nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: peripheralised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of peripheralise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Judaises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Judaise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Judaising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Judaise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Judaised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Judaise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: intercuttings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intercutting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stovepiped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stovepipe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stovepiping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stovepipe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: take the veil Part of Speech: verb 1. To retire into a convent and live as a nun. Labels: idiomatic Example: “[…] I shall devote myself for a time to the examination of the Roman Catholic dogmas, and to a careful study of the workings of their system: if I find it to be, as I half suspect it is, the one best calculated to ensure the doing of all things decently and in order, I shall embrace the tenets of Rome and probably take the veil.”
Word: Totonac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish Totonaca, from Nahuatl Totonacatl. 1. A member of a people who resided in the eastern coastal and mountainous regions of Mexico at the time of the Spanish arrival in 1519, and who now reside in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo.
Word: Totonac Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Totonaca, from Nahuatl Totonacatl. 1. The language (sometimes classified as a language cluster) spoken by the Totonac.
Word: Totonacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Totonac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: joyness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From joy + -ness. 1. The state or condition of joy; joyfulness. Labels: nonstandard, rare, uncountable Example: There is no better word for it than that coined by a boy from Russia in a composition on the Spring, written after only three months' study of English. He wrote of the “joyness” of the spring. Example: Still, we must not forget those who have tolled through hardships of the winter past, those who cannot see the joyness of life and the beauty of spring because of the bitterness of sickness, [...]
Word: joyhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From joy + -hood. 1. The quality, condition, or state of joy. Labels: nonstandard, rare, uncountable Example: Green grove of Clifton! though vanished our boyhood, We'll visit your glade in some fair eve of June; Yet lingers the spirit which brightened life's joyhood, […] Example: Previous to his beginning to speak, the whole of that great crowd of spirits was moving about, talking, laughing, etc., but while he spoke there was a holy calm, a perfect silence resting on the scene. Joyhood ceased its laugh, the brook staid its murmur, […]
Word: forestallment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forstallement, equivalent to forestall + -ment. 1. The act or process of forestalling; a delay; hindrance; prevention; aversion. Example: One of the most important objects of our Schools, is the forestallment of crime, by bringing the minds of the children under proper influences, before they have become contaminated with vice, [...]
Word: forestallments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forestallment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forestalment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From forestal + -ment. 1. Alternative form of forestallment. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: forestalments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forestalment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antichoir Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + choir. 1. Opposing a choir. Example: Because many choirs were improperly used during this period, an era of antichoir feeling developed shortly after the 1905 Hymnal was published. Example: As late as 1854, the antichoir members of an Ohio Methodist congregation heckled the choir whenever it tried to sing, hoping to "bring discredit on the singers by creating discord."
Word: foresnatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + snatch. 1. To snatch in advance. Labels: UK, dialectal, rare, transitive Example: Friends of the people! — glorious name, indeed, If these bestow, not you foresnatch, the meed — Your motive, not your means, the Muse admires, Whom kindred aims — congenial zeal inspires; [...] Example: [...] at once reach the objects of her infant admiration and draw them nearer to her eagerness, then ran with pouting lips to foresnatch her father's kisses.
Word: foretaken Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fore- + taken; or as a past participle of foretake. 1. Received or adopted beforehand.
Word: foretaken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + taken; or as a past participle of foretake. 1. past participle of fortake Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: foretackle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + tackle. 1. The tackle that attaches or hooks on to the pendant (on a masthead or foremast) for the purposes of hoisting, tautening, or securing a stay.
Word: identical by descent Part of Speech: adj 1. Of corresponding segments of a chromosome in different individuals, identical because they were inherited from a common ancestor without crossover. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cap gun Part of Speech: noun 1. A toy gun that uses small charges of shock-sensitive explosive compounds to simulate the sound and puff of smoke of a gunshot.
