nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: triboelectricity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tribo- + electricity. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹaɪboʊɪlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/ 1. Charge transfer due to sliding or contact Labels: uncountable 2. Static electricity produced by the triboelectric effect Labels: uncountable
Word: truing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From true + -ing. 1. The alignment (and cutting) of a wheel (especially a grinding wheel) such that its surface is concentric with its axis. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The wheel slides are purposely slightly under-compensated, causing the work to approach an oversize condition after several truings. Example: As many as twenty titanium alloy test specimens can be ground between truings.
Word: truing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From true + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of true Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cataphracts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cataphract Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catenary bridges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catenary bridge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cat flaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cat flap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caustic curves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caustic curve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caustic surfaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caustic surface Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surpriser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From surprise + -er. 1. Someone who surprises. Example: In Exodus we undergo the first of a multitude of shocking surprises, issuing from the great surpriser, the primal shocker.
Word: connivant Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the ends inclined towards each other
Word: cavitands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cavitand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cavies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cavy Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of cavie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: celestial poles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of celestial pole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proxigean spring tide Part of Speech: noun 1. An unusually high high tide that occurs when the Moon is at its closest point in its orbit to the Earth and in its new or full moon phase
Word: infoholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infoholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ransacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ransack + -er. 1. One who ransacks.
Word: ransackers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ransacker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pillagings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pillaging Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unstruck Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + struck. 1. Not having been struck. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unstruck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + struck. 1. simple past and past participle of unstrike Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: messers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of messer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonhalal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + halal. 1. Not halal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unlooted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + looted. 1. Not having been looted. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Egyptian tomb remained unlooted until its discovery in the early twentieth century.
Word: winnability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From win + -ability. 1. The quality of being winnable; the possibility that one can win at all. Labels: uncountable Example: Commonweal was troubled that Bush and other strategists were "toying" not only with survival after nuclear war but with the "winnability" of such a war. Example: The belief in winnability led to a Soviet Union intention to install missiles in Cuba. 2. The likelihood of winning (something). Labels: uncountable Example: Alinsky suggested that two closely related criteria, the winnability and the nondiviseness of an issue, should determine the focus of organizers' work. Example: Seats were becoming vacant, but boundaries had been redrawn, making it hard to assess the winnability of the new constituencies. 3. The chance that (a political candidate) can win; electability. Labels: uncountable Example: This is despite the fact that women candidates have greater winnability compared to the male candidates, as is evident from Table 3. Example: “Winnability is emphasized,” she said. “There's something to that. At the same time, if someone is completely against what the policies of the party are, in good conscience, you can't support someone like that.”
Word: Kendal mint cake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the English town of Kendal, where it originates. 1. A glucose-based confectionery flavored with peppermint, popular with climbers as a source of energy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nongarrison Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + garrison. 1. Not of or pertaining to a garrison. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fieldcraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From field + -craft. 1. The basic military skills required to operate in the field, such as stealth, camouflage, and observation. Labels: uncountable
Word: H&C Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of hot and cold (water). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: A home from home offering real food, comfortable bedrooms with facilities (TV, radio, kettle, H&C).
Word: untaped Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of untape Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: untaped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + taped. 1. Not taped (recorded on tape). Labels: not-comparable Example: an untaped interview 2. Not taped (affixed with tape). Labels: not-comparable
Word: storm match Part of Speech: noun 1. Any match able to ignite and remain burning even in strong winds.
Word: uncatered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + catered. 1. Not catered. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gotras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gotra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Brahmin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of brahmin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Brahmin Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Brahman. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Brahmins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Brahmin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apyrases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apyrase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chymases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chymase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: argininosuccinic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A basic amino acid, a precursor to fumarate in the citric acid cycle. Labels: uncountable
Word: dihydrobenzophenanthridine oxidase Part of Speech: noun 1. An enzyme that produces oxidized forms of benzophenanthridine alkaloids, such as sanguinarine from dihydrosanguinarine, chelirubine from dihydrochelirubine, and macarpine from dihydromacarpine. Labels: uncountable
Word: fliest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: fly + -est 1. superlative form of fly: most fly Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: fliest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: fly + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of fly Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: centres of gravity Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of centre of gravity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: centers of gravity Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of center of gravity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kleenexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kleenex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: certificate authorities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of certificate authority Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cessionaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cessionary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CFA francs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of CFA franc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CFP francs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of CFP franc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chain gangs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chain gang Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chain reactions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chain reaction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: that's the spirit Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to encourage someone's positive attitude. Example: I may have failed this job interview, but there will be many more opportunities in the future. ― That's the spirit!
