nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Yugosphere Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Yugo- + -sphere, coined in 2009 by Tim Judah of The Economist. 1. The area of the former Yugoslavia; the sphere of Yugoslav culture and influence.
Word: snoopily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From snoopy + -ly. 1. In a snoopy manner.
Word: medical certificate Part of Speech: noun 1. A statement from a physician or other health care provider that attests to the result of a medical examination of a patient.
Word: doctor's certificate Part of Speech: noun 1. A medical certificate.
Word: Ballarino Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: stink cedar Part of Speech: noun 1. The California nutmeg tree (Torreya californica). 2. A related tree of Florida (Torreya taxifolia).
Word: stink cedars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stink cedar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thief tube Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of liquor thief.
Word: thieves' vinegar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of four thieves' vinegar. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: reflecting circle Part of Speech: noun 1. An astronomical instrument for measuring angles, like the sextant or Hadley's quadrant, by the reflection of light from two plane mirrors which it carries, and differing from the sextant chiefly in having an entire circle.
Word: reflecting circles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reflecting circle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tulip trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tulip tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attainables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attainable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Balaam box Part of Speech: noun 1. A receptacle for rejected articles. Labels: archaic, slang
Word: baktunob Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baktun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yi Jing Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of I Ching. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: petticoat government Part of Speech: noun 1. Government by women, whether in politics or domestic affairs. Labels: countable, dated, derogatory, uncountable Example: On my honour, Mrs. Courtenaye, you will make me an advocate for petticoat government, after such a specimen of its excellent influence. Still, my young friend, I am like the rest of the world—cannot leave well alone—must have you up to town.
Word: petticoat pipe Part of Speech: noun 1. A short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smokebox of a locomotive, to equalize the draft. Example: The ordinary blast-nozzle and petticoat pipe properly proportioned for any British locomotive can make it produce 30 d.b.h.p./sq ft of grate continuously with a blast-pipe pressure 4 lb/sq in. above atmospheric pressure.
Word: batter rule Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument consisting of a (normally wooden) rule or frame, and a plumb line, by which the batter (slope) of a wall is regulated. Labels: historical
Word: batter rules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of batter rule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mount Patterson Part of Speech: name 1. The highest peak in the Sweetwater Mountains, in Mono County, California, United States. Possibly named for James H. Patterson, a native of Ohio who settled at Big Meadows before 1867. Elevation: 3,552 meters. 2. A mountain in the Waputik Range in Alberta. Named for John Duncan Patterson in 1917. Elevation: 3,197 meters.
Word: eusteles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eustele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pontefract cakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pontefract cake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pontefract Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin pons (“bridge”) + Latin fractus (“broken”). 1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4522).
Word: jewel beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the very many beetles of the family Buprestidae, known for their glossy, iridescent colours. Example: This effect can be produced not only by purposeful ringbarking with an axe but also by insects, such as longicorns and jewel beetles, feeding in the phloem-cambium under the bark. Example: The black jewel beetle (Melanophila acuminata) was found to be attracted by forest fires, because burnt wood is the only suitable substrate for bringing up its offspring. The antennae of the black jewel beetle were proved to be highly sensitive and selective to guaiacol derivatives, compounds which are generated by the pyrolysis of wood (Schütz et al. 1999a).
Word: jewel beetles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jewel beetle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seiza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 正座 (seiza, literally “proper sitting”). 1. A traditional formal way of sitting in Japan, by kneeling with the legs folded underneath the thighs and the buttocks resting on the heels, with ankles turned outward. Labels: uncountable Example: She arranged herself with her legs folded beneath her, spine erect, echoing “seiza”, the Japanese sitting position adopted in formal situations.
Word: gallium arsenide phosphide Part of Speech: noun 1. A semiconductor composed of a mixture/alloy of gallium arsenide and gallium phosphide
Word: American hollies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of American holly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sekoi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sekos Labels: form-of, plural
Word: V-neck Part of Speech: noun 1. A V-shaped neckline on a garment such as a pullover, usually at the front of the garment.
Word: Chippenham Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Ċippanham, from the personal name *Cippa, genitive singular *Cippan + hamm (“promontory”). 1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9173). 2. A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6669). 3. A suburb of Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO5012).
Word: Flitwick Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the name of the River Flit + Old English wīc (“village; temporary abode”). Pronunciation: /ˈflɪtɪk/ 1. A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0334).
Word: Glossop Part of Speech: name 1. A market town in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0394). 2. A small town in Berri Barmera council area, Riverland region, South Australia, named after John Glossop. 3. A surname.
