nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: goatherder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goat + herder. 1. A herder of goats. Example: Senator Obama’s father, a goatherder turned economist, grew up in Nyangoma-Kogelo and was buried there in 1982 after a fatal car crash.
Word: goatherders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goatherder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypermuscular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + muscular. 1. Extremely muscular. Example: Its fusion of mundane domestic tragedy, dark-night-of-the-soul emoting and hypermuscular camerawork suggests Robert Altman’s “Short Cuts” on jet-propelled roller skates. Example: Although body sizes in #bodypositive posts were more likely to be thin or small fat, posts also included fat and superfat bodies, whereas #fitspiration depicted predominately thin/fit or hypermuscular bodies.
Word: integrationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of integrationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: X-verse Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of X-Verse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nonadvocacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + advocacy. 1. Lack of advocacy. Labels: uncountable Example: Currently, 29 states allow some option of mail-in absentee voting that does not require the voter to explain the request for a mail ballot, according to Electionline.org, a nonpartisan, nonadvocacy Web site.
Word: superenergized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + energized. 1. Very highly energized. Example: MSNBC offers viewers the luxury of letting its experts do the work. Mr. Matthews sat in dark suit and white shirt in a New York studio, against a presidential-like backdrop of waving American flags, and sounded off like a superenergized ESPN commentator revving up for a bowl game kickoff.
Word: writerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From writer + -less. 1. Without a writer. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mr. O’Brien, who also sported a beard, didn’t try to go on as usual, but gave a sober speech in defense of the writers, then turned his show into a long comic riff on his writerless state, spinning his wedding ring for laughs and giving a show-and-tell tour of his office at NBC.
Word: nondisparagement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + disparagement. 1. Not disparaging (a competitor, former employer, etc. as part of an agreement). Labels: uncountable Example: a nondisparagement clause/agreement Example: Mr. [Nicholas] Negroponte said eliminating the comparisons was required as part of a nondisparagement clause in the partnership agreement the two companies had signed.
Word: barside Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bar + -side. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːsaɪd/, /ˈbɑɹ.saɪd/ 1. Beside a bar (counter or building that serves alcoholic drinks). Labels: not-comparable Example: It was the Just for Men advertisement with Keith Hernandez and Walt Frazier as barside analysts of Miss Hottie’s brush-off of poor Mr. Graybeard.
Word: chatless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chat + -less. 1. Devoid of chat. Labels: not-comparable Example: Of course, the iPhone itself doesn't have any chat programs, like AIM (AOL Instant Messenger), Yahoo Messenger, or MSN Messenger. But that doesn't mean you have to remain chatless. Example: At a hangar in Nashua, with chatty Bill and chatless Chelsea, Hillary tried to purloin more of the Obama message.
Word: feel someone's collar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the image of an arresting police officer holding a suspect by the collar. 1. To arrest someone. Labels: UK, idiomatic, informal Example: If you carry on like that, the law will soon be feeling your collar.
Word: girlfriendly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From girlfriend + -ly. 1. In the manner of a girlfriend. Example: I'd guessed right about my sister, for, glowing with girlfriendly pride, she began to tell Julie about Jack... Example: It’s called ... or rather, it’s about ... see, it describes ... well, let’s just say it’s about a girlfriend who suspects her boyfriend of infidelity, and who proposes to conduct an investigation before committing herself to any girlfriendly activity.
Word: outperformer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From outperform + -er. 1. One who outperforms. Example: “They tend to be the outperformers when times are really good and underperformers when things turn south,” he said.
Word: outperformers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outperformer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plasmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plasma + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to plasma. Labels: not-comparable
Word: powderhound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From powder + hound. 1. A skiing enthusiast. Labels: slang Example: But it's the rare chance for above-tree line skiing that draws backcountry powderhounds to the gulf again and again. Example: Miramartian Geiger, the powderhound, has never been married.
