nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: gurgler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gurgle + -er. 1. One who, or that which, gurgles. 2. A drain. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang
Word: gurglers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gurgler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: giggliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From giggly + -ness. 1. The quality of being giggly. Labels: uncountable Example: Giggliness is really a form of nervousness, and who wouldn't be a little nervous when first moving into unfamiliar territory?
Word: nonposted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + posted. 1. Not having been posted (in various senses). Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonxenophobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + xenophobic. 1. Not xenophobic. Labels: not-comparable Example: We first select a reference level of racism prer that will be considered as the nonracist, nonxenophobic threshold.
Word: nonterrorism Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + terrorism. 1. Not of or pertaining to terrorism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noneditable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + editable. 1. Not editable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonedited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + edited. 1. unedited Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonamended Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + amended. 1. unamended Labels: not-comparable
Word: torchless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From torch + -less. 1. Lacking torches; (by extension) unlighted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sealless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From seal + -less. 1. Without a seal (mechanism for closing off). Labels: not-comparable
Word: caveless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cave + -less. 1. Without caves. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sealess Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sea + -less. 1. Without a sea. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rotodynamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From roto- + dynamic. 1. In which energy is continuously imparted to the pumped fluid by means of a rotating impeller, propeller, or rotor (unlike a positive displacement pump, in which a fluid is moved by trapping a fixed amount of fluid and forcing the trapped volume into the pump's discharge) Labels: not-comparable
Word: bywork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From by- + work. 1. Work done in addition to one's normal duties; subordinate or secondary business; work done on the side.
Word: byworks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bywork Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sweaterless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sweater + -less. 1. Without a sweater. Labels: not-comparable Example: Bundled up in this way I used to sit beside Katherine — in a silk blouse, sweaterless often, and the wind blowing over her in a steady stream.
Word: bonfirelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bonfire + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a bonfire. Example: Changing firing practices — perhaps simply by placing the vessel facedown in the outdoor bonfirelike kiln — allowed the paint to fire black in a reduced atmosphere. Example: He could see the men in the bonfirelike glow of the second Kiowa, which had slammed to earth just beyond the inner perimeter fence.
Word: montantes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of montante Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonhilly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + hilly. 1. Not hilly. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bylane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From by- + lane. 1. A secondary lane. Example: Near-synonym: back lane 2. A side lane or alley extending off a main road.
Word: rumness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rum + -ness. 1. Oddness, strangeness. Labels: UK, colloquial, dated, uncountable
Word: rummies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rummy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: byland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From by- + land. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪlənd/ 1. A peninsula. Labels: rare Example: […] the "byland or peninsula" of Selsey.
Word: byblow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of by-blow. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: attackee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From attack + -ee. 1. One who is attacked. Example: A realistic appraisal of the attackers shows that at least some of their arguments were just as emotional and "unscientific" as those of their attackees.
Word: assaultee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From assault + -ee. 1. One who is assaulted; the victim of an assault.
Word: assaultees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assaultee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attackees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attackee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: craquelin Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of Belgian brioche filled with flavoured nib sugar. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bybidder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From by- + bidder. 1. A person employed to bid at an auction in order to raise the prices for the auctioneer or seller.
Word: craquelins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of craquelin. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bybidders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bybidder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: by-blows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of by-blow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rumly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From rum + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌmli/ 1. In a rum manner; oddly, strangely. Labels: UK, colloquial, dated Example: c. 1840–1850, Virgil's Aeneid, book v., translated by Thomas Moore Thus rumly floor'd, the kind Acestes ran, / And pitying, raised from earth the game old man.
Word: byblows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of byblow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bye-blows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bye-blow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oceanless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ocean + -less. 1. Without an ocean. Labels: not-comparable
Word: shuttable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shut + -able. 1. Capable of being shut. Labels: not-comparable
Word: offendable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From offend + -able. 1. Capable of being offended.
Word: insultable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From insult + -able. 1. Capable of being insulted.
Word: nonurea Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + urea. 1. Not of or pertaining to urea. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonurgency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + urgency. 1. Absence of urgency; the quality of being nonurgent. Labels: uncountable
Word: uncompostable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + compostable. 1. Not compostable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: postable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post + -able. 1. Capable of being posted (in various senses). Labels: not-comparable
Word: moonshees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moonshee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonexploitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + exploitation. 1. Absence of exploitation. Labels: uncountable
Word: antimanufacturing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + manufacturing. 1. Opposing manufacturing.
