nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bois durci Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bois durci (“hardened wood”). 1. A hard, polishable composition of fine sawdust mixed with blood or egg white, formerly used for making household items. It had a somewhat metallic glean. Labels: uncountable
Word: chiefage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French chevage, from chief (“head”). See chief. 1. A tribute by the chief; a kind of poll tax. Labels: historical, obsolete, uncountable
Word: jebel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French djebel, from Arabic جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛbəl/ 1. A hill, a mountain (especially in the Middle East or North Africa).
Word: disoxidate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + oxidate. 1. To deoxidize. Labels: obsolete
Word: disoxidated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disoxidate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disoxidates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disoxidate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disoxidating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disoxidate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: xenharmonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by Ivor Darreg, from xen- + harmonic 1. Not conforming to the common 12-tone equal temperament. Labels: not-comparable Example: The back cover lists "Materials and Services", including Xenharmonikon (cooperation prevails in the xenharmonic world), and persons cooperating in a tape exchange--meaning that if you send a tape of your music, to someone on the list, you get back a tape of their music. Example: Dissonance scores can also be applied in situations where no musical score exists, and two examples are given: a xenharmonic piece by Carlos, and a Balinese gamelan performance.
Word: pentahydroxides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pentahydroxide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patrol cars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patrol car Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adroop Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + droop. Pronunciation: /əˈdɹuːp/ 1. Drooping. Labels: not-comparable Example: Not seldom in this life, when, on the right side, fortune’s favourites sail close by us, we, though all adroop before, catch somewhat of the rushing breeze, and joyfully feel our bagging sails fill out. Example: His friend Lou looked dismal in the rain, hat brim adroop, eyebrows soggy, 2. Covered (with something that droops); having something drooping over it. Labels: not-comparable Example: fair long rows of orchard trees, adroop with rosy fruit Example: a crushed stone walk between hedges adroop with riotously colored fruits
Word: unstaggering Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + staggering. 1. Not staggering; steadfast.
Word: plungingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From plunging + -ly. 1. With a motion like a plunge. Example: The ship was sailing plungingly; astern the billows rolled in riots.
Word: peeringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From peering + -ly. 1. While looking with difficulty. Example: […] most mariners cherish a very superstitious feeling about seals, arising not only from their peculiar tones when in distress, but also from the human look of their round heads and semi-intelligent faces, seen peeringly uprising from the water alongside.
Word: bridge roll Part of Speech: noun 1. A long bread roll.
Word: intercedings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interceding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scornest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: scorn + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of scorn Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: strivest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: strive + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of strive Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: shudderings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shuddering Labels: form-of, plural Example: Such an added, gliding strangeness began to invest the thin Fedallah now; such ceaseless shudderings shook him; that the men looked dubious at him […]
Word: tossings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tossing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unenervated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + enervated. 1. Not enervated; robust; vigorous. Example: Nantucket captains will send a son of such tender age away from them, for a protracted three or four years' voyage in some other ship than their own; so that their first knowledge of a whaleman's career shall be unenervated by any chance display of a father's natural but untimely partiality, or undue apprehensiveness and concern.
Word: prolongingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From prolonging + -ly. 1. So as to prolong or lengthen. Example: a voice that prolongingly moulded every word
Word: espacement Part of Speech: noun 1. A spacing out. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the espacement of trees on a plantation
Word: unmomentous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + momentous. 1. Not momentous. Example: […] and though the Parsee's mystic watch was without intermission as his own; yet these two never seemed to speak—one man to the other—unless at long intervals some passing unmomentous matter made it necessary.
Word: unmollifiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + mollifiable. 1. That cannot be mollified.
Word: antislaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + slaver. 1. One who opposes slavery.
Word: antislavers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antislaver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proslaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + slave + -er. 1. One who supports the idea of slavery.
Word: proslavers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proslaver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: untrackably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From untrackable + -ly. 1. In a way that cannot be tracked. Example: […] one of these birds came wheeling and screaming round his head in a maze of untrackably swift circlings.
