nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pervicacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pervicācia, from pervicāx. 1. Pervicacity; stubbornness. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: You mother will have me do so, that you may be destitute of all defence, if you persist in you pervicacy.
Word: ople tree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin opulus a kind of maple tree. 1. The witch hazel. Labels: obsolete Example: in English Matish Elder , and Whitten tree , Ople tree, and Dwarffe Plane tree
Word: ople trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ople tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: balister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French balestre. See ballista. 1. A crossbow. Labels: obsolete Example: From thence to the door of the Church was made a Gallery about three foot broad, with a Balister on each side, and both on one side, and the other were placed Benches for the Criminals and their Godfathers to sit on 2. An arbalister or crossbowman. Labels: obsolete Example: standeth the cunning Balister
Word: balisters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of balister Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tranation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tranare, transnare (“to swim over”), from trans (“across, over”) + nare (“to swim”). 1. The act of swimming over. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: In his Tranation he lookt about, and saw under him (though a farre off) his Lord upon Rosinante, no bigger than a Toad upon a Ducking-stoole.
Word: boroughhead Part of Speech: noun 1. A headborough. Labels: historical, obsolete
Word: boroughheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boroughhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dowlas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Doullens, a town of Picardy, in France, formerly celebrated for this manufacture. 1. A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, later replaced by calico. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: Mistress Quickly: I bought you / a dozen of shirts to your back. Falstaff: Dowlas, filthy dowlas. I have given them away / to bakers' wives. They have made bolters of them.
Word: dowlases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dowlas Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin palus (“a stake”) + -ficare (“to make”, in comparative). Compare French palification. See -fy. 1. The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm. Labels: uncountable Example: Among which notes I haue sayd nothing of Palification, or Pyling of the Groundplot Example: After experiment and discussion, larch was chosen as the wood for palification[…]
Word: cascarilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish cascarilla. 1. A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton eleuteria). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The aromatic bark of this shrub, formerly used as a gentle tonic or mixed with tobacco for smoking. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cascarillas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cascarilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: choanoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek χοάνη (khoánē, “funnel”) + -oid. 1. funnel-shaped; Example: The choanoid muscle of a lemur's eye
Word: morphotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek μόρφωσις (mórphōsis, “shaping”). 1. Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework. Labels: not-comparable Example: morphotic, or tissue, proteids Example: Potassium sulphocyanate is present, but morphotic elements are absent
Word: phylacter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French phylactère, from Middle French filatiere, philaterie, philatiere, and Old French filatiere, philatiere (“amulet; reliquary; tefilla”), from Late Latin phylacterium (“amulet; reliquary; tefilla”), from Koine Greek φῠλᾰκτήρῐον (phŭlăktḗrĭon, “amulet; tefilla”) (used in the New Testament to translate Hebrew תפילין (“tefillin”)), from Ancient Greek φῠλᾰκτήρῐον (phŭlăktḗrĭon, “fortified outpost, watchman’s post; protection, safeguard”), from φυλακτήρ (phulaktḗr, “guard, watcher”) + -ῐον (-ĭon, suffix forming nouns). Φυλακτήρ (Phulaktḗr) is derived from φυλακ- (phulak-) (the stem of φῠλᾰ́σσω (phŭlắssō, “to guard, watch; to defend, protect”)) + -τήρ (-tḗr, suffix forming masculine agent nouns); and φῠλᾰ́σσω (phŭlắssō) from φῠ́λᾰξ (phŭ́lăx, “guard, sentry”), probably Pre-Greek. Pronunciation: /fɪˈlæktə/, /fəˈlæktəɹ/ 1. Synonym of phylactery. Labels: obsolete Example: Men full of appearing sanctity , observant to traditions , and skilful expositors of the Mosaical Law , wearing the precepts thereof in phylacters (narrow scrolls of parchment) bound about their brows and above their left elbows
Word: phylacters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phylacter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: submissly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From submiss + -ly. 1. In a submissive manner; with submission. Labels: archaic Example: Humility consists not in railing against thyself , or wearing mean clothes , or going softly and submissly , but in hearty and real evil or mean opinion of thyself
Word: daroo tree Part of Speech: noun 1. A sycamore fig or fig-mulberry (Ficus sycomorus). Labels: archaic
Word: daroo trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daroo tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clupeoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clupea (“genus of herrings”) + -oid 1. Of or relating to fish closely related taxonomically to herring.
