nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: transverting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of transvert Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: transverts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of transvert Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: crebrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin creber (“close-set, frequent”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːbɹəs/, /ˈkɹɛbɹəs/ 1. frequent; numerous Labels: obsolete Example: which indeed supposeth (as their principles do) an imperfect inchoate power already in man's will to act graciously, which through assisting grace stirred up by crebrous and frequent acts, grows up into an habit or facility of working.
Word: subsizar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + sizar. 1. An under-sizar; a student of lower rank than a sizar. Labels: UK, historical Example: Bid my subsiser carry my hackney to the buttery, and give him his bever; it is a civil and sober beast, and will drink moderately.
Word: subsizars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subsizar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cresselle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French crécelle (“rattle”). 1. A wooden rattle formerly used as a substitute for a bell in the Roman Catholic church. Labels: historical Example: Analarin, a priest, spoke of boxwood rattles, which were used to announce the clergy from the ninth century. The crécelle, or 'cressel', was once used in Roman Catholic churches during Passion Week instead of a bell.
Word: cresselles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cresselle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proheme Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of proem (“preamble”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: In the proheme of the Constitutions the Cardinall said, that to reforme the life & manners of the Clergie being a thing of great moment for the rooting out of the Lutheran heresie, he had ordained these decrees by the counsell of the Princes, and Prelats assembled with him, […]
Word: flea-lice Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flea-louse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flea-louse Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various jumping plant lice of the family Psyllidae.
Word: thrum-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the anthers raised above the stigma, and visible at the throat of the corolla, as in long-stamened primroses. Labels: not-comparable Example: thrum-eyed flower
Word: chisley Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old English ceosel (“gravel or sand”). Compare chessom. 1. Having a mixture of small pebbles or gravel. Labels: dated Example: No. II. was a coarse unkind piece of land, of a soil neither clayey nor gravelly, but something between both, and which my men called chisley.
Word: afterwitted Part of Speech: adj 1. Characterized by afterwit; slow-witted. Labels: dated Example: Our fashions of eating make us slothful, and unlusty to labour and study; unstable, inconstant, and light-mannered; full of wits, after-witted (as we call it), incircumspect, inconsiderate, heady, rash, and hasty to begin unadvisedly, […]
Word: metanauplii Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metanauplius Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metanauplius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + nauplius. 1. A krill larva in the stage following the nauplius.
Word: clientelage Part of Speech: noun 1. clientele; customers, clients or patrons Labels: dated, uncountable, usually
Word: clientelages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clientelage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supererogative Part of Speech: adj 1. supererogatory Example: supererogative justice Example: supererogative duty
Word: broccoloid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From broccoli + -oid. 1. broccoli-like Labels: colloquial, humorous, not-comparable Example: She uses the stems, not the flowers. She trims the stems and peels them if they're tough, then grates them and mixes them with raisins, grated carrots and mayonnaise. If she's feeling adventurous, she says, she tosses in a little curry powder to spice up the dish. "This doesn't taste so 'broccoloid.'" Example: As the armies are set out on the table, which is covered in the same crumbly grass and broccoloid trees used to decorate model-railroad scenes, Read is getting nervous.
Word: paradisean Part of Speech: adj 1. paradisiacal
Word: batrachoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Batrachoides + -oid (with haplology). Compare batrachian. 1. Frog-like; batrachian. Labels: dated Example: It applies, indeed, solely in its present state to the capillaries of the saurial and batrachoid reptiles; but there is every reason to believe, that the same arrangement takes place in the mammated class of animals. Example: An idea, not undeserving attention, has been announced on this subject by M. Reynaud, who, observing that a similar anatomical arrangement is found in the batrachoid amphibia, or frog family during the whole period of existence, infers, though not very confidently, that it may be applied to explain the arrangement of the vascular system now under consideration, by referring it to the earliest periods of intra-uterine life in the Mammalia. 2. Of or pertaining to the family Batrachoididae of marine fishes, called toadfish. Example: There is no doubt but that the Batrachoid fishes deserve at least the rank given them by Dr. Gill, coördinate with the Trachinoidea, the Gobiodea, or the Blennioidea (as arranged by Gill , for I do not accept Mr. Regan's inclusion of the Ophidioidea and Zoarceoidea in that group).