Word: markest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: mark + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of mark Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: marketh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: mark + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mark Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: whaleship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whale + ship. 1. A ship used for hunting whales. Example: Near-synonym: whaler Example: For many years past the whaleship has been the pioneer in ferreting out the remotest and least known parts of the earth. She has explored seas and archipelagoes which had no chart, where no Cook or Vancouver had ever sailed.
Word: whaleships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whaleship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cherrying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cherry + -ing. 1. The gathering of cherries. Labels: uncountable
Word: cherrying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cherry + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of cherry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unintegral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + integral. 1. Not integral. Example: I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me.
Word: unparticipated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + participated. 1. Not participated in; done alone. Labels: not-comparable Example: Oh, thou foundling fire, thou hermit immemorial, thou too hast thy incommunicable riddle, thy unparticipated grief.
Word: voyagings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voyaging Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jesty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jest + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛstiː/, [ˈd͡ʒɛstɪi̯] 1. Inclined to jest; waggish; sportive. Example: Such a funny, sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean.
Word: outspreadingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From outspreading + -ly. 1. In a way that outspreads. Example: The mast-heads, like the tops of tall palms, were outspreadingly tufted with arms and legs.
Word: outspreading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outspread Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outspreads Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outspread Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: glidest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: glide + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of glide Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Example: Yet calm, enticing calm, oh, whale! thou glidest on, to all who for the first time eye thee, no matter how many in that same way thou may'st have bejuggled and destroyed before.
Word: jettest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: jet + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of jet Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Example: Oh, high aspiring, rainbowed jet!—that one strivest, this one jettest all in vain! In vain, oh whale, dost thou seek intercedings with yon all-quickening sun […]
Word: jettest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: jet + -est 1. superlative form of jet: most jet Most jet-black in colour. Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: unastonished Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + astonished. 1. Not astonished. Example: With unastonished eyes Fedallah gazed, and crossed his arms […]
Word: unrigged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + rigged. 1. Not rigged; not having the rigging up. Labels: not-comparable Example: As she drew nigh, all eyes were fixed upon her broad beams, called shears, which, in some whaling-ships, cross the quarter-deck at the height of eight or nine feet; serving to carry the spare, unrigged, or disabled boats. 2. Not dishonestly manipulated. Labels: not-comparable Example: The citizens are demanding an unrigged election.
Word: ungraduated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + graduated. 1. Not graduated. Labels: not-comparable Example: Almost simultaneously, with a mighty volition of ungraduated, instantaneous swiftness, the White Whale darted through the weltering sea.
Word: etherial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ether + -ial. 1. Archaic form of ethereal. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Sure he preſum'd of praiſe, vvho came to ſtock / Th' etherial paſtures vvith ſo fair a flock; / Burniſh'd, and bat'ning on their food, to ſhovv / The diligence of carefull herds belovv. Example: Etherial visitants of earth, / Foiled benefactors, proves your worth / But sundry texts, disowned in mart, / Light scratched, not graved on man's hard heart?
Word: coincidings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coinciding Labels: form-of, plural Example: […] a few inches of the erect spar yet visible, together with long streaming yards of the flag, which calmly undulated, with ironical coincidings, over the destroying billows they almost touched.
Word: unsurrendered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + surrendered. 1. Not surrendered. Labels: not-comparable Example: Oh! ye three unsurrendered spires of mine; thou uncracked keel; and only god-bullied hull; thou firm deck, and haughty helm, and Pole-pointed prow,—death-glorious ship! must ye then perish, and without me?
Word: untottering Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + tottering. 1. Not tottering; stable; steadfast. Labels: not-comparable Example: Tied up and twisted; gnarled and knotted with wrinkles; haggardly firm and unyielding; his eyes glowing like coals, that still glow in the ashes of ruin; untottering Ahab stood forth in the clearness of the morn[…]
Word: becharming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of becharm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: becharmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of becharm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: becharms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of becharm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: intermixingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From intermixing + -ly. 1. So as to intermix, or mingle together. Example: But as the last whelmings intermixingly poured themselves over the sunken head of the Indian at the mainmast, leaving a few inches of the erect spar yet visible, together with long streaming yards of the flag, […]
Word: unbegotten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + begotten. 1. Not begotten. Labels: not-comparable Example: If care of our descent perplex us most, / Which must be born to certain woe, devour'd / By Death at last—and miserable it is / To be to others cause of misery, / Our own begotten, and of our loins to bring / Into this cursed world a woeful race, / That after wretched life must be at last / Food for so foul a monster—in thy power / It lies, yet ere conception, to prevent / The race unblest, to being yet unbegot. Example: Thou knowest not how came ye, hence callest thyself unbegotten; certainly knowest not thy beginning, hence callest thyself unbegun.