Word: powderhounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of powderhound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pretechnological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + technological. 1. Prior to the advent of modern technology. Labels: not-comparable Example: He frequently set his stories in a pretechnological past and was easily enthralled by the authority of ancient texts.
Word: shebeens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shebeen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shebeens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shebeen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trinkety Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trinket + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a trinket; gaudy and worthless. Labels: informal Example: Goodbye to Word’s prim rulers, its officious yardsticks, its self-serious formatting toolbar with cryptic abbreviations (ComicSansMS?) and trinkety icons.
Word: twerpy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twerp + -y. 1. Like a twerp; puny and obnoxious. Labels: colloquial Example: My twerpy little brother is throwing books down the stairs. Example: Twenty five seconds on the twerp's clock, twenty five seconds on the twerpy, twerpy clock.
Word: ultracontemporary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + contemporary. 1. Thoroughly modern and up to date. Example: The 2,000 examples range from the historic to the ultracontemporary, from stately to quirky, ornate to austere.
Word: boozefest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From booze + -fest. 1. An event where a great deal of alcohol is consumed. Labels: slang Example: David Morse, the only American in the otherwise all-Irish cast of “The Seafarer,” Conor McPherson’s dark and glinting boozefest of a play now on Broadway after an acclaimed run in London, had a choice of roles.
Word: boozefests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boozefest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overfinance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + finance. 1. To finance too much. Labels: transitive Example: Daniel Halperin implies that we are overfinancing AIDS and underfinancing other key health and development priorities.
Word: overfinances Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overfinance Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overfinancing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overfinance Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overfinanced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overfinance Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: entrencher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From entrench + -er. 1. One who, or that which, entrenches. Example: I’m a professional entrencher of management.
Word: entrenchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entrencher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fexinidazole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English phenoxy Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English me(thyl) Egyptian nṯr Proto-Afroasiatic *-i? Egyptian -j Egyptian nṯrjder. Semiticbor. Ancient Greek νῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron) English nitro- Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English amide English imide Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō) Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English azote English azo- English -ole English azole English imidazole English -tronidazole English metronidazole English -nidazole English fexinidazole From phe(no)xy + -nidazole (“metronidazole derivative”). 1. A drug being investigated for the treatment of sleeping sickness. Labels: uncountable Example: By 2014, he hopes to have evidence that another drug, fexinidazole, is better.
Word: greaseboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grease + board. 1. A whiteboard. Example: Its outdated technology is obvious in the emergency room, where patients are tracked not by computer but by hand on a greaseboard and on forms passed from tray to tray.
Word: greaseboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of greaseboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: melarsoprol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mel(amine) + ars(enic) + -o- + pro(pylene) + -ol. Pronunciation: /mɛˈlaː.sə(ʊ).pɹɒl/, /məˈlɑɹ.səˌpɹɔl/ 1. An organic arsenic compound, C₁₂H₁₅AsN₆OS₂, administered intravenously to treat late-stage African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness). Labels: uncountable Example: They still use the drug melarsoprol, which, Dr. Pécoul said, “is not effective and sometimes kills.”
Word: noncalcifying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + calcifying. 1. Not calcifying. Labels: not-comparable Example: Instead, the tanks had more filamentous and other noncalcifying algae.
Word: patentholder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patent + holder. 1. The holder of a patent. Example: The advantage of adopting an abandoned drug is that the former patentholder has usually done the chemical analyses, animal studies and, sometimes, early human trials, saving millions of dollars.
Word: patentholders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patentholder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pretassel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + tassel. 1. Before the appearance of the tassels (pollen-producing flowers) on corn. Labels: not-comparable Example: The fall armyworm, scourge of young pretassel corn, grows up to be a nondescript brown moth about the length of a long finger’s knuckle.
