nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Sumbanese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sumba + -n- + -ese. 1. A person belonging to the native Austronesian people of the island of Sumba. Labels: in-plural Example: However, fasting as a prescribed ritual act is unknown to the Sumbanese. The other day I asked a young Sumbanese, who was a graduate of a three-year primary school, but not yet a church member, what was meant in the reading book by ... Example: Indeed, a profound ambivalence is expressed in stories about both European traders and the Bimanese, as in this one, collected by Kruyt in Weyewa in 1920: In the old days, the Sumbanese were friends with the "white foreigners" and the ...
Word: Sumbanese Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sumba + -n- + -ese. 1. An Austronesian language or dialect continuum spoken in eastern Sumba.
Word: Kintore Part of Speech: name 1. A remote settlement in the Northern Territory, Australia. 2. A ghost town in Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia. 3. A community in the township of Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. 4. A town and former royal burgh in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ7916).
Word: Prigg Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: undisciplinary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + disciplinary. 1. Not enforcing discipline. Labels: not-comparable Example: When the combination of disciplinary mother and undisciplinary father occurs, the criteria are scored as they actually are, that is, the father is scored as undisciplinary (0). 2. Not belonging to, or not obeying the rules of, a discipline. Labels: not-comparable Example: Perhaps above assertions are too radical, but when we reflect and find that the veterinarian received but a limited amount of pharmaceutical and chemical education and that in a very undisciplinary manner to the time of appointment of a national commission of examiners by the Board of Agriculture. Example: Undisciplinary theory must be wary of McLuhan's indisciplinarity.
Word: dive-under Part of Speech: noun 1. A railway junction where at least one track passes under other lines instead of crossing them on the same level, in order to avoid conflicting movements; an underpass. Example: Services from Heathrow would use the existing Byfleet Junction, enabling trains to join the slow line of the South Western Main Line to Woking. The junction already has a dive-under.
Word: extravenates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of extravenate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: extravenating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of extravenate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: extravenated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of extravenate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Cisplatina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Cisplatina. 1. The former Cisplatina Province or Cisplatine Province (Província Cisplatina), a province on this side of the River Plate (from the Brazilian perspective); it existed in the 1820s and was a focus of the Cisplatine War but then became part of what is now Uruguay. Labels: historical
Word: eats something up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of eat something up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: eating something up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of eat something up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ate something up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of eat something up Labels: form-of, past
Word: eaten something up Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of eat something up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: one night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: From the use of mercury compounds in the treatment of venereal diseases before the discovery of antibiotics. 1. A single sexual encounter can lead to a lifetime of disease and treatment. Example: An eminent physiologist, in the bad old days when Salvarsan and certain other Hg compounds were the only known remedy for venereal diseases, is said to have warned his students that 'One night with Venus may mean a lifetime with Mercury'. Example: Vincent had opted for the mercury treatment, while Theo, afraid of the time involved ("One night with Venus, a lifetime with mercury')...
Word: dive-unders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dive-under Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dropcake Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of drop cake. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: One announces that his private physician has put him on a diet, and warned him that the next dropcake he eats would kill him. Example: Out fell my dropcake and tumbled into the water.
Word: dropcakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dropcake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drop-cake Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of drop cake. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: I stood in despair contemplating my ten outstretched fingers, daubed and draped with embryo drop-cake, and looking for all the world like web-feet. Example: This should be of the consistency of a thoroughly medium stiff drop-cake.
Word: drop-cakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drop-cake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drop cake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the way the dough is dropped onto cooking sheets for baking. 1. A baked confection made by dropping sweet dough by spoonfuls onto a cooking sheet and baking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For this reason, contrary to the effect in biscuits, the addition of more moisture to a drop cake results in a flatter cake. Example: Drop cakes require a little more time than cookies.
Word: drop cakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drop cake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: createdness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From created + -ness. 1. The state, quality or measure of being created. Labels: uncountable Example: They rejected the Mu'tazili notion of the createdness of the Quran, affirmed the contrary – its uncreatedness – and made this a fundamental tenet of faith, as a way of asserting the superiority of the Quran to all human reasoning and knowledge.
Word: Perry Barr Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English pirige (“pear tree”) + a district name from Proto-Brythonic *bar (“tip, point, peak”) (cf. Scottish Gaelic bàrr). 1. A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0691).
