nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cupboardfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cupboardful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chipperness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chipper + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being chipper; optimism. Labels: uncountable Example: Anna awakens in a funk most days, and her mother’s chipperness only deepens it.
Word: chipperly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From chipper + -ly. 1. In a chipper way; optimistically.
Word: clammer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clam + -er. 1. One who digs for clams.
Word: clammer Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of clamber. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] broke his leg, for he was fain to clammer on a pew to reach high enough with his stick.
Word: clammers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clammer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clamdigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clam + digger. 1. Someone who digs for clams. 2. A non-auger posthole digger of a hand tool type with hinged operation. Labels: plural, plural-only, usually
Word: clamorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clamor + -er. 1. One who clamors.
Word: clamourer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clamour + -er. 1. One who clamours.
Word: clamorers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clamorer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clamourers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clamourer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glamourless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glamour + -less. 1. Without glamour; unglamorous, mundane.
Word: glamorless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glamor + -less. 1. Alternative spelling of glamourless. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cyberintelligence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + intelligence. 1. Intelligence (political or military information) gathered on the Internet. Labels: uncountable Example: These include a sample of raw intelligence documents and of summary digests of observations from both the field and the department’s cyberintelligence unit. 2. Artificial intelligence. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: A massive cyberintelligence system was required to run the ship, of course, but, as we now know, intelligence devoid of emotion is nonfunctional.
Word: flipbook Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of flip book. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: flipbooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flipbook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: footages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of footage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heroisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heroism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kyats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kyat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lilyturf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lily + turf, a coinage of the 1920s. 1. Any of a group of low-growing, grasslike perennials of the genera Liriope and Ophiopogon that are often used in landscaping for ground cover. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: lilyturfs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lilyturf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pluralistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pluralistic + -ally. 1. In a pluralistic way.
Word: unpluralized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pluralized. 1. Not pluralized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: seedily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From seedy + -ly. 1. In a seedy way.
Word: riad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic رِيَاض (riyāḍ) 1. A traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden. Example: A beautiful riad, full of the works of one of the proprietors, who is a painter and sculptor as well as an interior designer.
Word: riads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of riad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vanful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From van + -ful. 1. As much as a van will hold. Example: At Thornton’s request, the firm of Dominic Winter hauled a couple of vansful of books directly from the library. Example: For one thing, they are cheaper and more compact than older systems, which required a vanful of equipment and a dedicated tech nerd and cost thousands of dollars a week to rent.
Word: vanfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vanful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Laserdisc Part of Speech: name Etymology: From laser + disc, a trademark. 1. A home videodisc format of the 1980s, now obsolete.
Word: Laserdisc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From laser + disc, a trademark. 1. A disc in this format. Labels: countable
Word: bughouse chess Part of Speech: noun 1. A variant of chess played on two chessboards by four players in teams of two. Each player plays the other colour of pieces than their teammate, to whom they pass the pieces they capture from their opponent. The teammate can then choose to put one of these pieces on their board as an alternative way of making a move. Labels: uncountable
Word: twinships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twinship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twirlier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of twirly: more twirly Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: twirliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of twirly: most twirly Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: thall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Swedish metal band Vildhjarta. 1. A style of progressive metal music related to djent, with particular emphasis on manipulation of pitch, especially via bends and digital processing. Labels: neologism, uncountable
Word: twitchier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of twitchy: more twitchy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: twitchiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of twitchy: most twitchy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: OEMs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of OEM Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twitchily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From twitchy + -ly. 1. In a twitchy way.
Word: gimboid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in the television series Red Dwarf, possibly from gimp + -oid. 1. An incompetent person. Labels: UK, derogatory, slang Example: You can blame that primarily on George Dubbya "I wanna rule tha world" Bush and all the gimboids who voted for him. Example: A great deal of rap (both commercial and non) is made by talentless gimboids.
Word: gimboids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gimboid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smegger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in the television series Red Dwarf, from smeg + -er. 1. A hateful person or thing. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: I'd send in something that sent back some kind of telemetary ^([sic]), to see what was going on. If some bastard goes and blows it up, you send in about 40,000 ships and kill the smeggers. Example: I remember you now. You're that smegger who floods a thread with the same message over and over...and the same smegger who top-posts.