Word: zoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of zoot suit. Pronunciation: /zuːt/ 1. A zoot suit. Labels: US, slang Example: I couldn't wait for eight o'clock to get home to eat out of those soul-food pots of Ella's, then get dressed in my zoot and head for some of my friends' places in town, to lindy-hop and get high, […] 2. A fursuit. Labels: slang Example: I also told him about a fur meet in which we 'squicked a bunch of mundanes' by running around in a shopping mall in zoots, etc. Example: It seems some Furries like zoots because they're the closest thing to a live anthro they can find.
Word: zoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /zuːt/ 1. A marijuana cigarette. Labels: UK, countable, slang Example: How many zoots you getting out of a 3.5? I’m hearing 4 is normal🥴 2. A cigarette butt. Labels: Trinidad-and-Tobago, countable, slang 3. PCP; phencyclidine. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable
Word: zoot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /zuːt/ 1. To rush around quickly; to scoot. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Lauren loves to zoot around the shopping mall. At top speed. Example: As well as allowing more and more people to zoot around the city in their cars, these roads also allowed for the improvement of public transport within Cardiff.
Word: up a storm Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In a remarkable or excited manner. Labels: informal Example: They cooked up a storm on the new cooking show. Example: They were dancing up a storm at the new night club.
Word: lactivorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lact- + -i- + -vorous. 1. Feeding or subsisting upon milk.
Word: halachos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of halacha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: halachot Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of halacha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Arena Part of Speech: name 1. A township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States. 2. An extinct town in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States. 3. A town and village therein, in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. 4. A former hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19, Saskatchewan, Canada. 5. A comune in Vibo Valentia province, Calabria, Italy. 6. A village in Naqadeh County, West Azerbaijan Province, north-west Iran. 7. An ancient Roman city at Bou Saâda, Algeria. Labels: historical
Word: ducture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare conduct. 1. guidance, control Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: that is below an Angelical; but so far as the Ducture of Common Reason, Scripture, and Experience will direct our Enquiries
Word: collegia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of collegium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: explicans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin explicāns. 1. The underlying meaning of an explicandum. Example: Thus when a function statement gives the explicandum, e.g. alcohol consumption, privileged joking, witchcraft inheritance, as a sufficient condition of the explicans (anxiety reduction, friendly relations, agnatic confidence), a law statement can easily be framed on this basis. Example: The explicans in such an explanation is an event the occurrence of which possessing a certain property, in conjunction with other events with suitable properties, nomically determines the occurrence of the explicandum-event with a certain property.
Word: barbastelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French barbastelle, from Italian barbastrello. 1. A relatively rare European bat, Barbastella barbastellus. Example: But while common and soprano pipistrelles are numerous, the barbastelle bat is dependent on ancient woodland.
Word: baseborn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From base + born. 1. bastard, illegitimate Labels: not-comparable Example: He said, "Though the law did not positively allow the destroying such base-born children, yet it held them to be the children of nobody; that the Church considered them as the children of nobody; and that at the best, they ought to be brought up to the lowest and vilest offices of the commonwealth." 2. Of lowly birth. Labels: not-comparable Example: And while the baſe borne Tartars take it vp, You fighting more for honor than for gold: Shall maſſacre those greedie minded ſlaues. Example: Non-Arabs, of whatever racial origin, were of course baseborn, but so too were many Arabs who, for one reason or another, were not full and free members of a tribe.
