nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dynamists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dynamist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cumylic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cumyl + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to cumyl. Labels: not-comparable
Word: durylic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From durene + -yl + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to durene. Labels: not-comparable Example: formed from durene and durylic acid by prolonged boiling with dilute nitric acid, crystallises in long transparent prisms, and sublimes at a high temperature. Example: The process consists in the transformation of the ketone by sodium hypobromite into durylic acid, and the subsequent oxidation of the latter with potassium permanganate.
Word: duykerbok Part of Speech: noun 1. Sylvicapra grimmia, the common duiker.
Word: duykerboks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duykerbok Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duodecimfid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin duodecemfidus, from duodecim (“twelve”) + -fidus, from findere (“to split”). 1. Divided into twelve parts. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Calyx duodecimfid. Petals 6, inserted into the calyx. Example: Because the present bipartite-Hevajratantra contains approximately 750 verses, a 6000 verse, duodecimfid extended tantra is not unthinkable.
Word: Dulcie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin dulcis (“sweet”) in the 19th century, probably inspired by earlier names like Dowsabel and Spanish Dulcinea. 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: Three green bonnets at church one day / Dulcie and Daisy and Dorothy May / Three green bonnets that nod in a row/ Each bonnet tied with a green ribbon bow. Example: "Probably most people hate the name they've got," she said. "Take Dulcie." "It's not bad," he said slowly. "It's sort of exotic." That was a word he had decided to adopt. "No, it isn't. It's awful, really. It means 'sweet'. And Dulcie's a plump girl with fair hair and blue eyes. A complexion."
Word: duledges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duledge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: valzin Part of Speech: noun 1. The sweetener dulcin. Labels: uncountable
Word: dulciloquy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin dulcis (“sweet”) and loqui (“to speak”). 1. A soft manner of speaking; gentle speech. Labels: uncountable Example: Hushed into sweet tranquillity / By that divine dulciloquy. Example: Winslow started on his dulciloquy. With an autocratic, barely perceptible sweep of the hand, the general cut him short.
Word: dugway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dug + way. 1. A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land. Labels: US
Word: dugways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dugway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dufrenite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dufrénoy + -ite, after the French geologist Pierre Armand Dufrénoy. 1. A blackish-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of iron. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: dufrenites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dufrenite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dukeling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From duke + -ling. 1. A little or insignificant duke. Example: Now half-a-dozen more little pauper princelings and decadent dukelings are trying to trade their worthless coronets for American cash.
Word: dukelings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dukeling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duboisine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Duboisia myoporoides (from whose leaves it can be obtained) + -ine. 1. hyoscyamine Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: ducally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From ducal + -ly. 1. In the manner of a duke; in a way that befits a duke.
Word: dungyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dung + yard. 1. A yard where dung is collected.
Word: dungyards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dungyard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dunker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Tunker (“immersionist”), related to dunk (“dip, submerge”). 1. One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers. 2. A member of the Church of the Brethren.
Word: Dunkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dunker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: topknotted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From topknot + -ed. 1. Having a topknot. Labels: not-comparable Example: There are topknotted canaries, and it is a singular fact, that, if two topknotted birds are matched, the young, instead of having very fine topknots, are generally bald[…]
Word: dynactinometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “force”) + actino- + -meter. 1. An instrument for measuring the intensity of photogenic rays and computing the power of object glasses.
Word: dynam Part of Speech: noun 1. A foot-pound. Example: And since the fall is 10 feet, the labouring force is 220000 dynams per minute.
Word: dynams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dynam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dagoba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sinhalese දාගැබ (dāgæba). 1. Synonym of stupa, particularly the white stupas of Sri Lanka. Labels: archaic Example: There, the interviewer, a Tamil professor, asked him only one question: to describe the shape of a dagoba, a Buddhist temple 2. Synonym of chorten, a stupa in the usual Tibetan style, white and spindle-shaped.
Word: dagobas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dagoba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dagobah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dagoba. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dagobahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dagobah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: D valve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the hollow central D-sectioned piston. 1. A slide valve with a cup-like cavity in its face, through which exhaust steam passes.
