nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: multicycle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + cycle. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one cycle. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mark Hill suggested dropping the multicycle processor implementation and instead adding a multicycle cache controller to the memory hierarchy chapter. This allowed the processor to be presented in a single chapter instead of two.
Word: multicycles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multicycle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyclol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cycle + -ol. 1. Any of a group of cyclic peptides proposed as a basis of rigid protein structures
Word: antithet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin antithetum, antitheton, from Ancient Greek ἀντίθετον (antítheton), substantivization of the neuter form of ἀντίθετος (antíthetos, “opposing, contrasting”). 1. An antithetical or contrasted statement. Labels: archaic
Word: antithets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antithet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multinominal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + nominal. 1. Having many names or terms.
Word: α-particles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of α-particle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyclols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyclol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multisonant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + sonant. 1. Producing many sounds.
Word: multiloquy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin multiloquium 1. An excess of words or talk. Labels: uncountable
Word: unisonant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uni- + sonant. 1. Of a single sound; producing the same sound. Labels: not-comparable Example: a pair of unisonant tuning forks
Word: nonissued Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + issued. 1. Not issued. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonissuable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + issuable. 1. Not issuable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unissuable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + issuable. 1. Not issuable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: demomaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demo + making. 1. The creation of demos. Labels: uncountable Example: Demomaking was not only about discovering new tricks and effects any more, but also pushing existing ones to the machines^([sic]) limit.
Word: seriates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of seriate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: seriating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of seriate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nonbred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + bred. 1. Not bred. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trowing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of trow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: trowed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of trow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nonchemotherapy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + chemotherapy. 1. Not having or pertaining to chemotherapy. Labels: not-comparable Example: Formerly, the combination of vincristine, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), and dexamethasone (VAD) was commonly used, but is being replaced by nonchemotherapy options.
Word: contesseration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin contesseratio (“to contract friendship”), from con- + tesserae (“square tablets; especially as friendship tokens”). 1. A harmonious union. Labels: obsolete 2. The act of contracting friendship. Labels: obsolete 3. An assemblage. Labels: obsolete 4. A collection. Labels: obsolete
Word: get blood from a stone Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of get blood out of a stone. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “I can’t get blood from a stone,” said Representative Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat facing re-election in a competitive district. “I’m not in the Senate. They’re clearly having problems negotiating among themselves. And I will just — for my constituents — take what I can get.”
Word: get blood out of a stone Part of Speech: verb 1. To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless. Labels: idiomatic Example: Bradley looked at the fire, with a working face, and was silent for a while. At last he said, with what seemed an inconsistent composure of voice and feature: ‘You can’t get blood out of a stone, Riderhood.’ Example: "I suppose the law has some protection to offer them." "Can the law get blood out of a stone? I haven't any money. I've got about a hundred pounds."
Word: dead man's switches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dead man's switch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dead man Part of Speech: noun 1. A dead man's switch. 2. A bottle of alcoholic drink that has been consumed. Labels: slang 3. An extra loaf stolen from a bakery by a servant who smuggles it into the customer's basket (and sometimes fraudulently charges it to the customer). Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: A crusty loaf at your service — but master gets over-crusty, 'cause last week's bill ar'nt paid. I'm no "snatcher," altho' now and then I make "a dead man." […] We all admit the baker's skill, / To charge a dead man in his bill; […] 4. Alternative form of deadman. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cheap shot Part of Speech: noun 1. A deliberate, unsportsmanlike, and potentially illegal act of aggression against an opponent. Example: Attacking a goalie trying to make a save is a total cheap shot, I think. 2. A remark that unfairly disparages an obvious vulnerability of the target. Labels: broadly Example: School bullies always take cheap shots at kids with glasses. Example: It's a charge Rubin breezily makes while dredging up the fact that, years ago, Clinton got cheated on, itself a cheap shot that is irrelevant to the controversy at hand.
Word: cheapshot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cheap shot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cheap-shot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cheap shot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cheap-shot Part of Speech: verb 1. To take a cheap shot at (an opponent). Labels: transitive
Word: cheap shots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cheap shot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cheap-shots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cheap-shot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cheapshots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cheapshot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: early adopter Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who begins using a product or service at or around the time it becomes available.
Word: early adopters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of early adopter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: float someone's boat Part of Speech: verb 1. To interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: I invited Lily to join us, but horror films don't float her boat.
Word: come to a close Part of Speech: verb 1. To draw toward a conclusion; to end. Labels: idiomatic Example: Big hair went out of style as the 1980s came to a close.