Word: Wymondham Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndəm/, /ˈwaɪməndəm/ 1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1101). 2. A village and civil parish (served by Wymondham and Edmondthorpe Parish Council) in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8518).
Word: PVs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of PV Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lingwood Part of Speech: name Etymology: From either Old Norse lyng (“heather”) or Old English hlinc (“hill, slope, ridge, bank”) + wudu (“wood”). 1. A village in Lingwood and Burlingham parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3608). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A habitational surname. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Strumpshaw Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG3507).
Word: multimurders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multimurder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fall up Part of Speech: verb 1. To benefit in the long run from what seems initially to be a setback. Example: In fact, many of their winning mantras essentially describe the notion of falling up: "I've failed over and over again in my life," Jordan once said, "and that is why I succeed." Example: But with the gospel narrative, God provided a remedy whereby an imperfect creature can “fall up” to God's forgiveness 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, up. Example: A balloon full of hydrogen "falls up" in obedience to the Law of Gravity Example: Not many people fall up the stairs, most accidents are on the way down!
Word: falls up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fall up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: falling up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fall up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fell up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of fall up Labels: form-of, past
Word: fallen up Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of fall up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: confusedlie Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete spelling of confusedly. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, obsolete Example: Iohnson [i.e., Ben Jonson] they say 's turned Epigrammatist, / Soe think not I, believe it they that list. / Peruse his booke, thou shalt not find a dram / Of witt befitting a true Epigram. / Perhaps some scraps of play-bookes thou maist see, / Collected heer & there confusedlie, / Which piece his broken stuffe; if thou but note, / Iust like soe many patches on a cote. Example: Now ye have the Kingis letter and this ſupplicatioun both coppeit; read and conſidder both the ane and the uther, with the Counſallis anſuer ſent to the ſaid ſupplicatioun, quhilk is ſo ſtrangelie and confuſedlie ſet down that I can not wnderſtand the ſamen perfectlie weill.
Word: PAW Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of plasma arc welding (an arc welding technology). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of plasma arc weld (a weld created with the PAW process). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable
Word: sargassoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sargasso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ilioischial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ilio- + ischial. 1. Relating to, or joining, the ilium and the ischium. Labels: not-comparable
Word: iminoarginine Part of Speech: noun 1. The derivative of arginine 5-(diaminomethylideneamino)-2-iminopentanoic acid Labels: uncountable
Word: immunotherapeutically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From immuno- + therapeutically. 1. In an immunotherapeutic manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: immunounit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From immuno- + unit. 1. A measure of the amount of antibodies present in a sample
Word: immunounits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immunounit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: immunovirotherapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From immuno- + virotherapy. 1. A combination of immunotherapy and virotherapy Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: infodemiological Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to infodemiology Labels: not-comparable
Word: infodemiology Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of epidemiology in which data is obtained via the Internet Labels: uncountable Example: Infodemiology can also be used to map information distribution and use patterns which can reveal bottlenecks in information flow. Example: Looking at the field of infodemiology today, one can differentiate between the following approaches; epidemiological surveillance based on: * ‘professional’, public information online (e.g. Health Map, Global Public Health Intelligence Network) * explicit, conscious information provided by users and affected individuals (e.g. Flu Near You, Grippeweb) * implicit information provided (mainly) unconsciously by users (e.g. Google Flu Trends; Yahoo research/Polgreen et al. 2008)
Word: infracarinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From infra- + carinal. 1. Beneath a carina Labels: not-comparable
Word: insulinotrophic Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of insulinotropic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: interchelation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + chelation. 1. intermolecular chelation Labels: uncountable
Word: interhexamer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + hexamer. 1. Between hexamers (typically of a viral capsid) Labels: not-comparable
Word: intersubclade Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + subclade. 1. Between subclades Labels: not-comparable
Word: intertumorally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From intertumoral + -ly 1. In an intertumoral manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: intracaldera Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + caldera. 1. Within a caldera Labels: not-comparable
Word: isoimidazole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + imidazole. 1. An isomer of imidazole in which a double bond is transferred from the ring to form a >C=NH or similar group Labels: in-compounds
Word: wilful homicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Maltese omiċidju volontarju. 1. murder; defined similarly as in English law Labels: Malta Example: 211. (1) Whosoever shall be guilty of wilful homicide shall be punished with imprisonment for life. (2) A person shall be guilty of wilful homicide if, maliciously, with intent to kill another person or to put the life of such other person in manifest jeopardy, he causes the death of such other person.
