nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tiki bar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tiki (“carved talisman”) + bar (“drinking establishment”). From Māori tiki (“figurine”). 1. A drinking establishment or restaurant with an exotic tropical theme, serving elaborate cocktails. Example: Say you want to escape the doldrums of daily life — but you can't quite afford a trip to Hawaii. Why not to head to your local tiki bar for a sample of the South Seas? These faux-Polynesian, palm-thatched rum palaces that were all the rage in the 1960s are now making a comeback. Example: The dish was probably invented by Victor Bergeron, best known as the namesake founder of the Trader Vic's chains of tiki bars.
Word: biacuminate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + acuminate. 1. Having points in two directions. Labels: not-comparable Example: biacuminate lobe Example: biacuminate ligula
Word: indebt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English endetten, Old French endetter, from en- + detter, from dette (“debt”), by surface analysis, in- + debt. See debt. 1. To bring into debt; to place under obligation. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: indebting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of indebt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: indebts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of indebt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: untrew Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + trew. 1. Obsolete form of untrue. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: tragedious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tragedy + -ous. 1. Being or causing a tragedy; tragic. Labels: obsolete
Word: respirative Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to respiration. Labels: not-comparable Example: respirative organs Example: respirative phase
Word: bambocciade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian bambocciata, from Bamboccio (“a nickname of Pieter van Laer, a Dutch genre painter; properly, a child, simpleton, puppet”), from bamboccio (“chubby child”). 1. A bambocciante painting, depicting a scene from lower-class or rustic life.
Word: bambocciades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bambocciade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maikong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely from Macushi maikang (“fox”). 1. Synonym of crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) Labels: rare Example: The Maikong (Canis cancrivorus) is a crab-eating fox-wolf, found in Guiana, where it runs in small packs. Example: The Crab-Eating Wolf, Canis cancrivorus, or Maikong, is a slender, long-legged, jackal-like animal, with a short, broad, blunt-nosed head, rounded ears of moderate size, placed wide apart, oblique eyes with oblong pupils, and a tail nearly touching the ground.
Word: maikongs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maikong Labels: form-of, plural
Word: untruely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From untrue + -ly. 1. Alternative form of untruly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ichthyophthalmite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek [Term?] 1. A form of apophyllite Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: tumultuarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From tumultuary + -ly. 1. In a tumultuary manner.
Word: decompound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + compound. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɒmpaʊnd/ 1. A decomposite.
Word: decompound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From de- + compound. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɒmpaʊnd/ 1. Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time. Labels: compound-of, not-comparable 2. Several times compounded or divided Labels: not-comparable Example: decompound leaf/stem
Word: decompound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + compound. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɒmpaʊnd/ 1. To compound or mix with that which is already compound; to recompound. 2. To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose. Example: It divides and decompounds objects into […] parts.
Word: decompounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decompound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thermotension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin tēnsiōder. Middle French tensionbor. English tension English thermotension From thermo- + tension. 1. A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted. Labels: uncountable
Word: nithing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nithing, nithinc, nything, nythyng, nythynge, niþinge, nyþing, nyþyng, Early Middle English niðing, niþinc, niþincke (“coward, wretch; good-for-nothing; term of address for a boy or lad; stingy or miserly person; niggardly, miserly, stingy”), from Late Old English nithing, Old English niðing, nīþing (“coward; wretch; outlaw, villain”), from a North Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą (“envy; hate; malice”) (from Proto-Indo-European *neyH- (“to be angry”)) + *-ingō, *-ungō (suffix forming gerund nouns from verbs). The English word is cognate with Danish nidding, Late Latin nidingus, nithingus, Middle High German nīdinc, nīdunc (modern German Neiding (“(archaic) one who is envious”)), Old Norse níðingr (Icelandic níðingur (“scoundrel, rascal”), Norwegian niding), Old Swedish nīþinger (modern Swedish niding). Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪðɪŋ/ 1. A coward, a dastard; a wretch. Labels: archaic Example: [W]hen there was a daungerous rebellion againſt King William Rufus and Rocheſter Caſtle then the moſt important & ſtrongeſt fort of this Realm was ſtowtly kept againſt him, after that he had but proclaimed that his ſubjects ſhould repaire thither to his Campe, vpon no other penaltie, but that whoſoeuer refuſed to come, ſhould be reputed a Niding: they ſwarmed to him immediatly from all ſides in ſuch numbers, that he had in a few daies an infinite Armie, and the rebells therewith weere ſo terrified, that they forthwith yeelded. Example: To call a Dane a nithing, was like ſetting fire to gunpowder, and inſtantly excited ſuch a flame of rage, as nothing but his own blood or the blood of the offender could extinguiſh [...]. 2. A wicked person; also, one who has acted immorally or unlawfully. Labels: archaic Example: And for the moment, though he [Sweyn II of Denmark] escaped as usual to Baldwin [V, Count of Flanders]'s land and dwelt at Bruges, he was solemnly proclaimed a nithing or vile person (the most ignominious term in the Teutonic vocabulary) by the whole host, with the king, his brother-in-law, at their head.
