nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: do out Part of Speech: verb 1. To decorate, tidy, or clean (a place). Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: After two days' absence, with the easy casuistry of her circumstances, the lady had decided that he was not returning and had proceeded to "do out" the room for the next tenant.
Word: ohing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of oh Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dope out Part of Speech: verb 1. To figure out, to find out, find, decipher Labels: colloquial, dated, transitive Example: "All the same, I believe it was the hand of Fate that doped out the way for me to find her." Example: "I was fed up with trying to peddle the rubberized paint, and my reckoning was that with a little dough to tide me over I could spend a week or two looking for something else, perhaps dope out a way to get back to college, for I had not altogether given up on that."
Word: dotted line Part of Speech: noun 1. A line made up of dots or dashes, often used to indicate where one is supposed to sign a contract. Example: To the uninitiated, this might sound absurd, with images of chickens signing above the dotted line.
Word: double doors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double door: Multiple sets of paired doors. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: double doors Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of double door: A set of two adjoining doors that can be opened independently. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: double digits Part of Speech: noun 1. A number composed of two digits, i.e. between 10 and 99. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: double figures Part of Speech: noun 1. composed of two digits, i.e. between 10 and 99. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The winger reached double figures for the season with a clinical hat-trick to send Claudio Ranieri’s team back to the top of the tree, strengthening their case to be this year’s Christmas No 1.
Word: doglock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dog + lock. 1. The lock that preceded the true flintlock in both rifles and pistols in the 17th century. Labels: historical
Word: doglocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doglock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: double-dotted Part of Speech: adj 1. Followed by two dots, increasing its note value by three-quarters of the base note. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a diaeresis/umlaut/rock dots Labels: not-comparable 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see double, dotted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonferritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + ferritic. 1. Not ferritic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rock dots Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of röck döts. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: double or nothing Part of Speech: noun 1. double or quits Labels: uncountable
Word: double-page spread Part of Speech: noun 1. An article, advertisement, etc. spread over two facing pages.
Word: double sculls Part of Speech: noun 1. A race in a double scull. Labels: uncountable
Word: double-sided Part of Speech: adj 1. Using or able to be used on both sides. Labels: not-comparable 2. Using or able to be used on both sides. Labels: not-comparable 3. Using or able to be used on both sides. Labels: not-comparable
Word: jeweling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jewel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: double top Part of Speech: noun 1. Double twenty (on a dartboard). Labels: uncountable
Word: chinchillid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any rodent in the family Chinchillidae. Example: Chinchillids like Eoviscaccia are not yet strongly adapted to the cooler climates found in either high altitudes or southerly altitudes.
Word: chinchillids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chinchillid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Picatinny rail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. 1. A bracket used on some firearms in order to provide a standardized mounting platform.
Word: pinfire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pin + fire. 1. An obsolete kind of brass cartridge in which the priming compound is ignited by striking a small pin which protrudes radially from just above the base of the cartridge. Example: "An early French make, I should say; one of Lefaucheux's probably," said Carrados. "You have removed the cartridges?" "Why, yes," admitted the sergeant, producing a matchbox from his pocket. "They're pin-fire, you see, and I'm not too fond of carrying a thing like that loaded in my pocket as I'm riding a young horse."
Word: pinfires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pinfire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drag down Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause (other people or another person) to suffer the same fate, or to feel the same negative mood. Labels: transitive Example: I feel bad for him, but at the same time I cannot let him drag me down into his depths of negativity. 2. To earn, as in wages from a job. Labels: transitive Example: You're dragging down 50k these days, right? 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, down.
Word: drag in Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, in. 2. To get into a course of action by forceful means. Labels: transitive 3. To bring irrelevant, outdated or scurrilous accusations or arguments into a discussion. Labels: transitive
Word: wadcutters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wadcutter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spitzers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spitzer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slamfire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slam + fire. 1. The premature accidental discharge of a firearm while a round is being loaded into the chamber.
Word: slamfires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slamfire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draglift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drag + lift. 1. A type of ski lift that pulls skiers up the slope.
