nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: manicole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Guyanese Creole English manicole, from Lokono manaka. The English word is cognate with Tariana mánaka, Yucuna manakóla. Pronunciation: /ˈmænəkəʊl/, /ˈmænəˌkoʊl/ 1. Any of the genus Euterpe of palm trees native to Central America, South America, and the West Indies; especially of species Euterpe oleracea (acai palm). Labels: Guyana Example: Next to the mangrove and mora, the most abundant vegetation is supplied by palms of various species. Of these the manicole palm (Euterpe edulis) is the most prominent, [...] Indeed, the dense "bush" there consists almost entirely of enormous numbers of manicoles [...] Example: A house fifty feet by twenty, built in the usual style, wattled with manicoles, thatched with dallabana leaves, with sleeping rooms upstairs, could be built for fifty dollars, materials and labour included. 2. The Guyana manicole palm or manacachilla (Prestoea tenuiramosa), a species of palm tree native to South America; also, the wood of this tree. Labels: Guyana, attributive Example: For theſe erections [huts] not more than two articles are wanting; the firſt the manicole, by the French called latanie, and here paraſalla, or the pine-tree; and the ſecond the nebees, called by the French liannes, by the Spaniards bejucos, and in Surinam tay-tay. The manicole-tree, which is of the palm-tree ſpecies, is moſtly found in marſhy places, and is always a proof of a rich and luxurious ſoil. Example: Prestoea tenuiramosa [...] "Manicole palm" (Guy[ana]), "manacachilla" (Ven[ezuela]).
Word: manicoles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manicole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chocolate cyst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the color of the blood, which resembles the color of chocolate. 1. An ovarian cyst containing old brown blood, usually, but not always, associated with endometriosis. Example: In situ examination of ovaries with a chocolate cyst has shown that the endometrioma is not an intraovarian cyst of deeply infiltrating endometriosis but an extraovarian pseudocyst consisting of invaginated ovarian cortex fused and sealed off by adhesions and colonized by superficial endometriotic implants. Example: The best known manifestation of endometriosis in the ovary is the 'chocolate cyst' (Figure 20.13).
Word: chocolate cysts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chocolate cyst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mountain cheese Part of Speech: noun 1. Any cheese made from the milk of animals that have grazed in the Alps. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mountain cheeses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mountain cheese Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piezotranslators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piezotranslator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piezotranslation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From piezo- + translation. 1. The conversion of pressure into movement by a piezotranslator. Labels: uncountable
Word: barbadine Part of Speech: noun 1. Passiflora quadrangularis, a passionflower producing a large edible fruit. Labels: Trinidad-and-Tobago Example: As Chandani disappeared from view, Vimla noticed the two fat green barbadines dangling from a tree a few feet from the chicken coop. Example: One of the most popular treats, cheesecake is being infused with local flavours like soursop, pumpkin, barbadine and even avocado to match the chang­ing tastes of the dessert-lov­ing pub­lic.
Word: barbadines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barbadine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oligochaetology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Oligochaeta + -logy 1. The scientific study of earthworms. Labels: uncountable
Word: chunk of change Part of Speech: noun 1. A significant amount of money. Labels: informal Example: Let's say, for example, that you arrive home late (again) because you had an important piece of business to finish that will add a nice chunk of change to your bank account. Example: Further, society in the form of the converting or packaging operation is usually not capable of absorbing very large chunks of change.
Word: chunks of change Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chunk of change Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Haitianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Haitian + -ism. 1. Haitian nationalism. Labels: uncountable
Word: cloddings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clodding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: claritive Part of Speech: adj 1. Serving to make things clearer; explanatory. Example: The teacher's supportive role in saying "We have some pretty nice boys and girls here", and her claritive role in saying "Ann's situation with her baby brother is different from yours, Betty. Isn't your brother older than you are?" were most helpful to the director, working with these youngsters for the first time. Example: It attempts to avoid handling, except on a claritive or intellectual basis problems of transference.
Word: death by a thousand cuts Part of Speech: noun 1. Lingchi, a form of execution. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A gradual decline or failure as the result of many minor mishaps. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The steelmaker warned that moving production overseas would be an inevitable consequence. One executive said: “This is death by a thousand cuts.” Example: There are only months left to save our railway from a vicious downward spiral. Do we choose reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts? Who will stand up and speak for the industry to avoid such a massive own goal?
