nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bar-tend Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of bartend. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He bar-tended at the fire station whenever he was needed and worked all kinds of odd jobs, anything that needed to be done he could do it. Example: But it never did heal properly and Lizzie stayed on at the bar — waitressing until she came of legal age to bar-tend.
Word: bar-tends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bar-tend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bar-tending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bar-tend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bar-tended Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bar-tend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: itty bitty titty committee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined for the rhyme. First attested on American musical comedian Rusty Warren's record Rusty Rides Again (1967). 1. Women or girls with small breasts, viewed collectively. Labels: derogatory, humorous, often, slang, vulgar Example: Oh yeah, there's lots of little Nanny-No-Knockers – in fact, we've got our own group. It's called the I.B.T.C., that's the itty bitty titty committee. Example: Sandy smiled dryly. "When my friends were getting breasts, but eons before I was, they would say I was on the Itty-bitty Titty Committee. […]"
Word: brassero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from Spanish 1. A tall dish for burning charcoal. Example: Here Colonel T. was received by the Minister in an easy and familiar style; and having drawn chairs round the brassero, (one of which the Prince presented to him,) they sat down. Example: The evening was excessively cold, a brisk wind from the mountain having set in ; and we all crowded round the brassero, which was placed in the corner of a very pretty drawing-room, till supper was served, about nine o'clock ; and we were complimented on having ridden well, as the distance from the city is upwards of fourteen leagues, which we had done in nine hours with the same horses, including two hours' rest, which we had given our steeds, and some time wasted in mending my stirrup, which broke on the road.
Word: brasseros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brassero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muggability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From muggable + -ity. 1. The quality of being muggable. Labels: uncountable Example: I gingerly venture down the streets and into the subway exuding the palpable aura of muggability. Example: Individuals who received high muggability ratings tended to move along awkwardly, unaware that their nonverbal communication might cause them trouble (Grayson and Stein, 1981).
Word: muggable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mug + -able. 1. Likely to be mugged; easy to attack. Example: How come I'm so muggable? It sounds like the beginning of a corny love lyric, but maybe if I could figure out the answer it would teach other women how not to be. Example: As a decoy cop in the Street Crime Unit, Salpeter made himself as muggable as possible by dressing up as, among other things, Hasidic Jews and drunken businessmen.
Word: gorhen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from gore + hen, in reference to its red colour. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔːˌhɛn/ 1. female red grouse
Word: gorhens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gorhen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tooth-bottle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Most likely from use as a washstand container. 1. A small metal bottle often used to contain a small amount of alcohol. Labels: obsolete Example: They filled up their glasses with the red wine from the tooth-bottle and they had other little glasses of brown wine as well. Example: But perhaps the most interesting of these fragments in pale-green metal is the neck from a bottle, in shape and size resembling a washstand 'tooth bottle', but with a flatly everted orifice.
Word: tooth-bottles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tooth-bottle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feathers in one's cap Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feather in one's cap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in fine feather Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Doing well; healthy and successful. Example: Dowley was in fine feather, and I early got him started, and then adroitly worked him around onto his own history for a text and himself for a hero, and then it was good to sit there and hear him hum. Example: The little actress was in fine feather.
Word: parrotless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From parrot + -less. 1. without parrots. Labels: not-comparable Example: She wore her parrotless hat, and looked determined. "I'll be back in a few minutes," she announced. Rosamond nodded and sank into a chair. I looked about vaguely for my shoe-box. The angel-dog brought a bone and languidly let it drop. Example: This squawking blue pest became the center of his pride, so one morning when he discovered a parrotless perch, he hovered with rage.
Word: mosquitoless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mosquito + -less. 1. without mosquitos. Labels: not-comparable Example: I am on record for ten years past, of saying that we can't boast of a mosquitoless New Jersey until after our annual expenditures are at least a half-million dollars. Our experience this year is good proof. Example: Is this not too high a price to pay for a sproutless potato or a mosquitoless patio?
