nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: flypaper theory Part of Speech: noun 1. The idea that the burdens of taxation "stick" to those taxed directly instead of spreading through the economy. Labels: uncountable 2. The idea that it is desirable to lure one's enemies into a single country or area where they can be more effectively dealt with. Labels: uncountable
Word: nongroup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + group. 1. That which is not a group.
Word: nongroup Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + group. 1. Not belonging or pertaining to a group. Labels: not-comparable Example: Federal law mandates that at least one nongroup insurer in your state must provide coverage to everyone, regardless of health issues.
Word: nongroups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nongroup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unfuturistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + futuristic. 1. Not futuristic.
Word: nonfuturistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + futuristic. 1. Not futuristic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aluminumize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From aluminum + -ize. 1. Alternative form of aluminize. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative Example: A decade later, the skiwear company Bogner was dressing James Bond for the slopes, but reality soon trumped make-believe with the nylon-coated aluminumized spacesuit worn by John Glenn and the other Mercury astronauts.
Word: aluminumized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of aluminumize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aluminumizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aluminumize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: photovoltaically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From photovoltaic + -ally. 1. By means of photovoltaics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonprostatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + prostatic. 1. Not prostatic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: blossomings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blossoming Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blossometh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: blossom + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blossom Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: canyonland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From canyon + land. 1. A land full of canyons. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But I soon realized that whoever described the city as a concrete canyonland had his topography all wrong. Example: The Kotsoteka Comanche lived mostly along the Canadian River, where the Llano ended and the dry plains turned into grassy canyonlands.
Word: canyonlands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canyonland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cigarmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cigar + maker. 1. A manufacturer of cigars. Example: Often the wife is the original cigarmaker from the old home, the husband having adopted her trade here as a matter of necessity, because, knowing no word of English, he could get no other work. Example: Charles Goldstein, a cigarmaker, built Webster Hall in 1886 for $75,000, with a design by Charles Rentz Jr., an architect and beer vendor, for “balls, receptions, Hebrew weddings and sociables,” according to a December 1886 article in The New York Times.
Word: cigarmakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cigarmaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cigarmaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cigar + making. 1. The manufacture of cigars. Labels: uncountable Example: The victory rests with him, since the Court of Appeals decided that the law, passed a few years ago, to prohibit cigarmaking in tenements was unconstitutional, and thus put an end to the struggle.
Word: couchside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From couch + -side. 1. The space beside a couch. Labels: uncountable Example: His approach to his subjects would seem to borrow something from his gentle couchside manner.
Word: excretorily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From excretory + -ly. 1. In an excretory manner. Labels: rare Example: Still, novelists love those kinky, stinky Nazis — like Norman Mailer ’s excretorily fixated young Adi Hitler in “The Castle in the Forest” and A. N. Wilson ’s full-grown flatulent Führer in “Winnie and Wolf” — with their telltale mania for purity, order and efficiency.
Word: foretopman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foretop + -man. 1. A sailor who controls the masts in the foretop. Example: It was a warm night for the latitude; and the Foretopman, whose watch at the time was properly below, was dozing on the uppermost deck whither he had ascended from his hot hammock Example: WHEN Jimmy Fallon showed up on NBC ’s “Late Night” last week without a sidekick, it looked like yet another sign that the Ed McMahon era is over; so many talk show hosts work solo that the second-banana position seems almost as obsolete as the foretopman or the Linotype operator.
Word: foretopmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foretopman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypervivid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + vivid. 1. Extremely vivid. Example: That consciousness knows nothing of a release from the devil; for, barring Luther and some of the medieval monks of hypervivid imagination, it knows nothing directlly about a devil to whom it can be in bondage. Example: It would take a person with a hypervivid imagination to guess the connection between the title and the story.
Word: narratologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From narratology + -ist. 1. One who studies narratology. Example: To win sympathy and kudos, according to at least one bad-beat narratologist, you have only to make clear how focused and intelligent you were, how high the stakes, how slim your odds of losing, how vile your opponent was and how well you command the idiom of your game.