Word: homosocialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homo- + socialization. 1. The integration of individuals into the homosexual subculture or community. Labels: uncountable
Word: ploutocracy Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of plutocracy. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: ploutocrat Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of plutocrat. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: plousiocracy Part of Speech: noun 1. plutocracy Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: ploutocrats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ploutocrat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Klansperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Klan + -s- + person. 1. A member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Word: Klanspersons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Klansperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Clansmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Clansman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Klanspeople Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Klansperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ussing chamber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: It was invented in 1946 by the Danish zoologist and physiologist Hans Henriksen Ussing. 1. An apparatus for measuring the properties of epithelial membrane.
Word: Ussing chambers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ussing chamber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beta movement Part of Speech: noun 1. The optical illusion whereby a series of static images shown in rapid succession on a screen appear to show a moving image. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: annoyings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of annoying Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Octopolis Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of octopus + -polis. 1. An area of Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia, where gloomy octopuses (Octopus tetricus) are known to congregate. A colony of octopi and their constructed dens built out of scallop shells. Labels: informal
Word: minifilter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + filter. 1. A device for filtering very small samples in a laboratory.
Word: minifilters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minifilter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nepaline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nepal + -ine. 1. pseudaconitine Labels: uncountable
Word: pseudaconitine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseud- + aconitine. 1. A highly toxic alkaloid with chemical formula C₃₆H₅₁NO₁₂, found in the roots of Aconitum ferox. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pseudaconitines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudaconitine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nepaul Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic form of Nepal. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: There was an Old Man of Nepaul, / From his horse had a terrible fall; / But, though split quite in two, / With some very strong glue / They mended that Man of Nepaul.
Word: middled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of middle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: middled Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a specified kind of middle. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: A trim-middled hog will have a higher dressing percentage than a wasty, gutty, paunchy, heavy-middled hog.
Word: wasty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wasti, westy, westi, westiȝ (“desolate, deserted; destitute”), from Old English wēstiġ (“wasty, desert, desolate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōstīg (“waste-like, deserted”), equivalent to waste + -y. Cognate with Scots wasty, waisty (“desolate, deserted; unoccupied”), Dutch woestig (“inhospitable, rugged, wild”), German Low German wööstig (“desolate”). Pronunciation: /ˈweɪsti/ 1. Resembling a waste or wasteland; desert; (by extension) deserted, desolate. Example: But, happily, we meet with circumstances that break in upon this routine and monotony, and we thank God, as Mungo Park did, when the moss peeped up at him from the wasty desert. Example: Frequent on wasty places and in the desert.
Word: wasty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wasty (“extravagantly or wastefully expensive”), equivalent to waste + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪsti/ 1. Containing or yielding much waste. 2. Deteriorating, wasting away. Example: This fruit was well packed and nicely graded, but unfortunately a wasty condition prevented satisfactory prices being obtained. 3. Obese; excessively fat. Example: . Example: Then, too, the market demand is not so much for the extreme early maturing, excessive fat type, but it is for a trimmer, “less wasty” hog. 4. Resembling cotton-waste (the leftover cotton fibers from manufacturing and post-consumer sources that can be recycled into new products). Labels: US 5. Wasteful. Labels: dated
Word: overfinished Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + finished. 1. Of animals reared for meat: obese; undesirably fat. Example: .
Word: wastier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of wasty: more wasty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: wastiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of wasty: most wasty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: CAMFAK syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an acronym for the characteristic findings of the disease: cataracts, microcephaly, failure to thrive, and kyphoscoliosis. 1. A rare inherited neurological disease, characterized by peripheral and central demyelination of nerves. Labels: uncountable
Word: netbag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From net + bag. 1. A traditional bag of net-like material used in parts of Oceania; it is also a symbol of womanhood.
Word: netbags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of netbag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Imonda Part of Speech: name 1. A Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
Word: rollform Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From roll + form. 1. To form (sheet metal) into a desired cross section through continuous bending of a long strip of the metal as it passes through a set of rollers. Labels: transitive
Word: rollformed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rollform Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rollforms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rollform Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rollforming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rollform Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Paris-Harrington theorem Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Jeff Paris and Leo Harrington, who carried out work on this topic. 1. A theorem stating that a certain combinatorial principle in Ramsey theory, namely the strengthened finite Ramsey theorem, is true, but not provable in Peano arithmetic.
