nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: vulture fund Part of Speech: noun 1. A hedge fund or private equity fund that invests in debt considered to be very weak or in imminent default. Investors profit by buying debt at a discounted price on a secondary market and then suing the debtor for a larger amount than the purchasing price. Labels: derogatory Example: This chapter discusses current official initiatives designed to curb vulture fund litigation and proposes a rethinking of the doctrine of sovereign immunity as a key measure to curb the predatory behaviour of vulture funds.
Word: vulture funds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vulture fund Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Junagadh Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati જૂનાગઢ (jūnāgaḍh). 1. A district of Gujarat, India.
Word: Juffrou Part of Speech: noun 1. Miss; form of address for an unmarried woman Labels: South-Africa Example: The Prince Frederick drew alongside the Juffrou Sara and threatened to fire on her, whereupon Captain Huijblings struck his colors. The Prince Frederick sent the Juffrou Sara to Newport, where she arrived in August. Example: A new teacher, Juffrou Janneke Phillips, who Meneer Van Niekerk, the headmaster, said was 'only temporary' and was a practice teacher from Johannesburg, came to take our class. She was very pretty and looked quite young […]
Word: jootha Part of Speech: adj 1. Soiled by saliva and thus not suitable for somebody else to eat from. Labels: India, not-comparable, usually
Word: mamotty Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mamoty. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mamotties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mamotty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maikas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maika Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unfondly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unfond + -ly. 1. Without fondness. Example: I hope you don't remember me too unfondly after our disagreements back in the day. Example: It is remembered unfondly by politicians, communities and campaigners as the document that heralded widespread reductions in the size of the railway.
Word: Josephite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Joseph + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.zəˌfaɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.səˌfaɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.zəˌfaɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.səˌfaɪt/ 1. A descendant of the biblical patriarch Joseph and the two half tribes which descended from his sons Ephraim (Ephraimites) and Manasseh (Manassites). 2. A student or alumnus of St Joseph's College, Allahabad. 3. A student or alumnus of St Joseph Higher Secondary School, Dhaka. 4. One of the Russian followers of hegumen Joseph Volotsky, who advocated the church's ownership of land, social activity and charity. 5. A member of a late 1920s-1940s movement in the Russian Orthodox Church, followers of Metropolitan Joseph (Petrovykh). 6. A member of Josephites-CJ, a Roman Catholic religious order founded in Belgium. 7. A member of St. Joseph's Missionary Society. 8. A member of the Josephite Fathers, a Roman Catholic religious order originally established to minister to African Americans, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. 9. A Latter Day Saint adherent tracing Restorationist priesthood lineage through Joseph Smith III, son of the movement's founder. 10. A member of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Word: hegumens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hegumen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Josephites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Josephite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Brighamite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Brigham + -ite. 1. A follower of Brigham Young (1801–1877), American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the western United States. Labels: Mormonism, historical
Word: Brighamite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Brigham + -ite. 1. Pertaining to Brigham Young, his followers and their beliefs. Labels: Mormonism, historical, not-comparable
Word: Brighamites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Brighamite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jordan curve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after French mathematician Camille Jordan (1838-1922), who first proved the Jordan curve theorem. 1. A non-self-intersecting continuous loop in the plane; a simple closed curve. Example: When μ is small and positive, the locus (1) consists of a Jordan curve near each of the Jordan curves belonging to B. Example: If fis a closed curve that is one-one on [0,1] except for f(0) = f(I), then we say that f is a Jordan curve. A Jordan curve can be seen as a homeomorphism from the circle C onto a subset of the given space.
Word: Jordan curves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jordan curve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jollytail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jolly + tail. 1. Galaxias maculatus (common galaxias), a freshwater fish with a marine larval stage, found from western Australia to the Falkland Islands.
Word: jollytails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jollytail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inangas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inanga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Joe Soap Part of Speech: name 1. A foolish stooge or scapegoat. Labels: UK
Word: one-to-many Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the property that the same argument may yield multiple values, but different arguments never yield the same value. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having the property that an element of one set may be assigned by the relationship to several elements in the other set, but that a given element in the second set can have only one member of the first set assigned to it. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Being a genetic mother of" is a one-to-many relation from the set of cats to the set of cats. 3. From a single source to multiple recipients. Labels: not-comparable Example: Traditional mass media, both print and broadcast, are forms of one-to-many communications.
Word: jollify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From jolly + -fy. 1. To make jolly. Labels: transitive 2. To engage in jollification; to carouse. Labels: intransitive
Word: jollified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jollify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: jollifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jollify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jollifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jollify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: kabab Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kebab. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kababs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kabab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kangaroo vine Part of Speech: noun 1. Cissus antarctica (synonym Cissus oblongata), an Australian climbing plant sometimes used as an ornamental.