Word: clupeoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clupea (“genus of herrings”) + -oid 1. Any of a group of fish closely related taxonomically to herring.
Word: puffleg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From puff + leg. 1. Any of numerous species of hummingbirds of the genera Eriocnemis and Haplophaedia, with large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.
Word: puff-legs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of puff-leg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thanksgave Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of thanksgive Labels: form-of, past
Word: thanksgive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From thanks + give. 1. To give or dedicate as a token of thanks. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: As he took down book after book, and as I remarked on his rich collection, he shewed me Thomas Hearne's solemn prayer of thanksgiving for having "unexpectedly met with three old MSS. yesterday." But Southey evidently thanksgives for more than his old books; he is so happy in his family, so cheerful, benevolent, and kind-hearted [...] Example: SPIRIT OF THE YEARS: Something of difference animates your quiring, O half-convinced Compassionates and fond, From chords consistent with our spectacle! You almost charm my long philosophy Out of my strong-built thought, and bear me back To when I thanksgave thus.... Ay, start not, Shades; In the Foregone I knew what dreaming was, And could let raptures rule! But not so now. Yea, I psalmed thus and thus.... But not so now.
Word: thanksgiven Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of thanksgive Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thanksgives Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of thanksgive Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: skeed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of skee Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skeed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of skid (“timber”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: skeeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skeed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: egence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin egens, egentis, present participle of egere (“to be needy, suffer want”). 1. The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Egence is the life of the universe : the highest forms of egence are variously called ' love ' : the lowest are simple appetence , perhaps merely physical .
Word: egences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of egence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adragant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, a corruption of tragacanth. Doublet of tragacanth. 1. Gum tragacanth. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: From the second Sort Monsieur Tournefort says, the Gum Adragant or Dragon is produced in Crete; of which he gives the following Relation in his Voyage to the Levant : “We had (says he) the Satisfaction “of fully observing the Gum “Adragant […] Example: 3. Gum adragant.—The gum adragant […] flows from the adragant of Crete, a small shrub […]
Word: Benzaiten Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 弁才天 (Benzaiten) 弁財天 (Benzaiten). 1. (Also known as "Benten-sama") The Hindu goddess, Saraswati, of knowledge, art and beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers. Labels: Japanese
Word: sankha Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsæŋkə/ 1. A chank (Turbinella pyrum). 2. A bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell.
Word: sankhas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sankha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pettywhin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From petty + whin. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛtiˌwɪn/ 1. The needle furze. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: miscensure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + censure. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈsɛnʃə(ɹ)/ 1. To misjudge. Labels: obsolete Example: if we mis-censure your actions, which are euer (as those of men) according to the vogue
Word: miscensure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + censure. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈsɛnʃə(ɹ)/ 1. erroneous judgment Labels: obsolete Example: Your hard Opinions, and mis-Censures
Word: miscensures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miscensure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miscensured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of miscensure Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: miscensuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of miscensure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: insolubilized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of insolubilize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: insolubilized Part of Speech: adj 1. Made insoluble. Labels: not-comparable
Word: osteoformation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osteo- + formation. 1. The process of bone formation. Labels: uncountable
Word: parathormone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English parathyroid Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Ancient Greek -άω (-áō) Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn)lbor. English hormone blend English parathormone Blend of parathyroid + hormone. Pronunciation: /pɛɹəˈθɔɹmoʊn/, /pæɹəˈθɔːməʊn/ 1. Synonym of parathyroid hormone
Word: pistaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pistache Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caroubiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caroubier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parathormones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parathormone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frockcoat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of frock coat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: frock coats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frock coat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adverticle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of advertisement + article. Pronunciation: /adˈvɜː.tɪ.kəl/, /ædˈvɝ.tɪ.kəl/ 1. An advertisement masquerading as an actual news or feature article in a newspaper or magazine. Labels: informal
Word: magmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From magma + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡ.mɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to magma. Labels: not-comparable Example: Tremendous magmic pressure built up beneath the earth, causing a volcanic eruption.
