nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hardkill Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hard kill. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: lasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Linse Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Linse. 1. A surname from German.
Word: capnomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”); capno- + -mancy Pronunciation: /ˈkæpnəˌmænsi/ 1. Divination by interpreting smoke rising from a fire. A form of pyromancy. Labels: uncountable Example: 1610, Vives in J. Healey Saint Augustine of the Citie of God Diuination generally was done by diuers means...by smoake, Capnomancy. Example: To these is also added Capnomancy, so called from smoke, because it searcheth into the flame and smoke; and thin colors, sounds and motions when they are carried upright, or on one side, or round...
Word: consiglieri Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consigliere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ceromancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κηρός (kērós, “wax”) + -mancy. 1. Divination by pouring melted wax into water and interpreting the bubbles formed. Labels: uncountable Example: 1660, Urquhart tr. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv By Ceromancy, where, by the means of Wax dissolved into Water, thou shalt see the Figure, Poutrait and lively Representation of thy future Wife, and of her Fredin Fredaliatory Belly-thumping Blades. Example: 1983, Complete Bk Predictions. In ceromancy, melted wax is allowed to drip into a shallow dish of cold water, and the resulting shapes are interpreted. Ceromancy was very popular in the eighteenth century, when correspondence was normally fastened with sealing wax.
Word: Belleek Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Béal Leice. 1. A village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, famous for its pottery. Example: Alternative form: Balleek 2. A small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Example: Alternative form: Belleeks
Word: Belleek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish Béal Leice. 1. Synonym of Belleek ware. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Belleek was invented about thirty-five years ago by a potter named William Henry Goss, of Stoke-upon-Trent, England, whose workmen were induced to go to the porcelain-works established in Belleek, and it was there that the ware was first produced in any considerable quantity. Example: Belleek was made for both utilitarian and decorative purposes, shaped often in the form of seashells or marine life, such as coral branches.
Word: overstresses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overstress Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overstressing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overstress Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overstressed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English stressed English overstressed From over- + stressed. 1. Excessively stressed. Example: In the last few years, aromatherapy, or the science of smell, has become one of the most popular forms of natural therapy for overstressed executives. Example: More than 90% said they were stressed at work and 69% said they would take industrial action to vent their anger.
Word: overstressed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From overstress + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of overstress Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: noonday devils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noonday devil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catoptromancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Ancient Greek κάτοπτρον (kátoptron, “mirror”) + -mancy. 1. Divination by use of mirrors, or other reflective surfaces. Labels: uncountable Example: 1660, Urquhart tr. Rabelais, Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv. Her Trippa going on in his Discourse, said by Catoptromancy, likewise held in such account by the Emperor Didius Julianus, That by means thereof, he ever and anon foresaw all that which at any time did happen or befal unto him: Thou shalt not need to put on thy Spectacles; for in a Mirror thou wilt see her as clearly and manifestly Nebrundiated, and Billibodring-it, as if I should shew it in the Fountain of the Temple of Minerva near Parras. Example: Catoptromancy was a species of divination performed by the aid of a mirror. This..was common among the Achaians.
Word: nose pokes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nose poke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nose pokes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nose poke Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nose poking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nose poke Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nose poked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nose poke Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: over-ripe Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of overripe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: causimomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek καύσιμος (kaúsimos, “fit for burning”), from καῦσις (kaûsis, “burning”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”). 1. Divination by studying the behaviour of objects placed in a fire. Related to empyromancy and pyromancy. Labels: uncountable Example: Causimomancy: Divination by fire. It is a happy presage when combustible objects cast into the fire do not burn. Example: 1973 L. Watson Supernature ix. Precoginition means "knowing in advance," and systems of knowing cover just about every possible source of variation. They include..causimomancy (the study of objects placed in the fire)... None of these need be taken seriously...
Word: cephalomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cephalo- + -mancy. 1. Divination by the study of the skull or head of a donkey or goat. Sometimes described as the roasting of an ass's head on hot coals. Labels: uncountable Example: Cephalomancy was divination by a donkey's head […]
Word: ceraunoscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cerauno- + -scopy. 1. Divination by interpreting thunder and lightning. Labels: uncountable Example: Mr. Lampredi divides his ſubject into ſeveral heads, viz. Natural Theology, Coſmogony, Ceraunoscopy, i.e. the judgments to be formed from thunder and lightning, Phyſic, Botany, Mechanics, and Politics. Example: In this valuable work, treating of the Natural Theology, Cosmogony, and Ceraunoscopy of the Etruscans, the author refutes many of the opinions of Brucker.
