nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: regreet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1586; from re- + greet. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːɡɹiːt/ 1. A return or exchange of salutations. Labels: archaic, obsolete Example: Vnyoke this ſeyſure, and this kinde regreete? Example: Madam, there is a-lighted at your gate A yong Venetian, one that comes before To ſignifie th'approaching of his lord; From whom he bringeth ſenſible regreets; […]
Word: regreet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1586; from re- + greet. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɡɹiːt/ 1. To greet again; to return a greeting to (someone). Labels: rare Example: Nor never look upon each other's face; Nor never write, regreet, nor reconcile
Word: regreets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of regreet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: regreets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of regreet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: minnies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minny Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɪni/ 1. A minnow. Example: All I know is, it doesn't seem strange in the turkeys, and same way I've seen rock-fish move like soldiers on a school of minnies; but for the plovers to do the like seemed all out of place, somehow[…]
Word: creatureship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From creature + -ship. 1. The condition of being a creature. Labels: uncountable
Word: embraid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From em- + braid. 1. To braid up, to plait. Labels: transitive Example: embraided hair Example: embraided locks 2. To tell off; to reprimand Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Minutius , who embraided him with cowardice
Word: embraided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of embraid Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: embraiding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of embraid Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: embraids Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of embraid Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rhamphothecae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhamphotheca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpastored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pastor + -ed. 1. Without a pastor. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unpastored church
Word: theologer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the stem of Latin theologus or English theology + -er; see -loger. 1. A theologian. Example: it be concluded generally by theologers, that there is a natural justice and sanctity in the Deity
Word: theologers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of theologer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: betitle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + title. 1. To provided with a title; to entitle. Labels: archaic Example: But for men, on this principle, to betitle themselves that they are the only men to rule kingdoms, govern nations, and give laws to people, and determine of property and liberty and everything else, upon such a pretension as this is: truly they had need to give clear manifestations of Gods presence with them before wise men will receive or submit to their conclusions! Example: He struck a match. It flickered uncertainly, but it served to light up his haggard face and the solemn, betitled iron boxes lining the walls. He laughed.
Word: betitled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of betitle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: betitles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of betitle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: betitling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of betitle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ferroprussiate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ferro- + prussiate. 1. ferrocyanide Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: ferroprussiates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ferroprussiate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preverbally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From preverbal + -ly. 1. Before a verb. Labels: not-comparable 2. Before learning the ability to communicate by means of words. Labels: not-comparable
Word: postverbal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + verbal. 1. Occurring after a verb. Labels: not-comparable
Word: winrow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of windrow. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: winrows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of winrow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patriotical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From patriot + -ical. 1. Archaic form of patriotic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: imbalm Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of embalm. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: imbalmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of imbalm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: imbalming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of imbalm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: imbalms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of imbalm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: postverbally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From postverbal + -ly. 1. After a verb. Labels: not-comparable Example: The word "never" rarely occurs postverbally.
Word: metallorganic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of metalorganic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: metallorganic Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of metalorganic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: metallorganics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metallorganic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metapode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin metapodium, from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) + πούς (poús). By surface analysis, meta- + -pode. 1. The posterior division of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.
Word: metapodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metapode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: primateship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From primate + -ship. 1. The office, dignity, or position of a primate (church officer). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: primateships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of primateship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetty Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɛti/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of tatty (“potato”). Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Hardly had he stooped to pick up his pipe when a great black and white hound crashed through the hedge and ran over his tetties and sun-dried shallots, followed by three more hounds, and after them a couple, and then his garden was filled with them. 2. Pronunciation spelling of titty (“breast”). Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: symbolizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From symbolize + -er. 1. One who, or that which, symbolizes.
Word: symbolizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of symbolizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: purposedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From purposed + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)pəsɪdli/ 1. According to purpose or design; on purpose Example: a poem composed purposedly of the Trojan war
Word: eschalot Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of shallot. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: eschalots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eschalot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: munjistin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit मंजिष्ठा (maṃjiṣṭhā, “Indian madder”) + -in. 1. A reddish-orange dye resembling alizarin, found in the root of Indian madder, a species of madder from around the Himalayas, Rubia manjith (formerly Rubia munjista). Labels: uncountable
Word: liableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From liable + -ness. 1. Quality of being liable; liability. Labels: uncountable
Word: henroost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hen + roost. 1. A place used by hens for roosting.
