nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bone-grubbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bone-grubber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bone-grubber Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who scavenges for waste materials such as bones and rags to sell. Labels: obsolete Example: More than half of our modern scribes, and particularly the dramatic portion of them, are little better than literary bone-'''grubbers, pickers and stealers of unconsidered trifles,—men who, having no brains, live by spinning the brains of others, and give themselves credt for originality. Example: The bone-grubber generally seeks out the narrow back streets, where dust and refuse are cast, or where any dust-bins are accessible. The articles for which he chiefly searches are rags and bones—rags he prefers—but waste metal, such as bits of lead, pewter, copper, brass, or old iron, he prizes above all.
Word: dentulated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dens (tooth), -ule, -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛntjəleɪtəd/ 1. Synonym of denticulated
Word: eye-string Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of eyestring. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: eye-strings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eye-string Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recompletion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + complete + -ion. 1. The act of completing again. Labels: uncountable 2. Another completion after a first one (such as when construction on a building is completed, inspected, repaired, and recompleted). Labels: countable
Word: canicular days Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Latin diēs caniculārēs (literally “puppy days”), from Canīcula (“the Puppy”), a semantic loan of Ancient Greek Κῠ́ων (Kŭ́ōn, “the Dog”) in reference to Sirius, which appears in Epic Greek as κῠ́ων Ὠρίωνος (kŭ́ōn Ōríōnos, literally “Orion’s dog”) in its elided accusative form κύν’ Ὠρίωνος (kún’ Ōríōnos) in Iliad XXII.29. 1. Synonym of dog days. Labels: archaic, plural, plural-only Example: A forlyued cok leiþ eiren in his laste elde... and ȝif any venemous worme sittiþ on broode þerevppon in þe canyculer dayes, þerof is igendrid... a cocatrice.
Word: loxodograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ? + -graph 1. An apparatus that records the course that a ship has travelled Labels: obsolete Example: For this purpose he has contrived an instrument which he calls a "loxodograph," which consists of a compass placed below the ordinary ship's compass, so as to occupy the same relative position in the ship, and so that it can be compared from time to time with the normal instrument.
Word: homina Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of hummina. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1993, Sonic the Hedgehog (4-issue miniseries) #3, Archie Comics Robotnik: If you are a true robot, you will obey! Now tell me the location of Knotville Village at once! Buzz Bomber: He's stalling, master! Sonic the Hedgehog: [pretending to be a robot] Homina-homina-homina... Example: I was pretty sure the sounds homina, homina wasn't going to translate into "Hey, let's go get some lunch."
Word: dentinoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dentinoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: warfarinize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From warfarin + -ize. 1. Alternative spelling of warfarinise. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: warfarinise Part of Speech: verb 1. To commence a patient on warfarin therapy. Labels: UK
Word: ear rape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of ear + rape, metaphorically referring to an unwanted assault on the listener's ears. 1. Highly unpleasant or cacophonous sounds or music. Labels: derogatory, offensive, often, slang, uncountable 2. An act of deliberately increasing the volume of the audio of music, often for humorous effect. Labels: humorous, offensive, often, slang, uncountable 3. An instance of a highly unpleasant audio or song. Labels: countable, derogatory, slang
Word: ear rape Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compound of ear + rape, metaphorically referring to an unwanted assault on the listener's ears. 1. To be exposed to loud, unpleasant audio. Labels: derogatory, offensive, often, slang
Word: no horse in that race Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of no horse in this race. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: regionalect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of region + dialect. 1. A dialect spoken in a particular geographical region. Example: Although the government regulated against speaking Taiwanese regionalects in school, it was much more lenient before 1970, at least in the degree of strictness in enforcing regulations against the offenders.
Word: aksakal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of aqsaqal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aqsaqal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From various Turkic languages, including Bashkir аҡһаҡал (aqhaqal), Kazakh ақсақал (aqsaqal) and Kyrgyz аксакал (aksakal). 1. A village elder in some Central Asian cultures. Example: 'Hey you! Aksakal!' Rusanov wagged his finger at him. 'Stop it. You're disturbing me.' The aksakal fell silent.
