nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: peep pixels Part of Speech: verb 1. To scrutinize a magnified digital photograph carefully in order to make a technical assessment of resolution and image quality. Labels: informal Example: I'll wager if you peep pixels you'll find plenty of artifacts and other image degradation in images from your P & S. Example: I have then peeped pixels (I admit being guilty by doing so), looked at the sharpness, resolution, barrelling, pincushion, vignetting, you name it.
Word: pixel peep Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of peep pixels. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pixel peeper Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who carefully scrutinizes a magnified digital photograph in order to evaluate resolution and image quality. Labels: idiomatic Example: Those whom I have called pixel peepers are satisfied with nothing less than an intimate dissection of a camera/lens' abilities (always at 100% pixel magnification), without regard for whether or not perceived optical defects are even actually visible in real world prints. Example: Overall unless you are a merciless pixel peeper I can't imagine someone being unhappy with the sharpness of this lens.
Word: pixel-peeper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pixel peeper. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: peeping pixels Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of peep pixels Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pixel peeping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pixel peep Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recycling symbol Part of Speech: noun 1. A symbol universally associated with recyclable materials. It is composed of three crooked arrows arranged as a triangular clockwise Möbius strip.
Word: recycling symbols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recycling symbol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dollar bill Part of Speech: noun 1. A note of currency worth one dollar.
Word: backarapper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Properly, backrapper, from back + rapper. From the dialect of Warwickshire in the Midlands of England. Compare backrackets. 1. A firework made from multiple firecrackers folded together so that they will explode one after the other. Labels: West-Midlands Example: But there was also a generous distribution of squibs, crackers, backarappers, sparklers, torches, dwarf-candles, elf-fountains, goblin-barkers and thunder-claps. Example: He would sink like an express lift and leap like a deer: at times he was almost flat on his back and when the hammer cracked he often appeared to be standing on his nose: like a backarapper he fizzed up and down and […]
Word: sugoroku Part of Speech: noun 1. A Japanese board game similar to backgammon. Labels: uncountable
Word: anti-Americanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + American + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.ti.əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən.ɪzm/, /ˌæn.taɪ-/ 1. The fear or dislike of the people, policies, culture or government of the United States. Labels: uncountable Example: As Salman Rushdie says, you don't have to travel far to find anti-Americanism (Op-Ed, Feb. 4). Teaching at a Canadian university, I have been astounded by some students who say the Al Qaeda attacks, inside or outside the United States, were justified because only Americans were targeted. Remaking Osama bin Laden in their own anti-American image, they insist he has no quarrel with Canada or others, just the United States. These apologists may yet discover that this movement is profoundly anti-Western as well as anti-American.
Word: thrustest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: thrust + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of thrust Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: unorphaned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + orphaned. 1. Not orphaned. Labels: not-comparable Example: 34 per cent of all unorphaned children are classified as very poor, compared with 41 per cent of orphaned children.
Word: exergame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of exercise + game. 1. A video game that also provides the player with physical exercise.
Word: exergames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exergame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keytarist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From keytar + -ist. 1. Someone who plays a keytar.
Word: keytarists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of keytarist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multiinstrumentalist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of multi-instrumentalist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: multiinstrumentalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multiinstrumentalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: darkwaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From darkwave + -er. 1. A fan of darkwave music. Example: Well, yes, 'normal' people _do_ recoil from me, although not because of my views on guns. They avoid me because I'm a goth...a pale-faced, long-black-haired, facial jewellry-wearing, fishnet shirt-clad leftist darkwaver in black lipstick and boots. Example: When they first started, they wanted to trick all the goths, mansonites, ebmers, darkwavers etc etc into coming to their shows, therefore chose the name to confuse them, so they could unleash their "RAWK" assault of insanely high falsetto vocals, kickass guitar solos and mind bogglingly catchy songs about girls, love and sex.
Word: darkwavers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of darkwaver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manstealers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manstealer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Manson Part of Speech: name Etymology: An Anglicised version of the North Germanic (Scandinavian) name Magnuson "son of Magnus" (Swedish Magnusson, Danish Magnussen, Norwegian Magnusen, Icelandic Magnússon), using + -son. Pronunciation: /ˈmænsən/ 1. A surname transferred from the given name. 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
Word: summarizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From summarize + -er. Equivalent to summary + -izer. 1. One who, or that which, summarizes.