Word: inwardest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inward + -est. 1. superlative form of inward: most inward Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: in lame man's terms Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Eggcorn of in layman's terms.
Word: bodyshop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of body shop Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: goes over Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of go over Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: went over Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of go over Labels: form-of, past
Word: Oulton Broad Part of Speech: name 1. A lake (known as a broad) near Lowestoft in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England. 2. A suburb of Lowestoft, Suffolk, to the south of the broad (OS grid ref TM5292) 3. A civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, including both sides of the broad.
Word: Oulton Part of Speech: name Etymology: Various origins: * The hamlet in Cumbria derives from the Old English personal name *Wulfa + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in Norfolk derives from the Old Norse personal name Ouðulf + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in West Yorkshire derives from Old English eald (“old”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Compare Olton, Outen. 1. A hamlet in Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY2450). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A village and civil parish of Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1328). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A hamlet near Norbury, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS, grid ref SJ7822). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A village near Stone in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9135). Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A suburb of Lowestoft, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM5294). Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3628). Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Berkeley Road Part of Speech: name 1. A settlement, by the site of a former railway station, in Stinchcombe parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7200).
Word: Iambe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάμβη (Iámbē). 1. A Thracian woman, daughter of Pan and Echo, granddaughter of Hermes. Labels: Greek
Word: majhul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian مَجْهُول (majhūl), from Arabic مَجْهُول (majhūl, “unknown”). 1. A class of vowel used in various Arabic script languages, including Persian, Kurdish, and Urdu, among others: Example: The New Persian [of Iran], as is well known, has confused in many words the majhūl (' unknown [to the Arabs]' =Persian sounds) vowels ē, ō with the ma'rūf ('known [to the Arabs]'=Arabic sounds) vowels ī, ū. The Judaeo-Persian and the Baluci, like the Indian pronunciation of New Persian, maintain clearly the original distinction between the majhūl and the ma'rūf vowels. Example: The majhul sounds o and e are still preserved in the Persian spoken by Afghans and Indians, but they are now unknown in Persia. 2. A class of vowel used in various Arabic script languages, including Persian, Kurdish, and Urdu, among others: Labels: broadly Example: [...] there are two kinds of Yā in Persian, namely, the Ma'rūf and the Majhūl. The Ma'rūf or known Yā is the Yā which occurs in such words as رقیب, تیر, شیر (milk), دید, پیل etc., while the Majhūl or Unknown Yā occurs in words such as خویش, تیز, شیر (lion), سپید etc. Example: If the stem ends in either ی-ma'rūf (i) or ی-majhul (e), the letter ج is inserted, for the sake of euphony, between the stem and the termination: e.g., from پینا to drink, we have پینجیئے, پیجیو, and پیجییگا, from دینا we have دیجیئے, etc. 3. A conditional allophone of a vowel phoneme that appears in proximity to certain guttural consonants. Labels: broadly
Word: Knaresborough Part of Speech: name 1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3557).
Word: Doniford Part of Speech: name 1. A settlement in Williton parish, West Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST0842).
Word: Awsworth Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4844).
Word: Bricket Wood Part of Speech: name 1. A village in St Stephen parish, St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1302).
Word: Dorridge Part of Speech: name 1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1775).
Word: Arch Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Archibald or Archie. 1. A diminutive of the male given names Archibald or Archie.
Word: Higham Ferrers Part of Speech: name 1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9668).
Word: midcore Part of Speech: adj 1. In between hardcore and softcore; intermediate. Example: The nature of the platforms is not the only thing that has change. The gamers themselves are now diverse. The hardcore gamer is now joined by the midcore gamer who wants a fuller experience, but still casual, and the casual games gamer ...
Word: Besses o' th' Barn Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unknown. Possibly in reference to a pub, run by a woman known as "Bessie o' th' barn". As a village consolidated around this pub, the name may have begun to be used as a metonym. Alternatively, in reference to Black Bess, the legendary horse of highwayman Dick Turpin. 1. A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8105).
Word: Blackfriars Part of Speech: name 1. An area within the City of London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3180). 2. Blackfriars, Oxford.
Word: Denmark Hill Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb and thoroughfare of London in the borough of Southwark and borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3276).