Word: basehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (free)base + -head. 1. A habitual user of freebase; a crackhead. Labels: slang Example: Motherfucker, is you crazy?" I grilled Pimp. "Can't no basehead niggah be depended on to watch nothing!" Example: Every basehead wake up and start do heroin instead?
Word: biotecture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bio- + architecture. 1. Any of several types of architecture that use forms influenced by biological structures. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: blockwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From block + work. 1. masonry that uses large blocks (of concrete etc.) rather than bricks Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: briefless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brief + -less. 1. Lacking briefs (clients) Example: Consequently a briefless barrister who is totally without connexion, as it is delicately phrased, which means who has no attorney blood in him, who has not married an attorney's daughter, and who has no rich relations who bring grist to the attorney mill, cannot hope by any change of administration to become a briefed barrister. Example: As an advocate he had no success, for after walking the floor of the Parliament House, as it is called in Edinburgh, along with other briefed and briefless advocates, and securing only one case, which brought him four guineas, he abandoned that practice and settled down seriously to his true life work of literature. 2. Not wearing briefs
Word: carboxyhaemoglobin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of carboxyhemoglobin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: cardphone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From card + phone. 1. A public telephone that accepts prepaid cards rather than coins.
Word: cubbing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkʌbɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of cub Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cubbing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkʌbɪŋ/ 1. The activities of Cub Scouts. Labels: uncountable
Word: cubbed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kʌbd/ 1. simple past and past participle of cub Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: labour camp Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of prison where prisoners are obliged to do forced labour, usually outdoors. Example: The labour camps of the old Soviet Union are well described by the writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
Word: labour camps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of labour camp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daughterhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From daughter + -hood. 1. The condition of being a daughter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the end, “The Story Sisters,” for all its magic realism, is about a family navigating through motherhood, sisterhood, daughterhood.
Word: derequisition Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + requisition. 1. To return or release (something previously requisitioned). Labels: transitive
Word: labor camp Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of labour camp. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: labor camps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of labor camp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entisol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of recent + -sol. 1. A young soil that is high in mineral content, and has no horizons.
Word: euphrasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of many flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
Word: exclusionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exclusion + -ist. 1. A person who advocates the exclusion of someone or something
Word: exclusionist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From exclusion + -ist. 1. Of or pertaining to an exclusionist, or to exclusionism
Word: godship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From god + -ship. 1. Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Because there was a Godship, a higher degree than hers, she was not content. Example: Emerson's vision of man coming into his godship through the conquest of nature reads suspiciously like an apology for westward expansion. 2. A term of address to a deity. Labels: humorous, uncountable, usually Example: Yf it please your gracyous godshyp. Example: The gods, addressed without ceremony in Juvenal as vos... become ‘Your Godships’.
Word: Godward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Godward, Gode ward, God-ward, god-ward, godward; equivalent to God + -ward. Cognate with German gottwärts (“towards God”). 1. Directed to or tending toward God; toward God.
Word: Godward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English Godward, Gode ward, God-ward, god-ward, godward; equivalent to God + -ward. Cognate with German gottwärts (“towards God”). 1. In reference or relation to God; towards God.
Word: godwards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From God + -wards. 1. towards God
Word: happis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of happi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: highveld Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Highveld. Labels: alt-of
Word: infralapsarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From infra- + lapsus + -arian. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.fɹəˌlæpˈsɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌɪn.fɹəˌlæpˈsɛɹi.ən/ 1. A Calvinist who holds that election is a logical consequent of the Fall of man in the original divine plan.
Word: inseminator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inseminate + -or. 1. A person who, or device that inseminates.
Word: intercolonial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + colonial. 1. Between colonies Labels: not-comparable Example: 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XVIII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt […] in 1858 I shipped on an intercolonial vessel, under engagement to proceed to the Swan River settlement. Example: These outlaws, [Mitford] Mathews infers, were groups of backwoodsmen who stole goods and perhaps even operated crime syndicates on an intercolonial scale. As the Cochrane fragment attests, crackers had reputations for being ill-mannered, arrogant, treacherous, and cruel, stealing from Indians and propertied white colonists alike.
