nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: at six and seven Part of Speech: prep_phrase Pronunciation: /æt ˌsɪks n̩ ˈsɛvn̩/, /æt ˌsɪks n̩ ˈsɛvən/ 1. Obsolete form of at sixes and sevens. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [T]he poore, although they ſee that one hath great aboundance of corne, that an other hath great plentie of vvine: yet ought they not vvithſtanding to bear their penurie patiently, and not to runne and ſcratch for other mens goods, as if they vvere left at ſixe and ſeuen. Example: Yet if his majesty our sovereign lord / Should of his own accord / Friendly himself invite, / And say "I'll be your guest to morrow night." / How should we stir ourselves, call and command / All hands to work! Let no man idle stand. / […] / For 'tis a duteous thing / To show all honour to an earthly king, / And after all our travail and our cost, / So he be pleas'd, to think no labour lost. / But at the coming of the King of Heaven / All's set at six and seven: / We wallow in our sin, / Christ cannot find a chamber in the inn. / We entertain him always like a stranger, / And as at first still lodge him in the manger.
Word: depress the pole Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator.
Word: garlic pear Part of Speech: noun 1. Any tree in the genus Crateva, or its garlic-scented fruit.
Word: Nikolayevsk-on-Amur Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, on the Amur River.
Word: ouster le main Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /aʊstəɹ lə meɪn/, /-mæn/ 1. A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose. Example: he had to pay half - a - year's profits as a fine for suing out his ouster le main , or livery
Word: Nikolayevsk-na-Amure Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Никола́евск-на-Аму́ре (Nikolájevsk-na-Amúre). 1. Alternative form of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: galactopyranosylamines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of galactopyranosylamine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: libricides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of libricide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lactorrhea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lacto- + -rrhea. 1. Synonym of galactorrhea. Labels: uncountable
Word: foxtail saw Part of Speech: noun 1. dovetail saw
Word: bryostatins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bryostatin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bryony Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the bryony plant in the 19th century. 1. A female given name from English.
Word: black bryony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named from its dark glossy leaves and black root. 1. Any of species Dioscorea communis (syn. Tamus communis) of plants. Labels: uncountable
Word: dub out Part of Speech: verb 1. To fill holes or undulations in an uneven wall with plaster, in order to make it flatter. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: dub out: To edit out (audiovisually) using dubbbing.
Word: pituitous fever Part of Speech: noun 1. typhoid fever Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: distendable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From distend + -able. 1. Capable of being distended. Labels: not-comparable
Word: frigidities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frigidity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: charlotte russe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French charlotte russe (literally “Russian charlotte”). The origin of the term is obscure; one theory is that the dish was created by French chef Marie-Antoine Carême (1784–1833) and named in honour of his employer Alexander I of Russia. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːlət ˈɹuːs/, /ˈʃɑɹlət ˈɹus/ 1. A dessert of custard or whipped cream enclosed in sponge cake, often in the form of ladyfingers. Example: And Mrs. Newcome was not unkind: and if Clive had been really a young duke, I am sure he would have had the best bed-room at Marble Hill, and not one of the far-off little rooms in the boys' wing; I am sure he would have had jellies and Charlottes Russes, instead of mere broth, chicken and batter pudding as fell to his lot; […] Example: Cod and oyster sauce; smelt tossed with eggs, and made piquant with a squeeze of lemon (don't forget the lemon); chocolate custards, and a proper variety of puff-pâtés, blancmange, jellies, ice-creams, and Charlotte russe, are not bad to take, and, moreover, commend themselves to the pious conscience, for they are not forbidden by pope or council.
Word: charlottes russes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of charlotte russe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: join the majority Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of go over to the majority (“to die”).
Word: go over to the majority Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Referring to the fact that most of the people who have ever been born are now dead. 1. To die. Labels: dated, euphemistic, idiomatic
Word: Onega Part of Speech: name 1. a freshwater lake in the north-west European part of Russia, located on the territory of Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast and Vologda Oblast
Word: Lake Onega Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Onega.
Word: Onego Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Onega. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: blushlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blush + -like. 1. Resembling a blush.
Word: oilcanning Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of oil-canning. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: rigor caloris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. A heat-induced form of rigor mortis Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: drawing slate Part of Speech: noun 1. A soft, slaty board formerly used to learn drawing. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: goafs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goaf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: distilled verdigris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because the acetic acid used in making it was obtained from distilled vinegar. 1. An acid of copper acetate. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: phenol phthalein Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of phenolphthalein. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: cometographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cometography + -ic. 1. Relating to cometography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cometographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cometography + -ical. 1. Relating to cometography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sacrifice hit Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of sacrifice bunt.