Word: Sargassos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sargasso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aurora sauce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French sauce aurore, named from its reddish colour. 1. A kind of creamy tomato sauce. Labels: uncountable
Word: altarware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From altar + -ware. 1. Religious items made from precious metals such as chalices and patens, that are used on an altar during eucharist. Labels: uncountable Example: During this same period the friary was accused of pawning its precious altarware when the house treasury was short of funds. Example: The workshop he ran would have taken in commissions for everything from candlesticks, church furniture (altarware, tracery and bronze plaques) wedding gifts and anything else that required the skills of a craftsman in metal.
Word: obscurationism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From obscuration + -ism. 1. The policy of obscuration. Labels: uncountable
Word: Attleborough Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈætəlbəɹə/, /ˈætəlbɹə/ 1. A market town and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM0495). 2. A suburb of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3790).
Word: seat rail Part of Speech: noun 1. A crosspiece between the legs and below the seat of a chair or similar furniture.
Word: seat rails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seat rail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contemplationism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From contemplation + -ism. 1. A doctrine of contemplation. Labels: uncountable
Word: protamoeba Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Protamoebae.
Word: protamoebae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protamoeba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: protamoebas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protamoeba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hafezian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hafez + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Hafez (1315-1390), Persian poet.
Word: contemplationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From contemplation + -ist. 1. A proponent of contemplationism.
Word: contemplationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contemplationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: church of ease Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of chapel of ease. Example: Very probable it is, on the other hand, that if the distinction of parishes was began before this time, it had hitherto made but a little progress; and that those few churches which had been erected in towns and villages, were chapels or churches of ease to the mother churches of the diocese rather than proper parish churches: it is probable that they had not fixed and settled pastors in them, but were generally supplied from those collegiate societies which at this time passed under the general name of monasteries; and that these foundations so exhausted the charity of the age as to stop the progress of parochial institutions, and thereby obstruct the propagation and interest of religion. Example: It contains 17 towns, 4 market towns, 465 villages, 156 Roman Catholic churches and 119 churches of ease, 40 Protestant and 5 churches of ease, 3 free churches, 211 Roman Catholic chapels, and 34 synagogues.
Word: churches of ease Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of church of ease Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Birkhill Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3534). 2. A location with a railway station in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9678).
Word: Saltcoats Part of Speech: name 1. A coastal town in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2441). 2. A location with a ruined castle near Gullane, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4682). 3. A hamlet in Drigg and Carleton parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref SD0797). 4. A town and rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: bearbait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bear + bait. 1. An instance of bearbaiting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Could any thing afford a stronger contrast to the grave and certainly severe study to which Elizabeth had habituated herself, than the vain and fantastic puerility of many of her recreations and habits, the unintellectual brutality of the bearbaits which she admired, or the gaudy and glittering pageants in which she delighted? Example: Congleton had a reputation for bearbaiting and went to some lengths to protect it, sending messengers to Knutsford and Bunbury to ensure that the bearwards got to the Congleton bearbait (see pp 639, 653). 2. Bait used to lure bears. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I went first this morning to the carcass of the bison we had killed for bearbait ; I found a bear had been there, and had already had his breakfast. Example: Even with the use of permits and other restrictions, baiting is still widely practiced, as shown by the following quote from T.V. Russell, Supervisor of Shoshone National Forest: "Enclosed is a copy of the bearbait permit we have been issuing on the Shoshone National Forest for the past two years. We have a general guideline that baits must be 2½-3 miles apart. 3. A person or animal that is not very useful or respected. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The worst ones for straying, curiously enough, were three broken-down old “bearbaits,” which went by themselves, as is generally the case with the cast-off horses of a herd. Example: Listen you ol' chunk of bearbait, you get ornery with me and I'll sic Mollie on you again.
Word: bearbait Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bear + bait. 1. To torment or provoke. Example: Creditors, snarling, hound him on from without; mocked Hopes, lost Labours, bearbait him from within: to these torments his fixed-idea keeps him chained. Example: He used to fight the larger negro boys when they would bearbait dogs by tying tin cans to their tails.
Word: bearbaits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bearbait Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bearbaits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bearbait Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bearbaited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bearbait Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: North Ayrshire Part of Speech: name 1. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 formed in 1996, with its headquarters in Irvine. It includes the Isle of Arran.