Word: unsplinterable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + splinterable. 1. Resistant to being splintered. Labels: not-comparable Example: unsplinterable glass
Word: nonsplinterable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + splinterable. 1. Resistant to being splintered. Labels: not-comparable Example: nonsplinterable glass
Word: draggingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From dragging + -ly. 1. In a way that drags; with a dragging motion. Example: "The harpoon," said Ahab, half way rising, and draggingly leaning on one bended arm — "is it safe?" 2. Slowly; with reluctance, or as if held back. Example: The children began to sing draggingly. Half a dozen carried the first verse through alone.
Word: unverdured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + verdured. 1. Without verdure. Example: Oh, thou dark Hindoo half of nature, who of drowned bones hast builded thy separate thrones somewhere in the heart of these unverdured seas[.]
Word: unverdant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + verdant. 1. Without verdure; unverdured.
Word: launchest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: launch + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of launch Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: unconquering Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + conquering. 1. Not conquering; failing to conquer. Labels: not-comparable Example: Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.
Word: breedeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: breed + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of breed Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: The moth breedeth upon cloth and other lanifices; especially if they be laid up dankish and wet.
Word: belongest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: belong + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of belong Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: planetarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From planetary + -ly. 1. In a planetary manner or context; like planets. Example: For so revolvingly appalling was the White Whale's aspect, and so planetarily swift the ever-contracting circles he made […]
Word: sovereignest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of sovereign: most sovereign Labels: form-of, obsolete, superlative Example: […] God save the mark!— And telling me the sovereign’st thing on earth Was parmaceti for an inward bruise;
Word: corpusant Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of corposant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: corpusants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corpusant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Burtonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Burton + -ian. Pronunciation: /bɜːˈtəʊ.ni.ən/, /bɝˈtoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Robert Burton (1577–1640), English scholar and writer. 2. Of or relating to Henry Burton (1799–1849), British physician and chemist. Example: Similar statements were made in Britain, where the growing white lead industry in Newcastle-upon-Tyne caused waves of illness and even death among women workers: Dr Charles T. Thackrah had early on denounced the serious intoxications linked to the use of lead in industry and described the main symptoms allowing the disease to be diagnosed and patients to be distanced from the source of poisoning (1831), as had Henry Burton, who stated that a greyish coloration of the gums was an unmistakable symptom of lead poisoning, then known as the "Burtonian line" (1840). 3. Of or relating to Tim Burton (born 1958), American filmmaker known for his darkly whimsical art and films.
Word: lanceless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lance + -less. 1. Without a lance. Labels: not-comparable
Word: launces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of launce Labels: form-of, plural
Word: launces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of launce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scorningly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From scorning + -ly. 1. With scorn.
Word: landlubberly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From landlubber + -ly. 1. Like a landlubber.
Word: unmisgiving Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + misgiving. 1. Without misgivings. Example: A little lad, but twelve years old, whose father with the earnest but unmisgiving hardihood of a Nantucketer's paternal love, had thus early sought to initiate him in the perils and wonders of a vocation almost immemorially the destiny of all his race.
Word: ungrandiose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + grandiose. 1. Not grandiose.
Word: spearings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spearing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Penfieldian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Penfield + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Wilder Penfield (1891–1976), American-born Canadian neurosurgeon.
Word: prolongings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prolonging Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spider goat Part of Speech: noun 1. A goat that has a spider's genes, and produces silk during lactation.
Word: enwrapt Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enwrap Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: O could I live to see the generall end, / Behold the world enwrapt in funerall flame, / When as the Sunne shall lend his beames to burne What he before brought forth, […] Example: The lovely vision enwrapt her soul.
Word: biocapsule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + capsule. 1. A biological capsule; a capsule used in a biological context.
