nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ballader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ballad + -er. 1. A writer of ballads.
Word: balladers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: footmanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From footman + -ship. 1. The post or position of footman; the skill or art of a footman. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: As the precious ‘lad’ grew older, and divers indoor potentates died off, the housekeeper had power to push her nephew on to pageship, footmanship, and divers other similar crafts, even to the final post of butler […] Example: […] a rich-liveried footman was lounging in an easy chair, with his heels as high as his head […] and from this comfortable position he budged not an inch at the importunate summons […]. “What!” cried the primitive and provincial serving man, “don’t you answer the drawing-room bell?” “Not unless they persewere,” was the cool response of his footmanship. 2. The skill or ability to run (of humans or animals). Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Both twaine of them doe straine themselues and lay on footemanship, Who may best runne with all his force the tother to outstrip, Example: […] your Foales by scoping & galloping thereon, shall be brought to such nimblenesse, strength, and true footemanship, that they shall not only haue a most excellent braue trotte, but also during theyr lyues […] they shalbe frée from that foule vice of stumbling.
Word: allochroic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From allo- + -chroic. 1. Of changeable colour. Labels: not-comparable Example: allochroic membrane Example: allochroic particles
Word: dicarbonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + carbonic. 1. Containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl radicals. Labels: not-comparable Example: Oxalic acid is a dicarbonic acid.
Word: gibbousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gibbous + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being gibbous. Labels: uncountable
Word: copland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from obsolete cop (“summit, hilltop”) + land. 1. A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle. Labels: obsolete Example: For th'surface of a soyle, a Copland, Copland cry , Till to your shouts the Hills with Ecchoes all reply.
Word: copland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cop (“police officer”) + land. 1. The world of police officers and police activity. Labels: uncountable Example: When that thirteen alarm sounded, everything in copland stopped, all focus was on the radio for the coordinates. Example: Last he'd heard, Aoki was in line for a jump to Homicide, the Holy Grail in copland.
Word: IBU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of International Bitterness Unit: a measure of the bitterness of beer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: On a tour of the cavernous and gleaming BrewDog plant in Ellon, just north of Aberdeen, Dickie happily batted around terminology – IBU, ABV, pH, haze, present gravity, headspace oxygen – with PhD-level microbiologists working in the lab.
Word: inelaborate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1650; from in- + elaborate, from Latin ēlabōrātus. 1. Not elaborate; crude; unfinished.
Word: recompact Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + compact. 1. To compact again. Example: Recompact my scattered body.
Word: recompacted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recompact Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recompacting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recompact Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recompacts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recompact Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Wilsonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Wilson + -ian. Pronunciation: /wɪlˈsəʊnɪ.ən/ 1. Of or relating to US politician Woodrow Wilson or his policies. Labels: US, not-comparable 2. Of or relating to British politician Harold Wilson or his policies. Labels: UK, not-comparable 3. Of or relating to English writer Colin Wilson (1931–2013). Labels: not-comparable Example: the Wilsonian idea of the outsider 4. Of or relating to American musician Brian Wilson (1942-2025). Labels: not-comparable
Word: Wilsonianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Wilsonian + -ism. 1. An approach to foreign policy typical of US president Woodrow Wilson, characterized by the spread of capitalist democracy and an emphasis on openness, conflict resolution, and the self-determination of peoples. Labels: uncountable 2. The policies of Harold Wilson, British statesman. Labels: uncountable
Word: wheatrick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wheat + rick. 1. haystack
Word: vibrissal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vibrissa + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to vibrissae Labels: not-comparable
Word: volvation Part of Speech: noun 1. A defence mechanism, in some animals, in which they roll themselves up in a ball. Labels: uncountable
Word: inconvenients Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inconvenient Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conversationism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From conversation + -ism. 1. A word or phrase used in conversation, generally of informal nature; a colloquialism.
