nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: von Karman vortex street Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of von Kármán vortex street. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: steaming up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of steam up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: steaming up Part of Speech: noun 1. The formation of condensation on a transparent surface. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: heterosexualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heterosexual + -ism. 1. Discrimination against non-heterosexual people on the basis of their sexual orientation. Labels: uncountable Example: What I fear is the normalization of homosexual behavior, which otherwise stands as a challenge to heterosexualism—the belief that all sexual behavior should be procreative or at least not preclude the possibility of babymaking. Example: The organization is no longer a coalition against racism. It's now a coalition against racism, sexism, classism, militarism and heterosexualism. 2. The state or existence of heterosexuality, including the traditional gender roles that accompany it. Labels: uncountable Example: The moral fabric of American family life centered on the suburban "split level family" of the suburbs, upholding the values and beliefs of heterosexualism, as pictured in the novels of Edmund White and other recent gay writers. Example: From the position of possibility created by separating from heterosexualism, Hoagland incites a "moral revolution" that can enable lesbian agency and might also lead to the end of heterosexualism, gender domination, and the (moral) existence of women and men. 3. Synonym of heterosexuality. Labels: uncountable Example: I have talked this observation over with Rank, Freud, Ferenczi and other psychoanalysts, and it seems to be generally agreed that secret, isolated autoerotism does not convert easily to heterosexualism and is far more difficult to cure by psychoanalysis than homosexual masturbation that has not continued too long. Example: My viewpoint is one that bears directly against the view of gays and bisexual people that homosexuality is entirely normal, an equivalent substitute for heterosexualism and - as some argue - the real McCoy.
Word: puddysticks Part of Speech: adj 1. easy peasy; very simple Labels: South-Africa, not-comparable
Word: kithfolk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kith + folk. 1. those of a kith or clan Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Those that were kith-folk (?) to the great devil, Example: They seem instinctively to prefer their kith-folk of Russian Karelia.
Word: Tzetzes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Byzantine Greek Τζέτζης (Tzétzēs). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡sɛt͡siːz/ 1. A surname from Byzantine Greek — famously held by 2. A surname from Byzantine Greek — famously held by:
Word: discretizational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From discretization + -al. 1. Relating to discretization. Labels: not-comparable
Word: seven-layer salad Part of Speech: noun 1. An American salad dish containing layers of vegetables and other ingredients. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seven-layer dip Part of Speech: noun 1. An American appetizer containing layers of ingredients typical of Tex-Mex cuisine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pizzalicious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pizza + -licious. 1. delicious in a way that involves or resembles pizza Labels: rare, slang Example: I stood over the table, breathing in the pizzalicious steam. Example: If, for some reason, you're here and not feeling pizzalicious, then the manicotti and the meatball hero may be considered.
Word: shelltoes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shell + toes. 1. A style of basketball shoe with a segmented rubber upper resembling a seashell. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only
Word: ice-safe Part of Speech: noun 1. An early icebox or refrigerator. Labels: dated
Word: ice-safes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ice-safe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: genicular Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to the knee. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to a geniculum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: glucagonlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glucagon + -like. 1. Resembling glucagon. Labels: not-comparable Example: a glucagonlike peptide
Word: oxyntomodulins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oxyntomodulin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glicentin Part of Speech: noun 1. A peptide hormone found in the gut, of uncertain biological function. Labels: uncountable
Word: Lemkinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Lemkin + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Raphael Lemkin (1900–1959) or his writings against genocide (a word which he coined).
Word: Persephonean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Persephone + -an. 1. Of or relating to Persephone in Ancient Greek mythology.
Word: dombra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kazakh домбыра (dombyra) via Russian домбра́ (dombrá). 1. A long-necked lute found in parts of Asia and Eastern Europe.
Word: dombras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dombra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dundun Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dun dun (“African drum”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dunduns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dundun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: telepointer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + pointer. 1. A cursor used to mark the point on a screen display at which the presenter is pointing.
Word: telepointers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of telepointer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: GNC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of General Nutrition Corporation, an American retailer of health and nutrition related products. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GNC Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of gender-nonconforming. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: set foot on land Part of Speech: verb 1. To disembark.
