nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: gypsobelum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by British malacologist John W. Taylor ca. 1900, from γύψος (gúpsos, “lime”) + βέλος (bélos, “dart”). 1. A love dart Example: On the one hand, there’s the slug, who comes equipped with a gypsobelum, or “love dart,” that it fires, like a “hormone-slick porcupine quill to subdue the object of its desire.”
Word: bibliophobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From biblio- + -phobe. 1. One who fears and hates books, book-learning or reading. Example: Now, the author of this book is probably the world's greatest bibliophobe, having ordered the burning of many books and having again and again placed himself on record against intellectuals including writers. Example: Wordsworth’s genius is fully honoured, but he is also the proud bibliophobe - sacrilegiously cutting open precious pages with a used butter-knife on the kitchen table - as well as the supremely competent manager of his own interests.
Word: love dart Part of Speech: noun 1. A calcareous spicule that a gastropod mollusc drives into the body wall of its partner prior to copulation.
Word: scetavaiasse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of scetavajasse. Labels: alt-of, alternative, no-plural Example: Grasping a tinkling scetavaiasse, a wooden stick covered with cymbals, Dominico Spinelli, 39, a podiatrist from Capri who had made the trip with the Italian folk band, was marching in celebration of something else entirely.
Word: scetavajasse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Neapolitan scetavajasse (literally “maid-waker”), from sceta (“wake up”, imperative of scetà) + vajasse (“maids, female servants”, plural of vajassa). Pronunciation: /ˌʃeɪtəvaɪˈɑːseɪ/ 1. A Neapolitan percussion instrument composed of two wooden sticks, a serrated one and a smooth one, played by rubbing the former on the latter. Labels: no-plural
Word: penny university Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From penny + university. From the cost of a coffee being pence and the debating that took place within the premises on all topics great and high. 1. Synonym of coffee shop or coffeehouse (“a cafe”). Labels: archaic, obsolete, slang
Word: yuzukosho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 柚子胡椒. 1. A fermented Japanese condiment made from chili peppers, yuzu peel, and salt. Labels: uncountable Example: Or in being cast in the shade by a one-bite mille-feuille whose crisp layers of rye pastry, sprinkled with green tea powder, hold lush yuzukosho béchamel and briny little globes of trout roe.
Word: busiate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian busiate. 1. A form of trofie pasta from the region of Trapani. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Also appreciated was a hearty portion of busiate, a long local noodle curled in on itself, served with Trapani’s signature garlic, tomato and almond pesto.
Word: kargyraa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tuvan каргыраа (kargyraa). 1. A deep form of Tuvan overtone singing Example: Mastery of throat-singing techniques like sygyt and kargyraa, the first an overtone-saturated whistling style, the second a deep, droning growl, are no longer the exclusive province of Mongolian tribesmen.
Word: overtone singing Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of singing in which the individual singer manipulates the resonances of the voice to produce notes independent of the fundamental frequency. Labels: uncountable
Word: huzun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish hüzün. 1. A feeling of somber and listless melancholy caused by one's personal failings but which is felt communally as a universal and perhaps uplifting experience. Labels: uncountable Example: It floats on a cushion of huzun, the way an air-hockey puck hovers above the game table.
Word: agbero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba agbèrò. 1. A labourer (manual worker). Labels: Nigeria 2. A thug, typically a jobless male youth who threatens tourists. Labels: Nigeria Example: In fact, most of the hubs of Lagos’s night life from the last century have disappeared. Mr. Adé’s own Ariya nightclub closed in 2003, when agbero boys (local hoodlums) started extorting the visitors and vandalizing their cars.
Word: tisese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Narua tisese (“walking back and forth”). 1. The practice of walking marriage. Labels: uncountable Example: Known in Mandarin as zouhun, or walking marriage, tiesese is an alternative to matrimony in which men visit women at night to fulfill the need for procreation and sexual gratification.
Word: zouhun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 走婚 (zǒu hūn, “walking marriage”). 1. walking marriage Labels: uncountable Example: Known in Mandarin as zouhun, or walking marriage, tiesese is an alternative to matrimony in which men visit women at night to fulfill the need for procreation and sexual gratification.
