nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pantsie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pants + -ie. 1. Underpants. Labels: childish Example: Well, it's stuff for modern kids: the ones who are primal enough to giggle at a peepee rainbow (created by infants in a nursery) and the “pooped in his pantsie" jokes, ... Example: In fact, if I See One more bootie, blankie, snugglie, jammie, hatsie, pantsie or shirtsie covered in twee, cloying, dwarfish bears, I'm going to need a bottle myself.
Word: pantsies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pantsie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toesie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toe + -sie. 1. Toe. Labels: childish Example: While between her little brown toesies is puddle-mud, gathered last fall. Example: He knew what toes were because I played a game of "I'm going to get your toesies!" with him every day.
Word: Rushwick Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8253).
Word: oriental rug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oriental + rug. Attested from the 19th century. 1. A handwoven rug or carpet in one of various styles made in or associated with the Orient, especially the Middle East or Asia. Example: The pile is made by fastening tufts of woolen yarn into the warp, and in this respect an Axminster is woven like a handmade oriental rug, except that on the power loom ingenious nippers take the place of the deft fingers of the oriental weaver. Example: As to appearance and durability, no carpets made are handsomer or can stand the wear that a good Oriental rug will not only endure, but will actually be benefited by.
Word: oriental carpet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oriental + carpet. Attested from the 19th century. 1. A handwoven carpet in one of various styles made in or associated with the Orient; an oriental rug. Example: It must be emphasized at once that in the narrow sense one cannot identify an oriental carpet simply by its design. The classical method used by experts in the carpet trade is to study the weave.
Word: Oriental rug Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of oriental rug. Labels: alt-of
Word: nailfast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nail + fast. 1. Permanently attached. Labels: not-comparable Example: For carrying structures concrete must be expected to be used in the future, and if the concrete can be made nailfast and with a cement of a considerably quicker setting, it will satisfy the demands of to-day. Example: She arranged that the great bedsteads and such other things as were nailfast and heirlooms, should remain for the use of the tenants, that they might the better entertain travelling Friends.
Word: reënactment Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of reenactment. Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: nakedize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From naked + -ize. 1. To go naked. Example: It was alleged, moreover, that the practive of stripping young persons sometimes is eminently conducive to their health, to strength of body, symmetry, beauty, and to morality, and virtue ; and that even grown persons may derive much benefit from remaining some hours, in mild weather, without their clothes. It was most manifest that the children liked to nakedize—such was the term of art—exceedingly; but it was something new and different from the ordinary routine of jackets, trowsers, and petticoats; — in a word, it was a change. Example: For several hours during the day they were stripped and made to nakedize that their bodies might receive the benison of nature's light and air. The parents, too, nakedized in the privacy of their rooms.
Word: nakedizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nakedize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nakedizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nakedize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nakedized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nakedize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nakedise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From naked + -ise. 1. Alternative form of nakedize. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I gained some credit by communicating that I had sometimes nakedised, under the authority and by the advice of the celebrated Dr. Franklin, who wrote with earnestness in commendation of air-baths, for so he called and esteemed the remaining naked for some hours in the early morning. Example: The five children were required to spend some hours of each forenoon without any clothes on, nakedising as Mr. Newton called it, as a return to primitive innocence.
Word: nakedises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nakedise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nakedising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nakedise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nakedised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nakedise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: red-zone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the system of classifying areas of Christchurch, New Zealand as red zone (irreparable), green zone (reparable), or orange zone (more investigation needed) after the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. 1. To categorize as too damaged to repair, and requiring the owners to vacate (a property). Labels: New-Zealand Example: And in the event their land is red-zoned, at least they know they will ultimately get a new house under their AMI insurance policy. Example: As a result of severe and recurrent liquefaction damage, and the infeasibility of timely and effective land repair, more than 7000 residential properties in Christchurch were red-zoned (designated as currently uneconomic to repair) and purchased by central government at a cost exceeding NZ$1.6 billion.
Word: red-zones Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of red-zone Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: red-zoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of red-zone Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: red-zoned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of red-zone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kilogon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + -gon. 1. A polygon having 1000 sides. Labels: no-plural, rare Example: Find the constant of proportionality for a decagon, kilogon, and megagon.
