nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: protension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin prōtēnsiō, from prōtendō (“draw out”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɛnʃən/, /pɹoʊˈtɛnʃən/ 1. A drawing out; extension; stretching; duration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Time, Protension or protensive quantity, called likewise Duration, is a necessary condition of thought. It may be considered both in itself and in the things which it contains.
Word: protensions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barillas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pulverine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pulvis, pulveris (“dust, powder”). Compare French pulvérin. 1. ashes of barilla Labels: dated, uncountable Example: Immersion in water would be apt to wash the nitre out of the pulverine ; but this result would be prevented if the match or priming mixture were liquefied or brought to the pasty consistence , not with water , but spirit varnish.
Word: purree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi पेवड़ी (pevṛī, “yellow chalk; a yellow dye”) or from the variant पियूड़ी (piyūṛī). Pronunciation: /ˈpʊɹi/, /ˈpʌɹi/ 1. A substance obtained from cow urine and used in making the pigment Indian yellow. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: purree Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpʊɹi/, /ˈpʌɹi/ 1. Alternative form of peri (“supernatural being in Persian and Indian folklore”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: purree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Manipuri ꯄꯔꯤ (pari) Pronunciation: /ˈpʊɹi/, /ˈpʌɹi/ 1. A measure of land said to be equivalent to about 3 acres. Labels: India
Word: sirenize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From siren + -ize. 1. To use enticement, like a siren; to spellbind or enchant.
Word: sirenized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sirenize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sirenizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sirenize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sirenizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sirenize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wingfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wing + fish. 1. A sea robin with large, wing-like pectoral fins. 2. The spotted fanfish (Pteraclis velifera).
Word: wingfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wingfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unshivered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + shivered. 1. Not shivered or broken to pieces; intact. Labels: not-comparable Example: But, Marc, I will not strike my colours while my lance is yet unshivered. Example: Towards evening, by which time the ashes of the fire had been carried away on the ebb, they returned to the incombustible wreckage, to break up the iron stove and pans, and any crockery or glass unshivered by the heat[…]
Word: befouler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From befoul + -er. 1. One who befouls.
Word: befoulers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of befouler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stave church Part of Speech: noun 1. A wooden church with a medieval post and lintel construction.
Word: sweat pore Part of Speech: noun 1. The opening of a sweat gland to the surface of the skin.
Word: angriness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English angrynes, angrinesse; equivalent to angry + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋɡɹinəs/, [ˈæŋɡɹʷɪi̯nəs], /ˈeɪ̯ŋɡɹinəs/, [ˈeɪ̯ŋɡɹʷɪi̯nəs], /ˈɛ̃ŋɡɹinəs/ 1. The state of being angry; anger. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: chigoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chigoe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pressurant Part of Speech: noun 1. A gas used to drive a fluid through a fluid system. Example: The helium pressurant supplies the energy for the propellant transport from the tanks to the combustion chamber. Example: During tank pressurization under some circumstances, rapid mixing of relatively warm pressurant gas with cryogenic propellant can lead to rapid densification of the gas and loss of pressure in the tank.
Word: pressurer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pressure + -er. 1. One who or that which exerts pressure.
Word: pressurons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pressuron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Orders of Australia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Order of Australia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chicken coops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chicken coop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: terminal leave Part of Speech: noun 1. Leave (vacation) from employment whose conclusion (end) coincides with the conclusion of the employment. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: terminal leaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of terminal leave Labels: form-of, plural 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see terminal, leaf.
Word: Paulician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Byzantine Greek Παυλικιανός (Paulikianós), from Παῦλος (Paûlos) + -ικός (-ikós) + -ιανός (-ianós), originally most likely in reference to Paul the Apostle, who was held in special esteem by the group. Byzantine heresiologists conventionally traced the term to Paul of Samosata, however, and a link to a Paulician figure known as Paul the Armenian has also been proposed. 1. A follower of Paulicianism. Labels: historical
Word: Paulicians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Paulician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Paulicianism Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Paulician + -ism; see Paulician for more. 1. A Christian sect and militarized revolt movement that flourished between 650 and 872 in Armenia and the Eastern Themes of the Byzantine Empire. Labels: historical
Word: crampet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cramp + -et? 1. A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard. 2. One of the metal plates, with spikes attached, forming a pair of crampons. 3. A hack (metal plate for a curler to stand on when delivering the stones).
