nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: authorism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From author + -ism. 1. Authorship. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Authorism of the work is ascribed to Cicero. 2. A habit or practice of an author. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My publisher put up with my authorisms. Example: No person could be more ready to discern and to praise its graces; but, from the commencement of the Botanic Garden, the jealous spirit of authorism darkened his candor.
Word: discourager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From discourage + -er. 1. One who discourages. Example: the promoter of truth and the discourager of error
Word: discouragers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of discourager Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forensal Part of Speech: adj 1. Forensic. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: [B]eing juſtified by Faith, in a Forenſal ſenſe, that is, acquitted and aſſoiled from the guilt of all our ſins, as vvell as in ſeveral meaſures, according to our ſeveral ages and grovvths in Chriſtianity; […] Example: the Dutch pharmacist includes forensal and quantitative analysis , as well as microscopical study of the pharmaceutical drugs and their adulterations
Word: transanimation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trans- + animation. 1. The conveyance or passing of a soul from one body to another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The immortality of the soul they did not flatly deny , but falsely believe ; disguised under the opinion of transanimation, conceiving that dying men's souls afterward passed into other bodies, either preferred to better, or condemned to worse 2. Resuscitation of a stillborn infant. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: transanimations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transanimation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Iowas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Iowa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: equipondious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin aequipondium (“an equal weight”), from aequus (“equal”) + pondus (“weight”). 1. Of equal weight on both sides; balanced. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: And what happineſs is there in a ſtorm of paſſions? On this account the Scepticks affected an indifferent æquipondious neutrality as the only means to their Ataraxia, and freedom from paßionate diſturbances.
Word: morsitation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of biting or gnawing, especially by insects. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: […] and his research into the literature of the subject, with his liberal recognition of the quotation marks, indicates his well-disposed mind toward the men who have blazed the way before him in this difficult and intricate mechanism of morsitation.
Word: tulip-eared Part of Speech: adj 1. Prick-eared (said of certain dogs). Labels: archaic
Word: areet Part of Speech: intj 1. Pronunciation spelling of all right. Labels: Northern-England, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: areet Part of Speech: adj 1. Pronunciation spelling of all right. Labels: Northern-England, alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: semilogical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + logical. 1. Only partly logical. Labels: not-comparable Example: in the Fallacy which has been called semilogical […] the extremes are compared with two different terms[…]
Word: lithofracteur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French lithofracteur. Compare litho- (“rock”), fracture (“to break”). 1. An explosive material composed mostly of nitroglycerine. It was made in Germany in the 19th century, used in the mining industry and has since become obsolete. Labels: historical, obsolete, uncountable
Word: nyctitropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek νύχτατροπικός (núkhtatropikós, literally “night-turning”). 1. Turning or bending at night into different positions. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nyctitropic movements of plants usually consist in a folding or drooping of the leaves, the advantage being in lessening the radiation of heat.
Word: stoicisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stoicism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impunibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From impunible + -ly. 1. In an impunible manner; without punishment. Labels: obsolete Example: no Man impunibly violates a Law established
Word: tussuck Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of tussock. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The Fruit is remarkable for the ſeveral Tussucks or Bunches of Thorns wherewith it is armed all round about : each Bunch consisting of about fix or eight Thorns
Word: tussucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tussuck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: broadpiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From broad + piece. 1. An old English gold or silver coin, broader than a guinea, such as a Carolus or Jacobus. Labels: historical
Word: broadpieces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of broadpiece Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rejuvenescent Part of Speech: adj 1. Becoming, or causing to become, rejuvenated.
Word: graven image Part of Speech: noun 1. A carved idol or representation of a god used as an object of worship.
Word: hallmote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hallmote, equivalent to hall + mote (“meeting”), see moot. 1. In England, a court held in a justice's hall; a court-leet; court-baron. Labels: historical
Word: undulatus Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of undulatus asperatus cloud. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: lobus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lobus, from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós). 1. A lobe. Example: The lobus of Morgagni is a lobe at the base of the prostate, discovered by Morgagni, and since described by Sir Everard Home.
