nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: echinococcus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Echinococcus, from echino- (“sea urchin, prickle”) + -coccus (“spherical microorganism”). Pronunciation: /ɪˌkaɪ.nəˈkɑk.əs/ 1. A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, thought to be the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs. Labels: archaic
Word: jamón ibérico Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish jamón ibérico. 1. A type of cured ham from Spain, made from the black Iberian pig. Labels: uncountable
Word: spatterdock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spatter + dock? 1. A water lily of species Nuphar advena, of temperate eastern North America.
Word: speako Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From speak + -o, modelled on typo. 1. A mistake made when speaking, for example saying the wrong word accidentally. Labels: informal Example: In other words, you made a "speako" rather than a "typo." Speech systems these days are typically interactive, allowing for verification of input. Example: "How come it thinks I said that?" Jay asked. "Those are 'speakos'. Kind of like what we call a 'typo
Word: speako Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From speakeasy + -o. 1. A speakeasy (illegal bar, saloon or tavern).
Word: speako Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From speak + -o, in imitation of Spanish hablo and Portuguese falo. 1. [I] speak. Labels: humorous, uncommon Example: no speako the lingo Example: Q: Why didn't you ask them about X? A: No speako the lingo.
Word: spermatocide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spermato- + -cide. 1. spermicide
Word: sphecid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Sphecidae family of wasps. Labels: not-comparable Example: The coloring indicates it’s a female. The males are smaller and mostly black. And you might not have been able to tell, but the sphecid wasps have a very narrow, threadlike waist.
Word: sphecid Part of Speech: noun 1. A wasp in the Sphecidae family.
Word: spiff up Part of Speech: verb 1. To decorate or otherwise make more attractive. Labels: idiomatic, slang, transitive Example: He was all spiffed up, this chap, decked out in a spotless white shirt and a bow tie.
Word: stipendiaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stipendiary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: York ham Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Traditionally produced in York, England. 1. A mild cured ham that has a delicate pink meat; traditionally served with a Madeira sauce Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aetites Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman aetite, aetites, Middle French aetite, and their source, Latin (lapis) āetītēs (“eagle (stone)”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ἀετίτης (λίθος) (aetítēs (líthos), “eagle (stone)”), from ἀετός (aetós, “eagle”). Pronunciation: /iːˈtaɪtiːz/, /iˈtaɪdiz/ 1. An eaglestone. Example: On such analogous reasoning it is not difficult to see why the aetites stone, with another rattling inside it, should have been thought helpful to a pregnant woman.
Word: rugins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rugin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sprug Part of Speech: noun 1. house sparrow Labels: Northern-England, Scotland
Word: sprug Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare dialectal English sprug up (“dress neatly”), sprag (“prop”, verb)/sprag (“lively”, adjective). 1. To smarten (make smart). Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: sprugged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sprug Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sprugging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sprug Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sprugs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sprug Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pentacra Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pentacron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pentacron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”) + ἄκρον (ákron, “summit”). 1. A solid with five summits (vertices), such as a square pyramid Labels: archaic
Word: ostraciser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ostracizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: depiece Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + piece. Pronunciation: /diːˈpiːs/ 1. To remove pieces from; to take apart, disassemble. Labels: rare Example: Mind, being an action of the Infinite, depieces as well as aggregates ad infinitum. Example: An ornate set of symbolically retaliatory tortures [...] proceeded with quasi-liturgical exactitude, climaxing in the efforts of four champing horses to pull Damiens's limbs out from his body (in a gruesome twist, his body stubbornly refused to be depieced, and had to be further chopped and battered by public executioner Sanson).
Word: depieces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of depiece Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: depieced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of depiece Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: anti-monarchism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + monarchism. 1. The fact or principles of being opposed to monarchism; opposition to monarchy. Labels: uncountable Example: Designed by the Parlement, the grisly mise-en-scène, which horrified many philosophes, was intended to wipe the Parlement's slate clean of any putative stain of anti-monarchism.
Word: -pants Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Extracted from fancypants. 1. Used with adjectives ending in -y to form nicknames based on a negative quality of a person. Labels: derogatory, informal, morpheme, usually Example: [book title] Example: We used to call her Miss Bossy Pants when she was a kid.
