nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: intersecant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin intersecans, present participle of intersecare. See intersect. 1. Crossing, intersecting; (figuratively) clashing, conflicting. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: intersecant roads Example: To plant the sides of the intersecant roads of the Halifax Peninsula with Shade Trees, would not occasion heavy toil or expence to proprietors; and they would be compensated by the comfort they would experience, while their property would be beautified.
Word: tracepoint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trace + point. 1. A kind of breakpoint that performs a custom action. Example: In addition to standard interactive debugging capabilities (display and modification of program variables, setting tracepoints and breakpoints for subprograms, displaying subprogram call stack, and so on), a number of new features were added for VAX Ada. Example: The first thing to notice is that tracepoints have no equivalent to the Trace commands, that is, there is no way to output information in a Release build using tracepoints.
Word: tracepoints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tracepoint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: periotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peri- + otic. 1. Located in, or pertaining to, the inner ear. Labels: not-comparable Example: periotic bone Example: periotic capsule
Word: periotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peri- + otic. 1. A bone in the inner ear, the periotic bone.
Word: periotics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of periotic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lactory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlæktəɹi/ 1. Lactiferous. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: lactory or milky plants
Word: lactory Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlæktəɹi/ 1. A place where milking (especially of cows) occurs. Labels: dated, possibly, uncommon Example: LACTORY OR MILKING PARLOUR? “To be, or not to be - that is the question" Lactory savours of Milk Factory, which indeed it is - the place where lactation occurs, or where the fruits of lactation are gathered. It is a nice short word ... Example: When milking-time comes round the cows walk out of the court into the lactory or milking parlour, where they enter the stalls to be groomed. Leaving these stalls they go to the milking stalls, where they are thoroughly washed and the milk is taken from them by a milking machine that also weighs the milk […]
Word: interpilaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + pilaster. 1. The interval or space between two pilasters
Word: interpilasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interpilaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rheumatismoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rheumatism + -oid. 1. Of or resembling rheumatism. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, rare
Word: columbate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From columbic acid + -ate. 1. A salt of columbic acid; a niobate. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. columbite Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: columbates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of columbate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ratiocinatory Part of Speech: adj 1. ratiocinative Example: ratiocinatory knowledge
Word: diradiation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dīradiō (“to arrange in rays”), from dis- + radius. 1. The emission and diffusion of rays of light. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: ACTINOBOLISM, is the same with the Diffusion or Diradiation of Light or Sound, by which it's carried or flows every way from its Centre. Example: ACTINOBOLISM, from ακτιν, a sum beam, and βαλις, a plumb line, in physics, diffusion, or the diradiation of light or sound by which it flows every way from its centre.
Word: albuminiferous Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ælˌbjuːmɪˈnɪfəɹəs/ 1. Supplying albumen. Labels: not-comparable Example: albuminiferous granules Example: albuminiferous gland
Word: remodification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + modification. 1. The act or result of remodifying; subsequent modification. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: remodifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of remodification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: immortification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From im- + mortification. 1. A lack of mortification; the non-suppression of sinful desires. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: immortification of spirit is the cause of all our secret and spiritual indispositions Example: Do not the excessive torments of Jesus reproach you with immortification and self-seeking? Does not the hard bed of the cross condemn your attachment to your own ease, and your horror of the least inconvenience?
Word: immortifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immortification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stomatoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stomato- + -scope. 1. An apparatus for examining the interior of the mouth, consisting of a small light on the end of a stick.
Word: stomatoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stomatoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lipochrin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek [Term?] 1. A yellow pigment found in the small round fat drops in the retinal epithelium cells. Its composition is unknown. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Lipochrin can be obtained from the eyes of frogs.
