nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: naily Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nail + -y. 1. full of nails (the fastener) 2. having long or overly protruding nails (fingernails or toenails) Example: As his black, naily fingers dug loose the scaly pig's skin, wandering tears came to the bo'sun 's eyes.
Word: freet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English frete (“superstition”), from Old Norse frétt (“news, intelligence, inquiry, inquiry about the future”), from Proto-Germanic *frihtiz (“news, report, message, question, prophecy”), related to Icelandic frétt (“news”), Icelandic frétta (“to review”), Danish and Norwegian fritte (“to question, interrogate”), English frain (“to question”). More at frain. Pronunciation: /fɹiːt/ 1. A superstitious notion or belief with respect to any action or event as a good or a bad omen; a superstition. Example: If the old “freet” be true “ that those who fall when at the handspake aneath the corpse, will soon be the corpse themsell," there would soon be a good few corspes; for at these "druken" concerns, the bearers are falling some of them every now and then. 2. A superstitious rite, observance, wont, or practice. Example: Oh, sister Ellen, sister sweet, Come with me to the hill I pray, And I will prove that blessed freet! 3. A charm.
Word: Standard Habbie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the poet Habbie Simpson (1550-1620). 1. A Scottish verse form with six-line stanzas rhyming AAABAB, with tetrameter A lines and dimeter B lines. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: beshirted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + shirt + -ed. 1. Furnished with or wearing a shirt; shirted Labels: not-comparable
Word: Burns stanza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the poet Robert Burns (1759-1796). 1. The type of stanza used in Standard Habbie verse.
Word: zygopterans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zygopteran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beskirt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + skirt. 1. To border; lie on the outskirts of. Labels: transitive Example: Pitrodie's woods beskirt the feet Of heath-clad Ben-na-chie, And through their shade the breezes fleet, And hum from tree to tree.
Word: beskirted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From beskirt + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of beskirt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: beskirted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + skirt + -ed. 1. Wearing a skirt. Labels: not-comparable
Word: zygomorphism Part of Speech: noun 1. bilateral symmetry in flowers Labels: uncountable
Word: nairas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naira Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nailings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nailing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: behat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + hat. 1. To place a hat upon (someone's head). Labels: rare, transitive
Word: unhatted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + hatted. 1. Not wearing a hat; hatless. Labels: not-comparable Example: Gentlemen must enter the gallery unhatted, and remain so until they depart. 2. Written without a circumflex ('^'). Labels: not-comparable Example: However, the translation of Razor programs is such that matching hatted and unhatted action particles can only be found on different sides of a parallel composition operator […]
Word: besocked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + sock + -ed. 1. Wearing socks, or a sock. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unsociably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unsociable + -ly. 1. In an unsociable manner.
Word: bescarved Part of Speech: adj 1. Wearing a scarf Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: scarved Part of Speech: adj 1. Wearing a scarf. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scarved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scarve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unscarved Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + scarved. 1. Not wearing a scarf; scarfless. Labels: not-comparable Example: By then it was a matter of commitment for women not to wear the headscarf. Walking down a street unscarved meant dealing with a chorus of boys […]
Word: bescarfed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + scarf + -ed. 1. Wearing a scarf. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fretten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English freten, from Old English freten, ġefreten (“eaten”), past participle of Old English fretan (“to devour, eat up, consume, break, eat into”). More at fret. 1. Marked. Labels: obsolete Example: pock-fretten (“marked with the smallpox”)
Word: fretten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English freten, from Old English freten, ġefreten (“eaten”), past participle of Old English fretan (“to devour, eat up, consume, break, eat into”). More at fret. 1. alternative past participle of fret Labels: alternative, form-of, participle, past
Word: beshorted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + short + -ed. 1. Wearing shorts. Labels: not-comparable
Word: beknickered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + knicker + -ed. 1. Wearing knickers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pantieless Part of Speech: adj 1. Not wearing panties. Labels: not-comparable Example: The film sparked controversy among feminists who largely objected to the (allegedly surreptitious) filming of a pantieless Stone as she crosses and uncrosses her legs during a police interrogation scene.