Word: drain plug Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of drainplug. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: drainplug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drain + plug. 1. A plug for a drain; especially, one on an oil pan, transmission, gearbox, or differential case.
Word: drama documentary Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of docudrama.
Word: drainplugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drainplug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draglifts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of draglift Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dream team Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɹiːm tiːm/, /dɹim tim/, [dɹim-], [dʒɹim-] 1. A team of players or members ideal for a given task; a team of the best players of a particular sport or members of a particular field.
Word: speedloader Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of speed loader. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Various speedloaders had different colours. You could also hear the data being loaded (1200baud iirc) and some programs had very interesting 'tunes' in them, and it was also possible to work out where you were in the load of your favourite games by the sound.
Word: speedloaders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speedloader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dredlocks Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dreadlocks. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: dreds Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dreads; dreadlocks Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: sporterize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sporter + -ize. 1. To modify (a firearm) so that it is suitable for sporting use. Labels: transitive
Word: sporterizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sporterize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sporterized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sporterize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: drive at Part of Speech: verb 1. To mean, signify; to get at, to aim or tend to a point. Labels: transitive Example: Do you see what I'm driving at? Example: Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, at. Example: Drive at a reduced speed when visibility and traction are poor.
Word: underlug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + lug. 1. One of the locking lugs on a break-action firearm that extend from the bottom of the barrels under the chamber(s) and connect into the receiver bottom. 2. The metal shroud underneath the barrel of a revolver that surrounds and protects the extractor rod.
Word: driving examiner Part of Speech: noun 1. An examiner in a driving test.
Word: underlugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of underlug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dreyfusard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French dreyfusard. 1. A supporter of Alfred Dreyfus (1859–1935) in the Dreyfus affair (1894–1906). Labels: historical Example: Apropos of the stage, it is a curious circumstance that nine-tenths of 'the profession' in France are ardent Dreyfusards. Nearly every actor and actress and vocalist of note has been on the same side as M. Zola from the outset.
Word: drop volley Part of Speech: noun 1. A drop shot hit with a volley. Example: The drop volley is a delicate shot demanding natural feel. However, it may be suggested that on this shot the racket face is open, extra underspin is imparted by downward movement of the racket, and the touch is "soft." Example: When you find your opponent comfortably deep in the backcourt, do not forget the drop volley. The occasional drop volley forces the opponent to cover the short court and play closer to the baseline.
Word: X-ring Part of Speech: noun 1. A circle in the middle of a shooting target's bullseye used to determine the winner in the event of a tie.
Word: Dreyfusards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dreyfusard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Walpolean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Walpole + -an. 1. Of or relating to Robert Walpole (1676–1745), British statesman generally regarded as having been the first British prime minister. 2. Of or relating to Horace Walpole (1717–1797), 4th Earl of Orford, English art historian and politician.
Word: dude rancher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dude ranch + -er. 1. Synonym of guest rancher.
Word: duffle coat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of duffel coat. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: We turned to see a muscular young man lounging in the door which led into the sitting-room. He wore green corduroy trousers, a duffle coat and an old school tie.
Word: platymeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From platy- + -meter. 1. An apparatus for measuring the capacity of condensers, or the inductive capacity of dielectrics. Labels: historical
Word: platymeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of platymeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meresman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mere + -s- + -man. 1. An officer who ascertained marks and meres (boundaries) on maps. Labels: UK, historical
Word: meresmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meresman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dust-off Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of removing dust from something. 2. A medical helicopter.
Word: Dust Bowl Part of Speech: name 1. A geographical region of the American Midwest, extending into Canada, that experienced severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage in the 1930s. 2. The period of time in which these storms took place.
Word: Ingersollian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ingersoll + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) American politician and orator, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism.