Word: NRHO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of near-rectilinear halo orbit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: 2017; D. Davis; "Orbit maintenance and navigation of human spacecraft at cislunar Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits"; 27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting Proceedings; NASA id: JSC-CN-38626 An NHRO would enable a cislunar space station to save propellant for orbital corrections and avoid the blocking of sunlight by the Moon from reaching the station’s solar panels, while always keeping the spacecraft within a line of sight to ground controllers on Earth. Example: 2018; Piotr Burnos, Janusz Gajda, Ryszard Sroka; "Accuracy criteria for evaluation of weigh-in-motion systems", Metrology and Measurement Systems, volume 24, issue 4; DOI: 10.24425/mms.2018.124881 Various aspects of operating the lunar station in a resonant NRHO have been deeply studied, including station-keeping techniques, Earth-NRHO and NRHO-Earth transfer opportunities, challenges in short-term and long-term navigation, eclipse conditions, and shadow avoidance strategies.
Word: Saint Martin Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌseɪnt ˈmɑɹ.tɪn/, /ˌseɪnt ˈmɑɹ.tən/, /ˌseɪnt ˈmɑː.tɪn/ 1. An island in the northeast of the Caribbean Sea, whose northern portion is an overseas collectivity of France and whose southern portion is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Word: historicalities Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /(h)ɪˌstɒɹɪˈkælɪtiz/ 1. plural of historicality Labels: form-of, plural Example: These essayists show their strong commitment to[…]projects, which[…]will not forget their necessary ties to historicalities much too compounded[…].
Word: historicality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From historical + -ity. Pronunciation: /(h)ɪˌstɒɹɪˈkælɪti/ 1. The quality of being historical. Labels: uncountable Example: Relevant research findings that demonstrate the confluence of scholarly thought concerning historicality across five[…]domains are presented[…]. Example: But, its historicality is related to the one who makes them happen. 2. A historic property. Labels: countable Example: These essayists show their strong commitment to[…]projects, which[…]will not forget their necessary ties to historicalities much too compounded[…].
Word: reënactments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reënactment Labels: form-of, plural Example: Most of these laws were simply reënactments of old vagrant laws on the statute books and some still stand on the statute books[…].
Word: oriental rugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oriental rug Labels: form-of, plural Example: It is surprising how many estates will have one or more of these mixed with their oriental rugs.
Word: oriental carpets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oriental carpet Labels: form-of, plural Example: Oriental carpets first appeared in Italian paintings in the early fourteenth century[…].
Word: NRHOs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of NRHO Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yardage book Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈjɑːdɪdʒ ˌbʊk/ 1. A book of maps of a golf course, with distances indicated to specific points of interest. Example: I noticed Bruce looking at two yardage books, one bright and brand-new, the other beaten up.
Word: yardage books Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈjɑːdɪdʒ ˌbʊks/ 1. plural of yardage book Labels: form-of, plural Example: I noticed Bruce looking at two yardage books, one bright and brand-new, the other beaten up.
Word: Kidsgrove Part of Speech: name 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8354).
Word: Langley Mill Part of Speech: name 1. A small town in Aldercar and Langley Mill parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4447).
Word: trans-friendly Part of Speech: adj 1. Welcoming of transgender people. Example: The trans community is also ravaged by aids; we need aids education and services that are offered in trans-friendly space. Example: A true trans-friendly business should have a unisex restroom in addition to the traditional men's and women's rooms meant for those stuffy people who define themselves by their genitalia.
Word: Matlock Bath Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish near Matlock, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2958).
Word: Piddington Part of Speech: name 1. A hamlet in southern Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU8094). 2. A village in Hackleton parish, South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8054). 3. A village in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6417). 4. A surname.
Word: milsurp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From military surplus. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlˌsɝp/ 1. Obsolete, unneeded, or retired military equipment, often rifles, sold to individuals or businesses. Labels: US, attributive, often, slang, uncountable, usually Example: This catalog has milsurp rifles and ammunition on sale. Example: I'll be in the milsurp section of the store, looking for tents and camping gear.
