nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: slam the door Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of shut the door. Labels: figuratively
Word: light bulb jokes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of light bulb joke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beamed up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of beam up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: beams up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of beam up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: beaming up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beam up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grow house Part of Speech: noun 1. A house or similar structure whose interior has been modified to be used for the farming of marijuana. Labels: informal Example: In 2006, Florida law enforcement here discovered 480 homes growing marijuana indoors. Last year, 1,022 grow houses were busted.
Word: douhua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 豆花 (dòuhuā). 1. A Chinese dessert made with very soft tofu; tofu pudding. Labels: uncountable Example: One can find local vendors producing traditional products, ladling hot scoops of douhua, a yogurt-like bean curd, into large bowls, or baking salty flat breads inside a coal-heated drum. Example: Wandering, we dug into a pile of floury, handmade noodles, followed by pig's-blood cake covered with crushed peanuts and cilantro; fried buns stuffed with bitter greens; pungent soup with slivers of fresh ginger and whole pigs' feet; big hunks of melon, just in season; and heaping bowls of sweet, slippery douhua—chilled tofu pudding with azuki beans, mung beans and boiled peanuts.
Word: pædagogic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of pedagogic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Must it not have seemed an inconceivable inconsistency, if he had clung to the special national relation of Christianity to the Jewish people, and if he had taught a view of history in which for pædagogic reasons indeed, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort had appeared as one so entirely different ?
Word: paedagogic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of pedagogic. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: pædagogical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pædagogic + -al. 1. Obsolete form of pedagogical. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: xiaolongbao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 小籠包 /小笼包 (xiǎolóngbāo, literally “little-basket dumpling”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃaʊlɒŋbaʊ/, /ˈʃjaʊlɒŋbaʊ/, /ˈʃaʊlɔŋbaʊ/, /ʃaʊlɔŋˈbaʊ/, /ˈʃjaʊlɔŋˈbaʊ/ 1. A type of dumpling or steamed bun (baozi) associated with eastern China, particularly Nanxiang near Shanghai. Example: This is Din Tai Fung, the first OC outpost of the Taiwanese-based chain famous for xiaolongbaos (a.k.a. juicy pork dumplings). […] Shanghainese in origin, but perfected in Taiwan by Din Tai Fung’s Chinese founders, xiaolongbaos are bite-sized, soup-filled purses of pork. Example: Perhaps the dish Shanghai is most famous for, other than its hong shao rou red-cooked pork, is xiaolongbao, a soup dumpling that is hard to pronounce but easy to devour. […] All of the xiaolongbao'''s are wrapped and steamed to order, and customers can watch as the assembly line of cooks prepare them.
Word: douchi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 豆豉 (dòuchǐ). Doublet of tousi. 1. Chinese fermented black beans. Labels: uncountable
Word: residueless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From residue + -less. 1. Leaving no residue or lasting mark. Example: To his pointed question: "Where does the residueless, total annihilation of the four elements take place?" he received the following answer. "Go, O monk, and put your question to the Exalted One. As the Exalted One shall explain it, so believe." Example: In general, any monomineralic rock deposited from aqueous solution is capable of total, residueless dissolution in water.
Word: miscrop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + crop. 1. To plant the wrong crops, so as to harm the usefulness of the land.
Word: paedologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paedo- + -logist. 1. One who researches and studies children: a student of paedology.
Word: miscreation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + creation. 1. A faulty or unnatural making or creation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: paedology Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pedology. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: miscreative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mis- + creative. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪskɹɪˈeɪtɪv/ 1. Tending to create badly or wrongly.
Word: pædologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pædo- + -logist. 1. Obsolete spelling of paedologist. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: pædologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pædologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: step ladders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of step ladder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: togæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toga Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural Example: Looking strangely different without their “togæ” and wigs, were the counsels for the Crown and for the defence.
Word: rack one's brains Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of rack one's brain. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wrack one's brain Part of Speech: verb 1. Eggcorn of rack one's brain.
Word: wrack one's brains Part of Speech: verb 1. Eggcorn of rack one's brains.