Word: fingerprint recognition Part of Speech: noun 1. Technology that detects different fingerprints, and if a specific fingerprint is found then proceeds to do something (such as unlocking your phone). Labels: uncountable
Word: rat bastid Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of rat bastard. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: quarroms Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of quarrons. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1612, attributed to Thomas Dekker, "O Per Se O" in A. B. Judges (ed.), The Elizabethan Underworld - a Collection of Tudor and Early Stuart Tracts and Ballads, Routledge, 1930, reprinted 2002, p. 371, https://books.google.ca/books?id=3e77AQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The abram cove is a lusty strong rogue, who walketh with a slade about his quarroms trining to his hams, bandolierwise, for all the world as cutpurses and thieves wear their sheets to the gallows, in which their trulls are to bury them.
Word: quarromes Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of quarrons. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Bene Lightmans to thy quarromes in what lipken hast thou lipped in this darkemans, whether in a lybbege or in the strummell. Good morrow to thy bodye, in what house hast thou lyne in all night, whether in a bed or in the strawe?
Word: whips out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of whip out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fakes out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fake out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scrapes along Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scrape along Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: splits up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of split up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: switches on Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of switch on Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Islamizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Islamize + -er. 1. One who Islamizes.
Word: wedders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wedder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: denatured alcohols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of denatured alcohol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chiffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chiff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: herd behaviours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of herd behaviour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grand staffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grand staff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: popular votes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of popular vote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemalums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemalum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haemalums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haemalum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: longanisa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish longaniza. Doublet of lucanica. 1. A Spanish sausage similar to chorizo. Example: If the cooking at Phil-Am Kusina is sometimes distracted, that may be because Mr. Imperial is busy these days; he also manages his parents’ grocery store, and this year started a food truck called Sisig City, currently stationed in Gowanus, Brooklyn, and offering the likes of lechon sliders and longanisa sausage “mini dogs,” for delivery only.
Word: pirachkich Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of fritter stuffed with mashed potato etc
Word: pirachkichs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pirachkich Labels: form-of, plural Example: A couple of feet away, Fariza Isakova, 32, a refugee from Grozny, Chechnya, who fled first in 2004 but arrived in France more recently, was rolling neat circles of dough for pirachkichs, which she was stuffing with a mixture of finely chopped cabbage, carrots, dill, parsley and onion.
Word: semur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Indonesian semur. The Indonesian word comes from Dutch smoren ("to braise"). 1. An Indonesian stew normally made with beef Example: The semur is made the way Ms. Pratiwi’s grandmother and mother taught her to make it, though Ms. Pratiwi braises the beef more gently, in the oven, until it’s very tender and glistening all over with a dark, mellow sauce.
Word: somyeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 소면 (somyeon). 1. A kind of Korean noodle made with wheat flour. Example: Usually made with cold buckwheat noodles, naengmyeon, or thin wheat flour noodles, somyeon, it’s also good with Vietnamese rice noodles (or so I say, but I’m a heathen).
Word: inquisitory Part of Speech: adj 1. In the manner of an inquisition or inquiry. Example: Called into being probably because of the continued emigration of Puritans to New England, the complaints against the Massachusetts charter, and the growth of Independency in that colony, it was in origin a coercive, not an inquisitory, body, in the same class with the courts of Star Chamber and High Commission, and the Councils of Wales and the North.
Word: EOLs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of EOL Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macrothrombocytopenias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macrothrombocytopenia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quadrality Part of Speech: noun 1. A relationship between four objects. Labels: rare
Word: quadralities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quadrality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fractional crystallizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fractional crystallization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coconstructions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coconstruction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dominable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dominate + -able. 1. Subject to domination; able to be dominated. Example: One part of the science of God is dominable by reason, is capable of being rationally cognised : this is the natural science of God, metaphysics. Example: Geertz, a pioneer of these processes (they are not yet frozen into "methods"), recognizes them as ways of handling the new world that has borne itself since World War II: a world of colliding cultures no longer dominated by Europeans and Americans, and no longer dominable by anyone. 2. Order bounded in the universal completion. Example: An important tool for the study of laterally complete Riesz spaces is the notion of the dominable set, which is introduced next.
Word: bisnings Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of beestings (“first milk after giving birth”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete, plural, plural-only
Word: mystax Part of Speech: noun 1. A line or group of prominent bristles on the lower face of certain Diptera (insects)
Word: bowings and scrapings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bowing and scraping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postnomial Part of Speech: adj 1. Rare form of postnominal. Labels: form-of, not-comparable, rare Example: Fellows are elected for life, and gain the right to use the postnomial Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) title.
