nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: noninvestigatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + investigatory. 1. Not investigatory. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Epp Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: shadowboxer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shadow + boxer. 1. One who shadowboxes.
Word: red-faced Part of Speech: adj 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, face. Example: I suppose that nowadays the red-faced farmers, whose invariable topic (so a friendly guard who understood Welsh told me) was sheep and their prices, find their own cars or the buses more convenient than a Western Region main line for their short-distance peregrinations to market. Example: A red-faced bird with a striking white head and underside, and black-and-white wings and tail, the Palmnut Vulture lives in tropical forested areas of Africa, often by lakes, rivers, and seashores. 2. With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes. Labels: broadly Example: A red-faced John edged his way quietly out of the room. 3. With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes. Labels: broadly Example: Coming home late and red-faced every night from the pub is not what I expected of you. 4. With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes. Labels: broadly Example: The customer gave a red-faced account of the argument with the waiter. 5. With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes. Labels: broadly Example: "I can't for the life of me think where I left the tickets!", she cried out, red-faced. 6. With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes. Labels: broadly Example: He collapsed, red-faced from the effort, against the door jamb.
Word: toy shop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of toyshop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bust one's ass Part of Speech: verb 1. To work very hard, to put in a great amount of effort. Labels: Canada, US, slang, vulgar
Word: aulacogen Part of Speech: noun 1. A tectonic trough on a craton that is formed as the failed arm of a triple-rift junction. Example: The Barnett Shale originated as a normal marine shelf deposit on the southwestern fIank of the subsiding Southern Oklahoma aulacogen...
Word: dick all Part of Speech: noun 1. Nothing at all, or very little. Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: “Come in, come in. Have a drink. Have several. There's dick all else to do!”
Word: snowperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + person. 1. Snow sculpted into a human figure, a snow figure: a snowman or snowwoman. Labels: uncommon Example: For a snowperson, fashion is all in the accessories. Example: You might think of first inversion triads as looking like a snowperson whose feet have been moved above their head [...]
Word: snowlady Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + lady. 1. A female snowman. Example: An abundance of bikini wearing suggests that the modern snowlady has been much influenced by Lady Gaga, pop singer of the moment, who garnered a blizzard of media attention last month for undertaking a promotional blitz of London dressed in knickers, sunglasses and little else.
Word: snowladies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snowlady Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aulacogens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aulacogen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: under water Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of underwater. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Learning to Breathe I've been learning to breathe under water . Don't laugh . The flood level has already risen overhead and is still rising . It doesn't leave much time . Of course , I'm not the only one to be submerged.[…]
Word: phone up Part of Speech: verb 1. To phone; to contact by telephone. Labels: ambitransitive Example: ‘I don’t believe it!’ cried Maxine, who had only phoned up in order to relieve her own boredom and have a good moan about Serena. 2. To order by telephone. Labels: transitive Example: "If we can get his bolster-cover round his arms and then 'phone up a stomach-pump, we'll give the old dear the supper of his life."
Word: set fire to Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause (something) to be on fire; to set (something) alight. Labels: transitive Example: They set fire to the house. Example: A freight train became completely derailed, blocking the tunnel entrance, and six of the wagons rolled down the mountainside, demolishing and setting fire on their way to a guard house, in which three soldiers were killed. 2. To destroy or dismantle (something). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: As soon as the new CEO arrived, he started setting fire to the old way of doing things. 3. To stir up intense emotion or action in (something). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: All it took was one word to set fire to the crowd.
Word: and crap Part of Speech: phrase 1. Synonym of and shit. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic, often, vulgar
Word: tracklement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in its current sense by the English cookery writer Dorothy Hartley in her book Food in England in 1954, but probably derived from a similar dialect word with variant spellings (e.g. tranklement, tanchiment) used before that date across North and Central England and meaning "ornaments, trinkets; bits of things". 1. A savoury condiment (for example a mustard, relish or chutney), especially one served with meat. Labels: UK, rare Example: preserves, conserves and homemade tracklements are sold at Example: nestled together in a cunning arrangement, ornamented by the tracklements she had labored to obtain for her friends
Word: conspue Part of Speech: verb 1. To boo; to shout down. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: conspues Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of conspue Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disputative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin disputativus (“pertaining to a dispute”). 1. Tending to dispute.