Word: henroosts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of henroost Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tumultuariness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tumultuary + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being tumultuary. Labels: uncountable
Word: clearance holes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clearance hole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radiophonics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + -phonics. 1. radiophonic sounds and music, or the techniques used to produce them Labels: UK, dated, uncountable
Word: lepismoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Lepisma + -oid. 1. Like or pertaining to the genus Lepisma, of wingless insects including Lepisma saccharinum (silverfish). Labels: not-comparable
Word: creosote bush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for its smell, which resembles that of creosote, circa 1835 to 1845. 1. A common North American desert shrub used as a medicinal herb, Larrea tridentata. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The hills were of conical form, piled upon each other; one of them with a cap of trap; all seemed to be solid basalt thrust up from beneath; a very few cedars and other shrubs; several large kinds of caste and grass tuft between the rocks was all the vegetation, the grass growing finest on the north side of the hill. Having passed this rocky barrier, we find the grass scarce; the hills are green with the creosote bush; and, from this on to California, we may count upon but scanty picking for our poor animals. It is not improbable that in the volcanic convulsions which gave this country a form, some mephistic [mephitic] substance was produced in quantities to poison the soil for vegetation. This creosote plant shows something; and a shower of rain which fell upon us, although very slight, made the atmosphere smell of some vile gas. […] The vegetation on the jornada is the creosote bush, the mesquite, the Fremontia, and occasionally patches of thin grass, mostly on the higher lands of it; a few willows grew on the dry stream, where we found the second well.
Word: lutarious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lutarius, from lutum (“mud”). Morphologically Latin lutum + -arious. 1. Of, pertaining to, or like mud; living in mud. Labels: obsolete Example: A SCALY TORTOISE SHELL. It seems to be of the Lutarious kind
Word: decitizenize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + citizen + -ize. Pronunciation: /diːˈsɪtɪzənaɪz/ 1. To strip of citizenship. Labels: transitive Example: We have no law — as the French have — to decitizenize a citizen.
Word: decitizenized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of decitizenize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: decitizenizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decitizenize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decitizenizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decitizenize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bespice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + spice. 1. To season with spice, or with some spicy drug. Labels: transitive Example: Ay, and thou, / His cupbearer […] / mightst bespice a cup / To give mine enemy a lasting wink; / Which draught to me were cordial.
Word: bespiced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bespice Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bespicing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bespice Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ostraciont Part of Speech: noun 1. A fish of Ostracion. Labels: dated
Word: ostracionts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ostraciont Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dispossessor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dispossess + -or. 1. One who dispossesses. Example: the Heirs (blessed be God) are yet surviving, and likely to outlive all Heirs of their dispossessors Example: Europeans take possession of Native Aerican lands, to be sure, but at the same time, Native Americans take supernatural possession of their dispossessors.
Word: dispossessors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dispossessor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anamniotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From an- + amniotic. 1. Lacking, or not developing, an amnion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: inconceptible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + conceptible. 1. inconceivable Labels: obsolete Example: It is inconceptible how any such man, that hath stood the shock of an eternal duration without corruption, should after be corrupted. Example: inconceptible goods of Heaven
Word: possessours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of possessour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oedematous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of edematous. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: ghetto birds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ghetto bird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: home invasion Part of Speech: noun 1. An assault on the possessor(s) of a household committed by an intruder by using forced entry or otherwise having unauthorized presence in the household.
Word: heatseeker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heat + seeker. 1. A heat-seeking missile.
Word: semi-smiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semi-smile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: High Commission Part of Speech: noun 1. The embassy of a Commonwealth country in another Commonwealth country.
