nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: rhinestoned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rhinestone + -ed. 1. Decorated with rhinestones. Labels: not-comparable Example: She let a bit of roots music in, like the bluegrass of “Shattered Image” and the Irish folk song of “Only Dreamin’ ”; she played a bit of dulcimer, autoharp, electric guitar and piano, all of them white and rhinestoned.
Word: go crazy Part of Speech: verb 1. To suddenly behave irrationally; to go mad. Example: The night Santa went crazy The night Kris Kringle went nuts Now you can't hardly walk around the North Pole Without steppin' in reindeer guts 2. To be excellent. Labels: intransitive, slang, stative Example: the fit goes crazy
Word: undictatorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + dictatorial. 1. Not dictatorial. Labels: not-comparable Example: Slim enough to fit into a jacket pocket, it surveys 22 of Balanchine’s most popular ballets; it’s good-humored, enthusiastic and undictatorial; it gives you numerous things to look out for in any performance; and it abounds with insights.
Word: unrelinquished Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + relinquished. 1. Not relinquished. Labels: not-comparable Example: On Jan. 31, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that the state could not sell or transfer any ceded lands “until such time as the unrelinquished claims of the Native Hawaiians have been resolved.”
Word: beckoner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beckon + -er. 1. One who, or that which, beckons.
Word: beckoners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beckoner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: illegalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From illegalize + -ation or il- + legalization. 1. The act or process of illegalizing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Once the drug illegalization crowd gets hold of it, that’s that,” said Alexander Shulgin, a former Dow chemist who discovered the effects of MDMA, or ecstasy, which has also been made a controlled substance.
Word: insanities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of insanity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudoscorpions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudoscorpion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nondescendant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + descendant. 1. One who is not a descendant. Example: By contrast, Ms. Minis pointed out, a nondescendant who had bought an interest in some land in the state’s wildlife management area was being allowed to swap it for a 60-year lease in Hog Hammock.
Word: nondesperate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + desperate. 1. Not desperate. Labels: not-comparable Example: For Jean, who has found working from the island — with its “miniature rain forest and ... the jammed markets, the friendly, nondesperate people, the bright and thrillingly imperiled birdlife” — something of a “prolonged junket with sunshine and copy,” and who still thinks that a bit of jam stuck to the corner of her longtime husband’s mouth at breakfast is somehow endearing, the prospect of blowing up the marriage is fairly daunting.
Word: nondescendants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nondescendant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overschooled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + schooled. 1. simple past and past participle of overschool Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overschooled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + schooled. 1. Schooled too much. Example: Next to these come merchants in general, brokers, etc.; then less frequently clergymen; still less often lawyers; and more rarely doctors; while distressing cases are apt to occur among the overschooled young of both sexes. Example: In that book as in this one, Horwitz assumes the pose of a baby-boomer Everyman, overschooled but undereducated.
Word: solemnify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From solemn + -ify. 1. To make solemn. Labels: transitive Example: The drink dates to 1861, when it was allegedly concocted at Brooks’s, a Whig party hangout in London, to commemorate the death of Queen Victoria’s prince consort Albert (or, more accurately, as a smoke screen to solemnify taking a glass of either stout or Champagne on so mournful an occasion).
Word: solemnifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of solemnify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: solemnifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of solemnify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: solemnified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of solemnify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stathead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stat + -head. 1. A person with a keen interest in statistics, particularly in sport. Labels: slang Example: Whether coincidence or not, this overlap was widely noted, and it is now standard practice for baseball teams to hire a flock of statheads and use their analyses to help make decisions on and off the field. […] But only recently have a few teams begun to hire a new breed of stathead to scrutinize every conceivable variable. Example: The field of so-called bracketology has attracted mathematicians and statheads who endlessly tweak predictive models, researching new ways to gain any small edge.
Word: statheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stathead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: summerful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From summer + -ful. 1. Enough to fill or be produced by a summer. Example: Then suddenly he poured out from his throat Whole summerfuls of song in every note Example: A suggestion from the post mistress in the western village of Cill Mhuirbhigh gave me the form of this contribution: since I seemed to have a hand for the drawing, an ear for the placenames and legs for the boreens, why should I not make a map of the islands, for which endless summersful of visitors would thank and pay me?