Word: feather merchant Part of Speech: noun 1. A civilian. Labels: slang Example: But do you know that you are also a feather merchant-you and 120,000,000 other Americans? "Feather Merchants" is G.I. slang for civilians, and Max Shulman has done a book which points out why with a million irreverent, barbed laughs. Example: One more point, the aide says, also, this Arthur Zooks is not only the general's high-school classmate, but is a Very Important Person —in Feather Merchant circles. 2. Someone with a cushy job or without combat experience. Labels: broadly, slang Example: Everybody who works for a feather merchant knows where all the trouble is — at higher headquarters. At least, that's what the feather merchant says. Example: What's wrong? You feather merchants can't handle the mission? 3. Someone who does not do worthwhile work; someone who is more appearance than substance. Labels: broadly, slang Example: This gentleman was bred a feather merchant, and plumes himself upon his eloquence; but, on the present occasion, “the down of his feelings” (as Mr. Bran; don elegantly expresses it) was considerably ruffled by the hooting of his auditors. Example: The mayor said he doesn't want "feather merchants" to sell their products near schools. 4. A short man. Labels: slang Example: A standard joke among painters is that, "(this or that) feather-merchant is so short he needs a step-ladder to paint the baseboard." Example: The shortest, or the "Feather Merchants," as the smaller men were so inappropriately designated, brought up the rear. 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see feather, merchant. One who sells feathers. Example: Both ivory and ostrich feathers have lost much of their commercial importance during late years; but there are still feather merchants at Mogador who are in communication with all the districts of the Desert where the bird is found. Example: An ostrich farmer may sell to a feather merchant licensed under this Ordinance or may export from the Colony ostrich feathers obtained from domesticated ostriches kept by him.
Word: feather merchants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feather merchant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fool-heartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fool-hearted + -ness. 1. The state, quality, or condition of being fool-hearted. Labels: uncountable
Word: chow hound Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chowhound. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I'm Al and this chow hound is my son, Jason. Example: He'd always been a real “chow hound” and looked forward to meals.
Word: chow hounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chow hound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kangding Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 康定 (Kāngdìng). Pronunciation: /kɒŋ.dɪŋ/, /kɑŋ-/ 1. A county-level city of Garzê, Sichuan, southwest China. Example: The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-5.9 quake hit Saturday about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the town of Kangding in Sichuan province. China’s seismological agency put the magnitude at 6.3.[…] No major damage was reported in the town of Kangding, where CCTV video showed residents strolling the town’s streets, looking up at the steep surrounding hillsides and talking on their cellphones.[…] Kangding and the surrounding county have a population of 129,320 people, about 70 percent of them Tibetan.
Word: play it close to the hip Part of Speech: verb 1. To behave conservatively and discreetly. Example: Goodman wanted to play it close to the hip by starting the evening out with his more commercial arrangements—which fell flat with the audience; however, when he launched the band into Fletcher Henderson's arrangement of "King Porter Stomp," the fans went wild. Example: If I opened my mouth a string of accusations would fly out and if I didn't play it close to the hip, I'd ruin any chances I might have at coaxing some information out of him.
Word: plays it close to the hip Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of play it close to the hip Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: playing it close to the hip Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of play it close to the hip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: played it close to the hip Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of play it close to the hip Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mantri Part of Speech: noun 1. A minister or high official. Labels: India
Word: abaxializing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of abaxialize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: acylimmonium Part of Speech: noun 1. An acyl immonium cation Labels: especially, in-compounds
Word: adenoreceptor Part of Speech: noun 1. An adenosine receptor
Word: afluzosin Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of alfuzosin. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: aggregesome Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of aggresome. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: aigialosaurid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the family †Aigialosauridae extinct lizards,
Word: aigialosaurids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aigialosaurid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: allododecaploid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From allo- + dodecaploid. 1. Having twelve sets of chromosomes, six from each parent Labels: not-comparable
Word: allododecaploid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From allo- + dodecaploid. 1. Such an organism
Word: allododecaploids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of allododecaploid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: allooctoploids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of allooctoploid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aminopeptidasic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to an aminopeptidase Labels: not-comparable
Word: aminotransferance Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of transamination.