Word: cap guns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cap gun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lithophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From litho- + -phone. 1. Any musical instrument in which sound is produced by percussion of a stone. Example: Lithophones are the oldest of the bar idiophones. We have already mentioned the ten note neolithic lithophone from Vietnam, but such instruments have died out. Example: A third line of evidence—the production of sound using the natural rock as lithophones—is, like the two just discussed, geographically widespread, covering all continents except perhaps Antarctica. 2. A device by which the presence of bladder stones can be audibly detected. Labels: dated Example: It is needless to dwell on the utility of the lithophone for finding vesical calculi and small fragments after lithotrity. The instrument in figured in Le Progrés Medica, 3 April, 1880. Example: Ogston of Aberdeen, has invented and advertised in the Lancet a new instrument which is termed a " lithophone," and is to enable surgeons to hear a stone in the bladder.
Word: lithophone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lithopone. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: A sample of lithophone, one of the zinc sulphide whites examined by the author, had the following composition: […] Example: Orison B. Smith testified that he was familiar with lithophone; that it was known to trade as sulfid of zinc white and white sulphide of zinc; that it is zinc and barytes burnt together in a furnace, the barytes acting as a base for the zinc, which becomes sulphide of zinc; that the sulphide of zinc, commercially, would consist of a large portion of barytes and a large portion of sulphide of zinc and possibly a little oxide; that he recognized lithophone as one of the species of sulphides of zinc known to commerce.
Word: misandryist Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of misandrist. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: 1999, M's Frost, TYGER: "Dennis With An 'E'" (Mf ped) AIM=555 Group: alt.sex.stories.d belligrent and as would be expected by a misandryist. Example: 2003, Diedrich Cole, removing shoes again Group: alt.fan.miss-manners "Any man's my man if I want it that way." -- Joan Crawford, as the wicked, duplicitous, scheming, misandryist, egocentric egomaniac Eva Phillips, in 'Queen Bee'.
Word: unfreedoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unfreedom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: NAE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of N-acyl-ethanolamine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: NAEs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of NAE Labels: form-of, plural
Word: NAPE Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of N-acyl-phosphatidylethanolamine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: NAPEs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of NAPE Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gonihedric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gonio- + ἕδρᾱ (hédrā, “seat; face of a regular solid”) + -ic. 1. of or pertaining to the generalization of the Feynman path integral to an integral over random surfaces Labels: not-comparable
Word: N- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Abbreviation of nitrogen. 1. the functional group that carries this prefix is attached to a nitrogen atom on the parent molecular segment Labels: morpheme
Word: defence mechanism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of defense mechanism. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: sec- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Abbreviation of secondary. 1. secondary-form of a functional group, a branched functional group Labels: morpheme
Word: teary-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having tears in one's eyes, as if from crying.
Word: technofreak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From techno- + freak. 1. A person obsessed with technology, especially computers. Labels: informal 2. An avid fan of techno music. Labels: informal
Word: techno music Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of techno (“electronic music genre”). Labels: uncountable
Word: tellurise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of tellurize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kellan Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Irish.
Word: cup final Part of Speech: noun 1. The final of a cup competition.
Word: draftiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of drafty: most drafty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: draftier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of drafty: more drafty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: one-trick ponies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of one-trick pony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: one-hit wonders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of one-hit wonder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: merry company Part of Speech: noun 1. A painting, usually from the 17th century, showing a small group of people enjoying themselves, usually seated with drinks and music. Example: The continued interest of the Utrecht School in such merry companies is found as late as 1644 in Bronchorst's Merry Party also in Brunswick.
Word: merry companies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of merry company Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hardyheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hardyhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blaasops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blaasop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Americaniser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Americanise + -er. 1. One who, or that which, Americanises.
Word: Americanisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Americaniser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sulphasalazine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sulfasalazine. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: sulphur candle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sulfur candle. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: woundsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wound + -some. 1. Causing, resembling, or indicating a wound or injury; hurtful; painful. Example: And now grim and woundsome grew the battle, for the Demons mightily withstood the onset of the Witches, […] Example: You still have your doubts don't you? She sighed. What proof can I give you that Im telling the truth? What can I say that will convince you? And then her eyes lit up. I know, she said. When you were very little, you sustained a woundsome sort of hunting accident.
