nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: symbolicalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From symbolical + -ness. 1. The quality of being symbolical. Labels: uncountable
Word: symbolicisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of symbolicism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dystrophisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Extreme eutrophication. Labels: uncountable
Word: hanking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hank Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hanked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hæŋkt/, [heɪŋkt] 1. simple past and past participle of hank Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shipwrecky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shipwreck + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪpɹɛki/ 1. Characteristic of a shipwreck. Example: "I was only joking. We've escaped from a burning vessel, you know, and every one else is either burned or drowned. We've provisions for a month, if we don't eat too much, and we're in the South Sea Islands. South Sea Islands sound nice and shipwrecky, don't you think so?" 2. Weak, feeble; shaky. Labels: figuratively Example: But down below he is not so good by any means — no spring from the loins, and feeblish, not to say shipwrecky, about the knees. Example: So there I was, standing by the roadside in pitch darkness with my belongings and shipwrecky knees.
Word: unterrific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Latin terrificusder. French terrifiqueder. English terrific English unterrific From un- + terrific. Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.təˈɹɪf.ɪk/ 1. Unterrifying; not causing or involving terror. Example: It was like the dark, cold, but unterrific and comparatively soothing night, that succeeds to a day of storm and earthquake. 2. Unexceptional, ordinary. Example: Of these the nearest — yet about twelve miles distant — is the before-named Brezon, a majestic, but unterrific, fortalice of cliff, forest, and meadow, with unseen nests of village, and unexpected balm and honey of garden and orchard nursed in its recesses.
Word: ironside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ironside. 1. One who is very strong and courageous. Example: In his principles he was an ironside of the Cromwellian type.
Word: subgenital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + genital. 1. Posterior or interior to, or beneath the genitalia Example: Central America, which has the male subgenital plate strongly asymmetrical, produced sinistrad. Example: Pronotum with a checkered pattern of black on yellow; female subgenital plate moderately produced, slightly excavated at the middle.
Word: monster-cock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of monster cock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: monster-cocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monster-cock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monster cock Part of Speech: noun 1. A very large penis. Labels: vulgar 2. A freakish or grotesque penis. Labels: vulgar
Word: monster cocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monster cock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sieva Part of Speech: noun 1. A small variety of lima bean.
Word: sievas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sieva Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pre-approval letter Part of Speech: noun 1. An official document confirming that an applicant for a mortgage has been qualified to borrow a certain amount of money at, or below, a specific interest rate. Labels: US
Word: genocentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From geno- + -centric. 1. Focusing on genes or genetics. Example: Animal social behaviours, such as altruism, now yielded to genocentric theories such as kin selection and reciprocal altruism.
Word: mesodesmatid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any in the family Mesodesmatidae of clams.
Word: mesodesmatids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesodesmatid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preggos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preggo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cerusite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cerussite. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: cerussites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cerussite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cerusites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cerusite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: morphemically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From morphemic + -ally. 1. By means of, or in terms, of morphemes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: electrothermic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From electro- + thermic. 1. thermoelectric Labels: not-comparable
Word: homeostatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From homeostatic + -ally. 1. By means of, or in terms of, homeostasis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trickings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tricking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trickinesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trickiness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tricksterish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trickster + -ish. 1. Like a trickster; cunning; mischievous.
Word: ale silver Part of Speech: noun 1. A duty payable to the Lord Mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: disproportioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disproportion Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: warfared Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of warfare Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: warfaring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of warfare Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: warfaring Part of Speech: noun 1. warfare; conflict Example: To the extent that physical warfarings go out of fashion, warfarings of the spirit must take their place. Else deadness and not liveness is the terminus ahead.
Word: flaskets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flasket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: relapsings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of relapsing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: liberalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liberality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lolli-pop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lollipop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: menopausally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Hellenic *méns Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn) French méno- Ancient Greek παύω (paúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis)der. Latin pausabor. French -pause French ménopause English menopause English -al English menopausal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English menopausally From menopausal + -ly. 1. In terms of, or by means of, the menopause. Labels: not-comparable Example: An older woman in our culture runs a high risk of being a poor woman and of being perceived as a menopausally damaged woman. Example: Given the cluster of syndromes that occur menopausally, effects of new SERMs on cognition and affect becomes increasingly urgent.
