nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: droveway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drove + way. 1. A road or track along which livestock are (or historically were) regularly driven. Example: In the first […], a series of droveways ran north from the coastal marshes, across lighter soils, as far as the edge of the claylands that were open pasture, while a further series of droveways ran from a series of upland commons across the gravel hills to the northern edge of the clayland pastures: […]
Word: hyponychia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyponychium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arboraceous Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to trees. 2. Abounding in trees.
Word: dictionary attack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dictionary + attack. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪkʃənəɹi əˈtæk/, /ˌdɪkʃənɹi-/, /ˌdɪkʃnəɹi-/, /ˌdɪkʃəˌnɛɹi əˈtæk/ 1. An attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess decryption keys or passwords. Example: Experts warn against using ordinary words as passwords as they are vulnerable to dictionary attacks.
Word: necrocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From necro- (“dead”) + -cracy (“power, rule”). Pronunciation: /nɛˈkɹɒkɹəsi/, /nəˈkɹɑkɹəsi/ 1. A form of government imposed by those who have since died. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What we call democracy, therefore, is to a considerable extent necrocracy, or a form of government by the graveyards. Old precepts and phrases are handed down from one generation to another; they become part of a nation's heritage […] Example: Other activities became increasingly pressing, the Fellowship was flourishing and had plenty of younger members ready and able to take over from their elders; and I have seen too many cases of vigorous organisations gradually turning into gerontocracies and finally into necrocracies to wish ever to hold on to power myself. 2. A form of government where a dead person is recognised as its head; usually a deceased former leader. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Kim Jong Il, incidentally, has been made head of the party and of the army, but the office of the presidency is still "eternally" held by his adored and departed dad, who died on July 8, 1994, at 82. (The Kim is dead. Long live the Kim.) This makes North Korea the only state in the world with a dead president. What would be the right term for this? A necrocracy? A thanatocracy? A mortocracy? A mausolocracy? Example: The last king of Wanga Mukulu, Nabongo Rapando Lutomia, died in 1936; and the kingdom remained a necrocracy for seventy-three years until 2009 when his son, Prince Japheth William Wambani Rapando (1921–2012), was formally crowned nabongo. 3. A government ruled by the undead. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: necrocracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of necrocracy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bouffages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bouffage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: green screen Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of greenscreen. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: green screen Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of greenscreen. Labels: alt-of, alternative, transitive
Word: jows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jows Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dictionary attacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dictionary attack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: partially defatted pork fatty tissue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations, title 9, section 319.29. 1. Fresh pork fatty tissue, excluding skin, that has been rendered at a temperature not more than 120 degrees Fahrenheit and is pinkish, fresh-looking, and fresh-smelling. Labels: uncountable
Word: leaf lard Part of Speech: noun 1. The internal fat of a pig, separated in leaves or masses from the kidneys, etc. Labels: uncountable Example: Worst of any [were] who served in the cooking rooms. These people could not be shown to the visitor,—for [these] men, who worked in tank rooms full of steam[,] their peculiar trouble was that they fell into the vats; and when they were fished out, there was never enough of them left to be worth exhibiting,—sometimes they would be overlooked for days, till all but the bones of them had gone out to the world as Durham’s Pure Leaf Lard!