Word: biocapsules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biocapsule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mid-Atlantic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From mid- + Atlantic. 1. The middle of the East Coast of the United States, typically consisting of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, DC. Example: This will feel like a dream compared to the chilly high temperatures forecast from the mid-Atlantic to New England, where you’ll be lucky to see the mercury in the thermometer climb out of the 40’s. 2. The middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Example: All the best hydrographers, both of this country and of the United States, agree in the conclusion that the Florida Current dies out in the mid-Atlantic, losing all the attributes by which it had been previously distinguished—[…] Example: They gave us a wonderful cheer, wished us good luck by wireless, then headed out for the mid-Atlantic to take up their posts. 3. The middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Example: Cyclones coming from Labrador work round this hump to the S.E., and die out in mid-Atlantic. Example: I made my way up and found we were hurtling out toward mid-Atlantic. 4. The middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Example: As they appear today these approaches are first, the north Atlantic chain of islands connecting northern Europe with Labrador; second, the mid-Atlantic currents setting steadily westward from the African coast to South America and the West Indies; third, […] Example: The gabbros from both the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Mid-Indian Oceanic Ridge, showing a wide range in the FeO/MgO ratio (0.30–2.90), suggest a marked trend of fractionation (Fig. 1-3). 5. The middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Labels: figuratively Example: ‘That lecturer sure is a pain in the ass, man,’ said Keith, in a contrived, mid-Atlantic accent. Example: With English, however, the notion that there is a given standard, be it BrE or AmE, is currently being undermined by the tendency of Europeans to mix features of AmE and BrE, which along with traces of a mother tongue accent and mother-toungue-based discourse strategies, now characterize the language behaviour of a growing number of foreign-language speakers of English living in mainland Europe. One way of describing this type of language behaviour is to use the designator Mid-Atlantic English (MAE) (see Modiano 1996a; 1996b; 1998; 1999a; 2002).
Word: Mid-Atlantic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mid- + Atlantic. 1. Of or relating to this region. Labels: not-comparable
Word: shaikh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sheik. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: To the wine-house I saw the sage repair, / Bearing a wine-cup, and a mat for prayer; / I said, "O Shaikh, what does this conduct mean?" / Said he, "Go drink! the world is naught but air."
Word: mattrass Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of mattress. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: And now poor Stubb goes to bed upon a mattrass that is all too soft; would it were stuffed with brushwood!
Word: mattrasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mattrass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: esteemest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: esteem + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of esteem Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: noninstructed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + instructed. 1. Not instructed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: untheological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + theological. 1. Not theological. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rechurn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + churn. 1. To churn again. Labels: transitive
Word: rechurning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rechurn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rechurns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rechurn Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rechurned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rechurn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: feignings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪnɪŋz/ 1. plural of feigning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stunsails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stunsail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boxman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From box + -man. 1. A casino employee who supervises the craps table. 2. Any of various types of worker who use or look after boxes. Example: The boxman weighs out the amount of each size required into a weigh-box […] 3. A safecracker. Labels: slang
Word: boxmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boxman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unimaginableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unimaginable + -ness. 1. The quality of being unimaginable. Labels: uncountable
Word: bowsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bow (“front of vessel”) + -s- + man. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊzmən/ 1. A sailor who works in the bow of a vessel. Example: Being the savage's bowsman, that is, the person who pulled the bow-oar in his boat (the second one from forward), it was my cheerful duty to attend upon him while taking that hard-scrabble scramble upon the dead whale's back.
Word: bowsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bow (“weapon for shooting arrows”) + -s- + man. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊzmən/ 1. An archer. Example: Whether from natural ailment, or disease engendered by the place he dwelt in, his strength had for many months past ebbed away, till at last he could no longer take his axe from the ingle nook, nor his bow from its crocks over the chimney. The best axeman and best bowsman on Avon side had become helpless as a puling infant. Example: The Des Moines archery club returned from Chicago a few weeks ago laden with trophies won in a contest with the Chicago bowsmen and bowswomen.