Word: eagle eye Part of Speech: noun 1. Good eyesight. Labels: idiomatic 2. Someone with good eyesight. Labels: idiomatic 3. A keen eye for detail. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic 4. Someone with a keen eye for detail. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic
Word: hax0r Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hacker + -0r. 1. Alternative spelling of haxor. Labels: Internet, Leet, alt-of, alternative
Word: scalepan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scale + pan. 1. The pan of a scale, in or on which items to be weighed are placed.
Word: scalepans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scalepan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: actinosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From actino- + -some. 1. The body of various cnidarians and ctenophores, such as the starfish.
Word: actinosomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of actinosome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: up to one's ears Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. up to here Labels: idiomatic
Word: up to one's eyeballs Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: See up to here. 1. Deeply engaged in something, to the point of being overwhelmed. Example: First and foremost (rather than last but not least), I couldn't have done this without my wife Nicki Norman, who serves as sounding board and a voice of rationality and moderation, and who sees the big picture when I'm up to my eyeballs in details.
Word: outscent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + scent. 1. To exceed in odour; to be more odorous than. Labels: transitive Example: This he did to qualify the infamy of Garnet's death , and that the perfume of this new title might outscent the stench of his treason.
Word: outscented Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outscent Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outscenting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outscent Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outscents Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outscent Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: protectorless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From protector + -less. 1. Having no protector; unprotected. Labels: not-comparable
Word: surroyals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surroyal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swabber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swab + -er. 1. One who swabs a floor or deck. Example: The master, the swabber, the boatswain, and I, The gunner, and his mate, Lov'd Mall, Meg, and Marian, and Margery, But none of us car'd for Kate: […] Example: It was the old custom of the sea that they should hail as a liar the man first caught in a lie on a Monday morning and proclaim him thus from the mainmast, and unhappy was the man thus hailed, for thereby he became for a week the ‘‘ship’s liar” and held his place under the swabber. 2. An instrument for swabbing. Example: Meaningless filler code that shouldn't interact with a person's DNA. […] He pulls a pen-size swabber from his pocket, chrome finished with a needle point on one end, and a pad for swabbing on the other. 3. A baker's implement for cleaning ovens. 4. An interior officer on British warships, responsible for seeing that the ship was kept clean. Labels: historical 5. Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting in whist.
Word: swabbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swabber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haematocryal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From haemato- + cryo- + -al. 1. cold-blooded Labels: not-comparable Example: haematocryal animal Example: haematocryal creature
Word: coldtraps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coldtrap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thecaphore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From theca + -phore. Compare French thécaphore. 1. A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae. 2. A podogynium.
Word: thecaphores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thecaphore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fotive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin fovere, fotum (“to keep warm, to cherish”). Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊtɪv/ 1. nourishing Labels: obsolete Example: barren seeds That drop from heaven, if I not cherish them With my distilling dews, and fotive heat
Word: hematocryal Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of haematocryal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: pettifogulize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pettifog + -ule + -ize. 1. To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks. Labels: nonce-word, obsolete Example: So far from seeking to "pettifogulise"—i.e., to find evasions for any purpose in a trickster's minute tortuosities of construction—exactly in the opposite direction, from mere excess of sincerity, most unwillingly I found, in almost everybody's words, an unintentional opening left for double interpretations. Example: On these high authorities I rest my case, and when I quote from these adjudications you will find to your dismay and horror that you are nothing but a pettifogulizing idiot.
Word: disenshrouded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪnˈʃɹaʊdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of disenshroud Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disenshrouded Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪnˈʃɹaʊdɪd/ 1. Freed from a shroud-like covering; unveiled. Labels: not-comparable Example: the disenshrouded statue
Word: eddishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eddish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eadish Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of eddish. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: eadishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eadish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: king of insects Part of Speech: noun 1. The bee. Labels: capitalized, often, singular, singular-only
Word: death star Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From death + star: star as in satellite; death as in the decimation of an industry. Influenced by the Death Star base in Star Wars media. 1. a direct-to-home satellite television satellite (used by the cable television provider industry, to describe their competitors and the effect they would have in decimating the cable industry, prior to the introduction of digital satellite television and the three-foot dish revolution) Labels: Canada, US, colloquial, dated, slang
Word: beey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bee + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːi/ 1. Reminiscent of or containing bees. Labels: informal, rare Example: It was the sweetest April-time, / And beey-swarms humm’d thro’ the trees, / And Nature’s voice, in silver rhyme, / Received fresh cadence from the bees. Example: Fell backwards into a soft, though rather waspy and beey, bed.
