nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pile on Part of Speech: verb 1. To jump on top of someone or something quickly. Labels: ambitransitive Example: As football linebackers pile on a quarterback in a blitz, the newspaper editorialist heaped sarcasm onto the president. Example: Piling on: Players may not pile on a runner after the ball is dead or intentionally fall upon any prostrate player. 2. To criticize someone or something in a concerted effort; to add on some additional critique. Labels: ambitransitive, figuratively Example: OK, OK, they've already gotten the constructive criticism. Now you're just piling on. Example: Piling on Nickelback is old hat. Can't we all just move on already? Chad Kroeger and his band are still the group everyone loves to hate, but after the Queensland police put out a wanted poster for them for ‘crimes against music’ Luke Holland asks: has the hating gone too far? 3. To unnecessarily extend the margin of a winning score. Labels: figuratively, intransitive 4. To add or apply in great quantities. Labels: informal, transitive
Word: pile on Part of Speech: noun 1. Nonstandard spelling of pile-on. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: piscary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin piscarius (“relating to fishes or to fishing”), from piscis (“a fish”). By surface analysis, Latin pisc- + -ary. 1. fishery Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The right or privilege of fishing in somebody else's waters. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It seemed to have been generally understood that the lord could not approve, where the commoners had a right of turbary, piscary, of digging sand, or of taking any species of estovers upon the common.
Word: placoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, stem plak-) + -oid. 1. Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoid fish Labels: not-comparable Example: What about the carp? He regarded the two placoid shapes with doubt.
Word: placoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, stem plak-) + -oid. 1. Such a scale 2. Any fish having placoid scales, such as the sharks 3. A placodioid lichen
Word: plosion Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation of a consonant that is characterised by completely blocking the flow of air through the mouth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In Russian, nasal plosion is confined to cases where both the plosive and the nasal consonant have the same primary articulation. In English, however, nasal plosion occurs also in such groups as kn, tm (as in Hackney ['haekni], utmost [ˈʌtmoʊst]). Example: Plosive consonants are sometimes not fully articulated ; under certain conditions they may be reduced to stops only, without plosions. This generally happens in English when a plosive is immediately followed by another plosive.
Word: placoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of placoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plosions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plosion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undilated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + dilated. 1. Not dilated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nondilated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + dilated. 1. Not dilated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: counterprophecy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + prophecy. 1. A prophecy predicting the opposite of another prophecy. Example: Although she tends not to be a dance actor of spontaneity, she was suddenly vivid in her mime reply to Carabosse and her calm counterprophecy, judiciously timed.
Word: counterprophecies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterprophecy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cedarlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cedar + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of cedar. Example: Part of a line of knotty-looking wood pieces, it is made from sugi, or Cryptomeria japonica, an elegant cedarlike evergreen.
Word: dumbphones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dumbphone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonusage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + usage. 1. Absence of usage; failure to use. Labels: uncountable Example: “Because we work during the day, and we leave town on the weekends,” she explained of her own nonusage.
Word: torpedolike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From torpedo + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a torpedo. Example: The blonde has her allure, but not the brunette’s sex appeal — or her dress, a red-hot number with tassels hanging from each torpedolike breast.
Word: umwelt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Umwelt. Labels: alt-of Example: ... a fragment snipped from the perplexing umwelt of Homo sapiens, our innumerable temporary enclosures. Example: We keep going, locked into our little umwelts, only occasionally remembering to look up.
Word: umwelts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of umwelt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undercabinet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + cabinet. 1. Beneath a cabinet. Labels: not-comparable Example: The hardware component is a bulbous bar code scanner, dressed up in Any-Décor White and mounted on a countertop stand, an undercabinet bracket or a wall mount.
Word: classwide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From class + -wide. 1. Throughout a class. Labels: not-comparable Example: All along, she had agreed with her fellow classmate Christian Lopez-Balboa, who had pointed out in a classwide meeting with administrators that in five or six years, Arabic, not Chinese, might well be the more important language for those students who would be starting careers in finance.
