nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: robocasting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From robo- + casting. 1. An additive manufacturing technique in which a filament of ink is extruded from a nozzle, forming an object layer by layer. Labels: uncountable
Word: green body Part of Speech: noun 1. An object composed of a ceramic compound, usually clay or powder, before it has been fired.
Word: proggins Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive of prog. 1. proctor Labels: UK, dated Example: And the Proggins! Isn't his velvet sleeves like a woman's? Example: I got hold of his arm to take him to college, steering him with some difficulty. When we were opposite St. Mary's the cry of 'The proggins (proctor) is coming' was raised, and I saw him with the bulldogs about thirty yards in front of us.
Word: projectionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From projection + -ism. 1. The idea that individuals form an idea of the external world by projecting their own internal beliefs onto it. Labels: uncountable
Word: immarcescibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being immarcescible. Labels: uncountable Example: Or perhaps these vegetables had absorbed by mere contact with his tweeds the subtle secret of his own immarcescibility.
Word: immarcescibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From immarcescible + -ly. 1. In an immarcescible manner.
Word: proposedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From proposed + -ly. 1. In the way that is being proposed; according to some approach or hypothesis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Europhobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euro- + -phobe. 1. One who dislikes Europe or the European Union. Example: The libertarian right of the Consservative Party, many of them diehard Europhobes, privately referred to the health minister and his advisers as "the Gestapo" for their faith in enforced lockdowns.
Word: Europhobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Europhobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retransition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + transition. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiː.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɹiː.tɹɑːnˈzɪ.ʃən/, /-sɪ-/, /-ʒən/, /ˌɹi.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/ 1. Another transition. Example: The content of the development is harder to define; it may include new material, but typically involves development of motives and themes from the exposition leading to a retransition.
Word: retransition Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + transition. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiː.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɹiː.tɹɑːnˈzɪ.ʃən/, /-sɪ-/, /-ʒən/, /ˌɹi.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/ 1. To transition again. Example: With apologies to my friends who have detransitioned or retransitioned if I get this wrong, this is what I've learned. Example: One reason for encouraging detransitioners to go through counselling and avoid rushing into further surgery is that many go on to retransition again in the future. 2. To transition again. Example: Finally, some who embrace the psychological paradigm critique transition-affirmative approaches by pointing to studies showing that a statistically significant number of people who have undergone transition – one 2009 study suggests up to 8 percent – have later expressed regrets, with some even deciding to retransition back to their birth sex. Example: If a socially transitioned child desists and later comes to identify with their birth-assigned gender, the child must then retransition to that gender, which could be difficult and pose risks for the child at that older age.
Word: Europhobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Euro- + -phobic. 1. Disliking Europe or the European Union. Example: “They will have to make concrete proposals, while today their DNA is criticism,” he said. “Are they going to be Euroskeptic or Europhobic?”
Word: fellrunning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fell + running. 1. Running in the fells, or similar steep terrain, as a pastime or sport. Labels: uncountable
Word: proteidogenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From proteid + -o- + -genous. 1. protein-forming Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: retransitioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of retransition Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: retransitioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of retransition Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: urforms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urform. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: promulgater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From promulgate + -er. 1. Alternative form of promulgator. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: promulgaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of promulgater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prosodics Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of prosody in speech. Labels: uncountable
Word: procumbence Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality or degree of being procumbent. Labels: uncountable
Word: propargylic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. propiolic acid Labels: uncountable
Word: protectionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From protection + -ary. 1. Serving to protect; protective. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Europhiliac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euro- + -philiac. 1. One who loves Europe or the European Union.
Word: Europhiliacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Europhiliac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prosomal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prosome + -al. 1. Relating to a prosome. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to a prosoma. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prosome Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of proteasome.
