nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ectoantigen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecto- + antigen. 1. Any antigen that is attached to the outside of a bacterium
Word: exoantigen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exo- + antigen. 1. ectoantigen
Word: ectobronchium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecto- + bronchium. 1. A dorsal branch of the avian mesobronchium or prolongation
Word: ectocardia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecto- + -cardia. 1. A congenital displacement of the heart Labels: uncountable
Word: gone down the wrong way Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of go down the wrong way Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ectocervical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ecto- + cervical. 1. Of or pertaining to the ectocervix Labels: not-comparable
Word: ectochoroidea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecto- + Latin choroidea. 1. Loose, pigmented connective tissue that forms the outer layer of the choroid Labels: uncountable
Word: ectocornea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecto- + cornea. 1. The outer layer of the cornea Labels: no-plural
Word: ectothrix Part of Speech: noun 1. A sheath of conidia, on the outside of a hair, caused by a parasitic fungus
Word: ectothrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ectothrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chlorhydrin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chlorohydrin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chlorhydrins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chlorhydrin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trappean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French trappéen. See trap (“a kind of rock”). 1. Of or pertaining to trap; of the nature of trap. 2. Relating to or composed of basalt or other igneous rock.
Word: binucleations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of binucleation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stirpiculture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin stirps, stirpis (“stem, stock, race”) + cultura (“culture”). 1. The breeding of special stocks or races; eugenics. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: convicinity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From con- + vicinity? 1. Immediate vicinity; neighbourhood, the state of being neighbouring. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: the convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes
Word: peakish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peak + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈpiːkɪʃ/ 1. Of or relating to a peak or peaks; belonging to a mountainous region. Labels: archaic, colloquial Example: her peakish spring Example: his peakish dialect 2. Having peaks; peaked. Labels: archaic, colloquial 3. sick; sickly Labels: archaic, colloquial
Word: neighborlier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of neighborly: more neighborly Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: neighborliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of neighborly: most neighborly Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: adesmy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “bonds”) + -y. 1. The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually whole. Labels: uncountable Example: heterologous adesmy Example: homologous adesmy
Word: Puseyism Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Pusey + -ism. 1. The principles of Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800–1882), English churchman and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Example: [Deacon Mushrat to Pogo:] The reason I'd never be a member of the public is because they are all heading for Daedalian Doom! Oh yes! They'd like me to back their puny Puseyism. Join the gum-feathered fancies of their flimsy flight – An Icarian end!
Word: earthdin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English erthe dyne, erthedyn, from Old English eorþdyne (“earthquake”), equivalent to earth + din. Pronunciation: /ˈɜːθˌdɪn/, /ˈɝθˌdɪn/ 1. An earthquake. Labels: no-plural, rare Example: While the earthdin is but a seismal shock of a rheumatic condition in the diversified stratas seeking new positions to reach their centre of gravity.
Word: passival Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Classical Latin passīvus + -al, after adjectival, nominal, etc. By surface analysis, passive (noun) + -al. 1. An archaic progressive construction in middle voice (syntactically active but semantically passive), replaced by the passive progressive in modern English. For example, "the house is building", "the meal was eating", "the trunks were carrying down" (today "the house is being built", "the meal is being eaten").
Word: esodic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek εἴσοδος (eísodos, “way in”) + -ic. 1. Conveying impressions from the surface of the body to the spinal cord; said of certain nerves. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: slowth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slouthe, slewthe, from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th. Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”). Pronunciation: /sləʊθ/, /slɔθ/, /sloʊθ/ 1. Alternative form of sloth (“slowness, slothfulness”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, uncountable Example: October 15, 1777, George Washington, to Governor George Clinton […] but such was the reduced state of our Continental regiments, after the battle of Brandywine, and such the slowth and difficulty of procuring reinforcements of militia from the southward, […] (1890 edition) Example: December 14, 1813, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Alexis Marie Rochon […] are so many and great, that it is wonderful to me, that in a course of 30 years, it is not yet brought into general use. it is one of the remarkable proofs of the slowth with which improvements in the arts & sciences advance.
