nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: puerilely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From puerile + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpjʊə.ɹaɪl.li/, /ˈpjʊɹaɪl.li/, /ˈpjʊɹɪl.(l)i/ 1. In a puerile manner; childishly. Example: If you find the idea that mothers shape their children’s “whole” lives original rather than simultaneously banal and puerilely overstated, then Barnes & Noble, here you come!
Word: unspacious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + spacious. 1. Not spacious. Example: Rediker looks not at that bigger picture but at the slave ship itself, as a microeconomy where the captain was chief executive, jailer, accountant, paymaster and disciplinarian, exercising these roles by maintaining, from his spacious captain’s cabin in a very unspacious ship, the mystique of what later military leaders would call command isolation.
Word: upstretched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From up- + stretched. 1. Stretched upwards. Example: I would grab her upstretched arms and swing her onto my hip, and we would walk around the neighborhood until we found something to do.
Word: prohibitins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prohibitin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prohibitedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prohibited + -ness. 1. The quality of being prohibited. Labels: uncountable
Word: emoter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotionbf. English emote Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English emoter From emote + -er. 1. One who emotes. Example: He has been a ditsy ingénue (“Psycho Beach Party”), an exotic woman of the world (“Shanghai Moon”), an earnest emoter at the peak of her respectable fame (“The Lady in Question”) and a claw-wielding sex kitten who never grows old (“Vampire Lesbians of Sodom,” the 1980s Off Broadway hit that made him famous).
Word: emoters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emoter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: samoun Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of salmon. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: samoun Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of unleavened Iraqi bread consumed in the Middle East. Labels: uncountable Example: “I was holding the samoun in my arms in a big bag,” said Ali Saiedi, adding that he was taking the bread home for his eight siblings and his parents.
Word: superwash Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + wash, from a trademark of the 1970s. 1. Of wool, that has been treated to make it machine-washable. Labels: not-comparable Example: So, cotton, linen, superwash wool, and anything with nylon or acrylic or rayon or silk can instantly be ruled out for most projects. Example: The set is a wonderful gift to make for a new baby, and if worked in superwash wool or a washable blend it's sure to get lots of wear.
Word: stockinets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stockinet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonchord Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + chord. 1. Not of or pertaining to a musical chord. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonchordal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + chordal. 1. Not chordal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Kabuli Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Kabul + -i, or directly from Persian کابلی (“Kabuli”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːbə(ˌ)li/, /kəˈbuːli/ 1. Of, from or relating to the city of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Kabuli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kabul + -i, or directly from Persian کابلی (“Kabuli”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːbə(ˌ)li/, /kəˈbuːli/ 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. Example: But they are physically no match for the Kabulis and every Kabuli considers himself more than a match for any number of travellers from the plains.
Word: backover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + over. 1. An accident in which a motor vehicle reverses over an unseen person. Example: More than 100 children in the United States die each year as a result of so-called backover accidents, according to Kids and Cars, an advocacy group.
Word: backovers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backouts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decoratives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decorative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frozenness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frozen + -ness. 1. The quality of being frozen. Labels: uncountable Example: After all, as Mr. Urbach said, the exhibition is “about absolute stasis, silence, frozenness, as well as about the future of motion.”
Word: kales Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /keɪls/ 1. plural of kale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multispeaker Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + speaker. 1. Having or pertaining to more than one speaker. Labels: not-comparable Example: Even economy vehicles offer multispeaker audio upgrades, including a subwoofer.
Word: nonracing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + racing. 1. Not pertaining to racing. Labels: not-comparable Example: As more members join, he said, they will be surveyed to see if they want nonracing amenities like tennis courts.
Word: outpass Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der. Proto-Italic *pattus Latin passus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *passāre Old French passerbor. Middle English passen English pass English outpass From out- + pass. 1. To surpass or exceed. Labels: transitive 2. To pass the ball more skilfully than. Labels: transitive Example: In a 23-16 loss in Detroit, Tampa Bay outgained the Lions, 422-278; Jeff Garcia outpassed Jon Kitna, 316-147; the Buccaneers had the ball for 11 minutes 40 seconds more. Example: His team knocked the ball around in a way that seemed beyond them when they were outpassed by Spain in Alicante in November.