Word: ampelozizyphoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any plant of the genus Ampelozizyphus
Word: ampelozizyphoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ampelozizyphoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anamorsin Part of Speech: noun 1. A protein that inhibits apoptosis Labels: uncountable
Word: anapleural Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of anaplerotic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: annellovirus Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of anellovirus. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: anodophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anode + -phile. 1. an anodophilic material
Word: anodophilic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anode + -philic. 1. That is attracted to the anode of a cell Labels: not-comparable
Word: anodophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anodophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antepubic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ante- + pubic. 1. Synonym of prepubic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antiproliferatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiproliferative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apatosaurine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any sauropod of the subfamily †Apatosaurinae
Word: apatosaurines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apatosaurine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apicoectomize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From apicoectomy + -ize. 1. To carry out an apicoectomy
Word: apicoectomized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of apicoectomize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aponecrotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From apo- + necrotic. 1. Relating to aponecrosis Labels: not-comparable
Word: arthropodial Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of arthropodal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable 2. Relating to plants of the genus Arthropodium Labels: not-comparable
Word: ascocarpous Part of Speech: adj 1. Having an ascocarp Labels: not-comparable
Word: baitfishery Part of Speech: noun 1. The fishing of baitfish Labels: uncountable
Word: baitfishing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baitfish + -ing. 1. The fishing of baitfish Labels: uncountable
Word: biannulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + annulate. 1. Having two rings. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bioinformative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bio- + informative. 1. That provides bioinformation Labels: not-comparable
Word: biointerference Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + interference. 1. biological interference Labels: uncountable
Word: bionanocomposite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + nanocomposite. 1. A biological nanocomposite
Word: bionanocomposites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bionanocomposite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bioprintability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + printability. 1. The condition of being bioprintable Labels: uncountable
Word: bioserotyped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bioserotype Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: biospectrophotometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + spectrophotometer. 1. A spectrophotometer designed for use with biological materials
Word: blattinine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Blattinae + -ine. 1. Related to cockroaches of the subfamily Blattinae Labels: not-comparable
Word: Fourteen Words Part of Speech: name 1. A white supremacist slogan originated by American domestic terrorist David Lane: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children".
Word: brahminoside Part of Speech: noun 1. The pentacyclic triterpenoid 8,10,11-trihydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,6b,7,8,8a,9,10,11,12,12a,12b,13,14b-icosahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid present in the pennywort Centella asiatica Labels: uncountable
Word: brahmoside Part of Speech: noun 1. The pentacyclic triterpenoid 8,10,11-trihydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,6b,7,8,8a,9,10,11,12,12a,12b,13,14b-icosahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid present in the pennywort Centella asiatica Labels: uncountable
Word: brasinolide Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of brassinolide. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: bronchoaspirates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bronchoaspirate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bronchoaspirated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bronchoaspirate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: brunsvicamide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of cyanobacterial peptides
Word: brunsvicamides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brunsvicamide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: burkavidin Part of Speech: noun 1. A biotin-binding protein present in Burkholderia Labels: uncountable
Word: butyrometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From butyro- + -metric. 1. Relating to butyrometry Labels: not-comparable 2. Measured using a butyrometer Labels: not-comparable
Word: calaphidine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any aphid of the subfamily Calaphidinae
Word: calaphidines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calaphidine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calibrationless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From calibration + -less. 1. Lacking calibration Labels: not-comparable
Word: camarasaur Part of Speech: noun 1. Any dinosaur of the genus †Camarasaurus
Word: camarasaurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of camarasaur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: camphorimine Part of Speech: noun 1. An imine derived from camphor Labels: uncountable
Word: canalolithiasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From canal + -o- + lithiasis. 1. Synonym of canalithiasis. Labels: uncountable
Word: candonine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any ostracod of the subfamily Candoninae
Word: candonines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of candonine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cardioprotect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cardio- + protect. 1. To provide cardioprotection
Word: cardioprotected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cardioprotect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cardioprotected Part of Speech: adj 1. Protected by cardioprotection Labels: not-comparable
Word: cardiorenoprotective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cardio- + renoprotective. 1. cardioprotective and renoprotective Labels: not-comparable
Word: chaotropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chao- + -tropy. By surface analysis, chao- + -trope + -y. 1. The disruption of hydrogen bonds by a chaotropic material Labels: uncountable
Word: circalunidian Part of Speech: adj 1. circalunar Labels: not-comparable
Word: colaminar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From co- + laminar. 1. Describing two layers of fluid that move alongside one another Labels: not-comparable