Word: batrachoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Batrachoides + -oid (with haplology). Compare batrachian. 1. Any species of the family Batrachoididae; a batrachoidid. Example: Regardless of the type of water in which they are found, batrachoids are primarily bottom fishes. Example: Somatically batrachoids are in fact highly modified if basal euteleosts.
Word: corsned Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English corsnǽd (literally “chosen piece”). 1. A consecrated piece of bread given to a person suspected of a crime, indicating innocence if swallowed easily and guilt if it stuck in the throat; a morsel of execration. Example: This corsned was then given to the suspected person[.]
Word: peanism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paeanism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: "I am so tired of hearing about money! It is my brother Ernest's constant peanism; it is the chorus with which the world joins in. Example: […]the old song, transformed to a peanism, to the tune of Lillibulero.
Word: peanisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peanism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sphagnicolous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Sphagnum + -colous. 1. Growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: haemapophyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haemapophysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haemapophysis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hemapophysis. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: midlung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + lung. 1. The nexus of an individual lung Example: In a patient with lobar pneumonia with right posterior midlung consolidation, bronchial breath sounds are heard over the right posterior midlung field, located over the seventh and eight intercostal spaces along the vertebral column.
Word: Sorrento work Part of Speech: noun 1. Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Labels: uncountable 2. Jigsaw work etc. done anywhere. Labels: broadly, uncountable
Word: midlungs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of midlung Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mormal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French mort-mal (“a deadly evil”). 1. A bad sore; a gangrene or cancer. Labels: obsolete Example: They built their cathedrals, carved their Gothic philosophy into a million intricacies, sang their love-songs, rang their bells, danced and laughed in spite of all the buboes and mormals, the agues and mortal sweats, in spite of stink and worm-eaten flesh and all the inconceivable cruelties of unconquered nature. Example: The blood feud was old and a mormal between our Families. It undermined cooperation that has since proved very profitable.
Word: mormals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mormal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alligatoroids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alligatoroid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mammaloids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mammaloid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: touring motorcycles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of touring motorcycle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foldback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fold + back. 1. An overturned flap. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A current-limiting feature in power supplies and amplifiers. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The use of rear-facing heavy-duty loudspeakers on stage during live music performances, to improve sound for the audience or to allow performers to hear and monitor themselves. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A denatured (single-strand) DNA molecule that has formed base pair bonds with itself. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A chromosome that contains sequences which support foldback; A DNA molecule with a base sequence or sequences that are repeated in reverse order. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A portion of a storyline that branches based on user choices but where all branches eventually reconverge to a single inevitable event. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A multimethod research approach that includes open-ended interviewing, nominal group dialogue, survey and attitude scaling techniques, and multidimensional and cluster analyses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: foldbacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foldback Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lung fields Part of Speech: noun 1. The pleural apices and bases of lungs used to auscultate for the lung sound component of vital signs. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: You auscultate her lung sounds and hear scattered wheezing in all lung fields.
Word: doegling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a typographical variant of Danish døgling, from Faroese døglingur, which now refers to the northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus). 1. A northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus), from which oil was once obtained. Example: This acid is, moreover, not combined with oxide of lipyl in the Doegling train-oil, (at least it yields no glycerine on saponification,) but probably with doeglic oxide, C₂₄H₂₅O, a body similar to the ether-like haloid bases, whose existence and composition Scharling, however, only infers from the analysis of the unsaponified Doegling train-oil and the absence of glycerine. Example: Doegling Train Oil. From the doegling (the Balœna rostrata of Chemnitz, Hyperodon of later zoologists), a kind of dolphin.
Word: doeglings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doegling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: climacterical Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of climacteric. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: For who ever saw the like of these man-eating Ghouls for corruption of manners, inhuman degeneration, and deluge of iniquities? Who every fifth year from time immemorial have had their grand climacterical year, and but last year brake forth in never-imagined ferocity.
