nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: gaincoming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gain- + coming. Compare gaincome and gainsay. 1. Return; a coming again; second coming or advent. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The mass he meant to impugn was "not the blissed institution of the Lord Jesus, which he hath commanded to be used in his kirk, to his gaincoming, but that which is cropen in into the kirk visible, without all approbation of ye word of God." Example: [...] has in the last days revealed from the bosom of His Father, whereof He made His apostles messengers, and which they preached and established among His faithful till the 'gaincoming of our Lord Jesus Christ; [...]
Word: rockoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of rocket + balloon. Pronunciation: /ɹɒˈkuːn/, /ɹɑˈkun/ 1. A rocket, powered by solid fuel, that is not lit while on the ground but first carried into the upper atmosphere by a gas-filled balloon, then separated from the balloon and automatically ignited to allow it to achieve a higher altitude.
Word: rockoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rockoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Proto-Altaic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From proto- + Altaic. 1. The hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Altaic languages, the existence of which is now often rejected.
Word: MGySgt Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Master Gunnery Sergeant. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: BBA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of balanced budget amendment. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of bachelor's of business administration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: triservice Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + service. 1. Of or pertaining to three services, especially an army, navy, and air force. Labels: not-comparable
Word: wicket maidens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wicket maiden Labels: form-of, plural
Word: number ones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of number one Labels: form-of, plural
Word: number threes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of number three Labels: form-of, plural
Word: number fours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of number four Labels: form-of, plural
Word: number fives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of number five Labels: form-of, plural
Word: number sixes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of number six Labels: form-of, plural
Word: number sevens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of number seven Labels: form-of, plural
Word: number eights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of number eight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: number nines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of number nine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: number tens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of number ten Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Number Ten Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of 10 Downing Street. Labels: UK, colloquial
Word: coprosmia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From copro- + -osmia. 1. A form of cacosmia in which the odor of feces is imagined. Labels: uncountable
Word: claybeg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic claidheamh beag (literally “small sword”). First attested in 1825 as Clay-beg. 1. The Scottish broadsword used during the Early Modern period. Labels: historical Example: When Sir Walter Scott speaks, prior to 1715, of the inferiority of the claymore to the rapier, he refers not to the claybeg or Andrew Ferrara, now worn by the officers and sergeants of the Highland corps, and which has usurped the venerable name of the ancient Scottish weapon.
Word: Toshimitsu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese としみつ (Toshimitsu). 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: up-plow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + plow. 1. To plow up; tear up as by plowing. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: nuclear magnetic pulse Part of Speech: noun 1. An electromagnetic pulse caused by a nuclear explosion
Word: Deeg Part of Speech: name 1. A district of Rajasthan, India.
Word: vision panels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vision panel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: New World monkeys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of New World monkey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blacksmelt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From black + smelt. 1. Any of various ray-finned fish in the genus Bathylagus.
Word: upstand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English upstanden, equivalent to up- + stand. Cognate with Dutch opstaan (“to rise, stand up”), German aufstehen (“to arise, get up, stand up”), Swedish uppstå (“to arise, emerge, come up”). 1. To stand up; arise; be erect; rise. Labels: intransitive Example: At once, upstood the monarch, and upstood / The wise Ulysses. Example: The combination with a closet seat, of a flexible mat having sockets, plates secured upon the seat and having recesses, and a standard pivoted upon each plate and fold- able to lie in the respective socket or to upstand from the seat, […]
Word: upstand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English upstanden, equivalent to up- + stand. Cognate with Dutch opstaan (“to rise, stand up”), German aufstehen (“to arise, get up, stand up”), Swedish uppstå (“to arise, emerge, come up”). 1. A section of a roof covering or flashing which turns up against a vertical surface.