Word: Harpenden Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈhɑː(ɹ)pəndən/ 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1314).
Word: Kenilworth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English feminine personal name Cynehild (“royal battle”), genitive singular Cynehilde + worþ (“enclosure”). 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2971). 2. A place in Canada: 3. A place in Canada: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A place in the United States: 8. A place in the United States: 9. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. 10. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. 11. A rural town in Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
Word: Ormskirk Part of Speech: name Etymology: Of Old Norse origin. Derived from Ormres kirkja, i.e. the church of Ormr, a personal name meaning "serpent" or "dragon". 1. A market town in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4108).
Word: Uckfield Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈʌkˌfiːld/ 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Wealden district, East Sussex, England, on the River Uck (OS grid ref TQ4721).
Word: Verwood Part of Speech: name Etymology: Equivalent to fair + wood; recorded as Fairwod (1329) and Fayrwod (1436). 1. A town in Dorset, England.
Word: Usupashvili Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Georgian უსუფაშვილი (usupašvili). 1. A transliteration of the Georgian surname უსუფაშვილი (usupašvili).
Word: V-sign Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of V sign. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Vigenère cipher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Blaise de Vigenère (who was not, however, the first to invent it). 1. A text encryption technique that uses a series of different Caesar ciphers based on the letters of a keyword.
Word: borrow trouble Part of Speech: verb 1. To worry about future events not in one's control and that may not come to pass. Labels: dated, idiomatic 2. To look for trouble; to ask for trouble. Labels: dated, idiomatic
Word: overapprehensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + apprehensive. 1. Excessively apprehensive.
Word: imperial drill Part of Speech: noun 1. A linen fabric having two threads in the warp and three in the filling. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: agaric mineral Part of Speech: noun 1. moonmilk Labels: uncountable
Word: bait bug Part of Speech: noun 1. sand bug (crustacean) Labels: archaic
Word: bait bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bait bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: depart with Part of Speech: verb 1. To part with. Labels: idiomatic, obsolete, transitive Example: Iohn to stop Arthurs Title in the whole, Hath willingly departed with a part,
Word: exhausted receiver Part of Speech: noun 1. A receiver, such as that used with an air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a vessel whose interior is a more or less complete vacuum. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see exhausted, receiver.
Word: exhausted receivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exhausted receiver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firing iron Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument used in cauterizing, especially on horses.
Word: firing irons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of firing iron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: textile cone Part of Speech: noun 1. An attractive cone shell (Conus textile) in which the colours are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth, found in the Indo-Pacific. Example: The hollow, transparent tooth of a cone snail can remain lodged in the puncture wound. In a 2-inch-long textile cone snail , the tooth is about 1/4 inch long. Example: The textile cone lives in tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and is fairly common on the Western Australian coast south to about Point Coates.
Word: textile cones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of textile cone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: occasionalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From occasional + -ist. 1. A proponent of occasionalism.
Word: occasionalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of occasionalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apostlehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From apostle + -hood. 1. The state of being an apostle. Labels: uncountable
Word: churchwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English church work, churche woorke, chirche werk, churche werk (also as kyrkwarke, kirkwarke, kirc werke), equivalent to church + work. 1. The work done by a church to spread religion. Labels: uncountable Example: But from a sister-in-law who only has you in to tea occasionally as a matter of duty, and who is prominent in churchwork, one may, of course, expect anything.
Word: tallyhoing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tallyho Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tallyhoed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tallyho Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: autokey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auto- + key. 1. Being a cipher that incorporates the plaintext into the key. Labels: not-comparable
Word: irregible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the post-Classical Latin irregibilis (“ungovernable”), from ir- (“un-”) + regibilis (“governable”, “tractable”); equivalent to the English ir- (“un-”) + regible (“governable”, “tractable”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹɛd͡ʒɪbl̩/ 1. Not regible; ungovernable, unmanageable, intractable. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: According to Lipscombe in 1927, many Javanese travelled to Lampung, with no aid from the Government attracted by the opportunity of free irregible land and the means of supporting themselves until their first harvest by working in the fields at harvest time of the already established settlers who were possible relatives or friends.
Word: deinterleave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + interleave. 1. To convert from an interleaved format. Labels: transitive
Word: deinterleaved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deinterleave Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deinterleaves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deinterleave Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deinterleaving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deinterleave Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deratings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of derating Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Burgundy pitch Part of Speech: noun 1. A yellowish-brown resinous substance prepared from the exudation of the Norway spruce by melting in hot water and straining through cloth. It was formerly used in medicinal plasters. Labels: historical, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: rufflings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ruffling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vallar crown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin corona vallaria 1. A circular gold palisaded crown, bestowed upon the general who first broke through the rampart and into the enemy's camp. Labels: Ancient-Rome
Word: vallar crowns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vallar crown Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underpromise and overdeliver Part of Speech: proverb 1. Improve business interactions and relationships with customers by setting modest expectations and then exceeding those expectations by delivering more than what was initially promised or expected. Example: Think about the old customer service maxim, underpromise and overdeliver.