Word: chaomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chao- (in a Paracelsian sense "atmosphere") + -mancy. By surface analysis, chao- + -mance + -y. 1. Divination by aerial visions, a form of aeromancy. Labels: uncountable Example: 1650 French tr. Paracelsus Nine Books Of the Nature of Things (1674) ix. Chaomancy shews its Signs by the Stars of the Air and Wind, by the discolouring, destroying of all tender and subtil things […] If the Stars of Chaomancy are moved, Spirits fall from the superiour Air, and Voices and Answers were often heard […] There are seen Hobgoblins, Household Gods, airy Spirits, and Woodmen, &c. also a heavenly Dew and Manna falls upon Trees and Herbs. Example: 1908 Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dict. i. chaomancy...Fortune-telling by aerial apparitions.
Word: chartomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “leaf of paper”) + -mancy. 1. Divination by interpreting inscriptions on writing paper. Labels: uncountable Example: 1652 Gaule The Magastromancer xix. Chartomancy, by writing in papers […] Example: CHARTOMANCY: Divination by writing or interpreting inscriptions, sometimes of mysterious origin. Predictions written in invisible ink, which appears when papers are heated, come in this general category. So do greeting cards.
Word: cledonomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κληδών (klēdṓn, “an omen”) + -mancy. 1. Divination through interpreting chance remarks or events. Labels: uncountable Example: The consultant whispered his questions into the god's ear, then stopped his own ears, went out, and, when he got beyond the market-place, listened for chance words from passers-by. These were construed into an answer. This form of divination (cledonomancy) remained popular at all periods. Example: Pausanias (2nd century AD) gives an example of cledonomancy. A man was not sure whether to marry a young woman of his own clan or a rich woman of more exalted rank. While thinking over the problem, he heard a child at play with his fellows shout, 'Take care of yourself' which he at once understood to mean that he should marry the rich one!
Word: cleidomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cleido- Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā)der. Latin -mantīabor. English -mancy English cleidomancy From cleido- + -mancy. 1. Divination by using a hanging key as a pendulum. A form of radiesthesia. Labels: uncountable Example: Cleidomancy was performed with a key suspended from a thread from the nail of a young virgin's third finger, this verse from the Psalms being repeated meanwhile: "Exurge, Domine, adjuva nos, et redime nos propter nomen sanctum tuum." The key would revolve if the thing asked could be affirmed.
Word: cleromancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek κλῆρος (klêros), "a lot". 1. Divination by casting lots (sortilege). Labels: uncountable 2. Divination by throwing dice or any such marked objects, like beans, pebbles, or bones. Labels: uncountable
Word: drooler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English drool Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English drooler From drool + -er. 1. A person or animal who drools. Example: Some babies are serious droolers, and some aren't. My son certainly was. Our little leaky faucet had to wear a drool bib at all times, and went through them at the rate of one per hour, even more when he was teething. 2. An extremely stupid person; a moron. Labels: informal Example: […] Internet droolers are not only proven wrong, but (virtually) expunged from the planet.
Word: coscinomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek koskinomantis, "a diviner using a sieve", from koskinon, "a sieve". 1. Divination by the use of a suspended sieve sometimes from tongs or shears. The movement of the sieve when a person's name or word is spoken is interpreted. Labels: uncountable Example: 1603 Christopher Heydon A Defence of Ivdiciall Astrolgie And as for Hydromancie, and Choschinomancie, they could vanish as superfluous, as were evident and ridiculous even to the ignorant. Example: 1660 Urquhart tr. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv. By Coscinomancy, most religiously observed of old, amidst the Ceremonies of the ancient Romans. Let us have a Sieve and Shiers, and thou shalt see Devils.