Word: upstand Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English upstanden, equivalent to up- + stand. Cognate with Dutch opstaan (“to rise, stand up”), German aufstehen (“to arise, get up, stand up”), Swedish uppstå (“to arise, emerge, come up”). 1. (of a beam) Having its top surface above the slab with which it integrates; "an upstand beam". Labels: not-comparable
Word: Ee Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 余 (Î). 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: make someone's blood boil Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling to others. Labels: idiomatic Example: Dove says it makes her blood boil to see the way the poor young gentleman is treated. Example: The hypocritical smugness of the English makes my blood boil.
Word: upstare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + stare. 1. To stare or stand erect or on end; be erect or conspicuous; bristle. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: […]With hair up-staring—then like reeds, not hair—[…] Example: In the street or road he reluctantly wore a hat, but in fields or gardens his little round head had no other covering than his long, wild, ragged locks." These wild locks upstared more wildly when Shelley, having dipped his head, [...]
Word: representers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of representer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: OSI layer 8 Part of Speech: name Etymology: The OSI model is a reference model consisting of 7 abstract layers, with the physical network hardware being the lowest level, and the application being used the highest level; the human user might humorously be regarded as a layer on top of this. 1. The user. Labels: humorous
Word: Old World monkeys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Old World monkey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Newton's cradle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Isaac Newton. 1. A device that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy via a series of swinging spheres. When a sphere at one end is lifted and released, the resulting force travels through the line and pushes the opposite sphere upward, repeating the process as it swings back down.
Word: lampboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lamp + board. 1. A board housing a number of lamps that may be lit by an electrical circuit.
Word: lampboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lampboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lampads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lampad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sugarlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sugarless + -ness. 1. Absence of sugar. Labels: uncountable
Word: Smithsonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Smithson + -ian. Pronunciation: /smɪθˈsəʊni.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to James Smithson (c.1765–1829), British mineralogist and chemist whose bequest was used to set up the Smithsonian Institution in the United States.
Word: Smithsonian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Smithson + -ian. Pronunciation: /smɪθˈsəʊni.ən/ 1. The Smithsonian Institution, a group of museums and research centers established in 1846 and administered by the United States government. Example: Published in 1982, the now out-of-print computer guide is a real relic, full of dozens of black-and-white pictures of large, bulky computers that you would sooner find in the Smithsonian than on anybody's desk today.
Word: Bur Part of Speech: name Etymology: Three possible origins: * Borrowed from French Bur, probably a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name. * Borrowed from Alemannic German Bur (“peasant, farmer”) and Low German Bur (“peasant, farmer”). * Borrowed from Slovak Búr, a surname of unexplained origin. 1. A surname.
Word: Wellingtonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Wellingtonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiwater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + water. 1. A hypothetical substance resembling water but made from antimatter. Labels: particle, uncountable Example: Thus antiwater would boil and freeze at the same temperatures as ordinary water.
Word: subclassify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sub- + classify. 1. To classify into a subclass. Labels: transitive
Word: subclassifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of subclassify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: subclassifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subclassify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sublogics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sublogic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hee Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Hee. 1. A surname from Dutch
Word: Hee Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Puxian Min 許 /许 (hy³). 1. A surname from Puxian Min
Word: Hong Part of Speech: name 1. A local government area of Adamawa State, Nigeria.
Word: Hong Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 洪 (Hóng) or Taishanese 湯 /汤 (hong¹). 1. A surname from Mandarin or Taishanese.
Word: upsnatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + snatch. 1. To seize or snatch up. Labels: transitive Example: With pity struck, with horror for my deed, The babe upsnatch'd away I bore with speed ; And, knowing Zion should be captive led, Far to these mountains of the East I sped. Example: With Zephyr from his palace in the west, thou dost upsnatch the Twins from cradled rest, And strain them to thy breast, [...]
