, Louden and Wise, did not consider the potato as worthy of notice in their Complete Gardener, published in 1749 ; and Bradley, who about the same time wrote so extensively on horticultural subjects, speaks of them as inferior to skirretts and radishes. Example: About the orchards here and the beds of asparagus, peas, endive, skirrett, and the rest of the vegetables grown for the London market, lies ever an abiding sense of peace;
Word: sloshy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slosh + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈslɒʃi/ 1. That sloshes or splashes. Example: A cool schloopy-sloshy mud-cap all trickly behind his ears. 2. Sentimental; soppy. Labels: dated, slang Example: "I suppose it must sound terribly sloshy to you, Uncle Max," faltered Nora. "Never mind that, my dear. I have always understood that under the most sportswomanlike jumper a tender heart might be beating."
Word: chromographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chromography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: body horror Part of Speech: noun 1. A genre of horror fiction based around the graphic destruction or alteration of the body. Labels: uncountable
Word: Simpson's paradox Part of Speech: name Etymology: Edward H. Simpson first described this phenomenon in a technical paper in 1951. 1. The observation that the association of two variables for one subset of a population may be similar to the association of those variables in another subset, but different from the association of the variables in the total population.
Word: letting go Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of let go Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: contradictor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin contrādictor. 1. Alternative form of contradicter. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “That was in Casco,” his wife contradicted immediately. She spoke in the unmistakable tones of a veteran contradictor.
Word: misericords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misericord Labels: form-of, plural
Word: founder effects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of founder effect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: founder effect Part of Speech: noun 1. A reduction in genetic diversity resulting when a population is descended from a small number of colonizing ancestors. Example: The view that Navajo neuropathy was purely inherited continued to have its adherents. It did seem logical. There were multiple cases within families. The syndrome had appeared suddenly, the way a “founder effect” disease might.
Word: lysolecithin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lyso- + lecithin. 1. Any lysophospholipid derived from lecithin.
Word: calaverite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Calaveras + -ite. Named after Calaveras County, California, United States, where it was first discovered. From Spanish calavera. Pronunciation: /ˌkæləˈvɛəraɪt/ 1. A mineral form of gold telluride, (AuTe₂).
Word: glucosaminyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glucosamine + -yl. 1. The univalent radical derived from glucosamine Labels: especially, in-compounds, uncountable
Word: glycates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of glycate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: glycates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glycate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glycate Part of Speech: verb 1. To react with an amino group of a protein
Word: glycate Part of Speech: noun 1. The product of such a reaction
Word: a-mothering Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of visiting one's literal or figurative mother or mother church (compare Mothering Sunday); also called mothering. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Mothering-.—In former days, when the Roman Catholic was the established religion, it was the custom for people to visit their Mother Church on MidLent Sunday, and to make their offerings at the high altar. ...the now remaining practice of Mothering, or going to visit parents upon Mid-Lent Sunday, is really owing to that good old custom. Example: "Mothering Sunday," the fourth Sunday in Lent, when absent sons and daughters — particularly the young apprentices — would return to their homes with some little present for both parents, but more especially for the mother. ...Imagine the ... pride of the mother in the simple gift, and the admiration of the small brothers and sisters who gathered around and longed for the time when they also would be out in the great unknown world and could come "a-mothering."
Word: misprise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of misprize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mothering Sunday Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the former British custom of visiting mother churches (q.v.) at Mid-Lent, which by the English Civil War had passed on to servants receiving leave to go a-mothering, visiting and providing small gifts to their families. Revived as a national tradition in the early 20th century after the model of Mother's Day in the United States. 1. The fourth Sunday of Lent, three Sundays before Easter, now especially as a day to honor one's mother. Labels: UK Example: ...on Mothering Sunday, when all the ‘servant-lads’ and ‘servant wenches’ are, in some parts of the country, set at liberty for a day, to go and see their mothers... Example: Mary, it's twenty good year—twenty-one, come Mothering Sunday—'Since he was here at the farm.
Word: Midlent Sunday Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Mid-Lent Sunday. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mid-Lent Sunday Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Mothering Sunday.
Word: Simnel Sunday Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the simnel cakes traditionally given and eaten on the day. See also Sunday of the Five Loaves and Refreshment Sunday. 1. Synonym of Mothering Sunday: the fourth Sunday in Lent.
Word: Refreshment Sunday Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the relaxation in Lenten abstinence customarily accepted on this Sunday midway through the season. See also Sunday of the Five Loaves and Simnel Sunday. 1. Synonym of Mothering Sunday: the fourth Sunday in Lent. Labels: dated
Word: Rose Sunday Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the customary use of this Sunday by the popes to bless the golden rose offered as thanks to important friends of the Roman Catholic Church. Presumably a calque of an informal Latin or Italian name for the day. 1. Synonym of Mothering Sunday: the fourth Sunday in Lent. Labels: dated
Word: Sunday of the Five Loaves Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the traditional Gospel reading at mass, retelling the miracle of Jesus feeding the multitude. 1. Synonym of Mothering Sunday: the fourth Sunday in Lent. Labels: archaic
Word: consonant stem Part of Speech: noun 1. A stem ending in a consonant.
