nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: aerovanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aerovane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electroantennographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From electroantennography + -ic. 1. Relating to electroantennography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: electroantennographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From electroantennographic + -ally. 1. In terms of or by means of electroantennography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Hellespontic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hellespont + -ic. 1. Relating to Hellespont.
Word: aerofoiled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aerofoil + -ed. 1. Having an aerofoil. Labels: not-comparable
Word: airphone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + phone. 1. An air-to-ground telephone service for passengers on airline flights.
Word: airphones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of airphone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Eurodisco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euro- + disco. 1. European dance music that originated from disco in the 1970s Labels: uncountable
Word: Noruz Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Nowruz. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Eurobeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euro- + beat. 1. A style of European dance music derived from Italo disco, mostly popular in Japan. Labels: uncountable
Word: electroantennography Part of Speech: noun 1. The measurement of the electrical activity of the antennas of insects in response to pheromones and other odours Labels: uncountable
Word: Eurojargon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euro- + jargon. 1. political jargon associated with the European Union Labels: uncountable
Word: sadware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sad (“heavy”) + -ware. 1. Heavy pewter goods. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: immunosurgical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-ōr Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós) Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek χειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)bor. Late Latin chīrurgicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin cirurgicālisder. Middle French cirurgicalbor. Middle English cirurgicalder. English surgical English immunosurgical From immuno- + surgical. 1. Relating to immunosurgery. Labels: not-comparable
Word: immunosurgically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-ōr Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós) Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek χειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)bor. Late Latin chīrurgicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin cirurgicālisder. Middle French cirurgicalbor. Middle English cirurgicalder. English surgical English immunosurgical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English immunosurgically From immunosurgical + -ly. 1. By means of immunosurgery. Labels: not-comparable
Word: immunosurgery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From immuno- + surgery. 1. A method of removing an external cell layer of an object by exposing it to a solution containing antibodies. Labels: uncountable
Word: electroconductivities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electroconductivity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electrocochleographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From electro- + cochleographic. 1. Relating to electrocochleography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: electrocochleographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From electrocochleographic + -ally. 1. By means of electrocochleography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: neobladders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neobladder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neogastropods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neogastropod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neurobiologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From neurobiological + -ly. 1. In terms of or by means of neurobiology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Santalike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Santa + -like. 1. Resembling Santa Claus.
Word: garlandy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From garland + -y. 1. Resembling a garland
Word: fattenings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fattening Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diduch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of didukh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: neverwet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From never + wet, because its waxy leaves repel water. 1. Orontium aquaticum, a flowering plant.
Word: didukh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian діду́х (didúx), from дід (did, “grandfather”) + -ух (-ux, augmentative suffix). 1. A Ukrainian decoration made from sheaves of wheat tied up with colorful ribbons, which is used in rituals around Christmas and Epiphany, and traditionally believed to contain ancestor spirits. Example: Before the meal begins the head of the household brings in a sheaf of wheat called the Didukh (from grandfather), a symbol of good harvest, which is usually placed in front of an icon. Example: The didukh is a sheaf of grain made from the best wheat or grain of the field. It is decorated with flowers, ribbons, a small wreath of sweet basil and other herbs, or an embroidered towel. At Christmas, the didukh is carried into the home amid traditional greetings of "Christ is born!"
Word: fatteningness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fattening + -ness. 1. The quality of being fattening. Labels: uncountable
Word: niggerati Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of nigger + literati. 1. The group of young African-American artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: These niggerati are the conventional referent of “Harlem Renaissance.” In fact, the niggerati were but lily pads floating on the surface. Example: […] his experiences in Paris during the 1950s and 1960s did not replicate the halcyon days of the Harlem Renaissance – there was no cohesive “niggerati” akin to the one Zora Neale Hurston wrote of during the 1920s […]
Word: supremacisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supremacism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nincompoopism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nincompoop + -ism. 1. The beliefs and behaviours of a nincompoop; folly; idiocy. Labels: uncountable
Word: Palas Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Pala Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neurocytologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuro- + cytologic. 1. Relating to neurocytology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: neurocytological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuro- + cytological. 1. Relating to neurocytology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Asian flu Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of influenza that originated in China and became a worldwide pandemic in the 1950s. Labels: uncountable
Word: Petropavlovsk Part of Speech: name 1. Former name of Petropavl. 2. Short for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Petrovsk Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /pɪˈtrɒfsk/ 1. A city in Dagestan, Russia. 2. A town in Saratov Oblast, Russia.