Word: loathe-worthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From loathe + -worthy. 1. worthy of disgust or loathing; despicable Example: These alternate with package stores like cause and effect: pawn, booze, pawn, booze, pawn, booze. In fact, aside from Phoenix City, Alabama, Gallup's aggressive squalor and blatant rapacity in turning Navajos, Hopis, Zunis, and others into alcoholics make it the most loathe-worthy town I am able to imagine. Example: If I am a mother I'm a loathe-worthy, squeaky-weak mother.
Word: acquired disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. A medical condition which develops post-fetally, as opposed to a congenital disorder.
Word: lustworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lust + -worthy. 1. Worthy of being lusted after; sexually desirable. Example: Abraham's appeared on the top terrace so lustworthy I can't take my eyes off him. His muscles are running with sweat. Example: The message becomes, real men like muscled women; the fact that they can find her body lustworthy and are not threatened is a test of their own manliness.
Word: geocontent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geo- + content. 1. geographic content Labels: uncountable
Word: geo-content Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of geocontent. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Geo-content is essential. Example: The clients are able to discover, browse, create, edit and publish geo-content useful for MR applications.
Word: riseable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rise + -able. 1. Misspelling of risible. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: rat's nest Part of Speech: noun 1. Something that is excessively complicated, entangled, or disorderly (either physically or metaphorically). Labels: idiomatic Example: rat's nest of a wiring harness Example: To make this mid-17th-century rat's nest of love affairs and sexual confusions intelligible for late-20th-century audiences is a job in itself. 2. Something that is excessively complicated, entangled, or disorderly (either physically or metaphorically). Labels: idiomatic Example: Many CPU silicon designers in the 1990s complained bitterly about the rat's nest in the center of SPARC chips. Example: And cloud computing relies on millions of connections and services. In other words, it's a troubleshooting nightmare when the cloud goes bust. . . . In other words, the cloud will likely become more of a rat's nest.
Word: ifil Part of Speech: noun 1. A Philippine and Pacific island tree (Intsia bijuga), yielding a valuable brown dye and having a very hard and durable dark wood. 2. Wood of this tree. Example: The priest lived in the kombento. Some people have coffee tables made of ifil. Today people make clocks of ifil wood.
Word: Judas steer Part of Speech: noun 1. A steer that leads other cattle to a slaughterhouse.
Word: alintatao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tagalog alintataw. 1. Diospyros pilosanthera; a tree in the Ebenaceae family. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The wood of this tree. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Mayer's reagent Part of Speech: noun 1. A solution of mercuric chloride and potassium iodide, used to detect alkaloids by causing them to precipitate. Labels: uncountable
Word: two-port network Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of quadripole.
Word: Ogaden Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Somali Ogaadeen, from the clan of the same name, a subsection of the Somali Darod, which inhabit part of the region. Documented folk etymologies include Ogad, the name of a founding father, meaning clever or quick-witted, and a combination of the Harari word ūga (“road”) and Aden, a city in Yemen, supposedly connected to Harar by an ancient caravan route passing through the region. 1. A region in eastern Ethiopia.
Word: phagnalon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Phagnalon. Pronunciation: /ˌfæɡ.nəˈlɑn/ 1. Any plant of the genus Phagnalon
Word: phagnalons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phagnalon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pittospore Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pittosporum. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Černovír Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Černovír. 1. A former village, nowadays an area of the city of Olomouc, Czech Republic. Example: William Čoka, b. Černovír, Moravia, R.C. priest came to US in 1871 and took charge of St. Nepomucene Parish in Chicago. 2. A former village, nowadays an area of the city of Ústí nad Orlicí, Czech Republic.
Word: bias tapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bias tape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Stewpot Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Stewart and Stuart + stewpot; compare -pot. 1. A nickname for somebody called Stewart or Stuart (as a given name or a surname). Labels: UK, slang Example: Fuck, that is brilliant! That is inspired! What sauce! Get in! It's the economy, Stewpot! 2. A nickname for somebody called Stewart or Stuart (as a given name or a surname). Labels: UK, slang
Word: patriarchalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patriarchal + -ization. 1. The process of patriarchalizing. Labels: uncountable
Word: patriarchalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From patriarchal + -ize. 1. To make patriarchal. Labels: transitive
Word: patriarchalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of patriarchalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: patriarchalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of patriarchalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: patriarchalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of patriarchalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ideocracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ideocracy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: careers fair Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of career fair. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: careers fairs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of careers fair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tailorability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tailor + -ability. 1. The quality of being tailorable. Labels: uncountable
Word: half-hardies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of half-hardy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: newscastresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of newscastress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Aesopish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Aesop + -ish. 1. Characteristic of Aesop's animal fables; Aesopian. Example: The Lucky One (1919) came to the stage several years later and was somewhat more serious in tone, being a character study of two brothers, one brilliant, one dull; of course, the tortoise won the race for the hand of the girl they both wanted in typically Æsopish fashion. Example: I am feeling a little Aesopish today and hence this story.