Word: Dakotans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dakotan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dakotas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dakota Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dakotas Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Dakota Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dakotas Part of Speech: name 1. South Dakota and North Dakota, collectively.
Word: daboia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. A large, venomous Asiatic viper of the genus Daboia.
Word: daboias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daboia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: damage feasant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an Old French phrase (compare modern French faisant dommage). 1. The doing of damage; in particular, the doing by animals such as cattle of damage by trespassing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Actual damages must be shown to justify impounding cattle taken for damage feasant. Where there is no real damage, the cattle cannot be held for the costs.
Word: danalites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of danalite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: danaite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dana + -ite, after J. Freeman Dana. Pronunciation: /ˈdænə.aɪt/ 1. A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.
Word: hazardless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hazard + -less. 1. Free from hazards. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dangerization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dangerisation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: daphnia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Translingual Daphnia. Pronunciation: /ˈdæfnɪə/ 1. A water flea of the genus Daphnia. Example: Underneath, sunk in the floor, and most of them covered with chicken wire, there were tray upon tray swarming and heaving with worms and baits: white worms, micro worms, Daphnia, shrimp and thick slimy clam worms.
Word: daphnias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daphnia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: darlingtonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the taxonomic name Darlingtonia. 1. Any of the genus Darlingtonia of California pitcher plants.
Word: darlingtonias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of darlingtonia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: absorbables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of absorbable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deadworks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dead + works. 1. The parts of a laden ship that are above water. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: deadlatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dead + latch. 1. A kind of latch whose bolt may be locked by a detent so that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.
Word: deadlatches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deadlatch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: detenting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of detent Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: debauchedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From debauched + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈbɔːtʃədli/, /dɪˈbɔːtʃtli/ 1. In a debauched manner.
Word: death's herb Part of Speech: noun 1. The deadly nightshade. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: The Deadly Nightshade, popularly called the “Death's Herb,” is one of the most poisonous of our wild flowers, and from its stupefying qualities it has been termed “Dwale.”
Word: septoplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From septo- + -plasty. 1. A corrective surgical procedure to straighten a deviated nasal septum. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A surgical procedure to harvest cartilage from the nasal septum to be used as grafting material. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: septoplasties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of septoplasty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: declensional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From declension + -al. Pronunciation: /dɪˈklɛnʃənəɫ/ 1. Pertaining to declension. Labels: not-comparable Example: M. Arnold declensional and syntactical forms
Word: declinature Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈklɪnətʃə(ɹ)/ 1. The act of declining or refusing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The legal privilege of a party, in certain circumstances, to decline the jurisdiction of a judge before whom the party's case sits. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Recusal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: declinatures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of declinature Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clingily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From clingy + -ly. 1. In a clingy manner. Example: In the high-functioning range they can be charming when operating regressively; in the borderline and psychotic ranges histrionic clients may become physically ill, clingily dependent, whiny and demanding, or addicted to crisis.
Word: regressiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From regressive + -ness. 1. The quality of being regressive. Labels: uncountable
Word: decorrelations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decorrelation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decoyer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From decoy + -er. 1. One who decoys another.
Word: decoyers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decoyer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decouplings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decoupling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decouplers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decoupler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decouplable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From decouple + -able. Pronunciation: [dɪˈkʌpələbəɫ], [diːˈkʌpələbəɫ], [diːˈkʌpləbəɫ], [dɪˈkʊpələbəɫ], [diːˈkʊpələbəɫ] 1. Capable of being decoupled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: polydactyles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polydactyle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piriformes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌpɪɹ.əˈfɔɹˌmiz/ 1. plural of piriformis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decomplexations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decomplexation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decreeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From decree + -able. 1. Capable of being decreed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: agalloch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀγάλοχον (agálokhon). 1. The soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis (formerly Aquilaria agallocha). Labels: uncountable
Word: agallochum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin agallochum, from Ancient Greek ἀγάλοχον (agálokhon). 1. Synonym of agalloch. Labels: uncountable
Word: arrowleaf Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From arrow + leaf. 1. Having arrow-like leaves. Labels: not-comparable
Word: butterweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butter + weed. 1. Any of various herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Conyza or Erigeron. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: butterweeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butterweed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiflow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + flow. 1. A mental state of boredom and lack of challenge, associated with performing activities one does not want to do. Labels: uncountable Example: A second source of antiflow for the blue-collar workers was the type of interaction they had with supervisors. 2. Flow in an opposite direction. Labels: uncountable Example: Antiflow of pions can be explained by the shadowing effect.