Word: anæmiæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anæmia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: open someone's eyes Part of Speech: verb 1. To make someone aware of something they did not know or fully understand before; to enlighten someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: Visiting Africa opened my eyes to what it is like living without clean water. Example: I have to admit that Merseyside was the one area of the railway I had little experience of until this year, but two visits […] have opened my eyes to what is an incredibly well-run network, with such friendly staff and locals.
Word: girus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of giant + virus; coined by J M Claverie, H Ogata, S Audic, C Abergel, K Suhre, P E Fournier, in a 2006 paper in Virus Research (DOI 10.1016/j.virusres.2006.01.008). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəs/ 1. a type of giant virus, a giant nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus (giant NCLDV) 2. Synonym of giant virus. Labels: broadly, informal
Word: giruses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of girus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: NCLDV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: giant virus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: giant + virus 1. Any virus with more than 300,000 base pairs in its genome (genomic nucleic acid coding).
Word: lagopus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin lagōpūs, from the Ancient Greek λαγώπους (lagṓpous), from λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”) + πούς (poús, “foot”); compare lagopod, lagopode. The bird was given this name because its feet resemble those of a hare. Pronunciation: /ləˈɡəʊpəs/ 1. The ptarmigan. Labels: obsolete
Word: lagopodes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ləˈɡəʊpədiːz/ 1. plural of lagopus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lagopodes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ləˈɡəʊpəʊdz/ 1. plural of lagopode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CCVO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of combined certificate of value and origin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: thriambus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin thriambus, from Ancient Greek θρίαμβος (thríambos), of Pre-Greek origin. Doublet of triumph and trump. 1. A hymn to Dionysus, sung in processions in his honour.
Word: lawn dart Part of Speech: noun 1. A large dart used in the playing of certain lawn games. 2. Any of various makes and models of airplane that have gained a reputation for crashing. Labels: derogatory, humorous
Word: præscious Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of prescious. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: gtt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gutta, abbreviated. 1. drop
Word: shoot from the hip Part of Speech: verb 1. To discharge a firearm while it is held near the hip, without taking time to aim via the gunsights. Labels: literally Example: “As to their rifle fire, it was useless.” “They shoot from the hip, and don’t seem to aim at anything in particular.” 2. To speak or act quickly based on first impressions, without carefully studying the background information, wider context, etc. Labels: figuratively Example: Trump is shooting from the hip, spraying insults 360 degrees, telling lies, stoking fears and making threats that many in our military and the F.B.I. would refuse to implement.
Word: hachoo Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of achoo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bored out of one's brains Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely bored. Labels: informal, not-comparable
Word: fish-eating grin Part of Speech: noun 1. Euphemistic form of shit-eating grin. Labels: euphemistic, form-of, idiomatic Example: I had a few questions for him myself, but I just stood there and stared. He had a fish-eating grin on his face. Example: Then the Gypsy makes a crack about my accent. "You talk like a Spanish cow," he says with a fish-eating grin.
Word: drunk as a cunt Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely drunk. Labels: not-comparable, vulgar
Word: one too many Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From one drink (of an alcoholic beverage) too many. 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see one, too many. Example: We’ve got three too many. Example: Even if one child is hurt that is one too many. 2. One or more servings too many of alcohol, leading to drunkenness. Labels: idiomatic Example: He's had one too many.
Word: slipped disks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slipped disk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: borrowed time Part of Speech: noun 1. A period of time whose precise duration is not known but which can be expected to be quite limited, and at the end of which one's situation, benefits, or opportunities will be entirely terminated. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: to live on borrowed time Example: [A]t eighty a body is living on borrowed time. 2. A length of time whose duration has traditionally expired, but which continues nonetheless. Labels: uncountable Example: Having survived when many others died, she decided to make good use of her borrowed time.
Word: tick-borne encephalitis Part of Speech: noun 1. A viral infectious disease of the central nervous system borne by ticks, which most often manifests as meningitis, encephalitis, or meningoencephalitis. Labels: uncountable
Word: mechanicality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English mechanical English mechanical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English mechanicality From mechanical + -ity. 1. Alternative form of mechanicalness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: perfunctoriness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perfunctory + -ness. 1. The characteristic or state of being perfunctory. Labels: uncountable Example: When at dusk she reached the Melchester station her husband was there to meet her, but in his perfunctoriness and her preoccupation they did not see each other, and she went out of the station alone. Example: Claudia accomplished some shopping in the spirit of perfunctoriness that robs even new bonnets of their bloom.
