nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: yellowtop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yellow + top. 1. Any of the genus Flaveria of plants with yellow flowers, related to the sunflower.
Word: yellowtops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yellowtop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: icicled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From icicle + -ed. 1. Hung with icicles. Labels: not-comparable Example: In his version, the reader can almost hear wolves barking and see those icicled trees and wastes of snow. How much more vivid such pictures are in the mind than those produced by that vague, generalized language.
Word: icositetrahedra Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of icositetrahedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iconical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From icon + -ical. 1. Pertaining to or consisting of images or icons. Labels: not-comparable
Word: idiotical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From idiotic + -al. 1. Synonym of idiotic (“very stupid”). 2. Simple, unlearned. Labels: archaic
Word: idioticons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of idioticon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Idumean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Idumea + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to ancient Idumea or Edom, a historical region south of Judea and the Dead Sea, mentioned in the Bible
Word: Idumean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Idumea + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of Idumea
Word: Idumeans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Idumean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ignivomous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ignivomus. 1. Throwing out fire, as a volcano does. Labels: archaic
Word: iguanian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Iguania + -an. 1. Any of the suborder Iguania of iguanas, chameleons, agamids, and "New World lizards".
Word: iguanian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Iguania + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to the lizard infraorder Iguania.
Word: iguanians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iguanian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: agamid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the family Agamidae of lizards, including many dragons. Example: Bright male colors are exhibited primarily during sexual and aggressive displays in iguanids, agamids, chamaeleonids, gekkonids, lacertids, and teiids. Example: Agamids and chamaeleonids are sister-groups, presumably with the chameleons diverging early from an agamid stock. Agamids and chameleons uniquely share an acrodont dentition on the dentary and posterior maxillary.
Word: agamids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agamid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ihlang-ihlang Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of ylang ylang. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: ignitrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ignitron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ilixanthin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ilex and xanthin. 1. A yellow dye obtained from holly leaves. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: weaksauce Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *sḗh₂l From weak (adjective) + sauce (noun), referring to a sauce that lacks flavour. By surface analysis, weak + -sauce (suffix used to add emphasis to adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈwiːksɔːs/, /ˈwikˌsɔs/, /-ˌsɑs/ 1. Lacking in interest or substance; boring, disappointing, lackluster. Labels: figuratively, informal, not-comparable Example: Some California students provided us with a taste of slang words that are now catching on, although, thanks to MTV, you have already heard some of them. […] Good events or things are "dope." Bad events are "weak sauce." "Right on" is "that's sweet." "That's awesome" is "that's the bomb." Example: Blazing at a very healthy 30 frames per second with NO clipping, NO slowdown, and NO loss of graphic quality, this one made Eggo run to the nearest restroom after his ‘weak sauce’ stomach gave out.
Word: weaksauce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *sḗh₂l From weak (adjective) + sauce (noun), referring to a sauce that lacks flavour. By surface analysis, weak + -sauce (suffix used to add emphasis to adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈwiːksɔːs/, /ˈwikˌsɔs/, /-ˌsɑs/ 1. Someone or something that is lacking in interest or substance. Labels: countable, figuratively, informal Example: Had a run-in on the bus with some weak sauces. 2. The quality or state of lacking in interest or substance; boringness, disappointment. Labels: countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable Example: […] New England Asters. Not the pale domesticates of the perennial border, the weak sauce of lavender or sky blue, but full-on royal purple that would make a violet shrink. 3. Synonym of weak tea (“weak or feeble arguments, efforts, or proposals”). Labels: countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable Example: But when I turned pro, I knew I needed a really badass name, 'cuz it intimidates n00bs, who will disconnect just when they see me show up. And I'm like, "Bye—take that weaksauce home."
Word: foisons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foison Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quadrel Part of Speech: noun 1. A square brick or tile; a quarrel. Labels: archaic 2. A square piece of turf.
Word: Tōhoku Part of Speech: name 1. A region of the island of Honshu, Japan.