Word: overdeliver Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + deliver. 1. To deliver in excess of a norm, standard, or requirement. Example: “He’s wise not to overpromise, but to underpromise and overdeliver,” said Dave Checketts, a former president of the Knicks and then Madison Square Garden who left in 2001 after a power struggle with James L. Dolan, the chairman of the Garden.
Word: uncrested Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + crested. 1. Without a crest. Labels: not-comparable Example: an uncrested bird
Word: mitiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of mity: most mity Labels: form-of, superlative Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:mitiest.
Word: ungarded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + garded. 1. Obsolete form of unguarded. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hydatid of Morgagni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Italian anatomist Giovanni Battista Morgagni. 1. The appendix of testis 2. The paraovarian cyst
Word: hydatids of Morgagni Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydatid of Morgagni Labels: form-of, plural
Word: casus omissus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin [Term?]. Compare Spanish hacer caso omiso 1. A case not provided for by the statute.
Word: casus fortuitus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. A force majeure
Word: Silverite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From silver + -ite. 1. A member of a 19th-century political movement in the United States that advocated for silver continuing to be a monetary standard along with gold. Labels: historical
Word: Silverites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Silverite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: invisible green Part of Speech: noun 1. A very dark shade of green that is almost black. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: invisible bird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it is rarely sighted. 1. A small songbird (Myadestes genibarbis sibilans), found on the island of Saint Vincent in the Caribbean.
Word: upon the whole matter Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Archaic form of on the whole. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: wand of peace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wand (“handheld narrow rod, used for instructing or pointing, or as a traditional emblem of authority”) + of + peace. Pronunciation: /ˌwɒnd‿əv ˈpiːs/, /ˌwɑnd‿əv ˈpis/ 1. A wand or staff with a silver tip which was given to an outlaw as a sign that they were restored to the king's or queen's peace; and also carried by a messenger of the monarch as a symbol of office, to be broken in protest in cases of deforcement (“resistance to the execution of the law”). Labels: Scotland, historical Example: A Respit maid to DONALD MAKLAUCHRANE, for art and part of the slauchter of Robert Fargussoun of Brakanside and Alexander Fargussoun, and for all uther actiouns, etc.,— […] To endure for xix zeris, etc.: With power to the schireffis of Edinburgh and Dumfreis to relesch him fra the horne and deliver him the wand of pece, etc. Example: Meſſengers have as the Badge of their Office, a Blaſon bearing the Kings Armes, and a VVand of Peace if they bear not the Blaſon, […] [T]he VVand of Peace is that vvhereby they touch a Rebel, and declares him to be their Priſoner, and vvhen they are deforced, they uſe to break the VVand of Peace, […]
Word: wands of peace Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wand of peace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reguarde Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of regard. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: reguarde Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of regard. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: brandy fruit Part of Speech: noun 1. Fruit preserved in brandy and sugar. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: grocer's itch Part of Speech: noun 1. An itching eruption, a variety of eczema, produced by sugar mites (Tyroglyphus sacchari or Glycyphagus domesticus) or fruit mites (Carpoglyphus lactis et al.). Labels: uncountable Example: “Flour” routinely contained crushed stone or gypsum as a cheap extender. Ground insects could be mixed into brown sugar, often without detection; their use was linked to an unpleasant condition known as “grocer’s itch.”
Word: Japanese persimmon Part of Speech: noun 1. The tree Diospyros kaki 2. The red or yellow edible fruit from this tree, which somewhat resembles a tomato.
Word: Japanese persimmons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Japanese persimmon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ursolate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ursolic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of ursolic acid.
Word: ursolates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ursolate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ursodeoxycholate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ursodeoxycholic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of ursodeoxycholic acid.
Word: ursodeoxycholates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ursodeoxycholate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: starch hyacinth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because the flowers have the smell of boiled starch. 1. grape hyacinth (Muscari spp., Pseudomuscari spp., and Leopoldia spp.). Labels: dated
Word: starch hyacinths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of starch hyacinth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mazarines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mazarine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Clean Monday Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Old Testament reading at sext on this day, Isaiah 1:16, “Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil...” 1. The seventh Monday before Easter, (Eastern Christianity) traditionally regarded as the beginning of Lent or Great Lent. Example: Holonyms: Clean Week < Lent, Great Lent Example: Clean Monday, a holiday in Greece, marks the start of the Lenten season.
