nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: unplonk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + plonk. 1. To cease ignoring (a blocked user on a newsgroup, etc.). Labels: Internet, transitive
Word: unplonking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unplonk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unplonks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unplonk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unplonked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unplonk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: top loader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From top + loader. 1. A washing machine with its door on the top. 2. A rigid plastic frame, slotted at the top, used to store and protect individual trading cards.
Word: top loaders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of top loader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: purlicue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unclear. Some sources connect it to French pour la queue, from English pirl, purl (“whirl, twirl”). 1. The space between one's forefinger and thumb. Example: Last night I licked a man's hand in Evangelo's. I slid my tongue along the ridge of flesh that forms the purlicue, that bridge that connects thumb to forefinger, to make it receptive for salt. Example: "Margot, what happened to taking things slowly?" "I'm sorry, I lose all rational thought when I am alone with you." She touched the purlicue on the hand […]
Word: fanwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fan + work. 1. Fan tracery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The chapel — a soaring, slender-shafted building, with fanwork upon its roof and an apse deep and pointed — seemed full of light, withal it was hung with black velvet. Example: There were bits of a vaulted roof with panelled fanwork and moulded ribs, recalling the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster. 2. A fan-shaped network of lines or projections. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He smiled again, easily, dimples creasing his cheeks, and a tiny fanwork of lines crinkled the corners of his dark eyes. Example: The bud vase lay on its side near the bush; a lacy fanwork of roots had spread out over the tabletop, following the path of the spilled water.
Word: fanwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fan + work. 1. A creative work produced by a fan, based on a book, movie, television show, musical group, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: William saw Michaela's fanwork of The Powerpuff Girls, her favorite TV show of all time. Example: Fans often declare that they prefer fanon to what actually happens in canon and fanworks to the actual series, which is lackluster by comparison.
Word: fanworks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fanwork Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heads of the bill Part of Speech: noun 1. Early draft of a bill usually agreed at cabinet but not yet published. Labels: Ireland, plural, plural-only Example: Mr. Monck Mason then a young barrister, on a motion that the heads of the bill should be committed, displayed great talents, liberality and thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles of political economy, in a luminous speech.
Word: heads of the bills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heads of the bill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wall chaser Part of Speech: noun 1. A specialised hand-held power tool used for cutting narrow grooves in walls, for instance when laying electrical cable.
Word: PMBs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of PMB Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polydactyls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polydactyl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scares up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scare up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scaring up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scare up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scared up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scare up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Hadith Part of Speech: name Etymology: See hadith. 1. The entire collection of hadiths (sayings and deeds) of Muhammad within a particular branch of Islam or Islamic jurisprudence. Labels: uncountable
Word: fan dance Part of Speech: noun 1. A dance performance incorporating the artful use of fans. Example: Gracefully he led the fan dance, and glided without a pause into the shadow dance and the umbrella dance. Example: [T]he center's Chinese Folk Dance Company plans to perform six pieces, including a fan dance and a sword dance. 2. A stage performance or striptease in which a female entertainer disrobes while dancing with large hand-held fans that are alternately used to conceal and provide glimpses of her erogenous body regions. Example: Undaunted Ming-Toy did a sinuous, undulating fan dance before the Imperial Daughters of the British Empire, then, at the last moment, showed what she thinks of them by raising her fans and standing starkly revealed in red underdrawers. Example: In 1962, photographer Bert Stern shot a series of photos of Marilyn Monroe: . . . Monroe, sleepy-eyed and naked, sips from a Champagne glass, enacts a fan dance of sorts with various diaphanous scarves, romps with erotic playfulness on a bed of white linens. 3. The incremental disclosure of tantalizing bits of information. Labels: broadly, figuratively, idiomatic Example: In what may be the most farcical episode of an 18-month-long fan dance, baseball players and ownership will sit down Monday in Los Angeles to discuss "non-economic issues" regarding the expired collective bargaining agreement. Example: Microsoft did a fan dance of sorts today, giving the public a glimpse at the upcoming Vista operating system.
Word: fan dance Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform such a dance.