Word: detassels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of detassel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: detasseling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of detassel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: detasseled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of detassel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: detasselling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of detassel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: detasselled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of detassel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uneconomically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From uneconomical + -ly or un- + economically. 1. In a manner that is not economical. Example: So he went, uneconomically but expectantly, to the emergency room.
Word: eclipsable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eclipse + -able. 1. Capable of being eclipsed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: uneclipsable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + eclipsable. 1. Not capable of being eclipsed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Bisiac Part of Speech: noun 1. A dialect of Venetan spoken in parts of Slovenia and Friuli Labels: uncountable
Word: asnarl Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + snarl. Pronunciation: /əˈsnɑː(ɹ)l/ 1. snarling Labels: not-comparable Example: The furious dog leapt at them with jaws asnarl.
Word: doublecheck Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of double check. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: doublechecked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of doublecheck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: doublechecks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of doublecheck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: doublechecking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of doublecheck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: kitschiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kitschy + -ness. 1. The quality of being kitschy. Labels: uncountable Example: These also included not canceling the Christmas display, whose kitschiness drove him bonkers but which endured because people love it and because he is a populist and showman, despite his elitist veneer, and because he has a heart.
Word: nonchef Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + chef. Piecewise doublet of nonhead. 1. One who is not a chef. Example: Mr. Vrinat, a nonchef who was known for his wine expertise, devoted almost all his life to Taillevent, which had been founded by his father, André, in 1946, just as Paris began its long recovery from the privations of the German occupation in World War II. The elder Vrinat opened his restaurant in the modest Hotel Worms, on the Rue St.-Georges, in the commercial Ninth Arrondissement.
Word: nonchefs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonchef Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oversecretion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + secretion. 1. Excessive secretion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Gigantism or acromegaly — in which a tumor on the pituitary gland causes an oversecretion of growth hormone — may be the cause of his condition.
Word: oversecretions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oversecretion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preregulation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + regulation. 1. Before the introduction of a regulation. Labels: not-comparable Example: There were those who said the city was seeking to prevent demonstrations against the Iraq war and those of a more nostalgic bent who simply remembered a time preregulation when the Great Lawn played host to Simon and Garfunkel concerts and large-scale papal Masses.
Word: unabating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + abating. 1. Not abating; ongoing, continuing. Labels: not-comparable Example: "The unabating sushi boom has driven up nori consumption in the United States," said Ken Imamura, vice president of the importer Yamamotoyama of America.
Word: glandules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glandule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bankerly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From banker + -ly. 1. Characteristic of a banker. Example: There are suit vests, in bankerly worsteds and pinstripes, and “odd vests,” in solid colors, checks and suede.
Word: continuers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of continuer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: continuest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: continue + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of continue Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: discombobulatingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From discombobulating + -ly. 1. So as to discombobulate; perplexingly. Example: The visitor fresh off a discombobulatingly long flight and a two-hour, traffic-choked journey from Narita Airport is ushered into a quiet, softly lighted cocoon where every contingency seems to have been anticipated.
Word: nonfiler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + filer. 1. One who neglects to file a tax return. Example: Ms. Olson added that despite promises and the creation of a high-level committee, the I.R.S. had failed to enact policies that would bring more nonfilers into the system.
Word: nonfilers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonfiler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postboy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post + boy. 1. A male postilion. Labels: historical Example: It is fitting that the vest should convey athleticism, since it was born as a warm but not constraining garment for postboys on horseback in 19th-century England (hence the high armhole and traditional wool front). 2. A boy who carries letters from the post.
Word: postboys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postboy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skewerings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skewering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slotlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slot + -like. 1. Resembling a slot. Example: a slotlike opening
Word: book lungs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of book lung Labels: form-of, plural
Word: majimboism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swahili majimbo (“regions”) + -ism. 1. The political devolution of power to the regions of a country. Labels: Kenya, uncountable Example: Mr. Odinga campaigned on a policy of federal decentralization known as majimboism.