Word: Jello salad Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛloʊ ˈsæləd/ 1. A salad made with flavored gelatin (often of the Jello brand), fruit or vegetables, and other ingredients such as cottage cheese, cream cheese, marshmallows, nuts, or pretzels. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: Deccani Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Deccani دکنی (compare Hindi दक्खिनी (dakkhinī)). 1. Of, belonging, or relating to the Deccan. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Deccani Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Deccani دکنی (compare Hindi दक्खिनी (dakkhinī)). 1. An inhabitant of the Deccan.
Word: Deccani Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Deccani دکنی (compare Hindi दक्खिनी (dakkhinī)). 1. The descendent of Old Hindi spoken by the Deccani people, closely related to Hindustani.
Word: Ifield Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb in the borough of Crawley, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2537)
Word: HEENT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of head, eyes, ears, nose, throat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: digital handcuffs Part of Speech: noun 1. digital rights management, seen as undesirably restrictive Labels: derogatory, plural, plural-only
Word: Bachmann hitch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Franz Bachmann, an Austrian alpinist. 1. A type of quick-release friction hitch used to hitch a carabiner to a main supporting rope.
Word: Bachmann hitches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bachmann hitch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bachmann knot Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Bachmann hitch.
Word: Bachmann knots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bachmann knot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Foxton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English fox (“fox”) + either tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) or denu (“valley”). 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable
Word: imbraceth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From imbrace + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of imbrace Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: miller's knot Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various types of knot used by millers to fasten the neck of a sack of grain or flour.
Word: imbracest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From imbrace + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of imbrace Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: miller's knots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miller's knot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bag knot Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of knot often used by millers to fasten the neck of a sack of grain or flour.
Word: bag knots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bag knot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sack knot Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of knot often used by millers to fasten the neck of a sack of grain or flour.
Word: sack knots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sack knot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noli-me-tangeres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noli-me-tangere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cockenzie Part of Speech: name 1. The western half of the town of Cockenzie and Port Seton, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3975).
Word: constrictor knot Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of knot or hitch often used to fasten the neck of a sack of grain or flour. This knot has diverse practical applications as it is very stable and can be difficult to release.
Word: constrictor knots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of constrictor knot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Slateford Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2271).
Word: micronationalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micronational + -ist. 1. One who believes in micronationalism. Example: When micronationalists from Ethiopia label Menelik II's expansion as colonialism and participation in the scramble for Africa, they are simply becoming systematic magicians, or to give them respect, systematic empiricists. 2. One who runs, or otherwise participates in, a micronation.
Word: micronationalist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micronational + -ist. 1. Of, or relating to a micronation; micronational. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: But the Mataungan Association significantly enlarged the scale of anti–colonial protest as well, becoming what one writer has called a micronationalist phenomenon.
Word: Jello salads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jello salad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Balerno Part of Speech: name 1. A village and community in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1666).
Word: zootope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- (“animal”) + -tope (“place”). 1. The total habitat available for colonization within any certain ecotope or biotope by animal life. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Colinton Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2269). 2. A hamlet in Athabasca County, northern Alberta, Canada. 3. A locality in Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. 4. A locality in Snowy Monaro council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
Word: galactoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”) + -oid. 1. Milk-like. Example: The third method of forming the mixed material comprises the steps of: adding a benzoguanamine resin to formaldehyde to form an intermediate; adding the intermediate to a solution consisting of polyethylene to form a galactoid solution; adding a hardening catalyst and mixing the galactoid solution with the protrusion material; and performing sequentially the steps of heating, disengaging, cleaning and drying to form a hardened resin. Example: After agitation for 30 sec, white galactoid microbubble suspension was prepared.
Word: Sedgefield Part of Speech: name 1. A town and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3528). 2. A former local government area created in 1974 (and borough from 1996) within County Durham, England, which was abolished in 2009. 3. A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. 4. A coastal town in the Western Cape, South Africa. 5. A neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. 6. A populated place in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
Word: gallowsbird Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gallows bird. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Now leave my sight, begone, thou gallowsbird. Example: I'm none of your parry-bellygrums, you rascally gallowsbird ; you cowardly, sneaking, plate-lickin' bliggard
Word: gallowsbirds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gallowsbird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gallows-bird Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gallows bird. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He had been seen to arrive by the way of the boulevard Gassendi and roam about the streets in the gloaming. A gallows-bird with a terrible face. Example: "And you would be a highwayman, would you, gallows-bird—" began the Countess.