Word: ammonioleucites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ammonioleucite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyberstrategies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyberstrategy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monobosoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monobosom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: potassium hydrogen carbonate Part of Speech: noun 1. potassium bicarbonate Labels: uncountable
Word: drama king Part of Speech: noun 1. An overly or exaggeratedly dramatic person, especially a man or a boy. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, informal
Word: drama kings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drama king Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lunkier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of lunky: more lunky Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: lunkiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of lunky: most lunky Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: overembrace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + embrace. 1. to embrace too often or to an excessive degree Labels: transitive
Word: Mmes. Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Mmes., abbreviation of Mesdames. Equivalent to Mme. + -s. Pronunciation: /meɪˈdɑm/ 1. plural of Mme. Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of Mrs. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Somnath Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit सोमनाथ (somanātha) (सोम + नाथ). 1. Name of a Hindu temple in Gujarat, India. It is the first among the twelve jyotirlinga shrines of Lord Shiva. Labels: Hinduism 2. A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
Word: preteener Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of preteen.
Word: Chinese garter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chinese + garter. See Chinese jump rope, a game said to have originated in 7th century China. 1. a narrow garter band strip of rubber, usually a meter long, used in various jumping games Labels: Philippines 2. Chinese jump rope game using a meter long rubber garter strip Labels: Philippines
Word: jackonet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jaconet. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Edomae Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 江戸前. 1. Edo-style Labels: especially, not-comparable
Word: kanpachi Part of Speech: noun 1. amberjack Example: Vietnam was revisited in kanpachi with fried shallots in a lean, light, spicy nuoc cham.
Word: contrapunctus Part of Speech: noun 1. A fugue. Example: The ambitus of the metrical weight profile increases towards the middle of the contrapunctus; minimal local meter length is 2.
Word: contrapuncti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contrapunctus Labels: form-of, plural Example: She began with a little talk at the piano, playing the themes of the various movements — 14 contrapuncti, as the fugues are called, four canons and a chorale — and discussing their structure.
Word: biergarten Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Biergarten. 1. beer garden Example: Outdoor drinking is an option at Zeitgeist, a punk-spirited biergarten and neighborhood institution; its native population is heavy on the bikers and bike messengers.
Word: hipsturbian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hipsturbia + -an. 1. Relating to hipsturbia. Example: As we house-hunted, my epiphany in Hastings wasn’t at the hipsturbian Mill, a tavern I frequent with an outstanding microbrew list and dangling Edison bulbs, but at Pizza Grill, a tasty yet generic slice joint you’ve seen in a thousand towns.
Word: hipsturbia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of hipster + suburbia, coined by Alex Williams in 2013 (see quotation below). 1. A suburban area where hipsters live. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Welcome to hipsturbia.
Word: panelak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Czech panelák. 1. A Czech prefab
Word: panelaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of panelak Labels: form-of, plural Example: The word itself is a colloquial expression in Czech and Slovak, with roots in both languages’ more technical compound term for “panel house”: Prestressed and prefabricated, panelaks were rapidly assembled and cheaply built to solve a post-World War II housing crisis.
Word: falanghina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian falanghina, possibly derived, through Neapolitan, from Latin phalanga (“pole for carrying things”, by extension “pole for sustaining grapevine”), from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phắlănx, “line, rank”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”). 1. A white grape variety from Campania in Italy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mastroberardino was the pioneering producer, a lonely voice for years championing red grapes like aglianico, and whites like fiano and falanghina, until others began to pay attention. 2. The light white wine produced with this type of grape. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shirsey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of shirt + jersey. 1. A type of T-shirt similar to that worn by a sportsman, typically with a number on the back Example: On Wednesday, James killed his shirsey.
Word: blitzer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Blitz. 1. One engaging in a blitz. Example: The Bills disguised their coverage to make the Jets think they were sending a blitzer from Brandon Marshall’s side of the field.
Word: finstagram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of fake + Instagram. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪn.stəˌɡɹæm/ 1. Synonym of finsta. Example: Principles that guide Instagram are cheerfully ignored on fake accounts: If posting more than once a day to a main account is considered something of a faux pas, it’s perfectly acceptable, on a finstagram account, to unleash a stream of mundane images, screen shots of text conversations and ugly selfies .