Word: antiflow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + flow. 1. That prevents the unwanted flow of a fluid Labels: not-comparable
Word: reeducator Part of Speech: noun 1. One who reeducates.
Word: reeducators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reeducator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiflatulence Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + flatulence. 1. Countering flatulence. Labels: not-comparable
Word: simethicone Part of Speech: noun 1. An oral antifoaming agent, a mixture of polydimethylsiloxane and silica gel, used to treat stomach pain caused by excess gas. Labels: uncountable
Word: septorhinoplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From septo- + rhino- + -plasty. 1. A surgical procedure that combines a septoplasty and a rhinoplasty in order to improve the function and appearance of the nose. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acne rosacea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin acnē rosācea (literally “rose-colored acne”), from its resemblance to acne, which it is no longer considered as such. 1. Synonym of rosacea. Labels: uncountable
Word: septorhinoplasties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of septorhinoplasty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: as we speak Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of even as we speak. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: ban-the-bomber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ban the bomb (a slogan) + -er. 1. A supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Labels: informal
Word: Birmingham screwdriver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Humorously suggesting that people from Birmingham rely on the use of force to solve problems. 1. A hammer. Labels: UK, slang Example: I'll be watching the fucker like a hawk with a Birmingham screwdriver to the ready should I spot anything untoward. Example: Tinkering – the Midlands, especially, had a tradition, killed off by the introduction of the MoT test, of men who built cars called 'specials', bodged with a Birmingham screwdriver from components of other cars.
Word: machinimists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of machinimist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: septoplastic Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to septoplasty.
Word: septorhinoplastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From septorhinoplasty + -ic. 1. Pertaining to septorhinoplasty. Labels: not-comparable
Word: branch stacking Part of Speech: noun 1. The recruitment of members for a branch of a political party in order to influence the outcome of internal preselections of candidates for public office. Labels: Australian, uncountable
Word: paraffined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of paraffin Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of paraffine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: paraffining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of paraffin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of paraffine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: paraffining Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of coating with paraffin Labels: uncountable
Word: chlorinolysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chlorine + -o- + -lysis. 1. The chlorination of an organic compound so as to yield chloro compounds with fewer carbon atoms than the starting material. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: can we say Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used sarcastically to draw attention to a motive or agenda. Example: >Walter Thurmond Bishop, Thurmond's nephew and the chief federal >bankruptcy court judge for South Carolina, Can we say NEPOTISM? Example: Wanna become a Debbie Downer? Then give in to your self-doubts and start listening to all the naysayers (believe me, there will be naysayers and it may come from the unlikeliest of places, like perhaps your BFF. Can we say jealous? Not everyone has the ability to pursue their own delicious dreams!)
Word: jowling Part of Speech: noun 1. A mediaeval sport resembling hockey. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: jiggeh Part of Speech: noun 1. An open-framed triangular backpack made of branches or twigs, used in Korea.
Word: jiggehs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jiggeh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: joy buzzer Part of Speech: noun 1. A practical joke device that consists of a coiled spring inside a disc worn in the palm of the hand. When the wearer shakes hands with another person, a button on the disc releases the spring, which rapidly unwinds, creating a vibration that feels somewhat like an electric shock.
Word: Johansson gauge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After inventor Carl E. Johansson. 1. A gauge block.
Word: Judas window Part of Speech: noun 1. A window enabling a prison guard to see into a cell without being seen by the prisoner. Example: A prisoner may be confined nude in a cell with a Judas window and intruded upon periodically while there. Example: Luckily an officer happened to look through the judas-window in the door and rushed in to save the witness
Word: jump list Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of sorted linked list with additional pointers to connect data items that are various distances apart. 2. A pop-up list of tasks or documents associated with an application in the taskbar.
