nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: inquisitionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French inquisitionnaire. 1. inquisitional
Word: sexdigitist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sex- + digit + -ist. 1. Someone who has six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot. Labels: archaic, rare
Word: sexdigitists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sexdigitist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silverless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English silverles, equivalent to silver + -less. 1. Without silver or silvering. Labels: not-comparable Example: a silverless mirror
Word: Englishry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From English + -ry, in legal senses after Anglo-Norman englescherie, englecherie. Compare Late Latin Anglescheria, Englescheria (“the state of being English”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃɹi/ 1. Those people living in Ireland or in Wales who are of English descent (chiefly with definite article). Labels: historical, plural, plural-only Example: a general massacre of the Englishry
Word: Englishry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From English + -ry, in legal senses after Anglo-Norman englescherie, englecherie. Compare Late Latin Anglescheria, Englescheria (“the state of being English”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃɹi/ 1. Englishness. Labels: uncountable Example: Blue-eyed women he believed there were in Kashmir, but here was the mythical Englishry of fair hair as well. Example: It is these people who, taking with them so much furniture and Englishry of all kinds have set up everywhere communities with names like ‘Little England’, ‘Newest England’, ‘England Again’ which are more English than England ever was. 2. The state or privilege of being an Englishman. Labels: historical, uncountable 3. In medieval Britain, the part of a lordship or other domain inhabited by English people and governed according to English law. Labels: countable, historical
Word: sthenically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sthenic + -ally. 1. In a sthenic manner.
Word: argentry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French argenterie, from argent (“silver”), from Latin argentum. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒəntɹi/ 1. Silver material, or silverness in color. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: bowls of frosted argentry
Word: pig-jawed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pig + jawed. 1. Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower.
Word: wharfing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wharf + -ing. 1. Wharfs collectively. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The material for constructing a wharf. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A technique of facing seawalls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: With respect to the wharfing between the Pier and the second lock, called the Sea Lock, what is the expense of wharfing alone, the plank to wharf it, and the piles to support the planks?
Word: wharfing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wharf + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of wharf Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: odmyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀδμή (odmḗ, “stench”) + -yl. 1. A volatile liquid, said to have an unpleasant garlicky odour, obtained by boiling sulfur with linseed oil. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: cardinalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cardinalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cardinalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cardinalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deed poll Part of Speech: noun 1. A deed relating only to one party, distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the paper cut evenly, or "polled", rather than being indented. 2. A deed that effects a change of an individual's name. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: I changed my name by deed poll.
Word: deeds poll Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deed poll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: depuratory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French dépuratoire. 1. Tending to depurate or cleanse Labels: archaic
Word: peptotoxine Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of peptotoxin. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: peptotoxines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peptotoxine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enzymeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From enzyme + -less. 1. Without enzymes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: calcisponge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From calci- + sponge. 1. Any of a group of marine sponges containing calcareous spicules.
Word: calcisponges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calcisponge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rousant Part of Speech: adj 1. Rising; represented in profile with its wings raised and typically also addorsed. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional
Word: tetanomotor Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument for tetanizing a muscle by irritating its nerve with successive mechanical or electrical shocks. Labels: historical
Word: tetanomotors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetanomotor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rope dancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rope + dancer. 1. A tightrope walker; an acrobat. Labels: dated Example: He was originally a rope-dancer; she had first seen him at Venice, where he was greatly admired for his shape, strength, and agility.
Word: ropedancers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ropedancer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rumicin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Rumex + -in 1. A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (curled dock; Rumex crispus) Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: fossilism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fossil + -ism. 1. The science or state of fossils. Labels: uncountable Example: April 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to Mr. Cottle I would be a tolerable Mathematician, I would thoroughly know Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Optics, and Astronomy, Botany, Metallurgy, Fossilism, Chemistry, Geology, Anatomy, Medicine […] 2. The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions. Labels: uncountable 3. A policy of reliance on fossil fuels. Labels: uncountable Example: Suffice it to say that the recourse to nuclear energy magnifies the problems of fossilism.
Word: tripestone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tripe + stone. 1. A variety of anhydrite composed of contorted plates, bearing a certain ressemblance to tripe. Labels: uncountable
Word: ignipotent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ignipotens, from ignis (“fire”) + potens (“powerful”). By surface analysis, igni- + potent. 1. fiery, or having control over fire. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: The Pow'r ignipotent her word obeys
Word: mezzotinter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mezzotint + -er. 1. One who engraves in mezzotint.