Word: crampets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crampet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cowish Part of Speech: noun 1. An umbelliferous plant (Lomatium cous) with edible tuberous roots, found in Oregon, USA. Labels: uncountable
Word: cowish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cow + -ish. 1. fearful; cowardly Labels: obsolete Example: It is the cowish terror of his spirit, / That dares not undertake. 2. Similar to a cow; cowlike
Word: subweb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + web. 1. A web making up part of a larger web. 2. A web making up part of a larger web. Labels: Internet
Word: subwebs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subweb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lumberingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From lumbering + -ly. 1. With heavy, clumsy movements.
Word: cosmothetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”) + θέσις (thésis, “placement, arrangement”) + -ic. 1. Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world. Labels: not-comparable Example: The cosmothetic idealists […] deny that mind is immediately conscious of matter.
Word: garrupa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Portuguese garupa (“crupper”) or Portuguese garoupa (“grouper”). Compare grouper. 1. One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastes; a rockfish.
Word: garrupas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of garrupa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catch-meadow Part of Speech: noun 1. An irrigation system in which a meadow receives water from a spring or stream on the side of a hill. Labels: dialectal, obsolete
Word: catch-meadows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catch-meadow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: steerling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steer + -ling. 1. A young or small steer (cattle).
Word: steerlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of steerling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deepity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deep + -ity, the word was created by Miriam Weizenbaum and given a precise definition by Daniel Dennett. 1. A superficial equivocation which only seems to be profound. Example: And yet, no clearer example of a deepity will you find than the assertion that math is an instinct.
Word: dabigatran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dabi- (of unknown origin) + -gatran (“thrombin inhibitor”). Pronunciation: /dəˈbɪɡ.əˌtɹæn/, /ˌdæb.ɪˈɡæˌtɹæn/ 1. A direct thrombin inhibitor used as an oral anticoagulant for atrial fibrillation and other clinical conditions. Labels: uncountable
Word: deepities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deepity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: industrial property Part of Speech: noun 1. Intellectual property as used in commerce and industry, particularly patents and trademarks, as distinguished in some European legal systems from intellectual property as used in the arts. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: alfredo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Alfredo. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Two days after kicking three field goals against the New Orleans Saints to help the Bears reach Super Bowl XLI, Gould was standing over a gas stove, stirring the alfredo sauce that was simmering in a pot.
Word: small l liberals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of small l liberal (alternative spelling of small-l liberals). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: femifascist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of feminist + fascist, perhaps coined as an alternative to feminazi to avoid the genocidal connotations of Nazi. Pronunciation: /ˌfɛmɪˈfæʃɪst/ 1. A radical or militant feminist who is intolerant of opposing views. Labels: US, derogatory, offensive, rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:femifascist.
Word: femifascists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of femifascist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: city break Part of Speech: noun 1. A trip to a city taken for pleasure, typically a relatively short holiday in a distant or foreign city with no travel outside that city. Example: In North America, as in the UK, hen parties have evolved to incorporate variants of the alcoholic and behavioural excess traditionally associated with stag parties. Together they have become a significant part of the weekend or city-break segment of the tourism and travel industry. Example: Prague is one of the most popular European city break destinations, with a highly developed tourist industry and a large expat population who, if nothing else, help to boost the city's nightlife.
Word: clansperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clan + -s- + person. Piecewise doublet of plantsperson. 1. A member of a clan.
Word: clanswoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clan + -s- + woman. Piecewise doublet of plantswoman. 1. A female member of a clan.
Word: Zionize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn)bor. Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn)bor. Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōnbor. Old English Syon Middle English Sion Early New High German Zioninflu. English Zion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Zionize From Zion + -ize. 1. to make (something) Zionist or more Zionist Labels: derogatory, sometimes 2. to make (something) Zion-like
Word: Zionizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Zionize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Zionizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Zionize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Zionized Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of Zionize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dedupe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + dupe. Pronunciation: /diːˈdjuːp/, /-ˈdʒuːp/, /diˈdup/ 1. To deduplicate. Labels: informal Example: When I deduped my music database, it shrank by more than half!