Word: kangaroo vines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kangaroo vine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kapakahi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hawaiian kapakahi. 1. askew; crooked Labels: Hawaii
Word: Kelvinside Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Kelvin + -side, after the River Kelvin. 1. A district of Glasgow, Scotland, north of the River Clyde (OS grid ref NS5568).
Word: Keogh plan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after US Representative Eugene James Keogh of New York. 1. A type of retirement plan for self-employed people and small businesses in the United States.
Word: Keogh plans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Keogh plan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isitolotolo Part of Speech: noun 1. An African musical instrument, a form of Jew's harp.
Word: Islamise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Islam + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Islamize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: izimbongi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Zulu ízim- Zulu in- Proto-Nguni *-bonga Zulu -bonga Proto-Bantu *-ì Zulu -i Zulu ímbongi Zulu izimbongibor. English izimbongi Borrowed from Zulu izimbongi, from izim- (“class 10 noun prefix”) + imbongi. Pronunciation: /ˌɪzɪmˈbɒŋɡi/, /ˌɪzɪmˈbɔŋɡi/, /-ˈbɑŋ-/, /ˌɪzɪmˈbɔːŋɡi/ 1. plural of imbongi. Labels: form-of, plural Example: In the national figures this bawdy laughter seems hardly ever to be present; it is only slyly winked at once in the King's praises in the "pillow" reference, but on the whole it is suppressed or censored out by successive izimbongi. Example: Modern South African film directors and performers as bards, izimbongi or storytellers have only residues of existing 'traditional societies' to bring to the surface. Where primarily oral cultures elaborate their stories within the epic form, fables and extraordinary heroes and fantasies, the izimbongi in The People's Poet and Songololo are more concerned with cultural loss, oppression, colonisation and emancipation.
Word: jayvee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Phonetic respelling of the initialism JV; compare deejay. 1. A member of a junior varsity team.
Word: jayvees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jayvee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jivaroan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Jivaro + -an. 1. Of or relating to the Jivaro peoples.
Word: Jivaroan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jivaro + -an. 1. A member of the Jivaro peoples.
Word: Jivaroans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jivaroan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jivaro Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of indigenous peoples in the headwaters of the Marañon River and its tributaries in northern Peru and eastern Ecuador. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: J-cloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a brand name, short for Johnson & Johnson, the name of the manufacturer. 1. (Canada) A kind of absorbent cloth for washing dishes, mopping up spillages, etc. Labels: UK
Word: Italian hitch Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of knot, the Munter hitch.
Word: Munter hitch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after a Swiss mountain guide, Werner Munter, who popularised its use in mountaineering. 1. A simple knot, commonly used by climbers, cavers, and rescuers, consisting of a set of wraps using a rope or cord around an object, mainly used as a friction device for controlling the rate of descent in belay systems.
Word: Ixtacalco Part of Speech: name 1. A small delegación (borough) of Mexico's Federal District, located in the center-east of the district.
Word: many-to-one Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the property that many elements of one set may be assigned by the relationship to one element in the other set, and that a given element in the first set can be assigned by only one member of the second set. Labels: not-comparable 2. From many sources to a single recipient. Labels: not-comparable Example: Traditional management structure consisted of a hierarchical tree of many-to-one communications (from subordinate to manager), with each manager often significantly filtering what he passed on to his manager.
Word: many-to-many Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the property that many elements of one set may be assigned by the relationship to any element in the other set, and that a given element in the first set can also be assigned more than one member of the second set. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Is a fellow citizen with" is a many-to-many relationship on the set of people (from the set of people to the set of people). 2. From many sources to many recipients. Labels: not-comparable Example: The normal state of human affairs is many-to-many communications, each source going out to many recipients, but each recipient also having multiple sources.
Word: stalkette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stalk + -ette. 1. A female stalker. Labels: rare Example: The woman in question came to the maternity ward and went door-to-door until she found DW. At that time I was home and the nanny was filling in. The "stalkette" wore a long, heavy coat and instructed the nanny to leave so she could talk with DW. DW said "no way" and instructed nanny to stay, then pressed the nurse button, and told the nurse to call security. The woman left. Example: Oooh - be careful Richard - I think you have a stalker - or stalkette.
