nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dolo Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Possibly a blend of down low or modelled on solo. It can also be an example of so called dunn lingo. Pronunciation: /ˈdoʊ.loʊ/ 1. Alone, by oneself, without a companion. Labels: New-York, slang Example: I, dolo, challenge any team or solo You must be buggin' out — new to my shit, home on a furlough Example: What's goin' on in the ghetto? Still struggle and strive I still roll with the heater, smokin' Chocolate Thai In '94, I'll be goin' solo Too many problems of my own so I'm rollin' dolo, fuck all y'all
Word: doli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dolus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doli Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dooly (“basic Indian litter”). Labels: India, alt-of, alternative, historical Example: This is a very miserable conveyance, used by the middling rank of native men; but has been improved, by Europeans, into the Doli for conveying the sick, by lengthening it so as to admit the passenger to lie at length. Example: ...bahlis, chakras, bullock-carts, dolis, tattus, palkis, miyanas, kharkharinas, bajras and chaupalas, were the common vehicles.
Word: edictal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From edict + -al. 1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from edicts
Word: saxophonists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saxophonist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: serenading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of serenade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: serenading Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who serenades. Example: the amatory serenadings of the London cats
Word: serenaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of serenade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scoutmasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scoutmaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: OWTTE Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of or words to that effect, used in academic rubrics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: For one mark, candidates should state that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light (OWTTE).
Word: owtte Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Initialism of or words to that effect. 1. Or words to that effect. Labels: Internet, not-comparable
Word: equiparate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin aequiparātus, past participle of aequiparō (“put on a level with, compare”), from aequus (“equal”) + parō (“place”). 1. To perform equiparation; to transfer attributes from one object or concept to another. Labels: historical 2. To compare. Labels: rare
Word: völkisch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German völkisch. (Morphologically, compare English folkish.) 1. Pertaining to a German populist, identity-nationalist or ethnonationalist ideology found since the late 19th century. Example: It is led by Björn Höcke, who is considered to be part of the AfD’s far right or völkisch wing, which was officially disbanded but is still widely believed to exist.
Word: out-of-order Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of out of order. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Passengers may find themselves in a catch-22 situation, unable to buy a ticket for any number of reasons, ranging from an out-of-order ticket vending machine to a lengthy queue to use one, and yet then fall foul of the penalty fare regime.
Word: balusters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baluster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zoosexuality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English zoosexual Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English zoosexuality From zoosexual + -ity. First attested in the 1980s. 1. Zoophilia regarded as a sexual orientation. Labels: uncountable Example: 3. The term "zoosexuality", understood as sexual orientation towards animals, has been in use since the 1980s; it was popularized by Miletski's research in the 1990s. Example: ZSB posters effectively suggest that zoosexuals are misunderstood outcasts who are demonized as deviant because most people lack the mental capacity to understand human-animal sexuality. This point is further crystallized when posters neutralize the deviance of zoosexuality by comparison to other alternative sexualities that have attained some measure of social acceptability.
Word: live-and-let-live Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or expressing a belief in mutual tolerance. Labels: not-comparable Example: Buyers in Andersonville seek the quality of life here, Finegan said, referring to the live-and-let-live attitude of the diverse neighborhood. Example: An eccentric city with a live-and-let-live vibe, London is a place where people can be free to be themselves, find the communities to which they belong and write whatever they want.
Word: EDMIn Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of ethyldimethylindium, the Liquid indium Metalorganic precursor for MOCVD of Indium containing compound semiconductors. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: salvifically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English salvifical Middle English -ly English -ly English salvifically From salvifical + -ly. 1. For the purpose of salvation. Example: Jesus was salvifically crucified, according to the New Testament.
Word: salvifical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English salvific Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English salvifical From salvific + -al. 1. pertaining to salvation. Labels: archaic Example: The salvifical nature of Jesus' death is frequently referred to throughout Christian literature.
Word: snap bean Part of Speech: noun 1. The unripe or green edible fruit pod of a bean plant such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris. Example: Their Sunday dinner always included snap beans cooked with fatback.