Word: dedupe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + dupe. Pronunciation: /diːˈdjuːp/, /-ˈdʒuːp/, /diˈdup/ 1. A deduplication. Labels: informal Example: After that dedupe, my music database took half as much space.
Word: deduping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dedupe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dedupes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dedupe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deduped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dedupe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lit de justice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French lit de justice, referring to the throne occupied by the king when sitting in one of his judicial courts. Compare earlier bed of justice. 1. A special parliamentary session headed by the king in pre-Revolutionary France, where royal edicts could be forcibly registered. Example: They would then be officially registered by edicts of the King in that special process, the lit de justice (which could also be used to enforce edicts that the Parlement resisted). Example: The Parlement's remonstrances were not effective, and the Six Acts were enforced by a lit de justice in March 1776.
Word: lits de justice Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lit de justice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tops-and-bottoms Part of Speech: noun 1. Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in half, and browned in an oven. In 19th century Britain they were used as food for children. Labels: archaic, plural, plural-only Example: 'Tis said her tops-and-bottoms were gilt.
Word: halsing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of halse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: halsed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of halse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: haulse Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of halse. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: haulsed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of haulse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: haulses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of haulse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: haulsing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of haulse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bed of justice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French lit de justice, referring to the throne occupied by the king when sitting in one of his judicial courts. 1. A special parliamentary session headed by the king in pre-Revolutionary France, where royal edicts could be forcibly registered. Example: when [...] he himself announced that the king would hold a Bed of Justice to compel the instant registration of the necessary edicts, the Parliament became more exasperated than ever. Example: D'Argenson was prepared with advice. ‘A bed of justice will suffice, Highness.’
Word: beds of justice Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bed of justice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gurgeons Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably borrowed from Middle French grugeon (“sugar lump”), from grugier (“to laugh”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒənz/, /ˈɡɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪnz/ 1. A coarse bran flour. Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only Example: The raueled cheat therfore is generallie ſo made that out of one buſhell of meale, after two and twentie pounds of bran be ſifted and taken from it (wherevnto they ad the gurgeons that riſe from the manchet) they make thirtie cast, euerie lofe weighing eightéene ounces into the ouen and ſixteene ounces out[…] Example: You that can deal with Gudgins^([sic]), and courſe floure, / 'Tis pitie you ſhould taſte what manchet means[…]
Word: unked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unked, past participle of unkythen, equivalent to un- + ked (an old past participle form of kithe). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkɛd/ 1. odd; strange Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal Example: On Tuesday afternoon Molly returned home, to the home which was already strange, and what Warwickshire people would call 'unked,' to her. New paint, new paper, new colours; grim servants dressed in their best, and objecting to every change Example: Forsooth he misdoubted him that the bow was somewhat unked, and that the lad had had some new dealings with the Dwarf-kin or other strange wights. 2. ugly Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal Example: And there the little stalk of each, which might have been a pear, God willing, had a ring around its base, and sought a chance to drop and die. The others which had not opened comb, but only prepared to do it, were a little better off, but still very brown and unked, and shrivelling in doubt of health, and neither peart nor lusty. 3. uncouth Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal 4. lonely; dreary Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal Example: March 21, 1790, William Cowper, letter to Mrs. Throckmorton Weston is sadly unked without you.
Word: souari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kari'na sawari, via Caribbean French saouari. Attested in English (as souwarrow or saoari) from the 19th century. 1. Any tree of the genus Caryocar. They yield strong timber and some bear edible nuts. Labels: no-plural Example: Among a variety of specimens, we collected some fine plants of the Tonquin bean, the Souwarrow nut, the wild orange, and a species of medlar. Example: Souari nut, or butternut.—This nut, like the last, is a native of British Guiana, and is the fruit of the Caryocar nuciferum, a noble tree, growing a hundred feet high, having large, broad, trifoliate leaves, resembling those of our common horse-chestnut, but not quite as broad.
Word: patefaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin patefactio, from patefacere (“to open”), from patere (“to lie open”) + facere (“to make”). 1. The act of revealing, disclosing, or manifesting; revelation, opening or declaration. Labels: archaic Example: Spirit of Manifestation or patefaction was like the gem of a wine is or the bud of a rase Example: All revelation is reduced to the patefaction of God in the series of His great redemptive acts, to the exclusion—entire or partial—of revelation by word, which is sometimes represented, indeed, as in the nature of the case impossible.
