nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: familicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From family + -cide. 1. The murder of an entire family by a family member. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Because of the familicide that wiped out his entire family, he will be charged with six counts of murder. Example: Familicide is the murder of family members by another family member. In other words, familicide is a multiple-victim homicide in which the killer's spouse or partner and one or more children are killed. Although familicide is relatively rare, it is nevertheless the most common form of mass killing. 2. The perpetrator of a familicide. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The popular professional wrestler became the most notorious familicide of 2007. Example: There has also been some recent work focused on diagnostic correlates in aggressive individuals, including a familicide.
Word: familicidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English familicide Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English familicidal From familicide + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to familicide.
Word: uxoricidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English uxoricide Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English uxoricidal From uxoricide + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to uxoricide. Labels: not-comparable
Word: infanticidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From infanticide + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to infanticide. Labels: not-comparable
Word: filicidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English filicide Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English filicidal From filicide + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to filicide. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sanjo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sino-Korean 散 (scattered) + 調 (melodies). 1. a genre of traditional Korean instrumental music Labels: uncountable
Word: unsmoked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English smoked English unsmoked From un- + smoked. 1. not preserved by treatment with smoke and thus retaining more of the original flavour, for example: unsmoked bacon or salmon. Labels: not-comparable 2. not lit, not burnt. (of a cigarette, cigar or pipe) Labels: not-comparable
Word: rogatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed 1750 from French rogatoire, from Medieval Latin rogātōrius (“interrogatory”), from rogō (“to ask, enquire”). By surface analysis, Latin rog- + -ate + -ory. 1. Seeking information or evidence, especially from a foreign court
Word: unmalted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English malted English unmalted From un- + malted. 1. Not malted, ungerminated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unploughed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English ploughed English unploughed From un- + ploughed. 1. Unturned with a plough, and thus retaining its original vegetation (usually grass). Labels: not-comparable 2. Unexplored or unknown. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable
Word: Streisand effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Mike Masnick in 2005, after a 2003 incident in which singer Barbra Streisand attempted to have a picture of her house removed from a public collection of 12,000 images documenting coastal erosion in California. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹaɪ.sænd əˌfɛkt/ 1. A phenomenon in which attempting to suppress an item of information attracts even more unwanted attention, thus furthering its dissemination. Example: No matter how effective your rebuttal may seem to be to you, a response will "bump" the problem into greater prominence and relevance in the search engine results, which then turns your headache into a migraine. This is doubly dangerous since "bumping" the negative information potentially introduces the "Streisand Effect" into the equation, which is something to avoid if at all possible. It is commonly defined as a phenomenon in which an attempt to censor or remove a piece of information on the web backfires, causing greater publicity. Example: Say you discover that people aren't just talking about you, they're bashing you. Should you step in and try to stop them? Again, the answer is absolutely no! Leave them alone – you'll only make the problems worse and create a Streisand Effect if you try to hush them up.
Word: blive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /blaɪv/ 1. Alternative form of belive ("to remain"). Labels: alt-of, alternative, intransitive
Word: blive Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English blive (“actively, vigorously, eagerly, gladly, quickly, at once”), with unsyncopated alternative form bilive. The adverb is from a contraction of by /bi + live (dative form of lyf, "life"), literally, "by life". 1. quickly; forthwith Labels: obsolete Example: “Perdy, ſir knight,” ſaide then th’ enchaunter blive […]
Word: aboot Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /əˈbuːt/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of about. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: c. 1686, Ed. Halley, “An Hiſtorical Account of the Trade Winds and Monſoons, obſervable in the Seas between and near the Tropicks, with an attempt to aſſign the Phyſical Cauſe of the ſaid Winds”, re-printed in Miſcellanea Curioſa: Containing a Collection of ſome of the Principal Phænomena in Nature, Accounted for by the Greateſt Philoſophers of this Age; Being the Moſt Valuable Diſcourses, Read and Delivered to the Royal Society, for the Advancement of Phyſical and Mathematical Knowledge, As alſo a Collection of Curious Travels, Voyages, Antiquities, and Natural Hiſtories of Countries; Preſented to the ſame Society, second edition, volume I, R. Smith (1708), page 65, The one is, why, notwithſtanding the narroweſt part of the Sea between Guinea and Brazile be aboot five hundred Leagues over, yet Ships bound to the Southward, ſometimes, eſpecially in the Months of July and August, find a great difficulty to paſs it. Example: Maister Fothergill West and the meenister say that I maun tell all I can aboot General Heatherstone and his hoose, but that I maunna say muckle aboot mysel'.
