nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: impudic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French impudique. Equivalent to im- + pudic. 1. Immodest. Example: Oh, won't you hide those impudic thighs???????? Example: Deferring me to the article, I live that there were indeed mushrooms volvaires which well-sure did not fail to be edible. My astonishment was however going to still increase with the reading of the Petit Robert. I discovered that the phallus was not used for only in the form of the "phalloid" adjective to indicate a mortal mushroom. Phallus as such indicates a mushroom to be strictly accurate. Thus I live impudic names of phallus or phalli of dog which indicated mushrooms basidiomycetes of phallic form and with the nauseous odor (stinking, or cadaveric odor I noted).
Word: fabulous invalid Part of Speech: name Etymology: In reference to The Fabulous Invalid, a 1938 stage play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart that follows the oscillating fortunes of a fictitious Broadway theater between 1900 and 1930. 1. The theater as a declining artform; stage productions generally. Example: It hopes others will join in the financial medication of the fabulous invalid. Example: Here, he continues to trace the long decline of the 'fabulous invalid' through the season of 1991-92 — a season overshadowed by the death of Joe Papp, […]
Word: odoriferant Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of odoriferous.
Word: female chauvinists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of female chauvinist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vedic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Vedic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable Example: Krishna Valley, near the village of Somogyvamos in Hungary, is run by devotees of the Hindu god Krishna who aim to live in accordance to the principles of ancient vedic scriptures.
Word: skoots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skoot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leghaemoglobins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leghaemoglobin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fair list Part of Speech: noun 1. A list of the organizations that have made concessions to a union and are therefore considered eligible trading partners.
Word: fair lists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fair list Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fairness doctrine Part of Speech: name 1. A policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949 and abolished in 1987, requiring the holders of broadcast licenses (i) to present controversial issues of public importance and (ii) to do so in an honest, equitable and balanced manner. Labels: US, historical
Word: softmask Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From soft + mask. 1. To convert hard edges in an image to soft ones, by the use of a "fuzzy" mask.
Word: softmask Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soft + mask. 1. A mask of this kind.
Word: softmasked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of softmask Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: softmasked Part of Speech: adj 1. Whose edges have been softened by softmasking. Labels: not-comparable
Word: softmasking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of softmask Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: softmasks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of softmask Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: softmasks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of softmask Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ingoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ingo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: LUs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of LU Labels: form-of, plural
Word: LSUs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of LSU Labels: form-of, plural
Word: livestock unit Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of measure for assessing the overall effect on grazing land of different types of animal.
Word: livestock units Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of livestock unit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bancorporation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bank + corporation. 1. A bank holding company. Example: While we have seen some group banks fail, several of the present bancorporations have shown statements that indicate a high degree of liquidity.
Word: bancorporations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bancorporation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: colowre Part of Speech: noun 1. Early Modern spelling of colour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thys godlye dystrybution […] is muche more consonante and agreable to Goddes worde and more certayne dyscharge of youre graces conscyence then to suffer the same possessions to be vngodly caste awaye and consumed vnder suche false colowre and pretence […] Example: Neuertheles vpon .cccc. yeares after in the tyme of Innocentius the third they were reformed by Albartus byshop of Hierusalem, accordyng to the rule of Basilius, and the colowre of their coape was turned into whyte by Honorius the third where afore it was russet.
