nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: taxaholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tax + -aholic. 1. A person or government which institutes or supports excessive taxes. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: The reason Canadians put us here was to voice their concerns and frustrations over the weight of a central government that is a tax and spend fanatic, a taxaholic. Example: If you watch commercial television this month, you likely have seen a Bush-Cheney positive ad, possibly the one touting President Bush's No Child Left Behind education program, or a negative one that attacks Sen. John Kerry as either a flip-flopper, a taxaholic, or as soft on military issues.
Word: taxaholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taxaholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spendicitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of spend + appendicitis. 1. Excessive spending viewed as a medical disorder. Labels: humorous, uncountable Example: If you have spendicitis, put a padlock upon your purse, for it is better to starve to death than to live a spendthrift. Example: The way taxes, licenses and truck fees have been boosted in California the past year, it appears our representatives have been afflicted with a very bad case of spendicitis.
Word: shepherd satellites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shepherd satellite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: donburis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of donburi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: taxaphobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: tax + -a- + -phobic 1. Fearing or opposing taxes. Labels: informal Example: Today Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner, from Illinois, has the challenging task of selling a taxaphobic nation on the rationality of spending much more on infrastructure. Example: The complicated U.S. taxation systems, the bureaucratic madness of the April 15th deadline, drive honest taxpayers insane and most have become taxaphobic.
Word: mizuhiki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 水引 (mizuhiki, “decorative cord”). 1. Japanese cord made from paper and used to decorate gifts. Labels: uncountable Example: This is tied with the mizuhiki, a type of paper-twine, and a folded piece of paper called noshi is attached to the upper right-hand corner. Example: In fact the string colors may indicate further divisions in types of gifts. According to Ekiguchi, this mizuhiki (Fig. 1.5), as it is called in Japanese, comes in eight different combinations of colors. 2. Handicraft or artwork made from Japanese paper cord or similar material. Labels: uncountable Example: At a recent fundraiser for Nikkei Concerns, Ohno and his father Yuki received this ‘mizuhiki’ artwork by Haruko Shimizu Example: Follow these instructions by Karen Thomas to learn how to make a mizuhiki Christmas tree card.
Word: breedists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of breedist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ancestorism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ancestor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English ancestorism From ancestor + -ism. Compare atavism, whose formation in French (before English borrowed it) had underlying parallel. 1. The emphasis of the importance of one's foremothers, forefathers or lineage: their veneration (in a nonreligious sense). Labels: uncountable 2. Ancestor worship. Labels: uncountable
Word: incestophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From incest + -o- + -philia. 1. The love of incest. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Children show erotic ties to parents and brothers and sisters, though not before 4–6 years of age. Infantile incestophilia is manifested by sensations and phantasies; incestuous acts, even sexual acts, may occur among brothers and sisters. Example: For example, there seems to actually be a disinclination to mate with a near relative (given alternatives) (and yes, various forms of incestophilia abound, but still). But it also seems not to be based on any perception of relatedness, at least not in humans, but rather on whether you were brought up together.
Word: ancestorist Part of Speech: noun 1. A proponent of ancestorism Example: 1991 John Wilber, Re: Ancestrism (was Re: invitation to NativeNet) Group: alt.individualism This certainly seems to be an ancestorist point of view. They weren't forced to submit to a lifestyle involving a very different view of their relationship with their world, if they wanted to be able to move about? Example: However, maybe some people – emphasising that it is not moral status racism – will accept that the ancestorist principle entails a form of racism, perhaps arguing that it is a relatively ...
Word: ancestorists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ancestorist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: serpentinine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: serpentina (as in the species Rauwolfia serpentina) + -ine 1. An indole alkaloid found in plants of the genus Rauwolfia. Labels: uncountable
Word: kafirize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From kafir + -ize. 1. To make or become kafir. Labels: ambitransitive, rare 2. To accuse another person of being a heretic against Islam. Labels: rare, transitive Example: The practice of Islamists to kafirize their opponents (that is, to declare them unbelievers or pagans) further widens the gap between the radicals and the mainstream Example: 1999, Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Georgetown University John L. Esposito Professor of Religion and International Affairs, The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?: Myth or Reality? In particular, many are challenged to avoid, in their zeal to Islamize state and society, a tendency to “kafirize.”