Word: tough as nails Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a hard, strong, and determined mindset. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: hardcore, diehard, steely-spined, steely-nerved, steely-eyed, steely, flinty 2. Very tough. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bescare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + scare. 1. To fill with fright; scare all over; scare completely; terrify. Labels: transitive Example: Just so these loons at ev'ry sound Would whip their eyes and ears around: Tho' the least noise did so bescare 'em, […] Example: Perchance our lives, should men bescare / To fight his cause for pay.
Word: unique factorization domains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unique factorization domain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wramp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Exact origin uncertain, but apparently related to Danish vrampet (“warped, twisted”), Middle Low German wrempich, wrampachtich (“warped, twisted”). 1. A wrench, twist, or sprain of the body. 2. A twisted or distorted view or understanding. Labels: figuratively
Word: wramp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Exact origin uncertain, but apparently related to Danish vrampet (“warped, twisted”), Middle Low German wrempich, wrampachtich (“warped, twisted”). 1. To sprain (part of the body). Labels: transitive
Word: fan-dance Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fan dance. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fan dancer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who performs a fan dance.
Word: microforges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microforge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undergroomed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + groomed. 1. Inadequately groomed. Example: […]an idle extravagance which was mistaken for elegant luxury — tumble-down old hackney-coaches, such as had not been seen north of the Potomac for half a century, harness never cleaned, undergroomed horses[…] Example: I could barely walk, had lost almost forty pounds, and was undernourished and undergroomed.
Word: banksterism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bankster + -ism. 1. Criminally irresponsible banking activities. Labels: uncountable
Word: redescription Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + description. 1. description again or anew Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: redescriptions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redescription Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reprovision Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + provision. 1. To supply with provisions again. Labels: transitive
Word: reprovisioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reprovision Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reprovisioning Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which something is reprovisioned. Example: To keep the aircraft almost continuously in the hurricane, Stormfury uses backup crews and rapid reprovisionings of returning airplanes at the operations base.
Word: reprovisioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reprovision Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reprovisions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reprovision Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resharpenings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of resharpening Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reshippings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reshipping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retallies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of retally Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resonations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of resonation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retracings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retracing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sports card Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sports + card. 1. A trading card printed with a sports theme, usually one depicting an athlete.
Word: sports cards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sports card Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kahu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Māori kāhu. 1. swamp harrier (Circus approximans) Labels: New-Zealand Example: Riding along the road near the Whenuakura river, I observed a kahu pursuing a small bird (apparently a ground lark) high in the air.
Word: jorram Part of Speech: noun 1. A Gaelic boatmen's song to accompany the strokes of rowing. Labels: historical
Word: sold on Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sell on Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: I couldn't have said it better myself Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to wholeheartedly agree with somebody else's remark
Word: prussiates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prussiate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pterygotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pterygote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: you said it Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to express complete agreement with a previous statement by the interlocutor. 2. Used to emphasize that a wording or a turn of phrase was chosen by the interlocutor, not by the speaker. Example: A: I kept giving him the benefit of the doubt, but now where have we arrived at? Call a spade a spade: he's a liar! B: You said it — I didn't.
Word: papponymic Part of Speech: noun 1. A personal name based on the name of one's grandfather.
Word: strumæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of struma Labels: archaic, form-of, plural
Word: shadeset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shade + set. 1. A colour scheme that can be applied to a computerized map.
Word: shadesets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shadeset Labels: form-of, plural
Word: papponymics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of papponymic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marsh grass Part of Speech: noun 1. Any coarse grass growing in marshes of genus Spartina. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Any wetland grass of genus Hymenachne. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Barnyard millet, jungle ricegrass (Echinochloa colonum) Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see marsh, grass. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: salt hay Part of Speech: noun 1. A hay made from saltgrass. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A hay made from any grass grown in salty or alkali conditions. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: salt marsh hay Part of Speech: noun 1. Saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens), a species of cordgrass native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Newfoundland south to the Caribbean and northeast Mexico. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: vacuitie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of vacuity. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: viviparous lizard Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see viviparous, lizard. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see viviparous, lizard.