Word: quadrels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quadrel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quadrantal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quadrantal. 1. An ancient Roman unit of measure for liquids. 2. cube
Word: quadrantal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin quadrantālis (“quarter, containing the fourth part of a measure”). 1. Of or relating to a quadrant, or included in the fourth part of a circle. Labels: not-comparable Example: quadrantal space/triangle/versor
Word: quadrantals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quadrantal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quadrin Part of Speech: noun 1. An old copper coin of small value. Labels: archaic
Word: quadrins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quadrin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quære Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of quaere. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Quære, might not hair dressers friz and turn, though not shave, classically, according to the dignifying principles of the sculptor?
Word: quære Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of quaere. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: quæres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quære Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Quashee Part of Speech: noun 1. A black inhabitant of the West Indies. Labels: archaic Example: It is clear, therefore, that he has no particular dread of making a Quashee of his Makololo, and that the idea of improving, civilising, and elevating this race, is no Utopian thought to the individual who knows them best. Example: Those, for example, who imagine that our West Indies are in a state of ruin, inhabited by a horde of half-savage Quashees, "up to the ears in pumpkin," as Mr. Carlyle was pleased to describe them, will be surprised to learn that, in the four years ending with 1857, the exports and imports of these small islands were valued at £37,000,000...
Word: Quashees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Quashee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quasher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quash + -er. 1. One who quashes. Example: These men were not likely to be the quashers of protest, of new ideas, of rebellion against outdated orthodoxies.
Word: quashers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quasher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catapulters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catapulter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: o'clockish Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From o'clock + -ish. 1. After a numeral, denotes a time of around the start of that hour. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: We'll have dinner at seven o'clockish, depending on how soon Keith arrives.
Word: obcompressed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ob- + compressed. 1. Compressed or flattened anteroposteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one.
Word: make noises Part of Speech: verb 1. To talk or drop hints on a topic. Example: My mother-in-law has been making noises about coming to stay for the summer.
Word: oblatenesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oblateness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: copygraph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From copy + -graph. 1. An early means of producing multiple copies of a document by means of pressing it against a slab of gelatin softened with glycerin and making further copies from the resulting reversed image. Labels: dated
Word: copygraphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of copygraph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: copyholds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of copyhold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coquimbite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Coquimbo + -ite, after the province of Chile where it was found. 1. The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate. Labels: uncountable
Word: corecursive Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of co-recursive. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: squashable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From squash + -able. 1. Capable of being squashed. Example: Seatbelts, airbags, collapsible steering columns, dentable windscreens, squashable fascias and squashable front and rear ends have all added to safety, but how? To answer that you will need to recall some GCSE physics and learn more formal ways of expressing it — using equations and graphs. 2. Capable of being squashed. Example: Katherine always tries to squash me, but, you know, I'm not the squashable sort, really." With all my naughtiness; temper, wilfulness, independence, extreme frankness and being whimsical, I listened to reason and was, in the end, submissive. 3. Capable of being squashed. Example: All other ergodic invariant Radon measures are squashable, and there are infinitely many such measures.
Word: Radon measure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Johann Radon. 1. A measure on the σ-algebra of Borel sets of a Hausdorff space that is locally finite and inner regular.
Word: Radon measures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Radon measure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obscurers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of obscurer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unobservantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unobservant + -ly. 1. In an unobservant manner; with careless inattention. 2. In a manner that is not observed; unnoticeably. Labels: archaic
Word: observingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From observing + -ly. 1. Attentively, observantly. Example: There is ſome ſoule of goodneſſe in things euill, / VVould men obſeruingly diſtill it out. Example: As Goethe had observingly read, a Frankfurt police ordinance of the fifteenth-century forbade fallen women to wear jewelry, silk, satin, or damask, and denied them the use of a pew in church.
Word: obtainest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: obtain + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of obtain Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: buyers' markets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buyer's market Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sellers' markets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seller's market Labels: form-of, plural
Word: occipitoaxial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From occipito- + axial. 1. Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oceanographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From oceanographic + -ally. 1. In terms of oceanography. Labels: not-comparable Example: oceanographically important discoveries
Word: oceanographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oceanography + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to oceanography, the science of oceans. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oceanologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oceanology + -ist. 1. One who studies oceanology.
Word: oceanological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oceanology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to oceanology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oceanologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From oceanological + -ly. 1. In terms of oceanology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oceanologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oceanologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ochlocratical Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to ochlocracy.
Word: octachord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. A musical instrument with eight strings. 2. A musical system of eight tones.