Word: Javascript Part of Speech: name 1. Nonstandard form of JavaScript. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard Example: The ‘bot makes this easier; scraping the NFL livescores page with some nifty Javascript, it tracks each game live for potential first-time scores; the most recent as of writing being the Chiefs beating the Texans 51-31. Not only that, but the ‘bot estimates the most likely possible scorigami scores of games in progress, keeping fans on tenterhooks until the final whistle is blown. Or is it a siren in NFL? Inquiring minds need to know.
Word: make into Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause (the first object) to become (the second object); to change or transform. Labels: ditransitive Example: Basic training will make you into a man. Example: The potion made him into a toad.
Word: tempestivities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tempestivity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: standard languages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of standard language Labels: form-of, plural
Word: TWDT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of the whole damn thing. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Christmasly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Christmas + -ly. 1. In a Christmassy manner. Labels: rare
Word: power slide Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of sliding with the wheels being driven. 2. The act of pushing the skateboard sideways. 3. The act of sliding on one's knees, often in celebration. 4. In roller skating, a method of stopping rapidly, often ending with a transition.
Word: pozzuolana Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pozzolana. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: prawn cracker Part of Speech: noun 1. A light, deep-fried snack made from shrimp and starch, popular in East Asian cuisine.
Word: preop Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of pre-op. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: preop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pre-op. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: postop Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of post-op. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: postop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of post-op. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: press on Part of Speech: verb 1. To persist, to continue to advance. Labels: idiomatic Example: British Railways are, however, pressing on with the introduction of standard equipment, and in this, the fourth year of unified working, standard locomotives and rolling stock will be coming into service in considerable numbers. Example: And now she has the real dilemma: press on to King’s Landing, where I have no doubt she could get as close to killing Cersei as anyone else, or double back to Winterfell to reunite with her family.
Word: pretty up Part of Speech: verb 1. To make pretty. Labels: ambitransitive, informal Example: Company will be here soon, so I'm going to go now and pretty up.
Word: print out Part of Speech: verb 1. To print (a computer document).
Word: print out Part of Speech: noun 1. Nonstandard spelling of printout. Labels: alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable
Word: processer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From process + -er. 1. Someone who processes
Word: regardless of Part of Speech: prep 1. Without attention to; without regard for. Example: He smoked cigars regardless of the consequences. Example: Besides Son Goku, many of these male anime characters are also voiced by females due to because unlike most countries, Japan mainly relies on vocal consistency, not stability regardless of gender.
Word: immeritorious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: im- (“un-”, “not”) + meritorious (“worthy or deserving of merit”); compare the Latin immeritōrius Pronunciation: /ɪmɛɹɪˈtɔːɹɪəs/ 1. Unworthy of merit; not deserving of merit; not meritorious. Example: Their acceptance indeed, as a formula, may show a willing and tractable spirit, and they may to that extent have a value : but such acceptance differs of course from belief in being admittedly a voluntary act, and not a mere immeritorious and reluctant yielding to the brute weight of evidence. Example: As long as the defence is credible and can be reasonably substantiated so that the counterclaim is not evidently immeritorious, the attacked party has little to lose, and may gain time.
Word: Russifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Russify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Russifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Russify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Russified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Russify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Tanzanion Part of Speech: name Etymology: Trade name. 1. Synthetic forsterite of an intense purple-blue colour, simulating that of tanzanite.
Word: Ashtarak Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Armenian Աշտարակ (Aštarak). 1. The administrative center of the Aragatsotn region in Armenia, located 20 km northwest of Yerevan.
Word: how do I get to Part of Speech: phrase 1. Please show me/tell me the best way to reach ...
Word: daedally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From daedal + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːdəli/ 1. in a daedal manner Labels: literary
Word: clasp knife Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of clasp-knife. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: abbrev. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of abbreviation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: tenniswomans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tenniswoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: -woman Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman From Middle English -woman, from the noun woman. 1. A woman who is an expert in an area. Labels: morpheme Example: horsewoman, sportswoman 2. A woman who is employed or holds a position in an area. Labels: morpheme Example: committeewoman, newswoman, policewoman 3. A woman who has special characteristics relating to a topic or area. Labels: morpheme Example: bogeywoman, superwoman 4. A woman of a particular nationality. Labels: morpheme Example: Scotswoman, Norsewoman
Word: Spanish Influenza Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Spanish influenza. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: purulent bronchitis Part of Speech: noun 1. Spanish influenza Labels: uncountable
Word: heliotrope cyanosis Part of Speech: noun 1. A bluish colouration of the skin that is a symptom of Spanish influenza Labels: uncountable
Word: crossman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross + -man; perhaps related to on the cross (“dishonestly”). 1. A thief, forger, or other criminal. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: There is a house in Cherry street, not far from Catherine Market […]. A little to the north of its door stands an old-time tree; and for many a year it has been known to the “crossmen” and “knucks” of the town as “Jack Circle's watering place” and “fence.”
