nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: arteriography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arterio- + -graphy. 1. radiography of an artery Labels: countable, uncountable 2. description of the arteries Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: bardie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bard + -ie (“diminutive suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑɹdi/ 1. A minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns. Labels: Scotland Example: […]Burns signals her distance from the Classical Muses, and his position as more bardie than bard.
Word: bardie Part of Speech: adj 1. Rude and insolent; bolshie.
Word: bardie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Noongar language bardi. 1. The edible larva of an insect. Labels: Australia Example: Oh don't you remember Black Alice […] / […] the bardees she gathered, the snakes that she stewed / And the damper you taught her to bake—.
Word: PDLCs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of PDLC Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beardfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beard + fish, because of its barbels. 1. Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.
Word: beardie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beard + -ie. 1. Alternative form of beardy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal 2. A fish, a bearded loach or stone loach (Barbatula barbatula). Labels: Scotland
Word: berberis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name Berberis, from French berbère, from Medieval Latin barberis, from Arabic بَرْبَارِيس (barbārīs). Doublet of barberry and related to Berber. 1. Any of very many evergreen or deciduous shrubs of the genus Berberis.
Word: biosurgery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + surgery. 1. The medicinal use of maggots to clean wounds and promote healing Labels: uncountable
Word: bobbinet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bobbin + net. 1. A net fabric, with hexagonal mesh, woven by machine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: boulderstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boulder + stone. 1. A rounded stone that is larger than a pebble; a cobblestone. 2. A boulder. Example: Against the huge boulderstones which lay scattered about on the shore, the mighty waves broke incessantly in the maddest and most diversified manner.
Word: bouldery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From boulder + -y. 1. Of, pertaining to, or containing boulders 2. Involving, or resembling, bouldering.
Word: cabildo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish cabildo, from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapter, chapiter, capitule, and capitulum. Pronunciation: /kəˈbɪldoʊ/, /kəˈbɪldəʊ/, [kəˈbɪʊd̪o(ʊ)] 1. A local government council in some Spanish-speaking communities. 2. A town hall in some Spanish-speaking countries.
Word: cerclage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cerclage (literally “encirclement”). 1. The use of a wire loop to hold fragments of a fractured bone together; or to prevent dilation of the cervix in the case of incompetent cervix. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Additionally, there are two angular holes designated for wire cerclages and non-absorbable sutures that can be used for additional fixation of the greater tuberosity.
Word: commo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of communication + -o. 1. Clipping of communication. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable Example: commo guy
Word: commo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of communist + -o. 1. Clipping of communist. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, derogatory, informal Example: To outsiders the show just looked like a propaganda ramp for the commos.
Word: fcp Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of foolscap. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: convenance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French convenance. Doublet of convenience. 1. conventional propriety Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: un-Islamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + Islamic. 1. Not Islamic; not conforming to the teachings of Islam
Word: coreferential Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From co- + referential. 1. Exhibiting coreference; referring to the same thing. Labels: not-comparable Example: To take an example from Chomsky (Knowledge (1986), p. 8), any native speaker of English knows that them can be interpreted as being coreferential to (i.e. referring to the same set of individuals as) the men in (5) (a) below, but not in (5) (b): (5) (a) I wonder who the men expected to see them (b) The men expected to see them
Word: coreference Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + reference. 1. The relationship between multiple terms that have a common referent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If we use subscript letters to indicate coreference (so that two NPs with the same subscript refer to the same entity, whereas two NPs with differ- ent subscripts refer to different entities), then we can say that (19) is ambigu- ous as between the two interpretations represented in (20) below: (20) (i) The menᵢ will shoot the arrowsⱼ at each otherⱼ (ii) The menᵢ will shoot the arrowsⱼ at each otherᵢ
Word: corselette Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of corselet (undergarment) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: corselettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corselette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: curtana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin curtus (“short”). 1. A short sword used for ceremonial purposes
Word: curvirostral Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a crooked beak
Word: viewpointless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From viewpoint + -less. 1. Without a viewpoint. Labels: not-comparable Example: We are unable to place ourselves on the viewpointless "standpoint" of the absolute. Nevertheless, the absolute origin of all beings is present in a way in our perspective as soon as we affirm of any being whatsoever that it is.
