nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: overaccommodate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodusnom. Latin commodum 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 commodō Latin accommodō Latin accommodātusbor. English accommodate English overaccommodate From over- + accommodate. 1. To be too accommodating towards. Labels: transitive Example: Finally, the accommodating new governor needs to make certain he does not overaccommodate Albany’s leaders. 2. To adjust the focus of the eye so that the image resolves at a point behind the retina.
Word: overaccommodates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overaccommodate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overaccommodated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overaccommodate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overaccommodating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overaccommodate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: interactant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From interact + -ant. 1. One who interacts.
Word: interactants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interactant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: praty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish prátaí. 1. A potato. Labels: Ireland, dated
Word: praties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of praty Labels: form-of, plural Example: For the breezes blowing o'er the sea from Ireland/Are perfumed by the heather as they blow; And the women in the uplands digging praties/Speak a language that the strangers do not know.
Word: pratie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of praty. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: salinomycin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”). 1. An antibacterial and coccidiostat ionophore therapeutic drug. Labels: uncountable Example: An investigation showed that the camels had been poisoned by fodder contaminated with an antibiotic called salinomycin, often added to chicken feed but poisonous to camels.
Word: subcircle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + circle. 1. A lesser circle. Example: If the building hadn’t been reduced to a pile of rubble, he’d have been there on Sunday, too, for what he called family night: a small dinner with a subcircle of the regulars, often potluck. Mr. Shuff would bring his “auntie’s red rice”; the super and his wife from a building next to Fubar would bring a roast or some deviled eggs.
Word: subcircles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subcircle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quasitoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quasi- + toric. 1. Describing a smooth 2n-dimensional manifold that admits a smooth, locally standard action of an n-dimensional torus, with orbit space an n-dimensional simple convex polytope. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hooty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hoot + -y. 1. Characterised by a hooting sound. Example: Kegel has a distant, underpowered chorus and a dull orchestra. Tempos are too rushed for effect, and the interpretation is downright delicate - totally inappropriate. A hooty, scratchy soprano and a stiff baritone don't help. Example: Berg's partner here, Sophie Daneman, a young British soprano, has a small, pure, lyric voice that occasionally turns hooty (characteristic of many Britsh sopranos). 2. Very funny; hilarious; fit to make one hoot with laughter. Labels: slang Example: It's the kind of hooty melodrama Burnett used to spoof, but new series doesn't know where to look for laughs, with lame ideas lamely written (a cavewoman discovers cow's milk; Burnett is forced to impersonate her own celebrity look-alike) and others (a gay guy in Antarctica, Spike Lee ripoffs) that are striving so hard to be hip. Example: Every time you turn around, there she is this summer in The Very best of Cher: The Video Hits Collection (Warner Bors. Records), not to mention her hooty '60s movies Good Times and Chastity (both MGM Home Video).
Word: raptorlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From raptor + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a raptor (the bird of prey). Example: Reporting in the journal Animal Behaviour, researchers from Adam Mickiewicz University and the University of South Bohemia described transactions among great grey shrikes, elegant raptorlike birds with silver capes, white bellies and black tails that, like 90 percent of bird species, form pair bonds to breed.
Word: semiamusing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + amusing. 1. Somewhat or partially amusing. Labels: not-comparable Example: The guy jumping into a chat room may be out for some fast self-gratification, a little entertainment, or a semierotic, semiamusing way to kill ten minutes at the office. Example: There have been some semiamusing aspects to the controversy.
Word: sudsiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of sudsy: most sudsy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: sudsier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of sudsy: more sudsy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: sudsers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sudser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sudsed up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of suds up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sudsing up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of suds up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Rachelle Part of Speech: name Etymology: 20th-century variant of Rachel, from French Rachelle, or possibly coined independently of it. 1. A female given name from Hebrew.
Word: superinteresting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + interesting. 1. Very interesting. Labels: rare Example: “It’s a superinteresting area,” he said, beginning a discussion of Pericles’ funeral oration and the importance of honoring the legacies of those fallen in battle.
