nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Astyanax Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀστυάναξ (Astuánax, “city lord”), the nickname for the firstborn son of Hector, protector of Troy. 1. The nickname of Scamandrius, child son of Hector and Andromache. Labels: Greek Example: 1712, Ambrose Philips, The Distrest Mother, [adapted from 1667, Jean Racine, Andromaque], 1819, The Distrest Mother: A Tragedy, Act 1, Scene 1, page 3, The jealous chiefs, and all the states of Greece, / With one united voice complain of Pyrrhus; / That now, forgetful of the promise giv'n, / And mindless of his godlike father's fate, / Astyanax he nurses in his court; Astyanax, the young, surviving hope / Of ruin'd Troy; Astyanax descended / From a long race of kings—great Hector's son. Example: After lying that the boy is dead and defying the threat of torture, she^([Andromache]) is unable to conceal her anguish for the boy's life and gives in to the threat that Hector's tomb will be destroyed if Astyanax is dead, that is, to the threat that both the sanctity of the tomb and the life of the boy will be destroyed together.
Word: transtentorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + tentorial. 1. Through the tentorial notch Labels: not-comparable
Word: House of Worship Part of Speech: noun 1. A Baháʼí place of worship.
Word: Quinisext Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin quīnisextus. 1. Describing a council convoked by the emperor Justinian II at Constantinople in 692, also known as the Council in Trullo; of or pertaining to this council. Labels: historical, not-comparable
Word: piece of meat Part of Speech: noun 1. The penis. Labels: slang 2. A person considered to exist only for sexual gratification. Labels: slang 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece, of, meat.
Word: pieces of meat Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piece of meat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pieces of pork Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piece of pork Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piece of pork Part of Speech: noun 1. The penis. Labels: slang Example: Your piece of pork, your wife's best friend, your percy, or your cock.
Word: wife's best friend Part of Speech: noun 1. The penis. Labels: slang Example: Your piece of pork, your wife's best friend, your percy, or your cock.
Word: dowried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dowry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dowried Part of Speech: adj 1. Provided with a dowry Example: I would sooner you wedded Araminta Bell than the most dowried heiress in this whole land.
Word: Awan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אָוֶן. 1. The daughter of Adam and Eve in the Book of Jubilees. Example: Awan married her brother Cain.
Word: Awan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Sumerian cuneiform: a-wa-anki, "Country of Awan" 1. An ancient city-state or region of Elam in the western area of modern-day Iran. Labels: historical
Word: wasteoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From waste + -oid. 1. Someone who is habitually wasted (drunk or stoned) Labels: slang
Word: dying gasp Part of Speech: noun 1. The last breath taken before death. 2. The last moments, or final period, of something that becomes obsolete or inactive. Labels: figuratively Example: To replace logarithmic tables with natural tables required some time. This seems like a modern age, yet I am not an octogenarian and I can remember the dying gasp of the logarithmic table as the standard method of computation. I have seen the desk calculator become a necessary instrument for every scientist who is doing quantitative work.
Word: vitious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vitiōsus. 1. Obsolete form of vicious. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Matter of doubt and dread suspitious, / That doth with curelesse care consume the hart, / Corrupts the stomacke with gall vitious, / Croscuts the liuer with internall smart, / And doth transfixe the soule with deathes eternall dart. Example: For our Religion where was there a more ignorant, profane, and vitious clergy, learned in nothing but the antiquitie of thir pride, thir covetouſnesſs and ſuperſtition
Word: subvariation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + variation. 1. A subordinate variation; one of the ways in which a given variation can vary further.
Word: subvariations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subvariation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reinfarctions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reinfarction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dimension stone Part of Speech: noun 1. Natural stone or rock that has been fabricated to a specific shape or size. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dimension lumber Part of Speech: noun 1. Lumber cut to standard sizes. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: vecturist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vecture + -ist. 1. A collector of transportation tokens.
Word: dimensional stone Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of dimension stone. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Walcott Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English wealh (“foreigner, Briton, Welshman”) + cot (“cottage”); compare the doublet Walcot. 1. Any of a number of places in England and the USA: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of a number of places in England and the USA: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any of a number of places in England and the USA: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Any of a number of places in England and the USA: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Any of a number of places in England and the USA: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Any of a number of places in England and the USA: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: polyduct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + duct. 1. A single pipeline that carries different refined products.