Word: stalkettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stalkette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rangoli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi रंगोली (raṅgolī), from Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga, “colour”). Pronunciation: /ɹaŋˈɡəʊli/ 1. A geometric or stylized design on the floor (or other flat surface) made using small coloured granules, powder or flowers. Labels: India, countable, uncountable Example: In one corner of the room she had drawn an incredibly elaborate painting with rangoli powder of the Flautist and herself dancing the raas on the banks of the Jamuna. Example: The client is given the option of having multicoloured rangoli designs around the pyre, as well as the freshest flowers to decorate it.
Word: ironwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iron + woman. 1. An extremely tough and strong female athlete.
Word: ironwomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ironwoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Isaurian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Isaura + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Isauria.
Word: Isaurian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Isaura + -ian. 1. A native or inhabitant of Isauria.
Word: Isaurian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Isaura + -ian. 1. An extinct language spoken in the area of Isaura, Asia Minor.
Word: J curve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Such a curve resembles the capital letter J. 1. A curve on a graph that initially falls, then rises to a point higher than its starting point.
Word: Italianesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian + -esque. Piecewise doublet of Italianish. 1. In an Italian style.
Word: jetbridge Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jet bridge. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jetbridges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jetbridge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wigner-Eckart theorem Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after physicists Eugene Wigner and Carl Eckart. 1. A theorem of representation theory and quantum mechanics, stating that matrix elements of spherical tensor operators on the basis of angular momentum eigenstates can be expressed as the product of two factors, one of which is independent of angular momentum orientation, and the other a Clebsch-Gordan coefficient.
Word: January effect Part of Speech: noun 1. A hypothetical seasonal anomaly in the financial market where securities' prices increase in the month of January more than in any other month.
Word: isodrin Part of Speech: noun 1. An organochlorine insecticide that is an isomer of aldrin. Labels: uncountable 2. pholedrine, a methylamphetamine derivative. Labels: uncountable
Word: shavasan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of savasana. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: ironperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iron + person. 1. An ironman or ironwoman. Labels: nonstandard, rare
Word: ironpeople Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ironperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ironpersons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ironperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: havaldar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of havildar. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The word is that every petty havaldar, sub-inspector and police inspector, licensing clerk and petty official has to be bribed before he'll do his duty.
Word: isodop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened iso- + Doppler 1. A line of equal Doppler velocity.
Word: isodops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isodop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isoecho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + echo. 1. A line on a map joining points of equal radar reflectivity.
Word: isoechoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isoecho Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isodose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + dose. 1. A line (on a map, etc.) of equal dose of radiation.
Word: isodoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isodose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isophene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + the first element of phenology, the word having been first used to refer to phenological phenomena. 1. A line (on a map, etc.) joining places where a particular biological phenomenon is exhibited in the same way, such as where plants flower at the same time (an isanthesic) or where the same proportion of clines is found.
Word: isophenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isophene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Marshall-Lerner condition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Alfred Marshall and Abba P. Lerner. 1. The condition that an exchange rate devaluation or depreciation will only cause a balance of trade improvement if the absolute sum of the long run export and import demand elasticities is equal to, or greater than 1.
Word: hydrotherapeutics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + therapeutics. 1. hydrotherapy Labels: uncountable
Word: hypnogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypno- + -genesis. 1. The process of inducing hypnosis. Labels: uncountable
Word: Iceland poppy Part of Speech: noun 1. Papaver nudicaule, a boreal flowering plant.
Word: Iceland poppies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Iceland poppy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chelidonine Part of Speech: noun 1. A benzophenanthidine alkaloid found in the Iceland poppy. Labels: uncountable
Word: skimmianine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Skimmia + -anine. 1. A furoquinoline alkaloid found in plants of subfamily Zanthoxyloideae, such as Zanthoxylum chalybeum rootbark and Skimmia japonica. Labels: uncountable
Word: furoquinoline Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of alkaloids essentially limited to the plant family Rutaceae.
Word: furoquinolines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of furoquinoline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dictamnine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dictamnus + -ine. 1. A furoquinoline alkaloid found in the roots of Dictamnus albus. Labels: uncountable
Word: Dieckmann condensation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the German chemist Walter Dieckmann (1869–1925). 1. The intramolecular chemical reaction of diesters with base to give β-ketoesters. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: I formation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the vertical (as viewed from the opposing endzone) alignment of quarterback, fullback, and running back, particularly when contrasted with the same players' alignments in the T formation. 1. A common offensive formation, beginning with the usual five offensive linemen (two offensive tackles, two guards, and a center), the quarterback under center, and two backs in-line behind the quarterback. The base variant adds a tight end to one side of the line and two wide receivers, one at each end of the line. 2. A formation in doubles where the server's partner starts crouched down close to the center of the net
Word: Bubbette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bubba + -ette. 1. A working-class white female from the rural American South, stereotyped as ignorant, unrefined, etc. Labels: derogatory, sometimes Example: Bubba and Bubbette love rasslin' because Bubba and Bubbette should really walk around wearing a sandwich board that reads "quick, someone give me a lobotomy." Example: The good folks of Sugar Tit have been sponsoring this festival since the early 90s to honor the hard-working good-ole-boys and their lifestyle in the South. They honor the gals, too. That would be the Bubbettes.
