nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: binbag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bin + bag. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪnbaɡ/, /ˈbɪmbaɡ/ 1. Synonym of bin liner. Example: Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
Word: trainwreck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of train wreck. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: What’s the point of all this? We think it’s ‘hey, don’t forget to watch the new season of Jon & Kate Plus 8 this coming Monday, only on TLC’. But it might also be ‘stick in there, because these kids are going to be trainwrecks when they grow up, and everybody likes a trainwreck’. Or it might be ‘why hasn’t anybody got anything better to do with their lives than obsess about any of this?’ If we could bring ourselves to care enough, we’d tell you. But, hey, we can’t.
Word: trainwreck Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of train wreck. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: we need / the living alive to bucket Ronnie's House / with abattoirs of blood hand in hand lesions / across America need to trainwreck the whole / show till someone listens. Example: Bethany squeaks a barely audible, “Yes,” grabs her purse, and rushes out of the restaurant, tripping over a chair and bumping into another customer on the way. I snicker. I can't believe my perfect first date with Blake was trainwrecked by McUncool doin her stalker thing.
Word: dung beetles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dung beetle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rabiz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian ռաբիզ (ṙabiz). See it for more. 1. A popular modern Armenian music style that shows Middle Eastern influences and is related to Russian blatnyak and Azerbaijani mugham. Most of the songs have a 6/8 rhythm. 2. A member of an Armenian hillbilly subculture embracing rabiz music, exhibiting materialistic flamboyancy, using a blend of Russian and Armenian slang words, and wearing matching sport suits, sunglasses and shoes called ծիծակ (cicak). Labels: slang
Word: rabis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Armenian ռաբիս (ṙabis). 1. Alternative spelling of rabiz. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: catface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cat + face. 1. A mark or blemish in wood, plasterwork etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A deformity in tomatoes, of unknown cause, characterized by cracked and misshapen fruit. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A series of cuts or scars in the trunk of a pine tree used to harvest resin for making turpentine Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: finish up Part of Speech: verb 1. To complete the last details of a task. Labels: ambitransitive Example: They were finishing up the dishes. Example: Their shift was over, but they were still finishing up. 2. To consume the last part of (something). Labels: transitive Example: Do you want to finish up these cookies?
Word: drawersful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drawerful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doorpersons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doorperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doorpeople Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doorperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catfaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catface Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Levantine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Levant + -ine (“of”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛvəntaɪn/, /ˈlɛvəntiːn/ 1. Of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean. Labels: not-comparable Example: [O]ne minute this "Jihadi John" was struggling to get by, and get accepted, in drizzly England, unemployed with a mortgage to pay and a chip on his shoulder, and the next he stands in brilliant Levantine sunlight, where everything is clear and etched, at the vanguard of some Sunni Risorgimento intent on subjecting the world to its murderous brand of Wahhabi Islam.
Word: Levantine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Levant + -ine (“of”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛvəntaɪn/, /ˈlɛvəntiːn/ 1. Synonym of Franco-Levantine.
Word: snit-fit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of snit fit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shit fit Part of Speech: noun 1. A childish display of anger or frustration; a tantrum; a frantic outburst. Labels: Canada, US, vulgar Example: When the Republicans found out that Wilson's second bill was actually being credited to Al Blumenthal and Fred Ohrenstein, two Democrats the Republicans have a particular animosity toward, they, to put it mildly, threw a shit-fit. Example: My sweet little usually mellow kitty was having a total shit fit, screaming her head off.
Word: shit-fit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shit fit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shitfit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shit fit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Zener Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Zener. Pronunciation: /ˈziːnə/, /ˈziːnɚ/ 1. A surname of German origin.
Word: Nuremberg defense Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An allusion to a defense used by former Nazi officials prosecuted during the Nuremberg trials after World War II. The trials were held in Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. Pronunciation: /ˈnjʊəɹəmbəːɡ dɪˈfɛns/, /ˈn(j)ʊɹəmˌbɚɡ dɪˈfɛns/ 1. An explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner, claiming that one acted in this way because one was ordered by others (particularly superiors) to do so. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: “‘Nuremberg defense’, universally pleaded in war crimes trials,” is in actuality the Nuremberg nondefense, universally rejected in war crimes trials. It is a pity that the law of the Nuremberg Tribunal is so little understood after the passage of nearly a quarter of a century. Example: Recognition of the reliance on an official interpretation of the law defense for government officials and private citizens may initially seem to be the same as the Nuremberg defense of “I was just following orders.” 2. An explanation offered as a defense to criminal or wrongful behavior, claiming that one is justified in not obeying a governmental order or a domestic law because the order or law is itself unlawful. Labels: US, broadly Example: A relatively novel legal issue was raised by dissenters who contended that they did not so much oppose war in general as the Viet Nam war in particular. This contention, which became known as the Nuremberg defense, was raised by some young men who did not qualify as conscientious objectors and who were prosecuted for refusing to submit to induction. Example: In United States v. Berrigan, a Federal court in Maryland laid down a legal blueprint for the treatment of war protest cases where an attempt was made to invoke the "Nuremberg defence." Father Philip Berrigan and three others stood charged with injuring the property of the United States Government, mutilating records filed in a public office of the United States, and hindering the administration of the Military Selective Service Act.