Word: zenzizenzizenzizenzike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An extension of Robert Recorde's naming system for mathematical powers presented in his 1557 mathematics book The Whetstone of Witte, from the root word zenzic. 1. The sixteenth power of a number. Labels: no-plural, obsolete Example: A Zenzizenzizenzizenzike or Square of Squares Squaredly Squared
Word: Merkozy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Merkel (“Angela Merkel”) + Sarkozy (“Nicolas Sarkozy”). 1. The (personification of the) unified position of France and Germany during the early 21st century European sovereign debt crisis. Labels: slang
Word: probality Part of Speech: noun 1. Probability. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: mesorhine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meso- (“middle”) and rhino- (“nose”). 1. Having a medium-width nose, between leptorhine and platyrhine. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: mesorhine skull
Word: roughtail Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rough + tail. 1. Having a rough tail. Labels: not-comparable
Word: roughtail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rough + tail. 1. A small snake of the family Uropeltidae. 2. The roughtail stingray
Word: roughtails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roughtail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preappoint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + appoint. 1. To appoint beforehand. Labels: transitive Example: 1839 Thomas Carlyle, from letter quoted in Thomas Carlyle; a History of the First Forty Years of His Life by James Anthony Froude I am no man whom it is desirable to be too close to — an unhappy mortal — at least, with nerves that preappoint me to continual pain and loneliness. Example: ALL REMAINING ALLIANCE PERSONNEL OUTSIDE SOL THEATER ARE DIRECTED TO MUSTER AT PRE-APPOINTED STAGING AREAS AND COMMENCE OFFENSIVE COMBAT OPERATIONS AT FIRST AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY.
Word: preappointed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of preappoint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: preappointing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of preappoint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: preappoints Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of preappoint Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: estrangedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From estranged + -ness. 1. The state of being estranged; estrangement. Labels: uncountable Example: Jun 27 1715, Samuel Wright, A Sermon preach'd before the Societies for Reformation of Manners So that after all , the Disgusts and Estrangedness of vicious Men towards the Good , are owing to their being unacquainted with the Pleasure and Comfort of a Godly , Righteous , and Suber Life
Word: gyreful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gyre + -ful. 1. Moving in gyres, whirling. Labels: obsolete, poetic, rare Example: Of forayne worlde, on mounte Olimpe / whose carts when they were roulde / With gyrefull sway, by course swyfters, / to winne the glistring branche. Example: Theyre labor hoat they folow: toe the flame fits gyreful awarding.
Word: pectoriloquial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French pectoriloque. 1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, pectoriloquy. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: contributional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From contribution + -al. 1. Pertaining to, or making, a contribution. Labels: not-comparable Example: contributional margin Example: contributional method
Word: gonocalyx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gono- + Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “cup of a flower”). 1. The bell-shaped opening of a sessile gonozooid. Labels: no-plural
Word: imperceived Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From im- + perceived. 1. Not perceived; unperceived. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pretibial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + tibial. 1. anterior to the tibia Labels: not-comparable
Word: fahlunite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Fahlun + -ite, after a place in Sweden (nowadays written Falun). 1. A variation of fahlunite. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: fahlunites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fahlunite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oinomania Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of oenomania. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: archidiaconal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin archidiāconus + -al. Pronunciation: /ɑːkɪdaɪˈækənəl/ 1. Pertaining to an archdeacon. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] they giue good allowance of Episcopal dignitie & their iurisdiction but they vtterly disallow and would gladly infringe Archidiaconall power and weaken that first. Example: 1787, William Hutchinson, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine, of Durham, Newcastle: S. Hodgson, Volume 2, pp. 88-89, […] by compromise it was settled, that the prior should enjoy archidiaconal jurisdiction in the churches of Jarrow and Weremouth, and Goldesburgh throughout the rest for life.
Word: proverbialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proverbial + -ist. 1. Someone who often uses proverbs in speech or writing. 2. Someone who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
Word: proverbialists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proverbialist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Aryanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Aryan + -ize. 1. To render Aryan; to be subjected to the cultural and linguistic influence of the Aryan peoples. Labels: historical, transitive 2. To remove all non-Aryan characteristics or individuals from a society. Labels: Nazism, transitive
Word: Aryanized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Aryanize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Aryanizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Aryanize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Aryanizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Aryanize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pendulosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pendulosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pendulosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See pendulous. 1. The state or quality of being pendulous. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: pendulosity, they having no support or suppedaneous stability
Word: pustulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin pustulatio. 1. The act of producing pustules. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being pustulated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: spongiform pustulation Example: polycyclic pustulation
Word: pustulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pustulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: histrionize Part of Speech: verb 1. To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically. Labels: rare Example: […]the solicitation of the court, and his own recreation, he was pleased to histrionize it
Word: histrionized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of histrionize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: histrionizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of histrionize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inconscious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + conscious. 1. Unconscious. Labels: nonstandard, obsolete Example: [T]here may poſſibly be One Plastick Inconſcious Nature, in the vvhole Terraqueous Globe, by vvhich Vegetables may be ſeverally organized and framed, and all things performed vvhich tranſcend the Povver of Fortuitous Mechaniſm.
