nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: platitudinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From platitude + -ous on analogy of other adjectives ending in -tudinous, from Latin -tūdin- + -ous, the oblique stem of -tūdō. Compare platitudinize. Pronunciation: /ˌplætɪˈtjuːdɪnəs/, /-ˈtʃuː-/, /ˌplætɪˈt(j)ud(ə)nəs/, /-ɾɪ-/ 1. Characterised by clichés or platitudes. Example: If [Lord George] Bentinck had been reared for office, if, as Wilberforce recommends, he had been harnessed early to official duty, and if he had been sent into Parliament a platitudinous thing, made up of statistics, red tape and priggishness, like Mr. [Benjamin] Disraeli's Tadpole and Taper, we could well understand his strong mind breaking the thralls of official conventionality, and forcing him to become the man he was, armed at all points, ever ready for attack or defence; […] Example: “House Decoration” is written with somewhat less verbosity and with a good deal more taste and common sense. But it is, however detailed in its suggestions, equally platitudinous where it is sensible.
Word: sentries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sentry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diversified Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of diversify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: diversified Part of Speech: adj 1. Diverse; various. Labels: obsolete Example: Against the huge boulderstones which lay scattered about on the shore, the mighty waves broke incessantly in the maddest and most diversified manner. Example: We thus see that these naturalised plants are of a highly diversified nature. 2. Employing the use of diversification; deliberately using a variety of instruments, methods, ingredients, or products, typically to reduce risk. Example: Diversified farming reduces the risk. Example: On-farm irrigation facilities require modifications to provide the proper water conditions for diversified crops. 3. Changed in a way that creates more diversity. Example: In West Pakistan during the second plan period efforts were made to introduce diversified courses in 600 middle schools but the difficulty in getting qualified teachers even by giving them shorter periods of training did not make it possible to implement the scheme successfully. Example: The diversified gene differs from the germline gene by multiple nucleotides.
Word: inaugurated Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of inaugurate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cautioned Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of caution Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cautioned Part of Speech: adj 1. That has received a caution (typically from the police) Labels: not-comparable
Word: cliche Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kliˈʃeɪ/ 1. Alternative form of cliché. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The snowcloneification was surely not far behind, since so many people would already have been familiar enough with this cliche of philosophy.
Word: cliche Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kliˈʃeɪ/ 1. Alternative form of cliché. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: recounted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recount Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: miffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From miff + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪ.fi/ 1. Easily irritated or offended. Labels: informal 2. Particular; fussy. Labels: dated, informal Example: "Over-watering" is not the result of putting on too much water at one time, but from watering too often. Daily sprinkling or turning the hose on root areas can be most injurious — especially to some miffy plants like rhododendrons and dogwoods.
Word: Attila the Hun Part of Speech: name 1. Attila, kingly ruler of the tribe of the Huns and vast Eurasian Hunnic Empire and feared enemy of the Roman Empire, from 434 until his death in 453. Labels: historical
Word: Attila the Hun Part of Speech: noun 1. Generally, a tyrant, or otherwise, a person characterized by ruthless aggressiveness. Example: He also told me that while Rehr, in person, could be “a gracious and friendly guy,” he was clearly “the Attila the Hun of the alcoholic beverage industry. Example: He didn't know then that he had hired the Attila the Hun of ambitious young lawyers.
Word: deontologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English deontological Middle English -ly English -ly English deontologically From deontological + -ly. 1. In terms of deontology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: deontological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From deontology + -ical (1832). The specialised sense in normative ethics is due to C. D. Broad (1930). 1. Of or relating to deontology. Example: Deontological theories hold that there are ethical propositions of the form: 'Such and such a kind of action would always be right (or wrong) in such and such circumstances, no matter what its consequences might be.'
Word: inspiringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English inspiring Middle English -ly English -ly English inspiringly From inspiring + -ly. 1. In an inspiring manner. Example: That line was most beautifully written, and inspiringly put.