Word: the genie is out of the bottle Part of Speech: phrase 1. Information has been released that will have ongoing consequences. Labels: idiomatic Example: It's been widely rumored the network was planning to cancel the show, but now the genie is out of the bottle and fans are furious. Example: This early flawed statement was rapidly updated with entirely accurate information, but it was too late - the genie was out of the bottle. 2. Something has been brought into reality that cannot be eliminated or undone. Labels: idiomatic Example: I don't think there's any hope of repealing this city's silly parking bylaw. The genie is out of the bottle, sadly. Example: “The foundations of the concerns about digital platforms were developing during the Obama years […]” said Chris Lewis, the president of the consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge. “The genie is out of the bottle and the issues the public needs resolved are piling up without resolution.”
Word: ant sand Part of Speech: noun 1. An ant-killing powder in granulated form. Labels: uncountable
Word: Apolline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Apollineus. By surface analysis, Apollo + -ine. 1. Of or relating to the god Apollo. Labels: not-comparable Example: He accepts the myth of Orestes as it had been transformed under the influence of Apolline religion, and he does so with unquestioning reverence.
Word: hot karl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hot carl. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: co-sleeping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + sleeping. 1. The practice in which babies and young children sleep with one or both parents. Labels: uncountable
Word: magicalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magical + -ness. 1. The condition or quality of being magical. Labels: uncountable Example: "So how long are we stuck like this?" "No more than an hour unless you want to stay that way. It should be under an hour. Nanase will probably change back first, given all her magicalness."
Word: lorication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin loricatio. 1. The act of loricating (coating metal pipes etc.). Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. The protecting substance thus put on. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 3. A covering of scales, plates, or similar. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: lorications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lorication Labels: form-of, plural
Word: langued Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French langue (“tongue”). See language. 1. Having the tongue visible (and typically of a specified tincture). Labels: not-comparable Example: […] Armed, as heralds cant, and langued, / Or, as the vulgar say, sharp-fanged; […] Example: lions […] represented as armed and langued gules
Word: grundsel Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of groundsel. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: prelector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin praelēctor. 1. Someone who reads lectures or discourses; a lecturer. Labels: archaic Example: […] it is ſufficient for me, that their ſo famous a Prælectour, doth teach that by Artes Magicke, the ſame workes are done, which are done by the gift of working miracles. […] Thus this famous Prelectour, by which it is euident, that howſoeuer the Spaniſh; and Papall Emperour, haue drawne them into their ſubiection, they haue not done the ſame by the power of miracles and integritie of life, but only by dint of ſword; […]
Word: prelectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prelector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ghostfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ghost + fish, from its pale colour. 1. The wrymouth, Cryptacanthodes maculatus.
Word: ghostfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ghostfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inauration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French inauration. 1. The act or process of gilding or covering with gold. Labels: dated, rare, uncountable
Word: isomeride Part of Speech: noun 1. An isomer. Labels: dated
Word: isomerides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isomeride Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fleerer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fleer + -er. 1. Someone who fleers; a grinner or smirker Labels: archaic Example: Democritus, thou ancient fleerer, / How I miss thy laugh
Word: fleerers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fleerer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Homologoumena Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin homologūmena, from Ancient Greek ὁμολογούμενα (homologoúmena, literally “things agreed upon”), neuter plural form of the present mediopassive participle of ὁμολογέω (homologéō, “to agree with”). 1. The books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church, as opposed to Antilegomena. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: galactophorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From galacto- + -phore + -ous, from Ancient Greek γαλακτοφόρος (galaktophóros). Compare lactiferous. 1. Milk-carrying Labels: not-comparable Example: galactophorous duct Example: galactophorous sinus
Word: laicality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From laical + -ity. 1. The state or quality of being laic; the condition of a layman or non-religious person Labels: uncountable
Word: forcipation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin forcip(is) + -ation. 1. torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers Labels: rare, uncountable Example: And à punishment surely it is , though of great terror , yet by reason of the quick dispatching , of less torment far than either the wheel or forcipation , yea than simple burning
Word: hepatite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin hepatitis, an unknown precious stone, from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”); compare French hépatite. 1. A variety of barite that emits a foetid odour when rubbed or heated. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: Carbon forms the basis of several of the combustibles; as coal, bitumen, amber, &c.; and it enters into the composition of a few minerals in small proportion; in the Aberthaw limestone, the hepatite, semi-opal, and in clay-slate, not exceeding 1 or 2 per cent.;[…].