Word: slowth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of slow + growth. Pronunciation: /sləʊθ/, /slɔθ/, /sloʊθ/ 1. Slow economic growth. Labels: uncountable Example: Slowth lies behind the difficulties each of us faces in achieving the standard of living we desire. Example: Unfortunately, with slowth it becomes progressively more difficult to escape from the rigours of scarcity
Word: slowth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recoinage from slow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Pronunciation: /sləʊθ/, /slɔθ/, /sloʊθ/ 1. The state or condition of being slow; slowness. Labels: uncountable Example: Good old-fashioned slowth is being looked at with new interest, as is exemplified by such old antiques as the old Douglas Skyraider. And, of course the helicopter, slowest of all, so slow you can easily make one go backwards. Example: The tempo of the introduction, which Mahler has marked to be slow and dragging, is of the utmost "slowth" (if I may use such a word to denote the creepy, crawling atmosphere thus created).
Word: Purvey Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: latakia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latakia (“the Syrian port from where the tobacco is shipped, and near where it is produced”), from Arabic اللَاذِقِيَّة (al-lāḏiqiyya). Pronunciation: /latəˈkiːə/ 1. A type of pungent Turkish tobacco. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: latakias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of latakia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tomrigg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See tomboy and rig. 1. A rude, wild, wanton or masculine girl Labels: archaic Example: And yet in the very next Canto she appears an arrant Ramp and a Tomrigg;[…]
Word: tomrigs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tomrig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frutage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare fruitage. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹuːtəd͡ʒ/ 1. A picture of fruit; decoration by representation of fruit. Labels: obsolete Example: The cornices above consist of frutages and festoons. 2. A confection made of fruit. Labels: obsolete Example: With wyld foull, venisoun, and wyne, With tairt, and flam, and frutage fyne Example: Upon this Chariot was finely and artificially deviſed, a ſumptuous covered Table, decked with all Sorts of exquisſite Delicates and Dainties, of Patiſſerie, Frutages, and Confections.
Word: frutages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frutage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antepast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ante- + Latin pastus (“pasture, food”). Compare repast and Italian antipasto. 1. A foretaste. Labels: obsolete Example: 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery antepasts of joy and comforts Example: this antepast of heaven
Word: antepasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antepast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contextural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From contexture + -al. 1. Relating to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven. Labels: not-comparable Example: Again, the contextural expressions are of the self-same nature, both those that follow in the allegory, namely, the silver cord, and the golden bowl: and also those that immediately precede, namely, the grasshopper, and the almond-tree […]
Word: neurenteric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuro- + enteric. 1. Of or relating to the neuron and the enteron (the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract) Labels: not-comparable Example: In many vertebrates, the neurenteric canal connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine.
Word: postponence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From postpone + -ence. 1. The act of deeming less important or of a lower rank. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: 18. Noting preference, or poſtponence. / Your highneſs ſhall repoſe you at the Tovver. / —I do not like the Tovver of any place. / Shakesp[eare]. 2. The act of postponing. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: […] he hastened to relieve her anxieties, by briefly stating the postponence of his trial […]
Word: beneficential Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to beneficence. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: terreen Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of tureen. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: terreens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of terreen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compaternities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of compaternity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compaternity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin compaternitas, from compater (“godfather”), from com- + pater (“father”). 1. The relationship of a godparent to their godchild. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: The relation […]of gossipred or compaternity by the cannon law is a spiritual affinity.
Word: baubee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bawbee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: baubees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baubee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spinigerous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin spiniger, from spina (“spine”) + gerere (“to bear”). 1. Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing. Labels: not-comparable Example: spinigerous appendage Example: spinigerous setae
Word: hexylene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hex- + -ylene. 1. A colourless liquid hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals. 2. Any of several isomers of hexylene proper.
Word: hexylenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hexylene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parallelless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From parallel + -less. 1. Without a parallel or equal; matchless. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: stakehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stake + head. 1. A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.
Word: stakeheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stakehead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ropemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ropeman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parosteal Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to parostosis. Labels: not-comparable Example: parosteal ossification Example: parosteal osteosarcoma
Word: pittacal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek pitch + beautiful: compare French pittacale. 1. A dark blue dyestuff obtained from wood-tar oil, the first to be commercially produced. Labels: uncountable
Word: mousetail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mouse + tail. 1. Any plant of the genus Ivesia, in the rose family. 2. Any plant of the genus Myosurus, in the buttercup family.