Word: summarizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of summarizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wrapup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from wrap up. 1. Alternative form of wrap-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wrapups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wrapup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indolenines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indolenine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glutaredoxins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glutaredoxin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpickable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pickable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈpɪkəbəl/ 1. That cannot be picked. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unpickable lock
Word: Jominian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Jomini + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779–1869), military general and celebrated writer on the Napoleonic art of war. Example: The Jominian and Clausewitzian conceptions, with their checkerboard and geometrical analogies, were plausible enough when applied to the medium sized armies operating in the French-German-Italian theatre of the Napoleonic period.
Word: nonxerophilic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + xerophilic. 1. Not xerophilic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: extremotolerant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extreme + -o- + tolerant. 1. Capable of tolerating extreme environmental conditions.
Word: syngamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From syngamy + -ous or syn- + -gamous. 1. Exhibiting or pertaining to syngamy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: triable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From try + -able. 1. Capable of being tried. Labels: not-comparable
Word: untriable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + triable. 1. Not triable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unpickle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + pickle. 1. To deserialize. Labels: transitive Example: To reconstruct the message, the receiver must strip the length header, read the entire message, unpickle the contents, and call logging.makeLogRecord().
Word: unpickling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unpickle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unpickles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unpickle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deconstructor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deconstruct + -or. Pronunciation: /diːkənˈstɹʌktə(ɹ)/, /diːkənˈstɹʊktə/ 1. One who, or that which, deconstructs.
Word: deconstructors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deconstructor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Talleyrandian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French Talleyrand + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), French diplomat in the era of the French Revolution.
Word: Zamoran Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Zamora + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to the city of Zamora, Spain. Example: Good hearty Zamoran and Castilian fare at reasonable prices, with a pleasant terrace outside.
Word: Zamoran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Zamora + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of Zamora.
Word: Zamorans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zamoran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oversheet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + sheet. 1. A sheet placed over the top of something. Example: The usual procedure in such areas is to construct, on an oversheet of transparent paper, the entire land net of the area to be mapped.
Word: oversheet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + sheet. 1. To put cladding over (a roof).
Word: oversheets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oversheet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gmailers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gmailer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: criticproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From critic + -proof. 1. Resistant to negative responses from critics. Example: No one disputes Lloyd Webber's talent for promotion. He always opens in London and wins over British audiences before heading to the vastly more expensive Broadway stage. The result is a criticproof show. Example: The fourth Naked Brothers movie, which will be shown on Nickelodeon Friday night, is clumsy but criticproof.
Word: protomodern Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From proto- + modern. 1. Of an earlier style approaching what is now modern. Example: Robert Mallet's protomodern seismology in the mid-19th century CE Example: Fenton, for example, veers from Victorian to protomodern.
Word: shipbrokers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shipbroker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shipbroking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ship + broking. 1. The work of a shipbroker, negotiating between shipowners and people wanting to charter shipping. Labels: uncountable
Word: superterrorist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + terrorist. 1. A powerful, influential terrorist. Example: But it was also the first public appearance by Mr. Mohammed, who has long cast himself in the role of superterrorist, claiming responsibility in the past not only for the 2001 plot, but for some 30 others, including the murder of Daniel Pearl, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal.
Word: superterrorists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superterrorist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brocadelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brocade + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of brocade. Example: Finally, a Tang mortuary tablet seals the impression of unity and refinement in its copious brocadelike relief.
Word: bujo Part of Speech: noun 1. A confidence trick in which the victim is falsely diagnosed with a curse or other ailment that can supposedly only be cured by the trickster. Labels: uncountable Example: He recalled the one where Gypsies ran a bujo scam, promising to cleanse supposedly cursed money and filching it instead.
Word: bujo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Bullet Journal, a registered trademark, so named from the frequent use of bullet points to organize information in them. 1. A bullet journal, a type of structured, aesthetically-oriented journal or planner. Labels: informal Example: My bujo is full of doodles, pencil-colored drawings, washi tape and post it notes. Example: On a rather ordinary Thursday morning I settled into my office in O'Connor House — pushing aside towering book stacks and reaching for my bujo (bullet journal) — when I heard a shrieking yowl down the hall.
