nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: nativizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nativize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nativizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nativize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: radicose Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a large root.
Word: Burkinabes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Burkinabe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Carolingian cross Part of Speech: noun 1. A cross composed of four triquetrae which meet at the crux by their vertices.
Word: Hongkie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Hong Kong + -ie. 1. Somebody from Hong Kong; a Hong Konger, Hong Kongese. Labels: Australia, Hong-Kong, Malaysia, Singapore
Word: Hongkies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hongkie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: I-Kiribati Part of Speech: noun 1. A native or inhabitant of Kiribati.
Word: taarab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic طَرَب (ṭarab)bor. Swahili taarabbor. English taarab Borrowed from Swahili taarab, borrowed from Arabic طَرَب (ṭarab, “entertainment with music”). 1. A genre of music popular in Tanzania and Kenya, influenced by the music of cultures with a historical presence in East Africa. Labels: uncountable
Word: Shimaore Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Maore Comorian shi- Maore Comorian Maore Maore Comorian shiMaorebor. English Shimaore Borrowed from Maore Comorian shiMaore. 1. Maore Comorian, one of the two indigenous languages spoken in Mayotte.
Word: Maore Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Maore Comorian Maore. 1. Synonym of Mayotte.
Word: intervenability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intervene + -ability. 1. The quality of being intervenable. Labels: uncountable Example: Brill also considered three models of intervenability: at the patient, microsystem (patient-practice), and macrosystem (practice-system) levels.
Word: re-entrustment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + entrustment. 1. A repeated act of entrustment, whether continuing entrustment in the entrusted party, or passing entrustment on to a new party. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Where the re-entrustment is not consented to, the agent shall bear liability for the acts of the third person, unless the agent needs to re-entrust such matters for the protection of the interests of principal due to an emergency.
Word: reentrustments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reentrustment; alternative form of re-entrustments Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reentrustment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + entrustment. 1. Alternative spelling of re-entrustment. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: A reentrustment ritual, similar to the entrustment ritual described in Chapter l, can help both the parents and the first child at this difficult time.
Word: re-entrustments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of re-entrustment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stirabouts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stirabout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: re-entrust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + entrust. Pronunciation: /ɹiːɪnˈtɹʌst/ 1. To again pass trust to the care of something on to another. Example: The futures brokerage commission shall make no profit-earning pledges for their clients on the shared benefits or risks, conduct futures trading in the personal name when authorized by the companies, enterprises, or other economic organizations, and re-entrust the entrusted business or accept the re-entrusted business.
Word: re-entrusts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of re-entrust Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tarr Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: re-entrusting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of re-entrust Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: re-entrusted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of re-entrust Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: intervenably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From intervenable + -ly. 1. In a manner that enables intervention.
Word: intervenable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intervene + -able. 1. Able to be intervened in; vulnerable to intervention.
Word: reentrust Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of re-entrust. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reentrusts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reentrust Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reentrusting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reentrust Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reentrusted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reentrust Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dolesomeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dolesome + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being dolesome. Labels: uncountable
Word: dolesomely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From dolesome + -ly. 1. In a dolesome manner.
Word: sulfur tufts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sulfur tuft Labels: form-of, plural
Word: celibatarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From celibate + -arian. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛləbəˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌsɛləbəˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. One who remains celibate.
Word: celibatarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of celibatarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cellarous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cellar + -ous. 1. Like or belonging to a cellar. Example: some underground way which emitted a cellarous smell Example: But, a little side-door, which I had never observed before, stood open, and disclosed certain cellarous steps.
Word: celoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of celom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Celtiberi Part of Speech: noun 1. The Celtiberian people. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: chlorobenzyls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chlorobenzyl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antineoplaston Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + neoplastic + -on, coined by Stanislaw Burzynski. 1. Any of a group of peptides and other compounds used in a controversial unproven therapy against cancer.
Word: antineoplastons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antineoplaston Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sulphur tufts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sulphur tuft Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bdellion Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bdellium. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bardoxolone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From [Term?][Term?] + -olone (“steroid or steroid-like drug”). 1. A triterpenoid whose methyl ester has been used to suppress oxidative stress and inflammation. Labels: uncountable
Word: gray triggerfish Part of Speech: noun 1. A triggerfish of the western Atlantic, found from Nova Scotia to Argentina.
