nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tarama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek ταραμάς (taramás), from Turkish tarama. Pronunciation: /ˈtæɹəmə/, /ˈtɑɹəmə/ 1. salted cured cod roe, used in making taramosalata Labels: uncountable
Word: belletristical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of belletristic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: superfuses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of superfuse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: superfusing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of superfuse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: milk sickness Part of Speech: noun 1. A condition, with trembling and vomiting, caused by ingestion of milk, meat, etc. from a cow that has fed on white snakeroot, which contains the poison tremetol. Labels: uncountable
Word: tremetol Part of Speech: noun 1. A toxic organic compound found in white snakeroot, the cause of milk sickness. Labels: uncountable
Word: faluches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faluche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aha moment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aha + moment. 1. The moment or instant at which the solution to a problem, or some other significant realization, becomes clear. Labels: idiomatic Example: We are never made to understand why Oskar Schindler, the Nazi war profiteer, risked his life to save more than 1,200 Jews; there is no defining Aha! moment that accounts for his heroism. Example: Her aha moment came in 2003: "This, I realized, was my passion."
Word: perriers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perrier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hobits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hobit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sausage sizzles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sausage sizzle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: telebriefing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + briefing. 1. A briefing given by means of telecommunications technology. Example: Federal ECS have been used to respond to public inquiries, media telebriefings, press releases and interviews, and daily web-based updates. Example: When considering a telebriefing, plan accordingly for capacity. The CDC, for example, pays for 100 phone lines to handle the deluge of callers during and after each telebriefing.
Word: telebriefings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of telebriefing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: connotationless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From connotation + -less. 1. Without connotations. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mill's account of proper names as connotationless tags did not enjoy much support through most of the twentieth century.
Word: alburn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin alburnus. Cognate with alburnum and auburn. 1. The bleak, a small European fish with silvery scales. Example: In the total yield of cyprinids, the dominating fish is alburn, […] a small delicate fish which in dense shoals inhabits the pelagial waters of the lake. Example: It took patience to catch alburns, those hand-sized fish in the Stolpe.
Word: alburns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alburn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paracentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From para- + -centric. 1. Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a centre.
Word: paracentric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + -centric. 1. A planar curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or centre, by equal distances in equal times.
Word: paracentrics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paracentric Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Electoral Palatinate Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Electorate of the Palatinate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: electrometrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From electrometry + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to electrometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: grammaring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of grammar Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fiars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fiar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: volutae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voluta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mechlin Part of Speech: name 1. Dated form of Mechelen: a city in Belgium. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: Mechlin Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of lace made at, or originating in, Mechelen, having a bobbin ground and designs outlined by thread or flat cord. Labels: uncountable Example: And if disputes of empire rise between / Mechlin, the queen of lace, and Colberteen. Example: […]“Only think, my dear, of my having got that frightful great rent in my best Mechlin so charmingly mended, before I left Bath, that one can hardly see where it was.
Word: fossanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fossane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prolificates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prolificate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prolificating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prolificate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prolificated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prolificate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thaumaturgically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From thaumaturgical + -ly. 1. By means of, or in terms of, magic. Example: They cleared a maize plantation by the aid of magical tools and otherwise distinguished themselves thaumaturgically.
Word: Itala Part of Speech: name Etymology: Feminine of Latin italus (“Italian”). 1. An early Latin version of the Biblical Scriptures.
Word: Mondayishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mondayish + -ness. 1. The quality of being Mondayish. Labels: uncountable
Word: recurvated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recurvate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recurvating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recurvate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sminthurid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the family Sminthuridae of springtails.
Word: sminthurids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sminthurid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beblow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English beblowen, from Old English beblāwan (“to blow upon”), equivalent to be- (“on, around, about”) + blow. 1. To blow upon; blow around or about; proclaim or spread about (word, news, fame, etc.) Labels: ambitransitive Example: [...] Their lifebreath stays to beblow 'er clouds to the fourfar corners of Oldenworld.”