Word: climacterical Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of climacteric. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: climactericals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of climacterical Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Portingal Part of Speech: adj 1. Portuguese. Labels: obsolete
Word: Portingal Part of Speech: noun 1. A Portuguese person. Labels: obsolete
Word: Portingals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Portingal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fallencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fallency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fallency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin fallentia, fallens, present participle of fallere. Doublet of failance. Pronunciation: /ˈfælənsi/ 1. An exception (to a rule). Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Maranta enumerates forty cases, in which a negative ought to be proved: and Socinus sets down eight hundred and two fallencies (that is the word of the law), concerning the contestation of suits and actions at law
Word: scissorstail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scissors + tail. 1. A species of tyrant flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) from the southern United States and Central America, with a long forked tail, and a red patch on the underwing coverts.
Word: scissorstails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scissorstail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strow Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of strew. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks / In Vallombrosa,[…]. Example: How still the air within this forest brown; / So still, you hear the snow fall through the trees, / And on the yellow leaves beneath them strown; / And thick it falls, unwavered by the breeze, […]
Word: strowed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of strow Labels: form-of, past Example: 1820, Henry Hart Milman, Ride On, Ride On in Majesty!, Hymnary.org, O Savior meek, pursue your road, with palms and scattered garments strowed.
Word: strowing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of strow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: strowing Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of strewing. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: strown Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of strow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: strows Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of strow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Tartarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tartar + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. A Tartar. Labels: archaic Example: Two, or Three Honest Men […] should be Skilfull in Far-Forreyn-Languages: As, in the Sclauonian, or Moschouite, the Arabik Vulgar, the Turkish, the Tartarien, the Chiny Language, the Canadien, and the Islandish, &c. 2. Any of various varieties of cherry. The Black Tartarian is a sweet cherry from Russia; the White Tartarian is a French variety of the early 1800s. Labels: dated
Word: Tartarian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tartar + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. The language of the Tartars; Tatar. Labels: archaic
Word: Tartarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Tartar + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars; Tartaric. Example: Then hauing paſt Armenian deſerts now, And pitcht our tents vnder the Georgean hills, Whoſe tops are couered with Tartarian theeues, That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray: What ſhould we doe but bid them battel ſtraight, And rid the world of thoſe deteſted troopes?
Word: Tartarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Tartar(us) + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. Pertaining to Tartarus; hellish, infernal. Example: (Sulphur Bottom).—Another retiring gentleman, with a brimstone belly, doubtless got by scraping along the Tartarian tiles in some of his profounder divings.
Word: Tartarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tartarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coal-meter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English colmetere, equivalent to coal + meter (“one who measures”). 1. A licensed or official measurer of coal; (especially in London) One responsible for supervising the loading, unloading, and weighing of coal to ensure accurate quantity and payment. Labels: UK, historical
Word: coal-meters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coal-meter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scincoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin scincus a kind of lizard, from Ancient Greek σκίγγος (skíngos), σκίγκος (skínkos), + -oid. Compare skink. 1. Of or relating to the family Scincidae, or skinks. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scincoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin scincus a kind of lizard, from Ancient Greek σκίγγος (skíngos), σκίγκος (skínkos), + -oid. Compare skink. 1. A skink. Labels: dated
Word: scincoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scincoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mutage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːtɪdʒ/ 1. A process for prematurely stopping the fermentation of the must of grapes, used in winemaking to make sweet wine. Labels: uncountable
Word: exulceration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin exulceratio: compare French exulcération. 1. ulceration Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: 1719, John Quincy, Pharmacopœia Officinalis & Extemporanea: Or, a Compleat English Dispensatory, publ. A Bell (2nd ed., very much Improv'd), page 437. […] and thus it is likewiſe of ſervice in choletic Conſtitutions, and where the Shapneſs of Humours threatens Excoriations and Exulcerations. 2. fretting; festering; soreness Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Which exulceration of mind made him apt to take all occaſions of contradiction.
Word: exulcerations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exulceration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semiditone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + ditone. 1. The lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone.
Word: semiditones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semiditone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paraleiptic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to paraleipsis.