Word: Bubbettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bubbette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ifni Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Ifni, from Tashelhit sidi ifni. 1. A former Spanish province on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, south of Agadir and across from the Canary Islands. Labels: historical
Word: Igorot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog Igorot. 1. A member of any of several Austronesian ethnic groups in the Philippines, inhabiting the mountains of Luzon.
Word: xenocrystic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From xenocryst + -ic. 1. Relating to xenocrysts. Labels: not-comparable
Word: xenurines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xenurine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xenharmonics Part of Speech: noun 1. Xenharmonic music generally. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Why, I can't even call myself avant-garde or experimental these days because that does not imply escaping the 12-tone squirrelcage; so I had to introduce the term xenharmonics to mean something that SOUNDS different.
Word: xanthyliums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xanthylium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xylorutinosides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xylorutinoside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xylosylfructosides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xylosylfructoside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: American South Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Southern United States.
Word: Southern United States Part of Speech: name 1. An expansive region encompassing the southeastern and south-central part of the United States. Example: Holonyms: United States, United States of America, U.S., US, USA < North America < Earth < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe Example: Meronyms: Upper South, Deep South, Old South, Southeast
Word: bushly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bush + -ly. 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a bush; bushlike; bushy. Labels: nonstandard Example: In the ground-kangaroos, which use the tail as a support trailing behind them on the ground, that organ is again only slightly covered with coarse hairs, almost entirely wanting on the extremity of the under surface; but in the tree-kangaroos, which carry the tail partly erect, it assumes a bushly and ornamental appearance. Example: It can therefore be seen that pruning is necessary in fruit trees if the best results are desired. This is particularly the case with Mangosteens, Rambutans, Mangoes and other close growing fruit trees of a bushly compact nature.
Word: pseudoschizophrenia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + schizophrenia. 1. Any of various conditions resembling schizophrenia in their symptoms, but not necessarily schizophrenic in origin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gerontotherapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geronto- + therapy. 1. therapy targeting elderly people Labels: uncountable
Word: skinny jeans Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of form-fitting jeans with very narrow, straight legs, which often taper inward at the ankles. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: She ordered a pair of plus-size skinny jeans online. Example: Got your tongue pierced anyway / You in your high-tops any day / You in your skinny jeans anyway
Word: form-fitting Part of Speech: adj 1. Fitting closely to the body of the wearer, thus clearly revealing its shape. Example: a form-fitting evening dress
Word: Obamageddon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Obama + -geddon. 1. The decline or fall of the United States caused by the presidency of Barack Obama. Labels: US, derogatory, humorous, uncountable Example: It is still very possible that he will surprise us and develop into a great leader, the chosen one we so desperately seek to lead us from the darkness of Obamageddon, the Barracolypse. Example: He has turned American tax policy in the direction that Europe's been going for the past fifty years. Great Obama Depression, here we come. We're one step closer to Obamageddon.
Word: lotus seed Part of Speech: noun 1. a fruit (nut) or seed (kernel) of a plant in the genus Nelumbo, particularly the species Nelumbo nucifera, as used in East Asian cuisine, traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese desserts.
Word: lotus seeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lotus seed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lotus nut Part of Speech: noun 1. A lotus seed.
Word: lotus nuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lotus nut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Obamanation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Obama + abomination. 1. The presidency or political actions of Barack Obama, viewed as detrimental to the United States. Labels: US, countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: Beck has become the chronicler of all that the Tea Party sees is wrong with the 'Obamanation' that is America today. Example: Recovery from the national emergency of these Obama years will require a huge amount of careful decision making, from domestic to international, unwinding the Obamanation the USA has been saddled with.
Word: snowpocalypse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + -pocalypse. Pronunciation: /snoʊˈpɑkəlɪps/, /snəʊˈpɒkəlɪps/ 1. An unusually severe blizzard or series of blizzards. Labels: informal Example: I'd also like to thank the Atlanta Snowpocalypse of 2011 for giving me a large block of uninterrupted writing time. Example: The “snowpocalypse” of 2008 paralyzed hilly Seattle in part due to reluctance to salt the roads for fear of harming Puget Sound and nearby streams, though it turned out that sanding the roads can also be harmful.
