nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: exteriorizing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɪɹi.əˌɹaɪzɪŋ/, /ɛkˈstɪɹi.əˌɹaɪzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of exteriorize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exteriorizes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɪɹi.əˌɹaɪzɪz/, /ɛkˈstɪɹi.əˌɹaɪzɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exteriorize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: exteriorized Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɪɹi.əˌɹaɪzd/, /ɛkˈstɪɹi.əˌɹaɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of exteriorize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: headphonelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From headphone + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of headphones. Example: PAPRIKA From one of Japan’s masters of anime, Satoshi Kon, comes a many-layered science fiction tale, built around a headphonelike device that allows scientists to tap into and influence people’s dreams.
Word: harshen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From harsh + -en. 1. To make, or to become harsh; render hard and rough. Labels: transitive 2. To render peevish, morose, or austere. Labels: transitive
Word: lamby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lamb + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a lamb or the meat of a lamb. Example: We try to avoid a lamby or "woolly" flavor. Example: The resulting sausages, incorporated into various dishes or grilled on their own, are plump torpedoes of lamby goodness, aggressively and expertly spiced.
Word: lamby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lamb + -y. 1. Alternative form of lambie. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: With a big heavy bucket full of bottles of warm milk, she would call out, “Here, lamby, lamby, lamby.” Example: "It's a lamby, Callie! A little baby lamby."
Word: nonaficionado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + aficionado. 1. One who is not an aficionado. Example: Burns and Ward see their work as an attempt to reach beyond the factional discord of the “jazzerati” to introduce nonaficionados, and particularly younger Americans, to the story of one of the nation's most distinctive musical traditions. Example: The horror-stricken warnings of opera purists about the perils of singing roles too large for one’s voice may make nonaficionados only more eager to stir things up.
Word: nonaficionados Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonaficionado Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hartal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed, via Hindi हड़ताल (haṛtāl), from Gujarati હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), હડતાલ (haḍtāl), literally “locking of shops”. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑː.tɑːl/ 1. the closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike. Labels: Malaysia, South-Asia Example: There were slight disturbances in Karachi and Bombay city, a hartal in Bombay city similar to the last one but probably helped by the news of Tilak's death, […] Example: One of the special characteristics of Bangladesh politics is hartal politics, a legacy of tactics of political agitation, which was used, in pre-partition India […]
Word: hartals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hartal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nondrafted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + drafted. 1. Not drafted. Labels: not-comparable Example: He signed with the Mariners in 1996 as a nondrafted free agent.
Word: nonenvironmentally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nonenvironmental + -ly. 1. In a nonenvironmental manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: heelball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heel + ball? 1. A mixture of wax and lampblack used to polish shoes, and in brass rubbing.
Word: signate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin signatus. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɡneɪt/, /ˈsɪɡnət/ 1. Having definite colour markings; bearing spots resembling letters. Labels: not-comparable 2. Designate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pintxos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pintxo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pintxo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Basque pintxo, from Spanish pincho. Pronunciation: /ˈpint͡ʃoʊ/ 1. A Basque snack served in bars, resembling tapas.
Word: aequator Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of equator. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: pregrill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + grill. 1. To grill (food) in advance. Labels: transitive Example: The restaurant uses pregrilled chicken to save time.
Word: turbant Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)bənt/ 1. Obsolete form of turban. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Methinks I ſee the Turke nodding vvith his Turbant, and telling me that I ſhould thanke Heaven for that diſtance vvhich is betvvixt us, elſe he vvould ſvvallovv me all up at one morſell; […] Example: From India and the golden Cherſoneſs, / And utmoſt Indian Iſle Taprobane, / Dusk faces vvith vvhite ſilken Turbants vvreath'd: […]
Word: pregrilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pregrill Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pregrilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pregrill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hobday Part of Speech: verb 1. to operate on the larynx of a horse in order to improve its breathing
Word: protofeminisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protofeminism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hodden Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a dialectal form of holden, archaic past participle of hold. 1. A coarse Scottish woollen cloth. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hodoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hodo- + -scope. 1. A device, consisting of multiple detectors, that is used to track the path of cosmic rays and other subatomic particles
Word: XMRV Part of Speech: name 1. Xenotropic murine leukemia virus, a laboratory-created virus thought capable of infecting humans, now believed to be a contaminant.
