nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: perpetuana Part of Speech: noun 1. A durable wool serge fabric. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: The chief commodities that the European ships bring hither, are linen cloaths, both coarse and fine, some woollens also, as bayzes, searges, perpetuanas, &c.
Word: perpetuanas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perpetuana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postlumbar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + lumbar. 1. Situated posterior to the lower back or loins. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sparganum Part of Speech: noun 1. The plerocercoid larva of Spirometra tapeworms, responsible for sparganosis.
Word: spargana Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sparganum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: correalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Frederick John Kiesler, from correlation and realism. 1. The dynamics of continual interaction between people and their natural and technological environments. Labels: uncountable
Word: glutenless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gluten + -less. 1. Without gluten. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prolefeed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prole + feed, coined by George Orwell in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. 1. Worthless entertainment and propaganda designed to satisfy the masses. Labels: uncountable Example: Some words, on the other hand, displayed a frank and contemptuous understanding of the real nature of Oceanic society. An example was prolefeed, meaning the rubbishy entertainment and spurious news which the Party handed out to the masses. Example: Far from being guaranteed to blow your mind, We Will Rock You is guaranteed to bore you rigid. The show is prolefeed at its worst.
Word: Gallaeci Part of Speech: noun 1. An ancient Celtic people who inhabited Gallaecia. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Callaeci Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Gallaeci. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: sifaka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malagasy sifaka. Pronunciation: /sɪˈfɑːkə/ 1. Any of several endangered medium-sized lemurs that comprise genus Propithecus. Example: Sifakas have single births, and infants ride first on their mother's front until they are about 3 months of age, then move to the mother's back, and they usually become totally independent at an age of about 6 months (Jolly 1996). Example: Coquerel's sifaka (P. coquereli) is easily seen in the northwestern regions. Its chestnut-coloured arms and thighs, and piercing yellow eyes, make it particularly handsome. Like all sifakas, the young are born in June and July.
Word: sifakas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sifaka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pop tags Part of Speech: verb Etymology: New clothing purchases often come with tags that need to be removed. 1. To go shopping, especially for clothing, especially on a spree. Labels: slang Example: We were popping tags all over the place. After years making do with the sales rack at JCPenney we were flying up to New York and Chicago for spending sprees, buying ourselves diamond chains and gold watches. Example: Chris; Well we're on our way to pop some tags you wanna come? / Dow; Naw, Im good. / Dink; Yeah bro still be wearing shit from the 90's, money is still stuck in time. / Juice; Yo, bro don't beat yourself treat yourself.
Word: olympiadane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Olympiad + -ane? 1. A mechanically interlocked molecule composed of five interlocking macrocycles, resembling the Olympic Rings. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: olympiadanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of olympiadane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonsteric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + steric. 1. Not steric. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unorthographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + orthographical. 1. Not orthographical; not conforming to rules of orthography.
Word: unmedically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unmedical + -ly. 1. In a way that is not medical. Example: Indeed so meagre is the matter, so flimsy the arguments, and so unmedically are they expressed, that I scarcely believe the work was written by a medical man at all. Example: When Robbie had his “sick attacks,” Mary explained unmedically, he had to be rushed to the emergency room.
Word: wardswoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ward + -s- + woman. 1. A female guard.
Word: wardswomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wardswoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shiveriness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shivery + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being shivery. Labels: uncountable
Word: Estonianness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Estonian + -ness. 1. The quality or characteristic of being Estonian. Labels: uncountable
Word: Livs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Liv Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deattribute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + attribute. 1. To cease to attribute (a work of art or literature, etc.) to a particular person. Labels: transitive
Word: deattributing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deattribute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deattributes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deattribute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deattributed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deattribute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: antilaser Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + laser. 1. Protecting against lasers. Labels: not-comparable Example: antilaser goggles
Word: tristratified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + stratified. 1. Divided into three layers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: koniocellular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From konio- + cellular. 1. Of or relating to a set of neurons found ventral to each of the magnocellular and parvocellular layers, and involved in vision. Labels: not-comparable
Word: konio- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust”). 1. dust Labels: morpheme
Word: gaslighter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gas + lighter. 1. One who, or that which, lights gas.