Word: gallows-birds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gallows-bird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Redhill Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdhɪl/, /ɹɛdˈhɪl/ 1. A suburb of Arnold, Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England; there is also a hamlet named Red Hill just north of Arnold (OS grid ref SK5846). 2. A hamlet near Hook-a-Gate, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4609). 3. A village in Wrington parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4963). 4. A town in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2750). 5. A locality in Bukit Merah, Singapore. 6. A small town in the Mid North of South Australia.
Word: gang-bang Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gangbang. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This cut-throat competition traditionally climaxes on the afternoon of the second day with a ritual humiliation of the journalists charmingly known as the 'gang-bang'. Example: One man's gang-bang is the next guy's supersession.
Word: gang-bang Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of gangbang. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In some ways, she hated her own whiteness, and secretly she lusted for the Cuban busboys at Wolfie's to gang-bang her late one night in the kitchen after closing. Example: And I hear a few of those guys who like to gang-bang sweeties like you got AIDS.
Word: gang-bangs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gang-bang Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gang-bangs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gang-bang Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gang-banging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gang-bang Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gang-banged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gang-bang Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Ayton Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably from Old English ēa (“river”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable
Word: gang-plank Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gangplank. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: If the landsman should wish the gang-plank moved a foot farther forward, he would probably say: “James, or William, one of you push that plank forward, please”; but put the mate in his place, and he would roar out: “Here, now, start that gang-plank for'ard! Lively, now! What're you about!..." Example: Amid the rabble of Greeks, Armenians, Turks, and Italians we trundled our bicycles across the gang-plank, which for us was the threshold of Asia, the beginning of an inland journey of seven thousand miles from the Bosporus to the Pacific.
Word: gang-planks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gang-plank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gang plank Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gangplank. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Then it was across the narrow gang plank from Forth to Triad, steaming kits through a narrow hatch and down through the engine room and the motor room to the stokers' mess right aft. Example: Our ship docked first and the gang plank was secured.
Word: gang planks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gang plank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: walk the gangplank Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of walk the plank. Example: I couldn't figure out whether Porterfield was being patient, a rare occurrence, or whether he was cleverly setting me up to walk the gangplank of my career. Example: Then he made Lumpy Lawson the Ship's Cook, Bald Ben his First Mate, and told the twins he would make them walk the gangplank. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, gangplank. Example: We walk the gangplank together, locked arm in arm.
Word: walks the gangplank Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of walk the gangplank Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: walking the gangplank Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of walk the gangplank Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: walked the gangplank Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of walk the gangplank Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: magenstrasse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Magenstraße, from Magen (“stomach”) + Straße (“road, street”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː.ɡənˌstrɑː.sə/ 1. a groove in the stomach along the lesser curvature that is the route food and liquids tend to take in moving toward the pylorus and that is a frequent site of peptic ulcer formation
Word: parisology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πάρισος (párisos, “almost equal, balanced”) + -logy (“way of speaking”). Pronunciation: /pærɪˈsɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The use of equivocal or ambiguous words. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Cherchen Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Qarqan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This species-named by me after my travelling companion P. P. Teleschow, senior subaltern of the Trans-Baikalian Cossacks, who prepared the skins of all specimens obtained on my fourth journey, and actively cooperated in the general work of the expedition- frequents the mountainous border of Northern Tibet, in the region between the gorges of the Cherchen and Khoten, i.e., the newly discovered Russian range and that of Keria. Example: Mr. Mair first spotted one of the mummies, a red-haired corpse called the Cherchen Man, in the back room of a museum in Urumqi while leading a tour of Americans there in 1988, the first year the mummies were put on display.[...] Of the hundreds of mummies discovered, there are some that are East Asian, but they are not as ancient as the Loulan Beauty or the Cherchen Man.
Word: Khotan Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Hotan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Among the ancient sites in the Taklamakan Desert which are frequented by Khotan "treasure seekers," and which the prospecting parties sent out by me had visited, none seemed to offer better opportunities for systematic excavations than the one known to them as Dandan-Uilik. Example: It is possible, then, to point out a few types of objects which came into China before T'ang together with Buddhism via Central or Western Asian contacts. The same is also the case with the ornamentation. An account of the pre-T'ang Buddhist sculpture offers an excellent opportunity to study the change of the lotus motif in the fifth and sixth centuries. Particularly in the latter part of the sixth century the lotus descriptions are executed in a luxuriant way and often quite naturalistic. These lotus representations are easy to trace to their Indian origin, whereas it is rather difficult to follow the versions of the lotus ornamentation in the Central Asian city-states. We might assume that the artists from Khotan played an important role also here. 2. The historical region corresponding to modern Hotan. 3. The historical Kingdom of Khotan.
