nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Judas-haired Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a popular belief that Judas Iscariot was red-haired. 1. Having red hair. Labels: not-comparable Example: One of the crowd was a ruddy-faced, red-bearded, Judas-haired fellow, that looked every inch a Fenian, and might have stepped here from the Kilkenny wilds; […]
Word: orange goods Part of Speech: noun 1. Products that are consumed and replaced moderately quickly, more frequently than yellow goods but less than red goods; e.g. clothing. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Freebury Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: juwaub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi [Term?] (“an answer”). 1. A formal refusal. Labels: India, UK, dated, slang Example: These offices are often to be filled up, their untiring perseverance occasioning the secession of a member, who, after having sustained repeated juwaubs, is accepted at last, […]
Word: juwaub Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Hindi [Term?] (“an answer”). 1. To refuse or rebuff. Labels: India, UK, dated, slang, transitive
Word: juwaubed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of juwaub Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: juwaubing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of juwaub Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: juwaubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of juwaub Labels: form-of, plural
Word: juwaubs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of juwaub Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pannam Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pannum. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: doorsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From door + -s- + -man. 1. A person employed as a barker to solicit customers for a photographer. Labels: historical
Word: doorsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doorsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bastilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bastille Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bastilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bastille Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bebees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bebee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: block ornament Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈblɒk ˌɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/ 1. A small fragment of cheap meat offered for sale by a butcher, particularly one of poor quality. Labels: Australia, UK, obsolete, slang Example: I ought to add, that the “single fellows,” instead of living on “block ornaments” and the like, live, when doing well, on the best fare, at the “spiciest” cook-shops on their rounds, or in the neighbourhood of their residence. Example: It is certain that in the Chinese meat stores you see a number of scraps of meat of the "block ornament" order, the dubious hue of which–usually a dingy greyish purple, with streaks of drab fat–[…] 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see block, ornament. Example: a presents the elevation, b the section to the block ornament to A, and c shows a vertical section of the block ornament to B[…] Example: The wall plate is finely moulded, and the wooden columns supporting the principals have a curious diamond block ornament.
Word: block ornaments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of block ornament Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hardo bread Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hard dough bread. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: old army game Part of Speech: name 1. The shell game, or thimblerig.
Word: thingumy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of thingummy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: thingumies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thingumy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metallician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In allusion to the metallic books and pencils they used. 1. A racing bookmaker. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: metallicians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metallician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metallicizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of metallicize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Mofussilite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mofussil + -ite. 1. An inhabitant of the mofussil regions. Labels: India
Word: Mofussilites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mofussilite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mopusses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mopus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mullingar heifer Part of Speech: noun 1. A girl with thick ankles. Labels: Ireland, obsolete, slang
Word: Mullingar heifers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mullingar heifer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nullifyings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nullifying Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mumoirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mumoir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanny shop Part of Speech: noun 1. A brothel. Labels: archaic, slang Example: I didn't think he'd be spending any money on a girl that night—he had the rail-carriage-glazed look of a tourist and the wide eyes of a man who's never been in a nanny shop before and just wants to take it all in.
Word: nanny shops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanny shop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Steeple Claydon Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP6926).
Word: meadow map Part of Speech: noun 1. An earlier form of navigation mesh used in robotics.
Word: meadow maps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meadow map Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cop the needle Part of Speech: verb 1. To grow annoyed. Labels: UK, slang Example: It must have been the way I said it because he copped the needle and sneered, 'I haven't got to talk to you about fuck-all. Whatever I do is none of your Goddamn business.'
Word: Newgate collar Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Newgate fringe.
Word: Newgate collars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Newgate collar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nilly-willy Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˌnɪliˈwɪli/ 1. Synonym of willy-nilly. Labels: archaic Example: Yet it has to be done and, nilly-willy, it is the business of the rabbi to take the foremost part.
Word: nilly-willy Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌnɪliˈwɪli/ 1. Synonym of willy-nilly. Labels: archaic
Word: neat as ninepence Part of Speech: adj 1. Neat, tidy, in order. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nose-ender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nose + end + -er. 1. A straight blow delivered full on the nasal promontory. Labels: dated, slang Example: Sayers won first blood by cutting Crouch's right eye, and the battle by knocking his man out with a nose-ender in 12 minutes 28 seconds, 6 rounds being fought.
Word: nose-enders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nose-ender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draught on Aldgate pump Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of draught on the pump at Aldgate.