Word: unsophistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sophistic. 1. Not sophistic.
Word: unsophistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unsophistical + -ly. 1. In a way that is not sophistical.
Word: Pakistaniness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pakistani + -ness. 1. The quality or characteristic of being Pakistani. Labels: uncountable
Word: Punjabiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Punjabi + -ness. 1. The quality or characteristic of being Punjabi. Labels: uncountable Example: These days {...} his Punjabiness would probably be more of an issue on the nation’s ethnic battleground than his Bengaliness.
Word: armorially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From armorial + -ly. 1. In terms of or by means of armorial bearings. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bastard verdict Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used by Sir Walter Scott. 1. The verdict of "not proven" in Scottish law. Labels: no-plural
Word: apostleships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apostleship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whet slate Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of slate used for sharpening cutting instruments; novaculite; oilstone. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: novaculites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of novaculite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: novaculitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From novaculite + -ic. 1. Of or relating to novaculite.
Word: wasting palsy Part of Speech: noun 1. progressive muscular atrophy Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: Duchenne-Aran disease Part of Speech: noun 1. progressive muscular atrophy Labels: uncountable
Word: crocus of Venus Part of Speech: noun 1. Copper oxide. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: microlaminated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + laminated. 1. Having undergone microlamination. Labels: not-comparable
Word: micropsychotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + psychotic. 1. Relating to micropsychosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: micropsychosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + psychosis. 1. transient psychosis Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: polt foot Part of Speech: noun 1. clubfoot Example: But how miſerable ſo ere it ſeemes to others, the Perſian King makes many happy harveſts; filling every yeere his inſatiate coffers with above three hundred and fifty ſeven thouſand Tomans (a Toman is five markes ſterlin,) in our money, 1190000 pound ſterlin: a great revenue, the more to be admired at, ſince he extracts it from raw ſilke, cuſtoms and cotton; not thinking any way meane or diſhonourable that brings in money. So thought Abbas; and thence deriv’d that unkinkly trade of ſending into the market, his dayly preſents of fruits and flowers (for without ſome piſcaſh was no ſaluting him;) a kind of thrift, he not only boaſted of (I imagin as Ageſilaus did of his polt-foot) but ſeemed to complain of the too great nicity of other Kings.
Word: costodiaphragmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From costo- + diaphragmatic. 1. Relating to the costal pleura and diaphragmatic pleura. Labels: not-comparable Example: costodiaphragmatic recess
Word: bibasilar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + basilar. 1. Relating to the bases of both lungs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: united flower Part of Speech: noun 1. A flower of a kind that has the stamens and pistils in the same flower.
Word: rap and rend Part of Speech: verb 1. To snatch (physically, or steal). Labels: archaic, idiomatic
Word: creophagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, creo- + -phagous. 1. Flesh-eating. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oil of spike Part of Speech: noun 1. An aromatic oil extracted from the European broad-leaved lavender, or aspic (Lavandula latifolia), used in varnish and in veterinary medicine. Labels: uncountable
Word: unvictimizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + victimizable. 1. Incapable of being victimized.
Word: scaled dove Part of Speech: noun 1. Columbina squammata, a South American dove with coloured feather tips.
Word: scaled doves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scaled dove Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trilitha Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trilithon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fetch candle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See fetch (“wraith, apparition”). 1. A mysterious light, which, when seen at night, was believed to foretell a person's death. Labels: archaic
Word: sigmoid flexure Part of Speech: noun 1. sigmoid colon
Word: caballine aloes Part of Speech: noun 1. An inferior, impure kind of aloes formerly used in veterinary medicine. Labels: uncountable
Word: gibbed lathe Part of Speech: noun 1. An engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight. Labels: archaic
Word: gibbed lathes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gibbed lathe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: levin brand Part of Speech: noun 1. A lightning bolt. Labels: archaic, poetic
Word: privileged debt Part of Speech: noun 1. A debt to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased or insolvent person.
Word: privileged debts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of privileged debt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salinixanthin Part of Speech: noun 1. The light-harvesting carotenoid antenna of xanthorhodopsin.
Word: xanthorhodopsin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xantho- + rhodopsin. 1. A light-driven carotenoid proton pump found in Salinibacter ruber Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: STEAM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of serial time-encoded amplified microscopy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics, a grouping of several fields of education. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: riband jasper Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of jasper banded with different colours. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: occipital point Part of Speech: noun 1. The point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon or glabella.