Word: collatitious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin collātītius, later form of collātīcius (“brought together, raised by contribution”). See collation. 1. Characterised by the contributions of many people. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: The Greeks and Romans[…]had certain entertainments which they called collatitious feasts, where every guest that was invited contributed his share to the repast. 2. Relating to the digestive system and other associated organs, such as the liver and pancreas. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: nor was there any morbid alteration in the collatitious organs.
Word: revanchisme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French revanchisme. 1. Alternative form of revanchism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: inserve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin inservire, from in- (“in”) + servire (“to serve”). 1. To be useful for a purpose, or to somsone Labels: obsolete
Word: inserved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of inserve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: inserves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of inserve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: inserving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of inserve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: replevisable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Old French replevisable. 1. Alternative form of repleviable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: delivery to inquire of sheriffs and others , that have let out of prison by replevying persons not replevisable
Word: out-general Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of outgeneral. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: out-generaled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of out-general Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: patavinities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patavinity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Patavinity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Patavine + -ity, from Latin Patavīnitās, from Patavīnus (“Patavine”) [itself from Patavium (now Padua, where Livy was born) + -īnus] + -itās. Compare French patavinité. Pronunciation: /ˌpætəˈvɪnɪti/ 1. The use of local or provincial words from Patavium Labels: Ancient-Rome, uncountable, usually Example: Livy, the Roman historian, was often accused of Patavinity.
Word: OTM Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Initialism of out of the money. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: OTM Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of other than Mexican. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: out of the money Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Of an option, yielding a loss if exercised. Example: It's two bucks out of the money now, but it still has three weeks until expiration. 2. Failing to achieve a sufficiently high ranking in a contest to earn money (for oneself, or for those who have placed a bet).
Word: physical therapists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of physical therapist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alizari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French alizari (“madder root (commercial name)”), from Greek αλιζάρι (alizári, “madder”), from Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری (ala cehri). 1. The madder of the Levant; wild madder (Rubia peregrina). Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: the able Holland merchants dispersed it in all the markets of Europe , after they had mixed it with the alizaris of Levant
Word: protagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proto- + Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “a contest”). See protagonist. So called because it was the first definitely ascertained principle of the brain. 1. A supposed crystalline molecule that forms the brain. The idea was proposed by Matthias Eugen Oscar Liebreich and Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichum later disproved it, showing that the brain contains various lipids. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: protagons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protagon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: single-acting Part of Speech: adj 1. Having simplicity of action; especially acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only. Labels: not-comparable
Word: muscoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin musca (“fly”) 1. Any fly in the superfamily Muscoidea. 2. Any fly in the section Schizophora. Labels: broadly
Word: muscoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: muscus (“moss”) + -oid 1. Resembling moss.
Word: muscoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muscoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snuggies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snuggie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snuggies Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of tight-fitting knitted thermal underwear. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Bring your snuggies when visiting Yellowstone Country in any season. Just because it's July doesn't mean you can leave your longjohns, sweatshirts and windbreakers at home. Example: Not because of her totally fleshless legs, but because she was wearing red snuggies when it was actually pretty hot weather. Lina partly lowered the snuggies and extracted a quart of Spur.
Word: snuggie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snug + -ie. 1. A wedgie. Labels: US, slang 2. Alternative form of Snuggie. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The night ended with my mom bringing over a snuggie that she had made out of the breast cancer ribbon fabric.
Word: Snuggie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snug + -ie, a trade name. 1. A sleeved blanket worn as an item of clothing.
Word: atomic wedgie Part of Speech: noun 1. A prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply from behind up over the head, or higher, in order to wedge the clothing uncomfortably between the person's buttocks. Labels: US, slang Example: "...Brent just loves antagonizing his sister but he knows better than to mess with me after that atomic wedgie I gave him once,” Tanner said with a grin. “Yeah he was pulling his underwear out of his butt crack for at least a month,” Joshua said as he and Tanner giggled uncontrollably. Example: He shut his brother up with the simple expedient of giving him an atomic wedgie, Mandalor-family style. “You son of a bitch! I think you just ruptured a testicle,” Dom howled. “I thought you'd given up balls for Lent,” Leandro said
Word: melvin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Used in the 1990s American TV show Salute Your Shorts and 1991 film Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. Earlier origin unknown. 1. A wedgie performed from in front of the victim. Labels: slang
Word: melvin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the male given name Melvin. 1. A boring or nerdy person; a dweeb. Labels: US, derogatory, slang Example: Dad! You can't leave me here! These guys are total Melvins!