Word: draftproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From draft + -proof. 1. US standard spelling of draughtproof. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: draftproof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From draft + -proof. 1. US standard spelling of draughtproof. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: warthoglet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From warthog + -let. 1. A baby warthog. Labels: rare
Word: double major Part of Speech: noun 1. Two main areas of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university. Example: I'm working on a double major in biology and education so I can teach middle school science classes after I graduate. 2. A student at a college or university concentrating on two given areas of study. Example: Her class schedule is really hectic because she's a double major in dance and biochemistry.
Word: double-major Part of Speech: verb 1. to concentrate on two particular areas of study as a student in a college or university Example: If I double-major in anthropology and neuroscience, I will barely have enough time to sleep.
Word: draftproofing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From draftproof + -ing. 1. US standard spelling of draughtproofing. Labels: US, alt-of, standard, uncountable
Word: draftproofing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of draftproof Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: 'tweenbrain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 'tween + brain. 1. Synonym of diencephalon. Labels: dated Example: Deep within the brain is a biologically ancient section called the diencephalon or tweenbrain. Example: The brainstem constituents include the medulla oblongata, pons varolii, midbrain, and tweenbrain.
Word: Gentleman Part of Speech: name 1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
Word: T-forms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of T-form Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tweenlight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English twēonlēoht (“twilight”, literally “double-/doubtful-/uncertain-light”). The alternative spellings are due to a misassociation with between, erroneously interpreting tweenlight as if it were a shortening of between-light. 1. The period between dusk and nightfall; twilight. Labels: dialectal, rare, uncountable Example: Faith, sir, she says that Fergus has had an outforce lying in the hills yonder these three days, and waits an opportunity of surprising the fort — that they had moved down this tweenlight, and were sweeping along by the glens two hours ago; [...] Example: All this I understood as in a mist dimly, or 'tweenlight; yet I felt a movement of some sort upon the horizon of intellectual attainment, [...]
Word: misassociation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + association. 1. A false, misleading, or incorrect association. Example: The last point we wish to address is the misassociation of waveforms, or cycle skipping.
Word: misassociations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misassociation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mis-association Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of misassociation. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mis-associations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mis-association Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gyrostabiliser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gyro- + stabiliser. 1. Alternative form of gyrostabilizer. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: blatherskate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of blatherskite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: double-majoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of double-major Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: forestone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + stone. 1. A piece of cast-iron which lies across the hearth with its ends resting between the keystones, and which can be moved toward the front or back of the hearth as required. It is a part of the small rectangular furnace called the "ore-hearth," used in the smelting of lead. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland
Word: forestones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forestone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: venture capitalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of venture capitalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forespeed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + speed. 1. To outrun; outspeed. Labels: rare, transitive Example: A letter begun to a Gentlewoman of some account, which was left of by means of the aduise of a friend of his, who said she was foresped. Example: Thus he spake; but now there sounded Through the night the holy bell That to Lord's Day matins gather'd Every monk from every cell. Eager at the sound, Columba In the way foresped the rest, And before the altar kneeling Pray'd with hands on holy breast.
Word: foresped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of forespeed Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dogedom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doge + -dom. 1. The role or status of doge (chief magistrate). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dogedoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dogedom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forespeeches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forespeech Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dogeship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doge + -ship. 1. The role or status of doge (chief magistrate).
Word: dogeships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dogeship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forespurrers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forespurrer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: safetied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of safety Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: safetied Part of Speech: adj 1. On which the safety mechanism is engaged. Labels: not-comparable Example: He looked at his guys; nervous and fingering their safetied weapons. One of them hunched over and vomited Example: Others had unloaded and permanently safetied weapons on their arms. Thanks to nanobot enhancements, others were now extraordinarily powerful
Word: safetying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of safety Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Björkian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Björk + -ian 1. Of, related to, or resembling mononymous Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk. Example: Graham Massey of 808 State turns a Björkian moan into a vibrating siren and powers his strangely metalloid version of "Army Of Me" with it; […] Example: Here Native Tongues beats gird good-golly-Miss-Mali feminism, cameos from the Roots and This Kid Named Miles, pygmy flute-scat, and flurries of drum'n'bass-driven Björkian ecstasy.