Word: minuetlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From minuet + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a minuet. Example: But in this case he has used a combination of sound and movement to strip a minuetlike dance down to a tribal, almost animalistic ritual while still leaving its mannered veneer intact.
Word: quasireligious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quasi- + religious. 1. Almost, or as if, religious. Example: The inside look at the workings of the medical internship system is fascinating, but it cannot compete with Dr. Jauhar’s own psychological adventure, a quasireligious journey from agnosticism to robust faith, with occasional dips into outright atheism.
Word: subsalt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + salt. 1. Lying beneath a layer of salt. Labels: not-comparable Example: The subsalt basin that contains Tupi, the new deepwater field estimated to hold the equivalent of five billion to eight billion barrels of light crude oil, is creating a buzz among the world’s largest oil companies.
Word: subsalt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + salt. 1. A basic salt. Labels: archaic
Word: ultracompetent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + competent. 1. Very highly competent. Example: Breezy, confident and ultracompetent, Rajiv serves as a maddening counterfoil to his struggling younger brother, whose waffling and zigzag career path infuriates their father.
Word: newbuilt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From new + built. 1. Newly built. Labels: not-comparable
Word: woolwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wool + -work. 1. Needlework made from wool, imitating tapestry. Labels: uncountable Example: Leatherwood Antiques will show Vienna bronzes, sailors’ woolwork pictures and a large cane stand from Switzerland with a carved wooden eagle on top.
Word: neuroendocrinologist Part of Speech: noun 1. One who works in the field of neuroendocrinology. Example: Dr. Ganong, a neuroendocrinologist, was chairman of the physiology department at the University of California, San Francisco, from 1970 to 1987.
Word: neuroendocrinologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neuroendocrinologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonplanner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + planner. 1. One who fails to plan for the future. Example: So with 2008 stretching out before us, I recently asked my dear nonplanner: If you could have the best possible financial year, what would it look like?
Word: nonplanners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonplanner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dholki Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dholak. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dholkis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dholki Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disagreeability Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being disagreeable. Labels: uncountable Example: For the limp movie, Matthau and Jack Lemmon did little to enliven their respective disagreeability.
Word: Tabassarans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tabassaran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subtab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + tab. 1. A tab that is part of another tab or section. Example: The appearance of the various subtabs is quite similar to the previous tabs within the Regression node. The difference is that the various configuration settings that are displayed in the following subtabs cannot be changed.
Word: subtabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subtab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ropewalker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rope + walker. 1. An acrobat who performs a tightrope dance; a ropedancer.
Word: ropewalkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ropewalker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tricontinental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + continental. 1. Spanning or pertaining to three continents (typically either Europe and the Americas, or Latin America, Europe and Africa) Labels: not-comparable
Word: bicontinental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + continental. 1. Spanning or pertaining to two continents. Labels: not-comparable Example: After a long courtship over the telephone, Asma Ahmed, a painter in Karachi, Pakistan, married her fiancé, Rafi-uddin Shikoh, a business consultant in New York, in a bicontinental wedding by Webcam.
Word: multiterm Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + term. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one term. Labels: not-comparable Example: algorithms and data structures for multiterm indexing
Word: frameable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From frame + -able. 1. Suitable for framing. Labels: not-comparable Example: [Julian:] Why did you pick me? [Leon:] Because you were frameable, Julie. Example: Sites like TheFamilyHistoryStore.com, GeneaLinks.com and RootsWeb.com, with their menus of recondite offerings (frameable certificates, migration maps, the patented Color Track System), make up a deluxe spa for the ego. 2. Able to be framed or presented in a certain way. Labels: not-comparable Example: a fairy tale frameable as a feminist liberation narrative
Word: framable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From frame + -able. 1. Alternative form of frameable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: With the lifting of his “depression,” he’d developed a new interest, hobbylike in its intensity, in framable and collectible railroad memorabilia, and he could happily have spent the whole day—the whole week!—pursuing it. . .
