nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bandom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of band + fandom. Pronunciation: /ˈbændəm/ 1. The collective fandoms surrounding certain bands. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: heart bond Part of Speech: noun 1. A bond in which no header stone stretches across the wall, but two headers meet in the middle, and their joint is covered by another stone laid header fashion.
Word: heart wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of cam shaped like a heart, used to convert uniform rotary motion into uniform reciprocating motion.
Word: banddom Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bandom. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: heart and hand Part of Speech: adv 1. With enthusiastic cooperation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mule twist Part of Speech: noun 1. cotton yarn in cops, spun on a mule; in distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame. It was, apparently, more elastic than similar yarns in its era. Labels: historical
Word: mountain spinach Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant in the amaranth family used as a leaf vegetable, Atriplex hortensis. Labels: uncountable
Word: on the cross Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. dishonestly Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: […] in fact, any high mobs-man could get nine pounds each for tenners got “on the cross”; […]
Word: star fort Part of Speech: noun 1. A fort surrounded on the exterior with projecting angles. 2. A military starbase, space station
Word: false galena Part of Speech: noun 1. blende Labels: uncountable
Word: Guinea wheat Part of Speech: noun 1. maize; Indian corn (Zea mays) Labels: uncountable
Word: German wheat Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of spelt (Triticum spelta) Labels: uncountable
Word: Turkey wheat Part of Speech: noun 1. maize; Indian corn (Zea mays) Labels: uncountable 2. Crimean wheat Labels: uncountable
Word: off the hooks Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Unhinged; disturbed; disordered. Labels: colloquial Example: Or was Erskine out of his mind? And he himself Watt was he not perhaps slightly deranged? And Mr. Knott himself, was he quite right in his head? Were they not all three perhaps a little off the hooks? Example: In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom I found mightily off the hooks that the ships are not gone out of the river. 2. Superseded. Labels: archaic, colloquial 3. Dead. Labels: archaic, colloquial
Word: deck hook Part of Speech: noun 1. A horizontal knee or frame in the bow of a ship, on which the forward part of the deck rests.
Word: hook wrench Part of Speech: noun 1. A wrench or spanner with a hook at the end, instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead, nut, or coupling.
Word: false banana Part of Speech: noun 1. Ensete ventricosum, a plant in the banana family.
Word: hook ladder Part of Speech: noun 1. A ladder with hooks at the end by which it can be suspended, as from the top of a wall.
Word: alychne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Erwin Schrödinger from Ancient Greek, Literally, “no light”. 1. The line of zero luminance in a color space.
Word: alychnes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alychne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dressing forceps Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds.
Word: Norfolk Island pine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Native to Norfolk Island, but not a true pine. 1. Araucaria heterophylla (synonym Araucaria excelsa), a conifer endemic to Norfolk Island, but grown as an ornamental tree in mild climates and as a container plant indoors worldwide.
Word: love-in-idleness Part of Speech: noun 1. Viola tricolor, the wild pansy. Labels: uncountable Example: The second came up about ten days later in the lee of the channel marker, and it was called stepmother, or love-in-idleness.
Word: of all loves Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. For the sake of all love; by all means. Labels: idiomatic, obsolete Example: Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come back again.
Word: take pleasure Part of Speech: verb 1. To have enjoyment. Example: Is it wrong to take pleasure in other people's misfortunes?
Word: at pleasure Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. By arbitrary will or choice. Example: I will at pleasure now revenge my wrong; And, Traytor, thou shalt feel my vengeance long
Word: oak leaf Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of oakleaf. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shepherd's pouch Part of Speech: noun 1. The plant shepherd's purse.
Word: angle bar Part of Speech: noun 1. An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. 2. An angle iron.
Word: photobank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo + bank. 1. A collection of photographs that can be licensed for use elsewhere.
Word: photobank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + bank. 1. A bank of photoelectric cells. Example: No selenium, no photo-cell banks. No photobanks – well, death by slow broiling is one of the more unpleasant ways of being done in.
Word: photobanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photobank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forslothed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of forsloth Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: e-mentor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + mentor. 1. A mentor who communicates with his/her mentees through electronic means, such as e-mail.
Word: e-mentor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From e- + mentor. 1. To mentor (somebody) by electronic means, such as e-mail. Labels: transitive
Word: e-mentoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of e-mentor Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: e-mentored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of e-mentor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: e-mentors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of e-mentor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: e-mentors Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of e-mentor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: core print Part of Speech: noun 1. A projecting piece on a pattern which forms, in the mould, an impression for holding in place or steadying a core.
