nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: revaccinates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of revaccinate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: revaccinating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of revaccinate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: carinae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carina Labels: form-of, plural Example: Both upper and lower crowns have carinae fore and aft but are otherwise smooth and remarkably stout (Fig. 2 E). Example: The teeth are devoid of carinae, lacking any kind of ornamentation.
Word: carinas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cibarium Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɪˈbɛə.ɹi.əm/, /sɪˈbɛ.ɹi.əm/ 1. A pouchy space in front of the mouth cavity of some insects, used to store and chew food. Example: The cibarial element is developed by the cells of the enlarged posterior portion of the cibarium and it fits snugly in position just anterior to the pharyngeal opening (Figure 58A)- Example: The drawing of the cibarium accompanying the original description shows very delicate teeth, and it seems possible that apparent differences in the cibaria of the two forms are largely due to methods of staining and mounting.
Word: bichrome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + chrome. 1. Having two colours Labels: not-comparable
Word: paywalled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From paywall + -ed. 1. Having a paywall; requiring payment for access. Labels: Internet, not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: subscription (attributively); pay-to-play (of video games) Example: […] suggesting that the paywalled online news models currently pursued by the Australian News Ltd and its international parent NewsCorp were unworkable and based on outdated ideas […]
Word: paywalled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From paywall + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of paywall Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ding-dong ditch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ding-dong (“sound made by a door bell”) + ditch (“to abandon”). 1. A children's prank in which a doorbell of a home is rung, and then the pranksters run or cycle away before the occupants of the home open the door. Labels: Canada, US, uncountable
Word: ding-dong ditch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ding-dong (“sound made by a door bell”) + ditch (“to abandon”). 1. To perform such a prank. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: ding-dong ditching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ding-dong ditch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ding-dong ditched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ding-dong ditch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ding-dong ditches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ding-dong ditch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: culture wars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of culture war Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mannaean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mannai + -ean. 1. an inhabitant of ancient Mannea
Word: Mannaean Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mannai + -ean. 1. the language of these people, possibly related to Hurrian
Word: Mannaeans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mannaean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mannai Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Mannea. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: extract the Michael Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Facetious alteration of take the mickey. 1. Synonym of take the mickey. Labels: UK, humorous, slang Example: We've had some fun this month extracting the Michael from the Software Editor. Playing on his kind, easy going temperament we handed him a copy of Firebird's Don't Buy This and persuaded him that it was a collection of megabrill games.
Word: flued Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flue + -ed. 1. Having a flue or flues (of a specified kind). Labels: not-comparable Example: an open-flued boiler
Word: cnx Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of cancel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of cancelled. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: intricates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intricate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: intricating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of intricate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: intricated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intricate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: warsh Part of Speech: verb 1. Appalachia, Midland, Ozarks, and Northern Ireland form of wash.
Word: Sta. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Santa (“saint”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Alternative form of Sta (abbreviation) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: teethbrush Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of toothbrush. Labels: alt-of, alternative, humorous, nonstandard
Word: teethbrush Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toothbrush Labels: form-of, humorous, nonstandard, plural
Word: sudser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suds + -er. 1. A foaming agent used in detergents etc.
Word: sudser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suds + -er (“Variety -er”), with an allusion to soap in soap opera. 1. A soap opera.
Word: icer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ice + -er. 1. One who ices. Example: He got talking to the cake-icer's husband and that was what they did: talked about this fabulous birthday cake they were going to deliver to your party.
Word: icer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ice + -er (“Variety -er”). 1. An ice show.
Word: flasque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French flasque. 1. flabby Labels: not-comparable Example: a flasque sheaf
Word: printanier Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French printanier (“spring-like, vernal”). 1. Prepared with spring vegetables. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional Example: Today, for example, he had dined on the finest entrecôte steak he had ever tasted; lunched on a superb braised oxtail printanière; breakfasted on broiled kippers and Wiltshire bacon.
Word: printanier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French printanier (“spring-like, vernal”). 1. A soup made with spring vegetables.