Word: Leninite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lenin + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛnɪnaɪt/ 1. A supporter of Lenin.
Word: Leninites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Leninite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nature deficit disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nature-deficit disorder. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: nature-deficit disorders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nature-deficit disorder. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heat indexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heat index Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nature deficit disorders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nature deficit disorder (alternative form of nature-deficit disorders). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: OHKOs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of OHKO Labels: form-of, plural
Word: OHKOs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of OHKO Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: autorefractions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autorefraction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arrowword Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arrow + word. 1. A kind of crossword puzzle with the clues written in the grid, accompanied by arrows that indicate the position and direction of the answers.
Word: arrowwords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arrowword Labels: form-of, plural
Word: safe areas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of safe area Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sessions Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsɛʃənz/ 1. A surname. Example: “When I spoke to ADF last year, I learned that the Southern Poverty Law Center had classified ADF as a ‘hate group,’ ” Sessions said. “They have used this designation as a weapon and they have wielded it against conservative organizations that refuse to accept their orthodoxy.” 2. plural of Session Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dead wrong Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dead being used as an intensifier. 1. Utterly wrong. Labels: not-comparable Example: He believed, against all experience, that the world was fundamentally understandable, and that if he could only equip himself with the right mental toolbox he could take the back off and see how it worked. He was, of course, dead wrong.
Word: dead-wrong Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of dead wrong. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, rare Example: Be careful how you deny a dead-wrong story that has yet to be published. Example: Committing herself to the dead-wrong type of man, more than once, had led to her current circumstances, ...
Word: unburdensomeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unburdensome + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being unburdensome. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: And yet this work is in closest rapport with the Epistle, in its exhortation to keep the commandments, in its commendation of the unburdensomeness of the commandments, in its belief in the possibility of a sinless observance of the commandments, and of a victory over Satan, […]
Word: flash crowds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flash crowd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: penis sleeve Part of Speech: noun 1. A pocketpussy.
Word: platinum jubilees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of platinum jubilee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diamond jubilees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diamond jubilee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: golden jubilees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of golden jubilee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shortgevity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of short + longevity. Or more precisely, from short + -gevity, a back-formation from longevity, specifically in the spoken form /lɒŋˈdʒɛvɪti/. Pronunciation: /ˌʃɔːtˈd͡ʒɛ.vɪ.ti/, /ˌʃɔɹtˈd͡ʒɛ.vɪ.ti/ 1. The state or condition of lasting for only a short period of time, in contrast to longevity. Labels: humorous, often, uncountable Example: I did not discuss the prognosis with Dr. Glass, nor did I ask him any questions about my probable longevity — or shortgevity. Example: Not all nations are in a position to benefit from longevity, and in fact, a significant number suffer from its opposite—shortgevity.
Word: I mean Part of Speech: particle 1. Used to correct an error or slip of the tongue. 2. A delaying filler. Labels: colloquial Example: They were filth, utter filth. I mean, and this tops it. She even bought the video of her sister dying, or at least the sex act that killed her. Example: Q. … To rush for 306 yards against that group, how did you accomplish that? BRIAN KELLY: Well, look, I mean, I could stand up here and BS you guys all day and tell you we're the second coming of the Green Bay Packers rushing attack. 3. A mild intensifier. Labels: colloquial Example: I must say the title puts me off as well. I mean, come on. Is this supposed to be original or creative? 4. An indication of approximation or uncertainty. Labels: colloquial Example: I mean, it very well could be. 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see I, mean.
Word: jade egg Part of Speech: noun 1. An egg-shaped device inserted into the vagina in order to strengthen the pelvic muscles.