Word: nicey-nicey Part of Speech: adj 1. Nice, especially in an impotent or insincere fashion. Labels: informal Example: Things have not always been so nicey-nicey in the Pleiades. They blew up a planet; they had some negative energy, and they said, "We're never going to experience that negativity again. We are going to banish it!" Example: Choosing to be ignorant is choosing to be nicey-nicey. The opposite of a nicey-nicey is a bitch, who does bite (take hold of an issue), rip (attack a problem without delay), and snarl (use threatening language).
Word: pregnancy test Part of Speech: noun 1. a piece of test equipment that determines whether a woman, or by extension, a female animal is pregnant Example: A modern pregnancy test looks for human chorionic gonadotropin to determine whether a woman is pregnant.
Word: nicey nicey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of nicey-nicey. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nicy-nicy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of nicey-nicey. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The day of the "nicy-nicy," "namby-pamby," "frockcoated," "kid-gloved" preacher, is gone, and gone forever. Example: This nicy-nicy business about food isn't smart. Carry it to extremes and it becomes very foolish indeed.
Word: reprecipitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + precipitate. 1. To purify a material by means of reprecipitation
Word: call to account Part of Speech: verb 1. To challenge or contest; to hold answerable for something. Labels: idiomatic Example: "But, Doctor, aren't we to do anything to discover the culprits? A harmless dog is killed, an inoffensive man's reason, if not his life, endangered. Surely someone ought to be called to account—" Example: TravelWatch SouthWest Chairman Chris Irwin said: "This is intolerable. The South West deserves levelling up, not running down. SWR and its sponsors in the Department of Transport must be called to account."
Word: give a good account of oneself Part of Speech: verb 1. To act in a creditable manner. Labels: idiomatic Example: He was one of two changes to the Spurs starting line-up as interim manager Ryan Mason called up Bale and Dele Alli in place of Harry Winks and Lucas Moura. Both gave good accounts of themselves - Alli showing sparkles of quality in the first half before fading in the second.
Word: on no account Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Under no circumstances. Example: But, however, concerning philosophies of this kind, a caution was on no account to be overlooked ; because already we foresee it in mind, and augur, that if at any time, stirred by our admonitions, men (taking leave of the sophistical learning) shall, in earnest, shape themselves to experiment, then will it certainly happen, on account of the premature and overhasty speed of the mind, and its spring and flight to generalities and the principles of things, that there will be an imminent danger from such philosophies; and this evil it is fit even now to meet. Example: “Why didn't the idiot tell her not to open it?” “It was his first move. ‘I've found a letter from you here, precious,’ she said. ‘On no account open it, angel,’ he said. So of course she opened it.”
Word: on one's own account Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. On one's own behalf. 2. By oneself. 3. At one's own risk.
Word: on someone's account Part of Speech: adv 1. For someone's sake. Labels: not-comparable 2. According to someone's interpretation or account. Labels: not-comparable Example: On the majority's account, a Fourth Amendment "seizure" takes place whenever an officer "merely touches" a suspect.
Word: bromeliaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Bromeliaceae + -ous 1. Of or relating to the family Bromeliaceae of flowering plants Labels: not-comparable
Word: cock of the roost Part of Speech: noun 1. A proud or conceited person. Labels: idiomatic
Word: uncomplying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + complying. 1. Not complying Labels: not-comparable
Word: uncompliant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + compliant. 1. incompliant Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: shillelah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shillelagh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spahee Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of spahi. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: pep talks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pep talk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesocephalon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- + cephalon. 1. The pons; pons Varolii. Labels: archaic 2. The mesencephalon Labels: archaic
Word: sonance Part of Speech: noun 1. A sound; a tune. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: [T]hen let the Trumpets ſound / The Tucket Sonuance, and the Note to mount: / For our approach ſhall ſo much dare the field, / That England ſhall couch downe in feare, and yeeld. 2. The quality or state of being sonant. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: sonances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sonance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twin rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twin room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Latin subactio a working up, discipline. 1. The act of reducing to any state, such as of mixing two bodies completely. Labels: obsolete Example: there are of concoction two periods ; the one assimilation , or absolute conversion and subaction ; the other maturation Example: the whole masse of spawne may also bee imbibed by bole or frankincense or minium or cerusse incorporated by agitation or subaction.