Word: upsolve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + solve. 1. To solve; explain. Labels: transitive Example: They were both broiled o' th' coles i and a man may smell broil'd meat, I hope ? you are a scholar, upsolve me that, now. Example: Pray you, upsolve me this question : What holiday is this, Latter Lammas or St. Ginnyes Even? […] Upsolve me that question. 2. To solve a problem after the end of a contest. Labels: neologism
Word: upsway Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + sway. 1. To sway or swing up; brandish. Labels: transitive
Word: cross-sell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cross- + sell. 1. To sell (additional products) to existing customers. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The sales training program on cross-selling our best customers profitable advisory services. Example: We want salesmen who know how to cross-sell.
Word: cross-sell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + sell. 1. The act of making such a sale.
Word: bestood Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bestand Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: offstand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ofstonden, from Old English ofstandan (“to remain, persist, continue; restore, make restitution”), from Proto-Germanic *afstandaną, *afstāną, equivalent to off- + stand. Cognate with Dutch afstaan (“to cede, yield, relinquish”), German abstehen (“to project, stick out, stand away”), Swedish avstå (“to refrain, desist, give up, relinquish”). 1. To endure against; stand or ward off; defend against; withstand; resist. Labels: transitive Example: Those who are involved in long enmities sacrifice continually to the hidit in order to offstand such affliction. Example: […] announced in its issue of October tenth that New Jersey's Governor, Livingston, had received word of the intended attack and was planning measures to offstand it. 2. To offset; compensate for; make restitution for. Labels: transitive Example: To offstand the dire effects of its hoarding policy, the Secretary, from March 4, 1885, began lending money to the national banks — that is he deposited it in those institutions. Example: Smith paid seven thousand pounds for the copyright, though it was not a financial success ; George Eliot, in fact, afterward gave a short story, "Brother Jacob," to offstand the publisher's loss.
Word: offstand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ofstonden, from Old English ofstandan (“to remain, persist, continue; restore, make restitution”), from Proto-Germanic *afstandaną, *afstāną, equivalent to off- + stand. Cognate with Dutch afstaan (“to cede, yield, relinquish”), German abstehen (“to project, stick out, stand away”), Swedish avstå (“to refrain, desist, give up, relinquish”). 1. Offset; restitution. Labels: uncountable Example: […] but there is partially in a few instances where the person has two-thirds of the away-going crop, and where he has that two-thirds, generally their agreement is that they do not pay any offstand; they have it clear.
Word: offstood Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of offstand Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pudendum virile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pudendum (“a thing to be ashamed of”) + virile, neuter form of virilis (“of a man”). 1. A part of the male pudenda; the principal male organ of intromission and micturition; the penis.
Word: AdjP Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of adjective phrase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: AdvP Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of adverbial phrase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: stone loach Part of Speech: noun 1. Barbatula barbatula, a species of ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae or subfamily Nemacheilinae in family Balitoridae (hillstream loaches).
Word: blennorrhœic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of blennorrheic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Coneal ulcers, however, were only observed in those instances where gonococci were present, both in the blennorrhœic and non‐blennorrhœic cases.
Word: superly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From super + -ly. 1. In an excellent manner; excellently. Example: The funeral car was superly arranged. It consisted of a platform, on which was erected a canopy of black cloth and velvet, trimmed with silver lace. Example: A superly adorned creature, the Callithea Markii, having wings of a thick texture, coloured sapphire, blue, and orange, was only an occasional visitor.
Word: cry in one's beer Part of Speech: verb 1. To feel sorry for oneself; to feel sadness or regret, especially in combination with self-pity. Labels: idiomatic Example: It was a pleasure to talk to a movie producer who wasn't crying in his beer over what the European war has done to the picture business. Example: He was bitter about the whole thing, but he wasn't crying in his beer.
Word: cry into one's beer Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of cry in one's beer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: weep in one's beer Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of cry in one's beer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: weep into one's beer Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of cry in one's beer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: a treat Part of Speech: adv Etymology: An ellipsis of like a treat (“thing that gives pleasure”). 1. Very nicely or effectively. Labels: British, English, colloquial, not-comparable Example: The plan worked a treat. Example: That meal went down a treat.