Word: draughts on Aldgate pump Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of draught on Aldgate pump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sounds about white Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: A wordplay on "sounds about right". 1. Expressing that something (which was done or said by a white person) is the kind of thing the speaker would expect a white person or white people to do. Labels: colloquial, humorous, offensive, often Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:sounds about white.
Word: draggletail Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of draggle-tail. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: draggletails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of draggletail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Penrose drain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American gynecologist Charles Bingham Penrose (1862–1925). 1. A flexible rubber tube used to prevent the buildup of fluid during surgery.
Word: Penrose drains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Penrose drain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drive one's pigs to market Part of Speech: verb 1. To snore very loudly. Labels: slang Example: […] when he suddenly declared his intention of retiring to bed, which he immediately did, and in about ten minutes after he might have been heard "driving his pigs to market"—if the reader will allow the phrase. Example: I got him up to where we were camped, and he went to sleep right away, and snored enough for a dozen. He was so busy driving his pigs to market that I could not get to sleep; […]
Word: dry as dust Part of Speech: adj 1. Very dull or boring. Labels: not-comparable
Word: del. trem. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of delirium tremens. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: Dutch consolation Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Dutch comfort. Labels: uncountable
Word: Hopcroft Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: earwiggings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of earwigging Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Brazilian aardvark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The name was picked up following its insertion into Wikipedia in July 2008 by Dylan Breves as a joke. The hoax was uncovered in 2014, but some use of the name has continued. Pronunciation: /bɹəˌzɪ.ljən ˈɑːd.vɑːk/, /bɹəˌzɪ.ljən ˈɑɹd.vɑɹk/ 1. The coati (Nasua spp.). Labels: nonstandard Example: Specializing mostly in birds, pheasants and ducks, they also have a few donkeys, snakes, porcupines and a group of animals: Brazilian aardvarks, Mexican tejon, hog-nosed coons, pistoes and snookum bears, which are cousins of the racoon. Example: If they receive government approval, the species they'll be working with would include the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus); jaguar (Panthera onca); black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus); bush dog (Speothos venaticus); Brazilian aardvark, also known locally as coati (Nasua nasua); collared anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla); gray brocket deer (Mazama gouazoubira); and bison (Bison bison).
Word: Brazilian aardvarks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Brazilian aardvark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shake one's elbow Part of Speech: verb 1. To gamble with dice. Labels: archaic, slang Example: When a little after as I passed by (the publick Kitchen just before mentioned) I saw him shaking his Elbow over a Gaming Table. Example: Come with me this very moment, I will take you to a house where you will see him shaking his elbow in good earnest.
Word: crook one's elbow Part of Speech: verb 1. To consume alcoholic drink. Labels: US, slang Example: His first drink went over in a gulp and Jol had the second ready for him when he set down the empty glass. Just as Nord was crooking his elbow on the second drink, a small, rat-faced man sidled up to him at the bar. Example: Once a top-hand cowboy was leaning over the mahogany of a watering hole between cattle drives, merrily crooking his elbow and painting his nose and watching his trail pay melt away, drink by drink.
Word: Essex lion Part of Speech: noun 1. A calf (young cow or bull). Labels: archaic, slang
Word: Essex lions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Essex lion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sock monkey Part of Speech: noun 1. A soft toy made from socks fashioned in the likeness of a monkey.
Word: sock monkeys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sock monkey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: faggot brief Part of Speech: noun 1. A bundle of worthless papers tied up with red tape, carried by unemployed barristers in the back rows of the courts to simulate briefs. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: faggot briefs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faggot brief Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fanqui Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglo-Chinese; literally "foreign devil". Cantonese 番鬼 (faan¹ gwai²). 1. A European. Labels: archaic, derogatory
Word: fanquis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fanqui Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Old Milverton Part of Speech: name 1. A hamlet and civil parish (served by Old Milverton and Blackdown Joint Parish Council) in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3067).
Word: punishmental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From punishment + -al. 1. punitive Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: The “cat” is now a recognised term for the punishmental whip. Example: This confused picture, coupled with the opinion of most people that most drivers (including themselves) violate laws fairly frequently, suggests a pattern of belief that it is not the punishmental aspects of the TLS that create safety.
Word: pukeholes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pukehole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Raskelf Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4971).