Word: videoless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From video + -less. 1. Without video. Labels: not-comparable Example: When you create this kind of videoless vlog, where you don't have the video recorded on a camcorder, you have to be more conscious of the story you want to tell.
Word: cypsela Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɪpsələ/ 1. An achene formed from an inferior bicarpellary ovary of which only one carpel develops into a seed, as in plants of the family Compositae.
Word: fivestones Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From five + stones. 1. The game of jacks. Labels: uncountable
Word: narrowish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From narrow + -ish. 1. Somewhat narrow.
Word: narrowmindedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From narrowminded + -ness. 1. Alternative form of narrow-mindedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: My contention is that in order to maintain the practice of cruelty, a singular narrowmindedness of purpose is put into operation.
Word: narrowmindedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From narrowminded + -ly. 1. Alternative spelling of narrow-mindedly. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They naively (or is it narrowmindedly?) believe that the unpardonable sin of past eras was not having twentieth-century thoughts.
Word: narrowingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From narrowing + -ly. 1. In an increasingly narrow way.
Word: narrowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of narrower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rīga Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Riga: the capital city of Latvia. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The architecture of Rīga has changed many times over the course of the centuries, and the city now reflects these changes. Example: Much of western Latvia is within day-trip distance of Rīga.
Word: superstations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superstation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonfloated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + floated. 1. Not floated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nondisposal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + disposal. 1. Not of or pertaining to disposal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: superachieving Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + achieving. 1. Achieving much more than the average. Labels: not-comparable Example: She thinks her son is some kind of superachieving prodigy.
Word: nontrade Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + trade. 1. Not of or pertaining to trade. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonunity Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + unity. 1. Not of or pertaining to unity. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonunity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + unity. 1. Lack of unity; manyness. Labels: uncountable
Word: chowderlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chowder + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of chowder.
Word: chokedar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chaukidar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chokedars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chokedar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ilio- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Pertaining to the ilium. Labels: morpheme
Word: iliotibial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ilio- + tibial. 1. Of or pertaining to both the ilium and the tibia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fingolimod Part of Speech: noun 1. An immunosuppressive drug 2-amino-2-[2-(4-octylphenyl)ethyl]propane-1,3-diol Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: entacapone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from German ent(gegen) (“E-configuration”) + -a- + -capone (“catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor”). Pronunciation: /ɛnˈtæk.əˌpoʊn/ 1. A drug C₁₄H₁₅N₃O₅ that inhibits the breakdown of ʟ-dopa and is used in conjunction with ʟ-dopa and carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. It is marketed under the trademark Comtan and when used in conjunction with carbidopa and L-dopa, under the trademark Stalevo. Labels: uncountable
Word: radiologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From radiological + -ly. 1. By means of, or in terms of, radiology. Labels: not-comparable Example: a radiologically-diagnosed illness
Word: works of art Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of work of art Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transhumeral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + humeral. 1. Across the humerus Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonpolypoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + polypoid. 1. Not polypoid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: transthoracic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + thoracic. 1. Across the thorax. Labels: not-comparable
Word: transesophageal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + esophageal. 1. Across the esophagus. Labels: not-comparable Example: transesophageal echocardiography
Word: electroanatomical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἀνατέμνω (anatémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀνατομή (anatomḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin anatomialbor. French anatomie Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French anatomiquebor. Latin anatomicusbor. English anatomic English -al English anatomical English electroanatomical From electro- + anatomical. 1. Describing anatomical features with respect to their electrical features. Labels: not-comparable 2. Describing any of several electrical or radio techniques used to map anatomical features Labels: not-comparable
Word: auctorial descriptives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of auctorial descriptive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Spielbergian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Spielberg + -ian. 1. Relating to, or characteristic of Steven Spielberg (born 1946), American filmmaker and producer. Example: There’s a similar level of craftsmanship on display in a subsequent nighttime raid on the stronghold and in the movie’s darkest and most Spielbergian sequence, in which the apes are forced to strangle one of their own while trying to keep quiet in a human encampment Example: If I say "Spielbergian” to you, what do you see? A human face, agape with awe, staring at an alien, a dinosaur, or the Ark of the Covenant? Beams of multicolored light? Children gleefully embracing the unknown, while their adult guardians cower in fear? "Spielbergian" is a feeling. It’s the nebulous, free-floating awe behind 89% of J.J. Abrams’ lens flares. It’s been name-checked on everything from Tiny Toon Adventures to Angels in America. And it was born in an optimistic alien movie in 1977.