Word: ultrapeer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ultra- + peer. 1. In a peer-to-peer network, a peer capable of routing requests and responses from others rather than always adopting a direct client-server connection.
Word: ultrapeers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ultrapeer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eurodollar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From euro- + dollar. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Eurodollar. Labels: alt-of Example: Traders in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s eurodollar options pit on Tuesday.
Word: eurodollars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eurodollar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kulich Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian кулич (kulič), ultimately from Ancient Greek κόλλιξ (kóllix, “roll or loaf of bread”). Cognate to Persian کلوچه، کلیچه (koluče, količe). Doublet of kulcha. Pronunciation: /ˈkuːlɪtʃ/ 1. A tall, cylindrical Eastern European Easter bread, traditional in the Orthodox Christian faith. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: One of the most famous of all Easter breads is the Russian kulich, a tall but delicate sweet yeasted bread that is sugared and decorated with the initials XB, which stand for “Christ is risen.”
Word: muttonbirding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mutton bird + -ing. 1. The seasonal harvesting of petrel chicks, especially shearwater species, for food, oil and feathers. Labels: uncountable
Word: ultrafunctional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + functional. 1. Extremely and rigidly functional, without emotion or ornament. Example: The disappearance of large quantities of these distinctive, ultrafunctional tables and chairs — most of them designed by Mr. Jeanneret, Le Corbusier’s cousin, for the city’s government offices, courtrooms and colleges — has begun to alarm architects and some officials in the city.
Word: voguers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voguer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vogued Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vogue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: crossbreeder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crossbreed + -er. 1. One who crossbreeds. Example: Pat Metheny has cultivated an extraordinarily broad musical terrain over the last 30 years, exerting substantial influence in the process: as a guitarist, as a composer and conceptualist, as a champion crossbreeder.
Word: crossbreeders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crossbreeder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multiborough Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + borough. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one borough. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mr. Bloomberg’s sales pitch was not confined to the new governor; he also took a hard-sell approach on a soggy multiborough tour to promote the plan.
Word: multibracket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + bracket. 1. A partition of a set into disjoint subsets such that each subset contains an even number of elements, and that if those elements are ordered, they divide the subset into ranges (1st to 2nd element, 3rd to 4th element, and so on) such that no element from another subset appears in any of the ranges.
Word: multibracket Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + bracket. 1. Having multiple brackets. Labels: not-comparable Example: The standard period of time which is normally required to complete an orthodontic treatment using a multibracket appliance is at least 2–3 years.
Word: multirace Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + race. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one race (ethnic group). Labels: not-comparable Example: multirace politics 2. Of or pertaining to more than one race (contest of speed). Labels: not-comparable Example: a multirace bet
Word: XPer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: XP + -er 1. An extreme programmer. 2. A person with xeroderma pigmentosum.
Word: extreme programmer Part of Speech: noun 1. A computer programmer who uses extreme programming techniques. Example: In analyzing this tendency among engineers using agile methods, he points out that extreme programmers are told not to worry about possible new requirements until they are imposed on a system.
Word: XPers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of XPer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extreme programmers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extreme programmer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonblogging Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + blogging. 1. Not of or pertaining to blogging. Labels: not-comparable Example: The costs incurred by amateurs depend on whether, in their nonblogging lives, they are self-employed or work for others. A self-employed blogger obviously has an incentive to refrain from expressing very unpopular opinions... Example: Here’s what a number of successful bloggers with successful nonblogging careers say are the ways to think about getting into the business of blogging.
Word: patternmaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pattern + making. 1. The creation of patterns for either sewing or casting. Labels: uncountable Example: It involves patternmaking and fit, qualities that have diminished partly, if not purely, as a result of the decline in skilled cutters and tailors in New York and Italy.
Word: underregulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + regulate. 1. To regulate inadequately. Example: “It’s not a question of overregulating or underregulating.
