nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bahiagrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bahia + grass. 1. A tropical or subtropical perennial grass, Paspalum notatum, native from Mexico to South America and introduced elsewhere Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any species in the genus Paspalum Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bahiagrasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bahiagrass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calcinuria Part of Speech: noun 1. The presence of calcium salts in the urine Labels: uncountable
Word: elasmosaurid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the family Elasmosauridae of long-necked plesiosaurs.
Word: elasmosaurids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elasmosaurid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calcinotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to calcinosis. Labels: not-comparable Example: calcinotic lesions
Word: calcinoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calcinosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nontumoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + tumoral. 1. Not tumoral. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Chinese menus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chinese menu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chaetotaxies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chaetotaxy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chetotaxy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chaetotaxy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: paterero Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of pederero. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: patereroes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paterero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patereros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paterero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ampliation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ampliatio. Compare French ampliation. Doublet of ampliatio. 1. Enlargement; amplification. Labels: archaic, countable, nonstandard, uncountable 2. A postponement of the decision of a cause for further consideration or reargument. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: ampliations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ampliation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pickle-herring Part of Speech: noun 1. A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring. Labels: obsolete Example: 'Tis a Gentleman heere. A plague o'these pickle herring: How now Sot. 2. A buffoon. Labels: obsolete Example: The first who made the experiment was a merry-andrew, who was put into my hands by a neighbouring justice of peace, in order to reclaim him from that profligate kind of life. Poor Pickle-herring had not taken above one turn in it, when he came out of the cave, like a hermit from his cell, with a penitential look and a most rueful countenance.
Word: pickle-herrings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pickle-herring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sillock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sill (“newly hatched young of fish, fry”) + -ock, ultimately from Old Norse síl, síld (“herring”), whence also dialectal Swedish sil (“the young of fish, fry”) and Norwegian sil (“sand-eel”). More at sile. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪ.lək/ 1. A pollock or a coalfish, sometimes especially a young coalfish. Labels: Scotland
Word: sillocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sillock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crystallurgy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “ice, crystal”) + -urgy. 1. crystallization Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: optotype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From opto- + -type. 1. A standardized symbol for testing vision. Example: Optotypes can be specially shaped letters, numbers, or geometric symbols. 2. An eye chart
Word: optotypes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of optotype Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crossbeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross + beak. 1. A bird, the crossbill.
Word: crossbeaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crossbeak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mellic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. mellitic acid Labels: uncountable
Word: expulsatory Part of Speech: adj 1. expulsive; having the power to expel; serving to expel
Word: accommodation ladders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accommodation ladder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accommodation paper Part of Speech: noun 1. A note or bill drawn, draft accepted, or endorsed by one or more parties to enable another party to obtain credit or raise money without consideration or collateral.
Word: accommodation papers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accommodation paper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cutey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cute + -y. 1. Alternative form of cutie. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: With me, a bird in the hand and a cutey in a bed is worth dozens of them in a bush you can't reach
Word: cuteys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cutey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accommodation train Part of Speech: noun 1. A local train that stops at all or nearly all stops and is used by passengers and freight.
Word: accommodation trains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accommodation train Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seannachie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish seanchaí and Scottish Gaelic seanchaidh, from Old Irish senchaid. Pronunciation: /ˈʃænəxi/ 1. a bard, genealogist, or storyteller in Gaelic culture. Labels: Ireland, Scotland Example: Take a glass of wine, Sir Arthur, and drink down that bead-roll of unbaptized jargon, that would choke the devil - why, that last fellow has the only intelligible name you have repeated - they are all of the tribe of Macfungus - mushroom monarchs every one of them; sprung up from the fumes of conceit, folly, and falsehood, fermenting in the brains of some mad Highland seannachie.