Word: colaminarity Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being colaminar Labels: uncountable
Word: corticoresponsiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corticoresponsive + -ness. 1. The condition of being corticoresponsive Labels: uncountable
Word: cryocontainer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cryo- + container. 1. An insulated container used for cryofluids
Word: cryocontainers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryocontainer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryodiluent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cryo- + diluent. 1. A cryogenic diluent
Word: cryodiluents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryodiluent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyclohexapeptide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclo- + hexapeptide. 1. A cyclic hexapeptide (cyclopeptide composed of six amino acids)
Word: cyclohexapeptides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyclohexapeptide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cypridoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any ostracod of the superfamily Cypridoidea
Word: cypridoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cypridoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cytheroidean Part of Speech: noun 1. Any ostracod of the superfamily Cytheroidea
Word: cytheroideans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cytheroidean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cytoembryological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cyto- + embryological. 1. Relating to cytoembryology Labels: not-comparable
Word: cytoembryology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyto- + embryology. 1. The cytology of embryos Labels: uncountable
Word: deltocephaline Part of Speech: noun 1. Any leafhopper of the subfamily Deltocephalinae
Word: deltocephalines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deltocephaline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: depsidomycin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of cyclic heptadepsipeptide antibiotics present in ginseng roots
Word: depsidomycins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of depsidomycin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dequantized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dequantize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dermatovenereological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dermato- + venereological. 1. Relating to dermatovenereology Labels: not-comparable
Word: dermatovenereologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dermato- + venereologist. 1. A specialist in dermatovenereology
Word: dermatovenereologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dermatovenereologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: white ball Part of Speech: noun 1. limited overs cricket, as distinct from first-class cricket Labels: metonymically, uncountable Example: His team was scheduled to play a white ball match against England. Example: Kohli says that his white-ball batting is essentially an extension of his Test batting. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, ball. Labels: uncountable
Word: white-ball Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of white ball (“type of cricket”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The win means India - the first side to defend the men's T20 World Cup - have now won the past three men's white-ball tournaments - this, the 2024 title and the 2025 Champions Trophy.
Word: hammerfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hammer + fish. 1. The hammerhead shark.
Word: in a snap Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From phrases such as in the snap of one's fingers, etc. 1. At once, almost immediately, very quickly or suddenly. Labels: idiomatic, informal, not-comparable
Word: helmlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From helmless + -ness. 1. Absence of a helm. Labels: uncountable
Word: knoblessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knobless + -ness. 1. Absence of knobs. Labels: uncountable
Word: lintlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lintless + -ness. 1. Absence of lint. Labels: uncountable
Word: tenantlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tenantless + -ness. 1. Absence of tenants. Labels: uncountable
Word: pastorlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pastorless + -ness. 1. Absence of a pastor. Labels: uncountable
Word: toelessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toeless + -ness. 1. Absence of toes. Labels: uncountable
Word: toillessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toilless + -ness. 1. Absence of toil. Labels: uncountable
Word: torsionlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From torsionless + -ness. 1. Absence of torsion. Labels: uncountable
Word: dicklessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dickless + -ness. 1. Lack of a penis. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: cocklessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cockless + -ness. 1. Lack of a penis. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: Crouchian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Crouch + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Stanley Crouch (born 1945), American poet, writer and critic.
Word: pre-campaign Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + campaign. 1. Alternative form of precampaign. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: tarbooshed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tarboosh + -ed. 1. Wearing a tarboosh. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tarbouched Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of tarbooshed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: given one's left nut Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of give one's left nut Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: triars Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + arsenic. 1. A tridentate ligand with formula [C₆H₄As(CH₃)₂]₂As(CH₃), from a condensation of diars. Labels: uncountable
Word: diars Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + arsenic. 1. A bidentate organoarsenic ligand with formula C₆H₄[As(CH₃)₂]₂, also known as 1,2-bis(dimethylarsino)benzene. Labels: uncountable
Word: dimethylarsenide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyomder. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam Old Median *zaranyam Old Median *kā Old Median *zaraniyakāder. Middle Persian *zarnīkbor. Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)der. Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)bor. Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)der. Latin arsenicumder. Middle French arsenicbor. Middle English arsenik English arsenic Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English arsenide English dimethylarsenide From di- + methyl + arsenide. 1. a chemical compound or functional group containing arsenic connected to two methyl groups, -As(CH₃)₂. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dimethylarsenides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dimethylarsenide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urban mine Part of Speech: noun 1. The stockpile of metals that may be recovered from discarded electronic equipment.