Word: Nuremberg defence Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Nuremberg defense. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: In United States v. Berrigan, a Federal court in Maryland laid down a legal blueprint for the treatment of war protest cases where an attempt was made to invoke the "Nuremberg defence." Father Philip Berrigan and three others stood charged with injuring the property of the United States Government, mutilating records filed in a public office of the United States, and hindering the administration of the Military Selective Service Act. Example: An area in which one may indeed use the international defence, like the Nuremberg defence, though with little success, is opposition to nuclear weapons and other situations where civil disobedients set themselves against military combat. […] Therefore, civil disobedients' interference in the production of weapons is not criminally culpable, but rather clearly excusable as avoiding the violation of a more serious law. Although this defence has had little success so far, it is worth brandishing and counts amongst the defences preferred by civil disobedients.
Word: rose burner Part of Speech: noun 1. A common type of gas burner in which the shape of the flame resembles a rosette, with gas issuing from a series of openings arranged radially around a center.
Word: Bahian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Bahia + -an. Calque of Portuguese baiano. 1. Of or relating to Bahia (state of Brazil). Labels: not-comparable
Word: Bahian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bahia + -an. Calque of Portuguese baiano. 1. A native or inhabitant of Bahia.
Word: blizzarding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of blizzard Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Bushist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Bush + -ist. 1. Bushian
Word: Bushist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bush + -ist. 1. A supporter of George W. Bush, or advocate of his policies.
Word: car-booter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From car boot + -er. 1. A customer or vendor at a car boot sale.
Word: fat camp Part of Speech: noun 1. A summer camp where obese children are sent in order to lose weight. Example: There was a fat camp in the woods of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, that would force my body to move, would serve me the meals I'd need to eat.
Word: cisterna chyli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. A dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct into which lymph from the intestinal trunk and two lumbar lymphatic trunks flows
Word: combuster Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of combustor. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: weigh-ins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weigh-in Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commitment-phobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From commitment + -phobe. 1. A person who is reluctant to form a commitment in a romantic relationship.
Word: commitment-phobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of commitmentphobia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: commitment-phobic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of commitmentphobic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: debunching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + bunch + -ing. Pronunciation: /diːˈbʌntʃɪŋ/ 1. The tendency of a beam of electrons (or other charged particles) to disperse because of mutual repulsion. Labels: uncountable
Word: dilapidator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin, from dilapidare (“to destroy with stones”), from dis (intensive) + lapidare (“to stone”) (from lapis (“stone”)) + -tor (“-er”). 1. One who dilapidates; a person causing dilapidation.
Word: Durif Part of Speech: noun 1. A lesser grape variety, from the Rhone, related to Syrah Labels: uncountable 2. A red wine made from this grape Labels: countable
Word: footwell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * foot + well Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtwɛl/ 1. The space for the feet in front of a seat in a vehicle Example: to foreclose the possibility completely. she packed the footwell of the passenger seat with her duffel bag and camping gear and buckled a stack of seed trays on to the seat.
Word: fudgicle Part of Speech: noun 1. An ice-cream (on a stick) flavoured with fudge
Word: hematoporphyria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemato- + porphyria. 1. A disorder of porphyrin metabolism in which uroporphyrin and coproporphyrin are present in the tissues and urine. Labels: uncountable
Word: haematoporphyria Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hematoporphyria. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: tribal chief Part of Speech: noun 1. The chief of a tribe. Example: Some traditional societies have a single hereditary tribal chief, others a whole hierarchy of elected tribal chiefs, etc.