Word: corduroylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From corduroy + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of corduroy. Example: One of the oldest works, a rather primitive tomb door from the Eastern Han (25 to 220), shows a dragon chasing a bird above a wonderfully crude crowned mask; their smooth silhouettes are defined by a roughly chiseled corduroylike background whose parallel lines also bring to mind Jasper Johns’s crosshatch patterns.
Word: postcampaign Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + campaign. 1. After a political campaign. Labels: not-comparable Example: So with Mrs. Clinton ready to endorse Mr. Obama in a speech on Saturday, the vanquished candidate faces her first postcampaign test.
Word: supermajors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supermajor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperauthentic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + authentic. 1. Very highly authentic. Example: To overcome that lingering legacy, the younger Bush was all but compelled to become almost hyperauthentic in his Texan identity, and it was a role he took to with much gusto. Example: Isn’t this hyperauthentic narrative of Vietnamese victimhood just the sort of thing calculated to tug at the heartstrings — and wallets — of liberal American readers?
Word: microculture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English microculture From micro- + culture. 1. A very small (niche) culture. Example: (This is not to be confused with the microculture of bands like the NESKimos and the Advantage, who perform live versions of Nintendo game songs.) Example: But brands will always need someone to explain TikTok microcultures to old losers.
Word: microcultures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microculture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prefinished Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prefinish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prefinished Part of Speech: adj 1. Given a finish at the time of manufacture. Labels: not-comparable Example: A listing of renovation tips with an article last Sunday about brokers who advise owners to keep resale in mind when renovating their apartments referred incompletely to the life span of prefinished floors.
Word: nonconcession Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + concession. 1. Absence of concession; failure or refusal to concede. Labels: uncountable Example: Yet even as the two establishment candidates huffed and puffed to assert their authority, they seemed terrified by Mr. Obama’s insurgency, as if it were the plague in Edgar Allan Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death.” Mrs. Clinton held her nonconcession speech in a Manhattan bunker, banishing cellphone reception and television monitors carrying the news of Mr. Obama’s clinching of the nomination. Mr. McCain, laboring under the misapprehension that he was wittily skewering his opponent, compulsively invoked the Obama-patented mantra of “change” 33 times in his speech.
Word: rehone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + hone. 1. To hone again or anew. Labels: transitive Example: Usually more maddening, […] acidic foods literally gnaw away at the surface of marble countertops, which require rehoning to restore.
Word: rehones Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rehone Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rehoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rehone Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rehoned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rehone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: supersleek Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + sleek. 1. Very sleek. Example: Indeed, while the big boys were designing their supersleek megabuildings, it was Tolla and Lignano’s container fetish that got them not one job but two.
Word: underdrawings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of underdrawing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: detainments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of detainment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exaflop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exa- + FLOP. 1. 10¹⁸ floating-point operations per second. Example: The next thousandfold goal is the exaflop, which is a quintillion calculations per second, followed by the zettaflop, the yottaflop and the xeraflop.
Word: exaflops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exaflop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heterodoxies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heterodoxy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cackly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cackle + -ly. 1. Resembling or characterised by cackling. Example: His voice rises and falls in a sly, scratchy singsong — no wonder he calls himself Weezy — that can sound like a cackly old man or a wisecracking kid.
Word: nanofibril Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + fibril. 1. A nanoscale fibril. Example: A cross-section of a cellulose nanofibril film.
Word: nanofibrils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanofibril Labels: form-of, plural
Word: planetward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From planet + -ward. 1. Towards a planet. Example: Astronomers have known that F’s appearance is in large part due to Prometheus, a small “shepherd” moon on its planetward side that comes close to the ring regularly because of orbital vagaries.
Word: planetward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From planet + -ward. 1. Towards a planet.
Word: postverdict Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + verdict. 1. After a verdict. Labels: not-comparable Example: Instead, they will hear Philip Morris’s appeal only on the second question, which applies to this convoluted case, now in its ninth postverdict year, and to no other.