Word: outpasses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outpass Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outpassing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outpass Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outpassed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outpass Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: triangulator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From triangulate + -or. 1. One who, or that which, triangulates. Example: Rudy is using his more martial attitude toward Iran as a weapon against Hillary, painting her as a delicate ditherer on the topic, and Obama is using his more diplomatic attitude toward Iran as a weapon against Hillary, painting her as a triangulator and a two-time administration patsy.
Word: triangulators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of triangulator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anticlot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + clot. 1. Countering clotting of the blood. Labels: not-comparable Example: Prasugrel is considered by Wall Street to be a linchpin of the drug maker’s future earnings growth and a serious potential rival to Bristol-Myers Squibb ’s widely used Plavix anticlot drug.
Word: flimsies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flimsy (adjective) + -ies (variant of -es (suffix forming regular plurals of some nouns; and the third person singular present indicative forms of some regular verbs)). Pronunciation: /ˈflɪmziz/ 1. Skimpy underwear. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: Choosing lingerie "is about what makes you look good, but also what looks good with or through your clothing," said Monica Mitro, a spokeswoman for Victoria's Secret, the brand that catapulted racy flimsies into the public eye.
Word: flimsies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flimsy (adjective) + -ies (variant of -es (suffix forming regular plurals of some nouns; and the third person singular present indicative forms of some regular verbs)). Pronunciation: /ˈflɪmziz/ 1. plural of flimsy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flimsies Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From flimsy (adjective) + -ies (variant of -es (suffix forming regular plurals of some nouns; and the third person singular present indicative forms of some regular verbs)). Pronunciation: /ˈflɪmziz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flimsy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: floatiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From floaty + -ness. 1. The quality of being floaty. Labels: uncountable Example: Some fans may have mistaken the album’s floatiness for aimlessness, but Mr. Mercer’s songs have never been sneakier, or prettier.
Word: kalelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kale + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of the vegetable kale. Example: Most meals also include ugali, a maize (corn) meal, and sukuma wiki, a meal made from a kalelike leaf.
Word: jewelrylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jewelry + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of jewelry. Example: The feeling of nostalgia for jewelrylike watches extends beyond the practical.
Word: outwoo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + woo. 1. To surpass in wooing. Labels: transitive Example: For the 2005 season, Pavano signed a four-year, $39.95 million deal with the Yankees, who outwooed the Red Sox, who responded by making their own recruiting misstep in the free agent Matt Clement.
Word: outwooing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outwoo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outwooed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outwoo Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: palmatine Part of Speech: noun 1. A protoberberine alkaloid found in several plants, used in the treatment of jaundice, dysentery, hypertension, inflammation, and liver-related diseases. Labels: uncountable
Word: flaviviral Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to flavivirus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: canadine Part of Speech: noun 1. A protoberberine alkaloid that can act as a calcium channel blocker. Labels: uncountable
Word: canikin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of canakin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: canikins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canikin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perviest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of pervy: most pervy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: perviness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pervy + -ness. 1. Sexual perversion. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Then it dawned on me: no matter how hard I tried, I could not find even the faintest hint of perviness.
Word: shlocky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shlock + -y. 1. Alternative spelling of schlocky. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The segment was shot on video — four takes totaling about 15 minutes, Mr. [Robert] Carlock said — and was intended to look shlocky, “like Tracy was rushing to get it done in time for bar mitzvah season.”
Word: wavellites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wavellite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: authed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of auth Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: authing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of auth Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aporphine Part of Speech: noun 1. One of a class of quinoline alkaloids from which apomorphine can be derived. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aporphines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aporphine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jatrorrhizine Part of Speech: noun 1. A protoberberine alkaloid isolated from Enantia chlorantha of the custard apple family, and other species. Labels: uncountable
Word: laudanosine Part of Speech: noun 1. A benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloid that is a metabolite of atracurium and cisatracurium. Labels: uncountable
Word: benzyltetrahydroisoquinolines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: benzylpyrroles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of benzylpyrrole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline Part of Speech: noun 1. An isoquinoline that is used in the production of analgesics such as morphine, codeine, and thebaine.
Word: auths Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of auth Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: for starters Part of Speech: adv 1. As an initial point; before any other considerations. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: For starters, you can't talk to black people like you're a redneck cowboy. We hate redneck cowboys. Example: For starters, you must decide which hardware and software to use.