Word: summerful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From summer + -ful. 1. Having or characteristic of summer; summery. Example: The summerless year 1927 is brought in as an example of their unutterable folly: that year was as summerful as any other year! Example: There was a moment of silence, as if the evening had turned suddenly dry, calm, summerful, and empty.
Word: uncrinkle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + crinkle. 1. To unfold from a crinkled state. Example: Engulfed by the sound of uncrinkling candy wrappers: Off. Surrounded by tattoos and Obama buttons: Off Off.
Word: uncrinkling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of uncrinkle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: uncrinkles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of uncrinkle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: uncrinkled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of uncrinkle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uncrinkled Part of Speech: adj 1. Not crinkled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: upscaleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From upscale + -ness. 1. The quality of being upscale. Labels: uncountable Example: At the upfronts I always learned something too about what the American people want: heartwarming dramas, women’s stuff, sports, heroism, complex characters, real people, guilty pleasures, eye candy, names they can trust, ambiguous villains, simple comedies, hipster hipness, good old-fashioned values, edginess, upscaleness, satire, science fiction, girls, boys, Latinas, crime procedurals, urban sitcoms, aspirationalism, a way to express their anger.
Word: overjubilant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + jubilant. 1. Excessively jubilant. Example: Are we going to be overjubilant and all?
Word: quasisexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quasi- + sexual. 1. Somewhat or seemingly sexual. Labels: not-comparable Example: Dance or nondance, everything that occurs is both superficial and intense, even when Mr. Cassella cries out “Encourage me!” while repeatedly pulling Ms. Workum toward him with quasisexual emphasis.
Word: sandbagger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sandbag + -er. 1. One who sandbags (misleads about their ability level in order to win bets); a hustler. Example: The best seat is in front of players who open freely and raise freely, and behind any sandbaggers (players who pass strong hands and then raise when someone else opens). “Openers to your left, sandbaggers to your right.” This is especially true in a limit game. Example: Now I don’t wish ill will on any golfer — well, maybe that one sandbagger in my weekly league — but there’s something about watching players with perfect swings and the utmost talent intimidated by an expanse of water just like the rest of us. 2. A robber who sandbags (suddenly strikes, with a sandbag or other object, so as to stun) victims. Labels: historical Example: The Day-Globe, Waco, Texas, July 5th., 1893, writing on "The Conscienceless Juror," says: […] 'Red Farrel' a notorious sandbagger and robber was on trial in Judge Moise's Court. Example: The American sandbagger, like so many others (including the mugger), evoked the street robber's violent technique. It was from sandbag, to ambush or hit without warning: whether an actual sandbag ever entered the picture was irrelevant.
Word: sandbaggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sandbagger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squatty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From squat + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɒti/ 1. Somewhat squat. Example: A squatty guy with a wide-dark face came out of the door of the office building and waved and pointed. Example: At 6 feet 3 inches tall, he resembles the patrician Carlton Fisk more than the squatty Thurman Munson.
Word: squattiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of squatty: most squatty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: squattier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of squatty: more squatty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: trishaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of tri- + rickshaw. 1. A three-wheeled cycle rickshaw. Example: Hardman ran to the corner and jumped into a trishaw. The driver was maddeningly slow and stupid. Example: “Where are all those uniformed people who are always ready to beat civilians?” asked a trishaw taxi driver, who said he did not want to be identified because he feared retribution.
Word: trishaws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trishaw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angiolytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From angio- + -lytic. 1. Of or pertaining to angiolysis. Labels: not-comparable Example: He also speculated that the angiolytic laser might eventually be adapted for treatment of cancers of the esophagus, bladder, cervix, windpipe and parts of the lungs.
Word: antilogging Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + logging. 1. Opposing the cutting down of trees for wood. Example: In 2002, he was investigated on suspicion of ordering the killing of Digna Ochoa, a human rights lawyer who represented antilogging activists in Guerrero.
