nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: caressingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English caressing Middle English -ly English -ly English caressingly From caressing + -ly. 1. In a caressing manner; soothingly. Example: Is my gloom, after all, Shade of His hand, outstretched caressingly? Example: "You," he said, addressing the breeze caressingly "were in Christminster city between one and two hours ago, floating along the streets, pulling round the weather-cocks, touching Mr. Phillotson's face, being breathed by him; and now you are here, breathed by me—you, the very same."
Word: unfriended 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 friended English unfriended From un- + friended. 1. Having no friends; friendless. Example: […] his wondrous laudations and defendings of the unfriended Turner […] Example: Alone, if need be, alone and unfriended, we must advance, and do battle for the cause of God: alone and unfriended, and yet not alone, for He is with us, and His hosts are fighting on our side: […]
Word: unfriended Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From unfriend + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of unfriend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: landholders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of landholder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commonplaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of commonplace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commonplaces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of commonplace Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enthusiasms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enthusiasm Labels: form-of, plural Example: Parsons was Winston's fellow-employee at the Ministry of Truth. He was a fattish but active man of paralysing stupidity, a mass of imbecile enthusiasms
Word: presentiments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of presentiment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reorganized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reorganize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reorganized Part of Speech: adj 1. That has been subjected to reorganization
Word: reorganizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reorganize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reorganizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reorganize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recreations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recreation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disinfectants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disinfectant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Meridith Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Welsh, variant of Meredith.
Word: my way or the highway Part of Speech: noun 1. Your only options are to either do as I say or leave. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: Gingrich . . . My Way or the Highway [title] Example: His my-way-or-the-highway attitude doesn't fit U.S. foreign-policy concerns or domestic issues.
Word: fishers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fisher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fisher cats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fisher cat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catguts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catgut Labels: form-of, plural Example: Sir Anthony got out a lute and began to strum, pausing every so often to adjust the tension on the catguts.
Word: Southern Europe Part of Speech: name 1. A sociopolitical region of Europe including such countries as Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece.
Word: Northern Europe Part of Speech: name 1. A sociopolitical region of Europe including such countries as Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Word: gemsbok Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans gemsbok, from Dutch gemsbok, from gems (“chamois”) + bok (“buck”), the former from German Gämse, of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɛmzˌbɑk/ 1. A large African antelope (Oryx gazella).
Word: gemsbuck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gemsbok. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gemsbucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gemsbuck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gemsboks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gemsbok Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sturm and drang Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Sturm und Drang. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Old Tupi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Brazilian Portuguese tupi antigo. 1. An extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the native Tupi people of Brazil.
Word: Classical Tupi Part of Speech: name 1. An extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the native Tupi people of Brazil.
Word: jarosite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the place Jaroso ravine in Spain, named in 1852. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒærəˌsaɪ̯t/ 1. A mineral with rhombohedral crystals, KFe₃³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)₆. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Polyanna Part of Speech: name 1. Misspelling of Pollyanna. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Obed Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew אובד or עוֹבֵד (Oved, “servant”). 1. The son of Ruth and Boaz, father of Jesse and grandfather of David, grandson of Naomi. Example: And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. 2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. 3. A stream draining a part of the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee, USA.
Word: patchery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English patch Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English patchery From patch + -ery. 1. Hypocrisy; trickery. Labels: uncountable Example: Thersites: Here is ſuch patchery, ſuch juggling and ſuch knavery! Example: Timon: I, and you heare him cogge, ſee him diſſemble / Know his groſſe patchery, loue him, feede him / Keepe in your boſome: yet ramain aſſur’d / That he’s a made-up villaine. 2. That which is thrown or sown together usually clumsily or with different color and textures, like patchwork. Labels: uncountable Example: [The Clergy] find all that is absolutely requisite, provided in some way or other; they succeed in feeding, clothing, and educating their children, and live in sufficient comfort not to feel the ridicule which belong to dilapidation and patchery. Example: The Chinese mourn in white, and some of us in Harlequin-like patchery, as though believing motley to be the only wear.