Word: special damages Part of Speech: noun 1. Damages that can be quantified precisely, including such things as plaintiff's medical expenses, lost wages, and similar out-of-pocket costs (as contrasted with general damages, such as pain and suffering, which must be estimated). Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: out-of-band Part of Speech: adj 1. Taking place outside of a defined telecommunications frequency band. Example: In this additional spectrum, in-band signaling was sent down the wires outside the frequencies used for conversation. Actually, the signals were sent across the 3,500- and 3,700-Hz frequencies. Although these worked and were not in the talk path (out of the band) they were limited in the number of tones that could be sent. 2. Transmitted on a different channel, or by a different method, from that of the primary communication channel. Labels: broadly 3. Relating to communication, such as identity verification, via a method other than the primary means of accessing the software. Example: One great way of solving the phishing problem is doing out-of-band authentication. Example: Defaulting to chaos still causes a lot of disruption, and would require out-of-band social coordination to resolve, but it places a much larger barrier in front of the attacker, and makes attackers much less confident that they will be able to get away with a clean victory, making them much less motivated to even try to start an attack. 4. Of a value returned by a function: not in its natural range of return values, but rather signaling an exception.
Word: Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌæ.ləˈbæ.məˌkoʊwəˈsa.ti ˈtɹaɪbəl taʊ̯n/ 1. A tribe and township of Alabama-Coushatta peoples (Creek Nation) living in Oklahoma and headquartered in Wetumka, Oklahoma. The members of the tribe speak the Muskogean languages of Alabama, Koasati, and Creek.
Word: horse of a different colour Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of horse of a different color. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: petanque Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pétanque (“French boules game”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable 2. Any of various ores, including forms of silver sulfide (such as stephanite) and the copper ore tetrahedrite. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: First-discovered mine in the District; gave much "petanque" (stephanite, or silver glance). Example: There are other openings on the ledge between the ends of these claims, but all are small and filled with debris, but it is an interesting and notable fact that all the workings show the rich sulphide of silver, or petanque ore […]
Word: Andrei Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɑːndɹeɪ/, /ˈɒndɹeɪ/ 1. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Андре́й (Andréj), equivalent to Andrew.
Word: esperite Part of Speech: noun 1. A rare complex calcium lead zinc silicate mineral with the formula PbCa₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₄. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pandemonia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pandemonium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hitodama Part of Speech: noun 1. A floating ball of fire, believed to be a spirit of the dead. Labels: Japanese
Word: jurisprudential Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to jurisprudence
Word: salvifying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin salvificare (“to save”). 1. giving salvation Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: The salvifying message of the gospels is central to the Christian faith.
Word: Vmp Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of voltage at maximum power; used when analysing solar panels. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: By taking many readings, we determined the Vmp to a high degree of accuracy.
Word: glanceability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English glance Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English glanceability From glance + -ability. 1. The property of being glanceable. Labels: uncountable
Word: glanceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English glance Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English glanceable From glance + -able. 1. Understandable at a glance, or with occasional glances, and therefore requiring only minimal attention.
Word: kapocs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kapoc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bacteriophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bacterio- + -phobia. Pronunciation: /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌfəʊbɪə/ 1. An abnormal fear of bacteria Labels: uncountable
Word: derat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English rat English derat From de- + rat. 1. To rid of rats. Labels: transitive
Word: derats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of derat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: autarkic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English autarky Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English autarkic From autarky + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɑːkɪk/ 1. Pertaining to an autarky; self-sufficient. Example: The countryside, in short, was becoming more archaic and more autarkic. Example: Fascists had no particular economic doctrine aside from preparing for war. They wanted to build autarkic economies that could withstand blockade and did not rely on foreign trade except for bilateral deals with weaker countries.
Word: hypervisor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of hyper- + supervisor. 1. A firmware or software system that provides a virtual machine and allows it to operate directly on underlying hardware (instead of via emulation), but within specified constraints. Example: The hypervisor is the component that translates the virtual machines into the underlying hardware. There are two types of hypervisors: The type 1 hypervisor runs directly on the host hardware; the type 2 or hosted hypervisor runs in software.
Word: lost wages Part of Speech: noun 1. Income that a plaintiff in a lawsuit would have received but for the actions of the defendant, and for which the defendant is therefore liable. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: bitrot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bit rot. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bitrot Part of Speech: verb 1. To undergo bit rot
Word: bit rot Part of Speech: noun 1. The putative tendency of content in storage to become corrupt over time. Labels: uncountable Example: The rise of gaming has its own place in the story of digital culture, but Cerf warns that important political and historical documents will also be lost to bit rot. 2. The tendency of software in storage to develop bugs over time due to minor incompatibilities with newer operating environments. Labels: uncountable
Word: bit decay Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of bit rot. Labels: uncommon, uncountable
Word: monome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + -ome; compare binomial, polynomial. 1. An expression with a single term, such as a product of numeric variables (with no addition) or a conjunction of possibly negated Boolean variables (with no disjunction).