Word: printanière Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of printanier. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: printanière Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of printanier. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: double down Part of Speech: verb 1. To double one's wager, particularly, the name of a specific doubling bet allowed in blackjack. Labels: intransitive Example: He'd bet three thousand and double down to six thousand, all of it hanging on the turn of the next card. 2. To significantly increase a risk, investment, or other commitment; to respond to a challenge (e.g. to an opinion) by reinforcing or extending one's position rather than moderating it. Labels: broadly, figuratively, intransitive Example: Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama all want to get out of Iraq. They all want to double down in Afghanistan. Example: While 007 has been on extended annual leave as a result of Daniel Craig’s cold feet, Taron Egerton’s thoroughly less urbane secret agent Eggsy Unwin has managed to thoroughly outdo him, with Matthew Vaughn’s sequel to his hit 2015 comedy-thriller doubling down on the qualities that marked its predecessor out from the superspy pack: more star-filled, more gleefully grisly, and reaching new heights of skyscraping silliness.
Word: double-down Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of double down. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gamemaster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the noun game master. 1. To run a roleplaying game; to act as a game master. Example: A few weeks before Wesley had asked me to gamemaster a role-playing narrative, I had purchased the Forgotten Realms Campaign Set.
Word: gamemaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the noun game master. 1. Alternative spelling of game master. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gamemastering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gamemaster Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gamemasters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gamemaster Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gamemasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gamemaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gamemastered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gamemaster Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: all ages Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ellipsis of for people of all ages 1. open to people of all ages, particularly to children under the age of 18 (of an entertainment event, particularly music or dance) Labels: US, not-comparable Example: There are some all ages contests at the fair.
Word: connivings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəˈnaɪˌvɪŋz/ 1. plural of conniving Labels: form-of, plural Example: The accursed odor of fresh baking wafts into your newfound nostrils. Something is brewing in the KITCHEN. It must be the connivings of your arch nemesis, BETTY CROCKER, and the rich, buttery aroma of her plot stinks to high heaven.
Word: photophase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + phase. 1. The period of light during a day-night cycle.
Word: exsufflicate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ex + sufflāre. 1. empty and inflated; frivolous Labels: obsolete Example: […] exchange me for a goat, / When I shall turn the business of my soul / To such exsufflicate and blown surmises […]
Word: harses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of harse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ESTA Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Entertainment Services and Technology Association. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 3. Acronym of European Science and Technology Assembly. Labels: European-Union, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 4. Acronym of Electronic System for Travel Authorization. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: nonsocializing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + socializing. 1. Not socializing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: metabolic syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A combination of medical disorders that increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Labels: uncountable
Word: zol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans zol. 1. A cannabis cigarette. Labels: South-Africa, countable, slang, uncountable Example: An important man as he was the only source of the brown paper used for rolling zols. Example: Look, you can't smoke four hundred zols a day...
Word: zols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: equidecomposable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From equi- + decomposable. 1. Capable of being decomposed into a number of pieces that can be reassembled into either of the two. Labels: not-comparable
Word: equidecomposability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From equi- + decomposability. 1. The quality of being equidecomposable. Labels: uncountable
Word: invoicer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From invoice + -er. 1. One who issues an invoice.
Word: invoicers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of invoicer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: watching paint dry Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of watch paint dry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nonacetate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + acetate. 1. Not of or pertaining to acetate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: refractory period Part of Speech: noun 1. The period, after excitation, during which a membrane recovers its polarization and is not able to respond to a second stimulus. 2. A recovery phase after orgasm, during which it is physiologically impossible for an individual to have additional orgasms.
Word: shieldwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From shield + -wise. 1. In the manner of a shield; as a protective barrier. Example: The dog immediately bristled up, and I had just time to take off my hat, and hold it shieldwise in self-defence, when he came on and made directly at it.
Word: meatshot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meat + shot. 1. A shot, from a shotgun or scattergun, all of whose bullets strike the enemy, usually from a very short to point-blank range.
Word: denaturable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From denature + -able. 1. Capable of becoming denatured. Example: a denaturable protein
Word: unshining Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + shining. 1. Not shining. Example: Heyst noticed the good form of her brow, the dignity of its width, its unshining whiteness. It was a sculptural forehead.