Word: patefactions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patefaction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perseverantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English perseverantly; equivalent to perseverant + -ly. 1. With perseverance; persistently.
Word: sportule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sportula (“a little basket, a gift”), diminutive of sporta (“a basket”). Pronunciation: /ˈspɔː(ɹ)tjuːl/ 1. A charitable gift or contribution; alms; a sportula. Labels: obsolete Example: Spill or Sportule for the same from the credulous Laity
Word: sportules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sportule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contractualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From contractual + -ism. 1. A political theory based on the idea of a social contract between a ruler and their subjects. Labels: uncountable Example: the customary part of the ceremony in which the monarch was presented before the people in his regalia for popular acclaim was removed altogether for fear that it be interpreted as incipient contractualism.
Word: women's work Part of Speech: noun 1. Work of inferior status, especially the collective housework tasks traditionally performed by females in a home. Labels: derogatory, offensive, uncountable
Word: ropalic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of rhopalic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: invitationally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From invitational + -ly. 1. invitingly
Word: cuebid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cue + bid. 1. A bid of a suit that has already been bid by opponents. 2. A slam-investigating bid made during an auction's later rounds that shows control of a suit.
Word: cuebids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cuebid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryptoexotics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryptoexotic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calaite Part of Speech: noun 1. turquoise. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: calaites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calaite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bass-relief Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of bas relief. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: bass-reliefs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bass-relief Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spur-royal Part of Speech: noun 1. A former English gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV, when it was worth ten shillings, and worth fifteen shillings during Mary I and Elizabeth I's reign. It had a star on the reverse. Labels: historical
Word: spur-royals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spur-royal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chaud-medley Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French chaude mêlée (“hot affray”). 1. Synonym of chance-medley. Labels: uncountable
Word: metaplay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + play. 1. A play (dramatic work) about plays, or one that makes its theatrical nature obvious.
Word: metaplays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metaplay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scove Part of Speech: noun 1. Rich, pure tin ore. Labels: Cornwall, UK, dialectal
Word: scove Part of Speech: verb 1. To cover with clay so as to prevent the escape of heat in burning. Labels: transitive
Word: pontils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pontil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pontee Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of punty. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: pontees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pontee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reposit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin repositus, past participle of repōnō (“put back”), from re- + pōnō (“put”). See position. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɒzɪt/ 1. To cause to rest or stay in a certain place; to place, put, or deposit. Labels: transitive Example: Others reposit their young in holes.
Word: reposit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: re- + posit 1. To posit again. Labels: transitive Example: Heidegger reposited the question which had earlier been posited by the doctor of monadology, Leibnitz.
Word: reposited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reposit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: repositing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reposit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reposits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reposit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: habotai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 羽二重 (habutae, literally “as soft as down”). 1. A lightweight fabric resembling silk. Labels: uncountable Example: They argued over whether it was silk taffeta or habotai.
Word: pedial Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to the foot; pedal. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: pedial ganglion Example: pedial nerves
Word: nonresumptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + resumptive. 1. Not resumptive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: resumptively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From resumptive + -ly. 1. In a resumptive manner; in terms of, or by means of, resumption. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ay ay ay Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ay ay ay. 1. Used to express surprise or dismay. Example: Ay ay ay, Curaçao conceded seven goals.
Word: cerites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cerite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: didym Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of didymium. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: Mabo Part of Speech: name Etymology: After Eddie Mabo (1936–1992), who began the case against the government. Compare Roe after the case of Roe v. Wade. 1. The High Court case Mabo v Queensland (No 2), which rejected the doctrine of terra nullius in favour of the common-law doctrine of aboriginal title. Labels: Australia, informal
Word: collitigant Part of Speech: adj 1. disputing, on different sides in a trial Labels: obsolete
Word: collitigant Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who litigates against another. Labels: obsolete
Word: collitigants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of collitigant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sourcrout Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of sauerkraut. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: prejudicacies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prejudicacy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prejudicacy Part of Speech: noun 1. prejudice Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: not dazled with any affection, prejudicacy, or miſt of education, which preoccupate the mind
Word: saussurite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Saussure + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊsjʊəɹaɪt/ 1. A tough, compact mineral aggregate, of a white, greenish, or greyish colour. It is an aggregate of albite, zoisite, prehnite and other aluminium silicates, and is produced by the alteration of feldspar. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: saussurites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saussurite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zoisitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zoisite + -ic. 1. Of or relating to zoisite.