Word: sidewalk cafe Part of Speech: noun 1. An outdoor portion of a restaurant, coffeehouse or cafe. Labels: US
Word: psychologues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psychologue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sapro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek σαπρός (saprós, “putrid”). 1. putrid, rotten matter Labels: morpheme
Word: transgenre Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + genre. 1. Cross-genre. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: He returned to Japan with redoubled determination to convert the new Sogetsu Kaikan into a transgenre center for new expressive forms where artists could interact across the entire creative spectrum.
Word: idiolatries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of idiolatry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: idioblast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From idio- + -blast. 1. An isolated specialised cell found in the midst of an otherwise homogeneous group of cells in plant tissue.
Word: idioblasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of idioblast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: engrieve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + grieve. Pronunciation: /ɪŋˈɡɹiːv/ 1. To cause grief to, to vex or pain; to associate with vexation or pain. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: If any man had either fondly or indiscreetly spoken of Lent to engrieve it to be an importable burden, I would wish his reformation ; for I have not learned that all men are bound to keep the Lent in the form received. Example: Even in men, aches and hurts and corns do engrieve, either towards rain or towards frost : for the one maketh the humours more to abound ; and the other maketh them sharper. 2. To grieve. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Seeing his worke now wasted, deepe engrieved was
Word: engrieves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of engrieve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: engrieving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of engrieve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: engrieved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of engrieve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: engrieved Part of Speech: adj 1. Hurt, grieved, pained. Example: my engreeued mind could find no rest, / Till that the truth thereof I did outwrest […]
Word: tracklements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tracklement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: collective bargaining Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Beatrice Webb in 1891. 1. A method of negotiation in which employees negotiate as a group with their employers, usually via a trade union. Labels: uncountable Example: Educators in a Washington state school district went on strike Friday because the teachers’ union and the Ridgefield School District (RSD) remain at loggerheads following months of collective bargaining negotiations.
Word: scato- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκῶρ, σκατός (skôr, skatós, “dung, feces”). 1. excrement Labels: morpheme
Word: becher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish בעכער (bekher, “goblet”). Doublet of beaker and pitcher. 1. A kiddush cup
Word: platers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: armour plating Part of Speech: noun 1. Heavy plate steel, or other strong plate metal, installed to create armour on a structure or vehicle. Labels: uncountable
Word: electroplater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electroplate + -er. 1. Someone who uses electroplating techniques to apply a thin layer of metal on the surface of another metal.
Word: electroplaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electroplater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drop off the radar Part of Speech: verb 1. To vanish or fall into obscurity; to become forgotten or ignored. Labels: idiomatic Example: Not long after that, the band seemed to drop off the radar entirely, leading many to assume that they had broken up... Example: So why have users stuck with the site when so many other search engines have dropped off the radar? Well, they're not logging on just for the search engine.
Word: clifty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clift + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪfti/ 1. Characterised by cliffs; cliffy, craggy. Labels: obsolete Example: Down the clifty gorge – its walls of solid sandstone, cloven to the bare heart of the range by the fierce momentum of the waters – the bounding river came.
Word: bentos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bento Labels: form-of, plural 2. The flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.
Word: benzile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From benzoin. 1. A yellowish crystalline substance, C₆H₅.CO.CO.C₆H₅, formed from benzoin by the action of oxidizing agents, and consisting of a doubled benzoyl radical. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: benzedrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the trade name for the first pharmaceutical (racemic) amphetamine (1932), derived from benzyl-methyl carbinamine. 1. The racemic mixture of amphetamine (dl-amphetamine). Labels: uncountable Example: There was even a box of benzedrine tablets to give endurance and heightened perception during the operation and an assortment of underwater torches, including one that threw only a tiny pencil-thin beam. Example: […]who chained themselves to subways for the endless ride from Battery to holy Bronx on benzedrine until the noise of wheels and children brought them down[…]
Word: unfilial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁ilyós Proto-Italic *θīlios Proto-Italic *fīlios Latin fīlius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin fīliālisder. Middle English filial English filial English unfilial From un- + filial. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɪlɪəl/ 1. Not befitting or proper for a son. Example: It is an account of the death of Sancho the Valiant, the unfilial and rebellious son of Alfonso the Learned; […]
Word: SOCB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of state-owned commercial bank. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: subject case Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of subjective case.