Word: have in Part of Speech: verb 1. To allow in; grant permission or admittance to; invite in or over; admit. Labels: transitive Example: We managed to pick up a score of these young people from the streets and have them in for lunch. Example: So then we tried to pinpoint it and improve it. It is the very selfsame thing, sir, we are doing now, but our superintendent is having us in now for meetings, and has in the last few days, to study results and to see where we are failing.
Word: catclaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cat + claw, because its branches bear many small hooks which resemble cats' claws. 1. An acacia, specifically Acacia greggii, now Senegalia greggii, native to most of the border region of the US and Mexico.
Word: catclaws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catclaw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cruisin' for a bruisin' Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of cruising for a bruising. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: By measures of valuation, the market is cruisin’ for a bruisin’. Example: Worse still, we’re told that gentleness is weakness, that love is just asking for grief, that generosity is fecklessness, that openness is cruisin’ for a bruisin’.
Word: hotbrain Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hot-brain. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Zionistan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Zionist + -stan, equivalent to Zion + -istan. 1. The State of Israel, viewed as Zionist. Labels: derogatory, neologism, offensive, rare
Word: hoaxsters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoaxster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antinomistic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to antinomianism.
Word: RNGs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of RNG Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PRNGs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of PRNG Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tsurugi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 剣 (tsurugi). 1. A type of Japanese double-edged sword. Labels: uncountable
Word: trequel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of tri- + sequel? 1. A work following a sequel; the third in a series, particularly of films.
Word: trequels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trequel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: large caps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of large cap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antipromiscuity Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + promiscuity. 1. Opposing promiscuity. Example: For this reason, Bolton recommends that no antipromiscuity messages should appear in AIDS instructional material.
Word: Caravaggesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Caravaggio + -esque. Pronunciation: /ˌkæɹəvæˈdʒɛsk/, /ˌkæɹəvɑˈd͡ʒɛsk/, /ˌkɑɹəvɑˈd͡ʒɛsk/ 1. Reminiscent of the dramatic style of Caravaggio, Italian painter.
Word: Caravaggiesque Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Caravaggesque. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: caratages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caratage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uplighted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of uplight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uplighting Part of Speech: noun 1. Lighting concentrated in an upward direction. Labels: uncountable
Word: uplighting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of uplight Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: uplit Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of uplight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: downlighted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of downlight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: downlit Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of downlight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: yortsayts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yortsayt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yahrtzeits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yahrtzeit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yartzeits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yartzeit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jahrzeits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jahrzeit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: big mind Part of Speech: noun 1. In the Zen tradition, an awareness of reality that transcends the merely personal or subjective. Labels: uncountable
Word: New Dem Part of Speech: noun 1. New Democrat
Word: physiognotraces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of physiognotrace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Newzak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of news + Muzak, coined by Malcolm Muggeridge. 1. News reporting that aims to entertain more than to inform. Labels: derogatory, uncountable Example: These pundits intone Newzak like priests each evening, every now and again breaking off for a 'message', this being the consumer aspect of Newzak[…] Example: […]they go on, mile after mile, with ever more tarmac opening before them, and their radio alternating between Muzak, a melange of tunes, and Newzak, a melange of news items, both geared to counteracting anything in the nature of thought.
Word: ngawha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori ngāwhā (“geyser, fumarole, hot spring”). 1. A boiling spring. Labels: New-Zealand
Word: ngawhas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ngawha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Niagaran Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Niagara + -an. 1. Of or relating to Niagara.
Word: Niagaran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Niagara + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of Niagara.
Word: Niagaran Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Niagara + -an. 1. An age forming part of the Silurian.
Word: Niagarans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Niagaran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nibblies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nibbly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ngqika Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of a tribe of the Rharhabe Xhosa, who moved westwards over the Kei River, away from the Xhosa heartland.
Word: Ngqikas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ngqika Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gaika Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Ngqika. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Gaikas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gaika Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nickerings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nickering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nikkeis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nikkei Labels: form-of, plural
Word: niseis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nisei Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stuntwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stunt + work. 1. The performance of stunts. Labels: uncountable
Word: nanorobotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nano- + robotic. 1. Relating to nanorobotics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: abortable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From abort + -able. 1. Capable of being aborted. Labels: not-comparable Example: I spent weeks after my miscarriage trying to understand. . . . Had I lost a baby, or "just" a 16-week fetus, not viable outside the womb, abortable under law?