Word: subaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + action. 1. An action that makes up part of a more complex action. Example: This is so because efforts, exertions, and endeavorings, if they were to exist, would need to be actions themselves, or parts of actions, or subactions or behaviors of some sort […]
Word: double rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subactions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subaction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: single rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of single room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: annomination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin annominatio. See agnomination. 1. paronomasia; punning Labels: obsolete 2. alliteration Labels: obsolete Example: Giraldus Cambrensis speaks of Annomination , which he describes to be what we call Alliteration , as the favourite rhetorical figure of both the Welsh and English in his time
Word: annominations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of annomination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piroplasma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pirum (“pear”) + Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “image, formation”). 1. Babesia, a genus of hematozoa that invades the red blood cells of humans and domesticated animals such as dogs and sheep Example: It has been known for some years past that Piroplasma in the digestive tube of an adult female tick can give rise to infection in the offspring of that female, so that one generation of ticks can acquire the parasites from cattle, and the next generation can transmit the disease to other cattle 2. Any of many other parasitic protozoa related to Babesia in order Piroplasmida Example: Present systematics of piroplasms is based almost entirely upon criteria derived from taxonomic interpretation of a combination of morphology of the intraerythrocytic stages, host specificity, vector, mode of pathogenesis and pathogenicity, cross-immunity, frequency of schizonts and piroplasms, and spatial distribution
Word: piroplasm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of piroplasma. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: babesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Babesia, named after Victor Babeș. 1. Any of the hematozoa of the genus Babesia that invades the erythrocytes of living mammals, notably including cattle and humans, causing any of several babesioses. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: standardiser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of standardizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: accounting machine Part of Speech: noun 1. A business machine, generally a combined calculator and printer, that tabulates, adds, subtracts, and totals. Labels: dated Example: Near-synonyms: adding machine, tabulator
Word: accounting machines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accounting machine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gadi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi गद्दी (gaddī). 1. A cushioned throne used by Indian princes. Labels: India 2. The office or position of a monarch; throne. Labels: India, figuratively Example: I have thought we were friends and should still love to think so. However what has happened since August 9 last makes me wonder whether you still regard me as a friend. I have perhaps not come in such close touch with any other occupant of your gadi as with you.
Word: account payable Part of Speech: noun 1. A balance due to a creditor on a current account. Example: Until that time, the amount is held as an account payable and added to the current liabilities of your business. When an outstanding expense is paid, the payment amount is subtracted from a cash account and removed from the accounts payable. Example: If a company, for example, purchases $500 in raw materials from its supplier on credit, the company incurs a $500 account payable.
Word: gada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit गदा (gadā) or Hindi गदा (gadā). 1. A blunt mace, originally from India and also common in Southeast Asia. Labels: rare
Word: ray grass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. 1. A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne); ryegrass; red darnel. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: ray grasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ray grass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scapiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scape + -iform. 1. Resembling a scape.
Word: A/R Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of accounts receivable. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: contratenor Part of Speech: noun 1. countertenor
Word: contratenors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contratenor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gib-cat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gib + cat. 1. A male cat, especially an old or castrated one. Labels: obsolete Example: I am as Melancholly as a Gyb-Cat, or a lugg'd Beare.
Word: gib-cats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gib-cat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scissors-tailed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the outer feathers by far the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones. Labels: not-comparable
Word: crab yaws Part of Speech: noun 1. A disease in the West Indies; a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only, rare Example: The fungous excrescences on the soles of the feet; called crab yaws, often prove very obstinate , and remain a long time after the disease has totally disappeared in other parts
Word: LBF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Luxembourg Boxing Federation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: curialist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From curial + -ist. 1. Of or pertaining to curialism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: curialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From curial + -ist. 1. An adherent of curialism.
Word: curialists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curialist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slocking stone Part of Speech: noun 1. A rich piece of ore displayed in order to tempt people to embark in a mining enterprise. Labels: Cornwall, obsolete
Word: slocking stones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slocking stone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperaroused Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + aroused. 1. In a state of hyperarousal.