Word: narratologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of narratologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonbiker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + biker. 1. One who is not a biker. Example: To be clear, cars are more likely to kill nonbikers; we still live in a world ruled by the ruthless car.
Word: nonbikers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonbiker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outdress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + dress. 1. To dress better than. Labels: transitive Example: Our new Governor’s daughter wore a simple gown of rich white satin. It is consoling to know that the new Governoress and her daughters don’t show symptoms of rushing us into unlimited extravagance in our efforts to keep pace with their millinery, and in this they earn the gratitude of every sensible woman who sees something more in daily life than a mad endeavour to outdress her neighbour. Example: “Martin dressed in head-to-toe Burberry and made fun of everyone else who tried to outdress him.
Word: outdressing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outdress Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outdresses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outdress Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outdressed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outdress Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: flitty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flit + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈflɪti/ 1. unstable, fluttering. Labels: archaic 2. Ostentatiously effeminate. Labels: slang Example: The other end of the bar was full of flits. They weren't too flitty-looking—I mean they didn't have their hair too long or anything—but you could tell they were flits anyway. Example: His once flitty warble has deepened into a quavery David Bowie/Iggy Pop croon, and it perfectly suits the new record's mix of quasi soul and somber guitar pop.
Word: premiumization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From premium + -ization. 1. The move towards more expensive premium products. Labels: uncountable Example: “The pace of premiumization has slowed,” he said. Example: The demise of the de minimis threshold—a regulatory lifeline for global retailers—has quietly reshaped the cost structures of premium brands like Lululemon […] The death of de minimis is more than a regulatory footnote—it is a harbinger of a new era for premium retail. For Lululemon, the challenge is to navigate this landscape without sacrificing the brand equity that has fueled its rise. Yet, as tariffs and supply chain costs persist, the line between premiumization and price sensitivity grows thinner.
Word: shabeen Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shebeen. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The shabeens on a Sunday afternoon were filled with families including young children running around, D.J.’s spinning amazing music and down-home people willing to discuss, in English, anything from Obama to Beyoncé.
Word: shabeens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shabeen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underdocumented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + documented. 1. Having inadequate documentation. Example: Copeland, like most slaves, is woefully underdocumented; we know that she somehow became literate, migrated to New York in the 1880s and found a job in domestic service.
Word: underdoggism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From underdog + -ism. 1. Alternative form of underdogism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: unleafy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + leafy. 1. Not leafy. Example: Joe, who lives upstairs from me in a converted warehouse on a notably unleafy block of Park Slope, Brooklyn, is someone a love-struck marketer might regard as both demographically and “psychographically” ripe — endowed, that is, with both the means and the mind-set to wade fearlessly into the waters of certain Next Big Things.
Word: psychographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From psychographic + -ally. 1. In psychographic terms. Labels: not-comparable
Word: flowerful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flower + -ful. 1. flowery, abundant in flowers. Labels: poetic Example: So that in the spring the little plot of land was flowerful, and in the autumn fruitful, and we cordially indorsed my mother's preference for it to the London house in Soho Square. Example: States and the nation are setting aside big tracts of wilderness where rock and rill, waterfall and canon, mountain and marsh, shell-strewn beach and starry-blossomed brae, flowerful islets and wondrous wooded hills welcome the populace, soothe tired nerves and mend the mind and the morals.
Word: fleg Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of flag, representing Ulster English. Labels: Northern-Ireland, alt-of, humorous, pronunciation-spelling 2. The Union Flag. Labels: Northern-Ireland, broadly, humorous Example: Six weeks of mayhem, because the people who love this flag are going "They've taken my fleg! They've taken my identity! I don't know who I am any more!"
Word: saggingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sagging + -ly. 1. So as to sag. Example: It all feels tasteful, companionable and often saggingly dull.