Word: mezzotinters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mezzotinter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ascendible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin ascendibilis. 1. Synonym of ascendable (“Capable of being ascended; climbable”). Labels: not-comparable
Word: orthodromy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French orthodromie. 1. Navigation based on calculating the shortest distance between two locations on a globe or sphere. Labels: uncountable
Word: overlooker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overlook + -er. 1. One who overlooks; a work supervisor. Example: In the ring-room the overlooker would be about on a par with the carder or undercarder, but the jobbers would earn less than the strippers and grinders.
Word: overlookers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overlooker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unbarricadoed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + barricadoed. 1. Not obstructed by barricades. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: May 26 1795 Edmund Burke, letter to William Elliot, Esq. unbarricadoed streets
Word: water-witch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Grebes are so called due to their ability to evade hunters and predators by disappearing underwater. Storm petrels are so called due to the folk belief that their arrival foretells approaching storms. Both birds also sometimes walk on water. 1. A grebe Example: ... bird was never seen again, dead or alive. There was a mystery about it , and when some one older and wiser than he told him it was a water witch or hell diver, the mystery was only half solved. Where did it go? How could it stay[…] Fortunately for the dabchick, […] Example: […] I knew that another pair of Grebes had chosen this secluded pond for their home. Careful search revealed only a deserted or incompleted nest, and I continued until I came to a weedy stretch. Examining it with binoculars, before entering, as it was quite open, I espied another of these elusive water-witches upon its nest. 2. A grebe: Example: The Hell Diver seen was probably the Pied Bill Grebe, […] it surely is a water witch and has disappeared. Example: ... Grebes are highly aquatic expert divers but labored fliers. […] a "water-witch" [Blanchan 1902: 12]. The Pied-billed Grebe is represented at CA-44. 3. The storm petrel. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: Ten or fifteen dark little birds […] these are "Mother Carey's chickens," the "water-witches," Stormy Petrels, which are so familiar to the eye of the sailor, and the sight of which he dreads so much; […] Example: [see chapter title, viz.:] Song of the Water-Witch (The Stormy-Petrel) 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: a witch who lives in, controls, is able to dowse or find, or is otherwise connected with, water. Example: […] plays with the stormy petrel, / And answers the sea-gull's call. […] the water-witch, gray and ancient, / And hearing the tales she tells. Example: The water-witches of Meterik inhabit the islands. There are fifteen of them. They argue all the time over minutiae. They throw magic spells at each other for fun. Normally they show not too much interest in humans. That changed[…]
Word: water witches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of water witch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hornblower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horn + blower, or from Old English hornblāwere. 1. Someone or something that blows a horn.
Word: hornblowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hornblower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: steepiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steepy + -ness. 1. Synonym of steepness. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: [T]he craggineſſe and ſteepineſſe of places up and dovvn is a great advantage to the dvvellers, and makes them inacceſſible, for they ſerve as Fortreſſes erected by Nature her ſelfe, to protect them from all incurſions: […]
Word: verdoy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: French verdoyer (“to become green”). See verdant. 1. Charged with leaves, fruits, flowers, etc.; said of a border. Labels: not-comparable Example: Gules a Bordure Argent charged with Verdoy of Trefoils slipped proper, that is Vert. Example: SCOTT of Hedderwick, a younger son of Scott of Logie, argent, a fesse crenellé, between three lions' heads erased, gules; within a bordure of the last, verdoy of six flower-de-luces of the first.
Word: cobstone Part of Speech: noun 1. A cobblestone. Labels: UK, archaic
Word: cobstones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cobstone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homageable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare Old French hommageable. 1. Subject to homage. Example: This aggravates a grudge the French King hath to the Duke , for siding with the Imperialists , and for things reflecting upon the Dutchy of Bar ; for which he is homageable to the Crown of France
Word: relessee Part of Speech: noun 1. rare spelling of releasee Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: relessees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of relessee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: atwirl Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + twirl. Pronunciation: /əˈtwɜː(ɹ)l/ 1. twirling Labels: not-comparable Example: She set his heart atwirl.
