nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Trout River Part of Speech: name Etymology: The town in Newfoundland is named after a nearby river. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌʊt ˈɹɪv.ɚ/ 1. One of six rivers in North America; three each in Canada and the United States 2. A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 3. A hamlet in New York, United States.
Word: conurbate Part of Speech: verb 1. To grow, or cause to grow, together into a conurbation. Example: The two will never conurbate, grow together like the myriad municipalities of Los Angeles, [...]
Word: bobak Part of Speech: noun 1. The bobak marmot (Marmota bobak).
Word: rum runners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rum runner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rum-runners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rum-runner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cigarette boat Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, fast boat with a planing hull used to smuggle cigarettes to avoid taxation. Labels: Canada, US Example: MICHAELA: You're not a mobster, Ethan! You're not gonna run drugs back and forth to South America in your cigarette boat! 2. A powerboat of the type similar to a vessel that is used to smuggle cigarettes. Example: Near-synonym: speedboat
Word: cigarette boats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cigarette boat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cigarette-boats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cigarette-boat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: narcosub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From narco- + sub. 1. A semi-submersible or submarine purpose-built to smuggle narcotics. Example: “OK, so for a few weeks I've been working on a bit of a side project. I give you the Red Kriegtober.” “Um--” “Or the Red Octkrieger. I can't decide. It's a narco sub for transporting cocaine. It's totally undetectable by the Coast Guard. Thoughts?”
Word: Shizuka Part of Speech: name 1. A unisex given name from Japanese.
Word: bokes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of boke Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bokes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: residentials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of residential Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nikujaga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Japanese 肉じゃが 1. A Japanese dish of meat, potatoes and onion stewed in sweetened soy sauce. Labels: uncountable
Word: teenths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teenth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cornish engine Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of beam engine used mainly for pumping water from mines. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight in descending.
Word: Cornish engines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cornish engine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Venetianness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Venetian + -ness. 1. The quality or characteristic of being Venetian. Labels: uncountable
Word: owl monkey Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of douroucouli.
Word: owl monkeys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of owl monkey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: China aster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: It was brought from China to France by a missionary in the 18th century. 1. Callistephus chinensis, an ornamental plant native to China. Example: ‘[S]he carelessly bound a glowing wreath of African marygolds and purple China-aster, surmounting the whole with a light kerchief of pink Italian gauze, embroidered by herself in lilies of the valley.’
Word: China clay Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of china clay. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: lava millstone Part of Speech: noun 1. A hard, coarse basaltic millstone from the Rhine region. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lava millstones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lava millstone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manual exercise Part of Speech: noun 1. The military exercise by which soldiers are taught the use of their muskets and other arms. Labels: historical Example: A little clump of soldiers stood upon the poop going through the manual exercise, and it was from them that the call had come which had sounded so unexpectedly in the ears of the castaways. Example: The officers of the Voulnteers will do their utmost to assist the naval officers to preserve discipline. They may, if they think fit, set an example to their men by taking an active part in all the duties and manual exercises. They may fall in at quarters, and take any number at the gun. In short, they may become, as much as they please, active working seamen and efficient practical gunners. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: manual exercise.
Word: without day Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Without a day being fixed for reconvening. Example: The meeting was adjourned without day.
Word: virgin's bower Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various plants of the genus Clematis, including Clematis virginiana and Clematis viticella.
Word: quantum sufficit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quantum (“however much”) sufficit (“is enough”). 1. A sufficient quantity. Labels: uncountable
Word: quantum sufficit Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin quantum (“however much”) sufficit (“is enough”). 1. To a sufficient extent; only as much as is needed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quantum valebat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. A count in an action to recover from the defendant, for goods sold, as much as they were worth.
Word: antispirituality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin spīritālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Late Latin spīrituālitāsder. Middle French spiritualitéder. English spirituality English antispirituality From anti- + spirituality. 1. Opposition to spirituality. Labels: uncountable
Word: antispiritualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English spiritualism English antispiritualism From anti- + spiritualism. 1. Opposition to spiritualism. Labels: uncountable
Word: sister hook Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of a pair of hooks fitted together, the shank of one forming a mousing for the other.
Word: sister hooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sister hook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Haycocks Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: have a care Part of Speech: verb 1. take care; be on one's guard Labels: dated, imperative Example: "If I don't have a care," reflected Lady Bell in alarm, and with the crude unmincing expression of opinion which belonged to her years and her generation, "I'll soon be as great a brute as Trevor."
Word: haycap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hay + cap. 1. A canvas covering for a haycock.