Word: bear baits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bear bait Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bear-bait Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bearbait. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He describes another entertainment as often following the bear-bait, that of mercilessly whipping a blinded bear by five or six men standing circularly with whips; the bear unable to escape because of his chain, defended himself with all his force, throwing down all that came within his reach, tearing the whips out of their hands, and breaking them. Example: A bear-bait was one of the recreations offered to Elizabeth at Kenilworth, and in the Earl of Northumberland's Household Book we read of 20s. for his bear-ward.
Word: bear-bait Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of bearbait. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He also had flu, complained that the mysterious marking of his manuscripts had begun again and concluded: 'My senses tell me that the same hand which made Birmingham impossible and bear-baited me wherever I went, is responsible for my present situation.' Example: Welles later provided a lively but quite fanciful account of how he bear-baited Hemingway:
Word: bear-baits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bear-bait Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bear-baits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bear-bait Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bear-baited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bear-bait Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bear-ward Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bearward. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The ruder amusements of the age lost their attractions; and the royal bear-ward of Queen Elizabeth lodged a formal complaint at the feet of her majesty, that the play-houses had seduced the audience from his periodical bear-baitings!
Word: bear-wards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bear-ward Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cost-saving Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to a reduction in expenditure. Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: Wales: Bangor: The recently restored station has had its two notable chimney stacks reinstated thanks to financial support from the Railway Heritage Trust. They had been removed in the 1980s as a cost-saving exercise.
Word: virginality Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being virginal; purity and innocence. Labels: uncountable
Word: drafthouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From draft + house. 1. A business establishment where alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, ale, etc, are served, but not hard liquor. Example: Going to Tiffany's on Young Circle in Hollywood for the 3-for-1's, open 'til 3 AM, now a cinema and drafthouse. Example: Music and singing, shouts and laughter came from many of the buildings they passed—inns and drafthouses and restaurants alive with the lives of ordinary people who had toiled all day in the sun.
Word: drafthouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drafthouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draft house Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of drafthouse. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It also helped that the festival's main venue was the 250-seat Enzian Theater, an endearing hybrid of cinema, draft house and cappuccino art venue that makes sipping a beer while watching the story of a folksinging lesbian Tupperware lady (Lisa Udelson's Lifetime Guarantee: Phranc's Adventures in Plastic) seem perfectly natural. Example: Sandra Roeder said she lost at least a couple thousand dollars in fees when Butera didn't submit her paperwork for a new draft house she is opening and when the company didn't take care of the money owed to the city and county by her current bar.
Word: draft houses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of draft house Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tywyn Part of Speech: name 1. A coastal town and community with a town council in southern Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5800).
Word: doots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doots Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of doot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: St Mellons Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb in the city and county of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST2381).
Word: Kait Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /keɪt/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Kaitlyn. 2. A village in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
Word: Lakenham Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb of Norwich, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2307).
Word: Polmadie Part of Speech: name 1. A mainly industrial area in Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5962).
Word: fingersmith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From finger + smith. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋɡə(ˌ)smɪθ/, /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌsmɪθ/ 1. pickpocket Labels: archaic, historical, slang Example: "What do you call yourself, then?" "Me? I'm a fingersmith. I'm a professional fingersmith." He spoke the words solemnly and proudly, as though he were telling me he was the President of the Royal College of Surgeons or the Archbishop of Canterbury. "I've never heard that word before," I said. "Did you invent it?" "Of course I didn't invent it," he replied. "It's the name given to them who's risen to the very top of the profession. You've 'eard of a goldsmith and a silversmith, for instance. They're experts with gold and silver. I'm an expert with my fingers, so I'm a fingersmith." "It must be an interesting job." "It's a marvellous job," he answered. "It's lovely." "And that's why you go to the races?" "Race meetings is easy meat," he said. "You just stand around after the race, watchin' for the lucky ones to queue up and draw their money. And when you see someone collectin' a big bundle of notes, you simply follows after 'im and 'elps yourself. Example: Mr Ibbs was found to have handled stolen goods: he was sent to Pentonville. Of course, he knew many of the men in there, and might be supposed to have had an easy time among them—except that, here was a funny thing: the fingersmiths and cracksmen who had been so grateful to get an extra shilling from him on the outside, now quite turned against him; and I think his time was very miserable. 2. midwife Labels: archaic, historical, slang
Word: hyperenhances Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hyperenhance Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hypoenhancement Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of showing poor enhancement; dimness or darkness in an image. Labels: uncountable Example: One would expect the area of hypoenhancement on first-pass imaging to be larger than that of hyperenhancement on delayed contrast-enhanced imaging. Example: Contrast-enhanced CT scans are commonly performed for the evaluation of symptoms suggestive of acute pulmonary embolism or aortic dissection but can incidentally detect areas of myocardial hypoenhancement that could trigger consideration of an acute MI.