Word: Youds Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: dermatopathologic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of dermatopathological. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: BWAD Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of bridgewire-actuated device. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: BWADs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of BWAD Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bridgewire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bridge + wire. 1. A relatively thin resistance wire used that is heated by electric current to set off a pyrotechnic composition. 2. Alternative spelling of bridge wire (“wire for wire rope in bridges”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: bridgewires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bridgewire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bridge wire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bridge + wire. 1. Alternative spelling of bridgewire (“pyrotechnic component”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Wire for wire rope intended for bridge duty or similar heavy duty. Example: The three most important differences between the Brooklyn Bridge and other suspension bridges built previously are: 1st—Great increase in cable length. Including both side spans this bridge has a total length of 3455.5 feet suspended from the cables. The total length of each of the cables between center lines of anchorage pins is 3578.5 feet, making them the longest parallel wire cables ever fabricated for a suspension bridge, even to the present day. 2nd—The Brooklyn Bridge marked the first use of steel as a material for bridge wire. All previous suspension bridge cables were fabricated from wire drawn from charcoal iron. 3rd—Prior to this time, cables were fabricated from bright wire and depended upon oil, grease, and paint for protection against the elements. In the Brooklyn Bridge, however, the cables were fabricated from galvanized wire, thus bringing into use for the first time, zinc as a protective coating for suspension bridge cable wire. Example: The bridge wire in the main cables of the Hudson River Bridge is of the same character as that used in all previous suspension bridges having Roebling cables, beginning with the Brooklyn Bridge […]
Word: bridge wires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bridge wire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electroexplosive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From electro- + explosive. 1. Involving the use of electricity to trigger an explosion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: electroexplosive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + explosive. 1. Any device in which electricity is used to trigger an explosion.
Word: electroexplosives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electroexplosive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mackesy Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: chicken ladder Part of Speech: noun 1. A short ramp enabling chickens to reach the raised entrance of a coop.
Word: chicken ladders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chicken ladder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epitheliome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epithelium + -ome. 1. A collection of interacting epithelial cells Example: An epitheliome is thus a conceptual grouping of all of the processes, expressed genes or proteins that make up a functional epithelium, and distinguishes each type of epithelia.
Word: isomeroreductase Part of Speech: noun 1. An enzyme that combines the activity of an isomerase and a reductase
Word: fault tree Part of Speech: noun 1. A diagram for the purpose of top-down, deductive failure analysis, in which an undesired state of a system is studied using Boolean logic.
Word: fault trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fault tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isomeroreductases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isomeroreductase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barnwoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barnwood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sounded off Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sound off Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sounds off Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sound off Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sounding off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sound off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: FPN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of fixed penalty notice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FPNs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of FPN Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Heaton Chapel Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SK8892).
Word: turning heads Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of turn heads Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: NANC Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of nonadrenergic, noncholinergic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: NANC transmitters
Word: Sticky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because they sold adhesive lilies to commemorate the Easter Rising. 1. A member of the Official Irish Republican Army. Labels: slang
Word: Stickies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sticky Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Provie Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Provisional IRA. Labels: informal
Word: Provies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Provie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stick time Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In reference to the control joystick. 1. The amount of time that a pilot has spent flying. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Few pilots there matched his stick time.
Word: stick times Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stick time Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Fabro Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Fabro, but also a variant of the Tagalog surname Fabros. 1. A surname.
Word: Gillooly Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Gilhooly. 1. A surname from Irish.
Word: Gilloolys Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Gillooly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tip someone's velvet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A faux-Victorian expression invented by novelist Sarah Waters in Tipping the Velvet (1998). Perhaps relatedly, John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) gives velvet as a slang term for the tongue. 1. To give oral sex to a female. Labels: euphemistic, slang Example: Then we fell to kissing furiously and I tipped her velvet […] Example: […] not Eloise, sat queening him. He couldn't wait to tip her velvet. He wanted to come, but not here, with these three. It was time to extract himself.
Word: Brinkmann coordinates Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Hans Brinkmann. 1. A particular coordinate system for a spacetime belonging to the family of pp-wave metrics. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Glotfelty Part of Speech: name Etymology: Americanized spelling of Swiss German Glattfelder. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Gambone Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Gambone. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: Landau-Lifshitz pseudotensor Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Lev Landau and Evgeny Lifshitz. 1. A stress–energy–momentum pseudotensor for combined matter (including photons and neutrinos) plus gravity, allowing the energy–momentum conservation laws to be extended into general relativity.