Word: smeggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smegger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reflexives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reflexive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fractally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From fractal + -ly. 1. In a fractal manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: it can be seen that chance positioning can build large fractally structured clusters
Word: generatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From generative + -ly. 1. In a generative way. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gender identity disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. A condition in which the patient experiences significant gender dysphoria: the diagnostic classification most commonly applied to transgender/transsexual people. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: remonetizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of remonetization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tail lifts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tail lift Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assessorial Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating or belonging to an assessor. Labels: not-comparable Example: an assessorial district 2. Pertaining to services other than basic delivery, such as fuel and equipment. Labels: not-comparable
Word: assessorial Part of Speech: noun 1. An assessorial charge.
Word: theory-laden Part of Speech: adj 1. Whose meaning depends upon a set of theoretical principles
Word: sheepier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of sheepy: more sheepy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: sheepiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of sheepy: most sheepy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: sheepies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sheepy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smoggily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From smoggy + -ly. 1. In a smoggy way.
Word: muggily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From muggy + -ly. 1. In a muggy way.
Word: soupily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From soupy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsuːpɪli/ 1. In a soupy way.
Word: warlockry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From warlock + -ry. 1. Wizardry; witchcraft. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: australite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For the type locality Australia + -ite 1. A kind of tektite found in Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: australites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of australite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blunderful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blunder + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈblʌn.də.fl̩/, /ˈblʌn.dɚ.fl̩/ 1. Inclined to blunder. Example: It is, therefore, quite believable that many of these secret agents were as blunderful and tactless as any ill-bred son of the soil could be...
Word: blunderingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From blundering + -ly. 1. In a blundering way; making mistakes.
Word: Dunglish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Dutch + English. 1. A non-standard variety of the English language with Dutch influences. Labels: uncountable
Word: thunderless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thunder + -less. 1. Without thunder. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unlash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + lash. 1. To unfasten. Labels: transitive
Word: unlashes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unlash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unlashing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unlash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unlashed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unlash Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unlashed Part of Speech: adj 1. Without eyelashes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unfucked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fucked. 1. Not fucked; virginal. Labels: not-comparable, vulgar
Word: unfucked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From unfuck + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of unfuck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unsmacked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + smacked. 1. Not smacked. Labels: not-comparable
Word: come rain or shine Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of rain or shine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: virginally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From virginal + -ly. 1. In a virginal way.
Word: power pill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a power-up in the Pac-Man video game (1980) that grants the player temporary invulnerability. 1. A tablet of the drug ecstasy. Labels: UK, slang
Word: carcinoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carcino- + -oid. 1. A form of slow-growing tumour originating in the neuroendocrine system.
Word: cementite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cement + -ite. 1. A form of iron carbide, Fe₃C, that is a component of steel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cytopenia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-der. Ancient Greek πένομαι (pénomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek πένης (pénēs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) Ancient Greek πενῐ́ᾱ (penĭ́ā)bor. English -penia English cytopenia From cyto- + -penia. 1. A reduction in the number of blood cells for any of several reasons. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: cytopaenia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cytopenia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: cytopaenias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cytopaenia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: influenzalike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From influenza + -like. 1. Synonym of flulike.
Word: Lisetta Part of Speech: name Etymology: Italian pet form of Elisabetta 1. A female given name from Italian. Labels: rare Example: "And you can buy a dress for your wife off this piece of stuff," said Lisetta, who had always an eye to business.
Word: Lilibet Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth, variant of Lilibeth. Example: "Oh, Betty, this is so awful for mummy and Margaret," Lilibet wrote to a family friend, Elizabeth Cecil, soon after she became queen. Example: Prince Harry was last week said to be “excited” for Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, to be reunited with King Charles during the visit.
Word: demanganization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + manganize + -ation. 1. The act of removing compounds of manganese from water Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pandemically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pandemic + -ally. 1. In a pandemic manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: Malaria occurs endemically, epidemically, pandemically, or sporadically.
Word: shrimplike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shrimp + -like. 1. Resembling a shrimp. Example: Marine scientists will plumb the Arctic Ocean and productive waters around Antarctica to see how shifts in sea ice and ocean currents affect species from clouds of shrimplike krill to whales, penguins and polar bears.