Word: Chopawamsic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From an Algonquian language meaning "isolated lodge". Pronunciation: /ˌt͡ʃɒpəˈwɑːmzɪk/ 1. Chopawamsic Island, a private island on the Virginia side of the Potomac River, 275 yards from Quantico. 2. Chopawamsic Creek, a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Prince William and Stafford counties, Virginia.
Word: exolingual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō)der. English exo- Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English exolingual From exo- + lingual. 1. Pertaining to a series of utterances between two people who do not speak the same language. Labels: not-comparable Example: Studies of interaction in contact situations have often concentrated on so-called "exolingual" conversations between natives and non-natives.
Word: swimming pools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swimming pool Labels: form-of, plural
Word: square pyramid Part of Speech: noun 1. A three-dimensional geometric figure with a square base and four triangular sides that connect at one point. An example is the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Word: triangular pyramid Part of Speech: noun 1. A three-dimensional figure with four triangular bases.
Word: marshalling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of marshal Labels: UK, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: marshalling Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data format suitable for storage or transmission, which is typically used when data must be moved between different parts of a computer program, or from one program to another. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The sorting of rolling stock in a marshalling yard. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is the first British yard in which every activity of hump marshalling, except for the driving of the hump locomotive and the uncoupling and coupling of wagons, is fully automatic or drastically simplified by modern aids. Example: He wanted to see less marshalling of trains, and a move away from a culture that allowed 85% of a wagon's life to be spent "empty, being used as storage bins for goods or in sidings as coal scuttles".
Word: marshals Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of marshal Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: marshals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marshal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rabbitlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English rabbit Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English rabbitlike From rabbit + -like. 1. Similar to a rabbit, or an aspect of a rabbit (for example, its shape, behaviors, or other traits). Example: rabbitlike ears/behavior
Word: doglike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old English [Term?]? Proto-Germanic *-gô Proto-West Germanic *-gō Old English -ga Old English dogga Middle English dogge English dog Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English doglike From dog + -like. 1. Similar to that of a dog; canine. Example: doglike nose Example: doglike devotion 2. Befitting a dog. Labels: rare Example: doglike treatment
Word: doglike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Old English [Term?]? Proto-Germanic *-gô Proto-West Germanic *-gō Old English -ga Old English dogga Middle English dogge English dog Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English doglike From dog + -like. 1. In a doglike way. 2. As one would act toward a dog Labels: rare Example: She treated me doglike.
Word: money cowry Part of Speech: noun 1. A mollusc of the species Monetaria moneta (syn. Cypraea moneta), the shells of which were formerly used as money by populations in Asia, Africa, and Oceania.
Word: bronch- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin bronchus. 1. bronchus, relating to the trachea, or airways to the lungs. Labels: morpheme
Word: birdlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old English bridd Middle English brid English bird Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English birdlike From bird + -like. 1. Similar to a bird or an aspect of a bird; reminiscent of birds. Example: a birdlike song; birdlike eyes Example: Once or twice I heard a faint pitter-patter like the feet of the dog going hither and thither on the sand far below me, and there were more bird-like sounds, but that was all.
Word: birdlike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Old English bridd Middle English brid English bird Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English birdlike From bird + -like. 1. In the manner of a bird; as, to fly. Labels: postpositional
Word: pilaf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلاو (modern Turkish pilav), from Classical Persian پلاو (pilāw), from Hindi पुलाव (pulāv)/Urdu پُلاؤ (pulāo), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕 (*pulāga), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), which is probably of Dravidian origin. Akin to Tamil புழுக்கு (puḻukku, “cooked rice”). Doublet of pulao. Pronunciation: /pɪlɐːf/, /piːlɑːf/, /piːlæf/ 1. A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My spirits rose as I passed among the tents and savored the aroma of steaming pots of pilaf and the long skewers of shashlyk roasting over the open fires. Example: Charlie Vaughn, the tribal chairman, dismissed his critics at the opening as people who are "eating tofu and pilaf and sitting in Phoenix with their plasma-screen TVs".
