nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mileposting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of milepost Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.
Word: milestoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of milestone Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: milestoned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of milestone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: phonoabsorption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. English phono- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin absorptiōder. English absorption English phonoabsorption From phono- + absorption. 1. the absorption of sound Labels: uncountable 2. soundproofing Labels: uncountable
Word: photointerpreter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + interpreter. 1. An expert at photointerpretation
Word: photointerpreters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photointerpreter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geolocates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of geolocate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: geolocating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of geolocate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mangoing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mango Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exoethnonym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exo- + ethnonym. 1. An ethnonym used by those who do not belong to the ethnic group it describes.
Word: endoethnonym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endo- + ethnonym. 1. An ethnonym used by those who belong to the ethnic group it describes.
Word: exoethnonyms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exoethnonym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: endoethnonyms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of endoethnonym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gospel truth Part of Speech: noun 1. undeniable truth, such as that revealed by God Labels: often, uncountable, usually Example: Most of the advice dished out is empty calories and often presented as the gospel truth. But there is no such thing as gospel truth because everyone's situation is unique and no one investment is right unless it is considered with an investment plan. Example: Every reality and, above all this eternal one, is simply there, and that is all. Yet this gospel truth which God sent into the world is not just to be there, i. e., in existence; it is to save men, and thus the men it has saved, the living God's church, bear it as a pillar, yea as a foundation bears its superstructure.
Word: Gospel truth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gospel truth. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: pathia Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpati.ə/ 1. A hot, sweet, and sour curry, developed and predominantly available in the curry houses of the United Kingdom, whose main ingredients are chillies, white wine vinegar, fresh ginger, sugar, garlic, coriander, and (optionally) tamarind. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mamihlapinatapai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a Yámana word mamihlapinatapai, which The Guinness Book of Records listed as the "most succinct word," defining it as "looking at each other hoping that either will offer to do something which both parties desire but are unwilling to do." The word is a regularly-derived form of the verb ihlvpi /iɬəpi/, meaning "to feel awkward" or "to be at a loss for what to do": ma[m]- refl/recp + ihlvpi + :n[a]- stative + -at[a]- caus + -a:pai du. Its literal meaning is therefore roughly "to make each other both feel awkward". 1. A situation in which all participants want something to be done, but none want to do it. Labels: uncountable Example: By contrast, if that same face looks away from us, the activity in this area diminishes, lire heightened dopamine activity is not rooted in the attractiveness of the gazer per se, but in the potential for interaction signaled by eye contact, mamihlapinatapei. Example: The Volunteer's Dilemma, or mamihlapinatapai, is a game of Chicken with many participants.
Word: delurk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + lurk. 1. To reveal oneself, after lurking; to establish a presence on an online newsgroup, forum, etc. Labels: Internet, intransitive
Word: delurk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + lurk. 1. A revealing of oneself after lurking, especially a first post.
Word: delurking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of delurk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: delurks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of delurk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: delurked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of delurk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: botkin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bodkin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cowarde Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of coward. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cowardes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cowarde Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orizon Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of orison. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: orizons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orizon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nimph Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of nymph. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: A Nimph is marryed to a Fay, Great preparations for the Day, All Rites of Nuptials they recite you, To the Brydall and inuite you.
Word: wearie Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of weary. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: curdog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cur-dogge, kurdogge, curredogge, equivalent to cur + dog. 1. A cur Labels: archaic, derogatory 2. A cur Labels: archaic, derogatory, figuratively Example: Coward, go with thy Caitive soul, thou Cur Dog. 3. A cur Labels: archaic Example: Thereto right well this Curdog by my coste (Meaning the Foxe) will serve, my sheepe to gather And drive to follow after their Belwether.
Word: curdogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curdog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spitals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spital Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ōyamatsumi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 大山祇 (Ōyamatsumi, literally “great mountain god”). 1. A brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi, and an important kami in charge of the mountains and the sea. Sometimes also viewed as in charge of sake brewing and war. Labels: Japanese Example: […], this mountain was a cult site for the kami Ōmiwa Myōjin and Ōyamatsumi, and a shrine temple dedicated to these deities already existed there. Example: When Saichō (767-822) established Enryakuji on Mount Hiei as his Tendai center he adopted the already enshrined kami of the cultic site, Ōmiwa Myōjin and Ōyamatsumi, as tutelary deities of the monastic center.
