nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dysæmia Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of dysaemia. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: There is only one criterion on which to base a diagnosis on dysæmia, and that is the changes in the blood.
Word: garage queen Part of Speech: noun 1. An automobile kept carefully in very good condition and rarely driven. Example: Ferrari wasn't content just to build garage queens, status symbols or even street-going supercars. It wanted to prove itself on the track […]
Word: garage queens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of garage queen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dysmenorrhœa Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of dysmenorrhea. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: -rrhœa Part of Speech: suffix 1. Obsolete spelling of -rrhoea. Labels: UK, alt-of, morpheme, obsolete
Word: nonaffixes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonaffix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonaffix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + affix. 1. A morpheme that is not an affix. Example: Where no ambiguity has resulted, the terms (i.e., "verb," "nonverb," "noun," "adjective," etc.) applied to these classes have been used to refer to forms consisting of anything from a stem (single, nonaffix morpheme) to a sequence of several morphemes, whether or not the form in question constituted a word. Example: In the extension of the affix Y to nonaffixes, the invented spelling is clearly more “phonetic” than standard spelling; it does not maintain the morphophonemic distinctions that are important in adult spelling.
Word: semi-autonomous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + autonomous. 1. Alternative spelling of semiautonomous. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Midland merged with the Belfast & Northern Counties Railway on July 1 1903, to form the Midland Railway (Northern Counties Commission). This semi-autonomous organisation became the LMS (NCC) after Grouping in 1923 and then, upon Nationalisation on January 1 1948, the Railway Executive (NCC). BR's ownership would be short-lived - it sold the NCC to the Ulster Transport Authority on April 1 1949.
Word: merchant prince Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Under the influence of Isaiah 23:8, describing "Tyre... whose merchants are princes..." 1. A mercantile plutocrat: a man who wields great de facto political power by virtue of economic assets derived from trade and commerce. Labels: figuratively, historical Example: The customs and duties paid by each ship, great or small, amount in the whole to 70 or 80 slaves. The king [sc. of Ardrah] has the first choice of goods, whether in the payment of duties, or in exchange for slaves; the hereditary prince the second, the merchant''' prince the third, the Marbut the fourth, and afterwards the great officers of the court. Example: ...you’re establishing a plutocracy. You’re making us a land of traders and merchant princes. Then what of the future? 2. A prince among merchants: a wealthy and influential merchant. Labels: figuratively
Word: merchant princes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of merchant prince Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zeshan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic زِشَان (zišān). 1. A male given name from Arabic, variant of Zeeshan or Zishan.
Word: allœosis Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of allesis. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: invex Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Introduced by Morgan A. Hanson in 1981 as a generalization of convex. 1. Of a differentiable function f:ℝⁿ→ℝ, being such that there exists a vector valued function g such that f(x)-f(u)≥g(x,u)·∇f(u),, for all x and u. Labels: not-comparable
Word: denaskulo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Esperanto denaskulo. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛnɑsˈkuːləʊ/, /ˌdeɪ-/, /də-/, /-nəs-/ 1. a native speaker of Esperanto
Word: denaskuloj Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Esperanto denaskuloj. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛnəsˈkuːlɔɪ/, /ˌdeɪnəsˈkuːlɔɪ/, /dənəsˈkuːlɔɪ/ 1. plural of denaskulo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obsonator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin. 1. A caterer, a manciple. Labels: historical, obsolete Example: Thus also in Caius College the Obsonator and Dispensator were Scholars, and the Promus too: but this was altered in 1634 — “cum multa incommoda et non leve damnum Collegium sæpius sustinuit″ and it was determined to elect some “virum idoneum et non Scholarum.” Example: 1814. The offices of Obsonator, or Manciple, and Cook severed. Tuition fees to be increased, viz. Gentlemen Commoners to twenty-six guineas, Scholars and Commoners to thirteen guineas.
Word: go for the jugular Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of go for the throat. Example: You start to admire the flagrant disregard For the sanctity of other people's lives By the filthy few in positions of power Who go for the jugular in order to survive Example: The cover story of last July's Journal was on hardball litigation tactics. It quoted lawyers talking about pulling out all the stops, going for the jugular.
Word: qwerty syndrome Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the QWERTY keyboard layout, a popular standard despite not necessarily being the most optimal. 1. The condition of favoring entrenched and inferior technologies or practices over superior ones. Labels: idiomatic Example: Nowhere is the QWERTY syndrome stronger than in computers […]
Word: pericardiocentesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peri- + cardio- + -centesis. 1. The removal of fluid from the pericardium for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: transversality condition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: To quote from Optimization in economics and finance : This terminal condition on λ(T) has often been called a transversality condition, for historical reasons deriving from time-optimal problems, where the (variable) time T to reach a target is minimized. In that situation, the transversality condition appears as a description of how the optimal path crosses a terminal line (graphing state against T). 1. A terminal condition on a costate variable in a, usually infinite, time optimization problem.