Word: cryoprotective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cryo- + protective. 1. That provides cryoprotection
Word: aphakics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aphakic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diaphonization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of diaphanization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: diaphanization Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique in which a biological specimen is treated to make the skin and tissue diaphanous (i.e. transparent) whilst retaining body shape and staining the skeleton; tissue clearing
Word: diaphanized Part of Speech: adj 1. Treated using diaphanization Labels: not-comparable
Word: diaphonized Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of diaphanized. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: immunoregulator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From immuno- + regulator. 1. A substance responsible for immunoregulation
Word: immunoregulators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immunoregulator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interferonopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From interferon + -o- + -pathy. 1. A disorder associated with an upregulation of interferon.
Word: interferonopathies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interferonopathy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kallistatin Part of Speech: noun 1. A serin protein, found in human plasma, that contains binding sites for heparin Labels: uncountable
Word: jumarring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jumar Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jumarred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jumar Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outburned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outburn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outburning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outburn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outburns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outburn Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: netblock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From net + block. 1. A block of IP addresses. Labels: Internet
Word: netblocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of netblock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tawyer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From taw + -yer. Pronunciation: /ˈtɔɪ.ə/, /ˈtɔɪ.ɚ/, /ˈtɔ.jɚ/ 1. Alternative form of tawer. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: If the skins were bought from the butcher or fellmonger by a tawyer or whittawyer, rather than a tanner, the process used was different.
Word: microgranuloma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + granuloma. 1. A microscopic granuloma
Word: microgranulomas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microgranuloma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rexinoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any synthetic agent that binds specifically to a retinoid "X" receptor
Word: rexinoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rexinoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neurophilosopher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + philosopher. 1. One who studies neurophilosophy.
Word: neurophilosophers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neurophilosopher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neurophilosophical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuro- + philosophical. 1. Relating to neurophilosophy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: neurophilosophy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + philosophy. 1. The interdisciplinary study of neuroscience and philosophy that explores the relevance of neuroscientific studies to the arguments traditionally categorized as philosophy of mind. Labels: uncountable
Word: luskishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From luskish + -ness. 1. Laziness; sloth. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: But, when he saw his foe before in vew, / He shooke off luskishnesse […]
Word: FAETUPAC Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit (Pacific) Squadron. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: The US Navy loves acronyms, and sometimes creates lip-curlers like FAETUPAC – Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit Pacific, our host for the day. Example: As the testing continued throughout 1947 and 1948, the operational use of TBM-3Ws was accomplished through the Fleet Aviation Electronic Training Units (Atlantic-FAETULANT and Pacific-FAETUPAC).
Word: slop shoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slop + shoot. 1. A waste disposal shoot. Labels: obsolete Example: The construction and contents of a particular slop-shoot are thus described by Dr. Whitmore[?]. It was a large space of about 200 feet square, built up at the sides to a considerable height by means of paving stones, so that the liquid matter thrown into it should not escape, and this was filled up to a height of some six feet with what is called the “slop” from the streets. Example: In every passageway where the passengers’ cabins are situated, there is a steward’s station. This is a small space provided with a working table with either a fixed or a folding seat, a locker for storing cleaning materials and a slop sink (see section 184) or a slop shoot (see section 166 part I). 2. A drinking establishment for US Marines. Labels: US, slang Example: Meet me at the slopshoot On the old Wangpoo Bring along your dipnet There's enough for two. We'll have mashed potatoes And some Navy stew Meet me at the slopshoot Example: The combined club system. I know years ago when I first came in the Marine Corps, I could go down to the slop shoot—that is what we referred to them as in those days; buy a drink for 10 cents; staff sergeants, 15 cents; officers, 20 cents.