Word: sericea Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of sericea lespedeza. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: o.s. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of old series. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: o.s. Part of Speech: pron 1. Initialism of oneself. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: o.s. Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of off-screen. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: Morori Part of Speech: name 1. An endangered language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is a sole member of the Moraori branch within the large Trans-New Guinea family.
Word: yoke-footed Part of Speech: adj 1. zygodactylous, zygodactylic Labels: not-comparable
Word: shild Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of child representing German- or French-accented speech. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete, possibly, rare Example: "Und Shonny Schwartz' barents vas poorer as be" — Oh, dhose shildren, dhose shildren, dhey boddher mine life ! — But shtop shust a leedle. If Katrine, mine vife, […] Example: RAGGOU. For oughta me see, dis shild be your shild. CAPTAIN. How prove you that, sir? RAGGOU. Begar, she say de shild belong to de troop, and you say de troop belong to you; derefore, de shild is your shild, begar. […] RAGGOU. […] Madam Dol, before my Capitain, if your shild be born wid never a shart, den it by my shild, for me have had no shart dis forty week.
Word: alcoholature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French alcoolature. 1. An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants. Labels: dated Example: The experiment of Mother Tinctures are identical to those prescribed for the tincture or alcoholatures mentioned in the pharmacopoea.
Word: alcoholatures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alcoholature Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amyelous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + myelo- + -ous. 1. Lacking the spinal cord. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: amyelous foetus Example: amyelous embryo
Word: biomagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bio- + magnetic. 1. Relating to biomagnetism. Labels: not-comparable Example: biomagnetic field Example: biomagnetic measurements
Word: brockish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brock + -ish? 1. beastly; brutal Labels: obsolete Example: Those brockish boores haue gone frely foreward without checke.
Word: cathartin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cathartic + -in? 1. The bitter purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: cocooneries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cocoonery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cocoonery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cocoon + -ery. 1. A building or room for the rearing of silkworms.
Word: cricothyroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κρῐ́κος (krĭ́kos) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek κρῐκοειδής (krĭkoeidḗs)bor. New Latin cricoīdēsbor. English cricoid Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English crico- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) ▲ Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English cricothyroid From crico- + thyroid. Pronunciation: /ˌkɹʌɪ.kə(ʊ)ˈθʌɪ.ɹɔɪd/, /ˌkɹaɪ.koʊˈθaɪˌɹɔɪd/ 1. Of or pertaining both to the cricoid and the thyroid cartilages. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cricothyroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κρῐ́κος (krĭ́kos) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek κρῐκοειδής (krĭkoeidḗs)bor. New Latin cricoīdēsbor. English cricoid Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English crico- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) ▲ Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English cricothyroid From crico- + thyroid. Pronunciation: /ˌkɹʌɪ.kə(ʊ)ˈθʌɪ.ɹɔɪd/, /ˌkɹaɪ.koʊˈθaɪˌɹɔɪd/ 1. Clipping of cricothyroid muscle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: dermopteran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dermoptera + -an 1. Any mammal in the order Dermoptera, a colugo. 2. Any insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight. Labels: obsolete Example: Earwigs are dermopterans. 3. Misspelling of dermapteran. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: dermopterans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dermopteran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epigrammatize Part of Speech: verb 1. To represent or express by epigrams. Labels: transitive
Word: epigrammatized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of epigrammatize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: epigrammatizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of epigrammatize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: epigrammatizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of epigrammatize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mislayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mislay + -er. 1. One who mislays. Example: The Miſlaier of a Meere Stone is to blame.
Word: mislayers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mislayer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: musal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Muse + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːzəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Muses Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to poetry; poetic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nombles Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of numbles. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: […] as she had seen the red blood and the new grave, when she was a little girl, and ran home and mentioned it to her grandfather, who charged her as she valued her life never to mention that again, as it was only the nombles and hide of a deer which he himself had buried there.