Word: triacontahedral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek. From triaconta- + -hedral. 1. Having thirty sides. Labels: not-comparable
Word: errorist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From error + -ist. 1. Someone who encourages or propagates error. 2. A holder of an erroneous belief.
Word: errorists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of errorist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: optogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From opto- + -gram. 1. An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on rhodopsin. Example: The bleaching of visual purple is limited to the area exposed to light, so that an optogram or image of the luminous object, such as a window, can be obtained. Example: The study of optograms caught the imagination of the public as well as the scientific community. Some scientifically minded sleuths hoped that the optograms of murder victims might betray their killers!
Word: optograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of optogram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grinderies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grindery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grindery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grind + -ery. 1. The materials used by leatherworkers. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable 2. A mill where something is ground. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: metallographist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From metallography + -ist. 1. One who writes on the subject of metals. Labels: dated Example: But, alas, you and I cannot thus escape each other's jargon, for the metallographist must needs learn from the millman and the millman from the metallographist, and each has become the slave of his own tools, his own jargon. Example: It has been said that the metallographic microscope is an instrument for seeing only what you want to see, and this slur on the good faith and credibility of metallographists will only be strengthened by such statements as that of the authors that their photomicrograph No. 3, magnified 225 diameters, shows segregation, while No. 4 does not.
Word: metallographists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metallographist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monothalamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) and θᾰ́λᾰμος (thắlămos). 1. Whose spikelets are all similar. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a single chamber. Labels: not-comparable
Word: outbrag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + brag. 1. To surpass in bragging. Labels: transitive 2. To surpass in beauty or splendor. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Like vnſhorne veluet, on that termleſſe ſkin Whoſe bare out-brag'd the web it ſeem'd to were.
Word: outbragged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outbrag Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outbragging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outbrag Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outbrags Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outbrag Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: imprescriptibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From imprescriptible + -ly. 1. In an imprescriptible manner; obviously or uncontrollably
Word: flea beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the small jumping beetles of tribe Alticini of the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae.
Word: flea beetles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flea beetle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coppled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From copple + -ed. 1. Rising to a point; conical; copped. Labels: obsolete Example: There is something of a Difference in the Shape of ſeveral of theſe; ſome being flatter on the top, others more coppled; but the Differences do not ſeem to be ſo great as to imply that they are of diſtinct Species
Word: aphlogistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + phlogistic. 1. flameless Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: an aphlogistic lamp Example: aphlogistic coal
Word: baptization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English baptizacion, from Latin baptizātiō. By surface analysis, baptize + -ation. 1. Baptism. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Their baptizations were null.
Word: baptizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baptization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unimposed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + imposed. 1. Not imposed. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Court of Appeals held that District Court had authority to order sentence to run concurrently with as-yet unimposed sentence on pending state charges.
Word: unimposable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + imposable. 1. Not capable of being imposed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Even the minimum Guideline fine will be unimposable on any organizational defendant whose affected volume of commerce exceeds $5 million
Word: Cymrics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cymric Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glyphographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glyphography + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to glyphography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vidame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French vidame, from Latin vice-dominus, from Latin vice (“instead of”) + dominus (“master, lord”). Pronunciation: /ˈviːdɑːm/, /viˈdæm/ 1. One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later were given status of fiefs, and became feudal nobles. Labels: France, historical
Word: vidames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vidame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: papyraceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin papȳrāceus (“made of papyrus”) under influence of Middle French papyracee and French papiracé. 1. Of, similar to, or related to papyrus. 2. Synonym of papery: of, similar to, or related to paper, particularly its thinness or texture.