Word: turnip cakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turnip cake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: turnpike sailor Part of Speech: noun 1. A beggar who pretends to be a sailor. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: turnpike sailors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turnpike sailor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twelver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twelve + -er. 1. A shilling. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang
Word: twelvers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twelver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twitchety Part of Speech: adj 1. nervous; fidgety
Word: sluicery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sluice + -ery. 1. A gin shop or public house. Labels: archaic, slang Example: When men go into a 'sluicery' for a 'sensation,' a 'drain,' or a 'common sewer,' they call the glass of gin they seek, in allusion to the juniper, a 'nipper,' or, more briefly, a 'nip,' occasionally a 'bite,' and not unfrequently it turns out a 'flogger.'
Word: sluiceries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sluicery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splendaceous Part of Speech: adj 1. wonderful; splendid Labels: informal
Word: splendacious Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of splendaceous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stab yourself and pass the dagger Part of Speech: phrase 1. Help yourself to the alcoholic drink and then pass the bottle. Labels: slang Example: This is what is done by strong drink; in fact, some drinkers, when they have wished the bottle passed, have cried, “Stab yourself, and pass the dagger!” Example: “Here,” he said, passing it to her, “stab yourself and pass the dagger.” Monica had had only one glass of champagne at the party, and Revelstoke, who never drank much, had taken little more.
Word: Hatherley Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A suburb of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9221).
Word: Benhall Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9121). 2. A village and civil parish (served by Benhall and Sternfield Parish Council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM3861).
Word: CMGs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of CMG Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wallander Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Wallander. 1. A surname from Swedish.
Word: Van der Valk Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch Van der Valk. 1. A surname from Dutch.
Word: Mankell Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Swedish Mankell. 1. A surname from Swedish.
Word: Freeling Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch Freeling. 1. A surname from Dutch. Labels: countable 2. A town in South Australia, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Himmler Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Himmler. 1. A surname from German. 2. A surname from German.
Word: flint paper Part of Speech: noun 1. sandpaper Labels: uncountable
Word: Westoxification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of West + toxification; ultimately calque of Iranian Persian غربزدگی (ġarb-zadegi), coined by Iranian philosopher Ahmad Fardid and popularised by Jalal Al-e-Ahmad. 1. The adoption of Western lifestyle (e.g. consumerism, materialism) and technology without the adoption of Western values such as equality of opportunity. Labels: uncountable
Word: selenofuran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seleno- + furan. 1. Any analog of a furan in which the oxygen atom is replaced by one of selenium
Word: semi-alphabet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + alphabet. 1. Synonym of semisyllabary.
Word: semicone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + cone. 1. half of a cone
Word: semiopoiesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semio- + -poiesis. 1. The generation of semiotics Labels: uncountable
Word: semisum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + sum. 1. half the result of an addition
Word: TME Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialisms. 1. Initialism of total mesorectal excision. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: TME Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Initialisms. 1. Initialism of transmisogyny-exempt: not transfeminine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: This chapter is based on sixteen in-depth, semi-structured interviews with US-based transgender sex workers on the trans masculine spectrum; specifically, the sample includes seven nonbinary individuals and nine trans men who are TME (trans misogyny exempt). Example: Additionally, trans women and other trans feminine individuals face far elevated levels of mental and physical trauma and violence compared to their transmisogyny-exempt (TME) peers, directly related to their gender and gender expression through pervasive transmisogyny
Word: TME Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German TME (“technische Masseneinheit”, literally “technical mass unit”). 1. hyl Example: The hyl is also called "metric slug" or designated by the German acronym TME (Technische Mass Einheit).
Word: beerful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From beer + -ful. 1. Full of beer; having drunk a lot of beer. Labels: rare Example: David has decided to walk home tonight, rather than ride with Skippy as planned: he wants to walk off the huge supper that still sits heavy in him and the postgame beers that have bloated him. He releases a prodigious, beerful belch that earns him a pat on the back from Simon and evokes a “Simon, for God's sake!” from Nancy in the kitchen window.
Word: whiskeyful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From whiskey + -ful. 1. Full of whiskey; made with wiskey; having drunk a lot of whiskey. Labels: rare Example: “Scots Wha Hae” is a poor song to sing in the circumstances, and as For “My Ain Kind Dearie O,” she probably fumes at home and is not in the least kind in her welcoming of her whiskeyful lord. Example: A sexless night in your city would have kept you from having to turn down real drinks to begin with, right? Oh well. You might as well celebrate your current state with what many say is a dead-ringer for the whiskeyful original.