Word: octachords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of octachord Labels: form-of, plural
Word: octochord Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of octachord. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: octochords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of octochord Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wambulance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of wah + ambulance. The earliest known usage appears in the Disney film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). Pronunciation: /ˈwæm.bjə.ləns/ 1. A notional ambulance called to the scene when somebody is upset; used in dismissive responses to complaining perceived as being oversensitive. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: Russ Duritz (Bruce Willis): Waaaaaah. Waaaaaaah. Somebody call the wambulance. Example: Someone call the Wambulance. Dudley I am so sick of hearing you bitch about how everybody is not suffering enough.
Word: gastrointestinally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From gastrointestinal + -ly. 1. In terms of, or by means of, the gastrointestinal system. Labels: not-comparable
Word: boomburbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boomburb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pageview Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From page + view. 1. An individual viewing of a web page by a user, often counted when measuring a web site's popularity. Labels: Internet Example: Similarly, Trueman, Wong, and Zhang found that the nonfinancial measures of unique visitors and pageviews provide additional explanatory power for stock prices, especially for e-tailers like Amazon.com. Example: And you—you clueless, literate shmuck—are but a pawn in this game. So just let go. Just accept the fact that you are reading this column right now simply because we can count you as a number on a spreadsheet. You are a pageview, my friend. You are a "monthly unique visitor." One of millions. Nothing more, nothing less.
Word: pageviews Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pageview Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paggling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of paggle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: paggled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of paggle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Bartholin's cyst Part of Speech: noun 1. A fluid-filled cyst near the vagina, caused by the blockage of a Bartholin's gland.
Word: Bartholin's cysts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bartholin's cyst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macrobiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From macro- + biological. 1. Of or pertaining to macrobiology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: macrobiologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + biologist. 1. One who studies macrobiology.
Word: macrobiologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macrobiologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pelike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek πελίκη (pelíkē) 1. A ceramic container of Ancient Greece, similar to an amphora. Example: The high twisted handles of Pl. XII, 60. 41, and the same sort of shape (but with boldly moulded lip), has been found at Kertch in the same grave as two red figure pelikae and lekythoi, some with r.f. palmettes, others with a check pattern filled in with white dots. Example: Polychromy now carried all before it, even the outworn defences of Red-figure; and in the fourth century we find not only white and gold, but other colours—pink, blue, and green—not infrequently used on a group of vases, chiefly hydriae, pelikae, and elaborate toilet-boxes, found at Kertch in the Crimea, in the Cyrenaica and elsewhere, and evidently imported there from Athens Athens (Fig. 17).
Word: pelikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pelike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bulbospongiosi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bulbospongiosus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bulbourethral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bulbo- + urethral. 1. Pertaining to the urethra and the bulb of the penis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: print-through Part of Speech: noun 1. A weak imprint of magnetic information transferred to adjacent layers of audiotape, resulting in an unwanted echo. Labels: uncountable
Word: marsupialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From marsupial + -ization. 1. The surgical technique of cutting a slit into a cyst and suturing its edges to form a continuous surface from the exterior to the interior of the cyst, allowing it to drain freely. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: marsupializations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marsupialization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ischiocavernosal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ischiocavernosus + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to the ischiocavernosus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ischiocavernosus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ischio- + Latin cavernōsus. 1. A muscle just below the surface of the perineum, used to flex the anus, stabilize the erect penis (in males), and tense the vagina (in females).
Word: ischiocavernosi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ischiocavernosus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radiantness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radiant + -ness. 1. radiance Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: manukas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manuka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: psychoneurotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From psycho- + neurotic, after psychoneurosis. Pronunciation: /sʌɪkəʊnjʊˈɹɒtɪk/ 1. Pertaining to or suffering from a psychoneurosis. Example: On the basis of more than 1,000 first-time patients, the hospital found that about half suffered from psychoneurotic troubles, while one-third were psychotic and the rest had personality disorders. The psychoneurotic (often simplified to neurotic) person has an inner conflict that may lead to depression or anxiety.
Word: psychoneurotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From psycho- + neurotic, after psychoneurosis. Pronunciation: /sʌɪkəʊnjʊˈɹɒtɪk/ 1. Someone suffering from a psychoneurosis. Example: As I have mentioned, when I undertake the analysis of a psychoneurotic [translating Psychoneurotiker] his dreams are regularly the subject of our discussions.