Word: gopher tortoise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, gopher (“burrowing rodent”, compare translingual Gopherus) + tortoise. 1. Any of the species of the taxonomic genus Gopherus, which are burrowing tortoises of southern North America.
Word: contradictional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From contradiction + -al. 1. contradictory; inconsistent; opposing Example: We have tri'd already , & miserably felt what ambition worldly glory & immoderat wealth can do, what the boistrous & contradictional hand of a temporall
Word: psilanthropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: psilanthropy + -ic. 1. Relating to, or embodying, psilanthropy. Example: a psilanthropic explanation
Word: loss of face Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lose face. 1. Loss of the respect of others, humiliation, public disgrace. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable
Word: hardboil Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of hard-boil. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hard-boil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from hard-boiled. 1. To cook (an egg) to a solid consistency: to cause to be hard-boiled. Labels: transitive
Word: thrumwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The second component is wort. 1. A species of flowering marsh plant, Damasonium alisma. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. A kind of amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus). Labels: uncountable
Word: coneine Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of conine. Labels: alt-of, dated, uncountable
Word: indigest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin indigestus (“unarranged”). 1. Crude; undigested; upset; unformed; unorganized. Labels: obsolete Example: To fortify the most indigest and crude stomach, ay, were it of one that, through extreme weakness, vomited blood, applying only a warm napkin to the place, after the unction and fricace Example: [M]onsters and things indigest […]
Word: indigest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin indigestus (“unarranged”). 1. Something indigested; a crude mass, or disordered state of affairs. Labels: rare Example: Be of good comfort (Prince) for you are borne To ſet a forme vpon that indigeſt Example: The other, more compendious as well as mischievous class of errors, are those indigests of grammar, […]
Word: indigest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin indigestus (“unarranged”). Labels: no-gloss
Word: indigests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indigest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pervicacity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pervicācitās, from pervicāx. 1. obstinacy; pervicaciousness Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Pervicacity of humour, of tastes, of character is one of the most marked features in the life of Ruskin
Word: epaule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French épaule (“shoulder, shoulder of a bastion”). See epaulet, and compare spall (“the shoulder”). 1. The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.
Word: epaules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epaule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coaita Part of Speech: noun 1. spider monkey Labels: dated Example: 1830, Unnamed translator, Georges Louis Leclerc, The Natural History of Quadrupeds, [1749–1804, Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi], Volume 3, page 338, All these facts, even the worms in the intestines, correspond with our coaitas. […] It is obvious, therefore, that the exquima of Marcgrave is a sapajou of the same species, or, at least, of a species very nearly allied to that of the coaita. Example: Even the coaita, screened by the intervention of the bodies, had, for the time, ceased to utter its cries of alarm.
Word: coaitas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coaita Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Abuna Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Portuguese Abunã. Pronunciation: /ɑˈbu.nɑ/ 1. A river in northeastern Bolivia that forms part of its border with Brazil. Labels: uncountable
Word: Abuna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ge'ez አቡነ (ʾäbunä, “our father”), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”), from أَبُو (ʔabū), a form of أَب (ʔab, “father”), and ـنَا (-nā, “our”). Pronunciation: /əˈbuː.nə/, /əˈbu.nə/ 1. The title of the leader, or patriarch, of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Example: Two weeks later, before Abunas Pēṭros and Mātēwos, Menilek publicly swore not to deceive Mangashā nor cause him any harm. Example: Thus, four Ethiopian monks were consecrated in Cairo in June 1929 (Abunas Abreham, Petros, Mikael, Yeshaq), and the fifth (Abuna Sawiros) was consecrated in Addis Ababa in January 1930.
Word: speak highly Part of Speech: verb 1. To praise. Example: He spoke highly of her work. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:speak highly.
Word: pernancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pernancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pernancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman pernance, from Old French prenance, from prendre, prenre, penre (“to take”), from Latin prendere, prehendere. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːnənsi/, /ˈpɜɹnənsi/ 1. A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: pernancy of the profits
Word: sternson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See stern (“noun”) and compare stemson. 1. The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted.