Word: nithing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English nithing, nithinc, nything, nythyng, nythynge, niþinge, nyþing, nyþyng, Early Middle English niðing, niþinc, niþincke (“coward, wretch; good-for-nothing; term of address for a boy or lad; stingy or miserly person; niggardly, miserly, stingy”), from Late Old English nithing, Old English niðing, nīþing (“coward; wretch; outlaw, villain”), from a North Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą (“envy; hate; malice”) (from Proto-Indo-European *neyH- (“to be angry”)) + *-ingō, *-ungō (suffix forming gerund nouns from verbs). The English word is cognate with Danish nidding, Late Latin nidingus, nithingus, Middle High German nīdinc, nīdunc (modern German Neiding (“(archaic) one who is envious”)), Old Norse níðingr (Icelandic níðingur (“scoundrel, rascal”), Norwegian niding), Old Swedish nīþinger (modern Swedish niding). Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪðɪŋ/ 1. Cowardly, dastardly. Labels: archaic Example: In Denmark, and through all the North, they provoked a man to fight a duel, by publicly calling him Niding or "infamous†:" for he who had received ſo deep a ſtain, without endeavouring to waſh it out with the blood of his adverſary, would have loſt much more than the life he was ſo deſirous to ſave. [Footnote †: [...] King William Rufus having occaſion to draw together a ſudden body of forces, only ſent word to all ſuch as held of him in fee, that thoſe who did not repair to his aſſiſtance, ſhould be deemed Nithing; and without further ſummons they all flocked to his ſtandard.] Example: Odo [of Bayeux] occupied the castle of Rochester, and against it William [II] led a body of English, collected by a threat that all who had remained behind should be proclaimed "nithing," or worthless. 2. Notoriously evil or wicked; infamous. Labels: archaic Example: If a man breaks into another man's house to attack him and kill him, that shall be called a nithing crime. It is a nithing crime if a man slays one to whom he has given pledges of safety. [...] And in every case when a man is [found] guilty of a nithing crime he shall depart as an outlaw who has forfeited his personal rights and his property to the last penny, land as well as movables.
Word: nithings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nithing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toyful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From toy + -ful. 1. Full of trifling play. Labels: obsolete Example: It quickened next a toyful ape, and so Gamesome it was, that it might freely go From tent to tent, and with the children play
Word: unpublick Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + publick. 1. Obsolete spelling of unpublic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: Virgins must be retired and unpublick: for all freedom and looseness of society is a violence done to Virginity.
Word: suprarational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supra- + rational. 1. above, yet including the rational; encompassing a truth of scope greater than ordinary logic or reason.
Word: retransform Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + transform. 1. To transform again, or transform back. Labels: transitive Example: Io had been retransformed by Zeus into a woman, and had human offspring, Epaphus by name.