Word: fertility rates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fertility rate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: death rates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of death rate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fantastika Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian фантастика (fantastika). 1. speculative fiction Labels: uncountable Example: As literary figures in late 20th-century fantastika, the characters in Banks' first three novels have plenty of Dark Twins grinning at them from tomorrow—and from right now, and from yesterday, and from other places that may or may not exist […]
Word: guids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guid; Alternative form of GUIDs. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bromoperoxidases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bromoperoxidase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypobromites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypobromite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smoothhounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smoothhound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smoothhound Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of smooth hound. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Pammie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Pam + -ie. 1. A diminutive of the female given name Pamela.
Word: Baslers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Basler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deathhawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of death + mohawk. 1. A mohawk hairstyle with voluminous teased or backcombed hair, common in the deathrock subculture.
Word: deathhawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deathhawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pulpitless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pulpit + -less. 1. Without a pulpit. Labels: not-comparable
Word: horseproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From horse + -proof. 1. Resistant to horses; preventing a horse from escaping. Labels: not-comparable Example: a horseproof fence or gate
Word: semimarine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + marine. 1. Somewhat or partly marine. Labels: not-comparable Example: a semimarine climate
Word: ays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moortops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moortop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tuneth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: tune + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tune Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: attuneth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: attune + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of attune Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: counterdiscourse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + discourse. 1. A way of thinking that opposes an institutionalized discourse. Example: Counterdiscourses such as postcolonial and resistance literatures struggle with their hybrid nature. They generally find it necessary to appropriate the language and techniques of the center which they oppose.
Word: counterdiscourses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterdiscourse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grippies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grippie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blogring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blog + ring. 1. A kind of webring connecting blogs. Labels: Internet
Word: blogrings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blogring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ringspun Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ring + spun. 1. Manufactured by ring spinning. Labels: not-comparable
Word: awaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From awake + -er. 1. One who awakes.
Word: awakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of awaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ring spinning Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of spinning fibres to make a yarn. The roving is first attenuated by using drawing rollers, then spun and wound around a rotating spindle contained within an independently rotating ring flyer. Labels: uncountable
Word: Kinois Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French Kinois. 1. Kinshasan Labels: not-comparable
Word: Kinois Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Kinois. 1. Kinshasan
Word: Buddhistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Buddhistic + -ally. 1. as a Buddhist, in a manner of a Buddhist Labels: not-comparable
Word: sight to behold Part of Speech: noun 1. Something amazing or spectacular, or when sarcastic, something ugly or revolting Labels: idiomatic Example: 10 December 2010, Mike Selvey in The Guardian Online, The Ashes 2010: The right approach and Steven Finn can be a Typhoonhttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/dec/10/the-ashes-2010-steven-finn-england?INTCMP=SRCH A bowler in full stride off a long run-up is a sight to behold, but shorter may prove better for the tall England seamer Example: For Ann and her officers were indeed a sight to behold. Her Majesty's clothing, once so rich and gorgeous, was now worn and torn into shreds by her long crawl through the tunnel, which, by the way, had led her directly into the Metal Forest.
Word: network printer Part of Speech: noun 1. A printer that receives its print jobs through a print server, as opposed to processing print jobs directly.
Word: print server Part of Speech: noun 1. A server that processes print jobs and sends them to one or more printers.
Word: catabatic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of katabatic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: sericate Part of Speech: adj 1. silky; covered with silky down Labels: not-comparable
Word: ærugo Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of aerugo. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: bluenoser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See bluenose. 1. A native or inhabitant of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Labels: slang
Word: bluenosers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bluenoser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deramp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + ramp. 1. To remove (goods or containers) from a railroad flatcar using special equipment. Labels: transitive 2. To use a deramp process in order to clean up an electronic signal. Example: a phase deramping function
Word: deramp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + ramp. 1. A process for cleaning up electronic signals such as radar, in which a received signal is mixed with a reference signal in order to highlight differences in frequencies. Example: In the deramp process, the principle of continuous radar with a linearly frequency-modulated wave is applied to a pulsed radar. Example: Deramp processing entails mixing (i.e., multiplying) the return signal with two sinusoidal carriers of frequency fc and then low-pass-filtering the two resulting signals.