Word: classwide Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From class + -wide. 1. Throughout a class. Labels: not-comparable
Word: melodramata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A plural form of melodrama formed on the pattern of dramata; representing a supposed Ancient Greek etymon of the form *μελοδρᾱ́ματα (melodrā́mata), from the extant roots μέλος (mélos) and δράματα (drámata) (drāmata; the nominative plural form of δρᾶμα (drâma), drāma). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛləʊdɹɑːmətə/, /mɛləʊˈdɹɑːmətə/, /ˈmɛləˌdɹɑːmətə/, /ˈmɛləˌdɹɑmətə/ 1. plural of melodrama Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: At the Tobyhanna depot, before he left, Festa turned to Chief Deputy Marshal Scheu and cried. “If I get sent away, you gotta watch Rose for me.” Scheu did not and would not believe that this display was simply melodramata. Example: Unfortunately, the show veers into melodramata when a soused Penny expresses second thoughts to Raj about dumping Leonard.
Word: unquilted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + quilted. 1. Not quilted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mobilelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mobile + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a mobile (decorative hanging arrangement). Example: Punctuated by grainy appropriated photographs, like a recurring image of women reading newspapers on a subway, they veer between colorful quiltlike patchworks of fabric scraps and painted wood or Goth-style compositions of black, white and silver Mylar, and occasionally venture into three dimensions with mobilelike standing structures.
Word: semiapologetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From semiapologetic + -ally. 1. In a semiapologetic manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: “I’m not a word person,” she says, semiapologetically.
Word: semiapologetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + apologetic. 1. Somewhat apologetic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: shortribs Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of short ribs. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: ONIEALS GRAND STREET, 174 Grand Street, at Centre Market Place, Lower East Side, (212) 941-9119, site of a former speakeasy at the end of Weegee’s block, is a clubby hideaway known for its shortribs and filet mignon.
Word: short ribs Part of Speech: noun 1. A cut of beef from the rib and plate primals and a small corner of the square-cut chuck. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: nonpanoramic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + panoramic. 1. Not panoramic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: timesharing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of time-sharing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The group’s online forums offer discussions on all aspects of timesharing, and its reviews and ratings for more than 4,000 properties can help you find one with good trading potential.
Word: compleatest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of compleat: most compleat Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: flyfishing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fly fishing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Curt Gowdy bequeathed his passion, particularly flyfishing, to his sons Trevor and Curt Jr. on the marvelous trout streams of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.
Word: flyfishermen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flyfisherman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncomplaisant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + complaisant. 1. Not complaisant.
Word: nonspecification Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + specification. 1. Not conforming or pertaining to a specification. Labels: not-comparable Example: The wire fraud charge is related to the “receipt of electronic payment for inadequate and nonspecification work it knowingly performed on the contracts.”
Word: payara Part of Speech: noun 1. Hydrolycus scomberoides, a Venezuelan gamefish with two long fangs protruding from the lower jaw. Example: In his career as a producer and host of hunting and fishing shows for cable television, Trevor Gowdy has tangled with a wide range of trophy game fish, including 1,000-pound hammerheads in the Florida Keys, giant stingrays off the coast of Thailand and razor-toothed payara below Venezuela’s Uraima Falls.
Word: payaras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of payara Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anthemion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνθέμιον (anthémion), from ἄνθος (ánthos). 1. An ornamental design consisting of palmettes or lotus flowers. Example: Mr. Moore ran copper cresting in the form of anthemion leaves around the top of a bay window on the side of the house, and he put low, curved eyebrow dormers on either side of the third-floor gable.
Word: anthemions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anthemion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anthemia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anthemion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ariolation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (the stem of) Latin ariolari, hariolari, from hariolus (“soothsayer”) + -ation. 1. Soothsaying; prophecy. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Thus the Priests of Elder time, have put upon them many incredible conceits, […] deluding their apprehensions with Ariolation, South saying, and such oblick Idolatries […] Example: […] belongs to the technical part of divination, and may be reckoned for an Art, as well as any other sort of Ariolation.
Word: slide rules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slide rule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inferrible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin īnferibilis. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnfəɹɪbəl/, [ˈɪnfəɹɪbl̩] 1. Synonym of inferable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: friend of Bill W. Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An allusion to William Griffith Wilson (1895–1971), known as “Bill W.”, one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. 1. A recovering alcoholic, especially one who is a member of the organization Alcoholics Anonymous. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: He was a friend of Bill W. and had just celebrated Ten Years of Sobriety. Example: The Sandy Beaches cruise offers Alcoholics Anonymous meetings billed simply as Friends of Bill W.
