nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: farang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Thai ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng, “Westerner”). Doublet of Frank, frank, franc, and firangi. 1. A foreigner in Thailand who is of Western ancestry; one who comes to Thailand from a Western country. Labels: Thailand Example: Farang jumps to his death at Suvarnabhumi Airport: A foreign man is believed to have committed suicide when he fell from the fourth floor of Suvarnabhumi Airport this morning. Example: Crazy farang tied up by Pattaya locals and police after he jumped from roof to roof: A foreign man was tied up by locals and police Wednesday morning... At midnight, locals alerted the police after the farang went on a rampage and destroyed other people's property... Witnesses said they had not seen the man before. The farang continued to let out curses as he was moved onto the police's truck...
Word: farangs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of farang Labels: form-of, plural
Word: freestore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From free + store. 1. The heap of available memory. Labels: uncountable
Word: oshibori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese おしぼり. 1. A moist towel for cleaning the hands, offered to customers in Japanese restaurants and bars.
Word: Vedda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sinhalese වැද්දා (wæddā, “hunter”), from Sanskrit वेति (veti, “hunt”), q.v. 1. One of an indigenous people of Sri Lanka.
Word: Vedda Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sinhalese වැද්දා (wæddā, “hunter”), from Sanskrit वेति (veti, “hunt”), q.v. 1. The language of the Veddas.
Word: Veddas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Vedda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postobservation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + observation. 1. After observation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: postobservation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + observation. 1. An observation or assessment made after an experimental intervention or procedure. Example: These designs offer significant improvement over the pretest-posttest design because with a series of preobservations and postobservations, patterns of stability and change can be assessed more accurately.
Word: postobservations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postobservation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preobservation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + observation. 1. Before observation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: preobservation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + observation. 1. An observation or assessment made before an experimental intervention or procedure. Example: These designs offer significant improvement over the pretest-posttest design because with a series of preobservations and postobservations, patterns of stability and change can be assessed more accurately.
Word: preobservations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preobservation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skittleball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skittle + ball. 1. A team sport in which players attempt to knock over the opposing team's skittle by throwing a ball. Labels: uncountable 2. The ball used in the game of skittles. Labels: countable
Word: sporogenetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sporo- + genetic. 1. Relating to sporogenesis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hardspun Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hard + spun. 1. Firmly twisted in spinning. Labels: dated Example: hardspun canvas Example: hardspun yarn
Word: chromatology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chromato- + -logy. 1. The scientific study of colour Labels: uncountable
Word: costively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From costive + -ly. 1. In a costive manner.
Word: interjacence Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɪntəɹˈd͡ʒeɪsəns/ 1. The quality of being interjacent. Labels: uncountable
Word: sabotager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sabotage + -er. 1. One who sabotages.
Word: sabotagers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sabotager Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antihydrophobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + hydrophobic. 1. Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia. Labels: not-comparable Example: antihydrophobic additives Example: antihydrophobic properties
Word: antihydrophobic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + hydrophobic. 1. A remedy for hydrophobia. Labels: rare
Word: antihydrophobics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antihydrophobic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rejolt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + jolt. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈdʒoʊlt/ 1. To jolt or shake again. Labels: rare Example: June 29 1697, John Locke, letter to the Bishop of Worcester I have repeated And this twenty times to my elf and my weak Understanding always rejolts
Word: rejolt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + jolt. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːdʒoʊlt/ 1. Another jolt 2. A counter-jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil. Example: And as long as these inward Rejolts and Recoilings of the Mind continue (which they will certainly do for a considerable Part of a Man's Life) the Sinner will find his Accounts of Pleasure very poor and short […]
Word: rejolted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rejolt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rejolting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rejolt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rejolts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rejolt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: interjacency Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɪntəɹˈd͡ʒeɪsənsi/ 1. The quality of being interjacent. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Something that lies between. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: its fluctuations are but motions subservient; which winds, storms, shores, shelves, and every interjacency irregulates. Example: […] It is very well known, that England and Scotland made but one Iſland, divided not by the Sea or any conſiderable Arm thereof, but only by the Interjacency of the River Tweed, and ſome Deſert Ground, which did not hinder any eaſie common Acceſs of the People of the one Kingdom to the other: […]
Word: Veddah Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Vedda. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Veddah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Vedda. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Veddahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Veddah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inlayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inlay + -er. 1. Someone or something that inlays. 2. A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.