Word: intensivist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intensive + -ist. 1. Of or pertaining to intensive care. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intensivist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intensive + -ist. 1. A practitioner of intensive care. Example: Adult criteria are inappropriate for infants, but it was found that Dutch doctors sometimes do actively end the life of a child with the specific consent of the parents; a recent survey revealed that as many as 45% of neotologists and intensivists had intentionally done so.
Word: intensive care Part of Speech: noun 1. The support and monitoring of critically ill patients, especially by the use of instrumentation and specialized staff and equipment. Labels: uncountable 2. Ellipsis of intensive care unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: jakey Part of Speech: noun 1. A homeless drunk. Labels: Scotland Example: There is a noise, now that she's properly awake, but it's not the hard laughter of youths, nor the drunken singing of the old jakeys who sometimes set up camp in one of the empty flats.
Word: nixtamal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mexican Spanish nixtamal, from Classical Nahuatl nextamalli (“hominy”), from nextli (“ashes, lime”) + tamalli (“something wrapped”). 1. Hominy; maize kernels which have undergone nixtamalization, that is, hulling and soaking and cooking in an alkaline solution. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: plasmoditrophoblast Part of Speech: noun 1. The outer, syncytial layer of the trophoblast.
Word: searchability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From search + -ability. 1. The state of being searchable. Labels: uncountable 2. The extent to which, or ease with which something may be searched. Labels: countable
Word: stache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of moustache or mustache. Pronunciation: /stɑːʃ/, /stæʃ/ 1. A moustache. Labels: informal Example: Only one show has succeeded in keeping a kid in the lead for a decade: "The Simpsons" with the animated Bart Simpson. Watching Bart never mature is considered a key to its enduring appeal. "Early on, I know that the powers that be decided that no one would age," said Tim Long, the show's current head writer. "A kid with a starter ‘stache, that would just be unpleasant," he added. Example: [The candidate] may face an entirely different challenge in his quest for the mayoralty: his mustache. [...] The perils of the ‘stache may be hard to define, but analysts say that looks matter in politics, where facial hair is frequently considered verboten.
Word: dz Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of dozen. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: translating dictionaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of translating dictionary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eight-thousander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eight thousand + -er. 1. Any of the fourteen independent mountains on Earth, all located in Asia, that extend more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level. Example: But most readers will guffaw at the commentary from Messner's waifish young companion, Sabine Stehle ("to basecamp on three eight thousander expeditions"). Example: The challenge we had set ourselves was to climb this eight-thousander as a twosome, without a large expedition, without high-altitude porters or oxygen gear...
Word: teleprinting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + printing. 1. The use of a teleprinter. Labels: uncountable
Word: tic tac Part of Speech: adj 1. fussy, petty Labels: colloquial
Word: timballo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian timballo. 1. A timbale (food). Example: Polenta-Cheese Timballo Polenta-Cheese Timballos with Eggs and Spinach Example: This rice timballo has many virtues: it's gluten free (as long as you use gluten-free breadcrumbs for the tin), which is something many people will be excited about;[…]
Word: ratches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ratch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: testiere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tester, from Old French testier(e), whence also French têtière (older testière). Pronunciation: /tɛstˈjɛɹ/, /tɛs.tiˈɛɹ/ 1. Complete armour for a horse's head. Labels: historical
Word: tonnara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian tonnara. 1. A set of specially arranged fishing nets used to catch bluefin tuna.
Word: halaal Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of halal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: haraam Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of haram. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: TAS Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb sense is derived from the noun sense. Pronunciation: /ˈtæs/ 1. Acronym of tool-assisted speedrun. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of tool-assisted superplay. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 3. A particularly good play in a speedrun. Labels: figuratively, slang
Word: TAS Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb sense is derived from the noun sense. Pronunciation: /ˈtæs/ 1. To create or contribute to a tool-assisted speedrun or superplay.
Word: TAS Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. Pronunciation: /ˈtæs/ 1. Initialism of true airspeed. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TAS Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviations. Pronunciation: /ˈtæs/ 1. Abbreviation of Tasmania: a state of Australia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of The Animated Show or The Animated Series, an animated cartoon TV show version of a media property. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, initialism
Word: SWT Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Arabic سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى (subḥānahu wataʕālā, “glorious and exalted is He”), honorific placed after the name of God (Allah) in Islamic texts. 1. Initialism of Subhanahu wa-ta'ala. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SWT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Standard Widget Toolkit, a graphical widget toolkit for use with the Java platform. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: réclame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French réclame. 1. Publicity; an advertisement. Labels: archaic, uncountable 2. Fame, acclaim, notoriety. Labels: uncountable Example: Admirable Mrs Pusey, thought Edith. Protected by the brilliance of her own réclame.