Word: ninja rock Part of Speech: noun 1. A broken shard of ceramic spark plug, used by criminals to silently fracture the glass windows of vehicles. Labels: slang
Word: ninja rocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ninja rock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dumbsizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dumbsize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dumbsized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dumbsize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: faxback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fax + back. 1. An interactive electronic service allowing documents to be downloaded via fax machine. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: faxbacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faxback Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MERS Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɝz/, /mɜːz/ 1. Acronym of Middle East respiratory syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable Example: Coronaviruses are worrying because epidemics caused by other members of the viral family, SARS and MERS, have had high death rates: 10 percent for SARS, and about 35 percent for MERS. Example: “Even the researchers themselves point out that this should not cause panic,” said Roess, a professor of global health and epidemiology at George Mason University’s College of Public Health who has worked with international colleagues to better understand the MERS coronavirus. 2. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: Because MERS is a virus, antibiotics are ineffective. Example: Mers is a virus that is transmitted from animals to humans.
Word: MERS-CoV Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (MERS-associated coronoavirus). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: CoV Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Commonwealth of Virginia. Labels: Commonwealth, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: Hamptonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hampton + -ian. Pronunciation: /hæmpˈtəʊ.ni.ən/, /hæmpˈtoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A pupil of Hampton School, London, England. 2. A scholar of the arts of Hampton
Word: Hamptonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hamptonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in the bedroom Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Regarding sexual activity or one's sex life. Labels: euphemistic Example: How are things going in the bedroom with your husband? Example: They're both inexperienced in the bedroom.
Word: redrummed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of redrum Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: redrumming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of redrum Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Swabish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Swabia + -ish. 1. Synonym of Swabian: of or related to Swabia in Germany. Labels: rare
Word: Swabish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Swabia + -ish. 1. Synonym of Swabian: the dialect of German spoken in Swabia. Labels: rare
Word: Swabish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swabia + -ish. 1. Synonym of Swabian: a person from Swabia. Labels: rare
Word: behearken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + hearken. Cognate with West Frisian beharkje (“to listen, listen to”). 1. To listen to; hearken to; observe; obey. Labels: transitive Example: The king prayed he might behearken mass first, and that was done.
Word: kimona Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kimono. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Sue let her kimona flap open enticingly.
Word: huq Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حق (“to be true”). Doublet of Haq. 1. A just right; a lawful claim; a perquisite claimable by established usage. Labels: India, obsolete Example: Therefore the claim for this giras cannot be placed among claims of the description of those for immoveable property, or for huqs arising therefrom.
Word: pucky Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpʌki/ 1. Feces, excrement. Labels: US, dated, euphemistic, slang, uncountable
Word: ye-es Part of Speech: particle 1. Pronunciation spelling of yes, indicating hesitance: used to show hesitant agreement or acceptance. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: aliz Part of Speech: noun 1. A clay-based earthen plaster. Labels: uncountable
Word: reheels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reheel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: zeloso Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian zeloso, from zelo. 1. Zealous, energetic, enthusiastic; typically an annotation to direct the style of play. Labels: not-comparable Example: Because Steve's attitude had always been co-operative and zeloso, Mr. Brisk had appointed him part leader for the bassi.
Word: zeloso Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian zeloso, from zelo. 1. (Played) zealously, energetically, with enthusiasm. Labels: not-comparable
Word: muryan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cornish moryon. Cognate with Breton merien and Welsh myrion. 1. An ant. Labels: Cornwall, UK, dialectal
Word: muryans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muryan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elderfather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eldrefader, aldurfadur, equivalent to elder + father. 1. Synonym of eldfather. Example: "[...] He was Daniel's elderfather. And he favored a mating between his sons and me."
Word: onomatopoeial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From onomatopoeia + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: But the technique of such work is irreproachable; the onomatopoeial sense of sound is most discriminative.