Word: Tocharian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Tocharī + -ian, the first element deriving from Ancient Greek Τόχαροι (Tókharoi, “Tochari/Tukharas (an ancient people of Bactria)”), plural of Τόχαρος (Tókharos), probably from an Indo-Iranian source (Old Persian [script needed] (tuxāri-), Khotanese [script needed] (ttahvāra)); compare Sanskrit तुखार (tukhāra). When manuscripts in an unknown Indo-European language were discovered in the early 20th century in the Tarim Basin, scholars linked them to the Tochari/Tukharas mentioned in ancient sources. As a result, the language was called "Tocharian". However, most scholars now believe this identification was incorrect. Pronunciation: /təʊˈkɛəɹi.ən/, /təʊˈkɑːɹi.ən/, /toʊˈkɛɹi.ən/, /toʊˈkɑɹi.ən/ 1. Of or relating to the Tochari (people of Bactria). Example: We have now come to one of the great names in ancient Indian history, that of the Indo-Scythian prince Kanishka, whose conversion to the faith of Sâkya Muni gave a sudden impulse to the propagation of Buddhism, which rapidly spread its doctrines to the utmost bounds of the Tocharian dominion. Example: Hyrcanian and Tocharian independence, b 613–4, b 619 2. [from 20th c.] Of or pertaining to the Tocharian languages or the Tocharians of the Tarim Basin.
Word: Tocharian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Tocharī + -ian, the first element deriving from Ancient Greek Τόχαροι (Tókharoi, “Tochari/Tukharas (an ancient people of Bactria)”), plural of Τόχαρος (Tókharos), probably from an Indo-Iranian source (Old Persian [script needed] (tuxāri-), Khotanese [script needed] (ttahvāra)); compare Sanskrit तुखार (tukhāra). When manuscripts in an unknown Indo-European language were discovered in the early 20th century in the Tarim Basin, scholars linked them to the Tochari/Tukharas mentioned in ancient sources. As a result, the language was called "Tocharian". However, most scholars now believe this identification was incorrect. Pronunciation: /təʊˈkɛəɹi.ən/, /təʊˈkɑːɹi.ən/, /toʊˈkɛɹi.ən/, /toʊˈkɑɹi.ən/ 1. Any member of the Tochari, a people who inhabited Bactria. Example: Beyond the Attaci or Attacores, the Thyrians and Tocharians do inhabit; yea, and the Caſirians, who now by this time belong to the Indians, & are a part of them. Example: The Moon presides over: […] Tocharians, […] 2. [from 20th c.] Any member of a people who inhabited the Tarim Basin and spoke the so-called Tocharian languages.
Word: Tocharian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Tocharī + -ian, the first element deriving from Ancient Greek Τόχαροι (Tókharoi, “Tochari/Tukharas (an ancient people of Bactria)”), plural of Τόχαρος (Tókharos), probably from an Indo-Iranian source (Old Persian [script needed] (tuxāri-), Khotanese [script needed] (ttahvāra)); compare Sanskrit तुखार (tukhāra). When manuscripts in an unknown Indo-European language were discovered in the early 20th century in the Tarim Basin, scholars linked them to the Tochari/Tukharas mentioned in ancient sources. As a result, the language was called "Tocharian". However, most scholars now believe this identification was incorrect. Pronunciation: /təʊˈkɛəɹi.ən/, /təʊˈkɑːɹi.ən/, /toʊˈkɛɹi.ən/, /toʊˈkɑɹi.ən/ 1. An extinct branch of the Indo-European language family, consisting of two languages, Tocharian A and Tocharian B, written in an abugida derived from Brahmi.
Word: crithomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek κριθομαντεία (krithomanteía, “divination by barley”), from κριθή (krithḗ, “barley”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”). 1. Divination by interpreting food, usually bread and grain used in sacrifice. Labels: uncountable Example: 1652 Gaule The Magastromancer xix. Crithomancy, by grain, or corn...
Word: cromniomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρόμμῠον (krómmŭon, “onion”) + -mancy. 1. Divination by onions or onion sprouts. Labels: uncountable Example: 1660, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy in Brand Popular Antiquities (1844) iii. Burton […] speaks of "cromnysmantia," a kind of divination with onions laid on the altar at Christmas Eve, practised by girls, to know when they shall be married, and how many husbands they shall have. This appears also to have been a German custom. Example: cromniomancy consisted of laying onions on which certain names had been written upon the altar on Christmas Day; when these were planted the one which sprouted first would give the required indication.
Word: Romance languages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Romance language Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyclomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclo- + -mancy. 1. Divination by interpreting wheels or any other revolving objects. Labels: uncountable Example: 1970 Zolar Encyc. of Ancient & Forbidden Knowledge CYCLOMANCY: Pertains to divination from a turning wheel. Example: CYCLOMANCY: Divination depending upon a revolving device[…]the decision of the wheel is automatically fulfilled, so it is not surprising that many people believe that questions concerning their future can be answered by a similar contrivance. Spinning arrows may be used instead of revolving wheels for telling fortunes; and, on the lighter side, cyclomancy has survived in various parlor games, such as "spin the bottle."