Word: subject cases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subject case Labels: form-of, plural
Word: on the one hand Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. From one point of view. Labels: idiomatic, sequence Example: On the one hand, it was quite a good bargain, but on the other hand, do we really need a second car? Example: 1950, Bertrand Russell, acceptance speech for Nobel Prize in Literature I maintain, however, on the one hand, that there are few occasions upon which large bodies of men, such as politics is concerned with, can rise above selfishness, while, on the other hand, there are a very great many circumstances in which populations will fall below selfishness, if selfishness is interpreted as enlightened self-interest.
Word: schmoozefest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From schmooze + -fest. 1. A social gathering organised so that people working in the non-profit charity sector can get together. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: Last week, as Nestlé's top man, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, enjoyed the schmoozefest in Davos, activists Baby Milk Action held a conference nearby to unveil a document that claims Nestlé haven't quite played straight with Clooney. Example: The investment bank sponsors the annual schmoozefest and “summer camp for billionaires” for the same reason that companies give away their luxury products in Oscars gift baskets[…]
Word: schmoozefests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schmoozefest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: for one thing Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Used to introduce one reason or example among potentially several reasons for something that has been stated or is about to be explained. Labels: idiomatic, sequence Example: Well, I’m having difficulties with the heating, for one thing. Example: Although it may be convenient within the case study publication format to cover the topic of pseudopathology in the discussion of differential diagnosis, this is not indicative of how this stage of work slots into the diagnostic process in the laboratory. For one thing, whether a hole or other cavity in bone is a true lesion or not is generally something that is obvious from the start, rather than something that remains to be resolved once one has got to the differential diagnosis stage. Second, identifying true lesions from taphonomic damage is something that is carried out on a lesion-by-lesion basis, whereas differential diagnosis is something that considers the relevant skeletal changes as a whole.
Word: for another thing Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Used to introduce an additional item in a possible sequence Labels: sequence Example: There are three reasons why I don't want to dance with you. To start with, my feet hurt. For another thing, you can't dance. And lastly, I detest you stench.
Word: gutter press Part of Speech: noun 1. The sensationalist tabloid newspapers in general. Labels: UK, derogatory
Word: Climategate Part of Speech: name Etymology: From climate + -gate, popularized by climate change denialist James Delingpole. 1. A scandal involving the theft of computer records in November, 2009 which contained information about climate change research conducted at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, England. Example: Over the Copenhagen climate conference lies the shadow of “Climategate,” emails and documents hacked from a server at the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in England. Example: And that raises a critical question: did Climategate play a role in this failure to act? Some observers believe it did and, as an illustration, point to the fate of the Copenhagen climate summit[…]which took place only a few weeks after the leaking of the CRU’s emails.
Word: take something as read Part of Speech: verb 1. To assume that everyone agrees that something is correct. Labels: idiomatic Example: We can take your resignation as read, can we? Example: Any one wish to see it? No? Then we will take it as read. I know that in such a matter, my patrons, my word is enough for you.
Word: that clause Part of Speech: noun 1. A clause in a sentence that is introduced by the word that.
Word: that clauses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of that clause Labels: form-of, plural
Word: we-uns Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From we + uns, a form of ones representing an older pronunciation of it. Pronunciation: /ˈwiːənz/ 1. We. Labels: Appalachia, Midwestern-US, US Example: “We-uns hev all been a-gittin' married round hyar lately. Whar's that purty wife o' yourn?” Example: ‘We'uns was sittin under a tree over to the cannin factory just a little while ago, eatin our dinner, when this here stranger rode up.’ 2. Us. (Compare us'uns.) Labels: Appalachia, Midwestern-US, US Example: Then he come back to we-uns laughin'; sed the Yank offered him twenty dollars a month to go home to Maine with him, an' went on like a preacher […] Example: But Marshall Rutherford hain't no neighbour to we-uns. He hain't belongin' to Big Creek Gap. We hain't wantin' no more of Kennedy Poteet's stock in here, and we hain't aimin' to hev 'em.