Word: atwist Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + twist. Pronunciation: /əˈtwɪst/ 1. Twisted; distorted; awry Labels: not-comparable Example: That ys child atwiste ys poverte, that hadde al is god
Word: handystroke Part of Speech: noun 1. A blow with the hand. Labels: archaic Example: Presently as our Captain perceived their shot to come slacking, as the latter drops of a great shower of rain, with his whistle he gave us his usual signal, to answer them with our shot and arrows, and so march onwards upon the enemy, with intent to come to handy-strokes, and to have joined with them; whom when we found retired as to a place of some better strength, he increased his pace to prevent them if he might.
Word: handystrokes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handystroke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twirlingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From twirling + -ly. 1. With a twirling motion. Example: We signalled to the nearest dancer, who came twirlingly over to us.
Word: incarnification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See incarnation, and -fy. 1. incarnation. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: miscounsel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English miscounceilen, miscounselen, equivalent to mis- + counsel. Possibly formed on the model of Old French mesconceillier. 1. To counsel or advise wrongly. Labels: transitive
Word: reforestization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + forestization. 1. reforestation. Labels: uncountable
Word: rancescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin rancescens, present participle of rancescere. 1. Becoming rancid or sour. Labels: archaic
Word: discommission Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + commission. 1. To deprive of a commission or trust. Labels: transitive Example: 1659, John Milton, letter to a friend concerning the ruptures of the Commonwealth discommissioning nine great officers in the army Example: a. 1645, William Laud, autobiography I shall take that for proof enough, and proceed to discommission your printer, and suppress his press
Word: discommissioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of discommission Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: discommissioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of discommission Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: discommissions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of discommission Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Islamicize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Latin Islāmus Latin -icus New Latin islāmicusder.? French islamiqueder.? English Islamic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Islamicize From Islamic + -ize. 1. To make Islamic; to convert to Islam. Labels: transitive
Word: Islamicized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Islamicize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Islamicizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Islamicize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Islamicizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Islamicize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: miscounselled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of miscounsel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: miscounselling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English myscounsellynge, equivalent to miscounsel + -ing. 1. Wrong, bad, or incorrect counselling Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: miscounselling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From miscounsel + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of miscounsel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: miscounsels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of miscounsel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: miscounseling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English myscounsellynge, equivalent to miscounsel + -ing. 1. Wrong, bad, or incorrect counselling Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: miscounseling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From miscounsel + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of miscounsel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: miscounseled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of miscounsel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: inequable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + equable. 1. Not equable; unequable. Example: even in inequable Motions , or such as are continually accelerated or retarded , according to some stated Law , if we take the Spaces and Times very small , they will make a near approach to the nature of equable Motions
Word: classific Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kləˈsɪf.ɪk/ 1. classificatory Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: atheological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + theological. 1. Opposed to theology. 2. atheistic Example: Fosterer of many Atheologicall Fancies Example: After all, nontrivial atheological reasons, ranging from various problems of evil to naturalist theories according to which theistic belief is illusory or merely projective, are a pervasive, if not obtrusive, component of the rational portion of our intellectual heritage.
Word: poppied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poppy + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒpid/ 1. Full of, decorated with, or otherwise containing poppies. Example: poppied corn 2. Affected by, or as if by, opium; drowsy; listless; inactive. Example: The poppied sails doze on the yard. Example: Young Love lies drowsing Away to poppied death; Cool shadows deepen Across the sleeping face: So fails the summer With warm, delicious breath; And what hath autumn To give us in its place?
Word: paramountly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From paramount + -ly. 1. In a paramount manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: Saint Teresa, paradoxical as such a judgment may sound, was a typical shrew, in this sense of the term. […] Her voluble egotism; her sense, not of radical bad being, as the really contrite have it, but of her 'faults' and 'imperfections' in the plural; her stereotyped humility and return upon herself, as covered with 'confusion' at each new manifestation of God's singular partiality for a person so unworthy, are typical of shrewdom: a paramountly feeling nature would be objectively lost in gratitude, and silent.
Word: ochrey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ochre + -y. 1. Alternative form of ochery. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: awearied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + wearied. 1. weary; made tired Labels: dated, not-comparable, poetic
Word: horehounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horehound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eatage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a corruption (as if < eat + -age) of edige, eddish. More at eddish. 1. Edible growth of grass for horses and cattle, especially that of lattermath. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 2. The right to let one's animals eat in a certain place; pasturage. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. food Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable
Word: eatages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eatage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fastidiosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fastidiosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fastidiosity Part of Speech: noun 1. fastidiousness (the quality of being fastidious). Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: he receives much greater advantage by being diverted than instructed; his epidemical diseases being fastidiosity, amorphy, and oscitation
Word: hoarhound Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of horehound. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: hoarhounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoarhound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cystolithic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cysto- + lithic. 1. Relating to stone in the bladder. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, relating to, or containing cystoliths. Labels: not-comparable Example: cystolithic hairs of marijuana Example: cystolithic trichomes
Word: heartlings Part of Speech: intj 1. An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance. Labels: obsolete Example: My will! ’od’s heartlings, that’s a pretty jest indeed!