Word: maskandi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Zulu umaskandi, from Afrikaans musikant (“musician”). 1. Alternative form of maskanda. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: recollectingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From recollecting + -ly. 1. While recollecting or remembering. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fudgicles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fudgicle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recreatory Part of Speech: adj 1. recreational Labels: dated
Word: recessivity Part of Speech: noun 1. Quality of being recessive. Labels: uncountable
Word: miscanthuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miscanthus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: missets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misset Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: missetting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misset Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Missouri toothpick Part of Speech: noun 1. A Bowie knife. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: extropians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extropian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesitoate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mesitoic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of mesitoic acid.
Word: mesitoates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesitoate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moaniest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of moany: most moany Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: Queen's speech Part of Speech: noun 1. An address to the people of the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth broadcast on radio and television by the Queen on Christmas Day 2. An annual statement made by the Queen in the House of Lords to the assembled members of both houses of parliament outlining the government's proposed legislation programme for the next twelve months.
Word: gobdaw Part of Speech: noun 1. A foolish or pretentious person. Labels: Ireland, slang Example: The ignorant self-opinionated sod-minded suet-brained ham-faced mealy-mouthed streptococcus-ridden gang of natural gobdaws!
Word: gobdaws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gobdaw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Riazan Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Ryazan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The following telegram reached me to-day from Moscow: “At Riazan the Bolkhofsky regiment mutinied on June 19. The men surrounded the Officers’ Club and fired upon it. Several officers were killed. Panic prevails at Riazan. A pogrom is expected. The Jews are fleeing.” I have received no further details. This is possibly due to the interception of news from Riazan. Example: She [Natalia Reshetovskaya] first met Solzhenitsyn in 1936 in Riazan, 125 miles south-east of Moscow. […] Her only contact with the KGB, she says, was when a black Volga took her to meet a security officer staying at a Riazan hotel in 1973: […]
Word: Rode Part of Speech: name Etymology: In place names, from Old English *rodu (“clearing”). 1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST8053). 2. A habitational name for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place named Rode.
Word: jujubelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jujube + -like. 1. Resembling a jujube.
Word: Sebastopol Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Sonoma County, California, United States. 2. A suburb of Pontypool, Torfaen borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST2998). 3. A locality in the Temora council area, central New South Wales, Australia. 4. A suburb of the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.
Word: Sebastopol Part of Speech: noun 1. A domestic goose of a breed descended from the European greylag, with long, white curly feathers.
Word: Bebel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Bebel. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪbəl/ 1. A surname from German. Example: August Bebel, a socialist leader and writer.
Word: grodiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grody + -ness. 1. The condition of being grody. Labels: uncountable Example: I mean I get we gotta hide Supergirl and all, but this isn't exactly the Fortress of Solitude, man. It's more like a fortress of grodiness.
Word: Pittsburgher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pittsburgh + -er. 1. A native or inhabitant of Pittsburgh.
Word: Pittsburghers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pittsburgher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tadasana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit ताडासन (tāḍāsana), from ताड (tāḍa, “mountain”) + आसन (āsana, “asana”). Pronunciation: /təˈdɑːsənə/ 1. A position in which one stands straight upright with feet together and hands by one's sides. Labels: uncountable Example: After three or four such movements, you may rest in tadasana and collect your breath. Example: Naked but for an orange lungi, a great lifesize yogi stands with his palms extended in the yogic posture of tadasana, with the cities and forests of the world spaced out over his face, feet, arms and torso.
Word: adho mukha svanasana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit अधोमुखश्वानासन (adhomukhaśvānāsana), from अधस् (adhas, “down”) + मुख (mukha, “face”) + श्वान (śvāna, “dog”) + आसन (āsana, “asana”). Pronunciation: /ˌɑːdəʊ ˌmuːkə ʃvəˈnɑːsənə/ 1. Downward-facing dog. Labels: uncountable Example: The principles of Adho Mukha Svanasana are simple, but very effective. Example: You can press your feet more strongly into the floor in adho mukha svanasana by shifting your weight away from your hands and toward your feet.