Word: friends of Bill W. Part of Speech: noun 1. The organization Alcoholics Anonymous. Labels: informal 2. plural of friend of Bill W. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alienesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From alien + -esque. 1. Suggestive of an alien (creature from space). Example: "Aliens used up our bog roll?" "Just because they're aliens, it doesn't mean they don't have to visit the smallest room. Only, they probably do something weird and alienesque; like it comes out of the top of their heads, or something." Example: After checking the room for other alienesque creatures, she sat down on the edge of the bed and began to stare at the phone.
Word: macroing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro + -ing. 1. The use of macros. Labels: uncountable Example: Macroing means that you can record some keying sequences while you are editing a text, and later re-execute the keying sequences with a single command. Example: In general, use of macroing for linking and relations is discouraged, as it is better expressed through classes of relation.
Word: macroing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From macro + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of macro Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: macrogols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macrogol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palmette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French palmette. By surface analysis, palm + -ette. 1. A motif in decorative art resembling the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree.
Word: palmettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palmette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Palmerian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Palmer + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Daniel David Palmer (1845–1913), the founder of chiropractic.
Word: break one's fall Part of Speech: verb 1. To provide alleviation to prevent someone from slamming into the ground at full speed; to prevent someone from hitting the ground too hard at the end of a fall. Example: A pile of leaves broke my fall when I slipped off the roof of the shed.
Word: platysmas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of platysma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: platysmata Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pləˈtɪz.mət.ə/ 1. plural of platysma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anchusas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anchusa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anchyloses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anchylosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shriveler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shrivel + -er. 1. One who, or that which, shrivels.
Word: shriveller Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shriveler. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shrivelers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shriveler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shrivellers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shriveller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: time-keeping Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of timekeeping. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: time-keeping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of time-keep Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rouge et noir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French rouge et noir (literally “red and black”). 1. A solitaire card game played with two decks of playing cards. Labels: uncountable 2. A French gambling game using six decks of cards, played at a special table with two croupiers. Labels: uncountable
Word: subprefect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + prefect. 1. The executive of a subprefecture. 2. An assistant prefect in a school. Example: Their authority, as it was when they were school leaders, cut across the houses. Below them were house prefects and subprefects, with their authority limited to their Houses.
Word: subprefects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subprefect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subprefecture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + prefecture. 1. An administrative division of a country below prefecture. Example: Captain Camara reacted angrily to these statements, telling reporters Monday that “Guinea is not a subprefecture, is not a neighborhood in France.”
Word: subprefectures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subprefecture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: collielike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From collie + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a collie (type of dog).
Word: terrierlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From terrier + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a terrier (type of dog).
Word: sterndrives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sterndrive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Urning, from Latin Uranus; see Uranian for more. 1. A homosexual person, especially a man. Labels: obsolete Example: The urning loves and deifies the male object of his affections, just as a man idealizes the woman he loves. Example: My aim in life will be to create tolerance among mankind and especially to vindicate the decent, spiritual Urning
Word: restoratively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From restorative + -ly. 1. In a restorative manner.
Word: restorativeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From restorative + -ness. 1. The quality of being restorative. Labels: uncountable
Word: lowlihood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lowly + -hood. Compare lowlihead. 1. The state of being lowly; meekness; humility. Labels: uncountable
Word: kennellike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kennel + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a kennel.
Word: urnings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urnfields Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urnfield Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unreimbursable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + reimbursable. 1. Not reimbursable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reimbursability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reimburse + -ability. 1. The quality of being reimbursable. Labels: uncountable
Word: lowth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From low + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old Norse lægð. Pronunciation: /ləʊθ/, /loʊθ/ 1. Lowness. Labels: Northern-England, UK, dialectal, uncountable Example: "For I am sure that neither death nor life, neither angel nor rule, neither power, neither things present, neither things to come, neither height nor lowth, nor any other creature, shall lie able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." 2. (in the plural) Lowlands. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable
Word: jingler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jingle + -er. 1. One who, or that which, jingles.