Word: vogad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for voice-operated gain-adjusting device or volume-operated gain-adjusting device. 1. A type of AGC (automatic gain control) or compressor for microphone amplification.
Word: vogads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vogad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overmodulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + modulation. 1. The condition where the instantaneous level of the modulating signal exceeds the value necessary to produce 100% modulation of the carrier, resulting in distortion. Labels: uncountable
Word: corticolimbic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cortico- + limbic. 1. Relating to the cortex and limbic system. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dilection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dilectio (“dilection”). See diligent. 1. love; loving kindness Labels: dated Example: 1554, Dr. Martin [ Stephen Gardiner? ], Treatise on the Marriage of Priestes These words mine, and thine, proceeded first of iniquitie, because men did not observe mutual and natural dilection. Example: And this was the first testimony of the infinite dilection of God towards man. 2. choice Labels: dated
Word: dilections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dilection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crouper Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of crupper. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: croupers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crouper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: linstock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corrupted from luntstock, Dutch lontstok, from lont (“lunt”) + stok (“stock, stick”). See link (“a torch”), lunt, and stock. 1. A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon. Labels: historical Example: […] now, sir, (as we were to ascend), their master gunner (a man of no mean skill and courage, you must think,) confronts me with his linstock ready to give fire; Example: The offer likes not: and the nimble gunner / With linstock now the devilish cannon touches, [Alarum, and chambers go off] / And down goes all before them.
Word: linstocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of linstock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Caroluses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Carolus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Poupart's ligament Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after François Poupart (1661-1708), French anatomist. 1. A ligament extending in most mammals from the ventral side of the ilium to near the symphysis of the pubic bones.
Word: Poupart's ligaments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Poupart's ligament Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squabash Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /skwəˈbæʃ/ 1. To crush, quash or squash. Labels: Scotland, dated, slang, transitive Example: January 17 1827, Walter Scott, diary his satire of the Baviad and Maeviad squabashed at one blow a set of coxcombs
Word: squabashed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of squabash Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: squabashes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of squabash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: squabashing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of squabash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkha). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæŋk/, [ˈt͡ʃʰæŋk], /ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈt͡ʃʰeɪ̯ŋk], /ˈt͡ʃɛ̃ŋk/ 1. The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in making bangles, especially Turbinella pyrum. Labels: India
Word: chank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Expressive verb akin to champ, chomp; probably alteration of champ. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæŋk/, [ˈt͡ʃʰæŋk], /ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈt͡ʃʰeɪ̯ŋk], /ˈt͡ʃɛ̃ŋk/ 1. To eat noisily; to champ or chomp. Labels: US
Word: chank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mispronunciation of chink. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæŋk/, [ˈt͡ʃʰæŋk], /ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈt͡ʃʰeɪ̯ŋk], /ˈt͡ʃɛ̃ŋk/ 1. chink. Labels: derogatory, euphemistic, offensive
Word: chanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cholecystis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”) + κύστις (kústis, “bladder”). 1. The gall bladder. Labels: dated 2. Misspelling of cholecystitis. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: bandore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish bandurria, from Latin pandura, pandurium, a musical instrument of three strings, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra, “three-stringed lute”). Compare pandore, banjo, mandolin, bandura. 1. A historical stringed instrument similar in form to a guitar; a pandore.
Word: bandores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bandore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duboisia Part of Speech: noun 1. duboisine Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: perspicable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin perspicabilis, from perspicere. 1. discernible Labels: obsolete Example: I fancied that I saw the Fire and a Serpent engraven : which being most obvious to wind and weather , is most worn and least perspicable
Word: scapholunar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scapho- + lunar. 1. scapholunate Labels: not-comparable
Word: scapholunar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scapho- + lunar. 1. A bone formed by the coalescence of the scaphoid and lunar in the carpus of some macropods or carnivores.