Word: prosomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prosome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prophetization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prophet + -ization. 1. The act or process of presenting someone as a prophet, or something as prophetic wisdom. Labels: uncountable Example: At the same time, the poetization of prophecy or prophetization of poetry clearly distanced the romantics from all prophets and visionaries who presented their utterances as actually originating in the supernatural sphere […]
Word: poetization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poetize + -ation. 1. The act or process of making something poetic. Labels: uncountable
Word: procedural memory Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of long-term subconscious memory for the performance of particular types of action. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Taffies Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Taffy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: taffies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taffy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zirconations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zirconation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stathe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stathe, from Old English steþ, stæþ (“bank, shore”), from Proto-Germanic *staþą, *staþaz, *staþwō (“bank, shore”). Cognate with Old Frisian sted (“bank, shore”), Middle High German stat (“bank, shore”) (German Gestade), dialectal Norwegian stad (“riverbank”), Icelandic stöð (“a harbour, roadstead, port, landing”); akin to Old English stede (“place”). More at stead. 1. A landing-place; wharf. Labels: dialectal
Word: zirconated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zircon + -ated. 1. Having undergone zirconation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: typeover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From type + over. 1. overtype (wordprocessing feature) Labels: uncountable
Word: oi oi Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A reduplication of oi. 1. A greeting. Labels: UK, slang 2. Hey; look; drawing attention to something. Labels: UK, slang Example: - Hans, is it perhaps time we had a word with Jeremy? - Oh, yeah. Jez, listen... Oi oi, tequila slammers! Example: - Oi oi! - Sorry mate, we don't serve your kind here.
Word: charadriiforms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of charadriiform Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xiehouyu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 歇後語 /歇后语 (xiēhòuyǔ). Pronunciation: /ʃjɛ.hoʊ.(j)u/ 1. A kind of Chinese proverb consisting of two elements: the former segment presents a novel scenario while the latter provides the rationale thereof. One would often only state the first part, expecting the listener to know the second. Compare English "a stitch in time (saves nine)" or "a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush)". Example: All that is necessary for a successful hsieh hou yü is that the characters of which it is composed should have a well known, invariable order. This being presupposed, mere arbitrary sounds in which the characters have no meaning at all, are quite as good as any others. Thus the sounds, chʽih pu leng teng (吃不楞登) represent the noise of beating on a drum, or anything similar, like our ‘rub-a-dub-dub.’ Hence the hsieh hou yü: ‘Light the Ch’ih-pu-leng,’ i.e, teng, Lamp. 點上了吃不楞[燈]
Word: coelophysoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any dinosaur of the superfamily Coelophysoidea
Word: prevernal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + vernal. 1. Before the season of spring. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prespring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + spring. 1. Before the season of spring. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prewinter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + winter. 1. Before the season of winter. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prefall Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + fall. 1. Before the season of fall. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nuclear magnetic pulses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nuclear magnetic pulse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rocket engines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rocket engine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Afrotropical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Afro- + tropical. Pronunciation: /ˌæf.ɹəʊˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/, /ˌæf.ɹoʊˈtɹɑp.ɪ.kəl/ 1. Belonging to the Afrotropic ecozone. Labels: not-comparable Example: Objective 3 included the incorporation of several thousand additional specimens into the web-accessible, Afrotropical tephritid database (M. De Meyer and I. White) and the revision of Afrotropical dacines (White).
Word: rhombical Part of Speech: adj 1. rhombic Labels: not-comparable
Word: rigidize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rigid + -ize. 1. Synonym of rigidify. Labels: ambitransitive, proscribed, sometimes
Word: rigidized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rigidize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rigidizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rigidize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rigidizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rigidize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Robur Carolinum Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Robur Carolinum (“the Caroline or Charles oak”) in Edmund Halley's 1679 Catalogus Stellarum Australium, named for the Royal Oak in Boscobel Wood where Charles Stuart (later Charles II of England) hid from the victorious troops of Oliver Cromwell after the 1651 Battle of Worcester during the War of the Three Kingdoms. 1. A former constellation in the Southern Hemisphere now forming parts of Vela and Carina. Labels: historical
Word: riskfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From riskful + -ness. 1. riskiness Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: rhizomorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rhizomorph + -ic. 1. Relating to a rhizomorph. Labels: not-comparable
Word: support level Part of Speech: noun 1. In technical analysis, a price level where the price tends to find support as it is going down, so it is more likely to "bounce" off this level rather than break through it. However, once the price has passed this level, by an amount exceeding some noise, it is likely to continue dropping until it finds another support level.
Word: support levels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of support level Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rip fence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Referring to its use in guiding the workpiece during the process of making a rip cut. 1. In a table saw, a fence or guide running from the front of the table (the side nearest the operator) to the back, parallel to the cutting plane of the blade.
Word: outfeed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From out + feed. 1. A conveyor that pulls split firewood away from the processor and into a waiting vehicle or pile for later handling.
Word: outfeeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outfeed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splitfinger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From split + finger. 1. A split-finger fastball.