Word: jinglers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jingler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assayable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From assay + -able. 1. That may be assayed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bifoliolate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + foliolate. 1. Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves do. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Bai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chinese 白 (Bái). Doublet of Bach (Vietnamese surname). 1. An ethnic group of China. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Bai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Chinese 白 (Bái). Doublet of Bach (Vietnamese surname). 1. A surname. 2. The language of the Bai ethnic group.
Word: Bai Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Bai. 1. An island off the coast of Sabah, Malaysia
Word: bumperette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bumper + -ette. 1. A small secondary bumper to protect a car's main bumpers in the event of a collision.
Word: bumperettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bumperette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reddlemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reddleman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daintify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dainty + -ify. 1. To make (something) dainty. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: daintified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of daintify Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: All violent emotions, like uncouth nature, have become stylized, symbolized, daintified.
Word: dahlin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dahlia + -in. 1. inulin Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: dancetté Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French danché, related to dent (“tooth”). 1. Deeply indented; having large teeth. Labels: not-comparable Example: A fess dancetté has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon.
Word: Danubian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Danube + -ian. 1. Pertaining to, or bordering on, the Danube river in Europe.
Word: Danubian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Danube + -ian. 1. A member of one of the early human cultures which were centred in the Danube basin, such as the Linear Pottery culture or the Vučedol culture. Labels: historical Example: After decades of quiescence, mid-Danubians took the war path as the 400s began. 2. Synonym of Sebastopol (“type of goose”).
Word: Danubians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Danubian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Transdanubian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + Danubian. 1. Straddling the Danube river in Europe. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Transdanubian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trans- + Danubian. 1. A native or inhabitant of Transdanubia.
Word: transcytotic Part of Speech: adj 1. of or pertaining to transcytosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: daphnetin Part of Speech: noun 1. A colourless crystalline substance, 7,8-dihydroxycoumarin, extracted from daphnin. Labels: uncountable
Word: Thamesian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Thames + -ian. 1. From, residing or located by, or pertaining to the English river Thames. Labels: not-comparable Example: a Thamesian village, a Thamesian stench, the Thamesian mud, Thamesian provinces
Word: unknownnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unknownness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gazinta Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of goes into. Labels: alt-of, humorous, pronunciation-spelling Example: Spring is what winter / Always gazinta. Example: Singing the multiplication tables, the 24-"gazinta"-48-how-many-times method
Word: Darwinianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Darwinian + -ism. 1. Darwinism Labels: uncountable
Word: dysenterical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of dysenteric. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: dyscromias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dyscromia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dyspeptone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dyspeptic + -one? 1. An insoluble albuminous body formed from casein and other proteid substances by the action of gastric juice. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: dyspeptones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dyspeptone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MSDN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Microsoft Developer Network. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: dyehouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dye + house. 1. A building where dyeing takes place.
Word: dyehouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dyehouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dyewoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dyewood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neutralities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neutrality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neutralness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neutral + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being neutral. Labels: uncountable
Word: dwarfling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dwarf + -ling. 1. A diminutive dwarf.
Word: dwarflings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dwarfling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dwarfishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From dwarfish + -ly. 1. In a dwarfish manner.
Word: fragmentarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From fragmentary + -ly. 1. In a fragmentary manner. Example: So he got his flute, propped up the book against a vase, and played the tune, whilst she hummed it fragmentarily. Example: In the working-class quarters the barricades were being pulled down, rather fragmentarily, for it is a lot easier to build a barricade than to put the stones back.
Word: fragmentariness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fragmentary + -ness. 1. The quality of being fragmentary. Labels: uncountable Example: Both French and English had once used parcel to refer to pieces of land that made up an estate, but when it evolved to imply an item of business in both, it retained its connotations of small fragmentariness in French, whereas in English it simply meant a package.
Word: duumviral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin duumvirālis. 1. Of or belonging to the duumviri or the duumvirate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trochil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin trochilus (“a small bird”, probably applied to a wren). 1. The crocodile bird, Pluvianus aegyptius. Example: 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet Some yeares travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique., 2. ed. revised and enlarged. The crocodile […] opens his chaps to let the trochil in to pick his teeth, which gives it the usual feeding.
Word: duskily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From dusky + -ly. 1. In a dusky manner. Example: “I'll tell you something, too,” retorted the captain, duskily flushing. “I wouldn't sail this ship for the man you are, if you went upon your knees. I've dealt with gentlemen up to now.”