Word: shrimpier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of shrimpy: more shrimpy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: shrimpiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of shrimpy: most shrimpy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: regal horned lizard Part of Speech: noun 1. Phrynosoma solare, a horned lizard, with a wide toad-shaped body about seven inches long, noted for the ten horns that form a crown-like structure on its head.
Word: chocophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From choc + -o- + -phile. 1. A lover of chocolate. Labels: informal, rare Example: The report has had 750,000 page views since the story went up in December and has been passed from chocophile to chocophile.
Word: chocophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chocophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: babyless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From baby + -less. 1. Without a baby. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lawyerlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lawyer + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a lawyer. Example: He analyzed the marketing of the chocolate with lawyerlike logic and came to the conclusion there was little special about it.
Word: nonparent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + parent. 1. A person who is not a parent. Example: nonparent visitation and custody Example: When we were nonparents, our modest digital camera was perfect for vacation photos and the like.
Word: nonparents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonparent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: braidlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From braid + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a braid. Example: And for a specialty style, like dreadlocks or the popular flat twist, in which the hair is coiled tightly against the scalp in braidlike rows, customers often visit far trendier salons where the simplest look starts at $100.
Word: creaturedom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From creature + -dom. 1. The state of being a creature; the world of living things. Labels: uncountable Example: An acceptance of our common creaturedom is essential not just to the health of the planet but to our ordinary happiness.
Word: discussable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From discuss + -able. 1. That can be discussed. Example: All the rules were discussable.
Word: horned lizard Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of some 14 species of lizard in the genus Phrynosoma, generally with wide toad-shaped bodies less than a foot long, noted for the horny structures on their heads.
Word: horned lizards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horned lizard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: longboarder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From longboard + -er. 1. One who rides a longboard. Example: A former professional longboarder, Huerta, 28, works in international sales and merchandising for a denim company.
Word: longboarders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of longboarder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: memex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of memory + index, coined by Vannevar Bush in his article As We May Think (1945) in The Atlantic Monthly. 1. A proposed computer system, implemented with electromechanical controls and microfilm equipment, that would permit a researcher to follow and annotate topics of interest, analogous to later hypertext technologies. Example: Surely when Vannevar Bush imagined his hyperlinked memex or Jorge Luis Borges his Library of Babel or Tim Berners-Lee his World Wide Web, what excited them wasn’t the possibility of reading the boldfaced words “nympho starlets” in a printed novel, racing to the nearest computer to type a U.R.L. into a browser and watching a YouTube clip of James Blunt singing “You’re Beautiful” over scenes of Sharon Tate in “The Fearless Vampire Killers.”
Word: misshelve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + shelve. 1. To place on the wrong shelf; to misclassify. Labels: transitive Example: She scoured the library for misshelved volumes, reread five surrounding volumes, reviewed her early notes but never found that paragraph imprinted in her memory, “the words filling less than half a page, the address on Clark Street, the remarks about her appearance, all of which where typed up by a machine in need of new ribbon.”
Word: misshelves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misshelve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misshelving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misshelve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misshelving Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of something being misshelved.
Word: misshelved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misshelve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: punctuations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of punctuation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repressiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From repressive + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being repressive. Labels: uncountable Example: Sociologists say that an increased willingness to address sexual problems reflects Spain’s sexual liberation after the repressiveness of the Franco years.
Word: siblingless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sibling + -less. 1. Without siblings. Labels: not-comparable Example: For Betty Rollin, a memoirist who grew up in Yonkers, being siblingless meant that she was pampered, adored and showered with gifts.
Word: ribbonless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ribbon + -less. 1. Without a ribbon. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reparability Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of repairability. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: slanshack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slan (“science fiction fan”) + shack. From a clubhouse for science fiction fans in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA called "Slan Shack" which existed from 1943 to 1945; from the fanspeak term slan; from the science fiction novel Slan (1940) by A. E. van Vogt, by analogy to the superior but persecuted mutants of the novel. Pronunciation: /slænʃæk/ 1. A house shared by fans of science fiction. Labels: dated, slang Example: Slan Shack - A science-fiction house in Battle Creek, charter members being Al & Abby Lu Ashley, Walt Liebscher, and Jack Wiedenbeck. Acquired in the summer of '43, it wasn't occupied by the slans till the eve of the Michiconference. EEEvans joined a little later. Example: Sad to relate, however, some of the European delegates were probably insurgents rather than true fen. Probably none of them had ever been in a slanshack, and there were only a few completists among them.