Word: Triple Goddess Part of Speech: name 1. The trinity of the Goddess. Labels: uncountable
Word: melvins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of melvin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bitchwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bitch + work. 1. Undesirable and demeaning work. Labels: derogatory, slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: unvitrescible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + vitrescible. 1. Not vitrescible.
Word: fat lot Part of Speech: noun 1. Little or nothing. Labels: informal, sarcastic, uncountable Example: You're replacing a dead battery with another dead one! Fat lot of good that'll do you! Example: "No, sir, nor to me. I am poor, but I have never ill-used my gift." "A fat lot of use the gift is, then!" said the visitor, rising from his chair.
Word: Firmin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Firminus, name of early Christian saints, derivative of firmus (“firm”). 1. A male given name from Latin. Labels: rare 2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Achard Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Achard. 1. A surname from French.
Word: Aubert Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Bon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan བོན (bon). Pronunciation: /bɒn/, /bɑn/ 1. An indigenous Tibetan religion, in many ways akin to Tibetan Buddhism.
Word: Bon Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /bɒn/, /bɑn/ 1. Synonym of Obon
Word: Guilbert Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Guilbert. 1. A surname from French.
Word: Constant Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Constance. Labels: rare 2. A surname. 3. A populated place in Saint George parish, Barbados.
Word: Jacot Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Jacot, a pet form of the personal name Jacques. 1. A surname from French.
Word: Laud Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Whitley County, Indiana, United States.
Word: Mathurin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the founder. 1. A member of the Trinitarian order. Example: A deputation came to the Hotel de Ville from the district of the Mathurins, where the people had assembled, appointed a president and other officers, and begun to make a list of the citizens who were able to bear arms.
Word: triple goddesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of triple goddess Labels: form-of, plural Example: While triple goddesses can be found in many cultures (Celtic, Roman, Greek, Hindu, and Mesopotamian, for example), the classification of the triplicity into a maiden-mother-crone format is distinctly modern.
Word: pièce d'occasion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pièce d'occasion. 1. An artistic composition written for a particular occasion. Example: Terence Rattigan’s brittle bitter-sweet comedy The Sleeping Prince (written as a pièce d’occasion for Queen Elizabeth’s coronation) centres on the romance between an American actress (Marilyn Monroe) and a lecherous Balkan guest at the 1911 coronation of George V. Example: In 1756, arch-Jansenist publicist Le Paige produced, under cover of anonymity, a pièce d'occasion, the Lettres sur les lits de justice, which argued, on the basis of impressive antiquarian research, that the ceremony was in fact heir to ancient Frankish assemblies [...].
Word: pièces d'occasion Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pièce d'occasion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laxist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lax + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈlaksɪst/ 1. Someone promoting lax views or relaxed interpretations of something.
Word: laxist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lax + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈlaksɪst/ 1. Promoting a lax view or interpretation of something. Example: The Jesuits, it was charged, championed a laxist theology which encouraged rather than deterred sin [...].
Word: clawed frogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clawed frog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hell-raiser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hellraiser. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Many of the gay liberation movement's most significant organizers and hell-raisers from Stonewall on have come from non-privileged backgrounds and have identified as members of other oppressed groups in addition to the gay community. Example: This newfound infatuation renders Bart uncharacteristically vulnerable. He suddenly has something to care about beyond causing trouble and makes a dramatic transformation from hell-raiser to gentleman about town.
Word: chemical agents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chemical agent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chemical affinities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chemical affinity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gentleman about town Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of man about town. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This newfound infatuation renders Bart uncharacteristically vulnerable. He suddenly has something to care about beyond causing trouble and makes a dramatic transformation from hell-raiser to gentleman about town.
Word: bubble pipe Part of Speech: noun 1. A toy in the shape of a tobacco pipe, used to blow bubbles. Example: In a desperate attempt to impress Laura, Bart begins bathing and sashaying about in a smoking jacket while sucking thoughtfully on a bubble pipe as part of his new pint-sized Hef persona.
Word: crush-worthy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of crushworthy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The animators, writers and Gilbert do a fantastic job of making Laura an eminently crush-worthy figure of adolescent yearning but the episode doles out scenes of her and Bart together sparingly.
