nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Durrës Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Albanian Durrës, from Latin Dyrrhachium, from Ancient Greek Δυρράχιον (Durrhákhion). Doublet of Dyrrhachium and Durazzo. Pronunciation: /ˈdʊɹəs/ 1. An Adriatic port city in Albania, on the site of ancient Epidamnus. 2. A Catholic archiepiscopal see since 1300, which lost its metropolitan status and was merged into one archbishopric with the Albanian capital Tirana (where the cathedral now is). 3. An Orthodox archbishopric.
Word: Cornish pastie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Cornish pasty. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: precipe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of praecipe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: succint Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of succinct. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: nick of time Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of nick-of-time; in time Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: nick of time Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of in the nick of time; just in time Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: atomic authorization Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of securing authorization rights independently from the intermediaries that use them and the parties to which they apply Labels: uncountable 2. (A document containing) published rights with a guarantee of authenticity which may be verified independently of the intermediaries that use them and the parties to which they apply. Labels: countable 3. (A digitally signed document containing) published rights with cryptographically verifiable integrity, secured independently of the applications that use them and entities to which they apply. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bolis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”). Doublet of bolide. Pronunciation: /ˈboʊlɪs/ 1. A bolide or fireball (type of meteor) Labels: archaic Example: A bolis appearing as large as an orange, with a train some yards in length, crossed Wrenbury, Cheshire, about 10 p.m. (p. 305). The observer was my brother, Mr. William Thomson, surgeon, Wrenbury, near Nantwich.
Word: bolis Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈboʊlɪs/ 1. plural of boli Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fell off a truck Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of fall off a truck Labels: form-of, past
Word: Saint Charles Part of Speech: name 1. Any of various places in the United States, Canada, and France. 2. Any of various saints named Charles.
Word: Saint Cloud Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of St. Cloud. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: skin in the game Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attributed by some to Warren Buffett, but Buffett has denied this. 1. A stake; something at risk, especially with regard to money and investments. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Companies must obtain accountability across all business functions if they are to harvest the fruits of technology. "Let everyone have skin in the game", Rogow said. Example: Says Bergsma: "We were flooded with financial types who didn't have their own skin in the game"
Word: St. Cloud Part of Speech: name 1. Any of several cities. 2. Any of several cities.
Word: Saint Elmo's fire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of St. Elmo's fire. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: St. Elmo's fires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of St. Elmo's fire Labels: form-of, plural Example: As to its appearance upon the masts of ships, Forbin relates that in the year 1696, during a terribly stormy night, near the Balearic Isles, he saw no less than thirty St. Elmo's fires in different parts of the ship, one of them being on one of the sails of the mainmast. Example: Referring to the superstition on the part of the sailors as regards the St. Elmo's fires, Lieutenant Bassett, in his book called "Legends and Superstitions of the Sea," says...
Word: Saint Elmo's fires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Saint Elmo's fire Labels: form-of, plural Example: The Saint Elmo's fires are put out and the storm dies. Example: First spotted at the top of ships' masts (where they were considered a good omen), Saint Elmo's fires are typically seen around tall metal grounded objects, such as lightning rods, aircraft wings, and chimney tops.
Word: bileful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bile + -ful. 1. Poisonous, jaundiced, spiteful, choleric, angry.
Word: viewability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From viewable + -ity. 1. The state or condition of being viewable. Labels: uncountable
Word: hortatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hortative + -ly. 1. In a hortative way.
Word: exhortatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From exhortative + -ly. 1. In an exhortative way.
Word: junior miss Part of Speech: noun 1. A clothing size for girls or women. Labels: uncountable
Word: dyslexias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dyslexia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dyslexically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From dyslexic + -ally. 1. In a dyslexic way.
Word: anticoalition Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + coalition. 1. Opposed to coalition or to a specific coalition. Labels: not-comparable
Word: atomlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From atom + -like. 1. Characteristic of or resembling an atom.
Word: atomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of atomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laplike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lap + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a lap. Example: Long may each zone its wealth profusely pour / Upon her laplike, peace-protected shore!
Word: demountable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From demount + -able. 1. Able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled. 2. Designed to be removed from the read mechanism. Labels: dated
Word: demountable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demount + -able. 1. A temporary and portable building, especially a portable classroom in a school. Labels: Australia Example: A whole row of demountables has been abandoned, the window bagged with bright orange plastic. Example: She opened the door and looked out into the broad passageway between the wings of the demountable.