Word: demonomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demono- + -mancy. 1. Divination using the aid of demons to reveal information. Labels: uncountable Example: Demonomancy: Divination by means of demons. This divination takes place by the oracles they make, or by the answers they give to those who evoke them.
Word: dendromancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dendro- + -mancy. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛndɹəmænsi/ 1. Divination by leaves and branches of plants and trees. Especially oak and mistletoe. Labels: uncountable Example: 1970 Zolar Encyc. of Ancient & Forbidden Knowledge DENDROMANCY: This is associated with both the oak and the mistletoe.
Word: rock cocaine Part of Speech: noun 1. The off-white, crystal-like form of crack cocaine. Labels: uncountable
Word: blamestorm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blame + storm; or blend of blame + brainstorm. 1. A process for determining the cause(s), human and otherwise, of the failure of something Example: This was more of a brainstorming session, which is better than a blamestorm, and we were all invited to share and contribute. Example: SO is this the end to the blamestorm which has swirled around black/white relations in Australia for more than 200 years?
Word: blamestorm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From blame + storm; or blend of blame + brainstorm. 1. to have a blamestorm, i.e., a session where a group discusses the cause(s), human and otherwise, of the failure of something Example: So before blamestorming wireless, make sure that the problem does not exist when you are using wired networking. Example: Instead of brainstorming and problem-solving, professionals blamestormed, creating more problems and inaction.
Word: toucan crossing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Punningly from pelican crossing and toucan (another bird), because "two can" cross at once (pedestrians and bicycles). 1. A pedestrian crossing equipped with traffic lights operated by the pedestrians, same as pelican crossing, but also allowing bicycles to cross. Labels: UK, regional
Word: basso profundo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of basso profondo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nonjudgmental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + judgmental. 1. Without making judgments, especially those based upon personal ethics or opinions
Word: orthopod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Both orthopod and orthoped are of jocular origin in the informal jargon of medicine; the first is a play on -pod (as in gastropod) and the second is a play on -pede (as in centipede). Each trades on the humorous portrayal of colleagues in other specialties (as opposed to one's own specialty) as strange critters (as if odd ducks). 1. An orthopaedic surgeon. Labels: humorous, informal
Word: preflight Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-West Germanic *-þi Proto-West Germanic *fluhti Old English flyht Middle English flight English flight English preflight From pre- + flight. 1. Taking place before the start of a flight. Labels: not-comparable 2. Serving to confirm that requests can be accepted, before sending an actual request. Labels: not-comparable Example: a CORS preflight request
Word: preflight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-West Germanic *-þi Proto-West Germanic *fluhti Old English flyht Middle English flight English flight English preflight From pre- + flight. 1. An inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight. 2. The portion of the movement after launching from the springboard but before pushing off the vault. Example: Between the preflight and postflight is the block, a rapid motion in which the gymnast’s hands hit the vault and she pushes herself off, converting the horizontal momentum from her sprint down the runway into vertical momentum.
Word: preflight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-West Germanic *-þi Proto-West Germanic *fluhti Old English flyht Middle English flight English flight English preflight From pre- + flight. 1. To perform an inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.
Word: under-ripe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English ripe English under-ripe From under- + ripe. 1. Alternative spelling of underripe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: underripe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English ripe English underripe From under- + ripe. 1. Insufficiently ripe for harvesting or eating. Example: The underripe pears tasted fine, but were still a little crunchy.
Word: double indemnity Part of Speech: noun 1. A clause in an insurance policy in which the insurance company agrees to pay out double the normal coverage in certain specified circumstances, most often in case of accidental death. Labels: uncountable
Word: Sumer Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru), in Assyriology since the 1870s; compare French sumérien since 1872. Compare Shumer, Sumir. More at Sumer. Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uːmə/, /ˈsuːmɚ/ 1. A historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq.
Word: bell-ringing Part of Speech: noun 1. The ringing of bells, either as a pastime or for religious observance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dæmonomancy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of demonomancy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Dæmonomancy, by the suggestions of evill Dæmons or Devills…
Word: krithomancy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crithomancy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: critomancy Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of crithomancy. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: Critomancy: Divination by means of observing viands and cakes. The paste of cakes which are offered in sacrifice, is closely examined, and from the flour which is spread on them, omens are drawn.