Word: Beyrout Part of Speech: name 1. Dated spelling of Beirut.
Word: Hamawi Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to Hama. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Hamawi Part of Speech: noun 1. A person from, or an inhabitant of, Hama.
Word: herdful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From herd + -ful (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Rich in herds (of cattle etc.). Labels: obsolete Example: […] Spoiled of Orgallia's green domain, of wide Tir-Owen's woods, / Of high Tir-Conal's herdful hills and fishy-teeming floods; / Of all the warm vales, rich in goods of glebe-manuring men, / That bask against the morning sun along the Royal Glen.
Word: herdful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From herd + -ful (noun-forming suffix). 1. The amount that constitutes a herd. Example: In addition to decreasing your odds of being the unlucky item on the big cat's menu, being in a herd also means that you can find out about impending danger much sooner than you would if you were alone. After all, a herdful of eyes is better than one measly pair.
Word: sesquidecennial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sesqui- + decennial. 1. Relating to a fifteen year period Labels: not-comparable
Word: sphingophosphatide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sphingo- + phosphatide. 1. Synonym of sphingophospholipid.
Word: teamful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From team + -ful. 1. The amount that constitutes a team. Example: “We have no outstanding man.” ¶ When Mitchell was competing the Americans had a teamful. Besides Boitano, who won the gold medal in Calgary, the 1988 squad included Paul Wylie, who won silver in 1992, and Christopher Bowman, who collected two world medals.
Word: teamfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teamful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flockful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flock + -ful. 1. The amount that constitutes a flock (of birds, people etc.). Example: A flockful of late-season tourists, animated and colorful, buzzing and warm, laden and anticipatory, was waiting to board the steamer or had just come out of it.
Word: silicochloroform Part of Speech: noun 1. The silicon analog of chloroform SiHCl₃ Labels: uncountable
Word: caveful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cave + -ful. 1. The amount that fits in a cave.
Word: pergolaed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pergola + -ed. 1. Having a pergola. Labels: not-comparable
Word: epizootic hemorrhagic disease Part of Speech: noun 1. A disease, often fatal, of wild ruminants, most notably white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), caused by Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus transmitted by certain midges, especially the species Culicoides variipennis. Labels: uncountable Example: Bluetongue symptoms in white-tailed deer are identical to epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD). Example: Other species, including pronghorns and mule deer, sometimes are infected, but epizootic hemorrhagic disease is most evident in white-tailed deer.
Word: grinworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From grin + -worthy. 1. Worthy of being grinned at. Labels: rare Example: But The Hamilton Mixtape—an exuberant, taste-scrambling medley that swings between grinworthy and cringeworthy—also underlines how much of Hamilton’s novelty came from Miranda himself being influenced by pop culture.
Word: New Earswick Part of Speech: name 1. A suburban village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6055).
Word: hand-sitter Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who sits on their hands; one who dawdles or remains idle when action is needed. Labels: idiomatic Example: A key factor in Nelson Rockefeller's noncandidacy decision was the failure of the Republican governors—and leading liberal Republicans—to come out for him publicly after New Hampshire. There were personal telephone calls urging him to run, but that was all … Among the biggest hand-sitters was a former Republican governor […] 2. An unenthusiastic or unresponsive member of an audience. Labels: idiomatic Example: They were such a responsive audience, for one thing, so unlike the academic hand-sitters he was used to, and they'd turned out in such large numbers, despite a heavy downpour, filling the basement of the First Presbyterian Church to capacity, even standing in the back and along the walls.
Word: hand-sitters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hand-sitter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: North Luffenham Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK9303).
Word: quartermasterly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quartermaster + -ly. 1. Like or suiting a quartermaster.
Word: South Luffenham Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK9401).
Word: ondes Martenot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of ondes martenot. Labels: alt-of
Word: Generation XL Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Generation X + XL (“extra large”). 1. A notional generation or sociological group of people, especially children, who are overweight or obese. Labels: informal
Word: Goring-by-Sea Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1102).
Word: transfem Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of transfeminine. Pronunciation: /ˈtrænz.fɛm/ 1. Transfeminine. Example: Self-described transfem performer and activist The Lady B, a cast member of the show “Dear White People,” says gender-fluid identity poses daily challenges. [image caption] Example: “People are always surprised when I tell them, but as transfem nonbinary folks, what we face is drastic,” Mx. Tobia said, explaining how on a visit to New York not long ago they listened in horror on a subway car as two strangers loudly discussed whether to set them aflame. “They were, like: ‘What is that? We should be burning that.’”