Word: crimping pin Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap. Labels: historical
Word: e-mentee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + mentee. 1. One who is mentored through electronic forms of communication. Example: As an e-mentor or e-mentee, all types of communication included in Skype can be used to their full potential. Example: Among the main benefits reported by the e-mentees were positive motivation, empowerment to make their own decisions and advice and support from someone impartial and non-judgemental.
Word: e-mentees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of e-mentee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crimping house Part of Speech: noun 1. A (usually low-rise) building into which men were decoyed and plied with alcoholic drink to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers. Labels: historical Example: Under pretense of taking up mendicants and vagabonds, they had scoured the streets at night, seizing upon honest mechanics, or their sons, and hurrying them to their crimping-houses, for the sole purpose of extorting money from them as a ransom.
Word: pondspice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pond + spice. 1. Litsea aestivalis, an American shrub of the laurel family, growing in ponds and swamps. Labels: uncountable
Word: galaxy filament Part of Speech: noun 1. A massive, threadlike formation of gravitationally bound galaxies forming the boundaries between large voids in the universe.
Word: galaxy filaments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of galaxy filament Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonmention Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + mention. 1. A failure to mention something. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nonmentions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonmention Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonmentioned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + mentioned. 1. Not mentioned. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Mikulicz disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Jan Mikulicz-Radecki, a Polish surgeon who wrote about the condition. 1. A benign lymphoepithelial lesion of the parotid and/or lacrimal glands, sometimes associated with Sjögren's syndrome. Labels: uncountable
Word: undebunked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + debunked. 1. Not debunked. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonmarathon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + marathon. 1. Not relating to a marathon. Labels: not-comparable Example: Marathon and nonmarathon runners were surveyed in the study.
Word: nonportfolio Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + portfolio. 1. Not relating to a (financial) portfolio. Labels: not-comparable Example: nonportfolio income; nonportfolio properties
Word: unflowing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + flowing. 1. Not flowing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonaggregate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + aggregate. 1. Not aggregate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chiasmatic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌkaɪæzˈmætɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the optic chiasma. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to or characterized by a chiasma (the contact point between the two chromatids of a chromosome during meiosis). Labels: not-comparable
Word: unvisual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + visual. 1. Not visual.
Word: nonstressor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + stressor. 1. That which is not a stressor.
Word: nonstressors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonstressor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antihallucinatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + hallucinatory. 1. Preventing or countering hallucination. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prisoner's cinema Part of Speech: noun 1. The visual phenomenon of seeing colours, which may resolve into human or other figures, when kept in darkness or otherwise deprived of visual stimulation. Labels: uncountable
Word: antisonar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + sonar. 1. Preventing detection by sonar. Labels: not-comparable Example: an antisonar coating
Word: undiverse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + diverse. 1. Not diverse.
Word: unenmeshed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + enmeshed. 1. Not enmeshed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonamplifying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + amplifying. 1. Not amplifying. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unimmured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + immured. 1. Not immured. Labels: not-comparable
Word: liaison aircraft Part of Speech: noun 1. a small, usually unarmed aircraft primarily used by military forces for artillery observation or transporting commanders and messages.
Word: Wilson loop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Kenneth G. Wilson. 1. A gauge-invariant observable obtained from the holonomy of the gauge connection around a given loop.
Word: Wick rotation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Gian-Carlo Wick. 1. A method of finding a solution to a mathematical problem in Minkowski space from a solution to a related problem in Euclidean space by means of a transformation that substitutes an imaginary-number variable for a real-number variable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Haag's theorem Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Rudolf Haag. 1. A theorem stating that the interaction picture does not exist in an interacting, relativistic quantum field theory.
Word: gunloon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gun + loon (“crazy or deranged person”). 1. A person obsessed with owning guns; a zealous supporter of the right to bear arms. Labels: US, derogatory, slang Example: Of course, to a gunloon, freedom is _defined_ by gun ownership. Example: Allowing pilots to carry guns is so insane and stupid that only a gunloon would support it.
Word: nondesire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + desire. 1. absence of desire Labels: uncountable
Word: angel water Part of Speech: noun 1. A perfumed liquid originally made with angelica and later with rose, myrtle, and orange-flower waters, with ambergris, etc. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: angel bed Part of Speech: noun 1. A bed without bedposts, whose canopy is supported from a wooden structure.