Word: oxyfedrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (hydr)oxy + (e)phedrine. 1. A drug that acts as a vasodilator. Labels: uncountable
Word: dehydrocorydalmine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dehydro- + corydalmine. 1. A quaternary isoquinoline alkaloid isolated from Argemone mexicana, the Mexican poppy. Labels: uncountable
Word: feature phone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From being a feature-rich cellphone, more capable than prior iterations of mobile phones. 1. A mobile phone that has some advanced capabilities but is not as powerful as a smartphone. Labels: dated
Word: columbamine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From columbo (“a plant of Mozambique from which it was identified (Jateorhiza palmata)”) + -amine. 1. A quaternary isoquinoline alkaloid isolated from Argemone mexicana, (Mexican poppy). Labels: uncountable
Word: unslackened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + slackened. 1. Not slackened. Labels: not-comparable Example: She continued running with unslackened speed.
Word: BCNU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of bis-chloroethylnitrosourea (also called carmustine). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: BCNU Part of Speech: phrase 1. Abbreviation of be seeing you (a goodbye). Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: carnages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carnage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incompletenesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incompleteness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supratemporal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supra- + temporal. 1. Above the temporal lobe Labels: not-comparable 2. That transcends time Labels: not-comparable
Word: supratemporal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From supra- + temporal. 1. A supratemporal bone.
Word: chinar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi चिनार (cinār) / Urdu چِنَار (cinār), in turn derived from Classical Persian چِنَار (činār, “Platanus”), ultimately derived from Middle Persian cynʾl (/⁠činār⁠/). 1. An oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis). Example: The chinar, or Oriental plane tree, has been cultivated in Persia from the earliest period; and Evelyn states that "a worthy knight, who staid at Ispahan when that famous city was infected with a raging pestilence, told" him "that, since they have planted a greater number of these noble treees about it, the plague has not come nigh their dwellings." Example: The lakes, the gardens, the chinars golden in autumn, the Himalayas all around.
Word: chinars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chinar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: composerly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From composer + -ly. 1. Characteristic of a musical composer. Example: (Mr. Johansen confirmed this, though it did not stop him from donning reading glasses to look over Mr. Coes shoulder at the score in proper composerly fashion.)
Word: linescore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From line + score. 1. A two-line chart that reports each team's run totals by inning, and total runs, total hits, and total errors. Example: It did not count against the Rockies on their linescore, but it did on the scoreboard.
Word: linescores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of linescore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonearthbound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + earthbound. 1. Not earthbound. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Land in a notable plane like a speedy Columbia 400 or a backcountry-bound De Havilland and these gearheads will probably favor you with a nod or even wander over for some nonearthbound conversation.
Word: postmillennium Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + millennium. 1. After the turn of the millennium. Labels: not-comparable Example: Then it was on to the Dolls; a solo career as blue-eyed soul shouter; Buster Poindexter; and his postmillennium backwoods-music project, David Johansen and the Harry Smiths, named for the compiler of the Anthology of American Folk Music.
Word: prepopulist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + populist. 1. Prior to the onset of populism. Labels: not-comparable Example: STANWYCK REDUX (Tuesday) An extension of the Brooklyn Academy of Music s popular Barbara Stanwyck series from last spring, featuring that Brooklyn bombshell in one of her strongest pre-Code films, The Miracle Woman, a thinly veiled portrait of the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson directed, in his prepopulist phase, by Frank Capra.
Word: rockscape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rock + -scape. 1. A landscape dominated by rocks. Example: The Moon Gate of Uncommon Beauty is a round portal between two gently surreal rockscapes in the Chinese Scholars Garden at the Staten Island Botanical Garden, not far from Mr. Johansens home on the islands north shore.
Word: rockscapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rockscape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cliffscape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cliff + -scape. 1. A landscape dominated by cliffs.
Word: cliffscapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cliffscape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loutrophoros Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek λουτροφόρος (loutrophóros). 1. An Ancient Greek pottery vessel with elongated neck and two handles, used to hold water during marriage and funeral rituals. Example: The psykter, attributed to the so-called Kleophrades Painter, and the loutrophoros, attributed to the legendary Darius Painter, will remain at the museum for four years as part of a research program in which both the Italian government and the museum will take part, the university said.