Word: posetal Part of Speech: adj 1. Antisymmetric. Labels: not-comparable
Word: monsterful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English monstreful, equivalent to monster + -ful. 1. Rare; extraordinary; marvelous Labels: archaic Example: Topics discussed include truth, subjectivity, transcendence, and the future of religion, secularity and political hope in the light of a monsterful event — God becoming human. Example: First of all I would like to thank my head supervisor Tamsin Meaney for all the time and effort. You are absolutely monsterful. 2. Characterised by or similar to monsters. Labels: informal Example: Like the flights and flights of the foam Thro' wild nights of the monsterful main Thundering nights of the monsterful main, The mad white flights thro' the mad black nights Before the hurricane; Example: ... glens hard, full of reptiles; bogs rough, thorny ; woods dark, fiery; roads foul, monsterful; seas thickened surface-stinking; nails huge, iron; waters dark, unsweet; places (i) abundant, various; an assembly foul, ever-gloomy; winds bitter, wintry; snow frozen, ever-dropping;
Word: Spanishy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Spanish + -y. 1. Somewhat Spanish; seemingly Spanish. Labels: informal
Word: cholesterolosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cholesterol + -osis. 1. A pathological condition resulting from excess cholesterol in the body. Labels: uncountable
Word: whaz Part of Speech: contraction 1. Informal form of what’s. Labels: contraction, form-of, informal
Word: reexplorations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reexploration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trioctiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trioctile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Moraga Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /məˈɹɑɡə/ 1. A town in Contra Costa County, California, United States, known as a college town.
Word: synnes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of synne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: street harassment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From street + harassment. 1. Sexual harassment and sexualised intimidation happening in public areas, such as catcalling. Labels: uncountable
Word: read the room Part of Speech: verb 1. To understand the emotions and thoughts of the people present, especially to determine the kind of speech or actions that would be appropriate or inappropriate. Labels: idiomatic Example: The ad rubbed some creatives the wrong way. Hugh Grant called it a “destruction of human experience,” while Handmaid’s Tale director Reed Morano told Apple CEO Tim Cook to “read the room” in a post on X. Example: Long story short: Bumble did not read the room.
Word: GPSing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of GPS Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: GPSed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of GPS Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Italian peninsula Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Italian Peninsula. Labels: alt-of
Word: barometric pressure Part of Speech: noun 1. The atmospheric pressure denoted on a barometer. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The downward force of the atmosphere onto the Earth; at sea level a unit of air pressure is one atmosphere, air pressure decreases as the altitude increases and is measured in millibars or pascals. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: barometric pressures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barometric pressure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: null result Part of Speech: noun 1. A result without the expected content; a result that does not support the hypothesis.
Word: side-wife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From side + wife. Compare Dutch bijwijf (“concubine”). 1. A woman who (among others) has the potential to become one's wife, or who is fulfilling the role of one's wife in addition to one's actual wife; a concubine Example: If, however, his wife gave him a handmaiden and he had children by her, he was then barred from taking a side-wife (as a concubine was called). Example: She was also a 'sidewife'. Nobody talks about it because she is a rich entrepreneur.
Word: naporitan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ナポリタン (naporitan), from French napolitain (“Neapolitan”), from Latin neāpolītānus, from Neāpolis (“Naples”), from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polĭs). Doublet of Neapolitan. 1. A Japanese dish styled on Neapolitan food; spaghetti topped with ketchup or tomato sauce, onion, button mushrooms, green peppers, bacon and Tabasco sauce. Labels: uncountable
Word: Madagascan fish eagle Part of Speech: noun 1. Haliaeetus vociferoides, a species of eagle native to the coastal strip in the northwest of Madagascar.
Word: Madagascan fish eagles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Madagascan fish eagle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Madagascar fish eagle Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Madagascan fish eagle.
Word: Madagascar sea-eagle Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Madagascan fish eagle.