Word: timewaster Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of time-waster. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: timewasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of timewaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: timewasting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From time + wasting. 1. Being a waste of time; fruitless, unproductive.
Word: timewasting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + wasting. 1. The wasting of time; idleness or procrastination. Labels: uncountable Example: It is designed to help you reduce timewasting, enhance decision making, and bring real benefits to your organisation.
Word: queenlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From queen + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a queen (female monarch); regal, majestic. 2. Resembling or characteristic of a queen (reproductive female animal). Example: Although the laying workers functioned in a queenlike manner, they were unable to suppress ovarian development as effectively as the queen.
Word: haylage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of hay + silage. Coined in 1949 to distinguish this type of fodder from earlier types of grass silage with higher moisture percentages. Pronunciation: /ˈheɪlɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A type of silage with a high dry-matter content, made from the same grasses or legumes from which hay is made (such as alfalfa, timothy, and others) but not dried as much as hay nor as little as direct-chop/green-chop silage (before being ensiled). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dodecaphonists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dodecaphonist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haylages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haylage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adjunctively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From adjunctive + -ly. 1. In an adjunctive way. Labels: not-comparable
Word: conjunctively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From conjunctive + -ly. 1. In a conjunctive way. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unbooted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + booted. 1. Not wearing boots. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not having been booted. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: unapplied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + applied. 1. That has not been applied. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unapplied Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + applied. 1. past participle of unapply Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ensile Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French ensiler. Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.saɪ(ə)l/ 1. To preserve (forage) in a silo. Labels: transitive
Word: scalarize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From scalar + -ize. 1. To make scalar; to form a scalar value from, for example, a vector Labels: transitive
Word: scalarizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scalarize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scalarizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scalarize Labels: US, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scalarized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scalarize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scalarization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scalarize + -ation. 1. The act or process of scalarizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: scalarizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scalarization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brimonidine Part of Speech: noun 1. A drug used to treat open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. Labels: uncountable
Word: ciderless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cider + -less. 1. Without cider. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: cyder Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of cider. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: In order to avoid a great deal of trouble, and to perform the work more effectually, by diveſting the new made Cyder of what pummice and other impurities remain; after straining it through a hair ſieve, on its coming from the Wring, or Preſs, it is neceſſary to be provided with a large open vat, keeve, or clive, which will contain a whole pounding, or making of Cyder[…] Example: One of the few luxuries of Matabello is the palm wine; which is the fermented sap from the flower stains of the cocoa-net. It is really a very mice drink, more like cyder than beer, though quite as intoxicating as the latter.
Word: cyders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bozon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bozo + boson. 1. A notional particle of stupidity. Labels: humorous Example: Chain book sellers are, by and large, bogon and bozon emitters like nothing you've ever seen. Example: One bozon is the exact amount of stupidity and lack of scientific knowledge needed to confuse joules with watts.
Word: fountainlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fountain + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a fountain.
Word: mountainlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mountain + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a mountain.
Word: mountainously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From mountainous + -ly. Coined by Michael Drayton in 1612. 1. In a mountainous manner. Example: Besides her fruitfull earth, her mightie breadth and length, Doth Chiltern fitly match: which mountainously hie, And beeing very long, so likewise shee doth lie;
Word: breezelessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From breezeless + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being breezeless. Labels: uncountable
Word: breezeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From breeze + -less. 1. Without a breeze. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hanging from these shapeless structures and a few broken poles stuck in the dirt, torn skins, hides, and patches of leather sagged in the breezeless air.
Word: zephyrless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zephyr + -less. 1. Without a zephyr. Labels: not-comparable
Word: zephyrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zephyr + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈzɛfəɹəs/ 1. Like a zephyr. Example: Hither no winds, but zephyrous breaths repair, Soft, as the sighs of love sick virgins are! Example: And the blossom as scarlet as blood, the single, the starry, the strong, Is the Alpine love that is nurtured in clefts of the toiler’s life,— The love that is sought not in languor nor chanted in zephyrous song, But held in the heart of the storm when the soul has been wed to a wife. 2. Like a zephyr. Example: 1800, Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle, The Stepmother, London: R.H. Evans, Act V, Scene 1, p. 75, The last night’s tempest was a zephyrous gale, To the rough storm that tears his frame to atoms: … Example: He used to be impatient of poems about budding flowers and zephyrous breezes. 3. Breezy; blown by a breeze. Example: It was March now, the mild March of an early spring. There came new days, zephyrous and sweet. Example: Green-hatted doormen awaken the eve in statuary-niched yellow lobbies— zephyrous canyons brightlit, gray stone Empire State too small to be God lords it over sweet Macy’s & Seafood City by junkie Grant Hotel— 4. Light, fine, soft. Labels: usually Example: 1895, “Feminine Affairs” in To-Day (magazine edited by Jerome K. Jerome), Volume 9, Number 111, 21 December, 1895, p. 200, That there will be flying machines before very long seems more than likely, and what deliciously zephyrous and diaphanous costumes will not the milliners devise for airy recreations in the near future!