Word: maritime loan Part of Speech: noun 1. A loan secured by bottomry or respondentia bonds. Labels: especially, historical
Word: maritime loans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maritime loan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twine reeler Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of spinning machine for twisting twine.
Word: twine reelers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twine reeler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: filbert gall Part of Speech: noun 1. A gall shaped like a hazelnut, growing in clusters on grapevines, produced by the larva of a gallfly (genus Cecidomyia).
Word: chicken cholera Part of Speech: noun 1. fowl cholera, caused by Pasteurella multocida. Labels: uncountable
Word: uninsulted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + insulted. 1. Not having been insulted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: slake trough Part of Speech: noun 1. A water trough used by a blacksmith to cool a forging or tool.
Word: slake troughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slake trough Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in passing Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Incidentally; as a brief diversion from another topic etc. Example: We mostly talked about his mother's illness, but he told me in passing that he'd won a small prize in the lottery. Example: Did she mention my name just in passing?
Word: method of indivisibles Part of Speech: name 1. An old kind of calculus in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces. Labels: obsolete
Word: Cassiopeia's Chair Part of Speech: name 1. A group of six stars in Cassiopeia, somewhat resembling a chair.
Word: oiled silk Part of Speech: noun 1. Silk made waterproof by saturation with boiled oil. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Someone tore open the oiled silk covering and spread out the contents. Six sheets of fine tracing paper, each covered with signs and drawings, were disclosed.
Word: Azania Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀζανία (Azanía, “a region of East Africa, variously defined but often corresponding to modern Ethiopia and Somalia”). 1. The region of East Africa as known by the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Labels: historical 2. A state in modern Somalia. 3. Synonym of Republic of South Africa. Labels: nonstandard, uncommon
Word: onion seed Part of Speech: noun 1. The strong-flavored seed of black caraway or nigella (Nigella sativa), which is deep black with flat sides, like those of the onion. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A seed produced by an onion plant.
Word: criminal code Part of Speech: noun 1. A document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.
Word: penal code Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of criminal code.
Word: state visit Part of Speech: noun 1. A formal visit by a head of state or a cabinet minister to another nation.
Word: image magic Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of visual or plastic representations of people, spirits etc., for magical purposes. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: The most common maleficent technique was the use of image-magic, by making a model in wax or clay of the proposed victim and then sticking pins or bristles in the part which was to be afflicted. Example: According to Michael Taussig, Frazer (in the vein of Edward Tylor before him) implies in his extensive treatment of image magic that the images are copies that represent their intended victim.
Word: free bench Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From free + bench, after Anglo-Norman franc banc (“frank bank”). 1. A married woman's entitlement to the use of her husband's lands or property after he dies; or the land and property itself considered as such an entitlement. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: In most manors, free-bench consists of one half of the husband's copyhold; although, in others, it consists of a third or fourth part, and in some few, of the whole copyhold. Example: The widow enjoyed the right of freebench, that is, of succession to a portion of her late husband's holding, ranging from a quarter to the whole, according to local manorial custom.
Word: freebench Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of free bench. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: frank bank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman franc banc. 1. Free bench. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: arguments from design Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of argument from design Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pindus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Pindus, from Ancient Greek Πίνδος (Píndos). 1. A mountain range in northern Greece, often called the "spine of Greece"
Word: Pindos Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Πίνδος (Píndos). 1. Alternative form of Pindus. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Pindhos Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Greek Πίνδος (Píndos). 1. Alternative form of Pindus. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Bay of Riga Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Gulf of Riga.
Word: Rostov-on-the-Don Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Rostov-na-Donu.
Word: Ore Mountains Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of German Erzgebirge. 1. A mountain range dividing Germany and the Czech Republic. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Samarqand Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Samarkand. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: araliaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From taxonomic name Araliaceae + -ous. 1. Of or relating to the family Araliaceae. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: Saint Lawrence River Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Saint Lawrence + river. Calque of French fleuve Saint-Laurent. From Middle French Fleuve sainct Laurens. Named after Roman martyr Saint Lawrence. Coined by French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1604. In turn named after the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, itself coined by another French explorer, Jacques Cartier, which lies at the mouth of the river. That bay was named for being discovered on the Feast Day of Saint Lawrence, 10 August 1535. 1. A large river in Canada, connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
Word: etchable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From etch + -able. 1. Capable of being etched. Labels: not-comparable
Word: St. Lawrence River Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Saint Lawrence River. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fetchingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fetching + -ness. 1. Quality of being fetching or attractive. Labels: uncountable
Word: corroding lead Part of Speech: noun 1. A very pure lead (the metal), used in making white lead by a process of corroding. Labels: uncountable
Word: voiding knife Part of Speech: noun 1. A long, usually wooden, knife used for gathering up crumbs and other remnants of food after a meal, to put them into a voider (type of basket). Labels: obsolete
Word: voiding knives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voiding knife Labels: form-of, plural
Word: upon the tapis Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Compare French mettre sur le tapis. 1. Under discussion or consideration. Labels: idiomatic Example: […] when any thing was supposed to be upon the tapis worth knowing or listening to, it was the rule to leave the door, not absolutely shut, but somewhat ajar […] Example: Of this, however, I was not aware; although, in the present instance, I saw clearly that something of a whimsical nature was upon the tapis with my friend, and that Hermann was its especial object.