Word: Tatran Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Tatrang. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: negimaki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese ねぎ巻き. 1. A Japanese dish of broiled strips of beef marinated in teriyaki sauce and rolled with scallions. Labels: uncountable
Word: smoothstep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smooth + step. 1. A family of sigmoid-like interpolation and clamping functions commonly used in computer graphics and game engines. Labels: uncountable
Word: smoothtongues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smoothtongue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sure-enough Part of Speech: adj 1. Real; actual; genuine. Labels: US, colloquial, not-comparable
Word: ordre public Part of Speech: noun 1. In international law, law and order. Labels: uncountable
Word: Ozymandias Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ὀσυμανδύας (Osumandúas), from Demotic Egyptian wsr-mꜣꜥ.t-rꜥ, smn-rꜥ, ns-mn-rꜥ, from Egyptian wsr-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ, the first part of the throne name of pharaoh Ramesses II. Modern usage derives from the poem Ozymandias, about a proud king whose empire and memory have long since crumbled into obscurity, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley and inspired by Diodorus Siculus's description of a colossal statue in the Ramesseum. Pronunciation: /ˌɒziˈmændiəs/ 1. A person once famous and respected who has since been utterly forgotten. Example: 2013, Will Self, quoted in The Guardian: "Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/22/falling-short-writers-reflect-failure An unavoidable sequel of the posterity delusion is the death of the writerly self, which depends too much on incoherence and inconsistency to remain pompous for long. And of course, the vast majority of today's mummified immortals are tomorrow's Ozymandiases.
Word: Ozymandiases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ozymandias Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boedelscheiding Part of Speech: noun 1. The division of an estate. Labels: South-Africa, uncountable
Word: Wednesbury Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Wadnesberie, from Old English divinity Wōden, genitive case Wōdnes + byriġ, from burg (“fort”), meaning "Woden's stronghold". Pronunciation: /ˈwɛnzbəɹi/ 1. A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9894).
Word: Brierley Hill Part of Speech: name 1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9187).
Word: auto loan Part of Speech: noun 1. A loan taken for the purpose of purchasing an automobile. Labels: countable
Word: Battle Ground Part of Speech: name Etymology: *Indiana: From the Battle of Tippecanoe. *Washington: The site of a stand-off between the Klickitat people and US forces. 1. A town in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, which absorbed the old town of Harrisonville. 2. A city in Clark County, Washington, United States.
Word: reconcealment Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or process of concealing something again. Labels: uncountable
Word: reconcatenations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reconcatenation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reconcatenate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + concatenate. 1. To concatenate again.
Word: reconcatenated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reconcatenate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reconcatenates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reconcatenate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reconcatenating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reconcatenate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: battle ground Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of battleground. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "The North has - rightly - been a key battle ground in this election, with pledges made on improving our transport and creating opportunities."
Word: battle grounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of battle ground Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fisherman's loop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fisherman + -'s + loop. 1. A loop knot made in the bight and favored by fishermen as quick and secure.
Word: fisherman's loops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fisherman's loop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: English knot Part of Speech: noun 1. A loop knot made in the bight, favored by fishermen as quick and secure.
Word: English knots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of English knot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Englishman's knot Part of Speech: noun 1. A loop knot made in the bight, favoured by fishermen as quick and secure.
Word: Englishman's knots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Englishman's knot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waterman's knot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From waterman + -'s + knot. 1. A loop knot made in the bight, and favored by fishermen as quick and secure.
Word: waterman's knots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waterman's knot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mucking Part of Speech: name 1. A hamlet in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6881).