Word: bowsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bowsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bejuggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + juggle. Pronunciation: /bɪˈd͡ʒʌɡəl/ 1. To confuse; to confound. Example: Yet calm, enticing calm, oh, whale! thou glidest on, to all who for the first time eye thee, no matter how many in that same way thou may'st have bejuggled and destroyed before.
Word: bejuggling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bejuggle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bejuggles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bejuggle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bejuggled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bejuggle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pseudogapping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + gapping. 1. A form of ellipsis that elides most but not all of a non-finite verb phrase, as in "He drinks milk more often than he does water". Labels: uncountable
Word: lovings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loving Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clappings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈklæpɪŋz/ 1. plural of clapping Labels: form-of, plural Example: And thus, through the serene tranquillities of the tropical sea, among waves whose hand-clappings were suspended by exceeding rapture, Moby Dick moved on, still withholding from sight the full terrors of his submerged trunk […]
Word: monsieurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monsieur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postzionist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Post-Zionist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: postzionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postzionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dageshes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dagesh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enticings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enticing Labels: form-of, plural Example: On each soft side--coincident with the parted swell, that but once leaving him then flowed so wide away--on each bright side, the whale shed off enticings. No wonder there had been some among the hunters who namelessly transported and allured by all this serenity, had ventured to assail it; but had fatally found that quietude but the vesture of tornadoes.
Word: forethrown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fore- + thrown. 1. thrown forward Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: […] as if in the Parsee Ahab saw his forethrown shadow.
Word: Ahabian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ahab + -ian, after the fictional captain in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick who is obsessed with killing a whale who once injured him. 1. tyrannically monomaniac
Word: tindered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tinder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tindering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tinder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wanings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swarths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swarth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hooroosh Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /həˈɹuːʃ/ 1. A commotion. Labels: dated Example: Oh, none but cowards send down their brain-trucks in tempest time. What a hooroosh aloft there! Example: Under cover of a hooroosh by the Manchester, the Gurkhas have rushed a bluff 600 yards ahead of our line and are sticking to their winnings.
Word: predestinates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of predestinate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: predestinating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of predestinate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: predestinated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of predestinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: berine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + rine. 1. To touch. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive 2. To fall upon; fall. Labels: intransitive, obsolete, rare
Word: beride Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English beriden, biriden, from Old English berīdan (“to ride round, surround, besiege, overtake, seize, occupy”), equivalent to be- (“around, about”) + ride. Cognate with Dutch berijden (“to ride a horse, jockey”). 1. To ride around; beset with horsemen. Labels: transitive 2. To ride beside or by the side of. Labels: transitive 3. To ride upon; infest. Labels: transitive
Word: beroll Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English birollen, equivalent to be- + roll. 1. To roll about; roll around; roll over. Labels: intransitive
Word: beghost Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + ghost. Compare bespirit, beghast. 1. To endow with a spirit or ghost; haunt. Labels: transitive Example: Was Hamlet's armour beghosted too? Example: For two centuries or more Littlecote, which is near Hungerford, was owned by the Darrell family, and it was they who finally beghosted not only the house but also the neighbourhood — even as far as the Hungerford to Salisbury road. 2. To make a ghost of; teach (one) how to play a ghost. Labels: transitive
Word: Jihun Part of Speech: name 1. The Ceyhan river. Example: Anazarbus...an ancient Cilician city, situated in the Aleian plain about 10 m. W. of the main stream of the Pyramus (Jihun) Example: Skies like a zone our weary lives enclose, / And from our tear-stained eyes a Jihun flows; / Hell is a fire enkindled of our griefs; / Heaven but a moment's peace, stolen from our woes.
Word: kindergarchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of kindergarten + -archy. 1. The state or phenomenon of children dominating, particularly in the context of children's needs, wishes, and preferences being accorded equal or greater status than those of adults. Labels: uncountable Example: The kindergarchy was alive and well in the Carlyle household, with Alice centre stage and Mum and Dad both fretting about being reduced to the role of indentured servants.
Word: knowbie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From know + -bie, patterned after newbie, with know replacing new to suggest knowledge. 1. An experienced Internet user. Labels: Internet Example: Neither newbie or knowbie, I count myself among the silver surfers, those geezers in Dickensian nightshirts who preceded the blogging guys in pajamas.