Word: grape wine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, section 4.21(a)(1). 1. Any wine made from grapes to the exclusion of all other fruits. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Fermented juice of sound, ripe grapes (optionally with condensed grape must added before or after fermentation, and grape brandy or alcohol added after fermentation, with additional restrictions on the adding of such spirits if the wine is domestic and has a lot of alcohol); optionally with sugar or water added during or after fermentation (but only up to a specified maximum amount added, and, if the amount added is more than a specified benchmark, so that the resulting wine does not exceed specified maxima on solid, alcohol, and acid content); and with a specified maximum acidity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jhow (“a kind of tamarisk”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: jow Part of Speech: noun 1. A premetric unit of length in India, equal to approximately a quarter of an inch. Labels: historical
Word: jow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of jowl (“to knock, strike, ring a bell”), with loss of final l. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəʊ/, /d͡ʒaʊ/ 1. To knock, strike, bump. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive 2. To ring or toll (a bell). Labels: Scotland, transitive
Word: jow Part of Speech: verb 1. Go away; begone. Labels: India, imperative, obsolete Example: This is always the way in India: the servant assures you that what you require is not procurable […] you politely reply, "Jow" (go away), and in nine cases out of ten he will return with the desired article; […] Example: He angrily tells the crowd to jow (go away), and the nearest of them sheer off a few paces, […]
Word: jow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apparently from earlier *jowl, from Middle English chaulen, chavelen (“to jabber”). Compare jawl (“to talk loudly”). 1. To talk loudly. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: aperitif wine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, section 4.21(g). 1. Grape wine, mixed with brandy or alcohol, with natural flavors (including herbs), and optionally with caramel for color, that matches the general description of aperitif wine but not of vermouth. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: retsina wine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations title 27 section 4.21(i). 1. Grape wine, containing not more than fourteen percent alcohol by volume, fermented or flavored with resin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Billary Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Bill + Hillary. 1. The political union of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton. Labels: US, derogatory, slang, sometimes
Word: Daoist Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊɪst/ 1. Alternative spelling of Taoist. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: We reach Louguantai, the famous Daoist temple where, according to legend, the philosopher Lao Tzu wrote down the Tao Te Ching, his metaphysical map of The Way.
Word: Daoist Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊɪst/ 1. Alternative spelling of Taoist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: red shift Part of Speech: noun 1. Light spectra shifted towards red, as by elongation of light waves from a source moving away from the detector.
Word: fat-asses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fat-ass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antirat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + rat. 1. Opposing rats. Labels: not-comparable Example: antirat legislation 2. Describing an antibody, resident in a human or other animal, that reacts with the immunoglobins found in rats. Labels: not-comparable
Word: leaf fat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its layered appearance. 1. The layers of fat that support the kidneys of a pig. Labels: uncountable
Word: slant bars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slant bar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vurping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vurp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vurped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vurp Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ponyless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pony + -less. 1. Without a pony. Labels: not-comparable Example: The three ponyless girls were keeping to themselves these days, and leaving Paisley pretty much alone. Example: The visitors who stepped from the Cathay in Fremantle in November came from a country where the women's game was becoming a kind of polo for the ponyless.
Word: Yevanic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew יָוָן (yaván, “Greece”) + -ic. 1. The nearly extinct language of the Romaniote Jews of Greece.
Word: stereome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stereo- + -ome. 1. A section of sclerenchyma at the base of a phyllary in some members of the Asteraceae. 2. sclerenchyma Labels: obsolete
Word: Minica Huitoto Part of Speech: name 1. An Huitoto language of the Witotoan family spoken in western South America.
Word: sweep aside Part of Speech: verb 1. To push or brush to the side. Example: On this section, the high five-span masonry viaduct over the Whiteadder Water, at Chirnside, withstood the flood, but four of the six spans of the bridge carrying the siding to the nearby paper mill were demolished, and the track, with the sleepers still in position, was swept aside, on to the river bank. 2. To overcome an obstacle with little effort. Labels: idiomatic Example: Wolves swept aside Championship outfit Doncaster at Molineux to earn a place in the fourth round of the FA Cup. 3. To ignore, brush off. Labels: idiomatic
Word: nudge out Part of Speech: verb 1. To expel, knock out by a small margin. Example: But the protests were in vain as the Championship high-fliers - and 2008 FA Cup finalists - battled valiantly but were nudged out by a Premier League side in a match that failed to spark into life.
Word: loanee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loan + -ee. 1. borrower; someone who is loaned something 2. Someone who is being loaned, someone playing for another club on loan. Example: Then, Andy Keogh picked up the ball on the right and squared to Danny Drinkwater on the edge of the box, but the Manchester United loanee's shot lacked power to trouble Stoke stopper Thomas Sorensen.
Word: well-travelled Part of Speech: adj 1. Having travelled extensively. Example: This was not the result the well-travelled Swede would have been looking for on his first return to Eastlands after his sacking from Manchester City in 2009, but he can again be proud of his Leicester side for their performance, which was full of commitment and endeavour.