Word: inlayers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inlayer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retrogradingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From retrograding + -ly. 1. So as to retrograde (various meanings). Labels: not-comparable
Word: unblenching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + blenching. 1. unblanching; resolute Example: To be sure, there was an exception in the curate, who would receive unblenching the information that the meadow beyond the orchard was a prairie studded with herds of buffalo[.]
Word: airling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə(ɹ)lɪŋ/ 1. A thoughtless, light-hearted person. Labels: archaic Example: Some more there be, slight airlings, will be won With dogs and horses, or perhaps a whore. Example: 'Airling!' John remarked, after a glance at his brother's magnificence. 2. A creature of the air, such as a bird, fairy, etc. Labels: poetic Example: This queen immortal loved the knight, And so she sent an airling brood To lead him thro ' the bosky wood Until he knew no left nor right; And as he paused upon a steep That rose from out a fountain place, They sprinkled dew-drops on his face, And so he fell asleep. Example: In the pointed bill, the gradually enlarging head and neck, we behold a ready means of penetrating the yelding air, the fine turned and prow-like breast, flexible and idispensable rudder, tail, the balanced and buoyant wings, the feathery investment of body, all permeated with air-cells, the hollow bones also, and the air chambers and air sacks through the organization, all communicating with the air, in which the airling floats, giving lightness to the structure as well as strength and tenacity, by a wise arrangement of parts, all bearing relation not only to each other, but to the surrounding medium in which the creature is to fly, a part of it itself floating in its own element, in aeriel grandeur; how could these beautiful arrangements, with these nice adaptations, with such admirable relationships, be the work of chance?
Word: airlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of airling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pattened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From patten + -ed. 1. Wearing pattens. Labels: not-comparable Example: Wherever they went, some pattened girl stopped to curtsy, or some footman in dishabille sneaked off. Yet this was an abbey!
Word: whittret Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of whitret (“weasel”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: whittrets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whittret Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reflexity Part of Speech: noun 1. reflectivity Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: houppelande Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English hopeland, hopland, houpelond, hoppelande, from Old French houppelande (1281), probably a calque from Old English hōppāda (“upper tunic”). 1. A robe or long tunic that is worn belted or with a fitted bodice often having full long sleeves and lined with fur. Labels: Middle-Ages, historical
Word: Alcoranist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Alcoran + -ist. 1. Quranist Labels: archaic
Word: Alcoranists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Alcoranist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ribaldish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ribald + -ish. 1. Like a ribald; disposed to ribaldry. Labels: archaic Example: They have a ribaldish tongue.
Word: inaidable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + aidable. 1. Incapable of being assisted; helpless. Labels: obsolete Example: From her inaydible estate: I say we must not So staine our iudgement, or corrupt our hope,
Word: houppelandes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of houppelande Labels: form-of, plural
Word: porket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive of French porc. See pork. 1. 1838, William Howitt, The Rural Life of England Labels: archaic 2. 1838, William Howitt, The Rural Life of England: […] his yards abound with poultry, and his fields with flocks and herds of kids, lambs, and porkets. Labels: archaic
Word: porkets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of porket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palmitone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palmitic + -one. 1. The ketone of palmitic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: goslet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare goose, gosling, and see -let. 1. Any pygmy goose of the genus Nettapus.
Word: goslets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goslet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misseldine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See mistletoe. 1. Mistletoe. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: boyl them till the Aquavitæ be incorporate; then take of Camomile, Rue red Sage, and Misseldine[…]
Word: blendous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blende + -ous. 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing blende (sphalerite). Labels: not-comparable Example: blendous ore
Word: helldoomed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hell + doomed. 1. Doomed to Hell. Labels: not-comparable Example: And doft thou reckon thyself with the Spirits of Heaven ? Helldoomed!