Word: erization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From er + -ization, a calque of Chinese 兒化 /儿化 (érhuà). Pronunciation: /ˌɜːɹəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɜːɹaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. Erhua. Labels: Chinese, uncountable
Word: methyltestosterone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From methyl- + testosterone. Pronunciation: /ˌmiː.θʌɪl.tɛˈstɒ.stə.ɹəʊn/, /ˌmɛθ.ɪl.tɛˈstɒ.stə.ɹəʊn/, /ˌmɛθ.əl.tɛˈstɑ.stəˌɹoʊn/ 1. An anabolic steroid that is a methyl derivative of testosterone C₂₀H₃₀O₂, used to treat testosterone deficiency in men and breast cancer and menopause in women. Labels: uncountable Example: Tamoxifen, used to treat breast cancer, will be offered for $9 for a 30-day supply, as will combination estrogen/methyltestosterone tablets, prescribed for menopause and hormone deficiency.
Word: opioidlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From opioid + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of opioids. Example: Experts theorize that it may be reinforced by the release in the brain of opioidlike endorphins that result in a natural high and emotional relief.
Word: strayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stray + -er. 1. One who strays. Example: You can’t tell the strayers without a scorecard.
Word: strayer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stray + -er. 1. comparative form of stray: more stray Labels: comparative, form-of, rare
Word: strayers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strayer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zipline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zip + line. Pronunciation: /ˈzɪpˌlaɪn/ 1. A pulley suspended on a cable mounted on an incline, designed to enable a user to travel from one point to another by means of gravity. Example: Outside the county towns of Lushui, Fugong, and Gongshan, few bridges span the Nu River Gorge, and most villagers cross the river by zipline cables or suspended footbridges to transport their crops or livestock to market. It is not uncommon to see sheep or cattle nervously thrashing about as they ride a zipline from one river bank to the other. 2. A trip on a zipline.
Word: zipline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From zip + line. Pronunciation: /ˈzɪpˌlaɪn/ 1. To move or travel by zipline. Labels: intransitive Example: He shrugs, too, when commandos zipline or jetpack into his line of vision, trading fire across busy intersections.
Word: ziplines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zipline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ziplines Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of zipline Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: ziplining Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zipline + -ing. 1. The recreational activity of travelling on ziplines. Labels: uncountable Example: The inn also offers adventure packages, including ziplining and a truck safari, where a military vehicle chugs up the side of a muddy mountain.
Word: ziplining Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From zipline + -ing. 1. present participle of zipline Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: baggable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bag + -able. 1. Capable of being packed into bags. Example: Another major innovation in the past decade was the development of infrastructure for turning food wastes — a major part of the waste stream in a city with thousands of restaurants — into baggable compost that is used in California’s vineyards and the vast farms of the Central Valley.
Word: casseroled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From casserole + -ed. 1. Cooked in a casserole. Labels: not-comparable Example: The partners — Mustafa Ozkaya, the cook, and Seyran Say, the host — put forth a perfect plate of fried calf’s liver cubes, buttery iskender kebabs and an extensive list of grilled, fried and casseroled seafood, none of which tops $20, except for the mixed grill which is $21.95.
Word: casseroled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From casserole + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of casserole Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dismisser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dismiss + -er. 1. One who dismisses. Example: For years after Yeltsin crashed onto the political scene, the Gorbachev-infatuated West was overwhelmingly dismissive. Mr. Colton, a professor of government and director of Russian studies at Harvard and the author of a grand history of the city of Moscow, cops to being one of those early dismissers.
Word: dismissers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dismisser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dismissest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: dismiss + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of dismiss Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: dismisseth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: dismiss + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dismiss Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enotecas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enoteca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pizzamaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pizza + maker. 1. One who makes pizza. Example: Pizzaiolos can be fussy, and Jim McGown, a real estate developer and self-taught pizzamaker, is no different. Example: Popping open a stack of dough proofing containers in their walk-in refrigerator, Mr. Federighi revealed an overlapping stack of pizza skins — what pizzamakers call dough that’s been stretched but not yet topped — that were dry to the touch, with the texture of cured leather.
Word: pizzamakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pizzamaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repricings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of repricing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mud bogging Part of Speech: noun 1. An off-road motorsport in which competitors attempt to drive a vehicle as far as possible through a pit of mud. Labels: uncountable
Word: cleflike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clef + -like. 1. Resembling a musical clef. Example: Early sculptures refer, often explicitly, to musical structure and notation: the torqued staffs of “Sculpture No. 17” (1935) or the cleflike curlicues of “Sculpture 11” (1934).