Word: puncturer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From puncture + -er. 1. Agent noun of puncture; one who punctures. Labels: agent, form-of
Word: puncturers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of puncturer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: additive inverse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So-called because the sum of a number and its additive inverse is the additive identity. Pronunciation: /ˌæd.ɪ.tɪv ˈɪn.vɜːs/, /ˌæd.ə.t̬ɪv ˈɪn.vɝːs/ 1. The inverse with respect to addition; the opposite. Example: The additive inverse of 12 is −12.
Word: pollutive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pollute Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English pollutive From pollute + -ive. 1. That causes environmental pollution; polluting
Word: avunculocal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin avuncul(us) (“maternal uncle”) + -o- + local. 1. Characterized by couples living with the husband's maternal uncle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: inficiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Italian inficiare + English -ate (suffix forming verbs), from Medieval Latin īnficior, alteration of Classical Latin īnfitior (“to deny, contradict”), from *īnfitiae (“denial”) (see īnfitiās eō), from fateor (“to admit, acknowledge”). Presumably originally a mistranslation by Italian speakers; compare aprimorate (“to elevate, improve”), taken from Portuguese in a similar manner. Earlier mentions of the word in Randle Cotgrave and Henry Cockeram's Early Modern English dictionaries are likely unconnected to the modern borrowing from Italian. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɪʃiˌeɪt/ 1. To render or demonstrate to be invalid; to invalidate or disprove. Labels: transitive Example: This logical contradiction which therefore inficiates the validity of a notion can have two aspects: either the notion reached by our argument is uncertain, that is it is not the only one which may be derived as a conclusion from our syllogism and then we have the aniścita or it is a petitio principi^([sic]), the sādhyasama. Example: In connection with this last point it would be of interest to see if Favaroni inficiates the necessity of the sacrament of penance, and in this would be a forerunner of the lutherans^([sic]).
Word: way of all flesh Part of Speech: noun 1. The inevitable road to death; mortality. Labels: euphemistic Example: Taking a page from Court TV, some enterprising soul will start Death TV. If there are stations devoted to food, sex and weather, why not one to the way of all flesh? Example: He abhors his decaying portrait, which pitilessly shows him the way of all flesh.
Word: go the way of all flesh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Equivalent to Danish gå al kødets gang, German den Weg allen Fleisches gehen. 1. To die; to follow a course leading to death or extinction. Labels: euphemistic Example: [T]hough the body be going the vvay of all fleſh, yet that ſoule is going the vvay of all Saints. Example: The first stranger handed his neighbor the family mug—a huge vessel of brown ware, having its upper edge worn away like a threshold by the rub of whole generations of thirsty lips that had gone the way of all flesh.
Word: cellarer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cellar + -er. 1. The person, usually in a monastery, responsible for providing food and drink
Word: cellarers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cellarer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Schreiner Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Schreiner. 1. A surname from German.
Word: korai Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːɹaɪ/, /ˈkoɹaɪ/, /ˈkoʊɹaɪ/, /ˈkoɹeɪ/, /ˈkoʊɹeɪ/ 1. plural of kore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boom and bust Part of Speech: noun 1. A pattern of high prices in a given market or in the entire economy followed by ruinously low prices, falling production, and bankruptcies by producers; prosperity followed by recession. Example: The reason such comments provoke scepticism is because Brown's mantra during his 10 years at the Treasury was that his prudence as chancellor of the exchequer would ensure there would never be a return to “boom and bust” economics. Example: Boom and bust is a long-running theme with rail suppliers. [...] I sympathise with those complaining of the ill-effects of boom and bust. [...] If boom and bust has been going on for decades (and it has), then perhaps it's an enduring characteristic and one that companies must work with, saving cash in the good times to see them through the bad.