Word: splitfingers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splitfinger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duresse Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of duress. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: Fleming's right-hand rule Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after British engineer John Ambrose Fleming, who invented it. 1. A mnemonic that uses the right hand to show the direction of induced current when a conductor moves in a magnetic field.
Word: righteye flounder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Most species lie on the sea bottom on their left sides, with both eyes on their right sides. 1. Any flounder of the family Pleuronectidae, except those in genus Platichthys.
Word: anti-Markovnikov Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + Markovnikov. 1. Contrary to Markovnikov's rule. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ringmastered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ringmaster Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ringmastering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ringmaster Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Roberval balance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presented to the French Academy of Sciences by the French mathematician Gilles Personne de Roberval in 1669. 1. A kind of weighing scale with two identical horizontal beams attached, one directly above the other, to a vertical column.
Word: Roberval balances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Roberval balance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palistrophic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From palistrophe + -ic. 1. Exhibiting palistrophe. Labels: not-comparable
Word: palistrophe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. chiasmus Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: palistrophes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palistrophe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rockefeller Republicans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rockefeller Republican Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhizocephalan Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the Rhizocephala.
Word: rhipidoglossan Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the Rhipidoglossa.
Word: rhizocephalans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhizocephalan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhipidoglossans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhipidoglossan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: riservas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of riserva Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhizopodial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rhizopod + -ial. 1. Having or relating to a rhizopod. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rhingyll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh rhingyll (“sergeant”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋɡɪl/, /-ɬ/ 1. A sergeant (inferior officer attendant on magistrates). Labels: Wales, historical
Word: rhingylls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhingyll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ricinolate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ricinolic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of ricinolic acid.
Word: ricinolates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ricinolate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dryerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dryer + -less. 1. Without a dryer. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rollerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From roller + -less. 1. Without a roller. Labels: not-comparable
Word: zorch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps blend of zap + scorch or torch. 1. To destroy or ruin, especially by electronic means. Labels: intransitive, slang, transitive Example: I was well on my way to zorching my GPA as a sophomore and becoming quite the computer hacker when Luis my mentor took me aside. He told me that my grades werent up to snuff when I told him I was getting C's in Spanish (that was my best subject that month). Example: Assuming you are willing to live with the consequences, which include obliterating everything within a hundred kilometers of your launch site, dumping a hundred tons of fallout into the stratosphere, and zorching every piece of electronics sight^([sic]).
Word: zorch Part of Speech: noun 1. A numerical factor used to limit semantic searches in cognitive modelling. Labels: uncountable Example: This is done by using a numerical constant, called zorch, to start marker-passing and dividing it by outbranching […] Example: […] it and all its first set of descendants can be marked, but the zorch runs out quickly.
Word: zincane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zinc + -ane. 1. zinc chloride Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: zwittergent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of zwitterionic + detergent. 1. zwitterionic detergent
Word: zwittergents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zwittergent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spatia zonularia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. lymph-filled spaces between the fibers of the ciliary zonule at the equator of the lens of the eye Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: zemni Part of Speech: noun 1. The Podolsk mole-rat (Spalax zemni) Labels: archaic Example: In the seal, the mole rat, the zemni rat, and the walrus, the auricle is absent.
Word: alternativist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alternative + -ist. 1. A supporter of alternativism.
Word: alternativists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alternativist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paramaecium Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of paramecium. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: paramaecia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paramaecium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fixist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fix + -ist. 1. One who subscribes to the theory of fixism
Word: fixists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fixist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: officerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From officer + -less. 1. Without an officer. Labels: not-comparable Example: [F]ive of the Fusiliers N.C.O.s were decorated for the expert fashion in which they took charge, rallying waverers, collecting the men, holding important points, and captaining the officerless companies to fresh efforts and magnificent resistance.
Word: EPD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of electrophoretic display. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: LTPS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of low-temperature polysilicon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: HC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of hydrocarbonate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of hydrocarbon, a class of molecules containing hydrogen and carbon atoms. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of healthy control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of hockey club. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of headcanon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang 6. Abbreviation of hardcore. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 7. Abbreviation of hors categorie (French HC). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 8. Initialism of head coach. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 9. Initialism of hard carry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: HC Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of headcanon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
Word: officership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From officer + -ship. 1. The position or role of an officer.