Word: kneehole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knee + hole. 1. A space for the knees (and lower legs), especially under a desk. Example: Those for the sitting position are located in the kneehole on each side of the cab; [...].
Word: floor tile Part of Speech: noun 1. A tile, made from any material, designed to be laid as flooring.
Word: manufacturability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From manufacture + -ability. 1. The condition of being manufacturable Labels: uncountable
Word: microreader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + reader. 1. Any device used to read microfilm or microfiche
Word: stiltedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From stilted + -ly. 1. Stiffly, or in an unnatural manner Example: 1985 29 Aug, New Scientist, Vol. 107, No. 1471 p.50. TV programs reviews. It began with doggerel, spoken stiltedly by the quartet of presenters, who mocked what they had said but then continued to speak stiltedly throughout.
Word: mirador Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mirador. 1. A tower that offers a panoramic view.
Word: mopoke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant form of morepork. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊpəʊk/ 1. A morepork. Labels: Australia Example: A mopoke cried in the scrub to the north.
Word: neuston Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek νευστός (neustós, “swimming”) + -on. 1. All the organisms that live at the surface of water. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stiltedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stilted + -ness. 1. self-consciousness, out-of-place formality, or forced behavior. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: While doing this I walk about the room so that there will not be any suggestion of stiltedness or vocal or muscular interference.
Word: miradors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mirador Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miradores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mirador Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multiocular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + ocular. 1. Having multiple eyes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: immoderation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From im- + moderation. 1. Lack of moderation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: boutonnières Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boutonnière Labels: form-of, plural Example: Let us try to imagine the qualms of some Fifth Avenue florist if he could but see so many potential boutonnières, at a dollar apiece, so carelessly heaped up in baskets, lining the dingy pavement.
Word: microreaders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microreader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infralapsarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infralapsarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mopokes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mopoke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kneeholes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kneehole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cardphones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cardphone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entisols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entisol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: euphrasias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of euphrasia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zoots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zoot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zoots Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of zoot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Asiatic wildcat Part of Speech: noun 1. A subspecies of wildcat (Felis silvestris ornata).
Word: Asiatic wildcats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Asiatic wildcat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: venerably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From venerable + -ly. 1. In a venerable manner.
Word: speech disfluencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speech disfluency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Javan tiger Part of Speech: noun 1. An extinct tiger that inhabited the Indonesian island of Java until the 1980s.
Word: Javan tigers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Javan tiger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vitellogenin Part of Speech: noun 1. An egg-yolk precursor protein expressed in the females of nearly all oviparous species. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vitellogenins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vitellogenin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cape lion Part of Speech: noun 1. A lion of the extinct population of subspecies Panthera leo melanochaita which inhabited the Cape of Good Hope.
Word: Cape lions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cape lion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: at first sight Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Superficially, without a full inspection. Example: It looks like a normal car at first sight. But when we open the hood, we discover something quite new.
Word: nonjoinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + joinder. 1. The omission of a party that was necessary to an action
Word: objectum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō Latin obiectus Latin obiectumlbor. English objectum Learned borrowing from Latin obiectum. Coined by Eija-Ritta Eklof Berliner-Mauer in the early 1970s as part of the terms objectum-sexual and objectum-sexuality. Doublet of object and objet. 1. Attracted to inanimate objects, especially sexually or romantically, but can be other types such as platonic or familial. 2. Between a human and an object, or being directed or oriented towards objects.
Word: objectum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō Latin obiectus Latin obiectumlbor. English objectum Learned borrowing from Latin obiectum. Coined by Eija-Ritta Eklof Berliner-Mauer in the early 1970s as part of the terms objectum-sexual and objectum-sexuality. Doublet of object and objet. 1. A person who is attracted to an object and/or in a relationship with an object.