Word: oenaphile Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of oenophile. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: rascaille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See rascal 1. A rascal. Labels: obsolete 2. A rabble or mob. Labels: obsolete
Word: kafirizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kafirize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: kafirizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of kafirize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: kafirized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of kafirize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kafirness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kafir + -ness. 1. The quality of being kafir Labels: rare, uncountable Example: ... accepted their kafirness without comment, and their money. They had seen him only a few days before in the bazaar ... Example: I felt glad for my goatee: along with Herry's company, it made my kafirness less apparent.
Word: bedaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bedauen, bedaghen (“to become day, dawn”); equivalent to be- + daw (“to dawn, to awake”). More at daw. 1. To awake. Labels: ambitransitive, archaic Example: That one halt and that other draweth, There is no day which hem bedaweth, […]
Word: wonder-bearing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wonder + bearing. Compare Saterland Frisian wunderboar (“wonderful”), Dutch wonderbaar (“miraculous”), wonderbaarlijk (“fantastic, amazing”), German wunderbar. 1. Bearing or carrying a sense of awe, surprise, or wonder; wonderful; miraculous.
Word: finoki Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of hinoki. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: seedbearing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From seed + bearing. 1. Capable of producing or bearing seeds. Example: seedbearing plants
Word: wonderworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wonder + -worthy. 1. Worthy of wonder, amazement, admiration, or awe; worthy of being admired or of holding status as a wonder. Example: [...] it was possible for these [Homeric] hymns to be disfigured by so many large additions.” Niebuhr described the Prolegomena in 1827 as “those wonderworthy investigations in which the higher branch of criticism reacht [sic] its perfection.
Word: Kletsk Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Belarus.
Word: hill to die on Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An allusion to the instances where a military doggedly pursues a goal or defends a position no matter the cost or (lack of) benefit, typically involving a hill (high ground). Examples include Battle of Hamburger Hill, Battle of Thermopylae, and Last Stand Hill. 1. An issue to pursue with a wholehearted conviction or a single-minded focus, with little or no regard to the cost and no intent of equivocation or compromise. Labels: idiomatic Example: "I'm sorry, Alisha. I can't overrule the European director's decision to move you out of her arena. This isn't a hill to die on. […] Example: Is correct laundry folding really a hill to die on?
Word: hills to die on Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hill to die on Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lumberton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From lumber + -ton. 1. A city in Lamar County and Pearl River County, Mississippi. 2. A township in Burlington County, New Jersey. 3. A city, the county seat of Robeson County, North Carolina. 4. An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio. 5. A city in Hardin County, Texas.
Word: Surf City Part of Speech: name 1. A borough of New Jersey. 2. A town in North Carolina.
Word: Burgaw Part of Speech: name 1. A town, the county seat of Pender County, North Carolina, United States.
Word: Topsail Beach Part of Speech: name 1. A town in North Carolina.
Word: Watha Part of Speech: name 1. A town in North Carolina.
Word: Manteo Part of Speech: name 1. A town, the county seat of Dare County, North Carolina. 2. An unincorporated community in Virginia.
Word: kompromat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian компрома́т (kompromát), short for компромети́рующий материа́л (komprometírujuščij materiál, “compromising material”). KGB slang from the Stalin era. 1. Compromising material, blackmail material, (real or fabricated) evidence that a person does not want revealed, dirt. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Many observers have commented that, with so many Russian newspapers and TV channels now controlled by oligarchs or powerful organisations, kompromat is now a regular feature in the supposedly independent press. Example: If your car has a bunch of data that's useful to stalkers, it's only because the car manufacturers have turned cars into rolling surveillance platforms that spy on their drivers constantly […] If Big Car is worried that used vehicles are full of nonconsensually collected kompromat, maybe they could, you know, just stop collecting all that data?
Word: Kannapolis Part of Speech: name 1. A city in North Carolina.
Word: Landis Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A town in North Carolina. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unplace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + place. 1. To remove from one's place; displace. Labels: transitive
Word: unplace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + place. 1. Lack or absence of place; placelessness; displacement. Example: More fundamental even than the paradox of dying to live is the paradox of being enclosed in a narrow place to gain access to the limitless unplace which is Heaven: my cell is so narrow,' you may say, but oh, how wide is the sky!
Word: Beauval Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Beauval. 1. Beauval (a town in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France). 2. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: Cabri Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: Craik Part of Speech: name 1. A town in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada. 2. A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, which includes the town; in full, the Rural Municipality of Craik No. 222. 3. A hamlet in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3408). 4. A surname.
Word: Eston Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛstən/ 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable
Word: Nokomis Part of Speech: name 1. A census-designated place in Florida. 2. A city in Illinois. 3. A community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 4. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: Dafoe Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: Frontier Part of Speech: name 1. A place in the United States: 2. A place in the United States: 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada. 6. A rural municipality on the US border in south-west Saskatchewan, which includes the village; in full, the Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19.