Word: squirrellike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English squirrel Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English squirrellike From squirrel + -like. 1. Similar to or characteristic of a squirrel. Example: a squirrellike tail Example: squirrellike restlessness
Word: squirrellike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English squirrel Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English squirrellike From squirrel + -like. 1. In the manner of a squirrel. Labels: postpositional Example: to pull a face squirrellike
Word: lèse majesté Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lèse-majesté. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Insulting the monarch is a serious offence in Thailand, one of the few countries that retains the crime of lèse majesté.
Word: ducklike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dūkaną Proto-West Germanic *dūkan Old English *dūcan Middle English ducken English duck Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English ducklike From duck + -like. 1. Similar to a duck, or a characteristic of a duck. Example: a ducklike bill Example: a ducklike quacking sound
Word: ducklike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dūkaną Proto-West Germanic *dūkan Old English *dūcan Middle English ducken English duck Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English ducklike From duck + -like. 1. in the manner of a duck; as, to walk ducklike Labels: postpositional, usually
Word: lèse-majesté Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French lèse-majesté, from Latin laesa maiestās (“injured majesty”). Pronunciation: /liz ˈmædʒəsti/ 1. The crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state. Example: Convictions for the crime of Lèse-Majesté are of almost daily occurrence and, at the opening of the war, an amnesty was granted in many of these cases, the ministry of war withdrawing many prosecutions against poor devils waiting their trial in jail because they had dared to speak disrespectfully of the army. Example: George, old scout, you must get a move on. You must light out if you want to spend the rest of your life out of prison. Slugging a Serene Highness is lèse-majesté. It’s worse than hitting a policeman. You haven’t got a moment to waste.
Word: Druze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic دُرُوز (durūz). Pronunciation: /ˈdruːz/ 1. A member of a secretive Ismaili Shiite community based mainly in the Middle East, specifically Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. Example: At Acre, 15,000 Druzes elected a six-member council comprising sheiks and mukhtars, their first official representative body since the establishment of Israel. Example: This backlash also fails to take into account that Israel, for all its faults, is a multicultural society where almost half of graduating doctors today are Arabs or Druze.
Word: Druze Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic دُرُوز (durūz). Pronunciation: /ˈdruːz/ 1. Of or relating to this religious community. Labels: not-comparable Example: "The judges were very surprised when they found out I was Druze," she told Sonia Verma in The Times. Example: Druze men shouted insults when she walked down the street.
Word: haptotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hapto- + -tropic. 1. Of or pertaining to haptotropism; moving when touched 2. Describing the movement of clusters of atoms between two ligands or other groups
Word: propitiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English propitious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English propitiousness From propitious + -ness. 1. The favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result. Labels: uncountable
Word: bill of entry Part of Speech: noun 1. A document presented at customs containing information about goods imported or exported
Word: go in for Part of Speech: verb 1. To enter a competition. 2. To have an interest in or approve of something. Labels: colloquial Example: "I hope she doesn't go in for big purple orchids," Miss Tinkham said to Mrs. Rasmussen, "there are so many pretty kinds." 3. To engage oneself or take part in something. Labels: colloquial Example: Jem, there's a good opening among the hard Fact fellows, and they want men. I wonder you don't go in for statistics. Example: It ain't their fault; I know heaps of nice girls who feel it horribly. What can they do? they can't go in for cricket and football.