Word: strengthening plaster Part of Speech: noun 1. A plaster (the adhesive type) containing iron, supposed to have tonic effects. Labels: archaic
Word: strengthening plasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strengthening plaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: methyl violet Part of Speech: noun 1. An artificial dye consisting of certain methyl halogen derivatives of rosaniline. Labels: uncountable
Word: gunner's daughter Part of Speech: noun 1. The gun to which sailors were tied to be flogged. Labels: archaic, idiomatic
Word: Chinese room Part of Speech: noun 1. The setting of a thought experiment in which a person with no understanding of the Chinese language is locked in a room with a set of rules allowing them to produce answers to questions in Chinese. It aims to demonstrate that running a program cannot give a computer system a "mind", "understanding" or "consciousness", regardless of how intelligent it may appear.
Word: picture rod Part of Speech: noun 1. A picture rail Example: "If you take it like that," he chuckled, "how will old Johnson take it? Go out and hang himself to his own picture-rods, I hope!"
Word: picture rods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of picture rod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rivalrousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rivalrous + -ness. 1. Quality of being rivalrous. Labels: uncountable
Word: unrivalrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + rivalrous. 1. Not rivalrous.
Word: famine fever Part of Speech: noun 1. typhus Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: incrementable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From increment + -able. 1. Capable of being incremented. Labels: not-comparable
Word: decrementable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From decrement + -able. 1. Capable of being decremented. Labels: not-comparable
Word: polygalacturonic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. pectic acid Labels: uncountable
Word: polygalacturonate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From polygalacturonic + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. pectate
Word: polygalacturonates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polygalacturonate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Martinmas summer Part of Speech: noun 1. A period of calm, warm weather often experienced about the time of Martinmas; Indian summer.
Word: Martinmas summers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Martinmas summer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stomach worm Part of Speech: noun 1. A common roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), sometimes found in the human intestine, and rarely in the stomach. 2. Any of other parasitic worms, such as Dispharynx nasuta.
Word: stomach worms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stomach worm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stock companies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stock company Labels: form-of, plural
Word: budgeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From budge + -able. 1. Capable of being budged or moved.
Word: bounty jumper Part of Speech: noun 1. One who, during the latter part of the Civil War, enlisted in the United States service, and deserted as soon as possible after receiving the bounty. Labels: US, historical, slang
Word: bounty jumpers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bounty jumper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tandem engine Part of Speech: noun 1. A compound steam engine (not the train, the engine) with two or more steam cylinders in the same axis, close to one another.
Word: tandem engines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tandem engine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: planishing roll Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the rolls between which metal strips are passed while cold, to bring them to exactly the required thickness as part of coin manufacture. Example: Planishing can also be employed where a limited shaping operation is required and where the surface is to be altered or improved . It is also possible to use planishing rolls in sheet metal operations, where again a limited amount of work hardening will be applied
Word: planishing rolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of planishing roll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: planings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪnɪŋz/ 1. plural of planing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: just intonation Part of Speech: noun 1. The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true pitch. 2. A tuning system in which intervals (the space between notes' frequencies) are derived from simple whole number ratios. Example: But the combinatorial tones of the equally tempered Thirds lie between those of the perfect and Pythagorean Thirds, and are less than a semitone different from those of just intonation.
Word: lighter screw Part of Speech: noun 1. A screw for adjusting the distance between the stones in a grinding mill by raising or lowering the bridgetree. Labels: dated
Word: lighter screws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lighter screw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fowling piece Part of Speech: noun 1. A light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of small shot in killing birds or small animals. Example: "Dear Grandfather———" his lordship began with a very grave face, and was certainly on the point of making a confession, but his servant, entering with a variety of fowling-pieces, sent for his choice from my lord, together with a shot-bag, jacket, &c.;... Example: What could I do? My useless fowling-piece was in my hand. What help could I get from that? I looked desperately round for some rock or tree[.]