Word: organ transplants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of organ transplant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interjective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From interject + -ive. 1. interjectional
Word: presidial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French presidial, from Latin praesidialis, variant of praesidalis, from praeses (“provincial governor”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈsɪdɪ.əl/ 1. Belonging to a province, or being like a province; provincial. 2. Pertaining to a president or one who presides; presidential. Example: the doorway was vacant save for a large brindled cur that stood upon the threshold, wagging his tail and watching the scene with a suave, indulgent, presidial gaze, as if he were the patron of the ball. 3. Having or relating to a garrison. Example: There are three presidial castles in this city.
Word: cockshot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cock + shot. 1. A photograph of one's penis. Labels: slang, vulgar 2. An especially majestic home run that is hit far beyond the fence. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: mortiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin mortifer + -ous. Pronunciation: /mɔːˈtɪfəɹəs/ 1. Causing spiritual death. Labels: archaic Example: Breton recruits were notorious for suffering from la nostalgie – a mortiferous form of homesickness. 2. Causing physical death; deadly, fatal, lethal.
Word: up one's own ass Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Having an excessively high opinion of oneself, excessively preoccupied with one's own affairs, or lost in self-regarding abstraction. Labels: Canada, US, idiomatic, vulgar Example: 16 February 2003, The Times - Motor Racing: Coulthard’s driving passion [David Coulthard on Michael Schumacher] Considering the success and money he's earned, it'd be easy for him to disappear so far up his own arse, but he hasn't; there's something down-to-earth there Example: It's nice to be able to look back on the thing, because I was so up my own ass at the time about everything that it was hard to enjoy all the craziness...
Word: secondary color Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of three colors derived from mixing two primary colors. Labels: US Example: Orange (red + yellow), Green (yellow + blue), and Violet/Purple (blue + red) are secondary colors.
Word: pub-crawl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pub crawl. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pub-crawl Part of Speech: verb 1. to visit, and drink in, numerous pubs or bars in succession. Labels: idiomatic
Word: puckster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From puck + -ster. 1. An ice hockey player. Labels: Canada, US
Word: unhair Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unheeren, equivalent to un- + hair. 1. To remove hair from (something), especially from hide. Labels: transitive Example: Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile ſpurne thine eyes / Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, […] Example: The sides, after being unhaired, are put in clean water over night, then green-shaved and put in a bate of hen manure four or five days. 2. To become free from hair. Labels: intransitive Example: If the skin is soaked in an amine solution before being placed in the lime it unhairs at a faster rate, however, than if soaked in plain water, as shown in Table VII.
Word: pull in Part of Speech: verb 1. To pull something, so that it comes inside. Labels: literally, transitive Example: After falling out of the boat, the crew pulled him in. 2. To approach or drive up to a place and come to a stop; to park by driving frontways into a parking spot. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: A car just pulled in our driveway. 3. To approach a station; to arrive at a station. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Quick! The train's pulling in. Example: The herd mentality appears strong at Cardiff. When the train pulls in, the majority of folk jam themselves into the car straight in front of them, while I walk to the back unit to share the rear car with just two other people. 4. To arrest someone; to take someone to a police station because they may have done something. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: She was pulled in for questioning. 5. To earn [money]. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He pulls in a lot of money. 6. To tighten a sail by pulling on a rope. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: pull in the main sheet
Word: seminative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + native. 1. Somewhat or partly native. Labels: not-comparable
Word: shit-ton Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shitton. Labels: alt-of, alternative, vulgar
Word: run wild Part of Speech: verb 1. To go unchecked; to be out of control. Labels: idiomatic Example: Run away with me Lost souls in revelry (hey) Running wild and running free Two kids, you and me (hey) 2. To run consecutively. Labels: slang
Word: antennule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From antenna + -ule. Pronunciation: /ænˈtɛnjuːl/ 1. A small antenna.
Word: antennular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From antennule + -ar. Pronunciation: /ænˈtɛnjʊlə/ 1. Of or relating to antennules or an antennule. Labels: not-comparable
Word: push in Part of Speech: verb 1. To jump the queue, especially in a forceful manner. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Don't push in! Go to the back of the queue! 2. To move a camera closer to its subject (resulting in a similar effect as zooming in, in which the camera is still but the focal length is adjusted). Labels: intransitive 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, in.