Word: recusative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Late Latin recūsātīvus (“prohibitory”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkjuːzətɪv/ 1. Refusing; denying; rejecting of the norm. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: it is acquisitive and effective , or recusative and destructive , otherwise than it is in any other faculties Example: For many years, scholars have concentrated espcially on the "recusative” function of medieval marvels, especially of gargoyles and other grotesques—that is, their signification as demonic or morally reprehensible—which, as Williams notes, may be the easiest signification of the monstrous to comprehend or to describe:. 2. Including the word 'not' (or its equivalent). Example: A sentence which is negative (in meaning) is not always recusative (containing the word 'not'), and vice versa: a propositive syntagm need not always be positive. Example: In recusative negation the negative element is separable from the rest of the utterance which can act as an autonomous non-negative utterance.
Word: rosehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rose + head. 1. The head or blossom of a rose. Example: He's here, I've heard, day after day, following you round while you snip off roseheads. Example: The achillea and Craspedia have strong stems which can simply be pushed into the foam ball, but as the roseheads, dahlias and Helichrysum have no stems, it is best to use a glue gun to fix the flowers to the foam ball. 2. A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail. Example: In the Fort Southwest Point collection, hand-wrought iron nails headed in the "rosehead" pattern account for a total of 3,549 specimens (38% of hand-wrought nails). Example: The most common shape was the "rosehead"; however, broad "butterfly" heads and narrow L-heads also were crafted. 3. A nail with that kind of head. Example: The gadroon strips have been reset, their roseheads countersunk. Example: It's the nails. There are some hand-forged roseheads in there. 4. A circular or spherical nozzle or end to something that is perforated to allow the escape of liquid or gas. Example: To this I attach a rosehead like that of an ordinary deggin-can, and have it placed, pointing upwards, directly underneath and near to my patient's nostrils. Example: At first a bottle was used to which an ordinary watering pot rosehead was attached, and the solution thrown on the suspended sheets, but this was soon modified and changes made until a suitable apparatus was devised for disinfection purposes and a new system of room disinfections was introduced. 5. A bur or gouge that has a spherical head and curled blades, resembling the curled petals of a rose. Example: The rosehead is a most effective gouge for removing carious bone, as well as a very convenient instrument for enlarging cloacae to allow of an exploration for sequestra. Example: The rosehead bur is used to remove bone and the flat fissured bur to bisect a tooth for easier removal. 6. A conical drillbit that has radiating blades. Example: The rosehead bit has a series of cutters, nine in all, that radiate from the centre point. Example: Usually included is a rose bit (Fig. 13.20) or the rosehead countersink (Fig. 13.21).
Word: roseheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rosehead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laystall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lay + stall. 1. A place where rubbish, dung, etc., are laid or deposited. Labels: historical Example: the lay-stall Of putrid Aesh Example: Nor was the atmosphere improved by the habit of storing the scavengers' scourings or street slop in giant mounds or laystalls along the north bank of the Thames and on the edge of the town. 2. A place where milk-giving cows are kept, or cattle on the way to market are lodged. Labels: obsolete
Word: laystalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laystall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maybush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From May + bush. 1. The hawthorn tree. Labels: dated
Word: maybushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maybush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drivebolt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drive + bolt. 1. A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
Word: drivebolts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drivebolt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metanota Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metanotum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metanotum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin metanōtum, from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) + νῶτον (nôton). 1. The dorsal portion of the metathorax of insects Example: Metanotum shining, indistinctly punctured at the base in the centre, the sides closely punctured; the areola large, obliquely narrowed at the base, its apex open, there are 2 lateral areas, both widely open at the base on the outerside; the posterior median area bears about 10 stout, transverse keels; on its apical outerside is a triangular area; the spiracular is bounded on the outerside by a distinct keel .
Word: pointleted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pointlet + -ed. 1. Having a small, distinct point; apiculate. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nut pointleted, with a shell which is thickened and corky towards the point
Word: embryography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From embryo + -graphy. 1. The scientific description of embryos. Labels: uncountable
Word: osmiamate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osmiamic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. A salt of osmiamic acid. Labels: obsolete
Word: osmiamates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of osmiamate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: endeictic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐνδεικτικός (endeiktikós), from ἐν- (en-) + δεικτικός (deiktikós). 1. Serving to show or exhibit. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Agonistic dialogues , supposed to resemble the combat , were either Endeictic, as exhibiting a specimen of skill , or Anatreptic , presenting the spectacle of a perfect defeat .