Word: intermundian Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of intermundane. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: myositic Part of Speech: adj 1. myotic; producing myosis Labels: archaic 2. Related to, or affected with, myositis
Word: tortility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tortile + -ity. 1. The quality or state of being tortile (twisted, or wreathed). Labels: uncountable
Word: heptarch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hepta- + -arch. 1. a heptarchist
Word: heptarchs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heptarch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: volitable Part of Speech: adj 1. volatilizable Labels: obsolete
Word: lobefeet Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lobefoot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lobefoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lobe + foot. 1. A bird with lobate toes, especially the phalarope. Labels: archaic
Word: gummous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin gummosus; compare French gommeux. 1. gum-like, or composed of gum; gummy 2. Of or pertaining to a gumma.
Word: hexine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. Alternative spelling of hexyne. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: intercarpal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + carpal. 1. Between the carpal bones. Labels: not-comparable Example: intercarpal articulations Example: intercarpal ligaments
Word: chorepiscopal Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his change or authority. Labels: not-comparable Example: chorepiscopal office Example: chorepiscopal power
Word: endict Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of indict. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: endicted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of endict Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: endicting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of endict Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: endicts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of endict Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: candle coal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cannel (“coal”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: earthboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earth + board. 1. moldboard (part of a plough that turns over the earth)
Word: earthboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of earthboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inhability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + hability (“ability”). Compare French inhabileté, inhabilité. See inability. 1. unsuitableness; inability Labels: obsolete Example: Wisedom conferrs : whatever evil blind ignorance, false presumption, unwary credulity, precipitate rashness, unsteady purpose, ill contrivance, backwardness, inhability, unwieldiness and confusion of thought beget.
Word: defalcator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From defalcate + -or. Pronunciation: [ˈdɛfəɫkeɪtə(ɹ)] 1. A defaulter or embezzler.
Word: defalcators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of defalcator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indeficient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin indēficiēns. See in- (“not”) + deficient. Pronunciation: /ɪndɪˈfɪʃənt/ 1. Not deficient; full or sufficient. Labels: obsolete Example: brighter than the sun, and indeficient as the light of heaven
Word: discapacitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + capacitate. 1. To deprive of capacity or ability; to incapacitate. Labels: transitive
Word: discapacitated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of discapacitate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: discapacitates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of discapacitate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: discapacitating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of discapacitate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ingrafter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ingraft + -er. 1. One who ingrafts.
Word: ingrafters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ingrafter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fornicatress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French fornicatrice, Latin fornicatrix. 1. A female fornicator; a fornicatrix. Labels: obsolete Example: Well: let her be admitted, / See you the Fornicatreſſe be remou’d, / Let her haue needfull, but not lauiſh, meanes, / There ſhall be order for't. Example: Joshua, the High-Priest, who, according to Justin, is said to have been clothed in filthy garments, because he had married a fornicatress
Word: fornicatresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fornicatress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guffer Part of Speech: noun 1. The eelpout 2. A farter; someone who farts Example: In many respects, this is what marks out the true fartsmith from the amateur guffer[…]
Word: guffers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guffer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isogonism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + gon- + -ism. 1. The quality of having similar sexual zooids or gonophores and dissimilar hydranths; said of certain hydroids. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: isogonism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + -gon + -ism. 1. The property of certain substances of crystallizing in similar forms while differing in chemical composition. Labels: uncountable
Word: labiose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From labium + -ose. 1. Having a labiate appearance (said of certain polypetalous corollas). Labels: archaic
Word: epistoler Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of epistler Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: epistolers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epistoler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perfit Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of perfect. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: … as if he would make a fire the more vehement, by sprinkling water upon the coales, so to wrap a hote fever in cold Melancholy, least the fever alone should not destroy fast enough, without this contribution nor perfit the work (which is destruction) except we joynd an artificiall sicknes, of our owne melancholy, to our natural, our unnaturall fever.