Word: gong farmer Part of Speech: noun 1. One who dug out and removed human excrement from privies and cesspits. Labels: obsolete
Word: subjective case Part of Speech: noun 1. The form of a noun or pronoun used as the subject of a finite verb. In the active voice this is the agent, in the passive voice the subject is the receiver of the action. In both cases the subject is the thing subjected to what is said about it, it is the “topic of the statement”.
Word: butafosfan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From but(yl)a(mino) + phosphan(ium). 1. An organic phosphorus compound used as a drug in animals. Labels: uncountable
Word: at rovers Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. at random. Labels: obsolete Example: shooting at rovers Example: Bound down on every side with many bands because it shall not run at rovers.
Word: sandwich girder Part of Speech: noun 1. A girder consisting of two parallel wooden beams, between which is an iron plate, the whole clamped together by iron bolts.
Word: stone hammer Part of Speech: noun 1. A hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, used for breaking stone.
Word: tetterberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tetter + berry. 1. White bryony (Bryonia alba) Labels: uncountable
Word: gutter mouth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of guttermouth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unicate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from duplicate. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːnɪkət/ 1. A biological specimen that has no duplicates. Example: Dead inflorescences and infructescences are well worth collecting if no fresh material is available or if fresh material is only sufficient for a unicate or one duplicate. Example: Each collection, which may be a unicate or several specimens as duplicates in several herbaria, constitutes a record in the Conifer Database. 2. A species that occurs at only a single geographical site. Example: Our data perhaps are more robust for analyzing patterns of endemism because some nuclei for which we have few inventories show high numbers of unicates (e.g., Caribbean, Mexico), and others for which we have sampled far more thoroughly show low numbers (e.g., Brejo and Peri-Caatinga). Though the percentage of unicate species varies widely from 1.9 to 77.5 percent, in general it is high, with 12 of 23 nuclei showing greater than 20 percent unicates, suggesting high endemism.
Word: unicates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unicate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wicked tongue Part of Speech: noun 1. An abusive, vulgar, nasty, or otherwise objectionable manner of speaking. Labels: idiomatic Example: My son, keep well thy tongue, and keep thy friend; A wicked tongue is worse than is a fiend Example: [W]hen I met with any despicable thing, I hesitated not to call it so; and men had never done with talking of my restless head and wicked tongue.
Word: your blood's worth bottling Part of Speech: phrase 1. A statement of praise or admiration. Labels: Australia
Word: from the East German judge Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Because of the reputation of East German judges for giving low scores to West Germans at sporting events. 1. Used with an imaginary low score in a competition. Labels: humorous Example: The Birdman receives straight 6-figure contracts across the board except from the East German judge, who makes him pay for his own lunch and won't even validate parking. Example: “Nice pop, Aldo.” “Well, I guess a five-point-six from the East German judge. Let’s get moving.”
Word: road iron Part of Speech: noun 1. A motor vehicle, such as a car or a motorbike. Labels: slang
Word: hoka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Māori hoka. 1. Synonym of red codling. Labels: New-Zealand
Word: Caisse Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from French.
Word: balsam of fir Part of Speech: noun 1. Canada balsam Labels: uncountable
Word: Canada turpentine Part of Speech: noun 1. Canada balsam Labels: uncountable
Word: cotton thistle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various flowering plants in the genus Onopordum of the family Asteraceae, especially Onopordum acanthium.
Word: Scotch thistle Part of Speech: noun 1. Onopordum acanthium, a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.
Word: biocriticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + criticism. 1. biographical criticism Labels: uncountable
Word: biocritical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bio- + critical. 1. Relating to biocriticism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: helmetshrike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From helmet + shrike. 1. Any of a group of crested birds of the genus Prionops.
Word: helmetshrikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of helmetshrike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: close time Part of Speech: noun 1. A fixed period during which killing game or catching certain fish is prohibited by law.
Word: moor buzzard Part of Speech: noun 1. A bird, the marsh harrier. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: composition metal Part of Speech: noun 1. Muntz metal Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hopper boy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from the occupation of boys who would carry out the task prior to the invention of the machine. 1. A rake in a mill, moving in a circle to spread meal for drying, and to draw it over an opening in the floor, through which it falls.