Word: fellars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fellar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tarbabies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tarbaby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fair crack of the whip Part of Speech: intj 1. Let's have an equitable attempt, match, or process. Used as an appeal for reasonableness. Labels: Australia, colloquial, idiomatic, informal Example: Like you mean the non interference of the officials with the knockon from Soward and not called and the knockon from Chase which eventuated in a try to the Dragons not called, fair crack of the whip mate, see both sides of the coin, not the one you want to see. Example: ‘Fair crack of the whip, mate. We′ve had bacon and eggs for a week.’ He coughed noisily. ‘And you expect a man to jump out of bed for bacon and bloody eggs.’ ‘What would sir prefer? Soufflé au Parmesan? Or a swift kick up the backside?’
Word: fair crack of the whip Part of Speech: noun 1. An equitable opportunity to achieve something. Labels: UK, colloquial, informal Example: We believe it is our duty to help these people, because we don't think they are getting a fair crack of the whip. Example: 1993, William Trethowan, interviewed, in Greg Wilkinson (editor) Talking About Psychiatry, page 43, I never thought the Department of Psychiatry had a fair crack of the whip during my time in Birmingham. I was promised facilities, a new unit for psychiatry, none of which came to pass.
Word: aloha shirt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Former trademark, coined by Ellery Chun. 1. A collared shirt of a type originating in Hawaii, often brilliantly colored with floral or Polynesian patterns. Example: At this election booth one of the officials wears the popular, brightly colored "aloha" shirt; the other a feather lei about his hat. Example: No Savile Row suit, no pure silk business ensemble, no costume of any sort, modern or ancient, can possibly beat the traditional aloha shirt for pure form-follows-function glory. Put on a real aloha shirt, with primary colors detonating all over the surface, and you couldn't hang on to a bummer of a mood if your sister was dating Saddam Hussein.
Word: bring up the rear Part of Speech: verb 1. To be last in a moving line of people, to walk or go behind others in a line. Labels: idiomatic Example: As for the guides, they were debarred from the pleasure of discourse, the one being placed in the van, and the other obliged to bring up the rear. Example: Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet;
Word: perspirable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From perspire + -able. Compare French perspirable. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)spɪɹəbəl/, /pə(ɹ)ˈspaɪɹəbəl/ 1. Capable of being perspired. Example: electrics will not commonly attract, except they grow hot, or become perspirable 2. Emitting perspiration; perspiring. Example: children likewise are not hairy , for that their skins are more perspirable
Word: semivocal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + vocal. 1. Of or relating to a semivowel. Labels: not-comparable Example: a semivocal sound
Word: intensitive Part of Speech: adj 1. Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive. Example: 'un-' is a prefix to nouns, adjectives, and secondary adverbs, and is generally purely negative, though sometimes intensitive in the sense of 'bad': […]
Word: inweave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From in- + weave. 1. To weave in or together; to intermix or intertwine by weaving; to interlace. Labels: archaic, literary Example: And thou, faire Phoebus, in thy colours bright / Wast there enwouen […] Example: [The enchanted standard] contained the figure of a raven, which had been inwove by the three sisters of Hinguar and Hubba with many magical incantations […]
Word: musnud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi मसनद (masnad). 1. A raised seat with embroidery and pillows for the back and elbow. This forms the seat of honor, as in the zenana, where it is the seat of the lady of the house, and privileged visitors are invited to share it as a mark of respect and favor. It is also the ceremonial seat or throne of a rajah. Labels: India
Word: summity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From summ + -ity, from Latin summitas, from summus (“highest”). Compare French sommité. See sum. 1. The height or top of anything. Labels: obsolete 2. The utmost degree; perfection. Labels: obsolete
Word: aloha shirts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aloha shirt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sounding rod Part of Speech: noun 1. A rod or piece of iron let down in a groove by a pump, used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold. 2. A probe used in urethral sounding. 3. A sex toy consisting of a metal or plastic rod, generally with a ball at the end, which is inserted into the urethra.