Word: philosophist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From philosophy + -ist. First attested in the late 1500s. 1. A practitioner or adherent of philosophism. 2. Synonym of philosopher. Labels: rare
Word: get the lead out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A shortened form of get the lead out of one's shoes (or one's pants). Here, lead refers to a very heavy metal, thus the expression means roughly to get rid of whatever is slowing one down and hurry up. 1. To go faster; to hurry up. Labels: dated, idiomatic
Word: expressives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of expressive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lay hold of Part of Speech: verb 1. To seize; catch; apprehend. Labels: transitive 2. To obtain. Labels: transitive
Word: choy sum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 菜心 (coi3 sam1, literally “vegetable heart”). Doublet of caixin. 1. A Chinese vegetable, a variety of Brassica rapa parachinensis subspecies, similar to bok choy but slimmer, with smooth green leaves and pale green stems, and clusters of flowers on the tips of the inner shoots. Labels: uncountable Example: Added the chopped choy sum and stir it to release any excess water as steam. As the choy sum loses its water, add the chili and a good pinch of salt.
Word: chumpy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chump + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌmpi/ 1. Short and fat, particularly in comparison with something of more favourable dimensions. Example: The Navigating compass should stand about five feet above the deck, […]. This is a convenient height for the officer of the deck, unless perchance he may be chumpy, in which case he may be permitted to use a step. Example: A chumpy neck is especially bad; for while a little dog may get along on a foot scent with a short neck, a comparatively large and unwieldy dog tires himself terribly by the necessity for crouching in his fast pace. 2. Blockheaded; dim-witted. Labels: slang 3. Like a chump; annoying. Labels: slang
Word: nerve-shredding Part of Speech: adj 1. Suspenseful. Labels: informal Example: The interior of an active diesel locomotive's engine compartment was the nerve-shredding inferno I had imagined, intensified because the bulk of the violently drumming power plant hems you so close to it. Example: His side could find dignity in defeat after they subjected Manchester City to a nerve-shredding finale but the Premier League's second-placed team still advanced to the fourth round and a tie against Notts County that Roberto Mancini will hope will be much more straightforward.
Word: Doubs Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Doubs, from Gaulish, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”). Pronunciation: /duː/ 1. A department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Besançon. 2. A left tributary of the Saône, running through the cantons of Neuchâtel and Jura, Switzerland and the departments of Doubs, Jura and Saône-et-Loire, France.
Word: Nîmes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Nîmes. Pronunciation: /niːm/ 1. A city, the capital of Gard department, Occitania, southern France, formerly in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon.
Word: Sochaux Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Word: prelegislation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + legislation. 1. Prior to the introduction of legislation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: postlegislation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + legislation. 1. After the introduction of legislation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prelegislative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + legislative. 1. Prior to the introduction of legislation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: postlegislative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + legislative. 1. After the introduction of legislation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: postluding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of postlude Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: postluded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of postlude Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: governmentality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French gouvernementalité, equivalent to governmental + -ity. 1. The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: governmentalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of governmentality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quiverings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quivering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snotball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snot + ball. 1. A ball of mucus ejected from the mouth. Labels: slang Example: Without turning, Mike bent his head down just in time to avoid a huge snotball meant for his skull. Instead, a freshman a few feet away was the recipient of the unwholesome mucous present. Example: Fischer sees it and gets red in the face, then hawks up a snotball and spits at my cleat. It hits dead on, and I shove him on the bench. He shoves me back, and I stand up. 2. A term of abuse. Example: Don't it bother you that Jason Bent and those other little snotballs treat him like a doormat?
Word: snotballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snotball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: addability Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of addibility. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: objective clause Part of Speech: noun 1. A clause that takes place of the direct object of a verb. Example: When both subjects are different, an objective clause is often changed for an infinitive with a subject; ... Example: Though opposite in intentional content, for instance, the object of hope and the object of fear are encoded in the same way: both are expressed by an objective clause.
Word: addaxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of addax Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pygarg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pygargus from Ancient Greek πύγαργος (púgargos), a compound of Ancient Greek πῡγή (pūgḗ, “rump”) + ἀργός (argós, “white”). 1. An unidentified large animal with horns, possibly the addax, mentioned in the Bible (Deuteronomy 14:5) as one of the animals permitted for food. 2. A bird, the osprey.