Word: epidermatic Part of Speech: adj 1. epidermal Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: drag-rope Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of drag rope. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: epipodite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epi- + podite. 1. epipod
Word: epipodites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epipodite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fluviatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin fluviaticus. See fluvial. 1. Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile. Labels: not-comparable Example: A good part of the way, and almost the whole of an intermediate hill is of a fluviatick concretion, left there by some ancient river
Word: futchel Part of Speech: noun 1. The jaws between which the hind end of a carriage tongue is inserted. Example: the obliquity of the wheels will be increased beyond the obliquity given t0 the futchel and pole of the carriage
Word: futchels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of futchel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: irrecuperably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From irrecuperable + -ly. 1. In an irrecuperable way. Example: irrecuperably lost
Word: plectospondylous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Plectospondyli + -ous. 1. Of or pertaining to the Plectospondyli, a former suborder of fish having the anterior vertebrae coalesced, such as the carp. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: undecolic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of undecylenic acid + propiolic acid. 1. An acid, C₁₁H₁₈O₂, of the propiolic acid series, obtained indirectly from undecylenic acid. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: drag rope Part of Speech: noun 1. A long, heavy rope carried in the basket of a hot-air balloon and permitted to hang over the side and drag on the ground in order to lighten the basket.
Word: beggarhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *beggarhode, beggarhede, equivalent to beggar + -hood. 1. The condition or state of being a beggar. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Collectively, beggars. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: beggarhoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beggarhood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: candlewaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From candle + waster. 1. One who consumes candles by staying up late reading and studying; a student. Labels: derogatory, obsolete Example: If such a one will smile and stroke his beard, / And, sorrow wag, cry 'hem!' when he should groan, / Patch grief with proverbs, make misfortune drunk / With candle-wasters—bring him yet to me, / And I of him will gather patience. Example: Heart, was there ever so prosperous an invention thus unluckily perverted and spoiled by a whoreson book-worm, a candle-waster?
Word: candlewasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of candlewaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drayage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dray (“a low horse-drawn cart”) + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹeɪ.ɪdʒ/ 1. Transportation by dray. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The transport of goods over a short distance, particularly from a terminal such as an ocean port to another destination, usually as part of a longer transportation of the goods. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 3. A fee paid for the provision of such transportation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: moreland Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of moorland. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: morelands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moreland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: siphonostome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the translingual. 1. Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata. Labels: obsolete
Word: siphonostome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From siphono- + -stome. 1. A siphonostomatous shell.
Word: siphonostomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of siphonostome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pesterous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pester + -ous. 1. Inclined to pester; vexatious; burdensome. Labels: obsolete Example: […] the dislike the Parliament had of gaoling of them, as that which was chargeable, pesterous, and of no open example.
Word: impostury Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of imposture. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: Their women are beholding to Nature for much beauty, or to cunning art for a not to be discerned impostury
Word: oneliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From onely + -ness. 1. The state of being one or single. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: If I may be allowed to use a word already forced by the poverty of our abstract language upon a well-known writer, I would say that the doctrine of unity contains the ideas both of oneliness, and of oneness. Example: Wherefore it is manifest that such an idea of God as we have declared, including unity, oneliness, and singularity in it, is a thing which the ancient Atheists, under the times of paganism, were not unacquainted with, but principally directed their force against.
Word: autochronograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + chronograph. 1. An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time. Labels: archaic, rare
Word: autochronographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autochronograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ditrochaic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + trochaic. 1. Containing two trochees. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pantisocratic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌpæntaɪsəˈkɹætɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to a pantisocracy; egalitarian. Example: pantisocratic community Example: pantisocratic scheme
Word: masticater Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of masticator. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: masticaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of masticater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poetastry Part of Speech: noun 1. The works of a poetaster; inferior poetry. Labels: uncountable
Word: outcant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + cant. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈkænt/ 1. To surpass in canting; to use more jargon than. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I paſs o'er all thoſe Confeſſors and Martyrs Who live like S—tt—n, or who die like Charters, Out-cant old Eſdras, or out-drink his Heir, Out-uſure Jews, or Iriſhmen out-ſwear; [...]