Word: eldermother Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From elder + mother. 1. Synonym of eldmother. Example: She was his kindred now, being Eliani's eldermother. Smiling at the thought, he hastened into the palace and down to the council chamber, hoping he was not late for the session.
Word: onomatopoeian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From onomatopoeia + -an. 1. A word formed by onomatopoeia. Labels: obsolete Example: To slump; to slip, or fall plum down into any dirty, or wet place. It seems to he a word made per onomatopoeian from the sound. Example: We have already alluded to the root "ach," as having been in all probability an onomatopœian which gives rise, to a large number of cognate words in the Indo-European languages.
Word: onomatopoeian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From onomatopoeia + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia. Labels: obsolete Example: Hangs is a false word, — a Northern corruption of the negro dialect yang, — an onomatopœian word, representing the "far heard clang" of the wild goose.
Word: onomatopoeious Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: ovalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oval + -ization. 1. The process of ovalizing; the process of changing to an oval shape. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ovalization of undersea pipes Example: ovalization of the pupil of the eye
Word: ovalizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ovalization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elkhorns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elkhorn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cellies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cellie, plural of celly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cellie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cell + -ie. 1. Alternative spelling of celly. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: Puy lentil Part of Speech: noun 1. A green lentil of the variety Lens esculenta puyensis. Example: Combined with the high altitude of the valley, this creates the perfect conditions to grow the delicate Puy lentil. Due to these unique growing conditions, the lentil has its own protected designation of origin status – which means that, to use the name ‘Puy lentil’, the product must be grown without any pesticides or irrigation and harvested and packaged in the region of Puy.
Word: Puy lentils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Puy lentil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Quadis Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare form of Quadi Labels: form-of, plural, plural-only, rare
Word: Quechans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Quechan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: begrasp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- (“around, about, completely”) + grasp. 1. To grasp around or about; grasp firmly, fully, or completely; apprehend. Labels: dialectal, rare, transitive Example: [...] As if his hand begrasp't already An iron-geddok; [...] Example: I am now realmless; Me have so hard the clasps of Hell Firmly begrasped.
Word: perimenstrual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peri- + menstrual. 1. Around the time of menstruation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pertainymy Part of Speech: noun 1. The relationship between terms that are pertainyms. Labels: uncountable
Word: wilgas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wilga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quondong Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of quandong. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: quondongs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quondong Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geddock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a diminutive of gade, a dialectal form of goad, equivalent to goad + -ock. 1. A small staff or goad. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: on schedule Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. On time; at the scheduled time. Example: The bus was on schedule when it left the terminal. 2. As if on schedule, at the appropriate or expected time. Example: He started recording and - right on schedule - the dogs started barking.
Word: Tico Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Spanish tico which arose from the frequent use of the diminutive suffix -tico in Costa Rica. 1. Costa Rican Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: October 1946, National Geographic The musical intonation and liberal use of diminutives make Tico Spanish particularly effective for expressing sentiment and affection.
Word: Tico Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish tico which arose from the frequent use of the diminutive suffix -tico in Costa Rica. 1. Costa Rican Labels: slang Example: Most of the people here are from the embassies. The Ticos—that's what the natives call themselves—come in the evening.
Word: perfick Part of Speech: adj 1. Pronunciation spelling of perfect. Labels: UK, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: 'Coming up, coming up, coming up,' Pop said. 'There you are, Charley, old man. Larkin Special. Don't ask what's in it. Don't stare at it. Don't think. Just drink it down. In ten minutes you'll feel perfick again.'
Word: perjuror Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perjure + -or. 1. One who commits perjury.
Word: perjurors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perjuror Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pertainings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pertaining Labels: form-of, plural
Word: purry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From purr + -y. 1. Inclined to purr; purring. Example: "The little dear," came the nurse's voice low and purry and reassuring, "he's been sitting up worrying all night and he never bothered us once." Example: I gingerly patted Carbonel's back. His ears twitched, and I felt a rumble go through his fur. He was purring! “You have a very purry cat,” I said to Ellie.