Word: São Francisco Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Portuguese São Francisco (“Saint Francis”). Doublet of San Francisco. Pronunciation: /ˌsaʊ fɹænˈsɪskoʊ/ 1. A river in Minas Gerais and Northeast Region, Brazil.
Word: virabhadrasana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit वीरभद्रासन (vīrabhadrāsana), from वीरभद्र (vīrabhadra) Virabhadra + आसन (āsana, “asana”). Pronunciation: /ˌviːɹəbəˈdɹɑːsənə/ 1. Any of three standing poses (usually specified with a numeral) which involve stretching the upper body. Labels: uncountable Example: ‘Oh, no! Not you again,’ spits Sergeant Dave Brougham, walking in off the street to start duty, and Trina immediately lunges forward into the virabhadrasana yoga pose. Example: For example, the position and opening of the armpits in virabhadrasana II will help the understanding of their positioning in parsvakonasana.
Word: -l- Part of Speech: interfix 1. Alternative form of -lim-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: false alarm Part of Speech: noun 1. A warning signal (such as the call of sentry, the ringing of a bell, or the shriek of a siren) which turns out to have been given erroneously. Example: "Then, if they rise, shout the alarm at the top of your voice [...] but be careful not to rouse the camp by a false alarm, for if you do, instead of gaining credit we shall become the jest of the whole force." Example: Pistorius explained that a security alarm in his house had gone off the previous night, and that he had taken a gun downstairs to investigate what turned out to be a false alarm. 2. A thing or occurrence which initially causes fear, distress, etc. but which is subsequently recognized as being no cause for concern. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: "This may be a false alarm, or a forged letter," said De Bracy. Example: The terrible announcement that the baby had been taken in the act of putting a doll's frying-pan into his mouth, and was more than suspected of having swallowed a fictitious turkey, glued on a wooden platter! The immense relief of finding this a false alarm! 3. A person who pretends to be more accomplished or a thing that seems to be of higher quality than is later found to be the case. Labels: archaic, idiomatic Example: "I don't believe you're a bank robber, at all! I don't believe you are even a rustler! You're a false alarm!" Example: "He's an old false alarm, anyway. I'll bet he never heard a real gun go off!"
Word: North African elephant Part of Speech: noun 1. Loxodonta africana pharaoensis, an extinct subspecies of elephant. Labels: obsolete
Word: ticket point mileage Part of Speech: noun 1. An officially stated distance between two cities, used in airline fare calculations regardless of the airports used
Word: ticket point mileages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ticket point mileage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MPM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of maximum permitted mileage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: mild-mannered Part of Speech: adj 1. Calm, gentle, moderate and unexcitable in attitude or disposition. Example: That's because, having left behind his senior position on the national network at the West Midlands Rail Executive in mid-March […], the energetic but mild-mannered Holmes has brought a distinctly forward-looking agenda to the Leicestershire heritage operation he now leads.
Word: Alcibiades Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Alcibiadēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs). Pronunciation: /ˌælsəˈbaɪədiz/ 1. A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs), notably borne by Alcibiades (450–404 B.C.), a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general. Example: Alcibiades was a happy union of coxcomb and conqueror; but there was in him a want of that repose, and of that superb self-reliance, which characterises the Roman.
Word: maximum permitted mileage Part of Speech: noun 1. In fare construction, the permitted total of ticket point mileages allowed between two fare break points.
Word: fare break point Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the cities on an itinerary used as the start and finish of a particular fare.
Word: fare break points Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fare break point Labels: form-of, plural
Word: higher intermediate fares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of higher intermediate fare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: higher intermediate points Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of higher intermediate point Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ancus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Ancus. 1. An Italic male given name from Latin, notably borne by Ancus Marcius, a legendary king of Rome
Word: locon Part of Speech: noun 1. A localized vibration
Word: Marcius Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Marcius, from Marcus + -ius (“forming adjectives and clan names”), from Mars + -cus (“forming adjectives”), q.v. 1. a Roman nomen gentilicium
Word: Caquetá Part of Speech: name 1. A department of Colombia.