Word: hyperenhancements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyperenhancement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypoenhance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hypo- + enhance. 1. To produce hypoenhancement. Labels: transitive Example: With the exception of subtle perilesional enhancement, the metastases hypoenhance relative to liver in all phases. Example: The enhancement characteristics of a PNET on CT may also have prognostic value, as lesions that hypoenhance on CT scan tend to have worse overall survival than lesions that are isoenhancing or hyperenhancing (5-year survival 54% vs 89% vs 93%).
Word: hypoenhances Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hypoenhance Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hypoenhancing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hypoenhance Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: isoenhancement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + enhancement. 1. The quality of having the same level of enhancement. Labels: uncountable Example: This age correction was calculated by linearly interpolating the offsets perpendicular to isoenhancement lines between models with ages of 3, 8, and 15 Gyr. Example: This technique enabled us to probe the direct interactions of the permeation enhancers with the rate-limiting domains of the SC and the partitioning enhancement of permeants in the intercellular lipids under isoenhancement conditions. 2. A middle level of enhancement, neither bright nor dim. Labels: uncountable Example: ...definitely malignant on the basis of the enhancement pattern during the arterial phase and enhancement degree during the portal and late phases compared with the liver (hypoenhancement indicating malignant and isoenhancement to hyperenhancement indicating benign). Example: In contrast, 10–20% of HCCs, especially smaller (<20 mm) lesions, demonstrate hypoenhancement or isoenhancement in the arterial phase (Yoon et al. 2009; Lee et al. 2012; Matsui et al. 2011).
Word: isoenhance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From iso- + enhance. 1. To produce isoenhancement. Labels: transitive Example: On arterial phase postcontrast CT, most lesions (60%) show little to no enhancement, whereas the remainder isoenhance with liver parenchyma. Example: Unlike tumors, these pseudolesions isoenhance relative to liver and do not disturb blood vessels.
Word: isoenhances Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of isoenhance Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: isoenhancing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of isoenhance Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: isoenhanced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of isoenhance Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: inconclusible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + conclusive + -ible. 1. Having no conclusion; unfinished. Labels: rare Example: Journey to no end, Conclusion of all that Is inconclusible Example: Any occurrence recorded photographically is seized in the process of its unfolding and condensed into a single image in which all the inconclusible energies of movement and interaction are arrested as a pattern.
Word: pepperette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pepper + -ette. 1. An adulterant added to ground peppercorns, made from ground olive pits. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In opening up the case for the prosecution Mr. Sadler stated that the pepper was found by the analyst (Dr. Campbell Brown) to contain 7 percent, of pepperette; and he was proceeding to refer to Mr. Kotzian, the manufacturer of the substance, when Mr. FirmiDger objected, and the objection was sustained by the Bench. Example: It has heretofore mainly consisted in the addition of rice, sand, and shop-sweepings, but recently a trade has sprung up in the sale of “poivrette” or “pepperette,” a substance which is made in Italy by grinding olive stones, and is sold in this country at about 1d. a lb., whereas the price of the pepper with which it is mixed is from 8d. to 1s.6d. a lb. 2. A small receptacle with a perforated top used for dispensing pepper or similar spices. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The idea is also applied to spices, such as ginger, mace, cinnamon, nutmeg, mixed spice, &c., a household box of pepperettes, containing six assorted spices of the best quality, costing 1s. 3d. Example: Small cruets, or pepperettes, salt cellars, and quaint mustard pots are placed at the corners ; or, if available, near each person. 3. A snack product made of meat spiced with hot pepper Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Out of the case, the meat case across the back of the store which had pepperettes, bologna, cold cuts, cheeses, steaks, chops, hams, all sorts of items. Example: At left: Gerard Stemmler, owner, with a smoke house truck (rack) of pepperettes. 4. A mild small red capsicum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Gently fry the tomatoes in olive oil and put the pepperette in whole. Example: Salsa, sliced pepperette, pickle relish, yellow mustard
Word: pepperettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pepperette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: return the favor Part of Speech: verb 1. To do something for someone, or to someone, similar to what they did for you or to you (whether good or bad). Labels: idiomatic Example: I did some snow shoveling for him when he was ill, and he was kind enough to return the favor this year. [positive valence] Example: They ignored my request, so I was happy to return the favor when I got the chance. [negative valence produced by sarcasm]
Word: French coffee Part of Speech: noun 1. Coffee mixed with chicory. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: Also the first-named component has to be in excess of a given percentage (e.g. in the UK so-called French coffee has to contain at least 51% roasted coffee, the remainder being roasted chicory). Example: In the old days, “French Coffee" (with Chicory mixed) used to be in green Colour, and pure Coffee used red Colour.