Word: quadcore Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quad- + core. 1. Composed of four cores. Labels: not-comparable Example: The system runs on the PC with Fedora Linux operating system, 2.5 GHz quadcore processor and 4 GB of memory and is able to process 10 video frames per second in real time […]
Word: quad bikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quad bike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bethonged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + thong + -ed. 1. Wearing a thong (the underwear). Labels: not-comparable
Word: thongless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thong + -less. 1. Without a thong or strap. Labels: not-comparable
Word: becollared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + collar + -ed. 1. wearing a collar, or describing a shirt with a collar Labels: not-comparable 2. wearing a shirt, and thus of an upper class Labels: broadly, not-comparable
Word: teeshirted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From teeshirt + -ed. 1. Wearing a T-shirt. Labels: not-comparable
Word: teeshirt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of T-shirt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: suncapped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sun + capped. 1. Having the cap (of a mountain, hill etc.) lit by the sun. Labels: not-comparable
Word: suncapped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From suncap + -ed. 1. Wearing a suncap. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: suncap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + cap. 1. sunhat
Word: suitless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From suit + -less. 1. Not wearing a suit. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Yahuwah Part of Speech: name Etymology: Vocalization of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton (יהוה) peculiar to some Jewish, Christian and Islamic religious movements. 1. Alternative form of Yahweh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: interdisciplinarities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interdisciplinarity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chinquapin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Like its cognate / alternative form chinkapin, chinquapin is an alteration of chechinquamin / chincomen (the form found in early records), from an Algonquian language (sometimes said specifically to be from Powhatan). The final element is *mini (“berry, fruit”). Hewitt suggested that the first element was a word meaning "large, great" cognate to xinkw- (“big, large, great”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪnkəpɪn/ 1. Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea: 2. Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea: 3. Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea: 4. Any in the genus Castanopsis of trees. 5. Any in the genus Chrysolepis of trees and shrubs. 6. Quercus muehlenbergii, a tree whose leaves resemble those of chestnut-genus chinquapins. 7. A water chinquapin, an aquatic plant of species Nelumbo lutea, American lotus. 8. A redear sunfish, a freshwater fish of the southeastern US (Lepomis microlophus).
Word: teeshirts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teeshirt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cadelle beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. A beetle, known as a common pest in storehouses and granaries throughout the world, Tenebroides mauritanicus.
Word: high side Part of Speech: noun 1. a type of motorcycle crash where the motorcycle tire loses, then rapidly regains traction, thus throwing the rider violently up, over, and off the motorcycle as the motorcycle spins off on its own trajectory.
Word: glond Part of Speech: noun 1. awlwort Labels: archaic 2. cowherb Labels: archaic
Word: Sardinians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sardinian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hwacha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 화차(火車) (hwacha). 1. A mid-16th-century Korean weapon that launched a barrage of rockets or arrows at enemies using gunpowder. Labels: historical Example: After lighting a common fuse, the hwacha fired as many as a hundred arrows, all of which landed in a precise spot. Example: This improvement allowed as many as one hundred sinkijons to be mounted on the hwacha, boosting the overall firepower and mobility of the rocket.
Word: hwachas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hwacha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goat ropes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goat rope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: black garden ant Part of Speech: noun 1. A small (3 mm to 5 mm) species of ant common in Europe, Lasius niger.
Word: -ibly Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Euphonic blend of -ible + -ly, due to difficulty of pronouncing *-iblely. Compare same sound change in unrelated feebly, nimbly, and nobly. 1. Used to form adverbs corresponding to adjectives that end in -ible. Labels: morpheme Example: audible → audibly
Word: academic bulimia Part of Speech: noun 1. An approach to test-taking in which information is memorized shortly before the test and then quickly forgotten afterwards. Labels: uncountable Example: The founder, Chad Woodburn, is a good friend of mine, a man of high personal character and scholarship who believes in real learning, not just regurgitation of memorized material. (Which he refers to as academic bulimia.)