Word: Tessier Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from French. 2. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: Eyebrow Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: Neudorf Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Neudorf, from neu- (new) + Dorf (village). 1. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: islamophobe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Islamophobe. Labels: alt-of
Word: islamophobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of islamophobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: islamophobic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Islamophobic. Labels: alt-of
Word: Islamophobias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Islamophobia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extrovertist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From extrovert + -ist. 1. extrovert
Word: introvertist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From introvert + -ist. 1. introvert
Word: introvertists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of introvertist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extrovertists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extrovertist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mosqueing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mosque + -ing. 1. The practice of visiting or attending a mosque. Labels: uncountable Example: Both in the morning and the afternoon we broke the monotony of mosqueing by going into the shops of some of the jewellers and embroidery merchants, who have been tormenting the lives out of us since we have been here […] Example: P.L. gave me an inferior dressing gown and Mary bought one that suits her fairness, otherwise no purchases. Next morning we did some mosqueing and souking […] 2. The introduction of Islam to a place. Labels: derogatory, uncountable Example: No Islamist entity has seized upon the message sent by The Bow more than the Muslim Brotherhood—the first modern Islamic terrorist group and the Saudis' steadfast ally in the mosqueing of America.
Word: alkoxys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alkoxy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gamergate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gam- + ergate, from Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “union, marriage”) + Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs, “workman”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡæm.ə.ɡeɪt/, /ˈɡæm.əɹˌɡeɪt/ 1. A worker insect that can become capable of reproducing when the queen has died. Example: Recent studies indicate that queenless societies can have either one or several gamergates per colony, which reveals that reproductive inhibition can occur despite the absence of the queen caste.
Word: ergate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs, “workman”). 1. A worker ant. Example: The worker (ergates) is characterized by the complete absence of wings and a very small (stenonotal) thorax, much simplified in the structure of its sclerites.
Word: ergates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ergate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gamergates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gamergate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brake fluid Part of Speech: noun 1. A special fluid for operating hydraulic brakes and clutches, which are linked by pipe to a master cylinder. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Sedative drugs used to calm down a prisoner. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: rain forests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rain forest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fanficcer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fanfic + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfænfɪkə/, /ˈfænfɪkɚ/ 1. A writer of fan fiction. Labels: informal Example: Shh! Quiet now, or you'll attract evil fanficcers who fancy they can wring a good psychodrama out of this. You don't want to attract evil fanficcers, do you? Example: LOL! Gotta admire you for sticking by your man, Eve. And look at the bright side of things: Every fandom has a canon whore, the one that fanficcers write into every compromising kama sutra sexual position paired with absolutely /everybody/ all the way down to the scum of the galaxy. And in the Stargate uni, the canon whore isn't Jack; it's Daniel.
Word: fanficcers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fanficcer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemisemidemiquaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemi- + semidemiquaver. 1. A sixty-fourth note. Labels: UK
Word: overconform Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + conform. 1. To conform to a greater extent than necessary or desirable. Labels: intransitive
Word: underconform Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + conform. 1. To conform to a lesser extent than necessary or desirable. Labels: intransitive
Word: overconforms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overconform Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overconforming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overconform Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overconformed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overconform Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: underconforms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of underconform Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: underconforming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underconform Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: underconformed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of underconform Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: antherless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anther + -less. 1. Without anthers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: booging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of boog Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: supravitally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From supravital + -ly. 1. In a supravital manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: architype Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of archetype. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] an architype applicable to nothing that is really typified by it […] Example: The Jews considered the empyral heavens as the architype of the temple of Jerusalem.
Word: rhizomorphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhizomorph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undervolted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + volted. 1. Having the voltage reduced from that originally supplied by the manufacturer.
Word: undervolted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From undervolt + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of undervolt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: midorbit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + orbit. 1. The middle of an orbit.
Word: midorbital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mid- + orbital. 1. Relating to the midorbit. Labels: not-comparable
Word: frontonasal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fronto- + nasal. Pronunciation: /ˌfɹʌn.toʊˈneɪ.zəl/ 1. relating to the frontal bone and the nose Labels: not-comparable Example: frontonasal duct, frontonasal prominence
Word: remailings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of remailing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: killstreak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kill + streak. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪlˌstɹik/ 1. An unbroken streak (continuous series) of kills. 2. An award or an advantage that a player obtains by achieving an unbroken streak of kills (as sense 1) of a given length.