Word: officeship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From office + -ship. 1. The position or role of holding an office. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: officialship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English officialshipe, officyalshippe, equivalent to official + -ship. 1. The position or role of an official.
Word: officerships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of officership Labels: form-of, plural
Word: officeships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of officeship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: officialships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of officialship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: X-mases Part of Speech: name 1. plural of X-mas Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grasseous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From grass + -eous. 1. Of or pertaining to grass plants. Example: Ground limestone or other suitable calcium compounds should be used when feeding grains and grass hays, as grasseous plants are short in calcium.
Word: house finch Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird of species Haemorhous mexicanus, in the family Fringillidae. Labels: US
Word: AMEPD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of active matrix electrophoretic display (EPD). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: kaomoji Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 顔(かお)文(も)字(じ) (kaomoji), from 顔(かお) (kao, “face”) + 文(も)字(じ) (moji, “letter, character”). Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊməʊd͡ʒi/, /ˈkaʊmoʊd͡ʒi/ 1. A text-based Japanese emoticon, distinct from a Western emoticon in that it is not rotated sideways, and often includes a larger variety of characters (originally from Shift JIS, now including Unicode). Example: While kaomoji and emoji express contexts or moods that cannot be conveyed through textual information alone, they are also used to compensate for the lack of personalization in electronic text that otherwise exists in hand-written form. Example: For example, the typical emoticon for smile, :-), is the kaomoji ^--^.
Word: pillionwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pillion + -wise. 1. In the manner of a pillion. Example: The woman placed her foot on his and leaped effortlessly to the steed's back, where she sat behind him pillionwise, her arms about his middle, her fur-framed face across his shoulder.
Word: speedreads Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of speedread Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: speedreading Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of speed reading. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: speedreading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of speedread Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shaleionaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of shale + millionaire. 1. A person who has become rich by allowing natural gas to be extracted from a shale deposit situated below land they own. Example: What we have here is a modern-day gold rush or, more correctly, a shale gas rush, which I have termed a shalenanza, which has created many shaleionaires (a term invented by someone else). Example: Mazza said there are several new "shaleionaires" in North Central West Virginia, where people such as school teachers are now receiving royalty checks for as much as $60,000 a month for Marcellus Shale gas wells on their properties, he said.
Word: shaleionaires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shaleionaire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sunniphobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sunni + -phobia. 1. Fear or hatred of Sunnism and Sunnites. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: I address the ideological underpinnings of this 'Sunniphobia' in Chapter 5, as part of the discussion of the structural problems of the US counter-insurgency campaign. Example: For all the talk of "Shi'philia" and "Sunniphobia," sectarian manipulation was a secondary, tactical factor for the occupiers, who were most interested in the creation of a new "national" bourgeoisie at massive cost to most Iraqis, including the middle and professional classes.
Word: nasibi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic نَاصِبِيّ (nāṣibiyy, literally “hater”). 1. Someone who hates the family of the Prophet Muhammad. Labels: derogatory
Word: Ispahan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian اِسْپَهَان (ispahān). 1. Alternative spelling of Isfahan: 2. Alternative spelling of Isfahan:
Word: alpha-methylphenethylamine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)der. Classical Latin alphabētumbor. Middle English alphabete English alphabet English alpha- English methylphenethylamine English alpha-methylphenethylamine From alpha- + methylphenethylamine. 1. Synonym of amphetamine. Example: And of course, nothing lubricates a soirée like a bowl full of alpha-methylphenethylamine.
Word: philandrist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From philandry + -ist. 1. One who loves men. Example: And how about a philogynist (fi-LAHJ-i-nist), a lover of women, or a philandrist (fi-LAN-drist), a lover of men? Example: A misandrist hates all men, and a philandrist likes them.
Word: substituted amphetamine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any chemical that contains amphetamine in its chemical structure or can be described by a chemical substitution of the amphetamine compound. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The class of chemicals that contain amphetamine in their chemical structure, sometimes referred to as amphetamines. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable
Word: substituted amphetamines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of substituted amphetamine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Balvi Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Latvia.
Word: Valka Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality of Latvia.
Word: Talsi Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Latvia.
Word: Stende Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Latvia.
Word: Caffa Part of Speech: name 1. Former name of Feodosia, a city in Crimea. Labels: historical
Word: Aloja Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Latvia.
Word: Saldus Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Latvia.
Word: Semigallia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Latvian Zemgale, or an earlier form. Ultimately from zeme (“land”), zems (“low”), or ziemeļi (“north”) + gals (“end”). 1. A historic region in southern Latvia.