Word: haycaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haycap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pulleylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pulley + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a pulley.
Word: trasheries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trashery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trash ice Part of Speech: noun 1. Crumbled ice mixed with water. Labels: uncommon, uncountable
Word: greengroceress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From greengrocer + -ess. 1. A female greengrocer. Labels: dated
Word: scarlet admiral Part of Speech: noun 1. red admiral (a butterfly)
Word: e-access Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + access. 1. Electronic access to resources, such as publications at a library. Labels: uncountable
Word: post and pair Part of Speech: noun 1. A 16th-century English gambling card game. Labels: uncountable
Word: votively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From votive + -ly. 1. In a votive manner; in fulfilment of a vow. Labels: not-comparable
Word: universal lever Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine formed by a combination of a lever with the wheel and axle, in such a manner as to convert the reciprocating motion of the lever into a continued rectilinear motion of some body to which the power is applied.
Word: vestibule train Part of Speech: noun 1. A train of passenger cars having space between the end doors of adjacent cars enclosed, so as to allow the doors to be left open for access between adjacent cars. Labels: historical
Word: writ of right Part of Speech: noun 1. A writ which lay to recover lands in fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner. Example: a claimant in fee-simple may have a mere writ of right; which is in its nature the highest writ in the law
Word: quadrilemma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare dilemma, trilemma, and see quadri- (“four”). 1. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between four undesirable options.
Word: quadrilemmas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quadrilemma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: painter's colic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the former ubiquity of paints employing red lead, white lead, etc. 1. Synonym of lead poisoning, particularly as an occupational hazard of residential and industrial painting. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: lead colic Part of Speech: noun 1. The colicky pains associated with lead poisoning. Labels: archaic, uncountable 2. Synonym of lead poisoning itself. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: Devon colic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the former relative frequency of the disease in Devon, England, as a result of lead-lined cider presses. 1. Synonym of lead poisoning. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: iron cement Part of Speech: noun 1. A cement for joints, composed of cast-iron borings or filings, sal ammoniac, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Belphegor's prime Part of Speech: name 1. The prime number 1,000,000,000,000,066,600,000,000,000,001, a palindrome which contains 666 (the Number of the Beast) and also two sets of thirteen zeroes.
Word: Belphegor Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Koine Greek Βεελφεγώρ (Beelphegṓr), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew בַּעַל פְּעוֹר (Báʿal-pəʿór, “Lord of the Gap”), discussed in the article on the Heresy of Peor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia . Pronunciation: /ˈbɛlfəɡɔɹ/ 1. A demon who is one of the traditional seven princes of Hell. He seduces people by suggesting to them ingenious inventions that will make them rich.
Word: shoulder block Part of Speech: noun 1. A block with a projection, or shoulder, near the upper end, so that it can rest against a spar without jamming the rope.
Word: shoulder blocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoulder block Labels: form-of, plural
Word: object glass Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of objective (“part of a microscope, telescope, etc.”).
Word: glory tree Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several species of the genus Clerodendrum, showy flowering shrubs of tropical regions.
Word: thumb blue Part of Speech: noun 1. An indigo dye, in the form of small balls or lumps, used in the 19th century for dyeing linen etc. Labels: historical, obsolete, uncountable
Word: seed down Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌsiːd ˈdaʊn/, /ˈsiːd ˌdaʊn/ 1. To sow with seeds to make grass grow. Example: In order to seed down a field it is first plowed deeply, and the soil well loosened — which is easy in these sandy soils — then pieces of the roots of lucern are planted 50 to 60 centimeters (20 to 24 inches) apart.
Word: seed down Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌsiːd ˈdaʊn/, /ˈsiːd ˌdaʊn/ 1. The down on cotton, etc. Labels: uncountable
Word: loams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loams Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of loam Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: eyeletted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eyelet + -ed. 1. Fitted with eyelets. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hotwashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hotwash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Roman alum Part of Speech: noun 1. A cubical potassium alum formerly obtained in large quantities from Italian alunite, and highly valued by dyers on account of its freedom from iron. Labels: uncountable
Word: hunting cat Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hunt, cat. 2. A cheetah. Labels: rare
Word: Roman balance Part of Speech: noun 1. An old form of balance closely resembling the steelyard.