Word: lifecasting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From life + casting. 1. The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques. Labels: uncountable
Word: lifecasting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of life + broadcasting. 1. The broadcasting of events in one's life to the Internet, especially by means of a webcam. Labels: uncountable
Word: bizjet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *bisīg Old English bisiġ Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 Old English bisiġnes Middle English bisynes English businessclip. English biz Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin iactus Vulgar Latin *iectus Old French get French jetbor. English jet English bizjet From biz + jet, from business jet. 1. A relatively small jet aircraft designed for transporting groups of businesspeople or wealthy individuals. Labels: informal
Word: bizjets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bizjet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dorps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dorp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gift Aid Part of Speech: name 1. A policy that enables charities to reclaim the income tax on donations from taxpayers. Labels: UK
Word: meerschaums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meerschaum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: white knight Part of Speech: noun 1. An individual or corporation that intends to acquire another company in order to avert a hostile takeover. Example: Forget about one possible white knight for Potash. Vale, the big Brazilian mining company, denied on Monday afternoon that it was in talks to acquire the giant Canadian fertilizer company. 2. A hero, savior, or righteous individual. 3. Someone who unnecessarily defends someone else. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: After hearing her version of events, Lt. Wright assumed the role of white knight. He demanded that she file a formal complaint. She demurred, so the next day, over her objection, he alerted the academy. 4. Someone who unnecessarily defends someone else. Labels: Internet, derogatory, figuratively, informal 5. A mushroom of species Tricholoma album. 6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, knight. Example: The white knight is attacking the pawn on e4.
Word: white knight Part of Speech: verb 1. To unnecessarily defend someone, especially in an attempt to gain favour. Labels: derogatory, figuratively
Word: Kurdishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kurdish + -ness. 1. The quality of being Kurdish. Labels: uncountable
Word: dysfunctionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From dysfunctional + -ly. 1. In a dysfunctional manner. Example: “I’m hoping I can be strong enough not to be hit by that ton of bricks, not to become dysfunctionally sad,” said Ms. Cafritz, 62, as she sat on a couch in her temporary home this week.
Word: Visigothic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Visigoth + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌvɪz.ɪˈɡɒθ.ɪk/, /ˌvɪz.ɪˈɡɑ.θɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Visigoths. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cordlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cordless + -ness. 1. The property of being cordless; absence of a cord. Labels: uncountable
Word: metalworks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metalwork Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metalworks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From metal + works. 1. A factory where metal is processed.
Word: supersexed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + sexed. 1. Having a high sex drive.
Word: supermodelesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supermodel + -esque. 1. Looking like a supermodel. Example: The supermodelesque mulatto woman licked her lips and smiled invitingly.
Word: diamantaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French diamantaire. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːəmɒnˈtɛə(ɹ)/ 1. An expert in the cutting of diamonds into gems. 2. A member of a successful diamond-dealing family or group.
Word: diamantaires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diamantaire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sheroes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fundis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fundi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: creepy crawly Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of creepy-crawly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: booster cables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of booster cable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: book-learning Part of Speech: noun 1. Theoretical or academic knowledge acquired by reading books or through formal education, as opposed to practical or empirical knowledge of real life and the real world, gained through experience, or natively as street smarts, common sense, or intuition. Labels: uncountable Example: They are like some wise men, who, learning to know each planet by its Latin name, have quite forgotten such small heavenly constellations as Charity, Forbearance, Universal Love, and Mercy, […] and who, looking upward at the spangled sky, see nothing there but the reflection of their own great wisdom and book-learning. Example: What you needed, I reckon, was less book learning and more bread-and-butter learning.
Word: book learning Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of book-learning. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: What you needed, I reckon, was less book learning and more bread-and-butter learning. Example: Harry's education has included book learning and practical learning, but he's been absorbing the lessons of the heart as well—kindness, courage, loyalty, and the virtue that Dumbledore places above all others: love.