Word: automatic half-barrier level crossing Part of Speech: noun 1. A level crossing with a single barrier on each side of the railway line, the barriers when lowered only block half of the road. Example: The incident occurred when the 1111 Fenchurch Street-Southend Central passed over Mucking automatic half-barrier level crossing (between East Tilbury and Stanford-le-Hope) just six seconds after a lorry partially loaded with concrete had reversed off the crossing. The train was travelling at 57mph at the time.
Word: dog's ballocks Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dog's bollocks. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: automatic half-barrier level crossings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of automatic half-barrier level crossing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: copularity Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being copular. Labels: uncountable
Word: surfpunk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of surf punk. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Dallasite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dallas + -ite (“native or resident of a specified place”). 1. a native or resident of Dallas, Texas
Word: Templepatrick Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish. 1. A village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Word: Little Shelford Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4551).
Word: unsubsiding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + subsiding. 1. not subsiding or stopping; continuing
Word: kopapa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori kōpapa (“land”). 1. Set of operating principles and ground rules. Labels: New-Zealand, uncountable Example: "The whole gang does this nationwide," said Mason. "That's our kopapa and we want to help, but there are a lot of us out there and not everyone's angels." Example: "And turning it into something that's really beautiful and really meaningful is a real testament to the Mamas and their kopapa and what they're doing in terms of thinking about future generations and passing on knowledge," she said.
Word: when it comes to Part of Speech: prep 1. as for; with regard to Labels: idiomatic Example: I’d prefer to keep things straightforward and stick in the lovely, tasty yolks, too. After all, there’s no such thing as too rich when it comes to brownies. Example: Researchers believe automated coupling would save time and cost, but there are questions about the return on investment when it comes to retrofitting old wagons.
Word: Grantchester Part of Speech: name Etymology: Appeared in the Domesday Book as Granteseta (settlers on the River Granta). The present spelling is derived from Old English ceaster. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɑːn.t͡ʃɪs.tə/, /ˈɡrɑːn.t͡ʃɛs.tə/, /ˈɡɹæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/ 1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4356).
Word: toffeeish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From toffee + -ish. 1. Similar to toffee Example: 8 Jan 2020, Felicity Cloake in The Guardian, How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate brownies – recipe Sugar-wise, caster will work just fine, but I like Eastwood’s toffeeish light muscovado here; the darker version in Christmas’ recipe is a bit intense for an afternoon treat, though I’m sure it works wonderfully on the dessert menu at his restaurant.
Word: moreishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moreish + -ness. 1. The state of being moreish. Labels: uncountable Example: 8 Jan 2020, Felicity Cloake in The Guardian, How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate brownies – recipe First point, nuts provide textural interest, further increasing the moreishness factor.
Word: Alices in Wonderland Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Alice in Wonderland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Stapleford Part of Speech: name Etymology: First recorded as Stapelford, from an unknown language . 1. A number of places in England: 2. A number of places in England: 3. A number of places in England: 4. A number of places in England: 5. A number of places in England: 6. A number of places in England: 7. A village in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe.
Word: Alice-in-Wonderland Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Alice in Wonderland. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Members with a fascination for the horrid to look at the explanatory memorandum, which deals with fresh fruit and vegetables. It discloses the most Alice-in- Wonderland situation ever. Example: What gives this an even more Alice-in-Wonderland feel is that the Average Yearly Progress targets are based on what must be done to achieve this impossible goal...
Word: Alice-in-Wonderland Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Alice in Wonderland. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Now we find Alices-in-Wonderland popping up in Washington, naively believing that they have discovered the cargo airplane and that it is necessary to go outside the aviation industry in order to get transport production rolling so that American troops and munitions may be flown to the fighting fronts. Example: If you haven't fallen too deeply into the Alice-in-Wonderland of corporate writing, you're probably still in touch with that childhood advantage.
Word: Alices-in-Wonderland Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Alice-in-Wonderland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Alice-in-Wonderlands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Alice-in-Wonderland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Alice in Wonderlands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Alice in Wonderland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guard stone Part of Speech: noun 1. A projecting metal, concrete, or stone exterior architectural element located at the corner and/or foot of gates, portes-cochères, garage entries, and walls to prevent damage from vehicle tires and wheels.