Word: Cape Ann Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by King Charles I in honour of his mother Anne of Denmark. 1. A rocky cape in northeastern Massachusetts.
Word: amazonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Amazon + -ite; the gem does not actually come from the Amazon, but it was confused with an unrelated green stone that does. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.ə.zəˌnaɪt/ 1. A gem variety of microcline feldspar, varying from bright verdigris green to a bluish green. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Yowah nut Part of Speech: noun 1. a form of boulder opal from Yowah, Australia.
Word: xyloid jasper Part of Speech: noun 1. A petrified wood, consisting mostly of jasper. Labels: uncountable
Word: gaysian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of gay + Asian. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪ.ʒən/, /ˈɡæɪ.ʒən/ 1. A gay Asian, especially one who is male. Example: Jimmy Nguyen (2011), “Why the gay rainbow needs to embrace more colors of beauty”, in San Diego Gay and Lesbian News: “It’s also supported by comments from my gaysian friends, and observing how Asian men are treated in gayville.”
Word: Gayville Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Gay + -ville, after various persons with the surname Gay. 1. A tiny town in New York, United States. 2. A tiny town in South Dakota, United States.
Word: Gayville Part of Speech: name Etymology: From gay + -ville. 1. The gay community; gays, taken collectively. Labels: rare Example: It’s also supported by comments from my gaysian friends and observing how Asian men are treated in Gayville.
Word: liquesces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of liquesce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: liquesce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin liquēscere. Pronunciation: /lɪˈkwɛs/ 1. To become a liquid; to liquefy. Labels: intransitive Example: 2011, James McCreet, The Thieves' Labyrinth It is, of course, the nature of the London fog to descend and liquesce at its own whim. Merely two hours later, Waterloo-bridge presented an entirely different scene. 2. to become more like a liquid Labels: figuratively Example: At many points notes liquesce like the liquid letters, so that the interval from one note to another is begun with a smooth glide and does not appear to have a stopping place en route.
Word: litura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin litūra. 1. A spot growing paler at one end.
Word: liturae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of litura Labels: form-of, plural
Word: locuplete Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin locuplēs (“rich, wealthy”). 1. Possessing wealth; rich. 2. Having an abundance of something; plentiful.
Word: lunulae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lunula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Schrödinger's cats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Schrödinger's cat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apnoeae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apnoea Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: Very remarkable, however, is the discovery that the apnoea-lengthening action of a maximal apnoea is already present after 10 sec. With 3 maximal apnoeae, with pauses of only 10 sec. each time, one nevertheless gets breath-holding times of, e.g., 79‒97‒102 sec.
Word: orthopnoeae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orthopnoea Labels: form-of, plural Example: It helps those which are Liver-sick, and coughes, & ye Orthopnoeae, the quantitie of a spoonefull thereof being taken with hony, and it doth subducere alvum.
Word: orthopnœa Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of orthopnoea. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: We observed, on attentive examination, the following phenomena: cough, with sense of constriction in the middle of the chest; orthopnœa, threatening suffocation; face violet coloured; lips swollen; beatings of the jugular veins isochronous with those of the carotid arteries; palpitation; […]
Word: allœotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Ancient Greek ἀλλοιωτικός (alloiōtikós, “fit for changing”). Pronunciation: /æliːˈɒtɪk/ 1. Capable of causing allœosis; alterative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: archæastronomy Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of archaeastronomy. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: extracts the urine Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of extract the urine Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: extracting the urine Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of extract the urine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: extracted the urine Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of extract the urine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stop-tap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stop + tap. 1. A stopcock. 2. Last orders. Labels: Wales Example: It was almost stop-tap time when my name came up, and that was the excuse my friends had been waiting for to shower me with beer. Example: But there we were together on the pavement after stop tap, him cadging a light off me.
Word: thnetopsychism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecclesiastical Ancient Greek θνητόψῡχος (thnētópsūkhos), from θνητός (thnētós, “mortal”) and ψῡχή (psūkhḗ, “soul”) + -ism. Pronunciation: /θnɛtəˈsaɪkɪz(ə)m/ 1. The doctrine that when the body dies, the intangible soul and/or spirit also goes to sleep or in other words the person's consciousness ceases until the resurrection, and that the soul and/or spirit must be awoken and both are to be called back to life at the Day of Judgement. This was first recorded as taught by the Thnētopsȳchītæ, a third century sect of Christianity in Arabia, and is based on 1 Timothy 6:16, an epistolary doxology addressed to the God who alone has immortality. Labels: uncountable Example: On the contrary, the metaphor of “soul sleeping” bridges what for thnetopsychism amounts to two sharply polarized concepts: on the one hand, that of death and nothingness in all its finality, and, on the other, that of eternal life.