Word: crowd out Part of Speech: verb 1. To force to leave by crowding; to push out or away through strength of numbers. Labels: figuratively, sometimes, transitive Example: Moreover, acknowledgements got crowded out of last month's article, so that a double list has to be printed this month, and one of the longest on record. Example: Gary Neville, the former Manchester United and England right-back, has acknowledged that, were he starting his career today, he would probably have found himself crowded out of the Old Trafford first-team picture by overseas imports.
Word: Federally Administered Northern Areas Part of Speech: name 1. Former name of Gilgit-Baltistan.
Word: Azad Kashmir Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Urdu آزاد کشمیر (literally “free Kashmir”), from آزاد (āzād) + کشمیر. 1. An autonomous territory administered by Pakistan; in full, Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Word: pseudepigraphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudepigraph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Shetlandic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Shetland + -ic. 1. Of or related to the Shetland Islands, its people, or their culture.
Word: Shetlandic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Shetland + -ic. 1. The language of the Shetland Islands, whether 2. The language of the Shetland Islands, whether Labels: historical
Word: Kalat Division Part of Speech: name 1. One of the administrative divisions of Pakistan.
Word: Makran Division Part of Speech: name 1. One of the administrative divisions of Pakistan.
Word: accidental light Part of Speech: noun 1. A secondary light; an effect of light other than ordinary daylight, such as the rays of the sun darting through a cloud, or between the leaves of trees; the effect of moonlight, candlelight, or burning bodies. Example: Another species of accidental light, is occaſioned by the One thing more should be observed
Word: accidental lights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accidental light Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accidental chord Part of Speech: noun 1. A chord containing one or more tones foreign to its proper harmony.
Word: accidental color Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of accidental colour. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: accidental colors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accidental color Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nasirabad Division Part of Speech: name 1. One of the administrative divisions of Pakistan.
Word: accidental colour Part of Speech: noun 1. A colour depending on the hypersensibility of the retina of the eye for complementary colours. They are purely subjective sensations of colour which often result from the contemplation of actually coloured bodies.
Word: accidental chords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accidental chord Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accidental colours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accidental colour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Quetta Division Part of Speech: name 1. One of the administrative divisions of Pakistan.
Word: antichresis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin antichresis, from Ancient Greek ἀντίχρησις (antíkhrēsis). 1. An agreement by which a debtor gives a creditor the use of real property to be able to pay interest and principal of the debt.
Word: Sibi Division Part of Speech: name 1. A division of Balochistan province, Pakistan.
Word: Zhob Division Part of Speech: name 1. One of the administrative divisions of Pakistan.
Word: Mirpur Part of Speech: name 1. A large city in the Pakistani-administered portion of Kashmir. 2. A district of which this city is capital.
Word: teleclinic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + clinic. 1. A virtual clinic held via telecommunications technology. Example: a teleclinic to promote smoking cessation
Word: teleclinics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teleclinic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kashmir Valley Part of Speech: name 1. A valley around 135 km long and 32 km wide, formed by the Jhelum river, located between the Karakoram and the Pir Panjal Range, within the central Indian-controlled part of the disputed region of Kashmir.
Word: reingest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + ingest. 1. To ingest again. Labels: transitive Example: Some animals reingest their own faeces to extract further nutrients.
Word: reingestion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + ingestion. 1. The act of reingesting; ingestion again. Labels: uncountable
Word: reingesting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reingest Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reingests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reingest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reingested Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reingest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: subtilases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subtilase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Baltistan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Urdu بلتستان (baltistān). 1. A very mountainous region just to the south of K2, located between China, India and Pakistan; most of the region is de-facto governed by Pakistan as Gilgit–Baltistan.
Word: spacedock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From space + dock. 1. A place where spacecraft can dock.
Word: spacedocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spacedock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dacca Division Part of Speech: name 1. One of the administrative divisions of Bangladesh
Word: Lahore Division Part of Speech: name 1. A division of Punjab province, Pakistan.
Word: hairdryer treatment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hairdryer + treatment (the image being of shouting at someone so close to their face that your hot breath could dry their hair). 1. a confrontation where someone stands very close to a subordinate and lambasts them very loudly. Example: Of course, sometimes the hairdryer treatment can be taken with a pinch of salt. Example: He insists Wilkinson's hairdryer treatment did the trick. He...points out, 'When I got back in, I stayed in.'.