Word: bigature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of big + miniature. Coined by Weta Workshop during the production of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪɡət͡ʃə/, /ˈbɪɡət͡ʃəɹ/ 1. A very large scale model. Example: Richard brought me in to see the 'bigatures,' the not-so-miniature miniature sets the crew had painstakingly constructed, and they were so beautiful, so perfect, so real, that I wanted to cry. Example: In the sequence of The Fellowship of the Rings where Frodo and friends paddle through the feet of the Argonaths the camera vertiginously swivels up and beyond the two massive statues disturbing some nesting birds. The statues, of course, do not exist as they are just 'bigatures', neither do the birds, which are digitally created: […]
Word: bigatures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bigature Labels: form-of, plural
Word: islamophobias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of islamophobia Labels: form-of, plural Example: While Muslim diasporas have evoked islamophobias,17 earlier instances of islamophobia were subsumed by debates... Example: Most "islamophobias" have more to do with Islamic contempt of western culture and have nothing to do with race.
Word: stuck on oneself Part of Speech: adj 1. self-obsessed; vain Labels: colloquial
Word: TEDster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From TED + -ster. 1. An enthusiast of the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) series of conferences. Labels: informal
Word: TEDsters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of TEDster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lexicosemantically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From lexicosemantic + -ally. 1. In terms of lexicosemantics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aphasiologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From aphasiological + -ly. 1. In terms of aphasiology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lexicosemantic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lexico- + semantic. 1. Relating to lexicosemantics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sharesies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From share + -sies. 1. The situation where something is shared. Labels: childish, uncountable
Word: pawedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pawed + -ness. 1. The condition of having either the left or the right paw dominant; the handedness of an animal. Labels: uncountable
Word: ptochocracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ptochocracy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: half-embraces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of half-embrace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: half-embraces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of half-embrace Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: half-embracing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of half-embrace Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: half-embraced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of half-embrace Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Henoch-Schönlein purpura Part of Speech: noun 1. A disease of the skin and other organs, resulting in palpable purpura, often with joint and abdominal pain, and occasionally leading to kidney disease. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: self-obsessed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From self- + obsessed. 1. Deeply interested in oneself to the exclusion of others; vain and narcissistic; egotistical. Example: I have always suffered from a tendency to generate panic out of my own fears and imaginings; I think it is a common weakness of the self-obsessed.
Word: FHS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Degema Part of Speech: name 1. A local government area in Rivers State, Nigeria. 2. A Nigerian Delta Edoid language spoken on Degema Island, Nigeria.
Word: endoclisis Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of mesoclisis. Labels: uncountable
Word: Edoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Edo + -oid. 1. Of or relating to a language family of southern Nigeria, including the Edo language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thiazocine Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular benzomorphan drug. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fluorophen Part of Speech: noun 1. A fluorinated analog of phenazocine. Labels: uncountable
Word: benzoazocine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of benzazocine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: benzoazocines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of benzoazocine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: etazocine Part of Speech: noun 1. An opioid analgesic of the benzomorphan family. Labels: uncountable
Word: war profiteer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of war + profiteer. 1. A person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and military equipment. Example: Microsoft workers are calling on their employer to cancel a $480m contract to provide the US army with augmented reality (AR) headsets, saying they “do not want to become war profiteers”.
Word: resurfacings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of resurfacing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drink shop Part of Speech: noun 1. A convenience store, selling drinks and other items.
Word: drink shops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drink shop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Eea Part of Speech: name 1. A short river in south Cumbria, England, that flows into the estuary of the River Leven, on Morecambe Bay.
Word: necrophilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From necro- + -philous. 1. Thriving on death or on dead things. Labels: not-comparable Example: There are many factors, personal and cultural, that are responsible for this unevenness; in addition, some necrophilous traits may not be discovered in people who hide them successfully.
Word: neurolymphomatosis Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of Marek's disease causing asymmetric paralysis of one or more limbs. Labels: uncountable
Word: Marek's disease Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after József Marek, a Hungarian veterinarian. 1. A contagious viral neoplastic disease in chickens.
Word: Szechwan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 四川 (Sìchuān). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛˌtʃwɑn/, /ˈsʊ-/ 1. Alternative form of Szechuan: A province in central China. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: We shall then have two great streams of traffic at this point intersecting one another, the waterway of the Yangtse bringing produce and people down from Szechwan and the west to the coast, and taking back the imports and produce of the coast provinces, as well as numberless travellers to the far interior; while the great trunk railway from Canton to Peking will convey an enormous traffic between these cities and all intermediate places. Example: WHERE the Upper Yangtse widens, and the perilous rapids are past, and the mountains begin to recede from the shore, is situated one of China's most interesting cities—the City of Fungteu, a place of great historical romance. The picturesque little mount just outside the city walls is literally covered with large and venerable temples, and next to Mount Omei in central Szechwan, is perhaps the greatest religious retreat in the land.