Word: germiparity Part of Speech: noun 1. reproduction by means of germs Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: unsoot Part of Speech: verb 1. To remove soot from. Labels: transitive
Word: anthodia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anthodium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anthodium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek [Term?]. 1. calathidium.
Word: bellibone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French belle et bonne (“beautiful and good”). 1. A beautiful and nice woman. Labels: archaic, rare Example: Pan may be pꝛoud, that euer he begot / ſuch a Bellibone, […] Example: There he saw a bellibone sticking her head out of an eyethurl and crying.
Word: bellibones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bellibone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catastaltic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek κατασταλτικός (katastaltikós, “holding in check”), from καταστέλλω (katastéllō, “repress”), from στέλλω (stéllō). 1. Holding back outflow of fluids by contraction of tissues. Labels: not-comparable Example: catastaltic movements/actions
Word: lithy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lethi, from Old English liþiġ (“free, unrestrained, flexible”), from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz; equivalent to lith (“limb, joint”) + -y. Cognate with Dutch ledig, German ledig, Swedish ledig, Icelandic liðugur. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪði/ 1. Easy to bend; pliable.
Word: equisetiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From equisetum + -form. 1. Having the form of the equisetum. Example: equisetiform stem
Word: obdure Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of obdurate. Labels: obsolete Example: The Ages in their grovvth vvax worſe & vvorſe. / The firſt vvas pretious, full of golden reſt. / Siluer ſucceeded; good, but not ſo pure: / Then loue and harmleſſe luſts might currant paſſe: / The third that follovves vve finde more obdure, / And that vve title by the Age of Braſſe.
Word: obdure Part of Speech: verb 1. To harden. Labels: obsolete Example: This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdur'd. Example: […] this spiritual edge shall either turn again, or, through our weak wieldance, not enter the stubborn and thick hide of obdured hearts […]
Word: obdured Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əbˈdjʊəd/, /əbˈdjʊəɹɪd/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: obdured Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əbˈdjʊəd/, /əbˈdjʊəɹɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of obdure Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: obduring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of obdure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: equisetums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of equisetum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roestone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roe + stone. 1. oolite, or a variation of it
Word: roestones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roestone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deutoplasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deuto- + -plasm. 1. The food matter located in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: trafficable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From traffic + -able. 1. Able to be trafficked or traded; marketable. Example: Money itself is not only the price of all commodities in all civil nations, but it is also, in some cases, a trafficable commodity: the price whereof rises and falls, in several countries, upon occasion; and yieldeth either profit or loss 2. Having good trafficability: of a vehicle, able to traverse terrain; of terrain, able to support vehicle movement.
Word: perfectionment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French perfectionnement. 1. The act of bringing to, or achieving, perfection. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of having attained perfection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: c. 1860-1861, Isaac Taylor, Logic in Theology the perfectionment of abstract theology
Word: perfectionments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perfectionment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: digressional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From digression + -al. 1. Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject. Example: Milton has judiciously avoided Fletcher's digressional ornaments
Word: rodsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rod + -s- + man. 1. Someone who carries and holds a levelling staff, or rod, in a surveying party. Example: Rodsmen were whacking their way through willow brakes. 2. A fisherman. Example: […] a heavy basket of twenty-seven was landed by one rodsman.
Word: rodsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rodsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dependingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From depending + -ly. 1. As having dependence. Example: 1676, Matthew Hale, Contemplations moral and divine, by a person of great learning and judgment, ed. by E. Stephens [1699]. Give therefore, I pray thee, Bread for this day, and when to morrow comes, I will beg Bread of thee for to morrow; and if thou givest me this day supplies beyond the expence of this day, I will use it thankfully, and nevertheless dependingly for I will renew my Petition for my daily Bread, still. Example: There was something indescribably, dependingly feminine about Amy's baby; not even the most unused could have taken this soft little darling for a boy.