Word: abovestairs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From above + stairs. 1. Alternative form of above stairs. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: abovestairs Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From above + stairs. 1. Alternative form of above stairs. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: abovestairs Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From above + stairs. 1. Alternative form of above stairs. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: high up Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of high-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: high up Part of Speech: adv 1. In a high or elevated position. Labels: not-comparable Example: From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
Word: monticle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French monticule. 1. A small mountain, or hillock. Labels: archaic
Word: procerity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin proceritas. 1. tallness, height Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: […] when he met with a tall woman he immediately commanded one of his Titanian retinue to marry her that they might propagate procerity.
Word: taenioid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “band, ribbon”) + -oid. By surface analysis, taen- + -ioid. 1. Shaped like a ribbon; ribbonlike. Labels: rare
Word: taeniform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “band, ribbon”) + -iform. 1. Shaped like a ribbon; ribbonlike. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: filamentiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From filament + -i- + -ferous. 1. filiferous Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: spindleshanks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spindle + shanks. 1. A thin, lanky person with long legs. Labels: archaic, derogatory Example: “If I chose,” said she, “to remain a spinster, is that any reason why every bespectacled spindleshanks sitting under an outrageous sign should remark upon it?” “Spindleshanks?” said I. “Am I to understand that you refer to me as Spindleshanks?" "You are," she said, shortly. “I may not,” said I, with dignity, “have the lower extremities of a Grecian athlete in marble, but I assure you that, such as they are, my limbs are ample for my proportions.
Word: macilency Part of Speech: noun 1. leanness Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: crassitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crassitude, from Latin crassitūdō. 1. thickness, coarseness. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. The state or quality of being crass. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: decurtation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of cutting short. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: long as one's arm Part of Speech: adj 1. Very long. Labels: not-comparable
Word: yardarm to yardarm Part of Speech: adv 1. Very close to each other. Labels: archaic, idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: over the hills and far away Part of Speech: adv 1. Far away; not near. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: bedwarf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + dwarf. 1. To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Tis shrinking, not close weaving, that hath thus In mind and body both bedwarfed us.
Word: pantascopic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of pantoscopic Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: pantascopic camera Example: pantascopic lens
Word: rockweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rock + weed. 1. Ascophyllum nodosum, a seaweed also known as knotted wrack. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Fucus vesiculosus, a similar seaweed also known as bladderwrack. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rockweeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rockweed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: covinous Part of Speech: adj 1. Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.
Word: homocercy Part of Speech: noun 1. The possession of a homocercal (symmetric) tail (by a fish). Labels: uncountable
Word: mistrist Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of mistrust. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: desophisticate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + sophisticate. 1. To clear from sophism or error. Labels: transitive Example: [he] in sound, sterling, desophisticating sense was far superior to him
Word: desophisticated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of desophisticate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: desophisticates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of desophisticate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: desophisticating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of desophisticate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: naturize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From nature + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪt͡ʃəɹaɪz/ 1. To endow with nature; to make rural or countryside-like Labels: transitive Example: 'Tis the secret Of nature, naturized 'gainst all infections, Cures all diseases, coming of all causes
Word: naturized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of naturize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: naturizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of naturize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: naturizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of naturize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aerometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aero- + -metry. 1. The science of measuring the air, including air pressure, density, quality, direction and condensation; pneumatics. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: anisotropous Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ænaɪˈsɒtɹəpəs/ 1. Archaic form of anisotropic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: prorector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + rector. 1. An officer who presides over the academic senate of a university in certain countries, especially Germany. 2. A substitute or assistant rector.