Word: gaslighter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gaslight + -er. 1. One who engages in the psychological tactic of gaslighting.
Word: gaslighters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gaslighter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemifield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemi- + field. 1. Half of the field of vision.
Word: hemifields Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemifield Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ipsilesional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ipsi- + lesion + -al. 1. On the same side as a lesion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hemineglect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemi- + neglect. 1. A neuropsychological condition in which, after damage to one hemisphere of the brain, the patient exhibits a deficit in attention to and awareness of one side of space. Labels: uncountable
Word: ipsilesionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From ipsilesional + -ly. 1. On the same side as a lesion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ochone Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English oghane, from Scottish Gaelic ochóin and Irish ochón. Cognate with Scots ochone. 1. Expresses woe or sorrow. Labels: Ireland, Scotland Example: What to do with a boy like young Paddy Maloy / Is a problem to puzzle a sage; / I’m thinking, ochone! we must leave him alone, / For it’s too late to change at his age. Example: Ochone, the days that are over!
Word: breakdown lorry Part of Speech: noun 1. A tow truck. Labels: UK
Word: breakdown truck Part of Speech: noun 1. A tow truck. Labels: UK
Word: recovery truck Part of Speech: noun 1. A tow truck, recovery vehicle.
Word: neat line Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of neatline. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: browned-off Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of browned off. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: know which side of the bread is buttered Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of know which side one's bread is buttered on. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It was a graceless and ungrateful act and, in view of Blowitz’s Orléanist sympathies, must have antagonized from the start that stalwart champion of the inoffensive Princes’ rights. But Boulanger, a political general on the make, knew which side of the bread was buttered, and to his skill in posing as a guardian of Republican virtues was soon added his power of exciting the love for a military hero which lies embedded within the French breast. Example: Catherine had hired Phillip before she’d married John. He was a partner in the prestigious firm of Benchley, Tarrance, and Paulson. Benchley knew which side of the bread was buttered. The old fart had catered to Catherine’s every whim.
Word: know which side of one's bread is buttered Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of know which side one's bread is buttered on. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The crowd that turned out to welcome Schmitz shows that every one of them knew which side of his bread is buttered and who furnishes their butter. Example: Most of you have no doubt heard a person described as “not knowing which side of his bread is buttered.” Well, I’m sorry to say that there are some of that species running around loose in our corridors. They don’t take advantage of the opportunity offered them in the finest education found anywhere in the world.
Word: know on which side one's bread is buttered Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of know which side one's bread is buttered on. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “Hush!” said Tunstall, “remember our master.” / “Pshaw!” answered his mercurial companion; “he knows on which side his bread is buttered, and I warrant you has not lived so long among Englishmen, and by Englishmen, to quarrel with us for bearing an English mind.[…]” Example: There was a speech by Ellena, which she delivered from before a backdrop on which were idealized portraits of such famous persons as Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi, Golda Mier and Margaret Thatcher. There was also one of a lady attired as an ancient Greek warrior, presumably the mythical Queen Hippolyte. This one looked remarkably like Ellena herself. (“I suppose that the artist knew on which side her bread is buttered,” sneered Fenella.)
Word: umlautless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From umlaut + -less. 1. Not exhibiting or marked by the phonological process of umlaut or an umlaut diacritic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: legitims Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of legitim Labels: form-of, plural
Word: talians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of talian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: provisories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of provisory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: legislatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of legislative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bridal couple Part of Speech: noun 1. The bride and bridegroom on their wedding day, and possibly for a short time thereafter, for example during their honeymoon.
Word: zzzing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of zzz Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: zzzed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of zzz Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kittenless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kitten + -less. 1. Without kittens. Labels: not-comparable Example: On the next day there were no kittens, and the next day and all the other days were kittenless and quiet.
Word: foothole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + hole, possibly influenced by foothold. 1. A hole in a cricket pitch made by the bowler's foot during the runup. Example: The 24-year-old, who made three one-day appearances against Australia last summer, injured his ankle on Wednesday and further damaged it yesterday when he slipped in the footholes. Example: "The wicket didn't play too bad today. Day five is going to be the biggest worry. The footholes will get bigger as the day goes on." 2. A hole into which the foot can be wedged to aid in climbing; a foothold. 3. A foothold. Labels: figuratively 4. A deep footprint; a hole made by a foot. Example: They floundered into deep footholes at every step. Example: Wherever there were tracks of children, sleds, large dogs, other couples, or a solitary walker with long, steady paces, these footholes had filled with a veneer of ice.