Word: talking clock Part of Speech: noun 1. A telephone service where a pre-recorded message gives the correct time. Labels: informal
Word: fat lava Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of gaudy, vibrant, pottery decoration, common in West Germany from the 1950s to the 1970s. Labels: uncountable 2. Any pottery item of this style. Labels: broadly, uncountable
Word: Dažbog Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *Daďьbogъ. 1. One of the major gods of Slavic mythology, most likely a solar deity and possibly a cultural hero.
Word: Dazhbog Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Dažbog. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Dazbog Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Dažbog. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Dazhdbog Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Dažbog. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Dadzbóg Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Dažbog. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: amphiploidy Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being amphiploid Labels: uncountable
Word: effability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin effābilitās. 1. The quality or state of being effable. Labels: uncountable Example: In linguistics, the Principle of Effability asserts that every natural language can express any human thought that is expressible at all in [any] natural language.
Word: wadjela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Nyunga wadjela, itself from English white fella. 1. A white person. Labels: Australia Example: It was the wadjelas that created the ‘one drop’ rule, that defined anybody with a single bla(c)k ancestor as black. […] ‘Traditional’ is such loaded language, enshrining a belief that we are stuck in the past rather than being one of the most adaptable cultures in history, that some of us are using ‘classical’ instead when referring to any part of Aboriginal culture that appears similar to what it is imagined we produced before wadjela came.
Word: wadjela Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Nyunga wadjela, itself from English white fella. 1. Relating to white people. Labels: Australia Example: Finally, the colonisers were attempting genocide, they wanted us all dead. If I identified with my wadjela ancestry at the expense of my Aboriginality, the colonisers win.
Word: holomyoglobin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From holo- + myoglobin. 1. myoglobin from which the central heme subunit has not been removed Labels: uncountable
Word: manorway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From manor + way. 1. A roadway, typically a dead end, giving access from a manor or village to marshy common land, often near a river. Example: Its course, still widening, lies across the road which leads from the village to the church, where there must have been of old a ford or a bridge (for the level of the present road has been heightened), and thence along a ravine now partly filled up by a manorway leaving a deep ditch on each side. Example: Perry's labours were at the extremity of a long manor-way. This chace or lane ran a mile and a-half down lonesome marshes, pleasant enough in the summer months, but dull and dismal in the winter.
Word: pre-Abrahamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + Abrahamic. 1. Pertaining to the time before the arrival of Abrahamic religions. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Galvano Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Galvano, from Latin Galbanus, from Galba + -anus (“-an”), from galba (“larva, worm, fatty”), from Gaulish of uncertain meaning. Doublet of Galvao, Galvan, and Galvani. 1. A surname from Italian
Word: gas dynamics Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of fluid dynamics concerning gases Labels: uncountable
Word: Chandpur Part of Speech: name Etymology: A transliteration of Bengali চাঁদপুর (cãdpur), a compound of চাঁদ (cãd, “moon”) + পুর (pura, “city”), due to the city's association with someone whose name contained the first element. 1. The principal city of Chandpur District
Word: gastrodynia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gastro- + -odynia. 1. gastralgia (stomach pain) Labels: uncountable
Word: georeferencing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of georeference Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: georeferencing Part of Speech: noun 1. location using a coordinate system Labels: uncountable
Word: care home Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From care + home. 1. A place of residence for people who have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly, but who do not need constant nursing care.
Word: Lusophile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Luso- + -phile. 1. Liking the Portuguese language or culture.
Word: Lusophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Luso- + -phile. 1. One who likes the Portuguese language or culture.
Word: Lusophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lusophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lusophobe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Luso- + -phobe. 1. That hates the Portuguese language or culture.
Word: nitrary Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where potassium nitrate or saltpetre is produced.