Word: pulpish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pulp + -ish. 1. Characteristic of pulp (lurid, sensational writing). Example: Part of why Mr. Dick’s work appeals so much to moviemakers is his pulpish sensibility.
Word: hodoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hodoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sharptongued Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of sharp-tongued. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spydom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spy + -dom. 1. A group of spies Labels: uncountable Example: A paid spydom watched that Nazareth family — as it watched every other working-class family in the empire... 2. The world of spies and espionage. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: We were seconds away from making it all the way through “Breach,” a five-hour picture about precisely how dull it is to catch one of the biggest moles in the history of spydom without submarine cars or ballpoint-pen lasers or any of the other usual tools of the trade.
Word: vades Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: superassassin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + assassin. Pronunciation: /suːpəɹˈəˈsæsɪn/ 1. A remarkably talented and deadly assassin. Labels: rare Example: Les Hollandais résidant en Angleterre télégraphient au premier ministre à La Haye pour lui demander de remettre immédiatement aux mains de la justice le superassassin Hohenzellern, le plus gran criminel du monde. Example: Mr. Damon plays Jason Bourne, a C.I.A. superassassin with amnesia who is chased across Europe in the company of a charming German waif (Ms. Potente) by his employers.
Word: superassassins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superassassin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superugly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + ugly. 1. Remarkably ugly; hideous. Labels: informal Example: You'll probably be able to get one merely for the price of hauling it to your place if it's superugly. And it needn't remain an eyesore. Example: The plastic facades are superugly.
Word: overtrump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * from over- + trump 1. To play a higher trump card than the previous one in a trick.
Word: overtrumps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overtrump Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overtrumping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overtrump Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overtrumped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overtrump Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tarkhans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tarkhan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tarkhan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a descendant of Proto-Turkic *tarkan, ultimate origin uncertain. See Chinese 單于 (chányú) and the Wikipedia page for more. Doublet of chanyu. 1. An ancient Central Asian title used by various Turkic, Mongolic and Indo-European (Scythian and Tokharian) peoples, especially in the medieval era, and prominently among the successors of the Mongol Empire; it generally conferred exemption from taxation. Labels: historical Example: The tarkhan, leader of the Khazar army, meets Amram, Zelikman and a green-eyed young person who claims to be Alp, the brother of Filaq. Example: Already by the time of Genghis Khan, tarkhans were exempt from taxes and various economic services; they later became a privileged estate or class. In the Kazanian society, the tarkhans constituted a privileged, landowning, and conditionally hereditary nobility which was exempted from taxes and most other obligations.
Word: hurty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hurt + -y. 1. Causing hurt; painful. Labels: childish, informal, often Example: If people are scared of hurty words, don’t come and see comedy. It’s not as if I’m shouting it through your letterbox. Example: It's time this government told the police their job is to protect the public, not monitor social media for hurty words.
Word: hurty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hurt (“blue spot”) + -y. 1. Semé (strewn) with hurts (roundels azure). Labels: not-comparable
Word: deaurate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin deaurātus, perfect passive participle of deaurō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To gild. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: it is not lawfull that any thing should be in the liuely Temple of our ſoule, which is not eyther charitie, or ouer-guilded & deaurated with charity
Word: deaurate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English deaurat, from Latin deaurātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Gilded. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Of ſo eye bewitching a deaurate ruddie dy is the skincoat of this Lantſgraue, that happy is that nobleman who for his colours in armory can neereſt imitate his chimicall temper, nay which is more, if a man ſhould tell you that god Himens ſaffron colour’d robe were made of nothing but red herrings skins, you would hardly beleeue him: […]
Word: hurtier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of hurty: more hurty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: hurtiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of hurty: most hurty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: trackman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From track + -man. 1. A railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway installation. Labels: US Example: When a passenger or freight train is snowbound, any train crew or passengers must first be rescued and taken to the nearest station. This task is usually done by local trackmen. Example: Drones and helicopters have been in common use by Network Rail for some time, and are a far cry from the days when all inspections were carried out by trackmen reaching remote sites on foot.