Word: mindblown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mind + blown. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪnd.bləʊn/, /ˈmaɪnd.bloʊn/ 1. Having had one's mind blown.
Word: Atlantic Isles Part of Speech: name 1. The British Isles; used especially to avoid associations with British nationality or citizenship. Example: Columba or Colmcille (‘Dove of the Church’) […] built an island monastery far to the north on the island of Iona, which remains one of the best-known sacred placed in the Atlantic Isles; he frequently crossed the sea between his various foundations.
Word: rigorist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rigour, or its source, Latin rigor, + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪɡəɹɪst/ 1. Someone who takes the strictest interpretation of a law, religious injunction etc. Example: These rigorists wanted to borrow Old Testament exclusions from participation in the Temple liturgy and apply them to pregnant women and the sexual relations of married couples.
Word: rigorist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rigour, or its source, Latin rigor, + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪɡəɹɪst/ 1. Of, pertaining to or in the fashion of rigorists or rigorism.
Word: rigorists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rigorist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Samo Part of Speech: name 1. A language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea.
Word: sampietrino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian sampietrino. 1. A roughly 12cm square-topped, dark, fine-grained, paving stone with a tapered base, endemic to Rome (first used in the 17th century to pave St. Peter’s Square—whence it received its name—later becoming iconic throughout Rome and further afield in Italy), which was traditionally (albeit not exclusively) quarried from the mafic, alkaline, ultrapotassic leucitite Pleistocene-age lavas erupted by the Alban Hills volcano just outside of the city, although modern replacement stones are often made of similar, yet more readily-available, cheaper basalt, imported from China. 2. One of the highly-skilled, hereditary craftsmen exclusively entrusted with the upkeep of St. Peter's Basilica since 1600 CE, as well as the lighting and decoration of its exterior during the annual Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.
Word: circle contact lenses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circle contact lens Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonblinking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + blinking. 1. That does not blink or flash. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonpostural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + postural. 1. Not postural. Labels: not-comparable
Word: autosegmental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From autosegment + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to autosegments. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to autosegmental phonology, a framework of phonological analysis that views phonological representations as consisting of parallel tiers of segments, rather than just one linear sequence of segments. Labels: not-comparable
Word: superdistribution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + distribution. 1. The distribution of digital products (such as software or music) in an encrypted form so that one consumer can pass them on to another, while the original distributor retains control over use and modification. Labels: uncountable 2. Any of various generalizations of a distribution, especially a common distribution that results from applying a single mapping to any distribution from a body of source distributions, which forms the basis of encryption used in the superdistribution of digital products. Labels: countable
Word: fennocchio Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of finocchio. Labels: alt-of, no-plural, rare Example: In the Reading Terminal market there are one or two stalls where one may purchase fennocchio, the fennel flavored bulbous stems […]
Word: rhizomatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥιζωματικός (rhizōmatikós). By surface analysis, rhizome + -atic. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪzəˈmætɪk/ 1. Resembling or related to a rhizome. Labels: not-comparable 2. Employing rhizomes; not arborescent; spreading without a traditional hierarchy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: shetani Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān)bor. Swahili shetanibor. English shetani Borrowed from Swahili shetani, borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān). Doublet of shaitan. 1. An evil spirit from East African mythology, often the subject of artwork.
Word: baze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, but apparently identical with Dutch bazen, verbazen (“to astonish, stupefy”), obsolete German basen (“to rave”). Compare also Scots baise (“confusion, bewilderment”). 1. To stupefy; frighten; alarm. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: Knowledge Interchange Format Part of Speech: name 1. A computer language designed for communicating knowledge between independently running computer programs. Example: It is exemplified by the Knowledge Interchange Format (KIF)¹⁵, part of an approach described in the paper by Tenenbaum. Example: The Knowledge Interchange Format is a proposed standard for the specification and interchange of ontologies.
Word: trans-Neptunian objects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trans-Neptunian object Labels: form-of, plural
Word: KIF Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Knowledge Interchange Format. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: flag stop Part of Speech: noun 1. A train station at which trains stop only on request. Labels: US Example: All trains stop at all stations, with the exception of a few "local" stations near Mombasa and an odd flag stop or two usually missed by the mails.
Word: flag stops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flag stop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Uşak Part of Speech: name 1. A province of Turkey, in the interior Aegean region. 2. A district of Uşak Province, Turkey. 3. A municipality, the capital of Uşak district and Uşak Province, Turkey.
Word: direct deposit Part of Speech: noun 1. A deposit of money straight from the source (and initiated by the source) into a bank account, by wire, or other means. Example: You can pay by direct deposit, check, or cash.