Word: knowbies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of knowbie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: post-creole continuum Part of Speech: noun 1. A situation wherein a creole language consists of a spectrum of varieties between those most and least similar to the superstrate language.
Word: estafette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French estafette, from Italian staffetta, diminutive of staffa (“stirrup”). 1. A dispatch rider, especially military; a mounted courier. Labels: obsolete
Word: cuntwhore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cunt + whore. 1. A woman. Labels: derogatory, offensive, vulgar Example: Only you could love this cuntwhore body. Example: Me, a Christian girl whom they nominated devil's cunt and cuntwhore and infidel-bitch and wiping their boots on my hair swore I would be the bearer of a Mohammedan child into this world
Word: cunt-whore Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cuntwhore. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cunt whore Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cuntwhore. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cuntwhores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cuntwhore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cunt whores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cunt whore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cunt-whores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cunt-whore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overweened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overween Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overweens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overween Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: loover Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of louver. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: loovers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fannel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive, from same source as fanon. 1. fanon (religious garment) 2. A vexillum or banner.
Word: fannels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fannel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: churrus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani छरस (charas) / چھَرَس (charas). 1. A narcotic gum resin which exudes from the flower heads, seeds, etc., of Indian hemp. Labels: uncountable
Word: churrus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani छरस (charas) / چھَرَس (charas). 1. A device used in India for drawing water from wells and discharging it into irrigation channels by means of pulley ropes and a large bag of hide.
Word: epithetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From epithet + -ic. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐπῐθετῐκός (epĭthetĭkós) and Greek επιθετικός (epithetikós). Pronunciation: /ˌɛpɪˈθɛtɪk/ 1. Of or relating to epithets. Labels: not-comparable Example: epithetic names for the gods Example: In epithetic measur'd prose. 2. Of or relating to epithesis. Labels: not-comparable Example: an epithetic vowel
Word: epitheses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epithesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epithesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπίθεσις (epíthesis). Pronunciation: /ˌɛpɪˈθiːsɪs/ 1. The addition of a letter or sound at the end of a word, without changing its meaning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some linguists distinguish between epenthesis, addition within a word, and epithesis, addition at the end. 2. The surgical correction of deformity or of crooked limbs. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A splint or other appliance to be worn. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gynaecian Part of Speech: adj 1. rare spelling of gynecian Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, rare
Word: prosenchyma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pros- + -enchyma. 1. The tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, such as the principal cells of ordinary wood. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: counite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From co- + unite. 1. To bring together; to unite. Labels: transitive
Word: couniting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of counite Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: counites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of counite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: counited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of counite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: biotaxy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”) + -y. 1. The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: arew Part of Speech: adv Etymology: See arow, row. Pronunciation: /əˈɹəʊ/ 1. Obsolete spelling of arow (“in a row”). Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: all her teeth arew Example: Twelve lodgings of like stone, like height, were likewise built arew.
Word: bifurcous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin bifurcus, from bis (“twice”) + furca (“fork”). 1. bifurcate Labels: not-comparable Example: The feet of the Prong Buck are bifurcous, considerably smaller than those of the deer , slim and sharply pointed , strongly convex on top , having the outer edges slightly concave
Word: espacements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of espacement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: estafettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of estafette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discoverture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French descoverture. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkʌ.və.tjʊə/, /dɪsˈkʌ.və.tʃʊə/, /dɪsˈkʌ.və.tʃə/, /dɪsˈkʌvɚˌt͡ʃʊɚ/, /dɪsˈkʌvɚˌt͡ʃɚ/ 1. discovery Labels: obsolete 2. A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband. Labels: obsolete
Word: discovertures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of discoverture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schizocoele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “I split”) + κήλη (kḗlē, “tumour”; especially “hernia”; “rupture””). 1. A body cavity that forms by the splitting of mesodermal tissue to create a coelomic cavity.
Word: schizocoeles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schizocoele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salaeratus Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of saleratus. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: disponge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + sponge. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpʌnd͡ʒ/ 1. To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge. Labels: poetic, rare Example: The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me.