Word: misqualify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + qualify. 1. To qualify incorrectly. Labels: transitive
Word: misqualifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misqualify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misqualifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misqualify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misqualified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misqualify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: metacriteria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metacriterion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metacriterion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + criterion. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛtəkɹaɪˌtɪɹiən/ 1. A criterion used to choose between other criteria. Example: If there must be a strict hierarchy, then one must ask what metacriteria should be used to determine which morality is best, which behavior most appropriate, which culture most "natural," "holy," or "reasonable."
Word: antihumanists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antihumanist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metapolicy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + policy. 1. Policy regarding other policies or policy development. Labels: uncountable 2. A policy regarding other policies or policy development. Labels: countable
Word: antireformer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + reformer. 1. One who opposes reform.
Word: metapolicies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metapolicy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antireformers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antireformer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: medicine wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. A symbol of indigenous North American culture and religion. 2. A stone monument related to this symbol, constructed by laying stones in a particular pattern on the ground oriented to the four directions.
Word: medicine wheels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medicine wheel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marketecture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of market + architecture. 1. Alternative form of marchitecture. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: matchday Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of match day. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: matchdays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matchday Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MacGyverism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From MacGyver + -ism, after the US television show MacGyver (1985–1992) in which the eponymous secret agent resolves crises through practical application of scientific knowledge and inventive use of common items. 1. An ingeniously improvised solution to a problem. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Anyone can learn real-life MacGyverisms using everyday items — you just have to be a little sneaky. Example: She wanted the quick fix — the most economical choice — the MacGyverism. But that's not what she needed. She needed a complete makeover.
Word: MacGyverisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of MacGyverism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: New Taipei Part of Speech: name Etymology: c. 2008, calque of Chinese 新北 (Xīnběi) as New + Taipei, officially adopted in 2010. 1. A special municipality in northern Taiwan. Example: Arson has not been ruled out in a fire that broke out Friday in Yungho, New Taipei, causing one death and 24 injuries, the city's fire department said that day. Example: In what has been seen as a fiercely contested match, Hou faced stiff competition from Su, a veteran politician in Taiwan, who proved his mettle governing at the local level as the magistrate of Taipei County for two terms between 1997 and 2004. Taipei County was upgraded to the status as a special municipality in 2010 and renamed New Taipei.
Word: fairyology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fairy + -ology. 1. The study of fairies. Labels: uncountable Example: The sentimentality and enchantment associated with Victorian fairyology did not survive the Great War, and the incident of the Cottingley fairies marked the end of the cult of fairies in literature and other arts […]
Word: marketist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From market + -ist. 1. A supporter of marketism.
Word: marketists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marketist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: segmentalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From segmental + -ization. 1. division into segments Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: segmentalizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of segmentalization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: segmentalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From segmental + -ize. 1. To divide into segments. Labels: transitive
Word: segmentalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of segmentalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: segmentalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of segmentalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: segmentalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of segmentalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: segmentization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From segment + -ization. 1. division into segments Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: segmentize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From segment + -ize. 1. To divide into segments. Labels: transitive
Word: segmentizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of segmentization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: segmentizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of segmentize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: segmentizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of segmentize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: segmentized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of segmentize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: full-hot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From full + hot. 1. Heated; fiery. Labels: archaic
Word: full-eyed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From full + eyed. 1. Having large, prominent eyes.
Word: full-mouth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From full + mouth. 1. A person having a mouth full of words; a chatterer.
Word: fullhearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From full + hearted. 1. Alternative form of full-hearted. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: full-handed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From full + handed. 1. Carrying something, especially something valuable, such as a gift. Example: He was not only carrying a candle to put the finishing touch to him as a target; he had dispensed with coat and waistcoat downstairs, and was at once full-handed and unarmed Example: By night we'll all be back at this spot, full-handed or empty-handed, as it may be, but full-handed, I hope. 2. Wealthy, having all that is needed. Example: Mr. Beers came to the country full-handed, with a handsome competency to commence any business he might choose, independent of missionary patronage. Example: Lady Anna has given away half her money, and may give away the whole if she pleases. She will be the same to me whether she comes full-handed or empty. But when she is my wife her property shall be my property,—and when I die there shall be no such abomination as an eldest son. 3. Enthusiastic and generous. Example: Have we not the theatre, its triumphs, and full-handed thunders of applause? Example: Which cast it, that large infidel Your Omar; and your Omar drew Full-handed plaudits from our best 4. Using the palm of the hand or broad gestures. Example: A spit on the palm and a full-handed slap was a deal but if only fingertips slapped then the bargaining would continue. Example: As they passed Shack he reached out and gave Helen a massive, full-handed pinch on the buttock and winked at me with relaxed, expansive good cheer. 5. Having people that fill all positions. Example: All that was about what you should do in a full-handed hold 'em game when you're the small blind versus a big blind. But, suppose instead that the game is two-handed from the get go. Example: The switches go in either direction around the triangle, and a player may find himself playing as many as three positions in a full-handed game. 6. Complete; fully qualified or fully equipped. Example: He regarded his younger brother as a “full-handed man of practice” and himself merely “a supported theorist.” Example: It was a new and sorry sight for our full-handed American farming men to see those poor, hard Asiatic hands trying, by main strength, to break the tough straw or pull it by the roots.