Word: failles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faille Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moneyer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English moneyour, partly from Middle English money + -our, and partly from Anglo-Norman monoiier, monneiere, monnier. Equivalent to money + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌniə/, /ˈmʌniɚ/ 1. A minter: one who makes money, particularly (historical) the superintendent of a mint producing coinage. Example: As best they could, the imperial moneyers carved coin dies which imitated the coins of ancient Rome from half a millennium before. 2. Synonym of moneylender, one who loans money to others at interest. Labels: archaic
Word: moneyers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moneyer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: filioque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin filioque, from filiō (“from the son”, ablative) + -que (“and”). Pronunciation: /fɪliˈoʊkwiː/, /fɪliˈoʊkweɪ/ 1. The use of the Latin word filioque (“and from the son”) in the Western form of the Nicene Creed, to indicate that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son (as opposed to the Eastern Orthodox Churches which believe the Spirit proceeds from the Father alone). Labels: uncountable Example: But in 867 an assertion of papal authority led to a formal split. Photius, the Patriarch of Constantinople, attacked the filioque, which was beginning to draw papal support, and summoned a council that excommunicated the Pope. Example: Another issue was the promotion of that troublesome addition to the Nicene Creed, the Filioque or double procession in the Trinity of the Spirit from Father and Son, which had taken its cue from Augustine's writing on the Trinity.
Word: plumber's helper Part of Speech: noun 1. A plunger, consisting of a large suction cup attached to a stick and used to remove blockages from toilets, sinks, or drains. Labels: idiomatic Example: This plumber's helper was in the corner, one of these big, industrial-strength jobs for blowing out major toilet blockage.
Word: plumber's friend Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of plumber's helper.
Word: coming together Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From come together. 1. A union. 2. A collision. Example: INCIDENT: Wolves want a penalty of their own when Nelson Semedo goes down under the challenge of Oliver Skipp but nothing is given. DERMOT'S VERDICT: You ask for consistency and I think in different instances in different games this weekend, referees came to the same conclusion - that there was a coming-together but not necessarily a foul.
Word: coming together Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From come together. 1. present participle and gerund of come together Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nasky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English naxty, of uncertain origin, but probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Swedish naskug, naskig, nasket (“dirty, nasty”), Danish nasket (“nasty”). More at nasty. 1. Nasty. Labels: obsolete
Word: hate mail Part of Speech: noun 1. Hostile correspondence sent to an individual or group. Labels: uncountable Example: The next time I got to a town to check my emails I received this message: `Mate, stick to birds and lay off people who are locked up and less fortunate than you. You are not funny. Just pathetic.' My first ever hate mail! I was used to hearing `You're not funny, Dooley, just pathetic,' from producers and former lovers, but from a total stranger? Ouch.
Word: fennochio Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of finocchio. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: Fennochio removed, is never so good and tender as that which is not; it receives such a check in transplanting in its infancy, which, like the rickets, leaves knots that indurate the parts of the fennel, and spoil it from being a dainty. Example: Unsuccessful endeavours have been made to cultivate the Fennochio in England and France.
Word: platitudinize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From platitude + -ize on analogy of other adjectives ending in -tudinize, from Latin -tūdin- + -ize, the oblique stem of -tūdō. Compare platitudinous. 1. To utter one or more platitudes; to make obvious, trivial, or clichéd remarks concerning a topic. Labels: intransitive Example: He does not attempt lofty flights of eloquence or try to disguise thought under ponderous platitudinising sentences. Example: If we keep our knowledge strictly to ourselves we know exactly how we stand, and that if there has been any leakage, it had been from some other source. But I need not platitudinize to an experienced and learned counsel. 2. To express as or reduce to one or more clichés or truisms. Labels: transitive Example: Mendelssohn had misunderstood, platitudinized, and misinterpreted the holy concept of revelation. Example: “It's better to have to struggle when you're young, I think, than when you're older,” she platitudinized.
Word: platitudise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From platitude + -ise on analogy of other adjectives ending in -tudinise, from Latin -tūdin- + -ise, the oblique stem of -tūdō. 1. Alternative form of platitudinize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: myrrhic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From myrrh + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːɹik/, /ˈmɜɹik/ 1. Of, related to, or derived from myrrh. Labels: not-comparable Example: Corpses, treatment of.—A solution of myrrhic resin is obtained by treating powdered myrrh […] 2. Having a pleasant fragrance; aromatic. Labels: not-comparable, poetic Example: All the fragrances of dew, O angel, are there, / The myrrhic rapture of young hair, […] Example: Above us the avern brooded like a gonfalon; from it there drifted a myrrhic perfume.