Word: pygargs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pygarg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deteriorative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From deteriorate + -ive. Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɪəɹɪəɹeɪtɪv/ 1. Causing deterioration. Example: In this spirit, it is desirable that wars should be considered, not as an evilI whose bitterness may be redeemed by the meretricious glory which sometimes covers its atrocities with a fictitious splendour, but one which is in every way deteriorative of our happiness and prosperity — as subservient to tyranny and despotism, inimical to the rights of the people, and generally prejudicial to society. Example: The first point of inquiry in this case relates to the character of the chemical changes which take place during the combustion of ordinary fuel; the second, to the mechanical adaptations which are required to permit of certain mutual laws coming freely or uninterruptedly into operation. With regard to the nature of the chemical action involved in the process of combustion, the matter is simple enough — repeated investigations have clearly explained these phenomena; but with respect to the mechanical contrivances by means of which that chemical action is to be maintained continuously at its maximum, without, at the same time, establishing a deteriorative action, much greater difficulty exists.
Word: nondeteriorative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + deteriorative. 1. Not deteriorative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: operagoing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From opera + going. 1. Attending opera performances. Labels: not-comparable Example: MY epiphany came when I told a friend I was going to a chamber music concert, and she — well-educated, well-heeled, operagoing — made a throwing-up gesture into her hand.
Word: postdeal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + deal. 1. After completion of a business deal. Labels: not-comparable Example: I.B.M., which has undertaken more than 60 acquisitions in the last five years, has a small team of employees who work full time on postdeal issues, according to Randy MacDonald, global director of human resources.
Word: predissected Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + dissected. 1. Having been dissected in advance. Labels: not-comparable Example: There has been a trend among medical schools to eliminate the gross anatomy lab dissection, replacing it with a (far less time-consuming) study of predissected, preserved prosections and computerized simulations.
Word: promgoer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prom + goer. 1. One who attends a prom. Example: Of course, some promgoers couldn’t get in to any parties.
Word: promgoers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of promgoer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prosection Part of Speech: noun 1. An anatomical dissection carried out by an experienced anatomist as a demonstration for others.
Word: prosections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prosection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prosecutability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prosecute + -ability. 1. The quality of being prosecutable. Labels: uncountable
Word: rumbly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rumble + -y. 1. Making a rumbling noise. Example: His voice is pleasantly rumbly; his smile is so wide that it seems to have been drawn onto his face with a crayon.
Word: sacrospinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sacro- + spinous. 1. Pertaining to the sacrum and spine. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Dissector spits out Latin terms for ligaments — sacrospinous, sacrotuberous; Montross hears them “like a call to prayer.”
Word: stoneworker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stone + worker. 1. One who produces stonework. Example: To honor the spirits that take form as mountains, the Inca stoneworkers carved rock outcrops to replicate their shapes.
Word: stoneworkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stoneworker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superskinny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + skinny. 1. Very skinny. Labels: informal Example: Then there is Wrangler47, the company’s three-year-old premium brand, carried in stores like Barneys New York and Scoop; it includes fashionable items like micro-miniskirts and the ubiquitous superskinny hipster jeans.
Word: surfside Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From surf + -side. 1. Beside the sea. Labels: not-comparable Example: These surfside Peter Pans survey each summer’s crop of young women on the sand like an incoming class of freshman co-eds on the quad. Example: Mitch wakes up in his eighth floor hotel suite with a surfside view of the ocean to Margo shaking his shoulder and saying, “Poppy, Larry is dead.”
Word: unnibbled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + nibbled. 1. Not having been nibbled. Labels: not-comparable Example: But now that the pushovers of permissiveness have sliced and diced the solitary meaning of unique with wimpy adverbs, a fresh expression of splendid singularity, as yet unnibbled by the minnows of murkiness, is welcome.
Word: hognose snake Part of Speech: noun 1. A colubrid snake, from any of three genera, characterized by an upturned snout and notorious for playing dead when threatened. 2. A colubrid snake, from any of three genera, characterized by an upturned snout and notorious for playing dead when threatened. 3. A colubrid snake, from any of three genera, characterized by an upturned snout and notorious for playing dead when threatened.
Word: hognose snakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hognose snake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megagift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + gift. 1. A donation to charity of millions of dollars. Labels: neologism Example: “These megagifts are beginning to show up in a way they haven’t before,” Mr. Jolly said.
Word: megagifts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megagift Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microdrone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + drone. 1. A very small drone aircraft. Example: The carbon-fiber microdrone — which weighs just more than two pounds, flies 25 miles an hour and can soar to 3,000 feet — has been used in mountain rescues in Switzerland and for military surveillance by the German army, said Mr. Meyer, president of the company’s United States subsidiary, based in New York.