Word: deramped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deramp Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deramping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deramp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deramps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deramp Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: imzadi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the American science-fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, in which it is a term of endearment used by the Betazoid race, said to mean "beloved." Pronunciation: /ɪmˈzɑːdi/ 1. A person with whom one shares a profound spiritual bond; a soulmate. Labels: slang Example: I have a 2 year old son, and my major interests include science fiction TV (Star Trek, X-Files), music, books and movies. […] I am looking for my imzadi, and hope to meet her someday. Example: So I'll probably run about the neighborhood with my imzadi (what I've decided to call my 'best-friend-person' now. It's a Star Trek term, Betazoid stuff.) […]
Word: eonothem Part of Speech: noun 1. The totality of rock strata laid down in the stratigraphic record during a certain eon of the continuous geologic timescale.
Word: eonothems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eonothem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PSC Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of Point St. Charles (Pointe Saint-Charles) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Initialism of Public Service of Canada. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PSC Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of primary sclerosing cholangitis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of polar stratospheric cloud. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of private security company Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of private security contractor Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of polar security cutter Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PSC Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initials of Mandarin PSC: 普通話水平測試／普通话水平测试 (pǔtōnghuà shuǐpíng cèshì). 1. Initialism of Putonghua Proficiency Test, standardized test of Standard Mandarin Chinese proficiency for native speakers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Stenny Part of Speech: name 1. Stenhousemuir Labels: slang
Word: perigalacticons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perigalacticon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: WPBSA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Bo'ness Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /boʊˈnɛs/ 1. Shortened from Borrowstounness, a coastal town in Falkirk council area, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland (OS grid ref NS9981).
Word: sibyllic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sibyl + -ic. 1. Of or relating to a sibyl (pagan female oracle or prophetess).
Word: Galfridian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From his Latin name, Galfridus Monemutensis, + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Geoffrey of Monmouth (c.1100–c.1155), cleric and one of the major figures in the development of British historiography and the popularity of tales of King Arthur. Example: The clerical opponents of the Reformation systematically invoked Galfridian prophecy to justify their resistance.
Word: artbook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From art + book. 1. A book about art, particularly concept art for an animated media production. 2. A book containing art.
Word: artbooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of artbook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: upcharge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up- + charge. 1. A surcharge for something additional, especially an upgrade (optional amenity).
Word: upcharge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + charge. 1. To charge extra or to overcharge (charge someone a surcharge, or charge too much). 2. To overcharge (charge someone with an inflated number or degree of legal charges). Example: Threaten to upcharge, threaten consecutive sentencing.
Word: upcharges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of upcharge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: upcharges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of upcharge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vitiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From vitious + -ly. 1. Obsolete form of viciously. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: pretiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pretious + -ly. 1. Obsolete form of preciously. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: malitious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin malitiōsus. 1. Obsolete form of malicious. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And novv, if you are a Malitious Reader, I expect you ſhould return upon me, that I affect to be thought more Impartial than I am.
Word: malitiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From malitious + -ly. 1. Obsolete form of maliciously. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: leap down someone's throat Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of jump down someone's throat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: climb down someone's throat Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of jump down someone's throat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: poopless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poop + -less; in the sense of "frightened", a euphemism for shitless. 1. Without poop (feces). Labels: informal, not-comparable 2. frightened. Labels: childish, figuratively, informal, not-comparable Example: That thunderclap was so loud it scared me poopless!
Word: oppositional defiant disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. A childhood disorder characterized by an ongoing pattern of anger-guided disobedience, hostility, and defiant behavior toward authority figures. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ODD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of oppositional defiant disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of optical disc drive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: MARTA Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: I used some of my summer stipend to buy a MARTA pass, so I could have unlimited access to the 66 Lynhurst.
Word: petnapper Part of Speech: noun 1. One who steals or abducts a pet (domestic animal).
Word: petnappers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of petnapper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frequentive Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of frequentative. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: programmed obsolescence Part of Speech: noun 1. planned obsolescence implemented through deliberate limitations in software or hardware Labels: uncountable
Word: guitarwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guitar + work. 1. The technically accomplished playing of a guitar. Labels: uncountable Example: This song has great guitarwork, especially in the solo at the end.