Word: retransformed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of retransform Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: retransforming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of retransform Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: retransforms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of retransform Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tricurvate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + curvate. 1. Curved in three directions. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: a tricurvate spicule Example: a tricurvate ridge
Word: uncharacterizability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek χᾰρακτηρίζω (khăraktērízō)der. Medieval Latin charactērizōder. English characterize Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English characterizability English uncharacterizability From un- + characterizability. 1. The quality of being uncharacterizable. Labels: uncountable
Word: forebeam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + beam. 1. The breast beam of a loom. Example: They are sustained at bottom with other strong pieces of wood in the manner of trestles; and, to keep them the firmer, they are likewise fastened to the floor with a kind of buttresses, which prevent any shaking, though there are sometimes four or five workmen leaning on the forebeam at once. Example: {Just like the cloth that goes} from this side {of the loom, from the yarn-beam}, to that side over there {to the forebeam}, winding on there, and winding off here. 2. A horizontal spar across the bow of some sailing vessels, used to stabilize the hulls of a catamaran, to secure a bowsprit, or to tie down the tack when there is no bowsprit. Example: And herein also her forebeam to which her bowsprit was fastened, cracked clean insunder; and some of her timbers likeways in the hold we found defective. Example: Schooner Ketcham returned to Chicago with foretopmast gone and forebeam sprung. 3. The support section of a robot arm that goes from the main body of the robot to the gripper. Example: The joints in the kinematic chain of a robot between the forebeam and end-effector are referred to as the wrist. 4. The leading portion of a remote signal from a moving source. Example: The upwind forebeam data, for F9L1R19 (flight 9, line 1 and run 19), F2L1R1 and F3L1R1, the corresponding surface wind velocities are 6 knots, 22.5 knots, and 33 knots respectively, were processed. Example: The signal is delivered and analysed by three sideways looking antennae; one pointing normal to the satellite flight path (midbeam antenna) and the two others pointing 45° forward (forebeam antenna) and 45° backward (aftbeam antenna) respectively (Francis et al, 1991).
Word: forebeams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forebeam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: varec Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French varech; of Teutonic origin. See wrack and compare vraic. 1. The calcined ash of coarse seaweed, used for the manufacture of soda and iodine. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Potash was scarce because of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815), and Bernard Courtois had resorted to varec imported from the Brittany and Normandy seacoasts [5]. 2. The seaweed itself; fucus; wrack. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: whelked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From whelk + -ed. 1. Having whelks; whelky. Labels: not-comparable Example: He had a thousand noses, / Horns whelked and waved like the enragèd sea. / It was some fiend.
Word: sphacelation Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of becoming or making gangrenous; mortification. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: sphacelations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sphacelation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frolickingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From frolicking + -ly. 1. With frolics.
Word: slopingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sloping + -ly. 1. At a slope; slantwise; obliquely.
Word: insta-call Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From insta- + call. 1. A call made right after the last player bets or raises.
Word: insta-call Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From insta- + call. 1. To call right after the last player bets or raises.
Word: subnormals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subnormal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: panickingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From panicking + -ly. 1. With panic. Labels: rare
Word: phenomenist Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of phenomenalist.
Word: phenomenists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phenomenist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subinvolution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + involution. 1. Partial or incomplete involution (usually of the uterus). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: subinvolution of the uterus or placental bed Example: The symptoms gradually improved until, on the fifth day from her delivery, I was pleased to find the erysipelas rapidly defervescing, the lochia natural, no subinvolution of the uterus, nor abdominal tenderness.
Word: subinvolutions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subinvolution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: umbrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Latin umbratus, past participle of umbrare (“to shade”), from umbra (“a shade”). 1. To shade; to shadow. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:umbrate.
Word: umbrated Part of Speech: adj 1. Adumbrated. Labels: not-comparable Example: This window consists of three lights, with trefoil arches in their heads. There remained, in the seventeenth century, a shield of stained glass in this window, bearing a lion rampant umbrated, over all a bend gules, Sutton. Example: He then introduces some fanciful remarks about arms being umbrated or shadowed, an idea apparently arising from their […]
Word: umbrates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of umbrate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: umbrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of umbrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ogdoastich Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, ogdoa- + stich. 1. A poem of eight lines. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: answer in an ogdoastich, hexameters and pentameters
Word: ogdoastichs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ogdoastich Labels: form-of, plural
Word: panicless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From panic + -less. 1. Free from panic. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sober citizens were becoming persuaded that a panicless, depressionless era had begun. Example: This may also prevent sensational reports and make people panicless about nuclear events.
Word: instacall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of insta-call. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: instacall Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of insta-call. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: subrational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + rational. 1. Below or not fully rational; almost logical or reasonable.