Word: transfem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of transfeminine. Pronunciation: /ˈtrænz.fɛm/ 1. A trans woman or other transfeminine person. Labels: informal Example: The #1 leading cause of death for transfems is lack of cuddles.
Word: McAleese Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa and Irish Mac Giolla Íosa (“son of the servant of Jesus”). 1. A surname.
Word: Shieldmuir Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7755).
Word: stereokinesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stereo- + -kinesis. 1. A change in the movement of an organism or cell following contact stimulus Labels: uncountable
Word: Llanbradach Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Llanbradach and Pwllypant community, Caerphilly borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1490).
Word: creaming off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cream off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: go-bag Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of go bag. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sarum Part of Speech: name Etymology: From medieval abbreviations of Middle English Sarisberie, Sarisburie (the spelling attested in the Domesday Book) as Sar̅ or Saꝝ. Because such marks were usually used to abbreviate the Latin ending -rum, by the 13th century some writers mistakenly assumed the full name was Sarum (by the 14th century, Robert Wyvil described himself as episcopus Sarum). For more, see Salisbury. 1. Salisbury, England. Example: Although she was fairly comfortable, her movements were restricted, and her family was not allowed to visit her. Sometimes she was moved to another castle, at the city of Sarum, 25 miles (40 km) west of Winchester. 2. The Latin liturgical rite developed at Salisbury Cathedral from the late eleventh century until the English Reformation. Example: According to Hereford, the Priest went to the Epistle side and washed the Chalice with wine, saying the prayer as in Sarum; then his fingers with wine and water, saying, Let this Communion.
Word: Streethay Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England; it was in Fradley and Streethay parish until 1 April 2023 (OS grid ref SK1410).
Word: Fradley Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England; it was in Fradley and Streethay parish until 1 April 2023 (OS grid ref SK1613).
Word: appellativization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From appellative + -ization. 1. The process of a proper name becoming a common noun. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: Linaker Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Lineker Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Raynsford Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: transmedicalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transmedicalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wealdstone Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈwiːldstən/ 1. A suburb in the borough of Harrow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1590).
Word: debud Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + bud. 1. To remove the bud or buds from.
Word: astretch Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + stretch. 1. Stretched out, extended. Labels: not-comparable Example: A thing half dead, with weary arms astretch / For anything to cling to Example: My second mate was standing […] with his short, thick legs astretch, for the gale had left a considerable swell behind it, 2. Straining to perceive, alert (of sensory organs or mental faculties). Labels: not-comparable Example: 1833, Hamlet Wood, The Negro: An Historical Poem […] describing the unchristian and wicked principle and practices of slavery, Burslem, UK: for the author, p. 41, […] with attentive gaze, As winds dispelled the dark’ning haze, My eyes astretch—and all my mind afloat, To learn what sort of beings filled the boat; Example: At the same moment every faculty is keenly astretch for further information which may aid in the conclusion he must come to before he stirs hand or foot.
Word: scammered Part of Speech: adj 1. drunk Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: quartereen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian quattrino. 1. A farthing. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang
Word: quartereens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quartereen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rantipoll Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rantipole. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rantipolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rantipoll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Soulsby Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Aldrington Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2705).
Word: eschatologistic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to eschatologism.
Word: switching off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of switch off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: transfemme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trans- + femme. 1. A transfeminine person. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:transfemme.
Word: transfemme Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + femme. 1. Transfem; transfeminine.
Word: transfemmes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transfemme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: on stun Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. An intensity setting of the fictional phaser energy weapon, from the television series Star Trek (1966–69), which non-lethally stuns its target. Example: Captain James Kirk: "Set your phaser on one quarter. I'll leave mine on stun." 2. (usually after a plural noun), to a degree that is stunning. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: It's all happening at once, right? All news streams on stun. Everything happening at the same time.
Word: Innsbruckers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Innsbrucker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Innsbrucker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Innsbruck + -er. 1. A native or inhabitant of Innsbruck.