Word: abdominizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a brand name, coined as abdomin- + -izer. 1. Any type of exercise equipment designed to work the abdominal muscles. Example: No matter how many "age-defying" wrinkle creams, miracle vitamins or "abdominizers" we buy for firming up and smoothing out, the reality is that the average number of birthday candles on the cake is rising. Example: "Miss Fortune was born in a place where hit singles, formats and abdominizers don't matter," said Moorer on her Web site, taking a playful swipe at Shania Twain's celebrated bare midriff. 2. A person who exercises the abdominal muscles and dresses to show off their trim midriff. Example: The combination of losing body fat and doing these exercises make baring your midriff something to be proud of. Cher was the original abdominizer. Example: Yes, he is the walking, talking, jewelry-designing, filmmaking abdominizer.
Word: abdominizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abdominizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abdominiser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of abdominizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Sadly, the spammers have long since grown savvy. They now dissemble behind innocent-looking addresses and send messages like: 'Just wrote to say Hi.' This is a lie. They wrote because they want to sell you spare parts for abdominisers. Example: I'm on the floor doing the abdominiser.
Word: abdominisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abdominiser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abdominize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from abdominizer. 1. To exercise the abdominal muscles. Example: Do you need to accessorize, moisturize, abdominize, and downsize your thighs to find true happiness? Example: Likewise he knew the brand of abdominizing exerciser that she'd ordered in an insane moment of optimistic piety from the back of a colour supplement.
Word: abdominizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abdominize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abdominizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of abdominize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abdominized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of abdominize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: refactorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From refactor + -er. 1. A person or system that performs refactoring.
Word: refactorers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of refactorer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geocritical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From geo- + critical. 1. Relating to geocriticism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: geocriticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geo- + criticism. 1. A form of literary criticism focusing on location and spaces. Labels: uncountable
Word: 'tend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening of attend or hypercorrection of tend to reflect its etymology 1. Obsolete form of tend. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Now, ma, I'll 'tend to that.
Word: 'tends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of 'tend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: 'tending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of 'tend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: 'tended Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of 'tend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nap-of-the-earth Part of Speech: adj 1. Denoting a very low-altitude flight course used by military aircraft to avoid enemy detection and attack in a high-threat environment. Labels: not-comparable
Word: NOE Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of nap-of-the-earth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: dependapotamus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of dependent + hippopotamus or similar, the second element being a reference to stereotypical obesity (and the popular misconception that hippos are largely made of fat). 1. A servicemember's partner (especially a SAHM) who behaves in a parasitic manner, especially by taking advantage of their partner's status to demand beneficial treatment. Labels: US, derogatory, slang
Word: dependapotamuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dependapotamus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: GPIB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of general-purpose interface bus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: khir Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kheer (“Asian sweet rice pudding”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: firni Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of phirni (“Asian sweet rice pudding”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: phirni Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of kheer (“Asian sweet rice pudding”). Labels: uncountable
Word: cryosupernatant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cryo- + supernatant. 1. The supernatant of blood plasma remaining after cryoprecipitation, which is to say, plasma with cryoprecipitate removed; it is a blood product used to treat certain coagulation disorders. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cryosupernatants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryosupernatant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unsleep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + sleep. 1. Sleeplessness; wakefulness. Labels: uncountable Example: The more persisting condition, however, — the blueness of months, in which anything from shoe-buttons to hair fillet, from the morning kiss to the struggle in the world's arena, from the half satisfactory day's work to the dreaded night of unsleep, is colored—is not so readily elucidated or relieved; and it certainly leaves the sufferer, not elated, but genrally apprehensive of future attackes. Example: I hadn't even taken time to wonder what in hell she wanted with me: only the terror after the boy put the note in my hand and I found privacy to open and read it and still (the terror) in the courage, desperation, despair—call it whatever you like and whatever it was and wherever I found it — to cross to the door and open it and think as I always had each time I was near, either to dance with her or merely to challenge and give twenty or thirty pounds to an impugner of her honor: Why, she cant possibly be this small, this little, apparently standing only inches short of my own six feet yet small, little; too small to have displaced enough of my peace to contain this much unsleep, to have disarranged this much of what I had at least thought was peace. 2. A sleeplike state that is not true sleep. Labels: uncountable Example: Deeper than self entirely, made transparent, The dreamer enters unsleep, a new zone, And in so doing, climbs ! Example: Rather than sleeping the sleep of a very drunk man, I sleep the unsleep of a wizzed out partygoer after a couple of gees too many in the company of Uncle Charles.