Word: Madagascar fish eagles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Madagascar fish eagle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Madagascar sea-eagles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Madagascar sea-eagle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: time streams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of time stream Labels: form-of, plural
Word: artificial turfs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of artificial turf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: councilpeople Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of councilperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bottomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bottome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: time and motion studies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of time and motion study Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Addisonianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Addisonian + -ism. 1. Addison's disease. Labels: uncountable
Word: loose socks Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of baggy socks worn by Japanese schoolgirls as part of kogal culture. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: memory pages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of memory page Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oversighting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of oversight Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: oversighted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of oversight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: insuavities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of insuavity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plum brandies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plum brandy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thriambi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thriambus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Charpy impact tests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Charpy impact test Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stepsises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stepsis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aksakals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aksakal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aqsaqals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aqsaqal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: regionalects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of regionalect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: belettered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of beletter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: beletters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of beletter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: belettering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beletter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Pasifikas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pasifika Labels: form-of, plural
Word: federal cases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of federal case Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Vovk Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ukrainian вовк (vovk, “wolf”), from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ. 1. A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Вовк (Vovk).
Word: root cellaring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of root cellar Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Gauss Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Gauß, which was then spelt as Gauſs or Gauss in Antiqua. Pronunciation: /ɡaʊs/ 1. A surname, most commonly referring to German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855).
Word: ophiophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ophio- + -phile. 1. A person who loves snakes. Labels: rare Example: One does not have to be an ophiophile to understand why the chapter on snake bites is placed in this section.
Word: ophiophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ophiophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: devvelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of devvel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: devvelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of devvel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: perspectivisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perspectivism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alotta Part of Speech: det 1. Contraction of a lot of. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal
Word: deuteromycete Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Deuteromycota, one of the fungi imperfecti.
Word: fungi imperfecti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin fungi imperfecti (literally “imperfect fungus”). 1. Fungi which do not fit into traditional taxonomic classifications, because their reproduction has not been observed. Labels: plural, plural-normally
Word: imperfect fungi Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of fungi imperfecti. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: menseful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English menskful, equivalent to mense + -ful. 1. Decorous; mannerly; respectful and worth of respect. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: jaum Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jamb. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: 1703, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises, London: D. Midwinter & T. Leigh, 3rd edition, p. 143, But if the Window-Frame stands on a Timber-house, the Head and Ground-sell are sometimes Tennanted into Posts of the Carcass; and then the Posts do the Office of the outer Jaums of the Window-Frame […] Example: The nineteenth Figure represents the inward and outward Edges of a twisting Schofeet of a Semicircular Door, or Window, whose Jaums, from the Beginning to the Springing Arch, splays more or less, according to the Humour of the Builder, and whose Crown lies level without splaying […]
Word: extrance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exit, modelled after entrance. 1. exit Labels: rare Example: Many mystery stories, about men murdered behind locked doors and windows, and murderers escaping without means of extrance and exit, have come true in the course of the extraordinary events at Cranston on the coast of Yorkshire, where Colonel Druce was found stabbed from behind by a dagger that has entirely disappeared from the scene, and apparently even from the neighbourhood. Example: The wire is threaded on a long suitably curved needle, extrance is made through the vestibule of the mouth medially to the zygoma and out on the face at an appropriate point.
Word: Earthboy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Earth + boy. 1. A young male inhabitant of Earth. Labels: usually
Word: Earthboys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Earthboy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Earth day Part of Speech: noun 1. A day in Earth time; the period it takes planet Earth to revolve once; a period of 24 hours.
Word: Earth days Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Earth day Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leave it all out there Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The pronoun it refers to the player's capacity for effort and physical endurance; out there refers to the sports field. 1. To strive to the limits of one's capacity; to give one's all when playing a game.
Word: burninate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from Burninator, from the original character Trogdor the Burninator from the Homestar Runner series of web cartoons. 1. To destroy by fire; to burn. Labels: humorous, slang Example: Burninating the countryside! / Burninating the peasants! / Burninating all the people! / In their thatched-roof COTTAGES!! Example: Although the language may not be going to hell in a handbasket — what is a handbasket, anyway? — some of its speakers appear ready to burninate a noob.
Word: toing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /tɔɪŋ/ 1. The sound of a metallic vibration; twang. Example: We became accustomed to the loud toing! of the breaking spring upstairs followed by the ping! of the broken spring hitting the wall. Example: I'd then found a cavernous restaurant where, beneath a ceiling of lanterns and birdcages, an elderly man plucked at a traditional instrument—toing, toing—while a woman dressed in silk sang old-school Chinese songs.
