nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: reentre Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of reenter. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: WHERE it chaunced me, thErle of Cassalis, amonges other noblemen and gentilmen of Scotland, to be taken prisoner at the jorneye of Solom Mosse, and that is pleased the Kinges Majestie, after His Highnes had admytted us to his presence, at our desir to let us retourn into our countreye uppon our bandes and hostages, that we shuld reentre in to his Realme, when it shold please His Majestie by Hym self to his Wardens to require us ; thies shalbe to declare and tesefie to all mean, that I the said Erle, beygne required by the Lorde Wharton, oone of His Majesties Wardens, to reentre at a speciall daye appoyntede, have accordinge to my bonde and promyse repared to His Majestie for the relief of myne hostages.
Word: secuer Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of secure. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: secuer Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of secure. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: re-entre Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of re-enter. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: chaptres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chaptre Labels: form-of, plural Example: […]The portall of the Palace was of poliſhed Marble, with all the baſes and chaptres of the pillers gilded, as likewiſe the garments of the imagerie that was ſet in it.
Word: recentre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + centre. 1. Alternative form of recenter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Toshikatsu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese としかつ (Toshikatsu). 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: Riichi Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of Riichi mahjong Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
Word: Toshiharu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese としはる (Toshiharu). 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: Toshimi Part of Speech: name 1. A unisex given name from Japanese.
Word: Tomio Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese とみお (Tomio). 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: Puer Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 普洱 (Pǔ'ěr), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)). 1. Alternative form of Pu'er. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Until the 1950s, Han Chinese traders came from Puer city to purchase and transport this crude tea by horsetrain back to Puer, about 150 miles away, where it was processed into "bricks" or loose tea in family workshops. Example: The lack of knowledge of Chinese was regarded as a major obstacle for the imposition of Chinese rule, and already in 1912 the head of the Chinese government of Simao and Puer reported to the provincial government about the urgent need for developing Chinese education in Sipsong Panna (Xiao 1993: 125).
Word: Tomoyoshi Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: Naohiro Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: duodecimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin duodecimatus, from duodecim (“twelve”) + -ātus (“-ate”). Pronunciation: /ˌdjuːəʊˈdɛsɪmət/ 1. Synonym of duodecimvirate: a group of twelve. Labels: no-plural, rare Example: We affirm, that to all eternity the apostles are to be twelve, among all the redeemed, a conspicuous, glorious, unassociated duodecimate. Example: There was there impanelled to serve as jurors [a] duodecimate of “impartial and unwitting persons”.
Word: duodecimate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Either from the Latin duodecimō (“to take one twelfth”) or an alteration of the Latin duodecimus (“twelfth”) by analogy with decimate. Pronunciation: /ˌdjuːəʊˈdɛsɪmeɪt/ 1. To kill one twelfth of a group of people, especially by lot. Labels: rare Example: The French squadron…opened fire at a distance far beyond the range of our rifles, and the carnage in our ranks was fearful. We were being gradually duodecimated. Example: The barbarians were duodecimated — i.e., one out of every twelve was beheaded. 2. To divide into twelfths; to divide duodecimally. Labels: rare Example: He has duodecimated his difficulties by choosing twelve boy “heroes.” Example: Already [Sir James Frazer] has epitomized, and so to speak, duodecimated, the Golden Bough, while Lady Frazer has culled a florilegium from his works.
Word: DRS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Decision Review System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: He decided to use DRS to review the LBW and successfully won.
Word: DRS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of drag reduction system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: He used DRS at the perfect time to gain a position by overtaking his opponent. Example: A DRS train is when cars become locked in a row behind a lead driver. This is because the group of drivers within the one-second DRS range of the driver ahead of them are unable to make any progression on the cars ahead of them due to the car in front also having DRS, resulting in a train of cars.
Word: UDRS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Umpire Decision Review System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: aforestation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of afforestation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: duodecimvirate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin duodecimvirātus, from duodecimvir + -ātus. Equivalent to duodecimvir + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, here the group of people involved with it). Pronunciation: /ˌdjuːəʊdɛˈsɪmvɪɹət/ 1. A group of twelve people, especially (politics) a council of twelve men sharing office or rule, particularly such groups of magistrates in ancient Rome. Labels: uncommon Example: Strabo ſeems to ſay, there were fronting theſe halls, (which Diodorus likewiſe ſeems to diſtinguiſh from the labyrinth, ſtyling it the work of the Duodecimvirate) 27 other halls. Example: It is essential to [Stalin] and to his duodecimvirate that open war shall be avoided or postponed for as long as possible.