Word: booklore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English boclore, from Old English bōclār (“booklore, learning”), equivalent to book + lore. 1. Factual information concerning books, for example regarding such matters as authors and the history of publication and printing. Labels: uncountable 2. Synonym of book-learning. Labels: uncountable
Word: book lore Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of booklore. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: book-lore Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of booklore. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: misocapnist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From miso- + capno- (stem of Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”)) + ist. 1. One who hates tobacco smoke. Labels: rare Example: He was followed by a disputatious gentleman, who had the temerity to maintain before the royal misocapnist (the Counterblast had not as yet issued from the monarch's lips, but his anti-nicotian prejudices were well known,) the thesis, that "tobacco must needs be good;" proceeding to his proof "by enumeration or induction, because Kings, Princes, Nobles, Earles, Lords, Knights, Gentlemen of all Countries and Nations, reckoning a number, loved it." Example: The frontispiece to the first of these books, engraved on steel with much delicacy by Davenport, is so carefully drawn, and displays such refinement of humour, that it might be ascribed to Wilkie or Smirke; and in Knickerbocker, George could hardly then have become a misocapnist when he limned with such intense gusto the "Pipe-Plot," with its group of smoke-compelling burghers, or the "Death of Walter the Doubter," where his lymphatic Excellency, lungs and pipe exhausted together, exhales his peaceful soul in the last whiff of canaster!
Word: misocapnist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From miso- + capno- (stem of Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”)) + ist. 1. Hating tobacco smoke. Labels: nonstandard, possibly Example: As smoking in misocapnist North America is declining, cigarettes are cheap and plentiful in Korea.
Word: canaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch kanaster, from Spanish canastro (“basket”). Doublet of canister and knaster. 1. Coarse, dried tobacco leaves. Labels: uncountable Example: The frontispiece to the first of these books, engraved on steel with much delicacy by Davenport, is so carefully drawn, and displays such refinement of humour, that it might be ascribed to Wilkie or Smirke; and in Knickerbocker, George could hardly then have become a misocapnist when he limned with such intense gusto the "Pipe-Plot," with its group of smoke-compelling burghers, or the "Death of Walter the Doubter," where his lymphatic Excellency, lungs and pipe exhausted together, exhales his peaceful soul in the last whiff of canaster!
Word: misocapnic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From miso- + capno- (stem of Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”)) + -ic. 1. Disliking smoking and tobacco smoke. Labels: rare Example: After dinner the party adjourned to the drawing-room, where "the Doctor began to feel certain cravings for the stimulating fumes of his beloved pipe." The lady of the house, on the alert, caught the half whispered word, and at once interposed her veto. . . . This was not the only occasion, it may be imagined, on which the doctor suffered from the misocapnic prejudices of a fair hostess. Example: All the civilised world is behindhand touching tobacco. It has, like the Quaker's historical dog, gotten a bad name. One-idea'd hygeists, followers of the "Misocapnic Solomon," have persuaded the world that it is a slow poison.
Word: plexi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. A Plexiglas guitar. Labels: informal
Word: plexure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See plexus. 1. The act or process of weaving together, or interweaving; that which is woven together. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their social branch the wedded plexures rear
Word: plexis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plexi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vagabondism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vagabond + -ism. 1. Vagabondage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: obvolves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of obvolve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: obvolvent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin obvolvēns/obvolvō. Pronunciation: /ɑbˈvɑl.vənt/ 1. Curved downward or inward. Example: Hypopygium of ♂♂ remarkably and conspicuously large, in form of an oval, box-like structure, with tergite 9 and anal lobes constituting the lid, but the tergite itself immovably united on each side basally to sternite 9; latter sternite enormously developed and also as described for this species, boat-like, shell-like, keeled below, with a projecting process or prong on each side postero-dorsally, posteriorly vertically deeply incised (V-shaped), the upper angles or corners of the incision (or posterior angles of sides of sternite 9) prominent, rounded, or broadly projecting upwards under the apical part of posterior lateral lobes of lid-like tergite 9 (this latter condition described by me for the type-species gaerdesi (Hesse 1972: 162, fig. 6 right) as an obvolvent structure connected or fused to tergite 9 may probably not be united to tergite 9 at all, for it could not be seen as an unconnected structure in the old dried ♂ holotype) Example: […] Intervals weakly convex, deeply, rugose with coarse contiguous punctures; sutural costae raised, smooth, glabrous, very finely, sparsely punctate; humeral calla noticeably tumid, glabrous, anteriorly abruptly obvolvent […] Humeri glabrous, smooth, abruptly obvolvent
Word: obvolve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin obvolvō. Pronunciation: /ɒbˈvɒlv/, /ɑbˈvɑlv/ 1. To enfold or wrap around; to cover by wrapping. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: circumduces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of circumduce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: circumduce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See circumduct. 1. To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence. Labels: Scotland, archaic, transitive Example: But come, Dominie, I have allowed you a competent space to express your feelings. I must circumduce the term; you must let me proceed in my examination.
