nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: human enhancement Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of technology or natural means to overcome the limitations of the human body. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A social philosophy which advocates for the use of technology or natural means to overcome the limitations of the human body. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: impship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From imp + -ship. 1. The state of being an imp.
Word: impships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of impship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: day work Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of daywork. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: day-work Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of daywork. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: It was always rather refreshing to find oneself among the sweet-smelling timber and the more peaceful atmosphere of a wood-working place, on a day-work and not piece-work basis.
Word: dayworker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From day + worker. 1. An employee paid on an irregular basis; a casual worker.
Word: dayworkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dayworker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: day-worker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dayworker. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: day worker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dayworker. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: inaudacity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + audacity. 1. The property of lacking audacity. Labels: uncountable Example: Such puny thoughts of unresolved ground, Whose inaudacity dares but base conceit […]
Word: fish oil Part of Speech: noun 1. Oil derived from the tissues of oily fish; especially, a dietary supplement made therefrom, manufactured and sold in liquid, capsule and tablet forms. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: cod liver oils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cod liver oil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fish oils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fish oil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: legless lizards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of legless lizard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: BEV Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Black English Vernacular. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Every step that we take in approaching the black English vernacular will be influenced by our fundamental attitude to the question: how different is BEV from other dialects of English?
Word: BEV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of battery electric vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: There are no currently available technologies which can provide all of the energy required for the life of a BEV car.
Word: BEVs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of BEV Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shark attacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shark attack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Skopos theories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Skopos theory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inaudacious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin audacia (“boldness”), from audax (“bold”), from audeō (“to be bold, to dare”). 1. Lacking in audacity; not audacious. Example: It was an inaudacious start.
Word: Irish Setters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Irish Setter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incontinence pads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incontinence pad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: private member's bills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of private member's bill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: codes of conduct Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of code of conduct Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poverty traps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poverty trap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red-spotted purple Part of Speech: noun 1. A white admiral (Limenitis camilla, Limenitis arthemis, or Limenitis trivena).
Word: red-spotted purples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red-spotted purple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goes deep Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of go deep Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: going deep Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of go deep Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: went deep Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of go deep Labels: form-of, past
Word: gone deep Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of go deep Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: jaw-bone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jawbone. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jaw-breaker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jawbreaker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: polyphobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + -phobia. 1. Fear of many things; a collection of fears. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Obviously it was related to the entire gestalt of Simon's polyphobia and compensatory counterphobia. The boys used to watch horror movies on late-night television […] Example: Some people suffer from polyphobia, which is the fear of many things. Phobias are real and can be beneficial to keep us safe, that is, if we don't allow them to paralyze us and prevent us from enjoying life. 2. Fear, hatred, or dislike of, or prejudice against, polyamory or polyamorous people. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Just how bad a problem is polyphobia? I'm not willing to live anyplace where I have to be closeted […] Example: Ren noted the following internalization of polyphobia: My date had dated other people, but it's a lot different if it's a family unit living together […]
Word: jack-rabbits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jack-rabbit; alternative form of jackrabbits Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jaw-bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jaw-bone; alternative form of jawbones Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jaw-breakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jaw-breaker; alternative form of jawbreakers Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pork bellies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pork belly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: status report Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From status + report. 1. A report describing the current situation regarding a business, matter, project, etc.
Word: status report Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitating a military speech style. 1. What's up? Labels: informal, slang
Word: snotface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snot + face. 1. A term of abuse. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: white vinegar Part of Speech: noun 1. Vinegar that has been distilled to remove coloured impurities. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: prudhommie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French preudhommie; later reborrowed from Modern French prud'homie. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuː.dɒ.mi/, /pɹuː.dəˈmiː/ 1. Character typical of a prudhomme; trustworthiness, loyalty. Labels: historical, rare, uncountable Example: Shall I say thus much by the way? That I see a certaine image of bookish or scholastical preud'hommie onely, which is in a maner in use amongst us, held and reputed in greater esteeme than it deserveth, and which is but a servant unto precepts, brought under by hope, and constrained by fear?