Word: handsoap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + soap. 1. A (bar or liquid) soap for the hands. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In its modest way, Gardeski’s handsoaps — and things that look like other things — play to both of these tendencies at once through the double take that comes with spotting a familiar thing that turns out to be wholly unfamiliar.
Word: handsoaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handsoap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interunion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + union. 1. Between unions. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mr. McElroy said this interunion battle showed the vibrancy and importance of organized labor.
Word: interunion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + union. 1. A union between members of different groups or sets.
Word: jabbery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jabber + -y. 1. Characterised by jabbering. Example: The English band Crass sounded like a bag of rocks: scrabbly drum rolls, clanky guitars, no bass end, the words a jabbery Cockney caterwaul through endless stanzas of common meter.
Word: kinetoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kineto- + -scope. 1. An early device for exhibiting motion pictures, creating the illusion of movement from a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images that is conveyed over a light source with a high-speed shutter. Example: A paper-over-board book based on a new technology that its inventor, the author, calls “scanimation”: mimicking the effect of a kinetoscope, the pictures of animals, birds and fish seem to move with extraordinary naturalism. 2. An instrument for illustrating the production of kinematic curves by the combination of circular movements of different radii.
Word: kinetoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kinetoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lehenga Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lehnga. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The bride wore an ivory and pink silk lehenga skirt, a blouse adorned with Swarovski crystals and an 18-foot-long chiffon veil.
Word: lehengas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lehenga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: medspa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of medispa. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: She started out requesting microdermabrasion facial treatments and has since added Botox shots and Restylane filler injections to her medspa repertoire.
Word: medspas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medspa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multirack Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + rack. 1. Having or pertaining to more than one rack. Labels: not-comparable Example: Baking reflects the evenness of cookies and cakes in multirack baking tests. Example: The multirack boxes are costly, running the 34th Street Partnership $10,000 apiece, but Mr. Janoff judges the war against the single boxes worth it.
Word: newsbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From news + box. 1. A vending machine selling newspapers. Labels: Canada, US
Word: newsboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of newsbox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonbaking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + baking. 1. Not baking. Labels: not-comparable Example: At that remark I thought I heard the cheering of nonbaking working women everywhere, but apparently I was wrong, and quickly we the people were favored with Mrs. Clinton’s own contrite cookie recipe, which I have not yet had time to try. 2. Not pertaining to baking. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonmachinable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + machinable. 1. Not machinable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonfelony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + felony. 1. A crime that is not a felony. Example: The student-athlete code of conduct says punishment for all nonfelony crimes is left to the discretion of the coach.
Word: nonfelonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonfelony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oralistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oral + -istic. 1. Of or pertaining to oralism. Example: So lose the inserted of, which adds no meaning or emphasis and clutters up the page (and while you’re at it, drop the oralistic so at the beginning of this sentence; if you want to drive home a conclusion, write therefore or thus or in desperation here’s my point.
Word: peatiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peaty + -ness. 1. The quality of being peaty. Labels: uncountable Example: While the root beer-y sweetness of the Lillet Rouge and caramel blunt the rugged, smoky edges of the Scotch, the peatiness still comes rumbling through.
Word: pseudoconsensus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + consensus. 1. Apparent consensus that is not in fact genuine. Labels: uncountable Example: Today, however, the pseudoconsensus of “leave as soon as we are able, stay as long as we must” rests not on a strategy but on its very opposite: a dodge.
Word: shoepeg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shoe + peg. 1. A wooden peg formerly used to attach soles to the upper part of shoes.
Word: shoepegs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoepeg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shoepeg corn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a fancied resemblance of this corn's kernels to shoepegs. 1. A cultivar of sweetcorn with small, narrow kernels, valued for its sweetness. Labels: uncountable
Word: shrooming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shroom Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shroomed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shroom Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: slickster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slick + -ster. 1. A slick person. Labels: derogatory Example: Alice and Neil’s wide-eyed, blushing, chaste relationship is pure puppy love, and when that slickster Apollo is pierced by the arrows of Eros (Aphrodite’s son, who inexplicably became a bit of a Jesus freak somewhere along the way) and takes a fancy to Alice — well, all hell breaks loose.