Word: redemptionaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redemptionary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: redemptionary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From redemption + -ary. 1. One who is, or may be, redeemed; one who is set at liberty, or released from a bond, by paying compensation or fulfilling stipulated conditions. Example: […]be admitted in the said society, but as redemptionaries, which will be very chargeable
Word: foreshower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foreshow + -er. 1. One who, or that which, foreshows; a prophet or omen. Labels: archaic Example: “Ay, ay, a dream, quotha! dreams are but the foreshowers of the future, my mistress.”
Word: foreshowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foreshower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: newing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of new Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sheathy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sheath + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːθi/ 1. Forming or resembling a sheath or case. Example: with a needle put aside the short and sheathy cases on their back
Word: physoclist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From physo- + Ancient Greek κλειστός (kleistós, “closed, shut”). 1. A fish whose swim bladder is not open to its esophagus. .
Word: physoclists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of physoclist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saily Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sail + -y. 1. Resembling a sail, or sailing. Example: From Penmens craggy height to try her saily wings
Word: tauriform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin taurifōrmis, from taurus (“a bull”) + -form. Compare French tauriforme. 1. Having the form of a bull. Labels: archaic
Word: tubivalve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tube and valve. 1. A shell or tube formed by an annelid, such as a serpula. Labels: rare
Word: tubivalves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tubivalve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inhabitress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inhabitor + -ess. 1. A female inhabitant. Labels: archaic
Word: inhabitresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inhabitress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attirement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From attire + -ment. 1. attire; adornment Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: attirements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attirement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pandarous Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of panderous. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: countertrippant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From counter- + trippant. 1. Trippant in opposite directions. Labels: not-comparable
Word: expiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French expiable. 1. Capable of being expiated or atoned for. Labels: not-comparable Example: an expiable offence
Word: kiths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kith Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sympathisingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sympathising + -ly. 1. Alternative form of sympathizingly. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Had the reproaches been more biting, or the taunts more keen, Buckingham might have been amused by them; but, such as they were, they proved exceedingly tiresome; and weariness took the form of pity for Francesca. "He will certainly talk the poor girl to death," thought he; and he looked sympathisingly on her pale and melancholy countenance.
Word: sympathizingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sympathizing + -ly. 1. With sympathy.
Word: intertexture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + texture. 1. The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. That which is interwoven. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: knit in nice intertexture Example: skirted thick with intertexture firm / Of thorny boughs
Word: flavous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin flavus. Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪvəs/ 1. yellow Labels: obsolete Example: Already there are many flavous colors in the landscape, much maturity of small seeds.
Word: triphyllous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + phyllous. 1. Having three leaves or leaflike structures Labels: not-comparable
Word: triquadrantal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + quadrantal. 1. Having three quadrants. Labels: not-comparable Example: A triquadrantal triangle is one whose three sides are quadrants, and whose three angles are consequently right angles.
Word: antibrachial Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of antebrachial. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: intercarotid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + carotid. 1. Situated between the carotids (carotid arteries). Labels: not-comparable Example: intercarotid ganglion Example: intercarotid nerve
Word: siphuncular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sīphunculus + -ar. 1. Of or pertaining to the siphuncle. Labels: not-comparable Example: siphuncular membrane Example: siphuncular tube
Word: crena Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin crēna. 1. A furrow or notch.
Word: crenae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crena Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mistrustless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mistrust + -less. 1. Without mistrust or suspicion; trusting, unsuspecting. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: [T]he Geeſe ſeeing this counterfet Gooſe [the ounce), approach nigh to viſit him, vvho with a ſuddaine jerke apprehends his miſtruſtleſſe prey. Example: The ſwain miſtruſtleſs of his ſmutted face, / While ſecret laughter tittered round the place […]
Word: crap oneself Part of Speech: verb 1. to soil oneself. Labels: mildly, vulgar 2. to feel extremely frightened or apprehensive. Labels: vulgar
Word: polycerate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras). 1. having multiple pairs of horns. Example: Jacob sheep are polycerate, commonly having four horns.
Word: pill mill Part of Speech: noun 1. A clandestine operation where a medical worker illicitly offers prescription medication to patients in exchange for bribes. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Four men who helped Jeff and Chris George run their lucrative pill mills received sentences ranging from 9 months to 14 years today in federal court. Example: Needless to say, the professional bullying from the primary care physicians (PCPs) and the [hospital] administrators to run both a pill mill and a needle jockey business was tremendous. I resisted the entire time, but god it wore me out. [From a pain specialist for a large multi-specialty group.]