Word: outcanted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outcant Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outcanting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outcant Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outcants Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outcant Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: furfurol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By substitution of -ol (“suffix indicating oils, alcohols, or phenols”) for -al (“suffix used in forming the names of aldehyde”) 1. Alternative form of furfural (“an aldehyde”); see furfurol. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: inappellable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + Latin appellāre + -able. 1. That cannot be appealed against.
Word: engrapple Part of Speech: verb 1. To grapple. Labels: obsolete Example: A cub-fox drinking out of the river Arnus in Italy had his head seized on by a mighty Pike, so that neither could free themselves but were engrappled together[…]
Word: engrappled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of engrapple Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: engrappling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of engrapple Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: digamist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From digamy + -ist. 1. One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist. Example: Then for the other interpretation , that here the digamist, or he that hath had two wives successively one after another , should be made uncapable of holy orders
Word: digamists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of digamist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mistruster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mistrust + -er. 1. Someone who mistrusts.
Word: mistrusters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mistruster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dighter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dight + -er (comparative suffix). 1. comparative form of dight: more dight Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: dighter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dight + -er (agent-noun suffix). 1. One who dights. Labels: obsolete
Word: dighters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dighter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sprad Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spɹæd/ 1. Obsolete form of spread. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: These eyes him saw vpon the cold earth sprad 2. past participle of spread Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: meteoroscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meteor + -o- + -scope. 1. An astrolabe; a planisphere. Labels: obsolete 2. An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction of the apparent path of a shooting star. Labels: obsolete
Word: meteoroscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meteoroscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carnate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin carnātus (“fleshy”), from oblique stem of Latin carō, carnis (“meat, flesh”) + -ātus (whence -ate). 1. Embodied in, or having, flesh (as opposed to just a spirit etc.). Labels: not-comparable Example: the carnate world Example: carnate devil
Word: globard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English globerde, from glow. 1. A glowworm. Labels: obsolete Example: These Glowbards neuer appeare before hay is ripe.
Word: globards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of globard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perdulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See perdu (adjective). 1. lost; thrown away Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: Those patagonian terms of verse Which made it run so free and terse, We see quotidianly become Completely perdulous, or dumb. Example: He may be one of those who have long witnessed, in silent grief, the desolating effects of our contentions; he may have contemplated, with hopeless regret, the perdulous imbecility of our contracted views, and of our puerile politics, —of our repeated evolutions in intricate mazes, —“our flight in circles, which advances nought."
Word: morigerous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin morigerus, from mōs, mōris (“custom, manner”) + gerō (“to bear, conduct”). 1. obedient; obsequious Labels: obsolete Example: Timon , thou hast a wife morigerous Shee is the onely comfort of my age. Example: The men and lads are gentle, I might even say gentlemanly in their manners, most kind and obliging, docile and morigerous, and yet manly and intelligent.
Word: verticle Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of vertical. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: impinguation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of fattening, or the state of being fat or fattened. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: the flower of Age of what Hairs; of Impinguation, and the like
Word: Fohist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 佛 (fó) + ist. 1. A Chinese Buddhist (follower of Chinese Buddhism) Labels: archaic
Word: Fohists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Fohist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See commatic, + -ism. 1. Conciseness in writing. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The parallelism in many parts of Hosea is imperfect, interrupted, and obscure; an effect perhaps of the commatism of the style.