Word: Selonia Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /sɪˈləʊ.ni.ə/, /sɪˈloʊ.ni.ə/ 1. A cultural region in southern Latvia encompassing the eastern part of Semigallia.
Word: sauder Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of solder, due to American pronunciation. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: sauder Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of solder, due to American pronunciation. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: nosism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin nōs (“we, us”) + -ism, modelled after egotism. 1. A form of egotism in a group of people. Labels: uncountable 2. The use of a first-person plural pronoun (such as we) instead of a first-person singular pronoun (such as I) to refer to oneself. Labels: uncountable
Word: rennins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rennin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wet market Part of Speech: noun Etymology: "... derived from the markets' wet floors which are caused by the melting of ice used to ensure the freshness of seafood sold and by stall holders who routinely clean their stalls by spraying them with water. The term 'wet markets' came into common usage [in Singapore] in the early 1970s when the Singapore government used the term to distinguish these markets from air-conditioned 'supermarkets' that had become popular ...." Tan, Alvin (2013). Wet Markets. Singapore: National Heritage Board. Community Heritage Series II. P. 3. 1. A market selling fresh meat, fish and produce. Example: The Trade Department is reluctant to introduce the sale of frozen fish in 'wet' markets for fear of profiteering by hawkers. There is also fear that some hawkers may thaw the fish and sell it as fresh.
Word: dry market Part of Speech: noun 1. A market selling clothing, electronics, etc. rather than fresh meat and produce. 2. A market selling fresh meat, produce and other goods with a dry floor (as opposed to a wet market). Labels: Singapore Example: The HDB market of tomorrow will be a combination of stalls in shop units selling both fresh produce and a mini "dry" market for housewives to get her groceries and foodstuff. Example: The supermarket giant has just been given approval by the HDB to operate 24 hours a day. The ground floor will house a supermarket selling fresh and perishable goods, such as fish, meat, vegetables and fruits. Yokoso promises to provide a full range of fresh food supplies - a step towards the development of dry markets in housing estates proposed by the government lately.
Word: dry markets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dry market Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wet markets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wet market Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wisdom of the crowd Part of Speech: noun 1. The collective opinion of a group of individuals rather than that of a single expert. Labels: uncountable
Word: wheatstarch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wheat starch. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: wheat starch Part of Speech: noun 1. Starch obtained from wheat. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: wheat flour, wheatmeal
Word: Sportianity Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of sport + Christianity. 1. An evangelistic, triumphal variety of Christianity associated with American athletes. Labels: US, derogatory
Word: soliterraneous Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to the Sun and Earth. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare
Word: St. Andrew's Day Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Saint Andrew's Day. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Varvara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Варва́ра (Varvára). Doublet of Barbara. 1. A transliteration of the Belarusian, Macedonian, Russian, or Ukrainian female given name Варва́ра (Varvára). Example: Varvara Volkov, 23, was found to have posted information about the Russian military “committing violent acts aimed at destroying the civilian population” in a Telegram channel for residents of Sapronovo, a small village in the Moscow region, the court’s press service said.
Word: Israelophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Israel + -phile. 1. A person that loves Israel.
Word: Israelophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Israelophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Israelophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Israel + -o- + -philia. 1. The love for, or admiration of, Israel. Labels: uncountable
Word: complementary distribution Part of Speech: noun 1. The distribution of phones in their respective phonetic environments such that one never appears in the same phonetic context as the other.
Word: mud shark Part of Speech: noun 1. A nonblack person, usually a white woman, who has sexual relationships with black people, usually men. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: The courtships were called off. The guys all joked about it afterward, said Mr. Bloussé was a nigger-lover and a mud shark. 2. Synonym of spiny dogfish.
Word: mud sharks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mud shark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neotetanuran Part of Speech: noun 1. Any dinosaur of the clade Neotetanurae.
Word: cyberagent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + agent. 1. An agent operating on the Internet or in cyberspace.
Word: cyberagents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyberagent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: atinkle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + tinkle. Pronunciation: /əˈtɪŋkəl/ 1. Making a tinkling sound. Labels: not-comparable Example: The mountain vale, arousing Ocean, sings, And all the air’s a-tinkle as with strings; Example: 1894, Kenneth Grahame, “The Fairy Wicket” in Pagan Papers, London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, p. 91, […] every copse and hedge-row seems a-tinkle with faint elfish laughter.