Word: blue asbestos Part of Speech: noun 1. Crocdilite Labels: uncountable
Word: black flux Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixture of potassium carbonate and charcoal, obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of niter. Labels: uncountable
Word: black rent Part of Speech: noun 1. Blackmail (rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin). Labels: dated, uncountable Example: [F]rom whose rich domains in Meath he received a “black rent” equivalent to £10,000 a year[.] 2. Protection money. Labels: Ireland, historical, uncountable Example: [N]othing could have preserved them from total extirpation but the assistance afforded them by the other Irish princes and tribes, whose friendship and protection they purchased by paying them a tribute, or black rent, as it was called. Example: [S]he pays me the black rent, and I let her alone[.]
Word: lady paramount Part of Speech: noun 1. The lady who achieves the best score in archery.
Word: ladies paramount Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lady paramount Labels: form-of, plural
Word: back the field Part of Speech: verb 1. To bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated "the field", will win.
Word: mill bar Part of Speech: noun 1. A rough bar rolled or drawn directly from a bloom or puddle bar for conversion into merchant iron in the mill.
Word: toe out Part of Speech: verb 1. To have the toes of each foot, in standing or walking, incline from the other foot.
Word: toe in Part of Speech: verb 1. To stand or carry the feet in such a way that the toes of each foot incline toward the other. 2. To align the front wheels of a vehicle so that they point slightly toward each other.
Word: heavy glass Part of Speech: noun 1. A heavy optical glass, consisting essentially of potassium borosilicate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: glass silk Part of Speech: noun 1. Fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion, on rapidly rotating heated cylinders. Labels: uncountable
Word: glass metal Part of Speech: noun 1. The fused material for making glass. Labels: uncountable
Word: glass of antimony Part of Speech: noun 1. A vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with sulfide. Labels: uncountable
Word: glass coach Part of Speech: noun 1. A coach with glass in the windows, especially one hired as a private carriage. Labels: historical Example: Mr. and Mrs. Nollekens took me one Sunday morning with them in a glass-coach, to pass a day with their friend Mrs. Haycock, a very aged lady, who resided near Hampstead-heath.
Word: soluble glass Part of Speech: noun 1. sodium silicate. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: glasspapers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of glasspaper Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: glasspapering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of glasspaper Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: glasspapered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of glasspaper Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: love knot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called from being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual affection. 1. A knot or bow, as of ribbon. Example: They kept up the Christmas carol, sent true love-knots on Valentine morning, eat pancakes on Shrove-tide, shewed their wit on the first of April, and religiously cracked nuts on Michaelmas eve. Example: He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there / But the landlord's black-eyed daughter, / Bess, the landlord's daughter, / Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.
Word: Brussels net Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine-made imitation of Brussels ground. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Brussels ground Part of Speech: noun 1. The hand-made ground of Brussels lace. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Brussels lace Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of pillow lace that originated in and around Brussels, with sprigs applied on a net ground. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pigeonhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pigeon + house. 1. dovecote
Word: pigeonhouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pigeonhouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pigeonberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pigeon + berry. 1. The red berry of Rivina humilis, a flowering plant in the pigeonberry family Petiveriaceae.
Word: pigeonberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pigeonberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squirreltail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From squirrel + tail. 1. Elymus elymoides, a species of wild rye.
Word: squirreltails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squirreltail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fox sleep Part of Speech: noun 1. Feigned sleep while actually alert. Labels: idiomatic
Word: stock lock Part of Speech: noun 1. A lock enclosed in a wooden case and attached to the face of a door. Example: Fortune at length did for me that which I had not been able to accomplish, by the greatest efforts, for myself. The lock that was on the door of my nightly prison was a large stock lock, and had been clumsily fitted on the door, so that the end of the lock pressed against the door-case, and made it difficult to shut the door even in dry weather.
Word: tailstocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tailstock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blockmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From block + maker. 1. A manufacturer of nautical blocks. 2. A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
Word: blockmakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blockmaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blockmaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From block + making. 1. The manufacture of nautical blocks. Labels: uncountable 2. The manufacture of blocks for use in printing. Labels: uncountable
Word: noncoper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + coper. 1. One who is unable to cope.