Word: finstagrams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of finstagram Labels: form-of, plural Example: Created mainly by teenagers and 20-somethings, finstagrams are intimate online spaces intended for an audience of friends, with the number of followers purposely kept in the low double digits.
Word: small penis syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. An anxious belief that one's own penis size may be smaller than average.
Word: Sahadeva Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit सहदेव (sahadeva, “with the gods”). 1. In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the fifth and last of the Pandava brothers; son of Madri and Pandu.
Word: hammer-harden Part of Speech: verb 1. to cold-hammer
Word: hammer-dressed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer; -said of building stone.
Word: hanging compass Part of Speech: noun 1. a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath
Word: hanging garden Part of Speech: noun 1. An artistic garden or a small urban farm: attached to or built on a wall. 2. A garden formed in terraces rising one above another, like those of Nebuchadnezzar at Babylon.
Word: hanging indentation Part of Speech: noun 1. An indentation that indents the rest of the text while leaving the first line in place.
Word: hanging rail Part of Speech: noun 1. a rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached 2. A piece of furniture consisting of a rail, onto which clothes or other items can be hung
Word: hanging side Part of Speech: noun 1. the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein Example: These subdrifts are driven the full width of the copper and explore thoroughly the foot and hanging sides of the lode.
Word: hanging stile Part of Speech: noun 1. That stile of a door to which hinges are secured. Example: Hook joints must be worked on the side of one of the front sash stiles, and on the shutting stile of the side sash, the airtight bead being formed on the hanging stile. 2. The upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened.
Word: soak in Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Prepositional verb from soak + in (“into”). 1. To wet a surface and be absorbed completely (of a liquid) 2. To spend time experiencing something Example: Wes Morgan and Marc Albrighton scored the goals that mean Leicester will join Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus in the quarter-final draw in Nyon on Friday. Just let that soak in for a moment.
Word: fly the flag Part of Speech: verb 1. To be registered in a particular country and display that country's flag as a result. (of a ship, airline etc) 2. To support one's country enthusiastically. Labels: idiomatic Example: Now they are the English champions, flying the flag for their country in Europe’s premier club competition and managed by a 53‑year‑old who only got the job on Sunday night.
Word: chingri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali চিংড়ি (ciṅṛi). 1. prawns (in a Bangladeshi curry) Labels: uncountable Example: A subtly flavorful prawn dish, chingri macher curry, was prepared with an onion-ginger paste and the simplified Bengali garam masala, which contains cardamom, cinnamon and cloves, making for a light, mild spicing.
Word: instrumentarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From instrument + -arium, originally after German Instrumentarium, itself after New Latin īnstrūmentārium. 1. A set of instruments, a toolset.
Word: instrumentaria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of instrumentarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fibbings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fibbing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: never-sweats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of never-sweat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bar ditch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from bar + ditch because it ‘bars’ cattle from crossing on to the road; the first word may be a corruption of borrow (compare borrow pit), because the material to make the crown of the road was ‘borrowed’ from the sides. 1. A low ditch running along the side of a road. Labels: Southern-US Example: She continued along the bar ditch, sweat running down her back now.
Word: bar ditches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bar ditch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rockett Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a diminutive of Anglo-Norman roque (“rock”). 1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.
Word: flood geology Part of Speech: noun 1. The attempt to interpret and reconcile geological features of the Earth in accordance with a literal belief in the global flood described in Genesis. Labels: uncountable
Word: Marpessa Part of Speech: name 1. A town of ancient Greece in Paros. Labels: historical 2. An Aetolian princess and daughter of Evenus. Labels: Greek 3. Alternative form of Marpesia (“Amazon queen”). Labels: Greek, alt-of, alternative 4. A Theban woman whose betrothed, Phylleus, was killed by Tydeus during the campaign of the Seven against Thebes. Labels: Greek 5. The woman who led the women of Tegea to defend the city during a war from an invasion led by the Spartan king Charilaus. Labels: Greek
Word: sexploitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sexploit + -ive. 1. Sexually exploitative.