Word: patchery Part of Speech: noun 1. Living quarters for married soldiers. Labels: India, UK, historical
Word: Eurodollar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Euro- Proto-Germanic *dalą Proto-West Germanic *dal Old High German tal Middle High German tal German Tal German Talerder. Middle Low German dālerbor. Dutch dalerbor. English dollar English Eurodollar From Euro- + dollar, perhaps from one of the initial telex addresses. 1. A deposit, in US dollars, held in a bank outside of the United States (no longer necessarily in Europe) Example: We like to go down to restaurant row / Spend those euro-dollars/ All the way from Washington to Tokyo 2. Synonym of euro (“€”) (nickname used for the unified European currency prior to its introduction and naming; in conversation, media, and fiction) Labels: informal, obsolete
Word: euro- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative letter-case form of Euro-. Labels: alt-of, morpheme
Word: remain to be seen Part of Speech: verb 1. To have not yet happened; to be as yet unknown. Labels: idiomatic Example: It remains to be seen whether he will win the election. Example: Then came the leak (to the AP) that [Lance Armstrong] had in fact told Oprah he'd been a doper. So all that remained to be seen were what words Armstrong would use and what demeanor he would display.
Word: tinpot Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of tin-pot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tinpot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tin-pot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: high seas Part of Speech: noun 1. The regions of the ocean that are far from shore, especially those regions that do not belong to any country. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. . . . For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away. 2. The regions of the Internet in which piracy (i.e. copyright infringement) is prevalent. Labels: Internet, plural, plural-only Example: I was out on the high seas yesterday and got myself a new mathematics book.
Word: intraspecies Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English species English intraspecies From intra- + species. 1. Between or among members of a single (taxonomical) species; within a species. Labels: not-comparable Example: The estimation of the intraspecies variability in dynamics was also based on drug responses in a similar human population.
Word: Humpty Dumpty Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly baby talk forms of Humphrey, since Dump and Dumphrey have been recorded as pet forms of this given name. Various suggestions have been offered for the original meaning of the nursery rhyme, chiefly concerning the English Civil War, although none has received general acceptance- modern scholars believe it may have been intended to be a riddle, with the answer of "an egg". 1. A nursery rhyme character who falls from a wall and breaks irreparably in the manner of an egg; (figurative) by extension, anything similarly fragile, irreparably damaged, or insecure, precariously at risk of such irreparable damage. Example: ... she sits perched high up, astride a man's saddle, looking in her balloon garments, and doubtless feeling, more insecure than Humpty Dumpty on the wall. Example: For many people, traditional Christian theology is a Humpty-Dumpty: it has tumbled from its perch and can't be put together again.
Word: Humpty Dumpty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly baby talk forms of Humphrey, since Dump and Dumphrey have been recorded as pet forms of this given name. Various suggestions have been offered for the original meaning of the nursery rhyme, chiefly concerning the English Civil War, although none has received general acceptance- modern scholars believe it may have been intended to be a riddle, with the answer of "an egg". 1. A Romani drink of ale boiled with brandy. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: Chinese Walls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chinese Wall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swiftboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain: Possibly, swift + boat, or possibly based on an acronym for Shallow Water Inshore Fast Tactical Craft. The use as a political term derives from a smear campaign against John Kerry when Texas tycoon Robert J. Perry hired several Navy swiftboat veterans to form the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which questioned the legitimacy of Kerry's status as a war hero. 1. A type of gunboat used by the United States military on inland waterways. Labels: US Example: The men narrowly missed death when the swiftboat in front of theirs took a direct hit from a Communist rocket-propelled grenade. Example: Kilgore represents one of Willard's guides into the heart of darkness. The swiftboat captain represents another. 2. A smear campaign based on specious claims. Labels: attributive, figuratively, usually Example: Lately, however, Republican swiftboat attacks have begun to fall short. Example: So I saw this swiftboat TV attack on Jefferson.
Word: swiftboat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain: Possibly, swift + boat, or possibly based on an acronym for Shallow Water Inshore Fast Tactical Craft. The use as a political term derives from a smear campaign against John Kerry when Texas tycoon Robert J. Perry hired several Navy swiftboat veterans to form the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which questioned the legitimacy of Kerry's status as a war hero. 1. To attack a politician with specious claims. Labels: US, derogatory, transitive Example: No one should have been surprised that the Republicans would try to swiftboat Hillary in 2016, turning an accomplished diplomat into a feckless bungler who lied to cover up her own failures. 2. To smear; to attack someone or something's reputation using slander, misrepresentation, or false accusations. Labels: broadly Example: The Borgia family has had such a bad reputation over all these hundreds of years. Some of it is merited, and for some of it, they were swiftboated. The cardinals hired writers to write bad things about them. Example: My wife suggested that in absence of a response by Woody, he was being swiftboated.