Word: psychoneurotics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psychoneurotic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multigovernmental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + governmental. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one government. Labels: not-comparable
Word: toheroa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori toheroa (literally “long tongue”). 1. Paphies ventricosa, a large edible bivalve mollusc endemic to New Zealand. Labels: New-Zealand
Word: toheroas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toheroa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Togolander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Togoland + -er. 1. A native or inhabitant of Togoland.
Word: Togolanders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Togolander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Slave Coast Part of Speech: name 1. The coastal areas of present-day Togo, Benin, and western Nigeria, once an important export centre for the Atlantic slave trade.
Word: uninseminated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + inseminated. 1. Not inseminated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hetæra Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of hetaera. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The hetæra must be distinguished from the common prostitute though both were under similar conditions as to police surveillance. The hetæra, too, was a slave, usually stolen as a child, or bought by an older hetæra.
Word: hetæræ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hetæra Labels: form-of, plural Example: Those that were less esteemed put themselves under the protection of the more famous hetæræ, or carried on the profession on their own account.
Word: unnecessity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + necessity. 1. needlessness Labels: uncountable 2. something that is unnecessary Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crapgame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crap + game. 1. A game of craps. Example: Claims are made about irreplaceable sagacity supposedly offered by players in Washington’s floating Brahmin crapgame.
Word: crapgames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crapgame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: limewood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lime² (ultimately from Old English lind) + wood. 1. The wood from the lime tree or linden tree. Labels: UK, uncountable, usually Example: But he would not publicly confirm his purchase of “Hercules and Achelous,” or another rarity that experts say he bought this year: a limewood figure of St. Catherine by the German Medieval sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider that went for $6.3 million at Sotheby’s in January.
Word: limewoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of limewood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palpigrades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palpigrade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postminimal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + minimal. 1. After the art movement of minimalism. Labels: not-comparable Example: These works deserve a place in any survey of postminimal sculpture.
Word: recamier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French récamier, named after the 19th century French socialite Juliette Récamier. 1. An old-fashioned couch with headrest and footrest. Example: When it read five thirty and no one had come into the room, I got off the recamier and quietly started to work.
Word: recamiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recamier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: refunnel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + funnel. 1. To redirect (money or resources) to another department or project. Labels: transitive Example: But the slush stopped on Ms. Almodovar’s desk; fees paid by the developers are now refunneled into agency projects.
Word: refunnelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of refunnel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: refunnelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of refunnel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: refunneled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of refunnel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: refunneling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of refunnel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rejoindering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rejoinder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rejoindered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rejoinder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: semilegitimate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + legitimate. 1. Partly legitimate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semilegitimacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + legitimacy. 1. Partial legitimacy. Labels: uncountable
Word: antiearthquake Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + earthquake. 1. Preventing damage from earthquakes. Labels: not-comparable Example: The earthquake sent tremors down to Tokyo, 190 miles south, where high-rise buildings with the most advanced antiearthquake technology swayed for a couple of minutes.
Word: antiquake Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + quake. 1. Preventing damage from earthquakes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: counteroffering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of counteroffer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: counteroffered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of counteroffer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disqualifiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disqualifier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leukoplakia Part of Speech: noun 1. Patches of keratosis on the mucous membranes of the oral cavity and in other areas, associated with smoking. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: leukoplakias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leukoplakia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: punched out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of punch out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: punched out Part of Speech: adj 1. Being rounded, sharply circumscribed, and often multiple in number. Example: A diagnostic workup with endoscopy found punched-out lesions in the stomach. 2. Knocked out, beat up. Labels: informal, slang
Word: punched-out Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been punched out. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lesionless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lesion + -less. 1. Without lesions. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonsmoked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + smoked. 1. Not smoked (of meat, cigarettes, etc.). Labels: not-comparable Example: Of these women, admissions for nonsmoked cocaine have doubled; admissions for crack cocaine have tripled; admissions for opiates other than heroin have nearly quadrupled; and admissions for methamphetamines have increased sevenfold.