Word: cartes blanches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carte blanche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tribelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tribe + -let. In use since at least 1925, the term was coined by anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber to refer to hundreds of groups of Native Americans in Central California, and has since been employed by many anthropologists to denote California groups of native people. 1. A small tribe of Native Americans, especially a small independent group of Native California people who shared a language and usually comprised one principal village, or several in close proximity, plus smaller resource-gathering camps and territories. Example: Kroeber’s emphasis on the small scale of indigenous California social organizations led him to attach the diminutive "-let" to the anthropologically normative term "tribe". Example: The second feature, dialectic separateness, of course is an old story for California, but elsewhere in the state each idiom is usually common to a considerable number of tribelets or "village communities." 2. A small tribal society in another part of the world. Example: […] if each tribelet was linguistically quite independent, this would have made communication in the New World a matter of the utmost difficulty for the [enslaved Africans], who would have been far more dependent than otherwise on the entirely new language that had to be learned.
Word: canopy bed Part of Speech: noun 1. A bed equipped with a canopy.
Word: enlightening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enlighten Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enlightening Part of Speech: adj 1. Serving to enlighten. Example: Again, voice change is not easy and vulnerability plays a big part, but if choral teachers and adolescent singers approach it with the right mindframe, the experience can be empowering, enlightening, and restorative for all involved.
Word: tubeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin tuba Latin tubusder. Middle French tubeder. English tube Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English tubeless From tube + -less. 1. Without a tube. Labels: not-comparable 2. Without an inner tube. Labels: not-comparable Example: tubeless tyres
Word: buckteeth Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bucktooth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: re-inkable Part of Speech: adj 1. capable of having ink reapplied Labels: not-comparable
Word: horselike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors English horse Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English horselike From horse + -like. 1. Similar to a horse. Example: a horselike face Example: a horselike head 2. Of or characteristic of a horse.
Word: mouselike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mouse Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English mouselike From mouse + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a mouse (rodent); as, a mouselike squeak, mouselike timidity. Example: Near-synonym: mousy
Word: mouselike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English mouse Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English mouselike From mouse + -like. 1. In a mouselike way. Labels: postpositional
Word: ratlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English rat Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English ratlike From rat + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a rat, whether physically or (in behavioral terms) cunning, disloyal, or cowardly. Example: a sly, ratlike face Example: to move with ratlike speed
Word: ratlike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English rat Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English ratlike From rat + -like. 1. In a ratlike way
Word: elephantlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English elephant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English elephantlike From elephant + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an elephant. Example: elephantlike stomping 2. (Of memory) which is very good Labels: figuratively Example: He has an elephantlike memory: he rarely forgets things.
Word: haptotropism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hapto- + -tropism. 1. The movement of parts of a plant (especially tendrils) in response to a touch stimulus Labels: uncountable
Word: chickenlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English chicken Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English chickenlike From chicken + -like. 1. Similar to a chicken or an aspect of a chicken Example: a chickenlike beak Example: a chickenlike noise 2. Similar to chicken (the meat)
Word: chickenlike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English chicken Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English chickenlike From chicken + -like. 1. In a chickenlike manner Labels: postpositional
Word: meeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: master class Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From master + class. First use appears c. 1861 in the publications of John Stuart Mill. 1. A class, typically in a performing art such as music or drama, in which a teacher listens to and critiques the performance of individual students, one at a time, while the other students observe. Example: The vocal pedagogue loves the Master Class idea. Such classes are usually conducted by the more plutocratic teachers for periods of from two to six weeks. Many of them vaguely promise to deliver a complete technique within that time. 2. An action or series of actions that serve to demonstrate a person's mastery of a subject. Labels: figuratively 3. A brilliant or virtuosic performance.
Word: forenames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forename Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forenames Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of forename Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: carbonated water Part of Speech: noun 1. Water that contains carbon dioxide dissolved in it under pressure and is intended for drinking. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: (broadly synonymous) club soda 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carbonated, water. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: detailedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From detailed + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈteɪldli/, /ˈdiːteɪldli/ 1. In a detailed manner; with attention to detail. Labels: uncommon Example: In order to fix your phone, we'll need you to explain detailedly what the issue is. Example: Then we introduce the scale projection conjecture and the general mathematical features of its implementation, anticipating some common features of the microscopical (kinetic) models we analyze later more detailedly.