Word: eerier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of eerie: more eerie Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: eeriest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of eerie: most eerie Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: obdormition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ob- + dormition. Pronunciation: /ɒb.dɔːˈmɪ.ʃən/, /ɑb.dɔːɹˈmɪ.ʃən/ 1. The sensation of numbness that occurs in a limb when it falls asleep due to pressure on a nerve. Labels: uncountable 2. Falling asleep; the condition of being asleep. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: underscoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underscore Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: underscoring Part of Speech: noun 1. An underline. Example: Parkington swung his chair away, keeping the book in his hand and his back to Anthony. “He underscored whole passages,” he said. “I can't abide reading a book with underscorings in it.”
Word: underscored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of underscore Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spankee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spank + -ee. Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋ.kiː/ 1. The receiver or victim of a spanking Example: When you add in the kinkier heteros—fetishists, jock sniffers, Jesus freaks, doll collectors, day traders, spankers and spankees—queers are the moral majority for sure. Example: The spanker is often also the spankee.
Word: prop comedy Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of comedic performance in which common and/or unusual objects are used as physical aids to help achieve a humorous effect. Example: In his zany prop comedy Gallagher would sometimes smash watermelons and splatter the front rows of the audience.
Word: prop comic Part of Speech: noun 1. A comedian whose performances use common or unusual objects as physical aids to help achieve a humorous effect. Example: Carrot Top is a well-known prop comic; he often comes on stage with a huge box of odd objects.
Word: prop comedian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of prop comic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: blue flash Part of Speech: noun 1. A very rare phenomenon observed in the morning or evening when the sun is crossing or immediately below the horizon, in which a momentary flash of blue light appears above the upper rim of the solar disk, caused by refraction of light in the atmosphere. 2. A phenomenon sometimes observed when a criticality accident occurs in nuclear materials, inducing a discharge of radiation into the environment.
Word: anacoloutha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνακόλουθος (anakólouthos, “inconsequent”). 1. plural of anacolouthon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anacoloutha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνακόλουθος (anakólouthos, “inconsequent”). 1. A non-reciprocal synonym; a word of meaning similar to a word but that cannot substitute for that word in all uses. Labels: rhetoric
Word: anacolouthons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anacolouthon Labels: form-of, plural 2. Alternative spelling of anacoluthons. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: anacoluthons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anacoluthon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anacolutha Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anacoluthon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anacolutha Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of anacoloutha. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oustee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oust + -ee. 1. A person who is ousted, especially one who is removed from his place of residence or land to make room for an infrastructure improvement or public works project. Labels: India Example: The state government will consider constitution of a fact finding committee to take up issues of Pong Dam oustees so that relief can be provided to them.
Word: protestor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From protest + -or. 1. Alternative spelling of protester. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: No flashy dressers, skimpily dressed starlets, or celebrities stepping out of stretch limos. Instead, on a warm Friday evening in June 2009, one hundred protestors sang prayers, chanted slogans, and carried signs […] Example: We also talk about dealing with protestors, whose actions are creating additional costs of tens of millions of pounds.
Word: Argive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Argīvus, from Ancient Greek Ἀργεῖος (Argeîos). Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹɡaɪv/, /ˈɑɹd͡ʒaɪv/, /ˈɑːɡaɪv/, /ˈɑːdʒaɪv/, /ˈɐːɡɒev/ 1. Of, from or pertaining to Argos. Labels: not-comparable 2. Greek. Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: […] And many an old philosophy ⁠On Argive heights divinely sang, ⁠And round us all the thicket rang To many a flute of Arcady.