Word: like a charm Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Very effectively. Example: The sales pitch worked like a charm. Example: The Chevy drove like a charm, even with a couple inches of snow on the roads.
Word: bestill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bistillen, bystillen (“to silence”), equivalent to be- + still. Perhaps and alteration of earlier Middle English istillen, ȝestillen (“to make still, calm”), from Old English ġestillan (“to calm, quieten, pacify, stop”). 1. To make quiet or still; calm; pacify. Labels: transitive
Word: bestain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from bestained, equivalent to be- + stain. 1. To mark with stains; discolour; spot. Labels: transitive
Word: coætaneous Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of coetaneous. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable Example: And thus it is through the whole ſyſtem of the Body ; every member doth mutually ſuſtain and ſupply one another ; and all are coætaneous, becauſe none of them can ſubſiſt alone.
Word: Hendra Part of Speech: name Etymology: * In Queensland, the virus was named after the suburb of Hendra in Brisbane, Australia, where some of the first cases were reported. The name may have originated in Cornwall. 1. Hendra virus, a disease fatal to livestock and humans, caused by viruses of genus Henipavirus. Labels: informal 2. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 3. A number of places in Cornwall, England, including 4. A number of places in Cornwall, England, including:
Word: Jackett Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a medieval diminutive of the given name Jack. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Bees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bee Labels: form-of, plural 2. Alternative letter-case form of bees. Labels: alt-of
Word: æmulous Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of emulous. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: potato mashers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of potato masher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hrazdan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Armenian Հրազդան (Hrazdan). 1. A town in Armenia in Kotayk. 2. A river in Armenia.
Word: Aras Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Turkish Aras, from Persian ارس (aras), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *Raxsā- (“swift-flowing”). Compare Sanskrit रङ्घते (raṅghate, “to hasten, run”). Pronunciation: /æˈɹæs/ 1. Alternative form of Araks. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Aras Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Ara Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Aragvi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Georgian არაგვი (aragvi). 1. A river in Georgia.
Word: versed sines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of versed sine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: setup fee Part of Speech: noun 1. An initial fee that is charged by an organization to set up an account (or similar financial instrument).
Word: Iwao Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese いわお (Iwao). 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: company seals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of company seal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: holding companies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of holding company Labels: form-of, plural
Word: company fronts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of company front Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fire companies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fire company Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pasargadae Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Pasargadae, from Ancient Greek Πασαργάδαι (Pasargádai), ultimately from Old Persian *Pāθragadā. Doublet of Pasargad. 1. An ancient city of Persia, a capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Labels: historical
Word: intervarietal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + varietal. 1. Occurring between two or more different varieties. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rooping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of roop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sordor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from an unattested Latin *sordor, or by back-formation of a noun from sordidus (“dirty, vile”). 1. sordidness Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jumboize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From jumbo + -ize. 1. To lengthen (a ship) by replacing an existing section with a longer section or inserting an additional section. Labels: transitive Example: The replacement and enlargement of the entire cargo section, commonly called "jumboizing," of one of the smaller American-flag tankers, now under bareboat charter to the Company, was completed in September. Example: This year the Great Lakes fleet will have four so-called "jumboized" ocean tanks with mid-body sections built in Europe and towed across the Atlantic Ocean and joined to salvaged bow and stern sections.
Word: jumboizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jumboize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jumboizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jumboize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jumboized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jumboize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cystorrhœa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cysto- + -rrhœa. 1. Obsolete form of cystorrhea. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: Sometimes cases of chronic catarrh of the bladder, or cystorrhœa, the result of the senile enlargement of the prostate, are met with, in which the mucous secretion from the inflamed bladder becomes temporarily suspended by an attack of bronchitis, and as soon as the expectoration, which may have been very abundant, has subsided, the mucous discharge from the bladder returns. In chronic catarrh or cystorrhœa of the bladder, the lining membrane becomes in time extensively inflamed, the muscular coat becoming greatly thickened and its cavity contracted, as you will see well‐marked in the specimen I shall now hand round, which was taken from the patient lately in No. 6 ward.