Word: full-handed Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From full + handed. 1. With full hands; bearing valuables or gifts. Example: On this occasion the minister came full-handed. He told her, first, as appears from her notes and letters, that he had definitely decided to appoint a Sanitary Committee at the India Office. He read out the list of names; Example: The want met in this case was that of a delegate to go full-handed from the home to the field, who should in due time return again to the home with pledges from the absent ones; 2. As a wealthy person, having all that is needed. Example: One does not remember one's birth -- one has to be told. But with me it was different; life came to me full-handed and dowered me with all my faculties and powers. Example: O, Death, we come full-handed to they gate, Rich with strange burden of the mingled years 3. Generously and whole-heartedly. Example: By the promptings of religious instinct and principle, our churches have been built and our asylums founded, and charity full-handed has bestowed her lavish gifts upon the unfortunate. Example: Art deals with what we see, it must first contribute full-handed that ingredient; 4. With the entire hand. Example: Can scribble, grasping crayon full-handed and awkwardly. 5. Fully staffed or with all positions filled. Example: But if we must run, who are left to run? From Bull Run they ran full-handed. But we have fought until maimed soldiers, women, and children are all that remain to run. Example: ...though in the case of the bakers and confectioners at Winnipeg, the shops and factories concerned are running full-handed and most of the employees affected have obtained employment elsewhere. 6. In a complete and fully-formed manner. Example: Language is also elemental: at the tender dawn of childhood, it enters life with laughing eyes and prattling lips; at maturity's noon, it moves full-handed and deep-voiced in all the concerns of men;
Word: fool-hearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1851. From fool + hearted, or perhaps an alteration of full-hearted. 1. Having the heart of a fool; foolish. Example: “I'm fool-hearted enough to believe love can conquer all,” Dad admitted. I laughed a little, but it sounded all off since I was trying not to cry. “You are fool-hearted,” I said.
Word: full-fleshed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From full + fleshed. 1. Having full flesh; corpulent.
Word: reclarify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + clarify. 1. To clarify again. Labels: transitive
Word: reclarification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + clarification. 1. A repeat instance of clarification. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reclarified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reclarify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reclarifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reclarify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reclarifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reclarify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reclarifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reclarification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: full-flowing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From full + flowing. 1. Flowing with fullness, as a stream, or as robes. 2. Having free vent. Labels: archaic
Word: full-souled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From full + souled. 1. Magnanimous; of noble disposition.
Word: full-summed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From full + summed. 1. Complete; summed up.
Word: full-born Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From full + born. 1. Well or nobly born.
Word: fullam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Fulham, a London suburb, which during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I was the most notorious place for blacklegs in all of England. Loaded dice were supposed to have been chiefly made there. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊləm/ 1. A false die; a die intentionally loaded, or unevenly weighted, so that it always rolls a specific number. Labels: UK, archaic, slang Example: Captaine, you perceiue how neere both of vs are driuen, the dice of late are growen as melancholy as a dog, high men and low men both prosper alike, langrets, fullams, and all the whole fellowshippe of them will not affoord a man his dinner, some other means must be inuented to preuent imminent extremitie. Example: Let vultures gripe thy guts! For gourd and fullam holds / And high and low beguiles the rich and poor. 2. A sham; a hoax; a make-believe. Labels: UK, archaic, broadly, colloquial
Word: fullams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fullam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eczemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eczema + -ic. 1. Relating to eczema. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antieczema Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + eczema. 1. Countering eczema. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antieczemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + eczemic. 1. Countering eczema. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antieczematous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + eczematous. 1. Countering eczema. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antidermatitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + dermatitic. 1. Countering dermatitis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antidermatotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + dermatotic. 1. Countering dermatosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antigingivitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Latin gingīvabor. English gingiva Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English gingivitis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English gingivitic English antigingivitic From anti- + gingivitic. 1. Countering gingivitis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antihepatitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + hepatitic. 1. Countering hepatitis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: curfuffle Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of kerfuffle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fuffle Part of Speech: noun 1. Apheretic form of kerfuffle.