Word: utilitylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From utility + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a utility. Example: What is more, plenty of other utilitylike institutions have been in trouble  Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Northern Rock in Britain, Countrywide, Washington Mutual and Wachovia.
Word: flubdub Part of Speech: noun 1. A buffoon. Labels: countable Example: I told Mr. Perkins I wasn't a-going to, an' he— I think he is a flubdub anyway." Example: Rumpty-tumpty, pimplety-pan— / The flubdub courted a catamaran / But timplety-topplety, timpity-tare— / The flubdub wedded the big blue bear! 2. Trivial matters; nonsense. Labels: uncountable Example: I have no mission or message or any flubdub of that kind. Example: Only they sent the father to the Senate and gave him columns of flubdub and laid him out in state when he died—and they poured kerosene upon the son and burned him alive.
Word: antioxygen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + oxygen. 1. antioxidant Labels: not-comparable
Word: antioxygen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + oxygen. 1. The antimatter counterpart of oxygen. Made up of positron and antiprotons instead of electrons and protons. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bioreaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + reaction. 1. A biological reaction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The eventual goal is to use the technique for bioreactions — infusing fibers with DNA or proteins and testing how other chemicals modify them, on a small scale.
Word: bioreactions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioreaction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flubdubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flubdub Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flyman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fly + -man. 1. Someone who drives the type of coach called a fly. Labels: UK, historical Example: When driving round and about Cromer, our flyman pointed out "Poppy Land" to me. Example: Who does not know the "Copper Horse" at Windsor--that equestrian statue at the end of the Long Walk to which (and back again) the local flyman always offers to drive the tourist? 2. Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre.
Word: flamekeeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flame + keeper. 1. One who tends a fire that must be kept burning (in various pagan practices). 2. One who keeps some idea alive. Labels: figuratively, rare Example: As the genre has shifted and evolved around — and in many ways beyond — them, they have remained committed to a role as flamekeeper of a certain strain of hip-hop authenticity.
Word: flamekeepers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flamekeeper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flymen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flyman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oxyphenisatine Part of Speech: noun 1. A withdrawn drug once used as a laxative. Labels: uncountable
Word: nonhealing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + healing. 1. That does not heal. Labels: not-comparable Example: The list includes decompression sickness (“the bends”), necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease), carbon monoxide poisoning, gas gangrene, the bone infection osteomyelitis, nonhealing wounds and delayed radiation injury to bone and soft tissue.
Word: osteomyelitides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of osteomyelitis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonmigraine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + migraine. 1. Not of or pertaining to migraine. Labels: not-comparable Example: There was a weaker association with lower barometric pressure, but only for nonmigraine headaches.
Word: postpolio Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + polio. 1. Occurring after polio. Labels: not-comparable
Word: postpoliomyelitis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + poliomyelitis. 1. Occurring after poliomyelitis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: proctitides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proctitis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dihydroxyphenylisatin Part of Speech: noun 1. The laxative drug oxyphenisatine. Labels: uncountable
Word: thrillerlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thriller + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a thriller. Example: With its thrillerlike pacing and scenes of sexual coercion and teenage backbiting, the novel appeals to young readers, who say the book also gives them insight into peers who might consider suicide.
Word: antimilitant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + militant. 1. Opposing militants. Example: The Taliban leadership council first approached the government about peace talks last year, a senior security adviser said, after suffering heavy battlefield casualties and seeing the election of a civilian, antimilitant government in Pakistan.
Word: antimilitant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + militant. 1. One who opposes militants.
Word: chairmanlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English chairman Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English chairmanlike From chairman + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a chairman. Example: Agents at both companies have been eager to hear details of a governance plan that many believe would put Mr. Wiatt in a chairmanlike position, leaving Mr. Emanuel, perhaps still without a title, with operating control of a company that presumably would have far fewer than the 1,000 or so employees currently working for the two combined.