Word: spouseless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English spouselees, spowseles; equivalent to spouse + -less. 1. Without a spouse; unmarried. Labels: not-comparable Example: But the new majority materialized only because The Times chose to use survey data that counted, as spouseless women, teenagers 15 through 17 — almost 90 percent of whom were living with their parents.
Word: boutonnière Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French boutonnière. 1. Alternative spelling of boutonniere. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: storybooklike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From storybook + -like. 1. Like a storybook, or a traditional story Example: It was so serene and storybooklike.
Word: tonelessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toneless + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being toneless. Labels: uncountable Example: So much menace, so much studied tonelessness and unmusicality — and on the part of so young a virtuoso — is disturbing, to say the least, and it comes a relief when he lays it aside.
Word: uncostumed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + costumed. 1. Not costumed; not in costume. Labels: not-comparable Example: They had something else in common: they were the only uncostumed guests.
Word: unprolific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + prolific. Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.pɹəˈlɪf.ɪk/, /ˌʌn.pɹoʊˈlɪf.ɪk/ 1. Not prolific. Labels: not-comparable Example: With the possible exception of cliquishness, in each of these regards Fenton is more like Larkin: plain-spoken, unprolific and firmly in possession of a deflated sense of poetic vocation.
Word: unrecommended Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + recommended. 1. Not recommended; discouraged. Labels: not-comparable Example: He is strongest describing place — an old motor lodge rests in “a highly unrecommended corner of Tulsa,” a Detroit house is “the sort of box that if you tripped coming in the front door, you found yourself falling out the back.”
Word: vortexlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vortex + -like. 1. Resembling a vortex. Example: To watch “Twitch City,” in other words, is often to watch someone watch TV. The screen serves as a de facto mirror — a nifty trick for a show about the vortexlike pull and mind-altering possibilities of television.
Word: vorticial Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /vɔː(ɹ)ˈtɪʃəl/ 1. Pertaining to a vortex.
Word: antistar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + star. 1. A conjectured type of star formed from antimatter.
Word: antistars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antistar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antigalaxy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + galaxy. 1. A conjectured type of galaxy formed from antimatter.
Word: antigalaxies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antigalaxy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cauterizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cauterizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cauterizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cauterize + -er. 1. One who, or that which, cauterizes. Example: Various wands and clippers and cauterizers went into other little holes, and while watching the screens, the two doctors moved them around as if working joysticks on a video game.
Word: cauteriser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cauterise + -er. 1. Alternative spelling of cauterizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cauterisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cauteriser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hotelwide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hotel + -wide. 1. Throughout a hotel. Labels: not-comparable Example: Fearful it could have landed in the trash, the hotel contacted its garbage contractor, Waste Management, and had hotel employees conduct the kind of hotelwide search usually reserved for homicide detectives.
Word: laparoscopically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From laparoscopic + -ally. 1. By means of laparoscopy. Labels: not-comparable Example: The two flat-screen monitors worked perfectly, on the other hand, affording a full-color, high-definition view of the first patient’s gallbladder, which Dr. Gawande and a surgical resident, Siva Raja, proceeded to remove laparoscopically, after first inserting a fiber-optic camera through a tiny incision in the patient’s abdomen. Example: Doctors can perform prostatectomies in one of three different ways: perineally, retropubically, or laparoscopically.
Word: unmessy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + messy. 1. Not messy; tidy. Labels: not-comparable Example: The whole business is suprisingly unmessy.
Word: messless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mess + -less. 1. Without mess. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stanzaed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stanza + -ed. 1. Divided into stanzas. Labels: not-comparable
Word: license to print money Part of Speech: noun 1. US standard spelling of licence to print money. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: tyrotoxism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: tyro- + tox- + -ism; ultimately from Ancient Greek τυρός (turós, “cheese”) + Latin toxicum (“poison”). 1. Poisoning by cheese or other dairy products Labels: uncountable
Word: slipware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slip + ware. 1. A type of pottery identified by its primary decorating process where slip is placed onto the dry surface by dipping, painting or splashing. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: metaheuristic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + heuristic. 1. An experimental heuristic method for solving a general class of computational problems by combining user procedures in the hope of obtaining a more efficient or robust procedure.