Word: karela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi करेला (karelā), from Sanskrit कारवेल्ल (kāravella). 1. Momordica charantia, the bitter melon or bitter gourd. Labels: India, countable, uncountable Example: The roofs shall fade before it, The house-beams shall fall, And the Karela, the bitter Karela, Shall cover it all! Example: Cut karelas into thin slices. Wash and rub two table spoons salt all over the karelas and its scrapings.
Word: karelas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of karela Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bestarring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bestar Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bestarred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bestar Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: facework Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From face + work. 1. The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The communicative strategies involved in upholding face or social prestige. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Work done at the face, such as the coalface. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: fabulosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fabulosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fadedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From faded + -ness. 1. The quality of being faded. Labels: uncountable
Word: feculae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fecula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fadistas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fadista Labels: form-of, plural
Word: faintheartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From fainthearted + -ly. 1. In a fainthearted manner.
Word: falsificators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of falsificator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: famishments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of famishment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: faquirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faquir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leucorrhœæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leucorrhœa Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: leucorrhœa Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of leucorrhoea. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: soft power Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American political scientist Joseph Nye in the late 1980s and popularized in the 1990 book “Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power”. 1. Political influence that is extended by means of diplomacy, media, international assistance, cultural exchanges, etc., rather than by such "hard" means as military intervention or punitive economic measures. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Soft power is a country's cultural and ideological appeal. It is the ability to get desired outcomes through attraction instead of force. Example: The bank often provides the hard currency for Chinese soft power aspirations: In Africa, China ExIm has handed out more than $7 billion in loans in recent years. 2. A state having this kind of power. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: feasteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: feast + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of feast Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: feastest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: feast + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of feast Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: fetichist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fetich + -ist. 1. Archaic form of fetishist. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: fetichists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fetichist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fetichism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fetich + -ism. 1. Archaic form of fetishism. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Chapter 1: What is Fetichism?
Word: fetishisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fetishism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fetichisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fetichism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feticidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From feticide + -al or fetus + -icidal. 1. Killing a fetus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: incouragements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incouragement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Feejeean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Feejee + -an. 1. Obsolete spelling of Fijian. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Feejeean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Feejee + -an. 1. Obsolete spelling of Fijian. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Feejeean Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Feejee + -an. 1. Obsolete spelling of Fijian. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Feejeeans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Feejeean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kermadec petrel Part of Speech: noun 1. Pterodroma neglecta, a petrel of the Kermadec Islands.
Word: filamentoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-der. Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom Latin fīlum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin fīlō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Medieval Latin fīlāmentumbor. English filament Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- 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) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English filamentoid From filament + -oid. 1. Like a filament.
Word: filamentlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-der. Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom Latin fīlum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin fīlō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Medieval Latin fīlāmentumbor. English filament Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English filamentlike From filament + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a filament.
Word: filamentations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of filamentation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leucorrhœic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of leucorrhoeic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: In addition to irrigation of the vagina of leucorrhœic women with antiseptic solutions before and during delivery (Haussmann), the lids of the newborn should be carefully washed immediately after birth, if possible before the bandage is applied.
Word: firedrakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of firedrake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sæptal Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of septal. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable Example: On the contrary , a large percentage of them are traumatic ; in other words, they are induced by the habit of picking the nose for the purpose of dislodging a mass of inspissated secretion, which is apt to accumulate at the apex of a sæptal spur or over an area of atrophied mucous membrane.
Word: firefish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + fish. 1. Any of several species of fish in the genus Nemateleotris 2. Any of various fish of the genera Pterois and Parapterois.