Word: long-jumper Part of Speech: noun 1. An athlete who competes in the long jump.
Word: SERM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of selective estrogen receptor modulator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of structured entity relationship model. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of search engine reputation management. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: antitheticality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From antithetical + -ity. 1. The quality of being antithetical. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: antitheticalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From antithetical + -ness. 1. The quality of being antithetical. Labels: uncountable
Word: antitheticalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antitheticality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: convalescency Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of convalescence. Labels: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable
Word: convalescencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of convalescency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misaffects Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misaffect Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: yellow hammer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The origin is uncertain. 1. A curve ball, especially a breaking curve that is particularly difficult to hit. Example: Watching the ballgame today someone broke off a real good curve and I said, "That was a real yellow hammer." Example: Williams, getting steady doses of Koufax's "yellow hammer," struck out looking at a curve, Sandy's fifth K.
Word: yellow hammers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yellow hammer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lithotyping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of lithotype Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lithotyped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lithotype Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recrudescency Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of recrudescence. Labels: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable
Word: recrudescencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recrudescency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recrudescences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recrudescence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recrudesced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recrudesce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recrudesces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recrudesce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recrudescing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recrudesce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gymnastical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin gymnasticus + -al. 1. Alternative form of gymnastic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shoots through Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot through Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shooting through Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shoot through Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shot through Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shoot through Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unkeenly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unkeen + -ly. 1. not keenly Labels: rare
Word: noetical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of noetic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: testates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of testate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intervenience Part of Speech: noun 1. intervention Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: interveniency Part of Speech: noun 1. intervention or interposition Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: repetitionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From repetition + -ary. 1. Of the nature of, or containing, repetition.
Word: repetitional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From repetition + -al. 1. Of the nature of, or containing, repetition.
Word: houndings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊndɪŋz/ 1. plural of hounding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puttiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of puttier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metathetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From metathetic + -ally. 1. By means of, or in terms of, metathesis. Example: 'Che Normah pronounced the name in the Malay manner, metathetically: Ruperet, the final dental initiated but not exploded.
Word: ovarial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ovary + -al. Pronunciation: /əʊˈvɛəɹi.əl/, /oʊˈvɛɹi.əl/ 1. Relating to the ovaries; ovarian. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: antiphrastically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From antiphrastic + -ally. 1. By means of, or in terms of, antiphrasis. Labels: rhetoric
Word: lyrated Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of lyrate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bottle-os Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bottle-o Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doctrinals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doctrinal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gismondite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gismondine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hostries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hostry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: persistencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of persistency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adoors Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From the obsolete preposition a and doors. 1. At the door, or through the door. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: He seem'd to find his way without his eyes, for out adoors he went without their help. Example: But one of the flock-dogs took his time while they were busie, and ran out adoors with a shoulder of mutton.
Word: hollands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of holland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alphasyllabary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alpha- + syllabary. 1. A segmental writing system in which consonant–vowel sequences are written as a unit, and where each unit is based on a consonant letter, and vowel notation is secondary; an abugida.
Word: alphasyllabaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alphasyllabary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fetichistic Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of fetishistic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: electropositives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electropositive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anaglyphical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of anaglyphic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: seaboats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seaboat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apothegmatical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek ἀποφθεγματικός (apophthegmatikós) + -al. 1. Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
Word: apothegmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek ἀποφθεγματικός (apophthegmatikós). 1. Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy. Example: On R. H. Tawney, Professor Ashton is most discerning in his judgment of the humane radicalism and apothegmatic vigour that characterized a great teacher who studied the historical making of wealth, while thinking wealth vile.
Word: monographical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of monographic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: eudiometrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eudiometry + -ical. 1. Of or relating to eudiometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: eudiometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eudiometry + -ic. 1. Of or relating to eudiometers and eudiometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Libyan Arabic Part of Speech: name 1. A group of Arabic dialects spoken primarily in Libya.