Word: hashy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hash + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈhæʃi/ 1. Resembling marijuana in taste or smell. 2. Slovenly; careless. Labels: Scotland
Word: clashy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clash + -y. Sense 1 is from the dialectal use of clash for a heavy rainfall. Pronunciation: /ˈklæʃi/ 1. Wet, rainy; muddy. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: ... [not] the dress he kept for extra "clashy and clarty wark," but just his everyday fawn-coloured jeans and corduroys […] Example: She looked up and said, "It's rayder clashy." He assented to her remark for the rain was pouring down, and the roads were muddy and slippery[…] 2. That clash(es), that do(es) not match or fit stylistically. Labels: informal
Word: clashy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A corruption of a form similar to khalasi, likely Marathi खलाशी (khalāśī). Pronunciation: /ˈklæʃi/ 1. A khalasi. Labels: archaic
Word: slashy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slash + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈslæʃi/ 1. Involving lots of cutting with blades, or swordwork. Example: Fans of all things feathered and slashy have the rest of the month to obtain a PSP, if they don't yet have one. Example: Blade Warriors the game reviewed today is the first Onimusha game to come with a play style of its own It is a slashy fighting game with clanging swords 2. resembling a slash (the punctuation mark) Example: It was written by a fellow named Hans S. Tommerholt, and I apologize to you all, but there's actually a slashy thing through the first "o" in his last name, 3. wet, having wet ground, slushy Example: Italy's Rinaldo Ruetti mastered a slashy, water-logged bobsled run today and took a substantial lead in the world two-man championships Example: The grounds were slashy, there being a heavy shower in the afternoon. Play with barefoot was difficult. 4. making a movement akin to swiping a sword. Example: Matt Damon, playing an assassin without a cause, gets to show off some very deftly timed martial-arts moves, flipping his limbs around with the slashy percussive precision of ninja nunchakus. Example: "He is a very slashy player. Every time a shot goes up, I have to find him and know where he is at all times because he is a great offensive rebounder..." 5. darting, running in a zigzag motion Example: "Steve Smith is more of a slashy guy, very quick. He runs really good routes. Jarrett is a prototypical big receiver. He gets up there with the best of them..." 6. of a work of art, done in the style that suggests the painter was slashing the canvas with a paintbrush Example: In the last hour we've managed to do ten [drawings] total (I did six in a more abstract, slashy style, and she did four, neatly and precisely). I've never really done any kind of art outside of school, except for writing. Example: most contemporary art Bailey gives us images of classical order and balance In place of slashy brushwork and sludgy paint he gives us solid figures and uminous color. 7. slushy, very romantic 8. Characteristic of or related to slash fiction. Labels: slang Example: It was the first slashy story published after the threats to expose slash to the producers and actors in Starsky and Hutch. Example: One amazing claim to fame, though, is that very soon after this collating party at my house, Roberta published her slashy/raunchy stories in a fanzine that was called, I think, GRIP (a sendup of zines Grope and Grup) […]
Word: iliac crest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: iliac + crest 1. The visible impressions made by the ilium marking the top of the pelvis at the threshold of the torso and lower extremities. Example: I forgot to press down in addition to in and up on her iliac crests during my patient assessment.
Word: fascia lata Part of Speech: noun 1. The deep fascia connective tissue surrounding the muscle of the thigh.
Word: fascia latas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fascia lata Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lupinarian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of lupanarian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: A fragment in rather poor verse, one of the few he has written, celebrates one dark lupinarian night in which he and two companions precipitate themselves upon two poor harlots.
Word: cerebation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumably a variant of cerebration, from Latin cerebrum, "brain", + -ation. 1. The act of using the mind; thought. Example: What he said, when he did speak, (whether accidentally, or through unconscious cerebation, who shall say?) was just what he would have been likely to feel under the circumstance.
Word: superpowerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From superpower + -less or super- + powerless. 1. In fiction, lacking a superpower; lacking the special attributes of a superhero or supervillain. Example: The idea of a practically unarmed, unshielded, and superpowerless human boy defeating what was probably the mightiest warrior of the day without any external aid is absolutely absurd. Example: The 1969 dispenser was of the short-lived superpowerless karate-chopping Wonder Woman written by the legendary Dennis O'Neil. 2. Extremely powerless. Example: Though nihilism may not be invincible, superpowers are superpowerless against it. Example: If Boba Fett serves as a lightning rod for anything more significant than admiration of his arresting costume and four gritty lines of dialogue, perhaps it is as the embodiment of our third-wave, superpowerless anxiety, which long predates the events of September 11, 2001.