Word: Quinquatrian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Quinquatria + -an. 1. Relating to the Quinquatria. Example: the great Quinquatrian feast
Word: Manhattanhenge Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Manhattan + Stonehenge. Coined by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson in 2002, in reference to the ancient English monument built in accordance with the sun's path. 1. The twice-yearly alignment of the setting sun with the east–west streets of the main street grid in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
Word: SEMP Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of Social Education Materials Project. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historical 2. Acronym of School Environmental Management Plan. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: hold court Part of Speech: verb 1. To preside in a formal manner over an official assembly of courtiers and others in which entertainment is presented or affairs of state are considered. Example: [T]his was one of the anterooms off the main throneroom in which the king was accustomed to hold court with his entire retinue. 2. To convene or preside over a trial or other legal proceeding in a court of law. Example: Bean held court in an outhouse, the prisoner seated on a bale of flint hides. Bean was not only judge but prosecutor, as well as counsel for the defense. Example: California's Acting Secretary of State . . . asked the judge in the case not to hold court on Election Day, Nov. 8, and the day before. 3. To serve as the principal discussant or center of attention in an informal gathering of friends, associates, etc. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: She was the centre of a very brilliant group, a most beautiful woman holding court, as was only right and proper, among her admirers. Example: Suddenly I heard a familiar laugh, headed down to the bar and found José Andrés holding court with journalists on behalf of a solar-powered cookstove that cheaply boils water for people with little or no access to fuel.
Word: Ticos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tico Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nicas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Nica Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megalopsychos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Ancient Greek μεγᾰλόψῡχος (megălópsūkhos, “great-souled man”, “magnanimous one”), from μεγᾰς (megăs, “great”) + ψῡχή (psūkhḗ, “mind”, “spirit”, “soul”). 1. Aristotle’s “great-souled man”: an aristocratic paragon who embodies the virtues to an exceptional degree (a figure described chiefly in Aristotle’s Eudemian and Nicomachean Ethics). Example: Nietzsche could not, for instance, accuse Aristotle of preaching a morality of pity, nor of extolling humility. On the contrary Aristotle’s description of the megalopsychos who possesses the virtue of greatness of soul and “deserves and claims great things” (Nicomachean Ethics 1123 a 15) has much in common with Nietzsche’s picture of the “higher” type of man.
Word: nonaffective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + affective. 1. Not affective. Labels: comparable, not-comparable
Word: eldress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From elder + -ess. 1. A female elder. 2. A woman ordained to rule or teach in a church.
Word: eldship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eld (“old”) + -ship. 1. Old age; eld. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable
Word: rohus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rohu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recalcine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + calcine. 1. To calcine again. Labels: transitive
Word: recalcines Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recalcine Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recalcining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recalcine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recalcined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recalcine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recalc Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening. 1. recalculate Labels: informal, transitive Example: Typically, you'll debug your model by making changes, recalcing, and testing within the spreadsheet, then trying Prepare and Run. Example: This would typically be used to temporarily turn off layout calculations while a number of shapes are added or modified, after which DLS could be re-enabled to recalc the drawing all at once.
Word: recalcing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recalc Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recalcs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recalc Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recalced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recalc Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recalcination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + calcination. 1. The act or process of calcining again. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: recalcinations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recalcination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rodizios Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rodizio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bedutch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + Dutch. 1. To Germanise. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: As for the people not liking it, it would surely be easier to bedutch them back again than it was to bewelsh them before. 2. To make Dutch, or make like Dutch; Dutchify. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: rotaliid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any foraminiferan of the order Rotaliida
Word: rotaliids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rotaliid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: honeypot ant Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of honey-pot ant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ingrians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ingrian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: payrollers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of payroller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SEER Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of seasonal energy efficiency ratio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: jumpering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jumper Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pavemented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pavement + -ed. 1. Furnished with a pavement. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having undergone the process of pavementing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pebbledashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pebbledash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pekie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pekinese + -ie. 1. A Pekinese dog. Labels: informal
Word: Pekies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pekie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fnarr Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of fnar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kleftiko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek κλέφτικο (kléftiko, “in the style of the klephts”). 1. A Greek dish of lamb marinated and baked on the bone. Labels: uncountable
Word: rubrenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rubrene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: woodsia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Woodsia of ferns.
