nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: prenasalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prenasalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prenasalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prenasalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prenasalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prenasalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unlovability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unlovable + -ity. 1. The quality of being unlovable. Labels: uncountable Example: “Project Greenlight,” however, bore down on the soft underbelly of the movie business, focusing on the delusions and colossal blunders of first-time directors, seemingly selected as much for their unlovability as their talent.
Word: chiaroscuroed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chiaroscuro + -ed. 1. Patterned with chiaroscuro. Example: Several paintings hung side by side demonstrate the overlap in the brothers’ taste, including two similar Cézanne still lifes, two deeply chiaroscuroed Degas self-portraits and two Corots.
Word: counterpressure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + pressure. 1. Pressure applied in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Gradually, as the furor over Cape Wind gained national attention (in part because of an article in The New York Times Magazine), environmental groups like Greenpeace and powerful politicians in favor of alternative energy projects began to apply effective counterpressure. Mr. Cronkite, after sitting down and talking over the project with Mr. Gordon, withdrew his opposition.
Word: counterpressure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From counter- + pressure. 1. To apply pressure to (something) in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another. Labels: transitive
Word: counterpressured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of counterpressure Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: counterpressuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of counterpressure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: counterpressures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterpressure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterpressures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of counterpressure Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: counterpaned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From counterpane + -ed. 1. Fitted with a counterpane. Labels: not-comparable Example: We were led upstairs to old-fashioned rooms with floral-counterpaned beds.
Word: expositorily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From expository + -ly. 1. In an expository fashion. Example: And anyway, he expositorily tells us that he cares about American Indians and even sympathizes, somewhat, with the Sioux insurgency at Little Bighorn — or is that their “resistance”?
Word: firsties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of firstie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angarias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angaria Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypermarketed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + marketed. 1. Very widely and aggressively marketed. Example: Its success, usually viewed through the prism of the hypermarketed Ultimate Fighting Championship, has been building for years.
Word: angaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lawyerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lawyer + -less. 1. Without a lawyer. Labels: not-comparable Example: His pal, Mr. Bruce, wound up firing them, went lawyerless, and botched his appeal.
Word: multichapter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + chapter. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one chapter. Labels: not-comparable Example: All this appears to be the multichapter prologue to tomorrow night’s Liddell-Quinton Jackson light heavyweight championship match in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, where a capacity crowd of 13,318 was announced yesterday, with gate receipts of $4.4 million anticipated.
Word: noncarb Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + carb. 1. noncarbonated Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: “It would fill a major gap in it’s^([sic]) noncarb portfolio,” Mr. Pecoriello said last week in a note to investors. 2. noncarbohydrate Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Even in my most stringent noncarb dieting phase I was weakened and powerless in their presence.
Word: noncarb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + carb. 1. A noncarbonated drink. Labels: informal Example: “In the more mature market of today, there is a need to be more nimble given the increasing role of noncarbs, retailer consolidation and the changing competitive landscape,” Indra K. Nooyi, PepsiCo’s chief executive, said in a call with investors.
Word: parachuters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parachuter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: propellered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From propeller + -ed. 1. Fitted with a propeller or propellers. Labels: not-comparable Example: The wind farm, consisting of 130 propellered turbines installed over an area of about 26 square miles, would generate up to 500 megawatts of clean energy.
Word: Shirley sauce Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of tomato relish. Labels: uncountable
Word: phloxlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phlox + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a phlox.
Word: post hocs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of post hoc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CIM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of confidential information memorandum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The CIM is drafted by the seller's M&A advisory firm or investment banker and used in a sell-side engagement to market a business to prospective buyers.
Word: CIM Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of cum in mouth; indicates that the client ejaculates in their mouth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Example: […]PSE (porn star experience) means you up the ante a bit in the bedroom with a bit of COF, Spanish, Tromboning, CIM, maybe even CIMWS (never my thing)—and for the really adventurous, Greek[…]
Word: BRE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of basic regular expression. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BER Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of building energy rating. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: fustigator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fustigate + -or. 1. A person who fustigates. Example: There is, however, at any time much more to be advanced in favour of the operations of the Royal Academy of Arts than clumsy fustigators like Mr. George Moore imagine.