Word: diduce Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of deduce. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [T]hoſe principles or firſt poſitions, have no diſcordance with that reaſon, which draweth downe and diduceth the inferiour poſitions. Example: Laſtly, One way more there may be of miſtake, at that not unuſuall among us, grounded upon a double compute of the year; the one beginning from the 25 of March, the other from the day of our birth unto the ſame again, which is the naturall account. Now hereupon many men frequently miſcaſt their daies; for in their age they diduce the account not from the day of their birth, but the year of our Lord, wherein they were born.
Word: accumbant Part of Speech: adj 1. reclining (at meals) Labels: not-comparable 2. lying against the radicle of a seed Labels: not-comparable
Word: obduce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin obducere, obductum; ob (see ob-) + ducere (“to lead”). 1. To cover. Labels: obsolete Example: Animal exhibits its Face in the native colour of its Skin but Man; all others are covered with Feathers, or Hair, or a Cortex that is obduced over the Cutis as in Elephants and some sort of Indian Dogs.
Word: subduces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subduce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: subduce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Latin subdūcō (“to remove; to withdraw”). Pronunciation: /səbˈdjuːs/, /səbˈduːs/ 1. To withdraw; to take away. Labels: obsolete Example: But Suetonins Paulinus , who next was sent hither , esteem'd a Souldier equall to the best in that age , for two years together went on prosperoully ; both confirming what was got , and subducing onward 2. To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct, to subtract Labels: obsolete Example: If, out of that infinite multitude of antecedent generations, we should by the Operation of the Understanding subduce ten.
Word: superduce Part of Speech: verb 1. to superinduce Labels: rare Example: Their will has had no part in the matter but that of meeting the necessities of the moment by the contrivances of the moment, which contrivances, if in sufficient conformity to the national feelings and character, commonly last, and by successive aggregation constitute a polity, suited to the people who possess it, but which it would be vain to attempt to superduce upon any people whose nature and circumstances had not spontaneously evolved it. Example: Two opposite states superduce the same passioning—sadness of emotion, satedness of enjoyment, weariness of thought.
Word: attrahent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From attrahent-, the stem of the Latin attrahēns (“drawing, pulling, or dragging to or toward with force”; “drawing”, “alluring”, “leading”, “bringing”, “moving”, “attracting”), the present active participle of attrahō (“to draw, pull, or drag to or toward with force”; “to draw, allure, lead, bring, move, attract”), on whose perfect passive participial stem the English verb attract is modelled. Pronunciation: /ˈætɹəhənt/ 1. That attracts; drawing, attracting. Labels: not-comparable Example: The humours, which easily follow the attrahent medicament.
Word: attrahent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From attrahent-, the stem of the Latin attrahēns (“drawing, pulling, or dragging to or toward with force”; “drawing”, “alluring”, “leading”, “bringing”, “moving”, “attracting”), the present active participle of attrahō (“to draw, pull, or drag to or toward with force”; “to draw, allure, lead, bring, move, attract”), on whose perfect passive participial stem the English verb attract is modelled. Pronunciation: /ˈætɹəhənt/ 1. An attrahent agent; something that attracts. Example: The motion of steel to its attrahent. Example: Attrahents are the same with what we otherwise call drawers, ripeners, maturantia, etc.
Word: fulmen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fulmen. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌlmən/ 1. A thunderbolt. Labels: obsolete 2. An artistic or graphic representation of a thunderbolt.
Word: contrahent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin contrahens. 1. Entering into covenant; contracting. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon the one suiting with the one party contrahent ; the other with the other
Word: contrahent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin contrahens. 1. One of the parties entering into a contract.
Word: retrahent Part of Speech: adj 1. Serving to draw something backward. Labels: not-comparable
Word: retraxit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin retraxit (“[he] has withdrawn”), inflection of retraho (“[I] withdraw”). 1. A dismissal with prejudice based on a plaintiff's withdrawal of the suit. Labels: obsolete
Word: solidum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin solidum. Doublet of solid. 1. The die of a pedestal. 2. A complete sum.