Word: greetings card Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of greeting card. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: seborrhœa Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of seborrhea. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Some say that such conditions of transitory hairfall, usually ascribed to passing conditions of lowered health, are in reality due to seborrhœa. If such local infection is the direct cause, then the lowered vitality occasioned by illness of even brief duration may be the real cause, permitting as it does, an aggravation of the seborrhœa.
Word: seborrhœal Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of seborrheal. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: The face is the favorite location for a moist seborrhœal eczema, in children specially.
Word: seborrheal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From seborrhea + -al. 1. Of or relating to seborrhea Labels: not-comparable
Word: seborrhoeal Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of seborrheal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: seborrhœic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete typography of seborrhoeic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: The seborrhœic patches are less crimson, the scales smaller, scantier, greasier, and more orange coloured; they occur by preference on the shoulders and upper parts of the trunk, and if affecting the limbs are usually on the flexor aspects.
Word: unnessary Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ʌnˈnɛsəɹi/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of unnecessary. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: backstabby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From backstab + -y. 1. characteristic of deceit and treachery Labels: informal Example: That would seem to be a recipe for constant tension but Dratch says that backstage at SNL is not a competitive backstabby kind of atmosphere.
Word: pudicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French pudicité, and its source, Latin pudicitia, from pudicus (“modest”). 1. Modesty; chastity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are effects, which without impuritie may lose them their pudicitie; and which is more, without their knowledge. Example: for we authors in exile are supposed to possess a lofty pudicity of expression [...].
Word: v.s. Part of Speech: phrase 1. vide supra
Word: v.s. Part of Speech: verb 1. volti subito
Word: storky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stork + -y. 1. resembling a stork 2. tall and long-limbed
Word: sequel hooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sequel hook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sequel hook Part of Speech: noun 1. A plot device where information or characters are placed into a plot that can provide the basis for subsequent sequel stories. Labels: informal
Word: reality show Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹiˈæləti ˌʃoʊ/ 1. A reality television program.
Word: reality shows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reality show Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bored out of one's mind Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely bored. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: off the chart Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of off the charts. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: last eight Part of Speech: noun 1. A quarterfinal; the players in a quarterfinal Example: Australian qualifier Bernard Tomic reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals by beating Belgium's Xavier Malisse 6-1 7-5 6-4 in the fourth round. The German-born 18-year-old is the first qualifier to reach the last eight since Vladimir Voltchkov in 2000.
Word: last sixteen Part of Speech: noun 1. The round in a knockout competition before the quarterfinal, in which sixteen teams or competitors remain. Example: The young Northern Ireland player now meets Ryan Day for a place in the last sixteen of the ranking tournament.
Word: last four Part of Speech: noun 1. The semifinal. Example: Victoria Azarenka advanced to her first Grand Slam semi-final with a late-night victory over Tamira Paszek under the Centre Court roof at Wimbledon.... The Belarusian takes on eighth seed Petra Kvitova in the last four. Whoever wins that goes on to play Maria Sharapova or Sabine Lisicki in Saturday's final - and Azarenka will be full of confidence having beaten Paszek.
Word: drive-volley Part of Speech: noun 1. A powerful underarm volley shot. Example: The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.
Word: love hold Part of Speech: noun 1. A game in which the server wins every point (in which the server holds to love). Example: Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.
Word: on the back of Part of Speech: prep 1. As a result of; after; subsequent to. Example: Lisicki will rise from her current ranking of 62 to at least 35 in the world on the back of her efforts at the All England Club, but she will have serious designs on a first Grand Slam title after overcoming the 2007 runner-up. 2. By the effort of; by drawing an unfair advantage from. Labels: derogatory Example: Generational wealth was in some cases built on the back of slave labor. Example: They're trying to hand out dividends on the backs of the skilled workers who keep the lights on and can't get adequate raises and insurance.
Word: hold one's nerve Part of Speech: verb 1. To stay calm facing nervousness. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: She held her nerve after failing to serve out the match at the first attempt, seeing three match points slip by in a nervous service game at 6-4 5-4 and recovering from losing the tie-break to dominate the decider.