Word: spermic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sperm + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to sperm. Labels: not-comparable Example: But whenever the female lays a clutch of eggs, the male is well positioned to fertilize them by releasing a spermic plume. 2. Relating to seeds. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thornapple Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of thorn apple. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Plants’ social life may have remained mysterious for so long because, as researchers have seen in studies of species like sagebrush, strawberries and thornapples, the ways plants sense can be quite different from the ways in which animals do. Example: Hussain, who has been editing Wikipedia articles for a decade, dutifully edited pages relating to the coronavirus' spread in India during the early days of the pandemic, but the thornapple story forced a rethink.
Word: thornapples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thornapple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ungirdled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of ungirdle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ungirdled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + girdled. 1. Without a girdle. Labels: not-comparable Example: In a single traveling shot, held an outrageously long time, De Sica simply records the astounding sight of an ungirdled Ms. Loren, playing a Neapolitan pizza-maker, as she walks the length of a crowded street, moving in ways that definitely do not bring marble to mind.
Word: girderless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From girder + -less. 1. Without girders. Labels: not-comparable
Word: minibiography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + biography. 1. A short biography. Example: “Back Nine“ is really three minibiographies.
Word: minibiographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minibiography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minibeasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minibeast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pestos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pesto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: precool Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + cool. 1. To cool in advance. Labels: transitive Example: In some places, the air conditioning was turned up earlier in the day to precool buildings, and then turned down during peak hours.
Word: vocoderlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vocoder + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a vocoder. Example: On “Figured Me Out,” he ran his vocals through a vocoderlike filter that rendered them robotic, like the voice of Zapp’s singer Roger Troutman or a more recent cyborg aspirant, T-Pain.
Word: precools Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of precool Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: precooling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of precool Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: precooled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of precool Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dethatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + thatch. 1. To abrade the surface of a lawn or turf in order to remove dead grass. Labels: transitive Example: The services available vary widely, from basic tasks like mowing and edging walkways and flower beds to more involved work like trimming shrubs and bushes, applying fertilizer and pesticides, and dethatching, which removes layers of dead grass.
Word: dethatches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dethatch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dethatching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dethatch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dethatched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dethatch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dethatcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dethatch + -er. 1. A device for dethatching, similar to a lawnmower but with vertical rotating blades. Example: You can also rent a power dethatcher from a tool rental company. Have them teach you how to start and run the dethatcher; most are operated much like a lawn mower. Example: The dethatcher has blades that cut perpendicular to the lawn, thereby removing the dead debris called thatch, which can easily build up in a lawn.
Word: dethatchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dethatcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperprivileged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + privileged. 1. Very highly privileged. Example: Now, Mrs. Burch seems to be on a mission to offset her hyperprivileged image as the personification of her thriving lifestyle-brand with a “common touch.”
Word: ikats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ikat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postprimary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + primary. 1. After primary school. Labels: not-comparable 2. After a primary election. Labels: not-comparable Example: Barack Obama is having the first postprimary crisis, a moment in which the only conceivable response is: what was he thinking?
Word: rulemakings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rulemaking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vendibles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vendible Labels: form-of, plural
Word: O mark Part of Speech: noun 1. A circle that serves as a check mark in Japanese: ◯.
Word: O marks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of O mark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: X mark Part of Speech: noun 1. A symbol composed of two perpendicular lines (✗), especially when representing negation or lack of verification.
Word: X marks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of X mark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maniverter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of manifold + converter. 1. A component that integrates the functions of exhaust manifold and catalytic converter.
Word: Bermudo Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: photographist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist ▲ Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-) ▲ Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) French photographiebor. English photography ▲ English -ist English photographist From photograph + -ist or photography + -ist. 1. One who produces photographs. Labels: dated Example: No photographist can picture them, no words can describe them, no fancy can sketch them.
Word: photographists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photographist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bearly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bear + -ly. Compare bearlike. 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears; ursine. 2. Misspelling of barely. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: He was going to be a bearly bear. With a bearly mate. Example: Past two years old Keg was now, a big and very bearly bear, and with the first tocsin of fall in the air he'd wandered off toward Sugar-loaf, answering the call of his kind. 3. Misspelling of burly. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: All acting like nothing even happened at all. (Then, a half hour later) Boom! BOOOM!! (There's a poundin down at the door) As Jeanie goes ta answer it, as im in the kitchen getting cereal. As another Big bearly Man Comes barging in.