Word: offsider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From offside + -er. 1. A partner, assistant, or deputy. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal Example: Kidman, riding hell for leather and carrying a heavy stockwhip, caught up with him soon after, or rather with his offsider, who was tailing the mob, and demanded an explanation for their trespassing. “Don′t ask me,” said the offsider. “You see the boss.” Example: With the 2005 incarnation of Temptation, Livinia Nixon has completed the trifecta of TV seconds: variety offsider, game show hostess and weather girl.
Word: offtake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English oftaken, equivalent to off- + take. 1. To take off; take away, remove. Labels: transitive Example: Of brothers and bairns, where the brightest of earth-joys She had hitherto had: all the henchmen of Finn War had offtaken, save a handful remaining, […] Example: In this case also we are not informed what the range of water depths was; but, since all distributaries offtaking from this sixty-three miles length of canal were closed during the experiment, and since the capacity of the canal at the lower end was not more than half the capacity at its upper end, we know at least that the water stream must have been very shallow at the upper end of the length of canal under experiment. 2. To take out or remove commodities from a market, usually through purchasing them. Labels: transitive Example: Obviously, it would be desirable for the parties to the interim offtake agreement to offtake their physical volumes in proportion to their dividend participation.
Word: offtake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oftaken, equivalent to off- + take. 1. A point or channel of drainage or off-flow; offlet. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The removal of oil (or an industrial chemical) from a storage facility. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An act of taking off; specifically, the taking away or purchase of goods. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Something taken off; a deduction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: overwear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + wear. Pronunciation: /ˌoʊ.vəɹˈwɛəɹ/ 1. To wear out; to exhaust. Labels: transitive 2. To wear (an item of clothing) too frequently. Labels: transitive Example: Because permanent press garments remain fresh looking, there is a tendency to overwear them, thus permitting them to become too heavily soiled.
Word: overwear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + -wear. Pronunciation: /ˈoʊ.vəɹˌwɛəɹ/ 1. outer clothing Labels: uncountable
Word: patriciate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin patriciātus. By surface analysis, patrician + -ate. 1. The rank of a patrician 2. The aristocracy or nobility Example: The idea of his frivolity had, no doubt, to do with his personal designation, which represented—as yet, for our young woman, a little confusedly—a connection with an historic patriciate, a class that, in turn, also confusedly, represented an affinity with a social element that she had never heard otherwise described than as "fashion." 3. the non-noble upper class, or the upper bourgeoisie
Word: pedestaling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pedestal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pedestaled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pedestal Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pedestalled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pedestal Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pedestalling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pedestal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: personifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From personify + -er. 1. A person who personifies
Word: polygyne Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + gyne. 1. Describing a hive or colony (of a social insect) that has more than one active queen Labels: not-comparable
Word: monogyne Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + gyne. 1. Describing a hive or colony (of a social insect) that has only one active queen Labels: not-comparable
Word: povidone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from polyvinylpyrrolidone. 1. A powdered form of polyvinylpyrrolidone that is used as a dispersing and suspending agent in drugs.
Word: predoom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + doom. 1. To determine someone's fate in advance
Word: predynastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + dynastic. 1. Before the time of a dynasty Labels: not-comparable
Word: renewer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From renew + -er. 1. One who or that which renews.
Word: saltish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English saltish, equivalent to salt + -ish. 1. Somewhat salty.
Word: sarracenia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from the name of Michel Sarrazin (1659–1734), a French physician and naturalist. 1. Any of various pitcher plants of genus Sarracenia.
Word: shirtwaister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shirt + waist + -er. 1. A woman's dress having a bodice in the style of a shirt, with buttons down the front.
Word: shirtwaisters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shirtwaister Labels: form-of, plural
Word: renewers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of renewer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slickenside Part of Speech: noun 1. A smooth, striated rock surface caused by the friction of one mass sliding over another
Word: spermatozoal Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to spermatozoa Labels: not-comparable
Word: spermatozoan Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to spermatozoa. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spermatozoan Part of Speech: noun 1. A spermatozoon.