Word: electrosensory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From electro- + sensory. 1. Of or pertaining to the ability of a biological organism to perceive electrical impulses. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lollipoplike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lollipop + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a lollipop. Example: Melotti’s own “Circus” (1965), a platform holding lollipoplike discs, hoops and a small metal canopy, could be interpreted as a direct homage to Calder.
Word: multisponsored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + sponsored. 1. Sponsored by more than one organization. Labels: not-comparable Example: It has also won a $20,000 grand prize in a multisponsored contest to produce videos that challenge stereotypes of Muslims. Mr. Ardekani won the $5,000 first prize in the comedy category for “Muslim While Flying,” a spoof of the way Muslims are treated at American airports.
Word: preauction Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + auction. 1. Before an auction. Labels: not-comparable Example: Christie’s held a preauction showing for rich Russian art collectors at Pashkov House last fall, and Boucheron, the French jewelry house, held an exhibition and soirée there in March.
Word: postauction Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + auction. 1. After an auction. Labels: not-comparable
Word: recraft Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + craft. 1. To craft again or anew. Labels: transitive Example: The exercise involved in recrafting the past, past encounters and memories actually rejuvenates short-term and present memory — remarkably!
Word: recrafts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recraft Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recrafted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recraft Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recrafting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recraft Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: superenthused Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + enthused. 1. Very highly enthused. Example: Besides, he added, if restrictions were imposed on the intended contest audience — whom he described as “the filmmaking community, superenthused gadget fans and early adopters” — they “would just backfire, because these people are going to smell any funny business from a mile away.”
Word: clamplike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clamp + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a clamp. Example: There are battery-powered traps that electrocute them and the classic spring-activated wire traps and similar clamplike plastic traps.
Word: thrustlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thrust + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a thrust. Example: a thrustlike motion
Word: thrutching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of thrutch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: thrutched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of thrutch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: yesterweek Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From yester- + week. 1. On the week preceding the current week. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: yesterweek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yester- + week. 1. Previous week, the last week before the current one. Labels: uncountable
Word: plowboys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plowboy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revitalizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From revitalize + -er. 1. One who, or that which, revitalizes. Example: “You’re about to experience 70 acres of my heaven,” said Mr. Abdo, a prominent Washington developer, restorer and revitalizer of down-at-the-heels buildings and neighborhoods.
Word: revitalizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of revitalizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rockwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rock + work. 1. Ornamental work done with rocks, as for example around a pond. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Down came the clenched hands to her sides, then up again above her head, and, as I am a living and honourable man, the white flame of the fire leapt up after them, almost to the roof, throwing a fierce and ghastly glare upon She herself, upon the white figure beneath the covering, and every scroll and detail of the rockwork. Example: The wall was some six feet high and when I attempted to clamber it I found I could not lift my feet to the crest. So I went along by the side of it, and came to a corner and a rockwork that enabled me to get to the top and tumble into the garden I coveted. 2. The act of climbing a rock face, cliff, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Lord John was an experienced mountaineer, and Summerlee had done some rough climbing at various times, so that I was really the novice at rock-work of the party; but my strength and activity may have made up for my want of experience.
Word: swooper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swoop + -er. 1. One who, or that which, swoops. Example: In competition, where swoopers perform freestyle maneuvers, negotiate slalom-style courses and aim for accuracy, the spectacle is often compared to auto racing. Example: Victoria publishes a map of swooping sites, and the website MagpieAlert also allows users to record swoopers near them.
Word: swoopers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swooper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waitlist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wait + list. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪtˌlɪst/ 1. A waiting list. Example: We’ve already had kids get off waitlists at N.Y.U., B.U., Fairfield and Quinnipiac.”
Word: waitlist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wait + list. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪtˌlɪst/ 1. To place on a waiting list. Labels: transitive Example: I applied to M.I.T. I had an admission interview with Roger Borovoy, an alumnus, and was waitlisted.
Word: waitlists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waitlist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waitlists Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of waitlist Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: correxion Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of correction. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: cæcity Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of cecity. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The blind man deplores his cæcity in dismal ditties ; the man‐in‐the‐bowl thanks Allah he has arms, and utilises them by beating upon the cymbals ; the tight‐rope dancer bangs the tambourine, the fiddles scream hoarsely, the guitars twang, there is a tootling of flutes—in a word, infinite psaltery.
