nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: monoarsenide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyomder. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam Old Median *zaranyam Old Median *kā Old Median *zaraniyakāder. Middle Persian *zarnīkbor. Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)der. Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)bor. Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)der. Latin arsenicumder. Middle French arsenicbor. Middle English arsenik English arsenic Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English arsenide English monoarsenide From mono- + arsenide. 1. Any arsenide containing a single atom of arsenic in each molecule or unit cell
Word: Tiny Tim Part of Speech: name 1. A poor disabled boy whose death is ultimately averted by Ebenezer Scrooge in the classic tale A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Example: The crutches on the bottom look like the Tiny Tim model, while the top sports stainless steel walkers and canes and a few crutches that look like they are made from the same stuff as fancy tennis rackets and golf clubs. 2. A United States rocket, used in World War II and the Korean War. Labels: countable, historical
Word: multiadaptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + adaptive. 1. adaptive in multiple ways
Word: nanomembranes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanomembrane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phototunable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From photo- + tunable. 1. Having optical properties that may be tuned (adjusted) 2. Having properties that may be tuned by means of light
Word: phototuning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + tuning. 1. The tuning (adjustment) of optical properties. Labels: uncountable 2. The tuning of properties by means of light. Labels: uncountable
Word: potentiodynamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From potentio- + dynamic. 1. Involving the measured change in the electrical potential (voltage) of a system Labels: not-comparable
Word: pseudoduality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + duality. 1. The condition of being pseudodual Labels: uncountable
Word: Uab Meto Part of Speech: name 1. The Malayo-Polynesian language of West Timor and Oecusse District of East Timor.
Word: subvalent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + valent. 1. Exhibiting a valency (oxidation number) that is less than normal
Word: subvarieties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subvariety Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unfoldome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unfold + -ome. 1. The totality of intrinsically disordered proteins in an organism
Word: short corner Part of Speech: noun 1. A short pass from a corner (the set piece). Example: Pedersen took a short corner and El-Hadji Diouf was given time to send in a cross for Mame Diouf to stoop and head home from close range. 2. A penalty corner
Word: penalty corner Part of Speech: noun 1. a particular penalty awarded against the defending team in certain circumstances
Word: straight red card Part of Speech: noun 1. A red card, signifying a player's instant dismissal from the game for a single major foul or misconduct, distinct from and graver than a second yellow card, which a player may receive for several minor fouls. Example: A moment of madness from double goalscorer Kalinic put Rovers' fate back in the balance when the Croat caught Scharner with a late, dangerous lunge and was shown a straight red card by referee Phil Dowd.
Word: put to bed Part of Speech: verb 1. To help someone, for example a child, go to bed. Labels: transitive 2. To prepare (a newspaper) for printing. Labels: idiomatic, transitive 3. To finalise the result, seal a win. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Mame Diouf missed a chance to put the game to bed when he fired straight at Carson. 4. To dispel. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: I hope we can put those doubts to bed.
Word: haul down Part of Speech: verb 1. To violently cause to fall to the ground. Labels: transitive Example: But the visitors' win was all but sealed when Diouf was hauled down by Tamas as he raced towards goal late on and the Romanian was duly sent off.
Word: Internets Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of internets. Labels: alt-of
Word: factory reset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because such a reset would revert a device back to its original state, as it would have been when it was assembled in a factory. 1. A process that restores an electronic device to its factory setting by erasing all user data and personalized configurations. Example: A factory reset returns your Android device to “out of the box” condition. It deletes all user data and settings. Example: Even so, Ms. Rogers contended that Ms. Patterson’s guilt was apparent in the various layers of deception in which she’d engaged[…]. She also forced a factory reset on her phone multiple times, according to testimony.
Word: factory reset Part of Speech: verb Etymology: So called because such a reset would revert a device back to its original state, as it would have been when it was assembled in a factory. 1. To perform a factory reset of (a device). Labels: transitive
Word: white maggots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of white maggot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goal umpires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goal umpire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boundary umpires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boundary umpire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rushed behinds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rushed behind Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drop punts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drop punt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stab passes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stab pass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: casula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin casula. 1. A chasuble.
Word: casulae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of casula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: claudicant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin claudicans, present participle of claudico (“to limp”), from claudus (“crippled”). 1. limping
Word: claudicant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin claudicans, present participle of claudico (“to limp”), from claudus (“crippled”). 1. One who limps. Example: A patient who was previously a claudicant may now have acute limb-threatening ischaemia, which then forces the surgeon or radiologist to re-intervene.