Word: mousetails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mousetail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Targumist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Targum + -ist. 1. A writer of a targum. 2. Someone versed in the targums.
Word: Targumists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Targumist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudohaltere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + haltere. 1. One of the club-like front wings of certain insects (stylops), resembling the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera.
Word: pseudohalteres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudohaltere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doomage Part of Speech: noun 1. A penalty or fine for neglect of a property. Labels: New-England, US, archaic, dialectal
Word: doomages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doomage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: canulate Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of cannulate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: canulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of canulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: canulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of canulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gloriation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin gloriatio, from gloriari (“to glory, boast”), from gloria (“glory”). See glory (noun). 1. A boast; a triumphing. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Glory, or internal gloriation or triumph of the mind, is the passion which proceedeth from the imagination or conception of our own power above the power of him that contendeth with us […]
Word: gloriations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gloriation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: racial spoils Part of Speech: noun 1. Preferential treatment of minorities in source selection for government contracts. Labels: US, derogatory, plural, plural-only Example: The State Senate recently voted to adopt a racial spoils system whereby at least 25% of construction contracts must be awarded to minority-owned businesses. Example: Ricci [v. DeStefano] may be the rock upon which America's racial spoils system finally founders.
Word: leftwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From left + -wise. 1. By a leftward path; leftwards, leftwardly; anticlockwise, counterclockwise. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: and doing so they say that they do it themselves rightwise and the Hellenes leftwise. Example: Similarly, his "doubling procedure" consists in the same random starting interval […] whose length is doubled (leftwise or rightwise at random) recursively till both ends are outside the slice.
Word: leftwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From left + -wise. 1. Leftward, on the left side. Labels: rare Example: The leftwise action aims at what drifts out of the nunka domain of the nefarious. Similarly for mortuary arrangements, what is leftwise is more momentous than what is rightwise.
Word: unipeg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of unicorn + pegasus. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.nɪ.pɛɡ/ 1. A winged unicorn. Labels: informal Example: The balck^([sic]) and silver unipeg lands and folds his wings remebering^([sic]) the big earth drac. Example: But, I think it will be too risky to try and steal horses, unipegs, pegasi, or unicorns. There are spells cast on the animals to keep track of them.
Word: unipegs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unipeg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bleedier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of bleedy: more bleedy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: pegacorns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pegacorn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bleediest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of bleedy: most bleedy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: move forward Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, forward. 2. To cause to make progress. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Meanwhile, with the Olympics approaching, the Greek government has grown increasingly heavy-handed in its efforts to move the project forward. 3. To make progress. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: This meeting is intended to help us move forward on the new project. 4. To modernize. Labels: intransitive 5. To reschedule (something) to an earlier date or time. Labels: US, transitive Example: They decided to move the meeting forward by a day so that Aisha could attend before her vacation.
Word: get ahead Part of Speech: verb 1. To advance toward success. Labels: informal
Word: MWR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of morale, welfare, and recreation. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: mythomane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos)der. French mytho- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétorder. Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek μανία (manía)der. French -mane French mythomanebor. English mythomane Borrowed from French mythomane. By surface analysis, mytho- + -mane. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪθəˌmeɪn/, /ˈmɪθəʊˌmeɪn/ 1. Someone who suffers from mythomania. Example: Maybe because I was working on the programmes at the same time, I found myself thinking about parallels between Jimmy Savile and L. Ron Hubbard. Both were mythomanes, inventing and exaggerating to embellish their own careers and pedigrees.
Word: mythomanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mythomane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bathorhodopsin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From batho- + rhodopsin. 1. A transient intermediate produced from photorhodopsin when rhodopsin is irradiated with light; it immediately forms lumirhodopsin and other products Labels: uncountable
Word: prelumirhodopsin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + lumirhodopsin. 1. bathorhodopsin Labels: uncountable
Word: lumirhodopsin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lumen (“light”), and rhodopsin. 1. A pigment formed when rhodopsin is irradiated with light; it undergoes further degradation to retinal and opsin Labels: uncountable
Word: photorhodopsin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + rhodopsin. 1. The initial compound formed when rhodopsin is irradiated with light; it immediately produces bathorhodopsin Labels: uncountable
Word: retinylamine Part of Speech: noun 1. A diterpene amine related to retinol Labels: uncountable
Word: cystogastrostomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cysto- + gastrostomy. 1. A surgical or endoscopic procedure in which a cyst is connected to the stomach to allow the cyst contents to drain into the gastric lumen, usually to relieve pressure or resolve fluid collections.