Word: feather one's nest Part of Speech: verb 1. To achieve benefits, especially financial ones, by taking advantage of the opportunities with which one is presented; to amass a comfortable amount of personal wealth; especially, to do so to a degree that involves venality. Labels: idiomatic Example: It may do him some harm, perhaps, but Dempster must have feathered his nest pretty well; he can afford to lose a little business. Example: But it would be very unjust to think of all the Railway Members as speculators and simply out to feather their own nests, not that it is fair to think of George Hudson in this light alone.
Word: feather one's own nest Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of feather one's nest. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: harpagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Adapted from Latin harpagō, gen. harpagōnis, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of harpoon. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑː(ɹ)pəɡɒn/ 1. A grappling hook. Labels: obsolete
Word: chuckwalla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chacahuala, from either Shoshone tcaxxwal or Cahuilla cháxwal. 1. A lizard, of the genus Sauromalus, living in arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Word: hyson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 熙春. 1. A Chinese green tea. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: adoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad-bor. English ad- English oral English adoral From ad- + oral. 1. Located near the mouth. Labels: not-comparable Example: The feeding cavity should remain designated as a prostomial cavity, rather than the adoral, or buccal, cavity. Example: I now prefer to consider it a specialized adoral seta, presupposed that the rutellum is also a specialized adoral seta. This means that paralabial and adoral are synonymous.
Word: malacia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin malacia, from Ancient Greek μαλακία (malakía, “softness, sickness”). By surface analysis, malac- (“soft”) + -ia (“disease”). 1. Abnormal softening of organs or tissues of the human body. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As soon, namely, as a process of this sort sets in in a compound organ, as for example, a muscle, a palpable myo-malacia is certainly produced when all the muscular elements at a given point are at once affected; but it happens far more frequently that, in the course of a muscle, only a comparatively small number of primitive fasciculi are affected, whilst the others remain almost intact. 2. An abnormal craving for certain types of food. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The least abnormal condition appears to be the malacia, or desire for highly spiced or acid foods that are sometimes seen in chlorotic girls and in pregnant women.
Word: callgirl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From call + girl. 1. Alternative spelling of call girl. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: callgirls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of callgirl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Vaayu Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Vayu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Vāyu Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Vayu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: klap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Afrikaans klap. Doublet of clap. 1. To strike; to smack. Labels: South-Africa, slang, transitive Example: You did something wrong and he klapped you. Example: 'I told him that the time wouldn't be right if we were the only two people left in the world, and then I klapped him, good and hard across the face.'
Word: Bajina Bašta Part of Speech: name 1. A town in the western mountains of Serbia
Word: regretters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of regretter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reviver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vetter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vet Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English vetter From vet + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛtə/, /ˈvɛtɚ/, /-ɾɚ/ 1. Agent noun of vet: one who vets. Labels: agent, form-of Example: Mr. Marwan, the excited vetters discovered, was married to a daughter of Egypt’s president, Gamal Abdel Nasser."
Word: vetters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vetter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glorifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glorify + -er. 1. Agent noun of glorify: one who glorifies. Labels: agent, form-of
Word: glorifiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glorifier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemiparesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- English paresis English hemiparesis From hemi- + paresis. 1. Muscular weakness that affects only one side of the body. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cor pulmonare Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cor pulmonale. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: food pyramid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called from its pyramid shape. 1. A pyramid-shaped diagram in layers, where each layer represents a group of animals that feeds on the layer below. Example: The teacher reminded us to always start the food pyramid with the plants on the bottom. 2. Any pyramidal diagram giving advice on how to eat healthily, particularly those widely publicized by the United States government. Labels: US Example: The food pyramid surprised me by showing that we should eat lots of cheese.
Word: magnanimousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English magnanimous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English magnanimousness From magnanimous + -ness. 1. The quality of being magnanimous. Labels: uncountable Example: I was astounded by her magnanimousness: she had clearly forgiven him for everything that had happened.
Word: driefats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of driefat; alternative spelling of dryfats; see dryfat. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lavigne Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French la vigne (“the vine, the vineyard”). Pronunciation: /ləˈvin/ 1. A surname from Old French.
Word: driefat Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of dryfat. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] they had entred the fort with our own men, which were then busied in setting Corne, their armes beeing then in driefats & few ready.