Word: psykter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψυκτήρ (psuktḗr), literally "cooler". See psychro-. 1. An Ancient Greek pot with a bulbous body set on a high, narrow foot, used as a wine cooler. Example: The psykter, attributed to the so-called Kleophrades Painter, and the loutrophoros, attributed to the legendary Darius Painter, will remain at the museum for four years as part of a research program in which both the Italian government and the museum will take part, the university said.
Word: psykters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psykter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reinstigate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + instigate. 1. To instigate anew. Labels: transitive Example: Can we reinstigate that?
Word: reinstigates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reinstigate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reinstigating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reinstigate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reinstigated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reinstigate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: underguess Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + guess. 1. To make a guess that is too small; to underestimate. Example: Those diners were left to guess, or rather to underguess by an average 600 calories per meal.
Word: underguesses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of underguess Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: underguessing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underguess Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: underguessed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of underguess Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unexecute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + execute. 1. To undo (a command or operation previously executed). Labels: transitive
Word: unexecuting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unexecute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jow (“a pre-metric unit of length in India”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chinese 膏 (gāo, “ointment”), probably as a shortening of 藥膏／药膏 (yàogāo). Pronunciation: /ɡaʊ/ 1. Opium. Labels: colloquial, dated, uncountable
Word: discriminantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From discriminant + -ly. 1. In a discriminant manner. Example: And when you start thinking of sports that way, as being about anything that fits or just anything instead of being about a game played on a field someplace, thats when its easy to start thinking of other things less discriminantly: of sports as an arm of the entertainment industry, of the field or the court or the ice as a stage, of sports media as interactive theater, or Grand Guignol, or commedia dellarte, of Tom Arnold and the supremely awful Dennis Miller as being interesting sports personalities.
Word: nondiscriminant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + discriminant. 1. Not discriminant. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tsubas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tsuba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tatamis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tatami Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drunkalogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drunk + -alogue. 1. A tale of one's drunken exploits. Example: The creation of this awareness is, of course, only half the function of the drunkalogue; the other half is restorative. Example: These drunkalogues are our art of the grotesque. These alcoholic stories break open the experience of the absurd in vivid, painful, and humorous ways.
Word: drunkalogues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drunkalogue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emblematically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From emblematic + -ally. 1. In an emblematic manner. Example: Inevitably Dmitri Shostakovich is the emblematically contorted figure, moving from derisory laughter at the very idea of having to explain the socioeconomic dimensions of the music of Chopin and Liszt to an uncomfortable accommodation with the state that both facilitates and threatens his work.
Word: foldover Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fold + over. 1. Having one component that folds over the top of another. Labels: not-comparable Example: Or the Timeless Bracelet, designed by Ina Seifart: a link-style watchband with a traditional foldover clasp, it has no face at all, just an open spot where you would expect to see one.
Word: foldover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fold + over. 1. Any food prepared by folding, such as a calzone or apple turnover. Example: Assemble the foldovers and arrange them on a foil-lined cookie sheet; freeze until firm.
Word: foldovers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foldover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hearingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hearing + -ly. 1. In such a manner as to hear. Example: Ross enables us to listen more hearingly.
Word: oriental plane Part of Speech: noun 1. Platanus orientalis, a deciduous tree known for its longevity and spreading crown. Example: The former species is known as the Oriental Plane (Platanus Orientalis), and the latter as the Occidental Plane (Platanus Occidentalis). The Oriental Plane was introduced into England about the middle of the sixteenth century. Example: Although Platanus orientalis L., the true oriental plane, is stated on excellent authority to be hardy as far north as Massachusetts, the records of its being planted in our vicinity are surprisingly few.
Word: hypercorrecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hypercorrect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hypercorrected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hypercorrect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hypercorrects Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hypercorrect Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: immatured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From im- + matured. 1. not having matured Labels: not-comparable
Word: lipogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lipo- + -genic. 1. Relating to lipogenesis Labels: not-comparable Example: As James Rosenzweig, director of the office of disease management at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, phrased it, using the technical terminology, weight gain on insulin therapy can result from the direct lipogenic effects of insulin on adipose tissue, independent of food intake.
Word: mediascape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From media + -scape. 1. The metaphorical landscape of trends, tastes, etc. promoted by the media. Example: Southland Tales simulates the oversaturation of the 21st-century mediascape and delights in, even as it mocks, the vulgar absurdities of celebrity culture. Ms. Gellar's character, for example, is a multitasking, politically minded sex-film star Jenna Jameson meets Arianna Huffington, Mr. Kelly said with a View-like talk show and a hit song called Teen Horniness Is Not a Crime (co-written by Mr. Kelly and to be released as a single).