Word: astringing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of astringe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: astringed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of astringe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cowhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cowhous, cowehous, equivalent to cow + house. 1. A house (barn or shed) for keeping cows. Example: A colony of Elves had taken up their abode under the floor of the cowhouse, or, it is more likely, were there before it was made a cowhouse. Example: When he had churned some time he recollected that the cow, which they kept at home, hadn't been let out of the cow-house, and hadn't had a straw of hay or anything to drink, although it was late in the day.
Word: cowhouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cowhouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tartarous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tartar + -ous. 1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from tartar.
Word: pattipan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pattypan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pattipans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pattipan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goosegrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goose + grass. 1. Any of various grasses, sometimes used as food for geese, principally in genus Eleusine. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of several grasses, sedges, and annual herbs. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: oxymuriate Part of Speech: noun 1. chlorate Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: gallfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gall + fly. 1. Synonym of gall wasp.
Word: gallflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gallfly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: febrifugal Part of Speech: adj 1. Acting against or preventing fever. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plectognath Part of Speech: noun 1. Any fish of the order Tetraodontiformes.
Word: plectognaths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plectognath Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monooleates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monooleate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waterpot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English waterpot, waterpott, water pott, watyrpotte, equivalent to water + pot. Cognate with West Frisian wetterpot (“waterpot”), Dutch waterpot (“waterpot”). Compare also German Wassertopf (“waterpot”). 1. A pot or jug for holding water.
Word: waterpots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waterpot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sparoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sparus (“gilt-head, a certain kind of fish”) + -oid (“resembling”, suffix forming an adjective). 1. Of or pertaining to the family, Sparidae, of deep-bodied, spinous-finned marine fish, including the sea bream, porgy, scup, and sheepshead. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sparoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sparus (“gilt-head, a certain kind of fish”) + -oid (“resembling”, suffix forming an adjective). 1. Any fish of the family Sparidae.
Word: sparoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sparoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cocktail parties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cocktail party Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pen-pusher Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who performs routine office work, involving mainly paperwork. Labels: derogatory, informal, often Example: A pen-pusher in a Sixth ave. office said a coal miner is paid well. I asked him if he ever dug coal. Oh no! Example: "I had to prove to people who were unimportant, who'd never achieved anything in their lives—the administrator, the pen-pusher—that I could fight."
Word: pen pusher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pen-pusher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: penpusher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pen-pusher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pencil-pusher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pencil pusher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: desk job Part of Speech: noun 1. An employment position in which one remains mostly seated at a desk, performing routine office work. Labels: informal Example: For 13 months in 1966 and '67 Corson served as commander of 3,500 men in 114 platoons spread out in hamlets across five provinces in South Viet Nam. . . . In 1968 Corson was reassigned to a desk job at the Pentagon. Example: "I really like working with the clients. Things break, but I've always been handy. And it sure beats a desk job," he says.
Word: tally room Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tally (“an account or score”) + room. 1. A room in which votes are counted. Example: I do not say with any criminal intent as to coercing this man, but he takes him away, and he is immediately hoisted upon the shoulders of the people, and they carry him off to Mr. Whitworth′s tally-rooms;[…]. Example: 1997, US Department of Labor, Conducting Local Union Officer Elections: A Guide for Election Officials, DIANE Publishing Company, US, page 54, Because the atmosphere in the tally room can become noisy and tense, election officials must maintain order at all times so that tally teams can work efficiently and can hear the votes being read.