Word: Alpestrine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin Alpestris. 1. Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; Alpine. Labels: not-comparable Example: Alpestrine diseases 2. Growing on the elevated parts of mountains, but not above the tree-line; subalpine. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bergeret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Old French bergerete, French berger (“a shepherd”). 1. A pastoral song. Labels: obsolete
Word: bergerets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bergeret Labels: form-of, plural
Word: insta-calls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of insta-call Labels: form-of, plural
Word: insta-calls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of insta-call Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Huyghenian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Huygenian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: anthracometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anthraco- + -meter. 1. An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture, usually in air Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: anthracometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anthracometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wurmal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wormil. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: wurmals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wurmal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: instacalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of instacall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: instacalls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of instacall Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: insta-calling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of insta-call Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: porpus Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɔː(ɹ)pəs/ 1. Obsolete spelling of porpoise. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] he's as fat as a Porpus[…]
Word: porpuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of porpus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: instacalling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of instacall Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enfeebler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enfeeble + -er. 1. One who, or that which, enfeebles or weakens.
Word: enfeeblers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enfeebler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: longsomeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *langsumnesse, from Old English langsumnes (“length; patience, long-suffering”), equivalent to longsome + -ness. 1. The quality of being longsome; lengthiness. Labels: uncountable
Word: instacalled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of instacall Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: insta-called Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of insta-call Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kavalactone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ Proto-Polynesian *kawa Tongan kavader. English kava Latin lacder. English lacto- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English lactone English kavalactone From kava + lactone. 1. Any of a class of lactone compounds found in the kava shrub.
Word: kavalactones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kavalactone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: methysticin Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular kavalactone. Labels: uncountable
Word: yangonin Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular kavalactone. Labels: uncountable
Word: kavain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kava + -in. 1. A kavalactone with anticonvulsive properties. Labels: uncountable
Word: desmethoxyyangonin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From des- + methoxy + yangonin. 1. A particular kavalactone. Labels: uncountable
Word: dihydromethysticin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + hydro- + methysticin. 1. A particular kavalactone. Labels: uncountable
Word: thunderbolt beetle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named in reference to the zigzag pattern on its back. 1. A long-horned beetle (Sarosesthes fulminans) whose larva bores in the trunks of oak and chestnut trees. Labels: dated
Word: thunderbolt beetles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thunderbolt beetle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhodizonic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek [Term?] 1. A colorless crystalline substance obtained from potassium carbonate and from certain quinones, which forms brilliant red, yellow, and purple salts. Labels: uncountable
Word: dramseller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dram + seller. 1. Someone who sells distilled liquors by the dram or glass. Labels: archaic
Word: dramsellers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dramseller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ovariole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ovary + -ole. 1. a tubular component of the insect ovary, a basic unit of egg production Example: The oocytes develop in the ovarioles. The ovaries of Collembola are probably not homologous with those of insects, but are sac-like with a lateral germarium and no ovarioles.
Word: ovarioles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ovariole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cystolith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cysto- + -lith. 1. A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant. 2. A urinary calculus; a bladder stone
Word: cystoliths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cystolith Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stagecoachman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stagecoach + -man. 1. A man who drives a stagecoach. Labels: historical
Word: stagecoachmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stagecoachman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiparalytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + paralytic. 1. Acting against paralysis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antiparalytic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + paralytic. 1. A medicine to treat paralysis.
Word: antiparalytics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiparalytic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forejudgment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + judgment. 1. prejudgment Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: For to entrap the careless Clarion , But seldom seen , forejudgment proveth true
Word: penitentiaryship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From penitentiary + -ship. 1. The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court. Labels: uncountable Example: the penitentiaryship, or the prebend of St. Pancras
Word: deaconries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deaconry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deaconry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deacon + -ry. 1. deaconship
Word: forejudgement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + judgement. 1. Alternative form of forejudgment. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: irremissive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ir- + remissive. 1. Not remitting; unforgiving. Labels: archaic
Word: forejudgements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forejudgement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: embryotroph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished, mostly consisting of secretions from the uterine glands. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: embryotrophs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embryotroph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: owch Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of ouch (“a jewel”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: She wore, with crownes and owches garnished
Word: owches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of owch Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of owche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: runghead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rung + head. 1. The upper end of a floor timber in a ship.