Word: crushworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crush + -worthy. 1. Suitable for a crush (infatuation): attractive. Labels: usually
Word: crank call Part of Speech: noun 1. A prank call. Example: Bart is predictably devastated, but the plot thread wraps itself up all too neatly when Bart gets Laura to see through Jimbo’s bad-boy façade by framing Jimbo for one of his own habitual crank calls to Moe.
Word: CCDev Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Commercial Crew Development. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: C3PO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: crank caller Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who makes a crank call.
Word: pacotille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French pacotille (“junk”) 1. Something of little or no value exchanged for something valuable, originally goods exchanged for slaves. Labels: Trinidad-and-Tobago
Word: BPD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of borderline personality disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: The four overlapping concepts of borderline were as follows : (1) A residual model […] (2) An affective disorder model, which considered BPD as an affective spectrum illness displaying prominent[…]
Word: BPD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Baltimore Police Department. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Boston Police Department. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “In a four-year span, the BPD targeted Blacks for roughly 129,600 encounters – 63.3% of 204,739 – that did not result in arrest,” the report said.
Word: ruralpolitan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of rural + metropolitan. 1. An urbanite who moves to the countryside, especially to start an agricultural venture. Example: These "ruralpolitans" are willing to invest beaucoup bucks to pay for equipment to reap and sow organic vegetables; raise niche crops, such as herbs, grass-fed beef or organic pork; shear sheep or llamas for wool production; or harvest grapes for wine.
Word: ruralpolitans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ruralpolitan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pirot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Introduced by British philosopher Paul Grice, who took the word from Rudolf Carnap's example sentence "Pirots karulize elatically". 1. A notional living being used in discussing certain aspects of the philosophy of language. Example: Suppose we are genitors — demigods — designing living creatures, creatures Grice calls pirots. To design a type of pirot is to specify a diagram and table for that type (plus evaluative procedures, if any). Example: Pirots are much like ourselves, and inhabit a world of obbles very much like our own world.
Word: requel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- (“again, anew”) + quel, by analogy with sequel. 1. A movie which revisits the subject matter of an earlier film but is not a remake or a linear continuation of its plot (i.e. a sequel or prequel). Example: "We want the character to look different, feel different, sound different. The back story of the character's different, the origin of the story is expanded upon in ways that the first movie didn't hint at, at all. […] It's pretty much a reboot, only with the same actor, which makes it: a requel. Or a seboot."
Word: requels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of requel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soul brother Part of Speech: noun 1. A fellow African American man. Labels: informal
Word: chakacha Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional Swahili style of music and dance. Labels: uncountable
Word: chair lift Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chairlift. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A drive to exploit the Highlands as a winter sports area, with all the necessary auxiliaries, such as chair lifts in the Cairngorms, shows increasing promise, [...].
Word: chalk and talk Part of Speech: noun 1. The traditional method of teaching, consisting mainly of speaking and writing on a chalkboard. Labels: derogatory, informal, uncountable
Word: chalkpit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chalk + pit. 1. A quarry where chalk is extracted. Example: I was out a-hunting to-day, and I got away to a place in the wood I’d never seen before. And there was an old chalk-pit. Example: I tried the next uphill turning. It took about half an hour to get back to the road again from the chalkpit into which it led us.
Word: chamiso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chamizo, from Galician chamizo. 1. An evergreen shrub, Atriplex canescens, found in the southwestern United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chamomilla Part of Speech: noun 1. camomile
Word: changkol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay cangkul, from Proto-Malayic *caŋkul. 1. A type of hoe.
Word: channelise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of channelize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: chanoyu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 茶の湯 (ちゃのゆ, cha no yu). 1. A traditional Japanese tea ceremony in which matcha is prepared and presented. Labels: uncountable
Word: chaulmoogra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bengali চালমুগরা (calmugra). Pronunciation: /tʃɔːlˈmuːɡɹə/ 1. A tree found in Southeast Asia, Hydnocarpus wightianus, which yields an oil that was formerly used as a treatment for leprosy.
Word: checkerbloom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From checker + bloom. 1. Any of the flowering plants in the genus Sidalcea.