Word: Tübingen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Tübingen. Pronunciation: /ˈt(j)uːbɪŋən/ 1. A town and rural district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the Neckar, with a famous university; once capital of Würtemberg-Hohenzollern
Word: tourer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tour + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtʊəɹə/, /ˈtɔːɹə/, /ˈtʊɹɚ/ 1. An open-top or soft-top motor car suitable for touring. Labels: dated 2. A touring bicycle. Labels: informal
Word: cake tin Part of Speech: noun 1. The tin in which a cake is baked.
Word: sedulity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sedul(ous) + -ity, from Latin sedulitas. 1. diligence, persistence Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He approached his daily piano practice with sedulity.
Word: vacs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /væks/ 1. plural of vac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pueblito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish pueblito. 1. A small pueblo or village.
Word: hards Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hɑɹdz/, /hɑːdz/ 1. plural of hard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hards Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English herdes, hurdes, plural of herde (“piece of hards”), from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”). Pronunciation: /hɑɹdz/, /hɑːdz/ 1. The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow. Labels: uncountable
Word: Christian Universalism Part of Speech: name 1. A belief held by some Christians (i.e., those of some denominations) that all human souls will eventually get to Heaven.
Word: theistic evolution Part of Speech: noun 1. Evolution guided by God. Labels: uncountable
Word: Rice Krispie square Part of Speech: noun 1. a light snack consisting of Rice Krispies packed tightly together into a cube or cuboid by caramel or other sticky edible substances.
Word: millionaire shortbread Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the association of millionaires with luxury. 1. a light snack consisting of an oblong piece of shortbread with a layer of caramel and then another of hard chocolate on top. Labels: UK, uncountable, usually
Word: comraderies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comradery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sound as a bell Part of Speech: adj 1. In excellent condition. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper; for what his heart thinks, his tongue speaks.
Word: Badge Night Part of Speech: name 1. A night several days before Bonfire Night in which members of a bonfire society congregate at their headquarters (usually a pub) to be initiated with the current year's badges and receive information on the upcoming event.
Word: walletless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wallet + -less. 1. Without a wallet. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: ectoplasms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ectoplasm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flaming Nora Part of Speech: intj 1. Synonym of bloody Nora (slightly milder than it).
Word: webwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From web + work. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛbˌwɜːk/, /ˈwɛbˌwɝk/ 1. A net or web; something structured or interlinked in a weblike manner. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Most frequently, the three make up the webwork of his literary fabric. Example: Very quickly it becomes evident that these webworks are part of an unaccountably large lair of thousands of spiders.
Word: webworks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of webwork Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whelms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of whelm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Old Earth creationism Part of Speech: noun 1. The belief that God created the universe and the Earth very long ago and that the universe and the Earth are as old as scientists have proven. Labels: uncountable
Word: Young Earth creationism Part of Speech: name 1. Belief that the universe and the Earth are 6,000 to 10,000 years old as inferred from a literal interpretation of the creation narrative in Genesis.
Word: cuvée Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cuvée, from cuve (“vat, tank”). Pronunciation: /kuˈveɪ/ 1. Wine produced from a mixture of several grape varieties. Example: In every first pressing there are ordinarily two-thirds of fine wine, one-half third of the wine of the cut, and one-half third of the wine of the press; thus one cuvee of five or six pieces of wine will consist of nine or ten of fine, three or four of taille, and two or three of the press. 2. The first (and highest quality) grape juice to be produced, from a given batch of gently pressed grapes. Labels: especially Example: Prestige or luxury cuvées are wines designed for those who prefer greater luxuries than simple vintage wines.
Word: dioptase Part of Speech: noun 1. An intense emerald-green to bluish-green copper cyclosilicate mineral. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tonnare Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tonnara Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tortiere Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tourtière. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: watch the world go by Part of Speech: verb 1. To pause and remain still whilst doing nothing but surveying the environment around oneself. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: I think I'll just sit under this tree and watch the world go by. Example: Watching the world go by is so much fun that I have to tear myself away to catch my next service - LNER's 'Highland Chieftain' worked by a bi-mode Class 800 Azuma, [...].
Word: the rabbit died Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Referring to the rabbit test. 1. Indicates one's own pregnancy, or that someone has found out they are pregnant. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: Robin finally was able to announce: "Good news! The rabbit died!" She said she was thrilled and that everybody was happy for her except her mother.