Word: Lusophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Luso- + -philia. Pronunciation: /ˌluːsəˈfɪlɪə/ 1. Love or admiration for Portuguese things. Labels: uncountable
Word: lusophilia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Lusophilia. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: skux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, but has been dubiously claimed to derive from Samoan sitati (sometimes colloquially pronounced as sikaki), which in turn is from English study. 1. stud, player, womaniser Labels: New-Zealand, colloquial
Word: Christmas graduate Part of Speech: noun 1. A freshman who drops out of college at the end of the first semester. Labels: US, humorous, idiomatic
Word: darken a church door Part of Speech: verb 1. To go to church to attend a service. Labels: idiomatic
Word: different strokes for different folks Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: 1950s US origin, popularized by Muhammad Ali (1966) and later the song "Everyday People" by Sly Stone (1968). 1. Different people like different things; there's no accounting for taste. Example: There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one / That won't accept the red one, that won't accept the white one / Different strokes for different folks
Word: dirt file Part of Speech: noun 1. A compilation of negative gossip or facts about someone. Labels: idiomatic
Word: discretion is the better part of valor Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative spelling of discretion is the better part of valour. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: do you mind Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to politely ask someone for a favor. Example: Do you mind if I turn on the radio? Example: Do you mind coming into the office for a moment? 2. A rhetorical question used to inform someone that they are being intrusive or annoying. Example: Do you mind? I'm trying to work here!
Word: don't knock it till you've tried it Part of Speech: phrase 1. One should not criticize or dismiss something before one has experienced it. Labels: informal Example: Try to wear a face without no passion / Masquerade around like love's old fashioned / Just because it's not something you got / Don't knock it till you've tried it Example: Brenda snagged an extra peeler from the drawer and sat at the table with Jill. “I don't know why anyone would want to live in New York City.” “Don't knock it till you've tried it, Brenda,” Carly said, adding a dash of salt to the Waldorf salad.
Word: drawing card Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of drawcard (“something that attracts patronage to a place or an event”). Labels: idiomatic Example: In a dramatic display of strength, the Boston/Boise Committee held its first major fundraising event last Weekend at the Arlington Street Church. With author Gore Vidal, as the evening's drawing card, more than $4,000 was raised on behalf of […]
Word: drugstore cowboy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1922 in the San Antonio Evening News. The second sense derives from soda fountains and ice cream counters as a once popular meeting spot in drugstores. 1. Someone who dresses and acts like a cowboy but has none of the skills. Labels: dated Example: When we first came to California and we started putting on Westerns, there were no riders in Hollywood; they were all drugstore cowboys. Example: The Soviet Union, he [Marlin Fitzwater] insisted, was engaged “in a very strange pattern of public-relations gambits”; he compared Mikhail Gorbachev to a “drugstore cowboy,” an old-fashioned term for a pretentious impostor. 2. A young man who loafs around town, especially a lady's man who hangs out in public places in an attempt to pick up girls. Example: When any of these jazz-age drugstore cowboys starts trying to fool around with his sister, he won't mince his words. He'll say, "See here, now, what do you mean, trying to ruin my sister?" Example: I saw Duel in the Sun late one Friday afternoon, came out blinking at the drugstore cowboys standing in front of the fly-spattered windows of the cafe across the street […]
Word: dying seconds Part of Speech: noun 1. The very final part of something timed, especially a sports game. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while Part of Speech: proverb 1. A usually unreliable person can be right sometimes, even if it is just by chance.
Word: not worth writing home about Part of Speech: adj 1. Being nothing to write home about; unremarkable and mediocre. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: The powdered eggs, instant potatoes and dried bacon were not worth writing home about, but it was edible and satisfied the immediate hunger.
Word: TV series Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of television series. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crude birth rate Part of Speech: noun 1. Number of childbirths in a society per 1,000 people per year
Word: crude death rate Part of Speech: noun 1. Number of deaths in a society per 1,000 people per year
Word: natural increase rate Part of Speech: noun 1. The difference between the crude birth rate and the crude death rate of a population
Word: demographic transition Part of Speech: noun 1. The process that represents the transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yet it does bring up a much more real problem about China's demographic transition, which has led some to argue that China will "get old before it gets rich."