Word: metaheuristics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metaheuristic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fittingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fitting + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being fitting; suitability. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He may neither judge the fittingness of society’s death sentence nor dictate our actions — even to express his remorse, however heartfelt.
Word: suitabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suitability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misallocate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + allocate. 1. To allocate incorrectly or inappropriately. Labels: transitive Example: After a two-year investigation by the city’s Department of Investigation, the two men admitted their roles in stealing or misallocating nearly $1.2 million, including an $875,000 payment to a radio network, Air America, that had been concealed from the charity’s board of directors. Example: It misdesigned goods, adversely selected technologies, misallocated and misremunerated factors of production, encouraged work to rule, underproduced, misdistributed outputs and was subject to a myriad of moral hazards.
Word: misallocates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misallocate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misallocating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misallocate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misallocated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misallocate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shockvertising Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of shock + advertising. 1. Advertising that is intended to shock the viewer. Labels: uncountable Example: Because what they know — what they learned at the feet of the master — is that, in the narrowest sense, shockvertising works. It works (a) by provoking widespread outrage, inevitably reported in the press, creating a level of buzz […] Example: So-called shockvertising, in the form of ads that are deliberately provocative to draw attention to themselves, is becoming increasingly popular.
Word: anthropomorphosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anthropo- + morphosis. 1. Transformation into a human form. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He’s best known for his views of aristocratic race horses, seen purely as beautiful animals with no attempt at anthropomorphosis, but he painted other mammals too, dogs, lions, tigers, oxen, monkeys and humans.
Word: uncompellingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From uncompelling + -ly. 1. In an uncompelling way. Example: Like Ms. Gallagher, Philippe Parreno excerpts and repeats, but uncompellingly.
Word: uncompelling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English compelling English uncompelling From un- + compelling. 1. Not compelling.
Word: lipless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lip + -less. 1. Without a lip or lips. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) brimless, ledgeless, rimless
Word: mouthless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *mouthles, from Old English mūþlēas (“mouthless”), equivalent to mouth + -less. 1. Without a mouth. Labels: not-comparable
Word: kidneyless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kidney + -less. 1. Without a kidney or kidneys. Labels: not-comparable
Word: liverless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From liver + -less. 1. Without a liver. Labels: not-comparable
Word: latherings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lathering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multijointed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + jointed. 1. Having multiple joints. Labels: not-comparable Example: WowWee, whose previous creations include the robotic toy Robosapien, is also working on a radio-controlled vehicle for release this year that walks on four spidery, multijointed legs.
Word: pseudobulb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + bulb. 1. A storage organ in orchids, derived from the part of a stem between two leaf nodes. Example: Remove only dead flowers, not the living bloom stalk, which is actually a pseudobulb commonly called a cane.
Word: pseudobulbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudobulb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: serenader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From serenade + -er. 1. One who serenades. Example: Streetlife serenader Never sang on stages Needs no orchestration Melody comes easy Midnight masquerader Shopping center heroes Child of Eisenhower New world celebrator Streetlife serenaders Have such understanding How the words are spoken How to make the motions Streetlife serenaders Have no obligations Hold no grand illusions Need no stimulation Example: Serenades pitch woo or pitch for whatever entitlement the serenader is looking for.
Word: serenaders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of serenader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: songless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From song + -less. 1. Without song. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unmuscled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + muscled. 1. Not muscled; lacking muscles.
Word: subbrands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subbrand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subbrands Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subbrand Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: subbrand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + brand. 1. A subsidiary brand. Example: Julie Gilhart, the fashion director of Barneys New York, has been wearing one this week from A/X, one of the Armani subbrands.