Word: fustianed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fustian + -ed. 1. Wearing fustian. Labels: not-comparable Example: His clothes were of fustian, and his boots hobnailed, yet in his progress he showed not the mud-accustomed bearing of hobnailed and fustained peasantry.
Word: nonrooted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + rooted. 1. Without a root or roots. Labels: not-comparable Example: Agile and silly and charming, he was a good entertainer, and he enjoyed the nonrooted, free-spirited life of a street performer.
Word: grog-blossom Part of Speech: noun 1. The network of burst blood vessels on the face and particularly the nose of a heavy drinker. Labels: archaic
Word: biohazard symbols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biohazard symbol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biohazard symbol Part of Speech: noun 1. A symbol that is universally recognized as a warning against substances that pose a threat to the health of living organisms, primarily that of humans.
Word: in a heartbeat Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Without hesitation or reservation; at once. Labels: idiomatic Example: “Colgate would sell Princess House in a heartbeat, if it could find a buyer,” said Bonita Austin. Example: Sjostrom's game is predicated on strong skating. He accelerates in a heartbeat with a lightning quick stride and changes direction smoothly.
Word: ground bass Part of Speech: noun 1. A constantly repeated bassline or harmonic pattern in a piece. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In classical music there are, as the analytical programs tell us, first subjects and second subjects, free fantasias, recapitulations, and codas; there are fugues, with counter-subjects, strettos, and pedal points; there are passacaglias on ground basses, canons ad hypodiapente, and other ingenuities, which have, after all, stood or fallen by their prettiness as much as the simplest folk-tune. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ground, bass. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: birdly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bird + -ly. 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of birds; avian. Example: Truth for the bird his eye discerns; By birdly hope his wing is strong; And full delight in birdly good; Makes utterance for itself in song. Example: "Nay, nay," quoth Luxury, "I laugh at thee, — Thou art the king of beasts and I of birds ; Men are of beastly and of birdly kind, But more are birdly and obedience show Only to me, for in their bosom nursed Caprice and Vanity which are my slaves [...]
Word: Karelianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Karelian + -ism. 1. A Finnish cultural movement of the late nineteenth century, focusing on Finland's Karelian heritage. Labels: uncountable
Word: SNES Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /snɛs/, /snɛz/, /ˌɛs.ɛn.iːˈɛs/ 1. Initialism of Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The graphics are kind of cutesy, and the music is annoying, but the game is incredibly fun and the Super Multitap is worth owning so you can play the five-player SNES games coming out in the near future. Check it out! Example: Emulate the SNES on the Dreamcast
Word: autodetection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + detection. 1. automatic detection Labels: uncountable Example: Thus the onset of "autodetection" leads, in the case of sequential resonance, to a negative peak of the current. Example: Exclude as many hardware types and items from autodetection as possible. If autodetection crashes, run Setup again and exclude more items from autodetection.
Word: Duchampian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Duchamp + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), French/French American conceptual artist.
Word: autocollimators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autocollimator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autocollimations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autocollimation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: GoS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of grade of service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: coinsureds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coinsured Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beaconings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbiːkənɪŋz/ 1. plural of beaconing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: telerehabilitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + rehabilitation. 1. rehabilitation (as of a drug user) by means of telecommunications or a computer network Labels: uncountable
Word: telementoring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + mentoring. 1. Mentoring by means of telecommunication or computer networks. Labels: uncountable
Word: teletutoring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + tutoring. 1. Tutoring by means of telecommunication or computer networks. Labels: uncountable
Word: quidded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of quid Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cybermentoring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + mentoring. 1. Mentoring by means of computer networks. Labels: uncountable
Word: plightful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English plightful, plihtful, equivalent to plight + -ful. 1. Full of risk or danger; risky; dangerous; perilous. Example: This is their doom that here in sin Lie and their sins will not cease; But would they think about Judgment Day, It behooves them to leave their plightful play. Example: Athelstan said, in a much more serious way, “It is truly a plightful time for the Angles, and it always has been, as far back as I can remember. The Northmen kill or at least mar all that they touch. 2. Full of plight; plighted; pledged; devoted. Example: She liv'd and lov'd.―I wedded two. 'The Devil!'―Yes. What could I do? To her I ow'd my plightful vow, To Ruth, my life, and freedom now.