Word: supralapsarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supralapsarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea scurf Part of Speech: noun 1. Any bryozoan which forms rounded or irregular patches of coral on stones, seaweeds, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sea scurfs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea scurf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mateology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μάτη (mátē, “folly”) + λόγος (lógos, “discourse”): compare French matéologie. 1. vain, pointless discourse or inquiry; waffle. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: elaoptenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elaoptene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elaeoptene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”). 1. The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substances, such as rose oil. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: elaeoptenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elaeoptene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elaborativeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From elaborative + -ness. 1. quality of being elaborative Labels: uncountable
Word: collaborativeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From collaborative + -ness. 1. The quality of being collaborative. Labels: uncountable
Word: evacate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From e- + vacate. 1. To empty; to nullify. Labels: obsolete Example: No Dispensation of GOD to His Church whatever, can evacate a Duty, which of Right is His Claim by the Unchangeable Law of our Creation. Example: it appeared upon the argument that judgment had been entered (see affidavit of Bevins, fol. 30), that not preliminary objection was made to the moving papers and said Bevins consented in open court to argue the question whether or not said judgment should be evacated and set aside ( fol . 516).
Word: evacated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of evacate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: evacates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of evacate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: evacating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of evacate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ignified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ignify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ignifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ignify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ignify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From igni- + -fy. 1. To form into fire. Labels: obsolete Example: 1647, Richard Tomlinson (translator and reviser), Jean de Renou⁽ᶠʳ⁾, A Medicinal Dispensatory, [1623, Jean de Renou, Dispensatorium medicum], page 68, For Ignition in ſome is the end of Uſtion, in others, Uſtion is not terminated till smoke expire; and yet many ſtones may be ignified three or four times, and ſtill ſuffunded with a certain humour, till they be bray'd. Example: […]found, that the whole quantity of Aer ignify'd[…].
Word: ignifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ignify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cerotin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See cerotene. 1. A white crystalline substance, C₂₇H₅₅.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; cerotic alcohol; ceryl alcohol. Labels: uncountable
Word: fer-de-lance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fer de lance (“spearhead”). 1. Bothrops lanceolatus or other lancehead snakes of genus Bothrops.
Word: fer-de-lances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fer-de-lance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pachisi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi पचीसी (pacīsī, “twenty-five”), referring to the largest score that can be thrown with the cowrie shells. First attested in the 19th century. 1. An ancient Indian board game in which players, throwing dice, shells, etc. to determine the distance of each move, attempt to be the first to take all of their counters around the board. Labels: uncountable
Word: parchesi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pachisi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pachamancas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pachamanca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piqueer Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of pickeer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: piqueered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of piqueer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: piqueering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of piqueer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: piqueers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of piqueer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resumptive pronoun Part of Speech: noun 1. A pronoun in a relative clause which refers to the antecedent of the relative pronoun.
Word: resumptive pronouns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of resumptive pronoun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demutualize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + mutualize. 1. To change from mutual ownership to ownership via stocks or shares.
Word: DIP switch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From DIP (“dual in-line package”) + switch. 1. A miniature switch designed to be attached to a circuit board to customize the behavior of the circuit.
Word: design by contract Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by French computer scientist Bertrand Meyer. 1. A software design approach that prescribes formal, precise and verifiable interface specifications (contracts) with preconditions, postconditions, and invariants. Labels: uncountable
Word: contract programming Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of design by contract. Labels: uncountable
Word: programming by contract Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of design by contract. Labels: uncountable
Word: DbC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Design by Contract. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: enfranchize Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of enfranchise. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: class invariant Part of Speech: noun 1. An invariant used to constrain objects of a class that is preserved by class methods and that constrains the state stored in the object. Example: Every object of a given class must satisfy the class's invariant. This invariant acts as a constraint, limiting the size of the class's state-space. A subclass both inherits the class invariant(s) of its superclass(es) and adds a further restriction of its own.
Word: class invariants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of class invariant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pelleter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pellet + -er. 1. A machine for forming ingredients into pellets to feed animals.