Word: scapholunars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scapholunar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: girl crazy Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a great romantic or sexual attraction to girls of one's age group. Labels: informal
Word: girl crazier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of girl crazy: more girl crazy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: girl craziest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of girl crazy: most girl crazy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: streptothrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the former genus Streptothrix of bacilli, having long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted. Some species are now classified in genus Actinomyces. Labels: obsolete
Word: streptothrixes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of streptothrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bummery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bum + -ery and the idea that they were a collective of bums? 1. The faction of the Industrial Workers of the World in the 20th century which favored direct action. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: When De Leon broke with the I. W. W. in 1908 there were again members of the Party who declaimed against his abandoning the I. W. W. - members who had no sympathy with the bummery element. Example: But the hour belonged to the bummery. Proclaiming a millennial vision of “One Big Union,” the hobo insurgents won the day, ousting the home-guard and dedicating the IWW to direct economic action exclusively.
Word: bummery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant form. 1. Obsolete form of bottomry. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: R. North There was a scrivener of Wapping brought to hearing for relief against a bummery bond.
Word: linchi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Javanese lintye (“a kind of swallow”). 1. The edible-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus) 2. The cave swiftlet (Collocalia linchi)
Word: linchis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of linchi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: serosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of serosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: serosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French sérosité. See serous. 1. The quality or state of being serous. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A thin watery animal fluid, resembling serum, such as synovial fluid or pericardial fluid. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: somnopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From somno- + -pathy. 1. Alternative form of somnipathy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: whammel Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of whemmel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: whammel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of whemmel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: whammelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of whammel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: whammelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of whammel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: whammels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of whammel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: whammeling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of whammel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: whammeled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of whammel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: extill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin extillare, exstillare, from ex (“out”) + stillare (“to drop”), stilla (“drop”). 1. To drop or distill. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Oyl of Mace may be extilled after the ſame manner : it calcfies and digeſts frigid humours
Word: extilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of extill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: extilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of extill Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: extills Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of extill Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cenogamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cen- + -o- + -gamy, from Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common”) + γάμος (gámos, “bond”). 1. The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members, i.e. in which husbands and wives are shared and held in common. Labels: uncountable
Word: stiltified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stiltify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stiltifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stiltify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stiltify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From stilt + -ify. 1. To raise upon stilts, or as if upon stilts. Labels: transitive
Word: stiltifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stiltify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: petersham Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Lord Petersham. 1. A rough, knotted woollen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 2. A coat made of that material. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: petershams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of petersham Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cosenage Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of cozenage. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: They ſay this tovvne is full of coſenage: / As nimble Iuglers that deceiue the eie: / Darke vvorking Sorcerers that change the minde: / Soule-killing VVitches, that deforme the bodie: […]
Word: cosenages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cosenage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muscardin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French muscadin (“a musk-scented lozenge”), from muscade (“nutmeg”), from Latin muscus (“musk”), so called from its odour. See muscadel. 1. The common European dormouse. Labels: archaic
Word: muscardins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muscardin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sarcolactic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sarco- + lactic + acid. 1. An acid found in the muscles after prolonged contraction; lactic acid, when it is produced during anaerobic respiration. Labels: uncountable
Word: stomatode Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the Stomatoda.
Word: stomatodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stomatode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cassidonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cassidony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cassidony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Latin cassidonium, French cassidoine. See chalcedony. 1. French lavender (Lavandula stoechas). 2. Goldilocks (Galatella linosyris, syn. Aster linosyris) and perhaps other plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed. 3. Chalcedony.
Word: pengolin Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of pangolin. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: pengolins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pengolin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tincal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic تِنْكَار (tinkār), from Persian تنکار (tankâr), from Sanskrit टांकण (ṭāṃkaṇa). Compare altincar and tincar. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪŋkl̩/ 1. crude native borax, formerly imported from Tibet, and once the chief source of boric compounds Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: tinclads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tinclad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emplecton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French or Latin emplecton, from Ancient Greek ἐμπλέκω (emplékō, “to plait or weave in”); ἐν (en, “in”) + πλέκω (plékō, “to twist, weave”). 1. A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In these cases, it has been envisaged the pulling off of the emplectons of the wall, the removal of the roots, the placing back of the loose blocks and finally the placing back of the emplectons so as not to exert too great a pressure on the paraments of the wall.