Word: hainous Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of heinous. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: But be the fact never so hainous (Murther it self) they can put none to death. Example: For the Minister of Justice who have hitherto lived in India, through their obscure and damnable blindness, were not much sollicitous about the punishment of the Crimes and Butcheries which have been and are still committed by these Tyrants, only they may say possibly because such a one, and such a one hath wickedly and barbarously dealt with the Indians, that is the reason so great a summ of Crowns in Money is diminished already or retrenched from His Majesties Annual Revenue, and this general and confused proof is sufficient (as they worthily conceive) to purge or repress such great and hainous Crimes.
Word: unrun Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + run, the past participle of run. 1. Not having been run. Labels: not-comparable Example: Cautious, indeed,—with that giant of Pytchley fame running neck to neck by him; cautious,—with two-thirds of the course unrun, and all the yawners yet to come; cautious,—with the blood of Forest King lashing to boiling heat, and the wondrous greyhound stride stretching out faster and faster beneath him, ready at a touch to break away and take the lead: but he would be reckless enough by-and-by; reckless, as his nature was, under the indolent serenity of habit. Example: This leaning on 'reaction' in the naturalist account implies that, whenever we intellectualize a relatively pure experience, we ought to do so for the sake of redescending to the purer or more concrete level again; and that if an intellect stays aloft among its abstract terms and generalized relations, and does not reinsert itself with its conclusions into some particular point of the immediate stream of life, it fails to finish out its function and leaves its normal race unrun.
Word: Proto-Eskimo Part of Speech: name 1. Hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Eskimo languages, including Yupik and Inuit.
Word: exacerbator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exacerbate + -or. 1. One who, or that which, exacerbates or makes worse. Example: exacerbators of pulmonary disease
Word: exordia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exordium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hieroglyphed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hieroglyph + -ed. 1. Inscribed with hieroglyphs. Labels: not-comparable Example: So, while Rusticus will point out to you "the auld-fashioned standin' stane"--on which he tells you that there are plain to be seen a cocked hat, a pair of spectacles, a comb, a looking-glass, a sow with a long snout, and a man driving a gig,--Mr Urban will describe to you "a hieroglyphed monolith" in the terms following:— "The Buddhist triad is conspicuously symbolised by what the peasantry call a pair of spectacles.
Word: hieroglyphed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hieroglyph + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of hieroglyph Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: luxuriancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From luxury + -ancy or luxuriant + -cy. 1. Obsolete form of luxuriance. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The province abounds with vast forests of timber; the plains are covered with a surprising luxuriancy of vegetables, flowers, and flowering shrubs, diffusing the most delicious fragrance. Example: Olivia, now about eighteen, had that luxuriancy of beauty with which painters generally draw Hebe; open, sprightly, and commanding.
Word: lunary Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈluːnəɹiː/ 1. lunar; of the moon Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: [243] IV. THE MOON A WATER-DEITY. We design this chapter to be the completion of moon-worship, and at the same time an anticipation of those lunary superstitions which are but scattered leaves from luniolatry, the parent tree. Example: He has moreover enriched his work by adding to it an ecclesiastic compute with all its indications; an orrery after the Copernican system, representing the mean tropical revolutions of each of the planets visible to the naked eye, the phases of the moon, the eclipses of the sun and moon, calculated for ever; the true time and the sideral time; a new celestial globe with the procession of the equinoxes, solar and lunary equations for the reduction of the mean geocentric ascension and declension of the sun and moon at true times and places.
Word: lunary Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈluːnəɹiː/ 1. moonwort (Botrychium lunaria) Example: Accordingly she visits the witch, Dipsas, by whose magic aid the youth, found resting on a bank of lunary, is bewitched to sleep until old age. 2. honesty, any plant in the genus Lunaria Example: [10] The aloe, by the Egyptians, is reputed to resist any baleful influence, and the lunary or "honesty" is by our own country people said to put every evil influence to flight.