Word: musculotendinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From musculo- + tendinous. 1. Of or pertaining to both muscle and tendon tissue. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nanobody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + antibody. 1. An antibody having a single, monomeric domain
Word: nanobody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + body. 1. A nanoscale body.
Word: peripherin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peripheral + -in. 1. An intermediate filament protein expressed mainly in neurons of the peripheral nervous system Labels: uncountable 2. A photoreceptive glycoprotein Labels: uncountable
Word: adenoacanthoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + acanthoma. 1. An adenocarcinoma characterised by the presence of squamous cells
Word: adenoameloblastoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + ameloblastoma. 1. A benign adenomatoid odontogenic tumour
Word: adenoblast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + -blast. 1. An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
Word: covert baron Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Anglo-Norman couverte baroun, alteration of earlier coverte de baron (“covered by a husband”). 1. Covert, under coverture; married. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Surrender by a woman covert Baron, being of the age of one and twenty years, made together with her ſband of the Lands
Word: covert baron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman couverte baroun, alteration of earlier coverte de baron (“covered by a husband”). 1. The protection of a husband; a married state, the condition of a feme covert or (loosely) any married person. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: to put himself under covert-baron [translating à couvert], he tooke him a wife from out that place, where all men may have them for mony[…].
Word: lithaemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lith- + -aemia. 1. uricemia Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: lithaemias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lithaemia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caravaneer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French caravanier. 1. The leader of a caravan (of animals, especially camels).
Word: caravaneer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare French caravanier. 1. To travel with a caravan (of animals)
Word: caravaneers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caravaneer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adenocellulitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + cellulitis. 1. inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue
Word: adenochondroma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + chondroma. 1. A hamartoma consisting of glandular and cartilaginous tissue
Word: Hasidean Part of Speech: noun 1. One of a Jewish religious party involved in the Maccabean wars. Labels: historical
Word: Hasideans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hasidean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Assidean Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Hasidean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Assideans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Assidean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: balloter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ballot + -er. 1. Someone who votes by ballot. Example: Though anyone can participate by commenting on the draft, only eligible members of the balloting group can vote. Ballots usually last 30–60 days, during which balloters can approve, disapprove or abstain with or without comments.
Word: balloters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of balloter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mosaism Part of Speech: noun 1. Attachment to the system or doctrines of Moses. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of the principles that make up Moses' doctrines. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Mosaisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mosaism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adenocystoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + cystoma. 1. An adenoma in which the neoplastic glandular epithelium forms cysts
Word: cystoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cysto- + -oma. 1. A cystic tumour
Word: escribing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of escribe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: escribed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of escribe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: insition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From insitio, from inserere, insitum (“to sow or plant in, to ingraft”), from in- (“in”) + serere, satum (“to sow”). 1. The insertion of a scion in a stock; engraftment. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: No Tillage or Agriculture ; no Reaping or Mowing ; no Plowing or Digging ; no Pruning or Lopping ; Grafting or Insition
Word: insitions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of insition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adenocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + -cyte. 1. A secretory cell of a gland
Word: scopiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin scōpa + -i- + -ferous. 1. Bearing a tuft of brush-like hairs. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: scopiferous tarsus
Word: thretteen Part of Speech: num 1. thirteen Labels: archaic, obsolete
Word: deprehension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin deprehensio. See deprehend. 1. A catching in the act; discovery (of a misdeed) Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The act of adultery was her crime : to be taken in the very act , was no part of her sin , but the proof of her just conviction ; yet her deprehension is made an aggravation of her shame.