Word: Argive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Argīvus, from Ancient Greek Ἀργεῖος (Argeîos). Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹɡaɪv/, /ˈɑɹd͡ʒaɪv/, /ˈɑːɡaɪv/, /ˈɑːdʒaɪv/, /ˈɐːɡɒev/ 1. An inhabitant of Argos. Example: The Greeks generally think that this fate came upon him because he induced the Pythoness to pronounce against Demaratus; the Athenians differ from all others in saying that it was because he cut down the sacred grove of the goddesses when he made his invasion by Eleusis; while the Argives ascribe it to his having taken from their refuge and cut to pieces certain argives who had fled from battle into a precinct sacred to Argus, where Cleomenes slew them, burning likewise at the same time, through irreverence, the grove itself. 2. In the Homeric Iliad and Odyssey, and in later classical epics, an alternate name for an Achaean, or Greek in general. Labels: poetic
Word: unreadability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + read + -ability. Compare unreadable, readability. 1. The property of being impossible to read. Labels: uncountable 2. The property of being unfit for reading. Labels: uncountable
Word: division ring Part of Speech: noun 1. A ring with 0 ≠ 1, such that every non-zero element a has a multiplicative inverse, meaning an element x with ax = 1.
Word: okruh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian о́круг (ókruh). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːkrʊhj/, [ˈɔːkrʊç] 1. Alternative form of okrug. Labels: Ukraine, alt-of, alternative Example: At the time of the 1926 census Ukrainian lands in the U.S.S.R. were administratively divided into okruhs (divisions or departments) and rayons (districts). Example: Czechoslovakia had zemli (lands) and okruhy (districts). Still almost everywhere historical memory of the Ukrainian people has preserved age-long used names.
Word: Tim. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Timothy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: multiset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, multi- + set. 1. A generalized type of set in which multiple occurrences of an element are permitted. Example: Two words are anagrams if they are made up of the same multiset of letters. Example: Membrane computing essentially deals with multisets, which are sets with multiplicities associated with their elements.
Word: 1 Timothy Part of Speech: name 1. The fifteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the first epistle to Timothy.
Word: 2 Timothy Part of Speech: name 1. The sixteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the second epistle to Timothy.
Word: 1 Tim. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of 1 Timothy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: 2 Tim. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of 2 Timothy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Tit. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Titus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Wisdom of Solomon Part of Speech: name 1. A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
Word: Zeph. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Zephaniah. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Zech. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Zechariah. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Wisd. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Wisdom of Solomon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: 1 John Part of Speech: name 1. The twenty-third book of the New Testament of the Bible, the first epistle of John.
Word: 2 John Part of Speech: name 1. The twenty-fourth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the second epistle of John.
Word: 3 John Part of Speech: name 1. The antepenultimate book of the New Testament of the Bible, the third epistle of John.
Word: skrik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from an Afrikaans derivative of Dutch schrik ("shock, terror"). 1. A shock; a fright. Labels: South-Africa Example: I was brought up on a farm in the Free Sate a long time ago. Jong, when I first came to Johannesburg I got such a skrik.
Word: cavalla Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several fishes in the families Carangidae and Scombridae.
Word: 4-3-3 Part of Speech: noun 1. A popular soccer formation with 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 strikers Labels: uncountable Example: England had started in a 4-3-3 formation that had Welbeck and Oxlade-Chamberlain coming in from the wings, with James Milner and Stewart Downing operating alongside Jack Wilshere in more deep-lying positions.
Word: 4-5-1 Part of Speech: noun 1. A popular soccer formation with 4 defenders, 5 midfielders and 1 striker Labels: uncountable
Word: carcerate Part of Speech: verb 1. To imprison or confine. Labels: rare
Word: carriole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cariole. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: state space Part of Speech: noun 1. A (mathematical) space of all possible states of a system or process. 2. A mathematical model of a physical system as a set of input, output and state variables related by first-order differential equations.
Word: physical system Part of Speech: noun 1. The portion of the physical universe chosen for analysis, with everything outside the system known as the environment.
Word: origan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of oregano (“wild marjoram, Origanum vulgare”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: branle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French branler (“to shake”); see further at brawl, etymology 2. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɑːl/, /ˈbɹɔːl/, /ˈbɹæn(ə)l/, /ˈbɹɑl/ 1. A dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance.
Word: overfish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English overfish From over- + fish. 1. To fish (an area or a species) excessively, often substantially reducing over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area. Labels: ambitransitive Example: In the 1970s, it become^([sic]) increasingly clear that cod were being overfished in the northwest Atlantic Ocean.
Word: fishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English fishable From fish + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃəbəl/ 1. Able to be fished legally 2. Able to be fished in, able to be used for fishing 3. Able to be used for fishing. Example: Even if it could be salvaged, it would have to almost entirely be remade before it was fishable again.