Word: nickings Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nicking + -s. 1. plural of nicking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nickings Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nicking + -s. 1. Small coal produced during cutting at the side of the coalface. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: subparticulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + particulate. 1. Smaller than particles. Example: subparticulate matter
Word: wrannock Part of Speech: noun 1. The common wren. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: wranny Part of Speech: noun 1. The common wren. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: wrannies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wranny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wrannocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wrannock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postero- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *posteros Latin posterus Latin posterior Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English postero- From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin posterior. 1. posterior; back Labels: morpheme
Word: posteroinferior Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From postero- + inferior. 1. Situated back and below.
Word: castleward Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From castle + ward. 1. Synonym of castle-guard.
Word: castlewards Part of Speech: adv 1. Towards the castle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: castlewards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of castleward Labels: form-of, plural
Word: castle-guard Part of Speech: noun 1. The guard or defence of a castle. 2. A tax or imposition on a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castleward. Labels: UK, obsolete 3. A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time.
Word: pleural lobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pleural lobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revisional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From revision + -al. 1. Of or relating to revision or change.
Word: sphaerospore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră, “ball”) + English spore. 1. One of the non-sexual spores found in red algae; a tetraspore.
Word: sphaerospores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sphaerospore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multiculturalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multicultural + -istic. 1. Relating to, or supporting, multiculturalism.
Word: postglabellar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + glabellar. 1. Behind the glabella.
Word: genal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin gena (“cheek”) + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛ.nəl/, [ˈdʒɛnɫ̩] 1. Of or relating to the cheeks Labels: not-comparable
Word: triliterality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From triliteral + -ity. 1. The quality of being triliteral. Labels: uncountable Example: W. D. Whitney Their most fundamental characteristic [the Semitic languages] is the triliterality of their roots.
Word: triliteralness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From triliteral + -ness. 1. triliterality Labels: uncountable
Word: warezing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of warez Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: warezed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of warez Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: emarginating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of emarginate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: religionaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of religionary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oriflamb Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɒɹɪflæm/ 1. Archaic spelling of oriflamme. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: And the Curate […] draws from the pocket of his gown / A handkerchief like an oriflamb, / And wipes his spectacles, […]
Word: oriflambs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oriflamb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: empleaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of emplead Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: empleading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of emplead Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Artotyrite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin Artotyritae, plural, from Ancient Greek ἄρτος (ártos, “loaf”) + τυρός (turós, “cheese”). 1. A member of a sect in the primitive church who celebrated the Lord's Supper with bread and cheese. Labels: historical
Word: Artotyrites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Artotyrite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iobenzamic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From io- (“iodine-containing contrast medium”) + benzam(ide) + -ic acid. 1. A molecule used as a contrast medium. Labels: uncountable
Word: infrequence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + frequence. 1. Dated form of infrequency. Labels: alt-of, dated, uncountable, usually
Word: belittlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of belittling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Canutish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Canute + -ish, referring to the legend of King Canute and the waves. 1. Futilely attempting to stop the unstoppable. Example: Whether or not the more extreme expressions of these fears are justified, gigantic commercial and cultural forces unleashed in the last decade mean that Canutish resistance to the digitisation of large swathes of academic culture is futile. Example: […] the 1927 Cinematograph Films Act's Canutish attempt to stem the tide with its quota system […]
Word: sparklings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sparkling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brownnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brownness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bemood Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + mood. 1. To endow with a mood; put in a mood; attune. Labels: transitive Example: Is philosophy merely one bemooded Dasein in the person of the professor forming his or her speech so as to suit another bemooded Dasein, namely, that of the students? Example: At your ears and in harmony left with right Till the moon bemoods: to the new, to the full, Only look up: possessing night — Cattic Bacchanal!