Word: conversationisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conversationism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multiflorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin multiflorus, from multus (“much, many”) + flos, floris (“flower”). Compare French multiflore. 1. Having many flowers. Example: multiflorous peduncle Example: multiflorous spikelet
Word: deoxidate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + oxidate. 1. To deoxidize. Labels: archaic
Word: deoxidated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deoxidate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deoxidates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deoxidate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deoxidating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deoxidate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: customable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From custom + -able. 1. customary Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Old and customable sins, which are growne strong and habituall 2. Subject to the payment of customs; dutiable. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: imaginous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From imagine + -ous. 1. imaginative Labels: obsolete Example: I oft haue heard there is a kind of cure To fright a lingring Feuer from a man By an imaginous feare
Word: phrenics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phreno- + -ics. 1. The branch of science that relates to the mind; mental philosophy. Labels: uncountable 2. The phrenic nerves; the nerves that control the diaphragm. Labels: uncountable Example: One sees plainly, that while old rabbits, after removal of the influence of the phrenics, can still reach from ½ to 8/9 of the normal quantity of air used, in young animals the proportion stands so that they only respire from ¼ to 1/6 in one minute; and thus they satisfy their need of air so unsatisfactorily that they soon die. Example: If the phrenics are both cut, the diaphragm is paralyzed; if a single one, that side only remains passive.
Word: astrolatry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From astro- + -latry. 1. The worship of the stars. Labels: uncountable
Word: illeviable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From il- + leviable. 1. Not leviable; incapable of being collected or imposed. Labels: obsolete Example: He [Edward I of England] rectified and ſet in Order the Method of collecting his Revenue in the Exchequer, and removed obſolete and illeviable Parts thereof out of Charge; […]
Word: rehypothecate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + hypothecate. 1. To pledge hypothecated client-owned securities in a margin account to secure a bank loan; usually used for mortgages.
Word: doblones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doblon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gaspacho Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gazpacho. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Gaspacho is a perfect dish for a hot summer's day, and it is even more perfect if you are eating it in beautiful Andalusia.
Word: damp down Part of Speech: verb 1. to reduce the intensity of (a fire) Labels: transitive 2. to reduce the intensity of (an emotion or problem) Labels: transitive Example: Two years after England’s World Cup victory, Stiles was at Wembley again to help Manchester United become the first English team to win the European Cup final. Again Eusébio was one of his opponents, playing for Benfica, and again Stiles was detailed to keep him quiet. Although he was not as comprehensively successful in damping down his man the second time around, he still did a perfectly satisfactory job – and United won 4-1.
Word: this means war Part of Speech: phrase 1. An avowal of anger towards someone, suggesting revenge is now sought. Example: Of course, you know this means war! Example: Of course, you know that this means war!
Word: always a bridesmaid, never a bride Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Title of an English music-hall song (1917) by Charles Collins. Later used in an advertisement in the US for Listerine mouthwash (implying that the use of mouthwash could improve a woman's chances of marriage). 1. Said of a person who has potential that is never fulfilled. Example: Sword Dancer seemed destined to be always a bridesmaid, never a bride, after losing the Kentucky derby by a nose to Tomy Lee and finishing second, beaten four lengths, to Royal Orbit in the Preakness. Example: "[…]But he was always a bridesmaid, never a bride. He 'assisted.' He wrote pamphlets. He even ghosted biographies for some of the biggies. But he never really got his career off the rocks until Sally died. So he wrote romances for the money." 2. Said of a woman who has (presumedly) acted as bridesmaid at weddings but has not yet married.
Word: unbitable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bitable. 1. impossible to bite. Labels: not-comparable
Word: uppest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From up + -est. 1. uppermost Labels: nonstandard, not-comparable Example: Brine is known always to be weakest at the uppest part […]
Word: away goal Part of Speech: noun 1. A goal scored in an away game. Example: In some sporting competitions, the number of away goals is taken into account when deciding the winner.
Word: for one's life Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Desperately Labels: idiomatic Example: Basel continued to defend for their lives while occasionally threatening on the break. 2. Whatsoever, at all Labels: idiomatic Example: No backup plan / And I can't sing for my life
Word: reverse pass Part of Speech: noun 1. A pass in which the player runs in the opposite direction to where he passed. Example: That seemed to inject life into United, and Rooney was denied by goalkeeper Yann Sommer from a Giggs reverse pass before seeing a penalty shout turned down.
Word: go into one's shell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From turtles, who go into their shells to protect themselves. 1. To act defensively. Labels: idiomatic Example: Instead of gathering the ball, De Gea poked it away with his foot and Streller was able to place a powerful half-volley into the net. United went into their shells and it was not until the 29th minute that they mustered a response - one from which they should have equalised.
Word: back post Part of Speech: noun 1. far post Example: United responded with a Nani cross that Markus Steinhofer volleyed on to his own bar but then came the decisive blow, Frei ghosting in behind Smalling at the back post to head home Shaqiri's cross.