Word: seannachies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seannachie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of seannachy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: senachy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of seannachie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: senachies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of senachie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of senachy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coffin dodger Part of Speech: noun 1. An elderly person, a person near death, or adept at avoiding death. Labels: derogatory, humorous, slang Example: That if parents don't look after their kids some long box makers are likely to be busy soon. That if after the discharge of buckshot these urchin's escape the "O.K" man will have to have another look out for the coffin-dodgers. Example: Myers Gilbert known in Milwaukee, Wis., and in fact everywhere he has been as "Coffin Dodger," because of his good luck in wiggling out of tight places, is a typical tramp newsboy and a mighty clever sample of the progressive boy of the streets. 2. An alcoholic drink, sometimes drunk as a cure for a hangover. Labels: humorous, slang Example: While the Liquor Act Amendment Act was lately before the House, Mr. Leake tried to get the members to pass a clause imposing a penalty not exceeding £50 on any licensed person permitting any woman or girl to sell or serve liquor on his licensed premises. Parliament, however, did not see fit to abolish the fascinating female dispenser of the Cur-r-r-sed Dr-r-r-ink. She is still to be allowed to administer the "coffin-dodger" or "corpse-reviver" at will. Example: All sorts came to see Linda, whose soulful innocence was as refreshing as a gin cocktail or a coffin-dodger the next morning, when one has a tongue like the corporation street brush and a mouth in semblance, to the bottom of a parrot cage.
Word: cipolin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian cipollino (“a little onion”), from cipolla (“onion”) (compare English cibol). So called because its veins consist, like onions, of different strata, one lying upon another. 1. A white-green wavy-banded form of marble, used in buildings in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. It consists of coloured veins of epidote and chlorite. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cipolins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cipolin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dictyogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δίκτυον (díktuon, “net”) + -gen. 1. A plant with net-veined leaves and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the families Dioscoreaceae, Smilacaceae, Trilliaceae, etc. Labels: dated
Word: dictyogens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dictyogen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scolithi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scolithus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scolithus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκώληξ (skṓlēx, “worm”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) 1. A tubular structure found in sedimentary rocks, such as sandstone, believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.
Word: perigynia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perigynium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perigynium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin perigynium, from peri- + Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ, “woman”) + -ium. Pronunciation: /pɛɹɪˈd͡ʒɪnɪəm/ 1. A specialized sheath-like bract that surrounds the ovary or fruit of some flowering plants, especially those in the family Cyperaceae (sedges); utricle.
Word: skittle-dog Part of Speech: noun 1. The spiny dogfish. Labels: dated, dialectal
Word: skittle-dogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skittle-dog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perigonia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perigonium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hedylid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the family of Hedylidae, the American moth-butterflies.
Word: hedylids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hedylid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sheep-split Part of Speech: noun 1. A split or strip of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine. Labels: dated
Word: sheep-splits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sheep-split Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disinthrall Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of disinthral. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: disinthralls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disinthrall Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: solenacean Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of several species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the family Solenidae.
Word: solenaceans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solenacean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contraversion Part of Speech: noun 1. A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The second Stanza was called the Antistrophé , from the Contraversion of the Chorus
Word: contraversions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contraversion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Congrevean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Congreve + -an. 1. Alternative form of Congrevian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Congrevian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Congreve + -ian. 1. Of or relating to William Congreve (1670–1729), English playwright and poet.
Word: leafcutting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From leaf + cutting. 1. Alternative spelling of leaf-cutting. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: naeve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin naevus. 1. Alternative spelling of naevus (“pigmented spot”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: Was there no milder way but the smallpox; The very filthiness of Pandora's box? So many spots, like næves, our Venus soil?
Word: naeves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naeve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seirfish Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of seerfish. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: traphole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trap + hole. 1. A trou-de-loup. 2. mouth Labels: informal
Word: trapholes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of traphole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caroubier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French caroubier. 1. carob (tree)
Word: tectibranchiate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tectus, past participle of tegere (“to cover”) + branchiate. 1. Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or relating to the former order Tectibranchiata. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: tectibranchiate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tectus, past participle of tegere (“to cover”) + branchiate. 1. Any tectibranchiate mollusk.
Word: tectibranchiates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tectibranchiate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subsyndromal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + syndromal. 1. Not pronounced or apparent enough to be clinically classed as a syndrome.