Word: Antigone Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Antigonē, from Ancient Greek Ἀντιγόνη (Antigónē). Pronunciation: /ænˈtɪ.ɡə.ni/ 1. the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta in fiction and mythology Labels: Greek
Word: Antisthenes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Antisthenēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀντισθένης (Antisthénēs). Pronunciation: /ænˈtɪsθəniːz/ 1. A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀντισθένης (Antisthénēs), notably borne by Antisthenes of Athens (445–365 B.C.), a Greek philosopher, founder of the school of Cynicism and a pupil of Socrates.
Word: eustresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eustress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eustresses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of eustress Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Appius Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Appius, probably a Latinized form of an Italic name Attius, from Oscan, Umbrian, or Sabine. 1. A male given name in Latin, notably borne by Appius Claudius Caecus, a Roman politician of the 4th and 3rd century BC, builder of the Appian Way.
Word: Arius Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Arīus, from Ancient Greek Ἄρειος (Áreios), from Ἄρης (Árēs). Pronunciation: /ˈɛəɹi.əs/ 1. A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἄρειος (Áreios), Arius, notably borne by Arius, circa 250–336, a priest in Alexandria, the founder of Arianism.
Word: maneens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maneen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aloins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aloin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rub along Part of Speech: verb 1. To survive or get by with some difficulty. Example: Mrs. Dinsmore has experienced 'love in a cottage,' and probably has no very idyllic recollections; she knows what it is to rub along with one servant, or even none, and keep up appearances and worry about the next month's rent 2. To get along, to have an amicable relationship. Example: Though he had at first to rub along in coarse society, he always maintained his inward refinement; he liked the table in the office to be of polished wood, and everything to be on a gentlemanly scale
Word: e-dictionaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of e-dictionary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in this connection Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In connection with this subject; in this regard. Labels: dated, formal, proscribed, sometimes Example: We Americans have not yet thoroughly acquired the habit of regarding the museums as great picture books, and yet such they are, and in this connection I wish to express my gratitude to Dr. J. A. Allen, […] for much valuable assistance and advice in connection with this book. Example: Information technology contributes to making society and the individual person's everyday more transparent than earlier. Bulk information concerning the individual is collected at an apparently uncontrollable number of points in society. In this connection there is a continuous need for mapping out the occurrence and the possibility of abuse of the electronic traces consumers leave behind in society.
Word: luck pennies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of luck penny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: luck penny Part of Speech: noun 1. A small sum of money given back for luck when paying. Labels: archaic Example: I mean, had he not luckily exposed his legacy to jeopardy, having offered it as bounty-money and luckpenny to the patron 2. A coin carried or given for luck. Example: 'A kind harvest to you, John Dolan,' cried the postillion, 'and success to ye, Winny, with the quality. There's a luck-penny for the child to begin with,' added he, throwing the child a penny.
Word: mala in se Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of malum in se Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mala prohibita Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of malum prohibitum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chinese rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chinese room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dunter geese Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dunter goose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dunter goose Part of Speech: noun 1. The eider duck. Labels: obsolete Example: All sorts of Duck and Drake, Dunter-Geese, Cleck-Geese, Ember-Geese &c. they have as in Orkney
Word: winter aconite Part of Speech: noun 1. A European plant (Eranthis hyemalis).
Word: winter aconites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of winter aconite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gilding metal Part of Speech: noun 1. A tough kind of brass from which artillery shells, as well as some jewellery, are made. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: analogous pole Part of Speech: noun 1. The pole of a crystal that becomes positively electrified when heated.
Word: analogous poles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of analogous pole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fairy bluebird Part of Speech: noun 1. A small passerine bird of the genus Irena, from southern Asia.
Word: fairy bluebirds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fairy bluebird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: harpy bat Part of Speech: noun 1. An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Nyctimene (especially Nyctimene cephalotes), with prominent tubular nostrils. 2. A small insectivorous Indian bat (Harpiocephalus harpia); the lesser hairy-winged bat.
Word: harpy bats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of harpy bat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mestizo wool Part of Speech: noun 1. Wool produced by mixed breeds of sheep, originating from South America, . Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: German tinder Part of Speech: noun 1. amadou Labels: dated, uncountable Example: When lucifers were struck they only fizzed and sputtered, would not burn. German tinder succeeded better; for the exhausted atmosphere, hungering for oxygen, uniting with the atoms of saltpetre in the process of ignition, the tinder, instead of its usual dull glow, threw out a long bright flame, made as it were of electric sparks. Example: The inflammation of German tinder in the so-called pneumatic tinder-boxes; which are, as we know, little pump-chambers in which the air is rapidly compressed.