Word: prorectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prorector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interwreathe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inter- + wreathe. 1. To weave into a wreath; to intertwine. Example: a. 1657 Richard Lovelace, to my dear friend Mr. E.R Say, happy youth, crown'd with a heav'nly ray Of the first flame , and interwreathed bay Example: Gentle undulations of soil, interwreathed with fantastic crystallic streams, banked by flowery slopes, and backed by a forest vegetation [...]
Word: interwreathed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of interwreathe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: interwreathes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of interwreathe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: interwreathing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of interwreathe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: solemnizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From solemnize + -er. 1. One who solemnizes.
Word: solemnizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solemnizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swordplayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swerdplaer. 1. One who takes part in swordplay; a fencer or gladiator. Example: Have they not Sword-players, and ev'ry ſort / Of Gymnic Artiſts, Wreſtlers, Riders, Runners […]?
Word: swordplayers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swordplayer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stonehatch Part of Speech: noun 1. The ringed plover. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal
Word: stonehatches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stonehatch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mahometry Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mahomet + -ry. 1. Islam Labels: obsolete
Word: aerenchymas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aerenchyma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aerenchymae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aerenchyma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microprotrusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + protrusion. 1. A microscopically small protrusion.
Word: microprotrusions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microprotrusion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aerialities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aeriality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aeriality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aerial + -ity. 1. The state of being aerial or airy; insubstantiality. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The very excess of the extravagance, in fact, by suggesting to the reader continually the mere aeriality of the entire speculation, furnishes the surest means of disenchanting him from the horror which might else gather upon his feelings.
Word: indevirginate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + devirginate. 1. virgin; virginal. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Pallas, the Seed of Ægis-bearing Jove, Who still lives indevirginate, her eyes Being blue, and sparkling like the freezing skies.
Word: trusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin trudere, trusum (“to thrust, shove”). Compare French trusion. See intrusion, extrusion. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹuːʒən/ 1. The act of pushing or thrusting. Labels: obsolete Example: in the operations of drawing, sucking, pumping, &c. which is really Pulsion and Trusion
Word: entrochite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From en- + trochite. 1. A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.
Word: entrochites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entrochite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trochoblasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trochoblast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gargyle Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of gargoyle. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: gargyles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gargyle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: circulatories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circulatory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zigurat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ziggurat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zigurats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zigurat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clothback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cloth + back. 1. A book bound in cloth.
Word: clothbacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clothback Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tincs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tinc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frex Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of for example. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal
Word: preoblongata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + oblongata. 1. The anterior part of the medulla oblongata. Example: The preoblongata is reinforced by the pons. Part of the epicale is a dorso-ventral extension into the massive cerebellum
Word: gambadoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gambado Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amianthoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From amianthus + -oid. 1. Resembling amianthus.
Word: conceptible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See conceive. 1. Capable of being conceived; conceivable. Example: it is not conceptible that in an infinite , or indeed in a very long period of Revolutions of Mankind , those or any things of this kind discoverable would have been of so late a puisne a discovery
Word: stichometrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stichometry + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to stichometry; characterized by stichs, or lines. Labels: not-comparable
Word: purcelane Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of purslane. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: purcelanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of purcelane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Erastianism Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Erastian + -ism. 1. The principles of the Erastians.
Word: sea jellies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea jelly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea jelly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + jelly. 1. A jellyfish.
Word: sarcodic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sarcode + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to sarcode. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bungarum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Telugu బంగారు (baṅgāru, “golden”). 1. A krait (venomous snake of the genus Bungarus) Labels: dated
Word: bungarums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bungarum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preadministration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + administration. 1. Previous administration. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: baptism , as it was instituted by Christ after the preadministration of St. John[…]
Word: preadministrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preadministration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triternate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + ternate. 1. Three times ternate; applied to a leaf dividedvintovthree stalks, each with three leaflets that divide into three lobes Labels: not-comparable Example: triternate leaves on columbines
Word: blastemal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: blastema + -al 1. Relating to the blastema. Example: blastemal cell
Word: colliflower Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of cauliflower. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: colliflowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colliflower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: theogonism Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of theogony. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: cramponee Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French cramponné. See crampoon. 1. Having a cramp or square piece at the end; said of a cross. Labels: not-comparable
Word: geogonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geogony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geogony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geo- + -gony. 1. The branch of science dealing with the formation of the Earth. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Some writers divide Geology into two branches; 1. Geognosy, or Positive Geology, which embraces only the known facts of the science. 2. Geogony, or Speculative Geology, which attempts to point out the causes of those facts, and the inferences that result from them. 2. A particular account of the formation of the Earth. Labels: countable, obsolete Example: The whole system of modern geology is a reproduction of Brahminical geogonies and Maha Pralayas, or great floods.