Word: enduers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enduer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: secuers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of secuer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recentres Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recentre Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: literatuers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɪtəɹətjʊə(ɹ)z/ 1. plural of literatuer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: massacer Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of massacre. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: massacer Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of massacre. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Bombay duck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. The first component may be a modification of Marathi बोंबील (bombīl), the local Marathi name for the fish. The second has been dubiously associated by folk etymology with dak (“Indian postal system”). 1. An edible lizardfish, Harpadon nehereus, found in the waters around Mumbai 2. A member of the Bombay regiments of the East India Company's army. Labels: India, historical, slang Example: For her sake he recounted his Indian experiences — told of his arrival in India; […] of the Bombay Ducks, that celebrated European regiment, of whom every man could drink a quart of rum a day, and fight a pitched battle if need were.
Word: Trent Bridge Part of Speech: name 1. A cricket ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham, England, named after the bridge over the Trent. 2. A council ward in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, which includes the cricket ground (OS grid ref ST5838).
Word: entery Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of entry. Labels: alt-of, countable, misspelling, uncountable 2. Obsolete form of entry. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The ſayd Monſieur d’lvoy, brother to Monſieur de Janlis, aunſwered, that the towne and all which were within it were redye and willing to geve the Kinge their ſoverayne, all his bretherne, the Queene his mother, the Kinge of Navarre, the princes of the Kinge’s bloud, except thoſe which were conſederate with the adverſaries to the crowne, noting and naming the Duke of Monpenſier, fre entery at their pleaſures within the ſayd towne ;[…]
Word: entretainment Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of entertainment. Labels: alt-of, archaic, no-plural Example: […] which I thought my duty with as much speed as possibly I could to giue you notice of, that you might accordingly resolue for their entretainment which I hope will be very much to their (as I am sure it wilbe to my Lords) content, and the honour of our Vniuersity with which and my many thanks for your most loving entretainment of mee, […]
Word: Norichika Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese のりちか (Norichika). 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: FRCOG Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Jane Doe, FRCOG
Word: Damp Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Damp. 1. A municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. 2. A surname from German. 3. A surname from English.
Word: Brosch Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Brosch. 1. A surname from German.
Word: pneumoniæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pneumonia Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: pneumoniac Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to pneumonia.
Word: pneumoniac Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who has pneumonia.
Word: æquisonant Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of equisonant. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: Strictly speaking, only unisons are æquisonant; but the same property is often allowed to octaves, because, to the common ear, octaves seem but a doubling of the same sound.
Word: evil eyes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of evil eye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forset Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forsetten, from Old English forsettan (“to hedge in, obstruct, oppress”), equivalent to for- + set. Cognate with Dutch verzetten (“to move”), German versetzen (“to put, move, transfer, transpose”), Swedish försätta (“to go on, remove, set”). 1. To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap. Labels: Cumbria, dialectal, transitive 2. To upset; hinder. Labels: Cumbria, dialectal, figuratively, transitive 3. To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede. Labels: Cumbria, dialectal, transitive Example: backset and forset 4. To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit. Labels: Scotland, dialectal, transitive 5. To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax. Labels: Scotland, broadly, dialectal, transitive
Word: forset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forsetten, from Old English forsettan (“to hedge in, obstruct, oppress”), equivalent to for- + set. Cognate with Dutch verzetten (“to move”), German versetzen (“to put, move, transfer, transpose”), Swedish försätta (“to go on, remove, set”). 1. A stratagem. Labels: dialectal, transitive
Word: Zenaida Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Spanish.
Word: forsta Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Dutch verstaan (“to understand”); or from Norwegian forstå (“to understand”), itself from Middle Low German vorstân (“to understand”), from Old Saxon farstandan (“to understand”), equivalent to for- + stand. More at forstand. 1. To comprehend; understand. Labels: Scotland, intransitive, transitive Example: A cripple I'm not, ye forsta me, Tho' lame of a hand that I be; [...]
Word: protoscripture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proto- + scripture. 1. Something which is not yet scripture, but which is becoming or will become scripture Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If there is anything that can be called protoscripture, it is surely the utterances of ecstatics, prophets and seers...
Word: tholeiite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Tholeiit, from Tholei (“a village in western Germany”). Pronunciation: /ˈθoʊ.li.aɪt/, /ˈθəʊ.lɪ.ʌɪt/ 1. An igneous basaltic rock, formed from magma rich in magnesium and iron. Example: Correctly speaking, Hawaiian basalt is not just basalt, but is a special variety enriched in silica known as tholeiite.