Word: drug lords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drug lord Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consensus theorem Part of Speech: name 1. The following theorem of Boolean algebra: XY+X'Z+YZ=XY+X'Z where YZ, the algebraically redundant term, is called the "consensus term", or its dual form (X+Y)(X'+Z)(Y+Z)=(X+Y)(X'+Z), in which case Y+Z is the consensus term. (Note: X+Y,X'+Z⊢Y+Z is an example of the resolution inference rule (replacing the + with ∨ and the prime with prefix ¬ might make this more evident).)
Word: cerebations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cerebation Labels: form-of, plural Example: He spoke in a loud strong voice yet one sensed a yaw at the center of his brain which left his cerebrations as lost as Karloff's lost little voice.
Word: temulence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin tēmulentia. 1. Drunkenness; intoxication. Labels: uncountable Example: But the postcard was not invented in England until 1870, so Miss Barrett had no way of curbing her temulence to a dram of postcard-size.
Word: temulency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin tēmulentia. 1. Synonym of temulence. Labels: uncountable Example: Then, as quickly as was possible given our shared temulency, we staggered into the living room. Example: vilenesses they commit in their wine (meaning when they know not what they do) for the deeds themselves so ignorantly committed they find pardon amongst wise judges, but for their temulency a condemnation
Word: Sera Part of Speech: name 1. A language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Word: Sera Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew שָׂרָה (sará, “lady, princess”), which was originally converted from the given name שָׂרָי (saráy, “Sarai”). 1. A female given name from Hebrew, of occasional usage.
Word: gaysians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gaysian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: temulentive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From temulent (“intoxicated, drunk”) + -ive (“relating to, tending to”). 1. Related to or characteristic of drunkenness; drunkening; intoxicating; drunkened; intoxicated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sanctiloquent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sanctus ("holy) + loquens (present participle of loqui, "to speak"). 1. Speaking of holy or sacred things. 2. Prone to speaking in a sanctimonious manner; preachy.
Word: Soyer Part of Speech: name Etymology: Two main origins: * Borrowed from Turkish Soyer. * Borrowed from French Soyer. 1. A surname.
Word: piss in someone's cornflakes Part of Speech: verb 1. To disappoint or irritate someone. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, informal, often, vulgar Example: Sorry to piss in your cornflakes, but my mom's got asthma, so take your cigarettes outside. Example: Okay, now I don't want to pee on your cornflakes or nothing, but how exactly are we going to get up there?
Word: comeling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English comeling, comlynge, cumeling, cumlyng, from Old English *cymeling, equivalent to come + -ling. Cognate with Old High German chomeling, chumelinc (“a comeling”). 1. A comer; (person) an arrival. Labels: obsolete 2. An incomer. Labels: obsolete 3. A newcomer; stranger. Example: Faust took a deep breath. 'That is what I was going to tell you. Sadly, the comelings caught him.'
Word: enserf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + serf. 1. To make into a serf. Example: It certainly did not denounce as sinful the movement to enserf a large section of the population, any more than it had challenged slavery in the ancient world; that was hardly surprising, since very often great monasteries like Cluny were in the forefront of imposing serfdom on their tenants.
Word: lichi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish lichi, from Hokkien 荔枝 (lē-chi). 1. Alternative spelling of lychee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: put out to pasture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the practice of putting draft animals too old to work in a pasture. 1. To make someone retire, especially due to advancing age. Labels: informal Example: They've put John out to pasture and replaced him with someone who's got half his experience. Example: Your institutions were important stepping stones. Now they rot. Continuous revolution goes on and you're not with it with your alcoholic, tawdry, self-indulgent subculture. Put out to pasture your dialectic writers, they deserve a good green one, but the revolution must go on. 2. To discontinue something. Labels: informal Example: That version of the program has been put out to pasture. Example: The other problem was that the electrical locomotives vibrated, […] The electrical locomotives were put out to pasture, the carriages were adapted, and Electrical Multiple Unit traction was introduced from 1903. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put out, to, pasture.
Word: lichis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lichi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: honey bears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of honey bear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: life expectancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of life expectancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drop a bombshell Part of Speech: verb 1. To announce surprising or alarming information suddenly and without warning. Labels: idiomatic Example: When the two men got together to discuss contract arrangements, the challenger dropped a bombshell. "If you lie down you can have the whole purse — $10,000," O'Brien told him.²³ Example: John and Rick were knee-deep in pre-production when the client dropped a bombshell: Both of the tax services spots had been killed, but they still needed to air something in the same time frame.