Word: rungheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of runghead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seabeach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + beach. 1. A beach lying along the sea. Labels: dated Example: At daybreak, on the bleak sea-beach, / A fisherman stood aghast, / To see the form of a maiden fair, / Lashed close to a drifting mast.
Word: seabeaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seabeach Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ditheist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + theist. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.θi.ɪst/ 1. One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist. Example: he was before called by us a Ditheist. Plutarch was also a Worshipper of the Many Pagan Gods
Word: ditheists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ditheist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swordbill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sword + bill. 1. The sword-billed hummingbird, Ensifera ensifera, with a slender bill longer than the length of its bird.
Word: swordbills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swordbill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antihypnotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + hypnotic. 1. Tending to prevent sleep. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antihypnotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + hypnotic. 1. Something that prevents sleep.
Word: antihypnotics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antihypnotic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carpetway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carpet + way. 1. A carpeted way or route.
Word: carpetways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carpetway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lupanarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lupanar ("brothel"), from lupa ("prostitute"; literally "she-wolf"), from lupus ("wolf"). 1. Pertaining to a brothel or prostitution; characteristic of illicit sexual desire or activity. Labels: not-comparable Example: Le Populaire told what at least was wrong with Saigon; a feature story headlined Saigon as "THE CHICAGO OF THE FAR EAST" and described it as complete with lupanarian dance halls and dens of vice and a Hotel Continental whose French boss had apparently just celebrated with a champagne dinner his second billion francs of profit.
Word: archdeaconship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From archdeacon + -ship. 1. The rank or office of an archdeacon.
Word: archdeaconships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archdeaconship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compunctionless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From compunction + -less. 1. Without compunction.
Word: -ick Part of Speech: suffix 1. Obsolete spelling of -ic. Labels: alt-of, morpheme, obsolete
Word: gyal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gayal (“Indian cattle”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gyal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Jamaican Creole gyal (“girl”), from English girl. 1. Pronunciation spelling of girl. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: It's cold: there's a new top gyal on road / Running t'ing, running t'ing, running t'ing – everything: oh, you've been told Example: Man, I wouldn't even try my luck with her / Gyals say I'm boujee
Word: EBE Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈiːb/ 1. Initialism of extraterrestrial biological entity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AOO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of anomalous orbital object. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of attack of opportunity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of area of operations. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IFO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of identified flying object. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CETI Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of communication with extraterrestrial intelligence. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Word: OSETI Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From O + SETI. 1. Acronym of optical search for extraterrestrial intelligence, comparable to SETI, but using visible light instead of traditional radio waves. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Word: no duff Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From the RAF slang expression "duff gen" meaning bad or fake information; "no duff", by extension means "accurate", also: "stop operations until ordered otherwise". It comes from the term "No Direction Finding" in the British Army in regards to radio/signals procedure. It was used when in training or on exercise to pass a message true in nature but not related to the aims of the exercise. This could be an accident, change of exercise requirements, etc. This means the message to be sent should not be subject to radio direction finding to locate the transmitting station by either the blue or red side. i.e. "Hello zero this is two one alpha, NO DUFF message over". "NO DUFF two one alpha this is zero, roger out to you, hello all stations this is zero stand by for NO DUFF message out, two one alpha send NO DUFF over". "NO DUFF hello zero this is two one alpha, two one bravo has rolled their rover over, over". Normally followed by laughter or expletives from the zero's CP (command post). 1. Indicating that this is not a drill or training exercise. Labels: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, Singapore, UK, slang Example: “Sunray, No Duff, No Duff, No Duff. We need a medic, we’ve got a man down. Wound to the upper arm, and major blood loss. Over.” All the other chatter on all the radios went dead with the ‘No Duff.’ It was the signal for a medical emergency. Example: “Someone grabbed me from behind and said ‘No duff,’ which means this is real,” said LCdr. Wong. “That’s what everybody heard, ‘Plane crash, 737,’ and all of us started running to our posts,” he told reporters after Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived here to commend those who raced to the scene.