Word: tail between one's legs Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From the body posture of a dog that is worried or frightened. 1. Defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner. Example: He came back home, tail between his legs. Example: "I wouldn't do that," said Mrs. MacAndrew. "I'd give him all the rope he wants. He'll come back with his tail between his legs and settle down again quite comfortably." 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tail, between, one's, legs. Example: Oft haue I ſeene a hot ore-weening Curre / Run backe and bite, becauſe he was with-held, / Who being ſuffer'd with the Beares fell paw, / Hath clapt his taile, between his legges and cride,
Word: gold fever Part of Speech: noun 1. A feverish obsession with seeking gold ore; an era (figuratively an epidemic) during which this obsession grips a large number of people. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He caught a real bad case of the gold fever that was going around at the time. Example: That was during the gold fever, when strangers descended on the town and all the shovels were plum sold out at the general store. 2. An excessive craving for profit. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: -culus Part of Speech: suffix 1. Alternative form of -cule (diminutive suffix). Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: course authoring tools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of course authoring tool Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parallel universe Part of Speech: noun 1. A universe that exists separately alongside another universe, as part of a multiverse. Example: Subjectively we perceive this as a single, unpredictable or ‘random’ outcome, though from the multiverse point of view all the outcomes have actually happened. This parallel-universe multiplicity is the real reason for the unpredictability of the weather. 2. The universe of an alternative history.
Word: parallel universes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parallel universe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fracking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frack (“fracture”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹækɪŋ/ 1. Hydraulic fracturing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Still, environmentalists look to the U.S., where drilling with fracking is now a “megatrend” and where thousands of wells dot the landscape in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado. They worry about higher greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional natural gas—because of the energy used to get the gas—and water contamination. Example: There is strong resistance in much of Europe to fracking, the practice of forcing liquid and sand into wells to release trapped oil and gas. France has a ban on fracking, Germany has imposed a moratorium, and opposition has cropped up and sometimes delayed shale exploration in Eastern European countries like Romania and Poland.
Word: fracking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From frack + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹækɪŋ/ 1. Fucking. Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable, slang Example: He's a fracking hawk the likes of which Hopkins never imagined — he's a blue darter. Example: As we said before, will someone please agree on a fracking dual videocard standard?
Word: cystocele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cystocèle, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “anatomical sac”). By surface analysis, cysto- + -cele. 1. Hernial intrusion of the bladder into the vagina, resulting from tearing of the pubocervical fascia during childbirth and often accompanied by urethroceles.
Word: cystoceles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cystocele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urethrocele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From urethro- + -cele. 1. Prolapse of the female urethra into the vagina.
Word: urethroceles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urethrocele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ureterocele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uretero- + -cele. 1. A congenital abnormality of the urinary bladder, in which the distal ureter balloons at its opening into the bladder, forming a pouch.
Word: ureteroceles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ureterocele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cecoureterocele Part of Speech: noun 1. An ectopic ureterocele that extends into the urethra but opens into the bladder.
Word: cecoureteroceles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cecoureterocele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bulbospongiosus Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the superficial muscles of the perineum, covering the bulb of the penis in males and the vestibular bulb in females
Word: diocotron instability Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /daɪˈɑk.ə.tɹɑn/ 1. A plasma instability created by two sheets of charge slipping past each other, in which energy is dissipated in the form of two surface waves propagating in opposite directions, one flowing over the other.
Word: unbelievingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unbelieving + -ness. 1. Lack of belief; unbelief. Labels: uncountable
Word: unbeliefs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unbelief Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electropsychometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + psycho- + -meter. 1. an E-meter
Word: electropsychometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electropsychometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electroporators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electroporator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enserfment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enserf + -ment. 1. The act or process of enserfing; enslavement. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: enserfments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enserfment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enslavements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enslavement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eucatastrophe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eu- + catastrophe, coined by English author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien in 1944 as part of a letter: see quotation. Pronunciation: /ˌjuːkəˈtæstɹəfi/, /ˌjukəˈtæstɹəfi/ 1. A catastrophe (dramatic event leading to plot resolution) that results in the protagonist's well-being. Example: But at the story of the little boy (which is a fully attested fact of course) with its apparent sad ending and then its sudden unhoped-for happy ending, I was deeply moved and had that peculiar emotion we all have – though not often. […] For it I coined the word ‘eucatastrophe’: the sudden happy turn in a story which pierces you with a joy that brings tears (which I argued it is the highest function of fairy-stories to produce). Example: Let us hymn the small but journal wonders of Nature and of households, and then finish on a serio-comic note with legends of ultimate eucatastrophe, regeneration beyond the waters.