Word: savings accounts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of savings account Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bowtied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bowtie + -ed. 1. Wearing a bowtie. Labels: not-comparable
Word: becuffed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + cuffed. 1. Wearing a shirt with cuffs. Labels: not-comparable 2. Wearing handcuffs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bebuttoned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + button + -ed. 1. Wearing clothes, or an item of clothing, with many buttons. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unknickered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + knickered. 1. Not wearing knickers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bestockinged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + stockinged. 1. Wearing stockings or a stocking; stockinged. Labels: not-comparable
Word: beslippered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + slippered. 1. Wearing slippers; slippered. Labels: not-comparable
Word: beslippered Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From beslipper + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of beslipper Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: besandaled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + sandal + -ed. 1. Wearing sandals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: besandalled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + sandalled. 1. Wearing sandals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: skiless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ski + -less. 1. Without skis, or a ski. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bebelted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + belted. 1. Wearing a belt. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: tuxed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tux + -ed. 1. Wearing a tuxedo. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable
Word: begown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + gown. 1. to gown, dress in a gown
Word: becaped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + caped. 1. Wearing a cape; caped. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bemittened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + mitten + -ed. 1. Wearing mittens, or a mitten; mittened. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bebleed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bebleden, equivalent to be- + bleed. Cognate with German beblüten. 1. To cover or stain with blood; make bloody. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: And soo they souped lyghtely and wente to bedde with grete ioye and plesaunce / and soo in his ragyng he took no kepe of his grene wound that kynge Marke had gyuen hym / And soo syr Tristram bebled both the ouer shete and the nether & pelowes / and hede shete
Word: beblind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + blind. 1. To blind (cause to be blind); make completely blind. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: beblister Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + blister. 1. To blister (cause to be blistered); blister badly; cover with blisters. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: rebana Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of tambourine used in Southeast Asia.
Word: bebloody Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English biblodegien, alteration of *ȝeblodegien (“to make bloody”), from Old English ġeblōdgian, blōdgian (“to be bloodthirsty, make bloody, cover with blood”), equivalent to be- + bloody. Compare bebleed. 1. To make bloody. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: cheeke Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of cheek. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: a. 1631, John Donne (1572–1631), "Negative Love" I never stoop'd so low, as they Which on an eye, cheeke, lip, can prey
Word: becall Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bicallen, bikallen, equivalent to be- + call. 1. To accuse. Labels: transitive Example: 1741, Conny Keyber (pseudonym; attributed to Henry Fielding), An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, edited by Sheridan W. Baker, Jr., Berkeley: University of California Press, 1953, Letter 6, p. 27, I no sooner see him, but I scream out to Mrs. Jervis, she feigns likewise but just to come to herself; we both begin, she to becall, and I to bescratch very liberally. Example: You must not becall me for laughing when you spoke; you mistook when you thought I laughed at you as a foolish man. 2. To call upon; call forth; challenge. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To call; summon. Labels: obsolete, transitive 4. To call names; insult. Labels: transitive
Word: becarve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bekerven, bikeorven, from Old English beċeorfan (“to becarve, cut off, separate, cut or pare away, deprive a person of something by cutting, amputate, behead”), equivalent to be- + carve. Cognate with Old Frisian bikerva (“to amputate”). 1. To cut off. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To cut up; cut open; open up. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To cut; carve or cut up; cut in pieces; carve. Labels: transitive
Word: becharm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English becharmen, bicharmen, equivalent to be- (“on, upon”) + charm. 1. To charm; fascinate; hold by a charm or spell. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Ahab knew that the whale had sounded; but intending to be near him at the next rising, he held on his way a little sideways from the vessel; the becharmed crew maintaining the profoundest silence, as the head-bent waves hammered and hammered against the opposing bow.
Word: bechignoned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + chignon + -ed. 1. Wearing one's hair in a chignon. Labels: not-comparable
Word: beclad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bycladde; equivalent to be- + clad. 1. Clothed about; clad. Labels: not-comparable
Word: beclawed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of beclaw Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: beclawed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + clawed. 1. Having claws. Labels: not-comparable
Word: becover Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + cover. 1. To recover; get back. Labels: transitive 2. To cover over; put a cover over; cover. Labels: transitive
Word: becripple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + cripple. 1. To make cripple; make lame. Labels: transitive
Word: becurl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + curl. 1. To cover or deck out with curls. Labels: transitive Example: […] all bedressed, becurled and befeathered […] 2. To curl; make curly. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: bedamn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + damn. 1. To damn or curse roundly or with iteration and emphasis; damn all over. Labels: transitive, vulgar Example: "[...] You choose to do them anyway, and bedamn any opinion to the contrary."
Word: bedangle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + dangle. 1. to dangle Labels: archaic 2. to adorn with dangly ornaments. Labels: archaic
Word: bedde Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of bed. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: chesnut Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of chestnut. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The Cheſnut delighteth in ſhadowie places and mountaynes whoſe ſituation is towardes the North. Example: I am not he Camilla that will leaue the Roſe, bicauſe I pricked my finger, or forſake the golde that lyeth in the hot fire, for that I burne my hande, or refuſe the ſweet Cheſnut, for that it is couered with ſharpe huſkes.