Word: vaccaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vaccary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Usbek Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of Uzbek. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Usbeg Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of Uzbek. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Usbeks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Usbek Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Usbegs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Usbeg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wickings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wicking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clarted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of clart Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clarting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of clart Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Hebridian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Hebridean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hebridian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Hebridean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hebridians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hebridian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bartletts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bartlett Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metaphrastical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of metaphrastic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Pipe Part of Speech: name Etymology: English surname, from the noun pipe. 1. A surname. 2. An unincorporated community in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. Named after the calumet (pipe) smoked by native Americans.
Word: Lalo Part of Speech: name 1. A barangay of Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines.
Word: Sheffield stands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sheffield stand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sambos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sambo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roseate terns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roseate tern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whoseever Part of Speech: pron 1. Rare spelling of whosever. Labels: alt-of, possessive, rare
Word: Sandwich Terns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sandwich Tern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: take the cure Part of Speech: verb 1. To enter into a rehabilitation program. Labels: idiomatic 2. To take the waters
Word: take the pledge Part of Speech: verb 1. To promise to abstain from alcohol. Labels: US, dated Example: Glad she was now that he had taken the pledge as a younger man; but for that nothing would have kept him from the drink during the bad times they had gone through. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, the, pledge.
Word: shepherd's pies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shepherd's pie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jötunns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jötunn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carrier pigeons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carrier pigeon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: motor-van Part of Speech: noun 1. A motor-driver van. Example: He bought a closed-in motor-van and fitted it out and went with it to a different part of the island each day, while Gwen minded the shop. 2. A motorhome.
Word: motor-vans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of motor-van Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sliding scale Part of Speech: noun 1. A pricing scheme for a product or service where a price range is set and the customer is charged based on where their financial resources fall within the range. 2. A slide rule. 3. A continuous set of measurement values for which the item being measured can change its value easily. Example: Near-synonym: spectrum Example: not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at Barcelona (a little more so). Where Foden eventually ends up on that sliding scale is a game of pointless conjecture. But it speaks volumes of Foden’s versatility, technical ability, effortless aggression and tireless running that Guardiola felt that this was the time to find out.
Word: sliding scales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sliding scale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superpussy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super + pussy. 1. A highly coveted vagina or, by extension, a sexually desirable woman. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: If you want to be the most orgasmic creature in all the universe, I'll make you into a superpussy! Example: A woman believing she has a 'superpussy,' so strong that it'll pull the husband away from the wife.
Word: superpussies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superpussy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exhalants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exhalant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indrawing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + drawing. 1. An inhalation of breath; an inspiration. Example: But--oh," she added, with a sharp indrawing of her breath, "how I did love him!" Example: The words came with a fierce hissing indrawing of the speaker's breath. 2. The drawing inward of anything. Example: Watt saw the little movements of the stuff, the little bulgings and crumplings, and the sudden indrawings, where it was nipped, between forefinger and thumb probably, for those are the nippers.
Word: inframe Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From in + frame. 1. inside a frame Labels: not-comparable Example: For the chimeric 35S::ARR1 DDK::GR gene, 35S::ARR1 DDK was ligated inframe to a cassette directing the hormone-binding domain of the rat GR (19).
Word: ingage Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of engage. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] Love is a ſort of Devotion too, and not only ſhould beget Reſpect, but likevviſe ingage Patience. Example: Besides these two Motives, could I need any other to ingage me in the defence of Vertue, I should find yet a very powerful one in that dutiful Affection which I pay, and which every Subject ows to a GOOD PRINCE: Since the QUEEN, I am fully perswaded, would not so much rejoyce in the Accession of great Kingdoms to her Dominions, as to see the People, already happy in Her Government over them, indeavouring to make themselves and one another so, in following the great Example which She sets them of Vertue and Piety.
Word: inground Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of enground. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: inground Part of Speech: adj 1. Inside the ground. Labels: not-comparable Example: We snuck to the side of the house, and through a giant trellis we could see the glorious sparkling water in a half inground, half aboveground pool, complete with a beach ball and other floaty things.
Word: interpretership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From interpreter + -ship. 1. A qualification in interpreting Example: He came back to the frontiers and obtained an interpretership at the U.S. Agency at Mackinac. 2. The state of being an interpreter Example: Havelock had passed in London the examination necessary for the degree of a qualified Moonshee, or native tutor, and his Persian was so good that regularly throughout his life, when his superior officers wished to mark their appreciation of his services, they recommended him for an interpretership!