Word: sterquilinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sterquilinium (“a dung pit”), from stercus (“dung”), + -ous. See also Sterquilinus. Pronunciation: /stɜː(ɹ)ˈkwɪlɪnəs/ 1. Pertaining to a dunghill Labels: obsolete 2. mean; dirty; paltry. Example: every tressis agaso, any sterquilinous Rascal, is licens'd to throw dirt in the faces of Sovereign Princes in open printed language
Word: elsin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English aslen, elsen (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old High German alansa, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō, or from an unrecorded Old English form. Pronunciation: /ˈɛlzɪn/ 1. A shoemaker's awl. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete
Word: elsins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elsin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: harvestry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From harvest + -ry. 1. The act of harvesting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. That which is harvested. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thus in your field my seed of harvestry Thrives, for the fruit is like me that I set; God bids me tend it with good husbandry; This is the end for which we twain are met.
Word: regence Part of Speech: noun 1. rule Labels: obsolete Example: massacres Of spiritual Affidavit-makers, That swore to any human regence Oaths of supremacy and allegiance
Word: thankworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English thankworthy, thank-worthy, þankeworþi, probably an alteration (with -y) of earlier Middle English thanke worth, thankworth, þancwurðe (“thankworthy”), from Old English þancwyrþe, þancweorþ (“thankworthy, deserving thanks, acceptable”), equivalent to thank + -worthy. Cognate with German dankwürdig (“worthy of thanks”). 1. Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude.
Word: undefeasible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + defeasible. 1. Obsolete form of indefeasible. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: giantly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From giant + -ly. Compare giantlike. 1. Characteristic to, resembling, or relating to a giant or giants; giantlike. Example: What meanes this deuiliſh ſhepheard to aſpire With ſuch a giantly preſumption. To caſt vp hils againſt the face of heauen: And dare the force of angry Iupiter. Example: Ten of the twelve sent to spie out the land, by speaking ill of the country, and the barrennesse thereof, and withall, magnifying the cities for their strength, and the giantly stature of the men therein; disheartened the people from marching any further towards it.
Word: giantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From giant + -ly. Compare giantlike. 1. In a giant or gigantic manner; gigantically; enormously; immensely. Example: Lexa dropped her book. “Okay, that was giantly huge!” Example: Why should I keep on playing a game that was so giantly stupid, named after people dead a million years, during which I was obliged to do giantly boring things like hold the end of the sheet while my sister wrap-twirled into a mummy?
Word: mythologue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mytho- + -logue. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪθəlɒɡ/ 1. A mythical narrative; a myth. Example: May we not […] consider his history of the fall as an excellent mythologue, to account for the origin of human evil?
Word: mythologues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mythologue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gorgelet Part of Speech: noun 1. A small gorget of a bird. Example: The head mottled with brownish-black; spots of the same colour, descending in a line from the lower mandible to the upper part of the breast, forming an interrupted gorgelet. 2. A small gorge. Example: It seemed to be warmer here at nights than farther upriver, probably because of the southern exposure through the nine gorgelets leading to the South rim.
Word: gorgelets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gorgelet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overgloom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + gloom. 1. To cause gloom on; to make gloomy. Example: overgloomed by memories of sorrow
Word: overgloomed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overgloom Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overglooming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overgloom Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overglooms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overgloom Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wekeen Part of Speech: noun 1. A bird, the meadow pipit. Labels: Ireland, obsolete
Word: wekeens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wekeen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: histoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From histo- + -oid. 1. Resembling the normal tissues of the body. Example: histoid tumours
Word: illure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From il- + lure. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlʊə(ɹ)/ 1. To deceive; to entice; to lure. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The devil ensnareth the souls of many men, by illuring them with the muck and dung of this world.
Word: illured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of illure Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: illures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of illure Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: illuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of illure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mucivore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin mucus (“slime, mucus”) + -vore. 1. An insect that feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, such as certain Diptera like aphids.
Word: mucivores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mucivore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: billman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bill + -man. 1. A man who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked axe. Example: each class had its peculiar head - covering , - a steel cap or scull distinguished the archer ; a salade the billman ; while the musketeer wore a morion[…] Example: He is staggering as the other billmen lash their pikes at him.
Word: billmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of billman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: petralogy Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of petrology. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: reticularly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From reticular + -ly. 1. In a reticular manner.