Word: transwomyn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From transwoman, with woman respelled womyn (see that entry). 1. Alternative spelling of trans womyn. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:transwomyn.
Word: steatitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steato- + -itis. 1. Inflammation of a fatty tissue. Labels: uncountable
Word: microinequity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + inequity. 1. A small gesture or other minor treatment that discriminates against an individual. Example: Near-synonym: microaggression Example: Specifically, store personnel displayed microinequities—they smiled less, they spoke fewer words, and they were more rude and less friendly with heavy (versus nonheavy) individuals.
Word: microinequities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microinequity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: round heart disease Part of Speech: noun 1. A cardiomyopathy in birds, characterized by unusual roundness of the heart. Labels: uncountable
Word: tauopathies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tauopathy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kemet Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian kmt (“Egypt”): km-m-t:O49, ultimately from Egyptian km (“black”), referring to the fertile black soil of the Nile Delta. 1. Synonym of Ancient Egypt.
Word: tauopathic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to tauopathy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: argyrophilic grain disease Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of dementia marked by the presence of abundant argyrophilic grains and coiled bodies on microscopic examination of brain tissue. Labels: uncountable
Word: axillofemoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From axillo- + femoral. 1. Relating to the axillary and femoral arteries Labels: not-comparable
Word: Besnier-Boeck disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease. 1. sarcoidosis Labels: uncountable
Word: Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Ernest Besnier, Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck, and Jörgen Nilsen Schaumann. 1. sarcoidosis Labels: uncountable
Word: black urine disease Part of Speech: noun 1. alkaptonuria Labels: uncountable
Word: Blount's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for Walter Putnam Blount. 1. A growth disorder of the tibia (shin bone) that causes the lower leg to angle inward, resembling a bowleg. Labels: uncountable
Word: tibia vara Part of Speech: noun 1. Blount's disease. Labels: uncountable
Word: Bang's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Danish veterinarian Bernhard Bang, who isolated the related bacillus in 1897. 1. brucellosis Labels: uncountable
Word: Basedow's syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Karl Adolph von Basedow, who reported its symptoms in 1840. 1. Graves' disease Labels: uncountable
Word: Buerger's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Described in 1908 by Leo Buerger. 1. thromboangiitis obliterans Labels: uncountable
Word: blue-ear pig disease Part of Speech: noun 1. An economically important disease in pigs caused by the Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, in genus Arterivirus. Labels: uncountable
Word: Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease Part of Speech: noun 1. Canavan disease Labels: uncountable
Word: Canavan disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Myrtelle Canavan, American physician and medical researcher. 1. A degenerative disorder that causes progressive damage to nerve cells in the brain. Labels: uncountable
Word: Curschmann-Steinert disease Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of myotonic dystrophy (type 1). Labels: uncountable
Word: disease mongering Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses in order to expand the markets for treatments. Labels: derogatory, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: overmedicalization, pathologization
Word: desert rheumatism Part of Speech: noun 1. coccidioidomycosis Labels: uncountable
Word: San Joaquin Valley fever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the San Joaquin Valley in California, where the disease occurs 1. coccidioidomycosis Labels: uncountable
Word: osteoarthritics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of osteoarthritic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postarthritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + arthritic. 1. After arthritis. Labels: not-comparable Example: postarthritic deformity
Word: weedkilling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weed + killing. 1. The destruction of weeds (unwanted plants). Labels: uncountable
Word: Quie syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after P. Quie. 1. Chronic granulomatous disease Labels: uncountable
Word: uremic frost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the frosty white appearance. 1. Crystals of urea that are excreted onto the skin in cases of uremia. Labels: uncountable
Word: CKD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of chronic kidney disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of complete knockdown. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: Dupuytren's contracture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Baron Guillaume Dupuytren, the surgeon who described a corrective operation for the affliction in the Lancet in 1831. Pronunciation: /dəˈpwiːˌtɹɒnz kənˈtɹæktʃɚ/, /dəˈpwiːtɹənz kənˈtɹæktʃɚ/ 1. A fixed flexion contracture of the hand where the fingers bend towards the palm and cannot be fully extended (straightened). It is an inherited proliferative connective tissue disorder which involves the palmar fascia of the hand. Labels: uncountable
Word: English disease Part of Speech: name Etymology: A calque of phrases from various languages, including the French maladie anglaise, Polish angielska choroba, German englische Krankheit, and the Russian англи́йская боле́знь (anglíjskaja boléznʹ). 1. Football (soccer) hooliganism. 2. Depression (especially suicidal). 3. Hypochondria. 4. Sweating sickness. 5. Gout. 6. Rickets. 7. Syphilis. 8. Bronchitis. 9. Tuberculosis. 10. Laziness; low motivation. 11. Poor industrial relations and the resulting economic weakness. 12. Masochism, especially a fondness for flagellation. 13. Gambling. 14. Haemophilia. 15. Homosexuality.