Word: woodsias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of woodsia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyanope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κυανῶπις (kuanôpis, “dark-looking”). 1. A person with fair hair and brown eyes. Labels: dated Example: On this basis various genotypes may be listed as follows: EEHH - Fast dark, EEHh - Medium dark with a cyanope stage, EeHH - Medium dark with a glaucope state, EdHh - Slow dark with intermediate stage variable. Example: The cyanope type (brown eyes, blond hair) and the glaucope type (blue eyes, black hair) probably arose independently as mutations, the glaucope being earlier in the European population, i.e., the mutation to blue eyes probably occurred before the mutation to fair hair.
Word: unrisked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + risked. 1. Not risked. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dustling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dust + -ling. 1. A small grain or particle; mote; speck. Example: Now Gods Almightiness is within the least punctum physicum, or dustling of body, ('twas made and is kept in being by Almightiness). But Gods Almightiness being God himself, himself is there altogether. 2. One formed from the dust; human being. Example: Without culture, without a garden, how could this human dustling survive in the wildness of even a very good created world?
Word: megacorporate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mega- + corporate. 1. Relating to a megacorporation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: YOB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of year of birth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Y.O.B. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of YOB. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Y. O. B. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of YOB. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: YoB Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative spelling of YOB (year of birth) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: birthyear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From birth + year. 1. The year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth. Example: Then one day Professor Michael Griffel, who had been elected to the chairmanship of music at Hunter, called me in his office and regretfully told me that someone who had been checking the files for some reason had noticed that my birthyear was 1911, which made me two years over the age limit to be a professor at Hunter. Example: "[...] I can't have a reading. I don't know my birthyear. Simply, simply, simply don't remember my birthyear."
Word: honeypot ants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of honeypot ant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swedges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of swedge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: swedging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of swedge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: glaucope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek γλαυκώψ (glaukṓps, “with blue-grey eyes”). 1. A person with dark hair and blue eyes. Labels: dated Example: On this basis various genotypes may be listed as follows: EEHH - Fast dark, EEHh - Medium dark with a cyanope stage, EeHH - Medium dark with a glaucope state, EdHh - Slow dark with intermediate stage variable. Example: The cyanope type (brown eyes, blond hair) and the glaucope type (blue eyes, black hair) probably arose independently as mutations, the glaucope being earlier in the European population, i.e., the mutation to blue eyes probably occurred before the mutation to fair hair.
Word: malacophilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From malaco- + -philous. 1. pollinated by snails or slugs Labels: not-comparable
Word: pooters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pooter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pooters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pooter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: derpiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of derpy: most derpy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: pneumogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pneumo- + -gram. 1. A record (often overnight) of the respiratory movements of a subject by the use of pneumography.
Word: flobber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps a blend of flop + wobble. 1. To sag and wobble. Example: And the fish flobbered back with a flop, JACK'! Example: The aide raised a fast-clenched fist to his mouth, flobbered his throat muscles in a horrible spasm of crimson-faced control, repressed his cough silently and looked briefly toward heaven.
Word: flobber Part of Speech: noun 1. A pouting (Trisopterus luscus)
Word: inspiraled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of inspiral Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: zeerust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by British science fiction writer and humorist Douglas Adams and British television producer and writer John Lloyd in The Meaning of Liff (1983), from Zeerust, the name of a town in South Africa. By folk etymology, connected semantics to rust. 1. Datedness of something originally intended to seem futuristic. Labels: uncountable Example: It also features a nice bit of Zeerust in the form of a carefully reproduced Hollerith card. Example: If in a mere 60 years we've learned enough that the predictions of the Futurists then have become "zeerust" today, how long before the predictions on this very blog become subject of ridicule and sympathy directed at our naivete?