Word: subbrand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sub- + brand. 1. To market under a subsidiary brand. Labels: transitive
Word: tacrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From t(etrahydro) + acr(id)ine. Pronunciation: /ˈtæ.kɹiːn/ 1. A synthetic drug used in Alzheimer's disease to inhibit the breakdown of acetylcholine by cholinesterase and thereby enhance neurological function. Labels: uncountable Example: In the 1980s, Dr. Thal, a neurologist, helped lead successful clinical trials of tacrine, a cholinesterase inhibitor drug that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1993.
Word: waterings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of watering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: braider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From braid + -er. 1. One who, or that which, braids. Example: He was determined to be the best rawhide braider in the world; when she struggled with a piece of writing, he understood.
Word: braiders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of braider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cotrimoxazole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + blend of trimethoprim + sulfamethoxazole. 1. A sulfonamide antibacterial combination of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole, in the ratio of 1 to 5, used in the treatment of a variety of bacterial infections. Labels: uncountable Example: Because pediatricians are concerned that prolonged use of cotrimoxazole could lead to resistant malaria, they often stop the drug among AIDS patients when tests show significant improvement in the health of their immune system after antiretroviral therapy.
Word: governability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: c. 1858 governable + -ity 1. The ability to be governed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “The new electoral law must guarantee governability and continuity in politics,” he told senators on Wednesday.
Word: governabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of governability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: malarious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From malaria + -ous. Pronunciation: /məˈlɛəɹi.əs/, /məˈlɛɹi.əs/ 1. With malaria; where people may catch malaria. Example: In spite of quinine, the men sickened day by day. Many of them, fine, strong, active fellows, who had never known what a day's sickness meant, went down before the malarious mist that gathered in the jungles. Example: Dr. Abrams, the Columbia expert, said in an interview that the Uganda findings had additional implications for treating H.I.V.-infected children in malarious areas. 2. Causing or relating to malaria.
Word: ruralize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rural + -ize. 1. To make rural; to give a rural character to (something or someone). Labels: transitive Example: the curling cloud / Of city smoke, by distance ruralised Example: This tardy favorite of fortune […] thoroughly ruralized from head to foot, proceeded to escort us up the hill behind his house. 2. To become rural; to take up residence or spend time in the country. Labels: intransitive Example: c. 1822, Charles Lamb, undated letter to John Howard Payne in The Letter of Charles Lamb, 1814-1825, Boston: The Bibliophile Society, Volume 4, pp. 197-198, I shall certainly attend your Farce, if in town; but as ’t is possible I shall ruralize this week, I will have no orders of you till next week. Example: […] Letitia, who, except one jaunt to Margate, had never been out of the sound of Bow-bells, that she might ruralise after the fashion of the poets, sit under trees, and gather roses all day long;
Word: ruralizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ruralize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ruralizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ruralize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ruralized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ruralize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ruralise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of ruralize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ruralises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ruralise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ruralising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ruralise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ruralised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ruralise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: heroinlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heroin + -like. 1. Resembling heroin or some aspect of it. Example: Intended to be swallowed whole and digested over 12 hours, the pills can produce a heroinlike high if crushed and then swallowed, inhaled or injected.
Word: ringette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ring + -ette. 1. A team sport played on ice on skates and primarily by women, the players using sticks to control a rubber ring and attempting to score goals by landing it in the opponents' net. Labels: uncountable Example: Sam Jacks, the inventor of ringette and floor hockey, and Robert Steadward, whose efforts spearheaded the growth of Paralympic sports, are being inducted in the builder category.
Word: salmonellas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salmonella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blanchingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From blanching + -ly. 1. In a blanching way. Example: “Grotesque” is full of schoolgirls in long socks but blanchingly free of cuteness, a combination we might call Uh-Oh Kitty.
Word: dosshouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doss + house. 1. Alternative form of doss-house. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “What gives you the idea that you won't enjoy yourself? Brinkley Court's an earthly Paradise.” “In many respects, yes, but life there at the moment has its drawbacks. There's far too much of that where-every-prospect-pleases-and-only-man-is-vile stuff buzzing around for my taste. Who do you think is staying at the old dosshouse? Aubrey Upjohn.” Example: It was the profoundest hour of the night, their third as inmates of Princess Celestial Hind’s dosshouse, a converted wool factory fronting on an alley off Sturgeon Street, not far from the Caspian wharfs.