Word: noncoping Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + coping. 1. Unable to cope. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncopers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noncoper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mild steel Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various steels having a lower proportion of carbon than hardenable steels, rendering them softer and more malleable and ductile. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Xeres wine Part of Speech: noun 1. Sherry. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: New Edinburgh Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named for Edinburgh, both then and now the capital city of Scotland. 1. The capital of the short-lived Scottish colony of New Caledonia (1698–1700), now Sukunya, a.k.a. Puerto Escocés (Spanish for “Port Scotland”). 2. A community founded in 1783, currently located in Clare district municipality, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 3. A settlement in Ontario, Canada, established in 1829, incorporated as a village of that name in 1867, and annexed by the City of Ottawa in 1887, of which it now forms a neighbourhood in its Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward. (The affluent neighbourhood is notable as the location of the official residences of both the Governor General and the Prime Minister of Canada.)
Word: magic smoke Part of Speech: noun 1. The strong caustic smoke produced by overloading electronic circuits or components. Labels: humorous, uncountable
Word: plug valve Part of Speech: noun 1. A tapering valve which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet.
Word: plug rod Part of Speech: noun 1. A rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
Word: undercovert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + covert. 1. One of the feathers situated beneath the bases of the quills in the wings and tail of a bird.
Word: undercoverts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of undercovert Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bless us Part of Speech: intj 1. Exclamation of surprise.
Word: bless me Part of Speech: intj 1. Exclamation of surprise.
Word: bless my soul Part of Speech: intj 1. Exclamation of surprise.
Word: butter tooth Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of the two middle incisors of the upper jaw.
Word: lay by the heels Part of Speech: verb 1. To fetter, to shackle; to imprison. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: As I live, If the king blame me for 't, I'll lay ye all By the heels , and suddenly; and on your heads Clap round fines , for neglect Example: [M]y Lord Chief Justice Keeling hath laid the constable by the heels to answer it next Sessions: which is a horrid shame.
Word: upon the heels of Part of Speech: prep 1. Alternative form of on the heels of. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ragged lady Part of Speech: noun 1. The flowering plant Nigella damascena.
Word: strawberry crab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its resemblance to the fruit. 1. A small speckled bright pink crab of species Neoliomera pubescens, found in the Indo-Pacific.
Word: violent presumption Part of Speech: noun 1. presumption of a fact that arises from proof of circumstances which necessarily attend such facts. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: geometrical pace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Latin passus geometricus or French pas géometrique. 1. A unit of measure used in the 16th century, defined as "five feet" or "five geometrical feet". Labels: historical, rare
Word: bastard gemsbok Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of Afrikaans bastergemsbok, itself based on similarities between the animal and the gemsbok. 1. roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), native to savannas of the central latitudes of Africa.
Word: remeasurement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + measurement. 1. measurement again or anew Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lac lake Part of Speech: noun 1. The colouring matter of lac dye when precipitated from its solutions by alum. Labels: uncountable
Word: Ceylon lac Part of Speech: noun 1. A resinous exudation of the tree Macaranga tanarius, resembling lac. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: heck board Part of Speech: noun 1. The loose board at the bottom or back of a cart.
Word: salt bottom Part of Speech: noun 1. A flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. Labels: US
Word: hornpox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horn + pox. 1. abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chickenpox Labels: uncountable
Word: horn slate Part of Speech: noun 1. A gray siliceous stone. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dead freight Part of Speech: noun 1. A sum of money paid by a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity. Labels: uncountable
Word: dead oil Part of Speech: noun 1. The heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, containing phenol etc. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: speak someone's language Part of Speech: verb 1. To speak about concerns, feelings, ideas, etc. which someone understands well and can relate to intimately. Labels: idiomatic Example: "When I'm with you I seem to get back to my natural conditions—the conditions in which I can live and work." . . . He turned to her eagerly. "You're the only one, Lois, who knows what I mean—who can speak my language." Example: Mr. Dole, a Republican from neighboring Kansas who made more than a dozen trips to Iowa last year is, according to Calvin O. Hultman, Republican leader of the State Senate, "one of us - he speaks our language."
Word: crap shoot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crapshoot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crap shoots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crap shoot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: woorari Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of curare. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: powder burn Part of Speech: noun 1. A burn, ordinarily superficial and on someone's skin, resulting from proximity to an explosion of gunpowder, such as that associated with the discharge of a firearm. Example: To anxious throngs who crowded into Mexico City's Palacio Nacional this week, bland President Manuel Avila Camacho displayed a two-inch swath burned in the jacket of his grey-and-red striped suit, a similar powder burn in his white shirt beneath. The burns were over his heart. A jiu jitsu trick and somewhat erratic marksmanship were all that had saved the President. Example: Most had head wounds and powder burns, indicating that they had been shot at close range.