Word: hydrometrocolpos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”), + μήτρα (mḗtra, “uterus”), + κόλπος (kólpos, “any hollow space; womb”); essentially equivalent to a surface analysis of hydro- + metro- + colp- + -us. 1. Distention of the vagina and uterus by watery fluid other than blood or pus. Labels: uncountable
Word: Hermionë Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Hermione. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Some literature uses a diaeresis over the e to show that it is pronounced: so Bronte, Terpsichore, Hermione, could be written as Brontë, Terpsichorë, Hermionë, but since diaereses take effort to put in there on English keyboards, writers typically leave out the optional, yet helpful, diacritical mark. I think Hermionë is a rather learnèd girl and will decide to use the diaeresis when writing her name; when people ask why, it will give her opportunity to say “So you’ll pronounce my name correctly, ninny.”
Word: cthonic Part of Speech: adj 1. Rare spelling of chthonic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, rare Example: Then, denied official presence, this sexual material went underground, becoming again cthonic and the expression of the folk, rather than the establishment.
Word: semantics-free Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semantics + -free. 1. Having no semantic content. Example: However, most of DHT systems focus strictly on handling semantics-free, large-granularity requests for objects by identifier (typically a name). They are limited to caching, pre-fetching, or pushing of content at the object level Example: They all try to demonstrate that language is more than just the assembling of context-free words using semantics-free rules
Word: heliums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of helium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inductura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. In gastropod anatomy, a secondary layer of lamellar shell, usually situated along the inner lip of the aperture of a shell, and in some shells extending beyond.
Word: deadweight ton Part of Speech: noun 1. A long ton (2,2240 pounds), as used to measure of a ship's carrying capacity, including bunker oil, fresh water, ballast water, crew, and provisions.
Word: shoestring tackle Part of Speech: noun 1. A tackle made about the feet or ankles.
Word: outwalker Part of Speech: noun 1. a person who walks next to, in front of, or behind a parade float
Word: muddle through Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From muddle (“to think and act in a confused, aimless way”) + through. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌdl̩ θɹuː/, /ˈmʌd(ə)l θɹu/ 1. To succeed (often clumsily) despite being ill-equipped or inadequately trained. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I’ve only had a few lessons, but I can muddle through the test. Example: Someday soon we all will be together / If the fates allow. / Until then we'll have to muddle through somehow. / So have yourself a merry little Christmas now.
Word: muddles through Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of muddle through Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: muddling through Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of muddle through Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: muddled through Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of muddle through Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outwalkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outwalker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red ants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red ant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unetymological 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 *set-? Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.? Ancient Greek ἔτυμος (étumos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)bor. Latin etymologiader. Old French ethimologiebor. Middle English ethymologie English etymology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English etymological English unetymological From un- + etymological. 1. Not etymological.
Word: cast out Part of Speech: verb 1. To drive out; to expel. Labels: transitive Example: Hudson personally would not face the music at that meeting and the business could hardly proceed for groans and hisses and cries of "Hudson! Hudson! Why is Hudson not here?" and so the ungrateful shareholders to whom Hudson had generously paid dividends out of their own capital cast out Hudson bag and baggage, including therein the agreement with the Newmarket Railway. Example: Cast out for criminal behavior or their actions during the uprising, exiles from the Nexus are no longer welcome at the station or Initiative outposts.
Word: unetymologically Part of Speech: adv 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 *set-? Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.? Ancient Greek ἔτυμος (étumos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)bor. Latin etymologiader. Old French ethimologiebor. Middle English ethymologie English etymology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English etymological English unetymological 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 unetymologically From unetymological + -ly. 1. In a way which is not etymological. Example: But while women were often not in touch with their own history—what feminists came to call, unetymologically but pertinently, 'herstory'—they were keenly aware of the immediate, oppressive past.
Word: hamilton Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Hamilton (slang: a United States ten-dollar bill). Labels: alt-of
Word: NFA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of no fixed abode. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. A homeless person. Labels: broadly, colloquial, countable, uncountable 3. Initialism of non-forecast airlift. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The crew departed to conduct some NFA flying. Example: This mission is not part of our annual flying schedule; it will be NFA. 4. Initialism of nondeterministic finite-state automaton. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: NFA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Food Authority. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of National Forestry Authority. Labels: Uganda, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of National Firearms Act. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The NFA has been a flashpoint for advocates, who say that silencers are not frequently used in crime and believe that the silencers and other weapons regulated under the law, including machine guns and short-barreled rifles and shotguns, are protected by the Second Amendment.
Word: NFA Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of not for attribution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: NFA Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of no further action; a potential outcome for a suspect from a police investigation. Labels: Malaysia, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin said the case has been classified as "no further action" (NFA) due to lack of evidence. Example: ACP Nik Ezanee closed the investigation by classifying it as no further action (NFA) after hearing about the woman's plight.