Word: dryfat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dry + fat. See fat (“large tub or vessel”). 1. A dry vat or basket. Labels: obsolete
Word: dryfats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dryfat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gleg Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡlɛɡ/ 1. To glance. Labels: Northern-England
Word: gleg Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡlɛɡ/ 1. A look or glance. Labels: Northern-England, archaic Example: And besides, you'd do the tomb so well. Everybody feels as if they want a gleg at the skeleton in your vault.
Word: gleg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant forms. Pronunciation: /ɡlɛɡ/ 1. Alternative form of cleg. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gleg Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɡlɛɡ/ 1. Smart; quick; brisk. Labels: Scotland Example: One patted her neck, and assured her she was the gleggest and bonniest young thing she had ever seen.
Word: Josias Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Hebrew, the New Testament Greek form of Josiah. Example: And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
Word: Love wave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the predictions of the mathematician A. E. H. Love. 1. A seismic surface shock wave with a lateral horizontal movement perpendicular to the direction of propagation.
Word: Q-wave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The Q stands for German quer (“lateral, crosswise”). 1. Synonym of Love wave.
Word: megannum Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌmɛɡˈænəm/ 1. Alternative form of mega-annum. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: comitiva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian comitiva. 1. A band of brigands in Italy or Sicily. Labels: historical
Word: Douglass Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic, a less common spelling of Douglas. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States:
Word: elimination question Part of Speech: noun 1. A tiebreaker question in a quiz bowl.
Word: seismic moment Part of Speech: noun 1. A quantity used to determine the size of an earthquake. Calculated either from a seismogram, or from the measurement of the area affected and the displacement of the rocks.
Word: plutoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pluto + -oid. 1. A trans-Neptunian dwarf planet. Labels: obsolete
Word: plutoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plutoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flood stage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: flood + stage 1. The elevation at which water overflows the natural banks of a river or other body of water in a given portion of the body of water. Example: The town flooded when the waters were just three feet over flood stage when the sandbags were washed away in three locations.
Word: pre Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Latin prae (“in front of”); see pre-. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹi/ 1. Before (something significant). Example: In the posting, Matthews said he wished that, “more blacks [sic] people would look into ancient beliefs of pre Christian Africa.”
Word: pre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clippings. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹi/ 1. Clipping of predrinks. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable Example: This one's for a short and sweet pres before heading to the club. If you're aiming to get absolutely SMASHED in a short amount of time, this is the game for you! 2. Clipping of precum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, slang, uncountable 3. Clipping of preparty. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, slang, uncountable Example: The formal is about 95 per cent hype and hysteria, and about 5 per cent actual formal, and the pre-formal gathering of parents and kids is about as hypey and hysterical as it gets... After the pres, the night mirrors the increasing pain of high heels as they go from shiny and exciting to plain uncomfortable. 4. Clipping of prefect. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, dated, slang, uncountable Example: “If a pre looked in now —” “Or Quelch—!” grinned the Bounder. “They'd have him!” said Bob Cherry. “Better wake him up.”
Word: pre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clippings. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹi/ 1. Clipping of pre-drink. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: This view alone is reason enough to book up this place for a girl's weekend. Imagine preing outside the city lights, playing the Lemonade visual album full blast on Apple TV. Example: It's your average Saturday night and you're preing with your mates so you won't have to waste tonnes of money in some average bar. No one can come up with a good drinking game, so you just resort to the classics: Beer Pong and Ring of Fire. 2. Clipping of precum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
Word: paleoseismology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English seismology English paleoseismology From paleo- + seismology. 1. The study of ancient rocks and sediments for evidence of seismic events, such as earthquakes and tsunamis, from times before records were kept. Labels: uncountable
Word: tape-recorded Part of Speech: adj 1. recorded on tape (using a tape recorder)
Word: tape-recorded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tape-record Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dry socket Part of Speech: noun 1. An inflammation, usually acutely painful, of the alveolar bone following extraction of a tooth. Labels: uncountable Example: The severe pain of a "dry socket" after tooth extraction can be relieved by injections of vitamin B₁ (thiamine hydrochloride) Dr. Joseph P. Osterloh, of San Francisco, reports.
Word: alveolar bone Part of Speech: noun 1. A ridge on the surface of a teeth-bearing bone, such as maxilla and mandible in humans, that contains the tooth sockets.