Word: checksheet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of check sheet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chemotrophic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to chemotrophism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chemotrophically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From chemotrophic + -ally. 1. in a chemotropic way Labels: not-comparable
Word: chicken salad air Part of Speech: noun 1. A trick in which the boarder reaches the trailing hand back between the legs and grabs the heel edge of the board between the feet. Labels: uncountable
Word: cargoship Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cargo ship. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cargoships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cargoship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lampshading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lampshade + -ing. 1. The practice of decorating lampshades. Labels: uncountable Example: Finally she took a job decorating lampshades. Lampshading, as she called it, left her drained and without impetus or inspiration to draw, which always made her unhappy.
Word: lampshading Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From lampshade + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of lampshade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: high life Part of Speech: noun 1. An extravagant lifestyle. Labels: idiomatic Example: He enjoyed the high life after winning the lottery. 2. A privileged way of life associated with the upper classes. Labels: idiomatic
Word: access roads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of access road Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abb. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of abbess. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of abbey. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of abbot. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: compound interval Part of Speech: noun 1. An interval that is greater than an octave.
Word: compound intervals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of compound interval Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pacotilles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pacotille Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Epicurean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French Epicurien, from Latin Epicureus, from Ancient Greek Ἐπικούρειος (Epikoúreios, “Epicurean”), from Ἐπίκουρος (Epíkouros, “Epicurus”) + -ειος (-eios, “-ey: forming adjectives”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛpɪkjʊəˈɹiːən/, /ˌɛpɪkjʊˈɹiːən/, /ˌɛpɪˈkjʊɹiən/ 1. Of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism, his philosophy.
Word: Epicurean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French Epicurien, from Latin Epicureus, from Ancient Greek Ἐπικούρειος (Epikoúreios, “Epicurean”), from Ἐπίκουρος (Epíkouros, “Epicurus”) + -ειος (-eios, “-ey: forming adjectives”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛpɪkjʊəˈɹiːən/, /ˌɛpɪkjʊˈɹiːən/, /ˌɛpɪˈkjʊɹiən/ 1. a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism
Word: Epicureans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Epicurean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Abbassid Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of Abbasid. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Abbasside Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of Abbasid. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Abbasside Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of Abbasid. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: chocolate milk Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌt͡ʃɑklɪtˈmɪɫk/, /ˈt͡ʃɑklɪtmɪɫk/ 1. A sweetened cocoa-flavored drink, typically created by mixing chocolate syrup or chocolate powder with milk, and typically served cold. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Historically, it would appear that the Certain-Thyson Milk Company of Miami, Florida, began the manufacture and distribution of chocolate milk in bottles during the late fall of 1919.
Word: chocolate milks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chocolate milk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bicycle lanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bicycle lane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abducent nerve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From Latin abducō (“to lead away”) Pronunciation: /æbˈdus.ənt nɚv/, /æbˈdjus.ənt nɚv/ 1. Alternative spelling of abducens nerve. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: abducents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abducent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patronnes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patronne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chamise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish chamiza. 1. An evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum in the botanical family Rosaceae Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: keepability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From keep + -ability. 1. The quality or degree of being keepable, especially the extent to which food can be preserved. Labels: uncountable
Word: Greek yogurt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called due to its association with Greece, due to this type of yogurt being eaten by people from the Levantine region and Greece, and later it being mainly exported from Greece to the various parts of the English-speaking world by brands like Fage. Attested since at least 1968. 1. A form of yogurt that has been strained to remove the whey, resulting in lower fat content and higher protein content. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Greek, yogurt. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable
Word: antiphospholipid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + phospholipid. 1. Counteracting phospholipids. Labels: not-comparable Example: antiphospholipid antibodies
Word: antiphospholipid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + phospholipid. 1. Any antiphospholipid antibody
Word: Hughes syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the rheumatologist Graham R. V. Hughes. 1. An autoimmune, hypercoagulable state caused by antibodies against cell-membrane phospholipids, leading to blood clots and pregnancy complications. Labels: uncountable
Word: have Van Gogh's ear for music Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Since Van Gogh (a painter, not a musician) is famed for cutting off his own ear. The phrase is attributed to Billy Wilder. 1. To be tone-deaf. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, informal Example: After listening to Cliff Osmond, a huge, 225-pound actor, rehearse a song he was to sing as part of his role in Kiss Me, Stupid, Billy observed, not unkindly, "You have Van Gogh's ear for music." Example: […] some inebriated idiot belting out a karaoke number thinking that he or she is perfectly in tune and the rest of the audience is somehow captivated by the performance — most of them have Van Gogh's ear for music.