Word: Wesak Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Thai วิสาข (wí-sǎa-kà-) via Malay. 1. Alternative form of Vesak. Labels: Malaysia, alt-of, alternative
Word: semifermented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + fermented. 1. Partially fermented. Labels: not-comparable Example: a semifermented tea
Word: musquashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of musquash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: agalaxia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See agalaxy. 1. Alternative form of agalactia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: al-Andalus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Arabic الْأَنْدَلُس (al-ʔandalus). See Andalusia for more. Pronunciation: /ˌɑl ændəˈlus/, /ˌæl ændəˈlus/, /ˌæl ɑndəˈlus/, /ˌæl ændəˈluːs/ 1. The Muslim-ruled region in present-day Spain and Portugal (from 711–1492 C.E.). Labels: historical
Word: ecopoems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecopoem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semifermentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + fermentation. 1. Partial fermentation. Labels: uncountable
Word: Ratisbon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Ratisbona, from Gaulish. Pronunciation: /ˈɹætɪzbɑn/, /ˈɹætɪzbɒn/ 1. Regensburg (a city in Germany). Labels: dated
Word: ethnophilic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ethno- + -philic. 1. Pertaining to ethnophilia
Word: ethnophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ethno- + -phile. 1. A person who exhibits an unusual obsession with ethnicity or race. Example: I would suggest that the narrative sets up an opposition between what is portrayed as a majority of racist Europeans uncritical of the flaws of their own civilization and the ethnophile Max who is highly aware of the shortcomings of Western societies.
Word: ethnophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ethnophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Noguchi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 野口 (Noguchi, literally “field entrance”). 1. A surname from Japanese.
Word: NAC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Native American Church. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of New Administrative Capital. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. The station code of Nam Cheong in Hong Kong.
Word: NAC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of network access control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of N-acetylcysteine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of N-acetylcarnosine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: NYCTA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of New York City Transit Authority. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: crurotarsan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Crurotarsi + -an 1. Any of the Crurotarsi, a taxonomic group including the archosaurs and phytosaurs.
Word: crurotarsans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crurotarsan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Niobean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Niobe + -an. 1. Of or relating to the mythical Niobe.
Word: nonnoradrenergic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + noradrenergic. 1. Not noradrenergic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncholinergically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From non- + cholinergically. 1. In a way that is not cholinergic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonchosen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + chosen. 1. Not chosen. Labels: not-comparable
Word: kinesialgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kinesi- + -algia. 1. Pain on muscular exertion; pain caused by muscular movement. Labels: uncountable Example: Cinesialgia, or kinesialgia, means, according to him, that state of the muscle in which its contractility cannot come into play without producing locally a keen and sometimes intolerable pain, which is always more or less incompatible with the regular exercise of the motor function.
Word: nostophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “a return home”) + -phobia. 1. A fear of, or aversion to, returning to one's home. Labels: uncountable 2. An aversion to the past, the antithesis of nostalgia. Labels: uncountable
Word: Nereis Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Nereid (“female water deity”) Labels: Greek Example: Yet though thus exalted in rank, the Homeric Nymphs frequently "blessed the bed" of heroes; and many a warrior who fought before Troy could boast descent from a Naias or a Nereis.
Word: notalgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From noto- + -algia. 1. back pain Labels: uncountable Example: An acquaintance of mine was fortunate enough to discover the most impressive word notalgia for back-ache.
Word: omnigender Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From omni- + gender; title of a 2001 book by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott. 1. Treating all genders as one or the same, not discriminating or distinguishing between them; unisex. Labels: not-comparable Example: The omnigender term nipote (nee-POH-teh) can refer to either a grandchild of either sex or to a niece or nephew. Example: Also bathrooms would all be unisexual, without differentiation. Basically, the ultimate goal of an omnigender society would be an acceptance of the full range of sexual and gender identities, from the most feminine of females to the[…] 2. Identifying with all genders. Labels: not-comparable
Word: octadecagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From octadeca- + -gon. 1. A polygon with 18 sides and 18 vertices. Labels: rare Example: A regular octadecagon cannot be constructed using a compass and straightedge.
Word: octadecagons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of octadecagon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: omnigendered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From omni- + gendered. 1. omnigender Labels: not-comparable
Word: neckmold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neck + mold. 1. Alternative form of neckmould. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: neckmolds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neckmold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plain-spoken Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of plainspoken. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dramless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dram + -less. 1. Without an alcoholic drink. Labels: not-comparable Example: Now the Three Mariners was the inn chosen by Henchard as the place for closing his long term of dramless years.