Word: interpretess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From interpreter + -ess. 1. A female interpreter. Labels: dated Example: However, I chose to go incognito, to avoid any disputes about ceremony, and went in a Turkish coach, only attended by my woman, that held up my train, and the Greek lady, who was my interpretess. Example: They were all (our interpretess whispered) the Sultan's "favourites," round-faced apricot-tinted girls in their teens, with high cheek-bones, full red lips, surprised brown eyes between curved-up Asiatic lids, and little brown hands fluttering out like birds from their brocaded sleeves.
Word: intracrustal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + crustal. 1. inside or within crusts Labels: not-comparable Example: There are two main mechanisms that govern postseismic deformation: (i) viscoelastic relaxation in an intracrustal asthenospheric layer (4 ) and (ii) afterslip in a velocity-strengthening region above the coseismic rupture zone (5 ).
Word: inwound Part of Speech: adj 1. enwound Example: I decided to make my permanent residence in the East, and my wife and daughters whose affections were so deeply inwound with the Midland, loyally consented to follow, although it was a sad surrender for them. Example: Round the border hemmed with high deep hedges round Go the children, peering over or between Where the dense bright oval wall of box inwound, Reared about the roses fast within it bound, Gives them grace to glance at glories else unseen.
Word: inwoven Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of inweave Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Into whose clay-built walls the necklace of pearls was inwoven
Word: inwove Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of inweave Labels: form-of, past
Word: inweaving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of inweave Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inweaves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of inweave Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: irradiator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From irradiate + -or. 1. A device used to irradiate. Example: Slides were then exposed to 365-nm ultraviolet (UV) light (Stratalinker 1800 UV irradiator) for 25 to 30 min. Example: These PBMCs were inactivated by irradiation with 5000 roentgens in a cesium source irradiator and then washed twice.
Word: jeast Part of Speech: noun 1. jest Labels: archaic Example: Plume adds, "Sir John Mennes saw once his old father in his shop--a merry cheeked old man that said, 'Will was a good honest fellow, but he darest have crackt a jeast with him at any time.'" Example: And after, at a feast, Which he the king did make, He burnt the bonds all in jeast, And would no money take.
Word: jibaro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish jíbaro. 1. A style of country music from Puerto Rico Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Also slated are Armonia Huasteca, a trio from the mountains of central Mexico that plays ranchera music with violin and lovely three-part harmonies; Edwin Colon Zayas y Su Taller Campesino, a superb Puerto Rican jibaro outfit led by a virtuoso of the cuatro, a small guitar with ten strings; and Irene Farrera, a Venezuelan-born singer-songwriter who now lives in Eugene, Oregon. 2. A peasant from Puerto Rico Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The cultivation of the crops is entirely in the hands of the jibaro, or peasant, who is seldom of direct Spanish descent, while the financiering and exportation is conducted almost entirely by peninsulares, or Spanish-born colonists, who monopolize every branch of commerce to the exclusion of the colonian-born subject.
Word: judgmatical Part of Speech: adj 1. Judicious. Example: "That's what I call judgmatical," old Mike shouted, with a voice that rivalled cannon; "whoever thought of that deserves three epulets, one on each shoulder and one upon his head.[…]" Example: Ye provide weel for your family, although ye tak' no' the pleasure therein ye might hae ta'en had ye been content wi' ane wife, as the Holy Scriptures tell us is enough for ony mon, an' ye hae sufficient judgment to tak' the advice o' a judgmatical mon about your lands an' your herds; but when it comes to your ca'in' yoursel' a pirate captain, it is enough to make a deceased person chuckle by the absurdity o' it."