Word: overdot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + dot. 1. A dot placed above a letter, as a diacritical mark. Example: a with overdot = ȧ
Word: overdot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + dot. 1. To place a dot over. Labels: transitive Example: to overdot a musical note
Word: underdot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + dot. 1. A dot placed below a letter, as a diacritical mark. Example: a with underdot = ạ
Word: overdots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overdot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underdots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of underdot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pædobaptisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pædobaptism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anthra- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Abbreviation of anthracene, from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “coal”) + -ene. 1. Derivatives of anthracene. Labels: morpheme
Word: detention centre Part of Speech: noun 1. A facility in which people are detained (held in custody); a jail. Example: 2002, Russell Hogg, Chapter 1: Prisoners and the Penal Estate in Australia, David Brown, Meredith Wilkie (editors), Prisoners as Citizens: Human Rights in Australian Prisons, page 3, All jurisdictions have their own prison systems, although the Australia Capital Territory (ACT) has only one remand centre and one periodic detention centre. 2. An immigration detention facility; a facility in which people who have attempted to enter Australia without prior authorisation are detained, pending a decision on whether they are to be accepted as refugees or returned to their country of origin. Labels: Australia Example: New detention centres were opened, all in remote areas — at Woomera in the South Australian desert in November 1999, and the Curtin Detention Centre at Derby in Western Australia in February 2000. Example: One of the main features of Australia′s ‘Pacific Solution’ is that it involves the use of the Australian Navy to prevent boat people from landing on mainland Australia. The boat people are then transferred to detention centres on offshore Australian Territories which have been excised from the country′s migration zone where regular immigration rules are in application.⁷⁸ Detention centres for such transfers have also been set up on Nauru and Manus Island (Papua New Guinea).⁷⁹ 3. A concentration camp.
Word: detention centres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of detention centre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: axopetal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From axon + -petal. 1. Seeking the axon. Labels: dated
Word: DSMS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of data stream management system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: fleet in being Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used in 1690 by British Admiral Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, in defending his strategy of keeping his fleet in port until reinforcements arrived, rather than engaging with the superior French force. 1. A naval fleet which exerts an influence while remaining in port. Labels: countable Example: In point of fact command of the sea and a fleet in being are mutually exclusive terms. Example: But even for that navy, with its strong tradition of offensive action, there were occasions when the fleet-in-being strategy was prudent and effective.
Word: railway tie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of railroad tie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: railway sleeper Part of Speech: noun 1. A railroad tie. Labels: UK Example: West's friends were so appalled by the nature of his death that they arranged for a wooden memorial in the churchyard of St Laurence's, constructed aptly from a railway sleeper.
Word: fleets in being Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fleet in being Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ghe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ge. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: grassie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grass + -ie. 1. A grass carp; a white amur. Example: The one thing I didn’t want to do was spook ^([sic]) a grassie by hastily walking down the sidewalk. Example: my pattern is a lot less glamorous, which is also why i think the grassie took it
Word: alaska Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Alaska (“baked Alaska”). Labels: alt-of
Word: biotrophy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + -trophy. 1. A parasitic relationship in which the parasite feeds on a living host organism without killing it Labels: uncountable
Word: tolt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tolta, from tollere (“to take away”). 1. A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a county court. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: ... for a plea pending in a seignorial court could be removed into the county court by a procedure called tolt, and from the county into the common pleas by a writ of pone.
Word: tolt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tölt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tolt Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of tölt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tolt Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tell Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: I done tolt you for the last time.
Word: tols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strepent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin strepent, from strepere (“to noise”); compare obstreperous. 1. Noisy. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Peace to the ſtrepent horn ! / Let no harſh diſſonance diſturb the morn, / No ſounds inelegant and rude / Her ſacred ſolitudes profane ! Example: But since Reaumer could never witness this, I shall not insist upon your believing it, though the relater declares that he had heard it with his ears, and seen it with his eyes, and had called many to witness the vibrating and strepent wings of this trumpeter bumble-bee.