Word: fuffle Part of Speech: verb 1. Apheretic form of kerfuffle.
Word: stop-and-search Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to laws or policing practices, found in some jurisdictions, which permit a law enforcement officer to temporarily detain and search a member of the public based on the officer's suspicions. Example: Adding to the department's problems is a long-running controversy over a stop-and-search policy that includes random searches of young black men. Example: The high court renewed its decision to throw out evidence in a 1992 Montgomery County traffic stop-and-search case that uncovered a small amount of marijuana and a methamphetamine pill.
Word: stop-and-search Part of Speech: noun 1. A police action of this type. Example: Read literally, he simply ruled that a cop made a bad collar, a stop-and-search without "reasonable suspicion."
Word: stop-and-frisk Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of stop-and-search. Labels: not-comparable Example: Prospective presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg apologized for New York City’s stop-and-frisk practices at a huge black church in Brooklyn last week
Word: stop-and-frisk Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of stop-and-search.
Word: stop and frisk Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of stop-and-search.
Word: stop and frisk Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of stop-and-search.
Word: stop and search Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of stop-and-search. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stop and search Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stop-and-search. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: witterings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wittering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swimshorts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swim + shorts. 1. shorts designed for aquatic sports or as beachwear, typically worn by males Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: nomen appellativum Part of Speech: noun 1. A common noun. Labels: rare Example: But a name which belongs to several things of one kind is called a common name (nomen appellativum); as flumen, flood; rex, king; homo, man. Example: Not only because 'omnipotence' as a single property is found in the creed, but because 'omnipotence' as a single property is found in the creed, but because it is more appropriate and revealing perhaps than 'absolute causality' (Schleiermacher) or 'infinity' (Pannenberg appealing to Gregory of Nyssa) which for reasons internal to theology makes it possible to engage with the study of religions and philosophy of religion; and might make concrete a provisional paraphrase of the word 'God' understood as a nomen appellativum, not least as it is used in the term 'all-determining reality'.
Word: quacky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quack + -y. 1. That resembles the quack of a duck. Example: With progressive prostration (which is more marked in young infants) and with a tone to the cry which is a sort of a thin, crowing, quacky sound, points to the existence of retropharyngeal lymphadenitis. Example: Suddenly I hear a roar like a lion then a gagging sound like someone is getting choked to death then high-pitched voices little quacky voices like the Chipmunks on the radio calling back and forth to one another Christmas Christmas time is here time for joy and time for cheer. 2. Fraudulent; characterised by or using the methods of quackery. Example: The Doctor says that some of the quackiest of the quacks are in the army. Example: 1998 September 9, Joni Mitchell, interview quoted in 2003, Alan Hecht, Polio, page 72, I know this sounds real quacky but they did some mysterious good to the problem and I feel fine. 3. Infested with quackgrass. Labels: US Example: 1859, The Cultivator, Volume 7, 3rd Series, page 54, After the first hoeing of a quacky crop, it is often well to go over it lightly in the middle of a hot day, just skimming the surface of the soil, and cutting off the young grass. Example: Always work quacky land when it is driest.
Word: cashout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from cash out. 1. The act of cashing out. Example: Those concerned about retirement security have proposed outlawing these lump sum cashouts, or favor higher penalties if cashouts are not transferred to another retirement savings plan[…]
Word: cashouts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cashout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Egyptian cobra Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of cobra found in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (Naja haje) often referred to as an asp.
Word: hake's-dame Part of Speech: noun 1. forkbeard Labels: archaic, no-plural
Word: sublink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + link. 1. A lesser or subsidiary link. Example: Intimacy, dependency, vulnerability; need, exposed and acknowledged; the physical link forged, with all of its associated mental, emotional and domestic sublinks wrapping whole chains of commitment around us. Example: You can add all the links and sublinks that your application needs[…]
Word: sublinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sublink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subdocument Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + document. 1. A document making up part of a larger document.