Word: overrestoration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + restoration. 1. The process of overrestoring. Labels: uncountable
Word: overrestore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + restore. 1. To impair (an old artwork, building, etc.) by restoring it too enthusiastically. Labels: transitive Example: “We didn’t want to overrestore it,” Mr. Allen said.
Word: overrestoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overrestore Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overrestored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overrestore Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prehatch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + hatch. 1. Before the hatching of an egg Labels: not-comparable Example: The controversy stems from the company’s use of antibiotics for prehatch vaccinations two to three days before its chicks are hatched.
Word: prehatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + hatch. 1. To undergo changes that lead to hatching, such as the rupture of internal membranes as the embryo begins to emerge from the blastoderm cuticle. Example: Failure of these eggs to prehatch within 30 days at 7 C is not surprising since it took longer for prehatching to occur in nature under substantially lower temperatures than 7 C.
Word: prehatching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + hatching. 1. Before the hatching of an egg. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hatchmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hatchman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gerra Part of Speech: contraction 1. Get a. Labels: contraction, informal Example: Go an' gerra few more cans.
Word: furfan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fur + fan. 1. A member of the furry fandom subculture.
Word: furfans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of furfan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: furfen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of furfan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wolfhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wolf + -hood. 1. The state or time of being a wolf. Labels: uncountable
Word: wolffishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wolffish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poodle skirt Part of Speech: noun 1. A wide felt knee-length skirt of a solid bold colour displaying a design appliquéd or transferred to the fabric, originally of a coiffed French poodle; popular in the United States in the 1950s. Example: Some of the most political dykes in town had already converted, tossing out their Levi's and Birkenstocks in favor of poodle skirts and heels.
Word: circle skirt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Because the garment is manufactured by cutting a central circle out of a larger, circular piece of fabric. 1. A skirt cut in sections to make one or more circles with a hole for the waist, so the skirt is very full but hangs smoothly from the waist without darts, pleats, or gathers.
Word: circle skirts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circle skirt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poodle skirts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poodle skirt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prelanding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + landing. 1. Before the landing of a vehicle. Labels: not-comparable Example: The object appeared after a series of routine prelanding procedures in which the crew tested the steering jets, a test that often shakes loose objects from the spacecraft.
Word: reinsulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + insulate. 1. To insulate again or anew. Labels: transitive Example: Still, we are wondering whether now is the time to replace some windows or invest in the bigger job of reinsulating the older parts of our 1914 house.
Word: reinsulates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reinsulate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reinsulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reinsulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reinsulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reinsulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: immeasurables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immeasurable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: techland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tech + -land. 1. The realm of modern technology, especially computing. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: It explains the proliferation of PCs, iPods, smartphones, Tivos, GPS maps, digital cameras, and every other gadget on the constantly declining cost treadmill in techland. Example: When it turned out that nobody in techland was much interested in playing that role — and your big shareholders were furious — you were forced to negotiate with Mr. Ballmer.
Word: microslicers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microslicer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: platform boot Part of Speech: noun 1. A fashionable boot with very thick soles and heels to make the wearer appear taller.
Word: platform boots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of platform boot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antidraft Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + draft. 1. Opposing the draft (military conscription). Example: He had earlier been the author of the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in a 1919 case upholding the conviction of radicals who had published an antidraft pamphlet during World War I.
Word: autodegradation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + degradation. 1. Degradation of an organ or substance caused by itself. Labels: uncountable
Word: bayonetings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bayoneting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bayonettings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bayonetting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bristlingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bristling + -ly. 1. In a bristling manner. Example: His disdain for Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schröder, and theirs for him, was bristlingly clear.
Word: bristliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bristly + -ness. 1. The quality of being bristly. Labels: uncountable
Word: prefixt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: prefix + -t 1. simple past and past participle of prefix Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: And as he who comes after is sure to make a point of going beyond those who went before him, Manning in his Grammar prefixt to Lye's Dictionary declares them to be a mere mass of confusion […]
Word: capitalizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From capitalize + -er. 1. One who capitalizes. Example: Meg Cabot, chronic capitalizer and reigning grande dame of teenage chick lit, has too many best-selling series to keep track of — there’s the reluctant princess in the “Princess Diaries” books, the reluctant communicator with the dead in “The Mediator,” the reluctant national hero in “All-American Girl,” and so on (at last count Cabot, at age 41, has 54 books out, a handful of them geared for grown-up girls).