Word: powder-burn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of powder burn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: invertases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of invertase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: actifan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of active + fan. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.tɪˌfæn/, /ˈæk.tɪf.ən/ 1. A person, particularly a fan of science fiction, involved in fanac or fan activity. Labels: dated, slang Example: If you even read StF you'll do. You don't have to be an actifan, just so you read StF. Example: Really, I seem to have reversed things a little by being a letter-hack after becoming an actifan.
Word: actifans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of actifan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neopatriarchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- (“new, contemporary”) + patriarchy (“dominance of men in social or cultural systems”). Pronunciation: /ˌniːəʊˈpeɪtɹɪɑːkɪ/, /ˌniːəʊˈpeɪtɹɪɑːki/, /ˌniːəʊˈpatɹɪɑːki/, /ˌnioʊˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹki/ 1. Modern patriarchy, especially as exercised within the nuclear family rather than wider society. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tabsule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of tablet + capsule. 1. A medicine tablet shaped like a capsule.
Word: tabsules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tabsule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tylerisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tylerism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fannes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fanne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gonge Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gong: an outhouse. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: The Iewe of Tewkysbury which fell into a Gonge vpon the Satyrday.
Word: trufan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tru- (“true, genuine”) + fan. The irregular plural is derived from fen, itself formed in analogy with men and women. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹuˌfæn/ 1. A very active and dedicated fan, particularly of science fiction. Labels: slang Example: On either side of him were numerous parks and gardens, great and small, and of varying types of beauty, and in them walked shining, godlike figures whom he knew to be Trufans. Example: And even though I have gone on to find other interests, I remain at heart a "trufan."
Word: trufans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trufan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trufen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trufan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: genius familiae Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin genius (“lar”) + familiae (“of (a) person”), genitive singular form of familia (“family”, “household”) = “(guardian) spirit of a family”. 1. A spirit presiding over or guarding a family or household.
Word: conworld Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From constructed world; equivalent to con- (“constructed”) + world. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnwɜːld/, /ˈkɑnwɚld/ 1. An imaginary world, especially one with highly-detailed cultures, languages, and geography. Example: However, you will have created a pile of crossword puzzles you'll be proud to submit to Will Shortz, or a conworld that's so rich and real the inhabitants have actually attained sapience and now worship you as their god. Example: The most respected languages in the conlang community often have years of work behind them, and may even be attached to whole "conworlds" or "concultures" that help give them coherence and a model "literature."
Word: neopatriarchal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neo- + patriarchal. 1. Of or relating to neopatriarchy.
Word: passionated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of passionate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: passionates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of passionate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: passionates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of passionate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: passionating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of passionate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: GATS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of General Agreement on Trade in Services. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Global Adult Tobacco Survey. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cocurate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From co- + curate. 1. To curate jointly. Labels: transitive Example: The two artists cocurated their exhibition.
Word: cocurated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cocurate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cocurating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cocurate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cocurates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cocurate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cocurator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + curator. 1. A joint curator; one who cocurates.
Word: cocurators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cocurator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carry all before one Part of Speech: verb 1. To overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success. Example: “I will do for this country what I did for London where we were able to lift the poor and the needy in our society while also sticking up for the wealth creators. If we can restore this basic philosophy we will carry all before us,” he said.
Word: pickpocketings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pickpocketing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: passifan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of passive + fan. Pronunciation: /ˈpæs.ɪˌfæn/, /ˈpæsɪfən/ 1. A fan, particularly of science fiction, who watches and reads the genre but does not actively engage in fanac, or fan activity. Labels: dated, slang Example: Passifan: The "unawakened" Fan, interested now only in reading the magazines and books; not yet participating in any activities. Example: I learned that last phrase from a femme passifan Miss Marlene Maples.
Word: passifans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of passifan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jew's frankincense Part of Speech: noun 1. Benzoin, a resinous substance. Labels: uncountable
Word: Jew's mallow Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of jute mallow.
Word: frost-nail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frost + nail. 1. A nail with a sharp head, driven into a horseshoe to keep the horse from slipping.
Word: frost smoke Part of Speech: noun 1. A phenomenon resembling smoke, caused by the congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in times of severe cold. Labels: uncountable Example: The brig and the ice round her are covered by a strange black obscurity: it is the frost smoke of arctic winters.