Word: snowpocalypses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snowpocalypse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: safety reflector Part of Speech: noun 1. A reflector intended for pedestrians, runners, and motorized and non-motorized vehicles. It aids visibility of a person or vehicle as it reflects light from headlights of vehicles.
Word: Pokémania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Old French poche Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Anglo-Norman poketbor. Middle English pocket English pocketbor. Japanese ポケット Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti Proto-Italic *man-eje- Proto-Italic *moneō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Proto-Italic *monestrom Latin mōnstrumbor. Old French monstrebor. Middle English monstre English monsterbor. Japanese モンスター Japanese ポケットモンスターclip. Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon)bor. English Pokémonclip. English Poké- English -mania English Pokémania From Poké- + -mania. 1. Passion for the Pokémon media franchise. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Teachers, who had vivid memories of the temporary insanity of POGS a few years earlier, said they'd never seen a craze to rival Pokémania. Example: It is one that reflects what I found to be the general attitude of American adults regarding the Pokémania that captivated U.S. youth for at least two years: that, though a popular fad of immense proportions, Pokémon (and through it Japan) influenced American youth in terms of their goals, actions, or attitudes in a way that was judged to be relatively benign.
Word: mood-thought Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a translation of Old English mōdġeþanc (“mind, thoughts”, literally “mood-thought”), equivalent to mood + thought. 1. A thought relating to a specific mood or mindset; one's intent or mind. Labels: archaic, nonstandard Example: Now [we] shall praise the heaven-realm's Keeper, God's might and his mood-thought, the work of the glory-Father, as he of each wonder, the eternal Lord, the beginning ordained. Example: At whiles unto love he letteth to turn The mood-thought of a man that Is mighty of kindred, […]
Word: Dracula sneeze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a likening of the positioning of the arm during such a sneeze to stereotypical depictions of the fictional vampire Dracula holding one side of his cape over his face, specifically from Bela Lugosi in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and Tom Mason (double for Lugosi) in Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959). 1. A sneeze directed into the crook of one's elbow so as to help prevent the spread of germs. Labels: informal Example: Wang also encouraged the use of the "Dracula sneeze," or sneezing into the crease of your elbow as you bring your arm to your face. Example: Regarding prevention, the school has begun encouraging sick community members to use the “Dracula sneeze,” sneezing into their elbows to avoid getting germs on their hands and then onto doorknobs and plumbing fixtures.
Word: thugification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thug + -ification. 1. The process of rendering or becoming more tough, violent, or brutal. Labels: uncountable Example: His three-point shooting, rebounding and ferocious defense are just what the Knicks need at the small forward spot. Call it the thugification of the Knicks, if you want to. Example: The controversy is useful if only because it illuminates the general thugification of professional sports, which definitely includes the college game.
Word: screwface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From screw + face. 1. A contorted facial expression of anger, frustration, or aggression. Labels: Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: “Oh, and tell your girl to stop giving me the screwface.” Example: She put on a screwface—an unfriendly facial contortion that denotes anger and frustration—then broke into the chant of a popular reggae protest song.
Word: screwface Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From screw + face. 1. To make a screwface (at someone). Labels: intransitive, slang, transitive Example: When it’s done, I leave the lecture theatre screwfacing anyone who tries watching me and they look away quicktime and no one says nothing.
Word: worn-in Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the appearance of having been worn often or for an extended period. 2. More comfortable as a result of having been worn often or for an extended period.
Word: wing collar Part of Speech: noun 1. A small standing collar with the points pressed to stick out, resembling "wings", used in shirts intended to be worn with men's evening dress.
Word: gipper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gip (“clean [fish] for curing”) + -er (agent noun suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪpɚ/ 1. One who gips (cleans fish in preparation for curing). Example: One man takes the Herrings out of the Well with the Ladnet, and fils the Gippers baskets. ¶ 9 Gippers which cut their throats, and takes out the Guts, and fling the ful Herring into one Basket, and the ſhotten Herring into another.
Word: gissard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps a corruption of geeseherd. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪsɜːd/ 1. One who tends to geese; a gosherd. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: The Thebans had not a better shepherd than S. Wendeline, nor a better gissard to keepe their geese than Gallus. Example: St. Gallus the Patron of Gissards, or Keepers of Geese.
Word: old beans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of old bean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rome wasn't burned in a day Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Modification of Rome wasn't built in a day in reference to the Great Fire of Rome. 1. It takes a long time to destroy something complicated or impressive.