Word: conquire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin conquiro. 1. Obsolete form of conquer. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: But here is one, of whom ich will conquire, Whilk way che might attain to my desire. Example: R.: The U.S. wants to conquire the whole world. U.S.: That is not so, we do not want to conquire the world
Word: systema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian систе́ма (sistéma), with spelling likely influenced by system. Doublet of system. Pronunciation: /sɪsˈteɪmə/ 1. A Russian martial art, first appearing in the 1990s, involving a wide variety of fighting styles, including hand-to-hand combat, grappling, knife-fighting and firearms (with the specific elements usually dictated by the individual school). Labels: uncountable
Word: evertor Part of Speech: noun 1. A muscle that everts or turns outward.
Word: feverously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From feverous + -ly. 1. In a feverous way.
Word: flatshare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flat + share. 1. An arrangement in which two or more people share a flat (apartment building).
Word: flatshare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From flat + share. 1. To share a flat (apartment building) with someone else. Labels: informal, intransitive
Word: flatshares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flatshare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flatshares Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flatshare Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flattenable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flatten + -able. 1. Capable of being flattened. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aphrodite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stem of Ancient Greek ἀφρός (aphrós, “sea foam, froth”) (for its supposed resemblance) + -ite. This coining matches not only the name of the goddess, but also the popular folk etymology for her by the Ancient Greeks. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.fɹəʊ.daɪt/ 1. A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum. Labels: uncountable
Word: reinform Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + inform. 1. To inform again.
Word: reinforms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reinform Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reinforming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reinform Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reinformed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reinform Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: postscribe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin postscribere. 1. To make or add a postscript. Labels: archaic Example: It was but mannerly in Bellarmine to postscribe two of his tomes with Laus Deo
Word: shaftless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shaft + -less. 1. Without a shaft. Labels: not-comparable
Word: evolvers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of evolver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: batterlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From batter + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of batter (flour-liquid mixture).
Word: otterlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From otter + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an otter (animal).
Word: zootherapeutic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zoo- + therapeutic. 1. Of or pertaining to zootherapy Labels: not-comparable Example: Zootherapeutic uses of the cockroach, many still current and treated as folk medicine by most modern practitioners, are found worldwide.
Word: zootherapeutic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + therapeutic. 1. Any organism used therapeutically
Word: ABC Islands Part of Speech: name Etymology: From their initial letters. 1. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, the three westernmost islands of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean.
Word: Phillipines Part of Speech: name 1. Misspelling of Philippines. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: unbriefed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + briefed. 1. Not having been briefed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonbriefed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + briefed. 1. Not having been briefed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anan Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Variant form of anon (“in a moment; presently”). Pronunciation: /əˈnæn/ 1. Expressing incomprehension or doubt; often requesting repetition or clarification, especially as an as an interrogative. Labels: obsolete Example: 'You are familiar with the Polynesian, I collect?' asked Stephen. 'Anan, sir?' 'The South Sea language.' Example: “There was once [a mother], as in reason; but she has now been dead and sunk these two good years.” “Anan?” said Deerslayer, looking up at his companion in a little surprise. “Dead and sunk, I say, and I hope that's good English. The old fellow lowered his wife into the lake, by way of seeing the last of her, as I can testify, being an eye-witness of the ceremony; but whether Tom did it to save digging, which is no easy job among roots, or out of a consait that water washes away sin sooner than 'arth, is more than I can say.”
Word: cute hoorism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cute hoor + -ism. 1. Cunning, trickery, cleverness, especially in negative sense: finagling, cynical self-interest. Labels: Ireland, uncountable Example: Some of the articles in this volume point to a culture of individusalism and ‘cute hoorism’ – where people try to get the political system to work for their own individual desires rather than for broad policy changes. Example: On a positive note, the Rechthaberei culture has bred a society of remarkable, dogged fairness – the opposite of cute hoorism.