Word: eucatastrophes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eucatastrophe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eucatastrophic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eucatastrophe + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to eucatastrophe.
Word: diocotron Part of Speech: noun 1. Only used in diocotron instability
Word: haltingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From halting + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being halting; lack of rhythmic flow; jerkiness. Labels: uncountable
Word: McDonaldize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From McDonald + -ize. 1. To subject to McDonaldization. Labels: transitive
Word: McDonaldizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of McDonaldize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: McDonaldized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of McDonaldize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: McDonaldizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of McDonaldize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hamburgerology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hamburger + -ology. 1. A course of study introduced by McDonald's to train people to work in its fast food restaurants. Labels: uncountable Example: McDonald's Hamburger University was granting huge numbers of degrees in Hamburgerology, and the company was miles ahead of its next major competitor […] Example: More than twenty thousand participants have earned the bachelor of hamburgerology degree, with its golden arches appearing at the bottom of the certificate.
Word: retroactiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From retroactive + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being retroactive. Labels: uncountable Example: Then, too, it was divorced from the disagreeable features of retroactiveness and partisanship which had inspired the particularly bitter condemnation of the Salary Acts of 1816 and 1873. Example: The author reviews the history of the Wholesale Price Index, the Consumer Price Index, and Parity Index, pointing out the wide variation that in the past has characterized frequency of revision (intervals of revision), retroactiveness of revisions . . . .
Word: tronk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans tronk, from Dutch tronk, from Portuguese tronco, from Latin truncus. Doublet of truncus and trunk. 1. A prison. Labels: South-Africa Example: It must here be explained that the tronk, or jail, is the general receptacle, not only of convicted criminals, but of such Hottentots or slaves as are found, improperly or illegally wandering about the country […] Example: The diary of another settler, who had been wrongfully imprisoned in the Tronk, and described the daily life there in no uncertain terms […]
Word: tronks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tronk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unnetworked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + networked. 1. Not networked. Labels: not-comparable
Word: verticalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From vertical + -ize. 1. To orient vertically. Labels: transitive 2. To adapt to a vertical market. Labels: transitive 3. To vertically integrate (to bring stages in the manufacturing process in-house). 4. To densify through increasing building storeys and heights.
Word: verticalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of verticalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: verticalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of verticalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: verticalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of verticalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: romage Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of rummage. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: romage Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of rummage. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: multilinearly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From multilinear + -ly. 1. In a multilinear way. Labels: not-comparable
Word: multilinearity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multilinear + -ity. 1. The state or condition of being multilinear. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: multilinearities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multilinearity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multitheist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + theist. 1. Of or pertaining to multitheism
Word: multitheist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + theist. 1. A follower of advocate of multitheism
Word: fisho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fish + -o. 1. A fisherman. Labels: Australia, slang Example: This channel is often used as a short cut by fishos who launch at Stony Point and fish the Corinella region. Example: Are there any Perth fishos that regularly check this ng? 2. A fishmonger. Labels: Australia, slang
Word: fisho Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From fish + -o. 1. The cry of a fish-seller. Labels: Australia Example: The Milko […] had a big coloured sign on his truck “Misty” and a picture of a cow, and then there was the deep loud bell and call of Fisho! Both these calls would have Ninna scurry so she would not miss them, and I would be allowed to go outside the gate with her to see their wares.
Word: triggest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of trig: most trig Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: critical thinking Part of Speech: noun 1. The application of logical principles, rigorous standards of evidence, and careful reasoning to the analysis and discussion of claims, beliefs, and issues. Labels: uncountable Example: The new mysticism, very prevalent at this time in America, is thus, indeed, not ill represented by this very pleasant book. Critical thinking there is none, of course, from one end of the volume to the other. Example: As any educator knows, the training of students in critical thinking, analytic skills, and problem solving has become a top educational priority in recent years.
Word: madrilène Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of madrilene. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: As this is a summer meal, we’ll start with cold consommé. There’s room for a few cans of that in any icebox. Or a madrilène, which is merely consommé stepped up with tomato juice and spices. Example: During the reducing period, the first course can be a fruit juice or fruit salad, tomato or vegetable juice, a madrilène or other clear soup, clams or oysters, a shrimp cocktail, celery and olives, or whatever fresh fruit there is in season.