Word: fowling pieces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fowling piece Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carmine red Part of Speech: noun 1. A purple-red pigment obtained from carmine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: maliciousnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maliciousness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Irish poplin Part of Speech: noun 1. A fabric with silk warp and worsted weft, made in Ireland, and commonly used for neckties. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: irregular warfare Part of Speech: noun 1. Warfare in which one or more combatants are irregulars (such as partisans, guerrillas or insurgents) rather than regular military forces. Labels: uncountable Example: Studying the raid's effect on one community reveals how the different forms of irregular warfare — partisan warfare, guerrilla tactics, and cavalry raids — intertwined along the Ohio River border. 2. Warfare in which one or more combatants are irregulars (such as partisans, guerrillas or insurgents) rather than regular military forces. Labels: uncountable
Word: aquila alba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aquila alba (literally “white eagle”). 1. calomel, or various other substances Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: pellet moulding Part of Speech: noun 1. A narrow band ornamented with small flat disks. Labels: idiomatic 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pellet, moulding: the formation of moulded pellets.
Word: pellet mouldings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pellet moulding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quicksilver water Part of Speech: noun 1. A solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering. Labels: uncountable
Word: rethank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + thank. 1. To thank again.
Word: thankable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English þankeable, equivalent to thank + -able. 1. Capable of being thanked. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unthankable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + thankable. 1. Not capable of being thanked. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rethanks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rethank Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rethanking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rethank Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rethanked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rethank Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: take the trouble Part of Speech: verb 1. To make the effort (to do something); to bother.
Word: ant rice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it grows around ant nests in Texas and has been thought to be cultivated by the ants for the sake of its seed. 1. Grass of species Aristida oligantha. Labels: uncountable Example: […] LINCECUM HYPOTHESIS The Lincecum Hypothesis, or the ant-rice story, is a strangely romantic idea from the Civil War era that has now lost favor. This controversy revolved around the claim that harvesters not only collect seeds […].
Word: burrowing owl Part of Speech: noun 1. A small owl of the Americas (Athene cunicularia or Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in holes, often dug by prairie dogs.
Word: burrowing owls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of burrowing owl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: burrobrushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of burrobrush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Euclid's algorithm Part of Speech: name 1. Euclidean algorithm
Word: religiophilosophical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From religio- + philosophical. 1. Relating to religion and philosophy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: googolgon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From googol + -gon. 1. A polygon with a googol number of sides (virtually indistinguishable from a circle)
Word: doozer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of doozy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: googolgons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of googolgon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Trysta Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name. Labels: rare
Word: axonometry Part of Speech: noun 1. axonometric projection Labels: uncountable
Word: apodiform Part of Speech: adj 1. Belonging to the order Apodiformes, including swifts and hummingbirds. Labels: not-comparable
Word: simplifiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From simplify + -able. 1. Capable of being simplified. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unsimplifiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + simplifiable. 1. Not capable of being simplified. Labels: not-comparable
Word: salonfähig Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from German salonfähig. 1. Acceptable for polite society. Labels: not-comparable Example: Wits and miniaturists have applied their talents to rendering languages, perhaps more crucially now as direct ethnic derogation is no longer salonfähig. Example: Since the Holocaust, fantasies of Jewish power are no longer Salonfähig, no longer openly expressible in “polite” society—at least in Western Europe and North America—even if continuities also persist in antisemitic thinking as do traumatic aftereffects for Jews around the world.
Word: jumping plant louse Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of psyllid. Example: Two European leaf feeders, the jumping plant louse Psylla ulmi and the aphid Tinocallis platani,. are both normally restricted to Ulmus laevis. Example: However, since then devastating effects of the leucaena psyllid (Heteropsylla cubana), a tiny jumping plant louse, have been experienced in many areas where leucaena is grown.
Word: jumping plant lice Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jumping plant louse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clitorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clitor(is) + -ial. Pronunciation: /klɪˈtɔːɹɪəl/ 1. Clitoral. Example: "Good!" he said. "Now I just want to test these clitorial reflexes – often enough, that's where trouble strikes first." Example: Thus we would be likely to believe that no one before us had ever argued for school desegregation, worried about the apolitical masses, lived in split-level houses, used automated tools, got sick because of mislabeling, got well because of tetracycline, slept on Posturepedic beds, favored clitorial sex, laughed at Scientologists, mocked Interpol….
Word: clitorially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From clitorial + -ly. Pronunciation: /klɪˈtɔːɹɪəli/ 1. Clitorally. Example: Some of the women professed to have feelings or sensations in their genitals only when their female partners actively stimulated them clitorially or by various sadomasochistic manipulations. Example: “Even clitorially, it's very, very hard. I orgasm only from oral sex, masturbation or vibrators.”
Word: shotai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 小隊 (shōtai, literally “small team”). 1. A Japanese military unit, equivalent to a platoon, flight, or section.