Word: jusi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Philippine Spanish jusi, ultimately from Hokkien, possibly either: * 富紗 /富纱 (hù se, literally “rich yarn”) or 富絲 /富丝 (hù si, literally “rich silk”), according to Chan-Yap(1980) * 互紗 /互纱 (hō͘ se, literally “intertwining yarn”), according to Manuel(1948) Compare Tagalog husi, Central Bikol husi, Cebuano husi, and Hiligaynon husi. 1. a thin fabric woven from the fibers of the Manila plantain (abaca), Musa textilis, and pineapple leaves, to which filaments of imported silk are sometimes added and sometimes a little cotton. It is woven principally in Iloilo and western Luzon: used for women's dresses and, to some extent, for men's shirts. Labels: Philippines, uncountable Example: It is made of jusi cloth, that is, cloth woven from banana leaf fiber. Example: Her head covered with a handkerchief saturated in cologne, her body wrapped carefully in white sheets which swathed her youthful form with many folds, under curtains of jusi and pina, the girl lay on her kamagon bed.
Word: jutty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See jetty, jut, jet. 1. A projection in a building; or a pier (jetty). Example: The taking of life being displeasing to Buddha, outside many of the temples old women and children earn a livelihood by selling sparrows, small eels, carp, and tortoises, which the worshipper sets free in honour of the deity, within whose territory cocks and hens and doves, tame and unharmed, perch on every jutty, frieze, buttress, and coigne of vantage. Example: I was (says our friend) at the Naval Hospital, at Yarmouth, on the morning when Nelson, after the battle of Copenhagen (having sent the wounded before him,) arrived at the Roads, and landed on the jutty.
Word: jutty Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See jetty, jut, jet. 1. To project outwards.
Word: kerne Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kern. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Donald no sooner beheld his kinswoman than he dropped on his knee and with the wildest demonstrations of joy kissed the hand of the ragged kerne who supported her. Example: April 11: The army advances again to Armagh, where it waits for galloglasse and kerne from the Pale.
Word: sour krout Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of sauerkraut. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Within the tropics, lime juice and sugar were made to suffice as antiscorbutics; on reaching a higher latitude, sour krout and vinegar were substituted; the essence of malt was reserved for the passage to New Holland, and for future occasions. Example: "Tell me--you mean--" "The natives of the Emerald Isle, and those from the land of sour krout," said Mr. Jinks, with elegant paraphrase.
Word: mesiobuccal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mesio- + buccal. 1. Of or relating to the mesial and the buccal surfaces of a tooth. Labels: not-comparable Example: Molar buccal cingulae are absent except for tiny remnants at the base of the buccal cleft and on the mesiobuccal surface of the protoconid of M 1 .
Word: mesiodistal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English mesio- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin distō Latin distānsder. Old French distantbor. Middle English distaunt English distant English -al English distal English mesiodistal From mesio- + distal. 1. Of or relating to the mesial and distal surfaces of a tooth Labels: not-comparable Example: However, Afrotarsius displays lower molars with much more acute cusps, a more protruding shelf-like paraconid, a metaconid opposite to the protoconid, a mesiodistal cristid obliqua, a strong labial cingulum, and a more distal entoconid. 2. In the description of languages with a four-way distinction for demonstratives, refers to a demonstrative which indicates something near neither the speaker nor the addressee, but not too far off from either one. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mesiodistally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English mesio- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin distō Latin distānsder. Old French distantbor. Middle English distaunt English distant English -al English distal English mesiodistal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English mesiodistally From mesiodistal + -ly. 1. relating to the mesiodistal side of a tooth Labels: not-comparable Example: The maxillary central incisor crown is relatively broad mesiodistally in proportion to its height (Fig. 2 ).
Word: metaconid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + conid. 1. The mesiolingual cusp of a lower molar tooth. Example: Two upper incisors vertically implanted with I 1 slightly larger than I 2 (judging from the remaining roots), strong vertical upper and lower canine with rounded crown sections, reduced and single-rooted P 2, P 3 as large as P 4, simple with their crown obliquely orientated and high protoconid, M 1 with low paraconid, metaconid widely separated from protoconid, and buccodistally projecting hypoconulid.
Word: he-ass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hee assis pl; equivalent to he- + ass. 1. A male ass, male donkey.