Word: urban mines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urban mine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: price indexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of price index Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flashline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flash + line. 1. An eye-catching phrase usually placed above a headline.
Word: flashlines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flashline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: odourtype Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of odortype. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: odourtypes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of odourtype Labels: form-of, plural
Word: co-counseling Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of co-counselling. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: livers and lights Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the most prominent organs, the liver and the lights (lungs); probably influenced by alliteration. 1. Offal; The internal organs of an animal, especially when used as food. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only Example: Helpless, the riders are borne into the Marsh, or a freshwater lake or even, so it is said in Grïmnørsland, the salt sea. After the waters close over their heads they are not seen again, although sometimes their livers and lights are found cast up on the shore. Example: The livers and lights of sheep, cattle, &c. were well boiled, chopped fine, seasoned with pepper and salt, and filled into the small intestines of those animals; and a piece from seven to nine inches long, sold to us for sixpence, York currency; 2. Innards; entrails. Labels: broadly, plural, plural-only Example: ... for I forgot he was old King Lear and a drownded A-rab all in one, and it most scared the livers and lights out of me. Example: It's all as true as Gospel ; and I can whip the livers and lights out of any crowd that disputes it.
Word: dweomers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dweomer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: light of one's eye Part of Speech: noun 1. One's beloved. Labels: figuratively Example: Mohammad Reza was his father's love — the light of his eye, as the Persian saying goes. Example: Simeti, the bright light of his eye, had perished in the fire and smoke and thunder. And bitterest of all was that he, Songiterr, had sent him to his dreadful, fiery doom. 2. The way in which one's eyes sparkle with joy and life. Labels: figuratively Example: We look'd for the youth of the sunny glance, Whose step was the fleetest in the chase or dance! The light of his eye was a joy to see, Example: The regularity of his features, and the light of his eye, presented a countenance worthy of the chisel of Praxitiles.
Word: lights of one's eye Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of light of one's eye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shedding light on Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shed light on Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unmention Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + mention. 1. To not mention or fail to mention. Labels: transitive
Word: unmentioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unmention Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unmentions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unmention Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cede the field Part of Speech: verb 1. To withdraw from a military confrontation; to yield control of a battlefield to one's opponent. 2. To withdraw from any confrontational or potentially confrontational situation; to avoid participating in a competition or contest. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: In some smokestack industries—steel, machine tools and especially cars—the choice was to raise productivity and quality a lot or cede the field to the competition, as American companies did in consumer electronics. Example: State Senator McClintock appeared on CNN's Inside Politics on Tuesday and told me he had no intention of following Ueberroth's lead and ceding the field to Schwarzenegger: "I'm in this race right to the finish line."
Word: yield the field Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of cede the field.
Word: gypsy truck Part of Speech: noun 1. A freelance truck. Labels: US, colloquial, offensive, sometimes Example: So he takes the profit, which is the difference between the regulated transportation and the rate he has been able to pay to that gypsy truck. Example: At a private dock not long ago a “gypsy” truck from Maryland had come in with 60 barrels of pickles—a 20-minute job to roll out on the platform.
Word: gypsy trucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gypsy truck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dangerfieldesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Dangerfield + -esque. 1. Reminiscent of Rodney Dangerfield. Example: The overall result is Dangerfieldesque--a lack of respect; neither level fully appreciates or shows proper courtesy toward the other's capabilities. Example: He had an “arsenal of one-liners and a Dangerfieldesque delivery” that kept them in stitches (a few are listed stage left.)