Word: syndromal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From syndrome + -al. 1. Of or relating to a syndrome. Labels: not-comparable
Word: counter-paly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: French contre-palé, equivalent to counter- + paly. 1. Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colours used alternately or counterchanged. Labels: not-comparable
Word: counterchanging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of counterchange Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: countercathectic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From counter- + cathectic. 1. Of or relating to countercathexis.
Word: savagenesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of savageness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prisage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French prisage (“a praising, valuing, taxing”) (compare Latin prisagium (“prisage”)) or from French prise (“a taking, capture, prize”). See prize. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪzɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast. Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: There is also another very ancient hereditary duty belonging to the crown, called the prisage, or butlerage of wines 2. The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: prisages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prisage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sontag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Henriette Sontag (1806–1854), German soprano singer. 1. A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress. Labels: dated Example: If it had, only think what a scattering of clothing there would have been—skirts, dresses, sontags, double-dresses, shawls, cloaks, hoods, scarfs, veils, and little black strings[…]
Word: sontags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sontag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prioritizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prioritize + -er. 1. One who prioritizes. Example: What should you do each day if you are a good task prioritizer?
Word: prioritizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prioritizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disadvance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English disavauncen, from Old French desavancer. 1. To draw back, pull back. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Through Cambels shoulder it unwarely went, / That forced him his shield to disadvaunce.
Word: disadvanced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disadvance Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disadvances Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disadvance Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disadvancing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disadvance Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mastich Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of mastic. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: mastichs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mastich Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From schist + -ic. 1. Of or like schist; schistose.
Word: commoration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin commoratio. Doublet of commoratio. 1. residence (the act of staying or residing somewhere). Labels: obsolete Example: Or was it , that they met not with so fit an opportunity of his commoration amongst them?
Word: commorations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of commoration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: steerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English stereles, sterelees, from Old English stēorlēas (“ungovernable, unruly”), equivalent to steer + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪələs/, /ˈstɪɹləs/ 1. Having no rudder. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 2. Without a guiding or steering influence; haphazard. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable
Word: planarioid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Planaria + -oid. 1. Resembling planarians. Labels: dated, rare
Word: slacknesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slackness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teaseling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of teasel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: teaseling Part of Speech: noun 1. The cutting and gathering of teasels. Labels: archaic, uncountable 2. The use of teasels to raise a nap on cloth. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: teaseled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of teasel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: paludinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin palūdīnōsus (“marshy, swampy”), ultimately from palūs. Sense 2 from translingual Paludina + -ous. 1. Paludinal: characteristic of or relating to marsh, swamp or fen. Example: The ground, where there happened to be any, was covered with spongy moss, and mucous lichens. We wasted days in going round deep swamps, while all kinds of paludinous creatures glided about and frightened our horses. Our water - proof overcoats were worn full of holes and we were drenched to the skin. Example: ... species of coccinellids are known to be firmly restricted to a certain, more or less strictly defined habitat. Among the common species, for example, the hygrophilous Anisostica novemdecimpunctata is bound to vegetation of paludinous habitats (as marshes, fens and moist meadows), […] 2. Relating to the genus Paludina. Labels: obsolete
Word: stunningness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stunning + -ness. 1. Quality of being stunning. Labels: uncountable
Word: sciniph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin scinifes, cinifes or ciniphes, plural, from Ancient Greek σκνίψ (skníps, “gnat, small fly(, flea?)”), plural σκνῖφες (sknîphes) or σκνῖπες (sknîpes). 1. A kind of stinging or biting insect; a flea, gnat, sandfly, or the like. Labels: archaic Example: And they did ſo. And Aaron ſtreched fotth his hand, holding the rodde: and he ſtroke the duſt of the earth, and there were made ſciniphes on men and on beaſtes: al the duſt of the earth was turned into ſciniphes through the whole Land of Ægypt. Example: The sciniphs and flies are common in warm, and the sciniphs especially in marshy countries.