Word: hallucinators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hallucinator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paleoseismologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English seismologist English paleoseismologist From paleo- + seismologist. 1. A person who studies paleoseismology
Word: paleoseismicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English seismicity English paleoseismicity From paleo- + seismicity. 1. Ancient seismic activity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: paleoseismic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English seismic English paleoseismic From paleo- + seismic. 1. Pertaining to ancient seismic events. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Californians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Californian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yere Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From ye analogous to your<you. Pronunciation: /jiəɹ/, /iəɹ/, /jɪɹ/ 1. your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye Labels: Ireland, possessive Example: What I want ye to remember, as the bullets come out through yere foreheads, is […] Example: The Rubberbandits took to their Twitter (@Rubberbandits) on Tuesday in the wake of the Fringe fest’s apparent typo saying that, “@edfringe As much as we'd love to swear allegiance to Lizzie. Could ye change our country of origin from "England" to Ireland on yere site?” (sic)
Word: yere Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of year. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: skeyn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of skean (“kind of dagger”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: haltere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἁλτῆρες (haltêres, “weights held in the hand to give an impetus in leaping”). Note that in the original Greek, there seems to have been no singular for ἁλτῆρες (haltêres), and some authorities maintain that halteres is a plurale tantum, but in English entomological usage, haltere sometimes appears as a back-formation. Sometimes the singular halter is used instead, but this may lead to confusion with other, unrelated meanings of halter. Pronunciation: /ˈhæltɪə/, /ˈhæltɪɹ/, /hælˈtɪɹiːz/ 1. A small knobbed structure in some two-winged insects, one of a pair that are flapped rapidly and function as accelerometers to maintain stability in flight. Example: Whenever the fly changes direction at an angle to the hinge, the shaking bends the halteres at their base and turns them into a gyroscope.
Word: caveat lector Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Latin for “reader beware”; formed on the model of caveat emptor. 1. Reader beware.
Word: active fault Part of Speech: noun 1. A geologic fault which has exhibited seismic activity within a geologically recent time period.
Word: contactee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From contact + -ee. 1. A person who is contacted by someone. 2. A person who has been contacted by alien beings from outer space. Labels: dated Example: He believes the contactees (those who claim to have actual contact with beings from outer space) are actually creating a new theology. Example: The “contactees” or “saucerians” surfaced in 1952 in southern California. They presented themselves as selected by superior beings from other planets for a special assignment—save the world.
Word: desmology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “ligament, bond”) + -logy Pronunciation: /dəzˈmɑːl.əʊ.d͡ʒi/ 1. The branch of anatomy which concerns ligaments. Labels: uncountable
Word: lulus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lulu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: space alien Part of Speech: noun 1. An extraterrestrial being; a visitor from outer space. Labels: US Example: What would be the first question to ask a space alien newly arrived on planet Earth?
Word: doozie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of doozy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: whereinto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From where + into. 1. Into which. Labels: not-comparable Example: the troubles whereinto the state of Athens fell
Word: thereagainst Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ther ageynste, ther agenst, þerageyns, ther-ayens, þare agaynes, þer-aȝens, equivalent to there (“that”) + against. 1. In opposition to or against it; contrary to it; against that. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: hereat Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English her-att; here + at. 1. At this time; upon this event. Labels: not-comparable Example: Greatly distressed hereat, they declared themselves to deserve a fine, as lagarts; [...] 2. At this; because of this. Labels: not-comparable
Word: space aliens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of space alien Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hereinto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: here + into 1. Into this circumstance, matter, place, or situation; into this. Labels: not-comparable
Word: distraint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From distrain, on the model of such pairs as constrain, constraint and restrain, restraint. 1. The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: planimetric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English planimetry Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English planimetric From planimetry + -ic. 1. relating to planimetry; made by means of a planimeter Labels: not-comparable 2. relating to planimetrics Labels: not-comparable
Word: planimetry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plani- + -metry. 1. The measurement of distances, angles and areas on a plane, especially on a map or image Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: postilla Part of Speech: noun 1. postil
Word: preceptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English precept Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English preceptive From precept + -ive. 1. Of, pertaining to, or based on precepts Example: If it was necessary, that Christ as our surety should suffer the penalty of the law in our stead, because we have sinned; then it was also necessary that as our Surety, he should yield obedience to the preceptive part of the law also; 2. instructive; didactic Example: It is altogether preceptive, barely containing the rules, without illustration from example. It is a system of rhetoric in the abstract.