Word: reflame Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + flame. 1. To kindle into flame again; to relight. Labels: transitive 2. To burst into flame again; to reignite. Labels: intransitive
Word: reflamed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reflame Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reflames Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reflame Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reflaming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reflame Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: discalceated Part of Speech: adj 1. Not wearing footwear. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: eupione Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + πίων (píōn, “fat”). 1. A clear oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: prologizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prologize + -er. 1. Someone who prologizes; a sayer of a prologue. Labels: no-plural
Word: outmarch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + march. 1. To surpass in marching; to march further or faster than. Labels: transitive
Word: outmarched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outmarch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outmarches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outmarch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outmarching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outmarch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: supramodal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supra- + modal. 1. That transcends sensory modalities, such as vision and hearing. Usually refers to an area of the brain that implements abstract functionality common to more than one source of sensory data. For instance, the areas of the brain concerned with language processing can integrate data from the visual, auditory and tactile areas of the brain.
Word: elaterite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin elatēr, from Ancient Greek ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “driver, that which drives away”) + -ite. 1. The mineral wurtzilite. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fimbricate Part of Speech: adj 1. fringed; jagged; fimbriate Labels: not-comparable 2. Fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, like the antennae of certain insects. Labels: not-comparable Example: fimbricate tuft
Word: constabless Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From constable + -ess. 1. The wife of a constable. Labels: obsolete
Word: constablesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of constabless Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesopodia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesopodium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesopodium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin mesopodium, from meso- + -podium. 1. The middle portion of the foot in the gastropods and pteropods. 2. Synonym of petiole. 3. Synonym of mesopodialia.
Word: radiately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From radiate + -ly. 1. In a radiate manner; with radiation or divergence from a centre. Labels: not-comparable Example: radiately costate Example: radiately plaited
Word: sea lettuce Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several edible seaweeds of the genus Ulva. 2. Similar seaweed species of other genera 3. Similar seaweed species of other genera: 4. Scaevola taccada, also known as the beach cabbage, a terrestrial flowering plant species that is native to coastal regions of the Indo-Pacific. 5. Dudleya caespitosa, also known as the sand lettuce, a terrestrial flowering plant species that is endemic to coastal areas of California
Word: sea lettuces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea lettuce Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neurocord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + cord. 1. A cord-like organ composed of elastic fibres, situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids such as the earthworm. Example: A neurocord, which does have a central lumen, is formed by invaginated nervous tissue in the intermediately located collar and connects the dorsal nerve cords of the proboscis and the trunk.
Word: neurocords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neurocord Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrophane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- (water) + -phane (“appearing”). 1. A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hydrophanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrophane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cheapener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheapen + -er. 1. One who cheapens.
Word: cheapeners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cheapener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: princelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prince + -let. 1. A petty prince.
Word: princelets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of princelet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scirrhoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scirrhus + -oid. 1. Containing or resembling scirrhus Example: In cases of extreme thickening of the coats of the stomach, of a scirrhoid character, where the suffering patients are almost worn out with constant pain, such remedies, applied over the epigastrium, most materially alleviate the distress.
Word: transmutationist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From transmutation + -ist. 1. of, pertaining to, or supporting, transmutationism Labels: not-comparable
Word: transmutationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From transmutation + -ist. 1. One who believes in the transmutation of metals. 2. One who believes in the transmutation of species. 3. A shapeshifter
Word: transmutationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transmutationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wurtzilites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wurtzilite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tillet Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɪlɪt/ 1. A bag made of thin glazed muslin, formerly used as a wrapper for dress goods. Example: The want of silk tillets for your fine cloth hath been a very great hindrance to its sale
Word: tillets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tillet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: furcular Part of Speech: adj 1. Shaped like a fork; furcate Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to a furcula Labels: not-comparable
Word: remail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + mail. 1. To mail again. Labels: transitive
Word: remailed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of remail Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: remailing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of remail Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: remailing Part of Speech: noun 1. A second or subsequent mailing.
Word: remails Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of remail Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pointlets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pointlet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: messenger bag Part of Speech: noun 1. A sack worn over one shoulder with a strap winding around the chest, traditionally used by bicycle messengers.