Word: sternsons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sternson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: church-ale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cherche ale. 1. A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was drunk. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: If many be at an Alehouse , a Christmaſſe dinner, or Churchale, and ( without any intention of an Affray) they ſodainly fall together by the eares[…] 2. The strong ale brewed for this purpose. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: church-ales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of church-ale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: five-twenties Part of Speech: noun 1. Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payable in twenty years. Labels: US, historical, plural, plural-only
Word: trething Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Welsh treth (“an allowance, contribution, tribute, or tax”), trethu (“to rate or tax”). 1. A tax; an impost. Labels: obsolete Example: All counties, hundreds, wapentakes and trethings , shall stand at the old ferm, without any encrease, except in our Demesne Lands
Word: trethings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trething Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plaiding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plaid + -ing. 1. plaid cloth; tartan cloth Labels: archaic
Word: plaidings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plaiding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concertion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From concert + -ion? 1. Act of concerting; adjustment. Example: Concertion of design, how exquisite!
Word: concertions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concertion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scratchback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scratch + back. 1. A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons. Labels: UK, dated
Word: scratchbacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scratchback Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pretypified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pretypify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pretypifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pretypify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pretypify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + typify. 1. To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type. Example: That the promised Messias was to sit at the right hand of God , was both pretypified and foretold
Word: pretypifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pretypify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: salt-green Part of Speech: adj 1. Sea green. Labels: not-comparable Example: Even till the eastern gate, all fiery-red, / Opening on Neptune with fair blessed beams, / Turns into yellow gold his salt-green streams.
Word: dietical Part of Speech: adj 1. dietetic Labels: not-comparable Example: The three fountains of physick, namely dietical, chirurgical, and pharmaceutical.
Word: pinweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pin + weed. 1. Any of the genus Lechea of low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.
Word: pinweeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pinweed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spongiopilin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spongio- + Ancient Greek πίλῐνος (pílĭnos, “made of felt”). 1. A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. When moistened with hot water it is used as a poultice. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: stick-tight Part of Speech: noun 1. beggar's ticks
Word: stick-tights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stick-tight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pernicion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See pernicious. 1. destruction; perdition Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Synods are whelps o'th'Inquisition, A mungrel breed of like pernicion.
Word: sororize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin soror, sororis (“a sister”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɒɹəɹaɪz/ 1. To associate, or hold fellowship, as sisters; to have sisterly feelings.
Word: sororized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sororize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sororizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sororize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sororizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sororize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: picra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin picra, from Ancient Greek πίκρα (píkra, “a kind of antidote”), from πικρός (pikrós, “sharp, bitter”). Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪkɹə/ 1. The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic. Labels: dated, historical, uncountable
Word: magistrals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magistral Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sulliage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare sullage, suillage, or sully (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌl.i.əd͡ʒ/ 1. foulness, filth or dirt Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Though we wipe away with never so much care the dirt thrown at us, there will be left some sulliage behind. Example: the sins and sulliages of their earthly […]affections
Word: twittle-twattle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See twattle. 1. Frivolous chatter or gossip; gabble, tattle. Labels: archaic Example: The Gossips bawdy twittle twattle, / The Nurse and Midwife's prittle prattles / That must be very Welcome made
Word: twittle-twattles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twittle-twattle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sapeur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French sapeur. 1. A member of the social movement known as La Sape, who dress as dandies and put great emphasis on style and physical appearance. Labels: Africa Example: For these sapeurs, the essential thing was to dress elegantly, with name-brand clothes made by famous designers if possible. Example: Since the 1920s, the sapeurs of the Congo have been making sartorial statements on the streets of Brazzaville and Kinshasa.
Word: revenge porn Part of Speech: noun 1. Sexually explicit media of a person distributed online without the consent of the pictured individual, typically by a former partner or hacker, either from genuine video or by deepfake, and often with the intent to humiliate the subject and damage their reputation. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: France has threatened to fine Facebook for sharing data between its various apps. Almost every day you get hammered for not properly policing the content, including extremists’ videos, revenge porn and fake news, that appears on your platforms. Example: The charges against Mr. Bradshaw were the latest in a series of high-profile revenge porn cases in recent years, and groups that support survivors of sexual violence say there has been an increase in reports of revenge porn and other forms of online sexual harassment during the coronavirus pandemic.