Word: sexploitative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sexploitation + -ive. 1. sexually exploitative
Word: UF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of University of Florida. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: In a statement, the university’s interim president Donald Landry said that the Florida Federation of College Republicans, which oversees campus GOP groups in the state, told the university that it had disbanded the UF chapter. Landry said that UF then moved to deactivate them.
Word: nothingburger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from nothing (pronoun, noun) + -burger (suffix forming names of hamburgers served in buns with the addition of specified foodstuffs, or with foodstuffs in place of the usual meat), a metaphorical reference to a burger missing a patty—its most significant component. The word was apparently coined by the American gossip columnist Louella Parsons (1881–1972) in her widely syndicated daily column “Louella’s Move-Go-’Round” of June 1, 1953: see the quotation. The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌθɪŋbɜːɡə/, /ˈnʌθɪŋˌbɝɡɚ/ 1. An unimportant person; a nobody, a nonentity. Labels: informal Example: After all, if it hadn’t been for Sam[uel] Goldwyn Farley [Granger] might very well be a nothingburger. However, I have a hunch this whole arrangement is on a friendly basis. Example: I've had two fantastic mothers—one a hero who flew planes—and I turned out to be just a big nothingburger with no courage at all. 2. Something of less importance than its treatment suggests; also, something which is bland or unremarkable in appearance or impact. Labels: informal Example: She [Anne Gorsuch Burford] calls NACOA [the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere] a "joke" and a "nothingburger," whatever that is. Nothing I could say could more graphically demonstrate the contempt she has shown, and will continue to show again, for public service in general and for environmental protection in particular. Example: Except for Easter, isn't March kind of a nothingburger (unless your birthday is in it!) month? Shall we try to make it memorable? 3. A matter of no concern, especially one that had been of concern; a non-issue. Labels: informal Example: The forecasted megastorm turned out to be a huge nothingburger.
Word: nothingburger Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from nothing (pronoun, noun) + -burger (suffix forming names of hamburgers served in buns with the addition of specified foodstuffs, or with foodstuffs in place of the usual meat), a metaphorical reference to a burger missing a patty—its most significant component. The word was apparently coined by the American gossip columnist Louella Parsons (1881–1972) in her widely syndicated daily column “Louella’s Move-Go-’Round” of June 1, 1953: see the quotation. The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌθɪŋbɜːɡə/, /ˈnʌθɪŋˌbɝɡɚ/ 1. Of less importance than its treatment suggests; insignificant, unimportant; also, bland or unremarkable in appearance or impact. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Well, I think better a splendid fake than those little-bitty, itsy-poo nothing burger gold dinkies you wear only because they're real. Example: There are some good pictures here but the Brand-X reproduction and nothingburger design reduces the overall look to a clutter […]
Word: haggl'd Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of haggled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: masterpost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From master + post. 1. A posted message that gathers together several other posts on a single topic. Labels: Internet
Word: masterposts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of masterpost Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Youth Day Part of Speech: name 1. A holiday dedicated to young people, observed in various countries on differing dates.
Word: celery cabbages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of celery cabbage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: self-delusions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of self-delusion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eigensymbols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eigensymbol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superestimate Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of overestimate. Labels: nonstandard, rare
Word: screaming jelly babies Part of Speech: noun 1. A classroom chemistry demonstration, using potassium chlorate to rapidly oxidize the sugar in jelly babies so that they burst into flame and emit gases with a screaming sound. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Rayleigh scatterings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rayleigh scattering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cod-liver oils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cod-liver oil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fell running Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See fell (“upland moor”). 1. The sport of running races over upland country with steep, difficult terrain. Labels: uncountable
Word: fell runner Part of Speech: noun 1. One who takes part in fell running.
Word: fell runners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fell runner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonparaffins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonparaffin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: najis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic نَجِس (najis). Pronunciation: /nɑˈd͡ʒɪs/ 1. Ritually unclean, such that contact with it puts a Muslim in a state of impurity. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Wick's theorem Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Gian-Carlo Wick (1909–1992), Italian theoretical physicist. 1. A method of reducing high-order derivatives to a combinatorics problem, used extensively in quantum field theory to reduce arbitrary products of creation and annihilation operators to sums of products of pairs of these operators.
Word: Shooto Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 修斗 (shūto), which is derived from English shoot. 1. A combat sport/mixed martial arts system and organization derived from shoot wrestling.