Word: microdrones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microdrone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multifactoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + factor + -al. 1. Involving multiple factors. Example: Although the causes for regressive autism are most likely multifactoral, one possible co-factor — vaccination — stimulates the most intense debate.
Word: undampened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + dampened. 1. Not dampened. Labels: not-comparable Example: Rain and mud were everywhere, but spirits seemed undampened as performers including the Who, the Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Shirley Bassey, the Marley Brothers, Iggy and the Stooges, Babyshambles, Bjork, Paolo Nutini and the Arctic Monkeys, among many other artists, performed over three days at the Glastonbury Festival, Agence France-Presse reported.
Word: unfudged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fudged. 1. Not fudged. Example: She falls headlong at the end of the ballet’s Tema Russo movement, and the unfudged dynamics make the moment seem like a tragic thunderclap.
Word: unpacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unpack + -er. 1. One who, or that which, unpacks. Example: One great advantage of professional unpacking is that the unpackers take away all the wrapping and cartons […] 2. A software program that decompresses code or data. Example: All packed malware consists of the unpacker code and packed data, which typically look like random data. The benefit of packed malware, from a malicious author's point of view, is that it cannot be analyzed until it is properly unpacked.
Word: unpackers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unpacker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: working days Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of working day Labels: form-of, plural
Word: business day Part of Speech: noun 1. A day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day.
Word: business days Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of business day Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ordinary Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day
Word: -merous Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From French -mère and its etymon Ancient Greek -μερής (-merḗs, “having (the specified number of) parts”, “sharing”): the combining form of μέρος (méros, “part”)) with the English suffix -ous; compare the English -mer and -mere, as well as the French -mère and the German -mer. Pronunciation: /-məɹəs/ 1. Having parts of the specified quality. Labels: morpheme 2. Comprising the specified number of parts. Labels: morpheme
Word: GD-ROM Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dʒi di ɹɒm/ 1. Initialism of gigabyte disk read-only memory: a proprietary optical disc format, resembling a CD-ROM but with higher storage capacity, used by certain video game systems. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: countervirus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + virus. 1. A computer virus engineered to combat another specific computer virus.
Word: counterviruses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of countervirus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterviews Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterview Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterviewpoint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + viewpoint. 1. An opposing viewpoint.
Word: counterviewpoints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterviewpoint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hognose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hog + nose. 1. Having an upturned snout like a pig's. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hognose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hog + nose. 1. A hognose snake.
Word: Berkley horse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Theresa Berkley, its supposed inventor. 1. A BDSM apparatus consisting of a triangular frame to which a person can be tied for flogging.
Word: Frascati Part of Speech: noun 1. An Italian white wine from the region around the town of Frascati. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Chaucerians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chaucerian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xanthophyllite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) and φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”), for its color and micaceous appearance, + -ite. 1. A synonym of clintonite. The International Mineralogical Association's Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) recommends using clintonite as a replacement in all cases. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: xanthophyllites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xanthophyllite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clintonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Clinton + -ite. From DeWitt Clinton, the politician for whom it is named in honor of. 1. A calcium magnesium aluminium phyllosilicate mineral of the margarite group of micas. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: clintonites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clintonite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cruddiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cruddy + -ness. 1. The quality of being cruddy. Labels: uncountable
Word: refectory table Part of Speech: noun 1. A very long dining table mostly used in institutions (e.g., schools, colleges, monasteries). Example: With a clattering of chairs, upended shell cases, benches, and ottomans, Pirate's mob gather at the shores of the great refectory table, a southern island well across a tropic or two from chill Croydon.
Word: united inch Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of measurement of window frames, treating the combined width and height in inches as a single measure of length.
Word: united inches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of united inch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncouched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + couched. 1. Not couched. Labels: not-comparable Example: A judge, more freely than a jury, can exercise discretion uncouched in technical legalities.
Word: uncouched Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of uncouch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: yawnings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yawning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: besoul Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- (“unto, on, upon”) + soul. Compare Dutch bezielen. 1. To imbue or endow with a soul. Labels: transitive Example: As we have seen, it does not belong to the concept of material body to be alive, and even less to the be alive in and independent way and therefore to be besouled.