Word: sagari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 下がり (sagari). 1. The stiffened silk fronds inserted in the front of a mawashi.
Word: quidams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quidam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cloak bag Part of Speech: noun 1. A suitcase or valise. Labels: obsolete Example: I was taken and immediately drawne into the bosome of a thicke Wood that was not far-off; there puld from my horse, stripped with all speed, my truncks and clokebags rifled, my box taken, my horses, my equipage, and such things as I had, dispersed and shared amongst them.
Word: cloak bags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cloak bag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interbelline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From interbellum. 1. Of or pertaining to the time between wars. Labels: not-comparable Example: The period between World War I and World War II (1918 to 1939) can be described as interbelline.
Word: flipped classrooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flipped classroom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flipped learning Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of education in which students learn new material by watching video lectures outside the classroom, and what used to be homework (assigned problems) is done in guided classes instead. Labels: uncountable
Word: white vinegars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of white vinegar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dry as a nun's nasty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Referring to a nun's practice of sexual abstinence. 1. Very dry. Labels: Australia, derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar
Word: Chican@s Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chican@ Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toothbrush moustache Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of toothbrush mustache. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: toothbrush moustaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toothbrush moustache Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toothbrush mustaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toothbrush mustache Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Black studies Part of Speech: noun 1. An interdisciplinary academic discipline concerned with the study of culture relating to African peoples and the African diaspora. Labels: uncountable
Word: Americanistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From American + -istic. 1. Relating to the academic discipline of American studies Labels: not-comparable
Word: Samegrelo Part of Speech: name 1. A historic province in the western part of the country of Georgia
Word: extra-Italian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + Italian. 1. Originating from outside of Italy Labels: not-comparable
Word: King Mob Part of Speech: name Etymology: In the Gordon Riots of June 1780, rioters daubed the slogan "His Majesty King Mob" on the walls of Newgate prison, after gutting the building. 1. Personification of a lawless mob. Labels: collective Example: Still, if you Frenchmen like to be ruled over by King Mob, it is no business of mine. Thank God, such a thing is never likely to happen in England—at any rate in my time. In the first place, we can trust our troops […] 2. An English radical group based in London during the 1960s and 1970s, who sought to emphasise the cultural anarchy and disorder being ignored in Britain, with the ultimate aim of promoting proletarian revolution. Labels: historical
Word: smearable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From smear + -able. 1. Capable of being smeared or smudged.
Word: smudgeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From smudge + -able. 1. Capable of being smudged.
Word: undaubed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + daubed. 1. Not daubed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: daubable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From daub + -able. 1. Capable of being daubed, or painted onto a surface. Example: Surprises lie around every corner - from the topiary bull leaping over the wall (left), to the pyramid (right), made of old concrete blocks and covered in Peter's special mixture of daubable cement […] Example: Thus the whole mixture would be both fragrant and pourable/daubable. 2. Capable of being daubed or painted upon. Example: The Italian enthusiasm for racing leads enthusiasts to daub the names of their favorite competitors on walls, on houses, on anything daubable. Example: School gyms and washrooms, primarily — but also lifeboats, smokestacks, and other daubable features on the superstructure of a Liberian oil tanker I sailed on for one summer.
Word: flamadiddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of flam + paradiddle. 1. flam paradiddle
Word: flamadiddles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flamadiddle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flam paradiddle Part of Speech: noun 1. A paradiddle with a flam on the first note.
Word: flam paradiddles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flam paradiddle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bazonkers Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bonkers. 1. Delirious with excitement or anger; nuts. Labels: slang Example: Narrator: The crowd goes absolutely bazonkers!
Word: bazonkers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of bazonker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sneetch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a story by Dr. Seuss about discrimination. Pronunciation: /ˈsniːt͡ʃ/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: horned puffin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because of the significant fleshy "horn" above each eye. 1. A species of puffin, Fratercula corniculata, similar in appearance to the Atlantic puffin except with different bill colours and a significant fleshy "horn" above each eye.
Word: whingey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of whingy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: male genital mutilations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of male genital mutilation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: genital mutilations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of genital mutilation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tufted puffin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named from the distinctive pair of tufts on its head. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌftɪd ˈpʌfɪn/ 1. A species of puffin, Fratercula cirrhata, easily distinguished by its thick bill and the pair of tufts on its head.
Word: Kubas Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Kubas, Kubaś, or Slovak Kubaš. 1. A surname.
Word: tephrochronologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tephro- + chronologist. 1. One who studies tephrochronology.
Word: tephrochronologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From tephrochronological + -ly. 1. By means of, or in terms of, tephrochronology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tephrochronological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tephro- + chronological. 1. Relating to tephrochronology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tephrochronologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tephrochronologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tephrochronology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tephro- + chronology. 1. A geochronological technique that uses discrete layers of tephra to create a chronological framework in which paleoenvironmental or archaeological records can be placed. Labels: uncountable
Word: phase tester Part of Speech: noun 1. A device, often built into a screwdriver, used to check for electric current.
Word: loadmasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loadmaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: untextual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + textual. 1. Not textual; not characteristic of a text or written work.
Word: Bernicia Part of Speech: name 1. An Anglo-Saxon kingdom that existed from 420 to 634 AD in modern-day northeastern England and southeastern Scotland. Labels: historical
Word: nature-deficit disorder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American author and journalist Richard Louv (born 1949) in his 2005 book Last Child in the Woods, modelled on attention deficit disorder. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪtʃə ˈdɛfɪsɪt dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/, /ˈneɪtʃɚ ˈdɛfəsɪt dɪsˈɔːɹdɚ/ 1. A disputed class of behavioural problems in modern children, ascribed to the fact that they spend little time outdoors. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nature-deficit disorder severely hampers, if not fully blocks, development of environmental literacy. Environmental communicators, educators and interpreters talk about their work as an 'antidote' or 'cure' for nature-deficit disorder. Example: By its broadest interpretation, nature-deficit disorder is an atrophied awareness, a diminished ability to find meaning in life that surrounds us, whatever form it takes. This shrinkage of our lives has a direct impact on our physical, mental, and societal health. However, not only can nature-deficit disorder be reversed, but our lives can be vastly enriched through our relationship with nature, beginning with our senses.
Word: Toeplitz matrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Otto Toeplitz. 1. A matrix in which each descending diagonal from left to right is constant. Example: In [1] two tridiagonal Toeplitz matrices were presented […]
Word: pentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From penta- + (itera)tion. The word was coined by the English mathematician Reuben Goodstein (1912–1985). 1. The arithmetic operation of repeated tetration. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Hankel matrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Hermann Hankel. 1. A square matrix with constant skew-diagonals (positive sloping diagonals).
Word: sharks and minnows Part of Speech: name 1. A children's game, played in a swimming pool, in which one player (the "shark") attempts to tag the others (the "minnows") as they try to cross the pool. Those who are tagged join in as sharks for the next round.
Word: unearning Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + earning. 1. Not earning. Labels: not-comparable
Word: syringeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From syringe + -less. 1. Without a syringe. Labels: not-comparable
Word: earringless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From earring + -less. 1. Without earrings. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antitattoo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + tattoo. 1. Opposing tattoos.
Word: retattoo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + tattoo. 1. To tattoo again. Labels: transitive
Word: retattooed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of retattoo Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: retattooing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of retattoo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: retattoos Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of retattoo Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resubstitute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + substitute. 1. To substitute again. Labels: transitive
Word: resubstituted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of resubstitute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: resubstituting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of resubstitute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: resubstitutes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resubstitute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resub Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + sub. 1. Abbreviation of resubscribe. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: resubbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of resub Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: resubbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of resub Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: resubs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resub Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resubscription Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + subscription. 1. The act of resubscribing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: resubscriptions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of resubscription Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spearfished Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of spearfish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spearfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spearfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spearfishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spearfish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: KWICs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of KWIC Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cotext Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + text. 1. Words that surround a node or another word; the linguistic environment of a word. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cotexts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cotext Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cotextual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From co- + textual. 1. Of or relating to cotext. Labels: not-comparable
Word: corpus linguistics Part of Speech: noun 1. A branch of linguistics that studies large samples (corpora) of real-world text, usually with the aid of computer software. Labels: uncountable Example: ESP, using the tools of corpus linguistics, has advanced the methodologies for investigating discipline-specific language, yet there has been little cross-fertilization so far with disciplinary literacy in secondary education.
Word: nonabundant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + abundant. 1. Not abundant. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unabundant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + abundant. 1. Not abundant.
Word: Marshallian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Marshall + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Alfred Marshall (1842–1924), influential economist. Labels: not-comparable
Word: in-yer-face Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Respelling of in-your-face, suggesting a working-class pronunciation. Coined by British theatre critic Aleks Sierz. 1. Of or relating to a style of shocking and confrontational theatre that emerged in Great Britain in the 1990s. Example: On the one hand, Clark’s power grabs seemed gratuitous. She is one of the most celebrated musicians on the planet: critically adored – Masseduction is the second St Vincent record to be named the Guardian’s album of the year – and a beacon of defiant and in-yer-face experimentalism
Word: brass necks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brass neck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonresearched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + researched. 1. Not researched. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonresearching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + researching. 1. Not carrying out research. Labels: not-comparable
Word: editor-at-large Part of Speech: noun 1. A journalist who contributes to a publication and has a certain amount of freedom in what they submit.
Word: air gap Part of Speech: noun 1. A network security measure that consists of ensuring that a secure computer network is physically isolated from unsecured networks, such as the public Internet or an unsecured local area network. Example: The structure and design of Stuxnet confirms the Iranian air gap, as the attackers clearly designed Stuxnet to jump an air gap utilizing multiple methods. Example: The day after Lindsay left, I took an emergency medical leave of absence from work, citing epilepsy, and packed scant luggage and four laptops: secure communications, normal communications, a decoy, and an “airgap” (a computer that had never gone and would never go online). 2. A gap where there is a vacuum (not actually air), used to reduce power consumption in microelectronics. 3. A type of spark gap using a tube filled with air (which is mostly nitrogen), nitrogen alone, or other gases.
Word: editors-at-large Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of editor-at-large Labels: form-of, plural
Word: air gaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of air gap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in full Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Fully; to the whole extent. Example: My creditors insist on being repaid in full before the end of the month.
Word: whaling stations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whaling station Labels: form-of, plural
Word: routes of administration Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of route of administration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bamma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Alabama; compare Bama (“Alabama”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæmə/ 1. An unstylish rural person; a hick. Labels: derogatory Example: A lot of dudes that I knew at that time use to think that guys from Maryland was bammas but I didn't sleep on nobody because even a bamma can pull a trigger. I always knew that even if a guy was from cotton ball land, he could still do damage. Example: Black didn't like them much. He said to me one day, “Stan, why do you hang around them bammas?” Bamma meant “country” or “slow” or something of that nature.
Word: bammas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bamma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trading partners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trading partner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surge protectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surge protector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: siheyuans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of siheyuan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rabbit fevers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rabbit fever Labels: form-of, plural
Word: summary offences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of summary offence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: streetwiseness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From streetwise + -ness. 1. The quality of being streetwise. Labels: uncountable Example: The 1990s legacy of Girl Power exactly fits this category, although it too, of course, contains a radical feminist component in the feisty, sexually in-your-face streetwiseness of women.
Word: sepuh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Old Armenian սեպուհ (sepuh). 1. A title of secular nobility in medieval feudal Armenia, usually borne by the sons of nakharars. Labels: historical
Word: rare earth minerals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rare earth mineral Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tour guides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tour guide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cow killer Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several species of velvet ant in the family Mutillidae, which are known for their painful stings.
Word: vogueish Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of voguish. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bundar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi बंदर (bandar), from Classical Persian بندر (bandar). 1. A port or haven. Labels: India
Word: bulat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian булат (bulat), ultimately from Persian پولاد or فولاد (“steel”). 1. A steel alloy known in Russia from medieval times. Labels: uncountable
Word: Swizzer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Swisser. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Swizzers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Swizzer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ciliature Part of Speech: noun 1. An assemblage of cilia. Example: Peritrichia are sesscile species with no cilia on the body but conspicuous oral ciliatures.
Word: vaginae dentatae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vagina dentata Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tengen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 天元 (tengen). 1. The center point on a Go board. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Opening at tengen is a sound strategy on a 9x9 board, but considered experimental in standard 19x19 Go.
Word: change sides, change signs Part of Speech: phrase 1. An acronym to help remember that when a value is moved to the opposite side of the equals sign, then the operator is changed also. Labels: mnemonic
Word: brush-footed butterfly Part of Speech: noun 1. A butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Word: dekchi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali ডেকচি (ḍekci), from a diminutive of Persian دیگ (dêg, “pot”). 1. A round-bottomed cooking pot. Labels: Bangladesh, West-Bengal
Word: dekchis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dekchi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: freeships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of freeship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mufassil Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mofussil. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: davakhana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi दवाख़ाना (davāxānā). 1. A medical clinic. Labels: India
Word: davakhanas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of davakhana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mamlatdar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani مُعامَلات دار (muʻāmalāt dār) / मामलतदार (māmlatdār), Marathi मामलतदार (māmlatdār), Gujarati મામલતદાર (māmlatdār). 1. The officer in charge of a taluk. Labels: India
Word: taluka Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of taluk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mamlatdars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mamlatdar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: talukas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taluka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: segregationally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From segregational + -ly. 1. In a segregational manner.
Word: Tutchone Part of Speech: noun 1. Certain Athabaskan-speaking First Nations peoples. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Tutchone Part of Speech: name 1. A threatened Athabaskan language spoken in the Yukon Territory in Canada.
Word: bog paper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from the reference to a toilet as "the bog". 1. Toilet paper. Labels: UK, informal, uncountable
Word: phalsa Part of Speech: noun 1. Grewia asiatica, a shrub or small tree native to southern Asia. 2. Its fruit, an edible acidic drupe that is purple to black when ripe.
Word: phalsas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phalsa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abbandonatamente Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Italian abbandonata. 1. With abandonment; so as to make the time subordinate to the expression.
Word: non-suspecting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + suspecting. 1. not suspecting, unsuspecting Labels: not-comparable
Word: flour mite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flour + mite, due to their nature of being in flour. 1. The mite Acarus siro, a pest of stored grains and flour.
Word: flour mites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flour mite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cybernationalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + nationalist. 1. One who takes part in nationalist activism on the Internet or in cyberspace. Example: In China, cybernationalists have hacked websites of foreign governments and business corporations, but generally speaking, internet contention in Chinese cyberspace assumes less radical forms.
Word: cybernationalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cybernationalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cybernat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of cybernationalist as a play on cybernaut, said to have been coined by British politician George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock (born 1942): see the 5 July 2012 quotation. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪbənæt/, /ˈsaɪbɚnæt/ 1. A Scottish nationalist who takes part in Internet activism. Labels: UK, informal Example: He [Iain Gray] added: “Back in May I asked Alex Salmond to get a grip of these ‘cyber nats’ bloggers. At the time they were spreading rumours about me and other politicians as well. I think Alex Salmond has to come to parliament, apologise, and explain just exactly what has gone on.” Example: The time could not be more crucial, with the referendum on Scottish independence only two years away, and fears emerging that the war of words between so-called ‘cybernats’ and ‘cyberbrits’ could distort or even stifle mainstream political discourse. Labour peer Lord Foulkes claims crediting for coining the term cybernat to describe Nationalists and supporters of independence who conduct rhetorical guerrilla warfare on Twitter, Facebook and the comment threads of newspaper websites. Rather than initiating discussions about policy or ideas, cybernats demonise those opposed to the SNP and independence and dismiss them as, inter alia, cowardly, unpatriotic, and even traitorous.
Word: cybernats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cybernat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: varroosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From varroa + -osis. 1. A disease of honey bees, caused by parasitic mites of species Varroa destructor. Labels: uncountable
Word: imperfectibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From imperfectible + -ly. 1. In a way that cannot be perfected.
Word: red velvet mite Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several species of mites in the family Trombidiidae, which are covered in bright-red, velvety hairs, and some of which are large enough to be mistaken for spiders.
Word: red velvet mites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red velvet mite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tweetstorm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tweet + storm. 1. A series of tweets posted on the Twitter microblogging service in rapid succession. Labels: Internet, neologism Example: “The company sent a flood of tweets—actually, we ought to call it what it was, an epically disastrous tweetstorm—aimed squarely at journalist Nancy Jo Sales insisting that the app is about so much more than hooking up.” 2. A storm of controversy arising from tweets posted on Twitter. Labels: Internet, neologism
Word: tweetstorms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tweetstorm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ulster Says No Part of Speech: name 1. A unionist mass protest campaign against the provisions of the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement which gave the government of the Republic of Ireland an advisory role in Northern Ireland's government. Labels: Ireland, UK, historical
Word: stratum granulosum Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin layer of cells in the epidermis.
Word: taradiddles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taradiddle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: granule cell Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several unrelated types of small neurons in various parts of the brain which have very small cell bodies.
Word: xenomelia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xeno- + -melia. 1. The feeling that one's own limb is foreign, or not one's own. Labels: uncountable
Word: spider mite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the silk webbing spun by some species. 1. Any of the mite family Tetranychidae.
Word: spider mites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spider mite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: building and pest Part of Speech: noun 1. an official inspection prior to a home sale, where the structural integrity and insect damage are checked. Labels: Australia
Word: hydrogasification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + gasification. 1. The reaction of hydrogen with coal under high pressure to form methane Labels: uncountable
Word: pistoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of piston Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: instopped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of instop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: instopping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of instop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: instops Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of instop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hyenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyena + -ic. 1. Characteristic of a hyena. Example: a hyenic laugh
Word: hyaenic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hyenic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bioregulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + regulation. 1. Any biological process that regulates something. Labels: uncountable
Word: ootaxa Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ootaxon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ciliatures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ciliature Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prefricative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + fricative. 1. Before a fricative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Werner projection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Johannes Werner (1466–1528), who refined and promoted the original projection by Johannes Stabius (Stab) of Vienna. 1. A pseudoconic cordiform equal-area map projection that is a limiting form of the Bonne projection, having its standard parallel at one of the poles (90°N/S).
Word: Bottomley projection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Introduced by Henry Bottomley. 1. A kind of equal-area map projection, intended as an alternative to the Bonne projection that would reduce the extent of extreme distortion at the edges and give a more satisfying overall shape.
Word: Bonne projection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Rigobert Bonne (1727–1795), though it was in use before his birth. 1. A kind of pseudoconical equal-area map projection.
Word: extrabinomial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + binomial. 1. Relating to unexpected variability arising from overdispersion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Bernoulli variable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Jacob Bernoulli 1. Any variable that is part of a Bernoulli process.
Word: Bernoulli variables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bernoulli variable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bernoulli process Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Jacob Bernoulli 1. A series of independent trials, analogous to repeatedly flipping a coin to determine whether it is fair.
Word: Bernoulli processes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bernoulli process Labels: form-of, plural
Word: limblines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of limbline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: droplines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dropline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: throwlines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of throwline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: optimality theory Part of Speech: noun 1. A linguistic model proposing that the observed forms of language arise from the interaction between conflicting constraints. Labels: uncountable
Word: channel cat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of channel catfish. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: She missed the fish diet of her own country, and twice every summer she sent the boys to the river, twenty miles to the southward, to fish for channel cat.
Word: crab-eating macaque Part of Speech: noun 1. A primate of the species Macaca fascicularis, native to Southeast Asia.
Word: noninversion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + inversion. 1. Absence of inversion; failure to invert something (such as a clause in a sentence). Labels: uncountable
Word: markednesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of markedness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrolatry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + -latry. 1. The worship of water; belief in the spiritual powers of certain waters. Labels: uncountable
Word: Puseyan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Pusey + -an. 1. Of or relating to Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800–1882), English churchman and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement.
Word: brush rabbit Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of small cottontail rabbits found in the Pacific Slope of the western United States and Baja California, Sylvilagus bachmani.
Word: geniolatry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From genius + -o- + -latry. 1. The worship of spirits. Labels: uncountable
Word: ecclesiolatry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecclesio- + -latry. 1. Excessive dedication to the church as an institution, rather than to the religion it serves. Labels: uncountable
Word: brush rabbits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brush rabbit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tourmalinic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tourmaline + -ic. 1. Of or relating to tourmaline. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unpsychedelic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + psychedelic. 1. Not psychedelic.
Word: nonpsychedelic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + psychedelic. 1. Not psychedelic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antipsychedelic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + psychedelic. 1. Opposing psychedelia.
Word: postpsychedelic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + psychedelic. 1. After the era of psychedelia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fubsily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From fubsy + -ly. 1. In a fubsy manner.
Word: tubbily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From tubby + -ly. 1. In a tubby manner. Example: The man's belly protruded tubbily over his waistband.
Word: fubsiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fubsy + -ness. 1. Quality of being fubsy. Labels: uncountable Example: I suppose I'd been expecting incredulity, raised voices, outrage of some sort. But it was worse. A blow-up I could have handled. Instead he didn't say a word, only gazed at me with a sort of grieved fubsiness, haloed by his work lamp, tools arrayed on the walls behind him like Masonic icons.
Word: desert cottontail Part of Speech: noun 1. A common species of cottontail rabbit native to the southwestern United States as well as northern and central Mexico, extending northward into Montana, Sylvilagus audubonii.
Word: shijos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shijo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swamp rabbit Part of Speech: noun 1. A large species of cottontail rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus, native to the south-central United States in areas near water.
Word: swamp rabbits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swamp rabbit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mintox Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mint, i.e. in perfect condition. 1. great; excellent Labels: slang Example: That dress is mintox. Example: I have had a mintox day.
Word: trolleyological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trolley + -logical. 1. Relating to trolleyology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: happenstantial Part of Speech: adj 1. Being or relating to happenstance.
Word: skooch Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of scooch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: skooch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of scooch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: skooched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of skooch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skooches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skooch. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skooches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of skooch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: skooching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skooch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: negro yam Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of white-fleshed yam from Jamaica.
Word: negro yams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of negro yam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yampy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈjæmpi/ 1. A vegetable, the Indian white yam. Example: He made sure to mention that when Miss Essie had dug up the yampies she kept only one for herself, and took all the others to the village shop to give to the villagers.
Word: yampy Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈjæmpi/ 1. Barmy; mad; daft. Labels: West-Midlands Example: Them ghallu, they're dead yampy—completely mad.
Word: yampy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈjæmpi/ 1. A foolish person. Labels: West-Midlands
Word: yampies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yampy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skootch Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of scooch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: skootched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of skootch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skootches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of skootch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: skootching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skootch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: plumtree Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of plum tree. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: plumtrees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plumtree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bounced cheque Part of Speech: noun 1. A cheque returned by the bank due to insufficient funds.
Word: prosopopoeial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prosopopoeia + -al. Pronunciation: /pɹɒsə(ʊ)pəˈpiːəl/ 1. Prosopopoeic. Example: They glut your eares with their Prognostications, and surprising me heretofore, when by my sicknesse I was brought very low and weake, they have injuriously handled me with their Doctrines, positions, prescriptions, magistrall fopperies, and prosopopeyall gravity […].
Word: ceremoniless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ceremony + -less. 1. Without ceremony. Labels: rare Example: The company and dayly conversation of so many noble, young, and active men, cannot but bee well-pleasing to you; the dayly and ordinary sight of so divers tragicall spectacles; the liberty and uncontroled freedome of that artelesse and unaffected conversation, masculine and ceremonilesse maner of life […] Example: "Customary" or ceremoniless marriages present particular problems of proof.
Word: deer mice Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deer mouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fedge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of fence + hedge. Pronunciation: /fɛd͡ʒ/ 1. A fence made up of living plants, especially willow, thus somewhat resembling a hedge. Example: What do you get when you cross a fence with a hedge? The answer is a fedge, which you can make by weaving fresh willow branches together, with their bases nestled into moist soil so they take root and grow. You can start a fedge with willow or other woody cuttings gathered from woods or roadsides […] Example: Fast growing and quick to take root, even from a cut stem, willow is a great sustainable resource that can be used to make living fences, or fedges – as well as retaining structures, arches, and arbours. The best time to make your own fedge is in the winter when the willow is dormant.
Word: fedges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fedge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tousle-headed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tousle + headed. 1. Having unkempt hair. Example: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Goren: a native Jerusalemite, a tousle-headed intellectual with the watery blue eyes of a dreamer, and a Jew.
Word: hammer-headed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hammer-head + -ed or hammer + headed. 1. Having a head in the shape of a hammer. Labels: not-comparable Example: To make you merry that are the Gods of Art, and guides vnto heauen, a number of rude Vulcans, vnweldy ſpeakers, hammer-headed clownes (for ſo it pleaſeth them in modeſtie to name themſelues) haue ſet their deformities to view, as it were in a daunce here before you. 2. Stupid, ignorant. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle.
Word: grinding stone Part of Speech: noun 1. A stone tool, used with a quern, to grind cereals. Example: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Circular dwellings, grinding stones, stone tools—its village relics date back an astonishing 12,000 years, deep into our nomadic Stone Age.
Word: 21st Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of twenty-first. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: The Budget proposes eliminating the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program given performance data demonstrates that the program is not achieving its goals, and the program has low participant attendance rates; nearly 60 percent of students attended a 21st CCLC center for 30 days or fewer during the 2014-2015 school year.
Word: runneled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of runnel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: runnelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of runnel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: runneling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of runnel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: runnelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of runnel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sorting table Part of Speech: noun 1. A table on which finds are sorted by date, origin etc. Example: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Stefania Chlouveraki, the project leader, stands at a long sorting table. She turns the colored fragments over and over in her fingertips. She fits each one into its place: a magnificent tableau of lions, crosses, pomegranate trees.
Word: sorting tables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sorting table Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hand to mouth Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hand-to-mouth. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: hand to mouth Part of Speech: adv 1. In a hand-to-mouth manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Hundreds of thousands of Syrians shelter beneath UN canvas in Jordan. In the irrigated fields of As Safi, these refugees survive hand to mouth, picking tomatoes for $11 a day. Example: Don’t abuse a laborer who is destitute and needy, whether he is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner living in your land and in your city. Pay him at the end of each workday; he’s living from hand to mouth and needs it now. If you hold back his pay, he’ll protest to GOD and you’ll have sin on your books.
Word: razor-wired Part of Speech: adj 1. Surrounded with razor wire Labels: not-comparable Example: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Sweating under the sun, we scale the barren eastern scarp of the Great Rift Valley (Area B), edging carefully around controversial, razor-wired Israeli settlements (Area C).