Word: hemimelia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemi- and Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) and -ia. 1. The congenital absence of part of one or more limbs. With legs, usually clarified as pedal (foot), fibular (outer lower leg), tibial (inner lower leg), or full hemimelia. With arms, usually clarified as manual, radial, ulnar, or full hemimelia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nugu Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 누구 (nugu, “who”, pronoun). 1. Unknown; unpopular. Labels: slang 2. Untalented; unremarkable. Labels: slang
Word: nugu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 누구 (nugu, “who”, pronoun). 1. Someone who is unknown; someone who is unpopular. Labels: slang 2. Someone who is untalented; someone who is unremarkable. Labels: slang
Word: mirificent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mirific + -ent. 1. wonderful; wondrous; awesome. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: miserate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, misery + -ate. Compare commiserate, immiserate, Latin miseror. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪ.zəɹˌeɪt/ 1. To feel unhappy, to experience sadness. Labels: intransitive, uncommon
Word: Kebecois Part of Speech: noun 1. Quebecer; Québécois person Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: match day Part of Speech: noun 1. The day when graduating medical-school students find out where they will serve as residents. Example: On match day, at exactly noon, we would each receive a white envelope with a single piece of paper listing the hospital and program where we would spend the next several years. Example: The fourth-year medical students are getting anxious. It's getting close to match day. In a few weeks they will find out where they're going to spend the next several years of training. 2. The day on which a sporting event takes place. Example: For a player to perform, his body machinery must be continually fuelled, oiled and checked long before the first whistle. Match day strategies involving the consumption of large amounts of food deemed to have a beneficial content with regard to performance should therefore not be used as a substitute for a poor diet across the preceding days or weeks. Example: The station will be adjacent to Millwall Football Club's ground and would help ease the burden of match-day crowds.
Word: gynæcocratic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of gynecocratic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: Physical strength never comes in question in the gynæcocratic state.
Word: myricas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myrica Labels: form-of, plural
Word: variable cost Part of Speech: noun 1. A cost that changes with the change in volume of activity of an organization. Example: Variable costs of nuclear-generated electricity seem low. Example: Variable costs may actually vary with the number of shifts, the number of set-ups, or many other specific activities.
Word: chana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चना (canā). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌnə/, /ˈt͡ʃɑːnə/ 1. A dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste. Labels: India, uncountable, usually 2. Chickpeas. Labels: India, uncountable, usually
Word: gynæconitis Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete typography of gynaeconitis. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: swike Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English swiken, from Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”). Pronunciation: /swaɪk/ 1. To deceive, cheat; betray. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, transitive 2. To stop, cease. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, transitive
Word: swike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English swiken, from Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”). Pronunciation: /swaɪk/ 1. Deceitful; treacherous. Labels: dialectal, obsolete
Word: swike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swiken, from Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”). Pronunciation: /swaɪk/ 1. Deceit; treachery. Labels: Scotland, dialectal 2. A deceiver; betrayer, traitor. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: The Saxon Chronicle contradicts itself as to Algar's outlawry, stating in one passage that he was outlawed without any kind of guilt, and in another that he was outlawed as swike, or traitor, and that he made a confession of it before all the men there gathered. 3. A hiding place; den; cave. Labels: dialectal, obsolete
Word: pseudoconvex Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudo- + convex. 1. Of a function: differentiable and increasing in any direction where it has a positive directional derivative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pseudoconcave Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudo- + concave. 1. (said of a function) differentiable and decreasing in any direction where it has a negative directional derivative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gee and haw Part of Speech: verb 1. get along Labels: US, slang Example: He and I don't really gee and haw.
Word: napa cabbage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See napa. 1. A species of Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, commonly used as an ingredient in East-Asian cuisines.
Word: cape ann Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Cape Ann. 1. An oilskin cap whose brim is longer in back than in front, designed to repel wind and rain. Labels: Canada
Word: Charlie Chaplin mustache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after English comic actor, filmmaker and composer Charlie Chaplin. 1. Synonym of toothbrush mustache.