Word: capitalizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of capitalizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disembowelings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disemboweling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disembowellings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disembowelling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disembroils Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disembroil Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disembroiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disembroil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disembroiled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disembroil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: præfixt Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of prefixed. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: Whether or not is the abcedarium præfixt to the church’s catechiſm more eligible than that inſerted in Mr Dyche’s ſyllabicating code?
Word: hyperindividualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + individualism. 1. A tendency for people to act in a highly individual way, without regard to society. Labels: uncountable Example: As quickly as bottled water became a symbol of healthy hyperindividualism — sort of an iPod for your kidneys — a backlash turned it into the devil’s drink.
Word: pinchable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pinch + -able. 1. Suitable for being pinched. Example: It’s a move that might suggest a status grab, but on a crisp May afternoon Mr. James strolled through the neighborhood in rumpled tan corduroys and work boots, with pinchable baby fat visible through his shirt.
Word: dentable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dent + -able. 1. Capable of being dented. Example: Seatbelts, airbags, collapsible steering columns, dentable windscreens, squashable fascias and squashable front and rear ends have all added to safety, but how? To answer that you will need to recall some GCSE physics and learn more formal ways of expressing it — using equations and graphs. 2. Admitting slices of arbitrarily small diameter, where a slice of C is a subset of the form S(λ,α) = y∈C;|;λ(y)≥||λ||_(∞,C)-α for some λ∈Y^* and some α>0. Example: It will be useful to observe that a nonempty bounded set C is dentable if its closed convex hull is dentable...
Word: smashings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smashing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supertalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supertall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: namewords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nameword Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 4ktro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of 4k and intro. See k (“kilobyte”). 1. An intro that can be stored in four kilobytes of memory (intended to challenge the programmer, who must write compact and efficient code to achieve this). Example: Win a price^([sic]) in the 4ktro compo! Win a price in the grafix compo! Win a price in the music compo! Join the Autumn Event in South Germany! Example: I thought about writing a 4ktro for the TI-83 once, but really the only effects you could do would be rotozoomers, wire vectors, and scrollers.
Word: BITNET Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation of Because It's There Network. 1. An early North American academic computer network founded in 1981, supporting e-mail and listservs but pre-dating the World Wide Web. Labels: historical
Word: bitonally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bitonal + -ly. 1. In a bitonal manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypercerebral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + cerebral. 1. Very highly cerebral. Example: Donald Fagen and Walter Becker seem like the kind of late-1960s hypercerebral born-cynical East Coast hipsters who are often found valorizing authenticity in aesthetic expression.
Word: nonhit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + hit. 1. A song, etc. that fails to become a hit. Example: There was a difference in the decibel level of the crowd roar when the band started up a hit — “Hey Nineteen,” “Peg,” “Black Friday” — as opposed to a nonhit, like “Show Biz Kids” or “Babylon Sisters.” 2. Failure to match any record in an information retrieval system. Example: Nonhits occur when there is no definite element, such as Library of Congress or ISBN number, in the brief record...
Word: nonhits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonhit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autocab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- (“self-propelled”) + cab. 1. A motor vehicle operating as a cab, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn cabs. Labels: dated
Word: autocabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autocab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: turdballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turdball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: furrydom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From furry + -dom. 1. The realm or sphere of furries. Labels: uncountable Example: It's been in the fur-code since it's first release in 1996. Doom, Quake, and similar games included in the fur-code... i guess it never it's popularity amonst furrydom. So, who's excited about the upcoming movie? It comes out October 21st. Example: Hmm... I have to admit that my experience has been different. I've seen many furries holding long, irrational grudges and playing all-too-human social politics. There's a whole lot of "furry drama" out there. I can't say that my experiences represent all of furrydom, though.
Word: furdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fur + -dom. Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː.dəm/, /ˈfɜɹ.dəm/ 1. The realm or sphere of furries. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: motelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mote + -like. 1. Resembling a mote (speck of dust).