Word: onera Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of onus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fractile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fract(ion) + -ile. 1. The value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below. Example: The q-quantile is the same as the (1/q)-fractile. Example: The median is the .5-fractile.
Word: fractile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fract(ure) + -ile. 1. Describing the quality of a sedimentary stone as it relates to the sediments to cohesively bond without fracturing. Example: A stone with a low fractile strength lacks tensile strength and will crack or crumble under stress or pressure. Example: Most of the three- and four-story white-washed buildings that we passed were built of pink coraline, which is both plentiful and fractile, and date back centuries to when Omanis and Indians based on Zanzibar dominated the African East Coast trade.
Word: relinquent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin relinquens. 1. relinquishing
Word: relinquent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin relinquens. 1. One who relinquishes.
Word: babysitter test Part of Speech: name 1. An informal method for assessing the maturity, reliability, or probity of a person, inviting one to judge whether one would entrust this person with the care of one's own children. Labels: idiomatic Example: The babysitter, presumably between the ages of ten and 15, is quite explicitly expected to function in a way usually expected of mature individuals. Example: To highlight the inadequacy of such evidence, we propose what we call “the babysitter test” for future prosecution witnesses in death penalty cases. We suggest that, to send someone to the gurney or the electric chair on the word of one witness, the prosecutor must agree to hire that witness as a babysitter for her or his kids for one evening. 2. A test for the ease of use of household appliances. Labels: idiomatic Example: "We set out to create a remote that passes the babysitter test," says Klarke, director of marketing and development for Harmony remotes. Example: I call it the babysitter test. Can I give a remote control to a 15-year-old, gum-snapping Valley Girl and explain, clearly and succinctly in less than 3 minutes, how she can watch TV? Without getting a panicked call when American Idol begins? TiVo passes the test.
Word: vanquishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vanquish + -ment. 1. The state of being vanquished Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tangor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tangerine and orange. 1. A citrus fruit that is a hybrid of the tangerine (Citrus reticulata) and the sweet orange (Citrus sinensis).
Word: tangar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tincal (“borax”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: minos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ender Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Ender. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Ender Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name.
Word: Banu Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an Islamic surname (Indian subcontinent), from Hindustani (Hindi बानू, बानो (bānū, bāno) / Urdu بانو (bānū, bānō)), from Persian بانو (bānū, bānō, “lady”), variant of Bano. * Borrowed from Bengali বানু (banu), a surname predominantly found in Bangladesh and West Bengal, probably related to the above. * Borrowed from Romanian Banu, from the medieval title ban; see Ban. 1. A surname.
Word: irrecognizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ir- + recognizable. Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹɛkə(ɡ)naɪzəbəl/, /ɪˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzəbəl/, /ɪˈɹɛkənaɪzəbəl/, /ɪɹɪˈkɒɡnɪzəbəl/ 1. Unable to be recognized. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, rare Example: The immortal gods are there (quite irrecognizable under these disguises), and also the lowest broken valets. Example: [T]here remains no trace of their having ever existed—outside of course of the family names which are now preserved, though some of them in an almost irrecognizable form.
Word: irrecognisable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of irrecognizable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bahada Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bajada. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: glomera Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glomus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impetrator Part of Speech: noun 1. One who impetrates.
Word: viduate Part of Speech: noun 1. A special ecclesiastical class of widows in the early Christian church. Labels: historical
Word: vacat Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin vacat (“it is empty”). 1. Indicates a willingly empty portion of an inscription.
Word: vacator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vacate + -or. 1. One who vacates. Example: The vacator of the dwelling is responsible for any damage before the next tenant moves in.
Word: calceate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin calceātus, participle of calceāre (“to shoe, to provide with shoes”), from calceus (“calceus, shoe”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from calx (“heel”) + -eus (“-y”, adjective-forming suffix). Equivalent to Latin calceus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /kælˈsiɪt/, /kælˈsijɪt/, /kælˈsiət/, /kælˈsijət/ 1. Synonym of shod: wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) as opposed to the barefoot mendicant orders. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: calceate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Equivalent to calceus (“calceus, shoe”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of calcate. Pronunciation: /kælˈsijɪt/, /kælˈsiət/, /kælˈsijət/, /kælsiˈeɪt/ 1. Synonym of shoe: to put on shoes. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete
Word: acceptate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from acceptation. 1. To accept. Labels: nonstandard, transitive Example: But as far as going out someplace, introducing myself to somebody, and being acceptated, and acceptating them... Well, I used to believe in things like that. Right now, I'm just too far down in this darkness to reach out. Example: [we are currently acceptating donations for the other faux charaterizations a la Jackie]
Word: pampinate Part of Speech: verb 1. To strike off the superfluous shoots and twigs of vines, to aid the growth of the fruit. Labels: obsolete
Word: love doll Part of Speech: noun 1. A sex toy in the size and shape of a human sexual partner for aid in masturbation.