Word: isodictyal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Isodictya + -al 1. Of or relating to the Isodictya, a genus of marine demosponges. Labels: not-comparable
Word: overanimate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + animate. 1. To animate excessively. Labels: transitive Example: Kalipada Das adopts Harold Lloyd's use of overanimated gestures and acrobatic body movement. Example: Lightning is a very quick and simple animation technique that can easily be overanimated. Don't try and animate the lightning bolt into the frame by building it up over a sequence of keyframes.
Word: overanimated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overanimate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overanimates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overanimate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overanimating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overanimate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: underanimated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + animated. 1. Inadequately animated.
Word: lab dip Part of Speech: noun 1. A preproduction sample of fabric dyed in plain color.
Word: lab dips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lab dip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: invigour Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of invigor. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: invigoured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of invigour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: invigours Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of invigour Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: invigouring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of invigour Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dotted Swiss Part of Speech: noun 1. A sheer cotton fabric embellished with small dots. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Swiss dot Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of dotted Swiss. Labels: uncountable
Word: polyscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -scopic English polyscopic From poly- + -scopic. 1. Involving various methods and perspectives.
Word: photoassimilation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + assimilation. 1. The process of photoassimilating. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: photoassimilating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of photoassimilate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: photoassimilated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of photoassimilate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: photoassimilations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photoassimilation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photoassociates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of photoassociate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: photoassociating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of photoassociate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: photoantennas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photoantenna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photoantennae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photoantenna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cardboarding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cardboard + -ing, suggesting flat cardboard cut-outs. 1. The flat appearance of objects in a scene in the absence of proper depth perception. Labels: uncountable Example: Cardboarding may occur on near-by objects, and its appearance is very unpleasant.
Word: scary sharp Part of Speech: adj 1. Of tools: sharpened with sandpaper instead of the conventional oilstone or waterstone, etc. Labels: not-comparable
Word: strategizings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strategizing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midknee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + knee. 1. A height (for skirts etc.) around the middle of the knee. Labels: uncountable Example: Rather than introduce new silhouettes, couturiers spotlight the complete costume with accessorized hats, shoes, even hair and makeup. Skirts rise to midknee, but drop again by the end of the year. Example: White-stockinged legs visible from midknee down slowly materialize and fill the shoes. The legs launch into a frenetic dance, their kicking feet turning to face the mirror.
Word: unaccessorized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + accessorized. 1. Not accessorized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rondinos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rondino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demofreak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demo + freak. 1. A demoscene enthusiast. Labels: slang
Word: demofreaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demofreak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tylostrongyles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tylostrongyle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wonut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of waffle + donut. First popularized in 2014 at Waffles Cafe in Chicago by owner Alex Hernandez. Pronunciation: /ˈwəʊnʌt/, /ˈwoʊ(ˌ)nʌt/ 1. A type of waffle made with a mixture of waffle and doughnut dough, deep-fried and decorated like a doughnut. Labels: neologism Example: Wonuts are made with a two-step cooking process, and in that way they're similar to bagels.
Word: comedolysis Part of Speech: noun 1. The disintegration of comedones. Labels: uncountable Example: In comedolysis, stimulation of epithelial turnover leads to an increased production of loose horny cells which no longer stick tightly together. Example: As a result, comedogenesis, comedolysis and bacterial load can be accurately quantified.
Word: die plate Part of Speech: noun 1. A die in the form of a metal plate. 2. A die in the form of a metal plate. 3. A metal plate that is part of a die.
Word: tree nut Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the nuts that grow on trees.
Word: die plates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of die plate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tree nuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tree nut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: track meet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From track + meet. 1. An athletic contest for track and field sports.
Word: acquital Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of acquittal. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: donkey show Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of sexual performance most often associated with Tijuana, Mexico, in which a woman engages in bestiality with a donkey. Example: Every time I went there all I looked for were strippers, street tacos, and the donkey show.
Word: donkey shows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of donkey show Labels: form-of, plural
Word: periictal Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the time around a seizure episode. Labels: not-comparable Example: It does not require any of the elaborate video-EEG monitor unit facilities required for periictal studies, but the concurrent performance of an EEG recording during the injection to ensure that it is truly interictal is desirable. Example: The relationship between PGES and periictal autonomic changes was evaluated, as well as its association with several clinical variables.