Word: bayplan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bay + plan. 1. A map of a storage bay in a ship, used to determine where various containers will be placed.
Word: bayplans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bayplan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: siftable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sift + -able. 1. Capable of being sifted. Example: Most soils have been shown to be suitable for topinambur cultivation, though the soil should be siftable so excessively clayey soils should be avoided.
Word: siftability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sift + -ability. 1. The quality of being siftable. Labels: uncountable
Word: degree-day Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of degree day. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unprevented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + prevented. 1. Not having been prevented. Labels: not-comparable Example: Father, thy word is past, Man shall find grace; And shall grace not find means, that finds her way, The speediest of thy winged messengers, To visit all thy creatures, and to all Comes unprevented, unimplor'd, unsought? Example: It need only be said that the contrast of the two is striking and unmistakable; and that Webster evidently meant in the one to indicate the punishment of female vice, in the other to draw pity and terror by the exhibition of the unprevented but not unavenged sufferings of female virtue.
Word: acardiacus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See a-, cardiac. 1. A deformed fetus having developed no heart, connected as a parasite to another fetus.
Word: acardiacus acephalus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin; see a-, cardiac, cephalic. 1. A deformed fetus having developed no heart, a stunted head, and a rudimentary thorax, but with a perfectly formed pelvis and contiguous parts, connected as a parasite to another fetus. Labels: uncountable
Word: acardiacus amorphus Part of Speech: noun 1. A deformed fetus having developed no heart, and otherwise being a shapeless lump with only rudiments of organs, connected as a parasite to another fetus.
Word: acardiacus anceps Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin. 1. A deformed fetus for which development of the heart, head and extremities are all rudimentary, connected as a parasite to another fetus.
Word: superdiamagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + diamagnetic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting superdiamagnetism.
Word: microgravities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microgravity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: osteopenias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of osteopenia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: encouragingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From encouraging + -ness. 1. The quality of being encouraging. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: vicarious liability Part of Speech: noun 1. The legal liability imputed to the superior for the acts of their subordinate, even though the superior is not personally at fault. Labels: uncountable
Word: shruggingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From shrugging + -ly. 1. With a shrugging gesture. Example: But the young girl discards it, displeased by its scent, and the rose is tossed to the ground and hardly noticed by the student as he shruggingly steps over the nightingale’s body.
Word: secondary liability Part of Speech: noun 1. The legal responsibility arising when a party materially contributes to, facilitates, induces or is otherwise responsible for directly infringing acts carried out by another party. Labels: uncountable
Word: showup Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of show-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Following arrest, the most commonly used identification procedures are lineups, showups, photographic arrays, fingerprinting, DNA, […]
Word: showups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of showup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enterprise liability Part of Speech: noun 1. A legal doctrine and form of secondary liability under which individual entities can be held jointly liable for some action on the basis of being part of a shared enterprise. Labels: uncountable
Word: eleutherodactyline Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the frogs of the family Eleutherodactylidae. Example: Scientists at Penn State have penciled in the branches of the evolutionary tree of a major group of frogs, the eleutherodactylines, in the process making a surprising discovery: the species dispersed from South America to Central America and the Caribbean over water, not land.
Word: eleutherodactylines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eleutherodactyline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midjump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + jump. 1. The midpoint of a jump. Labels: uncountable Example: I love the way it makes its dancers look ahead and then behind them in series, sometimes in midjump (future, past).
Word: midpieces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of midpiece Labels: form-of, plural
Word: missileer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From missile + -eer. 1. One who launches missiles. Example: Scientists at the Center are quick to point out that in launching of missiles, the missileer must be right 2. One who designs or works with missiles. Example: Launch officers, or missileers, entrusted with the keys to the missiles did poorly and, on their own, would have flunked, the records show. Example: Two missileers rush to the console; strap into their seats; notice their hearts are racing but choose to ignore that; whip out classified codebooks; chip away at a decryption to confirm the command; think of loved ones above off to school or home from work; steady frantic fingers; wake silos from their sleep; place a left hand on a switch and a right hand on a key (if the commander); place two hands on two separate switches (if the deputy); focus on the mission, the mission, the mission; and should one missileer object, two other crews, miles from here, will step in and authorize the launch.