Word: neurility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neurile + -ity. 1. The special properties and functions of the nerves; the nervous capacity for transmitting a stimulus. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: This property is stimulated into activity by the Neurility of the nerves, but is not stimulated by those mechanical irritations which suffice to stimulate the nerves.
Word: checkwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From check + work. 1. A pattern of alternate squares like those of a checkerboard. Labels: uncountable Example: It should be mentioned that "checkwork" is also employed to decorate the heads of several figurines from Western Europe (Brassempouy, Menton). Example: But the assumption that checkwork is also a female decoration is proved by the fact that in some cases the figurines from Western Europe have details showing this same decorative feature . 2. Work that is done in order to check (inspect or verify) something. Labels: uncountable Example: Checkwork done at the Mellon Institute has shown the specifications to be fair and reasonable. Example: The remaining 404 additional employees (6 agents and 398 clerks) are for assignment at the seat of government, the bult to be utilized to meet a rapidly rising volume of name and fingerprint checkwork. The Committee was advised that during 1966, the Bureau received 2,426,665 names for search through its files, up 43% over the prior year and a further substantial increase in name checkwork is anticipated. 3. The mechanism on a reel that halts it when it is unwinding. Labels: uncountable Example: The deluxe reel with every refinement including adjustable check, quick-release drum, dual checkwork, etc. Example: With the reel comes an instruction booklet of exemplary clarity, in respect of both text and illustration, a necessity in view of the alterations to the checkwork which the angler himself may make for left or right-hand wind, for silent running and so on.
Word: bedizenment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bedizen + -ment. 1. Something which bedizens. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of dressing, or the state of being dressed, gaudily. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bedizenments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bedizenment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iconophilist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From icono- + -philist. 1. An expert or enthusiast of iconography.
Word: iconophilists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iconophilist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: irregulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ir- + Latin rēgula (“rule”) + -ous. 1. lawless or profane Labels: obsolete Example: Thou Conspir'd with that irregulous devil
Word: uniseriate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ūniseriātus. By surface analysis, uni- + seriate. 1. Having a single line or series Labels: not-comparable Example: uniseriate filament Example: uniseriate ray
Word: wangan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Abenaki waniigan (“pit trap, container for sundries”); liken klahigan (“wooden trap”), Ojibwe waanikaan (“pit, excavated hole”). 1. A boat for conveying provisions, tools, and so forth. Labels: Maine, US Example: Wanigan or wangan was the Indian name for boathouse or houseboat, and the wanigans, carrying the cook shacks and supplies, floated down the rivers when the pioneer log drives were underway. 2. Any location or cache of equipment, such as a camp, building, or chest of supplies or tools. Labels: Maine, US Example: I should explain "wangan." It is an Indian word, and can mean almost anything, like the Latin res. It can mean a camp or building. Pond-in-the-River wangan—or Pondy wangan, as the drivers call it—is a long, low shack a third of a mile above us, where the Rapid River crew lives during the drive. There is a sign in the bunk-house that reads, "Wangan open an hour after supper." That refers to the store where the cook sells candy, tobacco, snuff, and clothing. (It really is a big box in the kitchen [...].) The cook may say, "I lost my wangan when the work boat swamped," and that means that his dishes are at the bottom of the lake. Or he may complain, "The wangan's runnin' low," meaning this time that he's short of food. Or a man may take his wangan and fly—leave the job with his little bundle of personal belongings. You can tell only by the context what the word means, and it's a very convenient word to know." 3. The company store debt of a lumberman. Labels: Maine, US
Word: wangans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wangan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rugate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin rugatus, past participle of rugare (“to wrinkle”), from ruga (“a wrinkle”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːɡeɪt/, /ˈɹuːɡət/ 1. Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled. Example: Unifacial, superior surface transversely rugate, with minute oririmes at the bottom of the furrows 2. Having a varying refractive index. Example: Rugate coatings typically consist of a single layer deposited onto a substrate where the refractive index of the layer continuously changes as a function of depth. Example: Researchers have focused on various manufactured periodically nonhomogeneous dielectric materials, including rugate filters and periodically multilayered materials.