Word: Oaktown Part of Speech: name 1. Oakland (a city in California). Labels: slang 2. A town in Indiana.
Word: papedas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of papeda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: national interests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of national interest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pappiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pappy + -ness. 1. Quality of being pappy. Labels: uncountable Example: A filthy ring of scum dwelt around the inside of the washbasin and the soap took on a repulsive pappiness having lain steeped in a cracked soap dish half full of murky water for days.
Word: UUism Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Unitarian Universalism. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: national interest Part of Speech: noun 1. An economic, military, or cultural goal of a country. Example: While it was not in the national interest to disclose details of the exhaustive plans made to enable the railway organisations to meet possible eventualities, certain information was made public in July indicating some of the activities in which the railways were directly concerned and the steps they were taking.
Word: Graecity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An adaptation of the Late Latin Graecitās (“the Greek language”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːsɪtɪ/, /ˈɡɹiːsɪti/ 1. Adoption of Greek naming and/or the Greek language. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The territory and towns of Judæa…from the period of the Maccabees dated the era of their Græcity (suam receperunt Græcitatem). 2. Greek (especially linguistically Greek) character or style. Labels: uncountable Example: [Hebrew] now possesses a series of prefixes to translate such elements as mono-, di-, tri-, sur-, sub-, inter-, etc., partly even simulating the Latinity or Graecity of the European morphemes by using Aramaic elements. Example: The overall climate of the Old Babylonian scribe school was as repressive as that seventeenth to nineteenth century Latin school which inculcated “Latinity” or “Graecity” into the sore backs of future priests and officials. 3. Greek texts and other language materials, regarded as a corpus. Labels: collective, uncountable Example: Special areas of the Greek lexicon were worked on by specialists; the graecity treated was exactly described: the complete lexicon of Greek, including inscriptions and papyri until and including the sixth century AD, was to be recorded. Example: When it will be finished, the DGE will be the largest and most reliable dictionary of antique graecity.
Word: Græcity Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of Graecity. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Græcity.
Word: miscalculators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miscalculator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: go a bundle on Part of Speech: verb 1. to be extremely fond of Labels: slang
Word: gastric reflux Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of heartburn. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Synonym of acid reflux. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Synonym of acid reflux. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: foelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From foe + -like. 1. Of, like, or characteristic of a foe or enemy; adversarial. Example: To nurse up cruelty with mild aspect, Were to begin, but never for to end; Kindness with tigers never takes effect, Nor proffer'd friendship with a foelike friend: [...] Example: Although called Foeniculum vulgare in Latin, there is nothing foelike or vulgar about these plants that are part of the carrot family.
Word: niqabi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From niqab + -i. Pronunciation: /nɪˈkɑːbi/ 1. A Muslim woman wearing a niqab.
Word: terra sigillata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin terra sigillāta (literally “sealed, stamped earth”). Pronunciation: /ˌtɛɹə ˌsɪdʒɪˈleɪtə/, /ˌtɛɹə ˌsɪdʒɪˈlɑːtə/, /ˌtɛɹə ˌsɪdʒəˈleɪtə/ 1. A type of astringent earth or clay originally from the Greek islands, formerly used as a medicine and antidote. Labels: uncountable Example: Terra sigillata (sealed earth) was a greasy clay, containing silica, alumina, chalk, magnesia and oxide of iron, found on the Greek islands of Lemnos, Melos and Samos. 2. A type of fine, red Roman pottery made from the first to the third centuries AD in Gaul. Labels: uncountable 3. A type of fine clay slip produced by mixing clay-water mixture with deflocculant and decanting the resulting water. Labels: uncountable Example: Terra sigillata, or ‘terra sig’ for short, is made by mixing a suitable clay with water and a deflocculant and leaving it to stand until the heavier particles of clay settle out.
Word: Zend Part of Speech: name Etymology: Via Zoroastrian Middle Persian znd (zand, “understanding, interpretation”), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌 (zainti, “understanding”), from Avestan verbal root 𐬰𐬀𐬥- (zan-, “to know, to understand”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-. 1. Exegetical glosses, paraphrases, commentaries and translations of the Avesta's texts. Example: Zand or 'Interpretation' is a term for the exegesis of Avestan texts through glosses, commentaries and translations. 2. The Avestan language. Labels: dated Example: As to grammatical forms, the Gâtha dialect shows not a few deviations from the current Zend language. Example: [The Avesta] is the only work known to be written in the Zend language.