Word: group stage Part of Speech: noun 1. A stage of a tournament where teams in the same group play each other, typically followed by a knockout stage, to which the best team(s) of each group advance. Example: Their ambition of qualifying from the group stage was helped by Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes' decision to relegate many of his key players to the bench, having already won the group. Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Mario Gomez, Franck Ribery and Thomas Mueller all watched from the sidelines.
Word: bulin Part of Speech: noun 1. A land snail of the family Enidae.
Word: MRIs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of MRI Labels: form-of, plural
Word: work blue Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform bawdy, profane or pornographic material. Example: The comedian was well known for working blue, so she seemed like an odd choice for the boy's eighth birthday party.
Word: working blue Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of work blue Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: works blue Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of work blue Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: worked blue Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of work blue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: frape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare frap. Pronunciation: /fɹeɪp/ 1. A crowd, a mob. Labels: obsolete Example: Then, by their own Corrupted Whimſies led,Where the Frape meet, and common Ills are bred; There hear the Church, from whence they came, Lampoon’d,
Word: frape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Facebook + rape. Pronunciation: /fɹeɪp/ 1. An act of using another person's Facebook account to post derogatory messages. Labels: Internet, countable, dated, uncountable
Word: frape Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of Facebook + rape. Pronunciation: /fɹeɪp/ 1. To hijack, and meddle with, someone's Facebook account while it is unattended. Labels: Internet, dated
Word: gravedines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gravedo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frapist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frape + -ist, modelled on rapist. 1. Someone who frapes. Labels: Internet, dated
Word: wontly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From wont + -ly. 1. Usually; customarily; habitually. Example: But third persons, merely for the purpose of laying a wager, shall not thus wontly expose others to ridicule, and libel them under the form of an action. Example: That words were vain which would reveal His workings of amaze and zeal; But, when again his breast the tone Assumed which wontly seemed its own, […]
Word: orang-outang Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of orangutan. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: vigintiviri Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vigintivir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xystum Part of Speech: noun 1. A xystus.
Word: xystos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. Alternative form of xystus. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: orang-outangs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orang-outang Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iconique Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Spelling influenced by French iconique. 1. Rare spelling of iconic. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: Junglepussy, who once created an iconique album, lovingly titled Pregnant With Success (that's right, girl!), is in a new movie with Regina Hall, and it looks very important, and judging by the 100% fresh rating so far on Rotten Tomatoes, bound to be successful. Example: Viewers are in for an iconique line-up of performers at this year's AMAs! Are you ready?
Word: adjurant Part of Speech: adj 1. adjuring Example: From time to time a waiter entered with ice and fruit and dumped them in a bowl; from a suit case under the table Gene drew fresh bottles and decanted them into the bowl; then, proprietorial, adjurant, sweating, he resumed his harsh monologue, mopping his face on his sleeve.
Word: diabolise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of diabolize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: diabolises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of diabolise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: more Catholic than the Pope Part of Speech: adj 1. Adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine. Labels: comparative-only 2. Adhering more stringently to any norm more strictly than is required by the arbiters of the norm. Labels: broadly, comparative-only Example: The recently liberated European states east of the Oder-Neisse line, seeking not only entry into NATO but membership in the Union club as well, had to be more circumspect, more “European” so to speak, more Catholic than the pope Example: It has been asserted that Blair, far from seeking to slow Bush's rush to war, urged him to be tough, in an attempt to be 'more Catholic than the Pope'.
Word: outpope the Pope Part of Speech: verb 1. To act as a more authentic member of a group than one who is actually a member of the group. Labels: idiomatic Example: But because the pope has not yet stated his position on the use of condoms, the Philippine bishops have actually even ‘outpoped’ the pope.
Word: vajazzles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vajazzle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vajazzles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vajazzle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Chancy Part of Speech: name 1. An English surname from Old French. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
Word: Clancy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhlannchaidh (“descendant of a person named Red Warrior”), from flann (“blood-red”). Pronunciation: /ˈklænsi/ 1. An English surname from Irish. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
Word: aggravatedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From aggravated + -ly. 1. In an aggravated manner.
Word: perendinates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of perendinate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: perendinating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of perendinate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: perendinated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of perendinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nosers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: DCAPBTLS Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of DCAP-BTLS. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: NREMT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of national registry emergency medical technician. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: EMT-B Part of Speech: noun 1. A basic level emergency medical technician that has passed national registry examination; trained less extensively than the advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic (EMT-P) level
Word: AEMT Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialism of advanced EMT. 1. An advanced EMT with extra specialized training and certification with some of the practices and capacities usually afforded only to a paramedic such as EKG and IV.