Word: ceraunoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κεραυνοσκοπεῖον (keraunoskopeîon), from κεραυνοσκοπία (keraunoskopía, “divination from thunder and lightning”) from κεραυνός (keraunós, “thunderbolt”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “look at, consider”). By surface analysis, cerauno- + -scope. Pronunciation: /səˈɹɔːnəskəʊp/ 1. An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient Greek mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning. Labels: historical Example: The machine with which these effects were produced on the stage was called a ceraunoscope. Example: The ceraunoscope is mentioned by many authors as capable of producing the most startling effects.
Word: come to order Part of Speech: verb 1. To come to an orderly state allowing it to conduct its business. Labels: intransitive
Word: barleywine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of barley wine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: barley wine Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of strong ale originating in England. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: barleywines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barleywine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doubledeckers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doubledecker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nickel bags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nickel bag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: I am HIV positive Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that the speaker is a carrier of the human immunodeficiency virus.
Word: exprobrative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From exprobrate + -ive. 1. Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful. Labels: obsolete Example: All benefites loosing much of their splendor […] that doe beare with them an exprobrative terme of necessitie.
Word: human immunodeficiency viruses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of human immunodeficiency virus Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: tech support Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. Technical support. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: whitegirl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of white girl. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: My lovers have always been the environment that defined my color. With a Black lover in apartheid Boston I was seen as a whitegirl. Example: She walked deliberately up to the couple, and in a most coquettish way that would make any Latina feel enormous envy at the style which this gringa whitegirl was displaying, she patted Omaha on the arm.
Word: whitegirls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whitegirl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jeerings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jeering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salivatingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From salivating + -ly. 1. While salivating, or as if salivating; with greed or lust. Example: He tore off her pants, looked salivatingly at her blond pussy as he thrust her legs open, his thing throbbing and hard. 2. So as to induce salivation; deliciously. Example: Hungarian waffles […] are aromatic, not overly sweet, popular, and salivatingly delicious.
Word: Anglo-English Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo- + English. 1. British English Labels: uncountable
Word: umbonated Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of umbonate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boothies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boothy Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of boothie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boothy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bothy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Masoretically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Masoretic + -ally. 1. In a Masoretic manner.
Word: me-ism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of meism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: structuralization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From structural + -ization. 1. The process or result of structuralizing; the giving of structure to something. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: structuralizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of structuralization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misjudger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From misjudge + -er. 1. One who misjudges.
Word: misjudgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misjudger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decolorates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decolorate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decolorating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decolorate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unarticled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + articled. 1. Not bound by the articles of an apprenticeship. Labels: not-comparable Example: unarticled clerks 2. Used without an article (part of speech defining or limiting a noun). Labels: not-comparable
Word: mediatrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mediatrix Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of mediatrice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mediatrixes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mediatrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mediatress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mediator + -ess. 1. A female mediator; a mediatrix. Example: Juno and other Pagan goddesses were sorry mediatresses; they were sometimes very termagants in the courts above; and they were not always chaste and pure.
Word: mediatresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mediatress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: e-identity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + identity. 1. One's identity on an electronic or digital system such as the Internet.
Word: e-identities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of e-identity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: e-wallets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of e-wallet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: e-shopping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + shopping. 1. Internet shopping; purchasing from e-shops Labels: uncountable Example: […] it should be possible to eliminate most of these mental "costs" by improving the e-shopping systems.
Word: e-shopper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + shopper. 1. One who purchases from e-shops; an Internet shopper.
Word: e-shoppers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of e-shopper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patenas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patena Labels: form-of, plural
Word: graffing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of graff Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: graffed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of graff Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: roll the dice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Metaphor from the use of dice in gambling games. 1. To take a chance, particularly a risky attempt. Labels: figuratively Example: No one really knows which companies and technologies will come out ahead, so everyone is rolling the dice. Example: Could we take the chance? Could we roll the dice? 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see roll, dice.