Word: grayhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gray + head. 1. A person with gray hair; an elderly person. Labels: Canada, US Example: What is most troublesome to me is that our residents — no matter how much we grayheads or graybeards model the approach to history-taking from parents — learn that the checklist on the computer screen is the thing to look at, and not the living person describing their child and her problems.
Word: grayheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grayhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grayhounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grayhound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superautomatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + automatic. 1. Having automatic features to grind the coffee, tamp it, and extract the espresso shot. Labels: not-comparable Example: The deluxe superautomatic coffee makers can grind the beans, select the quantity of milk and discard the spent coffee grounds, all at the touch of a button.
Word: dhurrie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi दरी (darī). Pronunciation: /ˈdʌri/ 1. A thick, flat-woven cotton Indian rug or carpet. Example: The eye-flies had colonized the top of an almeira; the red stains on the durry were thicker, for Mohammed Latif had slept here during his imprisonment and spat a good deal […]. Example: They were hospitable and loved company We sat on a dhurrie under the open sky.
Word: dhurries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dhurrie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of dhurry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midbass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + bass. 1. The midrange of bass frequencies. Labels: uncountable Example: Vizio’s compact speaker combo features four three-inch high-efficiency midbass drivers and two three-quarter-inch high-performance tweeters.
Word: blastulas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blastula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blastulae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blastula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stereoblastula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stereo- + blastula. 1. A blastula without a clear central cavity. Example: Eggs can either be very yolky and produce stereoblastulae or have little to no yolk and produce coeloblastulae.
Word: stereoblastulas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stereoblastula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stereoblastulae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stereoblastula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reborne Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of rebear Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: semiprofessionals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semiprofessional Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stonewash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stone + wash. 1. A stonewashed effect on clothing. Labels: uncountable
Word: stonewash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From stone + wash. 1. To impart a stonewashed effect to (clothing). Labels: transitive
Word: optionlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From option + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an option. Example: “Cheap volatile assets with a huge upside are precisely the kinds of optionlike investments that clever zombie managers are energetically looking for,” he said.
Word: perspectively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From perspective + -ly. 1. By means of perspective; in perspective. Labels: not-comparable Example: Once into the 1990s, thinly drawn egg- and pill-shaped ovals appear everywhere, leaning together, like Modigliani heads or plates seen perspectively in a cupboard.
Word: rationings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rationing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thousandaires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thousandaire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: umpirical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From umpire + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to an umpire. Example: Cameras may have deprived officials of what amounts to umpirical judgment.
Word: too rich for one's blood Part of Speech: adj 1. Too expensive or fancy to suit one's taste or preferences. Labels: idiomatic Example: "I don't care to rob you of this bread. Aunt Jane. It's too rich for my blood. . . . I'd rather take my supper at the cheapest restaurant on the Bowery." Example: "That's right, fellows," roared Lovell from his commanding position, as he jingled a handful of gold coins, ". . . and remember that nothing's too rich for our blood to-day."
Word: crewnecked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crewneck + -ed. 1. Having a crewneck. Labels: not-comparable Example: Usually I wore white crewnecked jumpers, because they were easy. I had a collection of them, but one seemed particularly lucky and I'd put it on that morning.
Word: rich for one's blood Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of too rich for one's blood. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hegemonistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hegemony + -istic. 1. Of or pertaining to hegemonism. Example: Western observers — including many in London, where Gergiev is the principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra — condemned Russia’s invasion of Georgia as a return to the hegemonistic ambitions of the Soviet Union.
Word: Herkimer Part of Speech: name Etymology: (surname): Possibly a corruption of Herchheimer. Pronunciation: /ˈhɚkɪmɚ/ 1. A surname 2. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Kansas, United States. 3. A town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. 4. A village, the county seat of Herkimer County, New York, United States, located within the town of the same name.