Word: kettle bottom Part of Speech: noun 1. A smooth cylindrical piece of petrified wood in the ceiling of a mine which may drop down and injure or kill miners
Word: juvenarium Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒuːvəˈnɛəɹi.əm/, /ˌd͡ʒuvəˈnɛɹi.əm/ 1. A shell or portion thereof of a foraminifer in the youngest stage of shell-building. Example: The earlier figure may be considered to represent this form, for the latter figure is an atypical specimen with multiple juvenaria. Example: Later on, the above three genera evolved until various levels of the Eocene in America with unchanged equatorial chamber build-up, but with the microspheric juvenariums becoming more and more simple.
Word: juvenaria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of juvenarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: juvenariums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of juvenarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Andean potato Part of Speech: noun 1. Solanum tuberosum andigena
Word: attap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay atap (“roof”). Pronunciation: /ˈatəp/, /ˈaˌtap/ 1. Nipa; a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Thatch made from leaves of the nipa palm. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, countable, uncountable 3. A section of attap thatch. Labels: countable Example: I therefore sent my two men immediately to buy "ataps" (palm-leaf thatch) to repair the roof, and the next day, with the assistance of eight of the Sultan's men, got all my stores and furniture carried up and pretty comfortably arranged.
Word: switch codes Part of Speech: verb 1. To change from playing rugby league to rugby union or vice versa
Word: intrapenile Part of Speech: adj 1. Within the penis. Labels: not-comparable Example: For male patients in whom no other immediate venous channel is available, the intrapenile route may represent a life-saving alternative. Acute injection of fluid into corpora cavernosa was used to produce penile erection.
Word: navigation bar Part of Speech: noun 1. A bar at the top of a graphical user interface containing links that allow users to move around the page and/or program
Word: Rapunzelesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Rapunzel + -esque. 1. Characteristic of Rapunzel, especially in having very long hair.
Word: Indian rummy Part of Speech: noun 1. A certain Indian variant of rummy, with 13 cards dealt to each player. Labels: uncountable
Word: Indian Rummy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Indian rummy. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: sequence point Part of Speech: noun 1. Any point during a computer program's execution at which it is guaranteed that all side effects of previous evaluations will have been performed, and no side effects from subsequent evaluations have yet been performed.
Word: sequence points Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sequence point Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weighten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From weight + -en. 1. To add or give weight to; make heavy Labels: transitive Example: The idea of all this shifting was simply to weighten the bows, thereby lightening the stern, and so obtain the utmost hydrodynamic benefit. 2. To give support or importance to; make weighty Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: In the case of a conflict it either prompts the user for more specific observations, weightens the reliability of the results in order to prefer the most likely one, or tums over the diagnosis task to the particular diagnoses expert agents again. 3. To weigh down Labels: broadly, transitive Example: Efforts were made to cheer the King, and rouse him from the depression with which his sorrows began to weighten him. Example: That saturating hopelessness of the wholly corrupt state, the invisible but dense fog which weightens the movements of all within it, on this night, just before an election, with everyone turning out in a beautiful venue on a sunny evening, that hopelessness seemed imperceptibly to be lifting. 4. To become heavy Labels: intransitive Example: Her lids weightened, slightly hooding violet eyes that mesmerically followed the teardrop trailings.
Word: weightened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of weighten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: weightening Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From weighten + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of weighten Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: weightening Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weighten + -ing. 1. The act or process of adding weight to Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: weightens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of weighten Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hand rubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hand rub Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hand lotions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hand lotion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hand cream Part of Speech: noun 1. A cosmetic cream used to moisturize the hands. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: weightenings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weightening Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hand creams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hand cream Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grocería Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of groceria. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: She walked toward Avenue C. The black tar with a hideous spectre and the dim grocerías tucked into the walls. Example: It’s a street like hundreds of others in New York, it’s got a subway stop on it, it’s mostly Spanish up there now I think, and it’s probably got cigar stores and grocerías and Spanish graffiti, which looks the same as English graffiti, since you can’t read any of it anyway.
Word: Accettola Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian. 1. A surname.
Word: Gayla Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name.
Word: common polypody Part of Speech: noun 1. Polypodium vulgare, native to western Europe and northern Africa. Labels: uncountable 2. Polypodium virginianum, native to North America. Labels: uncountable
Word: unsparrowlike Part of Speech: adj 1. Not like a sparrow in form or behaviour.