Word: underregulates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of underregulate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: underregulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underregulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: incut Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + cut. 1. Set in by or as if by cutting. Labels: not-comparable 2. Inserted in a reserved space of the text instead of in the main margin. Labels: not-comparable Example: incut notes
Word: incut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + cut. 1. A note inserted in a reserved space of the text instead of in the main margin.
Word: scratchiti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of scratch + graffiti. 1. A form of graffiti that is scratched into a surface, rather than drawn or painted. Labels: uncountable Example: “What a trip!” Land had said as we took our seats on the Red Line. The seats were brand spanking new with no graffiti or scratchiti on the walls or windows and no need to purchase tickets! Example: The zebrawood paneling is beginning to get the scratchiti veneer of a grade-school desktop.
Word: Johannah Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized spelling of Johanna. 1. A female given name from Hebrew. Example: I can't reconcile myself to being called Miss Silver. I can't realise the character. It's like an affectation, like making-believe. Directly I relax my vigilance, I forget, and sink back into Johannah Rothe. I'm always Johannah Rothe when I'm alone.
Word: mucousy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mucous + -y or muc(us) + -ous + -y or muco- + -ous + -y (see note). 1. Synonym of mucous. Labels: informal Example: Do all the puppies seem healthy, with no mucousy discharge from the nose, no loose stools, and no foul smell from their ears? Are their coats clean and full? Do they have plenty of energy when awake? 2. Suggesting mucus; mucus-like; slimy. Labels: informal Example: He makes obstreperous, richly glazed ceramic vessels that suggest charred remains; totemic sculptures webbed with mucousy, macramélike drips of resin; large, dark collages dotted with constellations of tiny images of artifacts; and drawings, photographs and short videos.
Word: outyell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + yell. 1. To yell more loudly than. Labels: transitive Example: The victory more or less justified the American strategy to find places where the men’s soccer teams will not feel like foreigners, outnumbered and outyelled by fanaticos from Latin America.
Word: outyells Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outyell Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outyelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outyell Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outyelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outyell Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: protohumans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protohuman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: souklike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From souk + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a souk (Arabic street market). Example: But for better or worse, the souklike kaleidoscope of objects and cultures has slowed a bit.
Word: splitist Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of splittist. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “But all of his propositions and actions prove that he has never stopped his splitist words and deeds.”
Word: splitist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of splittist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: splitists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splitist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splitism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of splittism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: whos Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /huːz/, /ʍuːz/ 1. plural of who; often used along with whats, whys, hows, etc. Labels: form-of, plural Example: Closing of Duffy trial takes proceedings from the whos and whats to why and how. Example: The whos and wheres and whens and whats of his expenses were the meat of the weeks of testimony that dragged on far longer than anyone expected
Word: antipaparazzi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + paparazzi. 1. Opposing or countering paparazzi. Labels: not-comparable Example: The antipaparazzi laws, by focusing only on taking photographs and making sound recordings when done for commercial purposes and on the defendant photographer's profits, clearly target the press.
Word: petroholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)bor. Latin petrader. English petro- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -holic English petroholic From petro- + -holic. 1. One who uses more petrol than necessary. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: We're a nation of petroholics, lurching around the globe like a drunk with a hand grenade staggering through a nursery, yet the cure the President offers is more smart bombs and an energy program that's nothing more than drill, burn... Example: “We’re a nice little selfish country of petroholics, and that has made us lazy,” said Frederic Hauge, president of Bellona, Norway’s largest nongovernmental environmental organization.
Word: petroholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of petroholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sleazoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sleaze + -oid. 1. A sleazy person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: But I ultimately discovered how these sleazoids got my number, and got the calls to stop. Example: If Paterson had called a press conference and told the state that he had slept around, been careless about the way he spent the money people had donated to his campaign and, in general, had been too familiar with a sleazoid lifestyle that frequently spills over into patronage jobs, bad legislation and pay-for-play government, we could have had the first good-news sex scandal in American political history.