Word: anthropochory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anthropo- + -chory. 1. The (typically inadvertent) dispersal of seeds, spores, or other reproductive botanical material, or of reproductively capable animals, by humans as a routine means of reproductive dispersal of that species. Labels: uncountable 2. The (typically inadvertent and sporadic) dispersal by humans, of seeds, spores, or other reproductive botanical material, or of reproductively capable animals, into a region where they do not natively occur, resulting in adventitious anthropochorous establishment of an alien population if successful. Labels: uncountable Example: Stephenson stressed the importance of anthropochory in earthworm dispersal. Human introductions, either intentional or unconscious, play a key role in earthworm invasions, as is well demonstrated by the presence of European Lumbricidae in North America, Asia, New Zealand
Word: autochory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + -chory. 1. Self-dispersal of seeds, the physical and often explosive discharge of seeds from the fruit. Labels: uncountable
Word: barochory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baro- + -chory. 1. The dispersal of seeds, spores, or fruit by gravity alone. Labels: uncountable
Word: endozoochory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endo- + zoochory. 1. Seed dispersal via ingestion by vertebrate animals (mostly birds and mammals). Labels: uncountable
Word: epizoochory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epi- + zoochory. 1. Seed dispersal via transportation on the outside of vertebrate animals (mostly mammals). Labels: uncountable
Word: ornithochory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ornitho- + -chory. 1. The dispersal of seeds by birds Labels: uncountable
Word: ornitho- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄρνιθ- (órnith-), the stem of ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”). 1. of or pertaining to birds Labels: morpheme
Word: ornith- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of ornitho-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: tuber cinereum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin. 1. The part of the hypothalamus to which the pituitary gland is attached
Word: psychognosy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From psycho- + -gnosy. 1. The study of mentality, personality, or character. Labels: uncountable
Word: dedendum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dedere. 1. The difference between the radius of the pitch circle of a gear and its root circle.
Word: degenerescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French dégénérescence. 1. degeneration Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: descendeur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French. Pronunciation: /deɪsɒnˈdɜː(ɹ)/ 1. A piece of metal around which a rope is passed in order to slow descent when abseiling
Word: disforest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + forest. 1. To disafforest Example: “And so they’re going to cut down Chaldicotes forest, are they, Mr. Sowerby?” “Well, I can’t tell you that. They are going to disforest it. I have been ranger since I was twenty-two, and I don’t yet know whether that means cutting down.”
Word: disafforest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English disafforeten, from Anglo-Norman disaforester and its probable etymon Latin disafforestō. By surface analysis, dis- + afforest. 1. To deforest. 2. To change the status of land from that of a forest to ordinary land. Labels: UK Example: The Charter of the Forests had for its object the disafforesting several of those tracts; the prevention of future afforestings: the mitigation and ascertainment of the punishments for breaches of the Forest Law.
Word: balbis Part of Speech: noun 1. A straight line terminated by a secondary line at each end, resembling the letter H.
Word: arbelos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄρβηλος (árbēlos) or ἄρβυλος (árbulos), literally "shoemaker's knife". 1. A plane region bounded by a semicircle of diameter 1, connected to semicircles of diameters r and (1 − r), all oriented the same way and sharing a common baseline.
Word: unexpiated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + expiated. 1. Not expiated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unshrouded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + shrouded. 1. Not shrouded. Labels: not-comparable
Word: circlines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: excircle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ex- + circle. 1. An escribed circle; a circle outside a polygon (especially a triangle, but also sometimes a quadrilateral) that is tangent to each of the lines on which the sides of the polygon lie. Example: Also since the circle of inversion cuts both excircles orthogonally, each excircle inverts into itself. Example: Extend the sides of triangle QRS and construct the three excircles: One excircle is tangent to side QR and rays SQ and SR; one excircle is tangent to side SR and rays QS and QR; and one excircle is tangent to side SQ and rays RS and RQ.
Word: excircles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of excircle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: circumcentres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circumcentre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salinon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek *σάλινον (*sálinon, unattested), presumably from and meaning the same as Latin salīnum (“salt-cellar”), derived from sal (“salt”) (compare salillum). 1. A particular figure bounded by four semicircles.
Word: discede Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin discedere, from dis- + cedere (“to yield”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈsiːd/ 1. To yield, give up, depart or dissolve. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: I dare not discede from my copy a tittle.