Word: NFA Part of Speech: verb 1. To formally end the police investigation of a suspect with no further action. Labels: UK, slang Example: After that interview, I think we can NFA him.
Word: squat toilet Part of Speech: noun 1. A toilet, usually consisting of a hole in the ground and sometimes a tank, which is used while squatting instead of sitting. Example: The curious thing about squat toilets is that, whereas Anglo-Saxons often refer to them as ‘French toilets’, the French themselves call them ‘Turkish toilets’ (toilettes à la turque or WC turcs). But in Turkey they are known as ‘Greek toilets’, while the Greeks insist they are ‘Bulgarian’.
Word: sitting toilet Part of Speech: noun 1. A toilet used while sitting, as opposed to squatting, such as a flush toilet.
Word: anchal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nepali अञ्चल (añcal). 1. any administrative zone of Nepal Labels: Nepal
Word: anchal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely from Malayalam അഞ്ചൽ (añcal). Compare Tamil அஞ்சல் (añcal). 1. Post; postage Labels: India, countable, uncountable
Word: anchal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Likely from Malayalam അഞ്ചൽ (añcal). Compare Tamil அஞ்சல் (añcal). 1. Postal.
Word: Mary Rose sauce Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Marie Rose sauce. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: egg mayonnaise Part of Speech: noun 1. A snack of salad topped with mayonnaise and a cold hard-boiled egg.
Word: frondent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin frondens, present participle of frondere (“to put forth leaves”). See frond. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒndənt/, /ˈfɹɑndənt/ 1. Covered with leaves; leafy. Labels: archaic Example: a frondent tree Example: And near before us is Versailles, New and Old; with that broad frondent Avenue de Versailles between,—stately-frondent, broad, three hundred feet as men reckon, with four Rows of Elms
Word: cod liver oil Part of Speech: noun 1. Oil derived from the liver of codfish, often used as a nutritional supplement due to its high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA, and very high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ludibrium Part of Speech: noun 1. A plaything or trivial game. Labels: archaic, formal 2. A laughing stock. Labels: archaic, formal
Word: ludibria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ludibrium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alphabetist Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who practices alphabetism, discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
Word: mighter Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of might: more might Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: alphabetists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alphabetist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sorbetières Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sorbetière Labels: form-of, plural
Word: windhold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wind + hold. 1. A state in which ski lifts must stop running due to extremely windy conditions. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: With today's fifty mile per hour winds, all the ski lifts are on windhold.
Word: ski lifts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ski lift Labels: form-of, plural
Word: windholds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of windhold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wind holds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wind hold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wind-holds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wind-hold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wind hold Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of windhold. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: wind-hold Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of windhold. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: Medians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Median Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inside straight draws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inside straight draw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kuanua Part of Speech: name 1. the language spoken by the Tolai people of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
Word: kölsch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Kölsch (“style of beer”). Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: Top-fermenting ales are still brewed, notably the alts of Düsseldorf and kölsches of Cologne. Example: More kölschs and Pilseners: Pale in color? Yes! Light in flavor? No! Craft brewers launched kölschs, Pilseners and so-called “Pre-Prohibition” lagers by the dozen in 1998 and early 1999.[…]As kölsch is still a foreign word to the average beer drinker, new kölschs on the market Contract brewing company Great Beer carry different names,[…].
Word: fursecution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of fur + persecution. 1. Hostility towards the furry subculture. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: torses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of torse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: friendship with benefits Part of Speech: noun 1. A platonic friendship where the partners engage in sexual activities, but do not consider themselves a couple. Labels: countable, euphemistic, idiomatic, uncountable
Word: friendships with benefits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of friendship with benefits Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undraw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + draw. 1. To draw aside or open; to pull back a layer of fabric, e.g. a curtain. Labels: transitive Example: She undrew the curtain to reveal the shining rays of the sun. 2. To clear or erase part of a drawing. Labels: transitive Example: It is easy to highlight graphics on a monochrome system. The simplest way is to set the GC to the GXxor logical function and draw your graphics once to draw them and again to undraw them.
Word: two-way street Part of Speech: noun 1. A street in which traffic is allowed to proceed in two directions. 2. Any interaction in which both parties give and take equally. Labels: idiomatic Example: A good friendship is a two-way street.