Word: FH Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of familial hypercholesterolemia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Farmington Hills, a city in Michigan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: Sokoto Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hausa Sakkwato. 1. A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Sokoto City. Example: It rains almost everywhere, even in Sokoto, where you can practically smell the Sahara. 2. A city, the state capital of Sokoto State, Nigeria. 3. A former caliphate in West Africa centred on the city of Sokoto; extant from 1804 to 1903. Labels: historical
Word: DSVPS Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of direct server VPS. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: hermie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hermit + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːmi/, /ˈhɝmi/ 1. A hermit crab. Labels: childish, informal Example: Your hermies need a second home to chill out in whenever they're sick or molting. Example: […] she went right to work catching hermies in the millpond […]
Word: hermie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From herm + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːmi/, /ˈhɝmi/ 1. A hermaphrodite. Labels: informal Example: If a favorite variety tends to “go hermie", growers often pick out individual male flowers as they are discovered. Some growers let the pollen from these hermaphrodites fertilize females. Example: 2007, KS Augustin, Hunted Hermaphrodite Lover, Challis Tower (publ.), →ISBN. Get rid of the hermie, get rid of the sex-starved engineer, jail the saboteur, write the reports, then sit back and enjoy the peace.
Word: hermies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hermie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ball mill Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that grinds material very finely by means of a horizontally rotating drum containing ceramic or metal balls
Word: Bauchi Part of Speech: name 1. A state of Nigeria in the North East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Bauchi City. 2. The largest city and state capital of Bauchi State, Nigeria.
Word: middle tilde Part of Speech: noun 1. A tilde that runs through a character halfway up instead of being placed above it. Example: The symbol ᵮ is a letter f with a middle tilde.
Word: Kumiko Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Japanese 駒実子 (Kumiko) and many other spellings. See くみこ. 1. A female given name from Japanese.
Word: veiner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vein + -er. 1. A tool for cutting small decorative furrows in the surface of a piece of wood. 2. A pastry mould used to create an impression in the shape of a veined leaf.
Word: nitraries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nitrary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mam Part of Speech: name 1. A Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas and the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu.
Word: Mam Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh Mam (“Mum, Mom”). 1. One’s mother. Labels: Ireland, Wales, informal Example: Need a cwtch from Mam I do.
Word: apragmatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + pragmatically. 1. Not pragmatically. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: busuuti Part of Speech: noun 1. A gomesi. Example: Grandmother walked hard, her steps pummelling the ground, her busuuti flapping.
Word: busuutis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of busuuti Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maloca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Brazilian Portuguese maloca, from Spanish maloca (“raid, attack”), from Mapudungun malocán (“to fight”). 1. An ancestral longhouse used by the natives of the Amazon, notably in Colombia and Brazil.
Word: malocas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maloca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semierect Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + erect. 1. Partially or somewhat erect. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is a singular and very interesting sight to watch a Mias making his way leisurely through the forest. He walks deliberately along some of the larger branches in the semi-erect attitude which the great length of his arms and the shortness of his legs cause him naturally to assume; and the disproportion between these limbs is increased by his walking on his knuckles, not on the palm of the hand, as we should do. Example: Elytra a little longer than wide conjointly, finely striate, intervals with a row of moderately coarse elongate punctures each bearing a semierect hair, surface subgranularly alutaceous. 2. Partially or somewhat erect. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having a partially or somewhat erect penis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: endoglucanases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of endoglucanase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: galed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gale Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: an hero Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originated as a meme on the /b/ board of the 4chan community. Inspired by a grammatical error in a poem written and posted by a classmate to the MySpace memorial page of a teenager who committed suicide in 2006. Pronunciation: /æn ˈhɪəɹəʊ/ 1. To commit suicide. Labels: Internet, intransitive, transitive Example: So an hero already. Example: It soon became a trend on 4chan to describe someone as “an hero”—before it morphed into the verb form: “I'm going to an hero.”
Word: an hero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originated as a meme on the /b/ board of the 4chan community. Inspired by a grammatical error in a poem written and posted by a classmate to the MySpace memorial page of a teenager who committed suicide in 2006. Pronunciation: /æn ˈhɪəɹəʊ/ 1. A suicidee; one who commits suicide. Labels: Internet Example: In the clip, Dave Mustaine (our hero of the story, yet not yet "an hero") is shown recording "Through the Darkest Hour" a song about wanting to kill yourself because your bird left you. Example: Some of us were beginning to think you'd made yourself into "an hero" for Christmas, but I always knew you'd be back.