Word: Gambones Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Gambone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anarboricity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an- + arboricity. Coined by Ronald C. Read; the etymologically inaccurate Greek prefix an- was chosen to achieve a pun on the name of Ann Arbor, where the University of Michigan is based. 1. The maximum number of edge-disjoint cyclic subgraphs of a graph G whose union is G. Labels: uncountable
Word: unlandable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + landable. 1. Not landable.
Word: Glotfeltys Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Glotfelty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rotoinversion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roto- + inversion. 1. The combination of a rotation and an inversion in a point on the axis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rotoinversions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rotoinversion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Huddleson Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Huddleston. 1. A surname.
Word: mine shaft Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mineshaft. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Stabilisation of mine shafts under Kidsgrove station started on January 18. [...] Work originally started in 2018, but was paused the following year after the mine shafts were discovered.
Word: Common Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably a variant of Cumming or a reduced form of McCommon. 1. A surname.
Word: Common Part of Speech: name 1. Denoting the name of a universal language in various works. Example: Both princesses spoke Common well enough. Soon we realized that they knew each other.
Word: antiorthic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + orthic. 1. perpendicular to an orthic axis Labels: not-comparable
Word: Huddlesons Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Huddleson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mine shafts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mine shaft Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chittick Part of Speech: name Etymology: Nickname from a diminutive of Middle English chitte (“cub, whelp”), probably used as a term of endearment. 1. A surname.
Word: Cheeseboro Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Cheeseborough. 1. A surname.
Word: Cheeseboros Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Cheeseboro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chitticks Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Chittick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chant Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably a nickname from French chant (“song, melody”). 1. A surname from French.
Word: Abbeyhill Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2774).
Word: SAL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of structural adjustment loan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SAL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Society of Antiquaries of London. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SALs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of SAL Labels: form-of, plural
Word: structural adjustment Part of Speech: noun 1. The offering of loans by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to countries experiencing economic crisis, with the aim of adjusting their economic structure, improving international competitiveness, and restoring the balance of payments. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: structural adjustments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of structural adjustment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demotape Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of demo tape. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Caras Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a Greek surname, variant of Karas. Compare also Carras. * Also as a Greek surname, from the personal name Kyriakos, see also Kyriacou. * As a Romanian surname, from caras (“crucian carp”), see Karas. * As a Jewish surname of Slavic (Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene), variant of Karas. * As a Polish (Karaś), Hungarian (Kárász) and Jewish surname, from the "carp" sense above. 1. A surname.
Word: Carases Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Caras Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chants Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Chant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: panams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of panam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: devoved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of devove Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: devoving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of devove Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Brinlee Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Brinley. 1. A surname.
Word: Brumett Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Brummitt. 1. A surname.
Word: Brumetts Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Brumett Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Brinlees Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Brinlee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antepost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ante- + post, the second component in the sense of the traditional "betting post", a stake set up at a racecourse to signal the beginning of fixed betting. 1. Being a kind of bet, in horse-racing and greyhound racing, placed before the racecourse's betting market has opened, on the expectation that the price of the animal is presently more favourable than it will be when the market opens. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ante-post Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of antepost. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: foccacia Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of focaccia. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: thimbling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thimble + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪmblɪŋ/ 1. gerund of thimble: the act of using a thimble. Labels: form-of, gerund, uncountable 2. Synonym of thimblerigging (“the act of cheating (someone) in a thimblerig game, or by trickery”). Labels: uncountable
Word: thimbling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪmblɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of thimble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: proximalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of proximalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: proximalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of proximalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: proximalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of proximalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: proximalizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proximalization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proximalisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proximalisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: McCardell Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of McArdle. 1. A surname.
Word: McCardells Part of Speech: name 1. plural of McCardell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suede-shoe operator Part of Speech: noun 1. A flashy and dishonest trader. Labels: slang Example: In any event, the first time the homeowner comes in contact with the contractor is when the job is actually performed. By then, Childers said, the "suede shoe" operator has skipped town and the contractor is responsible […] Example: The profit allowance must be such that it will discourage the "speculator" or "suede shoe" operator. The purpose is to exclude from FHA insured properties the possibility of exorbitant profits at the purchaser's expense.