Word: Rydberg formula Part of Speech: name Etymology: Formulated by the Swedish physicist Johannes Rydberg, and presented on 5 November 1888. 1. A formula used in atomic physics to describe the wavelengths of spectral lines of many chemical elements.
Word: grade grubber Part of Speech: noun 1. A student who engages in grade grubbing; someone seeking to improve their grades by sucking up or by trying to negotiate for any additional marks. Labels: US, derogatory, slang Example: I was also a grade grubber, not an uncommon affliction. During my first term of high school, I complained to my counselor that my Latin teacher had not given me the A that I fiercely believed I deserved.
Word: grade grubbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grade grubber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tissot's indicatrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Developed by French mathematician Nicolas Auguste Tissot in the 19th century. 1. A mathematical contrivance used to characterize local distortions due to map projection. It is the geometry that results from projecting a circle of infinitesimal radius from a curved geometric model, such as a globe, onto a map.
Word: Tissot's indicatrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tissot's indicatrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pay pig Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of paypig. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pay pigs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pay pig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nothingburgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nothingburger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jazz box Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of jazz square.
Word: jazz boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jazz box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jazz square Part of Speech: noun 1. A dance move whose four steps form a square pattern: (i) crossover in front of the left foot with the right foot; (ii) crossover in front of the right foot with the left foot; (iii) step to the back with the right; (iv) step to the back with the left.
Word: jazz squares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jazz square Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anti-patriarch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + patriarch. 1. One opposed to a religious patriarchy.
Word: sympatho- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From German sympatho-, combining form (in e.g. Sympathogonie) of sympathisch formed with -o-. 1. sympathetic nervous system Labels: morpheme
Word: fusion cuisines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fusion cuisine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: munchie box Part of Speech: noun 1. An assortment of fast foods, pizza, fries, doner kebab meat, etc., sold together in a large flat box. Labels: Scotland, UK
Word: munchie boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of munchie box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chuprassi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chaprasi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chuprassis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chuprassi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dafadar Part of Speech: noun 1. A sergeant in the Indian infantry during the British Raj. Labels: India, historical
Word: dafadars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dafadar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chaukidar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi चौकीदार (caukīdār), from चौकी (caukī, “post”) + -दार (-dār, “-holder”). 1. A watchman; a guard. Labels: India Example: A chowkidar (watchman) was deputed to do justice. Example: ... And tell me do you think it was he himself who impersonated the policeman who so conveniently took over the guarding of the horse when the chowkidar's house was set on fire." "That is the chowkidar guarding the stables?" Ghote asked.
Word: chaukidars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chaukidar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: everyware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of everywhere + -ware, by surface analysis, every + -ware. 1. Synonym of ubiquitous computing. Labels: uncountable Example: It is apparent that nascent forms of everyware already exist, at least for some people, and in some parts of the world. Example: If intimate media and geomedia constitute the parameters of ambient intelligence as 'everyware' (ever more pervasive and ever harder to perceive) then Greenfield urges us to be aware of limitations that may be sever enough for us to assert that everyware is currently noware in particular.
Word: have a nice day syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A stressful form of cognitive dissonance among employees whose work involves assuming a fake cheerful persona to deal with members of the public. Labels: uncountable Example: The ‘have a nice day’ syndrome typifies a routinized approach to customer service where, by establishing procedures, service levels can be consistently maintained and efficiently managed.
Word: MPVs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of MPV Labels: form-of, plural
Word: virandah Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of veranda. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: virandahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of virandah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: builders' Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of builders' tea. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: EWPs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of EWP Labels: form-of, plural
Word: builder's mug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From builder + -'s + mug, from its being the stereotypical mug used by builders (stereotypically to drink builder's tea). 1. A large ceramic mug for hot drinks. Labels: UK Example: I glugged tea from a builder's mug. 2. A unit of volumetric measure equivalent to the typical builder's mug, around 1/2-pint (10 oz.; 300 cc; 300 mL; 30 cL; 1 cup) Labels: UK, informal Example: One standard builder's mug will feed 1 adult and 2 littles. Switch up the carrot for grated apple with a small handful of raisins for apple pie porridge. Example: 2 builder's mug basmati rice (170g)
Word: Vahag Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Վահագ (Vahag), diminutive of Վահագն (Vahagn). Pronunciation: /vəˈhɑ(ː)ɡ/ 1. A transliteration of the Armenian male given name diminutive Վահագ (Vahag).