Word: children's home Part of Speech: noun 1. A home for the care and protection of children whose parents have died or can no longer care for them. Public, private, and public-private versions exist in various countries. Example: Near-synonyms: orphanage (not always different), group home
Word: brushmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brush + maker. 1. A person who makes brushes.
Word: exh Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of exhibit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of exhibition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Haitian Vodoun Culture Language Part of Speech: name 1. A specialized vocabulary (perhaps not strictly a language) used in Haiti for religion, song, and dance purposes.
Word: fordry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fordrien, fordruien, fordruȝen, from Old English fordrūgian (“to become dry, wither”), equivalent to for- + dry. 1. To dry up; become dry. Labels: intransitive 2. To dry up; make dry. Labels: transitive
Word: fordry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fordruye, equivalent to for- (“very, excessively”) + dry. 1. Very dry; withered. Labels: obsolete Example: 1387-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Squire's Tale. Amid a tree fordry, as white as chalk, As Canacé was playing in her walk, There sat a falcon o'er her head full high, That with a piteous voice so gan to cry, […]
Word: die in the ass Part of Speech: verb 1. To fail to function properly. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: My computer died in the ass yesterday when I tried to turn it on. 2. To be left unresolved. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Our plans to go to France died in the ass.
Word: insectarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From insect + -arium. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.sɛkˈtɛəɹi.əm/, /ˌɪn.sɛkˈtɛɹi.əm/ 1. A type of live insect zoo, or a museum or exhibit of live insects and similar arthropods.
Word: die in the arse Part of Speech: verb 1. UK spelling of die in the ass.
Word: minorat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Minorat. 1. A custom or right, analogous to borough English in England, formerly existing in various parts of Europe, by which certain entailed estates, such as a homestead and adjacent land, descended to the youngest male heir. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: praepositi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of praepositus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quantulum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quantulum. 1. A very small amount. Labels: obsolete Example: […] that a brave, vigorous, and consistent forwardness, guarded by just such a quantulum of tact as may save it from being signally offensive, will always ensure a certain degree of advancement; […] Example: […] with a little French and a little Spanish, a quantulum of wayside knowledge gleaned from lecture-rooms, and a smattering of half a dozen branches of science, that might as well have been studied at a country academy.
Word: recogitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin recōgitō. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɑd͡ʒəˌteɪt/ 1. To think or ponder. Labels: formal 2. To cogitate again; reconsider. Example: It is hardly possible, indeed, that your Lordship should not have given the subject a deep and attentive consideration; but it is surely not too much, in an affair of such immense importance, to ask of you to recogitate the matter. You have, no doubt, considered it as a religious man; and as a religious man I conjure you to consider it again: […]
Word: repropitiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + propitiate. 1. To propitiate again. Labels: transitive
Word: propitiator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin propitiātor. 1. One who propitiates or appeases.
Word: copper ores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of copper ore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tankmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tank + -mate. 1. An aquarium fish that shares the same tank as another. Example: Dardanus megistios ^([sic]) pauses to consider the meaning of life as it chews the remains of a tankmate.
Word: tankmates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tankmate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bought off Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of buy off Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: buys off Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of buy off Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: buying off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of buy off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: acclinate Part of Speech: adj 1. Having an upward slope. Labels: not-comparable Example: Profile of bill oval; of upper mandible narrowly oval; culmen gently convex, declinate, tomial edge more convex, acclinate, meeting at an obtuse tip; Example: However, surface I9 is interrupted by an acclinate Y cam surface 2 extending the length of the knife and into the path of the slug travel approximately .005, after which the normal clearance angle is resumed.
Word: resubject Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + subject. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːsəbˈd͡ʒɛkt/ 1. To subject again. Labels: transitive Example: Is it, that Congress shall resubject to their control those thousands of deeply wronged men? Example: All this time France was substantially as tranquil as England herself, and decidedly more prosperous, though annoyed and impeded by the incessant plottings of traitors in her councils and other exalted stations to resubject her to kingly sway.
Word: gardenhose Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of garden hose. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard Example: Though he had the gardenhose in his hands and a drain outlet near, he failed to use the hose in dissipating the dangerous accumulation. Example: President Roosevelt launched the Lend-Lease idea at a press conference in November 1940 with the parable “suppose my neighbor's house catches fire, and I have the length of a gardenhose...”