Word: REME Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: borosulfate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boro- + sulfate. 1. The anion B(SO₄)₄⁵⁻ 2. Any salt containing this anion
Word: arterolane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arte- (“artemisinin-related compound”). 1. A novel antimalarial drug that contains both an adamantyl and an ozonide group. Labels: uncountable
Word: scybala Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκύβαλα (skúbala), plural of σκύβαλον (skúbalon). 1. a hardened mass of feces Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only
Word: atrop- Part of Speech: prefix 1. atropisomer Labels: morpheme Example: En route to abyssomicin C, we prepared and characterized its stable conformational isomer atrop-abyssomicin C...
Word: altimetrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From altimetric + -ally. 1. By means of altimetry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: borosulfates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of borosulfate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: borosulphate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boro- + sulphate. 1. Alternative form of borosulfate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: corrivalries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corrivalry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corrivalry Part of Speech: noun 1. A joint or mutual rivalry. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: do-little Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who does, performs or achieves little Labels: colloquial Example: Great talkers are commonly do-littles. Example: "Is that all I am good for now? I was good for mair than that in the great fight between our folk and Patrico Salmon's; if I had not helped you with these very fambles, (holding up her hands) Jean Baillie would have frummagem'd you, ye feckless do-little."
Word: do-littles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of do-little Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spirifer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin spira (“a coil”) + fero (“to bear”). 1. Any of numerous species of fossil brachiopods of the genera †Spirifer and †Delthyris and allied genera in order †Spiriferida, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side.
Word: spirifers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spirifer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea canaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea canary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea canary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called from the whistling sound which it makes. 1. The beluga.
Word: triverbal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + verbal. 1. of three words Labels: not-comparable Example: a triverbal phrase
Word: trivalently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From trivalent + -ly. 1. in a trivalent manner; with a valence of three Labels: not-comparable Example: a trivalently cross-linked structure
Word: sermoning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sermonynge; equivalent to sermon + -ing. 1. The act of discoursing; instruction; preaching. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: now have things been so reformed with a witness, or rather a vengeance, that Sermoning carries all afore it, bears all down to little or nothing. Example: What need these assiduous pryaers, these frequent sermonings, these importune communicatings?
Word: sermoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sermon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sermonings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sermoning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pelfish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pelf + -ish. 1. Of the nature of pelf: undignified, trashy. Labels: obsolete Example: Wherefore, that I may the sooner vnbroyde ye pelfish trash
Word: circumgestation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin circumgestare (“to carry around”), from circum + gestare (“to carry”). 1. The act or process of carrying about. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery circumgestation of the eucharist to be adored
Word: proterogynous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From protero- + -gyny + -ous. 1. protogynous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: suppositional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supposition + -al. 1. Relating to, or based on, supposition; hypothetical; conjectural. Labels: not-comparable Example: suppositional judgment Example: suppositional question
Word: suppositionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From suppositional + -ly. 1. In a suppositional manner; by means of, or in the context of, supposition.
Word: attemperly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From attemper + -ly. 1. temperately Labels: obsolete Example: Notheles he shall sytte thareyn, to his body be moyst of the bathe, and water be cast on hym ofte sithes attemperly, and all so sone as he wille. Example: Wherefore she did them to eat thus attemperly.
Word: satyrion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin, from Ancient Greek σατύριον (satúrion, “a kind of orchid”) from Σάτυρος (Sáturos, “a Satyr”). 1. Any of various kinds of orchids. Labels: obsolete Example: Chestnuts, soaked in muscadel, then boiled, along with satyrion, pistachio nuts, pine kernels, cubebs, cinnamon, rocket seed and sugar. Compounded together, these ingredient form a stimulating electuary.
Word: satyrions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of satyrion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cephalophores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cephalophore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toxodon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta. Example: "Finally, I will assuredly give some account of the toxodon, the giant ten-foot guinea pig, with projecting chisel teeth, which we killed as it drank in the grey of the morning by the side of the lake."
Word: toxodons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toxodon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demivolt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French demi-volte. 1. A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his forelegs in a particular manner.
Word: demivolts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demivolt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acetylenecarboxylic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. propiolic acid Labels: uncountable
Word: calambour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See calambac. 1. A species of agalloch (unknown which species) found in the Philippines.