Word: linguistic anthropology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of linguistic + anthropology. Attested from the 19th century. 1. The branch of anthropology that studies language and language use. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Linguistic anthropology is the study of language, first in its origin, as the medium of communicating thought, emotion and volition. Example: Additionally, linguistic anthropology is one of the four subfields of anthropology, so my linganth tribe’s work overlaps, unsurprisingly, with the work of archaeologists, biological anthropologists, and, especially, social and cultural anthropologists
Word: physical anthropology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of physical + anthropology. Attested from the 19th century. 1. The branch of anthropology that studies physical aspects of human beings and closely related species. Labels: uncountable Example: In the meantime I must briefly refer to the doubt that has often been raised about the utility of minute measurements, deep studies of physical anthropology, statistical tables, and elaborate maps, Example: By the end of the century, the APS’s membership included the leaders of the American anthropological establishment, whose primary investigative interests were the ethnography, linguistics, archeology, and physical anthropology of the American Indian, within a theoretical structure that was essentially historical.
Word: biological anthropology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of biological + anthropology. Attested from the 19th century. 1. The branch of anthropology that studies the evolution and biology of human beings. Labels: uncountable Example: The following notes on the nasal index in Biological Anthropology have no pretension to perfection, exhibiting, as I am apprehensive they do, many faults of omission and commission, Example: Genetics has long made an important contribution to biological anthropology.
Word: goat roper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Euphemistic version of goat raper 1. A hick. Example: Another goat roper with an attitude, tanked up on cheap whiskey. Example: His wife has an absurdly long name (“Betty Lou Thelma Liz”), and he drinks cheap beer and cheap liquor, drives a fifteen-year-old pickup truck (probably out of necessity, not choice), and is a self-described “goat roper” who spends his free time in a honky-tonk.
Word: goat ropers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goat roper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goat raper Part of Speech: noun 1. A stupid hick. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Why are you so greedy? That's what I can't understand. We travel all this way together, and you goat rapers were gonna cut us out of the money. Example: Run, goat raper. Run, maggot eater. Run, naked ape. Run or we kill you.
Word: goat rapers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goat raper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enturban Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + turban. 1. To cover with a turban. Labels: transitive
Word: enturbaning Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of enturbanning. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: enturbanning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enturban Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enturbanning Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is enturbanned; an enturbanment.
Word: midnight snack Part of Speech: noun 1. A snack, eaten at or around midnight, a while after the evening meal and a while before breakfast.
Word: midnight snacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of midnight snack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enturbanment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enturban + -ment. 1. The act of enturbanning or the state of being enturbanned. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Elizabethans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Elizabethan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enturbanned Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of enturban Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enturbans Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enturban. Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: short shorts Part of Speech: noun 1. Trousers that are very short, covering the pelvis but exposing most of the legs; hot pants. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: She is telling them about Jaeger man-tailored shorts, kilted shorts and short shorts, and about the shirt-maker tennis dresses. She is telling them about the golf suits with divided skirts and ‘crazy shirts’ Example: Short shorts gained favor with women because of their comfort and because Bermuda models tend to emphasize the least attractive part of the legs—the knee and calf. 2. plural of short short (“a short short story”) Labels: form-of, plural, plural-only
Word: shashia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic شَاشِيَّة (šāšiyya). 1. Alternative form of shashiya. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shashiya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic شَاشِيَّة (šāšiyya). 1. A Maghrebi brimless cap with a tassel and straight sides. Example: The Tunisian man wore a shashiya.
Word: archlector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arch- + lector. 1. eminent scholastic, used as a title. Labels: Ireland, historical
Word: derotate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + rotate. 1. To correct a rotational deformity. 2. To bring the nose of an aircraft down to the runway after touching down on the main gear. Labels: rare
Word: derotated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of derotate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: desotamide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of antibacterial cyclohexapeptides
Word: desotamides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of desotamide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: despiralisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of despiralization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: despiralisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of despiralisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deurbanise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + urbanise. 1. Alternative form of deurbanize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: deurbanised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deurbanise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: diaphragmless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From diaphragm + -less. 1. Lacking a diaphragm Labels: not-comparable
Word: diffusedly Part of Speech: adv 1. In a diffused manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: digitoflavonoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of flavonoids present in digitalis
Word: digitoflavonoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of digitoflavonoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dolichantosin Part of Speech: noun 1. A glycoindole alkaloid present in Uncaria tomentosa Labels: uncountable
Word: dolichosaurid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dolicho- + -saur + -id. 1. Any extinct aquatic varanoid lizard of the family †Dolichosauridae
Word: dolichosaurids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dolichosaurid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dorsoanteriorise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of dorsoanteriorize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dorsoanteriorised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dorsoanteriorise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: embryotropin Part of Speech: noun 1. An embryonic neurotropin
Word: embryotropins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embryotropin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ectomycorrhizosphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecto- + mycorrhizosphere. 1. The mycorrhizosphere of an ectomycorrhizal fungus
Word: eggpod Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of egg pod. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: eggpods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eggpod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: egg pod Part of Speech: noun 1. An egg case, especially that of a locust.