Word: killstreaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of killstreak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kimjongilism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kim Jong Il + -ism. 1. Juche; the political thesis formed by the former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, as subsequently influenced by Kim Jong Il. Labels: uncountable
Word: kilowattage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + wattage. 1. An amount of power expressed in kilowatts.
Word: kilowattages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kilowattage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plurennial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin plūrennis + English -ial, after -ennial (compare pluriennial). Pronunciation: /plʊəˈɹɛnɪəl/ 1. Spanning several years in duration or interval. Labels: not-comparable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:plurennial.
Word: plurennial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin plūrennis + English -ial, after -ennial (compare pluriennial). Pronunciation: /plʊəˈɹɛnɪəl/ 1. A plurennial plant; a plant that lives for several years.
Word: plurennials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plurennial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: police village Part of Speech: noun 1. Part of a township in Ontario, Canada, not incorporated by the provincial government, and having its own elected governing body of trustees. Labels: Canada, historical
Word: police villages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of police village Labels: form-of, plural
Word: police tape Part of Speech: noun 1. Tape used as a police barricade, typically in order to restrict access to the scene of a crime. Labels: uncountable
Word: polystylist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + stylist. 1. A polystylistic artist. Example: Other similarities include both these artists' brilliance as polystylists, their scope, their personal conservatism and refinement, plus the technical innovations that melded expression and tradition.
Word: polystylism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + style + -ism. 1. A polystylistic approach in art or music. Labels: uncountable
Word: polystylists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polystylist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Little Gem Part of Speech: noun 1. A small variety of cos lettuce.
Word: plutey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plute + -y. 1. plutocratic Labels: rare, slang Example: […] Rice Rees, Art Chamberlain, and Butch Nicholson; a select GD crowd, we were told, a rather plutey bunch. Example: She'd been posing as a journalist and had joined a plutey Bangkok tennis club to get close to a general in the government.
Word: Godself Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /ɡɑdˈsɛlf/, /ɡɒdˈsɛlf/ 1. Non-gendered form of God himself. Labels: form-of, pronoun, reflexive Example: This is so, Barth claims, because reflection on revelation actually leads to the realization that the God who reveals Godself as Godself is in fact the trinitarian God. 2. Non-gendered form of God himself. Labels: emphatic, form-of, reflexive Example: In the songs praising God’s goodness beats the praise for the wondrous promises of God’s kingdom, of the new heaven and the new earth on which justice prevails, of fellowship with God when Godself will wipe away all tears from the eyes, where there will be no affliction any more, no longer any violence and injustice.
Word: Barthian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Barth + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Karl Barth (1886–1968), Swiss Reformed theologian. 2. Of or relating to John Barth (1930–2024), American writer known for his postmodernist and metafictional fiction.
Word: MacNab cypress Part of Speech: noun 1. Cupressus macnabiana, a cypress found only in California.
Word: Macnab cypresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Macnab cypress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mercury switch Part of Speech: noun 1. A switch that opens and closes an electric circuit through a small amount of liquid mercury.
Word: telementational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From telementation + -al. 1. Relating to telementation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: telementation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See tele-, mental, + -ation. 1. The transmission of ideas from one mind to another, as through the use of language. Labels: uncountable
Word: mercury switches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mercury switch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: begathers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of begather Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: begathering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of begather Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: begathered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of begather Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: orat. obliq. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of oratio obliqua. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Christo-Muslim Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Christo- + Muslim. 1. Encompassing the Abrahamic religions of Christianity and Islam; across Islam and Christianity. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ibn Kathir actually speaks here about a "Christo-Muslim" group ... Example: When they started jeering at him again, it was not so much at his northernsouthern claims, but at his supposed Christo-Muslim identity.
Word: pernambuco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. 1. The wood of Paubrasilia echinata. Labels: uncountable Example: Pernambuco is a coastal wood which grows in maintained stands in Brazil.
Word: multi-pronged Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of multipronged. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: a multi-pronged attack
Word: Ogema Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada. 2. A tiny city in Becker County, Minnesota. 3. A small town and census-designated place in Price County, Wisconsin.
Word: Rouleau Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from French. Labels: countable 2. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Lexus lane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Lexus (a brand of luxury automobile) + lane 1. A toll-charging express lane on a public highway. Labels: slang Example: There are many obvious reasons why this would be problematic, ranging from the inadequacy of existing local roads and mass transit to handle diverted travelers to the probability that a "high-occupancy toll" lane would become an elitist "Lexus lane" barrelling people to the Hamptons in record time. Example: As for the Lexus lane charge, UCLA transportation guru Brian Taylor argued that toll lanes aren't a bad deal for low-income people.