Word: ignition tube test Part of Speech: noun 1. An analytical technique in which a sample is heated in a sealed tube, volatile metals being removed by sublimation to a cooler part of the tube from where they can be removed and weighed
Word: Lugoj Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Lugoj. 1. A city in Timiș County, in western Romania.
Word: Blaj Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Blaj. 1. A city in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania.
Word: Calafat Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Calafat. 1. A city in Dolj County, in southern Romania.
Word: Dej Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Dej. 1. A city in Cluj County, in northwestern Romania.
Word: Hunedoara Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Hunedoara. 1. A city in Hunedoara County, in western Romania. 2. A county in western Romania, whose capital city is Deva.
Word: Medgidia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Medgidia. 1. A city in Constanța County, in southeastern Romania.
Word: Oradea Part of Speech: name 1. The capital and largest city of Bihor County, Romania.
Word: Urziceni Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Ialomiţa, in southeastern Romania.
Word: Yateley Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈjeɪtli/ 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Hart district, Hampshire, southern England (OS grid ref SU8160).
Word: Oswestry Part of Speech: name Etymology: Recorded as Oswaldestroe in 1191, a tree of a man called Oswald; from Old English trēow. 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ2929). 2. A former borough in Shropshire, England, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into the Shropshire unitary authority.
Word: Paignton Part of Speech: name 1. A coastal town in Torbay district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8960).
Word: Queensferry Part of Speech: name Etymology: From queen + -s- + ferry * In Flintshire, named in honour of Queen Victoria; previously Kingsferry. * In Scotland, named after the Queen of Scots, Saint Margaret of Scotland. 1. A town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3168). 2. A town on the Firth of Forth in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1378). 3. A locality in Bass Coast Shire, southern Victoria, Australia.
Word: Teignmouth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Teign + mouth, at the mouth of the River Teign. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪnməθ/ 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9473).
Word: Valetta Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Valletta. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Nuwaubian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to Arabic نَبُوءَة (nabūʔa, “prophecy”) or Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb, “delegates”). 1. A member of the Nuwaubian Nation, a black-supremacist religious movement originally based on Islam and later on Ancient Egyptian and extraterrestrial themes.
Word: Moorish Scientists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Moorish Scientist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nuwaubians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Nuwaubian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lahori Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Punjabi لَہَوری (lahaurī); which means "of Lahore" from Lahore, a city in Punjab, Pakistan. Equivalent to Lahore + -i. 1. Relating to Lahore. Example: Outside their window Yousaf is shaving the leaves from the trees with a scythe, assisting the halfhearted Lahori fall to complete its task.
Word: Lahori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Punjabi لَہَوری (lahaurī); which means "of Lahore" from Lahore, a city in Punjab, Pakistan. Equivalent to Lahore + -i. 1. A person from Lahore. 2. An Ahmadi who views Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as a reformer rather than as a prophet. Example: An Ordinance to amend the law to prohibit the Quadiani group, Lahori group and Ahmadis from indulging in anti-Islamic activities
Word: Qadiani Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Urdu قادیانی (qādiyānī); which means "of Qadian" from Qadian, a town in Punjab, India; the location in which the religious movement began. 1. Belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at movement. Labels: derogatory
Word: Qadiani Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Urdu قادیانی (qādiyānī); which means "of Qadian" from Qadian, a town in Punjab, India; the location in which the religious movement began. 1. A follower of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at movement. Labels: derogatory Example: An Ordinance to amend the law to prohibit the Quadiani group, Lahori group and Ahmadis from indulging in anti-Islamic activities
Word: Lahoris Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lahori Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Qadianis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Qadiani Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ton-up Part of Speech: adj 1. fond of travelling at high speeds Labels: UK, not-comparable, slang
Word: ton-up Part of Speech: noun 1. A speed of 100 miles an hour, especially on a motorbike. Example: Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall? It's the time that every Santa has a ball Does he ride a red-nosed reindeer? Does a ton-up on his sleigh Do the fairies keep him sober for a day?
Word: nasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nasse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: C3ISTAR Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: Ashrafi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic أَشْرَفِيّ (ʔašrafiyy). 1. A member of a particular Sufi Muslim order.
Word: Akbari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Persian اکبری 1. A Sufi Muslim of the Akbariyya branch. 2. A surname from Persian
Word: Naqshbandi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Persian نقشبندی (naqšbandi), from نقشبند (naqšband, “[Baha' al-Din] Naqshband”) + ـی (-i). 1. Of or relating to Baha' al-Din Naqshband, founder of one of the largest Sunni Sufi orders.
Word: Naqshbandi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Persian نقشبندی (naqšbandi), from نقشبند (naqšband, “[Baha' al-Din] Naqshband”) + ـی (-i). 1. A member of the Naqshbandi order.