Word: workfree Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From work + -free. 1. Free from having to work; voluntarily unemployed. Labels: not-comparable Example: visions of a workfree society
Word: dusking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dusk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dusked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dusk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: subsentence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + sentence. 1. A sentence making up part of a larger sentence.
Word: subsentences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subsentence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dustbrush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dust + brush. 1. A light brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture. Example: Then erase any pencil lines with a good, soft eraser, rubbing gently, in only one direction. A dustbrush can be useful in removing any eraser crumbs. Example: Matted fur drifted against skirting boards. Even as he worked a soft grey clump from the bristles of a dustbrush, Sucks to you, Boo, thought Tom.
Word: non-pareil Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nonpareil. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dustbrushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dustbrush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Durhams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Durham Labels: form-of, plural
Word: take responsibility Part of Speech: verb 1. To blame oneself for something; to acknowledge a fault. Example: I take responsibility for my poor choice; it was my fault. 2. To accept or take on an obligation or liability. Example: The new captain will take responsibility for the ship at the beginning of January.
Word: durukuli Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of douroucouli. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: durukulis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of durukuli Labels: form-of, plural
Word: durableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From durable + -ness. 1. durability Labels: uncountable
Word: stepsizes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stepsize Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dormand-Prince method Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Described in a 1980 paper by J. R. Dormand and P. J. Prince. 1. A method for solving ordinary differential equations, using six function evaluations to calculate fourth- and fifth-order accurate solutions, the difference between which is then taken to be the error of the (fourth-order) solution.
Word: Runge-Kutta method Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Developed around 1900 by the German mathematicians C. Runge and M. W. Kutta. 1. Any of an important family of implicit and explicit iterative methods for the approximation of solutions of ordinary differential equations.
Word: Cash-Karp method Part of Speech: name Etymology: The method was proposed by Professor Jeff R. Cash and Alan H. Karp. 1. One of the Runge-Kutta methods for solving ordinary differential equations.
Word: dupable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dupe + -able. 1. Capable of being duped.
Word: counting numbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counting number Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dunted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dunt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dunting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dunt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dupped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dup Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: duoliteral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From duo- + literal. 1. Consisting of two letters only; biliteral. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, rare
Word: duncedom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dunce + -dom. 1. The realm or domain of dunces; dunces collectively. Labels: uncountable 2. A dunce's condition or character. Labels: uncountable
Word: præpares Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of præpare Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wordhoards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wordhoard. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sunphotometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sunphotometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sunphotometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + photometry. 1. The measurement of the intensity of direct sunlight. Labels: uncountable
Word: sunphotometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sun + photometric. 1. Of or pertaining to sunphotometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sunrays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sunray Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suggestopedic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From suggestopedia + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the teaching method of suggestopedia.
Word: teletexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teletex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonraster Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + raster. 1. Not of or pertaining to rasters. Labels: not-comparable Example: First, bitmaps cannot be displayed on nonraster output devices like plotters.
Word: plottered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of plotter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: plottering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of plotter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: foretriangles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foretriangle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fuk Part of Speech: intj 1. Deliberate misspelling of fuck. Labels: alt-of, deliberate, misspelling
Word: fuk Part of Speech: noun 1. Deliberate misspelling of fuck. Labels: alt-of, deliberate, misspelling, vulgar
Word: fuk Part of Speech: verb 1. Deliberate misspelling of fuck. Labels: alt-of, deliberate, misspelling
Word: fuk Part of Speech: adv 1. Deliberate misspelling of fuck. Labels: alt-of, deliberate, misspelling, not-comparable
Word: fuk Part of Speech: particle 1. Deliberate misspelling of fuck. Labels: alt-of, deliberate, misspelling
Word: æquanimous Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of equanimous. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: æquanimity Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of equanimity. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: What can be more excellent in a woman than this æquanimity, which ſets them ſo much above the moſt fatal accidents?
Word: æquanimities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of æquanimity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concreters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concreter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Keiko Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese けいこ (Keiko). 1. A female given name from Japanese.