Word: Bartella Part of Speech: name Etymology: See Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܒܲܪܛܸܠܵܐ (barṭillā). 1. A town in northern Iraq; capital of Nineveh province. 2. A surname from Italian.
Word: high speed, low drag Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aviation, where wings and other exterior aircraft parts are designed to minimize drag and thus maximize the craft's potential speed. 1. Highly efficient. Labels: informal, not-comparable 2. Competent or reliable. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: "It was an ad hoc, special sanction tactical team, made up of what we call in the business 'high-speed, low-drag' operators. The very best of the very best." Example: "Captain O'Malley tells me you're all high speed, low drag people," Kinkaid began. "Capable and dependable, unlike most claymores."
Word: high speed, low drag Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From aviation, where wings and other exterior aircraft parts are designed to minimize drag and thus maximize the craft's potential speed. 1. Highly efficiently or competently. Labels: informal, not-comparable
Word: white goosefoot Part of Speech: noun 1. Chenopodium album, probably native to Europe, now widely cultivated. Labels: uncountable
Word: Shelru Part of Speech: name 1. The Shelta language.
Word: Sheldru Part of Speech: name 1. The Shelta language.
Word: bog Latin Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of dog Latin.
Word: anesthesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an- + -esthesis. 1. Alternative form of anaesthesis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: anaesthesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an- + -aesthesis. 1. loss of feeling; insensibility Labels: uncountable
Word: speech tags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speech tag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speech paths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speech path Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patonces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patonce Labels: form-of, plural
Word: regested Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of regest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: regesting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of regest Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: apogaeic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of apogeic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reprovably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From reprovable + -ly. 1. In a reprovable manner.
Word: percussant Part of Speech: adj 1. Percussive; striking (also figuratively). Labels: not-comparable Example: The central problem for this study was the imbalanced provision of already published evidence. He has resolved it in a striking and percussant manner. He closes in first on the problem of continental government, which the patriots inherited, supplying the essential material on state-making, from the Albany Plan of 1754,[…] Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:percussant.
Word: synomosy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek συνωμοσία (sunōmosía, “conspiracy”). 1. A group of political or other conspirators bound together by oath; a secret society.
Word: synomosies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of synomosy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: podial Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to a podium. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dogmatory Part of Speech: adj 1. dogmatic; opinionated Labels: archaic
Word: headworker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + worker. 1. One who performs mental or intellectual labour.
Word: headworkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of headworker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Talpa Part of Speech: name 1. A number of places, including: 2. A number of places, including:
Word: Tyrrhenian mole Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of species †Talpa tyrrhenica of extinct moles.
Word: Tyrrhenian moles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tyrrhenian mole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carrat Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of carat. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: carrats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carrat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: common sorrel Part of Speech: noun 1. Rumex acetosa, a taxonomic species within the family Polygonaceae, garden sorrel, native in much of Europe. Labels: uncountable
Word: aborization Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of arborization. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: acrothoracican Part of Speech: noun 1. Any barnacle of the superorder Acrothoracica
Word: acrothoracicans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acrothoracican Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adambulacrals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adambulacral Labels: form-of, plural
Word: field poppy Part of Speech: noun 1. the common poppy (Papaver rhoeas), native to western Eurasia and north Africa.
Word: adiponection Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of adiponectin. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: aeropalynological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aero- + palynological. 1. Relating to aeropalynology Labels: not-comparable
Word: allocentrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From allo- + centrically. 1. In an allocentric manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: Shaksperian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Shakspere + -ian. 1. Archaic spelling of Shakespearean. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Shakesperian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Shakespere + -ian. 1. Archaic spelling of Shakespearean. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: I could have spoken in blank verse of Shakesperian beauty, all sorts of great ideas flashed through my mind; it was as though the bonds of my flesh had been loosened and left the spirit free to soar to the empyrean of its native power. Example: Verdi is not our debtor in anything. There is in his music Shakesperian demoniacality: he shrinks not before such a redoubtable task as the composing of Iago’s grand monologue with its gloomy god-denying philosophy of life and death—and how high does he not soar in this scene!