Word: can't seem Part of Speech: verb 1. Seem to be unable; seem not to be able. Labels: no-past-participle, no-present-participle Example: I can't seem to lift the box alone. Would you give me a hand, please? 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see can't, seem. Labels: no-past-participle, no-present-participle Example: You can't seem bored when you're at a job interview. If you are bored, hide it!
Word: couldn't seem Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of can't seem Labels: form-of, past
Word: hypergentrification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + gentrification. 1. Extreme, excessive gentrification. Labels: uncountable Example: Furthermore, with hypergentrification, how many or us would be priced out of the neighborhood? Example: Brooklyn accumulated its hipness, he says, by avoiding the “gauche” sort of hypergentrification that overwhelmed SoHo — perhaps because it had so much further to come.
Word: muffinlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From muffin + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a muffin. Example: While the mixture is very similar to crepe batter, when you confine it to deep, narrow, muffinlike molds, the surface of the batter sets and the air is trapped, so that the pastry has nowhere to go but up and out, creating a gravity-defying bubble.
Word: multioperation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + operation. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one operation (in various senses). Labels: not-comparable Example: Thomas Donnelly, a defense policy expert with the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said he believed that the Obama administration would be seeking to come up with “a multiwar, multioperation, multifront, walk-and-chew-gum construct.”
Word: multioperation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + operation. 1. A mapping f:Xⁿ→𝒫(X) for some n∈ℕ₀.
Word: nonrecruiting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + recruiting. 1. Not recruiting. Labels: not-comparable Example: In July, Baylor hired Dwon Clifton to fill its newly created post of director of player development, a nonrecruiting position.
Word: precounseling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of precounsel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: precounselling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of precounsel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: precounseled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of precounsel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: precounselled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of precounsel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: redemonstrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + demonstrate. 1. To demonstrate again or anew. Labels: transitive
Word: reascendance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + ascendance. 1. A second or subsequent ascendance. Labels: uncountable Example: An article on March 1 about Newt Gingrich and his reascendance in the Republican Party misidentified the building in Washington where the Ways and Means Committee was marking up the Democratic stimulus bill in January and where the writer interviewed Eric Cantor, the Republican whip.
Word: redemonstrates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of redemonstrate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: redemonstrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of redemonstrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: redemonstrated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of redemonstrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: redemanding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of redemand Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: redemands Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of redemand Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: redemands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redemand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: redemanded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of redemand Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bazaarlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bazaar + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a bazaar. Example: Other textiles can be found on the walls and floor of Joss Graham’s booth, which has a cheerful bazaarlike atmosphere. Mr. Graham has also organized a tented installation of Indian turbans from Rajasthan near the cafe area.
Word: loungey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of loungy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rebrick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + brick. 1. To fit with new bricks. Labels: transitive Example: We’re going to fix that, rebrick it.
Word: rebricks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rebrick Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rebricking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rebrick Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rebricked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rebrick Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: acroterion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latinized form of Ancient Greek ἀκρωτήριον (akrōtḗrion), from ἄκρος (ákros) + -τήριον (-tḗrion). By surface analysis, acro- + Ancient Greek -τήριον (-tḗrion). Semi-Latinized form. 1. Alternative form of acroterium. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They include an acroterion, or pediment decoration, of a winged sphinx; an Etruscan terra cotta antefix, or roof ornament, similar to one returned by the Getty last year; and terra cotta reliefs of warriors on horseback.
Word: acroterions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acroterion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antefixae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antefixa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antefixes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antefix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antispasticity Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + spasticity. 1. That prevents or diminishes spasms. Labels: not-comparable Example: And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones.
Word: nonbirder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + birder. 1. One who is not a birder. Example: Tell a birder that you are trying to break a birdwatching record and their first question will be something like `Where do you plan to get Buff-breasted Button-quail?' Confide to a non-birder and they invariably ask, `How can you prove it?' Example: Travel to out-of-the-way places that many nonbirders find unappealing can be especially attractive to those who pack binoculars and field guides in their carry-on luggage.