Word: beinge Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of being. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: beinge Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of being; present participle of be. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: esteeme Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of esteem. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: esteeme Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of esteem. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: thanne Part of Speech: conj 1. Obsolete spelling of than. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: thanne Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of than. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: befal Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of befall. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Another misfortune which befel poor Sophia was the company of Lord Fellamar, whom she met at the opera, and who attended her to the drum. Example: […] they parted, with a very earnest assurance on her side of her unceasing good wishes for his happiness in every change of situation that might befal him; […]
Word: founde Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of found; simple past and past participle of find. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: varry Part of Speech: adv 1. Eye dialect spelling of very. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: captaine Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of captain. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Their captaine there they cruelly found kild.
Word: aftre Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of after. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: walke Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of walk. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cleane Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of clean. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cleane Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of clean. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: goode Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of good. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Hee communeth moche wythe mee as to ye difficoltye of fyndinge priestes to do the mynistrie , and forasmoche as I came into theese parttes onlie ye whiles my verye goode friende Father Cornelius colde arrange matters wyth hys superiors beyonde seas, I am nothing lothes to betake me, at hys returne, to do ye beheste of Maister Tregiaun, who willeth that I sholde worke in the spirytualle vineyarde, at the house of one Syr Huberte Tracie, a near kinsmanne of hys, abydinge within smalle distaunce of hys seate in Cornewayle. Example: And this succour, such as it was , was so longe sewid for, and delayed er it cowde be obteynidde, that all occasions to do eny goode yn that mater wer well nere loste therby.
Word: ryght Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of right. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: burne Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of burn. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: pooty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a shortening of poontang. 1. The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: Things started to go wrong between the angel and me after Cindy Hacklight showed me her pooty in seventh grade. Cindy had made a sort of cottage industry of showing her pooty to anyone—girl or boy—who would give her five dollars, a large sum back then, before high-school inflation. Example: What everybody doesn't know is the hot pulsating goodies Helen Reddy's got to offer up. Cum here woman, do your duty; drop them drawers and gimme some pooty!
Word: pooty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Representing a dialectal or colloquial pronunciation of pretty. Compare purty. The adverb is derived from the adjective. 1. Pretty. Labels: dialectal Example: 1857, The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 1, No.1, Sally Parson's Duty "Bless your pooty little figger-head, Sally! I don't know as 'tis, but suthin' nigh about as bad is a-comin...
Word: pooty Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Representing a dialectal or colloquial pronunciation of pretty. Compare purty. The adverb is derived from the adjective. 1. Pretty (somewhat, fairly). Labels: dialectal, not-comparable Example: "Well, you see, it 'uz dis way. Ole missus — dat's Miss Watson — she pecks on me all de time, en treats me pooty rough, but she awluz said she wouldn' sell me down to Orleans.
Word: pooty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from pooty (“pretty”), although that term is attested slightly later. 1. Cepaea nemoralis, one of the most common species of land snail in Europe, with a dark brown lip to its shell. Labels: England, Northamptonshire, dialectal Example: Do 'e remember that nest then? and the pooty shells I collected for you, and all our playings?
Word: goodnesse Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of goodness. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: drawe Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of draw. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: This towne was named Vacca / Metellus drewe hym and his army thyder / and ſet garnyſon into the ſame towne. Example: For in his .xxxi. Psalme describeth he also this blessedfull state of man, declared now by the gospel, shewyng y it is not geuē & receiued, as due vnto vs for the workes of Moses law, but by the fre goodnes of God, wherby we are moued & drawen to beleue.
Word: nuffin Part of Speech: pron 1. Pronunciation spelling of nothing. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: On its origins the Russians, true to type, lay low and said nuffin. Example: Heny Hankovitch, con guítar, / did a short Zen pray, / on his tatami in a relaxed lotos / fixin his mind on nuffin, rose-blue breasts, / and gave his parnel one French kiss;
Word: nuffink Part of Speech: pron 1. Pronunciation spelling of nothing. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: “Mon Dieu, is that me?” breathed Inès. / “You bet it is, dearie,” chuckled Stella. “And I’ll tell you somefink for nuffink. When the Hon. Viscount Benjie sees you tonight, dearie, ’is little wee willie winkie is going to get as ’ard as a bit of Brighton rock. He’ll be N-S-I-T tonight, I betcha.” / “What does that mean?” / “Not Safe In Texas, dearie,” sniggered Stella. Example: “You’re wastin’ your time with dat nonsense. You and dat little beast will amount to nuffink. Ya ’ear me? Nuffink!”