Word: Mr. and Mrs. Part of Speech: noun 1. A title used for a married couple before their shared surname or (dated) before the name of the husband. Example: Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Example: Mr. and Mrs. John Smith.
Word: cock pigeon Part of Speech: noun 1. A male pigeon.
Word: hen pigeon Part of Speech: noun 1. A female pigeon.
Word: bull bars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bull bar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cock pigeons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cock pigeon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hen pigeons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hen pigeon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antinobilism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + Latin nōbilis + -ism. 1. Opposition to the nobility. Labels: uncountable Example: Nor was Beaumarchais himself an obvious proponent of rank anti-nobilism: for he himself was a noble. Example: Patrice Higonnet considers this the height of antinobilism during the French Revolution because it combined with the persecution of emigres by the military commissions created on 19 fructidor V.
Word: psalmodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psalmody Labels: form-of, plural
Word: psychanalyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psychanalysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pyrogravure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pyrogravure. 1. pyrography Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A design or picture made by pyrography. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: prophylaxies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prophylaxy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pyrogravures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pyrogravure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Maecenases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Maecenas Labels: form-of, plural
Word: becloaked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From becloak + -ed. 1. Wearing a cloak. Example: A becloaked man approaches, his hat pulled over his face.
Word: becloaked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From becloak + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of becloak Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: algogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From algo- + -genic, wherein algo- refers to pain, and -genic indicates causation thereof. 1. Inducing pain. Example: We wish to study the algogenic effect of bee stings.
Word: algogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From algo- + -genic, wherein algo- refers to an alga or algæ, and -genic indicates production thereby. 1. Produced by an alga or algæ. Example: The algogenic organic matter affects the efficacy of water treatment.
Word: rivalrously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From rivalrous + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌɪvəlɹəsli/ 1. With rivalry; competitively. Example: The advent of Calonne as Controller-General and Breteuil as Minister for the Royal Household in November 1783 meant that the ministry now contained (with Vergennes) three rivalrously ambitious ministers with conflicting philosophies and power bases.
Word: corporate executives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corporate executive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiministerialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + ministerialist. 1. Someone opposed to government ministers or ministries. Example: Every day I am more and more an Antiministerialist, and an implacable foe of the unholy Alliance. Example: The anti-ministerialists received aid, moreover, from an unlikely source, namely the government itself.
Word: antiministerialists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiministerialist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: capillaires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of capillaire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cleveite Part of Speech: noun 1. A crystalline variety of uraninite.
Word: connexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of connex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diazote Part of Speech: noun 1. Nitrogen gas. Labels: dated
Word: cran- Part of Speech: prefix 1. cranberry Labels: morpheme Example: cran-apple cobbler Example: cran-grape juice
Word: fluorohydride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fluoro- + hydride. 1. A compound formed by the addition of the elements of hydrogen fluoride.
Word: rudie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rudeboy + -ie. 1. A juvenile delinquent. Labels: Jamaica, slang Example: He thinking surely a boy wearing glasses can't be a rudie.
Word: suspiral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suspire + -al. 1. A breathing hole; a vent or ventiduct, particularly one in a building. 2. A spring of water passing underground toward a cistern or conduit.
Word: suspirals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suspiral Labels: form-of, plural
Word: archegony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arche- + -gony. 1. spontaneous generation; abiogenesis Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: morone Part of Speech: noun 1. Maroon colour. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: pretensed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pretense + -ed. 1. pretend; fake Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: bulau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Native name. 1. gymnure; moonrat (Echinosorex gymnura). Labels: archaic, no-plural Example: The bulau, of Sumatra, has a few stout bristly hairs scattered among the fur of its back, and gives the first indication of a tendency toward the production of spines.
Word: merenchyma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mero- + -enchyma. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛɹɪŋˈkaɪmə/ 1. tissue composed of spheroidal cells Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: bar-b-que Part of Speech: noun 1. Informal spelling of barbecue. Labels: alt-of, countable, informal, uncountable Example: I watch as neighbors and friends enjoy bar-b-que cookouts, now that it is summertime. Example: But whatever your choice, it's the smoky taste enhanced by a unique sauce that bar-b-que buffs will travel miles for.