Word: ascitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ascites Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ascitic From ascites + -ic. Pronunciation: /əˈsɪtɪk/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from ascites
Word: have other fish to fry Part of Speech: verb 1. To have more important things to do. Labels: idiomatic Example: I have other fish to fry; so good-morrow, my ladies all, good-morrow. Example: Your uncle will not return yet; he has other fish to fry: he will be galloping backwards and forwards from Briarfield to Stilbro' all day, […]
Word: fish to fry Part of Speech: noun 1. A matter to attend to. Labels: idiomatic
Word: fishify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fish + -ify. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃɪfʌɪ/, /ˈfɪʃɪfaɪ/ 1. To change (flesh) to fish; to transform into a fish. Labels: transitive Example: Ben[volio]. Here comes Romeo, here comes Romeo. Mer[cutio]. Without his Roe, like a dryed Hering. O fleſh, fleſh, how art thou fiſhified? Example: By ſtrange kitchen alchymy, ev'ry diſh Seem'd tranſmuted for Epicure Mammon: There was fiſhified fleſh, and fleſhified fiſh; A calfs-head ſeem'd a fine jole of ſalmon. 2. To make as wet as a fish; to drench with water. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: […] I have found a cure for his lunatic excellency. Water expelleth fire—marry, when he talks of being an archbishop, souse him, good Tio,—fishify him straight,—may be his madness is a dog madness which flieth from the fountain. Example: For although unable to recognise in water an universal and infallible panacea for all the ills that flesh is heir to, we can yet bear a large testimony in its favour, and send it out to service with the highest character. It is our deliberate and mature conviction that the inhabitants of the Cumbraes and the adjacent islands of Great Britain and Ireland may, to their own infinite advantage, fishify their flesh a great deal more than they do at present.
Word: BH Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Boko Haram. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of Bihar: a state of India. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: BH Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of heavy battleship. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of bank holiday. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of buttonhole. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Work 7 BH's on left side for man's sweater, on right side for woman's sweater. 4. Initialism of black hole. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BH Part of Speech: intj 1. Initialism of baruch Hashem Labels: Judaism, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: piacle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin piāculum. 1. A heinous offense that requires expiation. Labels: obsolete
Word: paradisiacal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin paradīsiacus + -al. Pronunciation: /pæɹədɪˈsaɪəkəl/ 1. Of or resembling paradise. Example: I read and re-read her letter, and some softened feelings stole into my heart, and dared to whisper paradisiacal dreams of love and joy; but the apple was already eaten, and the angel's arm bared to drive me from all hope. Example: We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
Word: mass murder Part of Speech: noun 1. The killing of a large number of people over a short period of time.
Word: mass murderer Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who commits a mass murder.
Word: cicale Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cicala (“a cicada”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings. Example: These were too old to fight, but they were fluent orators, and sat on the tower like cicales that chirrup delicately from the boughs of some high tree in a wood.
Word: heat up Part of Speech: verb 1. To heat, to cause to become hotter. 2. To become busier or more exciting or intense. Labels: broadly, figuratively 3. To infuriate or annoy (someone).
Word: expelleth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of expel Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Water expelleth fire.
Word: root cause Part of Speech: noun 1. An initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest. Labels: idiomatic Example: However, the report finds that the "root cause has not yet been established".
Word: root cause Part of Speech: verb 1. To identify the cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest. Labels: transitive Example: Fishbones are a great tool for collecting, categorizing, and root-causing feedback from staff. Example: After the effect of the bug is observed using post-silicon tests, the next step is to localize the source of error, root-cause bugs, and fix them.
Word: skin color Part of Speech: noun 1. The color of human skin. Labels: countable, literally, uncountable 2. One's ethnicity. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: pentanol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pentane + -ol? 1. Any of several isomers of the alcohol C₅H₁₁OH; the principal constituents of fusel oil. Example: pentan-1-ol Example: pentan-2-ol
Word: cachinnation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cachinnate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English cachinnation From cachinnate + -ion. Pronunciation: /kækɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. Loud, convulsive laughter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mr. Palmer had a keen perception of the ludicrous; he was naturally a humourist, which was indicated by a peculiar twinkle of the eye-lid at those times when he determined to repress a hearty cachinnation, and pursue the subject that tickled him to its utmost. Example: While reforming the language I crave leave to introduce an improvement of punctuation—the snigger point, or note of cachinnation. It is written thus ‿ and represents, as early as may be, a smiling mouth.