Word: hectad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hect- + -ad. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛktæd/ 1. A unit of land area, ten by ten (that is, a hundred) square kilometres, often used for assessing how widely distributed particular animals or plants are. Example: Those taxa that show interesting distributions have been mapped and included here, their maps incorporating earlier records made by Laflin and others from 1958 to 1968 which had been based only on localities with hectad grid references. Example: This comprises the proportion of each hectad covered by each of ten land-cover types: sea, coastal, arable, broadleaf forest, built-up, conifer forest, improved grassland, open water (rivers, lochs, etc.), semi-natural and upland. The temperature used was taken to be the annual temperature per hectad averaged over the period 1920–1999 […]
Word: hectads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hectad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toril Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish toril. 1. A bullpen, especially one attached to a bullfighting arena where the bull is held prior to the fight.
Word: make up the numbers Part of Speech: verb 1. To provide sufficient people to make an event worthwhile. Labels: idiomatic Example: We need eleven players, but we are only nine. Can you help us make up the numbers?
Word: Zand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Persian زَنْد (zand, “Zand (member of the Zand tribe)”), from Laki. Further etymology uncertain. 1. A member of the Zand tribe, a Laki-speaking Kurdish tribe of western Iran. Example: The Zands often sortied from the city to briefly engage the Qajars, a tactic which soon resulted in a sharp decrease in the supplies of the Qajar camp. 2. A member of the Zand dynasty, a ruling house of Iran (1751–1794) founded by Karim Khan Zand.
Word: Zand Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Persian زَنْد (zand, “Zand (member of the Zand tribe)”), from Laki. Further etymology uncertain. 1. Of or relating to the Zand tribe. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to the Zand dynasty or its period of rule in Iran (1751–1794). Labels: not-comparable
Word: Zand Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle Persian znd (zand). 1. Alternative form of Zend. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: volapié Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish volapié. 1. A mortal thrust to the bull. The bullfighter runs towards the stationary bull, facing it head-on, jumps on top of it and thrusts the estocada into the bull's back.
Word: volapiés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of volapié Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mars bar party Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Mars Bar party. Labels: alt-of
Word: chated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Grecity Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Graecity. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Grecity.
Word: V/A Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of various artists. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: notoplates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of notoplate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: notoplate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From noto- + plate. 1. The central posterior region of the neural plate that is elongated during neurulation.
Word: Liangguang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 兩廣／两广 (Liǎngguǎng, “the Two Expanses”). 1. Guangdong and Guangxi taken together 2. The Qing viceroyalty which oversaw the two provinces Example: She was one of the first to ship champagne to the East - China received 48 bottles of Veuve Clicquot in 1847, around the same time as the Treaty of Canton was signed between Sweden-Norway and Qiying, the viceroy of Liangguang.
Word: Liangkwang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 兩廣 /两广 (Liǎngguǎng, “the Two Expanses”). 1. Alternative form of Liangguang. Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical, obsolete Example: The most controversial Ch’ing figure during the boycott movement was probably Ts’en Ch’un-hsuan, the governor-general of Liangkwang. He was called the “suppressor” by certain boycotters, while American officials labeled him the “chief agitator.” Example: Hong-Kong The gage has been thrown down to Portugal by the Chinese of the Heungshan district, and unless the Lisbon Government is cautious in the handling of its affairs at Macao it will lose the colony. Two days ago (May 29) the Viceroy of the Liang-Kwang provinces journeyed from Canton and opened the port of Heungchow to trade. This is the first overt step taken in the agitation among the Chinese to demonstrate to Portugal that any effort to retain land and waterways, alleged by the Chinese to have been wrongly occupied, will be strongly resented. Heungchow is about ten miles to the north-east of Macao and there is nothing as yet to suggest that in time it will become a thriving port.
Word: ekings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: theinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, theine + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈθiː.ɪn.ɪz.əm/ 1. theism Labels: uncountable Example: […] this special form of addiction is described as theism—which word has not, of course, any connection with the similar theological term but is derived from theine, […] Perhaps a better form of the word, in order to avoid ambiguity, is theinism.
Word: theaism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, translingual Thea (“tea”) + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈθiː.ə.ɪz.əm/ 1. theism (morbid condition resulting from excessive consumption of tea) Labels: uncountable
Word: Kiwanian Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of Kiwanis, an international coeducational service club founded in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan.
Word: Kiwanians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kiwanian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: service club Part of Speech: noun 1. A voluntary nonprofit organization whose members engage in charitable work or fundraising.