Word: moldless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mold + -less. 1. Without a mold. Labels: not-comparable Example: moldless hot pressing of ceramic capacitors
Word: mouldless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mould + -less. 1. Without a mould. Labels: not-comparable Example: mouldless hot pressing of ceramic capacitors
Word: footholes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foothole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snoops around Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of snoop around Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: snooping around Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of snoop around Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: snooped around Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of snoop around Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wedding-ring Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wedding ring. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lesenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lesene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beward Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *bewarden, from Old English beweardian (“to ward, protect, keep”), equivalent to be- + ward. 1. To guard about or completely; protect. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Hrothgar's Thane, and full strongly then set he a-quaking The stark wood in his hands, and in council-speech speer'd he: What men be ye then of them that have war-gear, With byrnies bewarded, who the keel high up-builded Over the Lake-street thus have come leading.
Word: bewatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- (“about, over”) + watch. Compare bewake. 1. To keep watch over; guard; observe. Labels: transitive Example: Discoursing how they pretended to bewatch and drowne his Maiestie in the Sea comming from Den- marke, with such other wouderfull matters as the like hath not been heard of at any time. Example: In hope's corner, on her eyebrow, Lo! the eye of quest (like those Who bewatch the new moon's coming In the Fasting-tide) we've laid.
Word: Republic of Tajikistan Part of Speech: name 1. Official name of Tajikistan: a country in Central Asia.
Word: tweendom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tween + -dom. 1. The stage, state, or world of tweens; tweens collectively. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Tweendom starts with the first wave of physical and hormonal changes that bring up emotional changes, Geller explains — […] Example: Mariah, veering wildly in the bipolar state that was 'tweendom, might be apologizing and complaining at one and the same time.
Word: betrench Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + trench. 1. To cut up; carve; slash. Labels: transitive
Word: betravel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + travel. Compare betravail. 1. To travel over; overrun with travellers. Labels: transitive
Word: bevomit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + vomit. 1. To vomit upon; vomit all over. Labels: transitive
Word: pregames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pregame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pregames Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pregame Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cruzeiros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cruzeiro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silicon hydrides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of silicon hydride Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sileni Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of minor deities or demigods similar to fauns or satyrs. Labels: Greek, plural, plural-only Example: With them, in the recess Of lovely caves, well-spying Argos-slayer And the Sileni mix in love. Example: And so, while husbands are worshiping at their boyhood shrines, being the lawyers, merchants, or masterminds their parents wanted them to be, their wives, even after fourteen years of marriage and two fine children produced and raised, are still on the search for love - which can come to them only from the centaurs, sileni, satyrs, and other concupiscent incubi of the rout of Pan, either as in the second of the above-recited dreams, or as in our popular, vanilla-frosted temples of the venereal goddess, under the make-up of the latest heroes of the screen.
Word: oikonym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house, household”) (whence also eco-) + -onym. Pronunciation: /ˈɔɪkənɪm/ 1. A type of toponym denoting a settlement or its part.
Word: sit-upon Part of Speech: noun 1. Buttocks, bottom. Labels: UK, colloquial 2. Small, portable cushion for sitting on.
Word: sit upon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sit-upon Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sit upon Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of sit on (“block, suppress, hold back”).
Word: reedits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reedit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reedited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reedit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rejones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rejon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Trentin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Trentin. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: rock stars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rock star Labels: form-of, plural
Word: confirmed bachelors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of confirmed bachelor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: granodioritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From granodiorite + -ic. 1. of or related to granodiorite
Word: animal tester Part of Speech: noun 1. One who engages in animal testing
Word: Chicksaw Part of Speech: name 1. Dated form of Chickasaw. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: Chicksaw Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of Chickasaw. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: Chicksaws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chicksaw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chickasaws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chickasaw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: albuminoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of albuminoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snash Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /snæʃ/, [snaʃ] 1. Verbal abuse; insolence; guff. Labels: Scotland, uncountable Example: Don't take any snash from anybody.