Word: Huế Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Hue. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The shallowness of the Perfume River, which runs through Huế, and the shifting sandbars at its mouth precluded oceangoing vessels from sailing up the river as far as Huế. Example: Rice thus needed to be transported to the capital Huế for distribution to the northernmost part of the country, but organizing a convoy was not easy. […] But the rice traffic was so vital to Huế’s economy that the Nguyễn ordered boat owners to transport rice to Thuận Hóa twice a year up to 1714; […]
Word: Hà Nội Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Vietnamese Hà Nội. 1. Alternative spelling of Hanoi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: delo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From delegate + -o. 1. A delegate (representative). Labels: Australia, slang
Word: psuedo- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Misspelling of pseudo-. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, morpheme
Word: fals Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic فَلْس (fals), from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ (/⁠fuləsā, filas⁠/), from Ancient Greek φόλλις (phóllis), from Latin follis. Doublet of follis and fool. 1. Medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate beginning in the late 7th century. Labels: Middle-Ages
Word: common name Part of Speech: noun 1. The name by which an organism or group of organisms is known to the general public. Example: Near-synonym: trivial name Example: From the point of view of biology, a bird has both a scientific name and a common name. 2. A name that unambiguously identifies a substance but is not the IUPAC systematic name. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see common, name.
Word: nowy Part of Speech: adj 1. Nowed (knotted). Labels: not-comparable
Word: slating Part of Speech: noun 1. Slates collectively. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Material for slating. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A harsh criticism. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: His new book got a real slating. Example: "Ever been to a meeting before, sir?" "No," said Malone. "Don't know much about it, I expect." "No, I don't." "Well, well, we must expect a slating."
Word: slating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of slate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slackest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of slack: most slack Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: slacked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slack (attributive form of slacks) + -ed (“having”). 1. Dressed in slacks. Labels: not-comparable Example: “I’ll never forget the day the real-estate man called to tell me this place was for sale!” Carole screamed, pulling her slacked legs up under her chin, locking her arms around them. Example: It has moved from Negro slavery to a most inclusive theoretical equality before the law; from the seclusion and limitation of women to women’s suffrage and to the slacked woman-worker in factories.
Word: slacked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slack (verb) + -ed. Labels: no-gloss, not-comparable
Word: slacked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From slack (verb) + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of slack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: punding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A gerundial noun from the slang term to pund used by addicts, coined by Swedish forensic psychiatrist G. Rylander, in 1968. Folke Sjöqvist, Malcolm Tottie, editor (1969), “Clinical and Medico-criminological aspects of addiction to Central Stimulating Drugs”, in Abuse of central stimulants: Symposium arranged by the Swedish Committee on International Health Relations, Stockholm, November 25-27, 1968, Almqvist & Wiksell, page 257 1. A human activity characterized by compulsive fascination with and performance of repetitive, mechanical tasks, such as assembling and disassembling, collecting, or sorting household objects. Labels: uncountable Example: Punding may consist of activities such as collecting pebbles and lining them up as perfectly as possible, or disassembling doorknobs and putting them back together again. Example: What Pollan is describing here is a mild form of ‘punding’, a phenomenon first described by intravenous amphetamine addicts.
Word: punding Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of pudding. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: golf-club Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of golf club. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: golf-clubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of golf-club Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pooper-scooper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pooper scooper. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: barkometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bark Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -meter English barkometer From bark + -o- + -meter. 1. A hydrometer calibrated to test the strength of tanning liquors used in tanning leather.
Word: desacralization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English sacralization English desacralization From de- + sacralization. 1. The reverse of sacralization, and occurs when a formerly dedicated religious structure such as a church or religious school is given over for another purpose outside of the particular religious organization which dedicated it for a sacred purpose. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: geru Part of Speech: noun 1. An earthy red color, used in India to paint flowerpots and tree bases. Labels: uncountable
Word: geru Part of Speech: adj 1. Of an earthy red color.
Word: modesty panel Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin screen of wood or metal attached to the front of a desk, organ, etc. to provide privacy for the person seated behind it, as it covers the upper part of the legs and cabling, and to provide structural support for the legs of the furniture.