Word: beddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed + -y. 1. bed Labels: childish Example: On to the back page, and Walter is walking the fields after school, clutching his teddy: 'I've made up another poem. Perhaps I'll be poet laureate one day!': Oh, sweet and cuddly darling Teddy, You keep me cosy in my beddy.
Word: check-call Part of Speech: verb 1. To check and then call a bet by another player in the same betting round.
Word: check-call Part of Speech: noun 1. A call made by a player who checked previously in the same betting round.
Word: check-calls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of check-call Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: check-calls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of check-call Labels: form-of, plural
Word: check-calling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of check-call Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: check-called Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of check-call Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bedeafen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + deafen. Pronunciation: /bɪˈdɛfn̩/ 1. To deafen. Labels: archaic
Word: noncompetes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noncompete Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bedful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed + -ful. 1. The amount that can fit in a bed. Example: He and Bob in one low bed and Tom and Joe in the other—one bedful used to be jealous of the other bedful if it had more snow on its blue-and-white coverlet in the morning. Example: In a bedful of petunias, a hollow groan. 2. A sexual encounter. Example: Nothing but an opium dream could transform the bare walls and the dirty cotton curtains into an Oriental palace with silken drapes and bedfuls of lovely daughters of the East. Example: I recently heard in reference to a newly married couple: “Them two'll make pert near a bedful.”
Word: bedip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bidippen, from Old English bedyppan, equivalent to be- + dip. 1. to dip, submerge Labels: archaic
Word: bedirty Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + dirty. 1. to dirty, soil; make dirty. Labels: archaic
Word: beedom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bee + -dom. 1. The state or essence of being a bee. Labels: uncountable
Word: beehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bee + -hood. 1. The state or essence of being a bee. Labels: uncountable
Word: waspdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wasp + -dom. 1. The state or essence of being a wasp. Labels: uncountable
Word: wasphood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wasp + -hood. 1. The state or essence of being a wasp. Labels: uncountable
Word: antdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ant + -dom. 1. The realm or world of ants; ants collectively. Labels: uncountable Example: [...] you could say he's left antdom by being so expanded and perhaps that's true although perhaps just as accurately he's actually achieved true antdom for the first time in his life [...] 2. The state or essence of an ant. Labels: uncountable Example: [...] you could say he's left antdom by being so expanded and perhaps that's true although perhaps just as accurately he's actually achieved true antdom for the first time in his life [...]
Word: anthood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ant + -hood. 1. The state or essence of being an ant. Labels: uncountable
Word: grasshopperdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grasshopper + -dom. 1. The state or essence of being a grasshopper. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: dogdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dog + -dom. 1. The state or essence of being a dog. Labels: uncountable Example: What the first dogs had, like the last wolves, was what I call dogginess. Dogginess is the essence of dogdom writ large. Clearly the first dogs had dogginess, or we would not recognize them as related to modern dogs, but they certainly were not dogs as we know them now.
Word: catdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cat + -dom. 1. The state or essence of being a cat. Labels: uncountable
Word: rabbitdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rabbit + -dom. 1. The state or essence of being a rabbit. Labels: uncountable
Word: lifestream Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From life + stream. 1. According to certain New Age beliefs, a stream of life force associated with an individual being. Example: These planetary chakras, also called retreats, are places where the rays of cosmic energies are focused on Earth to sustain the evolving lifestreams. Example: Only the spiritual path with all its experiences and lessons leads to balancing it. His current incarnation is a part of his lifestream, and he has to pass the individual way of his lifestream's development through many incarnations. 2. A time-ordered stream of documents that functions as a diary of one's electronic life. Labels: Internet Example: These tools include blogs, message boards, podcasts, micro blogs, lifestreams, bookmarks, networks, communities, wikis, and vlogs.
Word: lifestreams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lifestream Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rabbithood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rabbit + -hood. 1. The state or essence of being a rabbit. Labels: uncountable
Word: mousedom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mouse + -dom. 1. The state or essence of being a mouse. Labels: uncountable
Word: mousehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mouse + -hood. 1. The state or essence of being a mouse. Labels: uncountable
Word: elephantdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From elephant + -dom. 1. The state or essence of being an elephant. Labels: uncountable
Word: elephanthood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From elephant + -hood. 1. The state or essence of being an elephant. Labels: uncountable
Word: provos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of provo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: treedom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tree + -dom. 1. The state or essence of being a tree. Labels: uncountable
Word: treehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tree + -hood. 1. The state or essence of being a tree. Labels: uncountable
Word: snakedom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snake + -dom. 1. The state or essence of being a snake. Labels: uncountable Example: African vipers are hazardous to pin and hold by the head, as experienced herpetologists will attest, because they have the longest fangs in snakedom.