Word: Düsseldorfer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Düsseldorfer. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Düsseldorf, capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Word: -women Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From women, plural of woman. 1. plural of -woman Labels: form-of, morpheme, plural Example: horsewomen, sportswomen; newswomen, policewomen; superwomen.
Word: basterd Part of Speech: noun 1. Eye dialect spelling of bastard. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "You're tryin to be a slick basterd," Uncle Dudley said. Example: "Aw, we got this basterd now!" said Lester.
Word: mercury-vapour lamps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mercury-vapour lamp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: basterds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of basterd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thysanurans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thysanuran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gliraria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glirarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glirarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin glirarium. 1. A terracotta pot used in Roman times to breed dormice for consumption as food.
Word: Glissonian capsule Part of Speech: noun 1. A membrane that envelopes the liver
Word: Glissonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Glisson + -ian, from Francis Glisson, English anatomist. Pronunciation: /ɡlɪˈsəʊniən/ 1. Relating to the capsule that surrounds the liver Labels: not-comparable
Word: knurler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knurl + -er. 1. A knurling tool (attached to a lathe)
Word: gonalgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gon- + -algia. 1. Any painful condition in the knee. Labels: uncountable
Word: revelated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of revelate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: revelates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of revelate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: revelating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of revelate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fermentation lock Part of Speech: noun 1. A device, used mainly in homebrewing, that allows carbon dioxide to escape from a fermenter without allowing air to enter
Word: graphometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grapho- + -metry. 1. The measurement of various characteristics of handwriting so as to make deductions about the writer Labels: uncountable
Word: handiphobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From handicap + -phobia. 1. A fear of being handicapped, or of having a handicapped child Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: Hatha yoga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit हठ (haṭha, “force”). 1. A form of yoga that focuses on control of the body. Labels: uncountable Example: There are, of course, many practices in the various branches of Yoga (especially Hatha Yoga) that are distasteful to the intelligent mind and which would only be attempted by the credulous. Example: All contemporary practioners of Hatha yoga, Tai Chi Chuan, Shiatsu, or acupunture are familiar with this subtle body that the ancient Egyptians called the Ba.
Word: tribality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tribal + -ity or tribe + -ality. 1. The quality of being tribal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Noted Africanist, William Fagg, consistently stresses the tribality of sub-Saharan art and, on one occasion, he even invoked it to repudiate the incipient emergence of the contemporary art movement on the African continent. 2. A tribal group; a tribe. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: tribalities of central Asia
Word: prognosticative Part of Speech: adj 1. Serving to prognosticate.
Word: Düsseldorfers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Düsseldorfer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: convict hour Part of Speech: name Etymology: convict + hour, as criminal activities might be expected to take place in the quiet hours of the night. 1. Around four to five o'clock in the morning. Example: At the convict hour between four and five when even those with the least to fear are darkened and sober, and back away from waking. Example: The beauty of four in the morning is not its furnishings and décor, but its aim-lessness and stolen quality. I suppose that's why Cappy always calls it “The Convict Hour.”
Word: take it to the house Part of Speech: verb 1. To score a touchdown, especially after a long run.
Word: Pequod Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Pequot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Pequod Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Pequot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: skipjack tuna Part of Speech: noun 1. A medium-sized perciform fish of species Katsuwonus pelamis, in the tuna family.
Word: it goes without saying Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Calque of French ça va sans dire. 1. It is understood without being said (but will be or was said anyway).
Word: Botha Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Afrikaans Botha. Doublet of Both. * (Botha, Alberta): Named after Louis Botha. 1. A surname from Afrikaans. Labels: countable 2. A village in Alberta, Canada. Labels: uncountable
Word: Marais Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Marais. 1. A historical district in Paris, France.
Word: break-off Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from break off. 1. That which breaks off, or is broken off Example: Stable glacier advance and retreat Advancing glaciers may inundate land, override installations (e.g., hydropower installations), dam rivers and form lakes, cause ice break-offs when the glacier advances over a cliff, etc. 2. A break, discontinuance, or interruption Example: All break-offs occur due to the deadline being reached or an occasional agent crash on a big domain. 3. The first shot in a game of snooker or other cue-game
Word: break-off Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Deverbal from break off. 1. Nonstandard form of break off (“to play the first shot in a frame of snooker, billiards or pool”). Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: slugline Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of slug line. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sluglines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slugline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: umra Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of umrah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: VWP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Visual Web Pack. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Visa Waiver Program. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Vietnam Workers Party. Labels: Vietnam, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Torlakian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Torlak + -ian. 1. Torlak
Word: Torlakian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Torlak + -ian. 1. Torlak
Word: Torlakian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Armenian Թոռլաքյան (Tʻoṙlakʻyan), Թոռլակյան (Tʻoṙlakyan), Թորլաքյան (Tʻorlakʻyan). 1. A surname from Armenian.