Word: procellariform Part of Speech: noun 1. Any seabird of the order Procellariiformes
Word: hypnotherapeutically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hypnotherapeutic + -ally. 1. By means of hypnotherapy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypnotherapeutics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypno- + therapeutics. 1. The use of hypnotherapy. Labels: uncountable
Word: schizochromism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From schizo- + chromo- + -ism. 1. The lack of a pigment in an organism, normally rendering it a lighter colour than normal. Labels: uncountable
Word: Fournier Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from French.
Word: Chiari-Frommel syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Hans Chiari and Richard Frommel. 1. postpartum hyperprolactinemia in the absence of breastfeeding Labels: uncountable
Word: thrombase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thromb- + -ase. 1. thrombin Labels: uncountable
Word: fibrinogenase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fibrinogen + -ase. 1. thrombin Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fastigial Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to a fastigium Labels: not-comparable Example: the fastigial phase of a fever
Word: fluorosilicate Part of Speech: noun 1. A salt or ester of fluorosilicic acid.
Word: fluorosilicates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fluorosilicate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fusobacterial Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to the Fusobacteria. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Frankel Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: folinates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of folinate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ventrobronchi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ventrobronchus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reconnective Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to reconnection. Labels: not-comparable Example: The same week that I was participating in the Reconnective Seminar, I also paid $333 to get “reconnected” to the “Universal Grid.”
Word: Fontan procedure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initially described in 1971 by Dr. Francois Marie Fontan and Dr. Guillermo Kreutzer. 1. A palliative surgical procedure used in children with complex congenital heart defects. It involves diverting the venous blood from the right atrium to the pulmonary arteries without passing through the morphologic right ventricle.
Word: forestomach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + stomach. 1. The compartments of a ruminant's stomach that precede the "true" stomach.
Word: fascioloidiasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Fascioloides + -iasis 1. infection by Fascioloides parasitic flatworms. Labels: uncountable
Word: fibromatous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fibromato- + -ous. 1. Of or relating to a fibroma. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fistulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fistula + -ation. 1. Creation or formation of a fistula. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fistulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fistulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fibrolase Part of Speech: noun 1. fibrinolytic proteinase: a hydrolase enzyme found in the venom of the southern copperhead snake Labels: uncountable
Word: falanaka Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of falanouc. Labels: alt-of, archaic, no-plural
Word: farcin Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of farcy (“disease of horses”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: arena rock Part of Speech: noun 1. Rock music intended to be played at large venues. Labels: uncountable
Word: vinylcarbenoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vinylcarbenoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: methylenecyclopropane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From methylene + cyclopropane. 1. An organic compound with the formula (CH₂)₂CCH₂, used as a reagent in organic synthesis. Labels: uncountable
Word: Freund's adjuvant Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Jules T. Freund. 1. A solution of antigen emulsified in mineral oil and used as an immunopotentiator.
Word: dimethylacetylenedicarboxylate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate Part of Speech: noun 1. An organic compound with the formula CH₃O₂CC₂CO₂CH₃, widely used as a dienophile in cycloaddition reactions. Labels: uncountable
Word: DMAD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: fusel alcohol Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of fusel oil Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: uncrossability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + cross + -ability. 1. The quality of being uncrossable. Labels: uncountable
Word: Frink ideal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Introduced by Orrin Frink. 1. A certain kind of subset of a partially ordered set.
Word: Frink Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. Example: On June 3, 1931, she married Orrin Frink, Jr., who had joined the mathematics faculty at Penn State in 1928 as an assistant professor.
Word: forcipressure Part of Speech: noun 1. The arrest of hemorrhage by forceps compression. Labels: uncountable
Word: Petersen's theorem Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Julius Petersen. 1. The theorem stating that every cubic bridgeless graph contains a perfect matching.
Word: Zaitsev's rule Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Russian chemist Alexander Zaitsev. 1. An empirical rule for predicting the favoured alkene product(s) in elimination reactions. The alkene formed in greatest amount is the one that corresponds to removal of the hydrogen from the β-carbon having the fewest hydrogen substituents.