Word: Tijani Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Tijaniyyah, a subgroup of Sufi Muslims.
Word: Uwaisi Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a particular school of Sufi Islam.
Word: Chishti Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Classical Persian چشتی (cištī); which means "of Chisht" from Chisht, a town in Herat, Afghanistan; the location in which the order began. 1. Belonging to the Chishti order.
Word: Chishti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Classical Persian چشتی (cištī); which means "of Chisht" from Chisht, a town in Herat, Afghanistan; the location in which the order began. 1. A member of a major Sunni spiritual order of Sufism.
Word: Mevlevi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Persian مولویه, Classical Persian مولوی (mawlawī), noun use of Arabic مَوْلَوِيّ (mawlawiyy, “of a lord or master”), ultimately from مَوْلًى (mawlan, “master”). Compare maulvi, mullah, maulana. 1. A Sufi Muslim who styles themselves after the Sufi mystic Rumi; a member of the Whirling Dervishes.
Word: Jelveti Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a Sufi Muslim order founded by Akbıyık Sultan.
Word: holophyly Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being holophyletic. Labels: uncountable
Word: crabgrasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crabgrass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butyrins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butyrin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dog-faced baboon Part of Speech: noun 1. A hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas). Labels: dated
Word: dog-faced baboons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dog-faced baboon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obstetrical toad Part of Speech: noun 1. A European toad of the genus Alytes, especially Alytes obstetricans, the eggs of which are laid and then carried by the male, entwined around his legs and back.
Word: obstetrical toads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of obstetrical toad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glottal catch Part of Speech: noun 1. glottal stop
Word: glottal catches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glottal catch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: go it Part of Speech: verb 1. To act or behave in a certain manner, especially in an excessively bold, forceful, or audacious manner. Labels: informal Example: The knowledge of envy was a pleasant feeling to the man of no account. It was intensified later in the day when a luncher at the Club said, spitefully, “Well, for a debilitated Ditcher, Yeere, you are going it. Hasn't any kind friend told you that she's the most dangerous woman in Simla?” Example: ‘Perhaps you would like to tell me what kept you?’ ‘Not really, sir.’ Something of a gasp ran around the form-room. This was going it a bit strong, even for Healey. ‘I beg your pardon?’ 2. To proceed, to make progress; go on (expressing encouragement). Labels: informal Example: Boot after boot was tried on until at last a fit was obtained, when in rushed a man, snatched up the customer's hat left near the door, and ran down the street as fast as his legs could carry him. Away went the customer after his hat, and Crispin, standing at the door, clapped his hands, and shouted, “Go it, you'll catch him!”—little thinking that it was a concerted trick, and that neither his boots nor the customer would ever return.
Word: go one's way Part of Speech: verb 1. To set forth on a path; to depart. Labels: figuratively, literally 2. To go favorably for one. (of an event, circumstance, etc.) Example: The feistiness off the pitch translated on to it too - referee Kateryna Monzul awarded two early yellow cards for innocuous fouls by England, and the crowd were frustrated for much of the first half when decisions didn't go their way.
Word: go it blind Part of Speech: verb 1. To act in a rash, reckless, or headlong manner. Labels: slang 2. To bet without having examined the cards.
Word: apteric Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to, or containing apteria Labels: not-comparable Example: On a bird, apteric skin is found on the face, abdomen, and feet.
Word: gnathic index Part of Speech: noun 1. In a skull, the ratio of the distance from the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the basion (taken equal to 100), to the distance from the basion to the middle of the front edge of the upper jaw. Labels: archaic Example: Skulls with the gnathic index below 98 are orthognathous, from 98 to 103 mesognathous, and above 103 are prognathous.
Word: bathward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bath + -ward. 1. Toward a bath. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bathwards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bath + -wards. 1. Toward a bath. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gag rein Part of Speech: noun 1. A rein for drawing the bit upward in the horse's mouth.
Word: gag runner Part of Speech: noun 1. A loop on the throatlatch guiding the gag rein.
Word: juniper worm Part of Speech: noun 1. The larva of the juniper-twig geometer (Patalene olyzonaria), feeding upon the leaves of the juniper.
Word: juniper worms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of juniper worm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butment cheek Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear.