Word: suede-shoe operators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suede-shoe operator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Margulies Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of Hebrew מרגליות. 1. A surname from Hebrew.
Word: Plattes Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Platte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Margulieses Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Margulies Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sunrise industry Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of business that is relatively new, fast-growing, and expected to become more important in future.
Word: sunrise industries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sunrise industry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sunset provision Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of sunset clause.
Word: sunset provisions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sunset provision Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inken Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ink + -en. 1. made of or written with ink Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: prebudgetary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + budgetary. 1. Synonym of prebudget. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pasar malam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay pasar malam. 1. A night market. Labels: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore Example: Pasar malams are fabulous though, aren't they? The night markets are one of the highlights of living in Singapore […]
Word: Saijō Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
Word: Penicuik Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cumbric *penn (“head, top, summit”) + Cumbric *ı (“(of) the”) + Cumbric *cog (“cuckoo”). 1. A town in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2360).
Word: swab jockey Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the United States Navy. Labels: US, derogatory, slang
Word: swab jockeys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swab jockey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swearing contest Part of Speech: noun 1. A trial whose outcome comes down to which of two parties swearing to the truth of opposing accounts is to be believed. Labels: informal Example: Dershowitz pithily illustrates the dilemma of the courts in deciding the swearing contest in his “rules” of the criminal justice system: […] Example: Such one-on-one “swearing contests” are routinely decided in favor of law enforcement officers, but in this case the district court sided with the accused bank robber.
Word: swearing contests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swearing contest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sweetheart contract Part of Speech: noun 1. A sweetheart deal taking the form of a contract.
Word: sweetheart contracts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sweetheart contract Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sweetman Part of Speech: noun 1. A male pimp. Labels: dated Example: He recalled the colored sweetmen and touts and girls with whom he had been familiar in America, some who lived in the great obscure region of the boundary between white and black. Example: They needed whores, pimps, the sweetmen; bistros, honky-tonks, spider-nests; the perverse, the perverted, the psychopathic.
Word: Westhill Part of Speech: name 1. A small town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, to the west of Aberdeen (OS grid ref NJ8307). 2. A village in Highland council area, Scotland, to the east of Inverness (OS grid ref NH7144). 3. A hamlet in Aldbrough parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2239). 4. A surname.
Word: sweetmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sweetman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: switch dealing Part of Speech: noun 1. The situation where a Western country, trading with the Eastern Bloc, accepted goods as part payment despite having no use for them, and then sold them on to others. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: self-partnered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From self- + partnered. 1. single (not involved in a romantic relationship) Labels: neologism, not-comparable
Word: gazookuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gazookus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: open the range Part of Speech: verb 1. To draw oneself or one's vehicles (warships, tanks, aircraft, etc.) out of range of the enemy's fire. Example: Even after receiving the order to withdraw, the battle-cruiser squadron took several more hits before they managed to open the range. Example: In the confusion, Johnston manages another about-face and heads away to open the range, with its torpedoes spent.
Word: opens the range Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of open the range Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: opening the range Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of open the range Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mugwumping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mugwump Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: opened the range Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of open the range Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mugwumped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mugwump Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: suckholing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of suckhole Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: suckholed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of suckhole Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: culshie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of culchie (“unsophisticated rural person”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: culshies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of culshie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slutishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slutish + -ness. 1. Dated spelling of sluttishness. Labels: uncountable
Word: slutish Part of Speech: adj 1. Dated form of sluttish. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: bumwad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bum + wad. 1. Toilet paper. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable
Word: bumwad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bum + -wad. 1. An obnoxious person; a jerk. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar
Word: bumwads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bumwad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coonshit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coon + shit. 1. Synonym of bullshit (“nonsense; rubbish”). Labels: Canada, US, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: If your brains was coonshit, you couldn't find a hackberry seed. Example: It was utter banal coonshit, and we loved to read it aloud.