Word: demesmerize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + mesmerize. 1. To remove from a state of mesmerization. Labels: transitive
Word: demesmerized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of demesmerize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: demesmerizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of demesmerize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: demesmerizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of demesmerize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bookmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From book + mate. 1. An associate in studying or reading.
Word: bookmates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bookmate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sacciferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin saccus (“a sack”) + -iferous. Pronunciation: /sækˈsɪfəɹəs/ 1. Bearing a sac. Labels: not-comparable Example: sacciferous insect Example: sacciferous larvae
Word: prayingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From praying + -ly. 1. With prayer. 2. pleadingly
Word: lademan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lade + -man. 1. A miller's servant Labels: obsolete
Word: lademen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lademan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plagueless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plague + -less. 1. Free from plague. Labels: not-comparable
Word: metallograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From metallo- + -graph. 1. A print made by metallography.
Word: metallographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metallograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Christ on a cracker Part of Speech: intj 1. A humorous variation of the exclamation "Christ" or "Jesus Christ". Usually an expression of surprise, shock, exasperation etc.
Word: imboil Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of emboil. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: imboiled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of imboil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: imboiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of imboil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: infuscation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of darkening. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being dark; obscurity. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A dark patch or marking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We consider, until more specimens are discovered, interruptus as only a subspecies of poecilogaster as the major differences between the two are color intensity of the wing infuscations, and of pile and tomentum.
Word: infuscations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infuscation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudocone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + cone. 1. One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, such as the dragonfly, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others.
Word: pseudocones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudocone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milkful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From milk + -ful. 1. Full of milk; abounding with food. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: milk-full vales Example: The earth brought forth its fruit; fishful its river-mouths; milkful the kine; heavy-headed the woods.
Word: astrogeny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From astro- + -geny. 1. The creation or evolution of the stars or heavens. Labels: uncountable Example: 1874-1896, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Sociology The first kind , Inorganic Evolution , which , had it been dealt with , would have occupied two volumes , one dealing with Astrogeny and the other with Geogeny , was passed over because it seemed undesirable to postpone the more important
Word: bittering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bitter + -ing. 1. A bitter compound, such as that used in adulterating beer or that removed from coffee. Example: A patent was lately grantedd to David Dear, of the town of Salina, county of Onondaga, and state of New York, for an improved mode of separating the bitterings from, and cleaning hte same from salt kettles or boilers of any description used in the manufacture of salt. Example: It is used as a kettle addition in conjunction with other post-fermentation bitterings. 2. The act of making or becoming bitter. Example: This observation would suffice to explain the fact mentioned at the commencement of this paragraph, that bittering is almost exclusively confined to red wines, these containing, as is well known, a somewhat large amount of tannin absorbed from the skins and kernels of the grape during the primary fermentation. Example: Aroma hops can be used for bittering also, and many homebrewers swear by this, claiming a finer, cleaner overall hop profile.
Word: bittering Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bitter + -ing. 1. Causing a bitter taste or smell. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Consumer Product Safety Commission also questions the effectiveness of the bittering agent and wrote that there is no evidence that DB or any other possible adversive agent is actually effective at limiting the ingestion of consumer products . Example: Centennial is an aroma-type cultivar that is used for its aromatic properties and bittering potential .
Word: bittering Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bitter + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of bitter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bitterings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bittering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Prakritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Prakrit + -ic. 1. Relating to Prakrit. Labels: not-comparable
Word: effectivities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of effectivity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emperil Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of imperil. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: His person to emperill so in fight
Word: emperils Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of emperil Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: emperiled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of emperil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: emperilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of emperil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: emperiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of emperil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: emperilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of emperil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: epitopal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From epitope + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to an epitope Labels: not-comparable
Word: ambrose Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæmbɹəʊz/ 1. A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia (Dysphania botrys). Example: Stachys semeth to Gesner to be the herbe that we cal in english Ambrose , & I deni not but that it may be a kynde of it. Howe be it I haue sene the true Italian staches, whiche hath narower and whyter leaues then Ambrose hath.