Word: snash Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /snæʃ/, [snaʃ] 1. To talk impudently. Labels: Scotland
Word: thurses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thurse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Eve teasing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Eve-teasing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: eve teasing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of eve-teasing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: eve-teasing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Eve-teasing. Labels: alt-of, uncountable, usually
Word: eve teasings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eve teasing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eve-teasings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eve-teasing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Eve-teasings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Eve-teasing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suffer by comparison Part of Speech: verb 1. To appear lesser in quality once compared to another. Example: Without discussing this question, the editor has only to observe that diligent enquiry, extensive reading, and unwearyed assiduity, added to the strictest integrity, and most disinterested views, have possibly tended to lessen the disadvantages of an English birth; and that he is persuaded the present collection, such as it is, will not suffer by comparison with any thing of the kind hitherto published in either country. Example: In art, as in politics, the reign of Philip III (1598-1621) seems to suffer by comparison with those that came before and after.
Word: Athanasian wenches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Athanasian wench Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue walls of silence Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue wall of silence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue walls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue wall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue codes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue code Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue codes of silence Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue code of silence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: walls of silence Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wall of silence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red flags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red flag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barber's itch Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a number of sorts of rashes or skin eruptions in the area of the mustache or beard, caused by fungal or staphylococcal infections or by irritation from shaving. Labels: uncountable Example: A rather curious case was a gentleman who had been afflicted for many years with a very sore upper lip. . . . So sore had it become, that it was one great scab. In vain had he counseled the most eminent physicians, all of whom pronounced it "Barber's Itch". Example: "You can shave as close as you want an' no more close than you want. Barbers can't do that. Every once an' awhile they get my face sore. . . . We've ben boobs all these years, Bert, runnin' the chances of barber's itch."
Word: barber itch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of barber's itch. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: razor bump Part of Speech: noun 1. A skin eruption in the area of the mustache or beard, caused by irritation from shaving. Labels: informal, plural-normally Example: For millions of men […] shaving is painful because they develop razor bumps on the face and neck from the closely cut ends of hairs that imbed themselves to irritate and scar the skin.
Word: shaving bump Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of razor bump. Labels: informal, plural-normally
Word: sandwicheries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sandwichery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eutectic mixtures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eutectic mixture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: let there be light Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Subjunctive use from Genesis 1:3 in the King James Bible: "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light." Pronunciation: /lɛt ðɛɹ bi ləɪːt/, [lɛʔ ðɛɚɹ bi ləɪʔ] 1. Used as a metaphor for the spread of wisdom.
Word: center of symmetry Part of Speech: noun 1. US spelling of centre of symmetry. Labels: US, alt-of
Word: arkeology Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of the story of Noah's Ark, particularly the search for physical evidence which would corroborate it. Labels: uncountable Example: Sometimes archaeology becomes “arkeology” and the search for physical remains of Noah's actual ark is the principal focus of interest. Example: These things tend to happen in arkeology. … Nevertheless, the period between the end of World War II and 1974 was the great age of arkeology. … Such breakthroughs have now become regular events in arkeology, each new discovery upstaging the last.
Word: arkeologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Ark Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía) Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā) English archaeolog(y) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English archaeologist blend English arkeologist Blend of Ark + archaeologist. 1. Someone who studies the story of Noah's ark, particularly by searching for physical evidence which would corroborate it. Example: The most successful arkeologist of his time was Fernand Navarra, whose record was published in French in 1956 and in English in 1974 under the title Noah's Ark: I Touched It! Example: Those who search—often obsessively—for it are known as ‘Arkeologists’. … Geologists are bored and irritated by the Arkeologists for Ararat has a remarkable history of its own. … An eminent Arkeologist, a Dr Allen Roberts, armed with a degree in Christian Education from Florida's Freedom University, once sought funds in Australia to excavate the possible remains of Noah's lifeboat.
Word: center of buoyancy Part of Speech: noun 1. US standard spelling of centre of buoyancy. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: arkeologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arkeologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: center of effort Part of Speech: noun 1. US standard spelling of centre of effort. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: bowering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bower Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: arkeological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From arkeology + -ical. 1. Relating to arkeology. Example: Has the last year provided any additional data? Is “arkeological” work continuing? Example: The Armenian, who died in America in 1920, told people that in 1856, when he was a young man living near Ararat, “three foreign atheists” had hired him and his father to guide them up the mountain on an anti-arkeological expedition to disprove the Ark's existence.