Word: slip by Part of Speech: verb 1. To pass without being noticed or intercepted. Labels: ambitransitive, figuratively, sometimes Example: The children managed to slip by when the patroller was looking away. Example: The children slipped by the patroller.
Word: go begging Part of Speech: verb 1. To be available but wasted, unused, or not actualized. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Principles without leaders go begging," he replied. Example: As prosperity piles up the paperwork, the shortage becomes more severe; some 250000 secretarial jobs go begging every day.
Word: double-fault Part of Speech: verb 1. To commit a double fault.
Word: GNH Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of gross national happiness. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: gross national happiness Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular indicator of a country's quality of life, developed in Bhutan in the 1970s. Labels: uncountable Example: King Jigme's goal, he says, is to increase the gross national happiness, and to that end he spends weeks traveling his Himalayan realm, in a Toyota Land Cruiser until the roads end and then on horseback or by foot, inquiring about what it would take to make people content. Example: Kannemann is working with three other U.S. universities to build a methodology that can be exported to other countries. Each country can then rank itself, as Britain will be doing, on a scale of gross national happiness.
Word: blens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown 1. The common cod; codfish Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal, no-plural 2. The bib or pout (Trisopterus, or Gadus, luscus), a common fish of the cod family, Gadidae. Labels: Cornwall, archaic, no-plural
Word: quality of life Part of Speech: noun 1. The general well-being of someone, and the degree to which someone's daily experience is enjoyable or unenjoyable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: health-related quality of life Example: And almost anyone can have quality of life destroyed by pain. 2. The general well-being of someone, and the degree to which someone's daily experience is enjoyable or unenjoyable. Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable, usually Example: quality-of-life offenses such as graffiti writing, loitering, public urination, public drinking, aggressive panhandling, and turnstile jumping Example: In July 1994, New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani and police commissioner William Bratton began implementing an order-maintenance policing strategy emphasizing proactive and aggressive enforcement of misdemeanor laws against quality-of-life offenses such as graffiti writing, loitering, public urination, public drinking, aggressive panhandling, turnstile jumping, and prostitution. 3. Features or improvements designed to make software easier to use without changing the main functionality. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rules on Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rule on Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ruling on Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rule on Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ruled on Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rule on Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: run-on sentences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of run-on sentence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: index verborum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin: index + verborum 1. An index of words.
Word: vugh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of vug. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1917, Geological Survey of New South Wales, Mineral resources, Issues 26-35, page 106, Several years later larger vughs at lower levels were met with containing a much greater number of stalactites. One vugh as large as a room contained so many that it was difficult to move about in it. Example: The explanation of the not infrequent pairs of hemispherical concretionary masses with polished cross-sections might lie in the miners carefully extracting the rounded and bulbous masses of fluorite projecting from vugh linings.
Word: vughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vugh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abdominal evisceration Part of Speech: noun 1. The presence of the viscera outside of the body, typically through a wound
Word: Gross National Happiness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gross national happiness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Afro-Americans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Afro-American Labels: form-of, plural
Word: African-Americans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of African-American Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kinæsthesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kine- + -æsthesia. 1. Obsolete form of kinesthesia. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: præsence Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of presence. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Spare not to go there, for gracing that farre any that fauour, by your præsence to procure them expedition of justice : although that should be speciallie done, for the poore that can not wait on, or are debarred by mightier parties.
Word: radar reflectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radar reflector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dislimb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + limb. 1. To remove a limb from, to dismember, to pull off arms or legs.
Word: dislimbs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dislimb Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dislimbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dislimb Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dislimbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dislimb Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: take up a collection Part of Speech: verb 1. To request and receive money or goods of value from members of a group, especially for a charitable purpose. Labels: idiomatic Example: Then somebody sings out, "Take up a collection for him, take up a collection!" Well, a half a dozen made a jump to do it, but somebody sings out, "Let HIM pass the hat around!" Example: "But I hope nobody's took up a collection for me. I don't want no charity."
Word: diœstrus Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of dioestrus. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: In all the females studied, whether in diœstrus or in natural or stilbœstrol‐induced œstrus, DOCA reduced the vascular sensitivity to the pressor action of vasopressin.
Word: stare down Part of Speech: verb 1. To overcome or make uncomfortable by staring intently. Labels: transitive Example: “Homer’s Triple Bypass” has the potential to be the most depressing episode in the history of The Simpsons, if not television as whole. It is, after all, about a 36-year-old husband and father staring down death and the prospect of leaving his wife a young widow and his small children fatherless.