Word: mesen Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English myselven, my-selven, my-selvene, my selfen, variants of Middle English myself, mi-selfe. More at myself. Pronunciation: /mɪˈsɛn/ 1. Myself. Labels: Northern-England
Word: Leibnizian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Leibniz + -ian. Pronunciation: /laɪbˈnɪtsiən/ 1. Of or relating to the works of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
Word: exophoria Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of heterophoria in which there is a tendency of the eyes to deviate outward. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: badine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French badine. Pronunciation: /bəˈdiːn/ 1. A short, decorated switch or rod, carried by the fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries. Example: A badine, or switch, dangles in the hand of the beau, whose bare head is dressed with enormous curls, and a fore-top. Example: Amidst all those shocking scenes the Due d'Orleans walked along the streets of Versailles, playing with a badine, smiling at the mob, and, in one instance, directed them with his hand which way to turn.
Word: master's theses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of master's thesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meta-evolution Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of metaevolution. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: autonomous oblasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autonomous oblast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zouave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy). 1. a French soldier in the Union army of the Unites States civil war, or a Union soldier in a French soldier's uniform. Labels: historical Example: The French soldiers, for whom this uniform was patterned and made, were, as a rule, much smaller in stature than the American soldier, and hence the imported zouave uniforms distributed, in many cases, were entirely too short for the many giants in stature in the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Regiment. Example: During the Civil War in the United States, some of the Northern Volunteer regiments adpoted ^([sic]) the zouave uniforms and were known as zouaves.
Word: bibis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bibi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: resistent Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of resistant Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon
Word: resistent Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of resistant. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: bus routes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bus route Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superfluent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English superfluent, from Latin superfluens, present participle of superfluere (“to overflow, run over”). 1. Floating on the surface. 2. Abundant; in profusion; superfluous.
Word: ecstatics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecstatic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: karen Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Karen (“(derogatory) any person, especially female, exhibiting an exaggerated sense of entitlement”). Labels: alt-of
Word: karet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew כָּרֵת (karet). 1. A severe punishment prescribed for certain offenses, interpreted variously as expulsion or extinction of the soul. Labels: Judaism, uncountable
Word: fire brigades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fire brigade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fractographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fractography + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to fractography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fractographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fractography + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to fractography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fractography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fracto- + -graphy. 1. The study of fracture surfaces of materials. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: occurres Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of occurre Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: occurre Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of occur. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [I]t was therfore thought unto the Kings Highnes and his Counsail expedient, bifore the depeche of this post, to have a mature and groundly consultacion, by deliberate advice, for the more perfite instruccion to be geven unto you in al suche thinges as may occurre and chaunce touching the said commyn matiers; […] Example: To be ſhort, many ſtories of the kings of Babylon, the Medes, Perſians, and Macedonians, occurre in Scripture, which without prophane ſtories we cannot explane.
Word: Shelbyville Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Shelby + -ville, after Isaac Shelby. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛlbivɪl/ 1. A city, the county seat of Shelby County, Illinois, United States. 2. A city, the county seat of Shelby County, Indiana, United States. 3. A home rule city, the county seat of Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. 4. A city, the county seat of Shelby County, Missouri, United States. 5. A city, the county seat of Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. 6. An unincorporated community in Wayland Township, Allegan County, Michigan, United States. 7. An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Texas, United States.
Word: sculpsit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin. 1. An inscription indicating the identity of the person who created a sculpture.
Word: clarkia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from the genus translingual Clarkia, after William Clark. 1. Any of several annual flowering plants, of the genus Clarkia, native to the Americas. Example: This annual plant resembles the clarkia so strongly that all godetias are now classified as clarkias. But we will mention them individually here because most seed catalogues still do the same.
Word: forerib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + rib. 1. A cut of beef that includes the rib in front of the sirloin, used especially for roasting.
Word: geotechnics Part of Speech: noun 1. A branch of civil engineering related to soil and rocks Labels: uncountable
Word: defluent Part of Speech: adj 1. Running downward; decurrent.
Word: hierarchization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French hiérarchisation, equivalent to hierarchize + -ation. 1. The act or result of hierarchizing; the establishment of a hierarchy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hierarchize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hierarchy + -ize. 1. To establish a hierarchy. Labels: intransitive Example: It operates not by differentiating individuals, but by specifying acts according to a number of general categories; not by hierarchizing but quite simply by bringing into play the binary opposition of the permitted and the forbidden. 2. To arrange in a hierarchy. Labels: transitive Example: The state hierarchizes sexuality by defining homosexuality as an influence that corrupts minors. Such a discourse produces a notion of the correct sexual behavior that transcends into the political realm, reinforcing the heteronationalistic nature of the nation-building.