Word: sciniphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sciniph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squinsies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squinsy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squinsy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskwɪnzi/ 1. quinsy Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: thetine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thio- + ether + sulphine. 1. Any of a series of complex basic sulphur compounds analogous to the sulfines.
Word: thetines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thetine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: certeinely Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete form of certainly. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: flower-fence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies. 1. A tropical leguminous bush (Caesalpinia pulcherrima, syn. Poinciana pulcherrima) with prickly branches and showy yellow or red flowers. Example: Barbadoes flower-fence. Parkinsonia and Poinciana.
Word: flower-fences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flower-fence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synanthous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From syn- + -anthous. 1. Having the flowers and leaves appearing at the same time. Labels: not-comparable Example: No leaves were yet in sight, but in some cases the petals had fallen , and the seed pod was filling, showing that the leaves are certainly not synanthous, though appearing soon after the flowers. Example: The synanthous species develop leaves and flowers only after a suitable rainfall and flower during the season with rain.
Word: paraphragma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “beside”) + φράγμα (phrágma, “enclosure”). 1. paraphragm.
Word: paraphragmata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paraphragma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perfix Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From per- + fix. 1. To fix, appoint, or allocate. Labels: obsolete
Word: perfixed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of perfix Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: perfixes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of perfix Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: perfixing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of perfix Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: carpolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”) + -lite; compare French carpolithe. 1. A fossilised fruit, nut, or seed. Labels: dated
Word: carpolites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carpolite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clifted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clift + -ed, from clift (“a cleft”). 1. broken; fissured Labels: obsolete 2. Having cliffs. Example: she had got to a safe distance from the clifted shore Example: Climb the Andes' clifted side.
Word: shoreweeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoreweed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: substellate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + stellate. 1. almost star-shaped Labels: not-comparable
Word: subglabrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + glabrous. 1. Almost glabrous; having very slight down or hair. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bikh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi बिख (bikh, “poison”), from Sanskrit विष (viṣa, “poison”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪk/ 1. A poison extracted from Aconitum ferox or related species of. Labels: uncountable 2. The plant itself. Labels: uncountable
Word: prefilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prefill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prefilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prefill Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prefills Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prefill Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: conferva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnferva. See comfrey. Pronunciation: /kənˈfɜːvə/ 1. Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema Labels: obsolete
Word: confervae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conferva Labels: form-of, plural
Word: confervas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conferva Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cibation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cibatio, from cibare (“to feed”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈbeɪʃən/, /saɪˈbeɪʃən/ 1. The act of consuming food. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. The operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: fermentation and cibation
Word: cibations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cibation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonlitigating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + litigating. 1. Not litigating. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonmonetized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + monetized. 1. Not monetized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unmonetized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + monetized. 1. Not monetized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unmonetized Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of unmonetize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Octapla Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Late Latin Octapla, from Ancient Greek ὀκταπλά (oktaplá), neuter plural of ὀκταπλοῦς (oktaploûs, “eightfold”), from ὀκτα- (okta-, “octa-: eight”) + -πλόος (-plóos, “-fold”), used as the title of such an edition by Origen. Pronunciation: /ˈɑktəplə/, /ˈɒktəplə/ 1. A Biblical octapla: an edition of the Bible in eight parallel versions or languages.