Word: subduable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From subdue + -able. 1. That can be subdued; domitable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unsubduable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + subduable. 1. That cannot be subdued; indomitable. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some unsubduable word was on Pierre’s lip, but a sudden voice from out the veil bade him be silent.
Word: earcon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of ear + icon. Pronunciation: /ˈɪə̯.kɒn/, /ˈɪəɹˌkɑn/ 1. A brief, distinctive sound used to represent a specific item or event.
Word: earcons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of earcon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: specieswide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From species + -wide. 1. Throughout a species. Labels: not-comparable
Word: specieswide Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From species + -wide. 1. Throughout a species. Labels: not-comparable
Word: saintdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From saint + -dom. 1. Synonym of sainthood. Example: I will not cease to grasp the hope I hold / Of saintdom, and to clamour, mourn and sob, / Battering the gates of heaven with storms of prayer, / Have mercy, Lord, and take away my sin.
Word: Ysabelle Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Ysabel.
Word: saintdoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saintdom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: babooshka Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of babushka. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: baboushka Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of babushka. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: baboushkas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baboushka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: babooshkas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of babooshka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baboonlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From baboon + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a baboon.
Word: axelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From axe + -like. 1. Alternative spelling of axlike. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: throneless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From throne + -less. 1. Without a throne. Labels: not-comparable Example: I wrung the promise of that bill from His Majesty whilst he was still a throneless wanderer. Example: 2003, Edward Slingerland, Confucius Analects, with selections from traditional commentaries, Indianapolis: Hackett, p. 230, In later myth, Confucius is often referred to as the "throneless ruler," the idea being that, if only he had been given a position of authority, he would have re-established the universal peace and order of the early Zhou.
Word: unthrone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + throne. 1. To dethrone. Labels: transitive
Word: unthrones Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unthrone Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unthroning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unthrone Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unthroned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unthrone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dethroner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dethrone + -er. 1. One who dethrones.
Word: deposer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From depose + -er. 1. One who deposes.
Word: deposers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deposer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monostratal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + stratal. 1. composed of or organized as a single stratum. Labels: not-comparable Example: […]a difference of 18 in favor of the monostratal version. To date this model has yet to see any extensive degree of application, but it seems that there[…] Example: First, it is a monostratal model that does not require transduction. Hence it enjoys the full restrictiveness of finite state automata over transducers.
Word: undragonlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + dragonlike. 1. Not dragonlike. Example: In fact, I notice that the students especially laugh when the dragon says he wants to be loved, perhaps because his behavior is noticeably undragonlike, particularly when he begins to sob.
Word: yoghurtlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From yoghurt + -like. 1. Alternative spelling of yogurtlike. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yogurtlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From yogurt + -like. 1. Resembling yogurt or some aspect of it.
Word: none of someone's business Part of Speech: noun 1. A matter (especially a private or personal one) that someone is not entitled to be involved in or informed about. Labels: idiomatic Example: He asked what I was talking to Sam about. I told him it was none of his business.
Word: dethroners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dethroner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reshuffler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reshuffle + -er. 1. One who, or that which, reshuffles.
Word: reshufflers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reshuffler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rearranger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rearrange + -er. 1. One who, or that which, rearranges.
Word: reorderer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reorder + -er. 1. One who, or that which, reorders.
Word: rearrangers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rearranger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reorderers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reorderer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reorderings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reordering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unarranged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + arranged. 1. Not arranged. Labels: not-comparable Example: If a customer's overdraft remains within its limit, it is known as an arranged overdraft and if it exceeds this amount, the overdraft is known as an unarranged overdraft.