Word: forespur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + spur. 1. A spur positioned at the fore, or facing forward. Example: The tibial comb or forespur, on the front pair of legs, has about 65 teeth, stiff and elastic, and is deftly fitted into the tarsus opposite, which has about 45 coarser teeth. Example: The main joint at his forespur kept slipping each time he tried to unfold it. Nilrasha stifled a sob. "I'm sorry, Ru. But it doesn't matter. Your wings are uncased." She began to lick his wounds. By hooking the wing tip in a crack on the balcony and ...
Word: forespurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forespur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: freeconomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of free + economics. 1. A business model in which a product is offered free of charge and supported by sales of a premium version. Labels: uncountable Example: Much attention has been devoted to the concept of freeconomics, most notably the recent book by Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson entitled, "Free: The future of a radical price." Most consumer-level cloud offerings would be labeled a "freemium", which is a free version that is supported by a paid, premium version. Example: Isn't the concept of freeconomics founded on the power of a zero price? Unfortunately, freeconomics does not insulate entrepreneurs from the path that is inherent to any new business: a fragile endeavor with limited financial resources, crowded markets, and the need to get one's idea out so that it becomes widely known.
Word: freemiums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of freemium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ironic errors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ironic error Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foresnaffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + snaffle. 1. To restrain; prohibit. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: Had I not foresnaffled my mind by votarie promise Not to yoke in wedlock too no wight earthly my person, When my first feloship by murther beastly was eended, Had I not such daliaunce, such pipling bed gle renounced, Haply this one faultie […]
Word: foresketch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + sketch. 1. A first or tentative sketch; a study. Labels: rare
Word: foreshewer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foreshew + -er. 1. Obsolete spelling of foreshower. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: foreshewers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foreshewer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foreshafts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foreshaft Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forelearn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + learn. 1. To learn beforehand or in advance. Labels: transitive Example: Broder too, one of the Danish warriors at that battle, is represented as having consulted augury to forelearn the fate of the day. Example: But ere our metal cleave An unknown surface, heed we to forelearn The winds and varying temper of the sky, The lineal tilth and habits of the spot, What every region yields, and what denies. Here blithelier springs the corn, and here the grape, […]
Word: forelearning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + learn + -ing. 1. Learning beforehand or in advance. Labels: uncountable Example: An important feature of the original edition of Leaves of Grass was his emphasis on the unaccountable emergence of his poems without forelearning or art.
Word: forelearning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + learn + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of forelearn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: forelove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + love. 1. To love beforehand or in advance. Labels: transitive Example: To foreknow is to “forelove.” For a reason known only to God he bestows his love on some. Example: Others, whom God did not choose to forelove and ordain to be saved, were deliberately passed over, and were therefore doomed to destruction; based entirely on God's mysterious, secret will.
Word: forelove Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + love. 1. Love in advance. Labels: uncountable Example: Calvinists generally claim that in these instances God's foreknowledge should be understood as His “forelove.”
Word: SID Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛs aɪ diː/ 1. Abbreviation of security identifier. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: If the call to this function fails, you can assume the SID was invalid — even if it's a well-known SID. 2. Sound Interface Device, a sound chip used in some early computers. 3. Initialism of standard instrument departure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SID Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ɛs aɪ diː/ 1. once a day, such as for the administration of medication. From Latin semel in die. Labels: not-comparable
Word: SIDs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of SID Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Züricher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Zuricher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vedge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alternative spelling of veg (“to be vegetative”). Pronunciation: /vɛd͡ʒ/ 1. Alternative spelling of veg (to be vegetative). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: counter-espionage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + espionage. 1. Alternative form of counterespionage. Labels: British, English, alt-of, alternative, especially, uncountable
Word: aperspectival Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + perspectival. 1. Lacking perspective Example: But as you begin to take all the different perspectives into account, it gets very dizzifying, very aperspectival, very disorienting.