Word: pill mills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pill mill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tank loaf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its similarity to a corrugated iron water tank. 1. A loaf of bread in a cylindrical shape with distinctive ridges around its sides.
Word: grass trap Part of Speech: noun 1. A knot tied in a tuft of grass, intended to trip another person as a prank. Labels: dated
Word: knife roll Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of knives in a leather or similar holster that rolls out flat for use.
Word: fasciculate Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fəˈsɪk.jə.lɪt/, /fæˈsɪk-/, /-ˌlət/, /-ˌleɪt/ 1. Having fascicles. Labels: not-comparable 2. Branching, with many lines extending from one point, as in a few Choicensisphinctes ammonites. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fasciculate Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of fasciculation.
Word: fasciculate Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fəˈsɪk.jəˌleɪt/, /fæˈsɪk-/ 1. To cause to become fasciculate.
Word: micrantha Part of Speech: noun 1. The tree Citrus micrantha or its fruit.
Word: rotunder Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of rotund: more rotund Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: cast a shadow Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cast, shadow. 2. To dampen future events. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: With the descent of the cold war, relations between the two countries (for this is, to all intents and purposes, what they became after the end of the war) were almost completely broken off, with whole families split for the ensuing decades, some for ever. This event and its after-effects, along with the war against the Japanese in the 1940s, was to cast a long shadow over the years ahead, and led to the creation of the wholly unprecedented worship of Kim Il-sung, and his elevation to almost God-like status. It was also to create the system in which his son was to occupy almost as impossibly elevated a position.
Word: clear away Part of Speech: verb 1. To tidy up, to remove mess or obstacles from a place to make it neat. Labels: transitive Example: Further along the gallery was the huge skeleton barrel of a brontosaurus. My museum hypothesis was confirmed. Going toward the side of the gallery I found what appeared to be sloping shelves, and clearing away the thick dust, I found the old familiar glass cases of our own time. But these must have been air-tight to judge from the fair preservation of some of their contents. 2. To leave, disappear. Labels: intransitive Example: The showers should clear away tomorrow. Example: Those who were nearest saw her head drop suddenly, as she choked upon her bosom; and then the cords burning through and through, the whole lifeless body tumbled forward into the embers, causing a considerable flutter of dust and smoke; and when it cleared away, there was nothing to be seen but a confused heap of ashes and dying embers. 3. To dispose of, to get rid of, to remove. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: A state ideology, mixing nationalism, and basic Marxist economics, going under the name "Juche", was constructed, and Kim Il-sung effectively silenced, disposed of and cleared away any opposition, isolating the country and exercising an iron grip on the military, the state media and the government and party organs. 4. To prepare some object for use by removing obstacles, untying or unfastening it. Labels: transitive Example: The schooner was run into the wind, and while the hands were clearing away the stern boat, Queequeg, stripped to the waist, darted from the side with a long living arc of a leap. Example: "Hiram Jefferson and John Moreton to the pumps!" cried the captain. "Mr. Tomlinson, clear away the long boat and let us see if we may set her right, though I fear that she is past mending."
Word: air-tight Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of airtight. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Further along the gallery was the huge skeleton barrel of a brontosaurus. My museum hypothesis was confirmed. Going toward the side of the gallery I found what appeared to be sloping shelves, and clearing away the thick dust, I found the old familiar glass cases of our own time. But these must have been air-tight to judge from the fair preservation of some of their contents. Example: Spacecraft compartments can be isolated by air-tight doors in case of decompression. The cinematic version of explosive decompression is fiction; holed compartments either take enough damage that the occupants are killed instantly, or leak slowly enough that they are able to reach protective gear.
Word: train of thinking Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of train of thought. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Exploring, I found another short gallery running transversely to the first. This appeared to be devoted to minerals, and the sight of a block of sulphur set my mind running on gunpowder. But I could find no saltpeter; indeed no nitrates of any kind. Doubtless they had deliquesced ages ago. Yet the sulphur hung in my mind and set up a train of thinking.
Word: fancy that Part of Speech: intj 1. An exclamation of surprise.