Word: put the moves on Part of Speech: verb 1. To make an effort to gain someone's romantic or sexual interest; to try to woo or seduce. Labels: idiomatic Example: Leo tried putting the moves on Dawn at the New Year's party.
Word: needs-cost Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English needis cost, nedes cost, from needes (genitive of need (“need”)) + cost (“means”); synchronically analyzable as a univerbation of needs + cost. 1. Of necessity or need; necessarily. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stokehole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stoke + hole, after Dutch stookgat. 1. The aperture through which a furnace is fed or tended. Example: A few strange dead objects lay about. Old Ives collected them and put them in the stokehole. 2. The place in a steamship in which stokers fed the boilers with coal; a stokehold.
Word: palsy-walsy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Reduplicated from pals, + -y (adjectival suffix). 1. Very friendly, especially in an excessive or artificial way. Labels: slang Example: She's gotten palsy-walsy with her in-laws lately.
Word: Sams Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sam + -s (plural suffix). 1. plural of Sam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sams Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sam + -s (plural suffix). 1. plural of Sam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sams Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sam + -s (hypocoristic suffix). 1. A diminutive of the female given name Samantha, variant of Sam. 2. A diminutive of the male given name Samuel, variant of Sam.
Word: Sams Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Sam with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. 1. A surname.
Word: scorched-earth policy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See scorched earth. 1. A strategy that involves destroying buildings, crops, and other resources that could be useful to opponents. Example: The Ethiopian Army waged a scorched-earth policy with saturation bombings and destruction of Eritrea's infrastructure. 2. An intentional course of action that is drastic or ruinous. Labels: figuratively Example: The scorched-earth policy that voters adopted toward the Tories left them with no seats in Scotland and Wales and greatly reduced numbers through the prosperous swath called Middle England. Example: Group member Graeme Bickerdike said: "With its infilling and demolition programme currently paused, NH has adopted a scorched-earth policy of destroying habitats to ensure there are no ecological barriers to projects resuming quickly when government gives the green light.
Word: scorched-earth policies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scorched-earth policy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scorched earth policies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scorched earth policy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scorched earth policy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of scorched-earth policy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: finnocchio Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of finocchio. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: Finnocchio (Florence fennel), p. 367 Example: It is pleasing to note an increased interest in Finnocchio or Florence Fennel excellent as a salad and very good cooked or served naturally like celery.
Word: Martins Part of Speech: name 1. A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Martin.
Word: Martins Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Martin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jeffy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jeff + -y. 1. A nickname for Jeff or Geoffrey
Word: Jeffo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jeff + -o. 1. A nickname for Jeff or Geoffrey
Word: Tommo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tom + -o. 1. A nickname for Tom or Thomas. Example: "Visit in two days though," said Tommo. "Hang in there mate, got a joey coming, we'll be sweet then." Example: Tommo tries to snatch his rucksack back, and Shayne stands, holding it out tauntingly.
Word: scorched-earth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See scorched earth. 1. Characterized by a desire to prevail at any cost. Labels: not-comparable Example: The scorched-earth ad campaign directed at her opponent didn't win her many votes.
Word: scorched earth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque from Chinese 焦土 (jiāotǔ, “scorched earth; ravages of war”), originally in reference to the strategy adopted by the Chinese government in the Second Sino-Japanese War. First attested in 1937 as an idiom. 1. Land that has been abandoned, in the face of an advancing enemy, after the destruction of all resources on it. Labels: uncountable 2. The strategy of destroying all resources in an area of land in order to deny their use to an advancing enemy. Labels: uncountable
Word: scorched earth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Calque from Chinese 焦土 (jiāotǔ, “scorched earth; ravages of war”), originally in reference to the strategy adopted by the Chinese government in the Second Sino-Japanese War. First attested in 1937 as an idiom. 1. Alternative spelling of scorched-earth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ads Part of Speech: name 1. A nickname for Adam.
Word: Ads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Char Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortening (of personal names). 1. A nickname for Charlotte 2. A nickname for Charlene 3. A short river in west Dorset, England; in full, the River Char.
Word: Esti Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Esther.
Word: Ems Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Ems, from the Roman name, Latin Amisia. 1. A river in northwestern Germany.
Word: Ems Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the clipping of Emma or Emily + -s (hypocoristic suffix). 1. A diminutive of the female given names Emma or Emily.