Word: jumplist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jump list. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jumplists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jumplist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: TYP Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of typical: used to label a feature that is to be interpreted as exactly the same as nearby comparable features. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Four equally spaced bolt holes on a bolt circle can be dimensioned at one hole with the notation (TYP) following it.
Word: condisciples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of condisciple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: structuralisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of structuralism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bolt circle Part of Speech: noun 1. A theoretical circle passing through the center points of bolt holes positioned with equal spacing.
Word: Habermasian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Habermas + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher. 2. Of or pertaining to Gary Habermas, American philosophical theologian.
Word: chainset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chain + set. 1. A crankset.
Word: chainsets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chainset Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crankset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crank + set. 1. The component of a bicycle drivetrain that converts the reciprocating motion of the rider's legs into rotational motion used to drive the chain, which in turn drives the rear wheel. Example: Crucial to the crankset is the bottom bracket. Of all the bearings on a bike, the bottom bracket is the one that has to bear the heaviest load. Not only does the bottom bracket have to spin while you pedal, but it takes the force of all the twisting and turning that occurs during pedaling. Example: Their owners lounge at the outdoor tables, kibitzing about cranksets, aero bars, local races or, when they can help it, anything other than cycling.
Word: cranksets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crankset Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crankpins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crankpin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crankling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of crankle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crankled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of crankle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: jargonistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jargonist + -ic or jargon + -istic. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɑː(ɹ).ɡəˌnɪ.stɪk/ 1. Characterised by jargon. Example: Policemen are forever being modest, jargonistic, officialese. Example: Note that Hamill shrewdly opts for the awkward phrase "sexual lifestyle" rather than "sexual orientation." He does so because it allows him to imply what he knows better than to assert: that sexual preference is simply a matter of rational choice. Whatever the jargonistic catchphrase "sexual lifestyle" may connote, it does not signify sexual orientation, because even Denis Hamill knows that neither he nor we sat down, surveyed our options, and then consciously chose to be either straight or gay.
Word: recovre Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of recovery. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: recovre Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of recover. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Kekulé formula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829–1896). 1. A skeletal formula, especially a schematic representation of benzene as a hexagon made up of alternating single and double lines that represent alternating single and double bonds
Word: windgap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wind gap. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: windgaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of windgap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wind gap Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnd ˌɡæp/ 1. A dry valley once occupied by a stream or river, since captured by another stream, often forming a gap in a range of hills or mountains.
Word: campable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From camp + -able. 1. Suitable for camping. Example: The controlled flood created many new campsites, increased the area of more than four times as many campsites as the number that eroded, and increased the total campable area by nearly 50%.
Word: maneuvre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Confusion of manoeuvre and maneuver. 1. Nonstandard spelling of maneuver. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: maneuvre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Confusion of manoeuvre and maneuver. 1. Nonstandard spelling of maneuver. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: wheeling machine Part of Speech: noun 1. An English wheel.
Word: skeletal formula Part of Speech: noun 1. A diagrammatic representation of a molecule (especially that of an organic compound) in which lines represent bonds between atoms that are represented by their symbols
Word: wordstock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From word + stock, probably influenced by German Wortschatz or Danish ordforråd, among others. 1. The vocabulary (set of words) of a language. Example: Among the English words that were added to the Hungarian wordstock at the beginning of the twentieth century, we find many associated with sports, entertainment, fashion, high life[…] Example: Also, the wordstock of Unilingua is considered a priori, that is, there is no deliberate association with words or roots in existing natural languages.
Word: weaponous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From weapon + -ous. 1. Like a weapon. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: He would normally have ignored the screwdriver, but the way she clutched it made it suddenly look weaponous and deadly. Example: A little further on that, at the time this happened someone at my needlework Guild was ditching some bras so she ripped one open to find the wire and see what it was actually like. She is large breasted and indeed the wire was quite weaponous, though the ends had been rounded and smoothed off.