Word: besouls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of besoul Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: besouling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of besoul Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: besouled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of besoul Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: backtalker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From backtalk + -er. 1. One who backtalks. Example: A backtalker, a sasser. One of those girls who horrified parents with her "smart mouth." Example: Jal had entered the battalion embittered by his previous experiences, and had started out as backtalker. But the colonel had quickly taught him that kind of attitude would not be acceptable by simply wearing him out.
Word: backtalkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backtalker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intj Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of interjection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Welcome ... a. received with gladness, pleasing—intj. used to a new comer—v. a. to receive with kindness Example: ái chài intj: Well, well!
Word: wellbred Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of well-bred. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bepuff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + puff. 1. To puff out. Labels: archaic 2. To puff; praise fulsomely; bepraise. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: bepuffing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bepuff Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bepuffed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bepuff Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hymnsheet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hymn + sheet. 1. A sheet printed with the words of a hymn.
Word: hymnsheets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hymnsheet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poioumenon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek ποιούμενον (poioúmenon), "product". 1. A specific type of metafiction in which the story is about the process of creation (sometimes the creation of the story itself). Example: The poioumenon has a long prehistory (hardly a tradition), going back through Beckett's trilogy and Carlyle's Sartor Resartus to Sterne's Tristram Shandy; but it is preeminently a postmodernist genre.
Word: Sternean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Sterne + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), Irish-born English novelist.
Word: epicrisis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπίκρισις (epíkrisis, “determination, decision; judgment, award”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɪk.ɹə.sɪs/ 1. A critical or analytical study, evaluation, or summing up, especially of a medical case history. Example: It would be well if every practitioner would go over his list of patients from time to time and attempt an epicrisis in each one. He will often be surprised at what he finds, and his clinical judgment should be greatly improved... Example: But what if I don't have time to discharge you tomorrow. The epicrisis has to be written, you know. 2. A quotation followed by a commentary. Labels: rhetoric 3. A commentary or annotation of a text. 4. A Roman census in Egypt related to the determination of liability for poll tax. Labels: historical
Word: epicrisis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epi- + crisis. Pronunciation: /ˈɛp.ə.kɹaɪ.sɪs/ 1. Something that follows a crisis; a secondary crisis, especially of a disease.
Word: cryptoanalysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypto- + analysis. 1. Alternative spelling of cryptanalysis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: cryptoanalyst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypto- + analyst. 1. Alternative spelling of cryptanalyst. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cryptoanalysts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryptoanalyst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epicrises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epicrisis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contraindicatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From contra- + indicatory. 1. Serving as a contraindication. Example: The reader of this book declares that he is in good mental and physical fitness for diving, and that he is not under the influence of alcohol, nor any drugs that are contraindicatory to diving.
Word: contraindicative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From contra- + indicative. 1. Serving as a contraindication. Example: They then constructed two indexes in the ratings obtained from mothers, fathers, and children. One was indicative of creativity and one contained contraindicative items.
Word: as much use as a chocolate teapot Part of Speech: phrase 1. Thoroughly useless. Labels: informal
Word: supersedan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + sedan. 1. A sedan car with excellent comfort and performance.
Word: supersedans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supersedan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bitbuckets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bitbucket Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bitbucketing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bitbucket Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bitbucketed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bitbucket Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: penny stocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of penny stock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mythologems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mythologem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in living memory Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In recent history, in recorded history amongst the lifespan of extant people; events or situations which can be remembered by people that are still alive. Labels: idiomatic Example: The Roberts Court is the most politically conservative in living memory. Example: Last summer, Georgia was hit by the mightiest heat wave in living memory.
Word: living memory Part of Speech: noun 1. Man's collective memory of the past. Example: These writers were recording the living memory of those times. Example: The document refers to the practice as “ett urgammalt bruk” (an ancient custom). Clearly this was a custom that was older than the living memory of anyone living in Okome at that time, making it at least as old as the early eighteenth century (although likely older).
Word: hold-up play Part of Speech: noun 1. A play where an attacker retains possession of the ball, while the teammates can move up the field. Labels: idiomatic Example: Arsenal must have been pleased that Leeds' leading scorer Luciano Becchio was ruled out with a back injury and the hosts missed his hold-up play and threat for long periods as Wenger's side produced wave after wave of attack.