Word: jaw harps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jaw harp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Skeffington's daughter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Leonard Skeffington. 1. An old instrument of torture, a metal A-frame that compressed the body so as to force blood from the nose and ears. Labels: historical
Word: Zazas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zaza Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Skeffington Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Old English personal name *Sċeaft, a byname from sċeaft (“shaft”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). 1. A village and civil parish of Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK739025). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: marsupians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marsupian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aard-wolf Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of aardwolf. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The size of the aard-wolf is about that of a full-grown fox, which it further resembles in its pointed muzzle; but it stands higher upon its legs, its ears are considerably larger and more naked, and its tail shorter and not so bushy. […] In its habits and manners the aard-wolf resembles the fox: like that animal it is nocturnal, and constructs a subterraneous burrow, at the bottom of which it lies concealed during the day-time and only ventures abroad on the approach of night to search for food and satisfy the other calls of nature. Example: There is a very pretty little hyæna to be found up in these localities, called by the natives "aard-wolf," and by the colonists "strand wolf;" it is about the size of a jackal, possesses a bright fawn-coloured coat, handsomely marked with black lines.
Word: refulgently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From refulgent + -ly. 1. In a refulgent manner.
Word: Ethiopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin aethiopicus, from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπικός (Aithiopikós). By surface analysis, Ethiop + -ic. 1. Ethiopian Labels: archaic
Word: Ethiopic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin aethiopicus, from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπικός (Aithiopikós). By surface analysis, Ethiop + -ic. 1. The Ge'ez language. Example: This book has been preserved in Greek, Ethiopic, Armenian and Slavonic.
Word: abovecited Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of above-cited. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: abovestated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From above + stated. 1. Stated earlier in a document. Labels: not-comparable
Word: abovelisted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From above + listed. 1. Listed earlier in a document. Labels: not-comparable
Word: beforenamed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From before + named. 1. Named earlier in a document. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aforelisted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From afore- + listed. 1. Listed earlier in a document. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aforestated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From afore- + stated. 1. Stated earlier in a document. Labels: not-comparable
Word: beforestated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From before + stated. 1. Stated earlier in a document. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aforenamed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From afore- + named. 1. Named earlier in a document. Labels: not-comparable
Word: beforecited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From before + cited. 1. Cited earlier in a document. Labels: not-comparable
Word: azete Part of Speech: noun 1. An unsaturated four-membered heterocycle containing three carbon atoms, one nitrogen atom and two double bonds
Word: dojinshi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of doujinshi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: lolcows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lolcow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Armenianness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Armenian + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being Armenian. Labels: uncountable
Word: Polishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Polish + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being Polish. Labels: uncountable
Word: Chineseness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chinese + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being Chinese. Labels: uncountable
Word: Hungarianness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hungarian + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being Hungarian. Labels: uncountable
Word: Norwegianness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Norwegian + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being Norwegian. Labels: uncountable
Word: Swedishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swedish + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being Swedish. Labels: uncountable
Word: Danishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Danish + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being Danish. Labels: uncountable
Word: Spanishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being Spanish. Labels: uncountable
Word: Portugueseness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese + -ness. 1. The quality, state or character of being Portuguese. Labels: uncountable
Word: pipeworks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pipework Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mashhad Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Persian مشهد (mašhad), from Arabic مشهد (mašhad). 1. A city in Iran, the seat of Mashhad County's Central District and the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province. 2. A county of Iran, around the city.
Word: biko Part of Speech: noun 1. A sweet rice cake from the Philippines, made with coconut milk and brown sugar.
Word: concealingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From concealing + -ly. 1. In a concealing manner.
Word: cooking oil Part of Speech: noun 1. A purified fat taken from plant material that is commonly used in cooking, e.g. olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dæmonical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dæmonic + -al. 1. Obsolete form of demonical. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: daemonical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From daemonic + -al. Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɒnɪkəl/ 1. Of or relating to daemons; diabolical.
Word: demonical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From demon + -ical. 1. Alternative form of daemonical. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Chiloé Island Part of Speech: name 1. The second largest island of Chile.
Word: ear to the ground Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice or characteristic of carefully gathering information; a state or mindset of attentiveness. Labels: idiomatic Example: Congress never enacts a measure which is believed to oppose public opinion;—your Congressman keeps his ear to the ground. Example: “There's no telling what a man might happen onto accidentally if he travels with his ear to the ground.” 2. Pursuing the practice or having the characteristic of carefully gathering information; well-informed. Labels: attributive Example: The ear-to-the-ground President knew that all the unrest could not be blamed on Communists.