Word: trackmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trackman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: platelayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plate + layer. 1. A railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway installation. Example: Instead, the Ministry of Transport (MoT) investigation concluded that the gang were reliant upon hearing the approach of trains - "a common practice among platelayers", Assistant Inspecting Officer JPS Main concluded.
Word: platelayers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of platelayer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: untroubling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + troubling. 1. Not troubling. Example: Any softening of the statement’s language should help stocks, Mr. Herrmann said, because it would convince traders that the Fed will remain untroubled and untroubling.
Word: untroubling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of untrouble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: whens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of when Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ustulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ustulatus, past participle of ustulare (“to scorch”), urere (“to burn”). 1. Blackened as if burned.
Word: ustulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ustulatus, past participle of ustulare (“to scorch”), urere (“to burn”). 1. To burn or roast (ores). Labels: transitive
Word: magpielike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From magpie + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a magpie, especially in the habit of hoarding objects. Example: Conceived as a live spectacle without a pre-recorded soundtrack, it is also the closest he has come to a pure silent feature, not that purity is a pertinent concept in the case of the magpielike Mr. Maddin and his dense, crossbred melodramas.
Word: reinventive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of reinvent + inventive? 1. Tending to reinvent. Example: The city proved remarkably resilient in the face of the Bethlehem Steel closing, said Bridget George, the festival’s executive director, and “as change comes, we have to be as creative and reinventive in our own response to what Bethlehem is and how passionately we feel about it.”
Word: semifame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + fame. 1. Minor fame. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: He was most excited about the festival’s obscurities, like the series of Latin American and Spanish films, his latest passions, and the appearance by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, the Texas wild man whose brief moment of semifame, the 1968 single “Paralyzed,” inspired Mr. Bowie’s glam-era alter ego, Ziggy Stardust.
Word: supersmall Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + small. 1. Very small; tiny. Example: But while short, multiepisode cellphone series are growing in popularity, the lucrative advertising dollars prevalent in other entertainment segments — and which studios rely on for profit — have been slow to migrate to the supersmall screen.
Word: inceptisol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin inceptum + -i- + -sol 1. A kind of freely-draining soil that forms quickly through alteration of parent material and has no accumulation of clays, iron oxide, aluminium oxide or organic matter.
Word: putat Part of Speech: noun 1. The fish poison tree.
Word: initiand Part of Speech: noun 1. The subject of an initiation
Word: inkle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English inklen, inclen (“to give an inkling of, hint at, mention, utter in an undertone”), derived from inke (“apprehension, misgiving”), from Old English inca (“doubt, suspicion”), from Proto-West Germanic *inkō, from Proto-Germanic *inkô (“ache, regret”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eng- (“illness”). Cognate with Old Frisian jinc (“angered”), Old Norse ekki (“pain, grief”), Norwegian ekkje (“lack, pity”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋkl̩/ 1. To hint at; disclose. Labels: rare, transitive 2. To have a hint or inkling of; divine. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: inkle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from earlier *ingle, perhaps from an incorrect division of lingle, lingel. Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋkl̩/ 1. Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces Labels: countable, uncountable Example: COSTARD - '… What's the price of this inkle?'
Word: anything but Part of Speech: adv 1. Not at all; quite the contrary (of). Labels: not-comparable Example: It wasn't cheap. Anything but. Example: It started out as a lively party, now it is anything but.
Word: roges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lithotripsy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From litho- (“relating to a stone or calculus”) + Ancient Greek τρῖψῐς (trîpsĭs, “rubbing, friction”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪθ.əˌtɹɪp.si/ 1. A treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves or crushing with a surgical instrument, by which a kidney stone or similar calculus is broken into particles small enough to be voided or washed out.
Word: roundtrips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roundtrip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skywatcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + watcher. 1. One who skywatches.
Word: skywatchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skywatcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skywalks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skywalk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skysurfers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skysurfer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lorajmine Part of Speech: noun 1. 17-monochloroacetylajmaline, an antiarrhythmic drug derived from the roots of Rauvolfia serpentina. Labels: uncountable
Word: padrão Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese padrão, from pedra (“stone”) + -ão. 1. stone pillar, usually with a cross, inscribed with the coat of arms of Portugal, placed as a land claim along the coasts of Africa and Asia by numerous Portuguese explorers Labels: historical
Word: sweetmeal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of sweet + wholemeal. 1. Wholemeal and sweet; used to describe digestive biscuits. Labels: not-comparable Example: The digestive sweetmeal cookie deserves particular mention. A best-selling cookie in the United Kingdom for many years, its popularity must have a lot to do with its versatility.