Word: asarabacca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin asarum + baccar. 1. An acrid herbaceous plant, Asarum europaeum, the leaves and roots of which were used for emetic and cathartic purposes. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: asarabaccas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of asarabacca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydantoic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hydantoin + -ic. 1. Pertaining to, or derived from, hydantoin. Labels: not-comparable Example: hydantoic ester Example: hydantoic ring
Word: amphigamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From amphi- + -gamous. 1. entirely cellular in structure, with no distinct sexual organs. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: solvableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From solvable + -ness. 1. The quality of being solvable. Labels: uncountable
Word: hydrocauli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrocaulus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrocaulus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin hydrocaulus, from hydro- + Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stalk, stem”). 1. The hollow stem of a hydrozoan Example: a simple hydrocaulus Example: a branched hydrocaulus
Word: tropist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trope + -ist. Compare French tropiste. 1. One who uses or deals in tropes. 2. One who avoids the literal meaning of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.
Word: tropists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tropist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coalitioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coalition + -er. 1. A coalitionist.
Word: coalitioners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coalitioner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: howker Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of two-masted Dutch sailing vessel, weighing between 60 and 200 tons burthen. 2. Obsolete form of hooker (“any antiquated craft”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete, slang
Word: howkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of howker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unturn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + turn. 1. To turn in a reverse way, especially so as to open something. Example: to unturn a key Example: Think you he nought but prison walls did see, Till, so unwilling, thou unturn'dst the key ?
Word: unturning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unturn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unturns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unturn Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: riskful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From risk + -ful. 1. Full of risks; risky. Labels: archaic Example: I am well aware how riskful a die I throw, in hazarding this partial publication
Word: swarded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sward + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈswɔɹdɪd/, /ˈswɔːdɪd/ 1. Covered with sward. Labels: not-comparable Example: But within this swarded circle, into which the lime-walk brings us — Whence the beeches rounded greenly, stand away in reverent fear; I will let no music enter, saving what the fountain sings us […]
Word: congenialize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From congenial + -ize. 1. To become or make congenial. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: congenialized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of congenialize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: congenializes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of congenialize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: congenializing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of congenialize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: uncongenially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From uncongenial + -ly. 1. In an uncongenial manner.
Word: gaijin card Part of Speech: noun 1. An identity card given to aliens who were resident in Japan, in use until 2012. Labels: historical, informal
Word: brachycatalectic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brachy- + catalectic. 1. A verse that is two syllables short for a metre.
Word: brachycatalectics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brachycatalectic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compliable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From comply + -able. 1. Bendable; able to bend. 2. Capable of yielding to another, or willing to do so; compliant. Labels: figuratively Example: another compliable mind Example: The Jews […] had made their religion compliable, and accommodated to their passions.
Word: bardship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bard + -ship. 1. The state of being a bard. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bracteal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin bractea + -al. By surface analysis, bractea (“bract”) + -al. 1. Having the nature or appearance of a bract. 2. Relating to bracts.
Word: crown imperial Part of Speech: noun 1. Fritillaria imperialis, a plant of the lily family.
Word: vernility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vernile + -ity, from Latin vernilitas. 1. Fawning or obsequious behaviour; servility. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: Still, though the people were thus unarmed, and therefore totally incapable of the least opposition, Argyle and Leslie spread their rebels, under the command of the adjutantgeneral Sir James Turner; whose vernility, added to-a certain species […]
Word: satoyama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 里山 (satoyama). 1. A border zone or area between mountain foothills and arable flat land in Japan.
Word: guideboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guide + board. 1. A board, as upon a guidepost bearing road directions. Example: they cannot go astray so long as they carry their guideboard about with them - a delusion we often practise upon ourselves with our high and mighty reason
Word: guideboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guideboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impetratory Part of Speech: adj 1. begging; imploratory Labels: obsolete Example: It follows then that the celebration of this sacrifice be, in its proportion, an instrument of applying the proper sacrifice to all the purposes for which it was first designed. It is ministerially, and by application, an instrument propitiatory; it is eucharistical; it is an homage and an act of adoration, and it is impetratory, and obtains for us and for the whole church, all the benefits of the sacrifice, which is now celebrated and applied...
Word: parelectronomic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to parelectronomy. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: the parelectronomic part of a muscle
Word: rinser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rinse + -er. 1. One who, or that which, rinses. 2. A small additional kitchen sink beside the main sink, used for rinsing items.