Word: Charlie Chaplin mustaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Charlie Chaplin mustache Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toothbrush mustache Part of Speech: noun 1. A moustache covering only the philtrum. Labels: informal
Word: Cæsarean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Caesar + -ean, but see also Caesarean section § Etymology. 1. Obsolete form of Caesarean. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Cæsarean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Caesar + -ean, but see also Caesarean section § Etymology. 1. Obsolete form of Caesarean. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cameræ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of camera Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: Great Turk Part of Speech: noun 1. The Ottoman sultan. Labels: historical Example: The great Turke [translating grand Seigneur] doth not permit at this day any Christian or Jew, to have or keep any horse for himselfe, throughout all his large Empire.
Word: unpaunch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + paunch. 1. To eviscerate, disembowel (an animal). Example: The armie which the Emperor Bajareth had sent into Russia, was overwhelmed by so horrible a tempest of snow, that to find some shelter, and to save themselves from the extremitie of the cold, many advised to kill and unpanch [translating eventrer] their horses, and enter into their panches, to enjoy and find some ease by that vitall heat.
Word: nidificant Part of Speech: noun 1. A bird that builds nests.
Word: kick it Part of Speech: verb 1. To casually spend time relaxing; to hang out. Labels: idiomatic Example: Pimp had been kicking it with one of the young jawns hanging around the apartment. She was real young and had bumpy skin and slum rings on every finger. Example: I really want to come kick it with you / You'll be my American boy 2. To perform in an impressive manner, especially musically. Labels: slang Example: You guys really kicked it at the concert last night! 3. To kick the bucket; to die. Labels: slang Example: Rix grinned and tried to joke. “Because you'll already own a city block and then inherit the state of New York when your old man kicks it?” 4. To rid oneself of a bad habit or addiction, especially to narcotics. Labels: idiomatic, informal, intransitive
Word: obvolute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin obvolutus, past participle of obvolvere to wrap around. 1. overlapping; contorted; convoluted 2. Having two opposite leaves, each with one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other. 3. Having a circle of several leaves or petals which overlap in that manner.
Word: hungerly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hunger + -ly. 1. Hungrily. Labels: obsolete Example: Croesus passing alongst the citie of Sardis found certaine thickets, wherein were great store of snakes and serpents, on which his horses fed very hungerly, which thing, as Herodotus saith, was an ill-boding prodigy unto his affaires.
Word: hungerly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hunger + -ly. 1. Wanting food; starved. Labels: obsolete Example: his beard grew thin and hungerly
Word: crednerite Part of Speech: noun 1. A dark grey mineral that is a mixed oxide of copper and manganese. Labels: uncountable
Word: decimetric Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌdɛsɪˈmɛtɹɪk/ 1. Having dimensions (especially wavelength) measured in decimetres Labels: not-comparable
Word: electrodiffusional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From electro- + diffusional. 1. of, pertaining to, or causing electrodiffusion Labels: not-comparable
Word: flexomagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flexo- + magnetic. 1. Describing any magnetic effect produced by bending a material
Word: nanovoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanovoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photobiophysical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From photo- + biophysical. 1. Of or pertaining to photobiophysics Labels: not-comparable
Word: photobiophysics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + biophysics. 1. The branch of biophysics that deals with the interaction of light with biological systems Labels: uncountable
Word: palmus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek. 1. A rhythmic tic or throb, such as a convulsion or the heartbeat. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: palmos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palmo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draftings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drafting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ingrafted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ingraft Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ingrafts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ingraft Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ingrafting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ingraft Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: peries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peri Labels: archaic, form-of, plural
Word: perstringes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of perstringe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pinguescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pingu(is) (“fat”) + -escent. 1. growing obese, fattening Labels: archaic
Word: carbohæmia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carbo- + -hæmia, conjunction: Latin carbo (“charcol”) and Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). 1. Accumulation of wasteful elements of carbon or mere carbon inside blood. Labels: uncountable Example: I submit, then, that tuberculisation is alone the result of carbohæmia, and that carbohæmia itself is induced by the respiration of air that has been respired before.
Word: carbonæmia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carbon + -aemia, conjunction: Latin carbo (“charcol”) and Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). 1. An excessive amount of carbon, particularity carbon dioxide, in the blood. Example: While it produces less carbonæmia than the above mentioned agents, its special effect is to so alter the blood corpuscles as to prevent them from assimilating oxygen.
Word: caricæ Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin carica. 1. figs, especially those from Caria Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only Example: Caricæ taken largely give a fetor to the Sweat.
Word: cassiæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cassia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vulvæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vulva Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: aftertale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English aftertale, equivalent to after- + tale. Cognate with Middle Dutch achtertale, achtertaele. 1. Evil talk; slander; defamation. Example: Our cad's bit of strife (knee Bareniece Maxwelton) with a quick ear for spittoons (as the aftertale hath it) […] 2. A postscript added to the end of a story. 3. A postscript added where a story should end.