Word: drive in Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, in. 2. To hit the ball or reach base in such a way that a run scores. Labels: transitive
Word: petrol tanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of petrol tank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anatomically correct Part of Speech: adj 1. Accurately depicting or replicating the body, or a body part, of a human being or animal. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Banked bone can also influence the contour of a facial restoration, according to Dr. Sachs, because it is more anatomically correct than a metal prosthesis. 2. Possessing a physiologically accurate representation of sex organs. Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable, usually Example: Prosecutors in the Glen Ridge sex assault trial asked today for special courtroom arrangements . . . to allow her to use five anatomically correct dolls when she describes the episode to the jury. Example: Aldrich goes on for five pages about the December day in 1994 when he helped decorate the White House Christmas tree with an anatomically correct gingerbread man.
Word: materials science Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of materials, their internal structures, properties and modes of failure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronym: crystallography
Word: material science Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of materials science. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: plastic deformations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plastic deformation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: applied sciences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of applied science Labels: form-of, plural
Word: material sciences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of material science Labels: form-of, plural
Word: materials sciences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of materials science Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postyield Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + yield. 1. Occurring after material yielding. Labels: not-comparable
Word: out-Byzantine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + Byzantine. 1. To appear to be a more subtle negotiator than; to outsmart. Labels: transitive Example: Although Ambassador Korry had admonished the president that “trying to out-Byzantine” the emperor “would be futile and counterproductive” and that Kennedy therefore should “spell out details of the U.S. program and justification from the start,” Washington tried to outsmart HIM […]
Word: shetlands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shetland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snack-bars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snack-bar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cossettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cossette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: betravail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English betravailen, equivalent to be- + travail. 1. To work at; compose (a book, etc.). Labels: transitive 2. To work for; earn by labour. Labels: transitive 3. To do violence to; violate. Labels: transitive
Word: 56k Part of Speech: noun 1. An Internet connection nominally capable of download speeds up to 56 kbit/s (56,000 bits per second). Labels: uncountable
Word: U.S.S.R. Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌju.ɛs.ɛsˈɑ(ɹ)/ 1. Alternative spelling of USSR. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A Tass message from Moscow July 27 stated that on July 23 a frontier guard patrol of the U.S.S.R. discovered, that in the region of Turiy Rog, a frontier post denoting the Soviet-Manchurian frontier had been removed and carried away into Manchurian territory.
Word: ls Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of letterspacing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of l Labels: form-of, plural
Word: betrack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + track. 1. To trace or track carefully. Labels: transitive
Word: betrump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + trump. 1. To deceive; cheat. Labels: transitive 2. To elude; slip from. Labels: transitive
Word: betoil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + toil. Compare Middle Low German betēlen (“to till fields, cultivate”). 1. To worry or exercise with toil. Labels: transitive
Word: teju Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tegu (“South American lizard”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As a guide to start your collection we'd suggest either iguanas, tejus, swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards.
Word: chorus girl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Piecewise doublet of choirgirl. 1. A female chorus line dancer.
Word: chorus-girl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chorus girl. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chorusgirl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chorus girl. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: p-value Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for probability value. 1. In statistical significance testing, the probability of obtaining a test statistic at least as extreme as the one that was actually observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is true. Example: The larger the p-value the smaller the chance of a difference. A p-value of 1.00 means 0 % chance of a difference, while a p-value of 0.95 means a chance of difference close to 0. A p-value of > 0.95 literally means that we have > 95 per cent chance of finding a result less close to expectation, which means a chance of < (1-0.95) , i.e., < 0.05 of finding a result this close or closer. Using the traditional 5 per cent decision level, this would mean, that we have a strong argument that such […]
Word: bargain basement Part of Speech: noun 1. An area within a retail store, especially an area located below ground level, where the least costly merchandise can be found. Example: "Where will I find an aluminum cooking pot?" growled the elder Beagle unexpectedly. "In the Bargain Basement," said Gissing promptly. Example: To proper Bostonians […] it was not quite a riot: it was merely the first big postwar men's-wear sale at Filene's bargain basement.