Word: interlaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of interlay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: interlays Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of interlay Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: interlaid Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of interlay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exsufflation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Latin exsufflātiō, from exsufflō. Pronunciation: /ˌɛksəˈfleɪʃən/ 1. A blast from beneath. Labels: obsolete Example: The next is when it will fly upwards over the helm by a kind of exsufflation without vapouring 2. A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. Labels: obsolete Example: the Ceremony of Exsufflation, for ejecting of the Devil 3. A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs. Labels: obsolete
Word: exsufflations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exsufflation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peppergrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pepper + grass. 1. Any of the pungent herbs of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass. Example: To this group belong feeds such as: Silage, alfalfa hay, turnips, kale, apples, potatoes, beet pulp, beet tops, rape, cabbage; and also weeds such as garlic, scaleweed, dog-fennel, tarweed, peppergrass, wild mustard, and others. 2. The pillwort, or European pillwort (Pilularia globulifera). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: peppergrasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peppergrass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supercrescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See supercrescent. 1. Something that grows on another growing thing; a parasite. Labels: obsolete Example: wherever it groweth, it is of constant shape, and maintains a regular figure; like other supercrescences, and such as living upon the stock of others are termed parasitical plants
Word: supercrescences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supercrescence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dunbird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dun + bird, from its colour. 1. The pochard. Labels: UK, archaic 2. The ruddy duck. Labels: UK, archaic
Word: dunbirds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dunbird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syringocoele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From syrinx + Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”). 1. The central canal of the spinal cord.
Word: syringocoeles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syringocoele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: faglet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fag + -let, from faggot. 1. A young or short male homosexual. Labels: derogatory, offensive, sometimes, vulgar Example: We encourage each GCN reader to sit in a comfortable place, close his/her eyes and dream of a NOLAG as nationally recognized recognized as the ACLU, NAACP, or NOW. Dream of little faglets and dykelings coming to you and asking what it was like to live in a time when people could hate you or kill you because of who loved. Example: "Look, boys, a young faglet. What do we do with 'im?"
Word: faglets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faglet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sustainingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sustaining + -ly. 1. So as to sustain or offer sustenance.
Word: sustainments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sustainment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: confeder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English confederen (“to confederate; to organize a conspiracy”), borrowed from Old French confederer or directly from Late Latin confoederō. Doublet of confederate. 1. To confederate. Labels: obsolete Example: hauing confedered together
Word: confedered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of confeder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: confedering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of confeder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: confeders Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of confeder Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fallings out Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of falling out Labels: form-of, plural
Word: a camel is a horse made by a committee Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of a camel is a horse designed by a committee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: uninym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uni- (“one”) + -nym (“word, name”). 1. A single name by which a person or thing is known. Example: Casting the role with the "uninym-ed" Ariane, a model taking her first shot at acting, is not what you'd call damage control.
Word: uninyms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of uninym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mess halls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mess hall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chow hall Part of Speech: noun 1. mess hall Labels: slang Example: Back home you may not be much, but out there they've got deployment goggles—you look good, so you're in chow hall and it's kind of uncomfortable because you feel like a piece of meat or something on display.
Word: chow halls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chow hall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dining facility Part of Speech: noun 1. A mess hall. Labels: US
Word: DFAC Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of dining facility. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, slang, uncountable
Word: dining facilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dining facility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: DFACs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of DFAC Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ackerman Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English acker (“field”) + -man. Originally denoted a farmer who did not own the fields he worked. 1. A surname originating as an occupation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Wherever Eliot went, Agent Ackerman appeared five seconds later, automatically locked onto her coordinates. 2. A town, the county seat of Choctaw County, Mississippi, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Abelson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Abel + -son. 1. A Hebrew surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Thermidorian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Thermidor + -ian, after French thermidorien. Pronunciation: /ˌθɜːmɪˈdɔːɹɪ.ən/, /ˌθɝməˈdɔɹi.ən/ 1. Someone who took part in, or supported, the overthrow of Robespierre on the 9th Thermidor (27 July) 1794. Example: By then, the Thermidorians’ sights were already trained on a further target, namely, ‘the Four’, as they became known: Billaud-Varenne, Collot d'Herbois and Barère from the old CPS and Vadier from the CGS.