Word: axiogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Representing a hypothetical Ancient Greek etymon of the form *ἀξιογένεσις (*axiogénesis, “generation according to value”), coined from the extant roots ἀξία (axía, “worth, value, also estimate of [a thing’s] worth”) + γένεσις (génesis, “production, generation, coming into being, creation, formation, origination”). Pronunciation: /ˌæksɪəˈd͡ʒɛnɪsɪs/, /ˌæksioʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪsɪs/ 1. A form of metaphysical optimism in which the state of affairs actually obtains which is the one most favourable (of all possible states of affairs) to the development of intelligence and the interests of intelligent beings. Labels: uncountable 2. A mechanism in which the cosmological excess of baryons over antibaryons is generated from the rotation of the QCD axion. Labels: uncountable
Word: axiogenesis Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌæksɪəˈd͡ʒɛnɪsɪs/, /ˌæksioʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪsɪs/ 1. Alternative form of axogenesis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: spanwanned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly from Old English spannan (“to span”) + winnan (“to struggle, to suffer”); from Proto-Germanic *spannaną, *winnaną. 1. stuck astride a wall whilst attempting to climb over it. Labels: UK, not-comparable
Word: oo arr Part of Speech: intj 1. Used to indicate agreement. Labels: UK, West-Country Example: Oo arr, that's a good idea. 2. Used to introduce a refutation, sometimes sarcastically. Labels: UK, West-Country Example: Oo arr, you and whose army? 3. Used to imply innuendo. Labels: UK, West-Country Example: You like peaches? Oo arr.
Word: oh ar Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /oʊ ˈɑː(ɹ)/ 1. Used to indicate agreement. Labels: UK, West-Midlands Example: Oh ar, that's a good idea. 2. Used to introduce a refutation, sometimes sarcastically. Labels: UK, West-Midlands Example: Oh ar, you and whose army?
Word: 360 degree feedback Part of Speech: noun 1. A system or process in which employees receive confidential, anonymous feedback from the people who work around them. This typically includes the employee's manager, peers, and direct reports. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: balloon sinuplasty Part of Speech: noun 1. A surgical procedure for the treatment of blocked sinuses, involving the use of a balloon over a wire catheter to dilate the sinus passageways.
Word: axogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From axon + -genesis. Pronunciation: /ˌæksə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛnɪsɪs/, /ˌæksoʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪsɪs/ 1. The creation of axons Labels: uncountable
Word: wylo Part of Speech: verb 1. Go away; begone. Labels: obsolete Example: […] I turned suddenly round, took him by the collar and shook him vigorously, telling him I'd call a policeman if he didn't "wylo" (go away); whereupon he sheered off in double-quick time, while I watched his retreating figure, laughing heartily.
Word: post-season Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of postseason. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: harpless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From harp + -less. 1. Without a harp. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hearingless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hearing + -less. 1. Unable to hear; deaf. Labels: not-comparable Example: With each sudden pierce of lightning, the girl imagined she was hanging from the eaves as some sightless, hearingless, throatless, stony gargoyle -- a lifeless condition that would offer safety. 2. Of a legislative or court proceeding, without conducting a hearing. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Judge held that a hearingless attachment based upon a "hearsay complaint and conclusory affidavit without any judicial inquiry" violates procedural due process.
Word: heathless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heath + -less. 1. Without a heath. Labels: not-comparable
Word: heavenless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heaven + -less. 1. Without a heaven. Labels: not-comparable Example: Of course if there was no heaven, the question was moot, and the idea of this heavenless existence, this heavenless cosmology, was where what remained of her faith seemed more and more at home.
Word: herdless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From herd + -less. 1. Without a herd. Labels: not-comparable
Word: heroless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hero + -less. 1. Without a hero. Labels: not-comparable Example: In this heroless age, I knew that young adults need to hear what Rocky had to say. I knew that a person with his kind of charisma could get through with a message of the survival of that spirit.
Word: hideless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hydeles; equivalent to hide + -less. 1. Without a hide; skinless. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hitchlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hitchless + -ly. 1. Without a hitch; in a hitchless manner.