Word: sleazoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sleazoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subindustry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + industry. 1. An industry that makes up part of a larger industry. Example: Another “Masterpiece” mini-series that season was “Elizabeth R,” starring a fierce and eventually half-bald Glenda Jackson, which could be said to have set into motion an entire Tudor subindustry: films and series about Boleyn’s daughter, among them the two Cate Blanchett “Elizabeth” movies and Helen Mirren ’s 2005 portrayal of the queen who was the namesake of the one she earned an Academy Award for playing a couple of years later, in “The Queen.”
Word: subindustries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subindustry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mystery plays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mystery play Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Plough Monday Part of Speech: name 1. The traditional start of the English agricultural year, generally the first Monday after Epiphany.
Word: Plough Sunday Part of Speech: noun 1. The Sunday that immediately precedes Plough Monday. Labels: uncountable
Word: indelve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English indelven (“to bury”), equivalent to in- + delve. Cognate with Dutch indelven (“to dig into”). More at in-, delve. 1. To bury. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To dig or delve into. Example: Although this port brings out that there are known cases where, on interline traffic, the delivering carrier had collected, but failed to remit to the consignor, it did indelve into the liability of the initial carrier to the consignor, […] 3. To engrave. Example: The Vision was in the form of a Book in heaven with small and minute in script and indelved upon Gold of the purest form.
Word: uncivilization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + civilization. 1. The quality of not being civilized. Labels: uncountable Example: The park is not just a place of lost civilizations, but vanished uncivilization, a Manhattan scarcely marked by human hands.
Word: bloggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blog + -y. 1. Having the characteristics of a blog; resembling a blog. Labels: informal Example: You can still be professional, but let your personality seep in. If you're managing the blog, give your blog writer time to develop a bloggy rhythm and writing voice. Either way, gauge the reaction from readers or other bloggers. Example: I feel entirely defeated, myself, however, in how we engage in such a practice in the face of the vacuous (and I use the word in response to both your senses of analytical categories like class being “empty” or “evacuated”) sameness of responses to and critiques of the events at Virginia Tech and the excruciating analyses of Cho Seung-Hui which (at my last investigation) were curiously silent about the ethno-political and about racism in its most obvious, bloggiest forms.
Word: dysphemize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dysphem(ism) + -ize. 1. To describe in dysphemisms. Labels: rare, transitive Example: As applied to the Internet, Portland calls it "open access," while AT&T dysphemizes it as "forced access." Example: Or will the Democratic convention treat the breathlessly watching nation to a credentials fight — dysphemized as a train wreck?
Word: euphemizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From euphemize + -er. 1. One who, or that which, euphemizes.
Word: dysphemizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dysphemize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dysphemizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dysphemize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: euphemizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of euphemizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dysphemized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dysphemize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: groceryman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grocery + -man. 1. A male grocer. Example: “It is a form of communication perfect not just for poets but for the Chinese groceryman or Brazilian miner who arrived a few months ago,” he continued. Example: The cream may be sold at the cream station and butter purchased from the groceryman.
Word: grocerymen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of groceryman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sabo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of sabotage. 1. To get someone in trouble, to prank, to sabotage another's efforts. Labels: Singapore, Singlish, colloquial, informal, transitive
Word: sabo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of sabotage. 1. A saboteur. Labels: slang
Word: kidhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kid + -hood. 1. childhood Labels: informal, uncountable, usually Example: I went away back to my kidhood and remembered the hot biscuit sopped in sorghum and bacon gravy with partiality and respect. Example: It suggests how deeply the comics had implanted themselves in kidhood consciousness in only their second decade as a normative pop-cultural universe; how shocking and yet irresistible we found each new and more subversive permutation; and how recklessly indifferent to adult America’s ever hardening hostility were the wild misfit artists who, even as I buckled under Superduperman’s (and Lois’s) seditious antics, were dancing into the flames of self-destruction.