Word: truncator Part of Speech: noun 1. One who, or that which, truncates.
Word: circumambulator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. Someone who walks around something. Example: Still he was determined to obtain the palm of being the first circumambulator of the earth. Example: TUAPHOLL. A term used by the Druids to designate an unhallowed circumambulation around the sacred cairn, or altar, the movement being against the sun, that is, from west to east by the north, the cairn being on the left hand of the circumambulator.
Word: perambulant Part of Speech: adj 1. That perambulates; walking around.
Word: clusterlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cluster + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a cluster.
Word: Kennedyesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Kennedy + -esque. 1. Reminiscent of John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), former president of the United States. Example: With little subtlety, candidates aped selected Kennedyesque features. Johnson hobnobbed with intellectuals; Nixon walked by the water; Carter rolled up his shirt-sleeves; Hart jabbed his index finger into the air; and Clinton played touch football. Example: The chatbot quickly spat out paragraphs of Kennedyesque text, including phrases like “my fellow Americans.”
Word: howe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of how (a tumulus, a bowl barrow). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: howes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of howe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bowl barrow Part of Speech: noun 1. A tumulus shaped like an inverted bowl.
Word: driegh Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɹix/, /dɹik/ 1. Drear, dreary; dree. Labels: Scotland Example: “Step in by, the both of ye, gentlemen,” says Cluny. “[…] My life is a bit driegh,” says he, pouring out the brandy; “I see little company, and sit and twirl my thumbs, and mind upon a great day that is gone by, and weary for another great day that we all hope will be upon the road. And so here’s a toast to ye: The Restoration!”
Word: antiherbivore Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + herbivore. 1. Serving to repel herbivores. Labels: not-comparable Example: We therefore propose that both the resin and the phenoloxidase of Larrea exhibit antiherbivore properties.
Word: sculpturist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sculpture + -ist. 1. A maker of sculptures.
Word: sculpturists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sculpturist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adament Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of adamant. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: installability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From install + -ability. 1. The capability of being installed. Labels: uncountable
Word: powercut Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of power cut. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: powercuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of powercut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tizzes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tizz Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tiswas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly coined by the Royal Air Force. Possibly a blend of it + is + was. Compare tizzy. 1. A state of nervous excitement or confusion. Labels: UK, no-plural Example: It was her first ever visit to the capital and she was all of a tiswas.
Word: shentleman Part of Speech: noun 1. gentleman Labels: UK, dialectal, nonstandard
Word: shentlemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shentleman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drolling Part of Speech: noun 1. A joke or jest; drollery. Labels: archaic
Word: drolling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of droll Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: drolled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of droll Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clothest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: clothe + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of clothe Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: comprehensor Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who comprehends. Labels: obsolete Example: When I shall have dispatched this weary pilgrimage, and from a traveller shall come to be a comprehensor, farewell faith and welcome vision.
Word: avolate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin āvolō (“to fly away”). 1. To escape; to dissipate into the air. Labels: obsolete 2. To fly by; to pass quickly. Labels: obsolete
Word: rogitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin rogitātus (“inquired”), past participle of rogitō (“inquire”). 1. To ask a question repeatedly. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: brevier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Old French or Anglo-Norman *brevier, from Latin breviārium (“breviary”), presumably from its use in printing them, hence a doublet of breviary and brimborion. Most breviaries were not, however, printed with such small type, leading some to conjecture that it instead derived from cognates of brief and has a meaning similar to French petit and German Petit. 1. The size of type between minion and bourgeois, standardized as 8-point. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: adminiculate Part of Speech: verb 1. To prove; to corroborate. Labels: transitive
Word: supererogant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin 1. supererogatory
Word: supererogator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From supererogate + -or. 1. One who supererogates.