Word: Lexus lanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lexus lane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Plenty Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada. 2. A town in the Derwent Valley council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia. 3. A suburb of Melbourne in the Shire of Nillumbik, Victoria, Australia
Word: zipper machine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Seen from above, the machine's action might resemble that of a zip fastener. 1. A heavy vehicle used to transfer concrete lane dividers on a roadway. Labels: slang
Word: moeblob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moe + blob. 1. A moe character with a generic design and no defining personality traits. Labels: Japanese, slang Example: What really bugs me is that they changed Yotsuba's speech pattern. I don't want my favorite manga character to sound like a moeblob. Example: I think it should have been qualified as "people who like K-on _because it has schoolgirls_". I liked K-on for the funny and slice-of-life parts. It was no Azumanga Daioh, but it had moeblobs AND writing.
Word: Duneverse Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dune + -verse. 1. The fictional universe which serves as the setting for the Dune novels. Labels: slang Example: I got the impression it was more how the major powers in the Duneverse exerted power than a power source in itself (hence why Mohiam didn't mention it in her little talk). Example: And all the Fans of Dune (the Novel) I know in real life have always agreed with me that the mini-series was much better than the movie in portaying^([sic]) the Duneverse.
Word: brohoof Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bro + hoof, by analogy with brofist. 1. A fist bump shared between fellow bronies to represent pony hooves. Example: R.S. wears the gear to signal that he’s into ponies, he says. When he’s on campus, he’ll meet other fans and maybe even receive “a random brohoof on the street,” he says. (A brohoof is like a fist bump. A fist bump is like . . . oh, forget it.) Example: While other people look on with confused and strange looks, bronies are free to talk about a great show and brohoof all day long (A brohoof is a fist pump between bronies and/or pegasistahs).
Word: brohoof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bro + hoof, by analogy with brofist. 1. To fist bump a fellow brony. Example: While other people look on with confused and strange looks, bronies are free to talk about a great show and brohoof all day long (A brohoof is a fist pump between bronies and/or pegasistahs). Example: The bronies brohoof, similar to a high five.
Word: slow street Part of Speech: noun 1. A street on which the traffic has been slowed down, often limited to 30 km/h or less, using traffic signs or physical barriers like traffic islands, speed bumps, or plantings.
Word: living street Part of Speech: noun 1. A street designed primarily in the interests of pedestrians and cyclists, while motor vehicles are allowed to use it with caution.
Word: honor in the breach Part of Speech: verb 1. To demonstrate (a rule, law, or policy) by breaking or breaching it. Labels: US, idiomatic, transitive Example: Hamlet: Ay, marry, is't: But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honour'd in the breach than the observance. Example: Many religious precepts are honoured in the breach.
Word: wojak Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Wojak. Labels: alt-of Example: Arguably the most potent version of that meme merges the heatmaps with a multipurpose version of the IQ bell curve, populated with three “wojaks” on the stupid, middlebrow, and supersmart bits of that curve. The liberal heatmap is paired with the figure in the meaty middle of the graph, while the conservative one fits with the narrower extremes of the IQ spectrum.
Word: quranimal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of koranimal. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 2009 JMD, re: 911 truth vs glenn beck lawsuit going forward Group: alt.terrorism.world-trade-center glenn beck was not clear enough. they are just plain nut cases and all of them should be locked up. anyone can file a lawsuit.- hide quoted text - - show quoted text - quranimals need to be kept within an enclosure Example: 2010 Al Nakba, Re: Israeli woman has consensual sex, finds out he's Arab, then cries rape Group: soc.culture.palestine "That's not called rape, I didn't rape her in the forest and throw her away naked. She agreed to everything that happened." The woman should be charged with having sex with quranimals.
Word: quranimals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quranimal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muslimonazi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Muslim + -o- + Nazi. 1. Someone with Islamonazi views Labels: derogatory Example: 1994, Mike Steiner, Re: The Fundies are at it again! Group: rec.org.mensa As opposed to Judeonazis, muslimonazis, or the feared femanazis =;>) I used the term "Christonazi" specifically because of Limbo's use of "feminazi." Example: 2003 Tokugawa, Re: MSNBC: Sen McGovern states that Ariel Sharon is an "Extremist", "Sharon government is ... Group: soc.culture.usa Such pathetic people these ZioNazi's are. Hamas evolved from cells of the Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928.. you're a pathetic muslimonazi.