Word: squalamine Part of Speech: noun 1. A broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from the livers of dogfish Labels: uncountable
Word: steepish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From steep + -ish. 1. Somewhat steep Labels: not-comparable
Word: stellium Part of Speech: noun 1. satellitium
Word: satellitium Part of Speech: noun 1. A grouping of several planets in a sign. 2. An escort. Labels: obsolete
Word: subclause Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + clause. 1. A subordinate clause. 2. A subsidiary clause in a legal contract etc.
Word: subclause Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sub- + clause. 1. To qualify with a subclause. Labels: transitive Example: Too many serious reviews are subclaused, hyperbolic conscious, egotistical and self-indulgent, not to mention boring. Example: In a light dry style, free from academic subclausing, the ever-acute Smith gets right into the minutiae of these communities - who is growing what and why - and how it affects the neighbours.
Word: subclauses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subclause Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subclauses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subclause Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tectrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tectrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tectrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin tēctrīx. 1. The covert of a bird's wing.
Word: carplanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carplane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carplane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From car + plane. 1. A vehicle that can drive on land like a car or fly like an aeroplane. Example: Outside Bedrock headed for a carplane stop in a meditative mood. Example: Unlike some other fictional portrayals of future family life — which simply place traditional family structures in a high-tech futuristic setting of carplanes, fully automated appliances, interplanetary civilizations, and robot servants […]
Word: tegmen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from Latin tegmen, syncopated form of tegimen. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɡ.mən/ 1. A covering or integument, usually referring to a thin layer or membrane in an organism. 2. An integument such as the inner membrane of the coat of a seed. 3. A covering such as the thin layer of bone in the roof of the middle ear of mammals. 4. In insects such as winged cockroaches and locusts, the stiff, membranous fore wings; in many species they are not primarily used for flight, but serve as protective covering for the delicate hind wings, which are the main organs of flight. The more heavily armoured fore-wings of most beetles are called elytra, not tegmina.
Word: vacuumable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vacuum + -able. 1. Capable of being vacuum-cleaned. Example: Typically, pesticide concentrations in vacuumable house dust are 10–100 times higher than those found in outdoor surface soil...
Word: nonprotozoan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + protozoan. 1. Not protozoan. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonampliative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + ampliative. 1. Not ampliative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonabductive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + abductive. 1. Not abductive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonambitious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + ambitious. 1. Not ambitious. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonaspirational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + aspirational. 1. Not aspirational. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonatmospheric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + atmospheric. 1. Not atmospheric. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncontinuable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + continuable. 1. Not continuable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: theologize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ultimately from Latin theologizāre, with the transitive sense possibly being formed by theology + -ize. 1. To discuss or speculate about theological subjects. Labels: intransitive Example: Take A Bishop Like Me is Moore's response to his critics in the form of an apologia for his stance on the ordination of both women and homosexuals. The book portrays with candor and a minimum of theologizing the struggles of the leader of an established and venerable institution […] to deal with issues that his constituents would rather not discuss. 2. To treat something from a theological viewpoint. Labels: transitive Example: School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy theologized.
Word: trabeation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin trabs (“beam”). 1. Beams used instead of arches or vaulting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An entablature. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: undervest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + vest. 1. vest (worn underneath a shirt)
Word: unendowed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + endowed. 1. Not endowed. Example: Those parish ministers who had seceded were about two hundred and forty, or one-fourth of the whole number; the unendowed ministers, about two hundred, or about one-third of the entire clergy of Scotland. Example: For Cooper was unendowed with worldly shrewdness, and, like all dreamers, was attracted by a mind which controlled while he might only attempt to understand. 2. Lacking an endowment. Example: By degrees the libraries which were unendowed fell behind the age, and were consequently neglected.
Word: jahiliya Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Jahiliyyah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: negative-edge-triggered Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing a circuit or component that changes its state only when an input signal becomes low. Labels: not-comparable Example: Master-slave flip-flops tend to be negative-edge-triggered; however, the clock input can be inverted in order to make the master-slave flip-flop be positive-edge-triggered.
Word: negative edge Part of Speech: noun 1. The point in time when a signal's value becomes low.