Word: discoverment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From discover + -ment. 1. discovery Labels: nonstandard, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: discoverments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of discoverment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elaidin Part of Speech: noun 1. A solid isomeric modification of olein. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hebetation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin hebetatio: compare French hébétation. 1. The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid. Labels: archaic, figuratively, uncountable 2. The state of being blunted or dulled. Labels: archaic, figuratively, uncountable
Word: wall crawler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wall + crawler. 1. something which adheres to and crawls upon vertical surfaces Example: The wall crawler will also take ultrasound readings to reveal pits and cracks beneath the surface of the steel walls. Example: The wall crawler... is a commercially available crawler, which attaches to the steel tank wall through strong, permanent magnetic wheels.
Word: megabar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + bar. 1. A unit of pressure equal to one million bars
Word: wall-crawler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wall + crawler. 1. something which adheres to and crawls upon vertical surfaces Example: As Mother Jones goes to press, the masked, web-slinging wall-crawler is busy foiling a computer technician's evil designs to brainwash people through subliminal advertising in video games. Example: You're not just buying and selling with a wizard and a scholar in tow. What's so important that you have to hire a wall-crawler?
Word: unichromosomal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uni- + chromosomal. 1. Of, pertaining to, or based upon a single chromosome Labels: not-comparable
Word: roller football Part of Speech: noun 1. the sport of either association football or American touch football played on roller skates. Labels: uncountable Example: 2006, Steve Beauchampe, Played in Birmingham, Played in Britain Despite efforts to maintain interest by staging novelty races and roller football, few of these rinks would survive, and only one more opened before the end of the century, at the Sherbourne Hotel, Balsall Heath, in 1887. Example: The most popular outdoor skating games, roller-frisbee, roller football, and roller hockey, are very difficult to adapt to indoor areas.
Word: anfractuose Part of Speech: adj 1. rare spelling of anfractuous Labels: alt-of, rare Example: anfractuose anthers
Word: misemployment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + employment. 1. Wrong or unsuitable employment; misuse. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: imageable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From image + -able. 1. Capable of being imaged Labels: not-comparable
Word: subtransparent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + transparent. 1. Almost, but not perfectly, transparent. Labels: not-comparable Example: subtransparent patch Example: subtransparent zone
Word: cerebritides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cerebritis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cerebritis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cerebrum + -itis. 1. inflammation of the cerebrum Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: glaired Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of glair Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: glairing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of glair Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: attrectation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin attrectatio, from ad + tractare (“to handle”). 1. Frequent handling or touching; fingering. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: [S]ince that materiall part and exteriour actions of Religion could be acted and perſonated by any man, there was ſcarce any thing left to make it religious, but the attrectation of the rites by a holy perſon; […]
Word: wavily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From wavy + -ly. 1. crookedly, twistingly, in a curved and winding manner
Word: beingly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From being + -ly. 1. Of or pertaining to (one's) being or existence. 2. Existing; extant. Example: Earlier Thomas quotes Proclus in his explanation thus: "All beingly being is infinite, not according to multitude or magnitude, but according to power alone. 3. True; real; essential; actual. Example: Doesn't this question point to an experience similar to that Plato must have had in obsessively asking what the essence ("ousia"), the "truth," "the true being" or "the beingly being" of things was?
Word: profusive Part of Speech: adj 1. profuse; lavish; prodigal Labels: obsolete Example: profusive gift
Word: trigastric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + gastric. 1. Having three bellies. Labels: not-comparable
Word: conversable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From converse + -able. 1. Able and inclined to engage in conversation. Example: It is proper for a Gentleman […] to be Civil, and Conversible in Discourse, to know Men and Manners. Example: The elegant Part of mankind […] may be divided into the learned and conversible. […] The conversible World join to a sociable Disposition, and a Taste for Pleasure, an Inclination for the easier and more gentle Exercises of the Understanding, 2. Able to be conversed with. Labels: obsolete Example: […] it is not the invisible Devil that I am enquiring after, but an appearing conversible Daemon or Evil Spirit […] assuming human Shape, or at least Voice, Example: […] a full-grown horse, or dog, is beyond comparison a more rational, as well as a more conversible animal, than an infant of a day, or a week, or even a month, old. 3. Pertaining to, suited for or exhibiting conversation. Labels: obsolete Example: 1619, John Donne, Sermon 71 in LXXX Sermons, London: Richard Royston, 1640, p. 720, […] it were not hard to assigne many examples of men that have stolne a great measure of learning, and yet lived open and conversable lives, and never beene observed […] to have spent many houres in study Example: 1691, John Hartcliffe, A Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues, London: C. Harper, p. 156, Of the Three Conversable VIRTUES […] The Virtues which adorn and recommend a Man in Conversation […]
Word: catabasia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catabasion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catabasion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek καταβάσιον (katabásion, “a way down”), from κατάβασις (katábasis). 1. A vault under the altar of a Greek church.