Word: stares down Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stare down Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: staring down Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stare down Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stared down Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stare down Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: œstrus Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of oestrus. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Œstrus was noted in a Black-faced ewe (not a virgin) in the beginning of February, and the ewe was served by a ram of its own breed.
Word: œstri Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of œstrus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: œnologic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of oenologic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Clermont has established a limnologic laboratory in the midst of her 20 lakes ; Besançon, laboratories for agricultural analysis and bacteriology, and two experiment stations ; Bordeaux, laboratories for research into diseases of the grape, an experiment station, an agronomic and an œnologic institute ; Nancy, an institute for brewing, and a fine section for the study of agriculture and forestry ; Lyon, a school of tannery perhaps as excellent as any in the world ; while at Caen special attention is devoted to the manufacture of butter and cheese.
Word: gypsycraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gypsy + -craft. 1. The practice(s) of gypsy magic, sorcery, or the use supernatural powers to influence or predict events. Labels: uncountable
Word: inferiourly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From inferiour + -ly. 1. Obsolete form of inferiorly. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: It is alſo the very ſame that Prorex is in Latin , to wit, a Vice‐roy: that is,he that in the Kings abſence ſupplyeth his place,and beareth his perſon, as in England the Lord high‐Steward is woont to doe : and more inferiourly it is a deputy or officer under ſome noble man, &c.
Word: superiourly Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete form of superiorly. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Poſſibly it may be argued that, as according to our own account, effects are long in their production ; if the ſyſtems of morality which have been given by the antient Philoſophers of Greece and Rome ; by CONFUCIUS, or MAHOMET, or BRAMA, contain principles which have an equal tendency with Chriſtianity to render their followers more humane and benevolent, the Law of Nations is not ſo ſuperiourly obliged to that religion.
Word: pygmoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pygmy + -oid. 1. Resembling a pygmy; generally, shorter than other peoples but not short enough to be considered pygmies.
Word: pygmoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pygmy + -oid. 1. A person so resembling a pygmy, such as the Negritos of Asia and peoples of the Congo Basin with mixed Pygmy–Bantu ancestry.
Word: French pancake Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin pancake. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crepe rubber Part of Speech: noun 1. Rubber with a crinkled texture, used for soles of shoes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sphærical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sphæric + -al. 1. Archaic spelling of spherical. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The membrane forming the filaments is structure‐less, but the sphærical cells, which form more or less moniliform threads sometimes running in parallel lines, at other times forming an irregular net work on the inside of the filaments.
Word: bolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bole (“clay”) + -ar. 1. Of, relating to, or similar to, bole or clay; clayey. Labels: dated Example: bolar loam Example: bolar earth
Word: sphæroid Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of spheroid. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The flattened and irregular sphæroid is covered with indentations and ribs which converge at its lowest part ; and it is in this lowest part, situated almost under the long apophysis, thas we discover the true rings. Each of these rings supports one of the first sharp radii of the anal fin, whose perforated basis forms another ring, connected with one of those of the flattened sphæroid.
Word: gnashy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gnash + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈnæ.ʃi/ 1. Related to or typical of gnashing the teeth. 2. Of a sound, grating and harsh. 3. Characterized by grinding or gnashing. Example: Deft and comfy, if gnashy of engine, the Prizm looks like an inspired sketch that somehow made it into metal and ought to be viewed as a traveling sculpture exhibit. Example: I wanted it, but my stomach was so gnashy I ended up taking a bite, walking out to the pool, and then returning for another. 4. Unpleasant; tedious or undesirable. Labels: informal Example: Even Hozomeen'll crack and fall apart, nothing lasts, it is only a faring-in-that-which-everything-is, a passing-through, that's what's going on, why ask questions or tear hair or weep, the burble blear purple Lear on his moor of woes he is only a gnashy old flap with winged whiskers beminded by a fool -- to be and not to be, that's what we are -- Does the Void take any part in life and death? Example: What you SHOULD do (again, MHO) is decide _wear_ the big, gnashy treasure items of your world are (in this fabled armory; in that horde) and if the players WANT to tempt a near-total probability of death and _succeed(!)_ then let them HAVE the item(s).