Word: Nethinim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew נְתִינִים (nəṯīnīm), plural of נָתִין (“given; granted; a slave of the temple”). 1. A servant of the priests and Levites in the menial services about the tabernacle and temple. Labels: Judaism, historical
Word: sclerodermite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sclero- + Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma) + -ite. 1. The hard integument of crustaceans. Example: In fact each zoonite in turn is formed of several distinct parts or sclerodermites, which also, by welding together, produce arrests of development and atrophied members. 2. A calcareous support structure, such as that produced by the corals in the Scleractinia order, by sclerosponges, and by some sea cucumbers. Example: The most recent study has been made by Hayasi (78), who finds that the calcareous lamellae which form the sclerodermites are formed by secretions of the calicoblasts and that the latter are not themselves calcified. Example: The same is true of the sclerodermites of Holothuroidea but it is not true of other echinoderm microfossils, such as echinoid pedicellariæ and microcrinoids.
Word: sclerodermites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sclerodermite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suprastapedial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supra- + stapedial. 1. Of, relating to, or designating that part of the columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many animals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mariet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mariette, properly a diminutive of Marie (“Mary”). 1. A kind of bellflower, Campanula trachelium. Labels: archaic
Word: mariets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mariet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peragration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin peragratio: compare French peragration. Pronunciation: /ˌpɜːɹəˈɡɹeɪʃən/ 1. The act or state of passing through any space. Labels: obsolete Example: A moneth of Peragration is the time of the Moons revolution from any part of the Zodiack
Word: peragrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peragration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abiologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From abiological + -ly or abiologic + -ally or a- + biologically. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ.baɪ.əˈlɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.kə.li/, /ˌeɪ.baɪ.əˈlɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.kli/, /ˌeɪ.baɪ.əˈlɑd͡ʒ.ə.kə.li/, /ˌeɪ.baɪ.əˈlɑd͡ʒ.ə.kli/ 1. In an abiological manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: a natural mechanism for abiologically producing some of the needed structural components of life
Word: chondropterygian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French chondropterygien. 1. Having a cartilaginous skeleton. Labels: obsolete
Word: chondropterygian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French chondropterygien. 1. Any member of the obsolete taxon Chondropterygii, which included both the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) such as sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras, and the more primitive bony fishes such as sturgeons that have some bones made of cartilage. Labels: obsolete
Word: chondropterygians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chondropterygian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scherbet Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of sherbet. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: scherbets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scherbet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boat shell Part of Speech: noun 1. A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. 2. A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymbium, syn. Cymba.
Word: boat shells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boat shell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strigous Part of Speech: adj 1. strigose Example: strigous leaves
Word: phanerite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek φανερός (phanerós, “visible”) + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈfæn.əˌɹaɪt/ 1. An igneous rock composed of macroscopic mineral crystals (coarse grains large enough to be visible to the naked eye). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sea pork Part of Speech: noun 1. Certain colonial tunicates, such as of genus Aplidium (syn. Amaroucium), which resemble salt pork when found washed up on the beach. Labels: US, colloquial, uncountable
Word: carriboo Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of caribou. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: carriboos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carriboo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrencephaloid Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hydrocephaloid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: curtailer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From curtail + -er. 1. One who curtails.
Word: curtailers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curtailer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: servaline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From serval + -ine. 1. Related to, or resembling, the serval.
Word: Saddar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Persian صددر (“the hundred gates or ways”), from صد (sad, “a hundred”) + در (dar, “door, way”). 1. A Persian work that is a summary of the Zend-Avesta.
Word: suckerfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suckerfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suckfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suck + fish. 1. The suckerfish, or remora.
Word: suckfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suckfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cinnamomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cinnamomum (“cinnamon”) + -ic. 1. cinnamic Labels: not-comparable
Word: supernaturalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supernatural + -istic. 1. Of or relating to supernaturalism.
Word: soldanel Part of Speech: noun 1. A snowbell (plant of the genus Soldanella, of the primrose family). Labels: dated
Word: spignet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corrupted from spikenard. 1. An aromatic plant of America; the spikenard (genus Aralia).