Word: mediascapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mediascape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overrehearsed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + rehearsed. 1. Rehearsed too many times; made formulaic by repetition. Example: In a long digression, he hilariously but needlessly indulges his hatred of the Eagles: soulless, overrehearsed, antiseptic, schematic, insincere, sentimental ... the most consistently contemptible stadium band in rock.
Word: ridgeside Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ridge + -side. 1. Beside a ridge. Labels: not-comparable Example: Families like the Delongs whose ridgeside house looking toward the Pacific Ocean from Poway, in San Diego County, is now nothing but a charred lot with a few pieces of random walls still standing are eligible for up to $28,800 in federal grants.
Word: ridgeside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ridge + -side. 1. A piece of land adjacent to a ridge.
Word: ridgesides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ridgeside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seniorhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From senior + -hood. Piecewise doublet of sirehood. 1. The state or period of being a senior; old age. Labels: uncountable Example: Like other rockers easing into middle age or seniorhood, Mr. McKagan is also experimenting with new partnerships in response to a music business in flux.
Word: smally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From small + -ly. 1. In a small way. Labels: rare Example: The name of Worstead, a village some ten miles distant from the city, was, indeed, as its name may testify, the birthplace of an important branch of the trade in England; now it is a smally populated, little known spot... Example: Substituting something that's trivial-but-noisily-immediate for something that's virtuous — even smally virtuous, like a game we play or ponder — breeds an ugly cynicism about virtue itself.
Word: sophora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Sophora. 1. Any of the genus Sophora of small trees and shrubs related to the pea. Example: Then Dr. Day allowed herself to become distracted by a tree on the other side of 83rd Street, a sophora tree.
Word: sophoras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sophora Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trimba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by its inventor, the American composer and poet Moondog (born Louis Thomas Hardin, 1916–1999). 1. A sort of triangular drum. Example: Working in Braille, often composing under his cloak on the sidewalk, he wrote in an impressively wide range of styles: percussion-driven exotica (he made his own triangular drum-and-cymbal instrument, the trimba), avant-garde jazz, folkish madrigals, Bach-like neo-Baroque rounds and canons for chamber orchestra, symphonies for full orchestra, and a layered minimalism that influenced his young collaborators Steve Reich and Philip Glass .
Word: trimbas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trimba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unfluent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fluent. 1. Not fluent. Example: If you were to transcribe what he says, its very unfluent, its very: ah, um, uh, he said.
Word: unfoldings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unfolding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: farspeaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From farspeak + -er (agent noun). Compare German Fernsprecher (“telephone”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːˌspiː.kə/, /ˌfɑːˈspiː.kə/, /ˈfɑɹˌspi.kəɹ/, /ˌfɑɹˈspi.kəɹ/, /ˈfɐːˌspiː.kə/ 1. Telephone. 2. One who farspeaks. Example: "I wish I wasn't so messed up; I wish I was bigger and stronger. Or a Farspeaker like Kyril,” she replied in a very small voice. “You can't help what happened. As for being a Farspeaker, I don't think both of us together could reach someone with the Gift to hear us, and if we could, I don't know that it would do any good," he sighed. 3. A device or apparatus used to farspeak or communicate over long distances. Example: Ecgbert picked up the farspeaker eagerly. "Frideswide darling! I have been wating to hear from you all the morning.[…]" Example: "Let's find out whether I do or not," said Yull imperturbably, and activated the farspeaker to maximum volume. At one a voice rang out, impersonal, repetitive: the sound of a recordimal.
Word: unruffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + ruffle. 1. To remove ruffles from; to make smooth. Labels: transitive 2. To calm or soothe (a person). Labels: transitive 3. To calm down. Labels: intransitive Example: [The old man] stood grinning like a gnome, obviously delighted to watch me flush and ruffle and then gradually unflush and unruffle.
Word: unruffles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unruffle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unruffling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unruffle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unruffling Part of Speech: adj 1. Not creating ruffles or stress. Example: The fire escapes had been transformed into 108-square-foot terraces, and there was a general feeling of understatement and an unusual sense of being in a civilized, unruffling place.