Word: endothelioprotective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From endotheli(um) + -o- + protective. 1. That protects the endothelium. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypercoiled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + coiled. 1. Excessively coiled (typically of an umbilical cord) Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypercoiling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + coiling. 1. Excessive coiling (typically of the umbilical cord) Labels: uncountable
Word: nondiatonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + diatonic. 1. Not diatonic Labels: not-comparable 2. Misspelling of nondilatonic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, not-comparable
Word: occipitalized Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of occipitalised. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: parakinetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From para- + kinetic. 1. Relating to parakinesis Labels: not-comparable
Word: soprocide Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of hexachlorocyclohexane (“when used as a pesticide”). Labels: uncountable
Word: toneset Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of tones played in sequence
Word: tonesets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toneset Labels: form-of, plural
Word: himpathetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of him + sympathetic, or of himpathy + sympathetic. 1. Exhibiting or pertaining to himpathy; inappropriately sympathetic to men or boys, especially ones guilty of sexual transgressions. Example: Yet it would be a mistake to view them as on a different plane of moral obtuseness, as opposed to merely being on the extreme end of a himpathetic spectrum on which many of us lie. Brock Turner's defenders exhibited forgiving tendencies, ... Example: But in a himpathetic world view this does make sense because the question we are invited to ask is what does it mean for him? That Kavanaugh's (and, to an extent, Thomas's) privilege is such that his greatest fear is the loss of his name […]
Word: nouns adjunct Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noun adjunct Labels: form-of, plural
Word: himpathize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of him + sympathize, or of himpathy + sympathize. 1. To exhibit himpathy; to inappropriately sympathize with men or boys, especially ones guilty of sexual transgressions. Labels: rare Example: As Manne (2017) and Solnit (2017) have shown, we tend to sympathize (or 'himpathize') too much with men and their standpoints, and not enough with women and their standpoints. This results in a tendency to downplay men's transgressions ... Example: ... move in the political realm, particularly when they are challenging male authority. Female misogynists have made themselves visible in this era, being willing to exonerate, himpathize, and dismiss other women's concerns and accusations, were crucial to the outcome.
Word: three score and fifth Part of Speech: adj 1. Sixty-fifth. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mrs. Hatchway had given up the ghost, in the three-score and fifth year of her age.
Word: Martakert Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Armenian Մարտակերտ (Martakert). 1. A town in former unrecognized Artsakh Republic.
Word: Mardakert Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Martakert. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Aghdara Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Azerbaijani Ağdərə. 1. A town in Azerbaijan.
Word: Vardenis Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Armenian Վարդենիս (Vardenis). 1. A town in Gegharkunik, Armenia.
Word: fast-tracked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fast-track Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Zwinge Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Zwinge. 1. A village in Gemeinde Sonnenstein, Landkreis Eichsfeld, Thuringia, Germany.
Word: Potato Germans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Danish Kartoffeltyskere, in reference to the cultivation of potatoes in the areas they settled. 1. A group of German families who settled in the heathlands of central Jutland in Denmark during the mid-1700s. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only Example: Then there were the French Huguenot tobacco farmers (early 1700s), the “Potato Germans” and paid German soldiers (late 1700s), and Moravian crafts people (late 1700s).
Word: enemyness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enemy + -ness. 1. The quality of being an enemy; enmity. Labels: nonstandard, uncountable Example: Several facts indicate his "enemyness": (1) the Arawete killer confers names his enemy's soul gives him, but does not "wear" them himself. (2) He must not resume sexual relations with his wife until long after the killing, […] Example: While this discourse resembled other Cold War narratives of "enemyness," and while the Nation of Islam itself nurtured an oppositional identity, representations of the group were particularly racialized and classist […]
Word: beat the cock Part of Speech: verb 1. To masturbate. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang, vulgar
Word: counteroppositional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From counter- + oppositional. 1. Opposing or countering an opposition.
Word: debuds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of debud Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: debudding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of debud Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: debudded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of debud Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: counteropposition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + opposition. 1. Opposition to a group or entity which is itself an opposition to something. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: counteroppositions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counteropposition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: astrologises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of astrologise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: astrologising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of astrologise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: astrologised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of astrologise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: defibres Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of defibre Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: defibring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of defibre Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: defibred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of defibre Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: there one has it Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of there you have it. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And there one has it. Chamberlin had not been able to persuade representatives of so much as a single other agency to subscribe to his "pessimistic view of the situation" […]
Word: unabatement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + abate + -ment. 1. The situation of going on unabated, without ceasing; continuation. Labels: uncountable
Word: pimple and blotch Part of Speech: noun 1. Scotch (whisky) Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: Lacy Swiss Part of Speech: noun 1. A mild American variety of Swiss cheese made from low-fat milk. Labels: uncountable
Word: Baby Swiss Part of Speech: noun 1. A mild American variety of Swiss cheese made from whole milk. Labels: uncountable
Word: conjunctivization Part of Speech: noun 1. The abnormal situation in which the conjunctiva begins to cover the cornea. Labels: uncountable
Word: pumpkin chunkin' Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modified from chucking to form an approximate rhyme. Compare punkin. 1. The informal sport of hurling a pumpkin as far as possible by mechanical means. Labels: uncountable
Word: anticode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: anti- + code 1. A set of codewords such that the minimum Hamming distance between any two codewords is large.