Word: spignets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spignet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spikenards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spikenard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yellow pond-lily Part of Speech: noun 1. spatterdock
Word: spatterdocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spatterdock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yellow pond-lilies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yellow pond-lily Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spatiotemporality Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being spatiotemporal; existence in space and time. Labels: uncountable
Word: natural harmonic Part of Speech: noun 1. a sound produced by lightly touching the string as opposed to pressing it against the fingerboard, usually with the actual pitch notated 2. The series of pitches produced by a wind instrument without modulation by a mute, valves, or keys. Example: Although stopping may have served to produce some chromatic sounds, and partially filled up some of the smaller gaps in the natural harmonic series, the characteristic clearness of trumpet-tone was largely lost when the instrument was thus muted by having the passage through the bell closed by the hand. Example: Desirably, a tuner gives the separate Larigot 1 1/3' rank the same perfect pitch as the natural harmonic.
Word: natural harmonics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of natural harmonic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Voder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for voice operation demonstrator. 1. An early electronic device for synthesizing speech by imitating the effects of the human vocal tract.
Word: chamises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chamise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: voddies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voddy Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of voddie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: false harmonic Part of Speech: noun 1. a harmonic produced by lightly touching the string at the point where the notated pitch is played, but producing a different pitch
Word: false harmonics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of false harmonic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyclopedic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cyclopedia + -ic. 1. Belonging to the circle of the sciences, or to a cyclopedia 2. wide-ranging Example: a man of cyclopedic knowledge
Word: deniggerizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deniggerize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cyclopaedic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cyclopedic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chamisos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chamiso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chaulmoogras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chaulmoogra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suffixoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suffix + -oid, Coined by US etymologist and philologist Yakov Malkiel circa 1966. 1. A wordfinal segment that has characteristics of both a free morpheme and a bound morpheme.
Word: suffixoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suffixoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: checkerblooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of checkerbloom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tarkingtonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Tarkington + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Booth Tarkington (1869–1946), American novelist and dramatist.
Word: skin signs Part of Speech: noun 1. The observable color, temperature, and moisture of a patient's epidermis, a component of vital signs. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Assess pulse, blood pressure, and skin signs.
Word: vital sign Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular component of a patient's vital signs
Word: caparro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Native American name. 1. A large South American monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha), with a prehensile tail. Labels: dated
Word: caparros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caparro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pharyngotomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pharyngotomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pharyngotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pharynx + -tomy. 1. The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumour or anything that obstructs the passage. 2. Scarification or incision of the tonsils.
Word: sophisticatedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sophisticated + -ness. 1. Quality of being sophisticated; sophistication. Labels: uncountable
Word: tarpum Part of Speech: noun 1. A large marine fish (Atlantic tarpon), of species Megalops atlanticus, of the southern United States and the West Indies, with large silvery scales.
Word: tarpums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tarpum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: touring motorcycle Part of Speech: noun 1. A motorcycle designed to be driven on long-distance journeys, with large fuel tanks and features for increased driver comfort.
Word: Cochin fowl Part of Speech: noun 1. The Cochin (chicken). Labels: dated
Word: Cochin fowls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cochin fowl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: avicularia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of avicularium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: temerous Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of temerarious. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: surucucu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese surucucu, from Old Tupi surukuku. 1. A venomous pit viper, the bushmaster.
Word: surucucus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surucucu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bushmanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bushman + -ship. 1. The survival skills of a bushman or any bushperson. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: bushcraft
Word: pediculous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin pediculosus. By surface analysis, pedic(u)le + -ous. 1. Alternative form of pedicular. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: cymbiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin cymba (“boat”), + -iform. 1. Shaped like a boat. Labels: not-comparable 2. Elongated and having the upper surface clesa ly concave, as in the glumes of many grasses. Labels: not-comparable Example: cymbiform pericarps
Word: peritropal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around”) + τρόπος (trópos, “turn”) + -al. 1. Involving turning oneself around: rotating or circuitous. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: “Suppose I should get up a ballet, drill the girls myself, and learn ’em all the peritropal movements; see that their skirts are short enough, and that they are graceful while dancing.[…]” Example: Our three-decade friend, Joe A. Kirgan, late of the Milford Gazette, has established a paper at Frost, Navarro county. Joe is a regular peritropal and peripatetic genius, never lasting more than three months in one place. 2. Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: transvert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin transvertere. See transverse (adjective). 1. To cause to turn across; to transverse. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Why mannes langage wil procure and transvert / The wille of wymmen and vyrgyns innocent
Word: transverted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of transvert Labels: form-of, participle, past