Word: world's smallest violin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A version of Hearts and Flowers on violin was used in many melodramatic films in the early 1900s. From this and the use of other violin pieces in melodramatic films derive the term hearts and flowers (“extremely sentimental and sweet”), the phrase break out the violins (in a dismissive/sarcastic show of sympathy), and the image of a violin (small, to reflect that the woe complained of is perceived to be small) playing Hearts and Flowers or "the world's saddest song" in response to complaints of woe. 1. A notional violin that plays tragic music for the afflicted; used in dismissive responses to complaints of woe. Labels: humorous Example: Ohh, boo-hoo! Let me play a sad song for you on the world's smallest violin. Example: The world's smallest violin playing hearts and flowers for every sweetheart of the Midwest who didn't make it in Hollywood.
Word: worldbeating Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of world-beating. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: worktext Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From work + text. 1. A textbook or workbook.
Word: worktexts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of worktext Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whilome Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of whilom. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Lo I the man, vvhoſe Muſe vvhilome did maske, / As time her taught, in lowly Sheapards vveeds, / Am novv enforſt a far unfitter taske, […] Example: VVith ſuch an invention [a sumptuary law] did Zelevcus vvhilome correct the corrupted maners of the Locrines.
Word: whilome Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of whilom. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: whilome Part of Speech: conj 1. Alternative spelling of whilom. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Subjects their King, the King his Subjects greets, / VVhilome the Scepter and the Plough-ſtaffe meets.
Word: whillywhas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whillywha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: invoiceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From invoice + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnvɔɪsəbl̩/ 1. Capable of being invoiced; billable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: self-billing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From self- + billing. 1. A billing arrangement whereby the customer calculates costs and sends back an invoice to the supplier. Labels: uncountable
Word: decreer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From decree + -er. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɹɪə(ɹ)/ 1. One who issues a decree.
Word: decreers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decreer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decreest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: decree + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of decree Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: haslets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haslet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decemvir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin decemvir. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛm.və/, /dɪˈsɛm.vəɹ/ 1. Any of two groups of 10 men selected in 451 and 450 B.C. to wield complete power over Rome and establish the laws of the Twelve Tables. Labels: historical 2. Any member of a decemvirate, a council or ruling body of 10 people, as the Venetian Council of Ten.
Word: decemvirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decemvir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decemviri Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decemvir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decemviral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin decemvirālis. 1. Pertaining to the decemvirs of ancient Rome. Labels: not-comparable
Word: decemvirate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin decemvirātus, equivalent to decemvir + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office). 1. A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE.
Word: decemvirates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decemvirate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decoyman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From decoy + man. 1. A man employed in decoying wildfowl.
Word: decoymen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decoyman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decreasest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: decrease + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of decrease Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: decreaseth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: decrease + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decrease Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decreations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decreation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decreet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French decré, decreet. 1. The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided.
Word: decreets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decreet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dualin Part of Speech: noun 1. An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp saturated with nitroglycerin and similar compounds. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: chutnee Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of chutney. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: chutnees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chutnee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cassareep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Kari'na kasirìpo, perhaps by way of some intermediary language. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːzəɹɪp/, /ˈkɑːzəɹiːp/, /ˈkɑːzɹɪp/, /ˈkæːzəɹɪp/, /ˈkæːzəɹiːp/ 1. A thick black liquid made from cassava root and spices, used medicinally and as a flavouring and preservative. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: cohabitors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cohabitor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backhandedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From backhanded + -ness. 1. The quality of being backhanded Labels: uncountable Example: Bjorn Borg, 18, wins French, and the three of them change the game, guiding the world to two-fisted backhandedness. 2. The quality of being backhanded Labels: uncountable Example: The backhandedness of the compliment suddenly struck him, and he squeezed his eyes shut at the gaffe. 3. The quality of being backhanded Labels: uncountable Example: The backhandedness of this procedure reflects the fact that null hypothesis tests are motivated by rhetorical considerations. 4. The quality of being backhanded Labels: uncountable Example: If it is, as one supposes, the same scribe who wrote the verso, his backhandedness had been cured by putting the tablet in a better position. 5. The quality of being backhanded Labels: uncountable Example: It would be easy to draw a popular conclusion that this backhandedness of the language proves the backwardness of their civilization, and the fact that the Turk ought to go way back and sit down in remote Asia 6. The quality of being backhanded Labels: uncountable Example: Russell's clandestine attempt to initiate diplomatic contact with the Confederacy left an image of backhandedness that substantiated Seward's direst premonitions about British self-interest. Example: ... but I am ever behindhand with my purposing, and remember a project when it is too late to put it into action. Many a fight that same backhandedness has led me into.