Word: seniles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of senile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: memorables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of memorable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blood tax Part of Speech: noun 1. A tax paid by bloodshed; especially, a derogatory term for military conscription. Example: "France is the mother of Conscription. What has she gained by that blood-tax?" Example: "I appeal to the working men of Great Britain..not to be misled by catch-phrases about ‘the liberty of the subject’ and the ridiculous cant about a ‘Blood Tax’!"
Word: blood-tax Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of blood tax. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: national service Part of Speech: noun 1. Service, especially compulsory service, either in military service or in non-military service, on behalf of one's nation. Labels: uncountable 2. Service, especially compulsory service, either in military service or in non-military service, on behalf of one's nation. Labels: often, specifically, uncountable Example: The boys in between 18 and 20 are doing national service.
Word: ahint Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English at-hinden, from Old English æthindan (“behind, after”), equivalent to at- + hind. 1. behind Labels: UK, dialectal, not-comparable
Word: ahint Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English at-hinden, from Old English æthindan (“behind, after”), equivalent to at- + hind. 1. behind Labels: UK, dialectal Example: ahint the coonter he sat i' the shop Example: But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget. John Dodds said they were the een of a deer with the Devil ahint them; and indeed, they would so appal an onlooker that a sudden unreasoning terror came into his heart, while his feet would impel him to flight.
Word: pachy- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick”). 1. Thick; thickness. Labels: morpheme
Word: papilliform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From papilla + -iform. 1. Shaped like a papilla. Labels: not-comparable
Word: papilliform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From papilla + -iform. 1. A tooth shaped like a papilla.
Word: endquote Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of end quote. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: allnighters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of allnighter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anthropodicy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of anthropo- (prefix meaning ‘human beings, people’) + theodicy (“justification of a deity or of particular attributes of a deity; specifically, a justification of the existence of evil and suffering in the world”). Anthropo- is derived from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human being, person; all human beings, mankind”), ultimately possibly Pre-Greek; while the -dicy element of theodicy is from Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē, “justice; judgment, order; law; right”), and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”). Pronunciation: /ˌænθɹəʊˈpɒdɪsi/, /ˌænθɹoʊˈpɑdɪsi/ 1. An attempt, or an argument attempting, to justify that human beings are fundamentally good despite the commission of evil acts by some people. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [T]he next two [devices or arguments] urge that these distresses are the prices paid for certain compensating advantages to the animals, notably existence. I have some difficulty believing that they are seriously intended, for they would, without alteration, justify the vilest imaginable human slavery and oppression. Nor is it generally true nowadays—though once it was—that those who offer such anthropodicies are much impressed by them in their original form, as theodicy.
Word: ondatra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Huron / Wyandot ondatra or ondathra, attested in Gabriel Sagard's 1632 French Dictionnaire de la langue huronne and found in the Huron dialects of the Hochelaga region of Canada. 1. The muskrat. Labels: Canada, US Example: The first was the musk-beaver, not much different from the ondatra, excepting in the formation of his snout.
Word: norteña Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish norteña. 1. A song in the norteño genre. Example: With very little fanfare, WZAA had become the first FM station in New York offering a format known as Mexican Regiona, which includes genres like ranchera, banda and norteña music.
Word: norteñas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of norteña Labels: form-of, plural
Word: striid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stria + -id. 1. A valley between two cusps on a lower tooth, especially in rodents such as beavers
Word: bestick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + stick. 1. To stick on the surface of; cover over. Labels: transitive 2. To pierce in various places; pierce through and through. Labels: transitive
Word: scammee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scam + -ee. 1. One who has been scammed. Example: Experts recommend that to avoid being a scammee, you should request written information about the charity, not send cash or use a credit card, and not accept prizes (sorry, Ed).
Word: kaiak Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of kayak. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: kaiak Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of kayak. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: jug band Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of rustic musicians, specializing in bluegrass or folk music, whose instruments include empty jugs, bottles, and similar containers of various sizes which produce musical sounds when the player blows across the openings at the tops of their necks. Labels: US, especially Example: Not only do they sing but they broadcast tunes from their "jug band," consisting of a gallon jug, as washboard and a skillet, a fiddle and a guitar. Example: A jug band, for those who haven't had the pleasure, is a band composed of unusual instruments which plays old timey jazz, country blues and folk music. The instruments in the Kweskin band, which are typical, include guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, jug, washtub bass, washboard, kazoo, and penny whistle.