Word: take the game to Part of Speech: verb 1. To use attacking tactics against. Labels: idiomatic Example: The Frenchman had talked in the build-up to the game about how focused his side were and they looked it, taking the game to their Championship opponents from the first whistle with a pace and panache Leeds simply could not live with. Example: The visitors were worthy winners, taking the game to the highly fancied hosts from the first minute.
Word: sex attack Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of sexual assault.
Word: fist pump Part of Speech: noun 1. The thrusting of one's fist, most commonly forward or upward, as in celebration.
Word: fist pump Part of Speech: verb 1. To thrust one's fist, most commonly forward or upward, as in celebration. Labels: intransitive
Word: pump one's fist Part of Speech: verb 1. To thrust forward one's fist, as in celebration. Example: A nail-biting final set appeared to be unfolding but it was Li who buckled under the pressure, giving up another break of serve with a double fault and a wayward backhand in game four, and Clijsters pumped her fist as she closed in on victory.
Word: fist-pump Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fist pump. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fist-pump Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of fist pump. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: England's players celebrated on the pitch afterwards, Bright dancing with team-mate Chloe Kelly, while Bronze fist-pumped towards the stands.
Word: fist-pumper Part of Speech: noun 1. someone who pumps their fist 2. a tune which provokes fist-pumping, i.e. because of its strong beat.
Word: ladlesful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ladleful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roomsful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roomful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Decembrists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Decembrist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nummulites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nummulite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chestsful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chestful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yachtful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yacht + -ful. 1. As much as a yacht will hold. Example: a yachtful of celebrities
Word: boatsful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boatful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lungsful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lungful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bedfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bedful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mannalike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From manna + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of manna (miraculously appearing food).
Word: stubbornnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stubbornness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: faceful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From face + -ful. 1. An amount that fills or covers the face. Example: Because l didn't dare take either hand off the wheel, I did get a few facefuls of snow, passing under hemlocks with especially low-drooped branches, but that was a cheap price for getting the tractor safely out.
Word: facefuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faceful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mountain oyster Part of Speech: noun 1. Hog testicles prepared as food. Labels: slang
Word: mountain oysters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mountain oyster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dessert spoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dessert spoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yangzi Part of Speech: name Etymology: The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 揚子 /扬子 (Yángzǐ). Pronunciation: /ˈjæŋ.zi/, /ˈjɑŋ-/, /-tsi/, /-tsə/ 1. Alternative spelling of Yangtze. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon Example: The only armed guards we saw in China were army and militia sentries on duty at public buildings or other important structures, such as the bridge across the Yangzi River at Wuhan. Example: The triple city of Wuhan, capital of Hebei^([sic – meaning Hubei]) province, lies on the middle reaches of the Yangzi River at its confluence with the Han River, and on the main north-south railway linking Peking and Canton.
Word: Yangzi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 洋梓 (Yángzǐ). Pronunciation: /ˈjæŋ.zi/, /ˈjɑŋ-/, /-tsi/, /-tsə/ 1. A town in Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China. Example: Liu Cuilan at Bailing Village of Yangzi Town in Zhongxiang city has a large house of 140 meters² (about 1506 ft².) for the [Christians] gatherings, which was torn down by the policemen from Yingzhong police station in August 2001. 2. A residential community in Yangzi, Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China. 3. A village in Yangzi, Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China.
Word: long drink of water Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The term originated in the United States, and was presumably used in vaudeville performances. It was derived from earlier Scots lang drink. Pronunciation: /lɒŋ ˈdɹɪŋk əv ˈwɔːtə/, /lɔŋ ˈdɹɪŋk əv ˈwɔtɚ/, [- ˈwɔɾɚ] 1. A tall person. Labels: Scotland, US, slang Example: Stair had grown up into a great lang drink, and would faukled, as Robin Cummell said, if he fell. Example: Other acts will include Klein, Abe and Nicholson, “the fat bellboy, the corpulent Scot and ‘the long drink of water,’” in a comedy of melody.
Word: Orunmila Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba Ọ̀rúnmìlà. 1. A male given name from Yoruba. 2. An orisha in the Yoruba religion, the god of wisdom and divination.
Word: Frigg Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Norse Frigg, from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Cognate with the native Old English Frīġ. Doublet of Priya. Pronunciation: /fɹɪɡ/ 1. The wife of Odin, and the Norse/Germanic goddess of married love, the heavens, home and hearth, after whom Friday is named (due to her being identified with Venus). Labels: Germanic, Norse
Word: fritillaria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. Pronunciation: /ˌfɹɪtɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/, /ˌfɹɪtɪˈlɛɹi.ə/ 1. Any plant in the genus Fritillaria.