Word: push in Part of Speech: noun 1. A shot in which the camera physically moves towards the subject.
Word: smuthound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smut + hound. Pronunciation: /ˈsmʌthaʊnd/ 1. A purveyor or seeker of erotica. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: These early smuthounds were children of the great chain of religious awakenings known as the evangelical revival.
Word: smuthounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smuthound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skatelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From skate + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a skate (the fish).
Word: magazinelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From magazine + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a magazine (publication).
Word: pristineness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pristine + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being pristine. Labels: uncountable Example: The resilience of mankind in Antarctica is inexorable; even the constant bleating of those who whine for permanent silence and infinite pristineness dissipates into an insignificant Buddhist drone beneath the soothing rumble of fleets of machines with pulsing hydraulics.
Word: nonzonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + zonal. 1. Not zonal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonimmunized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + immunized. 1. Not having been immunized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonantique Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + antique. 1. Not antique. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonantique Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + antique. 1. An item that is not an antique.
Word: nonantiques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonantique Labels: form-of, plural
Word: storelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From store + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a store; shoplike.
Word: smutches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of smutch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: smutches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smutch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smutching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of smutch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: smutching Part of Speech: noun 1. Snuff. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The Spaniards and Iriſh take [Tobacco] moſt in Powder or Smutching, and it mightily refreſhes the Brain, and I believe there's as much taken this way in Ireland, at [sic] there is in Pipes in England: One ſhall commonly ſee the Serving-maid upon the Waſhing-block, and the Swain upon the Plow-ſhare; when they are overtir'd with Labour, take out one of their Boxes of Smutching, and draw it into their Noſtrils with a Quil, and it will beget new Spirits in them with a freſh Vigour to fall to their work again.
Word: smutched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of smutch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: writ larger Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of writ large: more writ large Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: writ largest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of writ large: most writ large Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: Nietzscheans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Nietzschean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyænæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyæna Labels: form-of, plural Example: But now left, as Men are ready to imagine, theſe Events might ſeem to happen according to ſome fix’d courſe of Nature, and not by the diſpenſation of the Creator, he ordain’d that ſome few Creatures ſhould propagate their Kind upon Earth after a different manner, for an Indication and Sign of his Providence : That for example, the Raven ſhould bring forth her Young at the Mouth, and the Weezle propagate at the Ear ; that ſome ſort of Fowls, as Hens, ſhould bring forth Eggs, addle either by the Wind or the Duſt ; that ſome other Creatures ſhould change the Male by turns, into the Female, and every Year alter their Sex ; as Hares and the Hyænæ, which they call Monſters ; the ſome ſhould ariſe out of the Earth, and take thence their Fleſh, as Moles ; others out of Aſhes, as Vipers ; others out of putrefy’d Fleſh, as Waſps out of the Fleſh of Horſes, and Bees out of that of Kine ; others out of Cows Dung, as Beetles ; others out of Herbs, as the Scorpion out of Baſil ; and on the contrary, that Herbs ſhould ſpring out of Animals, as Smallage and Aſparagus out of the Horn of a Stag or of a Roe‐Buck.
Word: takes stock Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of take stock Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: taking stock Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of take stock Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: taken stock Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of take stock Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: took stock Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of take stock Labels: form-of, past
Word: make a silk purse of a sow's ear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Coined by Stephen Gosson in 1579 in the book The Ephemerides of Phialo: Deuided Into Three Bookes p62v 1. To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value. Labels: idiomatic Example: "He always was an unmannerly cub," said Master Headley, as he read the letter. "Well, I've done my best to make a silk purse of a sow's ear!" Example: PR people can make a silk purse of a sow's ear.
Word: you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: From make a silk purse of a sow's ear, with the common perception of swine as unrefined, dirty, or base creatures. 1. It is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.
Word: ropemaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rope + maker. 1. A maker of ropes.
Word: plurilateral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pluri- + lateral. 1. Involving several parties.
Word: actio popularis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin actio (“action”) + popularis (“of the people”) 1. Action to obtain remedy by a person or a group in the name of the collective interest. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:actio popularis.