Word: centuriator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French centuriateur. 1. A writer of the Magdeburg Centuries. Labels: capitalized, often
Word: alligant Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of alicant. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: tricounty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + county. 1. Of or pertaining to three counties. Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: alligate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin alligatus (“tied, bound”), past participle of alligo (“to bind”), from ad + ligo (“to bind”). Doublet of alloy. Pronunciation: /ˈælɪɡeɪt/ 1. To bind or tie; to unite. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Instincts alligated to their nature. Example: Poor Blind Tom, the very tail end of the long decadency, has a gift that alligates him to the angels. 2. To solve an arithmetic problem concerning proportions by means of alligation; to associate as having the same ratio. Example: Link or alligate the branches, so as one greater and another less than the root may be linked or yoked together.
Word: alligate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin alligatus (“tied, bound”), past participle of alligo (“to bind”), from ad + ligo (“to bind”). Doublet of alloy. Pronunciation: /ˈælɪɡeɪt/ 1. Having the same proportion or ratio. Labels: not-comparable Example: The proportional parts are then found by reducing the alligate parts to the same denominator , dropping the denominators and writing the numerators .
Word: beratings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of berating Labels: form-of, plural
Word: berays Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of beray Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: beraying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beray Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: berayed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of beray Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pseudorelational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudo- + relational. 1. Having certain elements of a relational database. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Krishnology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Krishna + -ology. As a nonce word (attested 1929) used for illustrating the parallels between Christology and the theology of Krishnaism. Since the late 2000s also used by ISKCON authors in a more general sense. 1. The position of Krishna in Krishnaism viewed as a parallel of that of Christ in Christianity. Labels: uncountable Example: Whether it be questions of Science or Philosophy, or of Christology or Krishnology (1929)http://books.google.com/books?id=HwgaAAAAMAAJ&q=Krishnology+-%22Webster%27s+Quotations%22&dq=Krishnology+-%22Webster%27s+Quotations%22&hl=en&ei=W5x3TJfMAp-g4Qbdm5zSBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCkQ6AEwATgK Example: Christology and Krishnology: a critical study of the concept of Avatora from the Christian standpoint (1952, title)http://books.google.com/books?id=YsEcHAAACAAJ&dq=Krishnology+-%22Webster%27s+Quotations%22&hl=en&ei=rJx3TJCeHpuP4gafyJy7Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA 2. The academic study of the Vishnu theology of Krishna in general. Labels: uncountable Example: ISKCON has recently brought the academic study of Krishna into western academia as Krishnology. (2009)http://books.google.com/books?id=J7AIg5bVFCYC&pg=PA162&dq=Krishnology+-%22Webster%27s+Quotations%22+-Christology&hl=en&ei=Hp13TKGvC4_14AbxqrDgBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Krishnology%20-%22Webster%27s%20Quotations%22%20-Christology&f=false
Word: misguidedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From misguided + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being misguided. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: mishandler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mishandle + -er. 1. One who mishandles.
Word: mishandlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mishandler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ethnoreligious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ethno- + religious. Pronunciation: /ˌɛθnəʊɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒəs/ 1. Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Jews are an ethnoreligious group. Example: I will do this no matter how brutal the ethnoreligious persecution could become.
Word: multitenant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + tenant. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one tenant. Labels: not-comparable Example: “We’re mainly focusing this new law at multitenant buildings; only 25 percent of those building owners provide recycling for renters.” 2. Relating to multitenancy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: screenprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From screen + print. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹinˌpɹɪnt/ 1. An artwork produced by means of screen printing.
Word: screenprint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From screen + print. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹinˌpɹɪnt/ 1. To produce by screen printing. Labels: transitive
Word: screenprints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of screenprint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: collectivities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of collectivity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muezzinlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From muezzin + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a muezzin. Example: Collectivism is a major point of the piece, but there’s ample space for individual statements, both notated and improvised. Mr. Marsalis played a muezzinlike trumpet part early on, in “Call to Prayer.”
Word: underleveraged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + leveraged. 1. Not adequately leveraged. Example: His argument is that Americans are underleveraged.