Word: service clubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of service club Labels: form-of, plural
Word: klephtic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From klepht + -ic. 1. Relating to the klephts. Labels: historical
Word: otherling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From other + -ling. 1. One who is different from others; someone or something possessing unique qualities; an exception; dissident. Example: When is Tellus to give her dear fosterling her adaptable, rational, elect and plucked-out otherling a reasonable chance? Example: " [...] My little otherling." As he untied her leash and led her out of the kitchen and through the large waiting room, Dr. Homlin explained. He seemed to enjoy the sound of his own voice.
Word: have been in the wars Part of Speech: verb 1. To have been seriously hurt, or greatly damaged. Labels: Australia, UK, humorous Example: I can see that battered old hat of yours has been in the wars.
Word: rainchecks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of raincheck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Snickers pie Part of Speech: noun 1. A pie containing the characteristic ingredients of a Snickers candy bar, particularly peanuts, caramel, and chocolate. Example: As you might expect, the dessert course is the best: bread pudding, apple strudel, brownies, Snickers pie, yogurts, malts, shakes, and ice cream. Example: A local cop I knew was finishing up a piece of Snickers pie at the counter.
Word: Snickers pies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Snickers pie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Uther Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Uther, from Middle Welsh Uthyr. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːθə(ɹ)/, /ˈuːθə(ɹ)/ 1. The father of King Arthur. Example: Or mythic Uther's deeply-wounded son / In some fair space of sloping greens / Lay, dozing in the vale of Avalon, / And watch'd by weeping queens.
Word: rat-baitings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rat-baiting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spectatorships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spectatorship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forces majeures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of force majeure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beglare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- (“on, at”) + glare. 1. To glare at or on. Labels: transitive Example: Nor shall adornments of rhetoric beglare or beguile our solemn debate.
Word: head crashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of head crash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: click of death Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in the 1990s with reference to Zip drives. 1. A clicking sound produced by the unexpected movement of the read-write actuator in a Zip drive or hard drive, associated with hardware failure. Labels: informal
Word: webvertising Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Web + advertising. 1. advertising on the World Wide Web Labels: Internet, dated, uncountable
Word: barwits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barwit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: DYCs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of DYC Labels: form-of, plural
Word: LBM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of little brown mushroom: any of a large number of small, dull-coloured agaric species that are difficult to tell apart. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: He reached in and pulled out about a dozen mushrooms, shriveled and dried beyond recognition, that could have been Conocybes, Inocybes, Coprini, Psathyrellae, or any of a dozen other kinds of LBMs, mostly inedible, some mildly to seriously toxic, and one, a Galerina, deadly poisonous. Example: All LBMs should be avoided as edibles. 2. Initialism of long bone metastases. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Long bone metastases (LBM) are a common occurrence in patients with advanced cancer, arising in up to 70% of patients with advanced disease. 3. Initialism of lattice Boltzmann method. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of loose bowel movement: diarrhea. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: LBMs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of LBM Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fiskings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fisking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Law of Jante Part of Speech: name Etymology: Introduced by the Dano-Norwegian author Aksel Sandemose in the 1933 novel A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks (En flyktning krysser sitt spor), in which Jante is a small Danish town where nobody is anonymous. Pronunciation: /ˈjæntə/ 1. A social code in Scandinavian countries that opposes individualism, ambition, and vanity.
Word: boffola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boff + -ola. 1. A coarse or farcical gag; a joke provoking hearty laughter. Example: "You're here to set off skyrockets for Barbara Anne, not to regale us with the steam-room boffolas of Beverly Hills." "Well, I thought it was a cute story," Mr. Blakelee said. Example: You laugh all the harder because the movie never winds up to hit you with a boffola.
Word: boffolas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boffola Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Loyola Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish, from Basque Loiola. 1. A surname. 2. A district of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 3. A census-designated place in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
Word: love a duck Part of Speech: intj 1. An exclamation of surprise.