Word: contravening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of contravene Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: genitive-accusative Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of genitive as a case of the grammatical object; exists at least in several Slavic and Finnic languages. Example: The term "genitive-accusative" refers to the use of genitive form in accusative function. It is a phenomenon that has grown and been generalized from a special distinction in old Russian to the broad category of animateness in modern Russian. Genitive-Accusative in the Laurentian Primary Chronicle, Orrin Frink, The Slavic and East European Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Summer, 1962), pp. 133-137, doi:10.2307/3086099 Example: The paper deals with a long-standing problem of Slavic Historical Linguistics, which is the question why in the history of Old East Slavic (OESl) there occurred a substitution of the Adjective by the Genitive case of a noun as a means of expressing possession. The main postulate is that there existed a previously unnoticed connection between this substitution, on the one hand, and the rise of a new syncretic Accusative case form, known as Genitive-Accusative, on the other. It is suggested that the missing link underlying both processes is the intolerance of the language to Subject-Object ambiguity. The Rise of the Genitive-Accusative and Genitive of Possession in Old East Slavic, Elena Bratishenko, University of Calgary, 2007
Word: baseload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From base + load. 1. The minimum load on a power station over a standard period.
Word: budburst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bud + burst. 1. The emergence of new leaves on a plant at the beginning of each growing season
Word: electrostriction Part of Speech: noun 1. The mechanical deformation of a dielectric (insulator) in the presence of an electric field Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: exchanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exchange + -er. 1. A person or thing that exchanges one thing for another. Example: Over the stretch of single line track to Ballymena, the fireman had a busy time, dividing his attention between the fire and the acrobatics necessitated by loading and unloading the automatic tablet exchanger as we sped through the sections. 2. A person or thing that exchanges one thing for another.
Word: heat exchanger Part of Speech: noun 1. Any device (such as a radiator) that transfers heat from one fluid to another via a separating wall. Example: The transmission oil is cooled in a heat exchanger through which the cooling water is circulated, to assist rapid warming of the engine system and to bring engine and transmission into their true interdependence.
Word: secular progressivism Part of Speech: noun 1. An alleged movement in the United States with the ostensible goal of removing religion from the public sphere. Labels: neologism, uncountable
Word: OTR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of old-time radio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of one-touch recording. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: OTR Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Initialism of off the record. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of over-the-road. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of on the road. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of on the rocks. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: glyphosate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of glycine + phosphonate. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɪfəseɪt/, /ˈɡlaɪfə-/, /ɡlaɪˈfɒseɪt/ 1. N-phosphonomethyl glycine, the active ingredient of several herbicides that inhibit a plant growth enzyme. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Two-thirds of Europeans support a ban on glyphosate, the most widely used agricultural chemical in the world’s history, according to a new Yougov poll. Example: France led the opposition to allowing the use of glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup and in weed killers made by other companies. 2. Any of several herbicides based on it, such as Roundup. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In previous years Penryn Town Council has used Falmouth Town Council to fulfil the parks contract and glyphosate had been used, councillor Debra Clegg confirmed.
Word: hardiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hardynesse; equivalent to hardy + -ness. 1. The quality of being hardy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Kale is known for its winter-hardiness. Example: […] with usefull and generous labours preserving the bodies health, and hardinesse; to render lightsome, cleare, and not lumpish obedience to the minde, 2. The quality of being hardy. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Plentie, and Peace breeds Cowards: Hardneſſe euer / Of Hardineſſe is Mother. Example: […] they who were not yet grown to the hardineſs of Avowing the contempt of the King […] would ſooner have been checked, and recovered their Loyalty and Obedience. 3. Hardship; fatigue. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Yet ſure they are very valiant, and hardy, for the moſt part great Indurers of Cold, Labour, Hunger, and all Hardineſs […]
Word: neurobehavioral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan Old English behabban Middle English behaven Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeō Old French avoirbor. Middle English havour Middle English behavoure English behavior English -al English behavioral English neurobehavioral From neuro- + behavioral. 1. Of or pertaining to the assessment of a person's neurological state by observation of their behavior. Labels: not-comparable Example: Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) authored the law, which bans Red Dye No. 40, Yellow Dye No. 5, Yellow Dye No. 6, Blue Dye No. 1, Blue Dye No. 2 and Green Dye No. 3. The chemicals have been found to cause neurobehavioral problems in some children.