Word: crystal balls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crystal ball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polyaminopolycarboxylate Part of Speech: noun 1. Any salt or ester of a polyaminopolycarboxylic acid
Word: polyaminopolycarboxylic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + amino + polycarboxylic acid. 1. Any of a class of polycarboxylic acids that have a backbone containing several amino groups; they form chelation complexes with metals; the most common example is ethylenediaminetetracetic acid
Word: polyaminopolycarboxylic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or derived from a polyaminopolycarboxylic acid Labels: not-comparable
Word: allanite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Thomas Allan + -ite. 1. Any of a group of silicate minerals that are a source of rare earth metals.
Word: anemoscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anemo- + -scopy. 1. Divination by use of the wind including its direction and intensity. Labels: uncountable
Word: nephomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nepho- + -mancy. 1. Divination by use of the movement of clouds. Labels: uncountable
Word: jam-packing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jam-pack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jam-packs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jam-pack Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jambs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jamb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rush-hour Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the rush hour. Labels: not-comparable Example: The rush-hour trains are normally extremely busy. Example: An extra rush-hour train has eased overcrowding of the former 5.39 p.m. to Salisbury; this now leaves at 5.43 and an additional electric service to Alton departs at 5.39 p.m.
Word: methylpropene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree German Methylbor. English methyl English methyl- English propene English methylpropene From methyl- + propene. 1. isobutylene. Labels: IUPAC, uncountable
Word: C of E Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌsiːəvˈiː/ 1. Abbreviation of Church of England. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Lasdun’s parents were Jews who converted to the C of E, and Nasreen’s communications quickly became virulently anti-semitic […]
Word: alethic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀλήθεια (alḗtheia, “truth”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /əˈliːθɪk/, /əˈlɛθɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to the various modalities of truth, such as the possibility or impossibility of something being true. Example: The modal operators □ and ◊ stand for alethic necessity and possibility.
Word: perfectness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English parfitnesse; equivalent to perfect + -ness. 1. The quality of being perfect; perfection. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: perfumer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perfume (noun and verb) + -er, perhaps modelled on Middle French parfumeur. Pronunciation: /pəˈfjuːmə/, /ˈpəːfjʊmə/ 1. A person who makes or sells perfume. Example: Affairs went on thus until the latter had attained her twenty-second year, when her great beauty attracted the notice of a perfumer, who occupied one of the shops in the basement of the Palais Royal, and whose custom lay chiefly among the desperate adventurers infesting that neighborhood. 2. One who perfumes something.
Word: periodontist Part of Speech: noun 1. A dentist whose speciality is periodontics.
Word: periphrases Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɪfɹəsiz/ 1. plural of periphrase Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of periphrasis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: periphrases Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɪfɹeɪzɛz/, /pəˈɹɪfɹəsiz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of periphrase Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: perkily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English perky Middle English -ly English -ly English perkily From perky + -ly. 1. In a perky manner. Example: By now even I am tiring of seeing Oprah's face as it is impossible to go anywhere on her site without encountering her perkily peeking out of a closet or spinning around in a sequinned dress. Example: If you complain about an airline on social media, even if you don't directly @mention them, odds are fairly good you'll get a reply from a perkily beleaguered social media manager tasked with searching for mentions of the brand and proactively replying to complaints.
Word: perkiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English perky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English perkiness From perky + -ness. 1. The condition of being perky Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: perniciousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pernicious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English perniciousness From pernicious + -ness. 1. The condition of being pernicious; destructiveness Labels: uncountable
Word: perpendicularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English perpendicular Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English perpendicularity From perpendicular + -ity. 1. The condition of being perpendicular. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In their spare moments the animals would walk round and round the half-finished mill, admiring the strength and perpendicularity of its walls and marvelling that they should ever have been able to build anything so imposing.
Word: peskiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pesky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English peskiness From pesky + -ness. 1. The condition of being pesky. Labels: uncountable
Word: pickaback Part of Speech: adv 1. on the back or the shoulders. Labels: not-comparable Example: For, as our modern wits behold, / Mounted a pick-back on the old, / Much further off; much further he / Rais'd on his aged beast, could see Example: The young men then decided that they would carry him pickaback at turns, and so they did.