Word: GHQs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of GHQ Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barocyclonometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barocyclonometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: softship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soft + -ship, modelled after hardship. 1. A situation marked by ease, comfort, or convenience. Labels: countable, humorous, often, rare, uncountable Example: In 1856 I courted hardship, went out of my way in search of it, selected the North because hardship was most attainable there ; now my object is exactly reversed, it is not hardship, but (I should like to say "softship," but dare not) the utmost […] Example: Until you have mended a tire on a muddy road at dusk and turned a crank for five reels of the most deadly movies, you have an entirely misleading notion as to the softships of relief work. I can think of no work of theirs more satisfying to the worker herself […]
Word: softships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of softship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: belandres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of belandre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intermutually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From intermutual + -ly. 1. In a mutual fashion. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: orch dork Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a school orchestra. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: orch dorks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orch dork Labels: form-of, plural
Word: befilth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- (“on, about, all over”) + filth. 1. To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime. Labels: rare, transitive Example: How people, with any pretence to decency or cleanliness, can, for a day, sit voiceless and patient and see these brutes destroy and befilth everything, public and private, is difficult to believe. Example: Shall he be crest-fall'n, if some looser brain, In flux of wit uncivilly befilth His slight composures? Shall his bosom faint, If drunken Censure belch out sour breath From Hatred's surfeit on his labour's front? Nay, say some half a dozen rancorous [...]
Word: befilthed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of befilth Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: befilthing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of befilth Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: presecondary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + secondary. 1. Before secondary education. Labels: not-comparable
Word: preprimaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preprimary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prenursery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + nursery. 1. Before entering a nursery. Labels: not-comparable
Word: union pipes Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of uilleann pipes. Labels: alt-of, dated, plural, plural-only
Word: autopayments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autopayment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autoregressively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From autoregressive + -ly. 1. In an autoregressive manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: neoliberalisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neoliberalism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patientcare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patient + care. 1. The care of patients; healthcare. Labels: uncountable
Word: Esperantophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Esperanto + -phone. 1. One who speaks the Esperanto language.
Word: Esperantophones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Esperantophone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 演歌 (enka). 1. A genre of Japanese music that originated in the 1960s and often features melodramatic themes. Labels: uncountable 2. A genre of political songs spread by members of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement of Japan during the Meiji period (1868–1912). Labels: uncountable
Word: outweird Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + weird. 1. To be more weird than; to surpass in strangeness. Labels: transitive Example: "Listen, three eyes," he said, "don't you try to outweird me. I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal." Example: Meanwhile, Peter Murphy gets all mystic and esoteric, his impenetrable lyrics outweirding the weird efforts of his previous band.
Word: outweirded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outweird Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outweirds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outweird Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outweirding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outweird Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Swahililand Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Swahili + -land. 1. The region along the coast of East Africa where Swahili is spoken.
Word: penwomanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From penwoman + -ship. 1. A woman's skill in handwriting. Labels: uncountable
Word: klephtism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From klepht + -ism. 1. The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Through the traditions and the manners of the inhabitants, who are pre-eminently addicted to piracy and klephtism — through the natural disposition of the terrain, which is filled with narrow valleys and defiles, forming a multitude of natural fortresses — the factious movements and attacks of the insurrectionaries have ever found full scope in the plains of Epirus and Thessaly. Example: Patriotic commentators emphasized that this sort of contemporary banditry had nothing to do with historic klephtism, and emphatically nothing to do with the essence of the Greek character—if not actually committed by foreign nationals (Albanians, Vlachs), it was at most the sad legacy of four hundred years of Ottoman misrule.
Word: shelf bra Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of balcony bra (“bra with half a cup”). 2. A strapped, cupless bra made of a tube of fabric with elastic bands, often as part of a camisole or swimsuit. Example: The shelf bra has long been a feature of swimsuits for women who either want extra support […]
Word: shelf bras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shelf bra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demicup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demi- + cup. 1. A partial, revealing bra cup, as of a balcony bra.
Word: demicups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demicup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demibra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demi- + bra. 1. A revealing brassiere with demicups rather than full coverage of the breasts.
Word: demibras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demibra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: other-sexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From other + sexual. 1. Of or relating to sexual orientation toward a different sex from one's own; heterosexual; allosexual. Labels: rare Example: At the center of the social site, patrons, like other Latin American homosexuals, engage in rituals of sexual exchange enmeshed in the matrix of social relations—homosexual, heterosexual, and other-sexual—produced in and by the space. Example: More recently, Rule, Ambady, Adams, and Macrae (2007) have shown an other-sexual orientation effect, such that targets of one's own sexual orientation were better recognized than were targets in the outgroup. Not only were perceivers able ...
Word: otherdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From other + -dom. 1. The state, condition, or existence of others; the tendency toward preferring, serving, or doing for others; selflessness. Labels: rare Example: It is clearly shown that right and wrong are conditions of otherdom. That ethics, in short, is a meaningless term to a single, isolated individual. Example: Altogether, I seriously recommend those of my readers who find a pantomime once a year good for them, to go next year to the Britannia, and leave the West End to its boredoms and all the otherdoms that make it so expensively dreary.