Word: unhealthily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unhealthy Middle English -ly English -ly English unhealthily From unhealthy + -ly. 1. In an unhealthy manner. Example: Full disclosure: I’m white, and I’ve been intrigued, unhealthily or not, for decades by the whitelessness of Georgetown basketball.
Word: deuterated Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing a chemical compound which has had some of its normal hydrogen (protium) replaced with the heavy isotope deuterium.
Word: deuterated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deuterate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lay a venue Part of Speech: verb 1. To allege a place.
Word: Brazilian jiu-jitsu Part of Speech: noun 1. A martial art and combat sport derived from judo. Labels: uncountable Example: Nearly all the women are wearing a hijab, one of the reasons they’re in this self-defense class in Antioch, Tennessee, a community nestled next to Nashville. For three hours, these Muslim women learn Krav Maga and Brazilian jiu-jitsu defense moves, including kicks, punches and elbow strikes that will help them escape an attacker.
Word: traffic islands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of traffic island Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Leninists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Leninist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tearsheet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tear + sheet. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛəʃiːt/ 1. A single page of some publication containing a specific advertisement, table, or article in print. Example: He handed out tearsheets for each of the stocks he was recommending.
Word: tax collector Part of Speech: noun 1. One who has the responsibility for collecting taxes. Example: After the assessment has been made, the file passes to the tax collector.
Word: retconning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of retcon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: retconned Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of retcon Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kismat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kismet. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: animadversions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of animadversion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tax collectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tax collector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: straw boss Part of Speech: noun 1. A worker acting as a supervisor of other workers. Labels: US
Word: tearsheets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tearsheet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncheck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + check. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈt͡ʃɛk/ 1. To remove a checkmark. Labels: Canada, US Example: Uncheck the “save my password” box. Example: If you uncheck either of these check boxes, [Microsoft] Expression Web 2 will create all new Web pages with uppercase tag names and/or attributes. Current Web standards require that HTML tag names and attributes be lowercase. Therefore, pages created with either of these boxes unchecked will not be compatible with existing standards. 2. To remove a previously checked-in passenger from the check-in system, allowing changes to the ticket.
Word: checkmark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From check + mark. 1. Alternative form of check mark. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Put a checkmark in the box corresponding to the correct answer. Example: But when records of bad decisions find their way into the spotlight, it is seemingly impossible to keep the pitchfork-wielding blue checkmarks at bay.
Word: checkmark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From check + mark. 1. To mark with a ✓ symbol; to tick. Labels: transitive
Word: permeablise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From permeable + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of permeabilize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: permeabilize Part of Speech: verb 1. To make something permeable. Labels: transitive
Word: junior synonym Part of Speech: noun 1. In zoological nomenclature, a name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name.
Word: senior synonym Part of Speech: noun 1. In zoological nomenclature, a name which describes the same taxon as one or more subsequently published names.
Word: ordres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ordre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ordres Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ordre Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bonnes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bonne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entreprises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entreprise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jambes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jambe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Skinnerian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Skinner Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Skinnerian From Skinner + -ian. 1. A person who endorses the behavioristic tradition of B. F. Skinner, that is, psychology should study the conditions under which behavior occurs, and that behavior is observable and measurable, as are the environmental conditions that control it.
Word: Skinnerian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Skinner Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Skinnerian From Skinner + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to the methods and theories of B. F. Skinner
Word: permafrozen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *m̥néh₁yeti Proto-Italic *m(V)nēō Latin maneō Latin permaneōlbor. Middle French permanentbor. English permanentclip. English perma- English frozen English permafrozen From perma- + frozen. 1. permanently frozen Labels: not-comparable Example: Piece of cake? her mind screeched. Piece of ten-million-year-old permafrozen glacier, maybe. Example: Pingos form by the penetration of unfrozen but saturated sands to the surface through a layer of permafrozen ground.