Word: rinsers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rinser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: couplable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From couple + -able. 1. Capable of being coupled to something else. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fibrinoplastic Part of Speech: adj 1. Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen. Labels: not-comparable Example: fibrinoplastic activity Example: fibrinoplastic substance
Word: recuperable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English recuperable, from Medieval Latin recuperābilis and Old French recuperable. By surface analysis, recuperate + -able. 1. recoverable Example: recuperable data Example: Therfore, if thou yet by counsaile arte recuperable, / Flee thou from idlenesse and alway be stable.
Word: santonate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From santonic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. A salt of santonic acid.
Word: santonates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of santonate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ectypography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔκτυπος (éktupos, “relief”) + -graphy. Compare ectype. 1. A method of etching, invented in the 19th century, in which the design on the plate is produced in relief. Labels: uncountable
Word: graduateship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From graduate + -ship. 1. The state of being a graduate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: finish his circuit in an English Concordance and a topic folio , the gatherings and savings of a sober graduateship 2. Collectively, those who have graduated Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That is an arrogant, outright condemnation of the entire Nigerian university studentship and graduateship, especially those who have graduated after satisfying college/university requirements for a minimum of four years
Word: lancination Part of Speech: noun 1. A tearing or laceration. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: , Chapter "An Exhortation to the Imitation of Christ" He that considers with what affections and lancinations of spirit, with what effusions of love, Jesus prayed […]
Word: lancinations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lancination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sedulousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sedulous + -ness. 1. The quality of being sedulous. Labels: uncountable
Word: fantasticalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fantasticality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fantasticality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós)bor. Late Latin phantasticusbor. Middle French fantastiquebor. English fantastic English -al English fantastical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English fantasticality From fantastical + -ity. 1. The quality of being fantastical. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. Something that is fantastical. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: longipennine Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the former order Longipennes, various long-winged birds Labels: obsolete
Word: rendible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See render. 1. Able to be rendered or yielded up. Labels: not-comparable 2. Able to be translated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rendible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rend + -ible. 1. Capable of being rent or torn. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bibacious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin bibāx, bibācis, ultimately from bibō + -acious. See bib. 1. Addicted to drinking alcohol; alcoholic Labels: archaic
Word: impoliticness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From impolitic + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being impolitic. Labels: uncountable
Word: interlamination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + lamination. 1. The state or process of being interlaminated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Interlamination resistance is of interest in laminated core structures as the flow of eddy currents between laminations is a function of this resistance. Example: The transitions are by rather uniform and gradual changes in the relative abundance of minerals in the component layers and by small-scale interlamination of layers of markedly different composition; gradation by gradual change is perhaps predominant.
Word: interlaminations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interlamination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin emptio, from emere (“to buy”). 1. The act of buying; purchase. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: There is a diſpute among the lawyers, whe ther Glaucus's exchanging the golden armour with the brazen one of Tydides, was emption or commutation. Example: After the deperdition of Indagator, having an appetency still further to pervstigate the frithy occident; being still an agamist, and not wishing to be any longer a pedaneous viator, nor to be solivagant, I brought about the emption of a yaud, partly by numismatic mutuation, and partly by a hypothecation of my fusee and argental horologe.
Word: green-stall Part of Speech: noun 1. A stall selling fresh vegetables. Labels: historical Example: [H]e even wiſhed her […] to turn a penny by keeping a green-ſtall.
Word: green-stalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of green-stall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isocrymal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From isocryme + -al. 1. Relating to isocrymes. Labels: not-comparable Example: an isocrymal chart
Word: isocrymal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From isocryme + -al. 1. An isocryme.
Word: drooper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From droop + -er. 1. One who, or that which, droops.
Word: droopers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drooper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scribblingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From scribbling + -ly. 1. In a scribbling manner. Example: Mr. Hooker's sermons […] were so scribblingly written that nobody could read three words together in them.
Word: criosphinx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek κριός (kriós, “ram”) + Σφίγξ (Sphínx, “Sphinx”), from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze”) 1. A sphinx with the head of a ram.