Word: sphæroidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sphæroid + -al. 1. Archaic form of spheroidal. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: To this sphæroidal weathering we may attribute the bomb‐like balls.
Word: disposable incomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disposable income Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 800-pound gorillas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 800-pound gorilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dead furrow Part of Speech: noun 1. A furrow left in the field that is slightly wider than twice the width of a plow bottom, usually occurring at the completion of a field.
Word: hemisphæric Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of hemispheric. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Body hemisphæric, slightly depressed above, with a concave base, the margins of which are rounded.
Word: exit strategy Part of Speech: noun 1. A well-defined plan for bringing involvement in a mission, activity, or commitment to an acceptable conclusion. Labels: usually Example: Near-synonym: exit policy Example: Seeking an exit strategy before sailing in harm's way is smart, but it must be related to the mission's goal.
Word: extermination camp Part of Speech: noun 1. A death camp.
Word: prætends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prætend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Jelgava Part of Speech: name Etymology: See etymology at Livonian Jālgab. 1. A town in central Latvia, the largest town in Semigallia. Example: [The city is] at least ten Rigas and Jelgavas put together! Palace upon palace, bridge upon bridge, tower upon tower.
Word: Liepāja Part of Speech: name 1. A city and port in the Kurzeme region, on the west coast of Latvia.
Word: danceless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dance + -less. 1. Without dancing. Labels: not-comparable 2. Without rhythm suitable for dancing. Labels: not-comparable Example: Popular music, finally, is contemplative art—a surprising claim, perhaps, given its association with dance and its divergence from danceless art music.
Word: campusing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of campus Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Rochelle Part of Speech: name Etymology: Habitational or topographic name from places in France, La Rochelle, from Old French rochelle diminutive form of roche (“rock”). Pronunciation: /ɹoʊˈʃɛl/ 1. A surname from Old French. 2. A female given name transferred from the place name, of 20th century usage. Example: She was a modern woman. "Rochelle!" I hear my grandma's taunt. "Imagine Rochelle!" And then in Yiddish: "Rachel is not good enough for her." 3. A place in the United States: 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:
Word: any minute now Part of Speech: adv 1. Very soon. Labels: not-comparable Example: He's on the way, and tells me he'll be here any minute now.
Word: dirty work Part of Speech: noun 1. One or more unpleasant tasks, assignments, or employment duties, especially those of a disreputable or illicit nature. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: [A] sort of little back kitchen, where dirty work, such as washing up dishes, might be done. Example: "I am no telltale," said James scornfully. […] Jasper urged James to give information about Rodney, but he steadily refused. "I leave others to do such dirty work," he said.
Word: similative case Part of Speech: noun 1. A noun case used to indicate likeness, resemblance, or similarity. In English, this is usually expressed by the phrase is similar to or is like or looks like, as in "That bird looks like a robin." Languages that use the similative case include Old Turkic.
Word: vuggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vug + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈvʌɡi/ 1. Containing vugs. Example: 1962, Thomas A. Steven, James C. Ratté, Geology and Ore Deposits, Summitville District, San Juan Mountains, Colorado (Geological Survey Professional Paper 343), Geological Survey (U.S.) (publisher), page 41, Parts of the resistant veins have been strongly leached and consists of vuggy, porous quartz ; elsewhere compact quartz has replaced most of the constituents in the original rock. Example: The diachronous layers under the lagoons, when traced seaward, become more and more vuggy, as cement is more patchily developed, and eventually pass into separate lumps (Taylor and Illing, 1969).
Word: vughy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vugh + -y. 1. Containing vughs, vuggy. Example: Owing to soft slidy country rock at the beginning, and hard vughy quartz in the reef, very great difficulty was experienced in putting down this hole. Example: On Mount Gee, the 20 to 50 m thick, dense to highly vughy sequence is characterised by discontinuous, irregular, banded to rhythmically layered quartz, specular hematite and siliceous reddish brown hematitic 'siltstone'.
Word: servicification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From service + -ification. 1. The transformation or encapsulation of existing processes or systems into one or more discrete services. Labels: uncountable 2. The migration from monolithic legacy applications to service-based components and solutions, i.e. a service-oriented architecture. Labels: uncountable Example: The servicification of legacy enterprise solutions simplifies ongoing integration and significantly mitigates risk.