Word: Alcoran Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Qur'an. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Thus it is not without wonder, how those learned Arabicks so tamely delivered up their belief unto the absurdities of the Alcoran. Example: ‘A poor forlorn and ignorant stranger, unacquainted with the very Alcoran of the savage tribe whom you are come to reside among—Never to have heard of Markham, the most celebrated author on farriery!’
Word: detractory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dētractōrius, from dētractor. Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɹæktəɹi/ 1. That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory. Labels: archaic Example: For this is not only derogatory unto the wisdom of God, who hath proposed the World unto out knowledge, and thereby the notion of Himself; but also detractory unto the intellect, and sense of man expressedly disposed for that inquisition.
Word: hability Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of ability. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: habilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indigitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin indiges Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin indigitō English indigitate * From (the stem of) Latin indigitāre (“call upon (a deity), proclaim”). * Later associated with digitus (“finger”), hence the pointing sense. 1. To proclaim, declare. Labels: obsolete 2. To indicate, point to. Labels: obsolete Example: Horace therefore, Juvenal, and Persius were no Prophets, although their lines did seem to indigitate and point at our times.
Word: indigitates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of indigitate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: indigitating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of indigitate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: indigitated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of indigitate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unlimitable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + limitable. 1. That cannot be limited; illimitable. Example: In Morality, Rhetorick, Law and History, there is I confess a frequent and allowable use of testimony; and yet herein I perceive, it is not unlimitable, but admitteth many restrictions.
Word: prejudicate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin praeiūdicātus, past participle of praeiūdicō (“pre-judge”). Doublet of prejudge. Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈdʒuːdɪkət/ 1. Prejudiced, biased. Labels: obsolete Example: their works will be embraced by most that understand them, and their reasons enforce belief even from prejudicate Readers. 2. Preconceived (of an opinion, idea etc.); formed before the event. Example: ignorances and prejudicate opinions
Word: prejudicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin praeiūdicātus, past participle of praeiūdicō (“pre-judge”). Doublet of prejudge. Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt/ 1. To determine beforehand, especially rashly; to prejudge. Labels: ambitransitive, archaic Example: the Florentine will moue vs For speedie ayde: wherein our deerest friend Preiudicates the businesse, and would seeme To haue vs make deniall.
Word: pellitory of the wall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymologically a tautology. 1. A plant of the species Parietaria officinalis, that has greenish flowers and often grows on walls (eastern pellitory-of-the-wall). Example: Leonardo Fioravanti, an Italian Physitian, beside many other secrets, assumeth unto himself the discovery of one concerning Pellitory of the Wall; that is, that it never groweth in the sight of the North star. Example: The juice of Pellitory-of-the-Wall clarified and boiled into a syrup with honey, and a spoonful of it drunk every morning by such as are subject to the dropsy; if continuing that course though but once a week, if ever they have the dropsy, let them come but to me and I will cure them gratis. 2. Parietaria judaica (spreading pellitory)
Word: preambulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin praeambulum, praeambulus + -ous. 1. Pertaining to a preamble; preliminary, preambular. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Now hereby he not onely undermineth the Base of Religion, and destroyeth the principle preambulous unto all belief; but puts upon us the remotest Error from Truth.
Word: boiling frog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a widespread misconception describing a frog slowly being boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˌfɹɒɡ/, /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˌfɹɑɡ/ 1. A person who, or thing which, is in a gradually worsening situation without any realization of the peril until it is too late. Labels: attributive, idiomatic, often Example: Environmental pollution and the overconsumption of nonreplenishable resources is the boiling frog syndrome of the 21st century. Example: You can guess what the politicians said back then, too. "Don't worry," I'll bet they claimed, "tax rates will never rise!" It's the Boiling Frog Syndrome all over again.
Word: featureful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From feature + -ful. 1. Having many features. Example: Seagears declared in the magazine's first issue that "we're going to try to make this magazine as well rounded and featureful as possible within our means." Example: Snort is not nearly as featureful as a commercial IDS, but it is free.
Word: nonlegalized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + legalized. 1. Not legalized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Hellenisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hellenism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemacite Part of Speech: noun 1. A material made from sawdust and the blood of slaughtered animals, used in the late 19th century for doorknobs, buttons, etc. Labels: uncountable
Word: hemidesmosomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemidesmosome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemiellipsoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemiellipsoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemiellipses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemiellipse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemiellipsoidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hemi- + ellipsoidal. 1. Having the form of a hemiellipsoid.