Word: epimythium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπιμύθιον (epimúthion). More at epimyth. 1. A moral appended to the end of a story; an aftertale. Example: The fable is explained in an epimythium: "Indeed, what a man neither uses nor intends to use, […]"
Word: aftertales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aftertale. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: œconomist Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of economist. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: It is impoſſible, Sir, for any perſon to be an œconomiſt where no order in payments is eſtabliſhed ; it is impoſſible for a man to be an œconomiſt, who is not able to take a comparative view of his means, and of his expences, for the year which lies before him ; it is impoſſible for a man to be an œconomiſt, under whom various officers in their ſeveral departments may ſpend,—even juſt what they pleaſe,—and often with an emulation of expence, as contributing to the importance, if not profit, of their ſeveral departments.
Word: œconomists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of œconomist Labels: form-of, plural Example: THE opinions of the œconomiſts were become faſhionable ; the abilities, and the good characters of many of its votaries had convinced a few ; others took the matter on truſt, and all were willing at leaſt to try this new experiment.
Word: Poconos Part of Speech: name Etymology: Said to be from Munsee pokawachne (“creek between two hills”). Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊkənoʊz/ 1. A mountain range in Pennsylvania. Example: "Long Island's attractions will prosper because many people now won't travel to the Poconos or the Catskills," he said. 2. A region of Pennsylvania.
Word: lippening Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From lippen (“to rely on”). 1. present participle and gerund of lippen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lippening Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lippen (“to rely on”). 1. Occasional; accidental. Labels: Scotland, dialectal
Word: olent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin olens, present participle of olere (“to smell”). Pronunciation: /ˈəʊlənt/ 1. scented Labels: obsolete Example: , Chapter IX Which butterfly of the wide air shall brag “I was preferred to Guido” — when 'tis clear The cup, he quaffs at, lay with olent breast Open to gnat, midge, bee and moth as well?
Word: pedicant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pēdīcans, present participle of pēdīcō (“sodomize, assfuck”). 1. A person who takes the penetrated role in anal sex. Labels: dated, uncommon Example: A male who prostitutes only his penis to homosexuals, either fellators, mutual masturbators, or passive pedicants. Example: Sullivan might renounce the whole enterprise if he knew their man was the pedicant.
Word: pedicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin pēdīcāt- (perfect passive participial stem of pēdīcō (“sodomize, assfuck”)). 1. To penetrate (someone) anally; to perform pedication on (someone). Labels: dated, uncommon Example: A male prostitute. (1) Heterosexual: will allow himself to be fellated but not pedicated. (2) Homosexual: will allow himself to be pedicated but will not perform fellation. Example: As this is anatomically absurd, absurd situations have to be invented to encompass it, as the fantasy, reported by Lesbians, of pedicating a man by means of an elongated clitoris.
Word: feltwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From felt + work. 1. A fibrous network 2. A tight plexus of nerve fibrils
Word: Mickey Mouse glove Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Worn by the animated character Mickey Mouse. 1. A glove that is white and usually four-fingered.
Word: Mickey Mouse gloves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mickey Mouse glove Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midnight suns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of midnight sun Labels: form-of, plural Example: Eight midnight suns. I photographed the sun every twenty minutes, beginning at 11 p.m., and finishing at 1:20 a.m. Example: Fox fires and midnight suns
Word: night-bats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of night-bat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oenomaniac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Fro oeno- + -maniac. 1. One who is affected by oenomania, a morbid desire for wine; an alcoholic. Labels: rare Example: It was Erskine Blight-Purley, war hero, Francophile, bibliophile, oenomaniac, and lecher of long standing and renown. Example: An oenophile does not become of professional concern to physicians until he becomes an oenomaniac, that is, one who is overly wild about wine.
Word: dæmonomania Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of demonomania. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: A form of monomania which has now disappeared, but which was in a highly flourishing state three hundred years ago, is the monomania of possession, or dæmonomania.
Word: pick-up lines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pick-up line Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skating on thin ice Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skate on thin ice Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Sask. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Saskatchewan: a province of Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: scandal sheet Part of Speech: noun 1. A tabloid newspaper containing gossip and sensational news stories pertaining especially to well-known people. Labels: informal Example: Tony Curtis, a smutmonger for Stop magazine, described by its editors as "the most disgusting scandal sheet the human mind can recall," wants to write an exposé of her. Example: London's leading scandal sheet, The Daily Mirror, has been investigating the story with great relish and its most recent expose on the case featured by-lines by nine reporters.