Word: comfort noise Part of Speech: noun 1. Synthetic background noise used in radio and wireless communications to fill the artificial silence in a transmission resulting from voice activity detection or from the audio clarity of modern digital lines. Labels: uncountable
Word: comfort tone Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of comfort noise. Labels: uncountable
Word: egg pods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of egg pod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roding Part of Speech: noun 1. The mating display of the male woodcock, consisting of a patrolling flight around its territory. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A small boat's anchor line. Labels: countable Example: Three boats found their rodings fouled by these reckless mid-sea hunters, and were towed half a mile ere their horses shook the line free.
Word: roding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rode Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: encephalogenicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From encephalogenic + -ity. 1. Alternative form of encephalitogenicity. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: artefactitiously Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of artifactitiously. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: artefactuality Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of artifactuality. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: artefactualities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of artefactuality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: artefactualization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of artifactualization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: endocapsular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From endo- + capsular. 1. Within a capsule Labels: not-comparable
Word: artefactualize Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of artifactualize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: artefactualized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of artefactualize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: artefactualizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of artefactualize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: artefactualizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of artefactualize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Chach Part of Speech: name 1. Former name of Tashkent.
Word: endocardiosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endocardium + -osis. 1. Degeneration of the inside of the heart, typically of the mitral valves. Labels: uncountable
Word: English-cut Part of Speech: adj 1. Of short ribs: prepared by cutting between the ribs to separate them, rather than across the bone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: eschatologism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eschatology + -ism. 1. The belief that the world is renewed through apocalyptic crises. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Eschatologism as an attitude is fundamentally different to mechanicism because it aspires beyond space and time towards non-worldly realities which drive history and the very scientific exploration of the world. Example: Bloch's eschatologism is a political programme, to which the book on Müntzer bears testimony.
Word: eschatologisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eschatologism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biserially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From biserial + -ly. 1. In a biserial manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quadriserially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From quadriserial + -ly. 1. In a quadriserial manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: brachials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brachial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exotomous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From exo- + tomo- + -ous. 1. Branching outward with no additional bifurcations. Labels: not-comparable Example: This genus has the general appearance of locrinus but differs in the strictly exotomous character branching of the arms and in the absence of an indentation each of the radials. Example: Cup conical, weakly developed basal flange, six arms per ray, one exotomous branching, all brachials biserial within two to five brachials of branching, cup ornamentation probably striae radiating from base of arms onto basals.
Word: epignostic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to epignosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hydropump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + pump. 1. A hydraulic pump. Example: This is because of the increased pulling power of the retro jet which would make manual retraction unduly laborious. A hydropump has therefore been fitted that is simply operated by a clutch lever giving variable speed of retraction. Example: Professor N. K. Vereshchagin, a palaeontologist from Leningrad who joined the expedition, discovered the archaeological component at the site when using a hydropump to expose a bone-rich horizon of the "cemetery."
Word: hydropumps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydropump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meta-inductive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meta- + inductive. 1. Of or relating to meta-induction. Labels: not-comparable
Word: meta-induction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + induction. 1. The use of inductive reasoning to select the best choice from a number of different methods of prediction. Labels: uncountable
Word: meta-inductivist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + inductivist. 1. One who uses meta-induction.