Word: kidhoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kidhood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microsurgical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-ōr Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós) Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek χειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)bor. Late Latin chīrurgicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin cirurgicālisder. Middle French cirurgicalbor. Middle English cirurgicalder. English surgical English microsurgical From micro- + surgical. 1. Of or pertaining to microsurgery. Labels: not-comparable Example: He specializes in microsurgical breast reconstruction.
Word: microsurgically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-ōr Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós) Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek χειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)bor. Late Latin chīrurgicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin cirurgicālisder. Middle French cirurgicalbor. Middle English cirurgicalder. English surgical English microsurgical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English microsurgically From microsurgical + -ly. 1. By means of microsurgery. Labels: not-comparable
Word: microsurges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microsurge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microvan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + van. 1. A small, compact van, smaller than a minivan. Example: To help spread the word about the Cube, the shoebox-on-wheels it will bring to American showrooms next year, Nissan offered two of the microvans to the Pratt Institute for cosmetic makeovers.
Word: microvans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microvan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hapas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hapa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multiracials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multiracial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myopics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myopic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: protominimalist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From proto- + minimalist. 1. Belonging or pertaining to an early form of minimalism. Example: Visitors to the museum gazed on […] the many-faceted work of the Rio de Janeiro artists Hélio Oiticica and Lygia Clark, close colleagues whose protominimalist and precociously interactive work in the ’60s (like his capes to be danced in and her hinged sculptures to be reconfigured at will) exert a powerful influence today.
Word: protominimalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proto- + minimalist. 1. An artist employing an early form of minimalism.
Word: sectoring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sector + -ing. 1. Division into sectors. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: sectorings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sectoring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: servanthood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From servant + -hood. 1. The role of being a servant. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There is such a thing as the Butler Way, a team-first philosophy that stresses humility, passion, unity, servanthood and thankfulness.
Word: retin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + tin. 1. To coat with tin again. Labels: transitive
Word: retent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin retentum, from retentus, perfect passive participle of retineō. See retain. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɛnt/ 1. That which is retained. Example: The retent, when known, stands before us as if reflected and inverted in a mirror, the nearest events in the past being this way the nearest as actually remembered.
Word: antibugging Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + bugging. 1. Opposing or countering bugging (covert surveillance). Labels: not-comparable Example: Across the table was Rainer Melucci, whose expertise in electronic eavesdropping protection and antibugging services took him into the home of Tom Cruise in Los Angeles and the offices of the Church of Scientology.
Word: antibugging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + bugging. 1. The strategy of writing code so as to minimise the possibility of error. Labels: uncountable Example: They were convinced that the error-checking and antibugging that I was suggesting would far exceed the capacity of their machine.
Word: antibullfighting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + bullfighting. 1. Opposing bullfighting. Example: Using cloning to produce animals that are doomed to a barbarous death adds insult to injury, said Leonardo Anselmi, president of an antibullfighting organization, Stop Our Shame.
Word: postadolescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + adolescence. 1. The period of life following adolescence. Labels: uncountable Example: The theme of ambition permeates the new season, although it detracts not at all from the show’s canny sense that there’s no such thing as postadolescence: you’re a teenager until you start having biopsies and paying a mortgage.
Word: postadolescents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postadolescent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twistedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twisted + -ness. 1. The quality of being twisted. Labels: uncountable Example: During its third season, which picks up again on Monday after a three-month hiatus, “The Hills,” set among young aspirants of the Hollywood Hills’ music and fashion industries, has continued to track the emotional warfare between former best friends Lauren and Heidi, while delving more deeply into the twistedness, gaslighting and superficiality of the boyfriends who ensure that the tortured rivals treat each other like Crips and Bloods.
Word: prelockout Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + lockout. 1. Before a lockout. Labels: not-comparable Example: His size, however, was considered a barrier, particularly when the prelockout N.H.L. seemed dominated by bigger and bigger players. Example: For the time being the BCC had won, but the unions recovered quickly and prelockout conditions concerning wage rates and craft prerogatives again prevailed.