Word: hingeing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hinge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: diffluent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin diffluens (“flowing away”), present participle of diffluo (“to flow away”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪf.lu.ənt/ 1. Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed. Labels: not-comparable Example: What's diffluent I do consolidate.
Word: honewort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hone + wort, from hone (“a swelling”). 1. Either of two plants of the family Umbelliferae. 2. Either of two plants of the family Umbelliferae.
Word: hierarchizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hierarchize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hierarchizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hierarchize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: honeybird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hony brid (“honey-bird, bee”, also an epithet for Christ), equivalent to honey + bird. 1. Any of several drab honeyguides, of the genus Prodotiscus, from sub-Saharan Africa.
Word: profluent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin profluens, from profluere (“to flow forth”), from pro- + fluere (“to flow”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒfluənt/, /ˈpɹɒfləwənt/ 1. Flowing smoothly as if in a stream. Example: My profluent waters perish not from life, Absorbed into the ever-living sea Whose life is in their full replenishment.
Word: requiescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin requiēscēns (“resting, reposing, sleeping”), present participle of requiēscere, from re- + quiēscō (“rest, repose”). Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkwiˈɛsənt/ 1. Quiescent; quiet; at rest. Labels: uncommon Example: Confidence he must have had, in the highest, in his own resources, or he could never have believed himself able, after putting down the Norman faction by Saxon arms, to resume his own place at the head of his feudal nobility, and replace the nobility in their predominating height of pride above the requiescent natives. Yet all this he did. Example: Weep, oh ye kindred spirits, weep, That haunt the air, the earth, the deep; And where in peace thy Byron slumbers, Pour the requiescent numbers.
Word: requiesce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French requiescer, from Latin requiescō; re- + quiescō (“to rest”), from quies (“rest”). Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkwiˈɛs/ 1. To rest, repose. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: kiss goodbye Part of Speech: verb 1. To kiss prior to departing. Example: Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone 2. To lose something painfully, especially something valuable. Labels: figuratively Example: Since you didn't do your chores, you can kiss your video game privileges goodbye.
Word: canaling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of canal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: canaled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of canal Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: canaled Part of Speech: adj 1. Having one or more canals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: canalling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of canal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: canalled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of canal Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: canalled Part of Speech: adj 1. Having one or more canals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: YRD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Yangtze River Delta: a region eastern China, bordering the East China Sea; An area on the east coast of China, containing Shanghai, Nanjing (“Nanking”), Suzhou (“Soochow”), Hangzhou (“Hangchow”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: A comparison between the PRD and the YRD shows big similarities, with one city being the clear leader in both cases, although this is not without problems. For Hong Kong serious challenges come from Guangzhou and Shenzhen, while for Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing are competing, but also the famous cities Wuxi and Suzhou in between Nanjing and Shanghai are important competitors. However, Nanjing also wants to be an independent regional capital, while at the same time Nanjing is becoming more and more part of the YRD and faces competition and complementarity with Shanghai and the cities emerging between Nanjing and Shanghai. Example: The total value of foreign trade in the YRD region fell sharply to US$150.4 billion in the first quarter of 2009 from US$251.1 billion in the third quarter of 2008, a drop of 66.9%.
Word: small intestines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of small intestine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: large intestines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of large intestine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oral cavities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oral cavity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: edens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eden Labels: form-of, plural
Word: functus Part of Speech: adj 1. Functus officio. Labels: not-comparable
Word: exsequatur Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of exequatur. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: matcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From match + -er. Cognate with Old Frisian mekere (“matchmaker”). 1. One who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages or relationships for others; a matchmaker. 2. Something that matches. Example: There are multiple sets of matchers for various types of searches.
Word: multilevelled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + levelled. 1. Alternative spelling of multileveled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: typer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From type + -er. 1. A typewriter. Example: I don't trust the human beast, Head, and I don't like crowds. I drink my beer, hit the typer and wait. 2. Someone who types; a typist. Example: This resulted in four equal groups: fast typers in the speed payoff condition (IKIs of 184, 184, 198, 264, 286, and 309 msec), slow typers in the speed payoff condition (IKIs of 317, 382, 384, 394, 394, and 470 msec), fast typers in the accuracy payoff condition (IKIs of 211, 224, 226, 255, 259, and 276 msec), and slow typers in the accuracy payoff condition (IKIs of 290, 388, 403, 405, 443, and 451 msec).