Word: nonbirders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonbirder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonbirding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + birding. 1. Not taking part in birdwatching. Labels: not-comparable Example: To begin with, bird watchers are often more eager to hit the road than their nonbirding colleagues.
Word: overpour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + pour. 1. To pour an excessive amount. Example: For example, beverages other than water should be served in tall, skinny glasses; studies show that even professional bartenders overpour when the glass is short and wide. 2. To pour on top of something else.
Word: overpoured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overpour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overpouring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overpour Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overpours Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overpour Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scops-owl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of scops owl. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scops-owls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scops-owl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overstructured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + structured. 1. Excessively structured. Example: “From an acoustical perspective, music is an overstructured language, which the brain invented and which the brain loves to hear.”
Word: graffitilike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From graffiti + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of graffiti. Example: The Boston show, organized by Pedro H. Alonzo, an independent curator, and Emily Brouillet, a former assistant curator at the institute, includes works placed outdoors around Boston, presented here as domesticated tokens of the graffitilike practices for which Mr. Fairey has been arrested on numerous occasions.
Word: nonbarking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + barking. 1. That does not bark. Labels: not-comparable Example: One of those nonbarking dogs, she says, is Moody’s.
Word: videomaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From video + making. 1. The production of video material. Labels: uncountable Example: Mr. Auder’s obsessive videomaking prefigures the relentless narcissism of our current self-publishing mania, but there’s artfulness to his seemingly unmediated recording.
Word: videomaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From video + maker. 1. One who produces video material. Example: As part of the Gay and Lesbian Film and Video festival at the ICA, independent videomaker Julie Zando will present several of her works. They range in length from several minutes to half an hour, and have a common thread of considering relationships in light of psychoanalysis and semiotic theory.
Word: videomakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of videomaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deedholder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deed + holder. 1. One who holds a deed. Example: But you could also see it the other way around: Morrissey was the stolid deedholder in the dangerous winds of a snarling rock band and a limited but insanely devoted audience.
Word: deedholders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deedholder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trichothecenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trichothecene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muscley Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From muscle + -y. 1. Alternative form of muscly. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And introducing “Something Is Squeezing My Skull,” the muscley, two-and-a-half-minute whine that will be his next single in England, he seemed almost fatalistic.
Word: nonalarmist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + alarmist. 1. Not alarmist. Labels: not-comparable Example: As he considers the future, Mr. Benezra is remarkably nonalarmist.
Word: rewatering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rewater Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rewatered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rewater Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sharky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shark + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a shark. Labels: informal Example: He smiled a sharky smile. Example: They wanted to denounce the raids as a cruel misuse of crime-fighting resources — fishing for minnows instead of sharky predators. 2. Indicating possible presence of sharks. Labels: informal Example: He said the spot was very popular with surfers but was also known for being a "sharky area".
Word: antichange Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + change. 1. Opposing change. Example: State officials and ski industry experts say the conservative antichange mentality at Alta was partly forged by the same geography that produces avalanches.
Word: counterbeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + beat. 1. A beat that runs counter to another. Example: At the same time there’s a counterbeat of tension.
Word: counterbeats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterbeat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multipaneled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + paneled. 1. Having more than one panel. Labels: not-comparable Example: These two strands of 15th- and 16th-century art — Italian Renaissance and Netherlandish painting — intertwine in a stunning, multipaneled altarpiece depicting the Last Supper.
Word: multipanelled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + panelled. 1. Alternative form of multipaneled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: remediator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From remediate + -or. 1. A person or company that remediates. Example: “Separation of the baseboards, where they join in the corner or spread apart — that’s an indication,” said Michael A. Pugliese, a mold remediator and the author of “The Home Owner’s Guide to Mold” (RSMeans). 2. An agent (e.g., material, microorganism, plant) that remediates.