Word: farspeakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of farspeaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chronofiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chronofile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chronofile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chrono- + file, coined by Buckminster Fuller for his own Dymaxion Chronofile. 1. A historical record made up of everyday papers and documents from many stages of the owner's life. Example: Designated scholars kept journals or diaries of their participation in the project as well as chronofiles — depositories of the notes, announcements, and other memorabilia relevant to a scholar's life. Example: An impish, balding man, he mimicked the inventor Buckminster Fuller, who documented his life in what he called a chronofile by pasting letters, bills and all manner of pieces of paper in a huge scrapbook for 68 years.
Word: clinchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clincher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geekerati Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of geek + literati. 1. An elite community of computer geeks. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: It took until 1993 and the advent of Mosaic (a forerunner of Netscape) to move the Web out of the hands of solely the geekerati and into the realm of technological early adapters^([sic]). Example: He was overwhelmed by an immediate onrush of hospitality as the geekerati lined up to get a word with him.
Word: postviewing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + viewing. 1. After a viewing. Labels: not-comparable Example: Bah. Though to delve further into its postviewing meanings may be food for cleverness, C. to C. is at no point remarkably interesting as movement.
Word: overexamined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + examined. 1. Subjected to too much examination, or too many academic or medical examinations.
Word: ripplings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rippling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: traversos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of traverso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ultracompetitiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ultracompetitive + -ness. 1. The quality of being ultracompetitive. Labels: uncountable Example: When the backup quarterback Matt Cassel scored and spiked the ball in the end zone with 5 minutes 53 seconds left to give New England a 52-0 lead, I wondered whether Bill Belichick s Patriots machine had crossed the line from ultracompetitiveness to cruelty.
Word: amniotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amnio- + -tomy. 1. An artificial rupture of membranes to induce or accelerate labour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The procedure, sometimes called amniotomy, involves rupturing the amniotic membranes to speed contractions.
Word: amniotomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amniotomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fingercot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From finger + cot. 1. A type of surgical glove that covers just one finger. Example: Fingercots may be used in amniotomies. Example: For […] anal or vaginal penetration with fingers or hands, use latex gloves or finger cots.
Word: fingercots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fingercot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loose lips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loose lip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: upheap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English uphepen, equivalent to up- + heap. 1. To pile or heap up; accumulate. Labels: transitive
Word: amnihook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a trademark. Blend of amniotic + hook. 1. A baton with a slightly hooked end, used to perform amniotomy. Example: The physician/nurse midwife inserts an amnihook through the cervix and perforates the amniotic membranes. Labor contractions may begin within a few hours. Example: The conclusions suggest that every delivery suite should have, alongside the sundry ampoules of oxytocin and packs of disposable amnihooks, birthing pools available.
Word: amnihooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amnihook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chromometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chromo- + -metry. 1. The measurement of colour. Labels: uncountable
Word: flotational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flotation + -al. 1. Pertaining to flotation. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1) You fall into a swiftly moving river and are in need of a flotational device.
Word: irrealistic Part of Speech: adj 1. In the style of irrealism. Example: The scenes are connected more visually than causally, through repeated motifs and — the greatest weapon in Mr. Bava's stylistic arsenal — a resolutely irrealistic use of color.
Word: irrealism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From irreal + -ism. 1. The belief that phenomenalism and physicalism are alternative "world-versions", both useful in some circumstances, but neither capable of fully capturing the other. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A style that features an estrangement from our generally accepted sense of reality. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: irrealisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of irrealism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: upheaping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English upheping (“abundance”), equivalent to up- + heaping. 1. Ascension; addition to full measure, accumulation.
Word: minipretzel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + pretzel. 1. A small pretzel. Labels: rare Example: I popped a minipretzel into my mouth and tried to move my legs. Wishful thinking. With my tray table down, they were wedged in from every angle. Example: And I keep quite a lot of it around, especially chocolate-covered almonds and Trader Joes minipretzels smothered in dark chocolate.
Word: minipretzels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minipretzel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonparticularistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + particularistic. 1. Not particularistic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: redheadedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From redheaded + -ness; also, by surface analysis, red + headedness. 1. The trait of having red hair on the head (in humans) or red feathers on the head (in birds). Labels: uncountable Example: The finding also suggests that redheadedness would have evolved separately in Neanderthals and humans, at different times and through different genetic variations.