Word: videogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From video + -genic, after photogenic. 1. Looking good on video. Example: Like a similar service, Rocketboom, which is devoted to technology news, Wallstrip features a videogenic young woman (Lindsay Campbell), minimalist production values and plenty of attitude […]
Word: anticonquest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + conquest. 1. Opposing a conquest; regarding the indigenous inhabitants of a colonised country as victims rather than foes of the colonisers.
Word: choppering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chopper Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: choppered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chopper Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: countermanifesto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + manifesto. 1. A manifesto opposing another manifesto. Example: In 1970, he wrote “Dare to Discipline,” a countermanifesto to the child-rearing techniques espoused by Benjamin Spock; it defended, among other things, spanking with a belt or a switch.
Word: countermanifestos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of countermanifesto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: covenantal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From covenant + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a covenant. Labels: not-comparable Example: Rather, the revolutionary message of the Ten Commandments is that this moral order is tied both to the order of the cosmos and to a direct relationship of covenantal love and responsibility between God and a community of human beings.
Word: cropduster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crop + duster. 1. An aircraft that carries out crop-dusting. Example: If Cary Grant ran by, chased by a malevolent cropduster, you might not be surprised. 2. A species of cicada, Diemeniana frenchi, of south-east mainland Australia.
Word: cropdusters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cropduster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flappable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flap + -able. 1. Able to be moved by flapping. Labels: not-comparable Example: a flappable wing
Word: flappable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from unflappable. 1. Capable of becoming flustered or upset. Labels: informal Example: ‘Yes. Not as much as Ruth, but I read some myself afterward. You sound better aloud. Good deal of authentic mania, there, black and blue wit, pain—the fellow going on to fresh defeats, flappable, flappable. Surviving however. I bought a lot of the little I could understand. Do you write when you're drunk?’
Word: gloatingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From gloating + -ly. 1. In a gloating manner. Example: Ancestry, he thought gloatingly - but instinctively he kept this knowledge jealously. Example: “See, I told you,” he said to me, gloatingly.
Word: handcycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + cycle. 1. A land vehicle resembling a bicycle or tricycle but powered by the arms rather than the legs. Example: Metzdorf finished the New York City Marathon and an Army Ten-Miler at Fort Bragg using a handcycle. 2. A mechanical exercise equipment similar to an exercise bicycle but with hand-operated pedals, used especially by seniors or people with disabilities for upper-body exercise.
Word: handcycle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hand + cycle. 1. To travel or traverse on a handcycle. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: handcycles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handcycle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: handcycles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of handcycle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accommodat Part of Speech: verb 1. accommodated Labels: Scotland
Word: handbike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + bike (despite the fact that most handcycles resemble tricycles, not bicycles). 1. A handcycle. Labels: informal
Word: handbikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handbike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tailhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tail + head. 1. The root of the tail, where it joins the rump, in cattle.
Word: tailheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tailhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haunched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From haunch + -ed. 1. Fitted with haunches (squat vertical support structures). Labels: not-comparable
Word: humdrumness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From humdrum + -ness. 1. The quality of being humdrum; mundanity. Labels: uncountable Example: Most striking about their relationship is not Mrs. Pugach’s lingering resentment, not her husband’s less-than-evident remorse, and not even their mutual dependence, but the marriage’s frank descent into humdrumness.
Word: minifilms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minifilm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muckland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From muck + land. 1. Land whose soil is primarily composed of humus from drained swampland, used for growing certain crops such as onions and carrots. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Abundant and of universal distribution in all kinds of situations except muckland. Example: Pump-drained mucklands (organic soils) to produce crops like cabbage, lettuce, onions, and carrots are likely to still retain wetland hydrology.
Word: mucklands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muckland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multilink Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + link. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one telecommunications link. Labels: not-comparable 2. Being or pertaining to a kind of vehicle suspension using three or more lateral arms and one or more longitudinal arms. Labels: not-comparable Example: Its fully independent suspension, with struts and coil springs up front and a multilink rear setup, loves to caress the road.
Word: nondeployable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + deployable. 1. That cannot be deployed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Because the National Guard will continue to be needed overseas, President Bush and the governors should establish in each state an adequately trained, nondeployable Home Guard.