Word: muslimonazis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muslimonazi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: senior school Part of Speech: noun 1. A secondary school Labels: UK Example: The plaque is dedicated to Sir Henry Fowler (1870-1938), locomotive engineer and Chief Mechanical Engineer at both the Midland (from 1909) and LMS (from 1925). He was born and raised in the town, and attended the same senior school (Prince Henry's) as I did.
Word: senior schools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of senior school Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lesdar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From les (“lesbian”) + -dar. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛzdɑɹ/ 1. The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is lesbian by observing that person. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That's because you don't have highly-developed lesdar. Example: Lizz Winstead sets off my lesdar, incidentally; anybody know if she is lesbian, or bi?
Word: queerdar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From queer + -dar. Pronunciation: /ˈkwiɹdɑɹ/ 1. The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is queer by observing that person. Labels: uncountable Example: maybe she's bi? she sure tingles my queerdar in a big way. Example: During that march, my queerdar was on full throttle. I saw HRC equality and rainbow stickers all over the place.
Word: Allah akbar Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of Allahu akbar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: muslimtard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Muslim + -tard. 1. Muslim Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, slur, vulgar Example: 2005 the revd, Re: ##Revd O\|/n3D!!!!!!!! -> Re: 9/11 for Dummies [snip] Group: soc.culture.israel Now what about "poly syllable", jewlover? especially this one, muslimtard Example: 2005, Dr Flonkenstein, Re: Ye PiRats Masons attack 9/11-truth prof Group: alt.conspiracy I don't follow any "leader", muslimtard.
Word: muslimtards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muslimtard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sentry post Part of Speech: noun 1. A location where a sentry is officially stationed.
Word: rhinolalia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhino- + -lalia. Pronunciation: /ˌɹaɪnoʊˈleɪliə/ 1. a nasal quality of speech from some disease or defect of the nasal passages
Word: mini-break Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + break (“game won against the server”). 1. In a tiebreak, a point won against the server when ahead.
Word: oligolalia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oligo- + -lalia. Pronunciation: /ˌɑlɪɡoʊˈleɪliə/, /əˌlɪɡəˈleɪliə/ 1. a condition in which a person says, or writes, fewer words than might normally be expected, given his/her personality, education, and the specific circumstances Labels: uncountable
Word: agitolalia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin agitō (“to put something in motion, drive, impel”) + -lalia. Pronunciation: /ˌæd͡ʒɪtoʊˈleɪliə/ 1. agitophasia Labels: uncountable Example: Anxiety group characterised by palpitation, excessive micturation, vertigo, shortness of breath, gastro-intestinal disturbances, trembling, agitolalia, etc. Example: When he finally began to speak, his agitolalia, or habit of rapid utterance, was more pronounced.
Word: agitophasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin agitō (“to put something in motion, drive, impel”) + -phasia. Pronunciation: /ˌæd͡ʒɪtoʊˈfeɪʒə/ 1. A condition characterized by abnormally rapid speech in which words, sounds, or syllables are unconsciously omitted, slurred, or distorted. Labels: uncountable Example: Thousands of persons suffer from agitophasia in some degree. This, in fact, is the most common of speech defect.
Word: rhinolalia aperta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. a disorder that causes abnormal resonance in a human's voice due to increased airflow through the nose during speech Labels: uncountable
Word: rhinolalia clausa Part of Speech: noun 1. abnormal speech attributable to nasal or nasopharyngeal obstruction
Word: idom Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of immediate dominator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: read in Part of Speech: verb 1. To accept as input. Labels: transitive Example: The computer reads in a program file from disk and executes the contents. 2. To allow access to classified information. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: ― What is this? ― I can tell you what this isn't. This isn't me reading you in, Bernard. 3. To judicially insert an official legal interpretation into a statute
Word: Nazareite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Nazarite. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Nazareite.
Word: Nazareites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Nazareite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patriarchist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patriarch + -ist. 1. A supporter of masculinism or patriarchy
Word: patriarchists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patriarchist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nasirean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Nasir (proper name) + -ean. 1. Designating the 1232 work of ethics, Akhlaq-i Nāṣirī (Nasirean Ethics), by the Persian polymath Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1201–1274). Labels: not-comparable
Word: Nasirean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nasir (proper name) + -ean. 1. A follower or adherent of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī. Example: According to the transmitted narrative of his birth John was a Nasirean for life, as was every member of the Essenic order.
Word: Belcarra Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish baile na cora, meaning "town of the confluence". 1. A village in Ireland. 2. A village in British Columbia, Canada.