Word: counter-intelligence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + intelligence. 1. Alternative form of counterintelligence. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: counter-offer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of counteroffer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: counter-offer Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of counteroffer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Tarsus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Tarsus, from Ancient Greek Ταρσός (Tarsós), ultimately from Hittite Tarsa. 1. A city in Mersin Province in southeastern Turkey, an important center of Cilicia since antiquity.
Word: Pastagate Part of Speech: name Etymology: From pasta + -gate. 1. The 2013 scandal wherein an Italian restaurant was requested by the OQLF to use the French language on its menus. The incident was falsely believed to have been an attempt by Quebec to ban the word ‘pasta.’ Labels: neologism
Word: unchecked exception Part of Speech: noun 1. An exception that is not declared in the signature of a method, but results in an abort with a stack trace.
Word: unchecked exceptions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unchecked exception Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Judeophobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Judeo- + -phobe. 1. One who fears or hates the Jews.
Word: Judeophobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Judeophobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: judeophobe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Judeophobe. Labels: alt-of
Word: fly biscuits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fly biscuit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypnodelic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of hypnotic + psychedelic. 1. Of or relating to a form of therapy combining hypnotic suggestion and the use of psychedelic drugs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sad panda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sexual Harassment Panda, an episode in 1999 of the animated comedy series South Park. 1. An unhappy or disappointed person. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: sad pandas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sad panda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semiloop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + loop. 1. A hiking route involving a loop and partial retracing of one's earlier steps.
Word: semiloops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semiloop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dead fly biscuit Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of fly biscuit.
Word: squashed fly biscuit Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of fly biscuit.
Word: dead fly biscuits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dead fly biscuit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squashed fly biscuits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squashed fly biscuit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Anglo-Saxonisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Anglo-Saxonism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: predicands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of predicand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue light disco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Referring to the blue lights on police vehicles. 1. A disco or similar event run by the police for young people, used as a drug- and alcohol-free event and to foster community relations. Labels: Australia
Word: -lytic Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From -lysis + -tic. 1. Used in adjectives relating to nouns with the suffix -lysis. Labels: morpheme
Word: Ley Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Ley Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Ley. 1. A commune of Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France.
Word: -static Part of Speech: suffix 1. used in adjectives relating to nouns with the suffix -stasis Labels: morpheme
Word: -stasis Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From stasis. 1. slowing down, stopping. Labels: morpheme
Word: eggceptional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English egg Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception English -al English exceptional blend English eggceptional Blend of egg + exceptional. 1. Exceptional, when referring to eggs or Easter. Labels: humorous, informal Example: In the contest, food service operators have the opportunity to win a $2,000 first prize, $1,000 second prize and $500 third prize in both commercial and non-commercial divisions for their "eggceptional" egg entrees. Example: A veteran executive of such eggceptional breakfast-oriented chains as The Good Egg and First Watch, […]
Word: mantisfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mantis + fly. 1. Any species of insects in the family Mantispidae, which have heads and front legs looking like those of the praying mantis.
Word: mantisflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mantisfly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: owlfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From owl + fly. 1. Any insect in the family Ascalaphidae.
Word: owlflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of owlfly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stammtisch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Stammtisch. 1. A table in a bar etc. reserved for a group of regulars taking part in social discussion and beer drinking; a "regulars' table". Example: There are concerts and stammtisches and even a seminar on International affairs; and on the whole I think it will be better for him here than we had hoped. Example: The stammtisches are often filled with high- ranking political figures and the most famous names of Germany's entertainment industry (Bavarian Radio and TV network headquarters [are] nearby).
Word: progenitrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin prōgenitrīx. By surface analysis, progenitor + -trix. 1. A female progenitor, a foremother, any of a person's direct female ancestors (ancestresses).