Word: pelure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pelure. 1. A crisp, hard, thin paper, sometimes used for postage stamps. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: betrayeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: betray + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of betray Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: betrayest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: betray + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of betray Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: JML Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Java Modeling Language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: criminal lawyer Part of Speech: noun 1. A lawyer who specializes in criminal law.
Word: electronic stability control Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic system that assists in the control of car stability. Labels: uncountable
Word: extended static checking Part of Speech: noun 1. A range of techniques used for statically checking the correctness of some program constraints. Labels: uncountable
Word: erotophobic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to or characteristic of erotophobia or erotophobes. Example: The vitality which fueled Orton's scathing comedies was itself fueled by the adventure and excitement of his sexual exploits. The rage which came out in his plays was connected — deeply connected — to his understanding of being gay in an erotophobic world.
Word: genophobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From geno- + -phobic. 1. Relating to or characteristic of genophobia or genophobes.
Word: composite reuse principle Part of Speech: name 1. a technique by which classes may achieve polymorphic behavior and code reuse by containing other classes that implement the desired functionality instead using inheritance.
Word: genophobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of genophobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: composition over inheritance Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of composite reuse principle.
Word: pendulette Part of Speech: noun 1. A small pendulum clock. Labels: historical
Word: omnishambles Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From omni- + shambles. Introduced by the television show The Thick of It in 2009. Pronunciation: /ˈɒmniˌʃæmbəlz/ 1. A situation that is bad or mismanaged in every way. Labels: UK, informal Example: Near-synonyms: clusterfuck, debacle, fiasco, hot mess, perfect storm, shit show, shitstorm Example: Between the car accident, the food poisoning and the lost keys, the holiday was an omnishambles.
Word: stuckholder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of stuck + stockholder. 1. A stockholder stuck with worthless or unsellable shares. Labels: informal Example: I had too many shares and the trading volume was diminishing. I was no longer just a stockholder; I was now a "stuckholder."
Word: stuckholders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stuckholder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: percuteur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French percuteur. 1. A medical instrument for therapeutic or diagnostic percussion. Example: To return to my narrative: furnished with a percuteur, I had not long to wait for an opportunity of employing it. In February, 1834, a man of the name of Doyle was admitted into the hospital with symptoms of calculus […]
Word: tanalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Tanalith + -ize. 1. To treat with Tanalith (chromated copper arsenate), a wood preservative. Labels: transitive Example: The Hall floor was completely removed and reconstructed with steel beams and tanalized timber joists, and refloored with a soft wood under-floor, and an English wainscot oak finish.
Word: tanalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tanalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tanalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tanalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: doodley-squat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of diddly-squat (“nothing whatsoever”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Most other countries didn't have doodley-squat. […] Everybody in America was supposed to grab whatever he could and hold onto it. Some Americans were very good at grabbing and holding, were fabulously well-to-do. Others couldn't get their hands on doodley-squat.
Word: spillionaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of spill + millionaire. 1. A person who acquires a substantial amount of money by being paid to participate in the cleanup of an oil spill. Labels: informal Example: "Spillionaires" made as much as half a million dollars that spring operating cleanup boats.
Word: spillionaires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spillionaire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subtypings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subtyping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subtype polymorphism Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of subtyping. Labels: uncountable
Word: action-packed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From action + packed. 1. Full of action; dramatic and exciting.
Word: pelures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pelure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pendulettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pendulette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: percuteurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of percuteur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: persuasives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of persuasive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: defensive programming Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of defensive design aiming to ensure the continuing functioning of a piece of software in spite of unforeseeable usage of it. Labels: uncountable
Word: defensive design Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of planning for contingencies in the design stage of a project so as to make the misuse of the software impossible, or to minimise the negative consequences. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: defensive designs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of defensive design Labels: form-of, plural
Word: singlism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From single + -ism. 1. Discrimination against and negative perception of single people and singlehood. Labels: uncountable Example: Singlism seems to seep into way too many of the nooks and crannies of a person's life and leave its stain. A job applicant shows up for an interview and is asked how he will feel at company social events when he is the only one without a spouse.