Word: maclurin Part of Speech: noun 1. morintannic acid Labels: uncountable
Word: serjeantry Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of serjeanty. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: serjeantries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of serjeantry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polewig Part of Speech: noun 1. sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus). Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete
Word: polewigs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polewig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sergeantries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sergeantry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sergeantry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sergeant + -ry. 1. Alternative form of serjeanty. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: passegarde Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of passguard (“plate sticking up off shoulder-armor to protect the neck”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The shoulder-plates (Achselstücke), with or without passegardes (Ränder). The palettes (Achselhöhlscheiben), which protected the armpits, and whose use does not date farther back than the middle of the fifteenth century[…] Example: There is a very instructive series of monumental efligies at Meissen, engraved by Hollis, of successive dukes of Saxony, showing the continuous advances in Albert, who died in 1500, wears the armet, pauldrons with passegardes,[…]
Word: passegardes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of passegarde Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clavacin Part of Speech: noun 1. patulin Labels: uncountable
Word: expansine Part of Speech: noun 1. patulin Labels: uncountable
Word: clavatin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, clavatum + -in 1. patulin Labels: uncountable
Word: gigantin Part of Speech: noun 1. patulin Labels: uncountable
Word: nonperiodontal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + periodontal. 1. Not periodontal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Q-car Part of Speech: noun 1. A high-performance car with an unassuming exterior. Labels: UK, slang 2. An unmarked police car. Labels: Australia, dated, informal
Word: sublevation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sublevare (“to lift up”), from sub (“under”) + levare (“to lift, raise”). Compare Latin sublevatio (“an allevation”). 1. The act of raising on high; elevation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The greateſt diſcoveries men have of God's light and truth, are from the midſt of Lightnings and Thunders, Afflictions Storms end in a calm of merciful ſublevation; […] 2. An insurrection, an uprising. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So the Diſcontents and Inſurrections of the Nobles in England, though encouraged and ſupported by forreign Forces, yet failed of Succeſs againſt this nevv King and his Government, becauſe they vvere not follovved by any general Commotion or Sublevation of the People, vvhich left all ſafe and quiet in the Southern Parts, and main Body of the Kingdom, vvhilſt he marched vvith his Army againſt his Enemies in the North: […]
Word: sublevations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sublevation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consequencing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of consequence Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: consequenced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of consequence Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: slavocracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slavocracy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slavocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slave + -o- + -cracy. 1. The persons or interest representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery. Labels: US, historical Example: This pressure brought the Southern slavocracy into conflict with Northern business interests. Slaveowners precipitated a war to defend the slave system and its accompanying way of life. Example: Close on their heels was any Texan who had ever said a word against the slaveocracy, or the cotton men, or was suspected of voting for Lincoln.
Word: interdependences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interdependence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: medusian Part of Speech: noun 1. A jellyfish, especially those of the former genus Medusa. Labels: archaic
Word: medusians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medusian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pickmire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pick + mire, so called from its picking its food from the mire. 1. The peewit, or black-headed gull. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal
Word: pickmires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pickmire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parastichies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parastichy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parasubstitutions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parasubstitution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smilaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Irregularly formed from Smilacaceae + -ous 1. Of or relating to the plant family Smilacaceae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dioscoreaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Dioscoreaceae + -ous 1. Of or relating to the plant family Dioscoreaceae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Volynian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Volhynian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Volynian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Volhynian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Volynians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Volynian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: volvuli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of volvulus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Volhynian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Volhynia + -n. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Volhynia. Example: “The recipe for the chicken,” Mrs. A. M. Aksoy of Sewickley, Pa., wrote, “brings to mind a Volhynian stuffing I learned to make before World War II while a student at the University of Krakow in Poland, and which I have encountered nowhere else. […] I should like to pass on to you for your consideration chicken stuffed Volhynian style.” Example: Most Volhynian Jews did not die in the extermination camps of Poland. Most were taken from their towns, their streets, their homes, killed in daylight and in darkness, within earshot and, sometimes, within eyesight of their neighbors and friends.
Word: Volhynian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Volhynia + -n. 1. One of a tribe or tribal union of Vlachs. Labels: historical 2. A native or inhabitant of Volhynia. Example: The population here was different from that of central Poland where I had grown up. Although there were some Poles, two thirds of the Volhynians were ethnic Ukrainians. Example: On 28 October, Eichmann noted that on the basis of available transport trains, only 11,000 more Poles could be evacuated within the framework of the 2.Nahplan, meaning that the resettlement of most of the remaining Volhynians would have to be postponed further still.