Word: slicksters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slickster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: steamily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From steamy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈstiːmɪli/ 1. In a steamy manner. Example: Behind him, through a wall of plate glass, gray Manhattan sulked steamily under a drifting pall of April rain.
Word: superpsyched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + psyched. 1. Very thrilled or excited. Labels: informal Example: I knew I had to throw the hammer down to move up in the second run, and I’m superpsyched that I moved up to third place.”
Word: uhh Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: [əː], [ɐː], [ə̃ː] 1. Alternative form of uh. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “He said, ‘You’re that tennis player,’ and I’m like: ‘Uhh, uhh, yeah. It’s me.’ ” She laughed.
Word: ultraorthodox Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + orthodox. 1. Very orthodox, chiefly among Jewish sects. Example: But the Schapens do provide much black humor by breeding the “perfect red heifer” referred to in the Old Testament, creating an international storm that ensnares both fundamentalist Christians and ultraorthodox Jews.
Word: uncouplings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of uncoupling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multitracking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + tracking or multitrack + -ing. 1. multitrack recording Labels: uncountable Example: The production on “Liverpool 8” has the heft and definition of modern multitracking, resembling Mr. Starr’s early-1970s hits rather than the Beatles themselves.
Word: prematernity Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + maternity. 1. Prior to maternity. Labels: not-comparable Example: Feeling inspired and healthier than she did for long stretches of her prematernity tennis life, she has won three tournaments and quickly turned the postvictory photo opportunity with Jagger into a family tradition.
Word: debloat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + bloat. Pronunciation: /diːˈbləʊt/, /diˈbloʊt/ 1. To reduce from a bloated state. Labels: transitive
Word: debloating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of debloat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: debloated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of debloat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deblurs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deblur Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deblurred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deblur Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deblocks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deblock Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deblocking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deblock Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deblocking Part of Speech: noun 1. The removal of a block or blockage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deblended Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deblend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deblends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deblend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recontour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + contour. 1. To contour again or anew. Labels: transitive Example: The Dorit Baxter New York Day Spa in Manhattan features a postnatal rescue treatment that, according to online ads, “debloats, detoxes, recontours the body and brings the new mom to a weight-losing mode.”
Word: recontours Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recontour Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recontouring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recontour Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recontouring Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of changing a contour. Example: Near-synonym: reshaping
Word: recontoured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recontour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: snowswept Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From snow + swept. 1. Swept by snow; snowy. Example: In the late stages of the Green Bay Packers’ snowswept 42-20 playoff victory over Seattle on Saturday, Brett Favre and Donald Driver playfully engaged in a snowball fight.
Word: unspotless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + spotless. 1. Not spotless; slightly dirty or stained. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Here now an unlikely Baedeker of the unspotless city.
Word: airfreights Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of airfreight Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: airfreighted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of airfreight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: airfreighting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of airfreight Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bearhugging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bearhug Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bearhugged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bearhug Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: quadfurcations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quadfurcation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: braggadoccio Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of braggadocio. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: The machoness and braggadoccio, that’s always been a part of hip-hop.
Word: doctorfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doctor + fish. 1. Either of the fish Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus, which feed on dead skin while leaving the healthy skin intact. Example: Walking at the Brixton market among the parrotfish, doctorfish and butterfish, Effa Edusie is surrounded by pieces of her childhood in Ghana.
Word: doctorfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doctorfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intercave Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + cave. 1. Between caves. Labels: not-comparable Example: “When you make an intercave hybrid, the strong characteristics of one population complement the weak characteristics of the other,” Dr. Borowsky said, with a result that some of the hybrids can see.