Word: as I live and breathe Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Originally a reference to the speaker’s statement being as true as the fact that the speaker is alive (see sense 1). Pronunciation: /æz aɪ lɪv ænd bɹiːð/, /æz aɪ lɪv ænd bɹið/ 1. Used to declare the truth of a statement with emphasis. Labels: dated Example: Dear Ma'am, why will you chagrine yourſelf about a vile Man, that is not worth,—no, as I live and breathe,—not worth a ſingle Sigh?— Example: [O]ch, as I live and breathe, I would consider myself worse than the beast of the field, if I would be so ungrateful to my lady, who is now in distress. 2. Used to express surprise at an experience one is witnessing. Labels: dated Example: Eh? What? Mercy alive! Hilda—Hilda, look here! Bab, as I live and breathe! Example: Well, well, as I live and breathe, it's Svend! My, what a great and dangerously huge fellow you have become! 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, I, live, and, breathe. Example: I sha'n't forget that night, Mr. Simple, as long as I live and breathe. Example: Even as I live and breathe in this natural world all around me, I still find myself looking, minute-by-minute, with great interest and attention, for the supernatural work—that is—the miracles, the "extra-ordinary" events ordered by God.
Word: Nixonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Nixon + -ian. Pronunciation: /nɪkˈsəʊ.ni.ən/, /nɪkˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Richard Nixon, president of the United States from 1969 to 1974. Example: Amid a cacophony of demands for Cuomo to resign, the governor and his aides are frantically trying to cover up the basic facts of what happened, and that includes launching a Nixonian campaign of intimidation and retribution against Democratic lawmakers who have for months been sounding the alarm. Example: "Nixonian" is a phrase in government that is almost never intended as a compliment.
Word: Nixonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nixon + -ian. Pronunciation: /nɪkˈsəʊ.ni.ən/, /nɪkˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A supporter of Richard Nixon, president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
Word: ortygan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek, stem of ὄρτυξ (órtux, “quail, Coturnix”). 1. Any of various buttonquails. Labels: obsolete
Word: ortygans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ortygan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alkalamide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of alkali + amide. 1. One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.
Word: alkalamides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alkalamide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paroccipital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From para- + occipital. 1. Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals. Labels: not-comparable Example: paroccipital process Example: paroccipital region
Word: paroccipital Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + occipital. 1. Alternative form of paraoccipital. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rubelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ruby + -let. 1. A little ruby. Labels: nonce-word, obsolete Example: About the Cover of this Book there vvent / A curious-comely clean Compartlement: / And, in the midſt, to grace it more, vvas ſet / A bluſhing-pretty-peeping Rubelet: […]
Word: dishouse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + house. 1. To deprive of a house or home; or, to evict. Labels: transitive Example: dishoused villagers
Word: dishoused Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dishouse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dishouses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dishouse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dishousing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dishouse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: protomerite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proto- + -merite, from -mere. 1. The posterior segment of a gregarine. 2. The proximal segment of chelicerae.
Word: protomerites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protomerite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anthropophagite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anthropo- + -phagite. 1. A cannibal. Example: I'm no Anthropophagite rude, Tho' fed with human Flesh and Blood
Word: anthropophagites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anthropophagite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cathayan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Cathay + -an. 1. Of or relating to Cathay. Labels: archaic
Word: Cathayan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cathay + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of Cathay. Labels: archaic
Word: Cathayans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cathayan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ghaznavid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ghazni, q.v., the empire's initial capital. Compare Safavid etc. 1. Of or related to a dynasty of Turkic slave origin that ruled (975–1187) much of Persia, Afghanistan, and northern Pakistan and India. Labels: not-comparable Example: ... Ghaznavid architecture ...
Word: Ghaznavid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ghazni, q.v., the empire's initial capital. Compare Safavid etc. 1. A member of the dynasty. Example: ... the House of the Ghaznavids ...
Word: Ghaznavids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ghaznavid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Transoxianan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Transoxiana + -an. 1. Of or relating to Transoxiana.
Word: Transoxianan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Transoxiana + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of Transoxiana.