Word: remediators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of remediator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skronk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. 1. To produce a raw, discordant sound with a musical instrument, most commonly via a saxophone or electric guitar. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: THE PRODIGY (Thursday) This British electronic trio — beloved for its skronking, industrial sound — achieved a burst of mainstream notoriety in 1997 when it released the caustic (and controversial) single “Smack My Bitch Up.” Example: Structured around a sludgy riff, it skronks along noisily until about the two-minute mark, when the band veers left with a sudden acoustic interlude.
Word: skronk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. 1. A raw, discordant sound produced with electric guitars. Labels: informal
Word: skronked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of skronk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skronking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skronk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overanesthetize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + anesthetize. 1. To give too much anesthetic to. Labels: transitive Example: While undergoing a tonsillectomy, young Lionel — called Leibel or Leibele by his family — was badly overanesthetized.
Word: overanesthetizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overanesthetize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overanesthetized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overanesthetize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bicrossproducts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bicrossproduct Labels: form-of, plural
Word: specific epithets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of specific epithet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wamus Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɑːmʊs/ 1. A warm knitted jacket from the southwestern United States. 2. A ceremonial tunic among the Lakota people. Labels: historical
Word: bathysiderodromophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: bathy- + sidero- + dromo- + -phobia Pronunciation: /bæθɪˈsɪdəɹəʊˌdɹəʊməˌfəʊbɪə/ 1. The irrational fear of subways and the underground in general. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Bradley's bathysiderodromophobia prevents her from travelling easily. Example: Bathysiderodromophobia! What did I tell you! said an onlooker. Anselm looked up, his eyes narrowed. —And what's that in your pocket?
Word: ontake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ontaken, equivalent to on- + take. Compare Old English onniman (“to receive, take”). 1. To take on; undertake; assume. Labels: transitive Example: In 1413 he entered into a bond of manrent at Dundee, with the earl of Crawford, that he, the said Sir Patrick," is becumyn man of special retinue till the said earl, for the term of his life, nane ontaken but amitie and allegiance till our lord the king, [...] 2. To undertake a debt. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: ontake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ontaken, equivalent to on- + take. Compare Old English onniman (“to receive, take”). 1. A taking on; that which is taken on; acquisition. Example: [...] as only about 4 per cent of library ontake would be affected. Example: In very faulted seam zones unduly high power ontakes of the plough drives showed that the set values were already too high.
Word: spaz attack Part of Speech: noun 1. A sudden burst of excitement or nervousness. Labels: humorous, slang
Word: hird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian hird, from Old Norse hirð, a borrowing from Old English hīred, hēored (“family, household”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād (“relationship; family”), equivalent to hewe + rede. Cognate with German Heirat (“wedding”). 1. In Norwegian history, an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls. Labels: historical 2. The formal royal court household. Labels: broadly
Word: hirds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hirdman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Norwegian hirdmann; equivalent to hird + -man. 1. A member of a Norwegian hird, or royal household. Labels: historical
Word: hirdmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hirdman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: humanify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: human + -ify 1. To give humanity to; to make human or relatable. Labels: transitive
Word: humanifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of humanify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: humanifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of humanify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: humanified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of humanify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: relateable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of relatable. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.
Word: relatably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From relatable + -ly. 1. In a relatable manner.
Word: foraneous Part of Speech: adj 1. Only used in foraneous vicar: translator's error for vicar forane Labels: not-comparable
Word: ayelp Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + yelp. Pronunciation: /əˈjɛlp/ 1. yelping. Example: What with preachers all ayelp, Grinding chaff into barren grists, There's no spare time left for help With the Four Evangelists.