Word: hyper-real religion Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hyperreal religion. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: hyper-real religions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyper-real religion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SCBA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of self-contained breathing apparatus, a portable breathing device for persons entering a toxic environment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: water buffaloes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of water buffalo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anarchy symbol Part of Speech: noun 1. A circumscribed uppercase "A", denoting anarchy.
Word: anarchy symbols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anarchy symbol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: æquable Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of equable. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: stridulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin stridulus (“creaking, giving a shrill sound”), from stridere (“to utter an inarticulate sound, creak, grate”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪdjʊləs/ 1. Emitting a particularly harsh or shrill sound. Labels: not-comparable Example: the Sarmatian boor driving his stridulous cart 2. Relating to stridor. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sub-bass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + bass. 1. Audible sounds below 60 Hz and extending downward to the lowest frequencies humans can hear, typically 20 Hz. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tokoloshe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Zulu [Term?]. Compare Afrikaans tokkelossie. 1. In Zulu mythology, a mischievous dwarf-like spirit man that can become invisible by drinking water or swallowing a stone.
Word: Porroh Part of Speech: name 1. A tribal system of religion and taboos in Sierra Leone. Example: "[…] You don't seem to understand that this Porroh hokey-pokey rules this country, is its law, religion, constitution, medicine, magic. […]" Example: Each Porroh man is entitled to have their services free, on giving the head of tobacco. For instance, if this Porroh was in session at Freetown, and I was living twenty miles off, I could send to the head of the Porroh and ask to be helped in this way.
Word: wynter Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of winter. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: for it wel abydeth the cold wynter tyme, and ys also muche strenthened therby, and it shalbe good with other herbes unto the sede tyme. Example: and their owne judgments and saffeties instructing them to worke hard in the faint tyme of sommer, (the better to be accomodated and fitted for the wynter,)
Word: Bellman-Ford algorithm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after its developers, Richard Bellman and L. R. Ford, Jr. 1. An algorithm that computes single-source shortest paths in a weighted digraph, capable (unlike the faster Dijkstra's algorithm) of handling graphs with negative edge weights.
Word: art rock Part of Speech: noun 1. A subgenre of experimental, intellectual rock music, often presented as a suite of pieces with a story or theme. Labels: uncountable
Word: Victoria's Secret Part of Speech: name Etymology: Founded in 1977 and named after Queen Victoria, for an association with the refinement of the Victorian era, the "secret" being the body concealed by the clothing. 1. A retail marketer of women's clothing and beauty products, best known for lingerie, founded in San Francisco in 1977. Example: You might even find some new clothes, though I doubt it. Harry's guests were usually anorexic models wearing Victoria’s Secret. Not that you wouldn't be delicious in sexy underwear[…] Example: […] that’s normally used for fabricating things like lacy edgings on, you know, Victoria’s Secret undergarments. We’ve developed ways to use that to braid the multi-line tether structure that we’re testing in space.
Word: Annalise Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name.
Word: Dijkstra's algorithm Part of Speech: name Etymology: After its developer Edsger W. Dijkstra. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪkstɹəz ˈælɡəɹɪðəm/ 1. An algorithm that computes single-source shortest paths in a weighted digraph.
Word: ajza Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of juz Labels: form-of, plural
Word: make one's bed Part of Speech: verb 1. Ellipsis of make one's bed and lie in it. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, figuratively Example: But if you’ve made your bed with the idea that conservatism is going to remain MAGA — well, then he’s made it complicated. 2. To make the bed in which one has slept. Labels: literally
Word: eyepatch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of eye patch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shut the door Part of Speech: verb 1. To refuse to consider, remember, accept, or engage in. Labels: figuratively Example: Contentment with the past, or the cold conventionality of custom, may no longer shut the door on science. Example: But I believe I am justified in shutting the door on this vista of argument. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shut, the, door.
Word: close the door Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of shut the door. Labels: figuratively Example: Far from closing the door on the leadership of the ’60s generation, Mr. Obama’s presidency seems to have brought it back in full force.