Word: nondeployable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + deployable. 1. A military unit that cannot be deployed.
Word: undeployable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + deployable. 1. That cannot be deployed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nondeployment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + deployment. 1. Failure to deploy. Labels: uncountable Example: The nondeployment of troops left the villagers helpless.
Word: whang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. Compare wang. Pronunciation: /ˈwæŋ/, [ˈwæŋ], /ˈʍæŋ/, [ˈʍæŋ] ~ [ˈw̥æŋ], /ˈweɪ̯ŋ/ 1. To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air. Example: The holder of the torch grunted, and (after pausing a second at B.'s bed to inspect a picture of perfect innocence) banged out through the door which whanged to behind him... 2. To throw with a rapid slamming motion. Labels: informal, transitive Example: I don't know how long it might have gone on if Grandfather hadn't lost his temper. He swung the bridle up over his head and whanged it down across the buckskin's rump. 3. To whack or beat. Labels: Scotland, UK, US, dialectal, slang Example: I ought to have whanged him one in the eye. Example: "[…] My God, Joolby, I even sang 'Dreaming of Thee' at a saturnalia called a 'Penny Reading' there, simply because the young lady who whanged the piano had a job of feeding a machine in the drying-room." 4. To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop. Labels: Scotland
Word: whang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. Compare wang. Pronunciation: /ˈwæŋ/, [ˈwæŋ], /ˈʍæŋ/, [ˈʍæŋ] ~ [ˈw̥æŋ], /ˈweɪ̯ŋ/ 1. A blow; a whack. Labels: colloquial, dialectal Example: "Now I suppose you never take any particular notice of cats, 'Orace?" "Can't say as I do. Except now and then to have a whang at one." 2. A large piece or slice; a chunk. Labels: Scotland, UK, colloquial, dialectal 3. A house-cleaning party. Labels: US, dated, dialectal
Word: whang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Debuccalized (/θw/ > /hw/) from Scots thwang, cognate to thong. Pronunciation: /ˈwæŋ/, [ˈwæŋ], /ˈʍæŋ/, [ˈʍæŋ] ~ [ˈw̥æŋ], /ˈweɪ̯ŋ/ 1. A leather thong. Labels: UK, US, dated, dialectal, informal 2. The penis. Labels: slang
Word: whangs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of whang Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: whanging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of whang Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nondivision Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + division. 1. Not of or pertaining to a division. Labels: not-comparable Example: In games against nondivision teams last Monday through Friday, Central teams won 2 and lost 16.
Word: whanged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of whang Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nontraded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + traded. 1. Not traded. Labels: not-comparable Example: A new nontraded REIT, though, is starting: the Wells Timberland REIT, offered by the Wells Real Estate Funds.
Word: officeholding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From office + holding. 1. The holding of an office (formal role). Labels: uncountable Example: The boom in holding two offices at once was set off in 1962 by the State Supreme Court, which, in two separate rulings, upheld three instances of dual officeholding at the municipal and county levels.
Word: officeholding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From office + holding. 1. Holding a formal office. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prebuy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + buy. 1. To buy in advance. Labels: transitive Example: “They are prebuying their retirement homes,” said John Raymond, director of community and economic development for Palm Springs.
Word: prebuying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prebuy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prebuys Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prebuy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prebought Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prebuy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pureblooded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pure + blooded. 1. Of pure blood; belonging to only one race. Example: He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain.
Word: razorfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From razor + fish. 1. Any of various not closely related fish, including those of the genera Aeoliscus, Centriscus, and Xyrichtys. 2. The razor clam. Example: We must dig hard to get the big “Razor-fish"—a clam with a shell that looks like an old-fashioned razor case, but open at either end. Fisher boys get the razor clam by pushing a kind of corkscrew into the sand […] Example: They swam, and scrambled together along the cliffs, and waded in the river, and fished, and dug holes in the mud, and stared at the degenerate sea squirts, and collected buckets full of mermaid’s purses, and captured razorfish and cockles.”