Word: cachinnations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cachinnation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hallucinosis Part of Speech: noun 1. A mental state of hallucination. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: excusion Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of excursion. Labels: alt-of, misspelling 2. Misspelling of exclusion. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: coralberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coral + berry. 1. A species of bromeliad, Aechmea fulgens, of Brazil, and which is often used as an ornamental plant. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. American winterberry, Ilex verticillata. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, of eastern North America. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Ardisia crenata of east Asia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gripless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English grip 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 gripless From grip + -less. 1. Lacking a grip. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nothing beats outside basketball with a gripless rubber ball, a chain net, and a bent rim.
Word: coralberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coralberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bobtailed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bobtail Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bobtailed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a bobtail. Labels: not-comparable
Word: buildering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of building + bouldering. 1. The practice of climbing buildings as a recreational activity. Labels: uncountable
Word: multisyllabic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English syllabic English multisyllabic From multi- + syllabic. 1. Having more than one syllable. Labels: not-comparable Example: But it’s a dialect Fetter doesn’t know. It sounds old, rolling and multisyllabic and liquid.
Word: unequalled 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 equalled English unequalled From un- + equalled. 1. Without equal; unmatched. Labels: UK, not-comparable Example: Coastal defences were breached at many places from the Humber right round to the outskirts of London, and the inundation of low-lying lands caused damage on a scale unequalled within living memory.
Word: inquisitors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inquisitor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: equalizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of equalizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outgallop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English gallop English outgallop From out- + gallop. 1. To run faster than; to outdistance. Labels: especially, transitive Example: 1869, Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, trans. Louise and Aylmer Maude, ch. 14, He had lately procured himself a large, fine, mettlesome, Donets horse, dun-colored, with light mane and tail, and when he rode it no one could outgallop him.
Word: farkleberry Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of Vaccinium (Vaccinium arboreum) native to the southeastern United States, from southern Virginia west to southeastern Missouri, and south to Florida and eastern Texas, and taking the form of a shrub (rarely a small tree) growing to 3-5 m (rarely 9 m) tall. Labels: uncountable 2. A berry from a shrub of this species. Labels: countable
Word: émigrés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of émigré Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mean-spirited Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition; tawdry. Example: My old acquaintances would sneer at me as a mean-spirited cur, whose best exploit was to get in jail.
Word: meanspirited Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of mean-spirited. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mean spirited Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of mean-spirited. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zorros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zorro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bread-and-butter note Part of Speech: noun 1. A short note thanking someone who has recently provided the writer with hospitality.
Word: scotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos, “darkness”) + -ic. 1. After dusk. Example: The term scotic (Gr. skotos, darkness) was therefore devised as the most apt term for the condition of virtual darkness. Example: Rods are used in low light conditions (scotic vision) hence the black and white appearance of night vision.
Word: mass murders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mass murder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: farkleberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of farkleberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Great Wall Part of Speech: name 1. Ellipsis of Great Wall of China. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: China ſituated in the furtheſt part of Aſia, borders towards the Eaſt, South, and Weſt, upon the great Indian Sea, and is called Tung by the Chineſes, which ſignifies Eaſterly. And on the North it is ſeparated from the Kingdoms of Ninche, and Nicolhan, by that famous Wall which was made by thoſe of China againſt the Invaſion of the Tartars. Example: 1741, Uncredited translator, A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary by Jean-Baptiste du Halde, London: Edward Cave, pages 20-21, The Gates of the Great Wall are defended on the ſide of China, by pretty large Forts : The firſt of them to the Eaſt is call'd Shang-bay-Quan, it ſtands near the Wall, which extends, from the Bulwark before-mentioned, the Space of a League, along a Country perfectly level, and does not begin to aſcend the Mountains, till after it has paſs'd that Place. 2. The high barrier of entry to enter or discouragement to forming a romantic relationship with a Chinese person especially for a non-Chinese person. Labels: colloquial
Word: Great Wall Part of Speech: name 1. One of several galaxy filaments, which are the largest cosmic structures, being larger than a supercluster, forming partitions between cosmic voids, and contributing to the structure of the cosmic web. Example: BOSS Great Wall
Word: APAP Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation * (pharmaceutical drug): Initialism of N-acetyl-para-aminophenol. * (medical device): Acronym of Automatic Positive Airway Pressure. 1. para-acetylaminophenol (acetaminophen / paracetamol / tylenol), a particular kind of painkiller and fever-reducer generally available over the counter. Labels: abbreviation, countable, uncountable 2. a mode of respiratory ventilation, which automatically provides pressure into the airway Labels: abbreviation, countable, uncountable 3. a mode of respiratory ventilation, which automatically provides pressure into the airway Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: aurorae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aurora Labels: form-of, plural
Word: resins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of resin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spermathecae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spermatheca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: go Pete Tong Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Named after disc jockey Pete Tong, coined by Paul Oakenfold in late 1987. 1. To go wrong. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: But when Bobby got busted, it all went Pete Tong for him. Example: It didn't take a brain surgeon to realize that things were obviously in danger of going Pete Tong. It was time to back off.