Word: pathopœia Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of pathopoeia. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: mythopœia Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of mythopoeia. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: harbor seals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of harbor seal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: harbour seals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of harbour seal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: avanturine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of aventurine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: [F]rom out the silken curtain-folds / Bare-footed and bare-headed three fair girls / In gilt and rosy raiment came: their feet / In dewy grasses glisten'd; and the hair / All over glanced with dewdrop or with gem / Like sparkles in the stone Avanturine. Example: During this period of two centuries little colour was employed in the lacquer-work, but much gold was used; and those particular kinds of work in which "clouded" gold effects, avanturines, and tesselated gold are introduced, as well as low-relief modelling of a most perfect kind, were invented and brought to a high state of perfection.
Word: aventurin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of aventurine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Aventurin or avanturin glass was formerly made only in the Island of Murano, near Venice, but is now prepared throughout Germany, Italy, Austria, and France. It is a brown glass mass in which crystalline spangles of metallic copper according to [Friedrich] Wöhler (of protoxide of copper according to [Max Joseph] von Pettenkofer) appear dispersed. [...] The Bavarian and Bohemian glass-houses produce an aventurin glass rivalling the original. Example: Aventurin is also the name of a variety of quartz spangled with mica or other shiny mineral. A variety of spangled feldspar, found especially in Russia, and when polished used as a gem and highly prized, is also called Aventurin or popularly "sunstone".
Word: photomesons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photomeson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperacetylations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyperacetylation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: absent referents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of absent referent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palliardise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palliard + -ise, after Middle French paillardise. 1. Fornication, lechery. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Nothing […] more weakeneth an Armye than luxuritie and palliardize. Example: A man whose Paillardize [translating paillardise] and luxurie, doth uncessantly sway and rule the head, and who judgeth the same abhominable and most hatefull in the sight of God; what saith he unto his all-seeing Majesty, when he openeth his lips, either of mouth or hart, to speake to him of it?
Word: auriscalps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of auriscalp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arse-kissers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arse-kisser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: through ticketing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of through-ticketing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: prosopopœia Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete typography of prosopopoeia. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: enigmatist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enigmata (“plural of enigma”) + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪst/ 1. One who indulges in enigmas, especially one who often makes such enigmas.
Word: enigmatists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enigmatist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: æternity Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of eternity. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: pyorrhœa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pyorrhea. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: 19th Century, Eugene S. Talbot: Interstitial Gingivitis, or so‐called Pyorrhœa Alveolaris.
Word: aëro- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Dated form of aero-. Labels: alt-of, dated, morpheme
Word: wiredraw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wire + draw. 1. To stretch (some physical thing) out, as though drawing wire; to elongate. Labels: archaic, transitive 2. To stretch (words, a meaning etc.) to suit one's own purpose. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I am of opinion that the uncontrouled libertie, that all men have to wrest, dissipate, and wyredraw a word so religious and important, to so many severall idiomes, hath much more danger than profit following it. Example: The vision was, however, so wiredrawn, it was so evident that the nobleman had not got his own consent to the vague something floating in his "mind's eye," that he left her in the dark as to his wishes and intentions beyond the belief that he was determined to seek, in the matrimonial state, that happiness which had hitherto eluded his pursuit,...
Word: have reason Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From have + reason, partly after Middle French avoir raison. 1. To be right. Labels: obsolete Example: They would have no man use it as an interjection or exclamation, not to be alleaged as a witnesse or comparison, wherein I find they have reason. 2. To have grounds, justification etc. (to do something, or for something). Example: The finance minister had reason to be exasperated. Britain's economic future hinges on Europe, and this is no time for animus.
Word: grievousest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of grievous: most grievous Labels: form-of, superlative Example: We neverthelesse invoke God and call on his aid, even in the complot of our grievousest faults, and desire his assistance in all manner of injustice and iniquitie.
Word: band-aid solution Part of Speech: noun 1. A temporary or inadequate solution. Labels: idiomatic
Word: band-aid solutions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of band-aid solution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polygons of forces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polygon of forces Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parallelograms of forces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parallelogram of forces Labels: form-of, plural
Word: objets d'art Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɒbʒeɪ ˈdɑː(ɹ)/ 1. plural of objet d'art Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poly-phenylalanine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of polyphenylalanine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: basha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Assamese [Term?]. Pronunciation: /ˈbæʃə/ 1. A tarpaulin or plastic waterproof sheet. 2. A makeshift shelter made from the above. Labels: UK, slang
Word: possibles bag Part of Speech: noun 1. A hunter's day-bag of highly varying designs and materials, but usually a kind of a satchel intended for carrying whatever small gear is necessary for the day's hunt.