Word: religioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From religion + -er. 1. A religious zealot; a religionist. Labels: dated Example: The business of this Junta was to dispose of those Religioners who, having been driven from their cloisters (the edict said), were crying night and day before the throne of a terrible God to revenge the blood of their innocent brethren […] Example: […] all at once, these long tresses would shrink up, and contract into the shortness that becomes a religioner.
Word: revolutioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From revolution + -er. 1. A revolutionary. Labels: archaic Example: 1759, Tobias Smollett, A Complete History of England, London: James Rivington and James Fletcher, 3rd edition,, Book 8, p. 464, The people were divided into three parties, namely, the Williamites, the Jacobites, and the discontented revolutioners; and these factions took all opportunities to thwart, to expose, and to ridicule the measures and principles of each other: so that patriotism was laughed out of doors, as an hypocritical pretence.
Word: crocias Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κροκίας (krokías, “a saffron-colored stone”). 1. Only used in spotted crocias and grey-crowned crocias (two species of birds in the laughingthrush family, found in Java and Vietnam).
Word: bombies Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bombsies (“style of playing marbles”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: mollient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin molliens, past participle of mollire (“to soften”), from mollis (“soft”). By surface analysis, Latin moll- + -i- + -ent. 1. Serving to soften or assuage; emollient.
Word: custodient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin custōdiēns, nominative participle of custōdīre. 1. Protecting; guarding. Labels: obsolete
Word: partitur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Partitur, from Italian partitura (“partition, musical score”) , from Latin partito, from partīre (“divide, partition, share”) (Classical Latin partīrī) and -ura. 1. A full score, conductor's score (with a separate line for every part). Labels: rare Example: The partiturs for the popular shows, though, were apparently sent out one time too many.
Word: idealizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From idealize + -er. 1. A person who idealizes. 2. For a ring R and an ideal m of R, the set of all u ∈ Frac(R) such that um ⊂ m, where Frac(R) is the fraction field of R.
Word: idealizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of idealizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intercommunion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + communion. 1. communion (association) between people or groups Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The participation, together, in Holy Communion of people from different denominations Labels: countable, uncountable 3. In Roman Catholicism, the theological principle which governs whether it is permissible for a Roman Catholic to partake of the Eucharist in a non-Catholic service, and vice versa Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: penus Part of Speech: noun 1. Humorous spelling of penis.
Word: intercorrelation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + correlation. 1. mutual correlation between multiple things Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ladyfy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From lady + -fy. 1. To make ladylike. Labels: transitive 2. To bestow the title of Lady on (a woman). Labels: transitive Example: Your father was / An honest country farmer, goodman Humble. / By his neighbours ne'er call'd Master. Did your pride / Descend from him? but let that pass: your fortune, / Or rather your hunsband's industry, advanced you / To the rank of a merchant's wife. He made a knight, / And your sweet mistress-ship ladyfied,
Word: ladyfied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ladyfy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: longliner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From longline + -er. 1. A fisherman or fishing boat that uses longlines.
Word: garries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of garry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mappemonde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Latin mappa mundī (“map of the world”). 1. A medieval map of the known or imagined world.
Word: garri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yoruba gàrí, from Hausa gā̀rī. 1. A West African food made from fried mashed cassava tubers. Labels: uncountable Example: They cooked together, his mother stirring the soup, Obinze making the garri.
Word: longliners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of longliner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intercorrelations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intercorrelation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ladyfies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ladyfy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ladyfying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ladyfy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mappemondes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mappemonde Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mapping class groups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mapping class group Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vis medicatrix naturae Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin, meaning "the healing power of nature". 1. The ability of the body to heal itself without intervention. Labels: uncountable
Word: misinterpreter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From misinterpret + -er. 1. A person who misinterprets, or makes misinterpretations
Word: misinterpreters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misinterpreter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mopboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mop + board. 1. A skirting board (to protect a wall from wet mops)
Word: mopboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mopboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moppy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mop + -y. 1. disordered, tousled Example: “When I’m downloading an Internet, to do an e-mail, for sending, how do I make it go to your stepmother?” the dad asks his son, a Mac-user with moppy, Robby Benson hair. 2. tipsy; drunk Labels: slang
Word: multisession Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + session. 1. Involving multiple sessions. Labels: not-comparable Example: Allow additional burns enables you to create a multisession CD, which can be used again to write more data.