Word: unroost Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + roost. 1. To remove from the roost. Labels: transitive Example: Give her the bastard, Thou dotard; thou art woman-tired, unroosted By thy Dame Partlet here.
Word: unroosted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unroost Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unroosting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unroost Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unroosts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unroost Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disordinance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English disordinaunce. 1. disorder or disturbance Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: experimentator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. An experimenter. Labels: archaic
Word: experimentators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of experimentator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intromit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin intrōmittō. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntɹəˈmɪt/ 1. To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another. Labels: Scotland 2. To send in or put in; to insert or introduce. Labels: transitive Example: this Bird has been often observ’d, by means of his crooked Bill intromitted into the Anus, to inject salt Water, as with a Syringe, into its own Bowels, and thereby to exonerate its Paunch when too much obstructed. 3. To allow to pass in; to admit. Labels: transitive Example: Glass in the window […]intromits Light, without Cold.
Word: intromits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intromit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: intromitted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intromit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: intromitting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of intromit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hippomobile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French hippomobile. 1. An early automobile invented by Étienne Lenoir in 1863. Labels: historical
Word: anarchal Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈnɑː(ɹ)kəl/ 1. lawless; anarchic Labels: archaic Example: We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men anarchal which are in a state of effervescence.
Word: ernest Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of earnest. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: executorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin executorialis. 1. Of or relating to an executive (branch of government etc.). Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to an executor. Labels: not-comparable Example: After all, Robin Redbreast seems no match for the hunter, who can write and thus manipulate Will's testament to reflect his executorial and authorial status to produce a cookbook for other humans who enjoy eating deer.
Word: hylobate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
Word: hylobates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hylobate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intercommonage Part of Speech: noun 1. The right or privilege of intercommoning (sharing grazing land). Labels: UK, obsolete, uncountable
Word: lanciform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lance + -iform. 1. Having the form of a lance Labels: not-comparable
Word: subpetiolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + petiolar. 1. Concealed within the base of the petiole. Labels: not-comparable Example: The leaf buds of the plane tree are subpetiolar. 2. Underneath, or at the base of, the petiole Labels: not-comparable Example: subpetiolar process
Word: pudical Part of Speech: adj 1. pudic Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: pudical artery
Word: unconversion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + conversion. 1. The state of being unconverted; impenitence. Labels: uncountable 2. The reversal of a conversion; a change back to a previous format. Labels: uncountable Example: Once the conversion has taken place, there is no unconversion process.
Word: appellancy Part of Speech: noun 1. Capability of appeal. Labels: uncountable Example: Indeed, the faculty seems to have acquired something of a reputation for supporting appellancy. Example: . At this point Jansenism truly becomes synonymous with a political “movement,” and “appellancy” becomes a new form of politics, not theology, whose actual core is ambiguous apart from its notable destabilizing character. 2. A form of plea bargain in which someone is granted immunity or a reduced sentence in return for providing testimony to convict their accomplices. Labels: uncountable Example: As Paul Strohm argues, the absence of evidence to suggest that Usk was formally charged with any crime at this juncture indicates a creative use of the concept of appellancy, which typically enabled felons to mitigate their punishment through confession and the provision of testimony contributing to the conviction of their accomplices.
Word: unkent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + kent, from ken (“to know”). 1. unknown; strange Labels: Scotland, obsolete Example: Go, little book, thyself present, As child whose parent is unkent, To him, that is the president Of nobleness and chivalrie. Example: as a swain unkent fed on the plains
Word: mystificator Part of Speech: noun 1. One who mystifies; mystifier.
Word: mystificators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mystificator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fidicinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin fidicen, fidicinis (“lute player”) + -al. 1. stringed (of or pertaining to a stringed instrument). Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: genty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French gentil. Compare jaunty. 1. neat; trim Labels: Scotland, dialectal Example: Sae jimply lac'd her genty waist, / That sweetly ye might span.
Word: vigintivirate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vīgintivirātus, from vīgintivir + -ātus (“-ate”). 1. A group of twenty people, especially (politics) a council of twenty men sharing an office or rule and particularly (historical) such an administrative council in ancient Rome.