Word: Torlakians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Torlakian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tramontanas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tramontana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: douchefag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From douche + fag. 1. A rude, annoying, or contemptible person. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: He does a terrorist bombing joke, gets booed off the stage and blames the "bad" audience. Yes, douchefag, if you had the proper audience, like in a Palestinian comedy club, you would've got a standing ovation. Example: I agree, but starting your sentence with 'dude' makes you look like a douchefag.
Word: douchefags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of douchefag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: traumatologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From traumatology + -ist. 1. A surgeon practicing traumatology.
Word: traumatologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of traumatologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: traumatological Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to traumatology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: back burn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of backburn. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Firefighters try to control a back burn as the Carr Fire spreads toward the towns of Douglas City and Lewiston on July 31.
Word: back-burn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of backburn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: polyester Protestant Part of Speech: noun 1. A newcomer in the Church of Ireland; an Irish Anglican by conviction. Labels: Ireland, derogatory, informal Example: I recently was astonished by the following phrase, "Polyester Protestants" being used to describe those whom I have delineated as Anglicans by conviction. This phrase was reported to me by a member of the community in a prestigious institution in Dublin suburbia and is in current use. It is reported to me as being used in that institution by cradle members of the Church of Ireland to describe fellow community members who are Anglicans by conviction.
Word: polyester Protestants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polyester Protestant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aminoadenosine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amino + adenosine. 1. Either of two isomeric amino derivatives of adenosine, 2-aminoadenosine and 8-aminoadenosine, that are ribosyl nucleoside analogs
Word: aptapurification Part of Speech: noun 1. The separation and purification of specific aptamers Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: benthically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From benthic + -ally. 1. In a benthic manner or direction Labels: not-comparable
Word: dihydrocytosine Part of Speech: noun 1. A hydrogenated form of cytosine, 5,6-dihydrocytosine, that is an intermediate in DNA production
Word: ferrugineol Part of Speech: noun 1. The aliphatic alcohol 4-methyl-5-nonanol that is a weevil pheromone Labels: uncountable
Word: flatwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: flat + wood 1. A type of upland soil that has impaired drainage. Labels: attributive, often
Word: germling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From germ + -ling. 1. the organism produced by germination of an algal or fungal spore, but especially an immature gametophyte produced by the germination of a tetraspore.
Word: micropestle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + pestle. 1. A very small pestle (used for tissue homogenization etc)
Word: phosphocellulose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phospho- + cellulose. 1. A phosphorylated cellulose used as an ion exchange resin.
Word: physogastric Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a greatly distended abdomen.
Word: premutagenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + mutagenic. 1. Occurring prior to mutagenesis Labels: not-comparable
Word: revegetated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of revegetate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: synonymization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From synonymize + -ation. 1. The action, or the result of synonymizing (especially of taxa).
Word: trypsinated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of trypsinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trypsinated Part of Speech: adj 1. Modified by reaction with trypsin Labels: not-comparable
Word: mindware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mind + -ware, coined by psychologist David Perkins. 1. The mental knowledge and procedures that a person uses to solve problems or make decisions. Labels: uncountable
Word: nothing personal Part of Speech: intj 1. Indicates that one's remark is not directed at the interlocutor specifically, but is a general remark, and thus not intended to offend. Labels: sarcastic
Word: grumbletonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grumble + -tonian, analyzable as -ton + -ian. (as in Princetonian, Newtonian, etc). Pronunciation: /ˌɡɹʌm.bəlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌɡɹʌm.bəlˈtoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Originally a member of the 17th-century Country Party; later a member of the opposition. Labels: UK, derogatory, obsolete, slang Example: He was often dis-guſted, and thought a Grumble-tonian; but there was no getting an inſight into his Proceedings. He’d be counted ſometimes (behind the Curtain) a High-Flyer, and Tory-rory-Ranter; yet, by his natural In-ſtinks, he inclined to be of the Low-Party: Some ſay he was of no Side, but between both.