Word: superspecialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + specialization. 1. Specialization to a great degree. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: As the scientists who study male germ cells will readily attest, sperm are some of the most extraordinary cells of the body, a triumph of efficient packaging, sleek design and superspecialization.
Word: superspecializations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superspecialization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: korrigum Part of Speech: noun 1. Damaliscus korrigum korrigum, an antelope of a subspecies of the topi.
Word: korrigums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of korrigum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milfoils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milfoil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: watermilfoil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From water + milfoil. 1. Any of the freshwater plants of the genus Myriophyllum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At Augur Lake, where Mr. LaMere was hired to combat its Eurasian watermilfoil infestation, hundreds of sterile grass carp were released several years ago to eat the plants.
Word: watermilfoils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of watermilfoil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Catholicisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Catholicism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shortbreads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shortbread Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Boston lettuce Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of soft lettuce.
Word: butterheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butterhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butterflyfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butterflyfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dicings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪsɪŋz/ 1. plural of dicing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deviationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deviation + -ist. 1. One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism. Example: The Hsicheng District CCP Committee in Peking Municipality has fully mobilized the masses and led all middle schools in the district to conduct mass debates on the revolution in education, dealing fierce counterblows to the absurd arguments aimed at stirring up the right deviationist wind to reverse previous verdicts in education. Example: Theirs was the confession, and Mr. Kang turned them out by the dozen throughout his life, expiating one supposed crime after another by denouncing himself as a reactionary element, a deviationist and whatever else was on the political menu that day.
Word: deviationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deviationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piperade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pipérade. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For piperade, heat oven to 450 degrees.
Word: piperades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piperade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reinaugurate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + inaugurate. 1. To inaugurate again or anew. Labels: transitive Example: LONDON, June 12 — All four of the resident orchestras at the Royal Festival Hall — the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment — took part in the grand and substantive gala concert on Monday night to reinaugurate the hall after a major two-year, $234 million renovation.
Word: reinaugurates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reinaugurate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reinaugurating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reinaugurate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reinaugurated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reinaugurate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reinaugurations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reinauguration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: upskirting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From upskirt + -ing. 1. The covert, voyeuristic photographing of a woman's underwear up her skirt. Labels: uncountable Example: 2018, The Independent, Upskirting to be made criminal offense with two-year prison sentence under proposed law The new law would bring the punishment for upskirting in line with existing voyeurism offenses Example: In addition to web sites that display the "public" voyeurism of upskirting, other sexual voyeurism sites show pictures of women as they shower at home […]
Word: sequesterable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sequester + -able. 1. Capable of, or suitable for, being sequestered.
Word: anticounterfeit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + counterfeit. 1. The prevention or combat of counterfeiting. Labels: uncountable Example: “We are very pleased with our anticounterfeit efforts,” she said.
Word: antifood Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + food. 1. Opposing food. Example: Our planes in Vietnam spray herbicides on the rice and vegetable crops of the Vietnamese in an antifood campaign. Example: If you've tried to lose weight before, you probably sensed intuitively that such an antifood approach would be a problem.
Word: scalpings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scalping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiscalping Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + scalping. 1. Opposing or preventing scalping (the resale of tickets etc. at a higher price). Example: Then it sued StubHub in Massachusetts state court, arguing that it had encouraged fans to flout the state’s antiscalping law and the team’s own contract with ticket holders.
Word: biomechanist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)der. New Latin mechanismuslbor. English mechanism ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English mechanist English biomechanist From bio- + mechanist. 1. One who studies or works in biomechanics. Example: “It’s no longer just the geeky runner going to technical stores and learning about form,” said Sean Murphy, a biomechanist with New Balance.
Word: biomechanists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biomechanist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cardboard boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cardboard box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kapellen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kapelle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See quoit. Pronunciation: /kɔɪt/ 1. Obsolete form of quoit. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: children make use of in playing at coits
Word: coit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See quoit. Pronunciation: /kɔɪt/ 1. To throw. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: to coit a stone
Word: coit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from coitus. Pronunciation: /kɔɪt/ 1. Synonym of coition.