Word: unrearranged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + rearranged. 1. Not rearranged. Labels: not-comparable
Word: saintess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English seintesse. By surface analysis, saint + -ess. 1. A female saint. Labels: uncommon
Word: saintesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saintess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doesnae Part of Speech: verb Etymology: does + -nae 1. Alternative spelling of doesna. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unthanked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + thanked. 1. Not having been thanked. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the leading article in this week's Publishers' Weekly a poet utters the complaints and defines the encouragements to be found in a materialistic world by its unthanked songsters.
Word: unthanked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of unthank Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unthankfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unthankfullnes, equivalent to unthankful + -ness. 1. The condition or state of being unthankful; ingratitude. Labels: uncountable Example: This lokyng about of Jeſus, was a geſture of hym that courteouſly requyred a confeſſion of the benefite receiued. He woulde not vtter her by name, leſte he ſhoulde haue ſemed to haue hit her in the teethe, wyth the good turne he dyd her. The woman, of a womanlye ſhamefaſteneſſe, and not of any vnthankfullneſſe, helde her peace.
Word: unthankfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English unthankefully, equivalent to unthankful + -ly. 1. In an unthankful way; ungratefully.
Word: scraggily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From scraggy + -ly. 1. In a scraggy way.
Word: scragginess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scraggy + -ness. 1. Roughness; irregularity; jaggedness. Labels: uncountable Example: He wore the scragginess of an unshaven face like a lost man in pursuit of some safe harbor. 2. Leanness or thinness, especially as tending toward haggardness; scrawniness. Labels: uncountable Example: [I]f Marian's girlish slimness showed faint, prophetic signs of degenerating into scragginess, George was still far too deeply in love to heed such evil and irreverent prophecies. Example: There is not the least look of scragginess about her, just extreme slenderness, a small-boned creature of perhaps five foot four or five.
Word: straggliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From straggly + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being straggly. Labels: uncountable
Word: clickiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clicky + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being clicky. Labels: uncountable
Word: unrescuable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + rescuable. 1. Not rescuable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unreprovable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + reprovable. 1. Alternative spelling of unreproveable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: saintish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From saint + -ish. 1. Suggestive of a saint; saintlike.
Word: megamouths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megamouth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Przewalski's horse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Nikolai Przhevalsky (1839–1888), Russian geographer and explorer of Polish origin. Compare the taxonomic name Equus ferus przewalskii. Pronunciation: /pʒɛˈvɑːlskiz ˈhɔː(ɹ)s/ 1. Any of subspecies Equus ferus przewalskii of rare, endangered horses, native to the steppes of Central Asia. Example: Gray wolves, red foxes, raccoon dogs, lynx and boars all reside in the exclusion zone, as do endangered Przewalski’s horses, which were introduced to the area about two decades ago.
Word: bigfin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From big + fin. 1. Used to describe various creatures with large fins. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prehensilely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From prehensile + -ly. 1. In a prehensile way. Labels: not-comparable
Word: carriagelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From carriage + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a carriage (vehicle).
Word: typewriterlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From typewriter + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a typewriter.
Word: saintless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From saint + -less. 1. Lacking a patron saint.
Word: drop bear Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɹɒp bɛə/, /dɹɔp bɛː(ɹ)/, /dɹɑp bɛɚ/ 1. A fictional Australian marsupial in the form of a large, carnivorous koala said to fall upon its prey from treetops. Labels: humorous Example: You don't know what drop bears are? Fair dink, don't they teach you blokes anything? Fancy sending a bloke to a place like this and not telling him about drop bears. Example: ‘Drop-bears? Who’s been feedin’ you a line about drop-bears?’ / ‘What do you mean?’ / ‘There’s no such thing as drop-bears! Someone must’ve seen you coming, mate!’
Word: Anacreontic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of anacreontic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Anacreontic Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of anacreontic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mutex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Syllabic abbreviation of mutually exclusive or mutual exclusion. Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːtɛks/ 1. An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual exclusion among threads. Example: The ability to set a maximum waiting time provides another reason why in some circumstances, you might prefer to use a mutex rather than a lock statement.
Word: mutex Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Syllabic abbreviation of mutually exclusive or mutual exclusion. Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːtɛks/ 1. To apply a mutex to. Labels: transitive Example: Or you can have a single pipe that is mutexed so each thread can only write to the pipe exclusively. Alternatively, you can have each thread put the finished fd in a globally mutexed list.