Word: microflorae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microflora Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microfaunae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microfauna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conjunctivae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkɑn.d͡ʒʌŋ(k)ˈtaɪˌvi/, /kənˌd͡ʒʌŋ(k)ˈtaɪˌvi/ 1. plural of conjunctiva Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Savagnin Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of white wine grape with green-skinned berries grown mostly in the Jura region of France, where it makes the famous vin jaune and vin de paille. Labels: uncountable
Word: vins jaunes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vin jaune Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bee candy Part of Speech: noun 1. A manufactured food for bees, used by bee-keepers Labels: uncountable Example: Connected with one corner of the cage is a small tube several inches in length which in caging a queen for introduction, is filled with bee candy. Example: This is bee-candy," he explained, "winter food for the hives. We make a lot of it and send it all over the country. But it's ticklish work.
Word: belowdecks Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From below + decks. 1. Below the main deck of a ship. Labels: not-comparable Example: Lastly, Lundberg went belowdecks to inspect the boat's bulkheads and hull—for what, it was not clear, since he had absolutely no knowledge of steamboat design.
Word: off-guard Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of off guard. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: burnouse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of burnoose. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: burnou Part of Speech: noun 1. A cape with a hood made of wool, of Algerian origin, used as a baby garment, popular with French mothers from the early 20th century through the 1960s.
Word: virgules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of virgule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emceeing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of emcee Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: emceed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of emcee Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: geophagy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφᾰγον (éphăgon) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φᾰγίᾱ (-phăgíā)lbor. English -phagy English geophagy From geo- + -phagy. 1. The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often during famines or thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet. Labels: uncountable
Word: lower the boom Part of Speech: verb 1. To use one's superior physical strength. Labels: idiomatic Example: Whenever he got his Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom. 2. To scold severely. Labels: idiomatic Example: When Jack came back late from lunch, the team leader really lowered the boom on him.
Word: like water off a duck's back Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Without immediate or lasting effects. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: "She combs me down with her tongue sometimes though, but that just slips off me like water off a duck's back." Example: Scandal after scandal would break, but it would be like water off a duck's back; no heads rolled, and no one seemed particularly perturbed.
Word: water off a duck's back Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the idea that water rolls easily off a duck's back and does not penetrate the duck's feathers. 1. Something potentially harmful or hurtful, such as criticism or insult, that nevertheless has no effect or impact on the target. Labels: uncountable Example: She's always going on at him about something, but to him it's all water off a duck's back.
Word: diremption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dirēmptiō (“a separation”), from dirimō (“to separate”) + -iō (“abstract noun suffix”). 1. A ripping apart; a forceful sundering. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: burnouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of burnous Labels: form-of, plural
Word: environmental refugee Part of Speech: noun 1. Somebody who flees a country due to environmental issues, rather than political, religious or economic ones.
Word: unlaces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unlace Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: neener Part of Speech: intj 1. A hostile taunt, often repeated in a singsong voice. Labels: childish, humorous, informal, often Example: Grizzy shouted. She ran up to some old Grouch ladies. She stuck her tongue out at them. She blew a great big razzberry at them. "Neener, neener, neener!"
Word: biwa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from Japanese 琵琶 (biwa). Doublet of bipa and pipa. 1. A plucked lute, originating in the classical and traditional music of Japan, characterized by a pear-shaped body and four or five high frets, giving the instrument a distinctively twangy tone.