Word: French coffees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of French coffee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpollute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + pollute. 1. To remove pollutants from; to purify. Labels: transitive Example: Suppose the President were to say (copying some language used once before) that, before the end of this decade, we shall unpollute the Great Lakes. Example: And it is now time for the industry to fully realize that it cannot escape its responsibility to unpollute the American drinking environment, just as other industries have found that they cannot escape their responsibility to unpollute the natural environment.
Word: unpollutes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unpollute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Teba Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name. 2. A town in Andalusia, Spain.
Word: friendiversary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of friend + anniversary. Pronunciation: /ˌfɹɛndɪˈvɜːsəɹi/, /ˌfɹɛndəˈvɝsəɹi/ 1. The recurrence of the date that two or more people first became friends. Example: “It's our one-month friendiversary,” Maeve explained. “Remember? We met exactly one month ago today.” Example: “Today is our 10th friendiversary. 10 years ago, four kids entered a Chuck E. Cheese ball pit as strangers, but they emerged...” [Sniffles] “They emerged best friends.” [Wailing] “I promised myself I wouldn't do this!” “Let's skip the speech and go straight to dessert.”
Word: mindblind Part of Speech: adj 1. Unable to deduce or make educated guesses about another person's mental state.
Word: cycloidally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From cycloidal + -ly. 1. In a cycloidal manner.
Word: computerful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From computer + -ful. 1. the amount that a computer can hold. Example: The teacher, too, has more than a computerful of information stored away in his brain. Example: Sometimes, though, the absence of information told as important a story as a computerful of data.
Word: Bounds Green Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /baʊndz.ɡɹiːn/ 1. A suburb in the borough of Haringey, in northern Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2991).
Word: Ländchen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Ländchen. 1. The German name given to several Ice Age plateaux in the Havelland region, which climb to over 70 meters above the formerly marshy urstromtal levels (old glacial meltwater valleys) of the Havelland Luch and the Rhinluch.
Word: Nevada Triangle Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Nevada + triangle. From being a triangular area mostly in Nevada. Coined in analogy to the Bermuda Triangle. 1. A region bounded by the vertices at Reno, Nevada, US; Las Vegas, Nevada, US; Fresno, California, US; containing part of the Sierra Nevada (a mountain range in the Rocky Mountain Cordillera); the triangle falling mostly in the U.S. state of Nevada; where many plane crashes occur and planes disappear.
Word: twist around one's little finger Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of wrap around one's little finger.
Word: mosta Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of most + of. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction
Word: wind around one's little finger Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of wrap around one's little finger.
Word: get on someone's wrong side Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of get on someone's bad side. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: laugh out of the other side of one's mouth Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of laugh on the other side of one's face. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bobbinite Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of black powder modified to reduce the risk of gas explosions in mines. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: nonfamousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nonfamous + -ness. 1. The condition of not being famous. Labels: uncountable
Word: k-algebra Part of Speech: noun 1. An algebra over a field; a ring with identity together with an injective ring homomorphism from a field, k, to the ring such that the image of the field is a subset of the center of the ring and such that the image of the field’s unity is the ring’s unity. Example: A k'''-algebra A with ring homomorphism ϕ:k→A is a k-vector space with scalar multiplication (i.e., action of k upon A): λ·a=ϕ(λ)a where λ∈k,a∈A.
Word: Ambazonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ambazonia + -n. Pronunciation: /ˌæm.bəˈzəʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌæm.bəˈzoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Ambazonia.
Word: Ambazonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ambazonia + -n. Pronunciation: /ˌæm.bəˈzəʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌæm.bəˈzoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Ambazonia.