Word: coit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from coitus. Pronunciation: /kɔɪt/ 1. to copulate; to mate Labels: rare
Word: bouncing bomb Part of Speech: noun 1. A bomb designed to bounce to a target across water in a calculated manner, in order to avoid obstacles and allow the bomb's speed and detonation time to be pre-determined.
Word: bouncing bombs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bouncing bomb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yayness Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From yay + -ness. 1. yay; hooray Labels: childish, slang Example: Wooo, yayness for you also! :) Example: I finally have Aliens Special Edition! Yayness!
Word: unweetingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Equivalent to unweeting + -ly or un- + weetingly. 1. Obsolete form of unwittingly. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: fallacy fallacies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fallacy fallacy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: give one's eye-teeth Part of Speech: verb 1. To sacrifice something valuable. Example: Your real sea-dog will give his eye-teeth for a glass of grog; it is a fact, that many a tooth has been drawn in exchange for rum. Example: Sandy Flash burst into a roaring laugh. “Him! Ah-ha! you think we go snacks, eh? Do I look like a fool? Barton'd give his eye-teeth to put the halter round my neck with his own hands! No, no, young man; I have ways and ways o' learnin' things that you nor him'll never guess.”
Word: backcare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + care. 1. The care of the back. Labels: uncountable Example: Proper backcare includes sleeping on a suitable mattress.
Word: blade server Part of Speech: noun 1. A stripped-down server with a modular design, optimized to minimize the use of physical space and energy.
Word: blade servers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blade server Labels: form-of, plural
Word: school nights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of school night Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrothermally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hydrothermal + -ly. 1. By hydrothermal means
Word: hyperentanglement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + entanglement. 1. entanglement involving more than one degree of freedom Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nonanticipative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + anticipative. 1. Not anticipative Labels: not-comparable
Word: enwrought Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From en- + wrought. 1. Made; wrought. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; […]
Word: syair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay syair, from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir, “poet”). 1. Malay poetry that is made up of four-line stanzas
Word: toruffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From to- + ruffle. Pronunciation: /təˈɹʌfəl/ 1. To ruffle excessively, to the degree of causing something to lose its proper form or shape; ruffle up. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings / That in the various bustle of resort / Were all toruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd.
Word: ruffle up Part of Speech: verb 1. To disturb the smoothness of. Labels: transitive 2. To destroy or ruin the arrangement or order of; disarrange Labels: transitive
Word: spacefilling curve Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of space-filling curve. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spacefilling model Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of space-filling model. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: space-filling model Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of three-dimensional molecular model, where the atoms are represented by spheres whose radii are proportional to the radii of the atoms, and whose center-to-center distances are proportional to the distances between the atomic nuclei, all in the same scale.
Word: calotte model Part of Speech: noun 1. space-filling model
Word: CPK model Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initials of chemists Robert Corey, Linus Pauling and Walter Koltun, who pioneered their use. 1. space-filling model
Word: crossbirth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cross-birth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crossbirths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crossbirth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: secretoneurin Part of Speech: noun 1. A 33-amino acid neuropeptide derived from secretogranin II, found in a wide variety of peptidergic endocrine cells and involved in chemotaxis of monocytes and eosinophils. Labels: uncountable
Word: secretogranin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of related neuroendocrine secretory proteins.
Word: secretogranins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of secretogranin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonpeptidergic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + peptidergic. 1. Not peptidergic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonpensioners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonpensioner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crapflood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crap + flood. 1. A large amount. Labels: slang Example: Compared to Win98 or(god forbid) ME, XP is quite an upgrade, if and ONLY if you spend the time to turn off the crapflood of "usability" and "convenience" features. Example: It isn't the *UK* that has demanded this crapflood of paperwork, it is the *EU*. It could be said that this is one of the realities of Juncker's threat. 2. A large amount. Labels: Internet, slang Example: Strangely enough, you often have something intelligent to say, but when you post the same crapflood about ten times in a row it gets boring. COLA is all about trolls, it wouldn't exist if it wasn't for trolls. Example: I originally came here looking for LASIK advice, and I got it... and a lot of entertainment and interesting information along the way. But now, I feel that there is not much point to hanging around. I don't intend to return and lurk, as I'm sure a crapflood of silly responses will follow (one of the reasons to leave, unfortunately).