Word: bar-b-ques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bar-b-que (alternative spelling of barbecues). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Abu Simbel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو سِمْبَل (ʔabū simbal). Pronunciation: /ˈɑ.bu ˈsɪm.bl̩/ 1. A village, in the Aswan area of Egypt, that is the site of several ancient temples.
Word: non-iron Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + iron. 1. That does not need ironing. Labels: not-comparable Example: non-iron shirt
Word: quadrium Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of quadrivium. Labels: uncountable Example: Church music was carefully taught at the universities. IT was of the four sciences of the quadrium, and was a means of promotion in the church and colleges. Example: He describes how by the late fifteenth century the language arts of the trivium had come to seem useful only for communication, teaching and public debate, and how humanists turned to the mathematical arts of the quadrium - including music - to enable new means and methods of discovery.
Word: quadrium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quadr- + -ium. 1. A highly unstable synthetic isotope of the element hydrogen, 41H, having one proton and three neutrons. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: The decimal character of 4.1 is a reminder that this is not a conventional H isotope such as quadrium, ⁴H, or other isotopes up to ⁷H, with lifetimes, when known in the 0.1 to 1 zs range. 2. A quadrium atom or nucleus. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: The almost stationary ultra-cold neutron(s) occupies a position in the metal lattice where another dissolved hydrogen is most likely to tunnel in less than a nanosecond, forming a deuteron / triton / quadrium by capturing the cold neutron and releasing binding energy.
Word: lacquer-ware Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lacquerware. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: footwarmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + warmer. 1. Something used to keep the feet warm, especially during a journey. Example: Sturrock records that he found hot-water footwarmers in use on the Northern Railway of France in about 1857, and that he was so impressed with the extra comfort obtained from this simple device that he obtained permission from the French authorities to bring one to England. A dozen similar, but smaller footwarmers were made at Doncaster, without official sanction, and placed in the coaches of a train conveying some of the directors to London. Sturrock was taken to task by the chairman for having incurred this unauthorised expenditure, but before he left the meeting, the directors had ordered 200 footwarmers for public use. Example: There was no steam heating, but footwarmers were provided in winter to alleviate the long and rigorous journey to Burtonport.
Word: footwarmers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of footwarmer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lithosian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Lithosia, the typical genus, from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “a stone, a rock”). 1. Any of various moths once grouped in the former family Lithosiidae, now mostly classified in the subfamily Arctiinae of family Erebidae.
Word: Lithosians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lithosian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radiotoxicological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From radio- + toxicological. 1. Of or pertaining to radiotoxicology Labels: not-comparable
Word: radiotoxicology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + toxicology. 1. The study of radiotoxicity Labels: uncountable
Word: there's no use crying over spilt milk Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of there's no point crying over spilt milk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sixes and nines Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the appearance like the numerals 6 and 9. 1. Curly quotation marks, as opposed to straight quotes. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only
Word: Academe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of academe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: proto-industry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proto- + industry. 1. Domestic manufacturing or commercial activity seen as being a precursor to industrialization. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: cottage industry Example: It is now generally recognised that the rise of cottage industry, or proto-industry as it is now more fashionably called, played an important role in the transformation of the West European economy during the modern era.
Word: proto-industries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proto-industry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: testerical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From testes, by analogy to hysterical. Coined by Juli Loesch in 1972 along with testeria. 1. Overly aggressive, irritable, or unreasonable, as from being overwhelmed by testosterone. Example: If the police at the G20 protests were pumped-up, testerical, itching for a fight, it was partly because their commanding officers have spent years blurring the distinction between peaceful campaigners and terrorists.
Word: dieoff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from die off. 1. Alternative form of die-off. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: die-offs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of die-off Labels: form-of, plural
Word: testeria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From testes, coined as a feminist response to the use of hysteria. 1. Behavior exhibiting excessive irritability, aggression, or unreasonableness. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: solvations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solvation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: testerically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From testerical + -ly. 1. In a testerical manner.
Word: thenal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From then- + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to the thenar Labels: not-comparable
Word: trimix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + mix. 1. A mixture of helium, nitrogen, and oxygen used in deep diving as a breathing gas instead of air. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: high vacuum Part of Speech: noun 1. A vacuum having a pressure less than about a hundred millipascals