Word: AEMTs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of AEMT Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sclerophyllous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sclero- + -phyllous. 1. Relating to sclerophylls. Labels: not-comparable Example: The hipparionine horses arose in North America during the Middle Miocene and differed significantly from Anchitherium and other similar equids in the development of very high-crowned cheek teeth as a response to the more sclerophyllous, harder vegetation.
Word: Tyrian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Tyre + -ian. 1. From or relating to Tyre, Lebanon. 2. Having a purple colour produced by the dye Tyrian purple. Example: Still had she gazed; but 'midst the tide Two angel forms were seen to glide, The Genii of the stream; Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue Thro' richest purple to the view Betrayed a golden gleam. Example: It was no longer torture-torn and hateful, as I had seen it when she was cursing her dead rival by the leaping flames, no longer icily terrible as in the judgment-hall, no longer rich, and sombre, and splendid, like a Tyrian cloth, as in the dwellings of the dead.
Word: Tyrian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tyre + -ian. 1. Person from Tyre.
Word: Tyrians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tyrian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emergency medical technician Part of Speech: noun 1. An ambulance worker who works in patient stabilization and emergency transport. In some services, an EMT is a trainee who is not a paramedic; in other services, a paramedic is a senior-level EMT, sometimes called an EMT-P in contrast with an EMT-I, etc. Example: Near-synonym: paramedic (sometimes broadly synonymous)
Word: emergency medical technicians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emergency medical technician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milkcrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milk + crate. 1. A cubic box originally made of wood but now usually of plastic, used to carry dairy products and for storage or presentation in markets. Example: After closing the window and tossing the milkcrate into the weeds, he returned to Garvy who was pissed off for being left in the alley for so long.
Word: milkcrates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milkcrate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milk crates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milk crate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milk crate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of milkcrate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sexual appetite Part of Speech: noun 1. One's desire to engage in sexual practices.
Word: sexual appetites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sexual appetite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: towtruck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tow + truck. 1. Alternative form of tow truck. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This section does not prevent a person who does not hold a towtruck certificate from driving or operating a towtruck...
Word: towtrucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of towtruck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tow-truck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tow truck. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tow-trucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tow-truck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Viña Part of Speech: name 1. Ellipsis of Viña del Mar: a city in Chile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Norte de Santander Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Norte de Santander, literally "north of Santander". 1. A mountainous department, in the north-east of Colombia, whose capital is Cúcuta.
Word: fire fighting Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of firefighting. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Of particular note were two self-propelled fire-fighting vehicles, adapted from Drewry railcars, enabling a rapid response to a fire anywhere on the extensive site.
Word: BDC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of bullet drop compensation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of bottom dead centre/bottom dead center. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of business development company. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Private credit deals, as the name suggests, are not public, but the loans held by related business development companies, or B.D.C.s, are seen as a proxy for the industry.
Word: BDC Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of backing diagonally to the center. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: ammoniacum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English armoniacum, from Latin ammōniacum, armōniacum. 1. A gum-resin exuded from the several perennial herbs in the genus Ferula of the umbel family (Apiaceae). Labels: uncountable
Word: speech balloon Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of speech bubble.
Word: speech balloons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speech balloon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inexpected Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + expected. 1. Obsolete form of unexpected. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] had not God's inexpected champion, by divine instinct, taken up the monster, and vanquished him; leaving all but his head to bedung that earth, which had lately shaken at his terror.