Word: mutexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mutex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mutexes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mutex Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: waheela Part of Speech: noun 1. A wolflike cryptid reported from Nahanni Valley in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Word: jackalope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of jackrabbit + antelope. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒækəloʊp/, /ˈd͡ʒækələʊp/ 1. A folkloric animal, a supposed cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope, goat, or deer, usually portrayed as a rabbit with antlers. Example: Most jackalopes are furry and a foot or two tall; many are only heads, mounted on wood plaques; there are some six-footers, covered with fur…
Word: jackalopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jackalope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gazeka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by its inventor, the English comic actor George Graves (1876-1949), who introduced it as a bit of by-play in the musical The Little Michus at Daly's Theatre, London, in 1905. 1. A fictional cryptid said to have been seen on Papua New Guinea in the early twentieth century, resembling a tapir or giant sloth.
Word: gazeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gaze + -less. 1. Blind, unseeing. Labels: not-comparable Example: I searched for form and land For years and years I roamed I gazed a gazeless stare.
Word: agogwe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kuria agogwe. 1. A supposed small human-like biped reported from the forests of East Africa, said to have long rust-coloured woolly hair and yellowish-red skin. Example: They were, he said, agogwe, the little furry men whom one does not see […]
Word: finfolk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fin + folk. 1. Sorcerous shapeshifters of the sea in Orkney folklore. Labels: Orkney, plural, plural-only
Word: finfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of finfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chipekwe Part of Speech: noun 1. A rhinoceroslike creature of Central African legend. Example: The native said the chipekwe had a smooth, dark body and a single white horn...
Word: rhinoceroslike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rhinoceros + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a rhinoceros.
Word: rhinocerots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhinocerot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unreachably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unreachab(le) + -ly. 1. In an unreachable way. Example: Largely through black-and-white rehearsal stills of Barbagallo, Davis and Kaminsky, shot at The Brick in Brooklyn, it captures what theater feels like — the everyday incantation of it, and how unreachably far away that seems now. Example: If Freud's reading here — his progress on the "royal road to ... the unconscious" — is halted, and he finds himself unable to advance further along the way, this point of blockage is at the same time a point of branching -out or divergence: a point from which, says Freud, the thoughts of the dream discandy and disperse unreachably "in every direction into the intricate network of our world of thought" .
Word: unattainably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unattainable + -ly. 1. In an unattainable way. Example: […]而后者则由于挤压的结果，不断向上翘起，从而形成了号称“地球之巅”的珠穆朗玛峰和一系列海拔七、八千米高耸入云的山峰。
Word: stainability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stainable + -ity. 1. The state or condition of being stainable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stainabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stainability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unstainable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + stainable. 1. Not stainable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: devil bird Part of Speech: noun 1. An avian cryptid of Sri Lanka, said to emit human-sounding shrieks that portend death; possibly the spot-bellied eagle owl (Bubo nipalensis) or Ceylon highland nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus). Example: Residents of Sri Lanka, an island nation off the southern coast of India, describe a devil bird — also known as ulama — that is seldom seen but often heard at night, when it utters an eerie cry like that of “a boy in torture, whose screams are stopped by being strangled.“
Word: devil birds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of devil bird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grassily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From grassy + -ly. 1. In a grassy way.
Word: sauceless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sauce + -less. 1. Without sauce (condiment for food). 2. Without sauce (vitality; capability); uninteresting. Labels: slang
Word: ketchupless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ketchup + -less. 1. Without ketchup. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Mr. Terry knows what he's doing: the price is right, and these freshly grilled burgers are thin but great, in the ketchupless Austin style.
Word: argopelter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of agropelter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unpickled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pickled. 1. Not pickled (preserved). Labels: not-comparable
Word: dictionarylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dictionary + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a dictionary.