Word: razorfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of razorfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonidentically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nonidentical + -ly. 1. In a nonidentical manner; differently. Labels: not-comparable
Word: regreen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green English regreen From re- + green. 1. To make green again (especially urban developments or ripened fruit). Labels: transitive Example: The rites that artichokes serve, of course, are spring’s, the annual cleaning and regreening of the palate after the long winter. Example: Given the role of climate in desertification and regreening, resolving the attribution question (i.e., of land cover change to climatic or human factors) is of relevance to adaptation to climate change
Word: regreens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of regreen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: regreening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of regreen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: regreened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of regreen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shmattes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shmatte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silverish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From silver + -ish. 1. Somewhat silver in colour. Example: She was especially excited about the silverish trousers with the zigzag zippers.
Word: silverings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of silvering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sweetlips Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sweet + lips. 1. Any member of the genus Plectorhinchus of fish with large fleshy lips. Example: Kenny Gamble, Dockside Dave’s manager and chef, has often heard the question since a Florida attorney general’s investigation revealed this year that 17 of 24 other restaurants in and around Tampa Bay were passing off cheaper imported fish — tilapia, bream, hake, sutchi, emperor, green weakfish, painted sweetlips — as grouper.
Word: taillamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tail + lamp. 1. A taillight. Example: The almost austere lines of the 2006 model have given way to elegant curves and folds in the sheet metal, along with high-tech-style taillamps and headlight styling that borrows from the Maxima and 350Z.
Word: taillamps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taillamp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trebliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of trebly: most trebly Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: treblier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of trebly: more trebly Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: burring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of burr Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: burred Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɜːd/, /bɜɹd/, /bʌɹd/, /bøːd/, /beːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of burr Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: celebrityville Part of Speech: name Etymology: From celebrity + -ville. 1. The notional space inhabited by celebrities. Labels: informal Example: Here, the road to celebrityville begins with the elephant. Everyone, almost everyone has an elephant tale to tell; elephant wisdom to disseminate... Example: But the Paris Hiltons of celebrityville do not regularly appear in these fan magazines.
Word: gallerina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of gallery + ballerina. 1. A fashionable art gallery employee, usually female. Labels: slang Example: The heroine of Danielle Ganek’s captivatingly titled novel “Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him” is a gallerina. Example: But Charlotte, a prim gallerina whose sole aspiration consists of locking down a Wasp husband, remained a bridge to the past.
Word: gallerinas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gallerina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Celebrityville Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of celebrityville. Labels: alt-of
Word: dark ages Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Dark Ages. Labels: alt-of, plural, plural-only
Word: dark ages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dark age Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barotropes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barotrope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adumbrant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An adaptation of adumbrant-, the oblique stem of the Latin adumbrāns, the present active participle of adumbrō (“to cast a shadow upon”). 1. Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth. Labels: archaic
Word: barotrope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baro- + -trope. 1. A barotropic system.
Word: counterposition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French contraposition, equivalent to counter- + position. Pronunciation: /ˌkaʊn.tə(ɹ).pəˈzɪ.ʃən/ 1. An opposite or opposing position; opposition. Example: Near-synonym: juxtaposition
Word: kilomasers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kilomaser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kilomaser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + maser. 1. An extragalactic water maser that is weaker than a megamaser
Word: refractometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From refract + -o- + -metry. 1. the measurement of refractive index Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: refractometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From refract + -o- + -metric. 1. Of or pertaining to refractometry Labels: not-comparable 2. Measured using a refractometer Labels: not-comparable
Word: thermality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thermal + -ity. 1. The condition of being thermal Labels: uncountable
Word: afrormosia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afro- + taxonomic name Ormosia. 1. Any of the African leguminous trees of the genus Pericopsis (formerly Afrormosia), especially Pericopsis elata Labels: countable 2. Timber of these trees. Labels: uncountable
Word: ampelographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ampelography + -er. 1. A practitioner of ampelography. Example: Scientists are just now devising a genetic test to distinguish one rootstock from another. Until they do, the only recourse is the arcane art of ampelography, in which the vines are identified by physical appearance. Like art authenticators, ampelographers practice a craft that they would have others think is a science. Example: Thus when sampling Verdello grapevines, the likelihood of picking up a vine that really isn't Verdello is high, and the skill of the ampelographer becomes of paramount importance. If the ampelographer mistakenly identifies one of the vines as Verdello […], the DNA profile of that grapevine will be taken to be that of Verdello; this DNA profile will then be the reference DNA for that research group's databank.