Word: regarde Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of regard. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: regarde Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of regard. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: idées Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of idée Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preoccupied name Part of Speech: noun 1. In zoological nomenclature, a name which is formally published, but which had already been used for another taxon; this second use is invalid (as are all subsequent uses) and the name must be replaced.
Word: preoccupied names Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preoccupied name Labels: form-of, plural
Word: senior synonyms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of senior synonym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: junior synonyms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of junior synonym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: druggy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English drug Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English druggy From drug + -y (diminutive suffix). 1. Alternative spelling of druggie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: druggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English drug Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English druggy From drug + -y (adjectival suffix). 1. Acting as if on drugs; torpid, uncoordinated, etc. Example: Allwhite is dominated, of course, by its white characters: the high-school mean girls Meagan, Maegan and Megan (abused, bulimic, druggy), their mothers (smothering, manipulative, viperish) and their boyfriends (psychotic, supportive, dissolute).
Word: unsuited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English suited English unsuited From un- + suited. 1. Not suited to a specific purpose. Example: […] we are convinced, from considerable experience and observation, that the class of diseases described by Sir James as unsuited to the climate of Pau, et vice versâ […] Example: It might have been a good thing if he had, unsuited as he was physically, but the mood passed easily under fraternal dissuadings and a feeling of duty toward his father. 2. Not compatible; mismatched. 3. Not wearing a suit. Example: an unsuited astronaut 4. Not of the same suit. Example: You have been dealt King-9 unsuited ("canine") in your pocket.
Word: infective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English infect Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English infective From infect + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɛktɪv/ 1. Able to cause infection; infectious Example: Hirsch has followed a group of 85 health care workers who were exposed to blood and bodily fluids of persons with AIDS. Thirty had been exposed by accidentally sticking themselves with needles containing blood and three had been spattered or had an open wound exposed to potentially infective blood.
Word: infective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English infect Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English infective From infect + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɛktɪv/ 1. A person who is capable of spreading a disease by infecting others. Example: It is evident that the greater the number of susceptibles, then the greater the increase in the number of infectives.
Word: finfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fin + fish. 1. Any fish, but especially fish other than flatfish 2. Clipped compound of finned fish, as in e.g. ray-finned fish; used to distinguish them from shellfish, cartilaginous fish and other similar aquatic creatures customarily used as food. Labels: informal
Word: underflow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + flow, modelled on overflow. 1. A current flowing below the surface. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored; usually treated as an error condition. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The error condition that results from an attempt to retrieve an item from an empty stack. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: underflow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + flow, modelled on overflow. 1. To trigger the condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored. 2. To trigger the error condition resulting from attempting to retrieve a value from an empty stack. Example: Upon an attempt to pop an empty stack, the stack underflows […]
Word: unjustifiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English justifiable English unjustifiable From un- + justifiable. 1. That cannot be justified, excused or pardoned. Example: Near-synonyms: indefensible, inexcusable, unforgivable, unjustified, unpardonable, unprovoked, unreasonable, regrettable, unacceptable, unworthy, remiss, blameworthy, culpable, unwarrantable, excessive, immoderate, unconscionable, outrageous, groundless, unfounded, foundationless, baseless, unsupported, unsubstantiated, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, invalid, untenable, weak, shaky, flawed, defective Example: From track level, its operating floor looks particularly capacious, but there is a vacant space at one end which was designed to accommodate the control panel for the Perth-Inverness C.T.C. scheme; this was adumbrated as long ago as the 1955 Modernisation Plan, but now seems to be regarded as an unjustifiable luxury.
Word: unfairness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unfair Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unfairness From unfair + -ness. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɛənəs/, /ʌnˈfɛɚnəs/, /ɐnˈfeːnəs/, /ɐnˈfeənəs/, /ɐnˈfiənəs/ 1. The state of being unfair; lack of justice. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The reason why fairness in taxation matters is institutionalized unfairness rots society from the inside, and the social order and economy eventually collapse. 2. An unjust act or situation. Labels: countable, usually Example: That this woman was Chip's little sister, Denise—i.e., was the only attractive young woman on the planet whom he was neither permitted nor inclined to feast his eyes on and imagine having sex with—seemed to him just the latest unfairness in a long morning of unfairnesses.