Word: unsleepingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unsleeping + -ly. 1. Without sleeping; vigilantly. Labels: not-comparable
Word: whangdoodle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of American origin. First use appears c.1856. Popularized by appearing in a sermon parody attributed to William P. Brannan as "Where the lion roareth and the whangdoodle mourneth for her first-born," published in The Harp of a Thousand Strings: Or, Laughter for a Lifetime (1858). Roald Dahl uses the term in at least three stories of his: James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Minpins. In at least two of those stories, namely Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Minpins, the whangdoodle is stated to be a vicious monster. Pronunciation: /ˈwæŋ.duː.dl̩/, /ˈhwæŋ.duː.dl̩/ 1. A whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction; a bugbear. Labels: humorous, often Example: "I'm n-n-not a tor-tor-tortoise," stuttered the curious creature, "I'm a wha-wha-whang-whang-doodle." "A whangdoodle! What's that?" Example: Bob gave the man fair warning. Told him if he ever prowled around his home again he'd better come a–fogging; the man took a chance and now he's where the woodbine twineth and the whangdoodle mourneth for its mate. 2. A term of disparagement. Labels: obsolete Example: For a man who can listen for an hour to Mr. White, the whining, nasal, Whangdoodle preacher, and then sit down and write, without shedding melancholy from his pen as water slides from a duck's back, is more than mortal. Example: […]and I want you to conflumux everything got up by Mrs. Davis or Miss Lane, or any other of these political whangdoodles. 3. A ruling in which the opening stake limits are doubled for the next play after the appearance of a very good hand. Example: It is sometimes agreed in advance that after a hand of certain rank, such as Four of a Kind or a Full House, is shown, a Whangdoodle or Jackpot must be played[…]
Word: whangdoodles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whangdoodle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: batutut Part of Speech: noun 1. A folkloric hairy hominid said to inhabit wilderness areas of Vietnam, Laos, and northern Borneo. Example: John MacKinnon, studying orangutan ecology in the Malaysian state of Sabah, found footprints of the batutut […] Example: […] the batutut was described as a type of ghost, a shy nocturnal creature about four feet tall, which walks upright like a man and has a long black mane.
Word: folklorically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From folkloric + -ally. 1. In a folkloric way.
Word: batzens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of batzen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: refreshable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From refresh + -able. 1. That can be refreshed (updated). Labels: not-comparable
Word: address bar Part of Speech: noun 1. A bar in a web browser that displays the address (uniform resource identifier) of the page or resource being displayed. Example: This trick is quite practical; since almost everyone keeps the address bar visible, being able to search from it doesn't add any gunk to your browser window […]
Word: address bars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of address bar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milk bars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milk bar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unformedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unformed + -ly. 1. In an unformed way. Labels: rare
Word: inchoately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From inchoate + -ly. 1. In an inchoate way.
Word: unforthcomingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unforthcoming + -ly. 1. In an unforthcoming way. Example: He looked slyly at the Scotland Yard man and probed him, "You know who tbey think did it, don't you?" "Yes," said Inspector Hughes unforthcomingly. Example: Burns replies politely but unforthcomingly about this poem; he uses his allegedly untutored social manners to excuse his lack of response.
Word: muntjak Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of muntjac. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: muntjaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muntjak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: axhandle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ax + handle. 1. The handle of an ax.
Word: axhandles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of axhandle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: axehandle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of axhandle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: axehandles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of axehandle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: joint snake Part of Speech: noun 1. A mythical creature of the southern United States, a snake that can reassemble itself when broken or cut into pieces. Example: The farmer, however, knowing the habits of joint snakes, had hidden one of the middle pieces in his pocket. Example: Nat knew, though he had never seen one, that there were such things as joint snakes and hoop snakes.
Word: broomlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From broom + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a broom. 2. Resembling or characteristic of the plant called broom.
Word: saintology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From saint + -ology. 1. hagiology
Word: saintologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saintology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unblue Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + blue. 1. Not blue. Labels: not-comparable, regional Example: […] a god in an unblue sky. Example: Soon an associational chain reaction occurs that stains blue all that has remained unblue...
Word: unblue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + blue. 1. To cease being blue. Labels: intransitive, poetic, rare Example: Blue at some distances unblues, […] Example: The boy was very hurt in the throat and his face was only now unbluing. 2. To cause (something) to cease being blue; to make (something) not blue. Labels: poetic, rare, transitive Example: […] to clothe bodies surprised by bullets, to unblue hands frozen in ditches, […] Example: They look like iced teeth where a storm unblues them.
Word: joint snakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of joint snake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hidebehind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hide + behind. 1. A creature in United States folklore that may be glimpsed but never seen clearly. Example: The Hidebehind is never found in the open. He always conceals himself behind a tree trunk. Example: She meets sirens and sea serpents and hidebehinds, wicked kings and repulsive recluses, capitalist magicians and seven-league boots and magic pomegranates.
Word: hidebehinds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hidebehind Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tissuey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tissue + -y. 1. Tissuelike.