Word: androcracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From andro- + -cracy. 1. Government or rule by men. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: agglutinator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Latin glūtinō Latin agglūtinō Latin agglūtinātuslbor. English agglutinate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English agglutinator From agglutinate + -or. 1. That which agglutinates
Word: allatrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Derived from Latin allātrō. 1. To bark. Labels: rare
Word: antiquas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiqua Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beggarticks Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of beggar's ticks Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: beggarticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beggartick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bigged Part of Speech: adj 1. Built upon. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: bigged land
Word: bigged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of big Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bigging Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From big + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of big Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bigging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From big + -ing. 1. A home. Labels: obsolete 2. A building, especially an outbuilding. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: The back door, that behind the pulpit, led out across the kirkyard to the Manse and its biggings, set up in the time of the Old Queen […] 3. Alternative form of biggin (“coffee pot with strainer”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: apparant Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of apparent. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: apparator Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of apparitor. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: appretiate Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of appreciate. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The whole controversy is recorded with almost excessive detail; and the extreme want of candour is lamented with which Priestley appretiated Hume.
Word: expiator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin expiātor. 1. One who makes expiation or atonement.
Word: inculcator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋkəlˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. One who inculcates. Example: Des Cartes himself, who has been the greatest example and inculcator of this suspension[…]
Word: relaxator Part of Speech: noun 1. That which relaxes
Word: dulcorate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the beginning of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dulcoraten, from dulcorat(e) (“sweetened”, used as the past participle of dulcoraten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin dulcōrātus, perfect passive participle of dulcōrō (“to sweeten”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To sweeten (literal or figurative). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The ancients for the dulcorating of fruit, do commend swines dung above all other dung
Word: dulcorate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dulcorat(e), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. 1. Filled with sweetness, sweet. Labels: obsolete
Word: sanctificate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin sanctificatus, past participle of sanctificare. 1. To sanctify. Labels: nonstandard, obsolete Example: the Father predestinating , to the Son propitiating , to the Holy Ghost sanctificating ?
Word: inspecter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inspect + -er. 1. Archaic form of inspector. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: cellular virome Part of Speech: noun 1. An entire set of cellular genes affecting virus replication.
Word: Reuel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew רְעוּאֵל (“friend of God”). Pronunciation: /ˈruː(ə)l/, /ruːˈɛl/ 1. A male given name from Hebrew. Labels: rare Example: These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
Word: triumpher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From triumph + -er. 1. Someone who was honoured with a triumph; a victorious soldier. Labels: Ancient-Rome, historical 2. Someone who triumphs or rejoices in victory; a winner.
Word: triumphator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin triumphātor. Compare Middle English tryumphatour. 1. One granted a triumph. Example: Which gave occasion to a Law, whereby it was enacted, that thenceforth no Dead should be buried in the City, much less kept in their Houses, as they did before; that Priviledge being only granted to Vestals, to Emperors, and those who had been Triumphators. Example: Triumphs, wherein Slaves are represented bound and proſtrated at the feet of the Triumphators
Word: adcumulate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad-bor. English ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus 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 cumulō Latin cumulātusbor. English cumulate English adcumulate From ad- + cumulate. 1. A cumulate rock in which the groundmass is of the same composition as the accumulated crystals.
Word: transmutate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From trans- + mutate. 1. To undergo transmutation. Labels: intransitive 2. To cause transmutation. Labels: transitive
Word: affector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From affect + -or. 1. A nerve cell that directly activates a muscle Example: This condition is intuitive: if the sigmoid-like positive and negative affectors that compose the biphasic equation were positioned “further apart” by increasing the interval lnK + − lnK - (e.g., Fig B in S1 File ), then saturation levels for the positive affector more closely match the starting levels of the negative affector, and in sigmoid models that exhibit very good agreement with the overall biphasic relationship.
Word: Yankeeland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Yankee + -land. 1. Alternative spelling of Yankee land. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Bend, oh, bend your mains'l, we're back to Yankeeland
Word: afflicter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From afflict + -er. 1. Someone who afflicts.
Word: adglutinate Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of accrete (“grown together”). Labels: not-comparable
Word: calluna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. A common European heath/heather of species Calluna vulgaris.