Word: lavation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lavatio, lavationem; compare Old French lavation. Doublet of lotion. Pronunciation: /leɪˈveɪ.ʃən/ 1. washing or cleansing. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: lavations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lavation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tonous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tone + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊnəs/ 1. Having a strong tone or sound; sonorous
Word: tressured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tressure + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛʃə(ɹ)d/ 1. Provided with or bound with a tressure; arranged in the form of a tressure. Labels: not-comparable Example: These instances, to say nothing of the tressured lion of the Scottish kings, are enough to show the complete acceptance of heraldry in Scotland at that time. Example: When at sunrise the tressured lion was hoisted before the Lord-Lieutenant's pavilion, it was greeted by a salute of trumpets, and such a salute it was, in 1645, that first warned Argyll that Montrose, the King's Lieutenant,[…]
Word: diligency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dīligentia. 1. diligence; carefulness Labels: nonstandard, obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: A little generous prudence , a little forbearance of one another , and some grain of charity might win all these diligencies to join and unite into one general and brotherly search after truth
Word: tridented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tridēns + -ed. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈdɛntɪd/ 1. Having three prongs. Labels: not-comparable Example: Trineus beholding a ſhape of ſuch ſtrangeneſſe, making the ſigne of the Croſſe on his breaſt, and aduauncing his Shield for his defence, ſtoode to defend what this deformed Monſter durſt doe: who lifting vppe his tridented forke, ſtrooke it quite thorow his Shielde, and the blowe falſing along his pouldrone, wounded him a little in the arme. Example: Euen ſo the Mariners perceiuing all Their labour ſpent, and the effect but ſmall, And of neceſſity that all muſt dye, If Ionah leaue not their ſociety, They tooke vp Ionas, and with one accord, And common ayde, threw Ionas ouer boord; Whereat grim Neptune wip’t his fomy mouth, Held his tridented Mace vpon the South; The windes were whiſt, the billowes daunc’t no more, The ſtorme allay’d, the heau’ns left off to rore, The waues (obedient to their beheaſt) Gaue ready paſſage, and their rage ſurceaſt: The ſkie grew cleare, and now the glorious light Begins to put the gloomy clouds to flight: Thus all on ſuddaine was the Sea tranquill, The heau’ns were quiet, and the Waues were ſtill.
Word: tridented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trident + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪdəntɪd/ 1. Bearing a trident. Labels: not-comparable Example: MOuntaines ſhall mooue, the Sun his circling courſe Shall ſtop; Tridented Neptune ſhall diuorce Th’embracing floods, from their beloued Iles, Ere Heauen forgets his ſeruant, and recoiles From his eternall vow: […] Example: […]where the tridented Rhadamanthus—(Yama with Brahams, also tridentiferous?) with his three-headed dog Cerberus […] receives them into those unsunned dominions.
Word: unmonotonous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + monotonous. 1. Not monotonous.
Word: tomia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tomium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tomium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin tomium, from Ancient Greek τομός (tomós, “sharp”) + -ium. See -tome. Pronunciation: /ˈtoʊmiəm/ 1. The cutting edge of the bill of a bird.
Word: euphonism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek [Term?] 1. An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: euphonisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of euphonism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monogenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + -genous. 1. Relating to monogenesis. Labels: not-comparable Example: monogenous, or asexual, reproduction 2. Having a single differential coefficient considered as a rule of generation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tripetaloid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + petaloid. 1. Having the form or appearance of three petals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: arachnoidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From arachnoid + -al. 1. Pertaining to the arachnoid mater; arachnoid. Labels: not-comparable Example: arachnoidal layer
Word: frustrately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From frustrate + -ly. 1. in vain Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Great Tuscane dames, as she their towns past by, / Wisht her their daughter-in-law, but frustrately.
Word: incorrodible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + corrodible. 1. Incapable of being corroded or eaten away. Labels: archaic
Word: monocarpellary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + carpellary. 1. Consisting of a single carpel. Labels: not-comparable Example: The fruits of the pea, cherry, and almond are monocarpellary. Example: monocarpellary fruit
Word: citiless Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cityless. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Oh home, oh country, ne'er may I Through long hard years of poverty, That bitterest of all distress, Live on an alien citiless:
Word: ethiops Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of aethiops. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: fortilage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant (influenced by -age) of fortalice, borrowed from Latin fortalitia. Doublet of fortress. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)tilidʒ/ 1. A little fort; a blockhouse. Labels: obsolete Example: Yet was the fence thereof but weake and thin ; Nought feard theyr force that fortilage to win
Word: fortilages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fortilage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gemmaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin gemma + -aceous. 1. Relating to, or containing, gemmae. Example: gemmaceous anemone
Word: leafet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leaf + -et. 1. A small leaf Labels: archaic Example: January 9 1853, Henry David Thoreau, diary Pulling up the Johnswort on the face of the cliff, I am surprised to see the signs of unceasing growth about the roots, fresh shoots two inches long, white with red leafets, and all the radical part quite green. The leaves of the crowfoot also are quite green, and carry me forward to spring.
Word: leafets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leafet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: balanceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From balance + -able. 1. Capable of being balanced. Example: balanceable graph Example: balanceable numbers
Word: humanitian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌhjuːməˈnɪʃən/ 1. A humanist. Labels: obsolete Example: I haue read historie, I am a little humanitian
Word: humanitians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of humanitian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phonetist Part of Speech: noun 1. One versed in phonetics; a phonologist. 2. One who advocates a phonetic spelling system.