Word: bargain basement Part of Speech: adj 1. Inexpensive. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: But it’s also a sign of the ascendant state of clowning, which, not long ago, resided in the bargain basement of artistic respect, alongside ventriloquists, mimes and jugglers. No longer. Example: When you shoot an animal in Mozambique, as in many African countries, you must pay a predetermined sum. Stones offers the menu on his website: impalas ($600) and warthogs ($700) are the bargain basement. He could arrange for you to shoot a crocodile or even a hippopotamus, if you so wish, for a mere $5,800. A leopard – currently classed as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature − will set you back $11,650. A lion? $25,000. Lions, Stones noted drily, are “not something you dish out like doughnuts”. 2. Of poor quality; of little or no value; low-end, shoddy. Labels: attributive, derogatory, figuratively Example: "This nation can't afford bargain-basement cops any more," says Oregon's Multnomah County (Portland) Sheriff Donald Clark […]. Almost everyone agrees that U.S. police sorely need more education. Example: "We are not going to ask the brave young men and women who defend this country to put their lives on the line using obsolete weapons and bargain-basement equipment."
Word: bargain-basement Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of bargain basement. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bargain-basement Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bargain basement. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: disingenuine Part of Speech: adj 1. Disingenuous. Labels: proscribed Example: I think there's a huge segment of the scientific population who in their hearts know that this is disingenuine. Example: In response to this, first of all I do not believe you can throw a psychological switch to turn person-centredness on and off. Either the relational values and principles of the approach are internalised into your being as a functioning person, or they are not. And if they are not, then to portray them in the therapeutic encounter as if they are is at best disingenuine and at worst a deception.
Word: film director Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession.
Word: mesilect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mesi- + -lect. An etymologically inconsistent concatenation, occurring perhaps due to the influence of basilect. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛsɪlɛkt/ 1. Alternative spelling of mesolect. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: meth mouth Part of Speech: noun 1. Extreme tooth decay resulting from the long-term use of methamphetamine. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually
Word: fatberg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fat + berg, modelled on iceberg. By surface analysis, fat + -berg. Pronunciation: /ˈfætbɜːɡ/, /ˈfætbɝɡ/ 1. A large accumulation of fat and discarded toiletries which clogs sewers. Example: Months ago a tunnel was clogged with a fatberg. It took a team of workers a month to move it. Example: Bleeding big fatberg up there. About half a ton's worth. [...] Gorman feels an involuntary shudder travel down his spine and agitate his stomach. He's seen those fatbergs on the training videos; huge accumulated walls of solidified grease and food and tissue and excrement, the churned result of everyday debris tipped down the domestic sinks and bathtubs and toilets of London.
Word: shalionaire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shaleionaire. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Aubrey McClendon, interview with Leslie Stahl, Shalionaires (CBS “60 Minutes,” November 14, 2010), FLV video, 13:25, youtube.com/watch?v=Vr6b-WzIcyo.
Word: Tuber Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: reëvoke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + evoke. Pronunciation: /ɹiːɪˈvəʊk/, [ɹiːʔiˈvəʊk] 1. To evoke again. Example: A young Hungarian writer, widely travelled on the Continent, seeks to reëvoke the essential spirit of that inter-war Europe, now blown to bits. Example: In this account of his “stewardship,” our wartime Ambassador to Britain reëvokes the dark, heroic days of 1941.
Word: capsule review Part of Speech: noun 1. A short critique, ranging anywhere from a single sentence to a few hundred words in length, of an artistic work.
Word: semiopen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + open. 1. Partly open. Labels: not-comparable
Word: zombyism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zombiism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Terence Kilburn and Dolores Mann made the rebellious youngsters credible and winsome, struggling valiantly against the stuffy moralities and intellectual zombyism of their tiresome parents, expertly depicted by Jerome Cowan and Judith Elder as the Knoxes and Nydia Westman and Neil Fitzgerald as the Gibleys.