Word: dicty Part of Speech: adj 1. stylish and respectable; high-class 2. striving to seem stylish and respectable; pretentious 3. snobbish and uptight Example: We had already decided that he'd have to move in with Isabel and her folks. I knew this wasn't the ideal arrangement because Isabel's folks are inclined to be dicty and they hadn't especially wanted Isabel to marry me. But I didn't know what else to do.
Word: dicty Part of Speech: noun 1. An upper-class black.
Word: makeready Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of make-ready. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: whole steps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whole step Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sixteenth note Part of Speech: noun 1. A note that has 1/16 the value of a whole note.
Word: sixteenth notes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sixteenth note Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eighth rest Part of Speech: noun 1. A rest that has the same length as an eighth note.
Word: sixteenth rest Part of Speech: noun 1. A rest with the same length as a sixteenth note.
Word: make friends Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English maken frendes, equivalent to make + friends. Pronunciation: /meɪk fɹɛn(d)z/ 1. To form friendships with others. Labels: intransitive Example: He hasn't made friends easily at his new school. 2. To befriend. Example: He made friends with his new neighbour. Example: I tried to be a friend to Jane but we never really made friends. She was never a friend to me.
Word: adhæsive Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of adhesive. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:adhæsive.
Word: corollæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corolla Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: fornigh Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English forneh, forneah, from Old English fornēah (“very nearly, almost, about”), equivalent to for- + nigh. Compare similarly formed German beinah, Dutch bijna, both meaning “almost”. 1. Very near Labels: dialectal 2. Very nearly; almost. Labels: dialectal Example: It'll be fornigh ten 'ear sin then'
Word: forleet Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of forlet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: forleet Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of forlat Labels: form-of, past
Word: wife up Part of Speech: verb 1. (of a man) to marry a woman (generally an existing girlfriend); to make a woman one’s wife Labels: slang Example: 2008 “Chris Brown Wifing Up Rihanna?” 2. (of a man) to spend extensive or excessive time with one’s wife or girlfriend; to be under a woman’s thumb; to be whipped Labels: slang Example: Brother’s wifed up – can’t go shoot pool or nothing.
Word: forhow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forhowien, from Old English forhogian (“to neglect, disregard, despise”), equivalent to for- + how. Cognate with Old Saxon farhuggjan, Old High German farhuggan. 1. To despise; scorn. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To forsake; quit; abandon; desert. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive Example: It was believed that handling any bird's eggs in the nest made the bird forhooie them, [...] 3. To cast off; scorn. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive Example: Mind what this lass has undergane for you, Since ye did her so treach'rously forhow, [...]
Word: homeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From home + -ness. 1. The condition of being a home; homeliness, domesticity. Labels: uncountable
Word: penton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pent- + -on. 1. A pentagonal capsomere of an adenovirus capsid.
Word: fye Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Respelling of fire to reflect a non-rhotic pronunciation with glide weakening and smoothing as in Southern or African American Vernacular English Pronunciation: [ˈfaː(ə)], [ˈfäː(ə)] 1. Pronunciation spelling of fire, representing Southern US English. Labels: Internet, alt-of, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling Example: Dude dat man just hit dem folks, and it was so fye m8.
Word: fye Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Respelling of fire to reflect a non-rhotic pronunciation with glide weakening and smoothing as in Southern or African American Vernacular English Pronunciation: [ˈfaː(ə)], [ˈfäː(ə)] 1. Alternative form of fie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Leucippus Part of Speech: name 1. an Ancient Greek philosopher from Miletus, the founder of atomism and the first thinker in western history to consider determinism as a possibility, disciple of Zeno of Elea 2. a son of Hercules
Word: shepherd's pipe Part of Speech: noun 1. The musette; a small bagpipe. 2. The pipes of Pan; a pan flute.
Word: Ceyx Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx). Pronunciation: /ˈsiːɪks/ 1. A king who was transformed into a kingfisher, together with his wife Alcyone. Labels: Greek
Word: Capito Part of Speech: name Etymology: Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Capito or Capitò, a reduced form of the personal name Agapito. * Borrowed from German Capito, a Latinized form of the surnames Haupt or Kopf. Pronunciation: /ˈkæpɪtoʊ/ 1. A surname. Example: Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Republican of West Virginia, was juggling visits across her state and preparations to tee up a potential infrastructure deal when she learned that the top Senate Republican had described himself as “100 percent focused” on stopping President Biden’s agenda. The comment from Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, delivered in his home state, was a harsh reminder for Ms. Capito of the tricky politics she was navigating as the Republican responsible for figuring out if there is a bipartisan compromise to be had with Mr. Biden on a major infrastructure and public works plan.