Word: redhorses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redhorse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rediagonalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rediagonalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rediae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sigmatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sigma + -ism. sigmat- is the stem form of sigma, as seen in sigmatic. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɡməˌtɪzəm/ 1. A lisp. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A defective pronunciation of sibilant sounds. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The flaw in pronouncing a sibilant S, which speech therapists call sigmatism, can follow even minor changes to the way the tongue aligns with the teeth.
Word: sigmatisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sigmatism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uphurl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + hurl. 1. To hurl or cast up. Labels: transitive
Word: grillade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French grillade. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪˈlɑːd/, /ˈɡɹi.jɑːd/ 1. A piece of slow-cooked meat (usually beef, veal, or pork) traditionally served with grits in New Orleans cuisine. Labels: Louisiana Example: A recipe for pork grillades and grits with an article last Wednesday about the New Orleans chef John Besh omitted the amount of butter that should be folded into the grits. 2. Any grilled food. Labels: dated
Word: grillades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grillade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uphurled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of uphurl Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uphurling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of uphurl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: taphouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tap + house. 1. A tavern.
Word: taphouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taphouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homestyle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From home + style. 1. Cooked or prepared in a traditional manner as would be done at home. Labels: not-comparable Example: Dish out lots of homecooked foods like pot roast, meat loaf, Maine beans and franks, homestyle fries, fish chowder and fresh-baked breads[…] Example: LUNETTA The Manhattan outpost of the Smith Street, Brooklyn, restaurant, opened Monday in the former Mayrose space, with homestyle Italian cooking by Adam Shepard, who is also a partner: 920 Broadway (21st Street), (212) 533-3663.
Word: previs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. previsualization Labels: uncountable
Word: previz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. previsualization Labels: uncountable
Word: previsualization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + visualization. 1. Any technique that attempts to visualize a scene before the filming begins. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What became Imageworks began at Sony Pictures in 1992 with five people using computers to help plan complicated live-action scenes — a practice that has since become known as previsualization.
Word: previsualizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of previsualization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unjarred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + jarred. 1. Not jarred or shaken; calm, tranquil. Labels: not-comparable Example: There, far removed from the strife of the streets, undisheartened by scenes of worldly weakness, inhumanity, and corruption, unjarred by sounds of individual discord and popular tumult […]
Word: supersenior Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + senior. Pronunciation: /ˈsupɚˌsinjɚ/ 1. Having high-quality financial paper with very low risk exposure. 2. A university or secondary school student who is in their fifth year of secondary education or postsecondary education without having graduated. Labels: Philippines, US
Word: supersenior Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + senior. Pronunciation: /ˈsupɚˌsinjɚ/ 1. Of a status higher than that of a senior lender. Labels: not-comparable Example: UBS reported that it had $16.8 billion invested directly in residential mortgage-backed securities and $20.2 billion worth of supersenior securities, which are paid back ahead of other similarly rated securities in the case of a default.
Word: churchhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From church + house. 1. A Quaker building used as a church and meeting-place. Example: As a result, compassion is left at the churchhouse door, and the truly needy must look elsewhere for help.
Word: churchhouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of churchhouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: devaluate Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈvæl.juː.eɪt/, /dɪˈvæl.ju.eɪt/, /dɪˈvæl.jʉː.æɪt/ 1. To devalue, reduce in value. Labels: transitive Example: Discomfort was built into the evening, as central to it as the Pirandello script, written in 1917, and which, as one critic noted, toys with how the social role built up by one character for himself is continually destroyed by another, devaluated into a sick sham existence that outsiders accept as real only out of pity.
Word: devaluated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of devaluate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: devaluates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of devaluate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: devaluating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of devaluate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fanfold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fan + fold. 1. Having the shape of fan or concertina, with a row of sheets alternately folded backwards and forwards. Labels: not-comparable Example: The problem appears to have started when a guide wire became hung up on one of the long hinges that join the fanfold panels of the array.
Word: fanfold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fan + fold. 1. To fold in this manner. Labels: transitive Example: When the top sheet, blanket, and bedspread of a closed bed are turned back, or fanfolded, the closed bed becomes an open bed, or a bed ready to receive a patient or resident.
Word: fanfold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fan + fold. 1. A document folded in this manner.