Word: dosshouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dosshouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: icelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ice + -like. 1. Resembling ice. Example: It also revolves around a symbolic essential substance: in this case, a crystalline icelike material, mined from a meteor, that can awaken the power of speech in selected human hearts.
Word: murderousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From murderous + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being murderous. Labels: uncountable Example: In “Chase,” Haas strikes a balance between evoking the brutal lives of the exploited mineworkers and acknowledging the murderousness of some of their deeds.
Word: psychopathologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psychopathology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repoints Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of repoint Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: repointed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of repoint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: subkiloton Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + kiloton. 1. Below one kiloton. Labels: not-comparable Example: The test was something of a fizzle, a subkiloton explosion, but it was enough to win unanimous passage of a resolution that imposes new economic sanctions on the North.
Word: unmollified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + mollified. 1. Not mollified. Labels: not-comparable Example: I felt vaguely he was a sneak, and remained quite unmollified by advances on his side, which, in a boy's barbarous fashion, unless it suited me to be magnanimous, I haughtily ignored.
Word: unknowables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unknowable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ʻukulele Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ukulele. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: All of the 'ukuleles and braguinhas/cavaquinhos examined in this paper use nylon or gut strings. Example: In addition, there will be a small instrumental group, perhaps composed of four ʻukulele.
Word: Chiong Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 蔣 /蒋 (zoeng²). Doublet of Chiang, Chionh, Jiang, and Kiang. Pronunciation: /tʃiːɒŋ/, /tʃiɑŋ/ 1. A surname from Chinese.
Word: voivodeship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From voivode (“local ruler or official in parts of central and eastern Europe; administrative chief in Poland”) + -ship (suffix forming nouns indicating properties or states of being). Voivode is variously derived from a number of Slavic languages including Bulgarian войвода (vojvoda), Czech vojevoda, Polish wojewoda, Russian воево́да (vojevóda), and Serbo-Croatian vojvoda, војвода, all from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda (“army leader; duke; warlord”), from *voji (“army”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue; to persecute; to suppress”)) + *-e- + *vodìti (“to conduct; to lead”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”)). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from Polish województwo. Pronunciation: /ˈvɔɪˌvəʊdˌʃɪp/, /ˈvɔɪˌvoʊdˌʃɪp/ 1. The office, position, rank, or title of a voivode (“a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe; an administrative chief in modern Poland”). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The jurisdiction of a voivode, comparable to a countship or a county. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland, comparable to a province or state. Labels: countable
Word: Pua Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Pua, from Hokkien 潘 (Phoaⁿ). 1. A surname from Hokkien. Labels: Philippines
Word: Uy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of uey. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Uy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Khmer អ៊ុយ (ʼuy). 1. A surname from Khmer.
Word: Uy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Hokkien 黃 /黄 (Ûiⁿ), via Spanish Uy. 1. A surname from Hokkien Labels: Philippines
Word: cholesterolemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cholesterol + -emia. 1. The presence of cholesterol in the blood Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chondroma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chondr- + -oma. 1. A benign tumour formed from cartilage cells
Word: Chua Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa). 1. A surname from Hokkien.
Word: Khoo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 邱 (Khu). 1. A surname from Chinese.
Word: anisocoria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an- + isocoria. Pronunciation: /ænˌaɪsəˈkɔɹ i ə/, /-ˈkoʊɹ-/, /ˌænaɪ-/ 1. A condition characterized by unequal size of the pupils of the eye. Labels: uncountable Example: Anisocoria is the occurrence of unequal or asymmetric pupils. Very slight differences are common and of no significance.
Word: antiangina Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + angina. 1. antianginal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unmatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + match. 1. To separate a matching pair.
Word: Ching Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cantonese 程 (cing4). 1. A surname from Cantonese.
Word: Ching Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hokkien 莊 /庄 (Chng). 1. A surname from Hokkien.
Word: Ching Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 清 (Qīng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻing¹. 1. Alternative form of Qing. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: General Li Shu-ch’eng was born at Ch’ien-chiang Hsien, Hupei province, in 1873 and was a salaried licentiate or Linsheng in the Ching Dynasty. Example: Parakeet Isle or Yingwuchou: in the middle of the river to the south-west of Hanyang. It disappeared during the Ming period to re-emerge in the Ching dynasty in Kang Hsi’s reign. It became famous in the Han dynasty when a great feast was held there and parakeets brought in.