Word: pacos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gachas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gacha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: somniate Part of Speech: verb 1. To drowse. Example: ...but our powers not always in the same state of action, nor equally attentive to or rententive of the hints that were given, or things might be rendered more or less intelligible to us, as the powers of our soul were more or less dozed or somniated with the oppression of vapours from the body, which occasions sleep; Example: So much for the "safety benefit" of those somniating 100/110kph 2. To cause to become drowsy. Example: As for Dreams, and the diversity of them, with their significations, we shall be more large in our second part, when we shall treat of somniating Physiognomy; but in the mean time consider these Rules, and their Interpretations, for they are worthy the observation. Example: The translation, by Malcolm C. Lyons and Ursula Lyons, shines like moonlight and magic mirrors, stimulates and somniates, echoes and recycles like a dream ...
Word: quippery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quip + -ery. 1. The use of quips; smart humour. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: quipperies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quippery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: versatilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of versatility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calcant Part of Speech: noun 1. foot-bellows operator (of an organ)
Word: cellarman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cellar + -man. 1. A person in charge of the alcoholic drinks (traditionally the wine cellar) in a tavern etc. Example: 1815, William Berry, The History of the Island of Guernsey, London: Longman, Hurst, Bees, Orme and Brown, p. 298, https://books.google.ca/books?id=uD8IAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The merchant and wealthy shopkeeper here differ widely from the English character:— Immersed in business from morn till night, they dine at one or two, on plain wholesome fare; abstemious to a degree, drink less wine than their cellarmen, and without relaxing from the cares of business—the want of exercise and retirement makes as little impression on their health as their purses. Example: But on a stool by the counter sat a drunken man with blue, glassy eyes and shiny purplish face, in a round grey-peaked cap topped with a button—the cellarman from the whiskey distillery of Prince Lobanoff.
Word: cellarmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cellarman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beltful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From belt + -ful. 1. As much as a belt will hold. Example: The cook has his revolver and a beltful of cartridges. I have a loaded revolver, but I shall leave that with you.
Word: beltfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beltful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beltsful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beltful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whilk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of whelk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: saluter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From salute + -er. 1. One who salutes.
Word: loungecore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lounge + -core. 1. easy listening music Labels: uncountable
Word: lyocell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a trademark. 1. A semisynthetic fibre (and associated fabric) made from wood pulp Labels: uncountable
Word: macruran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Macrura + -an 1. Any of many decapod crustaceans, such as the lobster and shrimp, that were once included in the subdivision Macrura Labels: obsolete
Word: macumba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Kimbundu makôbabor. Portuguese macumbabor. English macumba Borrowed from Portuguese macumba (“macumba; curse”), derived from Kimbundu makôba (or a related Bantu language of western Central Africa). 1. A type of Afro-Brazilian folk religion combining elements of Roman Catholicism with traditional African religious beliefs and practices; or a specific cult or ceremony of such religion. Example: And later on at the Gantóis macumba, Omolu, bedecked in red, had said that the day of vengeance for the poor would not be long in coming.
Word: pish posh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Reduplication of pish. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪʃˈpɒʃ/ 1. Nonsense; tommyrot. Labels: slang Example: “Oh, pish posh,” Miss Beauregard didn't buy it. “Your home couldn't be that bad.” Example: “You don't believe in angels? Oh, pish-posh, Officer. How do you think we make it through the day without angels?”
Word: macrurans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macruran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marshwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From marsh + wort. 1. A small, white-flowered plant, of the genus Apium, that grows in marshy habitats.
Word: computator Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who performs computations. Labels: archaic Example: But this is an advantage not to be had by the biographer in this planet;—in the planet Mercury (belike) it may be so, if not better still for him;——for there the intense heat of the country, which is proved by computators, from its vicinity to the sun, to be more than equal to that of red-hot iron, […] 2. A mechanical device that performs computation. Labels: archaic 3. Synonym of computer (“electronic device”). Labels: humorous
Word: cultureless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English cultureless From culture + -less. 1. Devoid of culture.