Word: baywop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bay + wop. 1. A rural Newfoundlander. Labels: Newfoundland, derogatory, slang Example: Furthermore, there was the important distinction on the island between townies and baymen, or baywops. Example: How Memorial has changed since then! Back then, the townies may have owned the very few cars that were on the go, may have dominated the best tables in the cafe and certainly didn't need coaching in putting the baywops in their preordained place, […]
Word: baywops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baywop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arresting gear Part of Speech: noun 1. A system used to quickly decelerate a landing aircraft, essential for landing on an aircraft carrier (although land-based airfields can also be equipped with arresting gear); the most common system consists of a series of transverse wire ropes designed to snag an aircraft's tailhook, connected to a hydraulic or mechanical energy-absorbing system, but other systems exist (typically only for use in an emergency situation) which use a net to slow down an aircraft. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: arresting gears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arresting gear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pepsis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pepsi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coney-catching Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cony-catching. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Chigwell Part of Speech: name 1. A town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ4393). 2. A suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Word: antilaplacian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + laplacian. 1. The number of which a given number is the Laplacian
Word: surfiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Raymond Federman in his 1973 manifesto "Surfiction—A Position". 1. A style of fiction that rejects realism and advertises its own fictional status, similar to metafiction, postmodernism or fabulation. Labels: uncountable Example: ...it was of a piece with a broader postwar codification and intensification of modernist reflexivity in the form of what came to be called "surfiction" or, more durably, "metafiction."
Word: antipercolation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + percolation. 1. Synonym of AB percolation. Labels: uncountable
Word: arbeloses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arbelos Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biflecnodal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + flecnodal. 1. Relating to a biflecnode Labels: not-comparable
Word: play favorites Part of Speech: verb 1. To show favoritism towards one party.
Word: flecnodal Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to a flecnode Labels: not-comparable
Word: circumconic Part of Speech: noun 1. A conic section that passes through all the vertices of a triangle
Word: circumconics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circumconic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: circumconics Part of Speech: noun 1. The study or construction of such shapes Labels: uncountable
Word: circumellipse Part of Speech: noun 1. An elliptical circumconic
Word: circumellipses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circumellipse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oilworks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oil + works. 1. A factory producing oil (whether petroleum, oil shale, or vegetable oils).
Word: circumscriptable Part of Speech: adj 1. Having an inscribed circle that is tangent to each side Labels: not-comparable
Word: defringed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of defringe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: defringing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of defringe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rolling spider Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of spider (support for a camera tripod, preventing it from sliding) with lockable wheels allowing it to be moved around easily when needed.
Word: rolling spiders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rolling spider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: circumsphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From circum- + sphere 1. A sphere that is circumscribed about a polyhedron and touches each of its vertices
Word: circumspheres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circumsphere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cochleoid Part of Speech: noun 1. A strophoid shaped somewhat like a snail
Word: cochleoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cochleoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inquisitorial system Part of Speech: noun 1. a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge
Word: Grange Hill Part of Speech: name 1. A hamlet in County Durham, England, near Coundon (OS grid ref NZ2329). 2. A suburb in Epping Forest district, Essex, England, on the border of Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4492). 3. A locality near Beith, North Ayrshire council area, Scotland, spelt Grangehill on one map (OS grid ref NS3554). 4. A settlement in Westmoreland parish, Jamaica. 5. A number of hills in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
Word: bumper bar Part of Speech: noun 1. A metal bar or set of bars that are installed to protect the front or back of a vehicle. Example: By grasping the bumper bar at the center a slight backward pull accompanied by a lifting motion enables the driver to swing the bumper bar to a position where it will not in any way interfere with the filing of the buckets. Example: In order to attach the main iron to the bumper bar, an angle bar is run over the main iron and back of the bumper bar.
Word: bumper bars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bumper bar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudopoetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudo- + poetic. 1. Apparently, but not actually, poetic; having a false appearance of poetry.