Word: frogeater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frog + eater, after the French custom of eating frog legs. Attested since at least the 18th century. 1. A French person. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: Of a great Institution like Smithfield, [the French] are unable to form the least conception. A Beast Market in the heart of Paris would be regarded an impossible nuisance. Nor have they any notion of slaughter-houses in the midst of a city. One of these benighted frog-eaters would scarcely understand your meaning, if you told him of the existence of such a British bulwark. Example: Sir Andrew Ffoulkes is a gallant gentleman, you may take your Bible oath on that, but he that fights the murdering frogeaters single-handed is he whom they call The Scarlet Pimpernel: the bravest gentleman in all the world.
Word: frogeaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frogeater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ride and tie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the expedient adopted by two persons with one horse, one of whom rides the animal a certain distance and then ties him for the use of the other, who is approaching on foot. 1. To take turns with another in labour and rest. Example: Mr. Adams discharged the Bill, and they were both setting out, having agreed to ride and tie: a Method of travelling much used by Persons who have but one Horse between them […] Example: If those who vote the supplies are the same persons who receive the supplies when voted, and are to account for the expenditure of those supplies to those who voted them, it is themselves accountable to themselves, and the Comedy of Errors concludes with the Pantomine of HUSH. Neither the ministerial party, nor the opposition, will touch upon this case. The national purse is the common hack which each mounts upon. It is like what the country people call, Ride and tie—You ride a little way, and then I. 2. To ride an animal and travel on foot alternately.
Word: ride the lightning Part of Speech: verb 1. To be executed by electric chair; to go to the chair. Labels: slang
Word: ride a hobby Part of Speech: verb 1. To have some favourite occupation or subject of talk. Labels: dated
Word: by the rood Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Used as an oath to emphasize the veracity of an associated statement; equivalent to "I swear on Christ's cross." Labels: archaic Example: Sim[on]. I pray thee tell me now, coulde such a shrow as thou, Content thy selfe with such a sheepe as I, how sayst thou now? Sus[an]. A sheepe, nay by the Roode, I rather would haue guest you, more a Hog like, then a sheepe […] Example: Gertrude. Have you forgot me? Hamlet. No, by the rood, not so!
Word: spruce beer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: German Sprossenbier. Sprosse (“sprout, shoot”) was changed into spruce because the beer came from Prussia, or because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. 1. A kind of beer which is flavored with parts of the spruce tree. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable 2. A spruce-flavored soft drink. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable
Word: cholekinetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chole- + kinetic. 1. That increases the contractile power of the bile duct
Word: cholekinetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chole- + kinetic. 1. Any agent that increases the contractile power of the bile duct
Word: cholekinetics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cholekinetic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bohemian chatterer Part of Speech: noun 1. A bird, the Bohemian waxwing. Labels: obsolete
Word: Bohemian glass Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of hard glass of fine quality (often remarkable for beauty of colour), originally and traditionally made in Bohemia, classically containing silica, lime, and potash rather than soda, and no lead. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] Bohemians used it like rock crystal, cutting and grinding it to the desired shapes and patterns. The sons and grandsons of these men who had made Bohemian glass in England made English glass in England [now]. Example: 1717 The Miottis [were] given permission to make "Bohemian" glass in Venice. 1718 The making of artificial pearls was invented by Janin, a paternoster and coral worker. […] 1736 Guiseppe Briatti (?) receives ten-year patent to make "Bohemian" glass in Venice.
Word: postyuppie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + yuppie. 1. After the era of the yuppies. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] whether Ben can best be understood as an evolved postpatriarchal metrosexual or a caricature of postyuppie conformity, and whether Andrew represents a bohemian hipster ideal or a version of the bromantic perpetual adolescent.
Word: postrave Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + rave. 1. After the era of rave music. Labels: not-comparable Example: The effects of breathing Bristol's atmosphere have been evident on EbtG's subsequent work — particularly the haunting, postrave Sonics of 1996's Walking Wounded LP (Atlantic). 2. After a rave Labels: not-comparable Example: a postrave cup of tea
Word: powder pink Part of Speech: noun 1. A very pale pink colour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: powder pink Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a very pale pink colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pond scum Part of Speech: noun 1. Algae, especially when growing on the surface of a pond. Labels: uncountable 2. Worthless, insignificant person or people. Labels: figuratively, uncountable
Word: Ponca Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a Native American people of the Dhegihan branch of the Siouan-language group. There are two federally recognized Ponca tribes: the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
Word: Ponca Part of Speech: name 1. A small city, the county seat of Dixon County, Nebraska, United States.
Word: Poncas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ponca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dhegihan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Dhegiha + -an. 1. Of or relating to a Siouan language family that includes Kansa–Osage, Omaha–Ponca, and Quapaw. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Dhegihan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dhegiha + -an. 1. Synonym of Dhegiha.