Word: culturelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English culturelike From culture + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of culture. Example: Certainly, learning from elders how to exploit the environment is a culturelike phenomenon.
Word: marshworts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marshwort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meatworks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meat + works. 1. A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: A modern abattoir and meatworks, which will supply meat for local consumption and export, will be established at Kadina, in South Australia. The Premier (Mr. Playford) announced recently the project would cost about £500,000. Example: The effluents used for the irrigation schemes included discharges from most sections of the meatworks and from yards and roofs; in the Islington works some separate soakaways in the gravels were used for strong chemical discharges.
Word: noninstallation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + installation. 1. Absence of installation; failure to install. Labels: uncountable Example: The landlord had been warned twice about noninstallation of smoke alarms in the properties he rented.
Word: meatworker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meat + worker. 1. A worker in the meat industry.
Word: meatworkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meatworker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adaptate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: When used by native speakers, a back-formation from adaptation; equivalent to adapt + -ate. When used by ESL speakers, a calque of Portuguese and Spanish adaptar; compare, for example, English integrate and Portuguese and Spanish integrar. 1. To adapt. Example: Using the formulae included the game moderator determins how much mana is needed to cast the magic. Works very well, but is specific to the game system, would need work to make it generic or useful in any other game. Personally I am thinking of adaptating it to Ars Magica or Witchcraft, both of which are excellent systems, but have shitty, or no, respectively, rules for spell creation. Example: The pre-cultural society was promiscuous, and the change to cultural society meaned^([sic]) a change to monogamy. That might better explain our difficulties in adaptating to monogamy (depending on when we put the origin of 'culture') but not the existence of promiscuous cultures of H. sapiens.
Word: adaptator Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of adapter. Labels: rare Example: Yet it was an improvement on the stage plays of the former age, when tragedies and comedies were imported from France with an avidity not to be exceeded by the minor adaptators of the present time. Example: [Gabriel] Faerno was one of the many translator-imitators, or rather adaptators, of Aesop and Phaedrus, antedating [Jean de] La Fontaine by one hundred years.
Word: slidder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English slider, from Old English slidor, from Proto-West Germanic *slidr, from Proto-Germanic *slidraz, from Proto-Indo-European *slidʰ-ró-s, from *sleydʰ- (“to slip, glide”). Related to Old English slīdan (“to slide”). More at slide. 1. Slippery. Labels: obsolete
Word: slidder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English slyderen, slidren, from Old English sliderian (“to slip”), from Proto-West Germanic *slidrōn (“to slide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“to slip”). Cognate with Middle Dutch slideren (“to drag, train”), German schlittern (“to slip, slide”). 1. To slip or slide, especially clumsily, or in a gingerly, timorous way. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: He sliddered down as best as he could. Example: The smoke-pat sliddered over to the French shore, so I knowed Frankie was edgin' the Spanishers toward they Dutch sands where he was master.
Word: mellotron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Brand name, possibly based on melo- + -tron. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛl.əˌtɹɒn/, /ˈmɛl.əˌtɹɑn/ 1. An early electronic keyboard instrument that played back prerecorded sounds.
Word: Canadianise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Canadian + -ise. Pronunciation: /kəˈneɪ.di.ə.naɪz/, /kəˈneɪ.djə.naɪz/ 1. Alternative form of Canadianize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kosherize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From kosher + -ize. 1. To make kosher (suitable for a Jewish religious diet). Labels: transitive
Word: kosherized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of kosherize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kosherizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of kosherize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: kosherizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kosherize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mellotrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mellotron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: melodize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From melody + -ize. 1. To compose or play melodies. Labels: intransitive 2. To make melodious; to write a melody for (existing text). Labels: transitive
Word: shiting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shite Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: melodizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of melodize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: melodizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of melodize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: melodized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of melodize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: eco-kosher Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eco- + kosher, coined by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. 1. Acceptable in an ecological sense, supposedly analogous to the Jewish kosher laws for food preparation.