Word: firefishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of firefish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firefountains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of firefountain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fireforming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fireform Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fireformed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fireform Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: firestops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of firestop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intergenetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + genetic. 1. Pertaining to multiple genera. Labels: not-comparable Example: interspecific and intergenetic hybridization 2. Of or pertaining to multiple genes. Labels: not-comparable Example: My own intuition is that beneficial genetic mutations do not emerge merely as random errors in genetic copying but emerge inevitably when the optimum intergenetic and thermodynamic conditions Example: The characteristic diversity of the hypertrophic CMP phenotype is attributable to the intergenetic heterogeneity (with a variety of mutations encoding protein components of the cardiac sarcomere) 3. Pertaining to multiple languages with different roots. Labels: not-comparable Example: Intra- and intergenetic language contact led to intermediate stages of simplification of the system (Luwo, Thuri) without necessarily involving fundamental typological changes.
Word: intergenerationally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From intergenerational + -ly. 1. Between generations. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intertemporally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From intertemporal + -ly. 1. In an intertemporal manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: firestone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English firestone, firstan, fyrestane, fyyr stone, from Old English fȳrstān, equivalent to fire + stone. 1. Iron pyrite, formerly used for striking fire. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A flint. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A heat-resistant stone that will withstand intense heat of a furnace, used for lining kilns, campfire rings, fireplaces and furnaces; especially, the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On the descent the line is often in cuttings; some are high, such as at Scarcroft, where a cut through firestone and fireclay was necessary, and near Bardsey, where the line threads a deep tree-lined gorge.
Word: firestones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of firestone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tortricid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Translingual Tortricidae. By surface analysis, tortrix + -id. 1. Any moth of the family Tortricidae, also known as leafroller moths.
Word: tortricids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tortricid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fishful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fish + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃfəl/ 1. Abounding in fish. Example: Thus mean in state, and calm in sprite, My fishful pond is my delight. Example: The earth brought forth its fruit; fishful its river-mouths; milkful the kine; heavy-headed the woods.
Word: fishwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fish + -woman. 1. A woman who sells fish. Labels: dated Example: Watt was not a woman's man, but the fishwoman pleased him greatly.
Word: fishwomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fishwoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flagpersons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flagperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Flatheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Flathead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proanthocyanins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proanthocyanin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fleeceless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fleece + -less. 1. Without fleece. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fleshmonger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fleshmongere, from Old English flǣsċmangere; equivalent to flesh + monger. 1. One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp, procurer, or pander. Labels: archaic Example: Carnarius. A boucher: also a fleshmonger. 2. A butcher.
Word: fleshmongers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fleshmonger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: basanites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of basanite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flippantness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flippant + -ness. 1. The quality of being flippant. Labels: uncountable
Word: florikins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of florikin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: florilegia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of florilegium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flowerers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flowerer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fluework Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flue + work. 1. A system of organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; distinguished from reedwork. Labels: uncountable
Word: flummeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flummery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flutterboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flutterboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flycatching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fly + catching. 1. Catching insects while in flight. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bestowable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bestow + -able. 1. Capable of being bestowed.
Word: SecDef Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of SECDEF Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bestowage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bestow + -age. 1. Stowage. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable
Word: hyperfocus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + focus. 1. An intense form of mental concentration or visualization that focuses the consciousness on a narrow subject. Labels: uncountable Example: Such are the three branches of the first power or focal passions, whereof unityism is the trunk or hyperfocus. Example: Such are the three branches of the first power or focal passions, whereof unityism is the trunk or hyperfocus.
Word: hyperfocus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hyper- + focus. 1. To focus intensely. Labels: intransitive
Word: fœticide Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of foeticide. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: foldless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fold + -less. 1. Without folds. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Freepers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Freeper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Xboxer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Xbox + -er. 1. An owner of a Xbox video game console. Labels: informal Example: Xboxers can stop whining about being left out of the most amoral and hyper-violent game of all time.