Word: on the tapis Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of upon the tapis. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Well, I must say, it is a comfort to have any body like you about one, Helen, for Georgiana (...) is really over head and ears in love with that sailor (...); she thinks of nothing else, I am convinced, though the most spirit-stirring affair in the world is on the tapis—your brother Glentworth's election. Example: And a sudden chorus of “Oh noes,” uttered ironically by the other boys, brought Aunt Belle on the tapis, with a stern admonition to be quiet.
Word: calking iron Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of caulking iron. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Their left hand does the calking iron guide.
Word: calking irons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calking iron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rifle pit Part of Speech: noun 1. A trench dug to shelter riflemen.
Word: rifle pits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rifle pit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: third eyes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of third eye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electroencephalographers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electroencephalographer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interconvertibilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interconvertibility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noncomparability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + comparability. 1. The property of being noncomparable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Scandinavian Peninsula Part of Speech: name 1. A peninsula comprising the mainlands of Norway and Sweden, and the northwestern part of Finland (compared to Fennoscandia which comprises all the three countries Norway, Sweden and Finland); the largest peninsula in Europe (with an area of three-quarter million square kilometres).
Word: phyllomorphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phyllo- + -morphy. 1. phyllody Labels: uncountable
Word: electroencephalographer Part of Speech: noun 1. A specialist in electroencephalography
Word: Scandinavian peninsula Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Scandinavian Peninsula. Labels: alt-of
Word: dichlorodifluoromethanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dichlorodifluoromethane Labels: form-of, plural Example: In response to your request for background information on ozone depletion by CFMs or dichlorodifluoromethanes, I am providing a short scientific description of CFMs' chemic reaction in the atmosphere. Example: A series of freons (dichlorodifluoromethanes) is included in this group. Freon-12 was shown to be an excellent foaming agent yielding a 0.62-0.65 foaming factor
Word: virescences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of virescence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chloranthy Part of Speech: noun 1. phyllody, especially a complete form in which the flowers resemble leaf buds Labels: uncountable 2. floral virescence Labels: uncountable
Word: bargain away Part of Speech: verb 1. To dispose of in a bargain, usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage. Example: to bargain away one's birthright Example: The heir […] had somehow bargained away the estate.
Word: obstinatenesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of obstinateness Labels: form-of, plural Example: Bless yon," Miss Penelloe went on, " clocks d' 'ave their ways, and fancies, and wakenesses, and obstinatenesses just like Christians.
Word: mellifluousnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mellifluousness Labels: form-of, plural Example: Nice cross-section of his work, worth having if you like his mellifluousnesses
Word: shelter tents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shelter tent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waxing kernel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See wax (“to grow”); so called because it is purported to be caused by growth of the body. 1. A small tumour formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the groins of children. Labels: obsolete Example: […]Waxing Kernels, called by some Scrophula
Word: waxing kernels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waxing kernel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yucca moth Part of Speech: noun 1. Tegeticula yuccasella, a prodoxid moth whose larvae feed on yucca.
Word: yucca moths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yucca moth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: larvally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From larval + -ly. 1. As, or in terms of, larvae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sperm morula Part of Speech: noun 1. spermosphere
Word: sperm morulae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sperm morula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dellacruscans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dellacruscan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marvel of Peru Part of Speech: noun 1. Mirabilis jalapa, an ornamental flowering plant from the Americas, used until the 19th century also medicinally.
Word: seedy toe Part of Speech: noun 1. An affliction of a horse's foot, in which a cavity filled with horn powder is formed between the laminae and the wall of the hoof.
Word: steely iron Part of Speech: noun 1. A compound of iron containing less than 0.5 percent carbon. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: urchin fish Part of Speech: noun 1. A porcupine fish.