Word: siderolites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of siderolite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: videomicroscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. English audioinflu. English video English video- Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin mīcroscopiumlbor. Italian microscopiobor. English microscope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English microscopic English videomicroscopic From video- + microscopic. 1. Using, or relating to, videomicroscopy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dermatoscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dermatoscopy + -ic. 1. Using, or relating to, dermatoscopy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ungaugable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + gaugable. 1. That cannot be gauged or measured.
Word: gaugable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of gaugeable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: parapophyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parapophysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parapophysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + apophysis. 1. The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra.
Word: escopet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish escopeta, French escopette. 1. A kind of short rifle, like a carbine, used in Latin America.
Word: escopets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of escopet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: batteringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From battering + -ly. 1. So as to batter or beat. Example: The rain came down batteringly against the roof.
Word: cocurricular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From co- + curricular. 1. Accompanying an educational curriculum. Labels: not-comparable Example: Scouting is a cocurricular activity.
Word: versors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of versor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: armozeen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French armoisin. 1. A thick plain silk, generally black, used for clerical garments. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: armozeens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armozeen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: armozine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of armozeen. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: armozines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armozine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neuroectodermally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From neuroectodermal + -ly. 1. In terms of the neuroectoderm. Labels: not-comparable Example: neuroectodermally derived tumours
Word: ichthyomorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ichthyo- + -morphic. 1. Shaped like a fish. Example: the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria
Word: salogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sal (“salt”) + -o- + -gen. 1. A halogen. Labels: obsolete
Word: salogens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salogen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hocused Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hocus Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dibsed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dibs Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dibsing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dibs Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Hermitian matrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after French mathematician Charles Hermite (1822–1901), who demonstrated in 1855 that such matrices always have real eigenvalues. Pronunciation: /hɝˈmɪ.ʃən ˈmeɪ.tɹɪks/ 1. A square matrix A with complex entries that is equal to its own conjugate transpose, i.e., such that A=A^†. Example: Hermitian matrices have real diagonal elements as well as real eigenvalues. Example: If a Hermitian matrix has a simple spectrum (of eigenvalues) then its eigenvectors are orthogonal.
Word: ossuariums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ossuarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leaveneth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: leaven + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of leaven Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: meisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meism Labels: form-of, plural Example: Dwelling in meisms or emotionalisms will ensure that you remain outside the realm of purpose and never reach in your purposed destiny.
Word: sea porcupine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + porcupine. 1. A porcupine fish.
Word: sea porcupines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea porcupine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phonologic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of phonological. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: whewing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of whew Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: euphorbial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From euphorbia + -al. 1. Synonym of euphorbiaceous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: beared Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /bɛə(ɹ)d/, /bɛəd/, [bɛːd], /bɛɹd/, [bɛɚ̯d] 1. simple past and past participle of bear (acted as a bear, depressed the price of) Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For see, except where your holdings are concerned, the market is reasonable and right. But take your holdings. There's Frisco Consolidated. There is neither sense nor logic that it should be beared this way. Example: The sudden emergence of a bull market generated panic among brokers who had "beared" or "shorted" the stock.
Word: beared Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /bɛə(ɹ)d/, /bɛəd/, [bɛːd], /bɛɹd/, [bɛɚ̯d] 1. simple past and past participle of bear (carried, tolerated etc.) Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past, proscribed Example: This allowed me to continue inflicting this injury on myself long after I otherwise could have beared, I think.
Word: cupboarding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cupboard Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cupboarded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cupboard Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ⠰⠆ Part of Speech: symbol 1. the proportionality sign, ∷
Word: Bharati Braille Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Bharat. 1. A semi-unified braille script of greater India.
Word: laminboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of laminate + board. 1. A compound wood board consisting of thin strips of softwood glued together side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood, considered to be of higher quality than blockboard. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: battenboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From batten + board. 1. A compound wood board consisting of boards of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood, considered to be of lower quality than blockboard. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: roll off the tongue Part of Speech: verb 1. To proceed into oral expression in a manner which is fluent, appealing, or glib. Labels: idiomatic, usually Example: "Coddling criminals"—the alliteration makes it roll pleasantly off the tongue! Example: [H]e repeated under his breath: "The Rock of Chickamauga! The Rock of Chickamauga!" It rolled resoundingly off the tongue, and he liked it.