Word: country seat Part of Speech: noun 1. A second home in a rural area, especially one of a rich, powerful or important person. Example: Near-synonym: country house
Word: at- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Assimilated form of ad- before t. From Latin ad-. 1. Prefix meaning at, close to, to, away, off. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme, obsolete
Word: attask Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From at- + task. 1. To take to task; tax; reprove; blame. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: atwite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *h₂éd From Middle English atwiten (“to attribute (something) to someone; to blame (something) on someone; to accuse or charge (someone) with something; to speak ill of; to taunt”), from Old English ætwītan (“to blame, reproach; to censure, upbraid; to taunt”), from æt- (prefix meaning ‘at, near; toward’) + wītan (“to accuse; to blame, reproach”) (from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to punish; to torment; to know; to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”)). The English word is analysable as at- + wite. 1. To blame or reproach (someone); to twit. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: saddle rings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saddle ring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frizzens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frizzen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firing pins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of firing pin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: atren Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English atrennen (“to run or flee out”), equivalent to at- + run. Compare German entrennen, English atrin. 1. To run away; escape. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 2. To outrun. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: atrede Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English atreden, equivalent to at- (“beyond, out-”) + rede (“counsel, advice”). 1. To surpass or outdo in counsel. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: atgar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ætgār (“a short spear, dart, javelin, a kind of dart or other weapon to cast at the enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *atgaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *atgaizaz; equivalent to at- + gar (“spear”). Cognate with Old Frisian etgēr, Old High German azgēr, azigēr, Icelandic atgeir (“spear”). 1. A kind of spear or lance formerly in use.
Word: ill behaved Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of ill-behaved. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: undertildes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of undertilde Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ælurophobe Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of ailurophobe. Labels: alt-of, archaic, rare
Word: Xanax Part of Speech: name Etymology: A trademarked name for the benzodiazepine drug alprazolam, coined by Pfizer. Pronunciation: /ˈzæn.æks/ 1. A brand name for alprazolam. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “After taking one or two Xanax every night for eight years, my doctor told me I had to stop,” says a middle-aged Montgomery County homemaker. Example: My rage is controlled, barely, by a Xanax and an Absolut on the rocks.
Word: hæretic Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of heretic. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: That turbulent hæretic proclaimed the law of nature, the community of goods, and the community of women ; and the Persian monarch was insane enough to enact that anarchy by law, for which his subjects very properly deposed him and put him in prison.
Word: epsila Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλά (è psilá), plural construction of ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón). 1. plural of epsilon Labels: form-of, plural Example: These are of a sort found especially on Athos: an example is four epsila, which refer to the Holy Cross and stand for Ἐκ θεοῦ Ἐδόθη Εὔρημα Ἑλένη. Byzant. Zeitschr., xxvii. Example: …what is the source of k’- in Arm. k’san “twenty?” The explanation, I believe, lies, like that for the initial epsila of East Greek ἑϜίκοσι and the pan-Greek ἑκατόν, in the syntax of old numeral phrases.
Word: archæolatry Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of archaeolatry. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: China—a world within itself, a world once far ahead probably of all contemporaries—has been effectually stereotyped, or rather petrified, by its own incrustation of pride and archæolatry, while all the rest of the world has outstripped and eclipsed it in every item of national greatness and social advancement. Example: It is a curious fact that at the time when this archæolatry, to coin a word, was at its height, the Venus of Milo and the Hermes were still slumbering under the ruins piled over them by barbarian hands, and the works of Phidias were unknown to artists or connoisseurs, and were made targets of by Turkish soldiery.
Word: very special episode Part of Speech: noun 1. An episode of an entertainment TV series that focuses on serious subjects instead. Labels: US
Word: very special episodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of very special episode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pontian Part of Speech: name 1. An epoch from 7.246 ± 0.005 to 5.332 ± 0.005 million years ago, a subdivision of the Miocene.
Word: Pontian Part of Speech: name 1. The Pontic Greek dialect of the historical Pontus region of Asia Minor.
Word: Pontic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ponticus, from Ancient Greek Ποντῐκός (Pontĭkós), from Πόντος (Póntos, “Black Sea, Pontus”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to Pontus + -ic. Doublet of bonduc and bundook. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒntɪk/ 1. Of or relating to kingdom of Pontus. Labels: historical, not-comparable 2. Of or relating to the region of Pontus in northern Anatolia. Labels: historical, not-comparable 3. Of or relating to Pontic Greek, the dialect of Greek that developed in Pontus and is now spoken chiefly in rural northern Greece. Labels: not-comparable 4. Of or relating to the Black Sea. Labels: historical, not-comparable
Word: Pontic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin ponticus, from Ancient Greek Ποντῐκός (Pontĭkós), from Πόντος (Póntos, “Black Sea, Pontus”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to Pontus + -ic. Doublet of bonduc and bundook. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒntɪk/ 1. Clipping of Pontic Greek, the dialect of Greek developed in Pontus and now chiefly spoken in rural northern Greece. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: dawt Part of Speech: verb 1. To fondle or caress. Labels: Scotland Example: To dawt on me, and me sae young, / Wi' his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue, / That is the thing you shall never see, / For an auld man shall never dawt on me. Example: Let him kiss her, clap her, and dawt her, / And gie her benevolence due, / And that will a thrifty wife mak her, / And sae I'll bid farewell to you.