Word: urchin fishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urchin fish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cologne umber Part of Speech: noun 1. A brown pigment obtained from lignite.
Word: universal arithmetic Part of Speech: noun 1. algebra Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: squawk duck Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Baikal teal.
Word: squawk ducks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squawk duck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contact level Part of Speech: noun 1. A delicate level pivoted so as to tilt when two parts of a measuring apparatus come into contact with each other; used in precise determinations of lengths and in the accurate graduation of instruments.
Word: contact levels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contact level Labels: form-of, plural
Word: walling wax Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixture of wax and tallow used by etchers and engravers to make a bank, or wall, round the edge of a plate, so as to form a trough for holding the acid used in etching, etc. Labels: uncountable Example: walling wax, to put round the plate, […]is made of bees wax, dissolved in a pipkin with horse turpentine
Word: cattle plague Part of Speech: noun 1. rinderpest Labels: uncountable
Word: spherical excess Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.
Word: citrine ointment Part of Speech: noun 1. A yellowish ointment made from nitric acid and mercury, the unguentum hydrargyri nitratis. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: absorbent ground Part of Speech: noun 1. A ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper or watercolours, by which the oil is absorbed and a brilliancy is imparted to the colours. Example: Absorbent ground canvas intended for mural purposes should, while being prined, be given a sizing of casein or gelatin on the reverse side.
Word: absorbent grounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of absorbent ground Labels: form-of, plural
Word: take up the hatchet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Referring to Native Americans' use of the tomahawk. 1. To declare war or go to war. Labels: archaic, idiomatic
Word: balloon frame Part of Speech: noun 1. A house frame constructed entirely of small timber. It uses long continuous framing members (wall studs) that run from the sill plate to the top plate, with intermediate floor structures let into and nailed to them.
Word: balloon net Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted around the warp so as to create a pattern of raised, rounded shapes that give it a three-dimensional appearance.
Word: round in Part of Speech: verb 1. To haul up; usually, to haul the slack of (a rope) through its leading block, or to haul up (a tackle which hangs loose) by its fall. Example: Moncrieff rounded in the slack of the rope and landed the captain most beautifully. 2. To round up (cattle) by riding around them. Labels: US, dated
Word: let drive Part of Speech: verb 1. To aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack; to shoot (an arrow or firearm). Labels: idiomatic, obsolete Example: Four rogues in buckram let drive at me— Example: […] if ever love had any cause to revenge the wrongs which are done unto him, it is against them they ought to let drive all the arrows of his justice, and make them exemplary unto all such as abuse the name of Lovers. 2. To allow (a vessel) to be propelled by the wind, current or tide. Labels: obsolete Example: And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive. Example: 1625, Nicholas Downton, “Extracts of the Journall of Captaine NICHOLAS DOWNTON” in Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes, London: Henry Fetherstone, Book 4, Chapter 11, Section 3, p. , The Nabob sent Lacandas to informe me, that these supplyes were not for warre, but fild full of combustible matter to fire, and so to be let driue with the tyde vpon our ships in the night […]
Word: dipped candle Part of Speech: noun 1. A candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick in melted tallow.
Word: shriek owl Part of Speech: noun 1. The screech owl. Labels: dated 2. The swift; so called from its cry. Labels: obsolete
Word: shriek owls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shriek owl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pregnant construction Part of Speech: noun 1. An utterance in which more is implied than is said, such as "the beasts trembled forth from their dens" (i.e. trembling with fright) Labels: archaic, rhetoric
Word: pregnant constructions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pregnant construction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: size roll Part of Speech: noun 1. A small piece of parchment added to a roll.