Word: kotolike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From koto + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a koto (musical instrument). Example: The group played huge drums placed overhead, along with flutes and a kotolike zither.
Word: machoness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macho + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑ.tʃəʊˌnəs/, /ˈmɑ.t͡ʃoʊˌnəs/ 1. The quality of being macho; machismo. Labels: uncountable Example: The machoness and braggadoccio^([sic]), that’s always been a part of hip-hop.
Word: maracatu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese maracatu, from Old Tupi maraká (“rattle, maraca”) + katu (“good”). 1. A Brazilian performance genre from Pernambuco involving parades and music. Labels: uncountable Example: Nation Beat, from exotic Brooklyn, uses the maracatu beat and rabeca fiddle of northeastern Brazil, and it has a Brazilian singer, Liliana Araújo.
Word: nonvenereal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + venereal. 1. Not venereal. Labels: not-comparable Example: Leaders of the new study said the most telling results were that the bacterium causing sexually transmitted syphilis arose relatively recently in humans and was closely related to a strain responsible for the nonvenereal infection known as yaws.
Word: anglesites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anglesite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paleopathologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paleo- + pathologist, after paleopathology. 1. One who works in paleopathology. Example: Della Collins Cook, a paleopathologist at Indiana University who did not participate in the study but specializes in treponemal diseases, praised the research as a “very, very interesting step” advancing understanding of syphilis. Example: In other cases, paleopathologists have not found the actual tumors, but rather signs left by the tumors in the body.
Word: paleopathologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paleopathologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palaeopathologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palaeo- + pathologist. 1. Alternative form of paleopathologist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: palaeopathologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palaeopathologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palaeopathology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English palaeo- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology English palaeopathology From palaeo- + pathology. 1. Alternative form of paleopathology. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: paleopathology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology English paleopathology From paleo- + pathology. 1. The study of ancient diseases. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any ancient disease itself. Labels: countable
Word: postmovement Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old French movoir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French movementbor. Middle English mevement English movement English postmovement From post- + movement. 1. After a physical movement. Labels: not-comparable Example: Tsujimoto and Sawaguchi (2005) concluded that each neuron's postmovement activity was significantly modulated by the directional preference, the reward outcome, and the specific task category. 2. After an art movement or other ideological movement. Labels: not-comparable Example: Let the art historical record show, in the postmovement future, the continuing debt we owe it for that.
Word: overbeat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + beat. 1. To beat (eggs, cream, etc.) for too long, impairing the texture. Labels: transitive Example: Beat egg whites with an electric mixer or a whisk until stiff peaks form, but do not overbeat.
Word: overbeaten Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of overbeat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overbeating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overbeat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overbeats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overbeat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: preassembly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + assembly. 1. Assembly of a product in advance Example: Boeing sent its own workers out to suppliers around the world, hoping to speed things up, then bypassed some of the preassembly process and simply had suppliers ship their work in pieces to Boeing.
Word: unhurriedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unhurried + -ness. 1. The quality of being unhurried. Labels: uncountable Example: Many, though not all, the finales Schubert wrote for his piano sonatas prefer to roam and amble rather than explode with excitement. Mr. Lupu was very good at catching the patient unhurriedness of this particular example and seemed deeply touched by its quiet goodbye.
Word: chronography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chrono- + -graphy. 1. A description or record of past time; history. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Measurement with a chronograph. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chronographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chronography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desalivate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + salivate. 1. To remove the saliva from. Labels: transitive Example: The microdermabrasion is performed with a suction tube like dentists use to desalivate your mouth.
Word: desalivated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of desalivate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ostentations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ostentation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postapproval Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + approval. 1. After approval, especially of a pharmaceutical drug. Labels: not-comparable Example: In those cases, the postapproval trials confirmed that the drugs reduce heart attacks and strokes, adding to confidence about the link between cholesterol and heart disease. Example: Pfizer said if the drug were approved, the company would conduct a post-approval study of real-world use of the vaccine, monitoring health records for the incidence of preterm birth and other possible problems.