Word: pull ahead Part of Speech: verb 1. To move into a winning position (e.g. in a race or competition). Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: After being neck-and-neck the whole race, Gibbs managed to pull ahead in the final lap. Example: The 1833 Slavery Abolition Act had abolished slavery completely in the British Empire, and this, along with the fact that the Empire's military and economic might was beginning to pull even further ahead of other nations', thanks in part to the Industrial Revolution, saw the squadron expand to around twenty-five ships (regularly having to be swapped out because of the high incidence of tropical disease)[…]
Word: put through Part of Speech: verb 1. To connect (a telephone caller) with the callee. Labels: idiomatic Example: Please hold the line a moment while I put you through to the sales office. 2. to cause to endure Labels: idiomatic Example: After all the grief my wife has put me through, I wonder why I'm still with her. 3. To smash (e.g. a window) so as to create an opening. Labels: UK, transitive Example: Playing football brought people together – we’d play against any brick wall, on any kerb, or see if we could put the window through in the art department. 4. To pass the ball to (someone) giving them a one-on-one scoring opportunity. Labels: transitive Example: Friedel again had to save as he parried a Patrice Evra shot before gathering the ball after the left-back had been put through by Ryan Giggs. 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, through.
Word: put through Part of Speech: noun 1. A transaction by a broker outside the stock exchange, bringing a buyer and seller together.
Word: sito- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek σῖτος (sîtos, “food”). 1. food, especially grain Labels: morpheme
Word: queer bashing Part of Speech: noun 1. Prejudice or violence against queer people. Labels: countable, idiomatic, slang, uncountable Example: The judge in the case indicated that the beating of Mills was a homophobic queer-bashing when he said, "This occurred from an attitude that was prevalent. The opportunity presented itself."
Word: rack up Part of Speech: verb 1. To arrange in a rack. Labels: ambitransitive Example: At the start of the game, the referee racks up the red balls. Example: If you rack up, I'll break. 2. To gain (points etc.; in a game or sport), to accumulate. Labels: idiomatic Example: Chelsea racked up another 3 points at home to Bolton. Example: In between, Mesut Özil's penalty was saved and Arsenal racked up more chances than they would probably want to remember. 3. To acquire, to gather together. Labels: idiomatic Example: By the age of 18, he had already racked up thousands of dollars in debt. Example: Rack up your arm candy with this schmancy bangle, watch, and bracelet set from Anne Klein. 4. To defeat severely, to thrash. Labels: idiomatic 5. To collect one's chips and cash out. 6. To attribute, chalk up. Example: A number of times I heard Bruce say, in passing, "I just don't see why everyone has to be labeled. I just don't think words like homosexual — or gay — do anything for anybody." And I would hold my counsel and rack it up to age.
Word: engloom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + gloom. 1. to make gloomy
Word: englooms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of engloom Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: englooming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of engloom Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: engloomed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of engloom Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: interfulgent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin interfulgentem. Pronunciation: /ɪntəˈfʌldʒənt/ 1. Shining between, through, or among. Labels: rare Example: The window at each gable end stood open; into one fell the silvery splendor of the moon; the other was dusky with shadows, though beyond he caught the interfulgent rays among the sycamore leaves.
Word: stannary parliament Part of Speech: noun 1. A legislative body, with royal charter, governing the tin miners of Devon and Cornwall during the middle ages. Labels: historical
Word: stannary parliaments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stannary parliament Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stannary court Part of Speech: noun 1. The legal institution which administered for the stannary parliament. Labels: historical
Word: stannary courts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stannary court Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stannator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stann- + -ate + -or. 1. An elected representative to the stannary parliament. Labels: historical 2. The mayor of Plympton, in Devon.
Word: stannators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stannator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stannary town Part of Speech: noun 1. A town considered to be the administrative centre of a stannary region in Devon and Cornwall Labels: UK
Word: stannary towns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stannary town Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thugocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thug + -o- + -cracy, as in democracy. Pronunciation: /θʌɡˈɑkɹəsi/ 1. Government by a group of thugs. Labels: slang
Word: bicornute Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of bicornuate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bilaminate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + laminate. 1. A lamination of two laminae
Word: bilaminate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + laminate. 1. Composed of two laminae. Labels: not-comparable Example: The zoarium is unilaminate or bilaminate.