Word: size stick Part of Speech: noun 1. A stick used by shoemakers to measure the size of the foot. Labels: dated
Word: point d'appui Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French point d'appui (“point of support”). 1. A given point or body upon which troops are formed, or by which they are marched in line or column. Example: 1795, Rules and Regulations for the Cavalry, Adjutant General's Office, page 364, Marched from the left, and to deployer to the left.—In which caſe the right squadron moves ſtreight forward to the point d'appui marked by the Quarter Maſter, &c. &c. Example: The attacking artillery, firing at a point d'appui at long range, cannot be said to be immobilized, because it has the power of diverting its fire to neighbouring points d'appui;[…]. 2. An advantageous defensive support; a foothold. Example: 1989, Daniel Berthold-Bond, Hegel's Grand Synthesis: A Study of Being, Thought, and History, State University of New York Press, page 40, Its intention and its method is to "stand back from natural objects, leaving them as they are and adjusting ourselves to them," and its point d'appui and point de depart is sense experience (PhN §246 Zusatz). Example: If, on the other hand, the points d'appui are in regions of longitudinal muscle contraction so that the fixed body regions are at their shortest, the animal will move in the opposite direction to the wave, the wave is said to be retrograde. 3. A specific note, chord, or phrase that serves as a stable reference point within a piece of music, providing harmonic or melodic grounding. Example: Any note belonging to these forms a point d'appui, which may be used mentally to pass to any note standing in a simple relation to the point d'appui. Example: One thing, indeed, is frequently lacking in Chopin's compositions—especially in those written in the larger forms—the thematic work, which is the point d'appui in the works of Beethoven and the older masters. 4. A focal point; a centre of attention. Example: Get a point d'appui from which to make your approaches, bring out the key-note to which the strained heart-chords shall respond in harmonious echo, and the battle is half won. Example: Here then was a point d'appui which appealed to the mind of the great worker in the world of the unseen. 5. An anchor point against which one pushes. Example: Thus the wine merchant and coachman of whom we shall presently speak were obliged, the one to perforate continually the casks with a gimlet, the other to ply his whip unceasingly on the backs of his jaded horses: it is also seen in masons who lift stones with the extremities of the fingers, in ploughmen, &c.; hence we see that the disease occurs most frequently in those who are forced in working to make the palm of the hand a point d'appui. Example: The point d'appui of this lever is the pin to which it is attached; the moving power is the rower; and the resistance is the fluid; which is, however, contrary to the opinion of some writers.
Word: fiber gun Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of steam gun for converting, wood, straw, etc., into fiber. The material is shut up in the gun with steam, air, or gas at a very high pressure which is then suddenly relieved by letting a lid at the muzzle fly open, when the rapid expansion separates the fibers.
Word: fiber guns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fiber gun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cavefishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cavefish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sound as a roach Part of Speech: adj 1. Perfectly sound. Labels: not-comparable
Word: buffiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of buffy: most buffy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: buffier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of buffy: more buffy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: pecan pies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pecan pie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Stymphalus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Stymphālus, from Ancient Greek Στύμφᾱλος (Stúmphālos). Pronunciation: /stɪmˈfeɪləs/ 1. An ancient town in Arcadia, in modern Greece, near modern Stymfalia. Labels: historical 2. Any of various mythological figures. Labels: Greek
Word: musicianer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From musician + -er, with redundant suffix. 1. musician Labels: slang
Word: musicianers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of musicianer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: musicianships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of musicianship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: womanhoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of womanhood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vigilance committee Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of private citizens who administered justice where they considered governmental structures to be inadequate. Labels: US, historical
Word: coat armour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cote armure; equivalent to coat + armour. 1. The escutcheon of a person or family, with its charges, mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. A silk vest embroidered in colours, worn by a knight over the armour. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: coat armours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coat armour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assay ton Part of Speech: noun 1. A standard quantity used in assaying, equal to 29+¹⁄₆ grams (the short assay ton) or 32+²⁄₃ grams (the long assay ton).
Word: assay tons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assay ton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: presphenoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of presphenoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: establishment of the port Part of Speech: noun 1. A datum on which the tides are computed at the given port, obtained by observation. It is the interval between the Moon's passage over the meridian and the time of high water at the port, on the days of new moon and full moon.
Word: actual sin Part of Speech: noun 1. Sin committed by an individual, in contradistinction to original sin.
Word: scalp lock Part of Speech: noun 1. A long tuft of hair on the top of the head, worn by some Native American tribe members.
Word: curled hair Part of Speech: noun 1. The hair of the manes and tails of horses, tails of cattle, and hair of hogs, prepared for use in upholstery. Labels: uncountable Example: I know that you could present our case to the committee as well as though we all went, and put it in its true light, so that they can not help but see that the proposed taking off of the duty on curled hair would not only be an injury to us as manufacturers, but more so to our workmen, who now, as you know, earn good wages, and at the same time the proposed removal of the duty on curled hair would not benefit them in the least, for as a manufacturer of mattresses I would say that were the price of hair mattresses one-half what they now are, which of course is impossible, it would still be beyond their power and purse to indulge in such luxury even should they earn the same wages as now; Example: Reports in our local newspapers Tuesday, January 7, 1913, stated that Mr. Charles Delaney, of Philadeplphia, Pa., has been agitating before the Ways and Means Committee to place curled hair on the free list. Mr. Delaney, owner of the curled-hair works in Philadephia, Pa., and Toronto Canada, as well as South America, is able by employing cheap laber to manufacture a cheaper hair, and placing curled hair on the free list would mean an open market for him, thereby seriously ruining the curled-hair business in this country. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see curled, hair. Labels: uncountable Example: But artificially curled hair always loses its curl in damp weather. Example: In tomb decorations of Dynasty XII at Beni Hasan and at Meir, processional scenes show women with curled hair for the first time, as well as foreigners bearing gifts to the tomb owner and wearing their hair in long flowing curls down to the shoulders.