Word: stego Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of various terms relating to steganography. 1. Steganographic; relating to or hidden using steganography. Labels: not-comparable Example: A stego text might become meaningless if words of the cover text are freely replaced to synonyms without considering the context.
Word: stego Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of various terms relating to steganography. 1. Steganography. Labels: uncountable 2. A secret message hidden using steganography. Labels: countable Example: One might use traditional steganalysis to find stegos and then identify the guilty actors.
Word: stego Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of stegosaurus. 1. A stegosaurus. Example: First felt both happy and sad at the sight of the old stegosaurus. She thought of the time Mother had first brought her this way. She had growled at the giant stego, albeit from a safe distance.
Word: rotondas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rotonda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wipeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wipe + -able. 1. Capable of being wiped. Labels: not-comparable
Word: wipable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wipe + -able. 1. Alternative spelling of wipeable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: This chuck has the not insignificant merit of being easily wipable and oilable.
Word: kiddywink Part of Speech: noun 1. A child. Labels: informal Example: 'Now, don't get all worked up, my kiddywink.' Mr Thunder gently squeezed Filly's hand. Example: Anyway, Katya trusts me, so I do hope you will too. I don't think I could make matters worse. They must get on somehow, because of the kiddywinks.
Word: kiddywinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kiddywink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kidless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kid + -less. 1. Without kids; childless. Labels: informal, not-comparable
Word: cryofocusing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cryo- + focusing. 1. The trapping of materials by use of a cryotrap. Labels: uncountable
Word: cryofocus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cryo- + focus. 1. To trap or detain gaseous compounds in a cryotrap. Labels: physical, transitive
Word: paternalisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paternalism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryotraps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryotrap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryoturbations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryoturbation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: russificatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From russification + -ory. Pronunciation: /ˌɹʌsɪfɪˈkeɪtəɹi/ 1. Of or pertaining to russification. Example: In 1939, the russificatory policy was extended by the Soviet occupiers to the Belorussian lands which had been under Polish administration since 1919. Example: For them the only policy open was one of opposition to Tsarist russificatory advances in order to preserve the sanctity of Finland's constitution […]
Word: pomaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pomace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryofocused Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cryofocus Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cryofocuses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cryofocus Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clarion call Part of Speech: noun 1. Appeal, urgent call to action. Labels: figuratively Example: Our clarion call is "Equal Rights for all: Special Privileges to None". Example: Now, one might argue that the Kremlin will fuel Europhobia no matter what the Europeans say or do—or that growing Russian hostility only further validates the need for Europe to sound the clarion call.
Word: brushes up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brush up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: brushing up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of brush up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: brushed up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of brush up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: brush aside Part of Speech: verb 1. To disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant. Labels: transitive Example: He brushed aside all my objections and went ahead with the project regardless. Example: The news media here report that the airline at first brushed aside the episode, saying it was Ms. Cho’s job to discipline flight attendants. 2. To defeat with ease. Labels: transitive Example: The ease with which Stoke brushed aside their Israeli opponents bodes well for the return fixture in early November, when a win could could secure their passage to the last 32.
Word: brushes aside Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brush aside Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: brushing aside Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of brush aside Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nontumescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + tumescent. 1. Not tumescent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: brushed aside Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of brush aside Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pea-nut Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of peanut. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Tests were conducted at Arkansas, and other experiment stations, where pigs were fed on pea-nuts, and the gain per day in forty-six days averaged 0.57 lb. pork. Example: The more we peeled, the more peel there seemed to be left on; by the time we had got all the peel off and all the eyes out, there was no potato left—at least none worth speaking of. George came and had a look at it—it was about the size of a pea-nut.
Word: pea-nuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pea-nut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pastry bag Part of Speech: noun 1. A flexible bag from which icing is forced through a small nozzle to make various designs of piping.