Word: Volhynians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Volhynian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Semi-Saxon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From semi- + Saxon. 1. Late Old English and early Middle English, perceived as a language intermediate between Anglo-Saxon and English and belonging to the period from 1100 to either c. 1200, 1230, or 1250 (depending on the author). Labels: obsolete
Word: Semi-Saxon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + Saxon. 1. Relating to Late Old English and early Middle English, the form of the English language belonging to the period from 1100 to either c. 1200, 1230, or 1250 (depending on the author). Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: metemptosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετέμπτωσις (metémptōsis), from μετεμπίπτω (metempíptō). 1. The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the leap day once in 134 years. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: sternforemost Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From stern + foremost. 1. astern, to the rear. Labels: archaic, not-comparable 2. In an awkward, blundering manner. Labels: archaic, figuratively, not-comparable Example: A fatal genius for going sternforemost.
Word: pippul Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of peepul. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: court-leet Part of Speech: noun 1. A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. Labels: UK, historical Example: This oath must be taken by all persons in any office, trust, or employment; and may be tendered by two justices of the peace to any person, whom they shall suspect of disaffection. And the oath of allegiance may be tendered to all persons above the age of twelve years, whether natives, denizens, or aliens, either in the court-leet of the manor, or in the sheriff's tourn, which is the court-leet of the county.
Word: courts-leet Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of court-leet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: court-leets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of court-leet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conversative Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to conversation with others; social. Labels: dated 2. Chatty; inclined to talk. Labels: dated
Word: congenious Part of Speech: adj 1. congeneric Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: congenious experience
Word: perkin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See -kin, and compare ciderkin. 1. A kind of weak perry. Labels: archaic
Word: sheep-headed Part of Speech: adj 1. silly; simple-minded; stupid 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: having the head of a sheep.
Word: cyprinodont Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek κυπρίνος (kuprínos, “carp”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”). 1. Any of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows.
Word: cyprinodonts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyprinodont Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ceterach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cétérach, Arabic شطرك 1. A fern of species Asplenium ceterach.
Word: ceterachs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ceterach Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epilogism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”) + -ism, from ἐπιλέγειν (epilégein, “say in addition”), from ἐπί (epí, “in addition”) + λέγειν (légein, “to say”). See epilogue. 1. enumeration; computation Labels: archaic Example: the Epilogism from Cyrus[…]
Word: epilogisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epilogism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: he-cat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From he- + cat. 1. A male cat; a tomcat.
Word: he-cats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of he-cat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: free-fire Part of Speech: adj 1. Designating an area in which military personnel have authority to shoot on anyone without obtaining prior clearance. Labels: not-comparable Example: On 1 August 1793, the Convention had permitted its commanders there to introduce free-fire zones in troubled areas. Example: New Jersey, more readily associated with chemical plants than big game, describes the free-fire zone as a necessary measure to control a burgeoning bruin population in America's most densely populated state.
Word: mitraillade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French mitraillade. 1. Mass execution by cannon shot or (later) machine-gun, especially during the French Revolution. Labels: historical, rare Example: The fusillades and mitraillades were conducted with the most savage coolness. Example: when Collot d'Herbois and Fouché replaced him, a veritable frenzy of repression occurred, with opponents being gunned down into open graves in the so-called mitraillades.
Word: mitraillades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mitraillade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: she-cat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From she- + cat. 1. An (adult) female cat.
Word: she-cats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of she-cat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: he- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Indicating a male, usually of an animal. Labels: dated, dialectal, morpheme, uncommon
Word: Internal Revenue Code Part of Speech: name 1. The domestic portion of federal statutory tax law in the United States. Labels: US
Word: debismuthization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + bismuth + -ization. 1. The removal of bismuth from lead during refining. Labels: uncountable
Word: lcm Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of least common multiple. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: lowest common multiple Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of least common multiple.
Word: lowest common multiples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lowest common multiple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: least common multiples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of least common multiple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smallest common multiple Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of least common multiple.
Word: smallest common multiples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smallest common multiple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iggs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of igg Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dabb lizard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dabb from Arabic ضَبّ (ḍabb, “spiny-tailed lizard”). 1. Uromastyx geyri, an agamid lizard.
Word: dabb lizards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dabb lizard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enharbour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + harbour. 1. To find (something) harbour or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit. Labels: transitive Example: O true delight, enharboring the breſts / Of thoſe ſvveet creatures vvith the plumy crests [i.e., birds].