Word: twakow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hokkien 大䑩 (tōa-ko͘). 1. A kind of single-masted traditional boat with a junk rig, formerly used on the Singapore River along with the tongkang. Labels: historical
Word: twakows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twakow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suspensions of disbelief Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suspension of disbelief Labels: form-of, plural
Word: willing suspensions of disbelief Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of willing suspension of disbelief Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ithmid Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of soorma. Labels: uncountable
Word: ahadeeth Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hadeeth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kuhl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kohl. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pizza crunch Part of Speech: noun 1. A deep-fried pizza, a form of fast food in Scotland. Labels: Scotland
Word: pizza crunches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pizza crunch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tracksite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From track + site. 1. A site where trackways (footprints, especially fossilised) are found.
Word: tracksites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tracksite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zeribaed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of zeriba Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: zeribaing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of zeriba Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: zereeba Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of zeriba. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: zereebas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zereeba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crico- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κρῐ́κος (krĭ́kos) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek κρῐκοειδής (krĭkoeidḗs)bor. New Latin cricoīdēsbor. English cricoid Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English crico- From cricoid + -o-. Pronunciation: /kɹʌɪ.kə(ʊ)/, /kɹaɪ.koʊ/ 1. Of or pertaining to the cricoid cartilage. Labels: morpheme
Word: geostatic arch Part of Speech: noun 1. An arch designed to sustain pressure similar to that exerted by earth, i.e. in a tunnel Labels: archaic
Word: geostatic arches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geostatic arch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: netmail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From net + mail. 1. A kind of electronic mail used on bulletin board systems. Labels: uncountable
Word: protoliberals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protoliberal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parliamentary procedures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parliamentary procedure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: VFDF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of very fast death factor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: interminations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intermination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myotonic dystrophies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myotonic dystrophy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: betaglobin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of beta globin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: alphaglobin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of alpha globin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: alpha globin Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the two globin subunits in the most common form of haemoglobin in humans.
Word: beta globin Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the two globin subunits in the most common form of haemoglobin in humans.
Word: pretzel pillow Part of Speech: noun 1. A small snack made from pretzel dough with a filling such as cheese or peanut butter.
Word: pretzel pillows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pretzel pillow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rorschach inkblot test Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Rorschach test.
Word: suprainiac Part of Speech: adj 1. Above the inion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subiniac Part of Speech: adj 1. Below the inion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: suprainiac fossa Part of Speech: noun 1. A depression on the occipital below the inion.
Word: Rorschach inkblot tests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rorschach inkblot test Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Janners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Janner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tabias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tabia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: excuseable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of excusable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rubadubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rubadub Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scabweed Part of Speech: noun 1. Raoulia tenuicaulis, a lowland to low-alpine plant forming a bright-green flat mat, roughly circular or ellipsoid, compact in the centre, but very loose and open at the margin.
Word: tinless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tin + -less. 1. Without tin (metal). Labels: not-comparable 2. Without a tin (container). Labels: not-comparable
Word: Curtius Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Sunbury Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnbəɹi/ 1. The common name for Sunbury-on-Thames, England. 2. A place in the United States: 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A place in the United States: 8. A satellite city in the City of Hume, north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Word: Sunbury-on-Thames Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, England (formerly in Middlesex), commonly known as Sunbury.
Word: burst into flower Part of Speech: verb 1. Of flowers of buds, to bloom suddenly or in a short period of time.
Word: Sheerness Part of Speech: name 1. A town and civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Sheppey in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9274).
Word: half-dozens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of half-dozen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: septa- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin septem. 1. seven Labels: morpheme
Word: proficiences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proficience Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SWRs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of SWR Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butterflies upon a wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butterfly upon a wheel. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butterflies upon wheels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butterfly upon a wheel. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Congleton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English cung (“mound”) + hyll (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋɡəltən/ 1. A town and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ854628). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A former borough in Cheshire, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into Cheshire East. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Pinocchio illusions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pinocchio illusion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prediapausal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + diapausal. 1. Prior to diapause. Labels: not-comparable
Word: diapausal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From diapause + -al. 1. Relating to diapause. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Ontario Lacus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ontario + Latin lacus. From its resemblance to Lake Ontario and Latin lacus (“lake”). 1. A large hydrocarbon lake on Titan, the largest moon of the planet Saturn.