Word: impest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From im- + pest. 1. To afflict with pestilence, in most cases the bubonic plague. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To plague Labels: figuratively, obsolete
Word: impested Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of impest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: impesting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of impest Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: impests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of impest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overlick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + lick. 1. To lick over. Labels: transitive 2. To lick too much or too often. Labels: transitive Example: an overlicked paw
Word: overlicked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overlick Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overlicking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overlick Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overlicks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overlick Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overbrow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + brow. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbɹaʊ/ 1. To hang over like a brow; to impend over. Labels: poetic, transitive Example: The prints of the Matlock cliffs on the Derwent, which every body has seen, will give the stranger some idea of the rocks which overbrow the partially wooded ravines, and glens down which the streams tributary to the Dove descend. Example: With solemn feet I tread the hill, That overbrows the lonely vale
Word: overbrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + brow. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)bɹaʊ/ 1. The area immediately above the eyebrow and below the forehead. Example: If the man thall have a Mole on the overbrow, then let fuch a perfon refrayne from marriage altogether , or all his life time; for that such a person (if he marry) shall have five wives in his lifetime. Example: I could not say that he didn't give the matter consideration, but while I noticed once in a while, by the lifting of an eyebrow or a slight corrugation of the overbrow, that the gubernatorial mind seemed to have some slight premonitory symptom of the induction of a thought, it passed off without apparent fruition. 2. A projecting shelf of rock on the face of a cliff. Example: For reasons of safety it was decided to drill off the overbrow and to blast it at one time to break 30,000 tons.
Word: overbrowed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overbrow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overbrowing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overbrow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overbrows Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overbrow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: paleous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin palea (“chaff”) + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪliəs/, /ˈpæliəs/ 1. chaffy; like chaff Labels: archaic, rare Example: this attraction have we tried in straws and paleous bodies
Word: overcloy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + cloy. 1. To fill beyond satiety. Labels: dated, transitive Example: A sort of vagabonds, rascals, and runaways, / A scum of Bretons, and base lackey peasants, / Whom their o'er-cloyed country vomits forth / To desperate ventures and assured destruction. Example: He neuer pleaſd his fathers eyes till now, / Nor fild my hart with ouer cloying ioyes.
Word: overcloyed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overcloy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overcloying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overcloy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overcloys Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overcloy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rounce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French ronce (“bramble, brier, thorn”), ranche (“a round, step, rack”), or English round. 1. The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again. 2. The whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.
Word: rounce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare French ronce (“bramble, brier, thorn”), ranche (“a round, step, rack”), or English round. 1. To restore damaged coffee by stirring it in a tub with boiling water and then drying it. Labels: historical
Word: rounce Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rams (“card game”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: rounces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rounce Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rounces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rounce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: feudataries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feudatary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feudatary Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of feudatory. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: feudatary Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of feudatory. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ectal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ecto- + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈɛktəl/ 1. Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer. Example: Note on the ectal ("apparent”) origin of the N. trigeminus in the cat
Word: agrope Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + grope. Pronunciation: /əˈɡɹoʊp/ 1. In the act of groping. Labels: not-comparable Example: Life and life and life! agrope in The dusk of death, warm hands, stretched out For swords, proved more life still to hope in. Example: And he saw other things too in her manner: saw how it had adjusted itself to the hidden intricacies of a situation in which, even after Mrs. Fisher's elucidating flashes, he still felt himself agrope.