Word: Colonel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Capitalization of colonel. 1. The military officer title. Example: Consequently the necessity for the reorganization of the Guard, during the ten months’ absence of yourself and Colonels Smith and Banks, could not have been averted under our present Military Code.
Word: Duvall Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: disto- Part of Speech: prefix 1. distal. Labels: morpheme
Word: Gramarye Part of Speech: name Etymology: Adopted by English author Terence Hanbury White (1906–1964) in his book The Once and Future King (1958; based on shorter works published between 1938 and 1941) as a name for Britain, based on the reference to “Merlin’s Isle of Gramarye” in the poem Puck’s Song from Puck of Pook’s Hill (1906) by English author and poet Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) – the stanza italicized below, which is the last in the poem, appears in White’s book just before the start of the first chapter. Trackway and Camp and City lost, Salt Marsh where now is corn; Old Wars, old Peace, old Arts that cease, And so was England born! She is not any common Earth, Water or wood or air, But Merlin’s Isle of Gramarye, Where you and I will fare. Kipling is likely to have been referring to an isle of magic (see gramarye) rather than using Gramarye as a newly coined name for Britain. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæməɹi/ 1. The island of Britain. Labels: literary, rare Example: You must remember that this was in the old Merry England of Gramarye, when the rosy barons ate with their fingers, and had peacocks served before them with all their tail feathers streaming, or boars' heads with the tusks stuck in again— […] Example: When they had reached the top, he sat down puffing, and the old man sat beside him to admire the view. It was England that came out slowly, as the late moon rose: his royal realm of Gramarye. Stretched at his feet, she spread herself away into the remotest north, leaning towards the imagined Hebrides. She was his homely land.
Word: red-footed falcon Part of Speech: noun 1. Falco vespertinus, a Eurasian bird of prey in the family Falconidae
Word: slutwaffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shitgibbon compound of slut + waffle. 1. A contemptible person. Labels: humorous, slang, vulgar Example: Ow bitch! Slutwaffle! Example: @charleshooper this is a hard drive. now i'm going to spit in your eye because you are a dirty slutwaffle.
Word: opmonoidal Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a natural family of distributive morphisms and an identity morphism that are coherent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: timelore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + lore. 1. the knowledge or study of time; chronology Labels: nonstandard, rare, uncountable Example: That's a minimum of 2,592,000 years ago, assuming we are almost at the end of the Kaliyuga (the worst of four yugas and an age of darkness), and we calculate only up to the end of the Satyayuga, which itself lasted 1,728,000 years, according to Vedic timelore. Example: Alchemic Yin-Yang Five Phase cosmology came into mainland Japan in the sixth century and, along with the lunar calendar, this complex of time lore has structured the temporal aspects of Shinto ritual practice ever since.
Word: chancel repair liability Part of Speech: noun 1. A legal requirement for certain homeowners to pay for repairs to their local church. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: dubbese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dub + -ese. 1. The use of unnatural language in dubbing. Labels: uncountable Example: Dubbese is the register of dubbing, and as such it can be described using the four traditional language levels: particular features of dubbese are found at phonetic, morphological, syntactical and lexical levels.
Word: permiting Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of permitting. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon
Word: hangworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hang + -worthy. 1. deserving of being hanged Example: a hangworthy thief 2. worthy of being hung Example: a hangworthy picture
Word: lead name Part of Speech: noun 1. the first named person on an invoice, typically the person having control over the contract.