Word: booklover Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of book lover. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: (For the record, paperbacks are recyclable; the city requires the covers to be removed from hardcovers before they can be recycled, a request that for booklovers is tantamount to asking 10-year-old girls to rip Barbie’s head off before discarding her in the trash.)
Word: booklovers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of booklover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calicos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calico Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calicoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calico Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chromatrope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chromo- + -trope. 1. An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light by means of rapidly rotating disks of various colours.
Word: chromatropes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chromatrope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cuddle up Part of Speech: verb 1. To lie or sit in a comfortable, relaxed position, especially holding someone else. Labels: intransitive Example: Cuddle up baby, move in tight. We'll go dancing tomorrow night.
Word: snuggle up Part of Speech: verb 1. To lie or sit in a comfortable, relaxed position, holding someone or something else. Labels: intransitive Example: I was snuggling up in bed with my blanket. Example: She snuggled up with her boyfriend.
Word: beslimes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of beslime Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: besliming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beslime Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: beslimed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of beslime Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: beslavered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of beslaver Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: beslavers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of beslaver Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: beslavering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beslaver Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: beslaves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of beslave Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: beslaving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beslave Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: beslaved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of beslave Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: beskirting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beskirt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: beskirts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of beskirt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: beslabbering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beslabber Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: beslabbered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of beslabber Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: miscommunicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + communicate. 1. To communicate incorrectly. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Global problems arise from how humans have undervalued each other and miscommunicated with each other.
Word: miscommunicates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of miscommunicate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: miscommunicating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of miscommunicate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: miscommunicated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of miscommunicate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: panicum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin pānicumder. Translingual Panicumbor. English panicum From translingual Panicum (genus name), from New Latin panicum (“panicgrass”). 1. Any of the genus Panicum of tropical grasses. Example: And his property might remind someone of the dunes of the East End of Long Island: nine acres of artfully placed native grasses like panicum and schizachyrium and meadow plants like rudbeckia and asters.
Word: panicums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of panicum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phenakistiscope Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of phenakistoscope. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Here are the intricately colored discs and paper strips of images that needed only devices like a zoetrope or phenakistiscope to become animated spectacles: a horse will jump through a hoop; a sailor will blow a bubble that becomes the moon.
Word: phenakistiscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phenakistiscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pouncer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pounce + -er. 1. One who pounces. Example: Leopards, like their smaller domestic counterparts, are pouncers, and their jumping helps them stay in shape.
Word: pouncers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pouncer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semitheatrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + theatrical. 1. Having some elements of theatre. Labels: not-comparable Example: American Express, Merrill Lynch and Brookfield Properties sponsor an extensive series at the World Financial Center, and one afternoon last month in the cavernous Winter Garden there the avant-garde string quartet Ethel presented a semitheatrical concert with a solstice theme.
Word: interchurch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + church. 1. Between churches. Labels: not-comparable Example: That work has been carried on by Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox ecumenical officers and theologians engaged in interchurch dialogue.
Word: reargument Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus Proto-Italic *argus Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Italic *-ō Proto-Italic *arguō Latin arguō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin argūmentumder. Anglo-Norman arguementbor. Middle English argument English argument English reargument From re- + argument. 1. The arguing of a legal case again. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Voeller asserted that the National Gay Task Force, which initiated the Virginia case, planned to take the case back to the Supreme Court for re-argument. Example: They could set the entire appeal down for reargument, with or without a substitute justice.
Word: rearguments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reargument Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rigaudon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rigadoon. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Though each section of Ravel’s music honors the memory of a friend who died in World War I, and though each is also a Neo-Classical study in a different Baroque dance form (forlane, rigaudon, minuet and others), what’s striking about the music is its freshness and fragrance.
Word: rigaudons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rigaudon Labels: form-of, plural