Word: faecaloid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From faecal + -oid. 1. Alternative form of fecaloid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: faecaloma Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fecaloma. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: faecalomas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faecaloma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glossolabiolaryngeal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *glṓťťā Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English glosso- Latin labium ▲ English -o- English labio- Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx)bor. Latin larynx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus New Latin laryngeus English -al English laryngeal English glossolabiolaryngeal From glosso- + labio- + laryngeal. 1. Relating to the tongue, lips, and larynx. Labels: not-comparable
Word: abrasor Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of abrader.
Word: TRVs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of TRV Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mislinkage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + linkage. 1. incorrect linkage Labels: uncountable
Word: miscleaves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of miscleave Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: miscleaving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of miscleave Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: acritudes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acritude Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moonsighting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Moon + sighting. 1. Sighting the Moon (generally in an Islamic context, where the visibility of the Moon affects the timing of religious events). Labels: uncountable
Word: aimaras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aimara Labels: form-of, plural
Word: albergos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of albergo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alcotests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alcotest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barrigudas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barriguda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barriguda Part of Speech: noun 1. The palm tree Iriartea ventricosa.
Word: algarrobas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of algarroba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: algarrobos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of algarrobo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aminos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anticuchos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anticucho Labels: form-of, plural
Word: selaphobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Fear or intolerance of flashes of light. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Perhaps this explains so much of the monotony. Henri LePont sits in his "barber's chair / of worry and denial" and writes of "Selaphobia," a fear of light flashes. Example: Ever want to approach that hot guy or gal from cross the bar but you were too afraid? You might have Kakorrhaphiophobia, the fear of failure and rejection. If you find a disco ball at the dance club frightening, you might have Selaphobia, the fear of flashing light.
Word: arpilleras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arpillera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aspros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aspro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anneloni Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of anelloni. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: agyrophobia Part of Speech: noun 1. A fear of crossing the street. Labels: uncountable Example: The man suffers from two paralyzing fears: anablephobia, the fear of looking up, and agyrophobia, the fear of crossing the street. Imagine suffering from the inability to see what is in front of you coupled with the inability to step off the curb. Example: As an example of this phobia class, James at 42 years old felt simultaneously confused and embarrassed by his agyrophobia, a fear of crossing streets.
Word: ayahuascas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ayahuasca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: castiza Part of Speech: noun 1. A female castizo.
Word: castizas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of castiza Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Isma'ili Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Ismaili. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: antlophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumably from Ancient Greek ἄντλος (ántlos, “hold of a ship; bilgewater”), also defined in LSJ as "a flood of water" + -phobia. 1. The fear of floods or inundation. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: As climate change brews, Woody is likely to suffer from a severe case of the newly diagnosed floodophobia (or antlophobia). He will not be alone. Example: Two roads greet thee before thy devastation and failures... one road stemming from Mama's womb the other dislodged from Daddy's deformed testicles Learning to read was thy great antlophobia of which they twirled towards a dusty tomb.
Word: Ismailism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ismail + -ism. 1. The doctrines and practices associated with Ismailis. Labels: uncountable
Word: Ismailiyah Part of Speech: noun 1. Ismailism Labels: uncountable
Word: bathmophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βαθμός (bathmós, “step”) + -phobia. 1. The fear of stairs and steep slopes. Labels: uncountable Example: It is closely related to bathmophobia, which is a fear of stairs or steep slopes, and climacophobia, which is a fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling down stairs. Example: Bathmophobia, as with other clinical fears, is generally not diagnosed in children unless it persists for more than six months.
Word: chaetophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “flowing hair”). By surface analysis, chaeto- + -phobia. 1. fear of hair and/or hairy people or animals Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Andrew pulled it out of her reach. "You idiot, I suffer from chaetophobia. You have no idea of what you've done."
Word: karezza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Alice Bunker Stockham from Italian carezza (“caress”). Doublet of caress. Pronunciation: /kɑˈɹɛtsə/ 1. Non-religious spiritual sexual practices that draw upon tantric techniques of body control but do not involve any of tantra's cultural or iconographic symbolism; intended to promote birth control, equality for women, and marital pleasure and fidelity. Labels: uncountable Example: Karezza seems to me to be the sex-blending of the moral natures, it seems to call out and arouse to an ecstasy of delight and power the spiritual and poetic nature of both man and woman. It gives strength as if it were the key to unlock powers. Example: For those who could not manage this, another curious choice was available: “karezza” or intercourse without male orgasm (Stockham, 1896). Karezza was promoted as a technique with several advantages: men could demonstrate sexual […]
Word: coitus reservatus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin coitus reservātus. 1. Sexual intercourse in which the penetrative partner does not attempt to ejaculate but rather remain at the plateau phase of intercourse for as long as possible. Labels: uncountable
Word: cherophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek χαρά (khará) + -o- + -phobia. 1. aversion to being happy Labels: rare, uncountable Example: She clasped her hands tightly around my back and said, 'Sorry I spoke to you like that. I'm frightened, that's all. In psychology it's called cherophobia — fear of happiness. I'm afraid of getting hurt. Promise me you'll never leave me.'