Word: progenitrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of progenitrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: steal someone's thunder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Based on a 1704 quote of John Dennis, a literary critic and playwright, who invented a novel method for creating a sound effect for thunder. The play in which he first introduced this method flopped. When the next play shown in the theatre, Macbeth, used his technique for simulating thunder, Dennis was reported in the press as jumping up and crying "How these rascals use me! They will not have my play, yet steal my thunder." 1. To appropriate someone's ideas or information, typically in order to look better at that person's expense. Labels: idiomatic Example: There are several upstarts, who, without the genius to invent a style, have been copying yours, and trying to steal your thunder. Example: It also serves to give someone else an opportunity to steal your thunder if he considers there is any amount of thunder in it. 2. To detract from someone's accomplishments or glory; to undermine. Labels: idiomatic Example: Can Your Competition Steal Your Thunder? Make sure that your competitors can't undermine your statement. Example: I'm in no way, hoping for any such disasters to take place. Nevertheless, I know that they will and I shamefully admit I didn't want those events to steal my thunder. Literally, I want to finish, publish, market, and distribute this book around the world first.
Word: steals one's thunder Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of steal one's thunder Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stolen one's thunder Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of steal one's thunder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: takes a joke Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of take a joke Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: taking a joke Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of take a joke Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: took a joke Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of take a joke Labels: form-of, past
Word: taken a joke Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of take a joke Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: time bank Part of Speech: noun 1. A system for reciprocal volunteering that uses time as the unit of currency. Example: Thanks to the Time Bank launched there in 2000, patients can now be prescribed if appropriate - not just with the usual pharmacological armoury - but with a friendly visit once a week, or a lift to the shops, or small repairs at home. 2. A system in which an employer keeps track of overtime hours that can later be redeemed as either money or as time off with pay. Labels: Canada Example: In British Columbia, where an employee requests it in writing, and employer may establish a time bank for the employee and credit overtime wages to the time bank instead of paying them to the employee. 3. A player's allotment of additional time in online poker games.
Word: time banks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of time bank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: time banking Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of a time bank. Labels: uncountable Example: In the USA, the birthplace of time banking, services exchanged in these networks are tax exempt by ruling of the Internal revenue Service.
Word: frontfire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From front + fire, coined as an opposite for backfire (and not usually seen without it). 1. To have the intended effect. Example: Talking of backfire, frontfire or whatever, John Carroll can give it both barrels, and simultaneously. Example: I want to discuss that false psychic you paid to bring Heather messages from the dead. It was a thoughtful idea, but one that backfired and then, ultimately, in its own way, frontfired, giving Heather more hope than you’d imagine.
Word: frontfires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of frontfire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: frontfiring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of frontfire Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: frontfired Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of frontfire Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: double majors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double major Labels: form-of, plural
Word: double-majors Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of double-major Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: double-majored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of double-major Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gnasted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gnast Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gnasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gnast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gnasts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gnast Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aeolianitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aeolianite + -ic. 1. Of or relating to aeolianite.
Word: kurkar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew כורכר / כֻּרְכָּר (kurkár). 1. A kind of calcareous sandstone, common in Israel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kurkars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kurkar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crossbeddings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crossbedding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crossbedded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cross- + bedded. 1. Arranged in a crossbedding. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Jamnia Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Yavne (ancient city in Israel) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Jamnian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Jamnia + -an. 1. Of or relating to the ancient city of Jamnia.
Word: Jamnian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jamnia + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of Jamnia.
Word: Jamnians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jamnian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hexaplar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hexapla + -ar. 1. Being or relating to a Hexapla. Labels: not-comparable
Word: replanters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of replanter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undervoted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of undervote Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: undervoting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of undervote Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overvoter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overvote + -er. 1. One who overvotes.
Word: undervoter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From undervote + -er. 1. One who undervotes.
Word: overvoters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overvoter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undervoters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of undervoter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wachowskian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Wachowski + -an. 1. Of or relating to The Wachowskis, a pair of American film directors.