Word: Ems Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of ems. Labels: alt-of
Word: Jezzer Part of Speech: name 1. A nickname for Jeremy or Geoff or Jeff
Word: Siâny Part of Speech: name 1. A nickname for Siân
Word: Sian Part of Speech: name Etymology: An anglicization of Welsh Siân, ultimately from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena. Pronunciation: /ʃɑːn/, /ʃɑn/, /ʃɐːn/, /ʃaːn/, /ʃan/ 1. A female given name from Welsh [in turn from Hebrew].
Word: Sian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Central Kurdish سیان (syan). 1. Alternative form of Siyan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 西安 (Xī'ān). 1. Alternative form of Xi'an. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As the day drew near it was obvious that it would not bring unmixed joy. Ominous rumors were coming from Sian in the northwest, where Young Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang and his troops were now stationed. Example: Chiang refused to see any Communists in Sian until Mme Chiang arrived, according to X. Chou (En-lai) went to Mme Chiang and begged her to arrange an interview with Chiang. She finally agreed. Chou was very apologetic all the time he talked to Chiang.
Word: Sian Part of Speech: name 1. An endangered language spoken in the Belaga, Sarawak District in east Malaysia. It has no written form.
Word: Sian Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: rememorize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + memorize. 1. To memorize again. Labels: transitive
Word: rememorized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rememorize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rememorizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rememorize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rememorizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rememorize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Samnium Part of Speech: name 1. An ancient region of southern Italy. Labels: historical
Word: Bloomfieldian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Bloomfield + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Leonard Bloomfield (1887–1949), American linguist and pioneer of linguistic structuralism.
Word: Bloomfieldian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bloomfield + -ian. 1. A supporter of Leonard Bloomfield's linguistic theories.
Word: Bloomfieldians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bloomfieldian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rememorization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + memorization. 1. The act of rememorizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: santolina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Santolina of evergreen shrubs in the sunflower family.
Word: Sapienza Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Sapienza. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: drop a brick Part of Speech: verb 1. To commit a faux pas, especially in speech, such as by tactlessly speaking of a subject that should not be mentioned. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: It was on one of those Tuesdays that I dropped a brick, the memory of which still haunts me after more than forty years. A very loquacious lady, whom I had never seen before, appeared to be talking through her nose. “Don't you think,” I said to one of my neighbours, by way of starting conversation, “that lady would be well advised to sound her trumpet less often?” “You bet I do! I've not been able to get used to it these thirty years.” And as I stared at him, horror-struck: “Yes. I'm her husband.” Example: I remember dropping a brick when I first met her. As she at once started calling me 'Harry' in the way Americans are apt to do, the surname becoming immediately superfluous. I ventured to ask her what her Christian name was. ‘I'm not a Christian, Harry.’ 2. Alternative form of drop a bombshell. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, idiomatic 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, brick. Example: The clumsy builder dropped a brick on his toe.
Word: sampietrini Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sampietrino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: santonine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of santonin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: beverageware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beverage + -ware. 1. Drinking utensils collectively. Labels: uncountable
Word: libellant Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of libelant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: libelles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of libelle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: libellas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of libella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adlect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From adlēct-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin adlegō, an alternative spelling of allegō (“to select, choose, recruit, or elect; to admit (to or into something)”). 1. To choose or elect, especially to promote someone to higher office before they have served in a lower capacity.
Word: predooming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of predoom Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: predooms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of predoom Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: predoomed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of predoom Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hypochloraemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hypochloremia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: hypochloremia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, hypo- + chlor- + -emia. 1. An electrolyte disturbance whereby there is an abnormally depleted level of the chloride ion in the blood. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Ersu Part of Speech: name 1. A Qiangic (Sino-Tibetan) language cluster, spoken by about 20,000 people in China. Example: As for those who speak Ersu, Guiqlong, and Namuyl, they used to be called, pejoratively, "Xifan" (western barbarians).
Word: KBOs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of KBO Labels: form-of, plural
Word: TNOs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of TNO Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hayat Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan. 1. A surname from Arabic.
Word: men-stealers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of men-stealer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: men-stealer Part of Speech: noun 1. A slave-dealer; someone who seizes other persons to hold those persons as slaves or sell them into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder. Example: In abolishing slavery, you abolish that calling of the men-stealer, and in abolishing that calling you abolish slavery.
Word: man-stealer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of manstealer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: menstealer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From men + stealer. 1. Alternative spelling of men-stealer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: menstealers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of menstealer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: man-stealers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of man-stealer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Terim Part of Speech: name 1. A surname
Word: hemitonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hemi- + tone + -ic. 1. relating to half steps Labels: not-comparable
Word: anhemitonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From an- + hemitonic. 1. Lacking half steps. Labels: not-comparable
Word: traffic of influence Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of influence peddling. Labels: uncountable
Word: indic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to indium. Labels: not-comparable Example: indic oxide
Word: distrail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of dissipation + trail. 1. A clear path through a cloud created by a passing aircraft, caused either by evaporation or freezing of water droplets in the wake.