Word: deprehensions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deprehension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adenodiastasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + diastasis. 1. The ectopia of a gland Labels: uncountable
Word: adenodynia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + -odynia. 1. pain in a gland; adenalgia Labels: uncountable
Word: adenoepithelioma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + epithelioma. 1. A glandular epithelioma
Word: heppen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare Old English ġehæp (“fit”), Icelandic heppinn (“lucky”) lucky, English happy. 1. Neat, fit, or comfortable. Labels: Yorkshire, obsolete Example: Brid. Thou says vara reight, poor as weer, we sud be far warse wor he to come; for he wad, naa doubt, mack a sad derse amang us; Joan an me ha’ not michto crack on, bud we can mack shift to live ina gradely, menceful, heppen way, an I wad be waa to soap it for awt’ French freedom they make sike frap about. Example: Wee give usually to a spaught for holdinge of the oxe plough fower nobles or perhapps 30s. per annum, if hee bee such an one as have beene trained and beene brought up att the plough, and bee a wigger and heppen youth for loadinge of a waine, and goinge with a draught.
Word: lymphangeitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lympha (“lymph”) + Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel”) + -itis. 1. Archaic form of lymphangitis. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: overpoise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + poise. 1. That which outweighs; excessive weight. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: And I hope, the known avowed use and experience of such great Men, and those in so great a number, is an abundant overpoise to the contrary Affirmation of this, or any other Novel Author whatsoever. Example: I recognised The moths, with that great overpoise of wings Which makes a mystery of them how at all They can stop flying: […]
Word: overpoise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + poise. 1. To exceed in importance, strength or value. Labels: obsolete Example: 1587, Raphael Holinshed et al., Holinshed's Chronicles, London: John Harrison et al., Volume 2, “A Treatise conteining a plaine and perfect description of Ireland,” p. 36, But sith it pleased your maiestie, with so indifferent balance to ponder both our tales, I am throughlie persuaded, that my loiall innocencie shall be able, to ouerpoise his forged treacherie. Example: To render a thing fit for rational belief, there is no more requir’d but that the motives for it do over-poise those against it […] 2. To place excessive weight on (someone or something). Labels: obsolete Example: Tis time [f]or me to stirre when such young boyes, Shal haue their weake neckes ouer poisd with crownes Example: 1658, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: N. Ekins, 3rd edition, Book 4, Chapter 6, p. 168, Whether cripples and mutilated persons, who have lost the greatest part of their thighs, will not sink but float, their lungs being abler to waft up their bodies, which are in others overpoised by the hinder legs, we have not made experiment. 3. To throw (someone or something) off balance. Labels: obsolete Example: […] the Stone in my Fathers Body was so immense, that I’ve wonder’d it did not bunch up behind, and make him have a Hump-back, or at least overpoise him in walking, and drag him backward with its incredible weight. Example: […] Harry, perceiving his Instructor a little overpoised, suddenly gave him an inside Foot, and a Push at the same Instant toward the Part to which he inclined.
Word: imprejudicate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From im- + prejudicate. 1. Without prejudice; impartial. Labels: obsolete Example: Thus in Law both Civil and Divine: that is onely esteemed a legal testimony, which receives comprobation from the mouths of at least two witnesses; and that not only for prevention of calumny, but assurance against mistake; whereas notwithstanding the solid reason of one man, is as sufficient as the clamor of a whole Nation; and with imprejudicate apprehensions begets as firm a belief as the authority or aggregated testimony of many hundreds. Example: imprejudicate and uncorrupted persons
Word: adenofibroma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + fibroma. 1. A benign glandular and fibrous (connective) neoplasm
Word: induplicate Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in aestivation. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; said of leaves in vernation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: athermanous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek privative + to heat: compare French athermane. 1. Not transmitting heat. Labels: not-comparable Example: We see also why in an athermanous body an increase of thickness does not augment the radiation, —the reason being that, since it is already athermanous, this increase cannot possibly make it absorb more heat, and therefore cannot make it radiate more. Example: Substances which admit of radiation taking place through them are called Diathermanous. Those which do not allow heat to pass through them without becoming themselves hot are called Athermanous.