Word: ultranarrow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + narrow. 1. Extremely narrow. Example: However, the new approach, which is based on the company’s ability to accurately align chips with high precision making it possible to transmit beams of light across the surface of the chips in ultranarrow channels called wave guides, could have a much bigger impact.
Word: backsies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backsie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of backsy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chapterplay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chapter + play. 1. A film serial, formerly shown in instalments in theaters in conjunction with a feature film. Example: Very likely the world’s first singing-cowboy science-fiction adventure, this 12-episode chapterplay, directed by Otto Brower and Breezy Easton, features Gene Autry in his first starring role — as “Gene Autry,” the proprietor of Radio Ranch.
Word: chapterplays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chapterplay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: costochondritis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From costo- + chondritis. 1. A benign inflammation of the costal cartilage, causing pain between the ribs. Labels: uncountable Example: For example, many patients with chest pain carry a diagnosis of costochondritis (inflammation of the chest wall bones) or gastroesophageal reflux (regurgitation of stomach acid into the esophagus).
Word: inexpressiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inexpressive + -ness. 1. The quality of being inexpressive. Labels: uncountable Example: His perceived inexpressiveness particularly impressed the critics in France, where the perceptive Louis Delluc wrote about him in almost Bressonian terms:
Word: Kiyoshi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese きよし (Kiyoshi). 1. A male given name from Japanese. Example: Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi, known for his courage to challenge the U.S. government policy to evacuate, relocate, and intern all persons of Japanese ancestry during the Pacific War, was born in Seattle on April 23, 1918.
Word: Wellesian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Welles + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to George Orson Welles (1915–1985), American director, actor, and screenwriter.
Word: Bressonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Bresson + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Robert Bresson (1901–1999), French film director.
Word: megamansion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + mansion. 1. A very large mansion. Example: The threat of some sort of development — ranchettes and megamansions, most likely — remained. Example: McClean has been described time and time again as LA’s “megamansion king”, and no wonder. He’s famously the architect behind what’s being called “the most expensive house in America”.
Word: megamansions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megamansion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hujra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic حُجْرَة (ḥujra). 1. A drawing room where guests are entertained in Pashtun areas of Pakistan. Example: The A.N.P.’s leaders say their strength comes from the Pashtun tribal tradition of the hujra: traditionally, the landowner’s reception room, where guests are received, disputes solved and decisions made by the elders.
Word: hujras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hujra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mayorally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From mayoral + -ly. 1. By a mayor. Labels: not-comparable Example: Rather than retain the mayorally appointed position, he decided to seek to stay on as an adviser.
Word: taaffeites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taaffeite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: litholatry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From litho- + -latry. 1. The worship of stones. Labels: uncountable
Word: overhandle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + handle. 1. To handle excessively. Labels: transitive Example: What makes these goodies different, the company says, is that they are formed by robotic machines so that the dough is not toughened by overhandling.
Word: overhandled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overhandle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overhandling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overhandle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overhandles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overhandle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reseason Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + season. 1. To season again. Labels: transitive Example: I could roll the dough longer, reseason the meat.
Word: reseasoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reseason Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reseasoned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reseason Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: yoshoku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 洋食 (yōshoku), from Middle Chinese 洋 (yáng "ocean", by extension "foreign", "Western") + 食 (ʒik "eat", "food"). 1. A style of Western-influenced Japanese cuisine. Labels: uncountable Example: Shiseido Parlor is a storied yoshoku establishment in the heart of Tokyo’s Ginza district, a restaurant to which many Japanese make a pilgrimage at least once.
Word: ballyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ball + yard. 1. A baseball field. Example: Robert Leo Sheppard has been a highlight of any trip to the big ballyard in the Bronx since opening day, April 17, 1951, when he announced the name of Joe DiMaggio right after the youngster playing right field, Mickey Mantle.