Word: attery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English attery, attry, attri, ætriȝ, from Old English ǣttriġ, ǣtriġ (“poisonous”), from Proto-Germanic *aitrīgaz (“poisonous”). Cognate with Dutch etterig (“purulent”), German eiterig (“purulent, festering”), Swedish ettrig (“poisonous”). By surface analysis, atter (“poison”) + -y. 1. Poisonous; venomous Labels: archaic, dialectal 2. Pernicious Labels: archaic, dialectal 3. Purulent; containing pus or matter Labels: archaic, dialectal 4. Bad-tempered; spiteful; quarrelsome; peevish; angry; hot-headed Labels: archaic, dialectal 5. Cold; bleak; grim Labels: archaic, dialectal
Word: attery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English attery, attry, attri, ætriȝ, from Old English ǣttriġ, ǣtriġ (“poisonous”), from Proto-Germanic *aitrīgaz (“poisonous”). Cognate with Dutch etterig (“purulent”), German eiterig (“purulent, festering”), Swedish ettrig (“poisonous”). By surface analysis, atter (“poison”) + -y. 1. Cold, bleak weather. Labels: archaic, dialectal, uncountable
Word: attry Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of attery. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: atterly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English atterlich, from Old English ātorlīċ (“poisonous”). Compare Dutch etterlijk. By surface analysis, atter + -ly. 1. Poisonous; attery Labels: archaic, dialectal
Word: abitur Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Abitur. Labels: alt-of
Word: coterminal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + terminal. 1. One of a number of terminals or airports which are interchangeable for the purposes of ticketing.
Word: coterminal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From co- + terminal. 1. Coterminous: having the same scope or range, or meeting at the ends. Labels: not-comparable 2. Differing only by a whole number of complete circles. Labels: not-comparable Example: When you try to draw two coterminal angles on a circle, you will find that you only get one line. 3. Describing an object in a category, such that there is precisely one morphism that maps that object to every object in the category. Labels: not-comparable 4. Simultaneously studying towards two or more separate degrees. Labels: not-comparable Example: coterminal student
Word: pulvillus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pulvillus (“a little cushion”). 1. One of the tiny cushions or pads on the feet of certain insects.
Word: pulvilli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pulvillus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pulville Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pulvillio. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pyram Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of many ectoparasitic sea snails of the family Pyramidellidae
Word: bocha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi बौचा (baucā). 1. A two-door sedan chair. Labels: India, historical Example: When the compilation by Williamson was first examined in order to correct his vulgar mode of spelling Hindoostanee words, a good while since, the number seemed so formidable, that innovation, even from a wrong system to a right one, was then indefinitely suspended; but... it would be unjust to postpone emendation any farther... incorrect... bochah,... correct... bocha. Example: Sir Salar Jung was proceeding to the palace of the Nizam on his bocha, a sort of state palanquin, in order to be present at the customary Eed durbar... when two shots in rapid succession were fired.
Word: metasystem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + system. 1. Any system considered as a grouping of other, smaller systems.
Word: metasystems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metasystem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hebraists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hebraist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mauther Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; possibly originally a variant of mother. 1. A girl, especially, a large awkward girl. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal Example: KAS. Ay, I know -- Away, [TO HIS SISTER.] you talk like a foolish mauther. 2. A mother. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal Example: Cleave to a tight ship, my boy, as long as the wind blaeth, and while she lives upon the waters, she'll aye be a mauther to thee.
Word: neutral third Part of Speech: noun 1. A third that is between a major and a minor third in size; an interval of approximately three and a half semitones.
Word: Magpies Part of Speech: noun 1. Newcastle United Football Club 2. plural of Magpie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: steamie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steam + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈstiːmi/ 1. A public area for washing clothes. Labels: Scotland Example: I took a job in the steamie down on Cauldrum Street And I fell in love with a laundry girl Who was working next to me Example: There were steps up to the swimming baths' door. The next one along was for the steamie. Women went in there to wash all their laundry and clothes. 2. A hot dog made of a steamed sausage in a bun, often topped with onion and mustard. Labels: Quebec