Word: Corydon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”). 1. A male given name from Greek, notably used as a stock name for a shepherd in pastorals, in particular a shepherd whose love for a boy is described in Virgil's Eclogues. Labels: literary Example: They give voice to Corydon′s passion; they confront in their own culture the constraints that hedge his passion in. Example: Byron shocked regency England by citing it^([Virgil's second eclogue]) in the opening canto of Don Juan, and Andre Gide gave the title Corydon to the controversial defense of homosexuality he published in 1924. Virgil depicts Corydon’s passion with psychological realism and a touch of wry irony. 2. A place name used for several towns in the United States. 3. A place name used for several towns in the United States. 4. A place name used for several towns in the United States.
Word: Pitta Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Pitta. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: foveolæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foveola Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: Taraba Part of Speech: name 1. A state of Nigeria in the North East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Jalingo.
Word: fossæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fossa (etymology 1) Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: habenulæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of habenula Labels: form-of, plural Example: The ganglion of the habenulæ located in the trigonum habenulæ just in front of the superior colliculus contains a mesial nucleus with small cells and a lateral nucleus with larger cells.
Word: back- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Middle English bak-, bac-, apheretic form of abak, aback (“aback”, adverb). See also aback. 1. Back in its adverbial senses. Labels: morpheme 2. Situated, located, or toward the rear; backward or in reverse; in return; again. Labels: morpheme 3. False; pseudo-. Labels: UK, morpheme, obsolete Example: backfriend
Word: sixteenth rests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sixteenth rest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By clipping of various words. 1. Clipping of catenoid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 2. Clipping of humanoid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 3. Clipping of cannabinoid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: MDMB-4en-PINACA is my favorite noid. 4. Clipping of cannabinoid. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
Word: Hirohisa Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: eighth rests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eighth rest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thirty-second note Part of Speech: noun 1. A note that has 1/32 the length of a whole note.
Word: 32nd note Part of Speech: noun 1. a note with 1/32 the length of a whole note Labels: US
Word: Hiromitsu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ひろみつ (Hiromitsu). 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: 64th notes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 64th note Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scleræ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sclera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dæmonizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dæmonize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dæmonized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dæmonize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: œcumenicity Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of ecumenicity. Labels: alt-of, no-plural, obsolete Example: We do not purpose to enter into them, but would merely remark that if Catholicity of doctrine be a claim to œcumenicity for the Council that defines it, it remains to be explained how several national and international Councils in every way as important as that of Constantinople, have not been enrolled among the General Councils.
Word: attilas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attila Labels: form-of, plural
Word: politicoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of politico Labels: form-of, plural
Word: becards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of becard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fæculæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fæcula Labels: form-of, plural Example: Were the heavenly spaces perfectly transparent, we should no more see them than the purest water through which we see other objects; and we see them as we see water tinged with milk or other fæculæ.
Word: hæsitates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hæsitate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hæsitated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hæsitate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Manorina Part of Speech: name 1. A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.
Word: secuerity Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of security. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: bewilderedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bewildered + -ly. 1. In a bewildered manner; with puzzlement. Example: Carlen was crying bitterly; the letter was just ended, when Alf came into the room asking bewilderedly what it was all about. Example: He said good night and left her wondering bewilderedly what strange thing her dad would do next.
Word: Solovian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the economist Robert Solow. 2. In particular, of or pertaining to the Solow growth model.
Word: Lanius Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lanius (“butcher”), a Latinized form of Dutch vleeshouwer. 1. A surname from Latin.
Word: verisimility Part of Speech: noun 1. Verisimilitude. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: I will not allow your Genius the slightest approach to inspiration, and I can admit no verisimility in a reverie which is fixed on a foundation you now allow to be so weak. Example: Dryden has himself assigned the following reasons:—"The plot, the characters, the wit, the passions, the descriptions, are all exalted above the level of common converse, as high as the imagination of the poet can carry them, with proportion to verisimility."
Word: forlat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From for- + lat (“to let”). 1. To deal a blow; hit out. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: forgitty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From forgit (“to forget”) + -y. 1. Forgetful. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: thirty-second notes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thirty-second note Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inhæsion Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of inhesion. Labels: alt-of, no-plural, obsolete
Word: bird-of-paradise Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bird of paradise. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: birds-of-paradise Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bird-of-paradise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pentons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of penton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chætognath Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of chaetognath. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: chætognaths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chætognath Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chætophorous Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of chaetophorous. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: On the other hand, in the development of a mesoblast which undergoes division into segments, the Leeches exhibit the fundamental character of all such segmented Invertebrates as the chætophorous Annelida and the Arthropoda.