Word: Xboxers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Xboxer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foolfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foolfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: footbeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of footbed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forbroke Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of forbreak Labels: form-of, past
Word: foremilks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foremilk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forsakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forsaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forsakest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: forsake + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of forsake Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: inputter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From input + -er. 1. One who, or that which, inputs. Example: The cards had to be punched using an enormous machine — about the size of a small dinner table — and these machines were operated by a team of data inputters.
Word: inputters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inputter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fosterlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fosterling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fountainless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fountain + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊntɪnləs/ 1. Without fountains. Labels: not-comparable
Word: overcanvassed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of over-canvassed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: algological Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to algology (the study of algae). Labels: not-comparable
Word: algologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From algology + -ist. Pronunciation: /ælˈɡɒlədʒɪst/ 1. One who studies algology.
Word: algologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of algologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: algometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of algometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: freers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of freer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Freemasonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Freemason + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to Freemasonry.
Word: fringeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fringe + -less. 1. Without a fringe. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fringelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fringe + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a fringe.
Word: frockless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From frock + -less. 1. Without a frock. Labels: not-comparable
Word: frizzler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frizzle + -er. 1. One who, or that which, frizzles.
Word: frizzlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frizzler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frogfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frogfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bestraughted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Irregular, from bestraught + -ed. 1. Distracted. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: frostless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From frost + -less. 1. Without frost. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some schools have become advanced production units of various hsien and communes, serving as stations for the propagation of good seeds, for the performance of scientific experiments, and for the extension of techniques. For example, the Liang-ping-t'ai Agricultural Middle School of An-t'u [translating 安圖 /安图 (Āntú)] Hsien, to introduce varieties of high-yield paddy rice suited to the special local condition of a short frostless period, conducted comparative experiments on eight of such varieties and compiled records of the year-round observation and survey of water temperatures, thus accumulating a vast amount of material on the study of high-yield paddy rice.
Word: frothless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From froth + -less. 1. Without froth. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bestraddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + straddle. 1. To bestride. Labels: transitive
Word: fruitages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fruitage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fruiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fruit + -er. 1. Any organism that fruits. Example: Hypholoma mushrooms are very prolific fruiters. 2. A ship for transporting fruit. Labels: historical 3. A homosexual man. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Because of increasing awareness during the 1930s, the police department added plainclothes officers to its parks and squares unit to keep the "fruiters" in check. They began surveillance of the known places where gay men might go to meet each other […] Example: They already had some gay friends, though I can't say I liked them very much. My Dad just took it in stride. It'd didn't make any difference between us. My Mom, after about fifteen minutes of silence, said, 'Oh, good, a fruiter—a funny boy. My sister has one.
Word: bestreak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + streak. 1. To mark or cover with streaks. Labels: transitive
Word: fruiters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fruiter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gorsy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gorse + -y. 1. Covered in gorse. 2. Resembling or characteristic of gorse.
Word: cannulæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cannula (alternative form of cannulae) Labels: archaic, form-of, plural
Word: fykes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fyke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yeared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From year + -ed. 1. Of a specified number of years. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable 2. That has lasted many years; old. Labels: not-comparable, poetic Example: Ironically, too, the wine was a yeared Bollinger of almost carnal subtlety and while Sutcliffe's stomach quailed his palate hungered for the treat.
Word: yulan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chinese Mandarin 玉蘭／玉兰 (yùlán) (lit. "jade orchid"). 1. Magnolia denudata, a species of magnolia with large white blossoms that open before the leaves.
Word: yulans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yulan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ywent Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of go Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: yeara Part of Speech: noun 1. Toxicodendron diversilobum, western poison oak. Labels: uncountable
Word: yenite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jenite. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: jenite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jena + -ite. 1. The mineral ilvaite. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: yestern Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Perhaps from yester + -en. Compare also Old English ġiestran (“yesterday”). 1. Of or pertaining to yesterday. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, rare Example: Argos, I fear, will pay us soon again Her yestern debt[…] Example: For men born of yesterday are yestern
Word: yestern Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Perhaps from yester + -en. Compare also Old English ġiestran (“yesterday”). 1. Yesterday. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: "F. Newman's book I saw yestern at our ouse," Arnold writes to Clough. "He seems to have written himself down an hass.