Word: pseudo-poetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of pseudopoetic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Meigs' syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Meigs syndrome. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: nonsurgeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + surgeon. 1. One who is not a surgeon. Example: Commonly, the surgeons view nonsurgeons with disdain. The most disdain is directed toward the “shrinks” or the “spooks,” as the psychiatrists are called.
Word: nonsurgeons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonsurgeon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spreadeaglism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of spreadeagleism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: spreadeagleism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spread-eagle + -ism. 1. A pretentious, boastful, jingoistic attitude. Labels: uncountable
Word: post-WIMP Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + WIMP. 1. Belonging to user interface designs that move away from the traditional windows, icons, menus and pointer in an attempt to find something better. Labels: not-comparable
Word: squad bay Part of Speech: noun 1. A barracks for junior members of the Marine Corps. Labels: US
Word: squad bays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squad bay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mouth-pussies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mouth-pussy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: short trousers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From short + trousers. 1. Trousers reaching as far as the knee, typically worn by young boys. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: My friend Mr. Mesman kindly lent me a horse, and accompanied me on my visit to the Rajah, with whom he was great friends. We found his Majesty seated out of doors, watching the erection of a new house. He was naked from the waist up, wearing only the usual short trousers and sarong.
Word: half-long Part of Speech: adj 1. Between a short vowel and a long vowel in length. Labels: not-comparable Example: In French most vowels are half-long, and are only occasionally lengthened or shortened into full longs and shorts.
Word: half-long Part of Speech: noun 1. A vowel that is between a short vowel and a long vowel in length.
Word: Oxfordish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Oxford + -ish. Piecewise doublet of Oxfordesque. 1. Resembling or characteristic of the English city of Oxford. Labels: UK, colloquial
Word: Oxfordish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Oxford + -ish. Piecewise doublet of Oxfordesque. 1. The slang spoken at the University of Oxford. Labels: UK, colloquial, dated Example: "[…] Did I not forbid all these nicknames and all this Oxfordish, by proclamation, last Long." "Last Long?" "Hem! last protracted vacation."
Word: half-longs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of half-long Labels: form-of, plural
Word: short pants Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From short + pants. 1. short trousers Labels: Canada, US, dated, plural, plural-only Example: You can be young enough to wear short pants or old enough to hide your opponents' shoes with your beard over a disputed point.
Word: adjustment center Part of Speech: noun 1. Part of a prison used for the segregation and isolation of difficult prisoners. Labels: US
Word: adjustment centers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adjustment center Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 24-hour flu Part of Speech: noun 1. gastroenteritis; stomach flu Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: in short pants Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From an early 20th century practice of reserving short pants only for small children. 1. Synonym of in short trousers (“quite young”). Labels: Canada, US, idiomatic Example: Near-synonym: in diapers Example: Look, honey, this ain't my first rodeo, OK? I was doing this when you were in short pants.
Word: hunkie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hunky. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: administrative loading Part of Speech: noun 1. The loading of troops and equipment so as to make the maximal use of the available space, without regard to tactical considerations such as speed and convenience of unloading. Labels: uncountable
Word: tactical loading Part of Speech: noun 1. The loading of troops and equipment in a way that facilitates their tactical operations, rather than merely making the maximal use of the available space. Labels: uncountable
Word: akshly Part of Speech: adv 1. Eye dialect spelling of actually. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling Example: Akshly, I've been here for an hour — not that I wanted to disturb you, dear, but I thought if you weren't awfly busy right at the moment since I was... Example: Akshly ... um yeah. If there's one there, for whatever reason, it'll use it. If not, ya make one.
Word: Ramboesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Rambo + -esque, after the fictional film protagonist. 1. Fearless, recklessly aggressive, and independent-minded.