Word: ballyards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballyard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dollarwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dalą Proto-West Germanic *dal Old High German tal Middle High German tal German Tal German Talerder. Middle Low German dālerbor. Dutch dalerbor. English dollar Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English dollarwise From dollar + -wise. 1. In terms of dollars (as opposed to percentage, or to another currency); moneywise; monetarily; financially. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: Dollarwise it was the biggest change in years, but percentagewise it was not a record-breaking change. Example: There are far larger budget fights looming, dollarwise.
Word: overfertilize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + fertilize. 1. To treat (plants) with too much fertilizer. Labels: transitive Example: But no matter where you are, the trick is acid soil — with a pH between 4.5 and 5.0 — with plenty of drainage. And don’t overfertilize.
Word: overfertilizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overfertilize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overfertilized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overfertilize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: autopartitioning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + partitioning. 1. automatic partitioning (of a network, database, etc.) Labels: uncountable
Word: precivilization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + civilization. 1. The time prior to civilization. Labels: uncountable Example: In “Benguelê” (which refers to slaves’ nostalgic longing for Africa) he makes extensive use of crouching, stooped bodies in a simian, loping walk, arms hanging loosely and head down to suggest tribal dances, rituals, animals, a precivilization.
Word: prestrung Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + strung. 1. Strung in advance. Labels: not-comparable Example: Beads can be purchased prestrung on lengths of thread or loose in vials or plastic bags. Example: All of the heads came prestrung (they also come in unstrung versions) and none were acceptable to the 25-year-old Mr. Park; elite players string their own heads.
Word: rejon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Spanish rejón 1. A lance used in bullfighting.
Word: cayuca Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of dugout canoe of South America. Example: Fishermen drop lines from their cayucas, small wooden dugout boats with upturned prows.
Word: cayucas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cayuca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Takao Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 高(たか)雄(お) (Takao), from Min Nan 打狗 (Tá-káu). Pronunciation: /tæˈkaʊ/ 1. Synonym of Kaohsiung. Example: Foreign observers who were at Keelung March 8 state that in mid-afternoon the streets of the city were cleared suddenly by machine gun fire directed at no particular objects or persons. After dark ships docked and discharged the troops for which the Governor apparently had been waiting. Fairly reliable sources estimate that about 2,000 police were landed, followed by about 8,000 troops with light equipment including U.S. Army jeeps. Men and equipment were rushed to Taipei. It is reported that about 3,000 men were landed at Takao simultaneously. Troops were reportedly continuing to arrive on March 17. Example: A descendant of Robert Swinhoe, the first British consul in what was then known as Formosa, on Thursday visited the British Consulate at Takow (打狗英國領事館) in Kaohsiung, hoping to deepen his understanding of his ancestor. ¶ Robert Swinhoe was stationed in Taiwan in July 1861 as the first British vice-consul, and he set up the first British Consular Office in Taiwan in Taiwanfu (modern-day Tainan), the Kaohsiung Bureau of Cultural Affairs said. ¶ Three years later, Britain relocated the vice consulate from Taiwanfu to Takao (modern-day Kaohsiung), after the Port of Kaohsiung was opened.
Word: livescanning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of livescan Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dimmings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɪmɪŋz/ 1. plural of dimming Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dimnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dimness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megaportal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + portal. 1. A very large, successful portal web site. Labels: Internet Example: There are potentially dozens of jurisdictions that could claim oversight in such a deal because of the global business interests of the two huge companies and because it could potentially transform the Internet into two megaportals, Google and Microsoft.
Word: megaportals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megaportal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overutilizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overutilize + -er. 1. One who overutilizes.
Word: overutilize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + utilize. 1. To utilize excessively Example: “In the event of congestion, the half percent of people who are overutilizing an excessive amount of capacity will be slowed down subtly until capacity is restored,” the chief technology officer for Comcast, Tony G. Werner, said. Example: UnitedHealthCare said in a fact sheet that this change is due to colonoscopies being overutilized.