Word: plightful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plight + -ful. 1. Indicating plight; dire; grim; grievous. Example: For example, poor villagers can destroy the forests because of their plightful conditions. 2. Pitiful. Example: In some surreal and inevitable moment, some jingle-jangle wee hour of morning, they may even have shared billing on the same campus stage: joined harmonics and harmonics, strummed out some plightful version of "Musee des Beaux Arts" [...]
Word: groggified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From grog + -ify + -ed. 1. drunk Labels: dated, slang
Word: Apps Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: inæsthetical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + æsthetic + -al. 1. Not possessing æsthetical quality. Labels: rare Example: But the whole book is disgracefully inæsthetical ; nor does the author show the slightest power of constructing a story.
Word: bookly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *bocli, from Old English bōclīċ (“of or belonging to a book, scientific, biblical, scriptural”); equivalent to book + -ly. Cognate with Danish boglig (“bookish”), Swedish boklig (“bookish, literary”). 1. Of or pertaining to books; literary. Example: As you received this and many other bookly treasures, all for the small annual fee of one dollar, […] Example: But I shall not spoil for anyone the delight of discovering that most bookly of bookly books. 2. Learned from books; bookish; by-the-book. Example: He has with him his secretary, who speak the Spanish in a very bookly manner.
Word: warlikeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From warlike + -ness. 1. The quality of being warlike; bellicosity. Labels: uncountable
Word: anæsthetical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From an- + æsthetic + -al. 1. Obsolete spelling of anaesthetical. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: anaesthetical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From an- + aesthetic + -al. 1. Of or relating to anaesthesis, characteristic of anesthesia.
Word: thoroughpins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thoroughpin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: war of conquest Part of Speech: noun 1. A military conflict where one state, nation, or people conquers or attempts to conquer another; a conquering war. Example: Near-synonym: war of aggression
Word: wars of conquest Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of war of conquest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: briner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brine + -er. 1. One who pickles food in brine. Example: “We’re the only ones left in the neighborhood who still make pickles on the premises,” said the master briner, who agrees with the historic trust’s warning that “irreparable damage” is being done by new high-rise condos and hotels.
Word: briners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of briner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese angu, from Yoruba à ń gún (“we are pounding”) or Fon agǔ (“pounded yam”). 1. A popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in olive oil.
Word: out of the picture Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Not included in the matter being planned or under consideration; not a factor or participant in the present situation. Labels: idiomatic Example: Within a year, his scientists had worked out a system that virtually elbowed CBS out of the picture. Example: "Well, since Ross is pretty much out of the picture, you're sitting in the driver's seat." 2. Dead, missing, or incarcerated. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic 3. Not suiting or attuned to the situation; incongruous. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: Harden-Hickey, in our day, was as incongruous a figure as was the American at the Court of King Arthur; he was as unhappily out of the picture as would be Cyrano de Bergerac on the floor of the Board of Trade. Example: Only Peter was out of the picture. He was a strange, disconsolate figure, as he shifted about to ease his leg, or gazed incuriously from the window.
Word: encyclopædist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From encyclopædia + -ist. 1. Archaic spelling of encyclopedist. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The Venerable Bede follows close in time as an encyclopædist upon St. Isidore. Though not an encyclopædist in that strict sense which may be applied to his Spanish predecessor in the temple of learning, the extent and the variety of his works entitle him to a place amongst those authors whose writings, when taken together, form a complete library—the sum of the knowledge of their times.
Word: encyclopædists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of encyclopædist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plighter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plight + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈplaɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. One who or that which plights, engages, or pledges. Example: My playfellow, your hand; this kingly seal And plighter of high hearts! Example: I mean to say, remorse has frequently been known to set in after a dust-up between a couple of troth-plighters, with all that Sorry-I-was-cross and Can-you-ever-forgive-me stuff, and love, after being down in the cellar for a time with no takers, perks up and carries on again as good as new.