Word: telesport Part of Speech: noun 1. televised sport Labels: uncountable
Word: all standing Part of Speech: adv 1. Brought to a sudden halt. Labels: UK, not-comparable Example: […] and then with a terrific crash the ship brought up all standing, and we were hurled against the bridge screens by the force of the collision. 2. Wearing one's clothes, for example while sleeping. Labels: UK, not-comparable Example: A couple of girls were standing alongside an ambulance drawn up next to the lorry, out of which they had apparently just crawled, having slept all standing, as all had I suppose. Example: No man had aught to cover him save his blankets, in which he slept “all standing,” i.e., with his clothes on.
Word: Coundon Part of Speech: name 1. A village and ward in County Durham, England, east of Bishop Auckland (OS grid ref NZ2329). 2. A suburb in north-west Coventry, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP3181).
Word: ackshly Part of Speech: adv 1. Eye dialect spelling of actually. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling Example: I've heerd say, by gents who were at Cambridg College, that his love for the young fellers was ackshly affecting to see[…] Example: Ackshly, it already exists, so you can't :-) You'd still need your two nameservers...
Word: ackshually Part of Speech: adv 1. Eye dialect spelling of actually. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling Example: To shaw 'e, neighbours, just the man he is, I may tell 'e that a larnèd piece like Martin Grimbal ackshually comed all the way to Newtake[…] Example: Ackshually, Ontario Hydro, per se, no longer exists. The Provincial Crown authority was split up a few years back.
Word: Arctic smoke Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of frost smoke. Labels: uncountable
Word: Arctic sea smoke Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of frost smoke. Labels: uncountable
Word: grazing fire Part of Speech: noun 1. Gunfire approximately parallel to the ground and where the centre of the cone of fire does not rise above one metre from the ground. Labels: uncountable
Word: gumbah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of goombah (“close friend or associate, especially among Italian-American men”). Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: gumbahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gumbah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fokontanies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fokontany Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fokonolona Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malagasy. 1. A decision-making community within a geographical territory.
Word: fokonolonas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fokonolona Labels: form-of, plural
Word: akshully Part of Speech: adv 1. Eye dialect spelling of actually. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling Example: And then the amazin thing about it was, Jess, that the preecher akshully peered to bleeve his own dockturn, and put it into praktiss[…] Example: Can you believe that Knopf akshully is publishing a book/screenplay on Walter Winchell, the gossiper of the 1930s? They are.
Word: ackshully Part of Speech: adv 1. Eye dialect spelling of actually. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling Example: But on a What does he do, but goes and buys a washin'-machine and sends it home, and ackshully the lite left me eyes when he tould me that with it[…] Example: But on a winding road it wasn't no manner o'good, I declare, They was onto, an'over you, before ackshully you knew they was there.
Word: picter Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of picture. Labels: alt-of, archaic, pronunciation-spelling Example: ‘A, B, C,—you’ve tored my jacket—D, E, F,—you’ve spilt my ’lasses—G, H, I, J, K—you’re a ’tarnal rascal—L, M, N, O, P, Q,—I’ll larn you better manners, you scamp, you!—R, S, T, U, V,—I’ll spile your picter, you old wall-eye!—W, X, Y, Z, ampersand—now I’ll pound your insides out o’ you, you darned nigger!’ Example: It looks well in a picter, I've heerd say; but there an't weather in picters, and maybe 'tis fitter for that, than for a place to live in.
Word: naters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: picters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of picter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kismetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From kismetic + -ally. 1. In a kismetic manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: comboes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of combo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: self-isolations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of self-isolation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: WFHs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of WFH Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antitail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + tail. 1. A spike projecting from a comet's coma which seems to extend towards the Sun.
Word: antitails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antitail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: andabatarian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or like an andabata, a gladiator who fought blindfolded. 2. Characterized by flailing, random, misdirected effort. Labels: figuratively
Word: eugenical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eugenic + -al. 1. Relating to eugenics. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: Legislative reform campaigns aimed at restricting foreign immigration, mandating state institutionalization of the biologically unfit, and legalizing eugenical involuntary sterilization.