Word: nondiaphragmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + diaphragmatic. 1. Not diaphragmatic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: canola oil Part of Speech: noun 1. vegetable oil pressed from canola seeds, used in cooking or as basis for biodiesel. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, countable, uncountable
Word: brush by Part of Speech: verb 1. To walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and ignoring them. Labels: idiomatic Example: The production manager brushed by me on the stairs. He seemed to be in a real hurry.
Word: brushes by Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brush by Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: brushing by Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of brush by Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: brushed by Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of brush by Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: antipedophile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + pedophile. 1. Alternative spelling of antipaedophile. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Philip Pullman, […] the British author whose books include the “His Dark Materials” trilogy and “The Golden Compass,” said he would no longer visit schools in Britain because of a rule that requires him to register with an antipedophile database, Reuters reported.
Word: antipaedophile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + paedophile. 1. Opposing paedophiles. Example: For example, a voice accusing a man of being a paedophile might be based on recent TV news programmes about antipaedophile vigilante groups, plus the memory of having been accused of being a pervert by a neighbour, plus fears that he might be a secret paedophile because he enjoyed reading Lolita.
Word: brush down Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush, down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion. 2. To straighten up one's clothes and to tidy up one's appearance. Labels: idiomatic Example: After tripping over, he picked himself up, brushed himself down, and carried on walking.
Word: brushes down Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brush down Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: brushing down Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of brush down Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: brushed down Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of brush down Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ribbiting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ribbit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ribbited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ribbit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rabbit punches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rabbit punch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bliven Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of blive Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nonjoinders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonjoinder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superbold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + bold. 1. Very bold (in various senses). Example: There was one superbold villain called Whitney, the self-proclaimed "King of the Highwaymen." Example: The fabric I purchased — superbold flannels, bright patterned in tie-dyed-looking oranges and greens, teals and blues — still makes me incredibly happy to admire and run between my fingers.
Word: akinetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From akinetic + -ally. 1. In a akinetic manner; without motion.
Word: bubble over Part of Speech: verb 1. To be very enthusiastic, or highly excited. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: She was bubbling over with laughter as she ran into the room. Example: They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups. The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits.
Word: bubbles over Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bubble over Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bubbling over Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bubble over Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bubbled over Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bubble over Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: librator Part of Speech: noun 1. Something that librates, or causes libration
Word: vulnerant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare vulnerate. 1. Causing a wound. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: Many writers, it seems to me erroneously, describe intracranial lesions situated at the pole of the cranial sphenoid opposite to the point of impact of the vulnerant body, as rather out of the ordinarily expected result […]
Word: sagittas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sagitta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baby duck syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the tendency of newly hatched ducks or other birds to imprint on the first thing they see. Pronunciation: /ˌbeɪbi dʌk ˈsɪndɹəʊm/, /-dɹəm/, /ˌbeɪbi dʌk ˈsɪndɹoʊm/ 1. The tendency of computer users to think the system (software or usage paradigm) they originally started using is better than others. Labels: humorous, uncountable Example: Lotus 1-2-3 has become the spreadsheet package chosen by most people and is still widely used. This is sometimes called the "baby duck syndrome," meaning that once a person uses one certain spreadsheet and becomes familiar with it, he will not try another package even though it may be easier to use and better suited to his needs. Example: The tools go back on the shelf, mostly unused, for a number of reasons, not just the baby-duck syndrome.
Word: film strip Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of filmstrip. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: manatis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manati Labels: form-of, plural
Word: algebrization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of algebraization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hyperpolarizabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyperpolarizability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multistrangeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + strangeness. 1. The condition of being multistrange Labels: uncountable
Word: multistrange Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + strange. 1. Composed of multiple strange quarks Labels: not-comparable
Word: nucleations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nucleation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orthomode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ortho- + mode. 1. describing a transducer that use two orthogonally polarized microwave beams Labels: attributive, uncountable
Word: supermodularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + modularity. 1. The condition of being supermodular Labels: uncountable
Word: magnificant Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of magnificent. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: translinear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + linear. 1. Describing a circuit that has an exponential (rather than linear) current-voltage relationship Labels: not-comparable
Word: aeromagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aero- + magnetic. 1. Of or pertaining to aeromagnetics Labels: not-comparable Example: East-trending lineaments, some as long as 400 miles, are clearly discernible on the aeromagnetic maps. These lineaments may be associated with large fractures in the earth's crust.