Word: wrongdoings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wrongdoing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unrewarding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + rewarding. 1. Not providing reward or satisfaction. Example: The work is unrewarding and arduous but nevertheless of prime importance to the maintenance of an open line.
Word: uninterruptedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English uninterrupted Middle English -ly English -ly English uninterruptedly From uninterrupted + -ly. 1. Without interruption. Labels: not-comparable Example: They adopted the singular, though in their case probably advantageous, decision to continue each to have a separate place of abode, in order that each might work uninterruptedly, […] Example: Speed downhill was not allowed to exceed 77½ m.p.h., then, after a 63 m.p.h. slowing through Creil, the more gradual rise to Gannes was climbed at between 75 and 79 m.p.h. uninterruptedly.
Word: jackoff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from jack off (“to masturbate”). 1. A jerkoff (mean, nasty, or obnoxious person), a jerk, an asshole. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, slang, vulgar 2. A lazy and unmotivated person. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, slang, vulgar
Word: subdecurrent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English decurrent English subdecurrent From sub- + decurrent. 1. Attached to and running downward along a stem or stipe, but curving inward just before the attachment point. Example: In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is subdecurrent.
Word: emarginate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin emarginare; e- (“out”) + marginare (“to furnish with a margin”), from margo (“margin”). 1. With the outline of the margin more or less concave in places, usually at the apex. 2. Having roughly the same height or width for most of its length, becoming much shallower or narrower before reaching the attachment point. Example: In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is emarginate. 3. Having a margin that has concave edges as though with parts removed or notched. Example: 1840 Georges Cuvier Cuvier's Animal kingdom (intranslation). In the Haliotus, Lam, the shell is perforated along the side of the columella with a series of holes; and when the last hole remains incomplete, the shell has the appearance of beiing emarginate. 4. Of a crystal: having edges or corners of the primitive form beveled, crossed by a face.
Word: emarginate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin emarginare; e- (“out”) + marginare (“to furnish with a margin”), from margo (“margin”). 1. To take away the margin of. Labels: transitive Example: The radius resembles that of Nesodon in form, but is proportionately shorter and stouter; the distal end is especially massive and the scaphoid facet emarginates the dorsal border more deeply and in a more conspicuous way. Example: a radial depression extends from the beak to the anterior ventral margin, which it slightly emarginates; 2. To lose the margin. Labels: intransitive Example: The palate in Leptictis emarginates between M's. Example: This membrane emarginates at intervals, forming pits. 3. To marginalize. Example: Hegel ignores, represses, and emarginates these factors in order to found his logic on a dialectic conceived as the appropriation of the other, rather than a becoming other (Anderswerden). Example: Indeed, it has been argued that the theory of Anglo conformity is inherently discriminatory: it requires assimilation into a majoritarian culture and inferentially emarginates other legitimate forms of cultural expression .
Word: braquemards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of braquemard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: andantino Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Italian andantino, the diminutive of andante. 1. Of a tempo that is slightly faster than andante but slower than moderato.
Word: andantino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian andantino, the diminutive of andante. 1. A piece of music played in this style.
Word: arachnoiditis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English arachnoid Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English arachnoiditis From arachnoid + -itis. 1. A neuropathic disease caused by the inflammation of the arachnoid, one of the membranes that surround and protect the nerves of the spinal cord.
Word: radiculopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radiculo- + -pathy. 1. Any disease of the spinal nerve roots and spinal nerves.