Word: squirearchies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squirearchy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: encomiasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of encomiast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: printed press Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of the press using printed media, such as newspapers, as opposed to audiovisual media
Word: Mahé Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Mahé, from Malayalam മയ്യഴി (mayyaḻi), the name given to the local river and region. 1. A small town in Mahé district in the union territory of Puducherry, India. 2. A former French enclave comprising the town of Mahé and a few neighbouring towns, in the colonial part of French India.
Word: Mahé Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Mahé, named after Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, a French governor of Isle de France (modern Mauritius). 1. The largest island of the Seychelles.
Word: necktie-party Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of necktie party. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: session musician Part of Speech: noun 1. A professional musician employed by other musicians or singers, either to play live or to make recordings.
Word: bodily function Part of Speech: noun 1. A normal physical process that occurs in the body. 2. An excretory function of an organism, usually the discharging of feces and urine. Labels: euphemistic
Word: bodily functions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bodily function Labels: form-of, plural
Word: helluones librorum Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌhɛljʊˈəʊniːz lɪˈbɹɔːɹəm/, /ˌhɛljuˈoʊniz lɪˈbɹɔ(ə)ɹəm/, /-lə-/ 1. plural of helluo librorum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thickening agents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thickening agent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zygomatic arch Part of Speech: noun 1. An arch formed by the zygomatic process of the temporal bone and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone.
Word: vetturino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Italian 1. One who lets or drives a vettura. Labels: historical 2. A vettura. Labels: historical
Word: zygomatic process Part of Speech: noun 1. A protrusion from the rest of the skull, most of it belonging to the zygomatic bone, but also contributed to by the frontal bone, maxilla and temporal bone.
Word: granpappy Part of Speech: noun 1. grandfather Labels: informal
Word: wastes time Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of waste time Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wasting time Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of waste time Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wasted time Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of waste time Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: granpappies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of granpappy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wet blankets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wet blanket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wet blankets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wet blanket Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cold fishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cold fish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biraphid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + raphe + -id. 1. Having a raphe at each of both valves; notably said of diatoms. Labels: not-comparable
Word: up and Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from get up and. Possibly a dialect use of up (verb). 1. Abruptly; unexpectedly. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: Halfway through the performance he just up and left. Example: However, all of a sudden she heard a sort of a knocking low down on the door. She upped and oped it, and what should she see but a small little black thing with a long tail.
Word: biofouling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + fouling. 1. The accumulation of living organisms (bacteria, fungi, protozoa, algae and invertebrates) on a wetted surface. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 2007, Schumacher, James F, et. al., "Engineered antifouling microtopographies – effect of feature size, geometry, and roughness on settlement of zoospores of the green alga Ulva", Biofouling: The Journal of Bioadhesion and Biofilm Research, 23(1):55-62.http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface?content=a776600187&rt=0&format=pdf Tin and copper-based paints are effective at reducing biofouling, however, an alternative is needed to address environmental restrictions on tin and copper formulations.
Word: -ole Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Partly arbitrary variant of -ol (now used to distinguish between specific cases) and partly from Latin oleum (“oil”). 1. in the Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature for naming heterocycles, denotes an unsaturated five-membered ring system with nitrogen Labels: morpheme
Word: -ole Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Latin -olus, from -lus. 1. A diminutive suffix referring to small parts of organisms or their cells. Labels: morpheme
Word: -ule Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom Latin -ulader. Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulusder. ▲ Latin -ulader. ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-tlomder. Latin -ulumder. French -uleder. English -ule Derived from Latin -ula and French -ule. 1. Diminutive suffix. Labels: morpheme, rare
Word: nymphomaniacal Part of Speech: adj 1. Characteristic of nymphomania or a nymphomaniac.
Word: vetturini Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vetturino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vigogne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French vigogne. Pronunciation: /vɪˈɡoʊnj(ə)/ 1. A soft dress material, a mix of wool and cotton. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Plainer costumes for girls of eight or nine are of vigogne or cashmere, in simple paletot form, with crenelated basques, deep capes, and large sash bows of moiré ribbon;[…] Example: To illustrate the proper mixing of cotton and wool, the manufacture of Vigogne yarns as used extensively in Europe may be given, […]
Word: visagiste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French visagiste. 1. A make-up artist. Example: Ordinarily, my impulse would have been to call of all the re-making and go promptly to sleep, but before I firmed up this thought, the visagiste went to work on me with a large tuft of cotton[…] Example: What is a face-maker, a visagiste, a cosmetic artist? He—more often than she—is the creative talent behind a new look which will catch on and make us all wish to look like Alice in Wonderland or Mata Hari depending on the mood he's projecting.