Word: ayield Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English aȝelden, from Old English āġieldan (“to pay, repay, render, compensate, yield, restore, reward, requite, offer oneself, offer up (as a sacrifice), perform (an office), permit, allow, pay back, punish”), equivalent to a- + yield. 1. To yield up. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: supply depots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supply depot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: police cars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of police car Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knuckle draggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of knuckle dragger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magnesio- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Pertaining to magnesium. Labels: morpheme
Word: spiro compounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spiro compound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: external stimuli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of external stimulus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sigmoidoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sigmoidoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snogfests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snogfest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: islands of stability Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of island of stability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snittier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of snitty: more snitty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: snittiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of snitty: most snitty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: hysterotomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hysterotomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: TCAs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of TCA Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acidogenicities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acidogenicity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MEC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of multifluidic evolutionary component. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of microbial electrolysis cell. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of multi-access edge computing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of mobile edge computing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: hieroscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hiero- + -scopy. 1. hieromancy Labels: uncountable
Word: Euro wasps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Euro wasp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyclopentenyls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyclopentenyl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Well Part of Speech: name Etymology: Most, if not all, of the placenames are derived from the noun well. 1. A small village in Long Sutton parish, Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7646). 2. A small village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4473). 3. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE2681). 4. A village in Maasdriel municipality, Gelderland province, Netherlands. 5. A village in Bergen municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.
Word: Jack Tars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jack Tar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dumbfuckery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dumbfuck + -ery. 1. Stupidity. Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: rehoboams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rehoboam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aniline green Part of Speech: noun 1. Malachite green. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: delta irons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of delta iron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thrutches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thrutch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thrutches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of thrutch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: occupational hazards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of occupational hazard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rank Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Wee Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 黃／黄 (Ûiⁿ), etc. 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: staffs up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of staff up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: staffing up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of staff up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: staffed up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of staff up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: daiker Part of Speech: verb 1. To deck out; to adorn. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
Word: wame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Northern form of womb, from Old English wamb. 1. The belly. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: everybody knows what they are, the Gourdon fishers, they'd wring silver out of a corpse's wame and call stinking haddocks perfume fishes and sell them at a shilling a pair. 2. The womb. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland
Word: leally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From leal + -ly. Piecewise doublet of legally and loyally. 1. Loyally. Labels: obsolete
Word: copsing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of copse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Late Middle English schudde. 1. A shed. Labels: Derbyshire, East-Anglia, Yorkshire
Word: shud Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See should. 1. nonstandard or archaic spelling of should Labels: alt-of, archaic, nonstandard
Word: yoong Part of Speech: adj 1. archaic, chiefly Scottish spelling of young
Word: riming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rime (“to cover (something) with rime or (loosely) hoar frost”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action). Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪmɪŋ/ 1. That covers with rime or (loosely) hoar frost. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: riming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rime (“to cover (something) with rime or (loosely) hoar frost”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action). Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪmɪŋ/ 1. gerund of rime: the process of covering with rime or hoar frost. Labels: form-of, gerund, uncountable
Word: riming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rime (“to cover (something) with rime or (loosely) hoar frost”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action). Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of rime Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: riming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rime (“to dye (wool or yarn) reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs”) + -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action). Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪmɪŋ/ 1. gerund of rime: the action or process of dyeing wool or yarn reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs. Labels: Ireland, form-of, gerund, rare, uncountable
Word: Schell Part of Speech: name Etymology: German surname, from the adjective Schelle (“jingle bell”). Compare Shell. 1. A surname.
Word: hyer Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of higher. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hyer Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete spelling of here. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. Obsolete spelling of higher. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hyer Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of here. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. Obsolete spelling of higher. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 3. Obsolete spelling of hire. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hyer Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of hire. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Medea Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μήδεια (Mḗdeia). Pronunciation: /mɪˈdiːə/, /məˈdiːə/ 1. An enchantress who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece. Labels: Greek
Word: foretalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + talk. 1. A foreword; preface. Labels: uncountable Example: But before reading the poems, we look at the preface — it is rude to skip the preface, the little, private, confidential foretalk the author wishes to have with the reader […] 2. Small talk used prior to more meaningful conversation. Labels: uncountable Example: He goes on, "The most feminine error during the period of foretalk is to subject her partner to withering cross-examination." Example: In determining whether the male is ready for conversation, the woman should not hesitate to employ the delicate techniques of foretalk.