Word: no duff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the RAF slang expression "duff gen" meaning bad or fake information; "no duff", by extension means "accurate", also: "stop operations until ordered otherwise". It comes from the term "No Direction Finding" in the British Army in regards to radio/signals procedure. It was used when in training or on exercise to pass a message true in nature but not related to the aims of the exercise. This could be an accident, change of exercise requirements, etc. This means the message to be sent should not be subject to radio direction finding to locate the transmitting station by either the blue or red side. i.e. "Hello zero this is two one alpha, NO DUFF message over". "NO DUFF two one alpha this is zero, roger out to you, hello all stations this is zero stand by for NO DUFF message out, two one alpha send NO DUFF over". "NO DUFF hello zero this is two one alpha, two one bravo has rolled their rover over, over". Normally followed by laughter or expletives from the zero's CP (command post). 1. An incident that is not a drill or training exercise; an emergency. Also end of exercise. Stop drill immediately. As a ‘tap out’ called by during physical training. Sim munitions training in Australian Swat ‘end ex’. Labels: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, Singapore, UK, slang Example: “Get him in here, and radio a ‘no duff’ [casualty] to HQ.” Example: [p. 224] I called on the radio and—this was the most horrifying part of this—I couldn’t reach my observation post where my guys were. But I did get the command post in the middle of Srebrenica. I told them, “This is a no duff situation. You’ve got two men down and we’re on the trail.’ [p 236, glossary] No duff The radio code words used to get people off the air because a serious incident has occurred.
Word: horoi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horos Labels: form-of, plural
Word: predictive parser Part of Speech: noun 1. A recursive descent parser that does not require backtracking.
Word: eye black Part of Speech: noun 1. A grease smeared under the eyes of sports players to reduce glare from sunlight or stadium lights. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: eyeblack Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of eye black. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: dipsology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δίψα (dípsa, “thirst”) + -logy. Pronunciation: /dɪpˈsɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The study of the thirst for alcoholic beverages. Labels: uncountable
Word: acanthor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin acanthus (“spine”) (extracted from taxonomic name Acanthocephala) + -or (condition). Pronunciation: /əˈkæn.θɔɹ/ 1. The spindle-shaped embryo stage of Acanthocephala that burrows into the body cavity of its first intermediate host.
Word: acanthorrhexis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acantho- + -rrhexis. 1. rupture of intercellular bridges of the prickle cell layer of the epidermis (stratum spinosum), as in eczema or allergic contact dermatitis Labels: uncountable
Word: acanthotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acanth- + -otic (“having a diseased condition”). Pronunciation: /æˌkænˈθɑ.tɪk/, /ˌæ.kənˈθɑ.tɪk/ 1. Of or relating to acanthosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: acanthrocyte Part of Speech: noun 1. acanthocyte
Word: acanthrocytosis Part of Speech: noun 1. acanthocytosis Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: acapnial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acapnia + -al. Pronunciation: /əˈkæp.ni.l̩/, /eɪˈkæp.ni.l̩/ 1. Of or relating to acapnia.
Word: acarbia Part of Speech: noun 1. Severe hypocarbia Labels: uncountable
Word: hypocarbia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + carb- + -ia. 1. A reduced concentration of carbon dioxide/bicarbonate in the blood. Labels: uncountable
Word: subequatorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + equatorial. 1. Belonging to a region adjacent to an equatorial area. Labels: not-comparable
Word: acardiotrophia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of acardiotrophy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: acardius Part of Speech: noun 1. acardiacus
Word: Maafa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa)bor. Swahili afa Swahili maafabor. English Maafa From Swahili maafa (“disaster, catastrophe”). Coined in 1994 by Marimba Ani (in Let the Circle Be Unbroken: The Implications of African Spirituality in the Diaspora) on the model of the Hebrew-derived designation Shoah of the Jewish Holocaust. 1. The history of slavery and anti-black racism and discrimination in the United States; the historical enslavement of Africans and associated atrocities, under the interpretation of these as a genocide against them. Labels: uncountable Example: The Maafa concept explains the conditions of disorganization, disunity, self-hatred, and alienation affecting African people to varying degrees.
Word: galsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gall + -some. 1. angry; malignant Labels: obsolete Example: galsome bitternesse
Word: liverleaf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From liver + leaf. 1. A common flowering perennial herb of northern woodlands, Hepatica nobilis (syn. Anemone hepatica), used in traditional European herbal medicine.