Word: Danteism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dante + -ism. 1. The literary style of Dante Alighieri. Labels: uncountable
Word: people's palace Part of Speech: noun 1. An institution for the amusement, recreation, and association of working-class people. Labels: historical
Word: people's palaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of people's palace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phelonion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek φαιλόνιον (phailónion). Pronunciation: /fəˈləʊniən/ 1. A liturgical vestment worn by a priest of the Eastern Christian tradition, equivalent to the chasuble of the Western tradition.
Word: scelidosaur Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɪˈlɪdəsɔː(ɹ)/ 1. A dinosaur of the genus Scelidosaurus.
Word: scelidosaurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scelidosaur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cottonocrat Part of Speech: noun 1. A ruler of a cottonocracy.
Word: cottonocrats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cottonocrat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: debituminizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of debituminize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Torricellian chamber Part of Speech: noun 1. A cave chamber with an airspace above the water at less than atmospheric pressure.
Word: Torricellian chambers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Torricellian chamber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: e-date Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + date. 1. A person who takes part in e-dating. Example: Hardly a moment passed when one of two men I'd seen together at the bar approached me and introduced himself as my e-date. Example: If you neglect to mention your shyness, when you finally meet your e-dates, your online image may not match your real one.
Word: e-dates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of e-date Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enneatype Part of Speech: noun 1. A person's personality type according to the Enneagram of Personality.
Word: enneatypes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enneatype Labels: form-of, plural
Word: low-sulphur Part of Speech: adj 1. having a low sulphur content, fuel in particular. Labels: UK, not-comparable
Word: package tour Part of Speech: noun 1. A package holiday involving a tour from place to place.
Word: package tours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of package tour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clyfaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cly + faker. 1. A pickpocket. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: clying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cly Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: clies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cly Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clyfakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clyfaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cly Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clyfaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cly + faking. 1. Pickpocketing. Labels: obsolete, slang, uncountable
Word: surface analysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From surface (“an outward appearance”) + analysis. 1. Any synchronically valid analysis of a word’s morphology regardless of whether it represents its diachronic etymology, that is, its historical origin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Class guessers for the Xerox tagger assign potential POS [part-of-speech] tags to unknown words according to a surface analysis of the word form. In addition to the common practice of mapping POS tags according to the words’ suffixes, this implementation makes use of the case of the initial letter of a word, which is highly significant for POS assignment in German. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see surface, analysis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: surface analyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surface analysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incudomalleolar Part of Speech: adj 1. incudal and malleolar; applied to a small synovial joint that transfers vibrations between the ossicles in the middle ear, facilitating sound perception Labels: not-comparable
Word: Huangpi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 黃陂 /黄陂 (Huángpí). 1. A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China, formerly a county. Example: Hoangcheu commands over nine Cities, as Hoangcheu, Lotien, Maching, Hoangpi, Hoanggan, Kixui, Ki, Hoangmui, Hoangci. Example: Now, I will mention another fact which has just come under my notice. One of our native evangelists left us on Monday last for Huangpi, a city distant from Hankow only twenty or thirty miles. He returned last night, and came to see me early this morning. He has brough bakc with him two printed copies of one of the Hunan publications, which is now being printed and actively circulated in the city of Huangpi through the medium of the pawn-shops....At the beginning of last year one of our converts in Hunan sent me a printed copy of this book, so there can be no doubt as to its origin. It is written in fluent mandarin, and is entitled, Death to the Devils' Religion (鬼教該死). Of all the Hunan publications, I do not know one more violent, more abusive, more filthy, or more inflammatory than this. It finishes up with a song, which is committed to memory by the children of Huangpi, and sung in the streets. I felt inclined for a moment to give you a translation of this song. But it is impossible ; it is too dirty and vile for your columns.
Word: sesquiduple Part of Speech: adj 1. Of two and a half times. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: needs must Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of must needs. Labels: alt-of, alternative, no-past-participle, no-present-participle Example: Then I walked about, till I found on the further side, a great river of sweet water, running with a strong current; whereupon I called to mind the boat-raft I had made aforetime and said to myself, "Needs must I make another; haply I may free me from this strait. If I escape, I have my desire and I vow to Allah Almighty to forswear travel; and if I perish I shall be at peace and shall rest from toil and moil."