Word: individuities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of individuity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lichfield Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Liċetfeld, from Latin Letocetum, from a Proto-Brythonic place-name meaning "greywood" (cf. Welsh llwyd + coed), with feld (“field”) added later. There is no evidence to support the folk etymology that this placename is related to lich (“corpse”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪt͡ʃfiːld/ 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A surname. Labels: countable Example: Case in point, as Lichfield detailed on Twitter last week: Almost as soon as the "hipster effect" article was published, a man furiously emailed the magazine claiming a photo of him was slanderously used alongside it without his permission. He was, it turned out, mistaken. Example: “He accused us of slandering him, presumably by implying he was a hipster, and of using the pic without his permission,” Gideon Lichfield, the Review’s editor-in-chief, explained Tuesday on Twitter. 5. Misspelling of Litchfield. Labels: alt-of, countable, misspelling, uncountable
Word: Bracknell Part of Speech: name Etymology: First recorded in a Winkfield Boundary Charter of AD 942 as Braccan heal, perhaps meaning "nook of land belonging to a man called Bracca". 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8669). 2. A local government district in Berkshire formed in 1974 and renamed Bracknell Forest in May 1988. 3. A town in Meander Valley council area and the Northern Midlands council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
Word: relevance logics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of relevance logic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Minehead Part of Speech: name 1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9746).
Word: incenst Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of incense Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: Whose sharp provokement them incenst so sore, / That both were bent t'avenge his usage base […]
Word: Sittingbourne Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Sidingeburn. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɪŋ.bən/, /ˈsɪtɪŋ.bɔːn/ 1. A large town in Swale district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9063).
Word: Nhengatu Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Nheengatu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: FOAFs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of FOAF Labels: form-of, plural
Word: planetary gears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of planetary gear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fanling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fan + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈfænlɪŋ/ 1. An inexperienced fan. Labels: slang Example: Huzzah! Hopefully we'll get some fans, neo-fans and even fanlings to join us. Example: The man who was so devoted to fandom and fannish pursuits was among the "elders" who ushered me as a young neofan through my fanling stages of blunders and ignorance.
Word: Northallerton Part of Speech: name 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3693).
Word: overlubrication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + lubrication. 1. excessive lubrication Labels: uncountable
Word: fanlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fanling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonfetotoxic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + fetotoxic. 1. Not fetotoxic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Keighley Part of Speech: name Etymology: Recorded as Middle English Chichelai in the Domesday Book, the town is named with the Old English personal name *Cyhha + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Pronunciation: /ˈkiːθli/ 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0641). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Kettering Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkɛtəɹɪŋ/ 1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8678). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A former borough in Northamptonshire with its headquarters in the town, abolished 1 April 2021 and merged into North Northamptonshire. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A city in Montgomery County and Greene County, Ohio, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A former Free Village in Trelawny parish, Jamaica, now part of Duncans. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A coastal town in Kingborough council area, Tasmania, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: orofaecally Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of orofecally. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Camberley Part of Speech: name Etymology: In Surrey, originally named Cambridge Town in 1862 after the Duke of Cambridge. Camberley was coined in 1877 at the behest of the Post Office, presumably to avoid confusion with the Cambridgeshire city. The place in New Zealand would have been named after the Surrey town. 1. A town in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England. 2. A suburb of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand.
Word: digestates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of digestate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Farnborough Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /fɑːnbəɹə/ 1. A place in England: 2. A place in England: 3. A place in England: 4. A place in England: 5. A coastal locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.
Word: Aylesbury Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Æġles burg. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪlzbəɹi/ 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8113). 2. A village in the Rural Municipality of Craik, No. 222, Saskatchewan, Canada. 3. A rural locality in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Word: anti-griddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + griddle. 1. Alternative form of antigriddle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: anti-griddles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anti-griddle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tilbury Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Old English personal name Tila + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”). 1. A town and port in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ639761). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A community, formerly a town, in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Broadstairs Part of Speech: name 1. A coastal town on the Isle of Thanet, in Broadstairs and St Peter's parish, Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3967).
Word: Whitstable Part of Speech: name 1. A coastal town in the north of Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1066).