Word: roll from the tongue Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of roll off the tongue. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: roll from one's tongue Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of roll off the tongue. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: roll off one's tongue Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of roll off the tongue. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: run from the tongue Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of roll off the tongue. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: run off the tongue Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of roll off the tongue. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trip from the tongue Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of roll off the tongue. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trip off the tongue Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of roll off the tongue. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shock horror Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of amazement at something controversial. Labels: ironic Example: The identity of the secretive street artist has been outed by a Sunday newspaper and, shock horror, he's middle class. Example: The bulk of Castro's Secrets argues […] that Castro was aware that Lee Harvey Oswald was going to try to kill Kennedy in Dallas and (shock horror) did not warn the US authorities, ‘the most despicable decision during his nearly five decades in power’.
Word: munshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu منشی (munšī, “secretary; munshi”) or directly from its etymon Classical Persian منشی (munšī, “secretary; munshi”), from Arabic مُنْشِئ (munšiʔ, “teacher; writer”). Pronunciation: /ˈmuːnʃiː/, /ˈmunʃi/ 1. A clerk or secretary. Labels: South-Asia Example: Then Your Committee examined Goneſhamdaſs, who was formerly Moonſhee, or Perſian Tranſlator, to Colonel Graham; [...] Example: Whoever has memory to retain what he hears, and who ſpeaks ſo intelligibly that no doubt of his meaning ariſes in his audience, and who is a man of good actions, [...] ſuch perſon the magiſtrate ſhall conſtitute his Leekhuk or Moonſhi, and writer. 2. A language teacher, especially one teaching Hindustani or Persian. Labels: South-Asia Example: Several of us, at one time or another, engaged "moonshis" or teachers, and tried to learn Hindustani, in which language, with one exception I think, none of us became very proficient. Example: [A] beautifully-bound Tamil Bible and Prayer Book were brought over from the body of Christians on the other side the line by Edward Muttiyathillay, the munshee who had rendered such efficient help in the translation of both these books.
Word: screen of death Part of Speech: noun 1. A screen or a message indicating an unrecoverable error or failure. Labels: informal
Word: screens of death Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of screen of death Labels: form-of, plural
Word: go-arounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of go-around Labels: form-of, plural
Word: illuminosity Part of Speech: noun 1. the state of being illuminous Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: free morphemes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of free morpheme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: verlanized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of verlanize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: straiter Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of strait: more strait Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: Belt Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English and north/Low German surname, from the noun belt. * As a German surname, short form of the old Germanic name Baldher, composed of *balþ (“bold”) + *hari (“army”). Compare Belter. * Also as a north/Low German surname, from the place name Beelte, a small town in Giesen. * As a Dutch surname Van den Belt, from the noun belt (“low hill”). 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A town in Cascade County, Montana, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Ellipsis of Main Asteroid Belt: a region of Solar System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Believe it or not, Belter slang — or, more officially, Belter Creole — isn't a completely made-up way of communicating. It's actually a mix of several Earth languages spoken by the original settlers in the Asteroid Belt colonies — very appropriate, as the Belt is a melting pot of several different races, customs and backgrounds.
Word: Belts Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Belt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drug deal Part of Speech: noun 1. An illegal business transaction where cash or something else of value is exchanged for illegal drugs, usually conducted in a clandestine manner. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drug, deal. Example: A new drug deal of mammoth proportions which has excited the liveliest amount of interest in the wholesale and retail trade in Cincinnati, and throughout the State, has just been consummated. Example: Agrichemical interests, not part of the drug deal, were advised to pursue their own bill,
Word: drug deals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drug deal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trainshed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of train shed. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: She hoped Miss Parrot would hold little Steve’s hand until they were out of the trainshed. It would be just like him to run out on the tracks. Example: "We've spent time talking and listening. Our latest plans celebrate Victorian features, including the original trainshed and the Great Eastern Hotel," said Robin Dobson, Group Property Director at Network Rail Property.