Word: bluer Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbluː.ə(ɹ)/ 1. comparative form of blue: more blue Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: bluer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blue + -er (“Oxford -er”). Used at Harrow School in London, United Kingdom. Pronunciation: /ˈbluː.ə(ɹ)/ 1. A blue blazer, part of the school uniform at Harrow School. Labels: UK Example: Bluer buttons illustrate the principle of 'keeping under'. The Knoll rule book states: 'It is a one year priv. [privilege] to have the bottom button on one's bluer undone [and] a three summer priv. to have all the buttons of one's bluer undone.' Example: He was alone in his room, in his bluer and his tie, seated on a chair, leaning over his bed like a desk—his preferred way to study—holding the stapled pages of the script, muttering the words.
Word: blacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *blakaz Proto-West Germanic *blak Old English blæc Middle English blak English black English -er English blacker From black + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈblækɚ/ 1. One who blacks (in various senses). Example: Then "G. A. R." did shoulder his burden and with much labor made footprints for a hostelry afar off, where he might put it in for safe keeping, while the venders of papers and the ragged blackers of boots followed in his train and pelted him […] 2. Someone who creates black MIDI music. Example: Blackers across the globe, many of them teens and preteens, are embroiled in a ferocious game of one-upsmanship, battling to see how many notes they can cram into a single composition. First it was 100K, then 500K, then a million—now upwards of five million notes are common.
Word: blacker Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈblækɚ/ 1. comparative form of black: more black Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: pinker Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpɪŋkə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɪŋkɚ/ 1. comparative form of pink: more pink Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: pinker Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɪŋkə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɪŋkɚ/ 1. One who pinks (in various senses). Example: The job paid $65 a week. However, when she arrived for work, the employer informed her that she would also be required to do some pinking, and that she would be paid at the rate for pinkers, which was only $50 a week.
Word: purpler Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of purple: more purple Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: greyer Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of grey: more grey Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: grayer Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪɚ/ 1. comparative form of gray: more gray Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: blonder Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of blond: more blond Labels: comparative, form-of 2. comparative form of blonde: more blonde Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: rustier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of rusty: more rusty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: mustier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of musty: more musty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: pinkest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of pink: most pink Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: greyest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of grey: most grey Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: grayest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪ.ɪst/ 1. superlative form of gray: most gray Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: blondest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of blond: most blond Labels: form-of, superlative 2. superlative form of blonde: most blonde Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: rustiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of rusty: most rusty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: mustiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of musty: most musty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: bluffer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bluff + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈblʌfɚ/, /ˈblʌfə/ 1. one who bluffs
Word: bluffer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bluff + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈblʌfɚ/, /ˈblʌfə/ 1. comparative form of bluff: more bluff Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: OISE Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɔɪsi/, /ˈɔɪzi/ 1. Acronym of Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, of the University of Toronto. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: covens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coven Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consensuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consensus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consensuses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of consensus Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: zoom lenses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zoom lens Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zero-point energies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zero-point energy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yes men Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yes man Labels: form-of, plural
Word: X-ray therapies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of X-ray therapy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: words of honor Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of word of honor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: words of honour Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of word of honour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wood pussies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wood pussy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: witness boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of witness box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wise men Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wise man Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wireless telegraphies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wireless telegraphy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: QEW Part of Speech: name 1. The Queen Elizabeth Way, a heavily-traveled Canadian highway connecting the Peace Bridge at Buffalo, New York to Toronto, Ontario. Labels: Canada, initialism
Word: wire brushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wire brush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: window boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of window box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wide-angle lenses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wide-angle lens Labels: form-of, plural
Word: TTC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of triphenyl tetrazolium chloride. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: TTC Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of trying to conceive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TTC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Toronto Transit Commission. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Public transportation, such as trains or buses, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. Labels: Canada Example: to take the TTC to work
Word: metaescaline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + escaline. 1. A lesser-known psychedelic drug, 3,4-dimethoxy-5-ethoxyphenethylamine; It is an analog of mescaline. Little data exists about the pharmacological properties. Labels: uncountable
Word: OIBITDA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of operating income before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: open box Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to a product sold by a merchant at a discount, because the item was returned but found not to be defective. Labels: not-comparable