Word: nonlinearity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + linearity. 1. The state of being nonlinear. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A deviation from linearity. Labels: countable, usually
Word: processionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English procession Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English processionary From procession + -ary. 1. Of, pertaining to, or used in a procession
Word: processionary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English procession Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English processionary From procession + -ary. 1. Any of several moths or caterpillars of the subfamily Thaumetopoeinae
Word: overwinning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overwin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: zygapophyseal Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the zygapophysis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: getteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From get + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of get Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ariseth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From arise + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of arise Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: airwave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + wave. 1. singular of airwaves; thus often "radio" or "frequency". Labels: form-of, singular Example: Vander Meer’s no-hitter at Ebbets Field on June 15 was a witness-only event, unheard on any airwave.
Word: CONOPS Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of concept of operations. 1. A statement or diagram describing how a military operation is to be carried out using the available resources. Labels: US 2. A document describing the characteristics of a proposed system from the viewpoint of the people who will use it.
Word: operating concept Part of Speech: noun 1. A description, usually graphical, showing the major participants or components in a system and their interrelationships.
Word: OpCon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of OPCON. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: OPCON Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of operational control, command authority that may be exercised by commanders at any echelon at or below the level of combatant command. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: cheese curl Part of Speech: noun 1. A puffed corn snack, coated with a mixture of cheese or cheese-flavored powders.
Word: forcast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forcasten (“to cast away, reject”). Cognate with Swedish förkasta (“to reject”). Cf. forcasten. By surface analysis, for- + cast. 1. To cast away; reject. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: forcast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forcast, variant of forecast. 1. Alternative form of forecast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete 2. Misspelling of forecast. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: rebell Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of rebel. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ajaeng Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 아쟁 (ajaeng). 1. A bowed zither used in Korean traditional and classical music.
Word: kkwaenggwari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 꽹과리 (kkwaenggwari). 1. A small brass gong used in Korean folk music
Word: ratholing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rathole Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ratholing Part of Speech: noun 1. the surreptitious or premature removal of chips during a poker game. Labels: uncountable 2. the emptying of material only in the center of a hopper or silo, leaving behind circumferential material. Labels: uncountable
Word: backstabs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of backstab Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: backstabbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of backstab Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cyclones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyclone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: curvier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of curvy: more curvy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: rabbet joint Part of Speech: noun 1. See definition at rabbet. Labels: rare
Word: curviest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of curvy: most curvy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: daredevils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daredevil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: damming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdæmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dam Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: damming Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdæmɪŋ/ 1. The installation of a dam (structure to block flow).
Word: dammed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dæmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of dam Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ratholes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rathole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ratholes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rathole Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ratholed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rathole Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pavonazzetto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pavonazzetto, from pavonazzo + -etto. Pronunciation: /pævənætˈsɛtəʊ/ 1. A type of variegated marble. Labels: uncountable Example: “Pavonazzetto,” Replevin said, “also known as Phrygian marble, once believed to take its coloring from the blood of the Phrygian youth Atys, the one you see right there, in fact […].”
Word: decreeing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decree Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decreeing Part of Speech: noun 1. The giving out of a decree.
Word: koumiss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via French koumis, German Kumiss, from Russian кумы́с (kumýs), borrowed from a Turkic source. Compare Tatar кымыз (qımız), Kazakh қымыз (qymyz), Kyrgyz кымыз (kımız), Southern Altai кымыс (kïmïs), Turkish kımız, Azerbaijani qımız, Northern Altai кымыс (kïmïs), etc. Pronunciation: /ˈkuːmɪs/ 1. A fermented drink made from mare's milk, common among peoples of the Central Asian steppes. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [Of a Persian wine] One name for this wine was 黑水晶 "black crystal"; it has also been confused with koumiss. Example: Here, for example—a Scythian koumiss vessel, third century B.C. You can clearly see the Greek influence, especially in the friezework.