Word: hemimorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hemi- + -morphic. 1. Having the two ends (of an axis) modified with unlike planes.
Word: hemistichs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemistich Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemisystoles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemisystole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemisulfates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemisulfate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydroxyprogesterone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydroxy- + progesterone. 1. A steroid hormone, produced during the synthesis of glucocorticoids and sex steroids. Labels: uncountable
Word: hydroxypiperidines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydroxypiperidine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: henware Part of Speech: noun 1. A seaweed, badderlocks. Labels: uncountable
Word: ultracondensers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ultracondenser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: herdmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of herdman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hereafterward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From here + afterward. 1. Hereafter. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: Herefords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hereford Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hermitess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hermit + -ess. 1. A female hermit. Example: Yea, she doth smile, and she doth weep, / Like a youthful hermitess, / Beauteous in a wilderness, / Who, praying always, prays in sleep.
Word: hermitesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hermitess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Herodian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Herod + -ian. 1. One of a sect or party mentioned in the New Testament as having, in Galilee and Jerusalem, manifested an unfriendly disposition towards Jesus.
Word: Herodian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Herod + -ian. 1. Of or relating to the Biblical Herod or the line of kings of which he was a part. Example: As the walls arose, the viceroy of Syria presided, Suleiman's imperial architect Sinan probably inspected the work on his way home from Mecca: thousands of workers laboured, new stones were quarried, old stones purloined from ruined churches and Herodian palaces, and the ramparts and gates carefully fused with the Herodian and Umayyad walls around the Temple Mount.
Word: Herodians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Herodian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Herschelian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Herschel + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to William Herschel (1738–1822), German-born British astronomer and composer who discovered the planet Uranus.
Word: postmove Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move English postmove From post- + move. 1. After moving house. Labels: not-comparable
Word: indagation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin indāgātiō, from indāgō (“to investigate”). 1. Inquiry, investigation. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Part hereof hath been discovered by himself, and some by humane indagation: which though magnified as fresh inventions unto us, are stale unto his cognition. Example: [T]his brief Inventory I have here given as preparatory to vvhat follovvs, and to pre-poſſeſs the Reader, 1. That a natural Indagation according to the light of natural Reaſon touching the Origination of ſuch a Creature as this, is no contemptible or unvvorthy enquiry. 2. The determination of the condition of the genital parts at the termination of the puerperium preliminary to the discharge of the patient. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cycloadditive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cyclo- + additive. 1. Of or pertaining to cycloaddition. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Quaker buttons Part of Speech: noun 1. The seeds of nux vomica. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: nourishments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nourishment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nosings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nosing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: northwestwardly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From northwestward + -ly. 1. Towards the northwest.
Word: South Sudanese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From South Sudan + -ese, after Sudanese. 1. Of, from, or pertaining to the country of South Sudan or the South Sudanese people. Labels: not-comparable
Word: South Sudanese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From South Sudan + -ese, after Sudanese. 1. A person from South Sudan or of South Sudanese descent.
Word: unhorselike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + horselike. 1. Not horselike.
Word: northeastwardly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From northeastward + -ly. 1. Towards the northeast.
Word: Northmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Northman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: northerliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From northerly + -ness. 1. The quality of being northerly. Labels: uncountable
Word: northernly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From northern + -ly. 1. Northerly. Example: […] thence in a northernly direction in the center line of West street to the center line of Fifteenth street, produced west; thence with the center line […]
Word: noontides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noontide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noosing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of noose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: noosing Part of Speech: noun 1. The tying of a noose. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is very unpleasant being hanged on a dark winter morning; very cold, very friendless, very inhuman. The long trial, the solitude and the confinement, the thoughts of the long sleepless night before, the hangman and the pinioning and the noosing of the rope, are apt to prey on the imagination.
Word: nopals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nopal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From noology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to noology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonuniformitarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + uniformitarian. 1. Not uniformitarian. Labels: not-comparable
Word: negligences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of negligence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonfulfillments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonfulfillment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonextensile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + extensile. 1. Not extensile. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonda Part of Speech: noun 1. Parinari nonda, a shrub or small tree of northern Australia and New Guinea, with edible plum-like fruit.