Word: distfix Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Short for distributed fix. 1. mixfix Labels: not-comparable
Word: mixfix Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mix + fix. 1. Being or relating to a kind of operator that can combine any of the infix, prefix, postfix, and closed notations. Labels: not-comparable
Word: zombieism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zombiism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: thundercrack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thunder + crack. 1. A peal of thunder; thunderclap. Example: His monologue stopped abruptly with a sharp noise like a thundercrack that rolled in dreary echoes round the dismal mere.
Word: thundercracks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thundercrack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unconversational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + conversational. 1. Not conversational. Example: March and Fisher both had motor bicycles; and the first half of their day's journey consisted in coasting eastward amid the unconversational noise of those uncomfortable engines.
Word: conversationality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From conversational + -ity. 1. The quality of being conversational. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: conversionless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From conversion + -less. 1. Without conversion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: brickfields Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brickfield Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clayfield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clay + field. 1. A field from which clay is dug up.
Word: clayfields Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clayfield Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sawable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From saw + -able. 1. Capable of being sawn, or cut with a saw.
Word: sawable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From saw + -able. 1. A relatively large uncut diamond, suitable for the diamond saw.
Word: unsawable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sawable. 1. Not capable of being sawn, or cut with a saw.
Word: ghosthood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ghost + -hood. 1. The state or period of being a ghost. Labels: uncountable
Word: ghostland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ghost + land. 1. A land inhabited by ghosts. Example: […] a ghostland beyond the mountains, or of an Underworld — a dark realm of polluted souls. 2. A land that has become deserted, like a ghost town. Example: […] a ghostland of wrecked totems and abandoned canneries.
Word: ghostlands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ghostland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: excavatrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from the scientific Latin specific epithet excavatrix. By surface analysis, excavate + -trix. 1. A female that excavates; a female excavator. Labels: rare Example: Later, the excavatrix becomes a baker: she kneads the cakes for the children into cylinders; the father is then the baker’s boy.
Word: pale rider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as the rider of a pale horse is Death. 1. Death, the Grim Reaper or angel of death; and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Labels: idiomatic
Word: price floors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of price floor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydraulus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin hydraulus. 1. Synonym of water organ.
Word: water organ Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of pipe organ in which the air is generated by moving water.
Word: consul-general Part of Speech: noun 1. A consular officer who heads a consulate general, and is a consul of the highest rank serving at a particular location.
Word: consul generals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consul general Labels: form-of, plural, proscribed
Word: go against Part of Speech: verb 1. To violate; to breach; to break. Example: What he did goes against the rules. Example: This sentence goes against English grammar. 2. To be unfavourable to someone. Example: What she said in court today went against them. Example: The court's decision went against them. 3. To be contrary to a trend, feeling or principle. Example: This goes against my instincts. 4. To oppose; to resist. Example: He dared not go against the King. Example: We Fremen have a saying: God created Arrakis to train the faithful. One cannot go against the word of God.
Word: film directors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of film director Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piñon pine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish piñón. 1. Any of several species of North American pines in Pinus subsect. Cembroides that bear edible seeds (pine nuts), especially Pinus edulis; the nut pine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The sage and thickets of oak and brakes of alder gave place to piñon pine growing out of rocky soil. Example: Love said he liked this place because he could see so much from it, and had stopped here many times across the decades, to lean against a piñon pine and sort through the country, like an astronomer with the whole sky above him sorting through the stars.
Word: piñon pines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piñon pine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piñons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piñon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: law firm Part of Speech: noun 1. A business formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law.
Word: lemongrasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lemongrass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: citronella grass Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two types of grass related to lemongrass, Cymbopogon nardus and Cymbopogon winterianus. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: emanon Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of radon (“chemical element”). Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: stevvons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stevvon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stevvons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stevvon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stevvoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stevvon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stevvoned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stevvon Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bog myrtle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bog + myrtle; plants with small evergreen leaves are often named after the myrtle. 1. An herbal shrub with a strong, sweet resinous smell, Myrica gale, that grows in bogs, moors, fens and other wet, acidic environments. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was nothing of that luxuriance of blossom which had hitherto clothed the wood, for there were no hawthorns; but the bog-myrtle imparted its tender fragrance, and the caressing honeysuckle wound round many an ancient trunk, odours exhaling from every fairy-like tube—fit trumpets for the heralds of Titania.