Word: lead names Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lead name Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weal-public Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weal + public. 1. the state; commonwealth; the body politic; the public weal Labels: archaic, historical Example: A few years later Sir Thomas More staged a fictional debate in his Utopia between the author, Cardinal Morton, the explorer Raphael, and a lawyer, in which all applied the concept of the weal public to assess English society. Example: “For whereas your Plato judgeth that weal publics shall by this means attain perfect felicity,” More explained in his extended dialogue, "either if philosophers be kings, or else if kings give themselves to the study of philosophy […]”
Word: weal-publics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weal-public Labels: form-of, plural
Word: KOs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of KO Labels: form-of, plural
Word: KOs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of KO Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unaccordance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unaccordaunce, equivalent to un- + accordance. 1. lack of accordance Labels: uncountable, usually 2. an inconsistency Labels: countable, usually
Word: anti-cap Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of anticapitalist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, rare
Word: Chironic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Chiron + -ic. 1. Pertaining to Chiron, an asteroid-comet Centaur
Word: Chironean Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Chironian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Chironian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Chiron + -ian. Pronunciation: /kaɪˈroʊniən/ 1. Pertaining to Chiron. Labels: Greek, not-comparable
Word: girly mag Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of girlie mag. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: girly magazine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of girlie magazine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Danic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin dānicus. 1. Synonym of Danish. Labels: archaic
Word: prehorse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + horse. 1. Of relating to the epoch before horses were domesticated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fucc Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fuck + -cc. 1. Eye dialect spelling of fuck. Labels: Internet, alt-of, humorous, pronunciation-spelling
Word: Robinsonade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of robinsonade. Labels: alt-of Example: The individual and isolated hunter and fisherman, with whom Smith and Ricardo begin, belongs among the unimaginative conceits of the eighteenth-century Robinsonades, which in no way express merely a reaction against over-sophistication and a return to a misunderstood natural life, as cultural historians imagine. Example: The reader has so far followed Mr. Lecky, the novella’s single reflector, on a Robinsonade through a deserted department store.
Word: Robinsonades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Robinsonade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unquarantine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + quarantine. 1. To free or release from quarantine. Labels: transitive
Word: unquarantines Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unquarantine Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unquarantining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unquarantine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tin-glazed Part of Speech: adj 1. Glazed white with a lead glaze containing tin oxide. Labels: not-comparable Example: Renaissance tin-glazed Italian maiolica earthenware was made in Urbino and other centres.
Word: lead-glazed Part of Speech: adj 1. Glazed with a coating containing lead oxide appearing transparent; or opaque white (tin-glazed) by the addition of tin oxide; or coloured by the addition of other metal oxides. Labels: not-comparable
Word: path losses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of path loss Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pathlosses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pathloss Labels: form-of, plural
Word: icosagrids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of icosagrid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: groupcasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of groupcast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anti-caps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anti-cap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unaccordances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unaccordance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slutwaffles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slutwaffle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red-footed falcons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red-footed falcon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extrances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extrance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jaums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jaum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: niobocenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of niobocene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: girly magazines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of girly magazine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: girlie magazines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of girlie magazine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pollums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pollum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: non-barbaric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + barbaric. 1. not barbaric
Word: reality pornography Part of Speech: noun 1. A genre of pornography with staged scenes, usually shot in cinéma vérité fashion, that set up sexual encounters. Labels: uncountable
Word: barquette moulds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barquette mould Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barquette mold Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of barquette mould. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: barquette molds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barquette mold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prairie skirt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for its resemblance to the home-sewn skirts worn by pioneer women in the mid-19th century. 1. A traditional American flared skirt with flounces.
Word: prairie skirts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prairie skirt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: precracked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + cracked. 1. cracked in advance; used of materials undergoing the Charpy impact test or similar Labels: not-comparable
Word: Blanksville Part of Speech: name Etymology: From blank + -s- + -ville. 1. Alternative form of Blankville. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: affixings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of affixing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fairy kei Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese フェアリー系 (fearī-kei, literally “fairy style”), from フェアリー (fearī, “fairy”) (itself from English fairy) + 系 (kei, “style”). Pronunciation: /ˌfɛəɹi ˈkeɪ/ 1. A Japanese fashion style influenced by pop culture of the 1980s, characterized by pastel colours and whimsical, childlike elements such as toys, candy, or unicorns. Labels: uncountable Example: Followers of fairy-kei — a light and fluffy '80s throwback look — stock up on candy-coloured accessories at 6% Doki Doki […] Example: “I'm into the fairy kei/decora vibe, which is kawaii [Japanese for “cute”] and very pastel,” he says.
Word: burninates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of burninate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cantonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian кантонист (kantonist). 1. A young boy in the Russian Empire who was taken to a special school to be trained for future compulsory military service. Labels: historical
Word: UCOs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of UCO Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poshlost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian по́шлость (póšlostʹ). 1. In Russian culture, a negative human character trait, variously defined as petty evil, self-satisfied vulgarity, or obscenity and bad taste. Labels: uncountable
Word: nondispersal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + dispersal. 1. Absence of dispersal; failure to disperse. Labels: uncountable
Word: nondisperser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + disperser. 1. An organism that is not a disperser. Example: Nesting data from dispersers and nondispersers came from the same set of colonies and were thus directly comparable.