Word: needs must Part of Speech: proverb 1. Ellipsis of needs must when the devil drives. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: “Needs must,” and the haughty summons of Britain rings even in the impregnable heart of Thibet. This is the mission of Empire, the will of a dominant people bent on advancing the interests of trade. Example: "Needs must and all that – and the devil so often does, doesn't he?" “Excuse me?" "Drives – the devil. Such a relentless old bugger."
Word: anti-consumer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + consumer. 1. Opposing the consumer. Example: ...the Commission was aware of the anticonsumer effects of market segmentation...
Word: anti-consumer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + consumer. 1. A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
Word: beard-stroking Part of Speech: noun 1. deep thought or contemplation, especially when pretentious Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: Muping Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 牟平 (Mùpíng). 1. A district of Yantai, Shandong, China. Example: He was telling Keng about the tactical agreement he had made with the guerillas^([sic]) in Muping and of his interviews with Shen Hung-lieh, chairman of the Shantung provincial government, when they suddenly heard a commotion outside. Example: A worker installs polycrystalline silicon solar panels as terrestrial photovoltaic power project starts in Guanshui Town of Muping District on November 17, 2015 in Yantai, Shandong Province of China.
Word: Qiaokou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 礄口 /硚口 (Qiáokǒu). Pronunciation: /ˌt͡ʃjaʊˈkoʊ/ 1. A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China. Example: When the Northern Expedition reached Wuhan in 1927 Li Ts'ai-lien, although only a girl of fifteen, plunged headlong into revolutionary work and was active as a trade union organizer in the workers' district of Ch'iao-k'ou. Example: Hankou’s industries were concentrated either on the outskirts of Jiang’an District or in Qiaokou District.
Word: Jianghan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江漢 /江汉 (Jiānghàn). 1. A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China, part of Hankou. Example: The 44 primary schools in Chianghan District of Wuhan Municipality educate students to cherish the countryside, the poor and lower-middle peasants, and farmwork, thus exposing the Confucian fallacy that "one who excels in learning should serve as an official." Example: Jianghan Model Having studied the Shanghai Model and Shenyang Model, the community development model in Jianghan District in Wuhan city identified further rights and responsibilities of government and community. 2. Jianghan Plain
Word: Jiangxia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江夏 (Jiāngxià). 1. A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China. Example: Map 17 for 1646-1775 reveals a concentration of chin-shih, centred on Chiang-hsia (modern Wu-ch'ang, part of Wu-han), the important commercial crossroad where the Han River enters the Yangtze from the northwest. Example: After three days in session, the first provincial conference on suburb-based agricultural economic work ended in the Jiangxia District of Wuhan City on 24 August.
Word: elementary algebra Part of Speech: noun 1. An informally defined area of algebra considered suitable to be taught to secondary school students. Example: After 1820 we find elementary algebra commencing to be a required subject for admission. Columbia required it in 1821, Yale in 1847, and Princeton in 1848. Example: 1939, Regina Grosswege, Learning Activities in Elementary Algebra, College Entrance Book Company, unnumbered page, A perusal of the following outstanding features of this workbook will show how this book has been designed to enable the student to master elementary algebra in a thoroughly efficient and interesting manner.
Word: Luhe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 六合 (Lùhé). 1. A district of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Example: Tourists visit a sunflower garden in Qiancang Village of Luhe District, Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 3, 2018. Example: In a keynote speech, Zhihong Zhu, secretary of the Luhe district party committee of Nanjing, said Luxembourg is a "reliable, innovative partner" that has shown "openness and vitality in economic development".
Word: Luhe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 陸河／陆河 (Lùhé). 1. A county of Shanwei, Guangdong, China. Example: A New York Times review of Ping An’s public filings indicates that the company never publicly disclosed that Mr. Cheng or Mr. Zheng controlled the stakes — or that the various companies they were linked to were closely related. And a search of Hong Kong records and a visit to Luhe County, in Guangdong Province — the county listed as Mr. Zheng’s hometown on his identity card — suggests that Mr. Zheng was in fact a Hong Kong resident. After searching the local government database, police in Luhe County said no such person existed in the county, and that the ID number was not in their records. And Zheng Chengyu, who compiles family histories in Luhe County, said: “I’ve never heard of this name.”
Word: amatadine Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of amantadine. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: aminothiazoles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aminothiazole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amphidiscophoran Part of Speech: noun 1. Any glass sponge of the subclass Amphidiscophora
Word: amphidiscophorans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amphidiscophoran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhipidion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥῑπῐ́δῐον (rhīpĭ́dĭon, “small fan”). 1. In the Greek Church, the eucharistic fan or flabellum.