Word: trainsheds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trainshed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: train shed Part of Speech: noun 1. A building, adjacent to a railway station building, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof. Example: As David Leboff points out in London Underground Stations, it is the giant train shed [at Earl's Court] with its iron and glass roof that gives the station its 'main line railway feel'.
Word: upspeak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + speak. Pronunciation: /ʌpˈspiːk/ 1. To speak up; advocate. Labels: intransitive Example: "Well, if I didn't stay in your home," upspoke the maiden lady, "I shouldn't care to know what it would become." 2. To speak with upspeak; uptalk. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: upspeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up- + speak. Pronunciation: /ʌpˈspiːk/, /ˈʌpspiːk/ 1. A manner of speaking in which the intonation of one's voice rises at the end of a statement, as if expressing uncertainty or asking a question; uptalk. Labels: uncountable Example: [...] the nurse answers in upspeak. “You can work on it only if you're supervised.” Even the Oil of Olay moisturizer is confiscated. “It's in a glass jar?” Upspeak again.
Word: upspeaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From upspeak + -er. 1. One who speaks up; an advocate. 2. One who speaks with upspeak, or the raising of intonation at the end of statements. Example: The upspeak rule is applied non-systematically, i.e. upspeakers do not convert all RP falling tones to rising tones, even where the structural conditions for the operation of the rule are fulfilled.
Word: decurdling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + curdling. 1. The cutting of curds into blocks as part of cheesemaking. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: betouch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + touch. 1. To touch about or all over; contact; concern; regard; handle. Labels: transitive Example: Betouching the matter contained in your Lordship's letter, albeit I know mine own insufficiency … Example: In time's long picture gallery, Whatever's excellent indeed Will some one ever stop to see, Betouch its faded tints, [...]
Word: marginalistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From marginalistic + -ally. 1. In a marginalistic manner. Example: This was mainly due to the activities of the marginalistically inclined political economist Warming.
Word: marginalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From marginal + -istic. 1. Tending towards marginalism; having the characteristic of being marginal. Example: Price is strictly an abstract marginalistic concept.
Word: mysticality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μῡ́ω (mū́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek μῠέω (mŭéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek μῠ́στης (mŭ́stēs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek μῠστῐκός (mŭstĭkós)der. Latin mysticus Old French mistiqueder. English mystic English -al English mystical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English mysticality From mystical + -ity. 1. The characteristic of being mystical; mysticism. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mysticalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mysticality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: women's room Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a generic variant of the earlier-attested ladies' room (“a waiting room for women”). 1. Synonym of ladies' room: a public restroom intended for females. Labels: US, euphemistic Example: Women were expected to use the toilet provided for the general public... Plans have been made for a women's room at this station. 2. A waiting room in a railway station or other public building intended exclusively for women and usually including a separate women's lavatory. Labels: historical
Word: movie deal Part of Speech: noun 1. An agreement between a movie production studio and various other stakeholders for the production of a movie, usually based on some source material or other intellectual property created or owned by one or more of the stakeholders. Example: Adding to her irritation were the continuing rumors that Selznick had taken advantage of her in the movie deal. Example: Consider this, the buzz around the Harry Potter series did not reach a frenzy until the movie deal was announced and the fourth book was published. 2. An agreement between a movie production studio and an actor, director, or other person involved in the making of movies, by which that person agrees to participate in the production of a certain number of movies for the studio. Example: News that he had signed a movie deal with 20th Century-Fox had broken in the summer of 1943. Although Como's movie deal came earlier than he expected, it was the norm for a successful singer to look to Hollywood as the next step on the career path. Example: The agent had arranged a movie deal for Rockne in Hollywood, and at the end of dinner Walsh and Fuller put Rockne in a cab to the train station to catch an overnight to Kansas City, where he would take a morning mail flight to Los Angeles.