Word: leading motive Part of Speech: noun 1. leitmotif
Word: egology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ego + -logy. 1. A science of the ego, in Husserlian philosophy. Labels: uncountable
Word: ganev Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ganef. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For a child from a good family could have gotten into trouble for befriending a cook's son who was a ganev besides.
Word: egological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From egology + -ical. 1. Relating to egology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: straw bail Part of Speech: noun 1. Worthless bail, as given by irresponsible persons. Labels: US, slang, uncountable
Word: straw bid Part of Speech: noun 1. A worthless bid; a bid for a contract which the bidder is unable or unwilling to fulfill. Labels: US, slang
Word: Dutch clinker Part of Speech: noun 1. A clinker (a hard brick from the Netherlands). Labels: dated
Word: Dutch tile Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of glazed and painted ornamental tile, used in the jambs of chimneys etc.
Word: femme fan Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɛm fæn/ 1. A female fan, particularly of science fiction. Labels: dated, slang Example: Here was a picture whose screen fortunes must have caused much uncertainty as to the femme fan reaction. As it turns out all the signs are that the woman angle is favorable and that sets the picture for better than average money at the box office Example: Samuel Merwin, Jr., editor of Thrilling Wonder Stories, said much the same when he lamented in the December, 1946 (p. 100) that he didn't have a letter from a "femme fan" to publish that month and encouraged his female readers to send in letters.
Word: femme fans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of femme fan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elbow scissors Part of Speech: noun 1. Surgical scissors bent in the blade or shank for convenience in cutting. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: pharmacracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pharma- + -cracy. 1. rule by doctors or medicine Labels: uncountable
Word: pharmacratic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to pharmacracy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: through stone Part of Speech: noun 1. A perpend. 2. A flat gravestone.
Word: through bridge Part of Speech: noun 1. A bridge whose floor is supported by the lower chords of the tissues instead of the upper, so that travel is between the trusses and not over them.
Word: thinking caps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thinking cap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bridle wrist Part of Speech: noun 1. The wrist of the left hand, in which a horseback rider holds the bridle.
Word: wrist plate Part of Speech: noun 1. A swinging plate in a steam engine, bearing two or more wrists, for operating the valves.
Word: femfan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of female + fan. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛmfæn/ 1. A female science fiction fan. Labels: dated, derogatory, slang, sometimes Example: Fannes — Pronounced the same as "fans," but used in writing to mean fem fans. Example: So, at last, backed by a formidable phalange of femfans, I dare speak up, brave lassie that I am.
Word: femfans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of femfan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: femfen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of female + fen. 1. plural of femfan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: femme fen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of femme fan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: femmefan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of femme fan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: femmefans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of femmefan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: femmefen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of femmefan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: earthpigs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of earthpig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: belliesful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bellyful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piedforts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piedfort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Japanese wax Part of Speech: noun 1. Japan wax Labels: uncountable
Word: tomato worm Part of Speech: noun 1. The caterpillar of the five-spotted hawkmoth (Manduca quinquemaculata).
Word: potato worm Part of Speech: noun 1. tomato worm (Manduca quinquemaculata)
Word: unputtied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + puttied. 1. Not puttied. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pitsaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pit + saw. 1. A saw worked by two people, one standing on the log and the other beneath it, often in a pit.
Word: pitsaws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pitsaw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unelucidated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + elucidated. 1. Not elucidated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: post mill Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of windmill constructed so that the whole building rests on a vertical axis firmly fastened to the ground. It is capable of being turned as the direction of the wind varies.
Word: automatic writings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of automatic writing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: end for end Part of Speech: adv 1. One end for the other; in reversed order. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Libavian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Libavius + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Andreas Libavius (ca. 1555–1616), German doctor, alchemist, and chemist.
Word: Mott Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, spelling variant of Motte. * Also as an English surname, from a medieval pet form of Matilda. Also see Mould. * As a German surname, from the root of the noun Moder (“swamp, decomposing mass”). 1. A surname. 2. A ghost town in Missouri. 3. A small city, the county seat of Hettinger County, North Dakota, United States.
Word: misframings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misframing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: okayest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of okay: most okay Labels: form-of, superlative Example: If you skip the prelude, which is at once rhythmically square and shapeless, this Lohengrin starts out decently enough, for Hans Helm is one of the okayest Heralds on disc (a modest compliment, to be sure).