Word: adenofibromyoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + fibromyoma. 1. An adenomatoid tumour
Word: surcloy Part of Speech: verb 1. To fill to excess; to stuff Labels: obsolete
Word: surcloyed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of surcloy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: surcloying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of surcloy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: surcloys Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of surcloy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spathal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spathe + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈspeɪðəl/ 1. Furnished with a spathe. Labels: not-comparable Example: spathal flowers
Word: tatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tache (“spot”). See techy and tache. 1. A spot or stain. Labels: obsolete 2. A trick. Labels: obsolete 3. A quality (appearance or feel). Labels: obsolete
Word: tatches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tatch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fibromyoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fibro- + myoma. 1. A benign uterine tumour; a fibroid.
Word: hemialbumose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemi- + albumose. 1. An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hemialbumoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemialbumose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assumpt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin assumptum, past participle neuter of assumō. Pronunciation: /əˈsʌmpt/ 1. That which is assumed; an assumption. Labels: obsolete Example: The sum of all your assumpts […]is this.
Word: assumpt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin assumptum, past participle neuter of assumō. Pronunciation: /əˈsʌmpt/ 1. To take up; to elevate; to assume. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: From thence assumpted Bishop of Lismore.
Word: assumpts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assumpt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dulcified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dulcis (“sweet”) + -fy + -ed. 1. sweetened; mollified
Word: dulcified Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin dulcis (“sweet”) + -fy + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of dulcify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ruttier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French routier, from route (“a road”). See route. Pronunciation: /ˈrʌtɪə/ 1. A chart of a course, especially at sea. Labels: obsolete Example: These charts probably originated as graphic extensions of simple but accurate descriptions of ports, coasts, and customary routes contained in pilot books (ruttiers).
Word: ruttier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch ruiter, from Middle Dutch ruter, from Old French routier. Pronunciation: /ˈrʌtɪə/ 1. A mounted warrior, or knight Labels: obsolete Example: He and his troop of Angevine ruttiers had fought like tigers by William’s side, at Hastings[.]
Word: ruttier Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈrʌtɪə/ 1. comparative form of rutty: more rutty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: ruttiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ruttier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incedingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin incedere (“to walk majestically”) + English -ing + -ly. 1. Majestically. Labels: nonce-word Example: Even in the uttermost frenzy of energy is each mænad movement royally, imperially, incedingly upborne. Her hair, flying loose in revel or war, is still an angel's hair, and glorious under a halo.
Word: categorifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of categorification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spasmatical Part of Speech: adj 1. spasmodic Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: introsume Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From intro- + Latin sumere (“to take”). 1. To draw in, swallow or absorb. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: their vessels enlarge and introsume more copious nourishment
Word: introsumed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of introsume Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: introsumes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of introsume Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: introsuming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of introsume Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nematodynamics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-der. Ancient Greek νέω (néō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek νῆμᾰ (nêmă)der. English nemat- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English nemato- Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English dynamics English nematodynamics From nemato- + dynamics. 1. The study of the orientation dynamics of nematic (flowless) liquid crystals Labels: uncountable
Word: reorthogonalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + orthogonalization. 1. A second or subsequent orthogonalization
Word: embushment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English embushement, from Old French embuschement. 1. An ambush. Labels: obsolete
Word: embushments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embushment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rowdydowdy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Reduplication of rowdy. 1. uproarious; boisterous Labels: dated Example: Now she is a rowdydowdy mistress of ceremonies in the comic movie shorts shown on these pages.
Word: denudational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From denudation + -al. 1. Relating to, or influenced by, denudation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nematodynamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-der. Ancient Greek νέω (néō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek νῆμᾰ (nêmă)der. English nemat- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English nemato- Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic English nematodynamic From nemato- + dynamic. 1. Relating to nematodynamics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: syrt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian сырт (syrt), from Kyrgyz сырт (sırt), from Proto-Turkic *sïrt (“highland; ridge; backbone”). 1. A kind of elevated flatland in Russia and Central Asia. Example: Syrts may be separated from each other by higher ridges, and may serve as water divides between drainage basins for larger rivers.
Word: syrt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin syrtis, q.v. Pronunciation: /sərt/ 1. Alternative form of syrtis, quicksand, bog. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: syrts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syrt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syrtic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From syrt + -ic. 1. Of or relating to a syrt; boggy; resembling quicksand. Example: The marshy ground gradually disappeared, and the rest of the Syrtic region, though arid and dreary in a high degree, presented from time to time little valleys or detached spots, the verdure of which afforded an agreeable relief.
Word: Columbians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Columbian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coronule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin coronula, diminutive of corona (“crown”). Equivalent to corona + -ule. 1. A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds.
Word: coronules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coronule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calyciform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From calyci- + -form. By surface analysis, calyc- + -i- + form. 1. Having the form or appearance of a calyx. Example: calyciform cell Example: calyciform nerve endings
Word: casern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French caserne, attested since the late 1600s. Doublet of kasern. Pronunciation: /kəˈzɝn/, /kəˈsɝn/ 1. A lodging for soldiers in a garrison town (formerly usually near the rampart); a barracks.
Word: caserns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of casern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crownet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crovnette, crownet, from Middle French [Term?]. 1. A coronet, small crown. Labels: obsolete Example: Himself with garland freshe, and crownet greene of oliue bandes, Aduancing stood in ship. Example: Sometime a louelie boye in Dians shape, With haire that gilds the water as it glides, Crownets of pearle about his naked armes, And in his sportfull hands an Oliue tree, To hide those parts which men delight to see, Shall bathe him in a spring […]
Word: crownets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crownet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spermatoa Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spermatoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spermatoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spermato- + Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”). 1. A spermoblast.
Word: excorticate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ex (“out”), from cortex, corticis (“bark”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskɔː(ɹ)tɪkeɪt/ 1. To strip of bark, shell or skin. Labels: archaic, obsolete Example: Moſs is to be rubb'd and ſcrap'd off with ſome fit inſtrument of Wood, which may not excorticate the Tree, or with a piece of Hair-cloth after a ſobbing Rain: [...] Example: The sap-wood of the excorticated winter-felled timber, kept in piles in his Majesty's yards, has rotted
Word: excorticated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of excorticate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: excorticates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of excorticate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: excorticating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of excorticate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: actinidic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From actinide + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the actinides. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to actinidic acid or its derivatives. Labels: not-comparable
Word: actinidic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A triterpene phytoalexin isolated from the peel of kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa). Labels: uncountable
Word: perilymphangial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peri- + lymphangial. 1. Around, or at the side of, a lymphatic vessel. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dissentaneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dissentaneus. See dissent. 1. disagreeing; contrary; differing Example: their own prophets do on many occasions affirm and complain ; being dissentaneous and repugnant to the common humour and genius of mankind. Example: He that shall peruse that worke, and shall take notice of sundry particularities and personall expressions therein, will easily discerne the intention was not publik […] and therefore if there bee any singularitie therein correspondent unto the private conceptions of any man, it doth not advantage them; or if dissentaneous thereunto, it no way overthrowes them.
Word: pterygopodia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pterygopodium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pterygopodium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pterygo- + -podium. 1. A modified part of the pelvic fin in male elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ
Word: charmeress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English charmeresses pl, from Old French; equivalent to charmer + -ess. 1. A female charmer; an enchantress. Labels: archaic
Word: charmeresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of charmeress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amphidextrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From amphi- + Latin dexter (“right”) + -ous. See ambidextrous. 1. Alternative form of ambidextrous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare Example: An amphidextrous man. Typhoid at eleven. Insufficiently treated chancre at twenty-eight.
Word: taplash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tap + lash? 1. Small beer of bad quality. Labels: UK, obsolete, uncountable 2. The refuse or dregs of liquor. Labels: UK, obsolete, uncountable Example: Fac'd with the tap-lash of strong Ale and Wine
Word: lampic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French lampique, from lampe (“lamp”). See lamp. 1. A supposed acid formed by heating ether with a limited supply of air. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: bihemispheric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + hemispheric. 1. Affecting both hemispheres of the brain Labels: not-comparable
Word: symptomatologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From symptomatology + -ist. 1. One who studies symptomatology.