Word: Ching Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Manipuri ꯆꯤꯡ (cing). 1. Alternative form of Chingakham surname of Meitei origin Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of Chingangbam surname of Meitei origin Labels: alt-of, alternative 3. Alternative form of Chingshubam surname of Meitei origin Labels: alt-of, alternative 4. Alternative form of Chingtham surname of Meitei origin Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: limaille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French limaille. 1. Bits of waste metal mixed with bone, dust, etc.; lemel. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: This absence of blood, which was in accordance with the external phenomena, led to the disuse of mercury, and to the substitution of the internal use of iron, ( limaille porphyrisée, ) in the dose of a “gros" daily, under the form of opiate, with tonics. Example: [I]f, therefore, a measured half-pint of limaille be submitted to the process, however rich or poor in quality, four fluid ounces of hydrochloric acid and sixteen of water would be such proportions as I think would meet every case.
Word: unky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of uncle + -y. 1. Uncle. Labels: childish, colloquial, endearing
Word: uncs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncs Part of Speech: noun 1. uncle (especially one's own uncle) Labels: colloquial Example: Hey, Uncs, how's it going?
Word: inhabitting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of inhabit Labels: archaic, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ram cichlid Part of Speech: noun 1. Mikrogeophagus ramirezi, a species of freshwater fish endemic to the Orinoco River basin
Word: ram cichlids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ram cichlid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dogon Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a group of people living in the central plateau region of Mali, Africa.
Word: Dogon Part of Speech: name Labels: no-gloss
Word: anginose Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to angina; anginous. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: retrait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French retrait. Doublet of retract, retreat, and ritratto. 1. A picture or other visual representation. Labels: obsolete Example: She is the mighty Queene of Faerie, / Whose faire retrait I in my shield do beare […]
Word: retrait Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French retrait. Doublet of retract, retreat, and ritratto. 1. Retired. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: retrait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant forms. 1. Obsolete form of retreat. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Cyrus was his second Brother: who gave the occasion of that memorable work, and almost miraculous retrait of Xenophon.
Word: retrait Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant forms. 1. Obsolete form of retreat. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: retrait Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variant forms. 1. Not shown in full, but cut off at point it touches the edge of the shield, an ordinary, etc, as if retreating or withdrawn into that edge, ordinary, etc. (Compare issuant, naissant.) Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: KETHEL in Holland uses, Azure, a pale retrait in chief (i.e., a demi-pal) soutenu by a chevron between three cauldrons or. Example: The blazon : Arms : Per Saltire Gules and Or in fess two pellets pierced and in pale many plates also pierced on a chief Argent issuant as in chief seven pallets retrait two three and two Sable.
Word: 'fesses up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of 'fess up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: 'fessing up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of 'fess up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: 'fessed up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of 'fess up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: non-negotiable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of nonnegotiable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: non-negotiable Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nonnegotiable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: restauration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English restauracioun, from Late Latin restaurātiō; compare French restauration. 1. Obsolete form of restoration. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […]began and compleated the Restauration of our present Sovereign Example: Behold the differing Climes agree, / Rejoycing in thy Reſtauration.
Word: optique Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of optic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: One Symoy, an optique inſtrument‐maker, found the first of thoſe inſects as he was ſearching for polypes; which gave me ſince an occaſion of examining ditch‐water, where I not only found the plant, but the crown’d inſect, and a good many other ſurpriſing little things, of all ſhapes and faſhions, of which I will take the liberty to ſend you an account.
Word: masonry cement Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of cement used for masonry mortar, containing Portland cement and filler. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: massacrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From massacre + -ous. 1. Of, or pertaining to, a massacre. Labels: obsolete
Word: massecuites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of massecuite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: masseters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of masseter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: massotherapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From masso- + therapy. 1. massage as a form of therapy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: massotherapist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From masso- + therapist. 1. Someone skilled in massotherapy, a massage therapist.
Word: massotherapists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of massotherapist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concurrents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concurrent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: massula Part of Speech: noun 1. A union of pollen microspores.