Word: Tranmer Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Preah Vihear Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Khmer ព្រះវិហារ (prĕəh vihiə, “temple; sanctuary”), named after the Preah Vihear Temple. 1. A province in northern Cambodia, bordering both Thailand and Laos 2. A town, the provincial capital of Preah Vihear, Cambodia.
Word: chop chord Part of Speech: noun 1. A clipped backbeat; a muted chord that marks the off-beats or upbeats.
Word: chop chords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chop chord Labels: form-of, plural
Word: idiobiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From idio- + biological. 1. Relating to idiobiology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Lingdale Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Lockwood parish, Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6716).
Word: Boosbeck Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Lockwood parish, Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6617).
Word: thioxane Part of Speech: noun 1. The saturated heterocycle that has four methylene groups, one sulfur atom and one oxygen atom
Word: Hindley Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English hind (“hind, female deer”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hind + -ley (“lea”). 1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6204). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A hamlet in Stocksfield parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0559). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dinlo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Romani dinolo. 1. A fool. Labels: Southern-England, slang
Word: dinlow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dinlo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Makki Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَكِّيّ (makkiyy, “Meccan”). This surname is mostly found in Sudan. 1. A surname from Arabic.
Word: king of birds Part of Speech: noun 1. The eagle. Labels: idiomatic, singular, singular-only
Word: Hallowes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English halh (“hollow”). Pronunciation: /ˈhæləʊz/ 1. A surname.
Word: yogger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Romani yogger, yogengri (“gun”), from yog (“fire”). 1. A gun. Example: The vavver mush pulls out a chiv and penned he would mor Joey's dadrus, but his dai got the yogger out and shot the mush in one leg. The dui mushes prasters off in the drag and poggers it up against a rooker and they were lifted to ... Example: "They carries yoggers an' all — they'd mar a man for three grand, like me dead father they would."
Word: Maesglas Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh maes + glas (“green field”). 1. A suburb in the city of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3086).
Word: McKellen Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: just friends Part of Speech: phrase 1. Participants in a two-way, nonromantic friendship. Example: Jack has confirmed that, contrary to the rumors that he and Jill are dating and are planning to marry, he and Jill are just friends. Example: And thanks to my particular brand of romantic dysfunction - the one where I lose interest in every guy I sleep with as soon as the deed is done - after , we'll finally be able to go back to being the kind of just friends we're supposed to be. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see just, friends.
Word: more than friends Part of Speech: noun 1. Participants in a two-way relationship that is closer than a typical friendship, especially a romantic or marital relationship. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Here we go again / I kinda wanna be more than friends / So take it easy on me / I'm afraid you're never satisfied
Word: St Agnes Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish on the north coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7250). 2. An island in the Isles of Scilly, England (OS grid ref SV8808). 3. A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region of Queensland, Australia. 4. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
Word: unional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From union + -al. Also, interference from German unional. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːnjənəl/ 1. Pertaining to a union. Labels: not-comparable Example: When man is unional, the spirit conceives and brings forth strength, the soul listens to wisdom and is led into security, the body has issue in stedfastness and peace. Example: The revolutionary action of the party is expressed through the specific means of the unional organization, consequently through the general strike , perfected with all means which revolutionary experience shall successively advise, and transfers the functions of the state to the unional organs or to the individual […] 2. Pertaining to the European Union. Labels: not-comparable, rare, relational Example: PM Huber conceives the European principle of democracy as giving the individual through unional as well as national procedures a sufficiently effective opportunity to influence the basic decisions of European policy. […] Yet it would be a misunderstanding of the unional principle of democracy to place only the individual Union citizen in the centre. […] Example: The principle of conferral binds the EU with respect to any unional action and can be understood as a presumption in favour of the competences of the Member States.