Word: inebrious Part of Speech: adj 1. intoxicated; drunk Labels: archaic 2. intoxicating Labels: archaic Example: Such that with scorching Fevers fill our Veins, And with inebrious Fumes distract our Brains.
Word: lithontriptor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lithotripter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lithontriptors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lithontriptor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acrook Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + crook. Pronunciation: /əˈkɹʊk/ 1. In an oblique or crooked direction. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: C. Custance. Wife, why cal ye me wife? Sim Sure. Wife? this gear goth acrook. Example: Loe, is not there the draught of some gold-sandy brooke That on this azure ground glydes (as it were) acrooke?
Word: acrook Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + crook. Pronunciation: /əˈkɹʊk/ 1. Bent or formed into a hook. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1905, Eudorus C. Kenney, “Jack and the Sparrows” in Some More Thusettes, Cortland, NY: The Democrat Printery, p. 7, So Jack of salt a handful took / And slyly watched with neck acrook The sparrows. Example: "Arm acrook, too, a-thinkin’ thet in ther dark all cats is grey." 2. Not in its proper place or properly oriented. Labels: not-comparable, uncommon Example: The whole evening […] lay empty ahead of us. What bliss! There was not a pin acrook in the house, the washing up would be done […]
Word: Caribbee Part of Speech: adj 1. Caribbean. Labels: archaic
Word: Caribbee Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the Carib people; a Caribbean. Labels: archaic
Word: Caribbees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Caribbee. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Caribbees Part of Speech: name 1. The Caribbean. Example: To avoid being becalmed under the lee of Guadeloupe, our captain had taken the longer route to windward, and we were now crossing the pathway of Columbus when he first approached these islands of the Caribbees. Example: A railway runs across the island, the only one in the Caribbees, and by this conveyance some of our party made a visit to Codrington College, a long-established and honorable seat of learning.
Word: miscolour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English miscolouren. Compare Saterland Frisian Misklöär (“mismatched colour”). By surface analysis, mis- + colour. 1. To give a wrong colour to. Labels: transitive 2. To set forth erroneously or unfairly. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: to miscolour facts
Word: miscolouring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of miscolour Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: miscolouring Part of Speech: noun 1. miscoloration Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: miscolours Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of miscolour Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: floroon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fleuron. See flower. Pronunciation: /fləˈɹuːn/ 1. A border worked with flowers. Example: The mountains of glass that harboured within their elevated cavities such floroons, encompassing innumerable dazzling circlets of all sizes and shades[…]
Word: floroons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of floroon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lamellose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French lamelleux. 1. Composed of, or having, lamellae Labels: dated 2. lamelliform. Labels: dated
Word: misconfident Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mis- + confident. 1. Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting. Example: Such men, instead of convincing, yield; and make themselves miserable, and their opposites foolishly proud and misconfident.
Word: housebote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From house + bote. 1. Wood granted to a tenant for the repair of buildings or for fuel. Labels: obsolete
Word: housebotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of housebote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diageotropism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dia- + geotropism. 1. The tendency of plant organs, especially roots, to grow horizontally. Labels: uncountable
Word: overquell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overquellen, equivalent to over- + quell. 1. To quell or subdue completely; gain or have power over. Labels: transitive Example: What champion now shall tame the power Hell, And the unruly spirits overquell?
Word: overquelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overquell Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: orbicule Part of Speech: noun 1. An inclusion in an igneous rock 2. A lipid droplet, covered by sporopollenin, in the anthers of some plants
Word: quadchromatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quad- + chromatic. 1. Involving four colors Labels: not-comparable, rare 2. Having color vision using four primary colors; tetrachromatic Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: manelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mane + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a mane.