Word: viperine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin viperinus. Compare French vipérin. By surface analysis, viper + -ine. 1. Of, relating to or resembling a viper
Word: viperine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin viperinus. Compare French vipérin. By surface analysis, viper + -ine. 1. Any viper of the subfamily Viperinae.
Word: vivipara Part of Speech: noun 1. A viviparous organism. Example: The viviparas are self fertilizing live-bearing mollusks; they are hermaphroditic; […] Generally the viviparas are most abundant in Pasig River and Laguna de Bay from January to April, which indicates that the height of the spawning season in the region is during the previous months.
Word: APIs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of API Labels: form-of, plural
Word: begird Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English begirden, from Old English begyrdan (“to gird, clothe, surround, fortify”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *gurdijaną (“to gird”), equivalent to be- + gird. Cognate with Old High German begurtjan (“to begird”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (bigairdan, “to begird”). More at be-, gird. 1. To bind with a band or girdle; to gird. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: [A] Sagamore with a Humberd in his eare for a pendant, a black havvke on his occiput for his plume, Movvhackees for his gold chaine, good ſtore of VVampompeage begirting his loynes, his bovv in his hand, his quiver at his back, vvith ſix naked Indian ſplatterlaſhes at his heeles for his guard, thinkes himſelfe little inferiour to the great Cham; hee vvill not ſtick to ſay, hee is all one vvith King Charles. Example: He was begirt with a clean linen apron which fell below his knees […] 2. To encircle, surround, as with a gird; enclose; encompass. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: […] I will stand my self for the whole Regiment, and safer far in mine owne single valour, then begirt with cowards and with traitors. Example: Who having round begirt the Palace, / (As once a moth they do the Gallows) / As Members gave the sign about / Set up their throats with hideous shout.
Word: art therapies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of art therapy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gate crasher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gate crash + -er. 1. Alternative spelling of gatecrasher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gate crashers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gate crasher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: medicine dance Part of Speech: noun 1. A ritual dance ceremony performed as a form of therapy. Example: The medicine man, remembering the previous winter's disastrous prediction, decided to cover himself. So he did a medicine dance, threw some spirit dust around and proclaimed, "Winter will be bad."
Word: fliver Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈflɪvɚ/ 1. Alternative spelling of flivver. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He had seated himself in the farmer's old fliver, [and] ridden for some miles. Example: A natural born mechanic and tinkerer, he kept many an old fliver on the road.
Word: town walls Part of Speech: noun 1. A large historic line of walls encircling a town that normally dates back at least to the Middle Ages. Labels: UK, plural, plural-normally, plural-only
Word: daily disposable Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of contact lens that can be used for one day only and is thrown away at the end of the day when it is no longer needed. Labels: UK
Word: daily disposables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daily disposable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: praise the Lord Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A present subjunctive clause inherited intact from a time when English was freely productive of them. It is semantically equivalent to praise be to God. The zero morph difference from the imperative form allows parsing as a command synchronically. 1. A phrase used to thank God by Christians. 2. Expression of thankful happiness; not always literally religious when used by cultural Christians, but not explicitly differentiable, thus ambiguous. 3. Stereotypical exclamation used in mockery of Christianity. Labels: UK Example: “There was a time when the homosexual demanded marriage,” he added with an exasperated chuckle. “Praise the Lord, that time is past. PRAISE THE LORD!” he commanded.
Word: Lord be praised Part of Speech: intj 1. Used by Christians to thank God. 2. Expressing surprised happiness or thankfulness.
Word: incruent Part of Speech: adj 1. bloodless Labels: rare Example: A pale incruent wound.
Word: Nouméa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Nouméa. Pronunciation: /nuːˈmeɪ.ə/ 1. The capital city of the French overseas territory New Caledonia, a natural South Sea port on its main island. Example: Tensions remained high in Nouméa, the capital of New Caledonia, on Friday after days of riots as the French government’s representative said areas of the Pacific territory have “escaped” state control.
Word: aldol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aldehyde + -ol (“alcohol”). Pronunciation: /ˈældɒl/ 1. Any aldehyde or ketone having a hydroxy group in the beta-position
Word: ube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog ube. Pronunciation: [ˈʔuː.bɛ], /ˈuːbeɪ/ 1. The purple yam, Dioscorea alata. Labels: uncountable Example: Ube is a popular ingredient in cakes and ice-cream in the Philippines and Jamaica.