Word: strike me pink Part of Speech: phrase 1. an exclamation of surprise Labels: dated Example: Bill slouched up to the tent and entered. When he beheld the magnificent proportions of Robert he said but little - 'Strike me pink!' were the only words the children could afterwards remember - but he produced fifteen shillings, mainly in sixpences and coppers, and handed it to Robert. Example: Why, strike me pink, I'd sooner drink / With a cove sent up for arson / Than a rain-beseeching, preaching, teaching, / Blanky, cranky parson.
Word: echinate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin echinātus. 1. prickly; bristly Example: an echinate pericarp
Word: echinate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin echinātus. 1. A bristly grain or pollen
Word: KLFA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Kenya Land and Freedom Army, the official name of the group commonly referred to as the Mau Mau. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: The Emergency Part of Speech: name 1. The official euphemism used by the Irish Government during the 1940s to refer to its neutral position during World War II. Labels: Ireland, historical 2. World War II. Labels: Ireland, historical
Word: apadana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴 (a-p-d-a-n /⁠apadāna⁠/). Doublet of iwan. 1. a large hypostyle hall in ancient Persian palaces
Word: apadanas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apadana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misplan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + plan. 1. To plan badly or incorrectly. Labels: transitive Example: It is possible to misplan and misplan badly. Example: The current economic meltdown had caused the company to misplan, and the company knew it would be in violation of its credit agreement during the first quarter.
Word: misplan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + plan. 1. A poorly made or inappropriate plan. Labels: rare Example: On the short end, failure is a poor choice: on the long end, the failure is in planning, a misplan. Example: Unfortunately, due to some odd mistake, misfortune, misplan or whatever, their weapons had been placed on separate shipping and ended up somewhere else in Vietnam.
Word: scutellate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin scutella (“a dish, salver”). Compare English scuttle (“a basket”). 1. saucer-shaped 2. Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella, as in certain birds.
Word: Drangiana Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δραγγιανή (Drangianḗ), ultimately from Old Persian *Drankah. Compare with Old Persian 𐏀𐎼𐎣 (z-r-k /⁠Zraⁿkaʰ⁠/). 1. An ancient province of the Achaemenid Empire, in what is now southwestern Afghanistan.
Word: Sattagydia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Persian 𐎰𐎫𐎦𐎢𐏁 (θ-t-gu-u-š /⁠θataguš⁠/, literally “hundred cows”). Pronunciation: /ˌsætəˈɡɪdiə/, /ˌsætəˈd͡ʒɪdiə/ 1. A satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire, corresponding approximately to southern Indoscythia and to the current Sindh region of Pakistan
Word: Chorasmia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Old Persian *𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼- (*u-v-a-r-) Old Persian *𐏀𐎷𐎡- (*z-mi-i-) Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-y)der. Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š)bor. Ancient Greek Χορασμία (Khorasmía)bor. Latin Chorasmiabor. English Chorasmia From Latin Chorasmia, from Ancient Greek Χορασμία (Khorasmía), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š /⁠ʰuvārazmī-⁠/). Pronunciation: /kəˈɹæzmi.ə/ 1. A large oasis geographical region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia; currently split politically between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
Word: Chorezm Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chorasmia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Harezm Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chorasmia: A large oasis geographical region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia; currently split politically between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Horezm Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chorasmia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Khorasam Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chorasmia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Khoresm Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chorasmia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Khorezm Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chorasmia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Khwarazm Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Classical Persian خْوَارَزْم (xwārazm). 1. Alternative form of Chorasmia: A large oasis geographical region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia; currently split politically between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Khwarizm Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chorasmia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Khwarezm Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chorasmia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Khwarezmia Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chorasmia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: deforce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French. 1. To withhold land unlawfully from its true owner or from any other person who has a right to the possession of it, after one has lawfully entered and taken possession of it. Labels: transitive 2. To resist an officer of the law in the execution of his duty. Labels: Scotland
Word: deforced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deforce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deforcing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deforce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deforces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deforce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Danish pastry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So named because they were introduced to the United States via Copenhagen. 1. A sweet and flaky yeast-raised roll made from a dough using butter or margarine and filled with remonce (butter and sugar) or custard. Example: Danish pastries are made in essentially the same way as croissants. The initial dough is moister and softer, includes sugar and also whole eggs, so it's sweeter, richer, and distinctively yellow, and it isn't given an initial rising.
Word: day school Part of Speech: noun 1. A school attended during the day, as opposed to a boarding school.