Word: extramammary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + mammary. 1. Outside the mammary gland. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intramammary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + mammary. 1. Within the mammary gland. Labels: not-comparable
Word: French disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The full explanation of why syphilis was called the French disease as a calque across various languages involves a 1495 outbreak involving French soldiers (more in Wikipedia at History of syphilis); but it is also true that this term is one of several that blame othered ethnicities for distasteful and unseemly things. 1. Syphilis. Labels: dated, euphemistic, uncountable Example: Although the Inquisition trials dealing with the French disease are few in number, the cases provide competing opinions about the cause of illness, thereby providing some insights into how the categories of natural and supernatural[…]
Word: slapped cheek syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. An Erythrovirus infection characterized by redness of the cheeks. Labels: uncountable
Word: Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. Hallervorden-Spatz disease Labels: uncountable
Word: Hallervorden-Spatz disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally named after Julius Hallervorden and Hugo Spatz but renamed to pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration after Hallervorden and Spatz's Nazi party ties were discovered and the eponymous distinction was revoked. 1. Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration Labels: uncountable
Word: wug word Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wug, a made-up word used in the so-called wug test to investigate the acquisition of the plural form in English-speaking children. Coined in the 1950s by Dr. Jean Berko Gleason. 1. Synonym of pseudoword.
Word: Ollier disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after French surgeon Louis Léopold Ollier. 1. A rare disorder in which intraosseous benign cartilaginous tumors (enchondroma) develop close to growth plate cartilage. Labels: uncountable
Word: Kennedy's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First described by William R. Kennedy in 1968. 1. Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy Labels: uncountable
Word: Ledderhose's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Dr. Georg Ledderhose, a German surgeon who described the condition for the first time in 1894. 1. plantar fibromatosis Labels: uncountable
Word: Osgood-Schlatter disease Part of Speech: noun 1. epiphysitis of the tibial tubercle; an irritation of the patellar ligament at the tibial tuberosity, characterized by painful lumps just below the knee; most often seen in young adolescents Labels: uncountable
Word: Osgood-Schlatter syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. Osgood-Schlatter disease Labels: uncountable
Word: epiphysitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epiphysis + -itis. 1. inflammation of the epiphysis Labels: uncountable
Word: diaphysitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diaphysis + -itis. 1. inflammation of the diaphysis Labels: uncountable
Word: Little's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Dr William John Little, whose first recorded encounter with cerebral palsy is reported to have been among children who displayed signs of spastic diplegia. 1. spastic diplegia Labels: uncountable
Word: Mondor's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Henri Mondor (1885-1962), a surgeon in Paris, France who first described the disease in 1939. 1. A rare condition involving thrombophlebitis of the superficial veins of the breast and anterior chest wall. Labels: uncountable
Word: Monge's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First described in 1925 by Carlos Monge. 1. chronic mountain sickness Labels: uncountable
Word: Pick's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Arnold Pick, psychiatry professor who first discovered and described the disease in 1892. 1. A rare neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive destruction of nerve cells in the brain. Symptoms include aphasia and dementia. Labels: uncountable Example: Pick’s disease was like dementia for middle-aged people. Toward the end she couldn’t even speak or seem to understand anything anyone said to her.