Word: lose one's life Part of Speech: verb 1. To die, especially to be killed during involvement in an activity or in some other undertaking. Labels: euphemistic Example: The people so highly resented this law, that our histories tell us, there have been six rebellions raised on that account; wherein one emperor lost his life. Example: I have no ambition to lose my life on the post-road between St. Petersburgh and Archangel.
Word: settled up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of settle up Labels: form-of, past
Word: settles up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of settle up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: settling up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of settle up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pretoddler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + toddler. 1. A child who is not yet a toddler.
Word: pretoddlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pretoddler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crossbuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + buck. 1. A sign consisting of two slats on a pole forming a diagonal cross, usually indicating a level crossing.
Word: crossbucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crossbuck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cornbreads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cornbread Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cornmeals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cornmeal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beautifuler Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of beautifuller. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Even now, with slightly crooked teeth, she is beautifuler than Sue had ever been.
Word: art-historical Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to art history Labels: not-comparable Example: An art-historical interpretation states what an artwork was about for the artist who made it, for contemporary viewers who saw it, and within the context of the culture in which it was produced.
Word: Stroop effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After John Ridley Stroop, who first published the effect in English in 1935. 1. The effect that a subject has a longer reaction time when naming the colours of words if the words describe colours other than their own (such as "red" printed in blue ink).
Word: trainway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From train + way. 1. A railway.
Word: trainways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trainway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Strangelovian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Strangelove + -ian, referring to the title character in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a black comedy satirizing the nuclear weapons scare. 1. Of or pertaining to nuclear apocalypse, especially through incompetence or shortsightedness. Example: Paul C. Warnke, President Jimmy Carter's first director of ACDA, came to Reagan's defense by noting the Strangelovian affection of some armchair strategists for nuclear weaponry. Example: How many hundreds of millions of dollars have been sunk into Strangelovian bunkers, how many tens of thousands of hours invested in preparing for that apocalyptic vision? Only a handful of senior doomsday officials may ever know...
Word: pseudospheres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudosphere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pursuee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pursue + -ee. 1. One who is pursued.
Word: pursuees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pursuee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antikidnapping Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + kidnapping. 1. Preventing or countering kidnapping. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the capital on Friday, a city police commander, Esteban Robles Espinosa, 52, who once headed the department’s antikidnapping division, was shot and killed as he left his house at 7:30 a.m.
Word: antikidnap Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + kidnap. 1. Preventing or countering kidnapping. Labels: not-comparable Example: He was never seen again, and the case remains unsolved today. Its haunting aftermath produced new antikidnap legislation[…] Example: A first step in a company's defense against executive kidnapping is to develop a policy and obtain approval of an antikidnap plan.
Word: avocadolike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From avocado + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an avocado (tree or fruit). Example: “The Dud Avocado,” published in 1958, chronicled the Parisian adventures of Sally Jay Gorce, a free-spirited American girl with the avocadolike qualities typical of the breed: “So green — so eternally green,” one of her European admirers gushes.
Word: minichain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + chain. 1. A small chain (in various senses). Example: Interviews with people in the restaurant business on Friday suggest that it would not be easy or even practical for the Ciprianis to continue to operate as a dry minichain, but that resourcefulness might go a long way.
Word: minichains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minichain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonconstituency Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + constituency. 1. Not of or pertaining to a political constituency. Labels: not-comparable Example: Though he did not win, he earned a special nonconstituency seat as “top loser” under election laws.
Word: pelvically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pelvic + -ally. 1. In terms of the pelvis. Labels: not-comparable Example: David's singing method consisted of pelvically controlled breathing with no external body movement, together with voice placement at a point between but above the ears, at the top of the head. Example: One dance is pelvically sexy, the gyrations now controlled into one fluent, none-too-disturbed mood.
Word: wanding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wand Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wanded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wand Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: antistigma Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + stigma. 1. Opposing or countering a social stigma. Example: In recent years, groups have started antistigma campaigns, and even the federal government embraces the message, with an ad campaign aimed at young adults to encourage them to support friends with mental illness.
Word: antisterinos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antisterino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barkless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bark + -less. 1. Without bark (the tree covering). Labels: not-comparable 2. That does not bark. Labels: not-comparable Example: Pearlie has managed to acquire a phone that purrs, but doesn’t ring; she has found a breed of barkless dog; she censors the newspapers by cutting out upsetting articles.