Word: bacchii Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bacchius Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bafta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from Persian بافته (“woven, wrought”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæftə/ 1. A coarse material, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But really I have never heard that the up-country vrouwen were in such a violent hurry for baftas and punjums but what the ox-wagons and local stores there could keep them supplied. 2. An imitation of this fabric. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: baggager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baggage + -er. 1. One who takes care of baggage; a camp follower.
Word: baggagers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baggager Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bajocco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an archaic spelling of Italian baiocco, from baio (“brown”), after its color. 1. A coin, originally copper, later silver, issued by the Papal States from the 15th century to 1865. In the 19th century the value was five hundredths of a lira. Labels: archaic, historical Example: I have heard a brother of the story-telling trade, at Naples, preaching to a pack of good-for-nothing honest lazy fellows by the sea-shore, work himself up into such a rage and passion with some of the villains whose wicked deeds he was describing and inventing, that the audience could not resist it; and they and the poet together would burst out into a roar of oaths and execrations against the fictitious monster of the tale, so that the hat went round, and the bajocchi tumbled into it, in the midst of a perfect storm of sympathy.
Word: bajoccos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bajocco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonmottled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + mottled. 1. Not mottled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unmottled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + mottled. 1. Not mottled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English oxy- Arabic لُبَان (lubān) Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese -i Old Javanese Jawi Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der. Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy) Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor. Catalan benjuíder. Middle French benjoinder. English benzoin English benzo- English benz- Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English benzyl French méthylène English methylene Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol English -ol English glycol Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English hydride English anhydride English polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride From poly- + oxy- + benzyl + methylene + glycol + anhydride. 1. Synonym of Bakelite. Labels: uncountable Example: […]Baekeland introduced polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride to the scientific community at the 909 meeting of the New York chapter of the American Chemical Society, and to the world thereafter as “Bakelite.” Example: Compared to the uniformity of modern plastics, the lightly marbled grain of true Bakelite feels organic: not something you'd expect from a substance whose real name is polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride.
Word: balachong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay belacan. 1. A Malaysian and Singaporean form of ngapi, a Southeast Asian condiment made from fermented and compressed fish or shrimp. Labels: uncountable Example: Travellers on the steamers of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company are wont to rail in no measured terms at the fish-paste which forms an invariable and obtrusively evident part of the cargo, yet no Burman would think a dinner complete without his modicum of nga-pee, and it is a noteworthy fact that one form of the condiment is of frequent appearance on English dinner-tables in the East, under the name of balachong, a term borrowed from the Straits Settlements, but which designates nothing more nor less than a specially prepared variety of nga-pee.
Word: bakingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From baking + -ly. 1. So as to bake. Example: It was a bakingly hot day without a cloud in the sky.
Word: balas ruby Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of balas-ruby. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: baculite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin baculum (“stick”) + -ite. 1. Any of the genus †Baculites of extinct cephalopod heteromorph ammonites. Example: The shell of a baculite was quite simply straight—an unexpected throwback to the early days of cephalopods.
Word: bailiffwick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of bailiwick. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: bailiffwicks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bailiffwick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tent-maker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tent + maker. 1. Someone who makes tents. Example: As far as Paul was concerned, the trade that met all these criteria was that of tent-maker (Acts 18: 3).