Word: movie deals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of movie deal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: volatilisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of volatilisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Israelian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Israel + -ian, in the historical sense coined by American Jewish theologian Harold Louis Ginsberg in 1982 in contrast to Israelite. Mostly used by non-native speakers of English, instead of the standard word Israeli. 1. Of or pertaining to the northern kingdom of ancient Israel, its people, or their language. Labels: historical, not-comparable 2. Israeli. Labels: nonstandard, not-comparable, rare
Word: Israelian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Israel + -ian, in the historical sense coined by American Jewish theologian Harold Louis Ginsberg in 1982 in contrast to Israelite. Mostly used by non-native speakers of English, instead of the standard word Israeli. 1. A person from the northern kingdom of ancient Israel. Labels: historical, rare 2. An Israeli. Labels: nonstandard, rare
Word: boom goes the dynamite Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Coined by Brian Collins, a college student from Ball State, during a collegiate basketball sportscast. 1. Indicating that something spectacular has happened, particularly where a plan or an effort has successfully culminated. Example: Brown and Paden ride the Silverado chairway to heaven. And...boom goes the dynamite. Example: "Fine, have it your way." ¶ And boom goes the dynamite! ¶ I had won the battle.
Word: aha! moment Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of aha moment. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aha moments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aha moment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peptic ulcers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peptic ulcer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gatorboard Part of Speech: noun 1. A rigid but lightweight sheet material composed of a layer foam between thin layers of wood pulp vaneer. Available in a variety of thicknesses from 1/8" - 1". Commonly used for mounting photographs and graphics. Labels: uncountable
Word: Gatorboard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gatorboard. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Gatorfoam Part of Speech: noun 1. Gatorboard. Labels: uncountable
Word: mutafacient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From muta- + -facient. 1. capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents) Labels: not-comparable Example: After indicating the mode in which these factors interact in determining the development of the organism and in affecting their own activist, it is shown that they have also a mutafacient action, i.e. are able to affect each other's mutation rates. Example: Size of circle indicates frequency of seedlings, continuous and direct but mutafacient and indirect.
Word: mafics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mafic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dragon's wort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn, “tarragon”). 1. A perennial herb, tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus. Labels: uncountable 2. Dracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum, a flowering plant in the arum (Araceae) family. Labels: uncountable 3. Bistorta officinalis (common bistort, a plant in the knotweed (Polygonaceae) family, once classified as Persicaria bistorta and Polygonum bistorta. Labels: uncountable 4. Arisaema dracontium, green dragon, a herbaceous perennial native to North America. Labels: uncountable
Word: Israelians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Israelian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antedatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From antedate + -able. 1. Capable of being antedated.
Word: gothiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gothy + -ness. 1. The quality of being gothy. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: simplity Part of Speech: noun 1. simplicity Labels: obsolete
Word: calidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin caliditās, whence the Italian calidità. Compare calid. 1. Heat. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: The queſtion is in vvhat part of this Serpent the poyſon doth lye; Some ſay in the head alone, and that therefore the Bazeliske is deafe, bycauſe the Ayre vvhich ſerueth the Organe of hearing, is reſolued by the intenſiue calidity: but this ſeemeth not to bee true, […]
Word: espiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of espier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mandibulated Part of Speech: adj 1. Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gainage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French gaignage (“pasturage, crop”), French gaignage (“pasturage”). See gain (verb). 1. The horses, oxen, ploughs, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage. Labels: UK, obsolete, uncountable 2. The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself Labels: uncountable
Word: tillages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tillage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thwite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English thwiten, from Old English þwītan (“to cut, cut off”), from Proto-Germanic *þwītaną (“to split”). See whittle, thwittle, and compare thwaite (“a piece of land”), doit (“small coin, small amount, bit”). Pronunciation: /θwaɪ̯t/ 1. To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: Other shot forth theyr Boltes, and wyth theyr Prouerbes proceedyng from their malicious Mouthes thwited the pore Women at their pleasure. Example: I knowe one of your crew who would not sweare for no good, and vsed ordinarilie to pray with his mé in his chamber, and yet beeing at a Knights house, where hee had good entertaynemét, they prayed so hartilie amongst them, that for conscience sake they faire thwited me of a valence of a bedde, and caried that & a piece of plate with them to the value of twentie nobles at the least.