Word: otherdoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of otherdom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extripate Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of extirpate. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: butter paddle Part of Speech: noun 1. One of a pair of wooden tools used to shape butter into small blocks
Word: butter paddles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butter paddle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: re-emphasise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + emphasise. 1. Alternative spelling of reemphasize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: Taking the inaugural departure of the "Golden Hind" from Paddington, on June 15, as his opportunity, Mr. G. F. Fiennes, General Manager of the WR, re-emphasised his conviction that higher speeds in his Region are a matter not of "how" but of "when".
Word: Haft Seen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Classical Persian هَفْت سِین (haft sīn, literally “[The] Seven S's”). 1. A traditional table setting of Nowruz comprising several symbolic items. Labels: uncountable Example: 19 March 2015, Barack Obama, "Remarks by President Obama on Nowruz" Last week, my wife Michelle helped mark Nowruz here at the White House. It was a celebration of the vibrant cultures, food, music and friendship of our many diaspora communities who make extraordinary contributions every day here in the United States. We even created our own Haft Seen, representing our hopes for the new year.
Word: Islamophobiac Part of Speech: noun 1. An Islamophobe; one who is Islamophobic. Labels: rare Example: It appears that the whole issue of the plague of Islamophobia is attributable to the utter ignorance of world affairs by the Islamophobiacs and their cohorts or their refusal to ask the right questions. Example: 2012, celtex, Islamic/Muslim Happiness Group: alt.treasure.hunting Brought to you by ISLAMOPHOBIAC DAILY Whoever thought this out is nothing less than a genius. The Muslims are not happy.
Word: Islamophobiacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Islamophobiac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: will-they-won't-they Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to a potential coupling between two people who share romantic chemistry, but whose relationship is threatened by uncertainty, external obstacles or internal strife. Labels: not-comparable Example: Princess Sonja, the daughter of an Oslo fashion house director, married Crown Prince Harald last summer after a will-they-won't-they romance that had gone on for a decade. Example: Duet is a "will-they-won't-they?" sit-com about a young couple best described as in the throes of 'courting'. 2. Of or pertaining to any situation in which there is an extended period of uncertainty. Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: Among the small producers, the West German companies Continental Gummi and Phoenix Gummi are in the middle of a will-they-won't-they merger dance. Example: Not only physically did Greenpeace alter the situation—but perhaps more important, it gave the issue a cup-tie atmosphere which it may not otherwise have had, and there was the constant will-they-won't- they.
Word: extrapate Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of extirpate. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: extrapalate Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of extrapolate. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Islamophobian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Islamophobe + -ian or Islamophobia + -an. 1. Islamophobe. Labels: rare Example: Many Islamophobians believe that Islam is incompatible with rationalism Example: Any one of the three corners could represent one of the three constituents of Iranian tri-polar culture—pan-Islamists, anti-Islam Persian chauvinists and Westernized Islamophobians.
Word: islamophobian Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to Islamophobia Labels: rare Example: 2004, Morenko, Islam in mass-media space of Russia and Tatarstan: policy and social analysis The number of headings with islamophobian' character is great enough, making about one fourth of headings of articles which have got in or 85 % from ... Example: First, a distinction has to be made between the acceptance of naming and the justification of racist, antisemitic, islamophobian and xenophobic language.
Word: wossname Part of Speech: noun 1. whatsitsname 2. what's-his-name Example: “That’s changed in the UK, in the last few years, just before… the birth of… Prince–” / “Prince George.” / “Thank you, I was about to call him Prince Wossname, which is possibly treason.”
Word: epigenous Part of Speech: adj 1. Growing on the surface of a leaf Labels: not-comparable
Word: epigamic Part of Speech: adj 1. Attractive to the opposite sex Labels: not-comparable
Word: epifocal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From epi- + focal. 1. epicentral Labels: not-comparable
Word: Eolian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Aeolian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Aeolians Part of Speech: name 1. The Aeolian Islands
Word: environment-friendly Part of Speech: adj 1. environmentally friendly
Word: mombie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè Shona mombebor. English mombie Borrowed from Shona mombe (“cow”), from Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè. 1. A cow. Labels: Zimbabwe Example: "Mr. Mhene," Chris said, rather cautiously. "On my way here I met a herd of cows wandering down the road. Tourists will come to the Mavuradonha to see elephants and sables, not mombies." Example: But there are traces, hoof marks of mombies are encrusted in the dried mud.