Word: day release Part of Speech: noun 1. Temporary liberation from a prison, for the period of one day. Labels: uncountable Example: She committed a murder while on day release. 2. Paid leave of absence from employment (one day per week) to attend college. Labels: uncountable
Word: deal in Part of Speech: verb 1. To deal cards to someone entering a game; to enter someone into a game by dealing cards to that person. Labels: transitive 2. To trade (buy and sell) a named commodity. Labels: transitive 3. To accept (something or a piece of information) as a basis for a decision. Labels: transitive 4. To have an interest in something. Labels: transitive 5. To give (someone) a share or portion of something; to include (someone) in a plan or scheme. Labels: transitive Example: We can deal you in on the robbery.
Word: deal out Part of Speech: verb 1. not to deal cards to someone who is leaving a game. Labels: transitive Example: Deal me out of this round: I have to make a phone call. 2. To dole out or distribute (something).
Word: barstooler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From barstool + -er. From the prevalence of the practice within bars. 1. An Irish person who regularly watches English football matches on television and takes no interest in or disparages the domestic League of Ireland. Labels: Ireland, derogatory
Word: Khazarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Khazar + -ian. Pronunciation: /kəˈzɑːɹi.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Khazaria. Labels: not-comparable 2. Khazar; of or pertaining to Khazars. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Khazarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Khazar + -ian. Pronunciation: /kəˈzɑːɹi.ən/ 1. An inhabitant of Khazaria.
Word: Khazarian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Khazar + -ian. Pronunciation: /kəˈzɑːɹi.ən/ 1. The Khazar language.
Word: Khazaria Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Khazar + -ia. Pronunciation: /kəˈzɑːɹi.ə/ 1. A polity, established in medieval Eurasia by Khazars, that occupied much of modern-day European Russia, western Kazakhstan, eastern Ukraine, Azerbaijan, large portions of the northern Caucasus, parts of Georgia, the Crimea, and northeastern Turkey. Labels: historical Example: 2007, Vladimir Ja. Petrukhin, Khazaria and Rus': An Examination of Their Historical Relations, Peter B. Golden, Haggai Ben-Shammai, András Róna-Tas (editors), The World of the Khazars: New Perspectives, Brill Publishers, page 245, An impartial evaluation of the relations between Khazaria and Rus' (or Eastern Slavs) within the limits imposed by official Soviet historiography was rather uncommon: the role of Khazaria was mainly pictured as an obstacle in the highly progressive processes of the development of the Russian state. Example: Jews continued to migrate to Khazaria from the Muslim and Byzantine lands circa 943 because they were still being forcefully converted to Christianity by Romanus, according to al-Masudi.
Word: torcula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin torculō (“to press”). 1. winepress
Word: vacherin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French vacherin, from Franco-Provençal [Term?]. The dessert was likely named for its resemblance to the round shape of vacherin cheese wheels. 1. A soft cow's-milk cheese from France and Switzerland. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After all, the lure of endless, sensual evil is as nothing compared to a good, spoonable Vacherin. 2. A cake-shaped dessert made of an almond paste shell filled with (non-frozen) double cream and topped with whipped cream. Labels: countable, dated 3. Ellipsis of vacherin glacé. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis
Word: benchmarker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From benchmark + -er. 1. One who carries out benchmarking.
Word: archivable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From archive + -able. Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈkaɪ.və.bl̩/ 1. Capable of being archived. Labels: not-comparable
Word: maegbot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of magbote. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: If a man was slain a special manbot, or compensation for the loss of a man, had to be paid to the lord side by side with the mægbot to the kin. — NYT, Daily Lexeme: Maegbot, 2011 - (quoting H.R. Loyns, 1962)
Word: maegbote Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of magbote. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Magbote or Mægbote, a Recompence anciently made in Money for the killing of one's Kinsman.]
Word: alveolarizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alveolarization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fusant Part of Speech: noun 1. A fusion of two different species of fungus
Word: acclimatisation society Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of numerous societies, especially common in the late 19th century, whose goal was to enrich the local flora and fauna of a region by introducing foreign animals and plants. Labels: historical
Word: steatoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek στεάτωμα (steátōma). By surface analysis, steato- + -oma. 1. A sebaceous cyst. Labels: archaic
Word: steatomata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of steatoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: remanifestations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of remanifestation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: benchmarkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of benchmarker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misplanned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misplan Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: misplans Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misplan Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misplans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misplan Labels: form-of, plural