Word: subdocuments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subdocument Labels: form-of, plural
Word: half-bound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From half- + bound. 1. Having only the back and corners bound in leather Labels: not-comparable
Word: half-bred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From half- + bred. 1. not well-bred; imperfectly trained or ill-acquainted to good manners. Labels: not-comparable Example: He that is but Half a Philoſopher, is in danger of being an Atheiſt; an Half-Phyſician is apt to turn Empiric; an Half-Bred man is conceited in his Addreſs, and troubleſome in his Converſation. Example: "Set out eh whiskey. Jimmy, ye bum! Belly the bar, ye half bred scum! 2. Half-blooded. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: The progeny were tame, worked in yoke, exceeded the ox in strength, and retained the wallowing habit. All the half-bred heifers were fertile, but the half-bred bulls were not. Colonel George C. Thompson, of Shawnee Springs, Ky., concurrently with Mr. Wickliffe's experiment, domesticated a buffalo bull and three buffalo cows; they were thoroughly docile, hardy, and long-lived. 3. half-breed (of mixed ethnicity) Labels: derogatory, not-comparable, often Example: “Captain Alphonse was delighted at this, for we had only half a dozen good seamen on board, the rest of the hands being a lot of half-bred mulattoes and niggers—some of the scourings of South America whom he had picked up at La Guayra, most of whom knew how to handle a cutlass better than a rope—so the proposed addition to the strength of our ship’s company was a very acceptable one, particularly as the ‘Marquis’ pointed out two of his companions as being expert sailors and qualified pilots and navigators.” Example: On hearing the usual salutation, however, I turned round and saw a lean and withered half-bred Masai, clothed in a very inadequate piece of wildebeeste hide which was merely slipped under the left arm and looped up in a knot over the right shoulder. He stood for a moment with the right hand held out on a level with his shoulder, the fingers extended and the palm turned towards me -- all indicating that he came on a friendly visit
Word: half-bred Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From half- + bred. 1. A half-blooded animal. Example: The Leicesters and half-breds are purchased by farmers who keep no breeding stock: they are well turniped during the winter, and clipped and fattened in the following season. 2. A half-breed
Word: half-clammed Part of Speech: adj 1. Half-filled Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Lions' half-clammed entrails roar for food.
Word: halfcock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From half + cock. 1. The position when the cock of a gun is at the first notch. Labels: uncountable Example: This was bad both for the alibi reshoots it caused and subsequent delays in a match, but if the hammer fell to halfcock enough times, the half-cock notch would mar the sear tip, adversely affecting trigger pull.
Word: halfcock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From half + cock. 1. To set the cock of a firearm at the first notch.
Word: McDowellian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From McDowell + -ian. 1. Of or relating to John McDowell (born 1942), South African philosopher.
Word: misyar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مِسْيَار (misyār). 1. A temporary marriage (wedlease), especially in Sunni Islam.
Word: analysations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of analysation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: harami Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic حَرَامِيّ (ḥarāmiyy). 1. A person who has done something haram; a sinner.
Word: haramis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of harami Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tax dodger Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who commits tax avoidance or tax evasion. Labels: informal Example: The idea of a British warship supposedly menacing Spain is ludicrous. Is it meant to bomb Cadiz? Will its guns lift a rush-hour tailback in a colony that most Britons regard as awash with tax dodgers, drug dealers and right-wing whingers? The Gibraltarians have rights, but why British taxpayers should send warships to enforce them, even if just "on exercise", is a mystery.
Word: coaling station Part of Speech: noun 1. fuelling station Example: Britain's security does not need these places. It does not depend on coaling stations in the Atlantic. France survives without any longer owning Senegal and Pondicherry, and Portugal without São Tomé and Goa.
Word: cut up nasty Part of Speech: verb 1. To become angry; to make a fuss. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: They are Churchillian theme parks of red pillar boxes, fish and chips and warm beer. But they want the smooth without the rough. When the neighbours cut up nasty, they demand that those whose taxes protect them should send soldiers, diplomats and lawyers to their aid.