Word: predeterminate Part of Speech: adj 1. Determined beforehand. Example: the predeterminate counsel of God Example: predeterminate conditions
Word: by-path Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bypath; an unfrequented path; a byway. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: intemperately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English intemperate Middle English -ly English -ly English intemperately From intemperate + -ly. 1. In an intemperate manner.
Word: Sunday motorist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Sunday driver. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rinsate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rinse + -ate. 1. water, containing low concentrations of contaminants, resulting from the cleaning of containers etc.
Word: shunner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shun + -er. 1. One who shuns (a thing).
Word: shunnable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English shun Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English shunnable From shun + -able. 1. Fit for, or capable, deserving, or worthy of, being shunned.
Word: steamliners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of steamliner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pathovars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pathovar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sanda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 散打 (sǎndǎ). 1. A Chinese martial art, self-defense system, and combat sport, similar to kick-boxing. Labels: uncountable Example: The major injury situation for the sanda males was attacking with a punch (66.7%) followed by attacking with a kick (33.3%). Example: Sanda is a sport art, basically kick-boxing with throws. It's generally about scoring points, there are few knock-outs.
Word: sanda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi सांडा (sāṇḍā). 1. A desert reptile, Saara hardwickii, a type of spiny-tailed lizard. Example: The sanda is easily caught by a horse-hair noose placed over the opening of his burrow, which is always of uniform shape, and the exact size of what would be a mid-section of the reptile. The sanda is in great repute as a resotorative and aphrodisiac, and even high caste Hindus, such as Brahmans and Rajpats, boil them down into a strong soup. Example: Bhantus catch the sanda, or broad-tailed lizard, which dwells in rat-holes in the ground and lives always in fear of the cobra, in the following manner: — The Sansi sallies forth with a wooden mallet in one hand and a tuft of tough grass in the other. On his belly he wriggles up to the sanda's hole, rustling the tuft of grass with a noise which resembles the crackling of a snake's scales. The sanda comes up tail foremost, and blocks the orifice with his pachydermatous appendage. The Sansi then delivers a crushing blow with the mallet on the earth an inch or two on the inside of the sanda, closes the passage, cuts off retreat, extracts the lizard and stuffs it into his shirt.
Word: sanda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Sanskrit षण्ढ (ṣaṇḍha, “eunuch, hermaphrodite”), which is often conflated with साण्ड (sāṇḍa, “bull”) in New Indo-Aryan languages due to sound change. 1. A man who is congenitally impotent. Labels: India Example: Vasubandhu at (II.1c) (and elsewhere in the Abhidharmakosa, see Note 13) draws a distinction between the sanda and the pandaka, which Yasomitra understands in the following way: pandakas are those individuals who have lost their indriya, that is, the masculinity or femininity principle, through some means (upakrama), whereas sanda is taken to apply to category 1, the congenitally impotent. Example: But when this normal posture is reverse and a male partner lies below down in supine position and female partner lies upon him in prone posture while doing intercourse, they will develop a "sanda-child".
Word: sanda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic سَنْد (sand)bor. Swahili sandabor. English sanda Borrowed from Swahili sanda, borrowed from Arabic سَنْد (sand). 1. A white calico shroud used in East Africa. Example: This washing is done by several elderly persons of the respective sex and these wrap it up with a sanda (white calico), either one or several according to the dignity, age and richness of the dead. But sanda instead of mikuswa (banana-leaves) was introduced lately because the people were not using clothes but mayombwe, i.e. stringy material (56a). The sanda comes next to the body whilst the mat will be spread inside the grave and another covers the outer of the mutufwi (57). Example: The cloth, guo, which had been removed from the corpse and replaced by the sanda, is now spread over the grave so that the bystanders do not see the deposition of the body in its final resting place, the mwana-wa-ndani, explained in the next note.
Word: sanda Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sandarac. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Many of these trees yield rosin and gums, as I practically know, and they are worthy of being examined. As for example a sanda, which produces seche de sanda ; this is a valuable remedy for quickly healing cuts and other wounds. Example: The giant mango trees were almost as old as the sanda and have produced fruit for a century.