Word: VDM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Vienna Development Method. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: VDM-SL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of VDM Specification Language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: singleism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From single + -ism. 1. Alternative spelling of singlism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: But the sad truth is that even Janet Reno's description of herself as "an awkward old maid" buys into the myth of the never-married eccentric. That's how deep singleism goes.
Word: singlist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From single + -ist. 1. A person who discriminates on the basis of singlehood; one who holds negative views of single people. Example: Like racists and sexists, singlists discriminate against an outcast group.
Word: singlists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of singlist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slackcom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of slacker + sitcom. 1. A sitcom which revolves around a slacker or slackers. Labels: UK Example: "Slackcom," confesses Cheryl Taylor, commissioner for entertainment at Channel 4, "is a term we started bandying around because of the nature of a lot of the sitcoms we started receiving; proposals revolving around twenty- or thirtysomething non-professionals."
Word: offsiders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of offsider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slackcoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slackcom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wife carrying Part of Speech: noun 1. A Finnish sport in which men carry women through an obstacle course. Labels: uncountable
Word: sitcomedian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of sitcom + comedian. 1. An actor who appears on a sitcom. Example: If you love Ray Romano -- and we know that "Everybody Loves Raymond" -- check out the latest Esquire, which profiles the successful sitcomedian.
Word: sitcomedians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sitcomedian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: EONIA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Euro overnight index average. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Eonia Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of EONIA. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stalkumentary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of stalk + documentary. 1. A documentary film or programme which follows its subject around and/or intrudes upon their private life, particularly to a degree characterized as stalking. Labels: informal Example: The result is slight, but sweet in this hybrid of stalkumentary and romantic comedy. The filmmakers didn't haunt either Barrymore's home or office, but rather contacted her through people she knew or worked with.
Word: stalkumentaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stalkumentary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bodily integrity Part of Speech: noun 1. The right to physical autonomy and self-determination. Labels: uncountable
Word: SWAGs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of SWAG Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wild-ass Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of wild ass. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare 2. An uneducated or boorish person. Labels: slang Example: This estimate is completely unreliable! It was produced by a wild-ass.
Word: wild-ass Part of Speech: adj 1. Crazy; lacking caution or certainty. Labels: slang Example: That's nothing but a wild-ass rumor.
Word: wild asses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wild ass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gets behind Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of get behind Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: getting behind Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of get behind Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skitting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skitted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of skit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: asymmetrical meter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of asymmetric meter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Cymro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Welsh Cymro or Cymru. 1. Welsh. Labels: morpheme Example: The root of the Cornish language was the same as that of the Welsh language, but largely amalgamated with the Saxon; […] Every vestige of this old Cymro-Saxon jargon has however past away, except it be indeed the use of a few pronouns decidedly Saxon. Example: They moved to Rhydlewis, just to the west of Llandysul, where he spent what appears to have been a poor (his mother was expelled from chapel for not paying her dues) and unhappy childhood, falling foul of the Cymrophobic education system of the time. 2. Celtic. Labels: morpheme Example: From B.C. 390, to B.C. 900, is the fall and rise of the Etrurian or Tyrrhenian empire, of the establishment of the Cymro-Gallic empire in Northern Italy, and of the Etrurian domination in Rome Example: And as for the physical type or types, the light complexion is very unlike that of the earlier British or Iberian race, though we cannot say that the ruling Cymro-Gaelic stocks were not fair.
Word: Lison Part of Speech: name Etymology: Multiple etymologies, including: * French Lison, Calvados, or the Lison river, both in France * a variant of Leyshon, from a Welsh personal name * Slovak Lisoň * Polish Lisoń 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A river in Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Suzette Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Suzette, from Suzanne (“Susan”) + -ette, feminine of -et (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /suˈzɛt/ 1. A female given name from French. Example: “Halt!” shouted the general as the happiest of Suzettes turned toward her kitchen. Example: On September 5, 1967, Iola gave birth to our last child. She was a beautiful, bright-eyed baby girl, and I named her Suzette. I had fallen in love with French names.