Word: deactivates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deactivate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dishcloths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dishcloth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: return ace Part of Speech: noun 1. A point made by the opponent returning the ball in such a way that the server does not make contact
Word: pilsner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Pilsner, from Pilsen, the Bohemian city where the beer was first developed. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪlznə/ 1. A pale, light lager beer. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pilsners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pilsner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: return aces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of return ace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tropology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin tropologia, from Late Greek τροπολογία (tropología), equivalent to trope + -ology. 1. The use of a trope (metaphor or figure of speech). Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: But she is not right to claim this is because "rhetoric" must necessarily be "in the Nietzschean sense that all language is founded in tropology."³⁷ Since when has tropology been in conflict with theology? Tropology and rhetoric thrive in the works of both Calvin and Calvino, and tropology is the very lifeblood of The Pilgrim's Progress. 2. The interpretation of scripture or other work in order to educe moral or figurative meaning; a treatise of such interpretation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Where the syntax of propositions is broken, we see a very general principle of tropology that grants a priori that things like texts are replacements of things like authors. Example: He must distinguish the historical information from the allegory, divide the allegory from the tropology, and separate the tropology from the anagogy. 3. A recurring motif or metaphor, a trope; an interplay of tropes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1994, Lee Edelman, preface, Homographesis, hardcover edition, page xiv, These essays, in other words, endeavor to read the literary, cultural, and political implications of the tropologies of sexuality that are put into play once the field of sexuality becomes charged by the widespread availability of a "homosexual" identity, and they explore the determining relation between "homosexuality" and "identity" as both have been constructed in modern Euro-American societies. Example: Finally, I differentiate Joyce's use of a feminine tropology from that of Derrida, Lacan, and the proponents of écriture féminine: in Joyce's work it serves to express his ambivalence and anxiety concerning a writing that would open up the play of the signifier and challenge the authority of the unified self.
Word: perplexes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of perplex Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: whinier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of whiny: more whiny Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: whiniest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of whiny: most whiny Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: prore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin prora (“prow”). Doublet of prow. 1. The front part of a ship. Labels: obsolete, poetic Example: These in twelve galleys with vermilion prores Beneath his conduct sought the Phrygian shores.. Example: As the tall ship, whose lofty prore / Shall never stem the billows more […]!
Word: gasifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English gasify Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English gasifier From gasify + -er. 1. An apparatus used to perform gasification.
Word: quartetto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian quartetto. 1. A quartet. Labels: archaic
Word: quattrino Part of Speech: noun 1. A former very small Italian coin. Labels: historical
Word: quintale Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of quintal, particularly in Italian contexts. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nexuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nexus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blag. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blags Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blag Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: zhooshes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of zhoosh Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Tezcatlipoca Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Classical Nahuatl Tezcatlipoca. 1. An Aztec god.
Word: acentromeric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English centromeric English acentromeric From a- + centromeric. 1. Lacking a centromere Labels: not-comparable
Word: dekle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of deckle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yestereve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English yester even, yistreven, alteration of yestereven (“last night, yesterday evening”), from Old English ġiestranǣfen (“yesterday evening”), equivalent to yester- + eve (“evening”). 1. Yesterday evening. Labels: archaic Example: Only yestereve, you wot, one of Lord de Grey's men-at-arms came limping to us with the news of the awful carnage the foul fiend had wrought on his master's household.
Word: yestereve Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English yester even, yistreven, alteration of yestereven (“last night, yesterday evening”), from Old English ġiestranǣfen (“yesterday evening”), equivalent to yester- + eve (“evening”). 1. yesterday evening. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mingy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps a blend of mean + stingy. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪndʒi/ 1. Mean, miserly, stingy. Labels: colloquial Example: 'And weren't you happy as an officer and a gentleman, when your Colonel was dead?' 'No! They were a mingy lot.' He laughed suddenly. 'The Colonel used to say: Lad, the English middle classes have to chew every mouthful thirty times because their guts are so narrow, a bit as big as a pea would give them a stoppage. They're the mingiest set of ladylike snipe ever invented: full of conceit of themselves, frightened even if their boot-laces aren't correct, rotten as high game, and always in the right. That's what finishes me up. Kow-tow, kow-tow, arse-licking till their tongues are tough: yet they're always in the right. Prigs on top of everything. Prigs! A generation of ladylike prigs with half a ball each--' Example: The dark girl tossed her hat on the bed and hastily produced a packet of cigarettes from her bag, lighting and inhaling one with a deep exhalation of relief, saying, "Thank God for a cigarette! It's the only thing I will thank the mingy old blighter for." 2. Small; inconsequential. Example: The great train snaked on through the dark, pounding out the miles through the empty plains and mingy hamlets of Georgia, the 'Peach State', the angry moan of its four-toned wind-horn soughing over the wide savannah and the long shaft of its single searchlight ripping the black calico of the night.