Word: tent-makers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tent-maker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eduspeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From education + -speak. 1. The jargon used by educators. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: He generally spoke without academic mannerism, though on occasion he dipped into the over-wrought thickets of eduspeak to find words like “antithetical” or “foci” or “interface.” Example: The new eduspeak talks about "enhancing," "promoting self-awareness," "sharing," "networking," "modeling," and other assorted activities.
Word: tourtieres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tourtiere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: I take it Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to express one's understanding of another's position. Labels: idiomatic Example: I take it you're not a very big fan of the carrot?
Word: var. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of variable. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of various. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: var. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of variant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of variation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of variety. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Some of these roses and other exotic spp. are the parents of our cultivated roses—tea roses, hybrid perpetuals, climbers, ramblers etc.—over 5000 vars. having been named. 4. Abbreviation of variometer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: quenda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Nyunga gwernda. 1. A short-nosed bandicoot, Isoodon fusciventer, found in southwestern Western Australia (formerly treated as a subspecies of the southern brown bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus).
Word: test pattern Part of Speech: noun 1. A test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no program is being broadcast. Labels: US
Word: shock troops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shock troop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: at the corner Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Nearby
Word: he or she Part of Speech: pron 1. He or she; used as a gender-neutral reference to the third person singular. Labels: proscribed, singular, sometimes, third-person Example: In Skinner the Court stated: It is not disputed, however, that chemical analysis of urine, like that of blood, can reveal a host of private medical facts about an employee, including whether he or she is epileptic, pregnant, or diabetic.
Word: shitly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From shit + -ly. 1. Terribly; extremely poorly. Labels: UK, rare, vulgar
Word: Jeddah Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Arabic جِدَّة (jidda). Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛdə/, /ˈdʒɪdə/ 1. A port city in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia.
Word: Chinese edible frog Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of frog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis, syn. Hoplobatrachus rugulosus), found mostly in Southeast Asia.
Word: Chinese ragwort Part of Speech: noun 1. A rare species of ragwort, Sinacalia tangutica, endemic to China Labels: uncountable
Word: epipelic Part of Speech: adj 1. Growing on mud Labels: not-comparable
Word: what's what Part of Speech: noun 1. Precisely what the situation really is or what the facts truly are; the true state of things. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Besides, he had some qualities which fix Middle-aged ladies even more than young: The former know what's what; while new-fledged chicks Know little more of Love than what is sung In rhymes . . . Example: "Well, I know what's what, too. I know what you are for one thing." He chuckled. "I've got your number all right."
Word: what is what Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of what's what. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sore losers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sore loser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doublable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From double + -able. 1. Capable of being doubled.
Word: stepchart Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of step chart. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tweetable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tweet + -able. 1. Capable of, or deserving of being tweeted (“sent as a message on the Twitter microblogging service”). Labels: Internet, neologism
Word: SRV Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Socialist Republic of Vietnam, official name of Vietnam: a country in Southeast Asia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Stevie Ray Vaughan Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SRV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of suborbital reusable vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Socialist Republic of Vietnam Part of Speech: name 1. Official name of Vietnam: a country in Southeast Asia.
Word: pro-lifers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pro-lifer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: satellite navigation Part of Speech: noun 1. Practice of calculating one's position and velocity using radio signals transmitted from space satellites as reference. Labels: uncountable
Word: prismatic colors Part of Speech: noun 1. Colors visible when white light is split in a prism. Labels: Canada, US, plural, plural-only
Word: prismatic colours Part of Speech: noun 1. Colours visible when white light is split in a prisma. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only
Word: stand shilly-shally Part of Speech: verb 1. To hesitate, vacillate or procrastinate. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: fenochia Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of finocchio. Labels: alt-of, no-plural, obsolete Example: Fenochia removed is never ſo good and tender as that which is not, it receives ſuch a Check in Tranſplanting in its Infancy; which, like the Rickets, leaves Knots that indurate the Parts of the Fennel, and ſpoil it from being a Dainty. Example: In the superior class of gardens we generally find, in addition to the above,…Fennel, Fenochia, and rarely Dill.