Word: hitchless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hitch + -less. 1. Without a hitch. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hourless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hour + -less. 1. Without hours; unaware of the passing of time Labels: not-comparable Example: All the unknown looked out from boundlessness: It lodged upon an edge of hourless Time, Gazing out of some everlasting Now […]
Word: hallstands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hallstand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pizzahead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pizza + -head, from the food's association with Italy. 1. A person of Italian descent. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
Word: pizzaheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pizzahead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Italophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italo- + -phobia. Attested since the 19th century. 1. A fear of or aversion towards Italy, the Italian people or culture, or the Italian language and its native speakers. Labels: uncountable
Word: never event Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The strictest sense, referring to a particularly shocking medical error that should never happen, was the original sense of a never event (circa 2001), although a nuclear power industry publication from the 1980s mentioned a "once-in-a-never event", a collocation playing on such predecessors as once-in-a-blue-moon event and once-in-a-lifetime event. 1. A bad event that should never occur. Example: The safety systems engineer examined records of never events across several industries, including health care, air traffic control, and nuclear power. 2. A bad event that should never occur. Example: Wrong-site surgery is a never event because it is always preventable when adequate double checks and crosschecks are enforced. Example: When never event was coined in 2001, it originally referred only to the most extreme medical errors. But over the past two decades, the phrase has come to encompass, more broadly, any severe adverse medical result that should have been preventable. In the U.S., never events are defined as 29 serious medical errors grouped into seven categories. They include conducting surgery on the wrong site or the wrong patient; killing or seriously injuring someone by giving them the wrong drug; performing artificial insemination with the wrong sperm or egg; the death or serious injury of a mother or newborn during the delivery of a low-risk pregnancy; patient elopement from the hospital; a serious injury or death from the result of falling while in a health care facility; and criminal events such as a patient being sexually or physically assaulted. 3. A bad event that should never occur. Example: Kernicterus has been called a “never event,” identified on a list of “serious, egregious, preventable adverse events” by The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality […]
Word: never events Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of never event Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gomerette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gomer (“stupid person”) + -ette. 1. A stupid woman or girl. Labels: derogatory, rare, slang Example: Taking one of those nuisance trips to the store I spy a gomerette walking a snow white miniature poodle decked out in the stereotypical pom pom cut. Example: And now this Gomerette is combing through the pizza boxes and cat litter beneath her mattress and finds one of Babe Ruth's home run bats.
Word: gomerettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gomerette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gomerette Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of gomerette. Labels: alt-of
Word: Gomerettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gomerette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: endarts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of endart Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: endarting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of endart Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: endarted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of endart Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: khatiya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi खटिया (khaṭiyā). 1. A rope bed. Labels: South-Asia Example: My men carried Shafi away on a khatiya. Example: I began drifting and presently encountered a man sitting on a khatiya, gazing passively into the scorched fields across the road.
Word: raatrani Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Marathi रातराणी (rātrāṇī). 1. The night-blooming cestrum, Cestrum nocturnum. Labels: India Example: It was still dark and the raatranis had not withdrawn into themselves yet. Example: It was a pleasant evening up on the terrace with the breeze, a full moon and the sweet smell of the raatrani.
Word: raatranis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of raatrani Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cause of death Part of Speech: noun 1. The official cause of a human death as typically determined by a coroner during an autopsy and included on the death certificate of a deceased person. Example: Cancers are common diseases; in the aggregate, they are among the leading causes of death nationally and worldwide, and their incidence is increasing as the population ages.
Word: causes of death Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cause of death Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fluoroimmunometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fluoro- + immunometry. 1. A method for testing allergies by measuring fluorescently labelled antibodies for detection of antigens in the cells of a patient. Labels: uncountable
Word: demonstratable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From demonstrate + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛmənˌstɹeɪtəbl/ 1. Alternative form of demonstrable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: operatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From operate + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈɒpəɹeɪtəbl/ 1. Alternative form of operable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sell up Part of Speech: verb 1. To sell one's business or other major asset (such as a home). Labels: intransitive 2. To sell all (of the assets of a company or person), in order to reduce its debts or gain liquid money. Labels: UK, transitive Example: […] he was never known to give away a shilling or to do a good action, but was of a pleasant, sly, laughing mood, and would cut his joke and drink his glass with a tenant and sell him up the next day […] Example: DCI Tom Barnaby: Oh, right. There was one more tiny thing. Your little problem up north when you were fined... How did you raise the money? Ken Beavers: Sold up. Everything. House, car, the flat in Spain. 3. To upsell. Example: Attracting consumers with a low-priced feature item and then pointing out weaknesses in order to sell up to a more expensive […] Example: He was not going to have salesman ^([sic]) sell up to a more expensive and more profitable car that was no better than his Ford.
Word: fasten up Part of Speech: verb 1. To fasten or attach Labels: transitive Example: If you want to turn around, then turn around, but I shan't fasten you up.