Word: earn one's stripes Part of Speech: verb 1. To acquire recognized credentials by competent performance. Example: Earned my stripes, 300 tracks in my Adidas track jacket
Word: aqua ammonia Part of Speech: noun 1. liquid ammonia (an aqueous solution of ammonia) Labels: uncountable
Word: aqua ammoniae Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of aqua ammonia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pariah kite Part of Speech: noun 1. A subspecies of the black kite (Milvus migrans govinda), found in India, where it is a scavenger. Labels: India, dated
Word: pariah dog Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of Indian pariah dog, a breed indigenous to India. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. Synonym of pye-dog: a half-wild stray dog, particularly in Indian contexts.
Word: spray drain Part of Speech: noun 1. A drain made by laying under earth the sprays or small branches of trees, which keep passages open.
Word: chorda dorsalis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. notochord
Word: auriculotherapist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auriculo- + therapist. 1. One who practises auriculotherapy.
Word: auriculotherapists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of auriculotherapist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Stymphalian bird Part of Speech: noun 1. A man-eating bird with a bronze beak and sharp metallic feathers it could launch at its victims, which infested Stymphalus. They were slain by Herakles as part of his sixth Labour, who took advantage of their sensitive sense of hearing. Labels: Greek
Word: cyclability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cycle + -ability or cyclable + -ity. 1. The condition of being cyclable. Labels: uncountable 2. The extent to which something is cyclable. Labels: countable
Word: cyclabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyclability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miracle play Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of mystery play that re-enacted miraculous interventions by the saints into the lives of ordinary people.
Word: miracle-monger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From miracle + monger. 1. One who deals in, or fakes, religious miracles; an impostor who pretends to work miracles.
Word: miracle-mongers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miracle-monger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disformal Part of Speech: adj 1. Not conformal Labels: not-comparable
Word: gravitoweak Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gravito- + weak. 1. Relating to, or unifying, the gravitational and electroweak forces. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gyroresonant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gyro- + resonant. 1. gyroscopically resonant Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypersymmetric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + symmetric. 1. Relating to, or exhibiting hypersymmetry Labels: not-comparable
Word: Taurus Mountains Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Taurus.
Word: subplanckian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + Planckian. 1. Concerning lengths or durations less than the Planck length or Planck time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dumb spinet Part of Speech: noun 1. clavichord
Word: drumhead court-martial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps because a drum head had to be used as a meeting point or an improvised writing table. 1. A court-martial held in the field to hear urgent charges of offences committed in action. Example: So of course the citizen was only waiting for the wink of the word and he starts gassing out of him about the invincibles and the old guard and the men of sixtyseven and who fears to speak of ninetyeight and Joe with him about all the fellows that were hanged, drawn and transported for the cause by drumhead courtmartial and a new Ireland and new this, that and the other. Example: Between the summer of 1906 and the beginning of 1907, Prime Minister Stolypin used the powers which the Emergency Laws gave him to have more than one thousand terrorists sentenced to death by drumhead courts martial (voennye polevye sudy).
Word: shift off Part of Speech: verb 1. To delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.
Word: safe hit Part of Speech: noun 1. base hit
Word: marigold window Part of Speech: noun 1. rose window
Word: hummingbird moth Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the genus Hemaris of sphinx moths.
Word: Taurica Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Taurica, from Ancient Greek Ταυρῐκή (Taurĭkḗ). 1. An ancient geographic region and peninsula, the name used by the Greeks and Romans for the modern Crimean Peninsula in Eastern Europe, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but occupied by Russia. Labels: historical
Word: Taurida Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːɹɪdə/ 1. Alternative form of Taurica: (historical) An ancient geographic region and peninsula, the name used by the Greeks and Romans for the modern Crimean Peninsula in Eastern Europe, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but occupied by Russia. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He told her that in his childhood he had been a simple shepherd in the Taurida, pasturing other people's sheep and calves.