Word: un-Einsteinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + Einsteinian. 1. Not in accordance with the theories of physics as laid out by Albert Einstein. Example: Note that to put it this way is precisely not to argue that Cubist space was "based on" Riemann's; that would amount to suggesting, in a perfectly un-Einsteinian fashion, that Cubism accepted Riemannian space as its apriori and then went on to represent it illusionistically. Example: The particles may not be un-Einsteinian, but they remain weirdly fascinating all the same. 2. Unlike Albert Einstein; unintelligent. Labels: rare Example: As I prepared to put into action my un-Einsteinian plot, I grabbed the string to untie my drawers and yank them down.
Word: he-asses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of he-ass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undelight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + delight. 1. The condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure. Labels: uncountable Example: Loud rise the sounds of sorrow, day and night, Where friends, clasped close in lingering undelight, Weep at the thought of parting. Matrons, ay, 2. Something unpleasant or displeasing. Labels: countable Example: Along with the jollity of the trip from Tsing Hua into Peking are many undelights.
Word: undelights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of undelight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gingivostomatitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gingivo- + stomatitis. 1. An inflammation and infection of the gums and mouth lining, usually caused by a viral infection such as herpes simplex virus (HSV-1), leading to painful mouth sores, swollen gums, and difficulty eating or drinking.
Word: aid worker Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who works for a charitable organisation devoted to helping others, especially one who works internationally or in conflict zones. Example: When American and British special forces freed four aid workers on June 2nd in Afghanistan, it was celebrated as an act of heroism.
Word: hyperaccumulating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + accumulating. 1. Causing, or undergoing hyperaccumulation Labels: not-comparable
Word: lautite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lauta + -ite. 1. A mixed arsenide and sulfide of copper from Lauta near Marienberg, Saxony
Word: Judeo-Islamo-Christian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Judeo- Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Islamo- English Christian English Judeo-Islamo-Christian From Judeo- + Islamo- + Christian. 1. Of or pertaining to Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Labels: not-comparable Example: Receiving a Merina blessing is not just the receipt of supernatural benediction, as it is in the Judeo-Islamo-Christian tradition, it is something which materially transforms inwardly, as though it were a kind of internal coral. Example: Because the Middle East is the cradle of the Judeo-Islamo-Christian paradigm, the sectarian milieu, as John Wansbrough put it in a fundamental book on the semantic structure of religions,24 has remained relevant worldwide.
Word: unsuspect Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + suspect. 1. Unsuspected; not subject to suspicion. Example: […] A pilgrim travels unsuspect, for who dare rob a holy man? and he is free from burgal dues; but if the goods be small and very precious, pilgrims may carry them." 2. Not suspect; trustworthy or reliable. Example: […] Thy honour, hitherto unsuspect, will be known to have been but a shew, and shouldst thou seek thy defence in lying excuses, if any such may be fashioned, the accursed scholar, who knows all thy doings, will not suffer it. 3. Unforeseen. Example: For unsuspect, some dim forbidding Rose within him and knockt at his heart
Word: macrocrystal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + crystal. 1. A relatively large crystal
Word: be good for Part of Speech: verb 1. To be fit, to be useful.
Word: melanoderma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From melano- + -derma. 1. An unusual darkening of the skin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mesdemet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian msdmt, where the vowels are uncertain; they are added on the basis of the conventional Egyptological pronunciation. Compare Coptic ⲥⲧⲏⲙ (stēm). 1. A pigment made from stibnite and/or galena, once used in Egypt as an eye cosmetic. Labels: uncountable
Word: metallotolerant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From metallo- + tolerant. 1. Able to tolerate a high concentration of metal ions in its environment.
Word: metallotolerant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From metallo- + tolerant. 1. Any extremophile that is able to tolerate a high concentration of metal ions in its environment.
Word: oxoanion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygènebor. English oxygen Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English oxo- Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-) Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ῐ̓όν (ĭón) Ancient Greek ἀνῐόν (anĭón)lbor. English anion English oxoanion From oxo- + anion. 1. Any anion derived from an oxoacid
Word: oxoanions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oxoanion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oxynitrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oxy- + nitrate. 1. A mixed oxide and nitrate
Word: unconcocted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + concocted. 1. undigested Labels: archaic Example: It may arise also from the stomach being overloaded with unconcocted aliment, or from a suppressed or diminished secretion of the salivary liquors in the mouth, which may arise from fever, spasm, or affections of the mind; […] 2. crude Labels: archaic Example: A weight of wine lies heavy on my head, The unconcocted follies of last night.