Word: pipes of Pan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In Greek mythology, Pan is often represented playing panpipes, whence the instrument derives its name. 1. A pan flute. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: adæquately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From adæquate + -ly. 1. Archaic spelling of adequately. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:adæquately.
Word: Hebræan Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of Hebrean. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: His diction is, therefore, more firm and nervous, and, though not absolutely Hebræan, makes a nearer approach to the unadorned energy of Jewry.
Word: Hebræan Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of Hebrean. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: He was easy and placid, with Dr. Adams, Mrs. and Miss Adams, and Mrs. Kennicot, widow of the learned Hebræan, who was here on a visit.
Word: Hebrean Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Hebraean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hebrean Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Hebraean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hebrean Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Hebraean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hebræans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hebræan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: break one's lance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the sport of jousting. 1. To engage in an honorable fight. Labels: idiomatic Example: Then you have Sweden, too, burning with desire to break a lance with Russia on the question of Polish independence. Example: Inasmuch as our correspondent has such a poor opinion of the capacity of men to write understandingly and impartially upon feminine topics, we say to her and everybody else, "The lists are open, ladies—hissez alia!" We will be but as the heralds at the tourney, to sound the trumpets and preserve order. There is a fair field for our correspondent, whether she desires to break a lance with those detractors of her sex whom she so indignantly castigates, or only desires to set the world of fashion right as to the style of a bonnet.
Word: hesternal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin hesternus (“of or pertaining to yesterday; yesterday’s”) + English -al (suffix forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /hɛsˈtɜːnl̩/, /hɛsˈtɝn(ə)l/ 1. Of or pertaining to yesterday. Labels: archaic, literary, not-comparable, regional Example: [A]t laſt, this happy fellow, on a high / Bed laid, and dawbed over with thick ointments, / Extends his rigid heels towards the door; but him / The heſternal Romans, with cover'd head, ſuſtained. Example: But notwithstanding my cupidity for such dainties, I have that happy adaptation of taste which can banquet, with delight, upon hesternal offals; can nibble ignominious radishes, or masticate superannuated mutton.
Word: heat intolerance Part of Speech: noun 1. Inability to tolerate or to be comfortable in warm or hot environments. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: æternally Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete spelling of eternally. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: Which I speak of charitie, loue, & compassion of my deare contriemen : being assured, that if they perish in bodie, (as it is to be feared, they shal do in that seruice,) they shal lose their soules also everlastingly : and shal æternally curse those, that ledde them out of their countrie to so certayne perdition.
Word: cōtempt Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of contempt. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cõtempt Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of contempt. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: costalgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From costo- + -algia. 1. pain in the ribs, or the costal muscles Labels: uncountable
Word: backgain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of back-ganging (noun). 1. A relapse. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. A decline; consumption. Labels: UK, dialectal 3. A relapse in illness. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: backgain Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alteration of back-ganging (adjective), equivalent to back + ganging. 1. Receding; going back. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. Not thriving in health or in worldly concerns. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: a backgain family
Word: back-ganging Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From back- + ganging (“going”), from gang (“to go, proceed; to walk”). Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌɡæŋɪŋ/ 1. Behind or late in payment or rent; in arrears. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: Here he opened the fatal volume [a rental book]; I have heard of a thing they call Doomsday book—I am clear it has been a rental of back-ganging tenants. 2. Not in a good financial state; unprosperous. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland 3. Not in good health; sickly, unhealthy. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland
Word: back-ganging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back- + ganging (“going”), from gang (“to go, proceed; to walk”). Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌɡæŋɪŋ/ 1. A going back; a returning; also, the way back. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, uncountable 2. A deterioration, especially in circumstances or health; a relapse, a retrograde. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, uncountable
Word: Romaean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post-Classical Latin Rōmaeus [calque of Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos)] + -an. By surface analysis, Rome + -ean. 1. Of or pertaining to the Eastern Roman Empire, that is, to the Byzantine Empire.
Word: Romaean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post-Classical Latin Rōmaeus [calque of Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos)] + -an. By surface analysis, Rome + -ean. 1. A native, inhabitant or citizen of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.