Word: fenochio Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of finocchio. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: 1720, Stephen Switzer, A Compendious, but more Particular Method, than has ever yet been publish’d, for the Raising Italian Brocoli, Spanish Cardoon, Celeriac, Fenochi, and other foreign Kitchen Vegetables (1st edition, printed by S.A. and sold by T. Astley), main title Example: How thrive your garden-plants? how look the trees? how ſpring the Brocoli and the Fenochio? hard names to ſpell! how did the poppies bloom? and how is the great room approved? what parties have you had of pleaſure? what in the grotto? what upon the Thames?
Word: fenochi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fenochio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fenochii Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fenochio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: confessionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From confessional + -ly. 1. With regard to religious confession; denominationally, religiously. Example: Koslofsky speculates that it was driven by the need to find new sources of authority in a confessionally fragmented age.
Word: dorso-ventrally Part of Speech: adv 1. In a dorso-ventral direction; from the back to the front. Example: So it is that one of the characteristics that the sperm whale shares with all cetaceans is that it swims by flexing its tail flukes dorso-ventrally, a less efficient way of swimming than that of its distant piscine ancestors, but a mode of locomotion that derives directly from the galloping of its more recent terrestrial ones.
Word: stelocyttarous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) + ? 1. Supported by one or more pillars. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gymnodomous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gymno- + Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos, “house”) + -ous. 1. Lacking an envelope; open to the surrounding environment. Labels: not-comparable
Word: preboot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + boot. 1. Before booting. Labels: not-comparable
Word: autosensing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auto- + sensing. 1. That senses automatically. Labels: not-comparable Example: an autosensing voltage circuit
Word: hyperthreading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + threading, coined as a trademark (Hyper-Threading Technology) by Intel. 1. A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors. Labels: uncountable Example: The scope of hyperthreading instructions is not covered in this book. Example: There are some cases where hyperthreading actually degrades CPU performance, especially when CPU utilization is high.
Word: tabify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tab + -ify. 1. To reformat (text) by converting spaces into tab characters. Labels: transitive Example: A common use of this program is to tabify text files which you've loaded in over the phone from a computer system (like UNIX) that tends to turn all tabs into spaces for 300 baud DEC writers. Example: You can only tabify source code
Word: tabifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tabify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tabifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tabify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tabified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tabify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: untabify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + tabify. 1. To reformat (text) by converting tab characters into spaces. Labels: transitive Example: The untabify command works on a region. Example: The macro expands the command to untabify an entire document, and not just selected text.
Word: untabifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of untabify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: untabifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of untabify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: untabified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of untabify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tabification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tab + -ification. 1. The process of tabifying. Labels: uncountable Example: You can see that tabification can greatly reduce the length of such strings, hence the length of text files. For that reason, Blaise Computing Inc. source code files are tabified. Example: I'd like to call your attention to four of them: check for accessibility, markup preservation, simplified tabification and indentation, and target schema validation.
Word: hyperthreaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + threaded. 1. Using hyperthreading. Labels: not-comparable Example: A more sophisticated and subtle example of some of the changes that have occurred between older and newer WinTel systems involves hyperthreaded CPUs on Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 databases. Example: There are also hyperthreaded processors that generally provide two execution threads for each processor or core.
Word: subnamespace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + namespace. 1. A namespace within another namespace. Example: Remember that there are subnamespaces that we need as well, but by default this setting will only apply to the current namespace, so setting these permissions is not enough.
Word: subnamespaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subnamespace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: untabification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + tabification. 1. The process of untabifying. Labels: uncountable Example: It makes untabification a bit easier, since you can do it all at once with the simple sequence C-x h ESC x untabify RETURN. Example: Well, _if_ you're going to do untabification, I guess it's best to keep it separate, but ... I think in general it's a very bad idea to make widespread source changes for purely cosmetic reasons[…]
Word: Who's Who Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of who's who. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: extrabiblical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + biblical. 1. Outside the Bible. Labels: not-comparable Example: The biblical "empire" of David and Solomon is not mentioned in any known extrabiblical texts, nor are any of its kings[…]
Word: familiarizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From familiarize + -er. 1. One who, or that which, familiarizes. 2. A term that conveys familiarity.