Word: meltem Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of meltemi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: meltemi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: from Greek μελτέμι (meltémi), from Turkish meltem 1. A strong, dry, northerly, seasonal wind in the Aegean sea; etesian wind. Labels: uncountable
Word: Tamanduateí Part of Speech: name 1. A river in São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil.
Word: tintless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tint + -less. 1. Having no tint; colourless. Example: One of the most curious things on the shallow parts of Huron is to sail or row over the submarine or sublacune mountains, and to feel giddy from fancy, for it is like being in a balloon, so pure and tintless is the water. Example: How, with the tintless pallor of her skin and the classic straightness of her lineaments, she managed to look sensual, I don't know.
Word: neo-Darwinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + Darwinism. Pronunciation: /ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈdɑːwɪnɪz(ə)m/, /ˌnioʊˈdɑɹwənˌɪzəm/ 1. The synthesis of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection with the modern genetic understanding of heredity. Labels: uncountable Example: Now his ideas have been neatly combined with those of Gregor Mendel, and the overall narrative – known as ‘neo-Darwinism’—seems complete.
Word: sublacune Part of Speech: adj 1. Located or occurring under the surface of a lake. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: These preliminary experiments indicate that echo-sounding equipment may be of considerable use in the study of sublacune geology.
Word: Cayor Part of Speech: name 1. A former kingdom in West Africa.
Word: twimmolation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Twitter + immolation. 1. Public censure brought upon someone by an offensive or otherwise inadvisable Twitter post. Labels: Internet, neologism, uncountable, usually Example: No, Weiner is not the first person to be taken down by twimmolation, nor will he be the last.
Word: twimmolations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twimmolation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pommades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pommade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gheada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Galician gheada. Pronunciation: /heɪˈɑːdə/, /xeɪ-/, /ɡeɪ-/ 1. the lenition of the voiced velar stop in the Galician language. Labels: uncountable Example: This variety is a non-standard phonological register characterized by gheada [heáða], that is, the fricativization and devoicing of the voiced velar stop: /ɡ/ -> [ɣ] (other variants are [x], [h]; for a review of the phenomenon see for example Alvarez Cáccamo 1989b:261-65). Example: In contrast to the phenomena of open and close vowels, the presence or absence of the gheada is still one of the most prominent phonetic features of present-day Galician.
Word: Taylorism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Taylor + -ism. 1. The Reformed school of theology developed by Nathaniel William Taylor. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Rev. Edward Beecher, a strenous advocate of Taylorism, has been equally explicit on this point. Example: In the first half of the 19th century, under the lead of Nathaniel W. Taylor (q.v.) , the Divinity School of Yale became nationally prominent for "Taylorism" or New Haven Theology. 2. Scientific management; a theory of management of the early 20th century that analyzed workflows in order to improve efficiency, originally developed by Frederick Winslow Taylor. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: One of the ideological supporting pillars of systems thinking in the 1920s had been Lenin's analysis of Taylorism. Example: The separation of planning and control from work execution is constitutive for Taylorism. 3. One of the witty, epigrammatic remarks on international relations for which the historian Alan John Percivale Taylor was well-known. Labels: countable, usually Example: The brisk and lively narrative is spiced with Taylorisms: ' Hitler lost , as someone has to do in war, and has therefore been written off as a psychopath'. Example: It is full of what friends of mine at Oxford used to call 'Taylorisms', and as research students there we used to collect them — from his 'except the Italians ' in The Struggle for Mastery to his famous claim at the end of The Origins of the Second World War that Hitler 'became involved in war through launching on 29 August a diplomatic manoeuvre which he ought to have launched on 28 August'.