Word: Hollerith card Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American inventor Herman Hollerith (1860–1929), who patented machine-readable punch card devices in 1889. 1. A punch card. Labels: historical
Word: ballistician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ballistic + -ian. 1. A person who has expertise in the field of ballistics
Word: ballisticians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballistician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slaten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slate + -en (“made of”). Pronunciation: /ˈsleɪtən/, [ˈsleɪtn̩] 1. Made of slate. Labels: literary, not-comparable Example: It is twilight time: the sun has gone away over the hill, and has left only crimson clouds for his rising token. Sitting down on the slaten rock, and looking westward, I said: ‘It will be fair to-morrow.’ Then, close by me, some one said: ‘Fair, to-morrow.’ Example: Then she floated away and left me lying on the slaten rock.
Word: chocked full Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of chock full. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Oh, I can't, can't I? Kyle, I love you. You're too rich, too chocked full of what they want you to be chocked full of. [...]" Example: Sweetest of all, honey is chocked full of antioxidants which defend us from free radical stress from eating today's insane proliferation of dead assembly line foods. However, the less golden honey is processed and heated the more antioxidants.
Word: stormpath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From storm + path. 1. The path which a storm takes or is projected to take; stormtrack.
Word: stormtrack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From storm + track. 1. The path traversed by the centre of a cyclonic storm.
Word: sandridge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *sandrygge, from Old English sandhryċġ (“a sandbank”), equivalent to sand + ridge. Cognate with West Frisian sânrêch, Dutch zandrug, German Sandrücken. 1. A ridge or bank of sand; sandbank. Example: On the other side, under the lee of the sand-ridge, which was their usual point of separation, he endured for some moments the beard-raspings of indecision, frowning about the landscape and down at Cora.
Word: OKC Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Oklahoma City. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: K.C. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of KC. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: K. C. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of KC. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: K. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of King. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Hee wrote likewiſe to yͤ L. Iohn the infante, yͤ L. of Biſkey, and to yͤ Lady Mary of Biſkey, gouernereſſe of yͤ K. of Caſtile and Leon, and to Iames K. of Aragon, requeſting them to aid him with men of warre, as well horſemẽ as footemen againſt his aduerſarie yͤ Frẽch K. that moſt vniuſtly went about to depriue him of his inheritãce. Example: The delectableſt luſtie ſight and mouingeſt obiect, me thought it was that our Ile ſets forth, and nothing behinde in number with the inuincible Spaniſh Armada, though they were not ſuch Gargantuan boyſterous gulliguts as they, though ſhips and galeaſſes they would haue beene reckoned in the nauy of K. Edgar, who is chronicled & regiſtred with three thouſand ſhips of warre to haue ſcoured the narrow ſeas, and ſailed round about England euery Summer.
Word: O. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Ohio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: V.D. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of VD. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: V. D. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of VD. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: V. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of V. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: supertwister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + twister. 1. A tornado measuring EF4 or above on the Enhanced Fujita scale. Labels: US
Word: supertwisters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supertwister Labels: form-of, plural
Word: szlachta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Polish szlachta. 1. A legally privileged noble class in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only
Word: civic hacker Part of Speech: noun 1. One who collaborates with others to create open source solutions using publicly-released data, code and technology to solve local social, economic, and environmental challenges.
Word: nicca Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nikka. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: niccaz Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nicca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: niccas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nicca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ill-scathe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ill + scathe. 1. Harm; hurt. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, uncountable Example: Then said Geitir: "I think you have much more excuse for considering this an ill scathe than you had the last time; for the other seemed to me of little moment. [...]"
Word: commonship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From common + -ship. Compare North Frisian gemiinschap (“community”), Saterland Frisian Gemeenskup (“community”), West Frisian mienskip (“community”), Dutch gemeenschap (“community, fellowship”), German Gemeinschaft (“community, fellowship”), Swedish gemenskap (“community, fellowship”). 1. A state, condition, or things shared or held in common; commonality. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The two languages develope in different directions but the old commonship is still discernible. 2. A community or fellowship. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If they do not agree, then, as already mentioned, it is reserved to His Majesty, together with the approving Assembly, to effect the proposed change in the portion of the Monarchy concerned, to dissolve the commonship, and to make the consequent administrative arrangements; […] Example: There was even a commonship between the mine operators and the men at one time, before the Great Depression.
Word: commonships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of commonship Labels: form-of, plural