Word: snakehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snake + -hood. 1. The state or essence of being a snake. Labels: uncountable
Word: monkeydom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From monkey + -dom. 1. The state or essence of being a monkey. Labels: uncountable Example: She was not an exception to that general rule which governs monkeydom, which is to suspect every one of doing wrong except itself.
Word: monkeyhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From monkey + -hood. 1. The state or essence of being a monkey. Labels: uncountable
Word: wankerdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wanker + -dom. 1. The state or essence of being a wanker (idiotic person). Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: jerkdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jerk + -dom. 1. The state or essence of being a jerk. Labels: colloquial, uncountable
Word: jerkhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jerk + -hood. 1. The state or essence of being a jerk. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: fooldom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fool + -dom. 1. The state or essence of being a fool. Labels: uncountable
Word: foolhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fool + -hood. 1. The state or essence of being a fool. Labels: uncountable
Word: tigerdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tiger + -dom. 1. The state or essence of being a tiger. Labels: uncountable
Word: tigerhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tiger + -hood. 1. The state or essence of being a tiger. Labels: uncountable
Word: parapsis Part of Speech: noun 1. The lateral part(s) of the mesoscutum of certain hymenopteran insects Labels: especially, plural
Word: parapsis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See para-, hapto-. 1. An abnormality in the sense of touch Labels: rare
Word: parapsides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parapsis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deerdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deer + -dom. 1. The state or essence of a deer; deer collectively. Labels: uncountable Example: It tells all deerdom that something is radically wrong in the area, and to be prepared to clear out now!
Word: deerhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deer + -hood. 1. The state or condition of being a deer. Labels: uncountable
Word: parasceves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parasceve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brown-nosers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brown-noser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supralapsarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From supra- + lapsarian. Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uː.pɹəˌlæpˈsɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌsu.pɹəˌlæpˈsɛɹi.ən/ 1. A follower of supralapsarianism. Example: Brine was generally reputed a high Calvinist and a supralapsarian.
Word: megatick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + tick (as in ticking off species on a checklist). 1. A greatly desirable addition to the list of birds one has seen, usually because it is rare or seldom seen. Labels: slang Example: Megacrex is surely a megatick! I know of only two birders who have seen this bird, and thus I had no expectation of seeing it myself during a trip to New Guinea... Example: They all looked as if they walked the Pennine Way for a megatick before breakfast.
Word: megaticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megatick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: explicitnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of explicitness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infowar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From info + war. 1. information warfare Labels: uncountable
Word: inhumer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inhume + -er. 1. One who inhumes.
Word: free grace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the 17th century. 1. A concept of grace as a gift given freely by God, without regard to entitlement or merit. Labels: uncountable Example: Justification is an act of God's free grace wherein he pardoneth all our sins. (the Westminster shorter catechism of 1647, question 33http://books.google.com/books?id=7gMNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA683&dq=%22Free+Grace%22&hl=en&ei=-pv_TLz3Hsrf4ga0-ISdCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Free%20Grace%22&f=false)
Word: plantaris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin plantāris. 1. A muscle running at the posterior compartment of the calf from the knee to over the hump of the heel.
Word: plenitudine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin plenitudine. 1. abundance Labels: uncountable 2. the condition of being full Labels: uncountable
Word: porrige Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of porridge. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: praeses Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin [Term?] 1. A governor in Ancient Rome. Labels: historical
Word: procidentia Part of Speech: noun 1. A prolapse, especially of the uterus.
Word: procident Part of Speech: adj 1. Displaced beyond the limits of a body cavity. Example: Thus the procident uterus may be removed, either by the knife alone, by the ligature, or by excision, immediately after the ligature ; this combined method being probably the safest and most desirable. Example: No fact is more evident than the eccentric hypertrophy of the body of the uterus, and this without the uterus being procident or even prolapsed.
Word: eat one's seed corn Part of Speech: verb 1. To consume what is meant for investment instead. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: eat the seed corn Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of eat one's seed corn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: eaten the seed corn Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of eat the seed corn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: eats the seed corn Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of eat the seed corn Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: eating the seed corn Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of eat the seed corn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ate the seed corn Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of eat the seed corn Labels: form-of, past
Word: eats one's seed corn Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of eat one's seed corn Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: eating one's seed corn Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of eat one's seed corn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ate one's seed corn Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of eat one's seed corn Labels: form-of, past
Word: eaten one's seed corn Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of eat one's seed corn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: technotard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From techno- + -tard. 1. A person who is incapable of comprehending new technologies and their uses. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: A technotard is a person who is unable to get around on their phone or computer or has to hand over the remote to any new technology.