Word: Romæans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Romæan Labels: form-of, plural Example: […] and it is not saying too much to affirm, that, of all the Romæans or modern Greeks, none were so depraved as the natives of the Ionian Isles, especially the Corfiotes, Cephalleniotes, and Zantiotes.
Word: macocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bully-boy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bully boy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: interiour Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of interior. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: interiour Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of interior. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: bullyboy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bully boy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bell boy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bellboy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: manic-depression Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of manic depression. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: insuck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English insouken, equivalent to in- + suck. Cognate with Saterland Frisian iensuge (“to suck in, absorb”), West Frisian ynsûge (“to suck in”), Dutch inzuigen (“to suck in”), German Low German insugen (“to suck in, soak up”), German einsaugen (“suck in, absorb, soak up”), Swedish insuga (“to inhale, suck in, pick up”), Icelandic innsjúga (“to suck in”). 1. To suck in; inhale; absorb; soak up. Labels: transitive Example: The first course was soup, and as the younger used his spoon, his lips reached forth to meet it, at the same time he insucked his breath, which made a particular noise. Example: [...] a wavering or trembling of the haypiles as if the hay itself took breath: insucks & outflows, faint wave motions rippling across low flat haystack is the giveaway [...]
Word: insuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English insouken, equivalent to in- + suck. Cognate with Saterland Frisian iensuge (“to suck in, absorb”), West Frisian ynsûge (“to suck in”), Dutch inzuigen (“to suck in”), German Low German insugen (“to suck in, soak up”), German einsaugen (“suck in, absorb, soak up”), Swedish insuga (“to inhale, suck in, pick up”), Icelandic innsjúga (“to suck in”). 1. The act or process of sucking in; absorption. Example: The refill, the tamping down with finger, the match lit, the quick insucks, the very flushed face very serious now, sound of sucking in air, bubbling of pipe, waving of match to extinguish, puffing out clouds of smoke, rolling over on [...] Example: The timing of the insuck of semen in relation to sperm capacitation (the process that renders sperm capable of fertilizing an egg) has been discussed critically by Levin (2002).
Word: outsight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From out- + sight. Cognate with Dutch uitzicht (“view, prospect, outlook”), German Aussicht (“view, prospect, chance, outlook, perspective”), Swedish utsikt (“view, outlook, prospect”). 1. Sight for that which is on the outside; the ability or capacity to perceive or anticipate external things; view; outlook; perspective; power of observation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When we live by outsight, we become submissive to fate. Example: It can key her into broad areas of emotional import, and therefore of personal significance, which if made relevant to the subject matter would provide some children with opportunities for linking insights to outsights, [...] 2. Expectation; prospect. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yet we sail toward it grasping The outsight which we know is there. 3. Movable goods kept out of doors, such as animals, ploughs, carts, and other implements of husbandry. Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable
Word: outsights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outsight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miniprep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + prep. 1. A rapid, small-scale isolation of plasmid DNA from bacteria. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: miniprep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mini- + prep. 1. To perform a miniprep procedure. Labels: transitive
Word: Iduna Part of Speech: name 1. A language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Word: Kakamega Part of Speech: name 1. A large town, the capital of Kakamega County, Kenya.
Word: oreography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oreo- + -graphy. 1. Alternative form of orography. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: orographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From orography + -er. 1. A specialist in orography.
Word: orographers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orographer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: genometastasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gene + -o- + metastasis. 1. metastasis via the hypothetical transfer of DNA, via the blood, from infected cells to remote cells Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Mino Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Word: untender Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + tender. 1. Not soft; harsh. 2. Lacking sympathy, heartless, not empathetic. Example: c.1603-1606, The Tragedy of King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1, Cordelia: Good my lord, / You have begot me, bred me, lov'd me: I / Return those duties back as are right fit, / Obey you, love you, and most honour you. / Why have my sisters husbands if they say / They love you all? Haply, when I shall wed, / That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry / Half my love with him, half my care and duty: / Sure I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all. Lear: But goes thy heart with this? Cordelia: Ay, good my lord. Lear: So young, and so untender? Cordelia: So young, my lord, and true. Example: I had not been ungenerous on the whole, / Nor yet untender;
Word: Wilsonia Part of Speech: name 1. A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States.
Word: Dives Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin dives (“rich man”). 1. The rich man in the biblical parable of the rich man and Lazarus.
Word: Dives Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dives (“rich man”). 1. A rich person who lives in luxury.
Word: hili Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hilus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hokuto Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Word: strip the willow Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular country dance, in which a pair of dancers go down a set of dancers, alternately swinging each other and other dancers on the sides.
Word: strip the willow Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform this dance.