Word: criosphinxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of criosphinx Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phlogistication Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or process of combining with phlogiston. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: When [Henry Cavendish] commenced those researches, he found an opinion prevailing, that the production of fixed air, or carbonic acid, is the invariable result of what he called the phlogistication, and we should call the deoxidation, of atmospheric air.
Word: phlogistications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phlogistication Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shruff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare scruff and scurf. 1. Rubbish, especially the dross or refuse of metals. Labels: archaic, uncountable 2. Light, dry wood, or material used for fuel. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
Word: immetrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From im- + metrical. 1. Not metrical or rhythmical. Example: French and Italian most immetrical , Their many syllables in harsh collision Example: An alteration here, leaving immetrical a line already so by turning "this letter is for you" into "these letters are for you," for no apparent reason in the text, can be regarded only as one of the changes made for change's sake.
Word: proteanly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From protean + -ly. 1. In a protean manner. Example: Which matter of the universe is always substantially the same , and neither more nor less , but only Proteanly transformed into different shapes
Word: cosignificative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From co- + significative. 1. Having the same meaning, synonymous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: horologiography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horologium + -graphy. 1. The scientific description of timepieces. Labels: archaic, uncountable 2. The art of constructing clocks or dials; horography. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: strictured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stricture + -ed. 1. Affected with a stricture. Labels: not-comparable Example: a strictured bowel Example: a strictured duct
Word: anaclastics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See anaclastic and -ics. 1. The part of optics that deals with the refraction of light. Labels: uncountable Example: During these two centuries, the interest shown in the study of burning mirrors is an essential part of the comprehension of the development of catoptrics, anaclastics and dioptrics
Word: deglutitory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /diːˌɡluːˈtɪʃəɹi/ 1. Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition (swallowing). Labels: not-comparable Example: Thus, hemiplegic patients are hemiplegic in deglutitory movements also and are ready to misswallow.
Word: landleaper Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of landlouper.
Word: landleapers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of landleaper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snakestone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snake + stone. 1. A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An ammonite (because of its coiled form). Labels: countable 3. A usually porous substance made from charred bones, earth, etc. and believed to cure snakebites. Labels: India, countable, uncountable
Word: snakestones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snakestone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speeching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From speech + -ing. 1. The act of making a speech.
Word: speeching Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From speech + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of speech Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: speechings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speeching Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fetterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fetter + -er. 1. One who fetters. Example: "But when the ice our streams did fetter," Which was the fetterer? We may guess, but not from the grammar.
Word: fetterers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fetterer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: braggartly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From braggart + -ly. 1. Like a braggart; boastful.
Word: razor-backed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a sharp, lean, or thin back. Example: a razor-backed hog Example: a razor-backed perch
Word: influxious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From influx + -ious. 1. influential Labels: obsolete, rare Example: an influxious power to make impressions upon their humours
Word: insanability Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of being insanable, or impossible to cure. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: syngraph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin syngrapha. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋɡɹæf/, /ˈsɪŋɡɹɑːf/ 1. A document signed by both or all of the parties to a contract or bond.
Word: syngraphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syngraph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indefatigation Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being indefatigable; tirelessness. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The Arabian Geographers[…] holding themselves not to be inferior (as indeed they were not) either to the Indefatigation or Skill of the Greek Geographers, they hoped to have the beginning of Longitude taken from them
Word: decumbently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From decumbent + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkʌmbəntli/, /dɪˈkʊmbəntli/ 1. In a decumbent manner Labels: not-comparable 2. In a decumbent manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: encradle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + cradle. 1. To lay in a cradle, or as in a cradle. Labels: transitive Example: Begin from first where He encradled was, / In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay.
Word: encradled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of encradle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: encradles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of encradle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: encradling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of encradle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: indusial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See indusium. 1. Of, pertaining to, or containing the petrified cases of the larvae of certain insects. Labels: not-comparable Example: indusial limestone
Word: pryingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From prying + -ly. 1. In a prying manner.
Word: clothes-press Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clothes + press. 1. A receptacle for clothes. Example: All of our hotel rooms offer coffee-making facilities and a clothes-press.
Word: clothespresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clothespress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boiler cupboard Part of Speech: noun 1. An airing cupboard.
Word: prelusively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From prelusive + -ly. 1. In a prelusive manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: A tradition, or whatever it was, that had flowered prelusively in the Princess herself—well, Amerigo's very discretions were his way of taking account of it.
Word: agented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From agent + -ed. 1. Having an agent. Labels: not-comparable Example: becoming an agented author
Word: antilibel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + libel. 1. Opposing or countering libel. Example: By far the most frequent use of antilibel wording comes in stories involving criminal offenses (oops, make that alleged criminal offenses).
Word: muconate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From muconic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt of muconic acid.
Word: muconates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muconate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plesiomorphous Part of Speech: adj 1. Nearly alike in form. Labels: not-comparable 2. Crystallizing in similar forms but differing in chemical composition. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tributariness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tributary + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being tributary. Labels: uncountable
Word: mismate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + mate. 1. To mate or match wrongly or unsuitably; mismatch. Labels: transitive Example: to mismated shoes Example: a mismated couple
Word: mismates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mismate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mismating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mismate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mismating Part of Speech: noun 1. An unsuitable or incorrect mating between organisms.
Word: gnomonologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gnomonology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gnomonology Part of Speech: noun 1. A treatise on gnomonics.
Word: polygastrics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polygastric Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bivalvular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + valvular. 1. Having two valves. Labels: not-comparable
Word: showish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From show + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊ.ɪʃ/ 1. showy; ostentatious Labels: archaic Example: The doctor must needs die rich, he had great dealings in his way for many years; if he had no family coat, you had as good use the escutcheons of the company, they are as showish, and will look as magnificent, as if he was descended from the blood-royal.
Word: caranx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Caranx. 1. Any member of the fish genus Caranx; jacks, trevallies, or kingfishes.
Word: caranxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caranx Labels: form-of, plural
Word: defamingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From defaming + -ly. 1. In a defamatory manner.
Word: fulgidities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fulgidity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fulgidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fulgid + -ity. By surface analysis, Latin fulg(ere) + -id + -i- + -ty. 1. splendour; resplendence; effulgence Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: The ceruleous canopy was merging into fulgidity from the ascension of Phoebus—every entity about me seemed to revel in the universal resuscitation.
Word: montoir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, from monter (“to mount”). See montant. 1. A stone or block used in mounting a horse. Labels: archaic
Word: montoirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of montoir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Christmastides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Christmastide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parsoned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From parson + -ed. 1. Provided with a parson. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having undergone a church ceremony under a parson. Labels: not-comparable Example: married but not parsoned
Word: cosmoramic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cosmorama + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to a cosmorama. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: cosmoramic pictures Example: cosmoramic awesomeness
Word: angulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin angulosus. Compare French anguleux. 1. angular; having corners Labels: archaic Example: held together by hooks and angulous involutions
Word: rareripe Part of Speech: adj 1. ripening early (said most commonly of peaches and onions) Labels: not-comparable 2. maturing too quickly; taking on the trappings of maturity before one is emotionally developed Labels: broadly, not-comparable, uncommon Example: He is quite smart enough. I sometimes fear that he is one of the little rare-ripe sort that are smarter at about five than ever after.
Word: rareripe Part of Speech: noun 1. An agricultural plant that ripens early.
Word: rareripes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rareripe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slipboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slip + board. 1. A board sliding in grooves. Example: I ventured to draw back the slipboard on the roof, contrived on purpose to let in air. Example: When the slipboard is let down, a quantity of barley is allowed to pass into the drum-case by means of the rollers; and it is there retained under the impetuous action of the beaters as long as the feeder-in thinks proper; and when he considers it to be sufficiently rubbed and buffetted, he suddenly pulls up the slipboard, so as to allow the whole quantity of barley to be thrown, at one dash, upon the first shaker; 2. A board sliding in grooves. Labels: UK, historical Example: Despite having transferred from Plumstead to the 25 on 15 January 2005, here is 23032 (LX03 HDZ) in October 2007 making a return visit south of the river, albeit in the Pall Mall view having to carry a slipboard. Example: Bristol LD6G 1432, en route to Lymington, carries a slipboard on its radiator stating 'Not on service for Bournemouth Corporation passengers'. 3. A board sliding in grooves. Example: Slipboard fence as low as $8.67 per 10 foot section. Example: Continue .5 miles and look for a white slipboard fence on the right at the corner of Warson and Litzsinger Roads. 4. A list of substitute workers that are available in a union-controlled business, listed in priority order and by the shift they would like to work. Example: The parties agree that, on March 14, 1975, the slipboard was frozen. Extras and substitutes shall continue to be hired from the slipboard when needed in accordance with the provisions of this section. Example: In response to Newsday's questions, Ferraujola explained that if Newsday needed a certain number of people to work after removal of the slipboard, it could call the union hall and they would be supplied.
Word: slipboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slipboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chlorometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chloro- + -metry. 1. The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. The use of a chlorometer to measure the amount of chlorine in a substance. Labels: uncountable
Word: falcer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin falx, falcis (“a sickle”). By surface analysis, Latin falc- + -er (“agent suffix”). 1. One of the mandibles of a spider. Labels: archaic, rare
Word: falcers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of falcer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transpositive Part of Speech: adj 1. Made or done by transposition. Labels: not-comparable Example: transpositive language Example: transpositive category 2. Capable of being transposed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sphygmophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sphygmo- + -phone. 1. An electrical instrument for determining by ear the rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance.
Word: sphygmophones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sphygmophone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dissympathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + sympathy. 1. Lack of sympathy; indifference. Labels: uncountable
Word: consubstantiality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French consubstantialité. 1. The quality of being consubstantial. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His […] consubstantiality with the Father
Word: hagiologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hagiology + -ist. 1. A writer on the lives of the saints; a hagiographer. Example: Hagiologists have related it without scruple, and during many ages it was believed without hesitation
Word: hagiologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hagiologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doctorally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From doctoral + -ly. 1. in the manner of a doctor, or up to a doctorate level Labels: not-comparable Example: doctorally prepared nurses
Word: inextricableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inextricable + -ness. 1. The state of being inextricable. Labels: uncountable
Word: water flag Part of Speech: noun 1. A European iris with bright yellow flowers, Iris pseudacorus.
Word: water flags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of water flag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adipoceration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adipocere + -ation. 1. The act or process of changing into adipocere. Labels: uncountable
Word: inhabitiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inhabitive + -ness. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪvnəs/ 1. Alternative form of inhabitativeness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: what the phrenologists call inhabitiveness
Word: petrifactive Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌpɛtɹɪˈfæktɪv/ 1. Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction. Labels: not-comparable Example: petrifactive changes Example: Hereof in ſubterraneous cavities, and under the earth there are many [objects resembling unicorns' horns] to be found in ſeverall parts of Germany; which are but the Lapideſcencies and petrifactive mutations of hard bodies; [...]
Word: bobbish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bob + -ish. 1. Hearty; in good spirits. Labels: UK, dated, slang Example: "The pigs is well," said Mr. Squeers, "the cows is well, and the boys is bobbish. Young Sprouter has been a-winking, has he? I'll wink him when I get back." Example: “How do you do, Mr. Huxter,” the Prince of Fairoaks said in his most princely manner—“I hope you are very well.” “Pretty bobbish, thanky.”
Word: inacquaintance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + acquaintance. 1. Lack of acquaintance; ignorance. Labels: uncountable Example: […] so in asthma, where there is no expuition, or the expuition does not appear till the paroxysm is subsiding, we ought, I think, in fair reason, rather to acknowledge or inacquaintance with the actual cause than to place our faith in one that has so little to support it. Example: He could scarcely have advanced a theory indicating a more unfortunate inacquaintance with the subject.
Word: taintlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From taintless + -ly. 1. In a taintless manner.
Word: bluffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bluff + -y. 1. Having bluffs, or bold steep banks. Example: bluffy valley 2. tending to be bluff (brusque). 3. Inclined to bluff; bluffing. Example: The check-raise looks very bluffy (although you know better than to check-raise bluff on these types of boards against stubborn opponents).
Word: smileth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: smile + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of smile Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chrysogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chryso- + -gen. 1. A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene. Labels: uncountable
Word: diffission Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See diffind. 1. The act of cleaving or splitting. Labels: uncountable Example: As we know, there cases of pleuris , even where there is great amount of diffision, with comparatively little dyspnea, and dyspnea is a treacherous symptom to base youself on Example: The amount cleared by back-diffision depends on blood flow.
Word: herbescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin herbescens, present participle of herbescere. 1. Growing into herbs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rattleheaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rattle + headed. 1. noisy 2. giddy; unsteady
Word: preadmonition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + admonition. 1. Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: preadmonitions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preadmonition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dumpish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dump + -ish. 1. Stupid, dull. Labels: obsolete 2. Melancholy, sad. Example: But at last they found, she was but in a deepe study, and dumpish retracting into her selfe, exercising her minde, and preparing her voice[…]. Example: VVhat a devil makes thee in ſo muſty a humour? Thou art as dull and dumpiſh as a fellovv that had been drunk over night vvith Ale, and had done nothing but drunk Coffee, talked Politicks, and read Gazettes all this morning.
Word: arenulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin arenula (“fine sand”), diminutive of arena. By surface analysis, aren(a) + -ule + -ous. 1. Containing or resembling sand. Labels: obsolete
Word: sea willow Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various species of soft coral with long flexible branches. Labels: archaic, often, poetic
Word: sea willows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea willow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isothermobath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + thermo- + Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús, “deep”) (see bathy-). 1. A line drawn through points of equal temperature in a vertical section of the ocean.
Word: isothermobaths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isothermobath Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urostea Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urosteon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urosteon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin ūrosteon, from Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”). 1. A median ossification at the back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds. Labels: archaic
Word: unpostmarked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + postmarked. 1. Without a postmark. Labels: not-comparable
Word: flutter the dovecote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from Coriolanus (written c. 1608–1609; published 1623) by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616), Act V, scene vi (spelling modernized): “[L]ike an eagle in a dovecote, I / Fluttered your Volcians in Corioles.” Pronunciation: /ˌflʌtə ðə ˈdʌvkɒt/, /ˌflʌtɚ ðə ˈdʌvkɑt/, [-ɾɚ-] 1. To create a disturbance, usually within a group of people who are generally placid and unexcited. Labels: idiomatic
Word: flutter the dovecotes Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of flutter the dovecote. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: flutters the dovecote Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flutter the dovecote Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fluttering the dovecote Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flutter the dovecote Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fluttered the dovecote Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of flutter the dovecote Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ayu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 鮎 (ayu, “sweetfish”). Pronunciation: /ɑːjuː/ 1. A sweetfish, an amphidromous game fish of East Asia of species Plecoglossus altivelis, prized for its sweet-tasting flesh and subject to extensive aquaculture. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: big labor Part of Speech: noun 1. Large trade unions or labor unions collectively, understood as having significant economic, political, or societal influence. Labels: capitalized, sometimes, uncountable Example: Some fear that Big Labor will one day form its own party and attempt to capture government. Example: Among U.S. city governments, few have been more strongly controlled by big labor than Minneapolis (pop. 560700)
Word: Big Labor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of big labor. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Big Labour Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of big labor. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: big labour Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of big labor. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Swarga Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hindi स्वर्ग (svarg, “heaven”), ultimately from Sanskrit स्वर्ग (svarga, “heaven”). Pronunciation: /ˈswɑːɹɡə/, /ˈswʌɹɡə/ 1. Heaven, Paradise 2. Indra's abode
Word: in safe hands Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In the possession of, or protected by, someone who can be trusted. Labels: idiomatic Example: Don't worry: I gave the necklace to a friend of mine. It's in safe hands. Example: I told the president that I'm glad the future of the country is in safe hands.
Word: bust a nut Part of Speech: verb 1. To ejaculate. Labels: idiomatic, literally, slang, vulgar Example: Genter was so excited he like to bust a nut. He had a telephone plugged in at the table and called people up. 2. To work very hard; to put in a lot of effort. Labels: idiomatic, slang, vulgar
Word: Green Monday Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Clean Monday, in Cyprus, the seventh Monday before Easter, used as the beginning of Lent in Greek Orthodoxy.
Word: Green Monday Part of Speech: name Etymology: From green in its sense of “environmentally friendly”. 1. The Monday before Christmas, used as a shopping event to order last-minute gifts for shipping before Christmas Day. Labels: US
Word: appendiculae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of appendicula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: appendiculas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of appendicula Labels: form-of, plural