Word: padmasan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of padmasana. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bitchcunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bitch + cunt. 1. A term of abuse. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar
Word: shikhara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit शिखर (śikhara). 1. A spire or pyramid-shaped tower forming part of a Hindu temple. Example: The silver shikhara of the Eklingji Temple shone like the beam from a lighthouse.
Word: parijat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Marathi पारिजात (pārijāt). 1. night jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis). Labels: India, uncountable Example: ‘What are you betting?’ I looked out of the window. ‘The flowers from the parijat tree.’ Example: In order to completely carry out this bartā, she required a flower from the parijāt tree, a tree that does not grow in the heavenly city of Indra.
Word: Araucarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Araucaria + -ian. 1. Alternative letter-case form of araucarian. Labels: alt-of 2. Of or pertaining to the cryptic crossword style used by "Araucaria" (John Galbraith Graham); focused on humour and lateral thinking rather than strict grammaticality. Example: They vary as much as the Guardian but generally exclude the more Araucarian style of puzzle. Example: True-blue Ximeneans would be appalled – a rubbery clue, a deviant whim, not a verb in sight – but I reckon it's funny, and inventive, and Araucarian – the other word to describe libertarians.
Word: gopi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit गोपी (gopī). 1. Any of the milkmaids that were companions of Krishna in Indian mythology. Labels: India Example: The gopis were, as usual, filling their pots with water on the banks of the Jamuna when the god with a thousand names took out a catapult and one by one broke the pots on their heads and ogled at the drenched ladies.
Word: sailorless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sailor + -less. 1. Without any sailors. Labels: not-comparable
Word: satisfactionless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From satisfaction + -less. 1. Offering no satisfaction; unsatisfying. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: It is a concept in which energy plays a central and double-edged role: on the one hand the self-defeating sterile rage and satisfactionless avidity of “discorde,” “a qui riens ne peult Souffire,” and on the other the spontaneous surge of generous life represented by "plaisance."
Word: scabbardless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scabbard + -less. 1. Without a scabbard. Labels: not-comparable
Word: schemeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scheme + -less. 1. Without a scheme. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scholarless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scholar + -less. 1. Without any scholars. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scutcheonless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scutcheon + -less. 1. Without any scutcheons; unshielded. Labels: not-comparable Example: The residence which Mr. Prodgers shared with several of his fellow-pupils, was situated in a small street lying somewhere between Burton Crescent and Gray's Inn Road, of a modest and unassuming appearance, with a triad of names upon the door-post, surmounted by bell-knobs, and a scutcheonless hole for a latch-key in the door, which bespoke, by its worn and dilated aperture, the late hours kept out of the house by the inmates.
Word: scytheless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scythe + -less. 1. Without a scythe. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sentimentless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sentiment + -less. 1. Without sentiment; unsentimental. Labels: not-comparable
Word: serviceless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From service + -less. 1. Without any service. Labels: not-comparable
Word: shillingless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shilling + -less. 1. Without a shilling; broke. Labels: not-comparable
Word: shineless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shine + -less. 1. Without any shine; dull. Labels: not-comparable
Word: yagnya Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of yajna. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: hijada Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hijra. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The hijadas of the city who share their genderless state with the royal eunuchs in the palace, have adopted Bruhannada as their patron and are going to take out a silent procession at ten tomorrow morning and march around the city both as a mark of respect and as a way of highlighting their plight.
Word: henid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Dr. Otto Weininger from Ancient Greek ἕν (hén, “single thing”) + -id, because it cannot at this stage be separated into thought and feeling. 1. A vague, half-formed thought or feeling.
Word: henids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of henid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: herbicarnivorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From herbivorous and carnivorous. 1. Subsisting on both animal and vegetable food. Labels: not-comparable
Word: herbivority Part of Speech: noun 1. herbivorousness Labels: uncountable
Word: hereticide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heretic + -cide. 1. The killing of a heretic.
Word: hereticides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hereticide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hermitship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hermit + -ship. 1. The state of being a hermit. Labels: uncountable Example: Once, and once only, I rebelled against my enforced hermitship, and we had a grand quarrel upon the subject.
Word: hereticize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From heretic + -ize. 1. To make heretic; to cause to be treated as a heresy. Labels: transitive
Word: hereticized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hereticize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hereticizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hereticize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hereticizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hereticize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: numinosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nūmin- + -osity. 1. Quality of being numinous. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Civilization is, through the numinosity of divine kingship, the mediation between the impossible heights of the gods and the terrifying depths of the underworld.
Word: numinosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of numinosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ethoxycyclohexane Part of Speech: noun 1. cyclohexyl ethyl ether Labels: uncountable