Word: dosado Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dos a dos. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dosado Part of Speech: verb 1. To dance this step; to walk around (someone) using this dance step. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: Masao Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese まさお (Masao). 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: Jin Part of Speech: name Etymology: The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 晉 /晋 (Jìn), adopted as the name of a river in Shanxi in antiquity. As a Zhou state, from the renaming of the marchland Tang (唐) by its second marquis Ji Xie when he relocated to the Jin River c. 1000 BC. As a surname, principally from the Zhou state and its region in China. As an empire and dynastic name, from Sima Yan's status as prince of Jin under the preceding Wei Empire. As a river in Fujian, named for the empire, which settled its banks with colonizers from China's Central Plains. As a dialect, from 晉語／晋语 (Jìnyǔ), from the region of the former Zhou state. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪn/ 1. A river (晉水) in Shanxi Province, China, emptying into the Fen River. 2. A marchland (c. 1046–677 BC) and duchy (677–376 BC) of the Zhou Kingdom around the river. Labels: historical 3. A Chinese surname. 4. A titular principality of the Wei Empire (est. AD 264) and other later Chinese states. Labels: historical 5. An empire in China (AD 265–420) established by Sima Yan's overthrow of the Wei and replaced by barbarian conquerors in the north and Liu Yu's Song Empire in the south. Labels: historical 6. Synonym of Sima: the dynasty which ruled this empire. Labels: historical 7. The late 3rd to early 5th century, the era during which the Sima clan were the legitimate emperors of China. Labels: historical 8. A river (Jin River, 晉江／晋江 (Jìnjiāng)) in Quanzhou Municipality, Fujian, China, emptying into the Taiwan Strait. Example: Between 1946 and 1948 in the ruins of the foundations of Quanzhou’s South Gate Tower and southern wall we excavated more that twenty large white gravestones, inscribed in Arabic on both sides. They obviously had been taken from a demolished Islamic mosque. The area overlooked in the Jin River and was known as South Quanzhou, or the “Foreign District.” It was here that merchants from overseas and their families had lived during Song and Yuan. Example: Wang Feng and I made our way to the world’s former greatest harbour. It is to the west of the city on the Jin River, and far enough inland from Quanzhou Bay to be reasonably safe from typhoons. 9. A prefecture of imperial China centered on Linfen, Shanxi. Labels: historical 10. Former name of Linfen as the seat of the prefecture. Labels: historical 11. An realm in early-10th century Shaanxi loyal to the Tang after their overthrow by the Later Liang. Labels: historical 12. The Later Jin, a short-lived empire in 10th-century Shaanxi; the 930s and '40s, the era of this empire. Labels: historical 13. Synonym of Shi: the dynasty which ruled this empire. Labels: historical 14. A Chinese dialect family (code cjy) spoken by about 45 million people in Shanxi and adjacent provinces.
Word: Jin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Korean 진(晉) (jin). 1. A Korean surname.
Word: Jin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 金 (Jīn, literally “gold, golden”). As a surname, legendarily derived from the descendants of Shaohao who took a golden phoenix as their tribal emblem. As an area and town in Shaanxi, named for the placer deposits of gold on the Yue River. As a Jurchen empire and dynastic name, a Chinese calque of Jurchen name of the Ashi River within modern Harbin, preserved in Chinese transcription as 按出虎 (Ànchūhǔ) (Middle Chinese: ʔan-tsyhwit-xu). As a Manchu empire and dynastic name, an early continuation of the former Jurchen name prior to the 1636 proclamation of the Qing. 1. A Chinese surname, given 29th among the Hundred Family Surnames. 2. A prefecture of imperial China centered on Ankang, Shaanxi. Labels: historical 3. Former name of Ankang as the seat of the prefecture. Labels: historical 4. An empire in northern China (AD 1115–1234) established by an invasion of Liao by the Wanyan Jurchens and overthrown by an invasion of the Mongols. Labels: historical 5. Synonym of Wanyan: the dynasty which ruled this empire. Labels: historical 6. Synonym of Jurchen: the Tungusic people who ruled this empire. Labels: historical, uncommon 7. The 12th to early 13th century, the era during which the Wanyan clan were the legitimate emperors of northern China. Labels: historical 8. Synonym of Qing: the Chinese empire, dynasty, and era, (particularly) during the years 1616 to 1636, prior to the formal declaration of the Qing. Labels: historical
Word: Jin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 錦 /锦 (Jǐn). 1. A river (錦江) in Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces in China, emptying into the Bei or North River. 2. A river (錦江) in Sichuan Province, China, emptying into the Min River. 3. A river (錦江 (贛江支流)) in Jiangxi Province, China, emptying into the Gan River. 4. A prefecture of imperial China centered on Luyang, Hunan. Labels: historical 5. Former name of Luyang as the seat of the prefecture. Labels: historical
Word: Jin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 靳 (Jìn). As a surname, legendarily derived from Zhurong. 1. A Chinese surname. 2. A river (靳江) in Hunan Province, China, emptying into the Xiang River.