Word: enharboured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enharbour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enharbouring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enharbour Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enharbours Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enharbour Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: peritrochia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peritrochium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peritrochium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin peritrochium, from Koine Greek περιτρόχιον (peritrókhion), from Ancient Greek περίτροχος (perítrokhos, “circular”). 1. The wheel which, together with the axle, forms the axis in peritrochio. Example: [T]he engineer proceeded to the illustration of his mechanicks, tilting up his hand like a balance, thrusting it forward by way of lever, embracing the naturalist's nose like a wedge betwixt two of his fingers, and turning it round, with the momentum of a screw or peritrochium.
Word: Glyconian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Glycon + -ian. Named after Glycon, an Ancient Greek poet, said to have written in this form. Pronunciation: /ɡlaɪˈkəʊ.ni.ən/, /ɡlaɪˈkoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A kind of verse in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry, consisting of a spondee, a choriambus, and a pyrrhic.
Word: Glyconians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Glyconian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea fennel Part of Speech: noun 1. rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum) Labels: uncountable
Word: polypean Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to a polyp or polyps. Example: polypean colony Example: polypean animalcules
Word: apteria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apterium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hognut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hog + nut. 1. A pignut or hickory tree (Carya glabra of family Juglandaceae). Labels: US 2. A tuberous plant of family Apiaceae (Conopodium majus). Labels: UK 3. Black cumin of family Apiaceae. (Bunium bulbocastanum). 4. Certain rushpeas, particularly Hoffmannseggia glauca (syn. Hoffmannseggia densiflora) Indian rushpea, of the Fabaceae. 5. A plant of species Mesosphaerum suaveolens (syn. Hyptis suaveolens), of family Lamiaceae.
Word: hognuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hognut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dog-brier Part of Speech: noun 1. A dog rose (Rosa canina). Example: The hazel-boughs took me too hard in the face, and the tall dog-briers got hold of me, and the ache of my back was like crimping a fish
Word: dog-briers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dog-brier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rosetta wood Part of Speech: noun 1. An East Indian wood of a reddish-orange colour, veined with darker marks. Labels: uncountable
Word: counsellable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From counsel + -able. 1. Willing to receive counsel or follow advice. Labels: obsolete Example: Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counsellable than he. 2. advisable; prudent Labels: obsolete Example: 1660/1667, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, written by Himself He did not believe it counsellable.
Word: superproportion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + proportion. 1. overplus or excess of proportion Example: the superproportion of the Agent
Word: superproportions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superproportion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spadiceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin spadix, spadicis (“a date-brown or nut-brown color”). See spadix. Pronunciation: /spəˈdɪʃiəs/, /spəˈdɪʃəs/ 1. Of a bright clear brown or chestnut colour. Labels: archaic Example: Of those five [horns] which Scaliger beheld, though one spadiceous, or of a light red, and two inclining to red, yet was there not any of this complexion among them. 2. Bearing flowers on a spadix; of similar to a spadix. Labels: archaic
Word: depollute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + pollute. 1. To free from pollution. Labels: transitive
Word: depolluting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of depollute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: depollutes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of depollute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: depolluted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of depollute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cyberpunky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cyberpunk + -y. 1. Reminiscent of the cyberpunk genre. Labels: informal Example: Continuing in the grand cyberpunky tradition of "the street finds its own uses for things," we took a lowly chip originally designed to boost the speaker on your home answering machine and we turned it into a robot brain.
Word: Spitzenburgh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Spitzenburg (“Esopus Spitzenburg apple”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Spitzenburghs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Spitzenburgh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manswear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mansweren, from Old English mānswerian (“to forswear, perjure oneself”), from mān (“bad, criminal, false”) + swerian (“to swear”). 1. To swear falsely; perjure oneself. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive Example: I require of thee, as a man of thy word, on pain of being held faithless, man-sworn, and nidering [footnote: Infamous], to forgive and to receive to thy paternal affection the good knight, Wilfrid of Ivanhoe. Example: There are doomed to wade the weltering streams / Men that are mansworn, and they that murderers are.