Word: educationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ēducātiōder. English education Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English educationist From education + -ist. 1. A specialist in the theory of education. Example: And there was Talbot's great diseased appetite to corroborate a belief that expatriate educationists ate hoggishly. Example: In the 1970s, no educationist would have predicted the explosion in universal written communication caused by the personal computer, the internet and the key-pad of the mobile phone.
Word: educationalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English educational Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English educationalist From educational + -ist. 1. a specialist in the theory of education.
Word: rhetorical induction Part of Speech: noun 1. reasoning from specific examples to general laws Labels: uncountable
Word: Marxism-Leninism Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian марксизм-ленинизм (marksizm-leninizm). By surface analysis, Marxism + Leninism. 1. A communist ideological stream that emerged as the mainstream tendency amongst the Communist parties in the 1920s as it was adopted as the ideological foundation of the Communist International during Stalin's era, and was later adopted by the People's Republic of China, Cuba, Vietnam, and several other nations. Example: Meanwhile, “Mao Zedong Thought”, which originated in the 1930s, continues rhetorically to be recognised as one of the party’s guiding principles, an extension of Marxism-Leninism tweaked for China.
Word: timur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Nepali तिमुर (timura). 1. rattan pepper Labels: Nepal, uncountable
Word: rhonchus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rhonchus (“snoring”), from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos) (Caelius Aurelianus), of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒŋ.kəs/, /ˈɹɑŋ.kəs/ 1. A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes. Example: “You have poisoned yourself again!” Humfried emitted an alarming rhonchus.
Word: Northman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From north + man. From Old English Norþmann, from norþ+mann. Doublet of Norman. 1. Synonym of Norse.
Word: kental Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of quintal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unbalance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Latin bilanx Vulgar Latin *bilancia Old French balancebor. Middle English balaunce English balance English unbalance From un- + balance. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈbæləns/ 1. To cause to be out of balance. Labels: transitive Example: If you put that weight on the edge of the tray, it will unbalance it and dump all of the dishes on the floor. Example: Or, finally, might our awful situation prey upon and unbalance our minds? A group of insane folk upon a dead world!
Word: unbalances Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unbalance Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unbearded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *unberded, from Old English unġebeard, unġebearde, equivalent to un- + bearded. 1. Not having a beard, beardless. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unbearded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unbeard Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: underwool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English wool English underwool From under- + wool. 1. The short, wooly underfur of certain animals, especially sheep. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: undisputable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin disputo Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin disputābilislbor. English disputable English undisputable From un- + disputable. 1. Alternative form of indisputable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon
Word: unemotionality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English emotionality English unemotionality From un- + emotionality. 1. The state or quality of being without emotion. Labels: uncountable Example: His unemotionality was great when he wanted a poker face but prevented him from truly enjoying the happy occasions of life.
Word: uncandid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English candid English uncandid From un- + candid. 1. Not candid; duplicitous, concealing or secretive.
Word: uncarved Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English carved English uncarved From un- + carved. 1. Not having been carved or shaped with knife or other tool. 2. Natural, unmodified, pristine.
Word: unbury Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unburien, unbirien, from Old English *unbyrġan (compare Old English unbyrġed (“unburied”)), equivalent to un- + bury. 1. To dig up, to remove from the ground.
Word: unbridle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English bridle English unbridle From un- + bridle. 1. To remove the bridle, and other tack, from (a horse or other animal). Labels: transitive 2. To remove restraint from. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: If we unbridle our greed and lust we will be nothing but animals.
Word: unbridling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unbridle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ayah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From various Indian languages (e.g. Hindi आया (āyā, “dry nurse, nanny”)), from Portuguese aia (“nurse, governess”), from Latin avia (“grandmother”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.ə/, /ˈɑːjə/ 1. A South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia. Example: She manufactured the Station scandal, and talked to her ayah. Example: […] a cot of iron had to be manufactured for [Bhim] after he had demolished two wooden cribs with a lusty kick of his foot; and a succession of bruised ayahs had finally to be replaced by a male attendant, a former Hastinapur all-in wrestling champion.