Word: mineral acids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mineral acid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mineral blue Part of Speech: noun 1. powdered azurite used as a pigment Labels: uncountable
Word: Bavarian cream Part of Speech: noun 1. bavarois (creamy dessert) Labels: uncountable
Word: wheel within a wheel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Bible, Book of Ezekiel, 1:16. 1. A complication of circumstances, motives, etc. Labels: idiomatic, in-plural, often Example: The fact is, there’s something I rather wanted to call to your attention. You don’t know it, but for private and personal reasons I particularly want to hold this Tiny Tots job for a year. There are wheels within wheels. It’s a sort of bet, as a matter of fact. Have you ever met a girl called Gertrude Butterwick?… However, it’s a long story and I won’t bother you with it now. But you can take it from me that there definitely are wheels within wheels and unless I continue in your employment, till somewhere around the middle of next June, my life will be a blank and all my hopes and dreams shattered.
Word: wheels within wheels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wheel within a wheel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transtainer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of transporter + container. 1. A specialized container used to transport and protect large guided missiles. Labels: historical Example: Transtainers (transporter-containers) for SM-68 [Titan ICBM] are of novel design, with a structure of aluminium alloy. Example: In the factory, each stage of the missile is placed on an individual transtainer — or missile trailer. From this point on, transtainers will carry the missile stages wherever they go.
Word: transtainer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of trans- + container; coined by the Pacific Coast Engineering Company (now Paceco) as a brand name. 1. A mobile gantry crane used for stacking intermodal containers within the stacking areas of a container terminal. Example: The transtainers (system A) are all assumed to have a 62ft span and to straddle a five wide stack. Example: Other parameters, such as the number of transtainers and portainers, have been found to be of secondary influence.
Word: transtainers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transtainer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: container crane Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of dockside gantry crane found at container terminals for loading and unloading intermodal containers from container ships.
Word: tank iron Part of Speech: noun 1. plate iron thinner than boilerplate and thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron Labels: uncountable
Word: geekwads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geekwad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whitedamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white + damp. 1. A noxious mixture of gases formed by the combustion of coal, usually in an enclosed environment such as a mine. Labels: uncountable
Word: geekwad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geek + -wad. 1. A geeky or uncool person. Labels: attributive, derogatory, slang, sometimes Example: From the Gateway and Spellcasting series to Eric the Unready to its latest endeavor, Companions of Xanth, Legend seems to delight in administering the digital equivalent of an atomic wedgie to all those geekwad fantasy-gamer types who take their genres a bit too seriously. Example: We ordered cosmopolitans. They came with umbrellas. That was how top-of-the-line geekwad this bar was.
Word: damp sheet Part of Speech: noun 1. A curtain in a mine gallery to direct air currents and prevent accumulation of gas.
Word: stinkdamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stink + damp. 1. hydrogen sulfide when it builds up in an enclosed space such as a mine Labels: uncountable
Word: negaholism Part of Speech: noun 1. A persistently negative or pessimistic outlook. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: neosemanticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + semantic + -ism. 1. The assignment of a new meaning to an existing word 2. A new meaning attributed to an existing word
Word: neosemanticisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neosemanticism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Haredi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew חֲרֵדִי (ḥărēḏî). Pronunciation: /xəˈɹeɪdi/, /h-/, /xɑːɹeɪˈdiː/ 1. A member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture. Example: Throughout Israel’s history, the Haredim have been reluctant participants in mainstream society, often prioritizing the study of scripture over conventional employment and army service.
Word: Haredi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hebrew חֲרֵדִי (ḥărēḏî). Pronunciation: /xəˈɹeɪdi/, /h-/, /xɑːɹeɪˈdiː/ 1. Pertaining to Haredi Jews.
Word: Haredim Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Haredi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Haredis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Haredi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Charedi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Haredi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Charedis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Charedi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Charedim Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Charedi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kidneywood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kidney + wood. 1. Any of the genus Eysenhardtia of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae.
Word: supermolecules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supermolecule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kidneywoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kidneywood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lignum nephriticum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin, meaning "kidney wood". 1. A traditional diuretic derived from the wood of the narra and the Mexican kidneywood. Labels: uncountable
Word: nonnucleoside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + nucleoside. 1. That which is not a nucleoside.
Word: nonnucleosides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonnucleoside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Asian contagion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Chosen for the near-rhyme. 1. Asian flu Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: black chalk Part of Speech: noun 1. A slaty bluish mineral, a variety of argillaceous slate, used for drawing and for making black paint. Labels: uncountable
Word: praying machine Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of prayer wheel.