Word: thwited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of thwite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thwites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of thwite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: thwiting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of thwite Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: breastplough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From breast + plough. 1. A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.
Word: breastploughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of breastplough Labels: form-of, plural
Word: colaborer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + laborer. 1. Someone who labors with another; a partner in labor (manual work).
Word: colaborers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colaborer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flouncer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flounce + -er. 1. One who flounces.
Word: flouncers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flouncer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: septical Part of Speech: adj 1. septic
Word: pseudo-anglicisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudo-anglicism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cubatures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cubature Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Navajo whites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Navajo white Labels: form-of, plural
Word: truepenny Part of Speech: noun 1. An honest, reliable fellow. Labels: capitalized, obsolete, sometimes Example: Hamlet: . . . Give me one poor request. Horatio: What is't, my lord? we will. Hamlet: Never make known what you have seen to-night. . . .Indeed, upon my sword, indeed. Ghost: [Beneath] Swear. Hamlet: Ah, ha, boy! say'st thou so? art thou there, truepenny? Come on—you hear this fellow in the cellarage— Consent to swear. Example: "Ha!" said Christie, "art thou there, old True-penny? here, stable me these steeds, and see them well bedded, and stretch thine old limbs by rubbing them down; and see thou quit not the stable till there is not a turned hair on either of them."
Word: cooking spray Part of Speech: noun 1. An aerosol sprayed on to cooking pans to make them nonstick. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: interversion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French interversion. 1. The swapping of positions within a sequence; transposition or permutation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Interversion of the order between wife, concubine and slave girl was always to be feared, and appropriate provisions appeared in the T'ang code and its successors. Example: Thanks to the conservatism of local toponymy, the first five rivers (Khvāstrā, Hvaspā, Fradathā, Khvarenahvaitī, Ushtavaitī) are safely identified as northeastern and northern tributaries of the lake, enumerated in anticlockwise order (merely with interversion of the last two). 2. A composition technique in which a sequence of elements composed of notes or rhythms is repeated in permuted orders. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Reti's explanation that interversion is sometimes responsible for thematic unity, while without academic precedent, is based upon an acute perception of musical structure. Example: Repeated permutation according to this reading order, which Messiaen explores in full in "Île de Feu," results in ten different interversions (as the last column in the table shows, the tenth interversion restores the chromatic pitches in their order from 1 to 12). 3. The process of changing a subsidiary title, such as that of a tenant, to one that is independently held. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Interversion is effected by a conveyance from the owner of land to his tenant, who thereafter will hold in virtue of the extrinsic cause contemplated by the rule, and also when the land comes to the tenant by descent. Example: Acts of interversion cannot take place against minors or other persons against whom prescription is not allowed to run.
Word: interversion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin interversiō. 1. Embezzlement. Labels: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
Word: isofunctional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From iso- + functional. 1. Having the same function Labels: not-comparable
Word: microfiltered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + filtered. 1. filtered through a microfilter Labels: not-comparable
Word: phosphocaseinate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phospho- + caseinate. 1. A complex of calcium phosphate and casein manufactured from skimmed milk
Word: protidic Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to protein, peptides and similar materials Labels: not-comparable
Word: bus drivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bus driver Labels: form-of, plural