Word: artistæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of artist Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: plightly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English plihtliche, from Old English *plihtlīċe (“dangerously”), from plihtlīċ (“dangerous, perilous”), equivalent to plight + -ly. 1. Dangerously; with peril.
Word: plaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English plawen, playen, plaȝen, from Old English plagian, a dialectal (Anglian) variant of Old English plegian (“to move about quickly, play”). More at play. 1. To boil; seethe. Labels: intransitive 2. To boil; boil slightly; parboil. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: plaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plawen, playen, plaȝen, from Old English plagian, a dialectal (Anglian) variant of Old English plegian (“to move about quickly, play”). More at play. 1. A boiling. Example: give meat a plaw
Word: pietistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pietist + -ic, probably after German pietistisch. Pronunciation: /pʌɪ.ɪˈtɪs.tɪk/, /paɪ.ɪˈtɪs.tɪk/ 1. pertaining to pietism (Lutheran spiritual movement) Example: Quite apart from all the pietistic [translating pietistischen] and mystical writers [...] we also encounter clear-sighted men averse to the fantastic who use this very inexplicability of the phenomena of dreams in their endeavours to support their religious belief in the existence and intervention of superhuman powers. 2. excessively pious Example: Hasidism was a pietistic devotional movement in which the relationship between Rebbe and disciple was of paramount importance.
Word: hypermnestic Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to hypermnesia; demonstrating or pertaining to a very high level of memory or recall. Example: The fact that the dream has at its disposal recollections which are inaccessible to the waking person is so remarkable and theoretically significant that I should like to reinforce it by recounting some more ‘hypermnestic’ [translating hypermnestischer] dreams.
Word: happener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From happen + -er. 1. One who participates in a happening. Labels: dated 2. A person who makes things happen. Example: Goodparley says, 'O no and in deed he aint hes bettern clevver hes a mover hes a happener. […]' Example: How does (to take an extreme example) me saying to myself that somebody deserves what happens give any support to the happener? 3. A person to whom things happen. Example: "No way! He's not one of these people that do things. There's two kinds of people—the doers and the happeners. He's a happener. You know, things happen to him instead." 4. An event that is expected to happen; a plan that is likely to succeed. Labels: often Example: The planned access via Netizen appears not to be a happener. Example: It's a happener. All systems are go.
Word: happeners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of happener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: theoxenia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek θεοξενία (theoxenía), equivalent to theo- + xenia. 1. Hospitality towards a god who visits as a guest. Labels: uncountable Example: 1902, Archaeological Institute of America, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, American School of Classical Studies in Rome, American journal of archaeology S. Reixach maintains that the rite of theoxenia is derived from the primitive conception of the gods as relatives of those who entertain them... Example: An alternative interpretation to the theoxenia, though no doubt related in cult practise, would be that of parasitein.
Word: xenotimes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xenotime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xerafin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of xeraphim. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: xerafins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xerafin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: footwrap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + wrap. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtˌɹæp/ 1. A strip of cloth worn around the feet before the wide availability of socks or to avoid chafing, absorb sweat and improve the foothold.
Word: footwraps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of footwrap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xylorcin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon) English xylo- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Italic *auzis Latin auris Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula Latin auricula Latin ōriculader. Italian oricelloder. Arabic [script needed] ('urjālla)influ. Old Catalan orxellader. Old French orchel French orseilleder. Dutch orseilleder. New Latin orcinader. French orcineder. English orcin English xylorcin From xylo- + orcin. 1. A derivative of xylene obtained as a white crystalline substance that turns red on exposure to air. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: xyloidin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xyloid + -in. 1. An explosive compound resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: xyloidins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xyloidin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xyloquinone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xylo- + quinone. 1. Any of a group of quinone compounds obtained by the oxidation of xylidines. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: xyloquinones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xyloquinone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xylogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xylo- + -gen. 1. Nascent wood; wood cells in a forming state. Labels: uncountable Example: Xylogen is found in the primary cell-wall, and in the thickening layers of all woody cells.