Word: liverleafs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liverleaf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mulmul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi मलमल (malmal). 1. A fine, soft muslin; mull. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His Anarkalis (yes, again), are made from 50 to 60 metres of crinkled mulmul in fascinating colours with finishing as luxurious inside as it is outside. Example: She had worn a soft, sheer malmal sari to sleep in for the night. It clung to her body, enticing his eyes.
Word: postrider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post + rider. 1. One who rides over a postroad to carry the mails. Example: Six persons were chosen as post-riders, to give due notice to the country towns of any attempt to land the tea by force
Word: postriders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postrider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pulmoniferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pulmo, pulmonis (“a lung”) + -ferous. 1. Having lungs; pulmonate. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: pulmoniferous mollusc
Word: lifely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lifly, lyfly, lyflich, from Old English līflīċ (“living; vital”), equivalent to life + -ly. Doublet of lively and lifelike. 1. Of, pertaining to, or endued with life; living; vital; essential. Example: But since there is no other universal language of grammar, a middle course can be taken, and the English grammar may be taught according to a more lifely classification, and in a more lifely language; […] Example: Every breathsome being is lifely, Every man is a breathsome being, Every man is lifely.
Word: lifely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Compare English lively. 1. In a lifelike manner. Labels: archaic Example: Unslain fro thee, which ay us lifely herteth, With books of his ornat enditing That is to all this land enlumining.
Word: newfashioned Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of new-fashioned. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wind-rode Part of Speech: adj 1. Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other. Labels: not-comparable Example: If she is in a situation where she cannot be brought to an anchor, let go her lee anchor, which will swing her wind-rode, and relieve her from the strength of the wind
Word: incagement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From incage + -ment. 1. Confinement in, or as if in, a cage. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: I […]demaund, whether your worship since your incagement[…] haue not had a desire to make greater or lesse water
Word: interchapter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + chapter. 1. An intervening or inserted chapter.
Word: interchapter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + chapter. 1. Between chapters. Labels: not-comparable Example: National visitors, interchapter visits, etc., brought chapters into closer touch with one another and with their councils. The isolated groups became a unified whole.
Word: interchapters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interchapter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outbar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + bar. 1. To bar out (shut out). Labels: obsolete Example: With which the world did in those days abound : Which to outbar, with painful pionings
Word: outbarred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outbar Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outbarring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outbar Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outbars Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outbar Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rhigolene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek ῥῖγος (rhîgos, “cold”) + Latin oleum (“oil”). 1. A mixture of volatile hydrocarbons intermediate between gasolene and cymogene, used as a refrigerant. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: rhigolenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhigolene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sidereous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin sidereus. 1. sidereal (relating to stars) Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: tomjohn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of tonjon under influence from Tom and John as generic male names. 1. Alternative form of tonjon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tomjohns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tomjohn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firewarden Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + warden. 1. A firefighter Labels: archaic
Word: firewardens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of firewarden Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leviner Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of dog, apparently related to the greyhound and noted for its speed. Labels: obsolete
Word: acaridiasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acarid + -iasis. 1. acariasis Labels: uncountable
Word: leviners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leviner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unspleened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + spleen + -ed. 1. Deprived of a spleen. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: acarinosis Part of Speech: noun 1. acariasis Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reenforcing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reenforce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: acarodermatitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acaro- + dermatitis. 1. inflammation of the skin caused by mites Labels: no-plural
Word: taxiarch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ταξῐαρχος (taxĭarkhos, “taxiarch”), from τάξις (táxis, “body of soldiers”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader, commander”). Equivalent to taxi- + -arch. Pronunciation: /ˈtæksi.ɑɹk/ 1. An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army. Labels: historical Example: The Taxis of the Athenian service, like the Lochus of the Lacedæmonian, was analogous to our battalion, and the rank of the Taxiarch, its commander, as of the Lochage, was nearly that of our colonel. Example: In recognition of his services in the education of the women of Athens, he was buried with the honors of a taxiarch, by special orders […]
Word: taxiarchs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taxiarch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preparable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prepare + -able. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈpæɹəbəl/, /ˈpɹɛp(ə)ɹəbəl/ 1. Capable of being prepared. Labels: not-comparable Example: medicine preparable by art
Word: renownful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From renown + -ful. 1. Having great renown; famous. Labels: archaic Example: To Carthage, Carthage! O thou eternal youth, Man of large fame, great and abounding glory, Renownful Scipio, spread thy two-necked eagles, Fill full thy sailes with a revenging wind, […]
Word: acaryote Part of Speech: noun 1. akaryocyte
Word: finnikin Part of Speech: noun 1. An extinct variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse.