Word: ayah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya, “sign, token”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.(j)ɑː/, /ˈaɪ.ə/ 1. A verse in the Quran.
Word: uncaused Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + caused. 1. Without any precedent cause; self-existent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: uncodified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English codified English uncodified From un- + codified. 1. Not codified, not part of the code of law, not stated as part of a systematic statement of principles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: uncodified Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English codified English uncodified From un- + codified. 1. simple past and past participle of uncodify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uncoloured Part of Speech: adj 1. UK standard spelling of uncolored. Labels: not-comparable
Word: uncoloured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of uncolour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unpopulated Part of Speech: adj 1. Uninhabited, having no residents.
Word: unpopulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unpopulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unswaddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + swaddle. 1. To remove swaddling, to unwrap.
Word: unifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unendorsed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + endorsed. 1. Not endorsed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unendorsed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unendorse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: graminivore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oblique stem of Latin grāmen, grāminis (“grass, turf, herb, plant”) + -i- + -vore. 1. An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.
Word: nagak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 나각(螺角) (nagak). 1. A seashell horn used in the music of Korea. Labels: no-plural
Word: holocube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From holo- + cube. 1. A cube-shaped device that shows or stores holographic pictures. Example: One wall was a huge holo cube displaying Geneva's table of organization, a spidery orange pyramid with tens of thousands of names connected by lines, from the mayor at the top to the “corridor security” people at the base. Example: He snapped a holo-cube into the projector and switched on. I gasped and shrank back in my seat as a great crustacean sprang into being in front of me, blind, chitinous, rust-red, and malevolent.
Word: non-canonical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + canonical. 1. Alternative spelling of noncanonical. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: maxes out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of max out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: maxing out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of max out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: derring-doery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English derring-do Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English derring-doery From derring-do + -ery. 1. Derring-do. Labels: nonce-word, uncountable Example: 1953, Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation, Gnome Press, part II: “Search By the Foundation”, chapter 11: “Stowaway”, He left Terminus in a sullen distemper. No one was at the port to see him off. […] He, Homir Munn, was risking his neck in derring-doery of the most outrageous sort, and yet he left alone.
Word: somewheres Part of Speech: adj 1. Somewhere, in some place. Labels: nonstandard, not-comparable
Word: somewheres Part of Speech: adv 1. Somewhere, in some place. Labels: nonstandard, not-comparable Example: Hmm... Lemme see... That thing's gotta be around here somewheres...
Word: somewheres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of somewhere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: danso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 단소(短簫) (danso). Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːnsəʊ/ 1. A small notched, end-blown vertical flute made of bamboo or plastic, used in Korean music.
Word: heulandite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Heuland + -ite after British mineral collector John Henry Heuland (1778-1856). 1. A common mineral of the zeolite group with monoclinic crystals, the most usual form being heulandite-Ca (Ca,Na)₂₋₃Al₃(Al,Si)₂Si₁₃O₃₆·12H₂O. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: drygulch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Because in the American West, outlaws often killed people as they passed through a dry gulch; or because cattle rustlers drove stolen animals off the edge of such a gulch. (ref. John Ayto 1998) Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌɪɡʌltʃ/, /ˈdɹaɪ.ɡʌlt͡ʃ/ 1. To murder; to attack, assault, especially in an ambush. Labels: US, slang Example: ‘Then one of them got into the car and dry-gulched me.’ Example: You've delivered yourselves into the hands of capitalists and Christers, and anybody wants to change any of that steps across ’at frontera, they're drygulched on the spot—though I'm sure you'd know how to avoid that, Dwayne.
Word: skeezicks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈskiːzɪks/ 1. A rascal, rogue. Labels: US, slang Example: Because I know he's a sensible young skeesicks. Example: Yash, this strange-lookin old skeezicks is my brother Reef.
Word: scabland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scab + land. Pronunciation: /ˈskæblænd/ 1. High, flat land of igneous rock, with thin soil and deep channels formed by glaciers or glacial floods. Labels: US Example: he was determined at least never to have to go back, never to end up again down some gopher-ridden trail through the scabland, howling at the unexplained and unresponsive moon.
Word: dealeth Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdiːləθ/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deal Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: declareth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From declare + -eth. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkleəɹəθ/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of declare Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: departeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From depart + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of depart Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person