Word: God's algorithm Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the notion that God could compute the optimal solution of a puzzle and use it. Coined by David Singmaster in 1980 in connection with the Rubik's cube. 1. An optimal algorithm that finds the solution with the fewest moves. Example: Many people have worked on God's algorithm for the Rubik's Cube. For a while it was guessed that the superflip position is the position which is as far from ‘start’ (the solved position) as possible.
Word: shood Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle Low German schôde, from Old Saxon *skōda, from Proto-West Germanic *skaudā, from Proto-Germanic *skaudō (“sheath, husk”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewdʰ- (“to cover, surround, enwrap”). Cognate with Middle Dutch schode (“pod, shell, husk”), German Schote (“pod, hull”), Icelandic skauð (“a horse's sheath”). 1. The husk of oats after it has been threshed. Labels: countable, dialectal, uncountable 2. A feed mixture for horses consisting of chopped hay and beans. Labels: countable, dialectal, uncountable
Word: shood Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of should. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: It ran thus:— "Deer Sur,—i thinks it unkomon 'ard that a man shood 'ave is beed sold under im wen anuther man oas im munny, speshally wen is wifes ill—praps a-dyin—the Law has washt yoo sur, but it do seam 'ard on me, if yoo cood spair ony a pownd or two id taik it kind. Example: And in case the estonishing site shood make him feel just a leetle dazed, the jolly old Copperashun has bin and gone and hired no less than three Millingterry Bands of Music to play to him, and cheer him up.
Word: shood Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of shoot. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "Look here, mine friendt," calmly said the Jew, as the crowd began to scatter to get out of the way of stray bullets, "uf you shood ad me, id vill profe dat you vas a plowhardt und a cowart. Example: "No," said the tender old man, "no, bud h-I am positeef dad de Madjor will shood you."
Word: superflip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + flip. 1. The position on a Rubik's cube that has every corner cubie positioned and oriented correctly and every edge cubie positioned correctly but oriented wrong. That is to say, all the edges are flipped around. Example: Many people have worked on God's algorithm for the Rubik's Cube. For a while it was guessed that the superflip position is the position which is as far from ‘start’ (the solved position) as possible.
Word: self-rescuer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From self- + rescuer. 1. A self-contained device to generate oxygen for breathing.
Word: self-rescuers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of self-rescuer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: God's number Part of Speech: name Etymology: Compare God's algorithm. 1. The maximum number of moves needed to solve a puzzle using God's algorithm. Example: Although invented in 1974, the number of moves required to solve any state of Rubik's Cube (the so-called God's number) is yet to be determined after 30 years.
Word: unfitly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unfit + -ly. 1. In an unfit manner; unsuitably, inappropriately, not fitly. Example: These two sorts of essences, I suppose, may not unfitly be termed, the one the REAL, the other NOMINAL ESSENCE. 16. Example: And in reference to this harmonious interplay of all the human faculties and sensibilities, I may not unfitly apply to Shakespeare's workmanship these choice lines from Wordsworth: "Brisk Youth appeared, the Morn of youth, With freaks of graceful folly,-- Life's temperate Noon, her sober Eve, Her Night not melancholy; Past, present, future, all appeared, In harmony united, Like guests that meet, and some from far, By cordial love invited."
Word: collateral science Part of Speech: noun 1. A science of importance in medicine but not part of medicine, especially physics, chemistry and botany, and sometimes also including anatomy and physiology. 2. A science bearing a similar relationship to some other field.
Word: brusts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brust Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: collateral sciences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of collateral science Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fan service Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fanservice. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: As fan service goes, "KRP:AI" pretty much nails it without forgetting what made it popular in its own right. Example: President Donald Trump’s presidential memorandum ordering an investigation of Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and his use of the autopen […] is also nonsensical fan service, amplifying addled MAGA conspiracy theories that contend, with a straight face, that Biden was really a robotic clone.
Word: cool kids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cool kid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: memory foam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it remembers, or keeps, the shape of something pressed against it. 1. Foam consisting of polyurethane and other chemicals used in the manufacturing of pillows, mattresses, laptop sleeves, etc., which reacts to body heat and molds to the shape of the body. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Wamba-Wamba Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Wemba-Wemba, a group of indigenous Australians, found in north-western Victoria and south-western New South Wales. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: Wamba-Wamba Part of Speech: name 1. Their language.