Word: desert pavement Part of Speech: noun 1. A desert surface that is covered with closely packed rock fragments; reg, serir.
Word: desert varnish Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of rock varnish. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Bernadetta Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Bernadette. 1. A female given name from French.
Word: desert pavements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of desert pavement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rothbardian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Rothbard + -ian. 1. Of, pertaining to, or advocating the political or economic theories of Murray Rothbard. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, pertaining to, or advocating the political or economic theories of Murray Rothbard. Labels: not-comparable, specifically Example: Economists familiar with the Rothbardian tradition have taken the analysis even further, persuasively arguing that Somalia is much better without a state than it was with one.
Word: Rothbardian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Rothbard + -ian. 1. A proponent of the political or economic theories of Murray Rothbard. 2. A proponent of the political or economic theories of Murray Rothbard. Labels: specifically Example: The standard statist put-down — "If you Rothbardians like anarchy so much, why don't you move to Somalia?" — misses the point.
Word: IMAP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Internet Message Access Protocol. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: paliperidone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pali- (of unknown origin) + -peridone (“risperidone derivative”). Pronunciation: /ˌpæl.ɪˈpɛɹ.ɪˌdoʊn/ 1. 9-hydroxyrisperidone, an atypical antipsychotic drug. Labels: uncountable
Word: sertindole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably blend of ser(o)t(onin) + indole. Pronunciation: /sɚˈtɪnˌdoʊl/ 1. An atypical antipsychotic drug. Labels: uncountable
Word: iloperidone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From [Term?] + -peridone (“risperidone derivative”). 1. An atypical antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia. Labels: uncountable
Word: Rothbardians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rothbardian. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: documentalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of documentalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonparanormal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + paranormal. 1. Not paranormal. Labels: not-comparable Example: These are pictures of a nonparanormal nature on the same roll of film with pictures of a paranormal nature. The nonparanormal shots show what kind of image the camera takes when there's no supernatural activity around.
Word: unipedicular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uni- + pedicular. 1. Of or pertaining to a single pedicle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bipedicular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + pedicular. 1. Of or pertaining to two pedicles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: non distributio medii Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin, literally "undistributed middle". 1. A logical fallacy that is committed when the middle term in a categorical syllogism isn't distributed. Labels: uncountable Example: An educated man must be in some sort instructed; but it is a mere non distributio medii to say that an instructed person must be an educated person.
Word: triptycenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of triptycene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vestibulocerebellum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vestibulo- + cerebellum. 1. The flocculonodular lobe of the cerebellum.
Word: flocculonodular lobe Part of Speech: noun 1. A lobe of the cerebellum consisting of the nodule and the flocculus.
Word: flocculonodular lobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flocculonodular lobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adhæsion Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of adhesion. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:adhæsion.
Word: adhæsions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adhæsion Labels: form-of, plural Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:adhæsion.
Word: sharkmeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shark + meat. 1. The meat of a shark. Labels: uncountable
Word: mutineries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mutinery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: effluves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of effluve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: décollements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of décollement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contrites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contrite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moulages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moulage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moulages Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of moulage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: random access Part of Speech: noun 1. The ability to access any element of a sequence in real time, without having to seek through preceding elements. Labels: uncountable
Word: flocculonodular Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: / flɒkjʊ.l.ənɒˈd.jʊlə/ 1. Pertaining to the nodule and flocculus of the cerebellum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: saltproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From salt + -proof. 1. Resistant to the corrosive effects of salt.
Word: alkaliproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From alkali + -proof. 1. Resistant to the corrosive effects of alkaline substances.
Word: fadeproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fade + -proof. 1. Resistant to fading. Example: fadeproof wallpaper
Word: autorefresh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + refresh. 1. Any feature that automatically refreshes a screen display. Labels: uncountable Example: Like Paradox and dBASE, Clarion offers an autorefresh facility so data displayed on your screen will be updated if its associated records are changed in the database by another user. Example: One drawback of the console, though, was its lack of an autorefresh; it had to be updated often to display the current status information.