Word: menorrhea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meno- + -rrhea. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛnəˈɹɪə/ 1. The flow of blood at menstruation Labels: uncountable
Word: Maclean Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic MacGilleEathain, patronymic form of a personal name meaning "servant of (Saint) John". 1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A town in the Northern Rivers region of northern New South Wales, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: antitransglutaminase Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + transglutaminase. 1. Targeting transglutaminase. Labels: not-comparable
Word: besparkled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of besparkle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: superlightweight Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + lightweight. 1. Extremely lightweight. Example: Rather than reinforce rooftops at great expense, Mankiewicz decided that the only way around this problem was to invent a superlightweight soil.
Word: myenteric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From myenteron + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the myenteron. Labels: not-comparable
Word: superleaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superleak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myenteron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See myo-, entero-. 1. The muscular coat of the intestine.
Word: nonairbrushed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + airbrushed. 1. Not airbrushed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: schoolwear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From school + -wear. 1. Clothing designed to be worn at school. Labels: uncountable
Word: minischools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minischool Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minischool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + school. 1. A school with a very small student population. Example: There are 86 ELLs in the four minischools at the Columbus campus, but few if any have been receiving the required level of English-fluency classes because those minischools do not offer them.
Word: prehiatus Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + hiatus. 1. Before a hiatus. Labels: not-comparable Example: On Monday, CBS’s “CSI: Miami” seized the title as the night’s highest-rated show among adults 18 to 49, while NBC’s “Heroes” continued to falter with ratings below its prehiatus levels.
Word: ultrareligious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + religious. 1. Extremely religious. Example: But a lot of people here also say that what they want is something in the middle, not quite Western democracy and not quite the restrictive life forced on them by the ultrareligious.
Word: checkback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From check + back. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛkbæk/ 1. A play of a designated card as a prompt to one's partner to respond with a play indicating the kinds of card he/she holds. Labels: uncountable Example: True, you need some form of checkback, which is an artificial two-club or two-diamond rebid by the responder to ask for more information.
Word: armet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French armet, from Middle French armet, heaumet, from Old French helmet, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *helm (“helmet”). Doublet of helm and helmet. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.mɛt/, /ˈɑɹ.mɛt/ 1. A type of mediaeval helmet which fully enclosed the head and face, first found in the 1420s in Milan.
Word: dissatisfier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dissatisfy + -er. 1. One who, or that which, dissatisfies. Example: “It’s the No. 1 dissatisfier that we hear about,” said Bob Gann, Hewlett-Packard ’s digital imaging systems architect.
Word: dissatisfiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dissatisfier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: armator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French armateur. 1. A shipowner. Labels: rare Example: If the ſaid deſerters can only be arreſted after the departure of the ſhip, they ſhall be condemned to eight days confinement, to return the advances, and to pay to the captain, or the armators, the damages ariſing from their deſertion, if there are any; and ſhall make a campaign of three months in the ſhips of his majeſty, at two-thirds of pay. Example: Thus, when a difference arose between the armators of two privateers on the subject of sharing the prize Jeune Française of Calais “sur le pied d’homme pour homme,” the Court ordered sale of the cargo by both armators jointly (Amirauté 4, f.12). […] John Bowden, armator of the Prosperous Galley, Captain Hubert, brought such an action in the Royal Court in 1707 concerning differences with the armators of the Marlborough, Captain Naftel, about the claim of the Prosperous to have shared in the capture of the St. James of Ile de Dars. […] The armators of the Marlborough contended that Bowden and Hubert were out of power to prosecute before another Court while the case was before the Court of Jugements.
Word: hautest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: French haut + English -est. 1. Highest or best. Labels: nonstandard Example: The hautest of French haute cuisine is served in this grand basement restaurant. Specialties include roast guinea fowl with shallots, and fillet of smoked pork... Example: Time Out Milan shows you how Italy's powerhouse plays as hard as it works, tipping you off to the hippest aperitivi, the highest fashion and the hautest cuisine […]
Word: semisatiric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + satiric. 1. Partly satirical. Labels: not-comparable Example: The crowd appeared to be mostly Spanish, but that may be only for now; with her dark sunglasses and spired peineta (the ornamental comb worn by flamenco singers), she’s created a semisatiric princess-of-darkness persona that isn’t hard for outsiders to understand.