Word: grumbletonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grumbletonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: idiologus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin idiologus. 1. The chief financial officer in Egypt when it was part of the Roman Empire. Labels: historical
Word: hydronautics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- (“water”) + -naut (“travel”) + -ics (“a practice, field of knowledge or skill”). 1. The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation Labels: uncountable
Word: onglets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of onglet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minorative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the late-Middle French minoratif, minorative (“that diminishes or lessens”, of a medicine “mildly laxative”; as a noun “a mild laxative”), from minorer (“to diminish the importance [of]”). Equivalent to minorate (“diminish”, “lessen”) + -ive. Compare the post-Classical (i.e. 9th C.) Latin minōrātīvus. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪnəɹeɪtɪv/ 1. That diminishes or attenuates Labels: not-comparable 2. Gently laxative. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Clysters sometymes do supplye the rowme of minoratyve medicines. Example: Nothing but minorative apozems should be ordered.
Word: minorative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the late-Middle French minoratif, minorative (“that diminishes or lessens”, of a medicine “mildly laxative”; as a noun “a mild laxative”), from minorer (“to diminish the importance [of]”). Equivalent to minorate (“diminish”, “lessen”) + -ive. Compare the post-Classical (i.e. 9th C.) Latin minōrātīvus. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪnəɹeɪtɪv/ 1. A gently laxative medicine. Labels: obsolete Example: When […] wee feare lest nature faint before perfect concoction, we may sometimes use a gentle minorative. Example: Others give minoratives more frequently.
Word: surface street Part of Speech: noun 1. A street that is not a freeway and has at-grade intersections with other surface streets.
Word: Bordieuan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Bourdieu + -an. 1. Of or relating to Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002), French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher.
Word: inscribeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: inscribe + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of inscribe Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: macrolevel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + level. 1. A level of analysis that concerns large-scale and highly multivariable phenomena or factors. Example: at the macrolevel Example: on the macrolevel 2. A level of analysis that concerns large-scale and highly multivariable phenomena or factors. 3. A level of analysis that concerns large-scale and highly multivariable phenomena or factors. 4. A level of analysis that concerns large-scale and highly multivariable phenomena or factors.
Word: macrolevel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From macro- + level. 1. At such a level. Example: more macrolevel Example: very macrolevel 2. At such a level. 3. At such a level. 4. At such a level. Example: "We are dealing with macrolevel uncertainty that filters down to the state level, the local level, and then down to the household level," said Corey Williams, the chairman of the Common Council finance committee. "We are trying to minimize the uncertainty at the household level."
Word: macrolevels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macrolevel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesolevel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- + level. 1. A mesoscopic level.
Word: mesolevels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesolevel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Faircloughian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Fairclough + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Norman Fairclough (born 1941), sociolinguist. Example: Discourse analysis, and especially Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) in the Faircloughian tradition […] is usually qualitative in nature, although a recent development towards using methods derived from corpus linguistics to support CDA has given it quantitative aspects, too […]
Word: tribalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tribality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kingslayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From king + slayer. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪŋˌsleɪ.ə(ɹ)/ 1. One who kills a king.
Word: kingslayers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kingslayer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonassault Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + assault. 1. Not an assault. Labels: not-comparable Example: a reduction in nonassault crimes
Word: postanarchist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + anarchist. 1. Relating to postanarchism.
Word: postanarchist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + anarchist. 1. A supporter of postanarchism.
Word: postanarchists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postanarchist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postanarchism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + anarchism. 1. An anarchist philosophy that employs poststructuralist and postmodernist approaches. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: postanarchisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postanarchism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poststructuralisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poststructuralism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aid-de-camp Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of aide-de-camp. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: aids-de-camp Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aid-de-camp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aideth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: aid + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aid Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: assisteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: assist + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of assist Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: umbella Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of umbel.
Word: Amalekite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Amalek + -ite. 1. A descendant of the Biblical Amalek.