Word: placitory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From placit + -ory. 1. Of or relating to legal pleas. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: 1652, Clayton's Reports at Yorke Bring the habit of law-learning into act, the doctrine into use, which is mostly seen in the art placitory Example: For Words are pure placitory Things, and depend upon the mutual Agreement of the Speaker and the Hearer […]
Word: refusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + fusion. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈfjuːʒən/, /ɹɪˈfjuːʒən/ 1. New or repeated melting, as of metals. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of fusing again, or back Labels: countable, uncountable 3. restoration Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: this doctrine of the refusion of the soul
Word: immensurate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From im- + mensurate. 1. Beyond measure; unlimited. Example: I could not but view myself as the fatal cause of immensurate evil, and a gloomy despondency crept over my soul
Word: corsepresent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corse + present. 1. An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body. Labels: UK, historical Example: It was anciently usual to bring the mortuary to church along with the corpse when it came to be buried ; and thence it is sometimes called a corsepresent: a term which bespeaks it to have been once a voluntary donation
Word: corsepresents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corsepresent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mazdean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Mazda + -ean. 1. Of or pertaining to Mazda, the Zoroastrian deity. 2. Zoroastrian. Labels: broadly
Word: Mazdean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mazda + -ean. 1. Zoroastrian.
Word: brachytypous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: brachy- + Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “sort, type”) 1. Of a short form. Labels: obsolete Example: brachytypous lead/brachytypous manganese
Word: wellformed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of well-formed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: mangoldwurzel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mangelwurzel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mangoldwurzels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mangoldwurzel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: signalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From signal + -ist. 1. Someone who makes signals, or communicates information by signalling.
Word: signalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of signalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: first world problem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From First World + problem. First use appears c. 1979. See cite below. 1. A complaint or frustration regarded as trivial that is experienced only by inhabitants in wealthy or developed nations. Example: The South African housing problem is not a First World problem, it says. Example: Someone would love to have my first world problems / Kill the moon and turn out the sun / Lock your door and load your gun / Free at last now the time has come to choose
Word: cowslipped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cowslip + -ed. 1. Adorned with cowslips. Example: Before King Oberon's bright diadem, / Sceptre, and mantle, clasp'd with dewy gem, / Frighted away the Dryads and the Fauns / From rushes green, and brakes, and cowslip'd lawns, [...]
Word: colleterial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From colleterium + -al. 1. Relating to the colleterial gland of insects. Labels: not-comparable Example: The right ovary with its duct has been removed, and only a small portion of the colleterial glands is shown
Word: diiambi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diiambus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diiambus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + iambus. 1. A double iambus; a metrical foot consisting of two iambs.
Word: feudatories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feudatory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sincalide Part of Speech: noun 1. A cholecystokinetic drug used in diagnosing disorders of the gall bladder and pancreas. Labels: uncountable
Word: lavendery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lavender + -y. 1. Resembling lavender.
Word: lavenderish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lavender + -ish. 1. Resembling lavender. 2. Somewhat lavender.
Word: fugacy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːɡəsi/ 1. banishment Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Fugacy from God Example: Notwithstanding any disposition made or to be made , by virtue or colour of any attainder , outlawry , fugacy , or other forfeiture
Word: isotropism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From isotropy + -ism. 1. isotropy Labels: uncountable
Word: diallel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek. 1. Involving crosses between several or all possible combinations. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nine varieties were chosen for a diallel crossing Example: The main difference with design II is that the same individuals are used as parents for the diallel mating design (individuals are used both as male and female). 2. Of lines: Meeting and intersecting; not parallel. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: […] like conditions and common ends as the ideal and goal of human effort are attained along parallel and not diallel lines in all the diversities of human application and invention. Example: Fundamental to this new theory is the discovery of diallel, gravitational-field lines. These connect the two bodies — providing a path for the gravitational information to flow. To see the evidence of these diallel lines in nature requires a paradigm shift away from the traditional view of gravitational interaction.