Word: farmwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From farm + work. 1. The agricultural work done on a farm. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Ms. Hayes, 33, also writes cookbooks (in the predawn hours before her farmwork begins), agitates and advocates for local causes, lectures national organizations about sustainable cuisine and advises those closer to home, like the staff members of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Word: fireplay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + play. 1. Experimental play with fire, as by lighting matches. Labels: uncountable Example: At least one study suggests that if you take a population of boys between kindergarten and fourth grade, 60 percent of them have committed unsupervised fireplay, which is to say that fireplay is a common and absolutely normal part of human development. 2. Any of various sexual practices involving fire, such as setting fire to alcohol against the skin. Labels: uncountable Example: Many years I attended a BDSM conference where a well-known and respected BDSM master presented a demonstration of fireplay as part of the planned programme.
Word: sweat equity Part of Speech: noun 1. An investment of labour, typically by the owner and often his or her family, usually in a small business or personal residence that increases the value of the business or residence. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: My wife and I have put a lot of sweat equity into our home: I did the renovations and she did the redecorating. Example: Mr. TALLE: His time and his wife's time in that article is called the "sweat equity". Mr. GRIGGS: Look at the fun they had doing it.
Word: papercut Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paper cut. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It includes carvings, carousel animals, historic photographs of arks and carvings from synagogues in Eastern Europe and ornately painted papercuts.
Word: papercuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of papercut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mapiko Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional masked dance of the Makonde, associated with coming-of-age rituals. Labels: uncountable Example: Now, after a protracted civil war and the establishment of multiparty democracy, the mapiko tradition is thriving in freestyle mode.
Word: stuffies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stuffy Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of stuffie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: telaprevir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From [Term?] + -previr (“hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor”). 1. A protease inhibitor intended to treat hepatitis C. Labels: uncountable Example: While Vertex has previously shown that telaprevir can sharply reduce virus levels in patients blood, the new data, to be presented at the meeting, an annual gathering of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases in Boston, is the first strong signal of how many patients could be cured.
Word: wali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic وَالٍ (wālin). Pronunciation: /ˈwɑːliː/ 1. A provincial governor in certain Muslim contexts. Example: For much of the last century, the mountainous region of Swat was ruled as a princely kingdom where a benign autocrat, the wali, bestowed schools for girls, health care for everyone and the chance to get a degree abroad for the talented.
Word: wali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy). Pronunciation: /ˈwɑːliː/ 1. A saint or prophet. Example: You see the shrine was founded in memory of a great Wali, seer, holy man – but apparently a Mohammedan.
Word: walis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wali Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unadjudicated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + adjudicated. Piecewise doublet of unadjudged. 1. Not adjudicated. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Tankleff lawyers sent the allegations to the Suffolk County Court in Riverhead in a motion seeking another appeal, and also forwarded the unadjudicated material to the four-judge panel in Brooklyn that is reviewing the appeal already pending on earlier new evidence.
Word: antinomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From antinomy + -ic. 1. Exhibiting or pertaining to antinomy; contradictory. Example: Their reasoning, the judge wrote, was that it would be antinomic for the F.B.I., charged with fighting crime, to employ as an informer a murderer as vicious and prolific as Greg Scarpa.
Word: midtrial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mid- + trial. 1. During a trial. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mr. DeVecchio and his lawyers said they were not worried that Justice Reichbach would be unfair; ultimately, the judge did not have to give a verdict because of the midtrial revelations that brought the case to an end.
Word: partscore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From part + score. 1. A trick score less than 100, obtained by making a contract. Example: At the other tables, Lady Billingham made five diamonds exactly, but both Commons pairs cautiously stopped in partscores.
Word: partscores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of partscore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unhumorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + humorous. 1. Not humorous. Example: Mr. Williams is not an unhumorous newsman, though he usually plays one on TV. As an anchor, he has steadfastly submerged his inner comic.
Word: myrmecologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myrmecology + -ist. 1. One who studies ants.
Word: myrmecologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myrmecologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biopoetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + poetics. 1. A form of literary criticism that takes into account biopsychological processes. Labels: uncountable Example: There is a literary-scientific movement called biopoetics, led by the Harvard professor E. O. Wilson, that wants the humanities, as he wrote in his 1999 book Consilience, rationalized.