Word: phonetists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phonetist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bowstringing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bowstring Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bowstrung Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bowstring Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bowspritted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bowsprit + -ed. 1. Having a bowsprit. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Aussie battler Part of Speech: noun 1. An ordinary working-class Australian who perseveres in the face of adversity. Labels: Australia, informal
Word: tetraphyllous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tetra- + phyllous. 1. Having four leaves. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: starstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From star + stone. 1. A gemstone that exhibits asterism.
Word: starstones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of starstone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tobacconing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tobacco + -n- + -ing. 1. Smoking tobacco. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: the Habit of TOBACCONING, Makes one more Chimny-like than any thing Example: Neither was it any newes upon this Guild-day to have the Cathedrall now open on all ſides to be filled with Muskatiers, wayting for the Majors returne, drinking and tobacconing as freely as if it had turn'd Alehouſe.
Word: branlin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its red colour. See brand. 1. A small red worm or larva, used as bait for fish. 2. A young salmon (parr), in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron. Labels: UK, obsolete, regional
Word: branlins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of branlin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dulceness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dulce + -ness. Piecewise doublet of douceness. 1. Sweetness. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: But above all, in this righting and helping of a man's self in his own carriage, he must take heed he shew not himself dismantled, and exposed to scorn and injury, by too much dulceness, goodness, and facility of nature;
Word: tunica intima Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin tunica intima (“inner tunic”). 1. The innermost layer of an artery or vein, made up of one layer of endothelial cells and supported by an internal elastic lamina. Example: Injury to the tunica intima will result in roughened endothelial edges and possible adherence of platelets, which may form clots. Example: In capillaries of larger caliber, three to four endothelial cells may encompass the lumen. The tunica intima consists of endothelium and a basement membrane; the tunica media is absent and the tunica adventitia is greatly reduced.
Word: chaffern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A modification of chafer (“vessel for heating water”) after words like cistern and lantern. 1. A vessel for heating water. Labels: obsolete Example: The wards should be daily fumigated by means of thus, benzoin, or other aromatics, or wetted gunpowder thrown on burning coals, put in an irot pot or chaffern, or with the steams of warm vinegar placed in the middle of the ward. Example: A glass globe is then to be inverted over the mouth of the matrass, and the heat of a charcoal-chaffern being applied, iodine will sublime in great abundance.
Word: chafferns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chaffern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrozoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Hydrozoa. 1. hydrozoan
Word: hydrozoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrozoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Perseid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Perseidēs m, from Ancient Greek Περσείδης m (Perseídēs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) + -ίδης (-ídēs). By surface analysis, Perseus + -id. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.sɪ.ɪd/, /ˈpɝ.si.ɪd/ 1. A descendant of Perseus. Labels: Greek Example: Thus the Family of Pelops got the poſſeſſion of two Kingdoms, and became ſuperior in Wealth and Power to the Perſeids their Rivals. Example: […] the Perseids, who reigned at Mycenæ […]
Word: Perseid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Perseidēs m, from Ancient Greek Περσείδης m (Perseídēs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) + -ίδης (-ídēs). By surface analysis, Perseus + -id. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.sɪ.ɪd/, /ˈpɝ.si.ɪd/ 1. Of or relating to the Perseids. Labels: Greek, not-comparable Example: The deſcendants and partiſans of the great Hercules, the moſt illuſtrious hero of the Perſeid line, were diveſted of their poſſeſſions, and driven into baniſhment. Example: […] the Perseid line […]
Word: Perseid Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Persēis f, from Ancient Greek Περσηΐς f (Persēḯs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) + -ις (-is). By surface analysis, Perseus + -id. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.sɪ.ɪd/, /ˈpɝ.si.ɪd/ 1. An epithet of Alcmene (grand-daughter of Perseus). Example: The Perseid Alcmene, wife of Amphitryon of Tiryns, was Hercules's mother, Zeus his father […]. 2. A poem by Trinacrius mentioned by Ovid in Epistulae ex Ponto (4.16.25). 3. An episode of Ovid's Metamorphoses devoted to Perseus.
Word: Perseid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Persēis f, from Ancient Greek Περσηΐς f (Persēḯs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) + -ις (-is). By surface analysis, Perseus + -id. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.sɪ.ɪd/, /ˈpɝ.si.ɪd/ 1. Any of the meteors in a meteor shower that appears to come from the constellation Perseus.