Word: undereffective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin effectīvusbor. French effectifder. English effective English undereffective From under- + effective. 1. Not effective enough. Example: The bullpen, overworked and undereffective in the first month, contributed three scoreless innings as five relief pitchers worked as if they were sprinters handing off a baton in a relay race.
Word: unsexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sexual. 1. Not sexual. Labels: not-comparable Example: Certain unrandy Pacific salmon are said never to return back up their birth rivers, but instead prefer to live out their cautious careers in unsexual but less demanding bachelorhood or spinsterhood. Example: Other nonballet movements — one man landing out of the blue on another man’s neck and staying there (oddly comic), or a man running backward around the stage in decelerating and decreasing circles (an absorbing minimalist effect) — become peculiar strokes of poetry. Mr. Parker gives his most striking moments to his male dancers, not least in unsexual male duets, as when one guy supports another in ballet adagio.
Word: unsexiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unsexy + -ness. 1. The quality of being unsexy. Labels: uncountable
Word: Kemps Part of Speech: name 1. A card game, played in teams of two, the object being to get four of a kind, then silently communicate the fact to one's partner, who shouts "Kemps!".
Word: Kemps Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Kemp. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: canvasboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From canvas + board. 1. A material consisting of canvas laminated onto a board, used for artworks. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Untitled, 1950 (May 20),” oil on canvasboard, by Myron Stout.
Word: canvasboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canvasboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncanvassed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + canvassed. 1. Not canvassed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: canvasless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From canvas + -less. 1. Without canvas. Labels: not-comparable
Word: flatfootedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From flatfooted + -ly. 1. In a flatfooted manner. Example: Steward, one of De La Hoya’s former trainers, saw him tiring and fighting flatfootedly.
Word: unsqueaking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + squeaking. 1. Not producing squeaking noises. Labels: not-comparable Example: And she has a full, even, unsqueaking tone, especially on the clarinet, an instrument that could use another distinctive voice in jazz.
Word: unsqueaky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + squeaky. 1. Not squeaky. Labels: not-comparable
Word: celebret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin celebret (“may he celebrate”). 1. A letter signed by a bishop or other higher official stating that a certain priest is allowed to say Mass in a different diocese.
Word: bulldogging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bulldog Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bulldogged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bulldog Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: developmentals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛntəlz/ 1. plural of developmental Labels: form-of, plural
Word: symbolisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of symbolism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unnormal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + normal. 1. Not normal. Example: I’ve felt as unnormal as one could feel the last couple of days and lost a lot of sleep.”
Word: declinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From decline + -ism. Pronunciation: /dɪˈklaɪnɪzəm/ 1. A pessimistic belief that things are in decline. Labels: uncountable Example: Scholars point out that strains of declinism can be found in most eras of history, which raises the question, is it logically possible for the world to be going to hell interminably — to be endlessly on its way to hell, ever worse than before, and ever better at each earlier epoch? Example: Laudably, he [Cullen Murphy] ends on some optimistic notes, and some prescriptions, rather than wallowing in declinism.
Word: declinest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: decline + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of decline Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: confirmor Part of Speech: noun 1. One who performs the confirmation of an estate; the grantor of a deed of confirmation. Example: The confirmor must have such an estate and property in the thing of which the confirmation is made, as may enable him to confirm the estate to the confirmee; Dyer 109. 2. A purchaser of real estate who resells the property before the transaction is completed. Labels: Hong-Kong Example: Confirmors buy and sell a property before a transaction is completed and they are generally thought to be speculators. Example: During the period between the signing of the provisional S&P agreement and the completion of the sale, “A” (the confirmor) sells the property to sub-purchaser “C” for a higher price.