Word: bejade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + jade. 1. To tire. Labels: transitive Example: but if you have no mercy upon them, yet ſpare your ſelfe, leſt you bejade the good Galloway, your owne opiniaſter Wit,
Word: bardism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bard + -ism. 1. The system, learning, beliefs, or status of bards.
Word: bardisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bardism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: branchiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From branchy + -ness. 1. The quality of being branchy. Labels: uncountable
Word: reedwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reed + work. 1. Collectively, the reed stops of an organ. Labels: uncountable Example: This organ has been praised by many intelligent people, particularly for its reedwork, and I must confess that it gave great pleasure when I examined it. Example: The finest reedwork was voiced by a Mr. Jeffrey who brought the art of low pressure reed voicing to a very high standard. 2. The craft of weaving reeds or grasses, or the goods produced by this craft. Labels: uncountable Example: Metal work, leather work, etc., substituted for woodwork and reedwork during other seasons of the year. Example: As a hobby, reedwork may well be the most familiar type of basketmaking, but it is not an American Indian tradition.
Word: autoerotically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From autoerotic + -ally. 1. In an autoerotic manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lymphy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lymph + -y. 1. Containing or resembling lymph. Example: lymphy exudation Example: lymphy deposit
Word: majorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From major + -ship. 1. The position or office of major.
Word: majorships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of majorship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subadarship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From subadar + -ship. 1. The position or office of subadar.
Word: subadarships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subadarship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subedarship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From subedar + -ship. 1. The position or office of subedar.
Word: subedarships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subedarship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incompass Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From in- + compass. 1. Archaic form of encompass. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: incompassed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of incompass Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: incompasses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of incompass Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: incompassing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of incompass Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: plagio- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Late Latin plagio-, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος (plágios, “oblique”). Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪdʒɪəʊ/ 1. Slanted, oblique. Labels: morpheme
Word: electrovital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From electro- + vital. 1. Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals and humans. Labels: not-comparable Example: electrovital current Example: electrovital energy
Word: indissolubleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From indissoluble + -ness. 1. The quality of being indissoluble. Labels: uncountable Example: a state of immortality and indissolubleness of his Composition
Word: dulcifluous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dulcis (“sweet”) + fluere (“to flow”). 1. sweet in nature, character, or sound. Labels: archaic
Word: infraspinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From infra- + spinal. 1. Below the vertebral column/spine Labels: not-comparable Example: infraspinal fossa
Word: muride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin muria (“brine”) (since it was obtained from seawater) + -ide. 1. bromine Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: disburser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disburse + -er. 1. One who disburses money.
Word: disbursers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disburser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overput Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overputten, equivalent to over- + put. 1. To overthrow; subdue. Labels: transitive
Word: heiau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hawaiian heiau. Pronunciation: /ˈheɪaʊ/ 1. A temple in traditional Hawaiian society. Labels: Hawaii Example: The basalt was also piled to outline large squares in the ceremonial centres known as heiau'''s. Example: They'd order lawbreakers put to death in fearsome ritualized killings that took place in a heiau, accompanied by beating drums and chants.
Word: macrurous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Macrura + -ous. 1. Of or pertaining to an obsolete subdivision of crustaceans, Macrura, having long tails. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: sparkish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spark + -ish. 1. Like a spark; airy; gay, lively. Labels: dated Example: 1697, William Walsh, Preface to John Dryden's The Works of Virgil Is there any thing more parkih and better-humour'd than Venus her accosting her Son in the Dearts of Libya? 2. showy; well-dressed Labels: dated Example: Birds that value themselves upon a Sparkish Outside
Word: heiaus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heiau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: archaeologian Part of Speech: noun 1. An archaeologist. Labels: archaic
Word: archaeologians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archaeologian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boltel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of boultel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boltels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boltel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypersthenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hypersthene + -ic. 1. Composed of, or containing, hypersthene. Example: hypersthenic rock
Word: hypersthenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hypersthenia + -ic. 1. Having or relating to hypersthenia.
Word: hypersthenic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypersthenia + -ic. 1. A person who has hypersthenia.
Word: triturable Part of Speech: adj 1. Capable of being triturated. Labels: not-comparable Example: triturable substances Example: [minerals are] not only triturable, and reducible into powder by contrition.