Word: Jin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the revised romanization of Korean 진 (jin). As an ancient kingdom, originally from Chinese 辰 (chén, “5th earthly branch”), possibly used by the ancient state from its association with "east". As the medieval precursor of Balhae, originally Chinese 震, possibly intended as a variant of the original state's name (Middle Chinese: dzyin) or to signify "thunderclap", "shock", "tremor", etc. As a surname, the modern Korean form of originally separate names derived from Chinese 陳 /陈 (chén), 秦 (Qín), 眞 /真 (zhēn), as well as 晉 above. 1. An ancient state or tribal confederation in northern Korea. Labels: historical 2. Synonym of Balhae, a northern Korean state, (particularly) between its AD 698 founding and 712 renaming. Labels: historical 3. A Korean surname.
Word: Jin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese 仁 (“Jin”, literally “benevolence”). 1. A Japanese male given name.
Word: box the gnat Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform a dance movement in which the two dancers step forward, join hands, then raise hands. The lady takes a step forward and does a left-face U turn back under the raised joined hands, while the man walks forward and around the lady while doing a right-face U turn back.
Word: undertray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + tray. 1. A separate floor in a car, bolted onto the underside of the monocoque.
Word: Masahisa Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: kittereen Part of Speech: noun 1. A one-horse, two-wheel chaise or buggy, with or without a movable top. Labels: obsolete
Word: boogieboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A genericized trademark owned by Tom Morey, from boogie + board. 1. A small variety of surfboard, often made of foam; a bodyboard.
Word: boogieboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A genericized trademark owned by Tom Morey, from boogie + board. 1. To travel by boogieboard. Labels: intransitive
Word: boogieboarder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boogieboard + -er. 1. Someone who rides a boogieboard.
Word: phrantick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of frantic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: tumtums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tumtum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: natuer Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of nature. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: Masami Part of Speech: name 1. A unisex given name from Japanese.
Word: Yoshiya Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: præcisely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From præcise + -ly. 1. Obsolete form of precisely. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Go tooe then, seinge thankes, to speake præcisely, ar but wordes.
Word: hermaphrodyte Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hermaphrodite. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: hermaphrodytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hermaphrodyte (alternative spelling of hermaphrodites). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: præcipitated Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of precipitated. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: præcipitated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of præcipitate Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: […] Apollo sent her to Leucata Petra, where she præcipitated her self, and was forthwith freed; and when she would needs know of him a reason of it, he told her again, that he had often observed Jupiter, when he was enamored on Juno, thither go to ease, and wash himself, and after him diverse others.
Word: præcipitating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of præcipitate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Michiyo Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: præcipitates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of præcipitate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: præcipitates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of præcipitate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And having fallen into one errour, in ſuppoſing it a Navel; that leads, and præcipitates him in others.
Word: morrowtide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From morrow + tide. 1. The morning. Labels: archaic Example: And he clepide the light dai: & the derknessis nyght & the eventid and morwetid was maad: o daie.
Word: præcipitate Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of precipitate. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: præcipitate Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of precipitate. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: præcipitate Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of precipitate. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Mitsuyuki Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese みつゆき (Mitsuyuki). 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: arenæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arena Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frames of reference Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frame of reference Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subject clauses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subject clause Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subspecific epithets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subspecific epithet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subdominants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subdominant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subcovers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subcover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hæmorrhagical Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of hemorrhagic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: But we can no longer regard the mere fact of these diffuse condensations of the lung becoming yellow and caseous as an evidence of their tuberculous nature, especially since the pathological anatomists, and among them Virchow, have shown that formations of the most different kind, having not the slightest connection with tubercule— as, for example, old cancerous masses, lymphatic glands swollen by a hyperplasia of cells, hæmorrhagical infarctions, abscesses, &c.— undergo exactly the same caseous transformation.
Word: criminal psychologist Part of Speech: noun 1. A psychologist specialized in examining the personality of convicted criminals and suspects.
Word: ætiologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ætiologist Labels: form-of, plural