Word: praying wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. prayer wheel
Word: Haredization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Haredi + -ization. 1. conversion to Haredi Judaism Labels: uncountable Example: the Haredization of urban and suburban areas of Israel, such as Beit Shemesh
Word: BAAM Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialism. 1. Bromoacetylalprenololmenthane. Labels: uncountable
Word: next world Part of Speech: noun 1. afterlife
Word: nick translation Part of Speech: noun 1. A tagging technique in molecular biology in which DNA polymerase I is used to replace some of the nucleotides of a DNA sequence with their labelled analogues, creating a tagged sequence which can be used as a probe in hybridization or blotting techniques. Labels: uncountable
Word: nu jazz Part of Speech: noun 1. Any music that blends jazz elements with other musical styles, such as funk, soul, or electronic dance music. Labels: uncountable
Word: electrojazz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + jazz. 1. A form of nu jazz music with electronic elements. Labels: uncountable
Word: Nipissing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ojibwe nibiinsing (“at-the-little-waters”), from nibyi- (“water”) + -ns (diminutive forming suffix) + -ing (locative forming suffix). 1. A member of the Nipissing First Nation, a people of Ojibwa and Algonquin descent whose ancestors lived in the area of Lake Nipissing in Ontario, Canada.
Word: Nipissing Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ojibwe nibiinsing (“at-the-little-waters”), from nibyi- (“water”) + -ns (diminutive forming suffix) + -ing (locative forming suffix). 1. A township in the Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
Word: Nipissings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Nipissing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: niggergram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nigger + -gram. 1. The informal circulation of gossip by black people. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: Porke is unaware of the fact that one of his most trusted slaves, through niggergrams, is keeping the four informed of Porke 's every move. Example: Truth to tell, the niggergram can always count on Pansy and the boys.
Word: niggergrams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of niggergram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schiller-spar Part of Speech: noun 1. An altered variety of enstatite, exhibiting, in certain positions, a bronze-like luster. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: douchewad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From douche + -wad. 1. A rude, obnoxious, or annoying person. Labels: humorous, slang Example: I'm never attending some douchewad's press conference. Example: Karen's husband left before Christmas last year. He was a total douchewad.
Word: nien-hao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 年號／年号 (niánhào) Wade-Giles romanization nien²-hao⁴. 1. The regnal year, reign period, or regnal title used when traditionally numbering years in a Chinese emperor's reign and in naming certain Chinese rulers.
Word: new beat Part of Speech: noun 1. A Belgian electronic dance music genre of the 1980s that fused elements of new wave, hi-NRG, electronic body music, acid house and hip-hop. Labels: uncountable
Word: gravitonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From graviton + -ic. 1. Relating to gravitons. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antigraviton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + graviton. 1. The hypothetical antipartner of a graviton.
Word: antigravitons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antigraviton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nepotically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nepotic + -ally. 1. In a nepotic manner.
Word: needle park Part of Speech: noun 1. A park where sterilized needles are made available to recreational drug users. Labels: slang
Word: ball-and-stick model Part of Speech: noun 1. A molecular model of a chemical substance, displaying the three-dimensional position of the atoms (as spheres) and the bonds between them (as connecting rods). Labels: physical
Word: New Christian Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the Iberian Muslims and Jews who converted to Roman Catholicism, or their known baptized descendants. Labels: historical
Word: New Christians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of New Christian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Newyorican Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Nuyorican. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Newyorican Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Nuyorican. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: But the decade's spirit of questioning and mobilization also took hold among minorities, including New York City's more than three million Latinos—primarily Puerto Ricans, or "Newyoricans." […] In the wake of the Black Panthers, the Young Lords mobilized Newyoricans to demand fair treatment and better social services.
Word: Newyoricans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Newyorican Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Newton-Raphson method Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Isaac Newton and Joseph Raphson. 1. Synonym of Newton's method.
Word: Newton's method Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Isaac Newton. 1. A method for finding successively better approximations to the roots (or zeroes) of a real-valued function.
Word: ngakas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ngaka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neoprimitivisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neoprimitivism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neuronlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuron + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of neurons.
Word: unfumbled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fumbled. 1. Not fumbled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Maoridom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Maori + -dom. 1. The world or sphere of the Māori people. Labels: uncountable
Word: Nimpkish Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of 'Namgis. Labels: alt-of, dated, plural, plural-only
Word: prickwad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prick + -wad. 1. A rude, obnoxious, or annoying person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: "That's right — Big Daddy Jackson watches over his flock, prickwad. Next time, check with your fag-bashing friends, ask 'em if it's safe to fuck with the Darkside! […] Example: Telling Jessie that he was an asshalf prickwad Decent wouldn't be working toward a community at all.