Word: crapflood Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From crap + flood. 1. To send large amounts of worthless text in an online community. Labels: Internet, ambitransitive Example: WTF, I ussually can keep up with the mindless crap posted here, but what is the inside joke on the WTC towers? ¶ More spam crapflooded about this in the last hour than ZeeZaw, which is rare. What gives?
Word: crapfloods Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crapflood Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: crapfloods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crapflood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crapflooding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of crapflood Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crapflooded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of crapflood Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chatbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chat + box. 1. A chat room. Labels: Internet Example: As you may know, in the third weekend of October, we will organise a JOTI (Jamboree On The Internet) weekend, instead of the JOTA. During that weekend we plan to open several chatboxes on IRC. On these boxes Scouts from all over the world can chat with each other. Example: How do you handle students who use the Internet for chatboxes and email? 2. A tagboard. Labels: Internet Example: As the video streams, there's a chatbox by the side of it. All viewers are welcome to leave comments in the chatbox or simply watch the chat that is developing.
Word: chatboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chatbox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fishmongering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fishmonger + -ing. 1. The trade of a fishmonger, selling fish. Labels: uncountable
Word: ironmongering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ironmonger + -ing. 1. The trade of an ironmonger. Labels: uncountable
Word: supervisable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supervise + -able. 1. Possible to supervise. Labels: not-comparable
Word: siftproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sift + -proof. 1. Designed so that loose powder etc. cannot sift out during transit.
Word: quack-salver Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of quacksalver. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Wid[ow]. Why, Man's Life is but a Flower, Mr. Jolly, and the Flower withers, and Man withers, as Mr. Knock-down obſerv'd laſt Sabbath-day at Evening Exerciſe: But, Neighbour, you're paſt the Flower, you've grown old as well as I— / Jol[ly]. I'the very Flower; that damn'd Quack-ſalver— Example: “I come before you, ladies and gentlemen, […] to introduce to you what I call my Elixir Anthropos— […]” […] [H]e listened intently to the quack-salver’s address, and from time to time his eyes would twinkle and his lips curve in an ironic smile.
Word: nonpropulsion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + propulsion. 1. Not of or pertaining to propulsion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonpropelled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + propelled. 1. Not propelled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonpropellant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + propellant. 1. Not of or pertaining to propellant. Labels: not-comparable Example: the nonpropellant uses of chlorofluorocarbons
Word: skyworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sky + -worthy. 1. airworthy
Word: mahi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori mahi. 1. the work required to complete a task Labels: New-Zealand, uncountable Example: It's^([sic]) spokesperson Leonie Howie did not want to be interviewed but said they "will do the mahi" when it comes to trying to both encourage vaccinations as well as managing any health risks to the community when visitors arrive.
Word: pitchside Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pitch + -side. 1. By the side of a sports pitch. Labels: not-comparable Example: Most pitchside medical staff fortunately will never have to treat a life threatening injury on the field of play.
Word: e-mailers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of e-mailer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: opinionize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From opinion + -ize. 1. To express one's opinion in a strong or assertive manner. Labels: intransitive 2. To express opinions. Labels: derogatory, intransitive, sometimes
Word: opinionizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of opinionize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: opinionizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of opinionize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: opinionized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of opinionize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: quadlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quad + -like. 1. Resembling a quad (quadrangular courtyard). Example: At Virginia, with its famous quadlike arrangement around a lawn as designed by Thomas Jefferson […]
Word: fourplex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From four + -plex. 1. A quadplex.
Word: fourplexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fourplex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dispensement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dispense + -ment. 1. dispensation (handing out or distribution) Labels: uncountable, usually Example: “How do you control manufacture, and how do you control dispensement?
Word: earcup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ear + cup. 1. The cup-shaped parts of headphones that contain speakers and fit on the ear. Example: The pleasantly smushy-edged earcups on this new model do an excellent job of isolating your ears.