Word: sanda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay sanda. 1. A traditional music style. Labels: Malaysia, uncountable Example: Sanda is a venerated, solemn genre; in this area of east Manggarai rima it occurs only on the occasion of a religious festival such as penti. Example: The second part of recomposed Embroidering Golden Banner achieves the brightness and cheerfulness of music, and presents a cheerful passion through sanda playing methods such as left-hind octave fills, right-hand echo decoration, and encircled decoration.
Word: wireless operator Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who operates a radio transmitter on a ship or in an outpost, military unit, etc., in order to communicate over long distances. Labels: dated Example: He found the new wireless operator a charming fellow, possessed of talents far superior to those of the young men who ordinarily pound the brass at sea. 2. A commercial firm which provides mobile communications services. Example: France Telecom is the second largest wireless operator and Internet access provider in Europe.
Word: normalcy bias Part of Speech: noun 1. A human tendency to respond to threat warnings with disbelief or minimization, and to similarly underestimate a disaster's deleterious effects. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gummi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Gummi (“brand name of German candy”), from Gummi (“India rubber”). 1. A sugary, gelatinous material used to make candies. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:gummi. 2. A candy made of this material. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A candy made of this material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A year and a half later, Mark, a father of two in his early 40s, ran his first-ever marathon — consuming a couple of gummies along the way.
Word: contrastive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English contrast Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English contrastive From contrast + -ive. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹɑː.stɪv/, /kənˈtɹæs.tɪv/, /ˈkɑntɹæs.tɪv/ 1. Contrasting: tending to contrast; being in contrast. Example: This thesis is an attempt to apply the theory of transformational grammar to the Japanese language. […] Comparison of the structure of Japanese and English is also our concern, whenever possible, and it is seen that the transformational theory is helpful in such contrastive studies. Example: Consider the first, allegedly contrastive fact, that there were some bank robbings by Sutton rather than no robbings at all by Sutton.
Word: Chaldee Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Chaldaea via Middle French Chaldee. 1. Dated form of Chaldea. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: Abraham departed from Chaldee […]
Word: Chaldee Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin chaldaeus via Middle French Chaldee. 1. Synonym of Chaldean. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: Chaldee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin chaldaeus via Middle French Chaldee. 1. Synonym of Chaldean. Labels: dated Example: 'I stopped for one night to see Ur and the Chaldees and for three days in Baghdad with the A.O.C., who happens to be an old friend of mine.' 2. A wise individual involved in the occult.
Word: Chaldee Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin chaldaeus via Middle French Chaldee. 1. The Aramaic language, or Biblical Aramaic specifically. Labels: dated
Word: introducer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From introduce + -er. 1. Someone or something that introduces. Example: The impartial observer of mankind is compelled to acknowledge that anger is the bane of society, the introducer of discord into the families of rich and poor, the disjoiner of friendships, the destroyer of conjugal and domestic bliss. 2. A device used to introduce an object into the body.
Word: involver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From involve + -er. 1. Someone or something that involves. Example: One could look at whether participants improved their skills and abilities, whether there was individual or community empowerment, or whether there was a change in the level of trust between the involvers and the participants.
Word: behaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan Old English behabban Middle English behaven English behave English -er English behaver From behave + -er. 1. Someone or something that behaves. 2. A person whose behaviour is being monitored or studied.
Word: preordinate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin praeordinatus. 1. preordained Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: I may resiste agayne celestiall influence preordinate by prouidence diuine 2. Established beforehand; predetermined. Labels: not-comparable Example: preordinate approach Example: preordinate design
Word: reference books Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reference book Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reference book Part of Speech: noun 1. A book providing factual information. Example: The Red Book is the standard reference book for those naming inorganic chemical compounds. 2. A book that can be consulted in the library but cannot be borrowed. Example: I wanted to take out the encyclopedia, but the librarian said it was a reference book.
Word: squeakier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of squeaky: more squeaky Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: squeakiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of squeaky: most squeaky Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: fuglier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of fugly: more fugly Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: querela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin querēla (“complaint, grievance”). 1. A complaint preferred in a court.
Word: fatidic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin fātidicus, from fātum (“fate”) + dico (“to speak”). Via Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- cognate with the synonymous English prophetic. Pronunciation: /feɪˈtɪdɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic. Labels: archaic Example: At that moment he felt quite proud of his stratagem. He was to recall it with a fatidic shiver seventeen years later [...].