Word: pickaback Part of Speech: verb 1. Dated form of piggyback (“carry someone on the back or shoulders”). Labels: alt-of, dated, transitive
Word: platelet function test Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several diagnostic procedures that test the blood clotting function of platelets
Word: asterisks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of asterisk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: asterisks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of asterisk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: asterisking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of asterisk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: asterisked Part of Speech: adj 1. containing asterisks
Word: asterisked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of asterisk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: picot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French picot, from piquer (“to prick”). 1. An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops.
Word: picot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French picot, from piquer (“to prick”). 1. To do this kind of embroidery.
Word: picturesqueness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English picturesque Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English picturesqueness From picturesque + -ness. 1. The condition of being picturesque. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He [Walter Savage Landor] was a man of somewhat leonine aspect as regards the general appearance and expression of the head and face, which accorded well with the large and massive build of the figure, and to which a superbly curling white beard added not only picturesqueness, but a certain nobility.
Word: pieceworker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From piece + worker. 1. A worker who is paid according to the number of units of work produced. Example: The lowliest of employees, piece workers were paid only for each bird or mammal they stuffed, or each fossil they prepared.
Word: dod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish dod (“sullenness, anger”). Pronunciation: /dɑd/, /dɒd/ 1. sulk, huff Labels: Ulster
Word: dod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots daud (“large piece”). Pronunciation: /dɑd/, /dɒd/ 1. lump Labels: Ireland
Word: dod Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dodden. Pronunciation: /dɑd/, /dɒd/ 1. to cut off, as wool from sheep's tails, or horns from a cattle; to lop or clip off Labels: transitive Example: Angus-shire dodded cattle Example: Messrs. Toogood and Son’s Bronze Championship Medal for best dodded sheep of any pure breed.
Word: dod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of "Tommy Dodd". Pronunciation: /dɑd/, /dɒd/ 1. A ground signal, such as a shunting disc. Labels: UK Example: Shunting discs (or "dods") are generously provided, and following modern practice, most of them permit a movement in any direction for which the road is set.
Word: bar none Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Possibly a shortened form of "to bar none" or "barring none". 1. Without exception; excluding nothing else of the same kind. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: The best tiramisu I've ever tasted, bar none. Example: Mexican horses are the finest in the world, bar none.
Word: one in the eye for Part of Speech: phrase 1. An event or achievement which is unpleasant for someone, especially for those who considered it impossible or unwelcome; an annoyance. Labels: idiomatic Example: The success of Firefox is one in the eye for Microsoft.
Word: Oozlefinch Part of Speech: name 1. The mascot of the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery branch, a mythical featherless, flightless bird that flies backwards to keep dust, trivia, and other inconsequentia out of his eyes. Labels: US
Word: pied-a-terre Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pied-à-terre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pieds-a-terre Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pied-a-terre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pigheadedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pigheaded Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pigheadedness From pigheaded + -ness. 1. The condition of being pigheaded. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pikestaff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pike + staff. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪkstæf/, /ˈpaɪkstɑːf/ 1. The wooden shaft of a pike. 2. A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping. Example: So soon as he got into the grave, he struck his pikestaff forcibly down; it encountered resistance in its descent
Word: pilaff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pilaf. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: pileup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from pile up. 1. Alternative spelling of pile-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pillager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pillage + -er. 1. A person who pillages. Example: ...the hills of the robbers, predatorious oppreſſors of true Religion, pillagers and ſpoilers of the Church of Chriſt, of which too many ſad inſtances have been in ancient and later daies both at home and abroad. Example: Wall labels, if you read them, will prepare you for the shift from the conventional picture of the terrible Turk, the ravisher, the torturer, the pillager (see T. E. Lawrence) and the Turk of the massacres (see Delacroix and others).
Word: pillbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pill + box. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪl bɒks/, /ˈpɪl bɑːks/ 1. A small box in which pills are kept. Example: There is a list of possessions auctioned after her death – her pillboxes and playing cards, two silver-mounted ivory lemon-squeezers. 2. A flat, concrete gun emplacement. Example: It was reported that the Germans had established trench works in front of the pillboxes. The enemy was said to have taken refuge from American fire in the pillboxes, later emerging to take up the trench positions. Example: Beneath the wide steppe sky women in white kerchiefs were digging trenches and building small pillboxes, looking up now and again in case 'those vermin' were on the wing. 3. A doctor's carriage. Labels: archaic, slang Example: The doctor generously told him where he lived in a loud and audible manner, gave him half-a-crown, and was about ascending his pill-box, after bidding him call upon him, in a day or two, when a servant in a splendid livery stepped forward from the hotel […] Example: […] the commercial traveller cuts in and out of the line in the dog-cart that carries his samples; the doctor contrives to be seen there in his pill-box on wheels; the eminent tragedian airs himself in a buggy; […]
Word: pillowslip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pillow + slip. 1. A pillow case.