Word: happy bunnies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of happy bunny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squizzle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps a blend of squirt + drizzle; or from a diminutive of squeeze, equivalent to squeeze + -le (diminutive suffix). 1. A small amount of liquid, etc.; a squirt. Labels: informal, rare Example: Daddy settled down to be a diabetic with no more comment than in an occasional letter: "I started my day as usual with a squizzle of insulin." Example: Then you take a fistful of it and squeeze it, and if it holds the shape of your hand it's short enough. Add just a squizzle of cold water, only enough to hold it together.
Word: squizzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps a blend of squirt + drizzle; or from a diminutive of squeeze, equivalent to squeeze + -le (diminutive suffix). 1. To squirt out. Labels: transitive 2. To cry easily. Labels: dialectal
Word: squizzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apparently from squeeze + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare English dialectal quizzle (“to suffocate”). More at squeeze. 1. To choke; throttle. Labels: dialectal
Word: squizzles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squizzle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recam Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + cam. 1. To recreate (a recording of gameplay in a three-dimensional playfield) with different camera positioning and movement from the original camera that followed the player's viewpoint. Labels: transitive Example: Having “wondered if maybe we could alter the camera position in our demos to make them more movie-like to watch”, Bailey used Remaic to create a new recammed version of the speedrun. Example: For Marino (2004), the development of recamming tools and the subsequent dissociation of camera and POV in postproduction, marks the 'defining moment' for Machinima.
Word: recam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + cam. 1. A recreated gameplay recording of this kind.
Word: recamming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recam Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recammed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recam Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recams Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recam Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: orutu Part of Speech: noun 1. A one-stringed African fiddle, played especially by the Luo people.
Word: Nosema-disease Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nosema disease (“infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated, uncountable, usually Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Nosema-disease.
Word: Nosema disease Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of nosema disease (“infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites”). Labels: alt-of, uncountable, usually Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Nosema disease.
Word: RPI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Retail Price Index. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: nonrepaid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + repaid. 1. Not repaid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonrepaying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + repaying. 1. Not making repayments. Labels: not-comparable Example: Notice that these premia would exist even in a world of risk-neutral lenders if there were identifiable classes of nonrepaying borrowers.
Word: interfiber Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + fiber. 1. Between fibers. Labels: not-comparable Example: interfiber bonding Example: an interfiber distance
Word: Boston cream pies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Boston cream pie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rose apple Part of Speech: noun 1. Angophora costata, a common woodland and forest tree of Eastern Australia. 2. Any of various Syzygium species or their fruit, especially: 3. Any of various Syzygium species or their fruit, especially: 4. Any of various Syzygium species or their fruit, especially: 5. Any of various Syzygium species or their fruit, especially:
Word: rose apples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rose apple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pulicose Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of pulicous. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Exhibiting from the first a pulicose, or flea-bite appearance. The flea-bite spots preceded by reddish, rounded, and nettle-sting wheals […]
Word: Yavne Part of Speech: name Etymology: Hebrew יַבְנֶה 1. A city in the Central District, Israel.
Word: Yavneh Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Yavne (city in Israel) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: squizzled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of squizzle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: squizzling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of squizzle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nosema disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1909, translingual Nosema (“a taxonomic genus within the family Nosematidae”) + disease; a calque of German Nosemaseuche, coined from Nosema + Seuche (“epidemic, pestilence”). 1. An infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. An infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by microsporidian parasites, such as Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Nosema Disease of the Honeybee¶ (Microsporidiosis, or Nosemosis, of the Honeybee)¶ Nosema disease of the honeybee, Apis mellifera Linn., is caused by Nosema apis Zander, a microsporidian parasite of the intestinal epithelium of adult bees.
Word: lymphoreticulosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lympho- + reticulosis. 1. reticulosis of the lymph nodes Labels: uncountable
Word: bleugh Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of bleurgh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: univocous Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of univocal. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: unilinearly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unilinear + -ly. 1. In a unilinear fashion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unilinearity Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being unilinear. Labels: uncountable
Word: pimola Part of Speech: noun 1. An olive stuffed with a kind of sweet red pepper, or pimiento. Example: ...put three pieces of pimola on top and a row of chopped olives around outside. Example: ...on top of which place a pimola or ball of cream cheese.