Word: ashake Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + shake. Pronunciation: /əˈʃeɪk/ 1. shaking, aquiver Example: "Dunkery Beacon," whispered John, so close into my ear, that I felt his lips and teeth ashake; "dursn't fire it now except to show the Doones way home again, since the naight as they went up and throwed the watchmen atop of it. Example: Then you'll buy her dear,' cried my lady, ashake with rage. '
Word: inke Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of ink. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Whoſe corage when the feend perceiud to ſhrinke, / She poured forth out of her helliſh ſinke / Her fruitfull curſed ſpawne of ſerpents ſmall, / Deformed monſters, fowle, and blacke as inke, / Which ſwarming all about his legs did crall, / And him encombred ſore, but could not hurt at all. Example: So it was, that the most of these aboue named goosequil braccahadocheos were meere cowards and crauens, and durst not so much as throw a penfull of inke into the enimies face, if proofe were made, wherefore on the experience of their pusellanimitie I thought to raise the foundation of my roguerie.
Word: Morning Star Part of Speech: name Etymology: In reference to Mary, mother of Jesus, cf. Star of the Sea. 1. Alternative letter-case form of morning star (“Venus, as seen in the eastern sky around dawn”). Labels: alt-of Example: Near-synonym: Evening Star Example: As we now know, the Evening Star is the Morning Star. 2. Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, especially in Catholic contexts. 3. Synonym of Jesus. Labels: uncommon Example: I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you a this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star. 4. The title of any of several newspapers.
Word: ink bottle Part of Speech: noun 1. A bottle of ink, especially one which a pen may be dipped into; inkwell.
Word: inkbottle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ink bottle. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It's a precious dark set of offices, and in the room where I sit, there's a high fender, and an iron safe, and some cards about ships that are going to sail, and an almanack, and some desks and stools, and an inkbottle, and some books, and some boxes, and a lot of cobwebs, and in one of 'em, just over my head, a shrivelled-up blue-bottle that looks as if it had hung there ever so long. Example: "Ay, but a notary out of work, with his ink[-]bottle dry," said another bystander, very much out at elbows.
Word: preferrable Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfɜːɹəbəl/ 1. Alternative form of preferable. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This Cape Merick seems preferrable for commerce, either as a factory, to trade with the Moors, or as a place of protection for the traders, and the fishery. Example: Sardines and tinned salmon were luxuries we could not afford, but fresh fish and game were better, and, even when salted, were preferrable to a continuous diet of beef.
Word: prosodical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of prosodic. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Some of these exhibit variations from the modern text, but being written by not very highly educated persons, they seldom or never present any various readings that it would be desirable to adopt, and indeed contain now and then prosodical errors. Example: Thirdly, the prosodical character of the song is roughly indicated by a combination of letters and numerals.
Word: questor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of quaestor. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In this review of Brutus's army, who was under the command of gallant men, not braver officers than true patriots, he tells us, "that Sextus, the questor, was paymaster, secretary at war, and commissary general; and that the sacred discipline of the Romans required the closest connexion, like that of father and son, to subsist between the general of an army and his questor. Example: I quitted the National Assembly, where a questor to succeed General Negrier, who was killed in June, was being nominated, and went to M. de Chateaubriand's house, No. 110, Rue du Bac. I was received by M. de Preuille, son-in-law of his nephew.
Word: unapostolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + apostolic. Pronunciation: /ˈʌnæpəˈstɒlɪk/ 1. Not apostolic; unconnected to the apostles or contrary to their teachings. Example: Yet I had not an easy conscience, nor can I now defend my compromise; for I believe that my repugnance to Infant Baptism was really intense, and my conviction that it is unapostolic as strong then as now. Example: The priority of the so-called gospel of Matthew, the Pauline purpose of "Luke," the second in date of our gospels, the derivative and second-hand character of "Mark," and the unapostolic origin of the fourth gospel, are points which may for the future be regarded as wellnigh established by circumstantial evidence.
Word: Magic Cube Part of Speech: name 1. Rubik's Cube
Word: Galant Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of galant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Classical period Part of Speech: name 1. the musical period of time following the Baroque period and preceding the Romantic period, spanning c.1750-c.1820.
Word: Romantic period Part of Speech: name 1. the musical period of time following the Classical period falling between about 1820 and the start of the twentieth century.
Word: Korf's algorithm Part of Speech: name Etymology: Devised by Richard Korf in 1997. 1. An algorithm for solving the Rubik's Cube by iterative deepening.
Word: Kociemba's algorithm Part of Speech: name Etymology: Devised in 1992 by Herbert Kociemba. 1. An algorithm for solving the Rubik's Cube, an improvement on Thistlethwaite's algorithm.