Word: Farewell Rock Part of Speech: name Etymology: Said to have been coined by ironstone miners who once worked the siderite deposits which stratigraphically overlie this rock unit. Digging beyond this bed would yield no further iron ore and so, on reaching it, they could bid a farewell to further riches. 1. A series of sandstones which lie at the boundary of the Coal Measures with the underlying Marros Group in South Wales.
Word: burpy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From burp + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbəɹpi/ 1. Full of burps. Labels: informal Example: a burpy baby 2. Resembling or characteristic of a burp. Labels: informal Example: a burpy sound
Word: prominent moth Part of Speech: noun 1. Any moth of the family Notodontidae, whose larvae have a hump or prominence on the back.
Word: prominent moths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prominent moth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thick and threefold Part of Speech: adv 1. In quick succession, or in great numbers. Labels: dated, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde, Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde; That, if I wiſt not to be controlde, Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde, Example: They came thick and threefold for a time, as she expected they should, till at last, one experienc'd stager that had baffled twenty traps and tricks before, discover'd the plot, and quite spoyl'd the jest.
Word: yoke elm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it was often used for making yokes for cattle . 1. A European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), a small tree with tough wood. Labels: archaic 2. A Himalayan hornbeam (Carpinus vimineus). 3. The wood from these trees.
Word: yoke elms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yoke elm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ultraparallel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + parallel. 1. Sharing a common perpendicular. Labels: not-comparable
Word: boot catcher Part of Speech: noun 1. A person employed at an inn to take off people's boots and clean them. Labels: historical Example: Where's the Boot-catcher gone? I cannot get any thing to eat here, nor my boots, to go any where elſe.
Word: mastiff bat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: These bats' faces are supposed to resemble those of mastiff dogs. 1. Any of certain species of the bat family Molossidae, usually the genera Eumops, Mops, Promops, or Chaerephon.
Word: mastiff bats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mastiff bat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meritious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From merit + -ious. 1. Having merit. Labels: not-comparable Example: Yet God forbid, we should with Ribera attribute this reward, to any meritorious worke: seeing a far other meritious cause thereof is noted unto us ver. 14. & 17.
Word: vellum cloth Part of Speech: noun 1. A fine kind of cotton fabric, made very transparent, and used as a tracing cloth or book cover. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: YouTube poop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of YouTube Poop. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: YouTube poops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of YouTube poop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keels over Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of keel over Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: keeling over Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of keel over Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gender identities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gender identity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Numunuu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Comanche autonym, Nʉmʉnʉʉ (“the people”). 1. The Comanche. Labels: plural, plural-only, uncommon
Word: Trinidadians and Tobagonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Trinidadian and Tobagonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imbuias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of imbuia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CEPs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of CEP Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frolicsomeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frolicsome + -ness. 1. The quality of being frolicsome; playfulness. Labels: uncountable Example: This indefatigable artist is known as "the painter of cats," and she has charmingly "hit off" both the heavy laziness of the mature animal, and the frolicsomeness of the kitten.
Word: microrad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + rad. 1. A unit of radiation equal to one millionth of a rad.
Word: microrads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microrad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gigarad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From giga- + rad. 1. A unit of radiation equal to 10⁹ rads.
Word: gigarads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gigarad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gigaseals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gigaseal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bagholder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bag + shareholder, referring to the phrase "leave someone holding the bag". 1. An investor left holding on to worthless financial assets (especially shares). Labels: US, slang
Word: bagholders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bagholder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neutron activation analysis Part of Speech: noun 1. An analytical technique that measures the decay of elements when bombarded with neutrons Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Jagoda Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Macedonian Јагода (Jagoda), from јагода (jagoda, “strawberry”). 1. A transliteration of the Macedonian female given name Јагода (Jagoda)
Word: Jagoda Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Jagoda. 1. A surname from Polish.
Word: schnookered Part of Speech: adj 1. excessively drunk (from alcohol) Labels: slang
Word: scrunchi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of scrunchie. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Brooke pulled the purple scrunchi off her ponytail and ran her fingers through her hair. Example: The girl tossed the book on the planks of the swing and rocked back and forth, as she pulled the scrunchi out of her hair and rebound her ponytail.