Word: Ambazonia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined by Cameroonian attorney and political activist Fongum Gorji Dinka in 1985 (see quotation below). Pronunciation: /ˌæm.bəˈzəʊ.ni.ə/, /ˌæm.bəˈzoʊ.ni.ə/ 1. An internationally unrecognized Anglophone state which is claimed by Cameroon. Example: If the expression “Southern Cameroons” has exposed us to any annexationist ambitions, then we will henceforth call ourselves AMBAZONIA.
Word: taking the mick Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of take the mick Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Londraville Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈlɑn.dɹəˌvɪl/ 1. A surname.
Word: milemarker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mile marker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Portbury Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England; the Royal Portbury Dock is a mile to the north (OS grid ref ST5075).
Word: mile marker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mile + marker. 1. A numbered milepost or sign along a highway, or some other road, used to determine the location of a motor vehicle.
Word: American handegg Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈhændɛɡ/ 1. American football (the sport). Labels: derogatory, humorous, slang, uncountable Example: Actually if you overdose on steroids to beef up your muscles as most(?) American handegg players do, there is likely to be a corresponding decrease in masculinity ie shrunken penis, shrivelled testicles. Example: All of this might lead you to believe that American handegg is not very good. On the contrary, it can be thrilling. The moment when Spine Problems Chap flings the egg as many yards downfield as his back will allow and you can't quite see what's going to happen is actually engrossing. 2. The ball used to play American football. Labels: countable, derogatory, humorous, slang Example: I want a picture of a football (a real one, not one of those american handeggs) with wings. Example: I haven't tried it yet but It's been suggested to practice your relese^([sic]) by throwing mini nerf footballs (or American handeggs, for those of you not in 'Murica) underhanded.
Word: Grayling Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A small city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. 3. A city, the county seat of Crawford County, Michigan, United States. 4. A charter township in Crawford County, Michigan, which surrounds the city.
Word: Norðurland eystra Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Icelandic Norðurland eystra. 1. Northeastern Region (an administrative region of Iceland).
Word: Puddicombe Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: misbeget Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + beget. Compare Middle English misbeȝete (“an illegitimate child”, literally “one who is misbegotten”). 1. To beget wrongly or badly. Example: Therefore, Master Giles, buss the old folk, and thank them for misbegetting of thee, and ho ! you, — bring hither his mule ! Example: The greatest of all penalties; for what worse calamity can human beings suffer in the production of offspring than to misbeget?' 2. To beget wrongly or badly. Example: Take it; disperse the rich man's store ; Take it, and satisfy your need ; Then misbeget some millions more For our posterity to feed. Example: The lawyer's training, experience, and self-discipline can help to bring order into the frequently chaotic world of labor arbitration—to substitute reason and logic for the emotionalism and sloppy thinking that misbeget many arbitration proceedings, and sometimes the decisions as well.
Word: misbegets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misbeget Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misbegetting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misbeget Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misaffirms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misaffirm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misanthropize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + anthropize or misanthropy + -ize. 1. To hate mankind. Labels: intransitive Example: A thousand cunning things they do, To urge me to misanthropize; My heart is filled with endless rue — (It does no good to alkalize). Example: To genuflect is not to misanthropize. To contemplate, even worship, deity is not to misanthropize. To understand man as laughing guanine, as the tarsier that skipped a few grades, may be to berate us, may be to misanthropize. 2. To make misanthropic Labels: transitive Example: The contemptible ignorance, credulity, and fraud, which support its tyrannous authority, as a supernatural revelation, and the futile attempt to enforce a belief of its liberal meaning as indispensable to the happiness of mankind, and the universal degradation and miserty which it perpetuates, by the inbred hostility which all its priesthoods have ever evinced towards every improvement that would enlighten and elevate the human mind, have done more to disgust and misanthropize all ingenuous and rational minds, and to inspire them with a settled aversion for the ways of man and his institutions, than all the other moral and physical evils now experienced in Christendom. Example: His ways are indeed wonderful, — how wonderful, eternity alone can show, where we shall see the connection of what we are pleased to call trivial events with His most stupendous schemes, and all that is dark and difficult and melancholy in this unintelligible world, all that gives our presumptuous reasoning hard thoughts of God, all that has grieved and disappointed and misanthropized, will be fully explained, and merged in one unclouded blaze of glory.
Word: misanthropizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misanthropize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person