Word: symptomatologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of symptomatologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suffraginous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin suffraginosus (“diseased in the hock”), from suffrago (“the pastern, or hock”). Pronunciation: /səˈfɹæd͡ʒɪnəs/ 1. Of or relating to the hock of an animal. Labels: nonce-word, not-comparable, obsolete Example: The different flexure and order of the joints might also countenance the same, being not disposed in the Elephant, as they are in other quadrupedes, but carry a nearer conformity unto those of Man; that is, the bought of the fore-legs, not directly backward, but laterally and somewhat inward; but the hough or suffraginous flexure behind rather outward.
Word: galliardise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French gaillardise. See galliard. Pronunciation: /ˈɡælɪə(ɹ)ˌdaɪz/ 1. gaiety; merriment Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: the mirth and galliardise of company Example: Of so much galliardise and gentle gree
Word: glochidia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glochidium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glochidium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek γλωχίς (glōkhís, “barb of an arrow”) + -idium. 1. The larva or young of the mussel. Example: Glochidia were once believed to be parasites on the gills of the parents. 2. A glochid, or cactus spine.
Word: Brunswick green Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Brunswick (Braunschweig) in Germany. 1. Any of various dark green pigments, usually from copper compounds. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The dark green colour of any of these pigments. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The livery, standard Brunswick Green with greyish-white cab window recess and a continuous light green band along the bottom edge of the bodywork, is the most satisfactory use of green to date, [...].
Word: Brunswick greens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Brunswick green Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biomimicking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bio- + mimicking. 1. That exhibits biomimetic properties. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semidouble Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + double. 1. Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semidouble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + double. 1. An ecclesiastical office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double feasts.
Word: preapprehension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + apprehension. 1. An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge. Example: shapes conformable to preapprehensions
Word: preapprehensions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preapprehension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: simmeringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From simmering + -ly. 1. So as to simmer. Example: This meant that the quieter, more compliant African Caribbean child was perceived as subnormal or simmeringly hostile when the more competitive, garrulous behaviour which typified British children was taken as the normative standard.
Word: grindest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: grind + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of grind Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: grindeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: grind + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grind Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: septennially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From septennial + -ly. 1. Once in every seven years. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sextennially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sextennial + -ly. 1. Once in every six years. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Paracel Islands Part of Speech: name 1. A group of South China Sea islands administered under Sansha, Hainan, China, as Xisha (claimed by Taiwan (ROC) and Vietnam). Labels: plural Example: ABOUT the third day out we passed the dreaded Macclesfield Bank, which, with the adjacent Paracel Islands and reefs, forms a pretty trap for the careless or unskilful navigator. Example: The Republic of China has reiterated its sovereignty over the Nansha and Hsisha Islands (Spratly and Paracel Islands).
Word: endomyocardial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From endo- + myocardial. 1. Relating to the endocardium and the myocardium Labels: not-comparable
Word: sextennial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin 1. Lasting or continuing six years. Labels: not-comparable 2. Occurring once in every six years. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sexennially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sexennial + -ly. 1. Once in every six years. Labels: not-comparable
Word: exocuticle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exo- + cuticle. 1. The layer between the epicuticle and the endocuticle of an insect
Word: unrememberable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + rememberable. 1. That cannot be remembered. Example: That was the work of a complex, remembering, matured self-conscious thought, not of vague, unrememberable sensations.
Word: exocuticular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From exo- + cuticular. 1. Relating to the exocuticle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: exocuticles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exocuticle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kinemics Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of gestures as body language Labels: uncountable
Word: septuary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin septem (“seven”). 1. Being seven in number. Labels: not-comparable Example: a septuary brotherhood
Word: septuary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin septem (“seven”). 1. Something composed of seven elements. Labels: obsolete
Word: omosterna Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of omosternum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: omosternum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From omo- (“shoulder”) + sternum. 1. The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many frogs or toads and is usually tipped with cartilage. 2. In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle.
Word: magnetoreceptor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magneto- + receptor. 1. The part of an organism responsible for magnetoreception.
Word: micromorphologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of micromorphology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consistorian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From consistory + -ian. 1. Relating to a Presbyterian consistory. Labels: archaic, derogatory, not-comparable, often Example: You fall next on the Conſistorian Schiſmatics; for ſo you call Presbyterians,
Word: consistorian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From consistory + -ian. 1. a Presbyterian Labels: archaic