Word: confirmedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From confirmed + -ly. 1. In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated. Example: How could such confirmedly bookish types write an I-love-reading book so fundamentally tone deaf as to why reading can inspire love?
Word: hyperconfident Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + confident. 1. Extremely confident. Example: All of which has left investors questioning whether Mr. Miller  a hyperconfident corporate handicapper who is famous for lugging annual reports to Baltimore Orioles games despite being an avid fan — has just hit a long-overdue rough patch or has lost his magic touch, or whether his fund has grown too large to produce the stellar returns it did in earlier years, when he was still relatively unknown.
Word: crystalloclast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crystallo- + -clast. 1. A person who breaks crystals for the purpose of studying them. Labels: rare 2. A clast that consists primarily of crystalized mineral. Example: Virtually all crystalloclasts are strongly fractured, fused, and fragmented, and are often partly dissolved in the ground-mass...
Word: micrographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From micrographic + -ally. 1. By means of micrographics. Labels: not-comparable Example: The filing demands of business are such that, even while more and more filing will be done electronically and micrographically, the amount of paperwork involved in communications is expected to grow about 14 percent a year... Example: The future is here, and the immortal O.E.D., the one that lives in bound pages last published micrographically in 1991, is obsolete — at least according to the folks who publish it.
Word: Jugoslavian Part of Speech: adj 1. Dated form of Yugoslavian. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: Jugoslavian Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of Yugoslavian. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: Jugoslavians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jugoslavian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crystalloclasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crystalloclast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yoaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yoak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pinpointedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pinpointed + -ly. 1. With great precision. Labels: India Example: Here his improvisations are pinpointedly focused on melody and swing, and he always has a mute in his trumpet; this is quiet jazz with organized locomotive force.
Word: make it do or do without Part of Speech: proverb 1. If you don't have a lot of money, extend the life of what you have.
Word: makes do Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of make do Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: making do Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of make do Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: made do Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of make do Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: postboxing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + boxing. 1. After a career in the sport of boxing. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: The film, along with a memoir that is still in its early stages — Mr. Tyson is collaborating with the author Larry Sloman, who has ghostwritten autobiographies for Howard Stern and Anthony Kiedis, the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers — are two parts of an effort that Mr. Tyson’s advisers hope will reintroduce him to the public and propel him to some semblance of a postboxing career.
Word: reconsolidated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reconsolidate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reconsolidating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reconsolidate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reconsolidates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reconsolidate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reconsolidations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reconsolidation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stashable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stash + -able. 1. Capable of being stashed or packed away. Example: The compact dictionary, which people like my dad received free from the Book-of-the-Month Club, made showoff etymology accessible, affordable and even stashable for the first time in modest American rec rooms and dens.
Word: starworts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of starwort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: starwards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From star + -wards. 1. Toward the stars. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stockpickers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stockpicker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tomboyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Aramaic תאמא Aramaic תאומאbor. Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs)bor. Latin Thōmāsbor. Middle English Thomas Middle English Thomme English Tom English tom Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō- Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boy English tomboy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English tomboyism From tomboy + -ism. 1. Traditionally masculine behaviour in a girl. Labels: uncountable Example: There is whooping and squirrel-watching and rock-throwing — an au courant tomboyism that remains free of mocking contemporaries for wearing lip gloss.
Word: tribalesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tribal + -esque. 1. Suggesting something tribal and primitive. Example: Woodson, with her tale of three pseudo-tough girls in Queens, cares less about plot than does Murphy, with her longer, more traditionally paced novel about two girls who toughen up by painting their faces with tribalesque “war paint” and learning by the end of the novel that part of growing up is living by one’s own axioms, the ones that come from experience: “Sometimes, you gotta believe something crazy,” Sarah says, to explain why she obstinately holds on to the idea that her mother, who left the family when she was 2, has turned into an actual fox.
Word: phantasticall Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of fantastical. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: By ſurſetting upon which kinde of phantaſticall Apiſhneſſe in a short time they fall into the diſeaſe of pride : pride is infectious, and breedes prodigalitie : prodigalitie after it has runne a little cloſes up and ſesſters, and then turnes to beggeric.