Word: lyrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lyre + -ism. 1. The act of playing on a lyre or harp. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: But he had found that humdrum world in a terribly dynamic condition, in which even badinage and lyrism had turned explosive;
Word: malacopterygian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Malacopterygii + -an. 1. (zoology) Any of the obsolete order of fish Malacopterygii. Labels: archaic
Word: malacopterygians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of malacopterygian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epozoic Part of Speech: adj 1. Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cavilingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From caviling + -ly. 1. With petty criticism. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: deperdition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French deperdition (French déperdition). 1. Synonym of loss or destruction. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: For the activity of the agent, being not able to overmaſter the reſiſtance of the patient, there will enſue no deperdition. Example: After the deperdition of Indagator, having an appetency still further to pervstigate the frithy occident; being still an agamist, and not wishing to be any longer a pedaneous viator, nor to be solivagant, I brought about the emption of a yaud, partly by numismatic mutuation, and partly by a hypothecation of my fusee and argental horologe.
Word: micropegmatite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + pegmatite. 1. A rock showing under the microscope the structure of pegmatite. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: micropegmatite in magma
Word: micropegmatites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of micropegmatite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bumbast Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of bombast. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: bumbast Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of bombast. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: on dit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French on-dit (“they say; it is said”). Pronunciation: /ɒ̃ diː/ 1. A rumour; hearsay Example: It is a mere on dit. Example: Lady Marchmont was an object of her especial dislike; she feared her wit, and could not forgive her youth and beauty. Moreover, there was an interest in any on dit about one so much the rage; her looks, laces, and sayings, were equally invaluable as matters of gossip.
Word: on dits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of on dit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dementedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demented + -ness. 1. The quality of being demented. Labels: uncountable
Word: dementialike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dementia + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of dementia.
Word: rapinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rapine + -ous. 1. Given to rapine (looting). Labels: obsolete
Word: imperceivable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From im- + perceivable. 1. that cannot be perceived; imperceptible Example: by a long Train of gradual , imperceivable Encroaches of the Flesh upon the Spirit
Word: imperceivableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From imperceivable + -ness. 1. The quality of being imperceivable. Labels: uncountable
Word: Siennese Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Sienese. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tetrahexahedra Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetrahexahedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetrahexahedron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tetra- + hexahedron. 1. A tetrakis hexahedron
Word: tetrahexahedrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetrahexahedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: endeavorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endeavor + -er. 1. One who makes an effort or attempt.
Word: endeavorers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of endeavorer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indeficiencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indeficiency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indeficiency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + deficiency. 1. The state or quality of not being deficient; sufficiency Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: the indeficiency of faith, final perseverance
Word: quenouille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French quenouille. 1. The distaff- or cone-like shape of a tree that has been subjected to quenouille training. Example: We had now an opportunity of seeing both pyramidal and quenouille trees, properly so called: they differ so slightly, that it is little wonder the terms should generally be considered as convertible. Example: A portion of the pear trees, having been trained in the quenouille or pyramidal form , by bending downwards the young shoots at midsummer, and thus confined for a season, they retain their position forever after unchanged. 2. A tree trained to grow in this shape, the shape of a cone. Example: At the garden of the London Horticultural Society, the trees are set very remarkably close, and generally trained as quenouilles, or in pyramidal forms. These also bore remarkable crops in that year, being furnished with limbs quite to the ... Example: 1846, Charles Mason Hovey (editor, and author of Article I), "Article I", in Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and Improvements in Rural Affairs The garden is laid out with a central walk through its entire length, and on each side of this are planted dwarf pears, some trained as pyramidal trees, some as quenouilles, and some as espaliers : and with these Mr. Washburn has tried ...
Word: advisoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adviso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: avisoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aviso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Peelite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Peel + -ite, after Sir Robert Peel. 1. One of a breakaway faction of the British Conservative Party in the nineteenth century, characterised by a commitment to free trade and a managerial, almost technocratic, approach to government. Labels: UK, historical
Word: Peelites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Peelite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unadvertisable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + advertisable. 1. That cannot be advertised.
Word: Yunnanese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Yunnan + -ese. 1. Of or pertaining to the Chinese province of Yunnan.