Word: meta-inductivists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meta-inductivist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Reiter's syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Hans Conrad Julius Reiter, though he was not the first to describe it. 1. reactive arthritis Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: Reiter's disease Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Reiter's syndrome. Labels: uncountable
Word: Reiter's arthritis Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Reiter's syndrome. Labels: uncountable
Word: pedoecology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pedo- (“soil”) + ecology. 1. The study of how soil formation is affected by the environment. Labels: uncountable
Word: pedoecological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pedo- (“soil”) + ecological. 1. Relating to pedoecology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: head wobble Part of Speech: noun 1. A slight repeated movement of the head to the left and right; a common gesture in Indian culture, with various affirmative meanings.
Word: head wobbles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of head wobble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: centrifugals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of centrifugal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Spangold Part of Speech: name Etymology: Brand name. Blend of spangle + gold. Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋ.ɡoʊld/ 1. An alloy of gold with copper and aluminium, having a spangled appearance with tiny sparkling facets.
Word: amethyst gold Part of Speech: noun 1. A brittle alloy of gold and aluminium, having a purple colour. Labels: uncountable
Word: violet gold Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of amethyst gold. Labels: uncountable
Word: purple gold Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of amethyst gold. Labels: uncountable
Word: blue gold Part of Speech: noun 1. An alloy of gold with gallium or indium, having a greyish or slightly blue colour. Labels: uncountable 2. Fresh water, in situations where it is rare or difficult to obtain. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: red gold Part of Speech: noun 1. The spice saffron. Labels: poetic, uncountable 2. Synonym of rose gold. Labels: uncountable
Word: pink gold Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of rose gold. Labels: uncountable
Word: grey gold Part of Speech: noun 1. An alloy of gold with palladium, or (as a cheaper alternative) with silver, manganese, and copper in specific ratios. Labels: uncountable
Word: gray gold Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of grey gold. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: head bobble Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of head wobble (“an Indian gesture”).
Word: head bobbles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of head bobble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saccharoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saccharoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: logic error Part of Speech: noun 1. a case in which a programmer writes viable code that however produces undesired results
Word: panspot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pan + spot. 1. An area where hard clay or similar material lies close to the surface in a shallow depression, limiting the ability of the ground to absorb water. Example: The landscape of a panspot range site is undulating and made up of not less than two unlike soils. Soils occupying the panspot have a dispersed surface, and rate of water intake is very low. Example: Two-acre watersheds are constructed on three representative research sites, each characteristic of one main soil-vegetation complex found in saline upland and panspot ranges.
Word: panspots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of panspot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slickspot Part of Speech: noun 1. An area where there is little to no vegetation, usually due to high concentration of salts in the soil. Example: Slickspots present very important problems in crop production, range management, and uses of soils for engineering purposes. Example: To investigate slickspot formation in the Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA, 16 pairs of pedons, one of each in a slickspot and the other under nearby vegetation (Figure 5.16(a)), were sampled (Reid et al 1993).
Word: slickspots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slickspot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microknoll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + knoll. 1. A very small knoll.
Word: microdepression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + depression. 1. A very small depression.
Word: microknolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microknoll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microdepressions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microdepression Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soloth Part of Speech: noun 1. A soil type hypothesized to be a transformation of solodic soil, where the sodium is replaced by hydrogen, resulting in friable topsoil and dark, hard, alkaline subsoil. Example: Lithosols, shallow earth profiles (<0-5 m solum) and soloths are minor components. Example: The vineyards in both Districts are on various duplex soils: red-brown earths, solodized-solonetz and solodic soils, yellow podzolic soils and soloths.
Word: soloths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soloth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: solodized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of solodize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: solodic Part of Speech: adj 1. Leached of most minerals, but having slightly acid topsoil and subsoil that is enriched with sodium-saturated clay. Example: Soils are duplex, sandy and solodic. The dominant trees are the stringybark eucalypts […] Example: The vineyards in both Districts are on various duplex soils: red-brown earths, solodized-solonetz and solodic soils, yellow podzolic soils and soloths.
Word: bleicherde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Bleicherde (literally “pale earth”). 1. A kind of grey loamy sand. Labels: uncountable
Word: pen register Part of Speech: noun 1. A device (originally fitted with a pen, but now purely electronic) that records all numbers called from a particular telephone line.
Word: pen registers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pen register Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trap and trace Part of Speech: noun 1. The automatic capture of the originating numbers of incoming calls to a particular telephone number. Labels: attributive, uncountable
Word: focals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of focal Labels: form-of, plural