Word: scrunchis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scrunchi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Assen Part of Speech: name 1. A city, municipality, and capital of Drenthe, Netherlands.
Word: Broten Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately of German origin. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Riedel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Riedel. 1. A surname from German, equivalent to English Ridge
Word: paediatry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paed- (“child”) + -iatry (“field of specialized medical practice”). Pronunciation: /piːˈdaɪətɹi/ 1. Alternative form of paediatrics, the branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:paediatry.
Word: pædiatry Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of paediatry. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: pediatry Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of paediatry; alternative form of pediatrics. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: pediatries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pediatry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paediatries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paediatry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: popess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pope + -ess. 1. A female pope. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:popess. 2. A high priestess.
Word: til death do us part Part of Speech: adv 1. Misspelling of till death do us part. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Hannibalic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hannibal + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌhænɪˈbælɪk/ 1. Of or relating to Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Hamilcarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hamilcar + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: Barcid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Barca + -id. 1. Of or relating to Carthaginian family Barca. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Teutonic Knight Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Order of the Teutonic Knights. Labels: historical
Word: paleoherb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paleo- + herb. 1. A flowering plant which is neither a eudicot nor a monocot.
Word: Arcadius Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Arcadius, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκάδιος (Arkádios, “of Arcadia”). See Arcadia for more information. 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, of mostly historical use. Seen slightly more commonly as Arcade, from French. Example: Enter Arcadius and Polidora
Word: paleoherbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paleoherb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ascanius Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Ascanius, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάνιος (Askánios). Pronunciation: /æˈskeɪ.ni.əs/ 1. A legendary king of Alba Longa, and the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas. Labels: Greek, Roman
Word: Atilius Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Atilius. 1. a Roman nomen gentilicium
Word: renovated butter Part of Speech: noun 1. A product made by cleaning (for example, by melting and draining the liquid milk fat off of) impure or rancid butter. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually
Word: process butter Part of Speech: noun 1. Renovated butter. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually
Word: renovated butters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of renovated butter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: process butters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of process butter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subject-matter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of subject matter. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: 'Murica Part of Speech: name Etymology: Eye dialect spelling of a non-standard apheretic form of America. Pronunciation: /ˈmɚ.ɪ.kə/, /ˈmɚ.ə.kə/ 1. The United States of America as viewed by the stereotypical southerner or conservative. Labels: derogatory, humorous
Word: piloerections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piloerection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: characterologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of characterology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: directional case Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of directive case.
Word: midportion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + portion. 1. The middle part.
Word: midportions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of midportion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dreadtalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dreads + talk. 1. Iyaric Labels: uncountable
Word: Iyaric Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of I + Amharic. 1. A dialect of English used by the Rastafari.
Word: plumpie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plump + -ie. 1. A plump person. Labels: informal Example: The boys liked to watch each other get dressed, and oh those pink fleshy plumpies with sturdy little legs! She should find some daffodils somewhere and take their picture. Example: The overwhelming popularity of the Food Channel has made superstars out of plumpies like Mario Batali, Paula Deen, Ina Garten, a.k.a. The Barefoot Contessa, and those Two Fat Ladies, one of whom may she rest in peace.
Word: plumpies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plumpie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of plumpy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: little hour Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, nones, and usually compline, the services of which are shorter and considered less important than the three major hours of matins, lauds, and vespers. Example: […] the principal collect was said at Terce and at the little hour immediately preceding the High Mass […]
Word: organ of Corti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Italian anatomist Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti (1822–1876). 1. Part of the cochlea of the inner ear in mammals, provided with hair cells or auditory sensory cells.
Word: organs of Corti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of organ of Corti Labels: form-of, plural
Word: badger dog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From badger + dog, a calque of German Dachshund (from their use in hunting badgers). 1. Synonym of dachshund (“type of dog”). Labels: dated
Word: badger dogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of badger dog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bat-eared fox Part of Speech: noun 1. Otocyon megalotis, a canid of the African savanna, with large black ears and tawny fur.
Word: longear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From long + ear. 1. Lepomis megalotis, a colourful freshwater sunfish with an elongated opercular flap. Example: We went fishing for longears last summer.