Word: Perseid Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Persēis f, from Ancient Greek Περσηΐς f (Persēḯs), from Πέρσης (Pérsēs) + -ις (-is). By surface analysis, Perses + -id. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.sɪ.ɪd/, /ˈpɝ.si.ɪd/ 1. An epithet of Hecate (daughter of Perses). Example: It was not confined to the Male Fury, but belonged also to Medea, the Perseid Hecate or Fury of Colchis, […] Example: Then to the shrine of Perseid Hecate,² / Concealed by forest shades, she boldly went, / Her passions on the wane. But when she there / Saw Aeson's son, her embers flamed anew!
Word: Perseids Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)si.ɪdz/ 1. plural of Perseid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alcaid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of alcaide. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: alcaids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alcaid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: botcherly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From botcher + -ly. 1. bungling; awkward or botched Labels: obsolete
Word: transposal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From transpose + -al. 1. transposition Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: transposals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transposal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subtutor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + tutor. 1. An assistant tutor.
Word: subtutors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subtutor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reflectible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reflect- + ible. 1. reflective
Word: manling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From man + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈmænlɪŋ/ 1. A little man; a man of short stature. Example: Again, a man so gracious and in high favour with the Emperor, as Augustus often called him his witty manling (for the littleness of his stature), and, if we may trust antiquity, had designed him for a secretary of estate, and invited him to the palace, which he modestly prayed off and refused. 2. A young man; a boy. Labels: literary Example: 'Hah!' said Kaa with a chuckle, 'he has friends everywhere, this manling. Stand back, manling; and hide you, O Poison-People. I break down the wall.' Example: "Before I do your bidding, manling," Mapes said, "I must cleanse the way between us. […]
Word: manlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: themeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From theme + -able. 1. Capable of having a visual theme applied. Labels: not-comparable
Word: foliosity Part of Speech: noun 1. The ponderousness or bulk of a folio; voluminousness. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: 1847-1848, Thomas De Quincey, "Protestantism", in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine It is exactly because he is not tedious, because he does not shoot into German foliosity, that Schlosser finds him intolerable
Word: granulary Part of Speech: adj 1. granular Labels: dated Example: granulary membrane Example: granulary sac
Word: undecreed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + decree + -ed. 1. Not decreed. Labels: not-comparable 2. Reversed or nullified by decree, as something previously decreed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: periwigged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From periwig + -ed. 1. Wearing a periwig. Labels: not-comparable Example: What fifty men dared not have done, one woman did! a painted, patched, fucused, periwigged, bolstered, Charybdis, cannibal, Megaera, Lamia!
Word: orangite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From orange + -ite. 1. An orange-yellow variety of thorite, found in Norway. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: orangites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orangite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slobberer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slobber + -er. 1. Someone or something that slobbers. Example: Sorry about our dog, she's a real slobberer!
Word: slobberers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slobberer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phyllomorphosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phyllo- + morphosis. 1. The succession and variation of leaves during different seasons. Labels: uncountable
Word: Teloogoo Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of Telugu. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Teloogoo Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic form of Telugu. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: In common with every other tongue now spoken in India, modern Teloogoo abounds with Sanscrit words […]
Word: Teloogoos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Teloogoo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phaseless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phase + -less. 1. Without a phase, or visible form. Labels: not-comparable Example: The expression of his smile […] was one of profound melancholy—of a phaseless and unceasing gloom.
Word: extramatrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + matrical. 1. Outside the matrix of a fungus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Trophonian Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /tɹəˈfəʊ.ni.ən/, /tɹəˈfoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Trophonius, a mythological figure of Ancient Greece, said to have built the temple of Apollo at Delphi and the treasury of King Hyrieus in Boeotia. Example: Trophonian den
Word: imponderableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From imponderable + -ness. 1. The state or characteristic of being imponderable. Labels: uncountable
Word: lobelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lobe + -let. 1. A small lobe; a lobule.
Word: lobelets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lobelet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dentoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”) + -oid. 1. Shaped like a tooth.
Word: transpass Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From trans- + pass? 1. To pass over or through. Example: Alexander transpassed the river. Example: […] not containing himselfe within the River Tigris, had transpassed the bankes and bounds of the Romane Empire and made a rode into Mesopotamia, threatning to inuade Syria, and challenging the opposite Continent to Europe […]
Word: transpassed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of transpass Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: transpasses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of transpass Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: transpassing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of transpass Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: globulite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From globule + -ite. 1. A small spherical form of crystallite. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: microscopial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From microscope + -ial. 1. microscopic Labels: archaic Example: It is a vulgar remark , that the works of art do not bear a nice microscopial inspection
Word: nautiloid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nautilus + -oid. 1. A mollusc resembling a nautilus; specifically, a cephalopod of the subclass Nautiloidea. Example: Cephalopods have a long fossil record, the earliest certain cephalopod fossils are loosely coiled or straight shelled nautiloids found in the Cambrian of China 515 million years ago.