Word: foresmack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + smack (“taste”). Cognate with Dutch voorsmaak (“foretaste”), German Vorgeschmack (“foretaste”), Swedish försmak (“foretaste”). 1. A foretaste; a taste or sampling of things to come. Labels: no-plural, nonstandard, rare Example: I know well thou wast foretasting my praise, as I returned to our study with a lively foresmack of thy biscuit. Example: "I have a guardian's right, at least, thou wanton, to strip thee bare and flog thy back and butt till such foresmack of hell has chastened thee."
Word: sukas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tweetdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tweet (“a Twitter post”) + -dom. 1. The world of Twitter; Twitter users collectively. Labels: uncountable Example: Not surprisingly, the tweetdom interpreted Burnside's comment as linking the Catholic Abbott with the paedophile scandal in sections of the Catholic Church.
Word: overwait Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + wait. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəˈweɪt/, /ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/ 1. To wait for an excessive amount of time; wait beyond the time allowed or expected; wait too long. Labels: transitive Example: I didn't waste any time getting to sleep, and the orderly didn't overwait his time, either. I miscalculated on the moon and the depth of our chasm. I expected the moon to appear some time before midnight, but she didn't. Example: I'm convinced we behave like this because most of us overwait for times of respite, and then we try to cram a month's peace into two weeks of hectic vacationing.
Word: overwait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + wait. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəweɪt/, /ˈoʊvɚweɪt/ 1. The period of time one overwaits; an excessive duration of waiting; delay. Labels: uncountable Example: But they have objected that this word oppresse is incertain; for he may be oppressed with overwait, or hunger and cold.
Word: pedogeological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pedo- (“soil”) + geological. 1. Pertaining to the geology of soil and till. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thumboard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of thumbboard. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: While the thumboard of choice for executives tends to be the Blackberry^([sic]) mobile email device […] for the rest of the world (and for many of the kids in your neighborhood), it's the cell phone and SMS.
Word: thumboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thumboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: raticides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of raticide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: raygrass Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ray grass. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: repigmentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + pigmentation. 1. The recovery of pigmentation after its loss. Labels: uncountable
Word: umbeschew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From umbe- + eschew. 1. To avoid; shun. Labels: Scotland, dialectal, transitive 2. To get away; escape. Labels: Scotland, dialectal, intransitive
Word: roxarsone Part of Speech: noun 1. the compound 4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzenearsonic acid once used as an additive in chicken feed Labels: uncountable
Word: wolfkind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wolf + -kind. 1. The entirety of wolves; all wolves collectively as a group. Labels: uncountable Example: Otherwise, the war will spread, and wolfkind will be no more.
Word: thumbable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thumb + -able. 1. Capable of being handled, manipulated, or operated with a thumb or thumbs. Example: The backlit monochrome screen is easy to see, and we found the thumbable keyboard easier to type on than earlier BlackBerry models. 2. Compellingly readable or easy to thumb through. Example: It is for these things that we give the "Diary" a place of honor among thumbable volumes on our shelves. Example: Only London's finest collection of comfortable, thumbable antiquarian books, I thought, as I watched him sink into a chair near the empty fireplace.
Word: aitu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from a Polynesian language, from Proto-Polynesian *qaitu. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪtuː/ 1. A ghost or spirit, often malevolent, in Polynesian mythology.
Word: solubilisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of solubilization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stockages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stockage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boundance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Used from around 1400 to the 1500's. * The missing a was dropped intentionally because of the mistaken notion that it was an indefinite article. 1. Obsolete spelling of abundance. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: habundant Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of abundant. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: zodi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to zodiac. 1. A unit of zodiacal dust, equal to the amount of interplanetary dust in the inner solar system, which absorbs light and re-radiates it with a luminosity about 10⁻⁷ that of the sun. Example: […] an exozodiacal dust disk with 3 zodis of material has been added. […] Measuring exozodiacal dust to levels of 1 to 10 zodi in the habitable zones of nearby stars is critical […] Example: "... reaching levels below 1 zodi for stars within 10 pc."
Word: aulete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Ancient Greek αὐλητής (aulētḗs), from αὐλέω (auléō, “to play the flute”), from αὐλός (aulós, “flute”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːliːt/ 1. An aulos player. Labels: historical 2. Synonym of flautist.
Word: auletes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aulete Labels: form-of, plural