Word: Amalekites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Amalekite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: herding dogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of herding dog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vindicateth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: vindicate + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vindicate Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mortifieth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: mortify + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mortify Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Slimlandia Part of Speech: name 1. Mexico, in which much of the economy and daily life is controlled by tycoon Carlos Slim Helú. Labels: informal Example: Through a sprawling empire of more than 200 companies – he has said he has "lost count" exactly how many – which encompass banking, retail, airlines, mining, printing, construction, restaurants and particularly telecoms, he has developed an economic stranglehold on his native country so vice-like that a new word – Slimlandia – had to be created to describe it.
Word: Sherlocky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Sherlock + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Labels: informal Example: "Yes, now what was all that about? You were so damn Sherlocky yesterday all of a sudden. We'd been doing the thing together all the time, and you'd been telling me everything, and then suddenly you become very mysterious and private and talk enigmatically--is that the word?--about dentists and swimming and the 'Plough and Horses,' and--well, what was it all about? You simply vanished out of sight; I didn't know what on earth we were talking about." Example: My nephew was reading a story, a tale of the Sherlocky sort; its pages were startling and gory, and blood was dispensed by the quart.
Word: chill girl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: chill (“easygoing”) + girl. 1. A girlfriend considered by her boyfriend to be self-sufficient, "low-maintenance" and "chilled out". Labels: slang Example: [Chill girls naturally] have tons of dude friends, they're not invested in the person they're casually sleeping with, and they like sports and beer. 2. A woman who thinks feminist identity politics are unimportant or unnecessary. Labels: Internet, derogatory, usually Example: We can talk about sex in front of her, don’t have to get the door for her. You know, she’s a chill girl. She’s a bro. Example: Since Chill Girl is not actually an avatar of Women, she does not have the power to hand out get out of saying-crap-about-women-jail-free cards. It’s not secret!not-sexist because your girlfriend laughed. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chill, girl.
Word: chill girls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chill girl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sherlockish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Sherlock + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Example: Curt chuckled. "You sound so important and Sherlockish! […] Example: It's starting to come together nicely, and Meyer's character is starting to ring truer, although perhaps a bit to^([sic]) Sherlockish.
Word: Holmesish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Holmes + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Example: But can they have accepted Edmund Wilson's verdict that all detective fiction is only Holmesish imitation, and elected to go back to Square One? Example: The environmental dimensions of energy production and consumption are, in fact, rarely out of the news — although one sometimes needs a Holmesish dedication to ferret out the evidence.
Word: Sherlock Holmesy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Sherlock Holmes + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Example: And he wore a Sherlock Holmesy kind of cap with a swarm of salmon flies upon it, that to my boyish fancy was more splendid than a crown. Example: "Don't try to get all Sherlock Holmesy on me, Hicks. Sherlock Holmes wasn't always right. […]
Word: Sherlock Holmesish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Sherlock Holmes + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Example: "When I found the letters with a name which matched the initials I felt very Sherlock Holmesish. […] Example: Sir Berkeley stroked his beard and looked Sherlock Holmesish.
Word: ships that pass in the night Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a poetic metaphor by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). 1. Two or more people who encounter one another in a transitory, incidental manner and whose relationship is without lasting significance; two or more people who almost encounter one another, but do not do so. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: [H]e sat down and we got into conversation. There wasn't time to talk much. . . . We got along famously. But—oh, well, it was just another case of ships that pass in the night. Example: We very seldom work together on The Archers, we're rarely in the same episodes, so often we're ships that pass in the night. 2. Things which have no significant connection or commonality. Labels: broadly, plural, plural-only Example: [T]he central figures in the action seem vaguely unrelated to one another, like ships passing in the night. Example: "Education and business used to be like two ships that passed in the night," said Delaware Gov. Pierre duPont.
Word: ships that passed in the night Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ships that pass in the night. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: ships passing in the night Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ships that pass in the night. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: You'll never get my mind right / Like two ships passing in the night
Word: ships in the night Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ships that pass in the night. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: Watsonish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Watson + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of the character Dr. Watson from the Sherlock Holmes stories. Example: "You don't really want it explained," he said, smacking him on the knee; "you're just being Watsonish. It's very nice of you, of course, and I appreciate it." Example: I would have settled for a Watsonish role. I don't have to be the main character.