Word: nondispersers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nondisperser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gussying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gussy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cantonists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cantonist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gussies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gussy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gussies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gussy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postcardy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From postcard + -y. 1. Tweely picturesque. Labels: informal Example: By three next afternoon I was waiting under Coggeshall's clock tower. The postcardy little place still has a free car park. Example: “He protested vigorously,” Brower recalled, arguing that the photograph was “too postcardy.” According to Brower, Porter felt that “everyone knows [the sky]^([sic]) is blue, so we might as well take it for granted and omit it, concentrating instead upon its indirect effect.” 2. Suggestive of a postcard. Example: Lots of these sites have postcardy country names: Bog Creek Farm, Reich Farm, Burnt Fly Bog. Example: If I saw a cool, postcardy subject, like the partially burned-out neon Chow Mein sign on Second Avenue and Twelfth Street, I'd make Herve or a visiting Ron or Jack pose under it.
Word: postcardish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From postcard + -ish. 1. Tweely picturesque.
Word: dhoorra Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of durra. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: dhourra Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of durra. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: “Khoja,” said the pasha, slowly, removing the chibouque from his mouth, and looking towards the secretary; “write that Yacob the Jew shall, before sunset, pay an avania to the pasha of one hundred piastres, for selling dhourra within the walls of the city, without authority—now Hebrew, once more we listen.”
Word: dhurra Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of durra. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: stage-stricken Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stage + stricken. 1. Synonym of stagestruck. Labels: rare Example: [T]hey entertained themselves […] with a recitation by plump little stage-stricken Ensign Puddock, who, in "thpite of hith lithp," gave rather spirited imitations of some of the players—[…]
Word: radiation impedances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radiation impedance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reads the room Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of read the room Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reading the room Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of read the room Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: undrown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + drown. 1. To remove the water from (something drowned or flooded); to unflood. Labels: rare, transitive Example: All available pumps were put into action to undrown the fifty-acre working area behind it. Example: Recent uplift of the Maine and Oregon coasts has not been enough to "undrown" the larger valleys; the shorelines are still submergent.
Word: undrowns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of undrown Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: undrowning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of undrown Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: burninating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of burninate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exersizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of exersize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: warfarinising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of warfarinise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: warfarinizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of warfarinize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: missing the boat Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of miss the boat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cutting one Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cut one Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: living in Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of live in Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: churning up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of churn up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: winding off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wind off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: birthdayed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of birthday Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: birthdaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of birthday Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: splayings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splaying Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pharmacoeconomical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pharmaco- + economical. 1. Of or pertaining to pharmacoeconomics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: neutrophilias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neutrophilia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MRHDs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of MRHD Labels: form-of, plural
Word: debaptisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of debaptism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: FTDs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of FTD Labels: form-of, plural
Word: putty powders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of putty powder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dispatchments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dispatchment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triploidies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of triploidy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feto- Part of Speech: prefix 1. fetus Labels: morpheme
Word: climacterium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλιμακτήρ (klimaktḗr). 1. The bodily and mental changes linked to the reproductive and endocrine function in men and women occurring during the latter part of middle age.
Word: intrusionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intrusion + -ism. 1. The favouring of the appointment of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of the parishioners. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: starrified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From starrify. 1. Decorated with stars, covered with stars. Example: Accept this surcoat, starrified with pearls, / And diamonds, such as our own shores breed. Example: Of chesnut hair, his forehead starrified 2. Turned into a celebrity star. Example: America needed a new starrified couple to focus their hopes and dreams on.
Word: starrified Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From starrify. 1. simple past and past participle of starrify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: zoo break Part of Speech: noun 1. A breakout by animals from a zoo. Labels: rare Example: The Herald published a fictitious story of a zoo break, accompanied by pictures of elephants, donkeys, lions and other brothers of the menagerie. Example: One night there was a zoo break, and one of the elephants wound up in the young lady's vegetable garden.
Word: cibariums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cibarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: favorizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of favorize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person