Word: bilobate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + lobate. 1. Having two lobes Labels: not-comparable
Word: bilobate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + lobate. 1. A grain that has two lobes
Word: home pages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of home page Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nuremberg defenses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Nuremberg defense Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nuremberg defences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Nuremberg defence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aksing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aks Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aksed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of aks Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Imperial Stormtrooper Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a fictional corps of authoritarian, armor-clad soldiers in the Star Wars universe. Example: There'll be a little bit of the Imperial Stormtrooper thing with the boombox, along with a little bit of casual fingerpicking. Example: The young policeman had given up on playing the Imperial Stormtrooper and had sat down, loosening the strap on his semi-automatic so that it lay across his lap under the dismal tabloid.
Word: Imperial stormtrooper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Imperial Stormtrooper. Labels: alt-of Example: [...] the young man with the short black hair and what looked like an Imperial stormtrooper’s utility belt under his black-and-red flannel shirt.
Word: Imperial stormtroopers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Imperial stormtrooper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Imperial Stormtroopers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Imperial Stormtrooper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sociometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From socio- + -metric. 1. Relating to sociometry or to sociometrics Labels: not-comparable
Word: speciest Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of speciesist. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: speciest Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of speciesist. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: quindecuplet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quindecuple (“times fifteen; composed of 15 parts”) + -et (“forming diminutives”), from Latin quindecim (“fifteen”) + -plus (“-times, -fold”). 1. A multiplet of fifteen subatomic particles. Labels: particle, rare Example: Exercise 11.10. Calculate the multiplicities of the weights in the octet of 𝒮𝒰(3) and in the quindecuplet of 𝒮𝒰(4) according to (11.4.60).
Word: Eurocentrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined during the period of decolonization in the later 20th century, as a back-formation from Eurocentric. Superficially Euro- + -centrism 1. The practice of viewing the world from a European perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of European culture. Labels: uncountable Example: The rather philistine assertion of Eurocentrism and Westernness on the part of conservative educators […] 2. European ethnocentrism. Labels: uncountable
Word: Anglo-Americans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Anglo-American Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Anglocentrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo- + -centrism. 1. The practice of viewing the world from an English or Anglo-American perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of English or Anglo-American culture. Labels: uncountable
Word: femes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: racket abuse Part of Speech: noun 1. the throwing of one's racket in anger, during play, which may result in a penalty. Labels: uncountable
Word: rafty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Perhaps akin to German Reif (“hoarfrost”). 1. damp; musty Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: race-walk Part of Speech: verb 1. To compete in race walking.
Word: transborder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + border. 1. Beyond the border, on the other side of the border. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hwk Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of homework. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: coral tree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The spiky red flowers resemble coral. 1. Any of the trees of the genus Erythrina, of most tropical and subtropical regions.
Word: cswk Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of coursework. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: macrophotography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) French photographiebor. English photography English macrophotography 1889, macro- + photography. 1. Photography that is done up close; close-up photography. Labels: uncountable
Word: Pappy Part of Speech: name 1. one's grandfather Labels: informal Example: Pappy told me about his life.
Word: shoo-ins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoo-in Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Grandpappy Part of Speech: name 1. one's grandfather Labels: informal Example: Grandpappy told me about his life.
Word: suttees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suttee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electric currents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electric current Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arbuti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin arbutī. 1. plural of arbutus Labels: form-of, plural Example: The wild olive, the laurel, the oleander, the agnos, various kinds of arbuti, the yellow jasmine, terebinth, lentiscus, and rosemary, with the myrtle and laburnum, richly decorate the margin of the river, while masses of aromatic plants and flowers exhale their varied perfumes and breathe their luscious odours through the scented air. Example: […] on the left of which are steps leading to a pretty Coppice, composed of arbuti, Mediterranean heaths, and other shrubs; […]
Word: immersion blender Part of Speech: noun 1. A long, electric, hand-held tool with sharp blades at the end, designed for immersion into food to mash or liquefy it.
Word: immersion blenders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immersion blender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vitamise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from vitamiser, genericised from the trademark Vitamiser. 1. to use a vitamiser, to blend
Word: vitamiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericised from the trademark Vitamiser, presumably from vitamin + -ise + -er or similar. 1. a kitchen appliance used for reducing fruit and vegetables to liquids, a blender
Word: spinal columns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spinal column Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea birds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea bird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea ducks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea duck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea-parrots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea-parrot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea parrots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea parrot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Navajos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Navajo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Navajoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Navajo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exotic sphere Part of Speech: noun 1. A manifold (of any dimension) homeomorphic to a sphere but not diffeomorphic to the standard sphere.