Word: manswearing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of manswear Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: manswears Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of manswear Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: manswore Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of manswear Labels: form-of, past
Word: mansworn Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of manswear Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: alabastrian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of alabastrine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sericeous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sēricus (“silken”), sēricum (“Seric material; silk”), from Sēricus (“belonging to the Seres”): Sērēs, Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “a people of Eastern Asia, the modern Chinese, celebrated for their silken fabrics”). Compare silk, serge. 1. Of or relating to silk; consisting of, or resembling silk; silky. Example: sericeous color 2. Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface. Example: a sericeous leaf Example: sericeous ovary 3. Having a silky lustre, usually due to fine, close hairs Example: sericeous spot of hairs Example: sericeous pile
Word: stycerin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of styryl + glycerin. 1. A triacid alcohol, related to glycerin, and obtained from certain styryl derivatives as a yellow, gummy, amorphous substance; phenyl glycerin. Labels: uncountable
Word: scomfish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From scomfit, from discomfit. 1. To suffocate, stifle, or smother. Labels: Scotland, archaic, intransitive, transitive
Word: scomfished Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scomfish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scomfishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scomfish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scomfishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scomfish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: principial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably a learned borrowing from Latin prī̆ncipiālis. By surface analysis, principia + -al. 1. Elementary; fundamental. Example: On account of heat being kindled by the attrition of bodies, reject a principial nature. By principial nature I mean that which exists in the nature of things positively, and not as the effect of any antecedent nature. Example: My only aim will be to trace the dislocating work of the two conditions that ensue, namely, the principial condition over which the foundation presides and the ground as the originary condition.
Word: alligator pear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The "alligator" is likely an alteration of Spanish aguacate, perhaps influenced by the similarity in texture between the skin of the fruit and of an alligator. 1. An avocado. Labels: Caribbean, Louisiana, Southern-US, dialectal, especially Example: There was a tree just behind which bore alligator pears, and all about were the cocoa-nuts which gave the land its revenue.
Word: Echinidan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French échinide. 1. Any of the Echinoidea. Labels: obsolete
Word: Echinidans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Echinidan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superfinical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + finical. 1. Extremely finical.
Word: sweltry Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of sweltery. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sclerenchyme Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of sclerenchyma. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: kokam Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kokum. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: kokus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of koku Labels: form-of, plural
Word: +1 Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Internet forums such as Slashdot that allow users to vote for or against a comment, increasing or decreasing its score by one. 1. Used to signify agreement with the comment to which one is replying. Labels: Internet
Word: +1 Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of plus one. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Reyes Vidal has invited you to be his +1 at a party hosted by Sloane Kelly. Example: Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian showed up at the ESPYS last night and walked the red carpet with the cutest +1 ever: their 7-year-old daughter Olympia.
Word: +1 Part of Speech: adj 1. To a high degree. Example: There was a hint of structural problems for Germany from the opening exchanges. With Jonas Hector ruled out, Marvin Plattenhardt of Hertha Berlin had come in to play at left-back. Otherwise this was Germany to the max, Germany +1, with Mesut Özil included despite some whispered talk to the contrary, and the old familiar champion faces all over the pitch.
Word: supercunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + cunt. 1. The vagina, seen as being supremely sexually powerful or exciting. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: He takes me so violently that I tell him he must have reached a supercunt. Example: This time I call the realm of the super-cunt, for it defies speed, calculation or imagery. 2. An exceptionally annoying person. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: "You know, you see me as supercunt. You always have. It's one way you frighten yourself off, keep yourself distant. Well, I'm not supercunt.
Word: phyllostome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Phyllostomus. 1. phyllostomid Labels: dated
Word: phyllostomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phyllostome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shepster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English schapestere; equivalent to shape + -ster. 1. A seamstress. Labels: obsolete Example: 14th century, William Caxton, Dialogues Mabyll the shepster Cheuissheth her right well
Word: shepsters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shepster Labels: form-of, plural