Word: tissuelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tissue + -like. 1. Resembling tissue or some aspect of it.
Word: dynamize Part of Speech: verb 1. To make dynamic. Example: About 20 years of active struggle to regain economic and linguistic control away from the English speaking minority has politicized and dynamized Quebec culture. 2. To render effective.
Word: dynamizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dynamize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dynamizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dynamize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dynamized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dynamize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: code-behind Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique in object-oriented programming in which the visual and back-end source code are stored in separate files, allowing designers and programmers to work independently. Code-behind is a technique used in Microsoft programming platforms, including ASP.NET and XAML, where the practice is facilitated by separating the visual and code aspects through the use of partial classes. Labels: uncountable
Word: web design Part of Speech: noun 1. The trade of a web designer; the creation of web pages, especially in terms of layout and presentation rather than functionality. Labels: uncountable Example: The Web Design Style Guide: How to Create a Smash Hit Web Site Example: Still others are firms already established in other creative sectors, which offer Web design services to their clients as part of their portfolio of services.
Word: cactus cat Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæk.təs kæt/ 1. A bobcat-like creature in North American folklore, said to be covered in spines like a porcupine and to slash cacti at night to release their juices.
Word: squonks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squonk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hoop snake Part of Speech: noun 1. A mythical creature of the United States and Australia, a snake that grasps its tail in its jaws and thereby rolls after its prey like a wheel. 2. Snakes of genus Farancia, chiefly of the southeastern U.S.: 3. Snakes of genus Farancia, chiefly of the southeastern U.S.: 4. bandy-bandy
Word: hoop snakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoop snake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ready salted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From early crisps that, having previously been shipped with a separate twist of salt, were later salted in advance. 1. Seasoned with salt but no other flavoring. Labels: UK, not-comparable
Word: dinosauric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dinosaur + -ic. 1. Dinosaurian. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: dinosaurians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dinosaurian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cat ladies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cat lady Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multilanguage Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + language. 1. of or pertaining to multiple languages Labels: not-comparable
Word: multilanguage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + language. 1. A compilation of dubbed translations of a song or scene.
Word: teakettler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From teakettle + -er. 1. A creature in North American folklore, said to resemble a small stubby-legged dog with the ears of a cat, whose cry resembles a boiling teakettle.
Word: unserialized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + serialized. 1. Not serialized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anoxically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From anoxic + -ally. 1. In an anoxic way; without oxygen. Labels: not-comparable
Word: blue hole Part of Speech: noun 1. A submarine cave or sinkhole, a roughly circular, steep-walled depression that is typically anoxic below a certain depth.
Word: blue holes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue hole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bioluminescently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bioluminescent + -ly. 1. In a bioluminescent way. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sigbin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cebuano sigbin. 1. A creature of Philippine mythology, resembling a hornless goat, said to come out at night to suck the blood of victims from their shadows. 2. A cryptid resembling a kangaroo or a deer.
Word: sigben Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sigbin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: smilodon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name Smilodon. 1. Any member of the extinct genus Smilodon, the saber-toothed tigers. Example: From the sound of the smilodon’s roar, I knew he was far off.
Word: smilodons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smilodon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smirkingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From smirking + -ly. 1. In a smirking manner.
Word: multiwindow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + window. 1. Involving or permitting multiple windows at the same time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: grammaticalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from grammaticalization. 1. To make grammatical. Labels: transitive Example: Enhanced output arises when learners grammaticalize their output either through the use of more advanced interlanguage forms or of target language forms. Example: It is only later that learners begin to grammaticalize their speech. According to N. Ellis (1996), they do this by extracting rules from the items they have learned—bootstrapping their way to grammar. 2. To integrate into a system of grammar; to make (something such as a constraint) an element or rule of grammar, to cause (something) to be required by grammar. Labels: transitive Example: That is, the cooccurrence restrictions do cross intervening specifications for the same feature. […] In the model, a linguistic constraint against homorganicity (which may grammaticalize constraints on motor programming) is enforced on pairs […] Example: ... Udmurt, Turkish, and Yucatec Mayan to test (and critique) the hypothesis that possessives grammaticalize into definite articles. 3. To cause (a word, a suffix, etc) to undergo grammaticalization. Labels: transitive Example: Similarly to other classifier languages in South America and elsewhere, a number of nouns grammaticalize as classifiers and are also used as derivational suffixes, e.g. *-maka 'stretch (of cloth)' (from *maka “hammock'), […] Example: Items that grammaticalize become more productive in the sense that the grammaticalizing element occurs with increasingly large numebrs of categories. […] Clearly, lexicalization is far less constrained by various types of linguistic processes than grammaticalization is.