Word: Soyuz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian Сою́з (Sojúz), from сою́з (sojúz, “union”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɔɪjuːz/, /ˈsɔːjuːz/ 1. Any of a series of Soviet, later Russian spacecraft. 2. Any of a series of Soviet, later Russian spacecraft.
Word: angon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Byzantine Greek ἄγγων (ángōn, “prong, hook”); ultimately of Gothic *𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 (*agga, “prong, hook”) and that from Proto-Germanic *angô (“hook; barb; angle”). Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡɒn/ 1. A type of javelin with a barbed tip, used by the Franks and the various Germanic tribes in the Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages. Labels: historical
Word: Kor Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a Scottish surname, variant of Caw, shortened from McCaw. * As a German surname, possibly altered from Kohr, from a short form of Konrad, or from Kur, occupational surname from Middle High German kur (“official inspector”) (see modern Kurier (“messenger, courier”)). * As a Dutch surname, from Gronings dialect kor (“wheelbarrow, hand-truck”). * As a Polish surname, possibly a variant of several places derived from góra (“mountain”). * As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 高 (gāo) (see Gao) or 高 (gāo) (see Xu). 1. A surname.
Word: katara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani کَٹَار (kaṭār) / कटार (kaṭār, “dagger, saber”). Pronunciation: /kə.tɑɹ(.ə)/ 1. An Indian push dagger with an H-shaped handle, used predominantly ceremonially, and rarely as a weapon.
Word: push dagger Part of Speech: noun 1. A short bladed dagger with a handle (often T-shaped) designed to be grasped in the hand with the blade protruding out from between the fingers.
Word: Yörük Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a Turkish ethnic subgroup of Oghuz descent, some of whom are nomadic, primarily inhabiting the mountains of Anatolia, and partly in the Balkan peninsula.
Word: Say Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Seven Part of Speech: name 1. A river in North Yorkshire, England that flows through Rosedale to join the Rye.
Word: apogamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From apogamy + -ic. 1. Of or relating to apogamy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bec de corbin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old French bec de corbin (literally “crow's beak”). 1. A poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole. Labels: historical
Word: Lucerne hammer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the town of Lucerne, in Switzerland, where it originated. 1. A type of poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a sharp angled spike on its opposite side, mounted on a long pike.
Word: holy water sprinkler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *kéh₂ilos From holy water + sprinkler, probably a variant of holy-water sprinkle. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊli ˌwɔːtə ˈspɹɪŋklə/, /-ˈsprɪŋkl̩ə/, /ˈhoʊli ˌwɔtəɹ ˈspɹɪŋk(ə)ləɹ/, [-ɾəɹ-], /-ˌwɑtəɹ-/ 1. Synonym of holy-water sprinkle.
Word: guandao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 關刀 /关刀 (guāndāo, “Guan Yu's halberd”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡwɑnˌdaʊ/ 1. A Chinese polearm with the blade mounted on top of the pole (as opposed to on the side like most European polearms).
Word: brandistock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian brandistocco. 1. A short polearm that has three retractable blades concealed in its handle, which are sprung upon a thrusting action forming a three-pronged spear.
Word: spetum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian spedo (“a spit”). Doublet of spit. 1. A medieval long spear with two sharp tapering blades projecting forward at roughly around 45 degrees with the blunt side facing the opponent. Labels: historical
Word: guisarme Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gisarme. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pre-primary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + primary. 1. Taking place before primary school. Labels: not-comparable Example: pre-primary education
Word: bill hook Part of Speech: noun 1. A spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts. 2. A sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species. 3. Alternative form of billhook (in its other senses) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bill-hook Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of billhook. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: neeze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English nesen, from Old English *hnēosan (“to sneeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *hneusan, from Proto-Germanic *hneusaną (“to sneeze”), from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *(s)knus- (“to sneeze”) and Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to gasp, pant, breathe”). See sneeze. Compare Dutch niezen, German niesen, Swedish nysa 1. To sneeze. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive
Word: neese Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of neeze. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ackinchesacky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Unami ahkinkèshaki (“stony ground”, or “hook mouth”, or “on low ground”), whence also Hackensack. 1. A Native American tribe from Delaware. Labels: plural, plural-only