Word: Transoxianans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Transoxianan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cantoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cantor + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a cantor. Labels: not-comparable
Word: diversifiability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diversify + -ability. 1. The quality or capacity of being diversifiable. Labels: uncountable Example: a relative diversifiability of states and powers and functions
Word: overemptied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overempty Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overempties Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overempty Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overempty Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + empty. 1. To make too empty; to exhaust. Labels: transitive Example: […] would be very loth to come behind the fashion, in new fangledness of the manner, if not in costliness of the matter, which perhaps might overempty their husbands purses
Word: overemptying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overempty Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recoverance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English recoveraunce, from Old French recovrance; equivalent to recover + -ance. 1. recovery Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: Muntz metal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after George Fredrick Muntz, a metal-roller of Birmingham, England who commercialised the alloy following his patent of 1832. 1. A form of brass with about 60% copper, 40% zinc, and a trace of iron. Labels: uncountable
Word: petitionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From petition + -ary. Doublet of petitioner. 1. supplicatory or asking; making a petition Labels: not-comparable Example: I have been blown out of your gates with sighs; and conjure thee to pardon Rome and thy petitionary countrymen. 2. Containing a petition, or having the nature of a petition. Labels: not-comparable Example: August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift petitionary epistles
Word: importancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of importancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: importancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin importantia. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɔː(ɹ)tənsi/ 1. Importance; significance. Labels: countable, nonstandard, obsolete, uncountable Example: […]we conſider The importancy of Cypreſſe to the Turke: […] 2. That which is important. Labels: countable, nonstandard, obsolete, uncountable Example: Generall matters he is as liberall to impart, as carefull to conceal importancies.
Word: imbower Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From im- + bower. 1. Archaic form of embower. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: imbowered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of imbower Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: imbowering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of imbower Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: imbowers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of imbower Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nurseling Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nursling. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: elasmobranchiate Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii. Labels: not-comparable
Word: elasmobranchiate Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the Elasmobranchii.
Word: elasmobranchiates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elasmobranchiate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lore + -ing. 1. Instructive discourse; instruction; teaching. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: all they, as a Goddesse her adoring, / Her wisedome did admire, and hearkned to her loring.
Word: disembowered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dis- + embower + -ed. 1. Deprived of, or removed from, a bower. Labels: not-comparable, poetic Example: Streams numberless , that many a fountain feeds, Shine , disembowered , and give to sun and breeze
Word: ptilonorhynchid Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Ptilonorhynchidae; a bower bird.
Word: ptilonorhynchids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ptilonorhynchid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: detractiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From detractive + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being detractive. Labels: uncountable
Word: scrubboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scrub + board. 1. A washboard for scrubbing laundry or as an informal musical instrument
Word: scrubboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scrubboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caballed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cabal Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: drummingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From drumming + -ly. 1. With a drumming sound; with rhythmic insistence.
Word: gaoliang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高粱 (gāoliáng). 1. Alternative form of kaoliang. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: suicidee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suicide + -ee. 1. One who commits suicide. Example: The second prerequisite for satisfying the suicide definition is that the suicidee must have caused his own death.
Word: suicidees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suicidee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: automatedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From automated + -ly. 1. By automation; automatically. Labels: not-comparable
Word: communicology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From communication + -ology. 1. communication studies Labels: uncountable Example: In this context, Schutz suggests the phenomenological problematic^([sic]) for the human science of communicology[…] Example: A feminist communicology meta-theoretical perspective provides a framework through which other literature can be understood.
Word: immateriate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From im- + materiate? 1. immaterial Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: After a long enquiry of things immerse in matter, I interpose some object which is immateriate, or less materiate; such as this of sounds.
Word: metaperspectival Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From metaperspective + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to metaperspective. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pteryla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from ptero- + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “forest”). 1. One of the areas of a bird's skin on which feathers grow.
Word: pterylae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pteryla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: receiptor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From receipt + -or. 1. One who receipts for property taken by the sheriff; one to whom property is delivered for storage or safekeeping, subject to a bond to produce it when litigation concludes. Example: The receiptor of property received from the sheriff assumes the relationship of bailee toward the officer and the possession of the receiptor is that of the sheriff. Where the receiptor takes possession of the property, this does not have any effect on the attachment lien whatsoever, and the goods are regarded as still being in the possession of the officer.
Word: receiptors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of receiptor Labels: form-of, plural