Word: Riggs' disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American dentist John W. Riggs (1811–1885). 1. pyorrhea of a tooth socket; a purulent inflammation of the dental periosteum, producing the progressive necrosis of the alveoli and looseness of the teeth Labels: uncountable
Word: nodding disease Part of Speech: noun 1. A poorly understood disease of Africa, characterized by stunted growth and a nodding seizure when eating or feeling cold. Labels: uncountable
Word: nodding syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of nodding disease. Labels: uncountable
Word: white muscle disease Part of Speech: noun 1. Nutritional muscular dystrophy Labels: uncountable
Word: Scheuermann's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Holger Werfel Scheuermann, Danish surgeon. 1. A form of juvenile osteochondrosis of the spine. Labels: uncountable
Word: wobbler disease Part of Speech: noun 1. A condition of the cervical vertebrae that causes an unsteady, wobbling gait and weakness in dogs and horses. Labels: uncountable
Word: Legg-Calvé-Perthes syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease Labels: uncountable
Word: Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after three doctors who independently studied it: Arthur Legg (1874–1939), Jacques Calvé (1875–1954), and Georg Perthes (1869–1927). 1. A childhood hip disorder initiated by a disruption of blood flow to the ball of the femur, which subsequently stops growing. Labels: uncountable
Word: Weil's syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First described by Adolf Weil in 1886. 1. leptospirosis Labels: uncountable
Word: Fort Bragg fever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In reference to an outbreak at Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty), North Carolina in 1942. 1. leptospirosis Labels: uncountable
Word: black jaundice Part of Speech: noun 1. leptospirosis Labels: uncountable
Word: Takahara's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Described by Shigeo Takahara and others in a 1960 paper. 1. acatalasaemia Labels: uncountable
Word: Schamberg disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Jay Frank Schamberg, who described it in 1901. 1. A chronic discoloration of the skin, usually affecting the legs, most common in males. Labels: uncountable
Word: Pendred syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Vaughan Pendred (1869–1946), English doctor who first described the condition in 1896. 1. A genetic disorder leading to congenital bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and goitre with occasional hypothyroidism. Labels: uncountable
Word: Pendred disease Part of Speech: noun 1. Pendred syndrome Labels: uncountable
Word: sixth disease Part of Speech: noun 1. exanthema subitum Labels: uncountable
Word: Panner disease Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the Danish radiologist Hans Jessen Panner. 1. osteochondrosis of the capitellum of the elbow, causing pain and stiffness
Word: POEMS syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Bardwick et al in 1980 as an acronym of some of the main features (though this list is neither exhaustive nor always accurate): polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy or edema, M-protein (an abnormal immunoglobulin), and skin abnormalities. 1. A rare medical syndrome, the combination of a plasma-cell proliferative disorder (typically myeloma), polyneuropathy, and effects on many other organ systems. Labels: uncountable
Word: endocrinosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endocrine + -osis. 1. disease of the endocrine system Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: endocrinopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endocrine + -pathy. 1. Any disease of the endocrine system. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: endocrinopathies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of endocrinopathy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pathophysiologist Part of Speech: noun 1. One who works in the field of pathophysiology.
Word: pathoanatomist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos)der. English patho- Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἀνατέμνω (anatémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀνατομή (anatomḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin anatomiader. Old French anatomiebor. Middle English anatomie English anatomy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English anatomist English pathoanatomist From patho- + anatomist. 1. One who works in the field of pathoanatomy.
Word: pathophysiologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pathophysiologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pathoanatomists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pathoanatomist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pathoanatomical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos)der. English patho- Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἀνατέμνω (anatémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀνατομή (anatomḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin anatomiader. Old French anatomiebor. Middle English anatomie English anatomy English pathoanatomy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English pathoanatomical From pathoanatomy + -ical. 1. Relating to pathoanatomy. Labels: not-comparable