Word: aeromagnetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aero- + magnetics. 1. The study of atmospheric magnetism (mainly in thunderclouds) Labels: uncountable
Word: peda Part of Speech: noun 1. A sweet made from khoa, sugar, and various flavourings. Labels: India, countable, uncountable
Word: peda Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pedum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: relagate Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of relegate. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: big house, little house, back house, barn Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of architecture in New England, consisting of a farmhouse and related buildings connected in a rambling fashion. Labels: uncountable
Word: domet Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of plain cloth with cotton warp and woolen weft. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: barilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish barrilla. 1. Any of several not closely related saltmarsh plants that were once burnt to obtain soda ash, such as Soda inermis. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The alkali produced from the plant, an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Good barilla usually contains, according to Dr. Ure's analysis, 20 per cent. of real alkali, associated with muriates and sulphates, chiefly of soda, some lime, and alumina, with very little sulphur.
Word: chameli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चमेली (camelī). 1. jasmine (Jasminum) Labels: India
Word: clubrush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From club + rush. 1. bulrush
Word: cooldrink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cool + drink. 1. soft drink Labels: India, South-Africa
Word: condemnate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin condemnātus, perfect passive participle of condemnō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of condemn. 1. To condemn. Labels: obsolete
Word: deblur Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + blur. Pronunciation: /diːˈblɜː(ɹ)/ 1. To remove blurring from an image (and make it sharper)
Word: disgorger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disgorge + -er. 1. A device used to remove a hook from the mouth of a fish
Word: eye MD Part of Speech: noun 1. An ophthalmologist. Labels: US
Word: neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The three foods are metonyms for those things suitable to each of medieval society’s classes of people; fish represents the clergy, flesh represents commoners, whilst red herring represents paupers; the three classes are simplistically regarded as exhaustive. 1. Synonym of neither fish nor fowl (“not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options”). Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: The work of Ude is intended for the higher ranks, and for people of fortune. We conceive the book and the cook to have been overrated. It is neither French nor English — neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring. For the rest, Lord Sefton, who was too much of a mere glutton, would have perverted the taste of any cook, however good, who had been long in his service. Example: He had frequent fits of melancholy in which he declared that he was neither fish nor flesh nor good red herring. His was neither an irresponsibly contemplative nature nor a sturdily practical one, and he was for ever looking in vain for the uses of the things that please and the charm of the things that sustain.
Word: eye MDs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eye MD Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eye M.D. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of eye MD. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: eye M.D.s Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eye M.D. Alternative form of eye MDs. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neither fish, flesh, nor fowl Part of Speech: adj Etymology: As neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring, but with fowl taking the place of good red herring. 1. Alternative form of neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring (synonym of neither fish nor fowl). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: resistlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From resistless + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzɪstləsli/, /ɹəˈzɪstləsli/ 1. In an unresisting manner; without objection or opposition. Labels: archaic, literary, not-comparable Example: Sherman was sweeping resistlessly across the State. Example: Embracing man, embracing all, proceed the three hundred and sixty-five resistlessly round the sun; / Embracing all, soothing, supporting, follow close three hundred and sixty-five offsets of the first, sure and necessary as they.
Word: MDs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of MD Labels: form-of, plural
Word: M.D.s Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of M.D. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dark chocolates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dark chocolate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: locationality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From locational + -ity. 1. The state of being locational. Labels: uncountable
Word: multiaxially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From multiaxial + -ly. 1. In a multiaxial manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: motor oils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of motor oil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tenible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: As if from a Latin *tenibilis, from teneō (“to hold, to retain”). Compare tenable, docible. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnɪbl/ 1. Capable of being held; holdable. Labels: obsolete, rare 2. Capable of retaining or holding in. Labels: rare
Word: lock-step Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lockstep. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: deciduosity Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɛsɪdʒʊˈɒsɪti/ 1. The state or condition of being deciduous; the quality of trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season. Labels: uncountable Example: Deciduosity alone is not sufficient for surviving the winter.