Word: pilothouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pilot + house. 1. A wheelhouse. Example: The funnel projected through that roof, and in front of the funnel a small cabin built of light planks served for a pilot-house. Example: Suddenly I felt a deep pang of regret—for all those thousands of poor mortals who had not stood in a pilothouse and felt that surge of eager motion as some ancient riverboat slid through deep bayou waters and headed downstream. […] From the pilothouse I walked onto the hurricane deck and watched as the sun dropped behind the bearded oaks, casting long shadows across the limpid bayou. 2. A yacht or other small vessel which has a wheelhouse.
Word: pimpled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pimple + -ed. 1. Having pimples; pimply.
Word: pimpled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pimple + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of pimple Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pimply Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pimple + -y. 1. Having pimples; pimpled.
Word: piney Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of piny. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: étiquette Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of etiquette. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: It is not here meant that there ever was any positive rule or law, which prevented this freedom between barrister and attorney; but by the étiquette of the profession, the former preserved a dignity, that kept the latter at a distance—this is the barrier at present removed through the eagerness of barristers to procure business by flattering and courting attornies, who have the distribution of it. Example: The Duke de Choiseul—“The King of England, according to the established custom of diplomatic étiquette.” Madame de Pompadour—“Say rather the King of France; since, according to the étiquette you speak of, the King of England is called so; […”]
Word: Jedburgh Part of Speech: name Etymology: The town was randomly chosen as the namesake for Operation Jedburgh, the Second World War operation to deploy the parachute teams. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛdbərə/ 1. A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6520). 2. Code name for teams of three parachuted into Occupied Europe (primarily France, but also Holland and Belgium) beginning on D-Day (June 6, 1944) to aid local Resistance groups. The men consisted of a British or American officer, a native of the country, and a non-commissioned radio operator. Labels: historical
Word: Kelso Part of Speech: name Etymology: From earlier Calchow, from Middle Welsh Calchvynyð (Modern Welsh Calchfynydd (“lime mountain”)). Pronunciation: /ˈkɛl.soʊ/ 1. A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7234). 2. A suburb of the city of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. 3. A suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. 4. A small village in West Tamar council area, northern Tasmania, Australia. 5. A small town in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada. 6. A village in the Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, Canada. 7. A ghost town in western Otago, New Zealand, which was abandoned in the 1980s after frequent flooding. 8. A coastal village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 9. A ghost town in Fresno County, California, United States. 10. A ghost town in San Bernardino County, California, United States. 11. The former name of Claraville, an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States. 12. A village in Scott County, Missouri, United States. 13. An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. 14. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. 15. A city, the county seat of Cowlitz County, Washington, United States. 16. A surname.
Word: Galashiels Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌɡæləˈʃiːəlz/ 1. A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4936).
Word: Eyemouth Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Eye Water Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tó-s Proto-Germanic *munþaz Proto-West Germanic *munþ Old English mūþ Middle English mouth English mouth English Eyemouth From Eye Water (“a local river”) + mouth (“river mouth”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪməθ/ 1. A harbour town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT9464).
Word: ATOC Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Association of Train Operating Companies Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historical
Word: ATOC Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of Air Terminal Operations Center Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: nocuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ultimately from Latin nocuus (“harmful”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɑ.kju.əs/ 1. Likely to cause harm or damage.
Word: Huitzilopochtli Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Huitzilopochtli, from a Nahuatl language; compare Classical Nahuatl Huitzilopochtli. 1. An important god of the Mexica. Example: after Sacrifice made to the Goddes of warre, called Tezcatlipuca and Vitzilopuchtli of their carkaſſes, then is theyr fleſhe eaten in banquet Example: They did worſhip the Idoll Vitzliputzli, the Deuill that was in this Idoll ſpake, and gouerned this Nation eaſily.