Word: Zeballos Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A village in British Columbia, Canada.
Word: Whistler Part of Speech: name Etymology: Continuing the Middle English Wistler, Wyzelere, an occupational surname from the Old English hwistlere (“piper”). 1. A surname. Labels: countable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: familyist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From family + -ist. 1. A proponent of familyism
Word: familyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From family + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈfæməliɪzm/ 1. The study or promotion of familial relations. Labels: uncountable
Word: familyists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of familyist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Oliver Springs Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Richard Oliver, who had become the town's first postmaster in 1826. 1. A town in Tennessee.
Word: Orme Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Old Norse personal name Ormr. Pronunciation: /ɔːm/, /ɔɹm/ 1. A surname from Old Norse. Example: Sir Edmund Orme never blushed, and I could see that he had no capacity for embarrassment. 2. A town in Tennessee.
Word: Unicoi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cherokee ᎤᏁᎬ (unegv, “white”) + a placename suffix. Doublet of Unakas. Pronunciation: /ˈju.nɪ.kɔɪ/ 1. A town in Unicoi County, Tennessee. 2. A mountain range in the southern Appalachians, the Unicois.
Word: Atoka Part of Speech: name 1. A city, the county seat of Atoka County, Oklahoma. 2. A town in Tennessee. 3. An unincorporated community in Virginia.
Word: Rives Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A placename 3. A placename 4. A placename
Word: Rives Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Rive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Baraga Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A village in Baraga County, Michigan.
Word: Capac Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Michigan.
Word: Jonesville Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jones + -ville. 1. A town in Louisiana. 2. A city in Michigan. 3. A town in North Carolina; named for Hardy Jones, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. 4. A town, the county seat of Lee County, Virginia. 5. A city in South Carolina. 6. A town in Indiana; named for founder Benjamin Jones. 7. A hamlet in New York; named for John Jones, the town's first debt collector. 8. An unincorporated community in California. 9. An unincorporated community in Florida. 10. An unincorporated community in Texas. 11. An unincorporated community in the town of Richmond, Chittenden County, Vermont.
Word: Winooski Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. 2. A ghost town in the town of Lyndon, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States.
Word: Vergennes Part of Speech: name 1. A place in the United States: 2. A place in the United States: 3. A place in the United States:
Word: halywercfolk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English hāliġ (“holy”) + weorc (“work”) + folc (“folk”). 1. In Old English law, tenants who held land by the service of repairing or defending a church or monument, whereby they were exempted from feudal and military services. Labels: uncountable Example: For such persons within the bishopric of Durham as held their lands by the service of defending the corpse of St Cuthbert were called Halywercfolk, and claimed the privilege of not being forced to go out of the bishopric either by the King or Bishop.
Word: UOL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of University of Lahore. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: befinger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- (“about, all over”) + finger. 1. To finger all over. Labels: transitive Example: Unfortunately, lack of scientific training on the part of medical attendants who probe and befinger wounds without proper antiseptic precautions is met with too often.
Word: unintelligences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unintelligence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: behand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- (“off, away”) + hand, modelled after behead. 1. To remove the hand or hands from; cut off one's hand or hands. Labels: transitive Example: Notice the bronze hands over the fireplace. A person sentenced to be "behanded" might by law commute the punishment by paying a certain sum, and presenting a bronze hand marked with the name, crime, etc. Example: The pit burial in a Cahokia mound of four beheaded and behanded men "could easily be personifications of the four beheaded, sacred ears of corn in a similar ritual" (Brose and Greber 1979, 264).
Word: bestagger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + stagger. 1. To stagger about; cause (one) to stagger. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Like a vampire it is rapidly sucking, through our young men, the very financial life blood from this nation, in so much that it bestaggers all efforts to totalize its direful influence. Example: Stout Chapman, thou that with thy rumbling lines Canst shake the spheres, and thou, whose painted Muse To curd and cowslips for a fee inclines: What, silent and bestaggered both?
Word: undread Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + dread. 1. Lack or want of dread; dreadlessness. Labels: uncountable Example: It was somehow the opposite of mass dread; it was mass undread.
Word: unfear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + fear. 1. Absence of fear; fearlessness. Labels: uncountable Example: It would have been easy now to run on home and beat him there but she did not. She let some seconds go by in which her unfear of him—if unfear it was—would proclaim itself, then turned, with her parasol and basket. “what is it,” she said.
Word: Enosburgh Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States.