Word: negative edges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of negative edge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PUR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of polyurethane. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of person using radio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: venerableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From venerable + -ness. 1. The condition of being venerable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ventiduct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. A ventilation duct
Word: wheelback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back English wheelback From wheel + back. 1. A chair whose back incorporates the design of a wheel. Labels: attributive, often
Word: -ean Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Latin -ānus, following Latin stems ending in -ae(us) (many from Ancient Greek -αῖος (-aîos)), -e(us) or -ē(us) (many from Ancient Greek -εῖος (-eîos)). Pronunciation: /-ˈiːən/, /-iən/ 1. Forms adjectives, usually from proper nouns. Labels: morpheme
Word: kalicine Part of Speech: noun 1. A mineral form of potassium bicarbonate. Labels: uncountable
Word: karstification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From karst + -ification. 1. The formation of a karst topography Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: keratoglobus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, kerato- (“horn, keratin, cornea”, from Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras)) + Latin globus (“globe, sphere”). 1. A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape. Labels: uncountable
Word: kulturkampf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Kulturkampf (“culture conflict”). Pronunciation: /kʊlˈtʊə(ɹ)ˌkɑmf/ 1. A conflict between secular and religious authorities, especially the struggle between the Roman Catholic Church and the German government under Bismarck. Labels: historical Example: As the Roman Empire became Christian in the fourth century, the scene was set for a Kulturkampf of huge proportions.
Word: teratorn Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various large birds of prey, now extinct, living in North and South America, of the family Teratornithidae. Example: Long before man, there were birds even larger than this. The biggest found so far in the fossil record are the teratorns.
Word: xerocolous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From xero- + -colous. 1. tolerant of very dry conditions
Word: toolpath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tool + path. 1. The path through space that the tip of a cutting tool follows on its way to producing the desired geometry of the workpiece.
Word: tool path Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of toolpath. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: riparian right Part of Speech: noun 1. The right of a person who owns the land by a river, stream or creek to have access to and use of the shore and water.
Word: incomber Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of encumber. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: multicounty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + county. 1. Consisting of, or pertaining to, multiple counties. Labels: not-comparable
Word: multiprovince Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + province. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one province. Labels: not-comparable
Word: multiprovincial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + provincial. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one province. Labels: not-comparable
Word: multitown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + town. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one town. Labels: not-comparable
Word: multitower Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + tower. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one tower. Labels: not-comparable
Word: multiethnics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multiethnic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geris Part of Speech: noun 1. Geriatrics. Labels: colloquial, uncountable
Word: geris Part of Speech: adj 1. Geriatric. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable
Word: microcontinental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + continental. 1. Of or pertaining to a microcontinent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: multiblade Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + blade. 1. Of or pertaining to multiple blades. Labels: not-comparable
Word: boilerhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boiler + house. 1. A building containing a boiler. Example: I had to collect up all the scrawny dead birds with their swollen blind eyes, throw them into a barrow and take them to the boilerhouse for burning. 2. The deckhouse above a ship's boiler and engine room.
Word: boilerhouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boilerhouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: broilerhouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of broilerhouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boilable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From boil + -able. 1. Capable of, or suitable for, being boiled. Labels: not-comparable Example: a boilable food package
Word: nonboilable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + boilable. 1. Not boilable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gerant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French gérant. 1. The manager or acting partner of a company, publication etc. Labels: archaic
Word: countings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntɪŋz/ 1. plural of counting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kvens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kven Labels: form-of, plural
Word: countergesture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + gesture. 1. A gesture made in response to another gesture. Example: Over time, he helps the patient see that his own gestures are met with countergestures which have a different quality and tone to them.
Word: countergestures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of countergesture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sidebox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From side + box; compare sidebar. 1. A box placed alongside the main text in a book, etc. containing further related text. 2. A box set in the side of a theatre's auditorium.