Word: feed grains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feed grain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multilogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of multi- + dialogue. By surface analysis, multi + -logue. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌltɪlɒɡ/, /ˈmʌltɪˌlɔɡ/, /ˈmʌltɪˌlɑɡ/ 1. A conversation that is many-to-many. The term is commonly used to describe the nature of conversations and interactions using social media and collaborative tools, such as social networking, online video, widgets for syndication, wikis, message boards, forums, etc.
Word: paracingulate cortex Part of Speech: noun 1. The medial prefrontal cortex of the human brain.
Word: phlebolith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phlebo- + -lith. Pronunciation: /ˈflɛbəlɪθ/, [ˈflɛbəlɪθ] 1. A calcareous deposit in a venous wall or thrombus.
Word: query processing Part of Speech: noun 1. Processing of a specific set of instructions for extracting particular data. Labels: uncountable 2. Processing to extract data from a database and present it for use. Labels: uncountable
Word: mess with Part of Speech: verb 1. To interfere with. Labels: colloquial Example: Don't mess with the controls. I just got everything adjusted correctly. Example: This is what you get / When you mess with us 2. To diss; to put down. Labels: colloquial Example: Hey! Quit messing with my brother. 3. To joke around with or dupe someone, in either a friendly or unfriendly manner. Labels: colloquial Example: Don't worry: I'm just messing with you. 4. To admire, enjoy, or approve of. Labels: colloquial Example: You know I mess with you heavy. Example: He reaches out to me on Instagram like "yo, I mess with you super heavy. I'm down in Allentown, PA - I heard this song 'No Regrets'. It's super crazy, shit gives me the chills. I got a proposal for you. Give me 6 months to get you a deal and we'll see if we can make a management situation happen. If I can't do this 6 months, then fuck it, But I want to see you in a better position because your music’s amazing, its real." 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mess, with. To eat with. Example: Resolved 18. That no Guide or Interpreter whether at the Factory Depot or Inland be permitted to mess with Commissioned Gentlemen or Clerks in charge of Posts; but while at the Depot they will be allowed per Week 4 days ordinary rations […]
Word: salutiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin salūtifer (“healthy, health-giving”) + -ous. Pronunciation: /saljuːˈtɪfəɹəs/ 1. Conducive to good health; healthy. Labels: archaic Example: innumerable auxiliatory powers, all of them salutiferous Example: [W]hen warm water is impregnated with salutiferous substances, it may produce great effects as a bath. 2. Conducive to safety or salvation.
Word: pinch-hit Part of Speech: verb 1. To bat in place of another player Labels: intransitive Example: Jones pinch-hit for Smith in the sixth. Example: “Some people think that pitchers aren't complete athletes and some of them maybe weren't, but others were, so I think you'd remember Red Ruffing who used to pinch‐hit all the time, sometimes for outfielders, even though he was as complete a pitcher there was. […]” If he is wrong, however, and designated hitting does turn out to be a good thing, pinch‐hitting as now understood will become a thing of the past. 2. To do something in the place of another person who is not able to perform or is less skilled; to substitute or stand in for somebody. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Jones pinch-hit for Smith during today's presentation.
Word: pinch-hitter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pinch hitter. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Mets got that four-run cushion in the seventh when George Foster stepped in as a pinch-hitter and hit a two-run homer for the 5-1 final. Example: Since the World Series era began in 1903, only two players, Craig and Dusty Rhodes of the 1954 New York Giants, have appeared in three consecutive postseason games as pinch-hitters and delivered run-scoring hits in each.
Word: pinfeather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *pinnaz Proto-West Germanic *pinn Old English pinn Middle English pinne English pin English feather English pinfeather From pin + feather. 1. A developing feather on a bird, as it emerges through the skin.
Word: pinkness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pink Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pinkness From pink + -ness. 1. The condition of being pink Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pinprick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pin + prick. 1. An insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point. 2. A mildly annoying wound or damage. 3. A very tiny dot. Example: The stars were pinpricks of light in a clear night sky.
Word: pinprick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pin + prick. 1. To produce a jabbing sensation, like a pinprick, in. Labels: transitive Example: The water pinpricked her face as she stepped into the shower. 2. To puncture with a tiny hole or holes. Labels: transitive Example: By now it was dark, velvety dark with a moon, a darkness pinpricked by the lights from the landing place now drawing rapidly closer. Example: He had always had to repress the urge to pinprick her enthusiasms.