Word: undercaffeinated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + caffeinated. 1. Insufficiently caffeinated. Example: Barack Obama’s final, undercaffeinated debate performance, not to mention the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s attempted character assassination, failed to slow his inexorable path to the Democratic nomination. Example: Potato and cheese sitting warm and comforting in her stomach, Wren unfolded the newspaper in front of her, to give a reason to stay at the table, took a last sip of her overbrewed and undercaffeinated coffee...
Word: dayshift Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of day shift. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In a reflective and conversational tone, she blended the experiences of everywoman, from “all these mothers who take whatever life throws at us,” and the mother who “gets up every morning, gets the kids ready for school, does the laundry, buys the groceries, cooks the dinners, helps on the homework and maybe works the dayshift, a nightshift or a double shift” to those who “dare to compete in the boardroom and the backroom.”
Word: dayshifts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dayshift Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudoaneurysm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + aneurysm. 1. A so-called "false aneurysm", a hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery. Example: One nurse aggressively stanched the arterial pseudoaneurysm with a copious number of four-inch gauze pads, but Williams’s ordeal is hardly over.
Word: pseudoaneurysms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudoaneurysm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seminarrative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + narrative. 1. Having a partially narrative style. Labels: not-comparable
Word: breede Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of breed. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: breede Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of breed. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: cabdriving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cab + driving. 1. The trade of a cabdriver. Labels: uncountable
Word: cuds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kʌdz/ 1. plural of cud Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cuds Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kʌdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cud Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: breedes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of breede Labels: form-of, plural
Word: breedes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of breede Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: diskectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diskectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duckbilled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From duck + billed. 1. Having a bill like that of a duck. Labels: not-comparable Example: The third group of mammals, the monotremes, claims a measly three distinct animals, and all are indigenous to Australia and New Guinea: the duckbilled platypus and the long-beaked and short-beaked echidnas, also known as spiny anteaters. Example: The duckbilled dinosaurs (hadrosaurs) had broad, ducklike beaks. They walked or ran on their hind legs, and leaned down on their shorter front legs to graze on vegetation.
Word: hæmatoma Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of hematoma. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: entwinings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entwining Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grublike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From grub + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a grub. Example: Placental mammals that gestate their young internally, as do we and most of the pelts we know, account for 95 percent of the world’s 5,600 species of mammals, and marsupials like the kangaroo, koala and our very own opossum, whose young are born at a grublike stage and do most of their developing externally, often in a pouch, constitute nearly all the rest.
Word: interictally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From interictal + -ly. 1. Between epileptic seizures. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hæmatomata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hæmatoma Labels: form-of, plural Example: Another group, the circumscribed hæmatomata, being more sharply defined than the diffuse ones, and representing a circle or an oval in outline, and a lens in shape (as being of greater thickness in the centre than at the margin) may be subdivided according to location.
Word: hyperreligiosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + religiosity. 1. An extreme religious mania sometimes associated with mental conditions. Labels: uncountable Example: If they suffer from temporal lobe epilepsy, they will show signs of hyperreligiosity, an overexcitement of the brain tissue that leads sufferers to believe they are conversing with God.
Word: levalbuterol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From levo- + albuterol. 1. levosalbutamol Labels: uncountable
Word: levosalbutamol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From levo- + salbutamol. 1. A bronchodilator used to treat asthma and COPD. Labels: uncountable
Word: neuromata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neuroma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From des(ignated driver) + -o. 1. A designated driver. Labels: Australia, slang
Word: pastiched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pastiche Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pastiching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pastiche Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: politiquera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish politiquera. 1. One who is paid by an election campaign to issue fliers to householders and encourage them to go and vote for a particular candidate. Labels: US Example: “I’ve been a politiquera for 20 years,” Ms. Espinoza said in an interview last week outside her trailer in the town of Pharr.
Word: politiqueras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of politiquera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: premammalian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + mammalian. 1. Before the evolution of mammals. Labels: not-comparable Example: At the same time, the monotremes still pay homage to their premammalian forebears.
Word: rodenty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rodent + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of rodents. Labels: informal Example: They are not our direct ancestors, but rather split off from the rodenty line that gave rise to us and marsupials some 180 million years ago, with marsupials breaking away maybe 40 million years later.