Word: argotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From argot + -ic. 1. Of or belonging to argot. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: pimolas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pimola Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oriental cockroach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the taxonomic name. 1. A large, mostly flightless species of cockroach (Blatta orientalis), found in association with humans worldwide.
Word: oriental cockroaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oriental cockroach Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wood gum Part of Speech: noun 1. xylan Labels: uncountable
Word: finjans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of finjan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zircon light Part of Speech: noun 1. A light produced by incandescent zirconia.
Word: zircon lights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zircon light Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zolaistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Zola + -istic. 1. Synonym of Zolaesque.
Word: Zolaism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Zola + -ism. 1. The literary theories and practices of the French writer Émile Zola (1840–1902). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: toe biter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Referring to the powerful bite containing proteolytic enzymes. 1. A large aquatic true bug with pincer-like front legs, Lethocerus americanus Labels: Canada, US 2. Any other insect in the family Belastomatidae
Word: toe biters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toe biter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zoologize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From zoology + -ize. 1. To study zoology, especially by collecting animals to be studied. Labels: intransitive Example: There it erects tents capable of holding about one hundred and fifty people, and there the members and their friends gather for a fortnight to climb mountains, botanize, zoologize, or merely enjoy life. Example: She is later joined by CK, who delights in the opportunity to zoologize on the sea-shore. 2. To discuss zoology. Labels: intransitive Example: The only compensation he could get seems to have been to botanize and zoologize, as it were, on his visitors. Example: Somehow, wherever Sue was, Ned always seemed in the same vicinity, discussing fiddler crabs or something equally slimy, and they seem likely to zoologize through life together.
Word: zoologized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of zoologize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: zoologizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of zoologize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: zoologizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of zoologize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: redif Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turkish redif. 1. A reserve force in the Turkish army, or a soldier of the reserve.
Word: redifs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redif Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zapas Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian запа́с (zapás, “stock, reserve”). 1. A Russian army organization. Labels: historical
Word: Zöllner illusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Discovered by German astrophysicist Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner. 1. An optical illusion in which parallel lines are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections.
Word: Zöllner's lines Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Zöllner illusion. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: electric light bug Part of Speech: noun 1. A North American aquatic true bug, Lethocerus americanus, which attracts attention when attracted to lights due to its large size.
Word: electric light bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electric light bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zunian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Zuni + -an. 1. Synonym of Zuni.
Word: Zunian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Zuni + -an. 1. Synonym of Zuni.
Word: Zunians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zunian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squircular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of square + circular. 1. Of the shape of a squircle, intermediate between a square and a circle. Labels: rare 2. Combining circular and square shapes. Example: At the NCI, the applicator shapes most often used are circular or "squircular." The squircle applicator has one square and one round end, and it is beveled so that the circular end is longer.
Word: macana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Taíno *makana. 1. A wooden sword-like weapon of various native cultures of Central America and South America.
Word: zebrula Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈzɛb.ɹuːl.ə/, /ˈziː.bɹuː.lə/, /ˈzi.bɹu.lə/ 1. Alternative form of zebrule. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zebrulas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zebrula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zolaist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Zola + -ist. 1. One who writes in the style of the French writer Émile Zola (1840–1902).
Word: Zolaists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zolaist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zolaize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Zola + -ize. 1. To write in, or adapt to, the style of the French writer Émile Zola (1840–1902).
Word: Zolaized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Zolaize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Zolaizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Zolaize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Zolaizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Zolaize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: warphan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of war orphan. 1. An orphan whose parents died due to war, especially in 20th-century China. Labels: US Example: In addition, the following organizations act as the Association's agencies in caring for warphans. Example: 2½ cents per meal will support a warphan and also provide educational and vocational training.