Word: edscottite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ed + Scott + -ite, after Edward R. D. Scott of the University of Hawaii, a pioneering cosmochemist. 1. An iron carbide mineral with the formula Fe₅C₂. Labels: uncountable
Word: garbage patch Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of land used for dumping rubbish. Labels: Australia, Canada, US 2. A gyre of marine debris particles caused by the effects of ocean currents and increasing plastic pollution by humans. Example: A reconnaissance flight taken in a modified C-130 Hercules aircraft found a vast clump of mainly plastic waste at the northern edge of what is known as the “great Pacific garbage patch”, located between Hawaii and California.
Word: garbage patches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of garbage patch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hinduish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hindu + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of Hindus or Hinduism.
Word: slobberiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slobbery + -ness. 1. The quality of being slobbery. Labels: uncountable
Word: vote-a-ramas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vote-a-rama Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vo-tech Part of Speech: noun 1. A high school offering vocational and technical training. Labels: Canada, US
Word: vo-techs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vo-tech Labels: form-of, plural
Word: farm club Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of farm team.
Word: farm clubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of farm club Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slagheap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of slag heap. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The smoke-pall of industrial Lancashire hung over the landscape; perhaps slagscape would be a more fitting term. The general prospect was a succession of chimney-stacks, factories, pit-heads, slagheaps, junctions, sidings and coal wagons. 2. Something resembling a slag heap: a large quantity of something unwanted, unnecessary, discarded, or worthless; slop. Example: Last fall, at the start of the so-called awards season, Sony Pictures brought out “The Social Network,” but this was a diamond glittering on a yearlong slagheap of cookie-cutter action flicks, romantic comedies and buddy romps. Example: The value of agony aunts to the world can never truly be appreciated, but Sex, Lies And Love Bites: The Agony Aunt Story (Tuesday, 9pm, BBC4) has a good stab, documenting their creation, ascension and educational reach. Some would cheerfully fling the advice column on the “frivolous shit women like” slagheap. I’d like to invite those people to stick this fascinating origin story, expertly unravelled by Philippa Perry, in their pipe and smoke it.
Word: slagheaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slagheap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: one turn kill Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of winning in a first round of the game.
Word: farmerhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From farmer + -hood. 1. The quality or state of being a farmer. Labels: uncountable Example: I could not see his hands, for the thick gloves he wore, and his face was partially concealed by a red woollen comforter; but his entire appearance and manners tallied with what I had seen of Yorkshire farmerhood.
Word: farmiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of farmy: most farmy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: skifted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of skift Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skifting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skift Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: farmier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of farmy: more farmy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: BOLOs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of BOLO Labels: form-of, plural
Word: candy-coated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of candy-coat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: candy-coats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of candy-coat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: candy-coating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of candy-coat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: delimitings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of delimiting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delinkings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of delinking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delinkage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + linkage. 1. The process of something being delinked. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: delinkages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of delinkage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Fomor Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Fomorian. Labels: Irish
Word: Fomors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Fomor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fontinas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fontina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foodware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From food + -ware. 1. Utensils for holding, cooking, or serving food. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: foodwares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foodware Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delinkable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From delink + -able. 1. Capable of being delinked. Labels: not-comparable
Word: relinkable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From relink + -able. 1. Capable of being relinked. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mumblier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of mumbly: more mumbly Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: mumbliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of mumbly: most mumbly Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: zhuzhed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of zhuzh Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: zhuzhing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of zhuzh Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: zhuzhing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or process of zhuzhing; the act of adding style, improvement, or refinement to something. 2. The act or process of zhuzhing; the act of adding style, improvement, or refinement to something. (informal) Used in reference to a specific instance of enhancing or adjusting something: the earlier zhuzhing was done quickly but effectively. Labels: informal
Word: apparent temperature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Invented by Robert Steadman, who published a paper about it in 1984. 1. The temperature perceived by humans, resulting from the combined effects of air temperature, relative humidity and wind speed. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see apparent, temperature. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: apparent temperatures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apparent temperature Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clocks out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clock out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clocking out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of clock out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: clocked out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of clock out Labels: form-of, participle, past