Word: xyloplastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon) English xylo- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic English xyloplastic From xylo- + plastic. 1. Made from wood pulp shaped in a mould. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: xyl- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of xylo-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: xylite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xyl- + -ite. 1. A liquid hydrocarbon found in crude wood spirits.
Word: xylites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xylite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xylonic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A sugar acid that can be obtained by mild oxidation of xylose Labels: uncountable
Word: xylidic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to either of two acids derived from xylic acid and related compounds, metameric with uvitic acid. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: uvitic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. 5-methylisophthalic acid, obtained by oxidizing mesitylene or by condensing pyroracemic acid with baryta water. Labels: uncountable
Word: xeronate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xeronic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt of xeronic acid. Labels: dated, no-plural Example: When dissolved in ammonia, and calcium chloride added, a crystalline precipitate is formed of calcium xeronate, C₈H₁₀O₄Ca + H₂O, and this when treated with hydrochloric acid does not yield xeronic acid, but is transformed again into the anhydride.
Word: xenodocheion Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of xenodochium. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: xenodocheia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xenodocheion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Welchman Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of Welshman. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The Welchman had to tell the story of the night to the visitors.
Word: Welchmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Welchman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xenodochy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξενοδοχία (xenodokhía), from ξένος (xénos, “alien”) + δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to receive”). 1. Reception of strangers; hospitality. Labels: uncountable Example: Bushmen, as a class, are a very hospitable race — generous in their sympathies, fond of practising the virtue of xenodochy, entertain strangers with a rough but ready welcome; and it is a pity to see men of this stamp tossed about as they are.
Word: blackfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blackfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xylate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xylic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of xylic acid. Labels: dated Example: The xylic and paraxylic acids are separated by the different solubility of their calcium salts, the xylate being the more soluble of the two.
Word: xylates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xylate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bindup Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bind + up. 1. Packaged together in a box set. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Parkesine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Parkes + -ine, originally a trademark, from the name of Alexander Parkes. 1. The first man-made plastic; pyroxylin. Labels: uncountable
Word: xiphioids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xiphioid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xenyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos) + -yl. 1. The univalent radical derived from diphenyl. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: megachilid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the family Megachilidae of mostly solitary bees whose scopa is restricted to the ventral surface of the abdomen.
Word: megachilids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megachilid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sexship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of sex + relationship. 1. A relationship based purely on sex. Labels: neologism, slang Example: Because the focus is often on temporary physical gratification, very few sexships progress into long-term, committed, quality relationships.
Word: subxiphisternal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + xiphisternal. 1. Below the xiphisternum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: xiphoidian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From xiphoid + -ian. 1. xiphoid Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: ...the deep xiphoidian para-umbilical vein which anastomoses the umbilical circulation, tributary of the portal vein to the xiphoidian plexus...
Word: lodicules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lodicule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xanthophyllic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From xanthophyll + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to xanthophyll. Labels: not-comparable
Word: xiphosurid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Xiphosura + -id. 1. Any member of the order Xiphosura; a horseshoe crab.
Word: xiphosurids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xiphosurid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elderberrying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From elderberry + -ing. 1. The gathering of elderberries. Labels: uncountable
Word: secologanin Part of Speech: noun 1. A monoterpene synthesized from geranyl pyrophosphate in the mevalonate pathway, then proceeding with dopamine to form ipecac alkaloids. Labels: uncountable
Word: loganate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loganic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of loganic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: xylamide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xyl- + amide. 1. An acid amide derivative of xylic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance. Labels: uncountable Example: A critical double blind study is required with xylamide before the drug is worthy of being considered for ulcer therapy.
Word: xylanthrax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pseudo-loan from Ancient Greek, derived from ξυλο- (xulo-, “wooden”) + ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “coal”). 1. Wood coal or charcoal, distinguished from mineral coal; lignite. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: This clay formation, entirely unconnected with that of the Mississippi, and the lower part of the Arkansa, is of a blueish-grey, abounding in pyrites and xylanthrax, and is the active seat of those pseudo-volcanoes and their remains existing in the upper part of the Missouri territory. Example: There are two beads of much interest: a small cylindrical one of chrysoprase, and a large one turned out of a piece of xylanthrax, similar to that met with at Bovy, Devonshire.