Word: Thermidorian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Thermidor + -ian, after French thermidorien. Pronunciation: /ˌθɜːmɪˈdɔːɹɪ.ən/, /ˌθɝməˈdɔɹi.ən/ 1. Pertaining to such people (in French history). Example: The Thermidorian spirit of revenge focused particularly on the most extreme – and most unrepentant – former Terrorists within the Convention. 2. Designating a relatively moderate reaction to a revolution. Example: It is against the background of these Thermidorian tendencies in the Soviet Union that we have to view the so-called ‘Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution’ in China.
Word: Thermidorians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Thermidorian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peanut paste Part of Speech: noun 1. peanut butter. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: cinemuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of cinema + muck. 1. A sticky coating on the floor of a movie theatre caused by spilled beverages and dropped snack items. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: It only makes me wonder if there's any market at all for people who require only a clean theater - not too much cinemuck on the floors - that's not too far from home and doesn't make you wait in the cold too long to buy a ticket. 2. Cinematic material of low quality. Labels: derogatory, informal, uncountable Example: Crawling on your knees to the real Graceland over shards of broken glass would be less painful than sitting through this cinemuck.
Word: oneironautics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oneironaut + -ics. Pronunciation: /əʊˌnaɪ.ɹəˈnɔːt.ɪks/, /əˌnaɪ.ɹəˈnɔːt.ɪks/, /oʊˌnaɪ.ɹoʊˈnɔt.ɪks/ 1. Lucid dreaming, the ability to explore dreams. Labels: uncountable
Word: Babouvist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French babouviste, corresponding to Babeuf + -ist. Pronunciation: /bəˈbuːvɪst/ 1. A supporter or follower of François-Noël Babeuf or his ideas, including universal equal income and the abolition of private property. Example: At the end of the month, Merlin ordered the disbanding of the Police Legion, which had been infiltrated by the Babouvists.
Word: Babouvists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Babouvist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uninymic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uninym + -ic. 1. Having or known by a single name. Labels: not-comparable Example: Everything is copacetic, it seems, between the two uninymic celebrities, and therefore between America and Madonna as well.
Word: bers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parma wallabies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parma wallaby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parma wallaby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First element parma from Thurawal dama + wallaby. 1. A rare species of wallaby, Macropus parma, of eastern New South Wales. Example: The parma wallaby, Macropus parma, last seen in 1932 and thought to be extinct, was subsequently rediscovered in 1966. Example: It was thought that parma wallabies were extinct in Australia in 1957, but it is now known that they exist in an area of coastal New South Wales, north of the Hunter River (Maynes 1977).
Word: orbital cavities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orbital cavity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sulfations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sulfation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: center of attention Part of Speech: noun 1. US spelling of centre of attention. Labels: US, alt-of
Word: centre of attention Part of Speech: noun 1. Something that attracts a lot of attention. Labels: UK Example: That fellow's new limousine is the centre of attention, as everyone stops to stare at it.
Word: roller shoe Part of Speech: noun 1. A shoe with wheels fixed to the sole which can be extended for skating or retracted for walking.
Word: roller boot Part of Speech: noun 1. a roller skate
Word: MDVP Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of MDPV. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: bath salts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bath salt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bath salt Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several inorganic salts sometimes added to bathwater. Labels: in-plural 2. Any of a class of methylenedioxypyrovalerone-based psychoactive recreational drugs. Labels: slang
Word: MDPV Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of methylenedioxypyrovalerone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of Muscovy duck parvovirus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: anti-vaxxer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti-vax + -er or anti- + vax + -er. Equivalent to anti- + vaxxer. 1. A person who opposes vaccination, as for its purported dangerous effects. Labels: informal Example: Janice D'Arcy reports at the Washington Post on the latest measles outbreak traced back to anti-vaccination fanatics, but this time, instead of an outbreak being traced back to a Whole Foods or a nursery school---the usual places where the kids of yuppie anti-vaxxers have a chance to expose and be exposed---the trail for this one leads back to the Super Bowl. Example: Like everyone else (other than anti-vaxxers, I guess), I was delighted to see the good news about the Pfizer vaccine hopefully being rolled out before Christmas.
Word: minaul Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of manul. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: minauls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minaul Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anti-vaxxers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anti-vaxxer Labels: form-of, plural