Word: Thistlethwaite's algorithm Part of Speech: name Etymology: After its developer Morwen Thistlethwaite. 1. An algorithm for solving the Rubik's Cube by dividing the possible cube positions into groups.
Word: Rubik's cubist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Rubik's cube + -ist. 1. A player of Rubik's cube.
Word: Rubik's cubists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rubik's cubist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forebelief Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + belief. 1. A previous belief. 2. Divine foreknowledge. 3. Belief or faith in something prior to its manifestation.
Word: forebemoaned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fore- + bemoaned. 1. Bemoaned in previous or former times. Example: Heavily from woe to woe tell o'er / The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan. ― Shakespeare.
Word: fore-bemoaned Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of forebemoaned. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: postwork Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + work. 1. After work. Labels: not-comparable Example: postwork education
Word: postwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + work. 1. Postproduction, work on filmed material after principal photography, as to improve image quality or synchronize sound. Labels: uncountable 2. Work on images after work in the field or set or after non-digital phases of image creation. Labels: uncountable
Word: doll's house Part of Speech: noun 1. A miniature house used by children as a toy for recreating domestic settings. Labels: UK Example: Adam Stockhausen's doll's-house production design is eye-wateringly precise, the black-and-white images of the city's ancient buildings (shot in Angouleme) deserve their own coffee table book 2. A small, cramped, dwelling-place. Labels: figuratively Example: A slightly incongruous note is struck by the National Westminster Bank beside the Vine [pub], a tiny dolls' house of a building, about the size of a garden shed, in herringbone-patterned brick.
Word: doll's houses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doll's house Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disboscation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- (“removal”) French bosquet (“grove”) + -ation. 1. Deforestation for the purpose of creating cleared arable land for farming. Labels: uncountable
Word: jack o'lanterns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jack o'lantern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ACRR Part of Speech: noun 1. adjacent-channel rejection ratio; the resulting measurement of comparing signal strength with a similar signal on another frequency if they are on adjacent channels.
Word: acro dance Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of dance that combines elements of ballet technique with acrobatic skills of precision. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: baker's chocolates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baker's chocolate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acritude Part of Speech: noun 1. acridity; pungency combined with heat. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bound form Part of Speech: noun Etymology: bound + form 1. a unit of language that can only be used as part of a word, not as a word on its own (such as the English suffix -ly).
Word: depth-first search Part of Speech: noun 1. An algorithm for traversing a tree or graph where one starts at the root and explores as far as possible along each branch before backtracking. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pot stirrer Part of Speech: noun 1. One who causes unrest; one who stirs the pot.
Word: return to form Part of Speech: noun 1. A return to a former state of success or brilliance. Labels: idiomatic Example: This album marks a return to form for the band which has not had a successful hit since 1995.
Word: return to form Part of Speech: verb 1. To go back to a better, original state. Labels: idiomatic Example: The band returned to form in 2002 with a new, catchy number-one song.
Word: freeze out Part of Speech: verb 1. To snub or ice out; to forcibly remove or exclude. Labels: idiomatic Example: The first step in freezing out competitors is to create a superior product. Example: After finding out her horrible secret, the son froze his mother out of his life.
Word: opera singer Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who sings opera professionally.
Word: admynistre Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of administer. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: subverse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin subversus, past participle of subvertere. See subvert. 1. To subvert. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: But a usurping ape, with guile suborned, / Had all subversed
Word: subverse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: sub- + -verse 1. A kind of alternative universe. Example: You must be picking up olfactory emanations from a subverse destined to be your neighbor. Example: They had taken on a subverse being and come out on top, and although they did not name what had killed them, it must have been a cosmic being of supreme power.
Word: velamentum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vēlāmentum. Pronunciation: /ˌviːləˈmɛntəm/ 1. A velamen or membrane.
Word: velamenta Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of velamentum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: velamina Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of velamen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lost Wages Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Las Vegas. The city is famously the home of many casinos, where people may lose their wages: see lost, wages. 1. Las Vegas (a city in Nevada). Labels: humorous
Word: antisymmetrised Part of Speech: adj 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antisymmetrized. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard, not-comparable
Word: hypointensity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + intensity. 1. A less than normal intensity (for example, as seen in magnetic resonance imaging).
Word: isentropes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isentrope Labels: form-of, plural