Word: Tauris Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Taurica: (historical) An ancient geographic region and peninsula, the name used by the Greeks and Romans for the modern Crimean Peninsula in Eastern Europe, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but occupied by Russia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: luff tackle Part of Speech: noun 1. A purchase composed of a double and single block and fall, used for various purposes.
Word: Tauric Chersonese Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Taurica.
Word: Tauric Mountains Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Crimean Mountains. Labels: dated
Word: Crimean Mountains Part of Speech: name 1. A mountain range running parallel to the south-east coast of Crimea. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: counter-magic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + magic. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntəˌmadʒɪk/ 1. Magic used to counteract or protect against a spell or enchantment. Labels: uncountable Example: After 1736 when the possibility of formal prosecution was no longer open, villagers turned to informal violence, counter-magic and the occasional lynching. Example: Particularly in Catholic areas, countermagic could employ sacred objects such as holy water or consecrated wafers, or the recitation of particular prayers.
Word: countermagic Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of counter-magic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: catmill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cat + mill. 1. An apparatus with several beams protruding from a central rotating pole, used to train fighting dogs by having them chase a cat or other small animal in circles.
Word: catmills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catmill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acromicric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acromicria + -ic. 1. Relating to acromicria Labels: not-comparable
Word: wood pewee Part of Speech: noun 1. A bird (Contopus virens) similar to the pewee, but smaller.
Word: wood pewees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wood pewee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dialytic telescope Part of Speech: noun 1. An achromatic telescope in which the coloured dispersion produced by a single object lens of crown glass is corrected by a smaller concave lens, or combination of lenses, of high dispersive power, placed at a distance in the narrower part of the converging cone of rays, usually near the middle of the tube.
Word: dialytic telescopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dialytic telescope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hamburg lake Part of Speech: noun 1. A purplish crimson pigment resembling cochineal. Labels: uncountable
Word: geleophysic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek "gelios" (happy) + "physis" (nature) 1. Characterized by a round, happy-looking face Labels: not-comparable
Word: as broad as long Part of Speech: adj 1. The same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes. Labels: not-comparable Example: tis as Broad as ' tis long , whether they Rise to others , or bring others down to them
Word: High Churchman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the 17th century, originally in sense 2, with high meaning “extreme”. Compare High Tory. 1. A member of the Church of England who prioritises those aspects of Anglicanism which distinguish it from Calvinism and other Protestant denominations, and which it has in common with Catholicism, especially the authority of the priesthood and the importance of church ritual. Example: Nothing riled English high churchmen more than the phrase Protestant church. It seemed to lump them with Germans against miracle or Swiss against Trinity or ranters against decorum. Example: High Churchmen were not beyond praying for the dead; and the stories collected in Boswell's Johnson show that the possibility of ghosts was a reality in the eighteenth century for many educated men […]. 2. An Anglican opponent of religious toleration; a Tory. Labels: obsolete Example: The same Noise that is now made against the taking off the Tests, will then be made against a Repeal of Penal Laws. Whoever will consult the various Methods these high Churchmen have used to Cajole and Abuse you, will see cause to conclude, That you cannot run a greater hazard, than to put any Trust or Confidence in them.
Word: High Churchmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of High Churchman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: old man's beard Part of Speech: noun 1. A fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus). Labels: countable 2. Australian clematis (Clematis aristata). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba), a climbing plant of Europe. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), a bromeliad of the Americas. Labels: uncountable 5. Beard lichen (Usnea spp.). Labels: uncountable 6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, man, -'s, beard. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The old man's beard and hair were as white as snow—the former descending almost to his girdle; so were the thick overhanging brows that shaded his still piercing eyes.
Word: kësterite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kesterite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bifidobacterial Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to bifidobacteria. Labels: not-comparable
Word: immunocolloidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From immuno- + colloidal. 1. Describing colloidal particles (especially of gold) that attach to immunological targets, and are thus used in electron microscopy of biological materials Labels: not-comparable
Word: shrift father Part of Speech: noun 1. A priest who listens to confessions.
Word: shrift fathers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shrift father Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weed hook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English wēodhōc. 1. A gardening tool containing a hook, used for cutting away or uprooting weeds. Example: In May get a weed-hook, a crotch and a glove, And weed out such weeds, as the corn doth not love
Word: weed hooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weed hook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea buckthorn Part of Speech: noun 1. Any deciduous shrub of the genus Hippophae. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: underrunning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underrun Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: underrunning Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of trawling in which the hooks are cleared and again baited in the same operation. Labels: uncountable
Word: underran Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of underrun Labels: form-of, past