Word: Crouzon syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Octave Crouzon. 1. A genetic disorder that affects the first branchial (or pharyngeal) arch in a developing foetus, causing developmental problems. Labels: uncountable
Word: inhærent Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of inherent. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: Kruskal-Szekeres coordinates Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Martin Kruskal and George Szekeres. 1. A coordinate system suited to the geometry of certain kinds of black hole. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: kryptopyrroles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kryptopyrrole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryptopyrrole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypto- + pyrrole. 1. Alternative form of kryptopyrrole. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: cryptoprocessing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypto- + processing. 1. Cryptographic operations carried out by a computer or cryptoprocessor. Labels: uncountable
Word: autoreference Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + reference. 1. Synonym of self-reference. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In order to keep the generic autoreferences, the plot was changed from the writing of a novel into the making of a film, the main character not being a writer-narrator, but a film director. Example: Whatever I may perceive or imagine, i.e. an external reference, must be reduced to autoreference. An eloquent example is Novalis's novel Heinrich von Ofterdingen (1800/1802). The text shows that the hero's way into a strange world is always simultaneously a way back to himself and to his self.
Word: autoreference Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From auto- + reference. 1. Synonym of self-reference.
Word: autoreferences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autoreference Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autoreferences Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of autoreference Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: heteroreceptor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + receptor. 1. A receptor regulating the synthesis and/or release of mediators other than its own ligand.
Word: heteroreceptors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heteroreceptor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smashproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From smash + -proof. 1. Resistant to being smashed.
Word: joltproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jolt + -proof. 1. Resistant to being damaged by jolting movements. Labels: rare
Word: earlaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of earlap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Brownean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Browne + -an. 1. Pertaining to Thomas Browne (1605-1682), English writer and polymath.
Word: New Ager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Age + -er. 1. One who espouses New Age beliefs.
Word: New Agers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of New Ager Labels: form-of, plural
Word: New Agey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Age + -y. 1. Pertaining to, or suggesting, New Age beliefs. Labels: informal Example: She and Kenji had always laughed at the New Agey types who went on about how the universe provides, but maybe they were right.
Word: adhærent Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of adherent. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:adhærent.
Word: adhærent Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of adherent. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: dewlapped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dewlap + -ed. 1. Having dewlaps (of a specified kind). Labels: not-comparable Example: yellow-dewlapped lizards Example: When we were boys, / Who would believe that there were mountaineers / Dewlapp'd like bulls, whose throats had hanging at them / Wallets of flesh?
Word: New-Agey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of New Agey. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: earthware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earth + -ware. 1. Synonym of earthenware. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: earthwares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of earthware Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alco-holic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ALCO + -holic, punningly on alcoholic. 1. An enthusiast of locomotives etc. built by the American Locomotive Company. Labels: informal
Word: earthstars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of earthstar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: earthliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earthly + -ness. 1. The quality of being earthly. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Perchance as vulturs are ſaid to ſmell the earthlineſſe of a dying corps; ſo this bird of prey reſented a worſe than earthly ſavour in the ſoul of Saul, an evidence of his death at hand.
Word: ALCO Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of American Locomotive Company. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: alcoholless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English alcoholless From alcohol + -less. 1. Without alcohol. Labels: not-comparable
Word: earwitnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of earwitness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: earwitnesses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of earwitness Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: echoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From echo- + -scope. 1. A medical instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax.
Word: echoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of echoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eclampsy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of eclampsia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: eclampsies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eclampsy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Eddaic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Eddic. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Icelandic Neck, Kelpie, or Water-Spirit, is called Nickur, Ninnir, and Haikur (one of the Eddaic names of Odin).
Word: Eddic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Edda + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈɛdɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Edda (collection of Old Norse literature). Example: A good number of other poems in the eddic style are recorded elsewhere, very often inserted into prose narratives dealing with the exploits of legendary heroes.
Word: nonedematous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + edematous. 1. Not edematous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: edifiest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: edify + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of edify Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: edingtonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Edington + -ite, afer Scottish mineral collector James Edington (1787–1844). 1. A particular zeolite mineral. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: edingtonites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of edingtonite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Edington Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Eþandūn. Pronunciation: /ˈɛdɪŋtən/ 1. A surname. 2. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST3839). 3. A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9253).
Word: edubbas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of edubba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: educabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of educability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noneducative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + educative. 1. Not educative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonindividuals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonindividual Labels: form-of, plural