Word: unsleep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + sleep. 1. To be wakeful. Example: In my own way I sleep, without slumber or repose, this vegetative life of imagining, and the distant reflection of the silent street lamps, like the quiet foam of a dirty sea, hovers behind my restless eyebrows. I sleep and unsleep. Example: ...the husband has not been able to learn to speak fluently the language ofhis new country; he has created a defense, as it were, against the corruption of his relief-giving memory: he reads “his Russian language newspaper”and wears over his nightgown “the old overcoat with astrakhan collar” which he much prefers to his new bathrobe; the wife unsleeps the night examining old photographs. 2. To awaken; to become wakeful. Labels: intransitive Example: He said: "I are sorry, but Ravager is big strong dog. He will be all right soon." […] I sat with, in case he might unsleep. Example: And you also would unsleep to this, which is not quite like awakening because you were not quite sleeping yet, neither were you drifting. 3. To cause someone or something to go from a sleeping state to a wakeful one, or to deprive of sleep. Labels: transitive Example: And into this chancy sphere we have come, into playtime of desires that destroy or unsleep us. Example: I said I wanted what all guys want: to smack the beauty back into you with a light bulb revolver, to call down fire from the holy spirit and watch you incinerate in a cheap party gown, to rip you in two and make you notice how close we are to death when sleeping, to awaken that four-letter beast roaring like a fistfight in your throat that unsleeps the chaos inside you.
Word: unsleeps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unsleep Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: language nests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of language nest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underreactive Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌʌnd.əɹ.ɹiˈæk.tɪv/, /ˌʌndəɹiˈæktɪv/ 1. Insufficiently reactive; underreacting.
Word: dipolar ion Part of Speech: noun 1. A zwitterion.
Word: protected democracy Part of Speech: noun 1. An antisocialist government that allows suffrage but places sovereignty in the army. Labels: countable, euphemistic, uncountable Example: Pinochet, the Times reported, said he is “a lover of liberty, a right to which all men are born.” But he had no confidence “in orthodox democracy. It was too easy to infiltrate and destroy.” (He knew of what he spoke.) So he favored “a protected democracy” with a strong political role for the military. “He has managed to say in power,” the Times reported, “through what even his opponents recognize in political acumen…” (not terror, torture, and death squads.)
Word: mockingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mocking + -ness. 1. The condition of being mocking; derisiveness. Labels: uncountable
Word: valvometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From valvo- + -metric. 1. Relating to valvometry Labels: not-comparable
Word: veneroids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of veneroid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ventroposteriomedial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ventro- + posteriomedial. 1. ventral and posteriomedial Labels: not-comparable
Word: vibroarthrographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vibro- + arthrographic. 1. Relating to vibroarthrography Labels: not-comparable
Word: vibroarthrography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vibro- + arthrography. 1. vibrational arthrography Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: videolaryngostroboscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From video- + laryngostroboscopic. 1. Relating to videolaryngostroboscopy Labels: not-comparable
Word: videolaryngostroboscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From video- + laryngostroboscopy. 1. laryngostroboscopy by means of a video camera
Word: videolaryngostroboscopies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of videolaryngostroboscopy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: visuoparietal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From visuo- + parietal. 1. visual and parietal Labels: not-comparable
Word: visuotemporal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From visuo- + temporal. 1. visual and temporal Labels: not-comparable
Word: xenoreaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xeno- + reaction. 1. The adverse reaction (rejection) between the body and a xenograft.
Word: xenoreactions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xenoreaction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xenorophid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any extinct toothed whale of the family Xenorophidae
Word: xenorophids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xenorophid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zeaxanthine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zeaxanthin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Fenchurch Street Part of Speech: name 1. A street in the City of London, between Gracechurch Street and Aldgate. 2. A relatively small railway terminus near the above street, which has train services to southern Essex.
Word: dactylospasms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dactylospasm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daggerblades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daggerblade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daily strips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daily strip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Daimlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Daimler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dampwood termites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dampwood termite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: give the floor Part of Speech: verb 1. To give permission or time to speak at a public meeting. Labels: figuratively