Word: will contest Part of Speech: noun 1. A legal action brought to dispute the validity of a will.
Word: downforce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From down + force. 1. Any force (produced by aerodynamics or gravity etc) that acts downwards
Word: will contests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of will contest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angst bunnies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angst bunny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: the ends justify the means Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of the end justifies the means. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: turnscrew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From turn + screw. 1. A screwdriver. Labels: dated Example: Striking the turnscrew through the lead with a swift downward stab, which made me wince, he made a small hole, which was, however, big enough to admit the point of the saw.
Word: evolutionary psychology Part of Speech: noun 1. A theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection. Labels: uncountable Example: You’ll have to forgive this exceptionally long post here, but for many critics of (and in) the manosphere of evolutionary psychology the following post articulates things better than I could.
Word: religieux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French religieux. Doublet of religious. Pronunciation: /ɹəlɪʒiˈɜː/, /ɹəˌlɪʒiˈu/, /ɹəˌliʒiˈu/ 1. A man bound by monastic vows; a monk. Labels: historical
Word: Romain Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from French. 2. A surname from French. 3. A commune in Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. 4. A commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. 5. A commune in Marne department, Grand Est, France. 6. A commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est.
Word: Nicol prism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Invented in 1828 by William Nicol (1770–1851) of Edinburgh. 1. An optical device used to generate polarized light. Example: “You are in mortal danger,” declared their Scientific Officer, Dr. Counterfly, a scholarly sort, bearded and bundled like the rest of them, his eyes concealed by a pair of ingenious goggles, whose lenses proved to be matched pairs of Nicol prisms which could be rotated so as to control precisely the amount of light admitted to each eye.
Word: Bengal light Part of Speech: noun 1. A bright blue flare prepared from niter, sulphur, and the black sulphide of antimony; formerly used in signalling, but now chiefly as fireworks. Example: I saw no more of it than this sort of luminous panel, sharply defined against a vague and shadowy background, like the panels which the glow of a Bengal light or a searchlight beam will cut out and illuminate in a building the other parts of which remain plunged in darkness Example: […] until at last, as if given up on our common sense, they took their leave with a salute of Bengal lights from which irony may not have been entirely absent.
Word: ulsterette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ulster + -ette. Pronunciation: /ʌlstəˈɹɛt/ 1. A small, lightweight ulster. Example: Alumni of both persuasions were milling everywhere in and out of the lobby, gesturing carelessly with foaming beer steins, sporting hats, spats, and ulsterettes vividly dyed in varying densities of the rival school hues.
Word: kieselguhr Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Kieselguhr, older spelling of Kieselgur, from Kiesel (“pebble, gravel”) + Gur (“guhr”). Pronunciation: /ˈkiːzəlɡʊə/ 1. Diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was the only name anybody seemed to know him by, “Kieselguhr” being a kind of fine clay, used to soak up nitroglycerine and stabilize it into dynamite.
Word: natatorium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin natatorium, noun use of the neuter singular of Latin natātōrius (“for swimming”). Equivalent to natatory + -ium. Pronunciation: /neɪtəˈtɔːɹɪəm/, /neɪtəˈtɔːɹi.əm/, /nætə-/, /næɾə-/ 1. A swimming pool, especially an indoor one; a building housing one or more swimming pools. Labels: US Example: This Association shall be known by the name, style and title of "The Natatorium and Institute for Scientific Instruction in the Improvement of the Physical Powers," and shall have for its object the attainment by scientific inquiry and investigation of the most desirable and beneficial mode of physical exercise, and by the scientific use of natatorial, orthopedic, gymnastic and such other physical exercise as may be prescribed by the By-Laws of this Association, to improve the health and physical condition of those who may avail themselves of the advantages of this Natatorium and Institution, in conformity with the terms of its By-Laws. Example: [page 124] Although the five public natatoriums in Milwaukee now accommodate about 1,200,000 bathers per annum, they are capable of serving 400,000 more people a year than at present. […] [page 126] [O]ne of the best ways to reform an unruly gang is to get them to be devoted to a vigorous, manly man. There seems to be very little of this spirit in the present natatoriums. This is due in part to the swarms in which the boys come to the pool whenever it is open to them.