Word: sweet gale Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌswiːt ˈɡeɪl/ 1. An herbal shrub with a sweet resinous scent, Myrica gale, growing on moors and fens. Labels: uncountable
Word: gonochoric Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of gonochoristic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: semiclosed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + closed. 1. Partly closed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: qango Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of quango. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: qangos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of qango Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undersecretaryship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From undersecretary + -ship. 1. The office or position of undersecretary. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: secretaryships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of secretaryship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undersecretaryships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of undersecretaryship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Carbonari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian carbonari, plural of carbonaro (dialectal, literally “charcoal burner”), from carbone (“coal”). Cognate with carbonara. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑːbəˈnɑːɹɪ/, /ˌkɑɹbəˈnɑɹi/ 1. Members of secret revolutionary societies founded in early 19th-century Italy, often with a patriotic and liberal focus. Labels: historical, plural, plural-normally
Word: pathocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patho- + -cracy. 1. Government by people with personality disorders. Labels: uncountable
Word: polymetamorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + metamorphic. 1. Exhibiting, or relating to, polymetamorphism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: polymetamorphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + metamorphism. 1. The presence of more than one phase of metamorphism. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: polymetamorphisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polymetamorphism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buffy coats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buffy coat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pitch up Part of Speech: verb 1. To arrive; to turn up. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: David Cameron pitched up in New York at lunchtime on Wednesday for the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly less than a week after an ecstatic reception on the streets of Tripoli and Benghazi. Example: It has realised the hard way that it is not enough just to pitch up at a by-election with a loud hailer and some media-friendly stunts, it requires months, even years, of groundwork in the local area. 2. To raise the pitch of (a sound). Labels: transitive 3. To bowl (a delivery) on a fuller length. Labels: transitive
Word: Yiddishkeit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish ייִדישקייט (yidishkeyt). 1. Jewishness; the Jewish way of life, particularly Ashkenazi and Yiddish culture. Labels: uncountable Example: Wait! my Ezekiel will be Bar-mitzvah in a few years; then you shall see what I will do for that Shool. You shall see what an example of Yiddishkeit I will give to a link generation. Example: 1969, Chaim Potok, The Promise, New York: Anchor Books, 2005, Chapter Six, “In America, everything is called Yiddishkeit,” Rav Kalman said. “A Jew travels to synagogue on Shabbos in his car, that is called Yiddishkeit. A Jew eats ham but gives money to philanthropy, that is called Yiddishkeit. A Jew prays three times a year but is a member of a synagogue, that is called Yiddishkeit. Judaism”—he pronounced the word in English, contemptuously: Joo-dah-eeism—“everything in America calls itself Judaism.”
Word: yidishkeyt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Yiddishkeit. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: yidishkayt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Yiddishkeit. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: postspinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + spinal. 1. posterior to the spine Labels: not-comparable
Word: postvertebral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + vertebral. 1. posterior to the vertebrae Labels: not-comparable
Word: landspreading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From land + spreading. 1. The spreading of waste across land in order to reintroduce it into the environment. Labels: uncountable
Word: anechoically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From anechoic + -ally. 1. In an anechoic manner.
Word: echoically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From echoic + -ally. 1. In an echoic manner.
Word: white rider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as the rider of a white horse is Conquest/Pestilence. 1. Conquest or Pestilence, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Labels: idiomatic
Word: red rider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as the rider of a red horse is War. 1. War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Labels: idiomatic
Word: black rider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as the rider of a black horse is Famine. 1. Famine, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Labels: idiomatic
Word: War Part of Speech: name 1. Preceded by the: designating a particularly notable war. Labels: obsolete Example: Through much of the War, Hitler carried his painter's kit, did water colors of War-ruined buildings. 2. Preceded by the: designating a particularly notable war. Labels: UK, informal 3. The personification of war, often depicted in armour and riding a red horse; the red rider. 4. A city in West Virginia, United States.
Word: Conquest Part of Speech: name 1. The personification of conquest, often depicted riding a white horse. 2. An English surname from Old French, from Old French conqueste (“conquest”), probably originally a nickname. 3. A town in Cayuga County, New York, United States. 4. A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada.