nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tarnishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tarnish + -able. 1. Capable of becoming tarnished. Labels: not-comparable Example: a tarnishable surface
Word: untarnishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + tarnishable. 1. Not tarnishable. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sarah Lamb (returning to the stage on Tuesday after a long recuperation from injury) and Federico Bonelli (whose season has also been interrupted) are still strikingly pure and absorbed amid it; they seem untarnishable.
Word: haemoptyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haemoptysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemoptyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemoptysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonmassive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + massive. 1. Not massive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: supermarketlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supermarket + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a supermarket. Example: Perhaps most astonishing of all, however, was the supermarketlike display of this macabre bazaar. Every skeleton, indeed every bone, bore a label...
Word: dakoit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dacoit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dakoits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dakoit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dakoity Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dacoity. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dakoities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dakoity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: streetlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From street + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a street. Example: A meandering central circulation path evokes a streetlike ambience, reinforced by gritty materials, including the old warehouse's original concrete floor.
Word: chair conformation Part of Speech: noun 1. the most stable chemical conformation of a six-member single bonded carbon ring such as cyclohexane
Word: hotellike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hotel + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a hotel. Example: Dramatic lobbies, hotellike surroundings, food-court cafeterias, and upscale coffee shops can all entice patients into a facility...
Word: chairmat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chair mat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chairmats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chairmat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chairpersonship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person English -person English chairperson Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English chairpersonship From chairperson + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛːpəːsənʃɪp/ 1. The office or term of a chairperson. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For the party that does not control the presidency – the out-party – control of the national chairpersonship is an important element in the struggle for intraparty ascendancy. Example: No one wanted the chairpersonship, and in the event it went to someone who was ‘socially unacceptable’.
Word: chairpersonships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chairpersonship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chairship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English chairship From chair + -ship. 1. chairpersonship Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chairships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chairship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: herolike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hero + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic. Example: Some rap music bestows a herolike status on drug dealers.
Word: nonmachined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + machined. 1. Not machined; not having been made, shaped or finished by machinery. Labels: not-comparable
Word: machinings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of machining Labels: form-of, plural
Word: egoisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of egoism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonegoic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + egoic. 1. Not egoic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonteleological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + teleological. 1. Not teleological. Labels: not-comparable
Word: egoically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From egoic + -ally. 1. In an egoic manner; from or with regard to the ego. Labels: not-comparable
Word: paleoconservative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paleo- + conservative, by analogy with neoconservative. 1. A political conservative who espouses paleoconservatism, opposing mass immigration, embracing states' rights and supporting cultural conservatism and social structures perceived to be traditional. Labels: US Example: In fact, the neoconservative Moynihan running in New York against the paleoconservative James Buckley was able to position himself as the proper heir to a New Deal liberal tradition that Moynihan had been vigorously criticizing for almost a decade. Example: If they are fraying now, it is at least in part due to the prevalence of demagogues who wish to claim that there is only one path to virtuous American-ness: paleoconservatives like Jesse Helms and Pat Robertson who think this country has one single ethic, […].
Word: paleoconservative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From paleo- + conservative, by analogy with neoconservative. 1. Holding views associated with paleoconservatism. Labels: US Example: The first of Bannon's ten documentary film pamphlets, In the Face of Evil (2014), still followed a rather classic neoconservative narrative, albeit with a paleoconservative touch. Example: In 2013, for instance, Pat Buchanan, a leading voice on the “paleoconservative” traditionalist right, described Putin as “one of us,” an ally in what he saw as the defining struggle of our era,[…]
Word: paleoconservatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paleoconservative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Palinista Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Palin + -ista. 1. A devoted admirer of US public figure Sarah Palin. Example: Ardent Palinistas stretch from Alaska to Ambridge. Example: The Palinista movement will boldly tell you over and over how truthful, transparent, open and honest they are.
Word: tomatoed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tomato (noun) + -ed. 1. Prepared with tomato. Labels: not-comparable Example: That snapper is firm and fresh, skinned and boned and (partly as a result) of rather mild flavor--with it you are served discs of sautéed zucchini, browned and crisp, in a tomatoed oil that is dotted with cloves of garlic. Example: Also, for tomatoed consommé (madrilène), increase the gelatin slightly because the acidity of the tomatoes weakens the gelatin.
Word: tomatoed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See tomato (verb). 1. simple past and past participle of tomato Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: paleocon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of paleoconservative 1. A paleoconservative. Labels: informal
Word: Ringer Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Ryngere, from ryngere (“bell-ringer”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/ 1. A surname.
Word: Ringer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ring + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/ 1. A fan of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and/or the film trilogy based on it. Labels: slang Example: Readers flocked online to articulate their angst, discovering 400 websites where "Ringers" congregated to converse in Quenya – one of Tolkien's fictional languages – and discuss such burning issues as whether elves have pointy ears. Example: One Ringer travels all over and takes pictures of her "Lord of the Rings" figurines.
Word: lobbylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lobby + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a lobby. Example: He held the door for her and then motioned for her to sit on a bench that rested against the little lobbylike foyer. Example: […] zinc-topped bar, cigar-bar mezzanine with lobbylike chairs, and an almost voyeuristic display of exposed-steel kitchen countertop.
Word: paleocons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paleocon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ringers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ringer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unicell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uni- + cell. 1. Any unicelled organism.
Word: unicells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unicell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonfestival Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + festival. 1. Not of or pertaining to a religious festival. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mobies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moby Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of mobie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alleylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From alley + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an alley. Example: Under the July sun the alleylike streets brimmed with melting heat through which a flat stale odour rose from the open gutter sewers...
Word: nonchloroplast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + chloroplast. 1. Not found in or part of a chloroplast Labels: not-comparable Example: The fatty acid composition of nonchloroplast lipids, such as phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine, was less affected by the absence of the chloroplast trienoic fatty acid synthetase gene (Table 1 ). Example: These taxa were selected because of availability of nonchloroplast nuclear protein sequences, permitting animal-based calibration.
Word: think with one's little head Part of Speech: verb 1. To make decisions or act based on one's sexual impulses rather than based on clear reasoning. Labels: euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic, usually Example: Obsessed with Heidi's cleavage, the pervert within may start thinking with his little head instead of his big one. Example: [A]ll Theo could think about were all the places on her body he wanted to put his mouth. He was definitely, as Zeke was prone to say, thinking with his little head and not his big one.
Word: inductive effect Part of Speech: noun 1. an experimentally observable effect of the transmission of charge through a chain of atoms in a molecule by electrostatic induction
Word: thinking with one's little head Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of think with one's little head Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: little head Part of Speech: noun 1. The glans of the penis. Labels: euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic, usually Example: Obsessed with Heidi's cleavage, the pervert within may start thinking with his little head instead of his big one.
Word: think with one's other head Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of think with one's little head. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: If he hadn't taken the job for the Maricans, if he hadn't let Josie distract him when they came into Sierra Luz that day, if he hadn't missed the signs — if he hadn't been thinking with his other head too much of the time he'd been with her — none of this would have happened, and they wouldn't be here.
Word: vaye Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of way. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: lackadaisicalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lackadaisical + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being lackadaisical. Labels: uncountable
Word: other head Part of Speech: noun 1. The glans of the penis. Labels: euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic, usually Example: We've had our fill of dumb jocks. But a dumb jock who's also a single-minded horn dog—that's funny. Thinking with his other head has gotten Jason into a lot of trouble.
Word: MIR Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of mail-in rebate. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of mid infrared or mid-infrared radiation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: Albu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Albu. 1. A surname from Romanian.
Word: pea-soupers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pea-souper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: treviso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the place name Treviso. 1. A certain mild variety of radicchio, a type of chicory Labels: uncountable Example: 4 heads treviso (radicchio may be substituted)
Word: palaeoconservative Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of paleoconservative. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Far from thinking of that election result as ‘a mark of the spreading influence of neo-conservative intellectuals’, I think that the only intellectual who clearly exercised a significant influence in bringing about the defeat of Jimmy Carter and the election of Ronald Reagan was that eminent palaeoconservative scholar, Imam Khomeini.
Word: palaeoconservative Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of paleoconservative. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Ecology, already decried as a new and dangerous form of socialism by a considerable part of the Right (from libertarians and industrialists to the so-called Palaeoconservatives, vide the anti-environmentalist “Wise Use” movement in the US), can now be attacked from the other side as well, viz. by linking it with Hitler.
Word: palaeoconservatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palaeoconservative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: user-friendlier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of user-friendly: more user-friendly Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: user-friendliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of user-friendly: most user-friendly Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: mousseux Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French mousseux. Pronunciation: /muːˈsəː/ 1. Of wine: sparkling.
Word: mousseux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mousseux. Pronunciation: /muːˈsəː/ 1. A sparkling wine. Example: We sat down at a corner table and ordered a bottle of iced mousseux.
Word: pav bhaji Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Marathi पाव भाजी (pāv bhājī). 1. A Maharashtrian fast food dish of vegetable curry served on bread and garnished with coriander and chopped onions. Labels: uncountable
Word: shoe shop Part of Speech: noun 1. A shop that sells footwear and related items; a shoe store.
Word: shoe shops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoe shop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vada pav Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Marathi वडा पाव (vaḍā pāv). 1. A Maharashtrian vegetarian fast food consisting of batata vada between two slices of bread. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: parvorders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parvorder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: batata vada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Marathi बटाटा वडा (baṭāṭā vaḍā). 1. A popular vegetarian fast food in Maharashtra, India, consisting of a potato mash patty coated with chickpea flour, then deep-fried and served hot with savory condiments.
Word: in God's name Part of Speech: adv 1. Used as an intensifier. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: In God's name, what do you think you are you doing? Example: What in God's name are you doing? 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, God, name. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Reuven Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew רְאוּבֵן 1. Alternative form of Reuben (“biblical personage”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: After the conquest of lands east of the Jordan River, the Sons of Gad and the Sons of Reuven requested to remain there and not cross the Jordan. 2. A male given name from Hebrew.
Word: Jair Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Jair, Iair, from Old English Iāirus, from Latin Iaīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρ (Iáïr), from Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (yāʾîr, literally “he will light up”). Doublet of Yair and Jairus. 1. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. 2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. Example: And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
Word: yeomanlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From yeoman + -like. 1. Resembling a yeoman or yeoman's work: brave and stout Example: The small orchestra played superbly under Wikman's direction; of special note is David Schrader's yeomanlike service on the harpsichord.
Word: yeomanlike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From yeoman + -like. 1. In the manner of a yeoman; bravely and stoutly Example: One by one the archers, stepping forward, delivered their shafts yeomanlike and bravely.
Word: yeomanly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From yeoman + -ly. 1. Like a yeoman: stout and true. Example: “Say as thou list, Wamba,” replied the Knight, “these yeomen did thy master Cedric yeomanly service at Torquilstone.” Example: […] it was almost as if he were back at Wethermel, so yeomanly and free seemed all about him. 2. Of or proper to the class of yeomen in British history Example: Judge Abbott is, therefore, of good yeomanly pedigree. Example: Her name was Anne Bowden; and she was of a respectable family, that had been long stationary in Devonshire, but of a yeomanly rank[…].
Word: yeomanly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From yeoman + -ly. 1. Like a yeoman: stoutly and bravely Example: "Well and yeomanly done!" shouted the robbers; "fair play and Old England for ever!" Example: […] the men were working yeomanly to build a new nation[…]
Word: catbox Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cat box. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: (Pet owners notice: The Reader is fine for shit paper or catbox litter)
Word: inadæquate Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of inadequate. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: But then this puniſhment which God has interwoven in the nature of Sin, is ſo inadæquate to the demerits of Sin, that we can only look upon it to be in part of Payment : to be a pledge and earneſt of a more adæquate puniſhment hereafter, a kind of ſenſible aſſurance that, ſince God has only begun this work in this World, he will perfect it in another.
Word: fanfaronade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fanfaronnade (“bragging, boasting”); other senses influenced by fanfare. Pronunciation: /ˌfænfɛɹəˈneɪd/, /ˌfænfɛɹəˈnɑːd/ 1. Empty, self-assertive boasting; an instance of such behaviour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps. Example: 1828, Walter Scott, The Surgeon’s Daughter in Chronicles of the Canongate, Boston: Samuel H. Parker, p. 78, [he] was an enemy to every thing that approached to fanfaronade, and knew enough of the world to lay it down as a sort of general rule, that he who talks a great deal of fighting is seldom a brave soldier 2. Loud, showy display, celebration or proclamation (of something), sometimes involving the playing of trumpets or other musical instruments. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: With a fanfaronade of welcome they lowered their drawbridges Example: 1877, Frances Hodgson Burnett, That Lass o’ Lowrie’s, London: F. Warne, p. 55, he dined in public—a fanfaronade of trumpets proclaiming his down-sitting and his up-rising
Word: fanfaronade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French fanfaronnade (“bragging, boasting”); other senses influenced by fanfare. Pronunciation: /ˌfænfɛɹəˈneɪd/, /ˌfænfɛɹəˈnɑːd/ 1. To engage in empty, self-assertive boasting. Labels: intransitive Example: 1990, E. Grady Jolly, United States Circuit Judge, opinion regarding the matter of Clark Pipe & Supply Co., cited in Robert L. Jordan and William D. Warren, Bankruptcy, Westbury, NY: The Foundation Press, fourth edition, 1995, pp. 653-654, Given the agreement he was working under, his testimony was hardly more than fanfaronading about the power that the agreement afforded him over the financial affairs of Clark. Example: Call him an archetypal Texas bounder … with lots of mendacious savvy. Just before you blew him off as a fanfaronading blockhead, Bubba could flick a switch and start conversing about Federal Reserve interest rates, voter registration fraud in the deep South, and Kurt Vonnegut’s great novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. 2. To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically. Labels: ambitransitive Example: 1892, Robert Brown, The Story of Africa and Its Explorers, London: Cassell, Volume 1, Chapter 11, p. 208, Nowadays a returning traveller with half his merits is […] fanfaronaded every step of his homeward journey. The telegraph tells how he has arrived here, the special correspondent what he has to say there, until by the time he lands at Liverpool or Plymouth […] the interviewer and the illustrated journals have taken the heart out of any tale he may have to tell. Example: […] I criticised her straight Teutonic fringe and fanfaronaded on the captivating frizziness of Joanna’s hair. 3. To make a noisy, showy display or celebration; to play a fanfare. Labels: intransitive Example: Even when the inhabitants of the village took to rising at four o'clock in the morning, and fanfaronaded with ill-blown bugles, and flaring torches, and a dreadful untiring drum about the street, I forbore to grumble,
Word: shish taouk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turkish şiş (“skewer”) + tavuk (“hen”). Pronunciation: /ʃɪʃ tæ.uːk/ 1. Skewered chicken cubes that are grilled. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: shish taouk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Abdallah Akkouche, of the Basha restaurant chain. See Etymology 1 above for the root words. Pronunciation: /ʃɪʃ tæ.uːk/ 1. Chicken shawarma, as a platter or as a pita sandwich. Labels: Quebec, uncountable, usually
Word: kafta Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kofta. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kafta kebab Part of Speech: noun 1. A skewered grilled dish composed of several kafta cubes.
Word: taboule Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tabbouleh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: postaccident Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + accident. 1. Occurring after an accident Labels: not-comparable Example: Arguably, this was part of Weir's directorial style even before it became part of the international mainstream--in his gripping work in The Last Wave (1977), for instance, which is recalled in some of the early hallucinatory moments depicting Max in his postaccident mode. Example: The postaccident research, Peterson says, amounted to "a few collections of dead things that washed up on the shore and a few other odd data sets."
Word: nonaggregated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + aggregated. 1. Not aggregated Labels: not-comparable Example: Only discrete, nonaggregated micelles were obtained from very dilute solutions between 0.005 and 0.01 weight % (Fig. 2, A and B).
Word: nontoroidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + toroidal. 1. Not toroidal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: holliers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of holidays + -er + -s. 1. holidays (time off work or time spent travelling; = U.S. vacation). Labels: Ireland, plural, usually
Word: don't ask, don't tell Part of Speech: phrase 1. A policy of the U.S. military from 1993 to 2011, which barred openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual people from serving in the military, while also barring discrimination against closeted gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. Labels: US 2. Applied to various other policies that prohibit a behavior but also discourage investigation of it. Labels: broadly, humorous, often
Word: Bank Holidays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bank Holiday Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paleotempestology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paleo- + tempest + -ology. 1. The study of past tropical cyclone activity by means of geological evidence and historical documentary records. Labels: uncountable
Word: cold snaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cold snap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wealthies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wealthy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jocularness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jocular + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being jocular. Labels: uncountable
Word: kingliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kingly + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being kingly. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: If he is there portrayed in bodily presence as courteous in his kingliness, kindly, beloved by his retainers and the servants of his house[…] 2. The result or product of being kingly. Labels: countable, usually
Word: kinglinesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kingliness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noninterrupted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + interrupted. 1. Not interrupted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noninterruptedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From noninterrupted + -ly. 1. In a noninterrupted manner.
Word: misappreciation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + appreciation. 1. A failure to correctly and completely understand; an incorrect notion or belief that is a result of such a failure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is the duty of the individual juror to strive to avoid any misappreciation of the evidence, no matter how it is represented by the barristers. Example: Although he claims to be a postmodernist, his misappreciation of the philosophy is such that he still clings to the idea of absolute truth. 2. An observed failure to appreciate the proper worth of a person, an act or a thing. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: "He might not have meant to ignore her," answered Isabel thoughtfully; "he might have chosen not to introduce her because he felt too proud of her to subject her to any possible misappreciation from them." Example: But it is the lot of goodness and truth ever to meet with misappreciation and disdain.
Word: little lady Part of Speech: noun 1. The wife or fiancée. Labels: colloquial Example: Would you like to buy some roses for the little lady? Example: Very often husbands would patronise my boutique and pick out something for the little lady and, in passing, pick out something for themselves. 2. A condescending term for a woman or girl. Labels: derogatory
Word: little ladies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of little lady Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fwd Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of forward. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: fwd Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of forward. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: fwd Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of forward. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: fwd Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of forward. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: algebroids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of algebroid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antikaon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + kaon. 1. The antiparticle of a kaon. Labels: particle
Word: antinucleon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + nucleon. 1. The antiparticle of a nucleon Labels: particle
Word: hodometry Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of odometry. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: melancholie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of melancholy. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: moaping Melancholie And Moon-struck madness
Word: accident and emergency Part of Speech: noun 1. The department of a hospital that deals with injuries and medical emergencies. Labels: New-Zealand, UK, uncountable
Word: prognathic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + -gnathic. 1. Synonym of prognathous.
Word: waitasec Part of Speech: verb 1. Eye dialect spelling of wait a sec. Labels: alt-of, imperative-only, pronunciation-spelling
Word: Caesarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Caesarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cæsarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Caesar + -ian, but see also Caesarean section § Etymology. 1. Obsolete spelling of Caesarean. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: Cæsarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Caesar + -ian, but see also Caesarean section § Etymology. 1. Obsolete spelling of Caesarean. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Cæsarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cæsarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: randomish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From random + -ish. 1. Somewhat random; quite random. Labels: not-comparable Example: Why then,” said John, “ it was my son Jonathan; and I wish they had tooken him to the watch-house-whereby my horses would have been all the better for it—for my son Jonathan is but a randomish sort of a chap.” Example: They were rather a skylarking, randomish, set of blades, were the midshipmen in that ship.
Word: give someone their head Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From horse racing: to allow a horse freedom of movement of its head. 1. To allow (someone) to act without constraint: to give (someone) free rein. Labels: idiomatic
Word: given her head Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of give her her head, indicating a passive voice Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Given her head, the mare fairly flew. Example: The manager was given her head to make whatever changes she might deem necessary in the structure of her department. 2. past participle of give her head, indicating a perfect tense Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: He had given her head many times, but this time she especially enjoyed it.
Word: astroclimatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From astro- + climatic. 1. Of or pertaining to astroclimate Labels: not-comparable
Word: hand someone their head Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly an allusion to the story of Salome demanding the head of John the Baptist in a charger. 1. To kill, especially by beheading. 2. To destroy; to defeat utterly. Labels: broadly, idiomatic
Word: astroclimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From astro- + climate. 1. The part of the climate of a place that is a result of solar radiation
Word: misappreciations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misappreciation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bionanosystem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + nanosystem. 1. A biological nanosystem
Word: bionanosystems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bionanosystem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dihadron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + hadron. Pronunciation: /daɪˈheɪdɹɒn/ 1. Any particle that is a combination of two hadrons
Word: eigensolutions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eigensolution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eigensolution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eigen- + solution. 1. Any of the results of the calculation of eigenvalues
Word: gigaparsec Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From giga- + parsec. 1. An astronomical unit of distance equal to 10⁹ parsecs.
Word: for pity's sake Part of Speech: intj 1. for Pete's sake; An especially mild oath Labels: colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic Example: All this cry about "showing the male body" disgusts me, too. For pity's sake -- look at the ad -- there is nothing distinguishable below the chest.
Word: gradiometer Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several instruments used to measure the gradient of a physical property (such as magnetic field).
Word: for mercy's sake Part of Speech: intj 1. An especially mild oath. Labels: colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic
Word: gradiometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gradiometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in the name of Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English in the name of, in þe name of. 1. With appeal to; by; often used to introduce oaths Example: In the name of all things sacred, please stop that screaming! 2. For the sake of. 3. By the authority of. Example: In the name of the law, come out with your hands up. 4. Under the name or possession of. Example: He put the house in the name of his children. 5. Under the designation or excuse of. Example: These additional checks at airports are justified in the name of security. Example: Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who led the 2014 coup against Yingluck's government in the name of ending political turmoil, has promised that an election will be held next year.
Word: business model Part of Speech: noun 1. The particular way in which a business ensures that it generates income, one that includes the choice of offerings, strategies, infrastructure, organizational structures, trading practices, and operational processes and policies. Example: The venture capitalist Chris Dixon told me, “They [YC] created the greatest business model of all time. For basically no money[…]they get seven per cent of a lot of the best startups in Silicon Valley!” Example: Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
Word: transactionality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From transactional + -ity. 1. The condition of being transactional. Labels: uncountable 2. The degree to which a database or other system is transactional. Labels: countable
Word: family values Part of Speech: noun 1. Political and social beliefs that hold the traditional nuclear family to be the essential ethical and moral unit of society. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Right-wing values like patriarchy and opposition to gay marriage, family planning and legal abortion, and to feminism and women working outside the home. Labels: euphemistic, plural, plural-only Example: But on “family values night,” as Marilyn Quayle described the session dominated by Republican women, the values took on an accusatory edge: […] the Vice President's wife made clear to cheering conservatives what she felt was at the center of family values: “Commitment, marriage and fidelity are not just arbitrary arrangements.”[…] [T]he difference is that the use of family values focuses more sharply on abortion, gay rights and the pre- and extramarital activities that go under the name of playing around or hanky-panky. Example: Although Hollywood executives are fond of pointing out this latest trend, the phrase “family values” hardly carries the same meaning here as that expressed by Vice President Dan Quayle, his wife, Marilyn, Patrick J. Buchanan and others before and during the Republican convention. There, it was generally viewed as a phrase that implicity^([sic]) criticized alternative life styles, and was even seen as rebuking working mothers.
Word: helimagnets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of helimagnet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: helimagnet Part of Speech: noun 1. Any material that exhibits helimagnetism
Word: holonomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From holonomy + -ic. 1. Exhibiting holonomy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: indecomposability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From indecomposable + -ity. 1. The condition of being indecomposable Labels: uncountable
Word: interdot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + dot. 1. Between dots (in any of several contexts). Labels: not-comparable
Word: interdot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + dot. 1. A dot placed between other things.
Word: interdot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inter- + dot. 1. To produce a dot or dotted pattern between. Labels: transitive
Word: interscale Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + scale. 1. Between scales Labels: not-comparable
Word: intertwiner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intertwine + -er. 1. A mapping between two equivariant maps
Word: isoplanatic Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the same planarity
Word: writ of assistance Part of Speech: noun 1. a court order that authorized customs officers to conduct general searches of premises for contraband; a form of search warrant Labels: US, historical
Word: uncarefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From uncareful + -ly. 1. In an uncareful manner. Example: For you, My boys, your father, not uncarefully, Has spent much forethought with the gods' good help
Word: lesser pandas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lesser panda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: a short drop and a sudden stop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Popular due to the internal rhyme of drop with stop. Pronunciation: [ə ˌʃɔɹʔ ˈdɹɒp ən ə ˌsʌdn̩ ˈstɒp] 1. A fall to one's death by hanging. Labels: idiomatic Example: I see, in other words, a short drop and then a sudden stop? Example: I intend to see to it that any man who sails under a pirate flag or wears a pirate brand gets what he deserves: A short drop and a sudden stop.
Word: Avraham Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew אַבְרָהָם. 1. A male given name from Hebrew.
Word: work someone's butt off Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of work someone's ass off. Labels: Canada, US, slang, vulgar Example: Her son, Dominic, had been ranked third at the end of his junior year, but had “worked his butt off this year,” she said.
Word: work someone's tail off Part of Speech: verb 1. Less vulgar synonym of work someone's ass off. Labels: slang
Word: happen along Part of Speech: verb 1. To arrive by chance; to occur by happenstance. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: "Now, if a rattling good earthquake were to happen along, you might awake in the morning to find yourself on an island, or even under water." Example: "[W]e can't 'spect a cyclone to happen along and take us to the Emerald City now."
Word: molar tooth Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of molar.
Word: butcherknife Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of butcher knife. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: butcher's knife Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of butcher knife. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: There is an increasing sale of butcher’s knives, especially in the South, because of the increase in the last three years of the number of live stock, especially hogs, in that section.
Word: butternut pumpkin Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of butternut squash.
Word: budō Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of budo. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Despite the apparent oddness of this characterization of the art of the warrior as a practice of love, Ueshiba insisted that his perspective faithfully represented the essence of traditional budō. Example: It is the principle of nonresistance that distinguishes aikidō from other forms of budō.
Word: isovector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + vector. 1. A form of vector associated with isospin
Word: magnetodielectric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From magneto- + dielectric. 1. Describing materials that are both magnetic and dielectric Labels: not-comparable 2. Describing the effect of magnetism on the dielectric properties of a material Labels: not-comparable
Word: metadynamics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + dynamics. 1. An algorithmic method of simulating rare complex systems and for calculating the free energy associated with them Labels: uncountable
Word: microgauss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + gauss. 1. A unit of magnetic field strength equal to one millionth of a gauss
Word: microreversibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + reversibility. 1. reversibility at the microscopic level, especially the reversibility of every stage in a catalytic cycle Labels: uncountable
Word: lavacicles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lavacicle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midrapidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + rapidity. 1. The rapidity of a particle close to the axis of a beam of particles. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: multicritical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + critical. 1. Describing systems, points etc., that are critical in multiple ways
Word: multiqubit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + qubit. 1. Involving multiple qubits.
Word: nanotechnical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nano- + technical. 1. Characteristic of, or produced by nanotechnology Labels: not-comparable
Word: neutronization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neutron + -ization. 1. The process, such as within a collapsing star, in which protons and electrons fuse to form neutrons and release neutrinos. Labels: uncountable
Word: orthomodular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ortho- + modular. 1. Describing a lattice with the property that its every orthogonal pair is modular. Labels: not-comparable
Word: overscreening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overscreen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overscreen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + screen. 1. To screen excessively
Word: overscreens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overscreen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: parametrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From parametric + -ally. 1. In a parametric manner Labels: not-comparable 2. With regard to parameters Labels: not-comparable
Word: quasibound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quasi- + bound. 1. Describing a system, particle etc., that has both a closed and an open boundary condition Labels: not-comparable
Word: rescattering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + scattering. 1. A second or subsequent scattering
Word: scalelength Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scale + length. 1. The length of a scale
Word: scalelengths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scalelength Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seminorms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seminorm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spectropolarimetry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spectro- + polarimetry. 1. The measurement of the polarization of light at different wavelengths Labels: uncountable
Word: subfigure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + figure. 1. A figure (geometric form) that is part of another.
Word: rescatterings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rescattering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superflares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superflare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superflare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + flare. 1. A very large-scale magnetic eruption in the atmosphere of a star, possibly qualitatively different from more common, lesser solar flares. Example: A program to predict such flares has been initiated, and it is planned to time short trips (such as round trips to the moon) so that they won't coincide with the superflares. Example: At press conference, the NRL scientists said that astronauts on lunar flight would be under no more radiation danger during maximum period of solar cycle than during minimum period. Friedman explained : "All available evidence indicates that solar minimum is as bad as solar maximum for superflare eruption."
Word: supramillion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supra- + million. 1. Containing more than a million Labels: not-comparable Example: We present an efficient algorithm for sampling atomistic configurations in viruses and other supramillion atom nanosystems.
Word: ubiquities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ubiquity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: malveuilles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of malveuille Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: malveuilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of malveuille Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: malveuilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of malveuille Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: banjo hits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of banjo hit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English roy, roye, borrowed from Old French roi (“king”). Doublet of rajah, Rex, rex, and rich. Pronunciation: /ˈɹoɪ̯/, [ˈɹʷoɪ̯], /ˈɹɔɪ̯/, [ˈɹʷɔɪ̯] 1. A king. Labels: archaic, formal
Word: roy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English roy, roye, borrowed from Old French roi (“king”). Doublet of rajah, Rex, rex, and rich. Pronunciation: /ˈɹoɪ̯/, [ˈɹʷoɪ̯], /ˈɹɔɪ̯/, [ˈɹʷɔɪ̯] 1. Royal. Labels: archaic Example: For in the tenth year, when roy victory / Was won to give the Greeks the spoil of Troy, / Return they did profess, but not enjoy, / Since Pallas they incens'd, and she the waves / By all the winds' power, that blew ope their graves.
Word: video- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. English audioinflu. English video English video- From video. 1. Moving images, especially television. Labels: morpheme
Word: unmisleadingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unmisleading + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌənmɪsˈliːdɪŋli/ 1. In an unmisleading manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: Schopenhauer’s ethics could be unmisleadingly described as a philosophical elaboration of the Christian idea of an unreserved love, whereas Kant’s can be thought of as a Christian ethic in which duty to superhuman authority — in this case, the authority of reason — has replaced the sentiment of love.
Word: unmisleading Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + misleading. Pronunciation: /ˌənmɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ 1. That does not mislead; not misleading. Labels: not-comparable Example: The general answer which needs to be given is clear enough. Unmisleading expressions must be unmisleading because in some sense they say what they mean. But exactly in what sense is less clear.
Word: identity crises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of identity crisis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wood lots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wood lot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: GLAM Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of galleries, libraries, archives and museums. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Acronym of Generic Legal Advice Memorandum, issued by the IRS to provide advice to its field agents. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: invaliding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of invalid Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: invaliding Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of exempting someone from duty because of injury or ill health. Labels: UK
Word: multiple levels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multiple level Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metric levels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metric level Labels: form-of, plural
Word: division levels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of division level Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metric structures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metric structure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butt-cheeks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butt-cheek Labels: form-of, plural
Word: videopoker Part of Speech: noun 1. Any electronic, console-based version of poker. Labels: uncountable Example: The gambler's chances of winning at blackjack, craps, roulette and even the slot and videopoker machines vary greatly among the casinos. Example: Gil guarantees, with the truth of art, that neither internet, videopoker nor cellular phones have really destroyed it […]
Word: oranda Part of Speech: noun 1. A goldfish characterized by a prominent raspberry-like hood encasing its head.
Word: oranda Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of orenda (“mystical power among the Iroquois”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Imeldific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Imelda + -ific, coined by Imelda Marcos regarding herself: "They will use 'imeldific' to mean ostentatious extravagance." 1. Ostentatiously extravagant, sometimes to the point of vulgarity. Labels: Philippines Example: Cory is a social mouse, she's not into this socializing and nobody really advocates an Imeldific kind of grandeur... Example: There may be something Imeldific about the main Batasan Pambansa session hall... 2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Imelda Marcos. Labels: Philippines, rare Example: Obviously she had not heard of Dorian Gray, having taken life pretty much according to the gospel of Cole Porter. But it's richly Imeldific, Imelda scouring the dark night of her soul in prayer while her enemies peer through the rain at airports watching out for her... Example: The first phase of the PGH was constructed within the Imeldific timetable to reach its inauguration day, 2 July 1985, which coincided with the birthday of Mrs. Marcos...
Word: Rabinowitz Part of Speech: name 1. An Ashkenazic surname from German, Germanized variant of Rabinovich.
Word: flying foxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flying fox Labels: form-of, plural