Word: disponged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disponge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disponges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disponge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disponging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disponge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: retecious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Apparently from Latin rēte (“a net”) + -acious. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtiːʃəs/, /ɹəˈtiːʃəs/, /ɹiˈtiːʃəs/ 1. Resembling netting; retiform. Labels: rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:retecious.
Word: dogshore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dog + shore. 1. One of several shores (props) used to prevent a ship from moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching. Labels: archaic, historical
Word: dogshores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dogshore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: divedapper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of didapper. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: divedappers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of divedapper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midwive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *midwiven, *mydwyven, suggested by the verbal noun mydwyvyng (“midwivery”, literally “midwiving”). 1. Alternative form of midwife (verb). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “Midwiving the relationship” is a descriptive term covering a variety of sensitive and often subtle techniques, interventions, and other actions and stances taken by the therapist in order to help the marital partners attempt the following: […] Example: He had midwived Inkatha and drafted most of the ANC's policy concerning it, and now at the meeting, he – rather than others who were senior to him – played the key role as Tambo's second.
Word: Monandrian Part of Speech: adj 1. Dated form of monandrous. Labels: alt-of, dated, not-comparable
Word: misentreat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + entreat. 1. To treat wrongfully. Labels: obsolete Example: A clerke‥sayd it was not hones […]to mysentrete the holy body by vyolente hondes.
Word: misentreated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misentreat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: misentreating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misentreat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: diglottism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δίγλωττος (díglōttos, “speaking two languages”), from δι- (di-, “two”) + γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue”). Pronunciation: /daɪˈɡlɒtɪzəm/ 1. bilingualism Labels: uncountable, usually Example: there are two of these diglottisms in a single line
Word: diglottisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diglottism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stag-evil Part of Speech: noun 1. tetanus in the jaw of a horse Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The disease called by the farriers stag evil is one of the most obstinate and fatal that takes place , and appears to arise from some cause operating on the nervous system
Word: myeloidin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myelin + -oid + -in. 1. A substance present in the protoplasm of the retinal epithelium cells, and resembling, if not identical with, the myelin that forms the medullary sheaths of axons. Labels: uncountable
Word: sesquialter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sēsquialter, from sēsqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”). Pronunciation: /sɛskwɪˈaltər/, /sɛskwɪˈaltə/ 1. Synonym of sesquialterate, 1½ times. Labels: archaic, not-comparable 2. Synonym of sesquialteral, of or relating to 1½ notes. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: sesquialter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sēsquialter, from sēsqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”). Pronunciation: /sɛskwɪˈaltər/, /sɛskwɪˈaltə/ 1. Synonym of sesquialtera, a 1½ note. Labels: obsolete 2. Synonym of sesquialtera, an organ stop. Labels: obsolete
Word: despecification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + specification. 1. The act of generalizing, or making less specific. Labels: uncountable Example: […] Brooten's despecification of the term "tribade" and her tendency to understand it as if it were a generic designation for a woman possessed of a lifelong homoerotic orientation.
Word: perquisited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From perquisite + -ed. 1. Supplied with perquisites. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: perquisited varlets frequent stand.
Word: Savagean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Savage + -an. 1. Of or relating to Leonard Jimmie Savage (1917–1971), American mathematician and statistician.
Word: chirm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chirmen (“to chirp, twitter”), from Old English ċirman (“to make a noise, cry out, shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmijan (“to make a sound”). The noun is from Middle English chirm (“the call of various birds; chirping”), from Old English ċirm, ċyrm, ċearm (“noise, cry, alarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmi, *karm, from Proto-Germanic *karmaz, *karmiz. Doublet of charm (“sound, voices; group, flock”). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɜː(ɹ)m/ 1. A din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc. Labels: obsolete
Word: chirm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English chirmen (“to chirp, twitter”), from Old English ċirman (“to make a noise, cry out, shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmijan (“to make a sound”). The noun is from Middle English chirm (“the call of various birds; chirping”), from Old English ċirm, ċyrm, ċearm (“noise, cry, alarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmi, *karm, from Proto-Germanic *karmaz, *karmiz. Doublet of charm (“sound, voices; group, flock”). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɜː(ɹ)m/ 1. To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird does. Labels: obsolete Example: Chyrme or chur, as byrdes do.