Word: technotards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of technotard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reverse 911 call Part of Speech: noun 1. A call initiated by emergency services to telephone numbers, to, for example, announce a mandatory evacuation. Labels: US
Word: profundae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of profunda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Saint Lucians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Saint Lucian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antigoyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + goy + -ism. From Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “gentile”). 1. Prejudice against non-Jews; the belief that Jews are superior to non-Jews. Labels: uncountable
Word: mudding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mud + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of mud Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mudding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mud + -ing. 1. The recreational activity of driving an off-road vehicle through muddy terrain. Labels: uncountable Example: “I can't believe it's gonna rain for our entire spring break.” “Oh, don't worry, Vi, we're gonna let it get real gushy, then we are going mudding!” “Yes! I mean, whatever. Mudding's dumb.” 2. The therapeutic use of mud baths. Labels: uncountable
Word: area-denial Part of Speech: adj 1. Intended to prevent an adversary from occupying or traversing a certain area of land. Labels: not-comparable Example: An area-denial mine might not kill a soldier, but will severely restrict, slow down, or endanger a tank. Many area-denial weapons continue to pose risks to civilians, years after they were first set up.
Word: AWOLs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of AWOL Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dockworking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dock + working. 1. Work at a dock, typically loading and unloading freight. Labels: uncountable
Word: misleadingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From misleading + -ness. 1. The quality of being misleading. Labels: uncountable
Word: cableco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of cable company, perhaps modelled on telco. 1. A company that offers cable services (television, Internet, etc.). Example: Both telcos and cablecos can deploy fiber backbone networks at a fraction of the cost of FTTH or even FTTC...
Word: cablecos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cableco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flythrough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fly + through. 1. A visual sequence in a film etc. in which the camera appears to pass over a landscape at high speed.
Word: flythroughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flythrough Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dressing case Part of Speech: noun 1. A small luggage bag used to carry various toiletry or first aid items while travelling. Example: This done, he got my travelling dressing-case out of the Gladstone bag, and opened it ready for my use. Example: He struck a match, and I perceived that this young aristocrat had not only a silver–mounted dressing–case but also a whole candle all to himself.
Word: flyover state Part of Speech: noun 1. Any state of the United States that is often passed over by intercoastal or transcontinental flights, rather than being a popular destination. Labels: US, derogatory, mildly
Word: flyover states Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flyover state Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intercoastal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + coastal. 1. From one coast to another. Labels: not-comparable Example: an intercoastal flight Example: The action was taken, an official of the line said, in view of the possibility of the North Atlantic intercoastal disturbance being reflected in some measure in the Gulf, and the consequent desire of the Luckenbach interests to be freehanded to meet any situations that may arise.
Word: recubant Part of Speech: adj 1. Reclining; recumbent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: clammed up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of clam up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: defencelessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From defenceless + -ly. 1. In a defenceless manner.
Word: lifesized Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of life-sized. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: hit points Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hit point Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lazyweb Part of Speech: name Etymology: From lazy + Web, coined by British designer and co-founder of Dopplr Matt Jones in 2002, and later popularized as a hashtag added to questions on Twitter, peaking around 2008. 1. The Internet, personified as a being that will answer the questions of those who are too lazy to do their own research. Labels: Internet, humorous, informal Example: Victor proves the first rule of the lazy-web ("if you wait long enough, someone will write/build/design what you were thinking about")[…] Example: Some might want a little widget for their weblog that does something cool. Talk about it online for a bit—through the magical power of the LazyWeb—and they may well get it.
Word: Marcomannic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Marcomanni + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the Marcomanni.
Word: Yazgulyam Part of Speech: name Etymology: Tajik 1. A Pamir language of Tajikistan.
Word: cellary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cellar + -y. 1. Characteristic of a cellar; musty, gloomy, etc. Example: Cellars, where the direct rays of the sun cannot enter, are often used as milk rooms, but there is always a cellary odor in them which impairs the flavor of the butter. Example: There is a cellary smell in all these old stone churches where slumber the mighty dead, suggestive of must, mould, and cockroaches, and on the hottest day a chill, like that of an ice-house.