Word: yestern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from yester + -en. Compare also Old English ġiestran (“yesterday”). 1. Yesterday. Labels: archaic Example: Yestern was the day of hail, […] Example: Yestern, who was there could compete with me in strength?
Word: misbeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + beat. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsbiːt/ 1. A false, wrong, or incorrect beat; a beat in the wrong time or rhythm. Example: Leigh's heart gave a little misbeat as she watched the exchange. Example: Was it that same phial of precious ichor, still inside me, that spilled in the cinema that afternoon, and that I carry in me yet, and that yet will overflow at the slightest movement, the slightest misbeat of my heart?
Word: misbeat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + beat. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈbiːt/ 1. To beat out of rhythm; beat incorrectly. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The assistant's role is not a minor one: When they become shaman, after they start in, his assistants have to know just what song to sing and how to beat the drum. If they misbeat the drum, the shaman just become normal again. Example: “I fear he will not be with us beyond the winter. He has already had two problems with his heart, which grows continually weaker.” “How weak?” “Twice it has misbeat. The third time may prove fatal.”
Word: afterbeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From after- + beat. 1. A secondary, weaker half of a musical beat. Example: He does so by giving the first structural tone an afterbeat comparable to that which follows the second structural tone. Example: The most distinctive rhythmic feature of ska is a strong afterbeat: a strong, crisp chunk on the latter part of each beat.
Word: onbeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From on- + beat. 1. The first and third beats in a bar of four-four time.
Word: forebeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + beat. 1. The primary, stronger half of a musical beat.
Word: visit a spell Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of set a spell. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: offstanding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From off- + standing. Compare Dutch afstand (“distance”), German Abstand (“distance”), Swedish avstånd (“distance”). 1. Standing off; standing or situated at a distance; distant; far removed; remote. Example: In the offstanding hill near Little Malvern the rock is porphyritic, being composed of small, light-coloured crystals of felspar set in an amorphous greenish [...] Example: Forcing teeth farther apart was formerly regarded as a necessary preliminary step to moving offstanding ones into the arch, [...]
Word: offstanding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of offstand Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: turn someone's crank Part of Speech: verb 1. To arouse a person's interest or passion; to excite someone. Labels: informal Example: McGwire had said that international competition did not "turn my crank," but the players on the dais today seemed positively excited about the trip. Example: But it was journalism that turned his crank. He loved knowing the secrets and the gossip; he loved trafficking in information.
Word: batful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English batful, badfull, perhaps from Old English *batfull, equivalent to bat (“to improve"; as in "battle, batten”) + -ful. Compare also Old Norse bati (“improvement, profit, usefulness”). 1. Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: The batfull pastures fenc’t, and most with quickset mound, / The sundry sorts of soyle, diversitie of ground; […]
Word: bacteriophytochromes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bacteriophytochrome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lightens up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lighten up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lightening up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of lighten up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lightened up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lighten up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ramraidings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ramraiding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ramraided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ramraid Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ram-raid Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of ramraid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ram-raid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ramraid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ram-raids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ram-raid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ram-raids Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ram-raid Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ram-raiding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ram-raid Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ram-raided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ram-raid Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ram raid Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of ramraid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ram raid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ramraid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ram raids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ram raid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ram raids Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ram raid Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ram raiding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ram raid Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ram raided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ram raid Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: root rots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of root rot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CD-RWs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of CD-RW Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sparapet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Armenian սպարապետ (sparapet). Doublet of spahbed. 1. the hereditary title of the military commander-in-chief in ancient Armenia Labels: historical
Word: blunk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apparently a corruption of blenk and/or blink. Pronunciation: /blʌŋk/ 1. To blench, blink; turn aside. Labels: intransitive 2. To spoil, mismanage. Labels: Scotland, transitive