Word: grantest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: grant + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of grant Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: greetest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: greet + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of greet Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: greeteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: greet + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of greet Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: confirmator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. # Someone or something that confirms; a confirmer. Labels: archaic Example: the definitive confirmator and test of things uncertain
Word: fruitwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fruit + wood. 1. The wood of any fruit tree, particularly hardwood from species such as pear and cherry, that is valued for furniture, woodcuts and other applications. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At Quince in San Francisco, Michael Tusk, the chef, smokes fresh ricotta over fruitwood and spices until it’s lightly browned and crumbly. 2. In orchard culture, the woody growth of the scion of any grafted fruit tree above the graft, as opposed to the rootstock, which is the part of the plant below the graft. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cem Akin; Leah Rottke (1 August 2011), The Home Orchard Handbook: A Complete Guide to Growing Your Own Fruit Trees Anywhere, Quarry Books, →ISBN, pages 45–: “...let's talk about the qualities of fruitwood (also known as a scion when grafted onto a rootstock), or the portion of the tree above the graft union.” 3. Particular branches or twigs in particular positions, or of particular types or ages, that may be expected to bear fruit in most types of orchard trees, since fruit is not borne randomly all over the tree. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Warren C. Micke (1996), Almond Production Manual, UCANR Publications, →ISBN, pages 127–: “In mature trees, water sprouts become replacement fruitwood as old wood is removed.”
Word: fruitwoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fruitwood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: godforsakenness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From godforsaken + -ness. 1. The quality of being godforsaken. Labels: uncountable Example: The godforsakenness of the place is something more than a figure of speech.
Word: motorplex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From motor + -plex. 1. A venue for motor racing. Labels: US Example: The motorplex, which also has tracks for motocross and all-terrain vehicles, has an overwhelmingly local feel.
Word: motorplexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of motorplex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multireel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + reel. 1. Comprising more than one reel. Labels: not-comparable Example: Since then she has created a variety of multireel stories she calls Vladmasters, which she sells and presents in public performances.
Word: musicke Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of music. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: There is no doubt, no people on the earth more naturally affected to the sound of musicke than these people.
Word: musickes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of musicke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consultor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cōnsultor. 1. One who gives counsel; an adviser, especially in the Catholic Church.
Word: outhandle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + handle. 1. To surpass in handling. Labels: transitive Example: As you might expect, the Cadillac outhandles the Lincoln.
Word: outhandles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outhandle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outhandling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outhandle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outhandled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outhandle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prenursing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + nursing. 1. Any course of study taken in preparation for the study of nursing. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: reshingle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + shingle. 1. To shingle again or anew. Labels: transitive Example: He rebuilt the rotted front porch, restoring some of the Victorian filigree in the process, and reshingled the front facade.
Word: reshingles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reshingle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reshingling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reshingle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reshingled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reshingle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: superambitious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + ambitious. 1. Very ambitious. Labels: informal Example: The men I met in California who were in their 30s and superambitious never really valued women, but Stephen valued me as a person.”
Word: supercomplicated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + complicated. 1. Very complicated. Labels: informal Example: “Life is supercomplicated, and if you’re a Type A person, you want containment, to have, you know, control, whether it’s an illusion or reality.”
Word: televisionlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From television + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of television. Example: Our experience with Joost and Babelgum made us think that the services should add more televisionlike content to expand the range of people who might watch.
Word: thrustings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thrusting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: copulator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From copulate + -or. 1. Someone who has sexual intercourse. Labels: formal, rare
Word: coronant Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of coronator. Example: This was made explicit when Basil formally asked the Prince of Princes Ashot Bagratid for a crown, the Bagratids being the traditional coronants of the Arsacids.
Word: underpainting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + painting. 1. An initial layer of paint, often monochromatic, applied to a ground as a base for subsequent layers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He would start with a stenciled acrylic underpainting and finish by making marks with the chalk and charcoal shells. 2. A painting that the artist later painted over to create the final work. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At first they wouldn't believe him, but he gave them proof. X-ray the Adulteress, he told them, and you will find an underpainting. They did and found the underpainting van Meegeren had described.
Word: underpainting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From underpaint + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of underpaint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: underpaintings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of underpainting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unsusceptible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + susceptible. 1. Not susceptible. Example: Imagination, a licentious and vagrant faculty, unsusceptible of limitations, and impatient of restraint, has always endeavored to baffle the logician, to perplex the confines of distinction, and burst the enclosures of regularity. Example: Mortals, rejoice! the very Angels quit Their mansions unsusceptible of change, Amid your pleasant bowers to sit, And through your sweet vicissitudes to range!
Word: wyfe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of wife. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: wyves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wyfe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coronator Part of Speech: noun 1. One who crowns another; one who carries out a coronation.