Word: decapartite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From deca- + -partite. Pronunciation: /dɛkəˈpɑːtaɪt/ 1. Comprising ten parts. Labels: not-comparable Example: Of course, the decapartite structure of the Decalogue is not marred by this additional miṣvah; according to Rambam’s (and others’) definition of miṣvot, the Decalogue (in both its versions) already comprises well in excess of ten such subdivisional miṣvot (see second entry on Dt. 33:4).
Word: citation form Part of Speech: noun 1. The basic form of a word or set of words used as a dictionary entry (of any part of speech, but especially of a phrase). Example: For English, the citation form of a noun is the singular (and non-possessive) form: mouse rather than mice. For multiword lexemes that contain possessive adjectives or reflexive pronouns, the citation form uses a form of the indefinite pronoun one: do one's best, perjure oneself. In European languages with grammatical gender, the citation form of regular adjectives and nouns is usually the masculine singular.
Word: -partite Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: See partite. Pronunciation: /-ˈpɑɹtaɪt/, /-ˈpɑːtaɪt/ 1. Having the specified number of parts. Labels: morpheme
Word: SNPs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of SNP Labels: form-of, plural
Word: habilines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of habiline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bioregion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + region. 1. A region defined by natural characteristics such as flora and fauna and topographic features such as watersheds.
Word: bioregions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioregion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bioregional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bio- + regional. 1. Of or pertaining to a bioregion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ecoregional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eco- + regional. 1. Of or pertaining to an ecoregion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: biozonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bio- + zonal. 1. Of or pertaining to a biozone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: biozone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + zone. Pronunciation: /baɪəʊzəʊn/, /ˈbaɪoʊˌzoʊn/ 1. A biostratigraphic unit: an interval of geological strata defined on the basis of its characteristic fossil taxa. 2. An ecozone.
Word: biozones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biozone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biochron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + chron. 1. the length of time represented by a biozone
Word: biochrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biochron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chiné Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French chiné. 1. Mottled in appearance, from the warp being dyed in different colours, or from threads of different colours twisted together. Labels: not-comparable
Word: wazup Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of wassup. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: teleconverter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + converter. 1. A secondary lens mounted between the camera and a photographic lens so as to enlarge the central part of an image obtained by the objective lens.
Word: teleconverters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teleconverter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jewelweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jewel + weed. 1. Impatiens, especially Impatiens capensis and Impatiens pallida. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: he could still see a flower here and there smile up at him – the tawny red of the jewel-weed, and the close-tufted ball of the ‘mountain snow.’
Word: jewelweeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jewelweed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sloshier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of sloshy: more sloshy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: sloshiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of sloshy: most sloshy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: sloshily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sloshy + -ly. 1. In a sloshy manner.
Word: sloshiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sloshy + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being sloshy. Labels: uncountable Example: Our streets are full of a general sloshiness that lingers and won't go away, as if a glacier is deicing to the north.
Word: mulberrylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mulberry + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a mulberry. Example: Mulberrylike clusters of cocci enveloped in mucoid capsular material that appears light against the denser, more refractive, albumin solution.
Word: halfsister Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of half sister. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: halfbrother Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of half brother. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trowel machine Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of light construction equipment used to apply a smooth finish to concrete slabs.
Word: halfbrothers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of halfbrother Labels: form-of, plural
Word: halfsisters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of halfsister Labels: form-of, plural
Word: half-cousin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From half- + cousin. 1. The child of one's parent's half-sibling.
Word: half-cousins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of half-cousin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antelopelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From antelope + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an antelope. Example: In this case the antelopelike animal carries an enormous horn, now curved, which has both hollow branches and holes.
Word: unicornlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From unicorn + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a unicorn.
Word: half-sibling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From half- + sibling. 1. Alternative spelling of half sibling. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: half-siblings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of half-sibling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonmyopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + myopic. 1. Not myopic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nontopical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + topical. 1. Not topical: not of current contemporary interest. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not topical: not applied to a localized part of the body. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spirochetal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spirochete + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a spirochete or spirochetes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonhomoerotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + homoerotic. 1. Not homoerotic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intermale Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + male. 1. Between males. Labels: not-comparable Example: Castrating adult male animals reduces intermale aggression […]
Word: interfemale Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + female. 1. Between females. Labels: not-comparable Example: Interfemale dominance may be facilitated by female sex hormones as well as adrenal testosterone...
Word: griming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaɪmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of grime Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grimes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grime Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trowel machines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trowel machine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brickless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brick + -less. 1. Without bricks. Labels: not-comparable Example: At last they got enough to make a brickless grave amidst towering monuments that rose upon it […]