Word: jumping shrew Part of Speech: noun 1. Sengi (Macroscelididae)
Word: dress circle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formal dress clothing was generally worn in this gallery. 1. A gallery in a theater, generally the one containing the prominent and more expensive seats. Example: This concerned complaints arising under the Civil Rights Act of 1875 by blacks denied hotel accommodations in Kansas and Missouri, excluded from the ladies' car of a train in Tennessee, and barred from the dress circle of a theater in San Francisco and from the Grand Opera House of New York City.
Word: family circle Part of Speech: noun 1. A gallery in a theater, generally one containing inexpensive seats. 2. The social circle comprising one's family. Example: As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle... the clan has a tendency to ignore me.
Word: marine interest Part of Speech: noun 1. interest at any rate agreed on for money lent upon respondentia and bottomry bonds Labels: uncountable
Word: bog moss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bog + moss. 1. Peat moss; sphagnum. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: alhidade Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of alidade. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: alhidades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alhidade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alidad Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of alidade. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: alidads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alidad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lace piece Part of Speech: noun 1. The main piece of timber which supports the beak or head projecting beyond the stem of a ship.
Word: Ludden Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A city in North Dakota.
Word: steel wine Part of Speech: noun 1. Wine, usually sherry, in which steel filings were placed for a considerable time; once used as a medicine. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: navel gall Part of Speech: noun 1. A bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle. Labels: obsolete
Word: dead angle Part of Speech: noun 1. An angle or space which cannot be seen or defended from behind the parapet of a fortification.
Word: landing stage Part of Speech: noun 1. A floating platform attached at one end to a wharf so as to rise and fall with the tide, and thus facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying beside the stage. Example: Close by, across the Parade, are the Customs Examination Rooms and the floating landing stage. Example: He helped Crabbe along to the rough landing-stage, a groaning Crabbe sorry for himself, a Crabbe with a bandaged foot, looking like a gouty uncle[.]
Word: landing waiter Part of Speech: noun 1. landwaiter
Word: predicative adverbial Part of Speech: noun 1. An adverbial that is congruent with the subject of the sentence, present for example in Finnish.
Word: milk leg Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of phlegmasia alba dolens. Labels: uncountable
Word: white leg Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of phlegmasia alba dolens. Labels: uncountable
Word: neck verse Part of Speech: noun 1. The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty-first Psalm, "Miserere mei," etc. Example: I haue ſeene a pardon giuen to a man vpon the gallovves, but vvho ſo emboldeneth himſelfe thereuypon, perhaps the rope may be his hire: it is not good to put it vpon the Pſalme of Miſerere, and the neck-verſe, for ſometime he prooues no clarke. Example: Letter or line know I never a one, Were't my neck-verse at Hairibee 2. A verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one's fate; a shibboleth. Labels: broadly Example: These words, "bread and cheese," were their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish them; all pronouncing "broad and cause," being presently put to death.
Word: neck yoke Part of Speech: noun 1. A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harnesses. 2. A device with projecting arms for carrying buckets, etc., suspended from one's shoulders.
Word: neck or nothing Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Originally a steeplechase phrase; to win by a neck or to be nowhere—i.e. not counted at all because unworthy of notice. 1. at all costs. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: It is a neck-or-nothing venture to wrest valuable merchandise traffic from road transport.
Word: pertinaceously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pertinaceous + -ly. 1. Alternative form of pertinaciously. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: remeasurements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of remeasurement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: steeple engine Part of Speech: noun 1. A vertical back-acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead.
Word: crossheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crosshead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: traveloguer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From travelogue + -er. 1. The author of a travelogue.
Word: traveloguers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of traveloguer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: travelblog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From travel + blog, perhaps influenced by travelogue. 1. A blog describing the author's travels. Example: These travelblogs are a form of digital community.
Word: travelblogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of travelblog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semiviscid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + viscid. 1. Partly or somewhat viscid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semiviscous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + viscous. 1. Partly or somewhat viscous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: caking coal Part of Speech: noun 1. A bituminous coal which softens and becomes pasty or semiviscid when heated. On increasing the heat, the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent, grayish-black, cellular mass of coke is left. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: violent profits Part of Speech: noun 1. damages obtained from a tenant wrongfully occupying premises, such as after a lease has expired, and after warning. They are recoverable upon eviction. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: wild radish Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant of species Raphanus raphanistrum (jointed charlock or white charlock).
Word: Hitomi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ひとみ (Hitomi), a given name with numerous possible original kanji. 1. A female given name from Japanese.