Word: chirmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chirm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chirming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chirm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chirms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chirm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sameliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From samely + -ness. 1. sameness; similarity; monotony Labels: uncountable Example: the sameliness of the melody, its majestic uniformity
Word: halter-sack Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone fit to be hanged i.e. a scoundrel. Labels: derogatory, obsolete Example: Away! you halter-sack!
Word: halter-sacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of halter-sack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corrivalship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corrival + -ship. 1. joint rivalry Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: As alſo, how by the corrivalſhip of Sha-gad his falſe friend, Ruſtan was deſtroy’d by falling into a pit covered with boughs and Earth;
Word: esplees Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin expletia, Old French espleit. Compare exploit. 1. The full profits or products yielded by land, such as hay, pasturage, grain, rents, services, and the like. Labels: UK, obsolete, plural, plural-only Example: in a writ of Eſchete, in a writ of right ſur diſclaimer, and ſuch like, which are founded vpon the ſeigniory, and not vpon any ſeiſin of the land it ſelfe, no eſplees ſhall be alledged
Word: dewarra Part of Speech: noun 1. cowrie shells formerly used as currency in parts of Papua New Guinea Labels: uncountable
Word: poecilopod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French poecilopode. 1. One of the Poecilopoda, a former order of arthropods including king crabs, trilobites and horseshoe crabs. Labels: obsolete
Word: poecilopods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poecilopod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: almagra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish almagra (more commonly almagre), from Arabic الْمُغْرَة (al-muḡra, “red clay or earth”). 1. Ruddle (red ochre), found in Spain. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: surcle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin surculus. Doublet of surculus. 1. A little shoot or branch; a twig; a sucker. Labels: obsolete Example: And even that seeds themselves in their rudimentall discoveries appear in foliaceous surcles, or sprouts within their coverings, in a diaphanous gellie, before deeper incrassation, is also visibly verified in Cherries, Acorns, Plums.
Word: surcles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surcle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shootlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shoot + -let. 1. A small shoot.
Word: shootlets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shootlet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryopreservative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cryo- + preservative. 1. Any substance used for cryopreservation.
Word: cryopreservatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryopreservative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: countervote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From counter- + vote. Pronunciation: /ˌkaʊntə(ɹ)ˈvəʊt/ 1. To vote against. 2. To balance or overcome by voting. Example: 1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects he would doubtless have been more a Friend to himself and a Father to his Family than to have countervoted God in his Choice and Election for him.
Word: countervote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + vote. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌvəʊt/ 1. A vote that goes against another.
Word: countervoted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of countervote Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: countervotes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of countervote Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: countervoting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of countervote Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sharpling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sharp + -ling. Compare German Schärfling (“stickleback”). 1. A stickleback. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal
Word: sharplings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sharpling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puddle bar Part of Speech: noun 1. An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle ball, by hammering and rolling.
Word: puddle bars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of puddle bar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pelma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πέλμᾰ (pélmă). 1. The undersurface of the foot.
Word: Kurdophones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kurdophone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glyptodon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the New Latin genus name Glyptodon (from Ancient Greek Ancient Greek γλυπτός (gluptós, “sculptured”) + -odon (“tooth”), 'grooved or carved tooth'). 1. A member of the genus Glyptodon of extinct giant armadillos. Example: The more striking phenomena first and most strongly impress the mind, which contrasts for example, the great Cave-Bears of Europe with the actual Brown Bear, the Megatheriods of South America with the small existing sloths, and the gigantic Glyptodons with the Armadillos. Example: Statues of beasts stood with their backs to the four walls of the court, eyes turned to watch the canted dial: hulking barylambdas; arctothers, the monarchs of bears; glyptodons; smilodons with fangs like glaives. 2. Synonym of glyptodontid. Labels: obsolete
Word: glyptodons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glyptodon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypernoea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek over + breath. 1. abnormal breathing, due to slightly deficient arterialization of the blood. Labels: uncountable
Word: girrock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Provençal French chicarou. 1. |(archaic) A garfish.
Word: girrocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of girrock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mauresque Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of Moresque. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: camphoric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. An acid, C₁₀H₁₆O₄, obtained from camphor. Labels: uncountable