Word: finnikins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of finnikin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reclusories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reclusory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reclusory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin reclosorium. 1. The place someone uses as a recluse; a hermitage.
Word: ferding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See farthing. 1. A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book, supposed to have consisted of a few acres. Labels: obsolete
Word: ferdings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ferding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hiberno-Celtic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hiberno- + Celtic. 1. the Irish language Labels: dated
Word: acatalasaemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + catalase + -aemia. 1. The absence (or a greatly reduced amount) of catalase in the blood Labels: uncountable
Word: acatalasemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of acatalasaemia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: acatalasemias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acatalasemia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: insubmergible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + submergible. 1. Not capable of being submerged; buoyant. Labels: not-comparable Example: insubmergible dam Example: insubmergible boat
Word: gallivat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Portuguese galeota. Compare English galiot, galley. 1. A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast. Example: [They] found them next Morning out of Sight, excepting a Ketch and some few Gallivats, (small sort of Vessels something like the Feluccas of the Mediterranean, and hoists, like them, triangular Sails.) Example: 1812, Alexander Chalmers, The General Biographical Dictionary Volume 18, on Sir William James At one time when he had near seventy sail under his protection, he was assailed by a large fleet of Angria’s frigates and gallivats […]
Word: gallivats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gallivat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: octoic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From octo- + -ic. 1. Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling octane; used mostly to designate any of a group of acids including caprylic acid. Labels: not-comparable Example: 2-Ethylhexanoic acid is also known as octoic acid Example: octoic aldehyde
Word: brachypinacoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brachy- + pinacoid. 1. A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis. Labels: obsolete
Word: brachypinacoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brachypinacoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vagancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vagancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vagancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vagans, present participle of vagor. See vagantes. 1. A wandering; vagrancy. Labels: obsolete Example: Yet is it not to be conceiv'd that thoſe eternal Effluences of Sanctity and Love in the glorified Saints, ſhould by this means be confin'd and cloy'd with repetition of that which is preſcrib'd, but that our happineſs may orb it ſelf into a thouſand vagancies of glory and delight, […]
Word: bromize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bromine + -ize. 1. To prepare or treat with bromine, especially in photography. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: to bromize a silvered plate Example: bromized colloidon
Word: bromized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bromize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bromizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bromize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bromizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bromize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reprieval Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reprieve + -al. 1. the act, process or result of being reprieved Example: I want to find a new town where I can start a new life… A place where I can live out a graceful reprieval, a place where I can begin anew.
Word: acatalasia Part of Speech: noun 1. acatalasaemia Labels: uncountable
Word: reprievals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reprieval Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marsh marigold Part of Speech: noun 1. Caltha palustris, a perennial plant with bright yellow flowers. Example: Here is spring were celandine, marsh marigold, wind-flower, primrose, cowslip and dog's violet.
Word: marsh marigolds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marsh marigold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hornsnake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horn + snake. 1. A nonvenomous, semiaquatic snake, Farancia abacura, found in the southern United States. Its upperside is glossy black, and its underside is red and black.
Word: hornsnakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hornsnake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acatamathesia Part of Speech: noun 1. A loss of the ability to understand, especially to understand speech Labels: uncountable
Word: Catherinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Catherine + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Catherine the Great (Catherine II, Empress of Russia).
Word: acataphasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + cataphasia (cata- + -phasia). 1. A loss of the ability to express oneself using organized syntax Labels: uncountable
Word: hippophagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hippo- + -phagous. 1. Feeding on horseflesh. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cauterism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cauter + -ism. 1. The use or application of a caustic; cautery. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: the cauterisms on the legs
Word: cauterisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cauterism Labels: form-of, plural