Word: depravement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deprave + -ment. 1. Depravity; corruption. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: And to this effect he maketh men believe that apparitions, and such as confirm his existence are either deceptions of sight, or melancholly depravements of phansie.
Word: depravements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of depravement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nobbily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nobby + -ly. 1. In a nobby manner. Example: Tracey made a note of this, and is further on record as having observed that this stranger was rather better dressed than the run of drummers, if not so nobbily.
Word: valancelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From valance + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a valance.
Word: nocake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A respelling, probably influenced by cake, of nokehick, nokehike, which derives from an Algonquian language, probably Narragansett nokehick or Massachusett nookhik (“nocake”, literally “(that which is) pounded till soft”); the word is related to Abenaki nokhigan (“flour”), and English rokeag and yokeag. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊkeɪk/, /ˈnoʊˌkeɪk/ 1. Indian corn parched and pounded into meal (powder), used as food by Native Americans, sometimes mixed with maple sugar. Labels: uncountable Example: If their imperious occaſions cauſe them to travell, the beſt of their victuals for their journey is Nocake, (as they call it) which is nothing but Indian Corne parched in the hot aſhes; the aſhes being ſifted from it, it is afterwards beaten to powder, and put into a long leatherne bag, truſſed at their backe like a knapſacke; out of which they take thrice three ſpoonefulls a day, dividing it into three meales. Example: A ſmall pouch of parched corn, ground or rather pounded into meal, and called Nuichicke, which is well enough tranſlated Nocake, would ſupport them ſeveral days in their travelling, when they could get no other proviſions; [...]
Word: nobbler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nobble + -er. 1. A person who interferes with a racehorse or greyhound in order to prevent it from winning a race. 2. A serving of beer or spirits. Labels: Australia, obsolete Example: Carl Wiesenhavern, a man of noble character, and, therefore a man who hates knavery, and has no fear of a knave, answered with his peculiar German coolness, "Here I am, what do you want?" "Nobblers round," was the eager reply. "If that's what you want," replied Wiesenhavern, "you shall have it with pleasure." "We got no money." "I did not ask for any: understand me well, though;" pointing at each of them with the forefinger of his clenched right hand, "you will have a nobbler a-piece, and no more: afterwards you will go your way. Are you satisfied with my conditions?" Example: 1874, [John Brady], The McIvor Times and Rodney Advertiser (Heathcote, Vic. : 1863 - 1918) Thursday 24 December 1874 Coroner's Inquest http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/89693062#pstart8412354 - 12-year-old witness to road accident death of his father, ‘My father only had two nobblers at Dwyer's place that morning.’ 3. A thimbleman's or cardsharp's accomplice or shill, who poses as a player of the game to suggest that it is easy to win. Labels: UK, obsolete
Word: nobblers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nobbler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nizam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Urdu نظام (nizām) and its source, Persian نظام (nezâm), short for نظام الملک (nezâm el-malek, “a ruler of the realm”). Pronunciation: /nɪˈzɑːm/ 1. The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India. Labels: historical Example: The nawabs of Bhopal, Ranput, Murshidabad, and Dhaka, along with the nizam of Hyderabad, all affirmed that the sultan has misled Muslims with his “erroneous” call to jihad and insisted that Indian Muslims had a duty to support Great Britain.
Word: nizam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish نظام (nızam), from Arabic نِظَام (niẓām, “order, arrangement”). 1. The Turkish regular army; a soldier in the Turkish army. Labels: obsolete
Word: nizams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nizam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extispicious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin extispicium + -ous. 1. Pertaining to divination by examining entrails. Labels: rare Example: Thus hath he deluded many Nations in his Auguriall and Extiſpicious inventions, from caſuall and uncontrived contingences divining events ſucceeding. Which Tuſcan ſuperſtition ſeaſing upon Rome hath ſince poſſeſſed all Europe. Example: Spider had even laughed out loud when Guy chipped in with one of his obscure jokes. 'Given the amount of offal he got through, one might say that he was extispicious.'
Word: nitriferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nitre + -i- + -ferous. 1. Yielding or containing nitre.
Word: nitrocelluloses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nitrocellulose Labels: form-of, plural