Word: butment cheeks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butment cheek Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butlerships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butlership Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Johnny Crapaud Part of Speech: noun 1. A Frenchman. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur Example: "I say, you fellows, Johnny Crapaud says he can play cricket!” exclaimed Crow one morning. “What fun!” Example: The French were very sore about the unceremonious manner in which the Dual Control was dispensed with. Their simple statesmen seemed to think that we, who had complacently picked the chestnuts out of the fire, were going to share them. Earl Granville, in kindness of heart, offered Johnny Crapaud a consolation sop in the form of the Presidency of the Public Debt Department, which was sulkily refused, and Johnny Crapaud retired to his tent, thence to cause us petty annoyances whenever he could.
Word: powdering tubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of powdering tub Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hunsrück Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Hunsrück. 1. A low mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Word: occupation bridge Part of Speech: noun 1. A bridge connecting the parts of an estate or property separated by a road, railway, or canal. Example: Ittig, Conrad, for building an occupation bridge, across the canal, on his farm, in the town of Frankfort 2. A bridge that is required by a landowner in order to access the property, as opposed to one that serves a broader purpose.
Word: occupation bridges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of occupation bridge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semen contra Part of Speech: noun 1. A strong aromatic bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the leaves, peduncles, and unexpanded flowers of various species of Artemisia; wormseed. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: tabular spar Part of Speech: noun 1. wollastonite Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: pleurisy root Part of Speech: noun 1. The large tuberous root of the butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), used as a remedy for pleurisy and other diseases. 2. The plant itself, which has deep orange-coloured flowers
Word: hobnail liver Part of Speech: noun 1. A shrunken liver, hard, and covered with hobnail-like projections (nodules), resulting from cirrhosis. Labels: archaic Example: let the teacher show the relation between intemperance, crime, and immorality, and how intemperance results from imitation, habit, disease, and poverty, rather than spend her time in endeavoring to detail the dire effects of alcohol upon every tissue of the body, and to picture upon the child's mind what a drunkard's stomach looks like, or what a hob-nail liver is.
Word: hobnail livers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hobnail liver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overexact Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + exact. 1. Too exact; overscrupulous; pedantic; overprecise. Example: A chirp response to a conscientious challenger, a fling at some overexact and hypercritical examiner, a rumble of applause at the expense of "the college fellows" or in support of "old-time fire" have accompanied the canvassing of a case, and men have been "put through" In a fit of fervor not at all creditable to the candidate, the Conference, or the Church. But, happily, these incidents do not often occur in our day, and the tendency now is toward firm insistence upon thorough preparation and the man's ability to hold his own under the ordeal of examination. Example: The effort to account for every copy serves no real purpose, because the copies that are not counted often do the advertiser most good, while copies that are sold sometimes fail to ever meet a reader’s eye. The attempt to be overexact wastes much time, and the result is usually a statement that can be understood in several different ways.
Word: overexactness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overexact + -ness. 1. Quality of being overexact. Labels: uncountable
Word: sympathetic ink Part of Speech: noun 1. Invisible ink. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: "I've got it! Sympathetic ink!" "You think so?" "Worth trying anyhow. Heat usually does the trick. Get some sticks. Well make a fire."
Word: Kori Creek Part of Speech: name 1. A tidal creek near the Rann of Kutch and near the border between India and Pakistan.
Word: diriment impediment Part of Speech: noun 1. An impediment that nullifies marriage.
Word: Cretan rockrose Part of Speech: noun 1. A shrub, Cistus creticus, a rockrose that yields labdanum.
Word: Cretan rockroses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cretan rockrose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weak sore Part of Speech: noun 1. A sore covered with pale, flabby, sluggish granulations. Labels: archaic
Word: weak sores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weak sore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Spanish nectarine Part of Speech: noun 1. The plum-like fruit of the tree Chrysobalanus icaco; the cocoplum, found in the Caribbean, and some parts of Africa.
Word: Spanish nectarines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Spanish nectarine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swan goose Part of Speech: noun 1. A large migratory goose (Anser cygnoides) belonging to the subfamily Anserinae.
Word: French sash Part of Speech: noun 1. A casement window.
Word: French sashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of French sash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dormant window Part of Speech: noun 1. A dormer-window.
Word: Gasserian ganglia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gasserian ganglion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gasserian ganglion Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of trigeminal ganglion.
Word: dip sector Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument used for measuring the dip of the horizon. A sextant can be used as one, and historically some instruments were specifically created for the purpose. In reality they appear to have been cumbersome and little used. Labels: historical
Word: dip sectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dip sector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tailorbird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tailor + bird, from the way they sew leaves to make their nests. 1. A small warbler of the genera Orthotomus and Phyllergates, usually brightly coloured, with green or grey upperparts and yellow white or grey underparts.
Word: tailorbirds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tailorbird Labels: form-of, plural