Word: freeledges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of freeledge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prickwads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prickwad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ooser Part of Speech: noun 1. A wooden horned mask used for folkloric and magical purposes. Possibly also the unknown creature upon which the mask was based. Example: What have made you so down? Have you seen a ooser?
Word: New York bat Part of Speech: noun 1. A bat of species Vespertilio noveboracensis, now Lasiurus borealis). Labels: dated
Word: neuromeric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuromere + -ic. 1. Relating to a neuromere. Labels: not-comparable
Word: neuterings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neutering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vital capacities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vital capacity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trade dollar Part of Speech: noun 1. A silver coin minted as a trade coin by various countries to facilitate trade with China and the Orient. Labels: historical
Word: trade dollars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trade dollar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elf arrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the folk belief that they were used by elves. 1. A prehistoric flint arrowhead. 2. An elf-bolt or belemnite. 3. A magical arrow (weapon) used by elves or other mythological beings. Example: When they want beef or mutton on any festal occasion, they betake themselves to the Shetlanders' scatholds or townmails, and with elf-arrows bring down their game.
Word: elf arrows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elf arrow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jewel block Part of Speech: noun 1. A block at the extremity of a yard, through which the halyard of a studdingsail is rove. Labels: archaic Example: Having reeved the line through all the inferior blocks, I went out with it to the end of the weather-top-gallant-yard-arm, and was in the act of leaning over and passing it through the suspended jewel-block there, when the ship gave a plunge in the sudden swells of the calm sea, and pitching me still further over the yard, threw the heavy skirts of my jacket right over my head, completely muffling me
Word: elephantine tortoise Part of Speech: noun 1. A huge land tortoise, especially the Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea, from the Seychelles, or the Galápagos tortoise Chelonoidis niger, from the Galápagos Islands.
Word: nesslerization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nessler + -ization. 1. The process of nesslerizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nesslerizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nesslerization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nessler Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: corporal's guard Part of Speech: noun 1. A small detachment of guards under the charge of a corporal. 2. A very small number of people. Labels: broadly Example: Our thousand did the Capitol little harm that a corporal’s guard of Biddies with mops and tubs could not repair in a forenoon’s campaign.
Word: lunar caustic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lunar (“[alchemical] silver”) + caustic. 1. Silver nitrate fused into a stick and used for cauterizing and as a disinfectant before modern antibiotics. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: However, the doctor soon relieved his sufferings, though the treatment was severe; nothing short of an application of lunar caustic allayed the inflammation.
Word: burning house Part of Speech: noun 1. The furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulfur and arsenic from the pyrites.
Word: out at elbow Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a coat, jumper, etc., worn through at the elbows; of clothes, shabby, in poor condition. Labels: not-comparable Example: [T]he children [...] went about in shabby, out-at-elbow clothes, and much worn boots. 2. In needy circumstances. Labels: not-comparable Example: There was an old soldier who had been long in the wars—so long, that he was quite out-at-elbows, and did not know where to go to find a living.
Word: smother-fly Part of Speech: noun 1. aphid Labels: archaic
Word: dumb cake Part of Speech: noun 1. A cake made in silence by girls on St Mark's Eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their future husbands. Labels: historical
Word: mummy brown Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌmʌmi ˈbɹaʊn/ 1. A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually Example: Mummy brown.—The bituminous substance found in and enveloping Egyptian mummies; it may be considered partly animal and partly bituminous matter. Example: [I]nasmuch as from their very nature or origin the various specimens of Mummy-Brown must differ more or less, there is not the least reliance to be placed upon them: one is in the dark as to his materials, and can predict nothing with even ordinary certainty as to the result of their employment. It is therefore that we ourselves, though quite enamored of experiment, have never yet felt the least desire to essay this pigment, seeing nothing to be gained by smearing our canvas with a part perhaps of the wife of Potiphar, that might not be as easily secured by materials less frail and of more sober character. 2. The colour of this pigment, a variable brown intermediate between raw umber and burnt umber. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I then placed it [a wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)] in an open window on a whitish bottom, and the next day it was light brown. At 2 p.m., August 24th, I put it on a jet-black shelf, with black surroundings. Forty-five minutes later it was very dark, nearly mummy brown[…], but darker. Example: Mummy Browns, from the crushings of Egyptian corpses, for the mortally ill and melancholy.