Word: overutilizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overutilizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overutilized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overutilize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overutilizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overutilize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overutilizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overutilize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overutilization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + utilization. 1. Excessive utilization; overuse. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: overutilizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overutilization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: equivocality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From equivocal + -ity. 1. The quality of being equivocal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The military lent a new context to Mr. Widmark’s moral equivocality: in films like “Halls of Montezuma,” “The Frogmen,” “Take the High Ground!” and “Destination Gobi” Mr. Widmark played hard-bitten commanders whose apparent coldness and cruelty masked a deeper concern with the safety of their men.
Word: equivocalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of equivocality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonunital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + unital. 1. Not unital. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unitality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unital + -ity. 1. The property of being unital. Labels: uncountable
Word: equivalves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of equivalve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inequivalves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inequivalve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonguarded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + guarded. 1. Not guarded. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonguard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + guard. 1. One who is not a guard. Example: The fights, which broke out about 6:20 a.m., were quelled with the help of 10 nonguards — plumbers, electricians, secretaries and other workers — who happened to be reporting early, said Richard Wechsler, local president of the American Federation of Government Employees, a supervisor and a former guard at the prison.
Word: nonguards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonguard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unguaranteeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + guaranteeable. 1. Not possible to guarantee. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sackt Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of sacked; simple past and past participle of sack. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: sportcoat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sport coat. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They filed in through a side entrance at about 7:45 p.m., dressed in sportcoats or suit jackets, and huddled in front of a 14-foot-high sculpture with hands — men’s, women’s, children’s — intertwined.
Word: sportcoats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sportcoat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tearfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tearful + -ness. 1. The quality of being tearful. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The songs built slowly with anger, ache, tearfulness and fury, with sustained notes and cascading melismas. Example: I confess to tearfulness when Charles, now in a plain linen shirt, knelt before the altar
Word: tearest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: tear + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of tear Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: antifighting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + fighting. 1. Opposing fighting. Example: In a news conference Friday, the Quebec minister of leisure and sport, Michelle Courchesne, asked the league’s commissioner, Gilles Courteau, to submit a report to the government and install new antifighting rules in time for next season.
Word: antisprawl Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + sprawl. 1. Opposing or countering urban sprawl. Labels: not-comparable Example: “There is a definite regulatory preference in New Jersey for brownfield and urban infill sites,” said Mr. Manewitz, noting that antisprawl, pro-environmental restrictions put in place over the last decade have ruled out any type of construction in some spots, and strongly discouraged it in others.
Word: divestest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: divest + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of divest Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: divesteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: divest + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of divest Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: investest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: invest + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of invest Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: investeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: invest + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of invest Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: existest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: exist + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of exist Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: existeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: exist + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exist Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: inventeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: invent + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of invent Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: inventest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: invent + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of invent Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: leapingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From leaping + -ly. 1. With a leaping motion; in bounds.
Word: bioprogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + program. 1. A hypothetical program in the brain, responsible for the construction of a language from words (and thus explaining the structural similarities of unrelated creoles). Example: Bickerton swats down all these theories and explains how he arrived at his own solution, the language bioprogram hypothesis, which he elaborated in the book “Roots of Language” (1981).
Word: bioprograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioprogram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bracketlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bracket + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a bracket. Example: For the past decade, the politics of the country has been defined by this map — a conservative heartland and two bracketlike liberal coasts.
Word: closetful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From closet + -ful. 1. As much as a closet can hold. Example: I had been spooked at the time, never imagining that at age 46 I would have a closetful of my dead husband’s clothes, and that it would seem right.
Word: closetfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of closetful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: closetsful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of closetful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: declutterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From declutter + -er. Pronunciation: /diːˈklʌtəɹə(ɹ)/ 1. One who declutters. Example: But alongside the collectors, who are no doubt greening the world, the ideology of the equally high-minded declutterers is still going strong.
Word: declutterers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of declutterer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decocainizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decocainize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present