Word: grammaticalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grammaticalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: grammaticalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of grammaticalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: grammaticalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of grammaticalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reanalyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reanalysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reanalyses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reanalyse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wolpertinger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Wolpertinger. 1. A fictional creature said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria, having various incongruous features such as wings, antlers, and fangs. Example: The wolpertinger roams the mountains and forests of the Bavarian Alps. Example: ...fall into the same category as Germany's wolpertingers, which we have seen on our visits to that country.
Word: wolpertingers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wolpertinger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waitoreke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori. The etymology is disputed. The first syllable is probably from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *wai (“water”), from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ. Māori toreke (“be left behind, forsaken”) can be found in dictionaries. 1. A cryptid of New Zealand, said variously to be a mammal resembling an otter, platypus or beaver, and to live in rivers.
Word: damselfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of damselfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whaddayawant Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From whaddaya + want. 1. What do you want? Labels: slang
Word: sirrush Part of Speech: noun 1. A fantastical creature depicted on the reconstructed Ishtar Gate of Babylon, a scaly dragon with hind legs like an eagle's talons and feline forelegs.
Word: sirrushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sirrush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rainily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From rainy + -ly. 1. In a rainy way.
Word: waitressy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From waitress + -y. 1. Of or pertaining to waitresses. Labels: informal Example: She wore a waitressy dress.
Word: side dishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of side dish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sexlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sex + -like. 1. Resembling sex or some aspect of it. Example: Because many drugs produce a sexlike pleasure, there is a close relationship between drug taking and sex. Both sexual and drug-induced sensations command attention and condition the brain to seek repetition of the experience. Example: Some bacteria occasionally have a sexlike process, or conjugation […]
Word: wintersweet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From winter + sweet. 1. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Chimonanthus. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: wintersweets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wintersweet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saithe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Norse seiðr; compare Norwegian sei and Swedish and Danish sej. Pronunciation: /seɪð/, /seɪθ/ 1. The pollock or coalfish or coley (Pollachius virens). Example: Daniel Lawson made the claim after it was revealed that cod quotas would be cut almost in half – by 44 per cent – with saithe quotas also to fall by a quarter.
Word: zapodids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zapodid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tapeless workflow Part of Speech: noun 1. Avoidance of use of magnetic tapes in the full process of video production from camera recording and editing to postproduction.
Word: zetetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From zetetic + -ally. 1. In a zetetic way; by means of investigation. Example: It would be somewhat too long a work for this place Zetetically to examine, and positively to prove, what particular kind of motion it is that must be the efficient of Light […].
Word: zestless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zest + -less. 1. Lacking zest; passionless, unenthusiastic. Example: 1792, Robert Sadler, Wanley Penson, or The Melancholy Man, London: C. & G. Kearsley, Volume 3, p. 252, There are moments, indeed, in which I could be pleased to repay even a zestless joke with a smile, and, to feed the cheerfulness of a companion, rummage my own recollection for a mirthful incident; but, alas! ’tis not so now—My soul is too much absorbed in its own gloomy ruminations, to be drawn forth by its accustomed urbanity […] Example: 1865, Charles Heavysege, Jephthah’s Daughter, Montreal: Dawson Brothers, IV, (unpaginated), […] So he passes To second childhood; but, as quickening gases, Being fled, leave zestless a once cheering draught, We grow not merry though the Dotard laughed.
Word: zestlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From zestless + -ly. 1. In a zestless way. Example: "Shrimps That Crawl in Chesapeake Bay, Served Up Fresh Here Every Day," he rhymed zestlessly from old habit.
Word: zestlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zestless + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being zestless; lack of passion or enthusiasm. Labels: uncountable Example: But now, pondering all this during these weeks of his despondency he grew frightened at his own zestlessness, and he did not even care to eat so much as he had, and when he found his appetite for food waning he was frightened lest he die too soon, and he said to himself that he must rid himself of some of his troubles.
Word: zillionfold Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From zillion + -fold. 1. By a factor of a zillion. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: Zip disk Part of Speech: noun 1. A disk of the kind that can be read and written by a Zip drive.