Word: poison hemlock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poison + hemlock. 1. European hemlock Conium maculatum, an extremely poisonous plant in the carrot family, Apiaceae. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A lethally poisonous drink made from the plant. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: turcopole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Byzantine Greek τουρκόπουλοι (tourkópouloi, “sons of Turks”), from Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) + -πουλος (-poulos). 1. A mounted archer locally recruited by the Christian states during the Crusades. Labels: historical Example: Thus in March 1460, the council ordered the restoration of a turcopole removed from office by the lieutenant turcopolier in a manner not in accordance with the statutes, while some sixteen years later the master and council ruled that the lieutenant turcopolier had wrongly removed a turcopole of Paravibilinos whose horse had damaged vines and other possessions. Example: However, the local half-caste soldiers, the Turcopoles, second-generation poor and orientalized Latins known as poulains, Venetian and Genoese merchants and newly arrived knights needed the taverns and pleasures of any military town.
Word: turcopolier Part of Speech: noun 1. A knight who is in charge of a group of turcopoles. Labels: rare Example: Although this was straightforward enough in theory, in practice there was considerable scope for conflict between the turcopolier, his subordinates and other authorities, most notably the master, whose subjects the villagers and hence the guards of Rhodes were, but also including those castellans and senior brethren who held authority over the islands' villages
Word: mallrat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mall rat. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This is what passed for fun for suburban small-town mallrats in the 1970s, and I can still weep at the joy I felt when the illuminated Sam's sign was in sight.
Word: positive punk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it lacked the nihilistic aggression of the wider subculture. Coined by English journalist, author and musician Richard Cabut in 1983. 1. Gothic rock. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: southern fairy Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone from southern England, stereotyped as effete and pretentious. Labels: derogatory
Word: northern monkey Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone from northern England, stereotyped as uncouth and uncivilized. Labels: derogatory
Word: niggercide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nigger + -cide. 1. The killing of a black person. Labels: countable, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, rare, slang, slur, uncountable Example: […] our niggerboys play niggercide, playboys know to go toe to toe, 'cos ain't no logos, dem dem boys dem lovely boys won't nevah mattah, […] Example: Wranglers told ABC News the incident is being investigated as a niggercide.
Word: Oudin coil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Paul Marie Oudin. 1. A modified Tesla coil used to produce high voltage arcs and discharges.
Word: black metaller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From black metal + -er. 1. A fan of black metal music.
Word: death metaller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From death metal + -er. 1. A fan of death metal.
Word: thrash metaller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thrash metal + -er. 1. A fan or performer of thrash metal.
Word: gothabilly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of goth + rockabilly. 1. A musical genre combining rockabilly and gothic rock, and its associated subculture (style of clothing, etc). Labels: uncountable 2. A member of this subculture. Labels: countable Example: To understand the Gothabilly style, take the aforementioned descriptions and add a dash of darkness. Gothabillys add makeup to the ensemble and stick to darker shades of clothing—like black!
Word: ZOG Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /zɒɡ/, /zɑɡ/ 1. Acronym of Zionist occupation government. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: After defeating ZOG for the time being the trio split again to find more allies in their war.
Word: monophthongisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From monophthong + -isation. 1. UK standard spelling of monophthongization. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Southern drawl Part of Speech: noun 1. The diphthongization or triphthongization of the vowels /æ/, /ɛ/ and /ɪ/ into [æj(ə)], [ɛj(ə)] and [ɪj(ə)], occurring in English spoken in the Southern United States. Example: And mama, every Saturday I can hear your southern drawl a thousand miles away, saying...
Word: chainlink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chain + link. 1. Wires woven in a zig-zag pattern to form a mesh. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: serial killer van Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the idea that such a van might be suited to abducting somebody. 1. A windowless van. Labels: humorous, slang
Word: crapstain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crap + stain. 1. An irritating person. Labels: derogatory, mildly, offensive, vulgar
Word: brown note Part of Speech: noun 1. A hypothetical sound frequency that would cause a person to lose control of their bowels and defecate.
Word: judgy-pants Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From judgy + -pants. 1. An excessively judgmental person. Labels: attributive, derogatory, slang, sometimes Example: Parenting is hard enough without having judgy-pants people interfering. Example: Well, at least one kid might not suck, I think, ever the judgy-pants snob-a-rina, silently snarking in the third row.