Word: transgressible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From transgress + -ible. 1. Able to be transgressed.
Word: transgressable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From transgress + -able. 1. Able to be transgressed.
Word: anabaenopeptin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of biologically-active peptides present in cyanobacteria, principally of the genus Anabaena.
Word: anabaenopeptins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anabaenopeptin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anatabine Part of Speech: noun 1. The alkaloid [2R,(+)]-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-2,3'-bipyridine present in the nightshades Labels: uncountable
Word: droguets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of droguet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aneurystic Part of Speech: adj 1. Characteristic of an aneurysm Labels: not-comparable
Word: angiostomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From angio- + -stomy. 1. The formation of an opening into a blood vessel, typically by means of a cannula
Word: angiostomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angiostomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anhedonics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anhedonic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anilinophthalazine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any heterocycle composed of an aniline linked to a phthalazine via its nitrogen atom
Word: anilinophthalazines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anilinophthalazine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anilinoquinazoline Part of Speech: noun 1. Any heterocycle composed of an aniline linked to a quinazoline through its nitrogen atom
Word: anilinoquinazolines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anilinoquinazoline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anteriorally Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of anteriorly. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: antiaromatase Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + aromatase. 1. That inhibits the action of aromatase (as in the treatment of breast cancer) Labels: not-comparable
Word: antihelicase Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + helicase. 1. That inhibits the action of helicase (as in a group of anticancer drugs) Labels: not-comparable
Word: antileukotriene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + leukotriene. 1. Any drug that inhibits the action of a leukotriene
Word: antileukotrienes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antileukotriene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antirickettsial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + rickettsial. 1. That counters the effects of rickettsia bacteria Labels: not-comparable
Word: antirickettsial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + rickettsial. 1. Such a drug
Word: antirickettsials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antirickettsial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antitumorigenesis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + tumorigenesis. 1. Alternative form of antitumorigenic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: chefly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chef + -ly. Piecewise doublet of chiefly and headly. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛfli/ 1. Pertaining to, similar to, or about chefs or cooks. Example: The best urban-rustic chefs, including Chez Panisse's Alice Waters, Zuni Cafe's Judy Rodgers and Campanile's Mark Peel, reinterpret the cuisine by using really good ingredients, putting them together with chefly skill and maintaining the spirit of each dish. Example: He roared, and a female souschef dashed over to scoop up the hat and pins and return him to his previous chefly glory.
Word: apoditrysian Part of Speech: noun 1. Any micromoth of the clade Apoditrysia
Word: apoditrysians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apoditrysian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arrythymogenic Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of arrhythmogenic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: arthrofactin Part of Speech: noun 1. A cyclic lipopeptide, that functions as a surfactant, produced by Arthrobacter bacteria Labels: uncountable
Word: ascorbylation Part of Speech: noun 1. Reaction with ascorbic acid to introduce an ascorbyl group into a molecule
Word: asperfuranone Part of Speech: noun 1. The polyketide (5S,6R)-1-[(2E,4E,6S)-4,6-dimethylocta-2,4-dienoyl]-5,6-dihydroxy-5-methyl-6,7-dihydro-2-benzofuran-4-one present in the Aspergillus fungus Labels: uncountable
Word: astrotypic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌæstɹəʊˈtɪpɪk/ 1. Having the form of am astrocyte Labels: not-comparable
Word: atriocentricular Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of atrioventricular. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: hectorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hector + -ship. 1. bullying behaviour; hectoring Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: autocalibrated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auto- + calibrated. 1. calibrated by means of autocalibration Labels: not-comparable
Word: give them an inch and they'll take an ell Part of Speech: proverb 1. Archaic form of give them an inch and they'll take a mile. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: I will yet thrive, (I say), as good is an ynch / As an ell. Yee can, (quoth shee), make it so well, / For when I gave you an inch, you tooke an ell, / Till both ell and inch be gone, and we in det.
Word: bean king Part of Speech: noun 1. The elected king of the festivities on Twelfth Night, chosen by his finding a bean hidden in the Twelfth cake.
Word: bean kings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bean king Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stratocratic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to stratocracy.
Word: pastry chefs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pastry chef Labels: form-of, plural