Word: earcups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of earcup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: junkballer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From junkball + -er. 1. A player that hits a lot of slow shots. Labels: derogatory, sometimes 2. A pitcher that relies heavily on off-speed pitches. Example: From the beginning, Clemens was a fireballer, Wells more of a junkballer.
Word: junkballers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of junkballer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: comburent Part of Speech: adj 1. Undergoing or promoting combustion (for example, by reacting with fuel and promoting a reduction-oxidation reaction). (Contrast combustible.) Example: […] the passage for comburent fluid, the opposite sides of the other diaphragm being exposed to the pressure of the combustible fluid on opposite sides of said resistance. 3. Apparatus for maintaining the proportional delivery of combustible fluid and comburent fluid supplied through separate passages to a gas-fired furnace, […]
Word: comburent Part of Speech: noun 1. A substance which is comburent. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:comburent.
Word: miniburst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + burst. 1. A small burst. Example: Then, just after the start of the Iraq war, “There was a miniburst of optimism” that capitalism was leading to democracy after all, Mr. Mandelbaum said, with three popular uprisings in Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan and elections in Gaza, Lebanon and Egypt in 2005.
Word: minibursts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miniburst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miswired Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mis- + wired. 1. Wired incorrectly; badly connected. Example: The astronauts removed all but one of the locks that had been placed on the mechanism to secure it for its trip to the station, leaving the last one until issues with one of the joint’s two drive locks — which apparently were miswired — could be resolved.
Word: mousework Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mouse + work. 1. Activities requiring the use of a mouse (input device). Labels: uncountable Example: TIP OF THE WEEK Keyboard shortcuts can save time and a lot of mousework for common computing chores, but sometimes it is hard to find them.
Word: outscorn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + scorn. 1. To overcome or overwhelm by haughty disregard; defy; scorn or despise. Labels: transitive Example: “That’s a bit like asking a man to subject himself to his own Freudian analysis,” he said, and then ventured this answer: “I guess I am Lear and the kitchen is my heath, wherein I strive to outscorn the to-and-fro conflicting wind and rain.”
Word: outscorning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outscorn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outscorned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outscorn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mixed marriages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mixed marriage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phono Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of phonograph. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: Each comes in a carrying case that keeps the devices together with their accessories: the miniplug cable for your music or DVD player, for example, and the adapters for quarter-inch phono jacks and dual-pronged airplane armrest jacks. 2. Clipping of phonology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: stanazolol Part of Speech: noun 1. A synthetic anabolic steroid derived from testosterone. Labels: uncountable Example: Toney, 38, tested positive for boldenone and stanazolol, and Batchelder tested positive for stanazolol and oxandolone^([sic]), Garcia said.
Word: Big Nambas Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the size of the nambas, or penis sheath, worn by the men. 1. A tribe of Vanuatu. 2. Their language, belonging to Oceanic branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family.
Word: tricoastal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + coastal. 1. Of or pertaining to three coasts. Labels: especially, not-comparable Example: But then, I am not someone who can just order drink after drink at the Hotel Gansevoort with cavalier joy and talk about how fun it is to be tricoastal.
Word: tsimmes Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tzimmes. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: ultradesirable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + desirable. 1. Highly desirable. Example: Initiates know that beyond the wall of fluttering pant legs lies a trove of bluejeans produced by niche Japanese labels in the kind of ultradesirable limited editions that recall Richard Serra lithographs or Red Shoulder chardonnay.