Word: CPT1A Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of CPT1A gene (an enzyme-encoding gene, the enzyme of which processes long fatty acids). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: both-handed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From both + handed. 1. Skilled or able to use either hand, with unspecified degrees of equalness; ambidextrous. Labels: not-comparable Example: “I'm ambidextrous,” she replied. “Both-handed. Dad says it's rare.” 2. Denoting either right-handed or left-handed; either-handed. Labels: not-comparable Example: [Morimori, looking for a pair of scissors in the desk] Shinzuki Morimori Shinzuki: Yes, that is right. This is asymmetric one, so it is both-handed. 3. For use with both hands or using both hands. Labels: not-comparable Example: He stood a bit far of the gloom of the lobby, but short of the dazzle of the stairs, and he clenched his briefcase at his chest in a tense and both-handed, reptilian grip, as if whatever he had in it must be guarded at all costs. 4. Involving two sides or approaches Labels: not-comparable Example: The principle of being “both-handed” or “talk for talk and fight for fight” suggests the necessity to combine soft means with tough ones and to struggle while seeking cooperation.
Word: both-handed Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From both + handed. 1. With both hands Labels: not-comparable Example: Then the brown-haired detective charged around the corner firing both-handed, skimming two off Stephen's vest, while Stephen himself danced one round off the detective's and they fell backward simultaneously. 2. Involving two sides or approaches Labels: not-comparable Example: Our second front will, in fact, comprise both the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of Europe, and we can push either right-handed, left-handed, or both-handed as our resources and circumstances permit.
Word: either-handed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From either + handed. 1. Able to use either (right or left) hand, often equally well; ambidextrous. Labels: not-comparable Example: There certainly is, amongst mankind, a vast weight of opinion against my position that man is, by nature, as either-handed as an ape, and that custom should follow nature.
Word: reshrink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + shrink. 1. To shrink again.
Word: unshrink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + shrink. 1. To restore (something shrunken) to its original size. Labels: transitive
Word: reshrunk Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of reshrink Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reshrinking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reshrink Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reshrank Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of reshrink Labels: form-of, past
Word: reshrinks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reshrink Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unshrinks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unshrink Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unshrank Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of unshrink Labels: form-of, past
Word: liberum veto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Polish liberum veto. 1. A parliamentary rule in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, allowing any dissenting member of the legislature to force an immediate end to the current session and nullify any legislation that had already been passed. Labels: historical 2. Any system in which a single dissenting member can unilaterally block an action. Labels: broadly Example: The US, Russia, UK, France, and China have liberum veto power in the UN Security Council, allowing them to shield themselves and their allies from UN oversight.
Word: Root effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after its discoverer, R. W. Root. 1. A physiological phenomenon in fish hemoglobin, whereby an increased proton or carbon dioxide concentration (lower pH) lowers hemoglobin's affinity and carrying capacity for oxygen.
Word: Root Part of Speech: name 1. An English surname from Middle English from a byname from Middle English rote (“glad”). Example: In July this year, Mrs. Betty Root, who is in charge of the reading centre at Reading University's Institute of Education, reported 'that there are now more backward readers than ever, in spite of the large number of teaching methods now available'. 2. An English surname originating as an occupation for a rote (medieval guitar)-player. 3. A habitational surname from Dutch for someone living near a retting place (Dutch root, from roten (“to ret”)). 4. A town in Lucerne canton, Switzerland. 5. A township in Adams County, Indiana, United States. 6. A town in Montgomery County, New York, United States; named for lawyer and politician Erastus Root. 7. A river in Minnesota, United States; named as a translation of its native Dakota name. 8. A river in Wisconsin, United States.
Word: yam yam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the local use of "yow am" (or "yow'm") instead of "you are". 1. A person who speaks the Black Country dialect. Labels: UK, countable, derogatory, informal, sometimes Example: "What's 'er say?" 'Er said: "Am yow a Yam Yam?", Ah said "Ar bab, I am!". 2. The dialect spoken in the Black Country. Labels: UK, derogatory, informal, sometimes, uncountable
Word: yam yam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from yam or yum yum. 1. Heroin. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: You may have seen it during the never-ending repeats of Seinfeld. Elaine has a bagel or two for breakfast, takes a drug test for work, and the next day finds out she tested positive for opium - “You know, white lotus. Yam-yam. Shanghai Sally,” her boss, Mr. Peterman, tells her. Example: In the episode with Robert Duvall, Buz revealed that in the past he had his own problems with the White Horse, the Brown Sugar, the old Yam Yam, which seemed like a really cool thing to me.