Word: sideboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sidebox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Winblows Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Windows + blows (in the slang sense where something that "blows" is worthless or inferior). First use appears c. 1997 in the periodical Working Woman. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnbloʊz/ 1. The Microsoft Windows operating system. Labels: slang Example: Winblows regrets that it is "Not Justice Department Approved." Example: Ring me when Winblows becomes free, or when there are free dev tools for it! 2. Microshaft Winblows 98.
Word: Microshaft Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Microsoft + shaft (in slang sense; see shafted). Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪkɹəˌʃæft/, /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌʃæft/ 1. The computer company Microsoft. Labels: slang
Word: microsequencers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microsequencer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microseparators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microseparator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unbedewed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bedewed. 1. Not bedewed. Labels: not-comparable Example: The rains are the best, and, indeed, the only manure in this island, and they confine their course to the forests, leaving unbedewed the tracts that are cleared.
Word: untapestried Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + tapestried. 1. Not tapestried. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unhoned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + honed. 1. Not honed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unbedevilled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bedevilled. 1. Not bedevilled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unbefittingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unbefitting + -ly. 1. In an unbefitting manner.
Word: Brezhnevian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Brezhnev + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964.
Word: Pascalian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Pascal + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), influential French mathematician and philosopher.
Word: Pascalian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pascal + -ian. 1. A supporter or follower of Blaise Pascal.
Word: mirid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Miridae. 1. Any insect of the family Miridae, a plant bug. Example: Mirids continued to be underappreciated as predators even after several species had been used successfully in classical biological control in the 1920s and 1930s. Example: Interestingly, the reproductive consequences of hornworm and mirid attack are very different for the plant. While the plant metabolically responds very similarly to hornworm and mirid attack and gains resistance to hornworms, attack by mirids (in contrast to attack by hornworms) does not reduce the reproductive success of the plant, although the damage from these piercing-sucking insects can be substantial.
Word: mirids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mirid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aramid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of aromatic + polyamide. 1. Any of a class of strong, heat-resistant synthetic fibres, used in aerospace and military applications.
Word: heatproofs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of heatproof Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: heatproofing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of heatproof Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: heatproofed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of heatproof Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aramids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aramid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: araneidans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of araneidan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: curlewlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From curlew + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a curlew.
Word: scolopacid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the family Scolopacidae of waders or shorebirds.
Word: scolopacids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scolopacid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scolloping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scollop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scolloped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scollop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Lesath Part of Speech: name Etymology: Arabic 1. Upsilon Scorpii, a star in the constellation Scorpius. Example: Ras Alhague is […] nearly due north of Lesath, in the tail of the Scorpion, at the distance of 51 degrees: […]
Word: ABV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of alcohol by volume. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: At only 2% ABV, this brand of beer won't get you drunk cheaply. Example: Divide in half to relate proof to ABV: whiskey that is 80 proof is 40% ABV. 2. Initialism of American-born Vietnamese. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: unbedeviled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bedeviled. 1. Alternative spelling of unbedevilled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: unbevelled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bevelled. 1. Not bevelled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unbeveled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + beveled. 1. Alternative spelling of unbevelled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: underdevelopedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From underdeveloped + -ness. 1. Synonym of underdevelopment (“state or condition of being underdeveloped”). Labels: uncountable
Word: undevelopedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From undeveloped + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being undeveloped. Labels: uncountable
Word: undeviatingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From undeviating + -ly. 1. Without deviation; directly, unerringly.
Word: butter-slide Part of Speech: noun 1. A long patch of butter on a floor that will cause anybody walking on it to slip, traditionally used in slapstick or as a practical joke.
Word: wakeboard tower Part of Speech: noun 1. A structure made of bars on a motorboat to which a wakeboard can be attached.
Word: gay-ass Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gay + -ass; see derogatory sense of gay. 1. Lame; uncool; backwards. Labels: US, derogatory, informal, vulgar 2. Stupid; uncool; immature or puerile. Labels: UK, derogatory, informal, vulgar
Word: antiflicker Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + flicker. 1. Countering or preventing flicker. Labels: not-comparable Example: The television camera cannot use the cinema's antiflicker strategy of repeating each entire frame twice.