Word: Rose Bowl Part of Speech: name 1. The annual NCAA college football championship game typically played on New Year's Day. Labels: US 2. The namesake stadium in Pasadena, California where the game is played.
Word: signpainter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sign + painter. 1. Someone who paints signs. Example: Frank Fisher’s butcher’s shop had been in business, he liked to tell people, for more than 300 years. A while back, a signpainter was commissioned to advertise this fact on an outside wall, in case any strangers should pass through the market town of Dronfield in Derbyshire and feel compelled to stop and inspect a time capsule.
Word: Sausal Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish sauzal (“willow grove”), sauce (“willow”) + -al, from Old Spanish salze, from Latin salix (“willow”) (compare Catalan salze, Italian salice, Romanian salcie), from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”). 1. A river in Alameda County, California, United States. 2. A river in San Mateo County, California, United States.
Word: cutting block Part of Speech: noun 1. chopping block; cutting board
Word: on the slide Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. in decline Example: The L-shaped shopping parade, which had once wooed custom away from the small shops down the hill, was on the slide, left stranded by changes in consumer habits. Example: Yvonne was on the slide.
Word: boning knife Part of Speech: noun 1. a sharp-pointed and narrow-bladed kitchen knife, used for removing the bones of poultry, meat, and fish. Example: He held up his right-hand index finger to the light, to reveal a worn-away depression near the knuckle, the upshot of seven decades trimming meat with a narrow-handled boning knife.
Word: rib-rack Part of Speech: noun 1. A rack used for ribs (as meat) Example: An early photograph of Frank’s shop shows an immaculate display of marbled rib-racks in the window
Word: spice rack Part of Speech: noun 1. A rack used to store spice jars or, less commonly, loose spices
Word: Cups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CUPS Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Common Unix Printing System, a subsystem for using printers, found across many Unix and Unix-like operating systems. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: jokul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Icelandic jökull (“glacier”). Doublet of ickle. Pronunciation: /ˈjəʊ.kəl/, /ˈjoʊ.kəl/ 1. A mountain covered with ice and snow, a snow mountain. Example: Meanwhile, Kailash is also the only jokul in China that was explicitly banned from climbing.
Word: honest John Part of Speech: noun 1. An ordinary, honest, member of the public Labels: idiomatic Example: The high street was a place of utility once, with concentrated amenities. It was a place of wildly fluctuating codes of behaviour and scruples. Particular smells. Finicky proprietors. Honest johns. Crooks.
Word: bathbomb Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bath bomb. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: the pumped-out sweet citrus vanilla scent of Lush bathbombs
Word: turning-away Part of Speech: noun 1. A deliberate rejection and movement or development in a different direction. Example: One of this century’s stranger trends has been a turning-away from the chains – and a deliberate revival of the props and symbols of yesterday’s vanished high street.
Word: Ladies' Mile Part of Speech: name 1. Part of Hyde Park in London where fashionable women used to congregrate. Labels: UK, historical 2. A shopping district in Manhattan, New York City at the end of the 19th century. Labels: US, historical
Word: bufferize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From buffer + -ize. 1. To buffer; to store in a buffer. Labels: nonstandard, transitive
Word: bufferized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bufferize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bufferizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bufferize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bufferizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bufferize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nab the rust Part of Speech: verb 1. To take offense; to become upset. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: […] did not choose to comply with her wishes. Upon which Mrs. Basset, in the language of the Old Bailey, nabbed the rust; insisted upon some liquor, would not quit the house without it, and began to blow up the hostess and blast the rose. Example: Spurstow discovered it, of course, and nabbed the rust. He went off to Rye, ran Ottershaw to earth in the Ship, and asked him what the devil he meant by it.
Word: shekarry Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of shikari. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: shekarries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shekarry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pauncher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paunce (“abdomen armor”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] a bascinet and a steel cap with visors, breastplates, a pauncher, greaves, and vambraces and rearbraces. The owner's piety is suggested by an image of the Blessed Mary in alabaster and another of St. John the Baptist. Example: […] and lively renditions of this armor, with breast plaques, and lamellar shoulder guards, pauncher or midriff guard, […]
Word: tinker's curse Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of tinker's damn. Example: "If they get off their stunt I don't suppose they care a tinker's curse what is truth or what is not."
Word: not worth a tinker's curse Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of not worth a curse. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cogers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coger Labels: form-of, plural