Word: unlimited pump Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of deep-well pump placed at the level of the water, and operated from above ground.
Word: crayon board Part of Speech: noun 1. A cardboard with a surface prepared for crayon drawing.
Word: sagecraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sage + -craft. 1. The skill of a sage. Labels: uncountable Example: Medical and public health discussion of firearms issues have consistently exemplified "sagecraft" in the Znanieckian concept of partisan academic "sages" inventing, selecting, or misinterpreting data to validate preordained conclusions. Example: At that time he had come to wonder just why she wished so badly to serve as a mere aide when according to all her instructors she had excelled in the art of sagecraft.
Word: turn bench Part of Speech: noun 1. A simple portable lathe, used on a bench by clockmakers and watchmakers.
Word: tin frame Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of buddle used in washing tin ore.
Word: wig tree fern Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of species Alsophila baileyana of tree ferns, native to northeastern Queensland in Australia.
Word: cauda galli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cauda gallī (“tail of a cock”). 1. A feathery-shaped fossil, apparently a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks. Labels: archaic
Word: find the latchstring out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Intrusion is prevented by drawing in the latchstring. 1. To meet with hospitality; to be welcome. Labels: US, informal
Word: glory pea Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several similar leguminous plants with showy scarlet or crimson flowers. 2. Any of several similar leguminous plants with showy scarlet or crimson flowers. 3. Any of several similar leguminous plants with showy scarlet or crimson flowers. 4. Any of several similar leguminous plants with showy scarlet or crimson flowers.
Word: lattens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of latten Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prince's metal Part of Speech: noun 1. Prince Rupert's metal. Labels: uncountable
Word: Prince Rupert's metal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Prince Rupert of the Rhine. 1. A type of alpha brass used as imitation gold. Labels: uncountable
Word: chevalier d'industrie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French. 1. Synonym of knight of industry (“footpad, thief or sharper”). Labels: dated
Word: dagger moth Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various noctuid moths of the genus Acronicta, having black dagger-shaped markings on the forewings.
Word: strain courtesy Part of Speech: verb 1. To go beyond what courtesy requires; to insist somewhat too much upon the precedence of others. Example: my business was great ; and in such a case as mine , a man may strain courtesy
Word: strain a point Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a special effort; especially, to do a degree of violence to some principle or to one's own feelings. Labels: idiomatic Example: I want you to strain a point, Mr Bellingham, and to do me a service which I assure you you shall never have any cause to regret. I want you to wire instructions down the line to detain this Arab and his companions and to keep them in custody until the receipt of further instructions.
Word: cream nut Part of Speech: noun 1. brazil nut
Word: fool's parsley Part of Speech: noun 1. Aethusa cynapium, an annual umbelliferous plant that resembles parsley but is poisonous. Labels: uncountable Example: The sun shone brightly on little showers of buttercup down the bank, in the fields the fools-parsley was foamy, held very high and proud above a number of flowers that flitted in the greenish twilight of the mowing-grass below.
Word: kettle stitch Part of Speech: noun 1. The stitch made in sewing at the head and tail of a book.
Word: chamberlin Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of chamberlain. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: chamberlins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chamberlin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: castratable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From castrate + -able. 1. Capable of being castrated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: uncastratable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + castratable. 1. Incapable of being castrated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lazy tongs Part of Speech: noun 1. A pantograph Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: acorn sugar Part of Speech: noun 1. Quercite. Labels: uncountable
Word: ether engine Part of Speech: noun 1. A condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated by ether vapour instead of steam.
Word: unwieldable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + wieldable. 1. Not wieldable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mesityls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesityl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accordeons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accordeon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sinking fund Part of Speech: noun 1. A fund established by an economic entity by setting aside revenue over a period of time to fund a future capital expense or repay a long-term debt.
Word: wet goods Part of Speech: noun 1. Liquid goods stored in a container Labels: plural, plural-only 2. intoxicating liquors Labels: dated, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: tip the wink Part of Speech: verb 1. To give (somebody) a hint or suggestion, as if by a wink; to ask or tell surreptitiously. Labels: ambitransitive, dated, idiomatic, slang Example: Sudden, she storms! she raves! You tip the wink But spare your censure; Silia does not drink
Word: Delhi boil Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of leishmaniasis once prevailing in India, as among the British troops, and especially in Delhi; not necessarily a separate disease entity from any other form of cutaneous leishmaniasis, but the old toponymic names predated the microbiological taxonomic knowledge. Labels: archaic
Word: Delhi boils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Delhi boil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kala-azar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani کالا آزار (kālā āzār) / काला आज़ार (kālā āzār, literally “black sickness”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɑːlə əˈzɑː/ 1. Visceral leishmaniasis. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A chronic disease, invariably fatal, kala azar makes its presence known by the appearance of pustulating epidermal ulcers, marasmus and enlargement of the spleen. Example: Ratanmala was afraid of these but what frightened her even more was the fever, kala azar, which had taken so many lives including that of her uncle's first born.