Word: Suzette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Suzette, from Suzanne (“Susan”) + -ette, feminine of -et (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /suˈzɛt/ 1. Ellipsis of crêpe Suzette. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: […] crêpes Suzette and all that, I had a dish lately that I wouldn’t swap for a stack of Suzettes a mile high. Example: Secret Of Suzettes / We have requests for a Crepe Suzette recipe—Here is one that is good, but not too difficult.
Word: vampireless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vampire + -less. 1. Without vampires. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: All of my horror novels are vampireless and zombieless.
Word: apostolic succession Part of Speech: noun 1. The unbroken chain of consecrations by laying on of hands from the Apostles of Jesus Christ to the bishops, and from to bishop to bishop through the ages. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: prairie-dog Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of prairie dog. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Nicene Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin Nīcaenus Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.siːn/ 1. Of or pertaining to Nicaea. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the First Council of Nicaea convened by the Roman Emperor Constantine I, or to the churches that profess the Nicene Creed, the formulation of which began at this council. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Nicene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin Nīcaenus Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.siːn/ 1. A supporter of the Nicene Creed.
Word: green smoothie Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of health shake made by blending raw leafy vegetables with fruits and water.
Word: cassid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any gastropod in the family Cassidae.
Word: smoxploitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smoke + -sploitation. 1. A genre of fetish films that focus on a person smoking a cigarette. Labels: uncountable Example: "Smoxploitation" films with titles like Smoky Kisses and Sorority Girls Smoke now exist that show nothing but conventionally attractive (what else?) women smoking.
Word: bicardial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + cardial. 1. Having two separate hearts. Labels: not-comparable
Word: give one's notice Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of give notice. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I realized that I wanted to paint pictures of horses like Sir Alfred. On the last day of the exhibition at Wildenstein, I went in to see my boss and gave my notice.
Word: landly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From land + -ly. Cognate with German ländlich (“rural”). 1. Of or pertaining to land or the land; terrestrial; rural; rustic. Labels: nonstandard Example: […] and which is successful, we think, in giving an agreeable impression of the landly and hospitable people of whom it treats.
Word: what's done is done Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: From a line of dialogue spoken by the character Lady Macbeth in Act III Scene II of Macbeth by William Shakespeare. 1. Events that have already taken place cannot be changed and actions that have already been committed cannot be undone, so it is best not to dwell on them. Example: As I mentioned in a round-table conversation with my colleagues on Saturday, I’m worried that all too many people will say: Well, in a perfect world Trump should have gone to Congress, but what’s done is done. That is exactly the wrong way to approach this war.
Word: sisters before misters Part of Speech: proverb 1. A woman should prioritize her female friends over her boyfriend or husband. Labels: humorous, slang Example: When Sophie was a teenager, she and her friends had a "sisters before misters" pact, meaning they'd never date each other's exes and they'd never let a guy come between their friendship.
Word: hemicranial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hemi- + cranial. 1. Relating to hemicrania. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chicks before dicks Part of Speech: proverb 1. A woman should prioritize her female friends over her boyfriend or husband. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: "I meant for us girls to have fun tonight. I didn't mean go^([sic]) snogging blokes. Chicks before dicks, babe."
Word: mail-order bride Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman who is listed in a catalogue to be selected by a man for marriage.
Word: mail-order brides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mail-order bride Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kaylied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from kali (“type of candy”); see sherbet (sense 4). 1. Extremely drunk. Labels: UK, slang Example: He got completely kaylied last night. Example: So come and wave your 'ons from side to side and we'll drink loads of beer till we're more kaylied.
Word: above measure Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Beyond measure.
Word: abr. Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of abridge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: abr. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of abridged. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: abr. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of abridgement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: parrot cry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the tendency of parrots to repeat words they have heard. 1. A shout which is mindlessly or mechanically repeated. Example: Michael Portillo as shadow chancellor will immediately leap up with the parrot-cry: "Labour always increases taxes and often invents new ones". Example: Parrot cries for silence on delicate political issues sounded increasingly archaic – and were quite unable to stem the rising tide of parlementary critique.