Word: categorial grammar Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of formal grammar of natural language syntax, according to which syntactic constituents combine as functions and arguments. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: categorial grammars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of categorial grammar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pharaonic circumcision Part of Speech: noun 1. Infibulation (female circumcision). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: buky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Church Slavonic боукꙑ (buky), from Proto-Slavic *buky, from Proto-West Germanic *bōku. Doublet of beech. 1. Name of the letter b in Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets. Labels: alt-of, letter, name, uncountable
Word: re-engages Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of re-engage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: re-engaging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of re-engage Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: re-engaged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of re-engage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trailing wheels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trailing wheel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old Norse fága. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ/, /ˈfoʊ/ 1. To clean, cleanse (out), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance. Labels: Early, Modern, obsolete
Word: call the question Part of Speech: verb 1. To end a period of debate on an issue by requiring a decision to be made with respect to that issue.
Word: textiquette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of text + etiquette. 1. Etiquette regarding texting. Labels: uncountable
Word: towre Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of tower. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Yeaman Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Yeoman. 1. A surname originating as an occupation.
Word: shoot one's wad Part of Speech: verb 1. To expend all of one's resources or efforts; to express all the arguments or ideas which one has. Labels: slang Example: Well, I guess I have about "shot my wad," and had better "cork up," or I might find my way to the waste-basket. Example: There, I have shot my wad. I have told you in a few words what we have done, and you, my brothers, are now standing just where we were 25 years ago. 2. To spend all of one's money. Labels: slang Example: During the summer of 1965 my two daughters and I, traveling on a very limited budget, shot our wad at Sharrow Bay - and never regretted a penny of it. 3. To ejaculate. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: However, Mike had shot his wad into the mouth of the man whose body was now jammed back against his and he began jacking the throbbing cock faster and harder! Example: It's a strange thing this yellow liquid, the bodily fluid of a stranger. What was he thinking when he shot his wad? Is he somewhere now wondering about his sperm? Is he at this very moment wondering if a woman somewhere is inseminating with his seed? Well, we are! Here we are in Boston, and we are!
Word: jannissary Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of janissary. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bankocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bank + ocracy. 1. The excessive power of the banks over government. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: danzon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of danzón. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: preem Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹiːm/ 1. The premiere of a film. Labels: colloquial Example: This year, the London terpsters are offering only two of their famous full-lengthers, Swan Lake and Sleeping Princess, altho their own two-act version of Giselle will get a preem unveiling here. Example: TIFF also announced four other world premieres, plus the North American preems of four more films, including Michael Moore's hotly anticipated Capitalism: A Love Story, the guerrilla director's scathing documentary on the global economic meltdown. 2. A prime minister. Labels: colloquial
Word: preem Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹiːm/ 1. To premiere. Labels: ambitransitive, colloquial Example: All but the Radio City Music Hall preemed new shows. Example: The new Riddell Soup program "WHAT NEXT?" preemed from Hollywood last night.
Word: danzonete Part of Speech: noun 1. A Latin-American musical genre originating from the Cuban danzón but incorporating vocal parts. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A dance danced to such music. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: alonelier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of alonely: more alonely Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: aloneliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of alonely: most alonely Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: airlier Part of Speech: adv 1. comparative form of airly: more airly Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: airliest Part of Speech: adv 1. superlative form of airly: most airly Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: aloofliest Part of Speech: adv 1. superlative form of aloofly: most aloofly Labels: form-of, nonce-word, superlative Example: Distorted mirage, aloofliest of the plain, wherein the boxomeness of the bedelias makes hobbyhodge happy in his hole. The store and charter, Treetown Castle under Lynne. Rivapool? Hod a brieck on it!
Word: Churchillians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Churchillian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gilakis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gilaki Labels: form-of, plural
Word: normoglycaemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of normoglycemia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bosun's chairs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bosun's chair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heredoc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. A here document. Example: Interpolating with string concatenation in heredocs can look a little strange because the closing heredoc delimiter and the string concatenation operator have to be on separate lines […]
Word: heredocs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heredoc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: here document Part of Speech: noun 1. A block of text included in the source code of a computer program in such a way that it is treated as a single string literal with line breaks etc. as written.
Word: here documents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of here document Labels: form-of, plural
Word: device drivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of device driver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unbewised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + be- + wised, perhaps modelled after German unbewusst (“unconscious, unwitting, involuntary”) or German unbewiesen (“unproven, unverified”). Compare also Dutch onbewijst (“unproven, unverified”). 1. Unconscious; unproven. Labels: nonce-word Example: Can the polysemic and nomadic meanings of a text such as the Qur'an overcome the unbewised efforts to reduce it to monologic decree?