Word: chiroptophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chiroptera (taxonomic order of bats) + -phobia. 1. fear of bats (the flying mammals) Labels: uncountable Example: Bruce Wayne suffers from chiroptophobia. He rarely admits it. Example: Chiroptophobia, or the fear of bats, is a fairly common psychological trait. Even though most bats are small, timid creatures, something about those leathery wings and tiny fangs seems to trip our self-preservation alarms.
Word: chromophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chromo- + -phobia. 1. The quality of being resistant to staining. Labels: uncountable 2. Aversion to a colour or colours. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: chrysophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chryso- + -phobia. 1. An aversion to gold; aurophobia. Labels: humorous, informal, rare, uncountable Example: All the experts, or would-be experts, in currency matters can be divided into two main groups, those to whom gold is a thorn in their flesh […] and those who have a predilection for gold and who shall be baptized chrysophiles. The intellectual genealogy of modern chrysophobia as a new trend remains to be written. 2. An aversion to the color orange. Labels: informal, rare, uncountable Example: Alexandra Darby - Chrysophobia #1 (2014). Example: Rahul Gandhi might have a condition called “Chrysophobia” or more accurately and less commonly known as Sandarakinophobia.
Word: loada Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of load + of. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction
Word: socioracial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From socio- + racial. 1. Relating to society and race. Labels: not-comparable
Word: socioracially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From socioracial + -ly. 1. In terms of society and race. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cibophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cibus + -phobia. 1. The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food. Labels: uncountable Example: The pain pattern is so intimately related to the ingestion of food that the patient will reduce the size of meals, become reluctant to eat, and even develop frank cibophobia. Example: Cibophobia differs from anorexia since appetite may persist but the pearson fears eating because of some associated or subsequent discomfort.
Word: cleithrophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλεῖθρον (kleîthron, “bar for closing a door”) + -phobia. 1. fear of being trapped Labels: uncountable
Word: cyanophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyano- + -phobia. 1. Fear of, or aversion to, the colour blue. Labels: uncountable Example: Von Hasner cites a case of aversion to blue, or cyanophobia, in a woman, fifty years old, in whom it had existed since childhood. Looking at blue objects always brought on he ache, vertigo, nausea, and even vomiting. Example: While one person may have arachnophobia (fear of spiders), someone else may have arachibutyrophobia (fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of their mouth), or cyanophobia (fear of the color blue).
Word: decidophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From decide + -phobia. 1. Reluctance to make decisions. Labels: humorous, informal, uncountable Example: Rothery (1993b) has called this 'decidophobia'. One of the main elements of 'decidophobia' is wanting to do too much at once. You cannot possibly solve all the problems, or even answer all the questions you have, in one research project!
Word: demonophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demono- + -phobia. 1. An irrational fear of demons. Labels: uncountable Example: LAMAISM may be defined as a mixture of late Indian Buddhism (which is itself a mixture of Buddhism and Hinduism) with various Tibetan practices and beliefs. The principal of these are demonophobia and the worship of human beings as incarnate deities. Demonophobia is a compendious expression for an obsession which victimizes Chinese and Huindus to some extent as well as Tibetans... Example: it is among the inhabitants of the South that devil-worship is most systematically practiced. No one who has travelled in that region can doubt that demonophobia is a disease with which the whole Southern population is almost hopelessly and incurably afflicted (1887:244)
Word: dentophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dento- + -phobia. 1. Fear of dentists or their medical procedures. Labels: uncountable Example: Also realize that dentophobia can be a self-fulfilling prohepcy... Example: I've had many problems lately and I desperately need your help. First of all, I have been diagnosed with dentophobia. Because of that, I just can't bring myself to make an appointment even though I'm in terrible pain. I'm not sure if I'll need a root canal or just a filling. Please give me some ideas for how to overcome this phobia.