Word: fructosuria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fructose + -uria. 1. The (abnormal) presence of fructose in the urine Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Prosper Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from French.
Word: poet's daffodil Part of Speech: noun 1. A daffodil of species Narcissus poeticus, found in Europe and North America.
Word: isard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of izard. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Furia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Furia. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: furlana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian furlana, feminine of furlano (“Friulian”). 1. A lively Italian folk dance.
Word: fuselol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Fuselöl. 1. Synonym of fusel oil.
Word: fumiste Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fumist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vishing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of voice + phishing. 1. A form of phishing using a telephone call to the prospective victim. Labels: uncountable Example: Vishing takes advantage of the trust that most people place in the telephone network. Example: Within just an hour, a new vishing infrastructure can be configured and put in place to launch a new attack.
Word: Istro-Romanians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Istro-Romanian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Schwarzschild radius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after German physicist and astronomer Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916). 1. The radius of an object such that, if all its mass were compressed within that radius, the escape velocity would equal the speed of light.
Word: hexafoil Part of Speech: noun 1. A design with six round semicircular petals stemming from a central circle.
Word: hexafoils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hexafoil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tagless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tag + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈtæɡləs/ 1. Without a tag or tags. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reignition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + ignition, by analogy with reignite. 1. Process, act or instance of reigniting. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reignitions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reignition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: empirical rule Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of the 68-95-99.7 rule. Labels: singular, singular-only
Word: Canadian Ballet Part of Speech: noun 1. A strip club, especially one in Canada near the American border. Labels: Northern-US, slang
Word: cloistre Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of cloister. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: behell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + hell. 1. To torture as with pains of hell; give hell (to). Labels: ambitransitive Example: Did behell and rack him ― Hewyt. Example: Thus a mechanic who feels himself electrically influenced speaks of "brain-kilowatt-hours", or a resistive patient talks of "behelling" injections.
Word: contoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From con(sonan)t + -oid. First attested in c. 1940s. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.tɔɪd/ 1. A phonetic consonant, as opposed to a phonological one.
Word: alexical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + lexical. 1. Not lexical. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: In Wolfram hatte Hunger, we would not say that Wolfram is the possessor of the hunger. Hence, the descriptive content is close to nothing, and it is perhaps somewhat arbitrary whether one considers hab- to be alexical or lexical.
Word: bleed the lizard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From slang use of lizard in reference to the penis. 1. To urinate. Labels: slang
Word: drain the main vein Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A slang rhyming reference to the idea that a urethra is similar to a vein or artery. 1. To urinate. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: I got to drain the main vein, kiddo, so you just stay put.
Word: unforesighted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + foresighted. 1. Lacking foresight.
Word: foresightless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From foresight + -less. 1. Lacking foresight. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cauldronful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cauldron + -ful. 1. As much as a cauldron will hold.
Word: cauldronfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cauldronful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cauldronsful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cauldronful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syphon the python Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a supposed resemblance of the penis to a snake. 1. To urinate. Labels: slang 2. To ejaculate. Labels: slang
Word: saucersful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saucerful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: townful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From town + -ful. 1. As many people as a town can hold.
Word: townfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of townful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: townsful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of townful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: platterful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From platter + -ful. 1. As much as a platter will hold.
Word: platterfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of platterful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plattersful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of platterful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trayful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tray + -ful. 1. As much as a tray will hold. Example: The fat man took his place on the doorstep behind what had been the kitchen table and his friends came forward with a trayful of the china dogs.
Word: trayfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trayful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: traysful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trayful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triazolopyridine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any heterocycle containing a pyrimidine ring fused with one of triazole; any antidepressant based on such a structure
Word: triazolopyridines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of triazolopyridine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: canful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From can + -ful. 1. As much as a can will hold. Example: Once off the bush / The fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour. / I always felt like crying. It wasn't fair / That all the lovely canfuls smelt of rot. / Each year I hoped they'd keep, knew they would not.
Word: canfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cansful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tinful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tin + -ful. 1. As much as a tin will hold.
Word: tinfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tinful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tinsful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tinful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thimblesful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thimbleful Labels: form-of, plural