Word: ice cream van Part of Speech: noun 1. A vehicle from which ice cream is sold at the roadside, mostly to children. Labels: Australia, UK
Word: foresay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English foresayen, foreseyen, foreseggen (found only in past participle foresaid), from Old English foreseċġan (“to foresay, foretell, predict, announce, mention beforehand”), equivalent to fore- + say. Cognate with Dutch voorzeggen (“to foretell, presage”), Old Danish foresige, Swedish föresäga, förutsäga (“to predict”). Pronunciation: /fɔː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/ 1. To say beforehand; predict; foretell. Labels: archaic, transitive 2. To decree; ordain; appoint. Labels: transitive Example: Let ordinance / Come as the gods foresay it.
Word: zero-hour contract Part of Speech: noun 1. A contract of employment that creates an on-call arrangement in which the employee agrees to be available for work as and when required, without any particular number of hours or times of work being specified or guaranteed. Labels: UK Example: But being on a zero-hour contract meant there was no way to defend himself when things took a turn for the worse.
Word: fanmail Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fan mail. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: crystally clear Part of Speech: adv 1. In a crystal clear manner
Word: crystally clear Part of Speech: adj 1. crystal clear
Word: LaTeX Part of Speech: name Etymology: Usually thought to be a blend of Lamport + TeX, the former being the surname of its creator, Leslie Lamport. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːtɛx/, /ˈleɪtɛx/, /ˈlɑːtɛk/, /ˈleɪtɛk/, /ˈleɪtɛks/ 1. A digital typesetting system for mathematical and scientific formulae layout, based on TeX; often stylized as LaTeX.
Word: nuclear warfare Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of nuclear weapons as weapons of war. Labels: uncountable
Word: wheelchair basketball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wheelchair + basketball. 1. A sport derived from basketball, played by people sitting in wheelchairs. Labels: uncountable
Word: hullock Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhʌlək/ 1. A small part of a sail lowered in a gale to keep the ship’s head to the sea.
Word: hullocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hullock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deasphalt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + asphalt. 1. To subject to a deasphalting process. Labels: transitive
Word: deasphaltization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + asphalt + -ization. 1. deasphalting Labels: uncountable
Word: deasphalts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deasphalt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Bancroftian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Bancroft + -ian. 1. Alternative form of bancroftian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: antimurine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + murine. 1. Reacting with the immunoglobins found in murine animals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: red-inker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red ink + -er. 1. A rubricator. 2. A not out batsman (whose score is recorded in red ink). Labels: informal
Word: forceness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From force + -ness, probably a corruption of forcedness. 1. Force; strength; violence. Labels: uncountable Example: The metaphysical - the ephemeral non-matterness - as All- Knowing, as Ultimate Order in Ultimate Togetherness - takes itself out into greater and greater expressions of separation and tightness, or forceness, to settle as uranium at the farthest end (and who knows what else as the Universe expands) with hydrogen at the end nearest to Godhead. Example: When a 'thought' finds a solution, It could just as well be The nearly instant brute forceness Of all quantum-type paths being And evolving in superposition.
Word: terms of trade Part of Speech: noun 1. Relative price of exports in terms of imports, defined as the ratio of weighted average export prices to weighted average import prices. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: shot spot Part of Speech: noun 1. A stain left on a surface by the ejaculation of semen. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: I pretended to be the Chief Executive from Zurich, setting a shot spots competition. This was my protest at the failure of the laundry system to wash out the semen stains from the sheets. Example: I carefully looked and saw Mary Ann sprawled naked on the bed. . . . I saw a wet shot spot clearly visible next to her. I slumped momentarily confronted with the unmistakable visual evidence of their passion.
Word: seismicities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seismicity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bannu Division Part of Speech: name 1. A division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan.
Word: Hazara Division Part of Speech: name 1. A division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan.
Word: Dera Ismail Khan Division Part of Speech: name 1. One of the administrative divisions of Pakistan
Word: Malakand Division Part of Speech: name 1. One of the administrative divisions of Pakistan.
Word: Karachi Division Part of Speech: name 1. One of the administrative divisions of Pakistan
Word: Kohat Division Part of Speech: name 1. One of the administrative divisions of Pakistan.
Word: Mardan Division Part of Speech: name 1. One of the administrative divisions of Pakistan.
Word: Peshawar Division Part of Speech: name 1. An administrative division of Pakistan. Labels: historical
Word: shot-spot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shot spot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shotspot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shot spot. Labels: alt-of, alternative