Word: black fever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * (visceral leishmaniasis): Compare kala-azar. 1. Visceral leishmaniasis. Labels: uncountable 2. Synonym of jungle fever. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: What name could I have called? Richard would say that you've got—black fever.
Word: nihil dicit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin, meaning "he says nothing". 1. A declinature by the defendant to plead or answer.
Word: nihil debet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin, meaning "he owes nothing". 1. The general issue in certain actions of debt.
Word: hypnotherapeutic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hypno- + therapeutic. 1. Relating to hypnotherapy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypnoanalytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hypno- + analytic. 1. Relating to hypnoanalysis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pantelegraphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pan- + telegraphy. 1. The use of the pantelegraph. Labels: uncountable
Word: hypnoanalysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypno- + analysis. 1. Psychiatric analysis involving hypnosis. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: black silver Part of Speech: noun 1. Stephanite. Labels: uncountable
Word: fireraiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + raiser. 1. Alternative form of fire-raiser (arsonist) Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare Example: Some fireraisers suffer gnawing anguish, mixed with sexual pleasure […]
Word: fireraisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fireraiser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypnoanalyst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypno- + analyst. 1. One who carries out hypnoanalysis.
Word: hypnoanalysts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypnoanalyst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pe̍h-ōe-jī Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Pe̍h-ōe-jī. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: cheesedick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheese (“smegma”) + dick. 1. A rude, annoying, or obnoxious person (usually a man). Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: Dr. Bergoff was a Machiavellian cheesedick. Example: “In case you can't tell, Astin is good friends with quite a few cheesedicks in administration here.”
Word: service à la russe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French service à la russe. 1. serving the dishes of a meal in courses, one after another Labels: uncountable
Word: service à la française Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French service à la française. 1. serving the dishes of a meal all together in one course instead of in several courses Labels: uncountable
Word: Stakhanovism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Stakhanov + -ism, from the name of Aleksei Grigor’evich Stakhanov (Алексе́й Григо́рьевич Стаха́нов), a Russian coal miner whose prodigious output was publicised by Stalin as part of a campaign in 1935. 1. A system instituted in communist countries to encourage increased productivity. Labels: uncountable
Word: bullet loan Part of Speech: noun 1. A loan where the payment of the entire principal of the loan is due at the end of the loan term.
Word: Lusatians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lusatian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stockgirl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stock + girl. 1. A typically young woman who works in a stockroom performing duties such as unpacking boxes, placing items on store shelves, etc.
Word: stockwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stock + woman. 1. A female stockman.
Word: dispatch case Part of Speech: noun 1. A flat, stiff case used for carrying papers, documents, books, etc. Example: He picked up his dispatch-case, mildewed under the buckles, from the desk-chair in the lounge, and walked to the door which led from the flat to the world of boys. Example: There is the long row of year-books which fill a shelf, and there are the dispatch-cases filled with documents, a perfect quarry for the student not only of crime, but of the social and official scandals of the late Victorian era.
Word: Issime Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Aosta Valley, in northwestern Italy.
Word: collector's editions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of collector's edition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mousterian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or from Le Moustier. Labels: not-comparable 2. Characteristic of the Neanderthal inhabitants or culture of this region. Labels: not-comparable Example: We know that in Mousterian times, the time of Neanderthal humanity, there was a bear cult. 3. Characteristic of Paleolithic flint tools found in this region. Labels: not-comparable
Word: paninaro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian paninaro. 1. A youth movement in northern Italy in the 1980s characterized by an obsession with designer clothing and fast food. Labels: historical Example: Girls, boys, art, pleasure / Paninaro, Paninaro, oh, oh, oh Example: The year it was released, Valentino Garavani began legal action to try to have the McDonald's next to his HQ in Rome on Piazza di Spagna closed down. The paninaro trend petered out but the McDonald's outlived Garavani.
Word: bring to the hammer Part of Speech: verb 1. To put up for sale by auction. Labels: idiomatic, transitive