Word: longears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of longear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tungid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps derived from Tungus, people native to Northeastern Asia and Siberia. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌŋɡɪd/ 1. A racial classification used in physical anthropology as a Mongoloid subrace found in Inner Mongolia and parts of Siberia. Labels: historical Example: The Mongolid (Tungid and north Sinid) strain of the prehistoric Japanese must, to a large extent, be attributed to arrivals from Korea by way of the Tsushima straits, attested to by finds of clay vessels with pointed bottoms and with roller-stamped décor such as were made at Sobatu (north Kyushu). Example: It is also presumable that the Tungids, who had some contact with the Proto-Chinese, might have adopted the plank-type sled of the latter which could replace their own, which was probably a bark sled.
Word: Tungids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tungid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coinjection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + injection. 1. injection of multiple substances together Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: coinjections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coinjection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hectopsyllid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any flea of the family Hectopsyllidae (syn, of Tungidae). Example: Loss of bristles, or reduction in their size, is characteristic of other ectoparasites with a burrowing or semisedentary habit, as exemplified by the tungid and hectopsyllid fleas. Example: There are sticktight fleas that parasitize bats, namely, some hectopsyllids and pulicids, but they are not pertinent to this discussion since they have evolved other means to solve the problems of infesting bats:[…].
Word: hectopsyllids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hectopsyllid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: opera hat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the common practice of storing them in their flattened state under one's seat at the opera. 1. A kind of collapsible top hat.
Word: opera hats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opera hat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scrivener's palsy Part of Speech: noun 1. writer's cramp Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: remanents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of remanent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muscae volitantes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of musca volitans Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clear stuff Part of Speech: noun 1. timber i.e.boards, planks, etc., that is smooth and free of knots or other irregularities. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: human fleas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of human flea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: winefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From wineful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈwʌɪnfəli/ 1. While full of wine; drunkenly. Example: I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and strega and I explained, winefully, how we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such things.
Word: dressing station Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where wounds are dressed. Example: They were top-heavy, blunt-nosed ambulances, painted gray and built like moving-vans. […] Three others were up in the mountains at dressing stations.
Word: dressing stations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dressing station Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metal-to-metal Part of Speech: adj 1. Designating direct contact between two metal items or elements. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mr. T. Barnabas Daft, of Dublin, has just filed the specification of a patent for an invention which has for its object the forming of spigot and faucet ends upon cast iron pipes, true enough to make “metal to metal” joints without turning and boring. Example: The cars would be all right with their good metal-to-metal brakes and anyway, coming down, they would not be loaded.
Word: Littler Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈlɪt(ə)lə/, /ˈlɪt(ə)ləɹ/ 1. A surname.
Word: VADs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of VAD Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Xingjiang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 興江／兴江 (Xīngjiāng). Pronunciation: /ʃɪŋˈd͡ʒ(i)æŋ/ 1. A township in Xingguo, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
Word: Xingjiang Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ʃɪŋˈd͡ʒ(i)æŋ/ 1. Misspelling of Xinjiang. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: Chinese Turkestan is known to have been under the jurisdiction of that country as early as 150 B.C. In the time of the great Han dynasty not only did their power extend to the present western boundary of the Hsing Chiang^([sic – meaning Hsin Chiang]), but even as far west as the Caspian their suzerainty was acknowledged. Example: Warm letters and precious gifts came pouring in to the construction site from all parts of the country. Among the gifts were saw-wort seeds gathered from the Tienshan Mountains by workers in Singkiang^([sic – meaning Sinkiang]), chingko barley from emancipated serfs in Tibet, earth from people in quake-stricken Tangshan who were rebuilding their homes, water and sand from the Taiwan Straits from P.L.A. men on the Fukien frontline, colour pebbles from Yuhuatai, Nanking, milky quartz from the Kunlun Mountains, camellias from Tali, Yunnan, azaleas from Kangting, Szechuan, earth from the Chingkang Mountains, Kiangsi, water from Nanniwan, Shensi, etc. They embodied the profound proletarian feelings of the people of all nationalities for Chairman Mao.