Word: unassemble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + assemble. 1. To take apart; to disassemble. Labels: transitive Example: “I’m constantly reassembling and unassembling it.” 2. To disassemble. Labels: transitive
Word: unassembling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unassemble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unassembles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unassemble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: blort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoetic; in sense 1, also a blend of blow + snort. Pronunciation: /blɔɹt/ 1. A snort of mucus or liquid out through the nose, as in response to something unexpected or funny, or the sound of blowing one's nose; also, a sniffle. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable Example: Beside her, Mistress Weatherwax began to snore again, which Tiffany took to mean that she was in her body. She gave the old woman a nudge, and the sound that had been a regular gnaaaargrgrgrgrg suddenly became blort. Example: "I can't stand it! He can't really mean he doesn't l-l-love me when I love him so much!" she wailed, crumpling to the floor like a discarded doll with complete disregard for her clothes. She blew her nose with musical blorts in between sobs. 2. A metasyntactic variable, similar to foo and bar. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: B BLORT ADD BRANCH TO BLORT Example: In all programming languages in which strings are defined, the underlying set of characters contains not only the letters of the alphabet, but also nonalphabetic characters such as '7' and '+. We will follow the notation used in most languages by enclosing strings in single quotes, so, for example, we can write the strings 'AARDVARK' and '% *blort!!'.
Word: blort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoetic; in sense 1, also a blend of blow + snort. Pronunciation: /blɔɹt/ 1. To defecate, especially into a diaper. Labels: ambitransitive, uncommon Example: [In] every episode you make a cameo where you blort your diaper in the most inappropriate place Example: Good thing she's wearing a dress so her outfit doesn't tear if she blorts! Her clothes are safe and- ohnevermind
Word: blort Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoetic; in sense 1, also a blend of blow + snort. Pronunciation: /blɔɹt/ 1. Indicates the sound of defecation, especially into a diaper. Labels: uncommon
Word: umbe- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of um-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: umbecast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English umbecasten, equivalent to umbe- + cast or um- + becast. Pronunciation: /ˌʌmbəˈkæst/, /ˌʌmbəˈkɑːst/ 1. To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place). Labels: dialectal, intransitive, obsolete, transitive 2. To consider, ponder. Labels: dialectal, intransitive, obsolete, transitive 3. To hunt, search for the spoor, explore, seek, sniff around. Example: […]and the dog came after, and umbecast about, for she had lost the very perfect feute of the hind. 4. To surround, encircle, beset; umbeset, circle around. 5. To bind, tie up. 6. To cast a shadow, cover with a shadow, shade
Word: umstroke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From um- + stroke. 1. The circumference or periphery of a circle. Labels: obsolete 2. A boundary line, especially one at the outermost limit; an extreme edge. Labels: archaic Example: Such towns as stand, as one may say, on tiptoes on the very umstroke, or on any part of the utmost line of a map […]
Word: umstrokes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of umstroke. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: up-regulate Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of upregulate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: up-regulates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of up-regulate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: up-regulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of up-regulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: up-regulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of up-regulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: metacrawler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + crawler. 1. An application that searches the Web using existing search engines. Labels: Internet Example: […] searched the Web by harnessing existing search engines. These types of applications are called metacrawlers, and are a useful way of aggregating results from many search engine databases.
Word: comparandum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin comparandum, gerundive (neuter singular) of comparō. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmpəˈɹændəm/, /ˌkɒmpəˈɹɑːndəm/ 1. Something that is compared; the subject of a comparison. Example: This finding, together with the semantic content, allows us to identify a suitable comparandum, viz. the pronoun *etero-s 'other; one or the other of two'[…] Example: For the sake of evaluating the Uralic-Yukaghir comparisons in HDY, however, it is more illuminating to examine the frequency of various types of problems in the comparanda.
Word: compinge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin compingere. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. To compress; to shut up (confine). Labels: obsolete Example: Into what straits hath it been compinged
Word: compulse Part of Speech: verb 1. To force, constrain, or obligate. Example: I didn't choose to. I was compulsed. Example: However, a person can be more or less compulsed as it is possible for the human person to become enlightened, face and work with the particular compulsive style one as adopted. 2. To behave in a compulsive manner. Example: Fantasize about sex instead of obsessing and compulsing. Example: Howard, stop talking! I asked a simple question. You gave me one of your more-than-I-will-ever- want-to-know answers. You are compulsing again.
Word: crypticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cryptic + -ity. 1. The condition of being cryptic. Labels: uncountable
Word: desynchronisable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From desynchronise + -able. 1. Able to be desynchronised.
Word: desynchronised Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of desynchronized. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: desynchronised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of desynchronise Labels: form-of, participle, past