Word: fruitshop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of fruit + shop. 1. A shop that sells fruit. Labels: dated
Word: fruitshops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fruitshop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Phildickian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Phil + Dick + -ian. 1. Synonym of Dickian; of or pertaining to American novelist Philip K. Dick or his works. Example: W. C. Fields and Alfred Bester at play in the decaying kibble-landscapes of the Phildickian oeuvre!
Word: low side Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of motorcycle crash when both tires lose traction and the motorcycle falls onto its side and slides across the tarmac. The rider typically falls off at ground level after the machine has fallen over and begun to slide.
Word: barmbrack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old Irish bairgen Irish bairín Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-der. Proto-Celtic *brikkos Old Irish brecc Irish breac Irish bairín breacbor. English barmbrack Borrowed from Irish bairín breac. 1. An Irish yeasted bread with sultanas and raisins. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: barmbracks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barmbrack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reprintable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reprint + -able. 1. Capable of being reprinted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unreprintable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + reprintable. 1. Not reprintable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tightlacing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tight + lacing. 1. The practice of wearing a tightly-laced corset to modify one's figure and posture. Labels: uncountable
Word: nonpredictable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + predictable. 1. Not predictable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: skateathon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skate + -athon. 1. A charity event in which participants skate a long distance.
Word: skateathons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skateathon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: runathon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From run + -athon. 1. A charity event in which participants run a long distance 2. A match in which a large number of runs are scored Labels: informal
Word: runathons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of runathon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peripety Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɪpəti/ 1. Alternative form of peripeteia (“sudden change in circumstances; crisis”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: For him to fall in love was itself a violent peripety, bound to produce a violent upheaval […] Example: As a consequence of the primeval peripety, the Adamic fall narrated in Genesis 3, […] 2. The third stage of a dream in Jungian theory. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sexathon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sex + -athon. 1. A prolonged session of sexual intercourse. Labels: informal
Word: sexathons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sexathon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beetlelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From beetle + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a beetle.
Word: myelomatosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: myelomat- (stem of myeloma) + -osis 1. (oncology) multiple myeloma Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If the tumour be termed myeloma the whole process may, for this reason, justly be termed "myelomatosis." Example: At the necropsy the bone marrow of all the bones examined was found to be more or less affected by a diffuse sarcoma-like growth of rounded or polyhedral mononuclear cells- a form of "multiple myeloma" or "myelomatosis".
Word: multiple myeloma Part of Speech: noun 1. A malignant neoplasm of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that produces antibodies.
Word: forthpass Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forthpassen, equivalent to forth- + pass. 1. To pass forth; go; proceed; pass on. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: Zam-Buk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The proprietary name of type of healing ointment originally manufactured in England, United Kingdom; further origin uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈzæmbʌk/, /ˈzæmˌbʌk/, /ˈzɛmbʌk/ 1. A proprietary brand of antiseptic ointment for applying to the skin. Labels: uncountable
Word: forthpushing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From forth- + pushing. 1. Pushing or pressing forward. 2. Aggressive; impulsive; eager.
Word: forthputting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From forth- + putting. 1. The act of putting or bringing forth; output; production. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Forwardness; undue assumption; boldness. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: forthputting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From forth- + putting. 1. Forward, bold; presumptuous; meddlesome.
Word: forthshow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forthschewen, equivalent to forth- + show. 1. To show forth; make known. Labels: obsolete
Word: forthward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English forthward, forthwardes, from Old English forþweard (“forward, tending forward, continual”), from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth-”), *warþaz (“turned”), equivalent to forth- + -ward. Cognate with Old Saxon forþwerd, forþwerdes, forþwardes (“forthward”). 1. Forward. Labels: obsolete
Word: reprobes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reprobe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reprobator Part of Speech: noun 1. An old form of action to prove a witness to be perjured or biased. Labels: historical
Word: respondentia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin respondentia; see also respondence. 1. A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In some places of Italy, money may be lent on respondentia to persons who are not interested in the ship, but those loans must be made in the form of a wager. Example: 1831, William Selwyn, Henry Wheaton (notes to the decisions), Thomas I. Wharton (additional notes), An Abridgement of the Law of Nisi Prius, Volume 2, 4th American Edition, page 230, In the case of a loan, the money is at the risk of the borrower, and must be repaid at all events. But where money is lent on bottomry or respondentia, the money is at the risk of the lender during the voyage.
Word: retia Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːʃi.ə/, /ˈɹiːʃə/, /ˈɹiːti.ə/ 1. plural of rete Labels: form-of, plural