Word: Phony War Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Phoney War. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Popesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Popess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: popesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of popess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jam jar Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʒam ˌdʒɑː/ 1. A jar of, or for, jam. Example: Empty jam jars are handy for keeping odd bits and pieces in. 2. A car. Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: mountain gun Part of Speech: noun 1. A gun or cannon specially adapted for use in mountainous terrain. Example: There were troops on this road and motor trucks and mules with mountain guns and as we went down, keeping to the side, I could see the river far down below […]
Word: mountain guns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mountain gun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: field kitchen Part of Speech: noun 1. A mobile kitchen used to provision personnel on or near the site of a military operation. Example: I went back to the major's dugout and he said the field kitchen would be along and the drivers could come and get their stew.
Word: minenwerfer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Minenwerfer, from Mine + Werfer (“mortar”). Pronunciation: /ˈmiːnənˌvɛːfə/, /ˈmiːnənˌwəːfə/ 1. A type of trench mortar used by German forces especially during the First World War, or the shells fired by such a mortar. Labels: historical Example: Something landed outside that shook the earth. ‘Four hundred twenty or minnenwerfer,’ Gavuzzi said.
Word: minenwerfers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minenwerfer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trench mortar Part of Speech: noun 1. A small mortar designed to fire shells from one trench to an enemy trench. Example: The medical captain, ‘What hit you?’ Me, with the eyes shut, ‘A trench-mortar shell.’
Word: trench mortars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trench mortar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gwent Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh Gwent, from Old Welsh Guent, from Latin Venta Silurum, a Roman colony in Britannia. Pronunciation: /ˈɡwɛnt/ 1. A historical kingdom of Wales, in the south of the country. 2. A former county of South Wales, renamed in 1974 from Monmouthshire.
Word: zale Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the genus Zale of erebid moths.
Word: boat conformation Part of Speech: noun 1. an unstable chemical conformation of a six-member single bonded carbon ring such as cyclohexane
Word: nonreclining Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + reclining. 1. That does not recline. Labels: not-comparable Example: Jude Bricker, the senior vice president for planning at Allegiant, said the airline’s nonreclining seats have fewer moving parts and so require less maintenance, which means lower costs.
Word: tray table Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tray-table. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Air France, for its domestic flights, which never take more than an hour, has installed nonreclining seats where the magazine pocket has been moved above the tray table to provide more space in the critical area around the knees.
Word: siphonapterans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of siphonapteran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jam jars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jam jar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sight draft Part of Speech: noun 1. A draft to be paid on presentation. Labels: US Example: I will draw a sight draft on my grandfather, I said. A what? A sight draft. He has to pay or I go to jail.
Word: sight drafts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sight draft Labels: form-of, plural
Word: freight yard Part of Speech: noun 1. A rail yard for freight cars, typically designed for loading and unloading cargo and sorting locomotives. Example: We got into Milan early in the morning and they unloaded us in the freight yard. Example: Passing trains that have no names Freight yards full of old black men And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles
Word: freight yards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of freight yard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sun cure Part of Speech: noun 1. A medical cure or programme of recovery involving exposure to sunlight. Example: ‘You would not be in bed. You would first take a sun cure. Then you could have light exercise. Then when it was encysted we would operate.’
Word: nose cap Part of Speech: noun 1. A protective cap on the end of a gunstock. Labels: historical 2. The protective covering on the end of an aircraft fuselage. 3. The nose cone of a missile or shell, often containing explosives or a timer. Example: This was a shrapnel shell used by the Austrians in the mountains with a nose-cap which went on after the burst and exploded on contact.
Word: nose caps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nose cap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whorehound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whore + hound. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːhaʊnd/ 1. Someone who often has sex with prostitutes. Labels: US, slang, vulgar Example: ‘Don't worry about me. I don't drink and I don't run around. I'm no boozer and whorehound. I know what's good for me.’
Word: whorehounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whorehound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: normal school Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French école normale, so called because the norms of pedagogy are taught there. 1. A school for training teachers, especially in mainland Europe and North America. Labels: dated Example: He had a sister, who had been sent to America with him at the same time to live with the uncle, who would graduate from normal school this year. Example: In 1685 at Reims he also founded, for the training of his teachers, a school that is often considered the first normal school.
Word: normal schools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of normal school Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Styrian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Styria + -an. 1. Of, from or relating to Styria. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Styrian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Styria + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of Styria.