Word: vigintivirates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vigintivirate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nugacity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nūgācitās (“trifling”), from nūgāx, -itās. Further from nūgor, from nūgae. 1. futility; trifling talk or behaviour; drollery Example: For the first time in his life of twenty-five years, Leigh Newcomber was seriously thinking of personal and practical matters; and this mental state being an untrained one, he jumped from impulse to impulse, and from reason to nugacity; and after a while reason and impulse became so commingled as to leave him in a bewildering maze of mental and moral incertitude. Example: We leave out of account,’ said Enderby, ‘as being too inexpensive for serious consideration, a pastel stole at two hundred pounds. That’s a frippery, a mere nugacity.’ He smiled sillily. ‘What,’ he asked, ‘can a poet do with no money, eh? How does a poet live?
Word: overinform Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + inform. 1. To provide with too much information. Labels: transitive
Word: overinformed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overinform Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overinforming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overinform Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overinforms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overinform Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hyperdicrotous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + dicrotous. 1. hyperdicrotic Labels: archaic
Word: stagehouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stage + house. 1. A house where a stagecoach regularly stops for passengers or a relay of horses. Labels: historical 2. A playhouse.
Word: stagehouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stagehouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pollutingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From polluting + -ly. 1. So as to pollute; in a polluting manner.
Word: enbattled Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of embattled. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: wernerite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Wernerian. 1. The common greyish or white variety of scapolite. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wernerites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wernerite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: confessaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of confessary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: confessary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin confessarius. 1. One who makes a confession. Labels: obsolete Example: 1708, Dr. George Hickes, preface to Thomas Brett, The Divine Right of Episcopacy Asserted God hath left power to the Church, that is, to the Priests of the Church, to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in Him; and therefore directs the Confessary to absolve the confessing penitent of all his sins in the name, &c.
Word: arbored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From arbor + -ed. 1. Furnished with an arbor; lined with trees. Labels: not-comparable Example: an arbored walk Example: an arbored path that provides access to my back yard from the driveway
Word: otoscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From otoscopy + -ic. 1. relating to otoscopy or otoscopes Labels: not-comparable
Word: sympode Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of sympodium. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: sympodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sympode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tellural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tellus (“the earth”), -alis. 1. Of or pertaining to the earth. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: customably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From customable + -ly. 1. usually; as per custom or habit. Labels: obsolete Example: lukewarmness and sloth , are not seldomer wont to cloak themselves under the affected name of moderation , than true and lively zeal is customably disparaged with the term of indiscretion , bitterness , and choler
Word: Gallican Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Gallicānus (“pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican”), from Gallicus (“Gaulish, French”) (from Gallia (“Gaul”)) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). 1. Relating to Gaul or France; Gallic; French. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to the French Roman Catholic church, especially before the late 19th century. Labels: historical, not-comparable Example: the Gallican church or clergy 3. Relating to Gallicanism. Labels: historical, not-comparable
Word: Gallican Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Gallicānus (“pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican”), from Gallicus (“Gaulish, French”) (from Gallia (“Gaul”)) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). 1. An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism.
Word: Gallicans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gallican Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impartibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French impartibilité. 1. The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility. Labels: uncountable Example: The impartibility, or indivisibility of the Godhead.
Word: impartibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being impartible; communicability. Labels: uncountable Example: the impartibility of estates
Word: clodhopping Part of Speech: adj 1. boorish; rude or awkward. Labels: informal Example: There is actually at this instant, at the Blue Dragon in this village—an alehouse observe; a common, paltry, low-minded, clodhopping pipe-smoking alehouse—an individual, of whom it may be said, in the language of the Poet, that nobody but himself can in any way come up to him; who is detained there for his bill. Example: What a mercy you are shod with velvet, Jane!—a clod-hopping messenger would never do at this juncture.
Word: enfamish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English (verb forms) enfamecht, enfamyched, enfamyschist, enfamyscht, probably from Anglo-Norman; compare Old French afamer, enfaminer. 1. To famish; to starve.
Word: enfamished Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enfamish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enfamishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enfamish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enfamishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enfamish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present