Word: nautiloid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nautilus + -oid. 1. Resembling a nautilus. 2. Pertaining to the subclass Nautiloidea.
Word: nautiloids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nautiloid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saponule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French saponule, from Latin sapo (“soap”) + -onis. 1. A soapy mixture obtained by treating an essential oil with an alkali; hence, any similar compound of an essential oil. Labels: obsolete
Word: saponules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saponule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impostured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From imposture + -ed. 1. Done by imposture. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: electroengraving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + engraving. 1. The art or process of engraving by means of electricity. Labels: uncountable
Word: indevout Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + devout. Pronunciation: /ɪndɪˈvaʊt/ 1. Not devout. Labels: archaic
Word: hexadactylous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hexa- + -dactyl + -ous. 1. Having six fingers or toes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: actionably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From actionable + -ly. 1. In an actionable manner.
Word: arseniuretted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)ˌsɛnɪjʊˈɹɛtɪd/ 1. Combined with arsenic. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: domesticator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From domesticate + -or. 1. One who domesticates. Example: But the goddess has forgotten that bulls and oxen are the province of man, the domesticator of animals, and so the two cowboys, Gilgamesh and Enkidu, make short work of the Bull.
Word: domesticators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of domesticator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lionship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lion + -ship. 1. The state of being a lion, or famous person in society. Labels: uncountable Example: Dispirited and weary to the last degree, but a greater lion than ever (he had done nothing all the afternoon but answer letters from strangers; half of them about nothing; half about borrowing money, and all requiring an instantaneous reply), Martin walked down to the wharf, through a concourse of people, with Mrs Hominy upon his arm; and went on board. But Mark was bent on solving the riddle of this lionship, if he could; and so, not without the risk of being left behind, ran back to the hotel.
Word: carriageable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From carriage + -able. 1. Capable of being conveyed in carriages. Example: Other cities, indeed, contain more works of carriageable art, but none contain so much of the glorious local art, and of the springs and sources of art, which can by no means be made subjects of package or porterage, nor, I grieve to say, of salvage. 2. Passable by carriages. Example: Except, however, between the lower Shire and Blantyre-Zomba, one is not encouraged to spend hundreds of pounds on the making of a carriageable road, because of the presence, in various tracts, of the tsetse fly, […]
Word: Hygeian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hygeia + -an. 1. Relating to Hygeia, the goddess of health. Example: In the Hygeian school of Greek medicine, based on the teachings of Hippocrates, health was viewed as a natural state of the body.
Word: arseniureted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of arseniuretted. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: furfurous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin furfurōsus. Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː(ɹ)fəɹəs/ 1. Made of, or resembling, bran Labels: archaic Example: furfurous bread
Word: mediative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mediate + -ive. 1. Pertaining to mediation; that mediates Labels: not-comparable Example: mediative efforts Example: The consequence of our consultations was, that some Northern power should be applied to in a friendly and mediative capacity
Word: thesicle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive of thesis. 1. A little or subordinate thesis; a proposition. Labels: rare
Word: thesicles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thesicle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knitathon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knit + -athon. 1. A charity event in which participants knit.
Word: knitathons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of knitathon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: asyndetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From asyndetic + -ally. Equivalent to a- + syndetically or to asyndesis or asyndeton + -ical + -ly. 1. In an asyndetic way. Labels: not-comparable, rhetoric Example: When the temporal clause precedes the main clause, the main clause can be connected asyndetically or by ወ- wa-. 2. In an asyndetic way. Labels: not-comparable
Word: outbrazen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + brazen. 1. To bear down with a brazen face. Labels: transitive 2. To surpass in impudence. Labels: transitive Example: see their impudence outbrazen'd by a club of mortal puritans
Word: outbrazened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outbrazen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outbrazening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outbrazen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outbrazens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outbrazen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reissuable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reissue + -able. 1. Capable of being reissued. Labels: not-comparable
Word: devotionalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of devotionality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: devotionality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From devotional + -ity. 1. The practice of a devotionalist. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 1847, Arthur Hugh Clough, Review of Mr. Newman's The Soul The belief that religion is, or in any way requires, devotionality, is, if not the most noxious, at least the most obstinate form of irreligion […]