Word: parrot cries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parrot cry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: EJB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Enterprise JavaBean. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: head hunters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of head hunter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slanguist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of slang + linguist. 1. A person with an above-average familiarity with slang; one who studies, or loves to use, slang. Example: "The inability of slow-witted censors to keep up with the implications of fast talk from "ultra-modern slanguists" made for a fun game of hide-and-seek between the hip and the hapless.
Word: slanguists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slanguist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: UDT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of user-defined type. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of uniform data transfer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of Underwater Demolition Team. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, historical, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of urine drug testing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Abbreviation of undescended testis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: ditransitive verbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ditransitive verb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photomaton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark. Blend of photograph + automaton or similar. 1. A photo booth. Labels: obsolete
Word: photoreportage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. Synonym of photojournalism. Labels: uncountable
Word: semisomnia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin semi- (“half”) + somnus (“sleep”) + -ia. Compare with insomnia. Coined by British sleep expert Neil Stanley in 2007. 1. A chronic state of low-grade exhaustion caused by too little or fitful sleep. Labels: neologism, uncountable Example: Like many people, Heidi is suffering from the effects of modern society's non-stop nature, and she is also struggling to separate her work and home life - what I call the "Blackberry-Bushed" cause of semisomnia.
Word: picaillon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of picayune (“old coin”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: photomatons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photomaton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: picaillons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of picaillon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exact science Part of Speech: noun 1. A mathematical science, i.e. a field of science such as mathematics or mathematical physics which is capable of perfectly exact results based on rigorously formal methods. 2. A field of science such as physics or chemistry that is not perfectly exact, but still capable of highly quantitative results based on methods that are not strictly rigorous, but still systematic and scrupulous. Labels: broadly 3. Used contrastively to characterize something as imprecise or relying on intuition or heuristics. Example: Jury selection isn't an exact science. Example: It is not an exact science, but if England can play with such distinction again then nobody should be too concerned about everything going horribly wrong.
Word: pigeonnier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. A dovecote, especially in France.
Word: Epictetus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπίκτητος (Epíktētos). Pronunciation: /ˌɛ.pɪkˈtiː.təs/, /ˌɛ.pɪkˈteɪ.təs/ 1. A Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 50 – c. 135).
Word: schmooseoisie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of schmooze + bourgeoisie. Coined by Boston College English professor Paul Lewis in 1992. 1. The class of people whose livelihoods are dependent on talking. Labels: humorous, uncountable
Word: piquette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French piquette. 1. A drink of marc and water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At dinner Pierre takes a glass of piquette, saying that they had too much wine the day before (the fête day). I look at Charles, and he has piquette too. Example: She gave him a glass of piquette and a hunch of bread.
Word: destandardise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of destandardize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: destandardises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of destandardise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: destandardising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of destandardise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: destandardised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of destandardise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pivoter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pivot + -er. 1. One who or that which pivots, especially a muscle.
Word: skeptimistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of skeptical + optimistic. 1. Both skeptical and optimistic at once. Example: Sen. John Lee, D-North Las Vegas, said he was "skeptimistic," both optimistic and skeptical, of any government plan that could bring back the construction industry.
Word: community language Part of Speech: noun 1. An unofficial language spoken by a minority of people. Example: Commonly spoken community languages in Australia include Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic, Greek, Italian, indigenous languages, and so on. 2. An unofficial language spoken as a local lingua franca among people of diverse ethno-linguistic backgrounds. Example: 1985 UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa. 1985. African community languages and their use in literacy and education : a regional survey. Dakar : UNESCO. Such languages, which serve the purposes of general communication over fairly wide areas within countries, are what are referred to as the community languages of Africa.
Word: de-authorise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + authorise. 1. Alternative spelling of deauthorize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mericlone Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant (especially an orchid) that has been cloned via meristem propagation
Word: de-authorises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of de-authorise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: de-authorising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of de-authorise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: de-authorised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of de-authorise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skeptimist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of skeptic + optimist. 1. One who is both skeptical and optimistic. Example: Then there are those of us who are agonizingly ambivalent about a new ballpark for the Giants. Call us "skeptimists."
Word: skeptimists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skeptimist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: normalisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of normaliser Labels: form-of, plural