nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ziphioid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From taxonomic name Ziphius + -oid. Piecewise doublet of xiphioid. Pronunciation: /ˈzɪfiɔɪd/ 1. Any member of the genus Ziphius or family Ziphiidae.
Word: ziphioids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ziphioid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zamindaris Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zamindari Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zemindary Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zamindari. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: zemindari Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zamindari. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: zamindary Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zamindari. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: zemindaris Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zemindari Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zemindaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zemindary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zamindaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zamindary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zincographical Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to zincography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Yakoot Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of Yakut. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Yakoot Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic form of Yakut. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Yakoots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Yakoot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yakuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Yakut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moodinesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moodiness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yojana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit योजन (yojana). 1. A Vedic unit of distance used in ancient India, believed to be approximately 6 to 15 kilometers (4 to 9 miles).
Word: yojanas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yojana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yojan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of yojana. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yojans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yojan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multivalves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multivalve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hoverbike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hover + bike. 1. A motorbike capable of levitation. Example: “Do you know that you were doing 15 on a 65-mile-per-hour highway?” “We did not, officer. But if you call our father, he should be able to clear all this up.” “Dean! We don't have a father anymore.” “All right, what's going on here? And what are those?” “Hover-bikes.” “Where do kids like you get hover-bikes, selling weed to classmates, huh? Get 'em hooked early, right? Nothing like a steady customer. Which reminds me, shouldn't you boys be in school right now?” “We don't go to school. We have a bed that teaches us everything.” “Oh, I get it now... Dust head. Let's get off the floating chopper.” “He's not a dusty head. We really do have beds equipped with audio-suggestive learning aids.” “Dabbling in super-science, eh? All right, you two, I know just the place for boys like you.”
Word: hoverbikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoverbike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of minish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: minishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of minish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: minished Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of minish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: microskirted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From microskirt + -ed. 1. Wearing a microskirt. Labels: not-comparable Example: Witnessing their arrival are village idiot Henry Niles (David Warner) – who has been taking an unwholesome interest in the local children, particularly the microskirted teenage temptress Janice Hedden (Sally Thomsett) – and Amy's old boyfriend Charlie Venner (Del Henney).
Word: minibusses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minibus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milliwebers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milliweber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: melanogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From melano- + -genesis. 1. The production of melanin in human skin Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: melanogasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of melanogaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dopamelanin Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of melanin that is a mixed copolymer of polyacetylene, polyaniline, and polypyrrole. Labels: uncountable
Word: dopaquinone Part of Speech: noun 1. A compound involved in melanin production. Labels: uncountable
Word: leukodopachrome Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of leucodopachrome. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: radiotrophic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From radio- + -trophic. 1. Using melanin to convert gamma radiation into chemical energy for growth Labels: not-comparable
Word: amenorrhœa Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of amenorrhoea. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: Indeed it has proved very successful in certain amenorrhœæ, and affections dependent upon the presence of worms. Example: In one case there had been a period of amenorrhœa of nearly two months, while in the other there had been no absence of the ordinary menstrual period. In one case hæmorrhage followed upon the period of amenorrhœa, while in the other the hæmorrhage had started at what was thought to be a normal menstrual period.
Word: defedation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin defoedatio, from Late Latin defoedare (“to defile”), from de- with foedare, present tense verb of foedo, from foedus (“foul”). 1. The process of polluting or making filthy; pollution. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: defœdation Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of defedation. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: defœdations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of defœdation Labels: form-of, plural Example: Mercury produces directly the same defœdations of the skin.
Word: live and learn Part of Speech: verb 1. An exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences. Commonly used after a misfortune to indicate a moral lesson.
Word: double planets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double planet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: præstigious Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of prestigious. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Only operative about some prodigious or præstigious things, and that only by vertue of a superstitious compact made with the divell, without or against all rules and orders of nature, art, or grace.
Word: coprophagous grins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coprophagous grin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: periœcus Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of perioecus. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: coprophagous grin Part of Speech: noun 1. A shit-eating grin. Labels: euphemistic, rare
Word: ichthyotherapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ichthyo- + therapy. 1. The use of fish for therapeutic treatment, especially for cleaning wounds. Labels: uncountable
Word: gemmotherapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin gemma (“bud”) + therapy. 1. The use of remedies made from the embryonic tissue of various trees and shrubs, or other meristematic parts Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: apitherapeutic Part of Speech: adj 1. relating to apitherapy Labels: not-comparable
Word: lymphœdema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lymph + œdema. 1. Archaic form of lymphedema. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Lymphœdema, owing to obstruction of the lymph circulation, is a very rare occurrence.
Word: lymphœdemata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lymphœdema Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: amtrac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of amphibious + tractor. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.tɹæk/ 1. An amphibious vehicle of a class introduced in World War II.
Word: landing vehicle tracked Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of amtrac.
Word: amtrak Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of amtrac (“amphibious vehicle”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: amphtrack Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of amtrac (“amphibious vehicle”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: LVT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of landing vehicle tracked. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of licensed veterinary technician. Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of land value tax. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: Atlanticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Atlantic + -ism, from the name of the Atlantic Ocean between the two continents. Pronunciation: /ætˈlæn.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/ 1. A philosophy of cooperation among Western European and North American nations. Labels: uncountable Example: Dugin’s main argument in Foundations came straight from Haushofer’s pages: the need to thwart the conspiracy of “Atlanticism” led by the United States and NATO and aimed at containing Russia within successive geographic rings of newly independent states.
Word: landing vehicles tracked Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of landing vehicle tracked Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amtracs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amtrac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amtraks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amtrak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amphtracks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amphtrack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Atlantist Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ætˈlæn.tɪst/ 1. a supporter of Atlanticism
Word: Atlanticist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Atlantic + -ist. Pronunciation: /ætˈlæn.tɪˌsɪst/ 1. A supporter of Atlanticism. Example: The 'Pivot to Asia' in 2011 has possibly been misinterpreted by oversensitive Atlanticists and pessimistic Europeans who were stuck in a deep Euro recession (Marschall 2013).
Word: œsypum Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of oesypum. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: oesypum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin oesypum. 1. Refuse from wool.
Word: snogger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snog + -er. 1. Someone who snogs. Labels: informal 2. A fan who believed Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny were romantically involved or shipped them together. Labels: derogatory Example: They're nearly as pathetic as those snoggers (sad, deluded morons who believe DD and GA should be together!). Example: It's a bit sad when snoggers write in to the IMDB to pass on the false information that DD has "filed for divorce" from TL: […]
Word: French kisser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French kiss + -er. 1. Someone who French kisses. Labels: informal
Word: normalish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From normal + -ish. 1. Somewhat normal; fairly normal. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: glochid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek γλωχίς (glōkhís, “barb of an arrow”). 1. A small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the areoles of certain cacti such as the prickly pear. Example: [The bunny-ears cactus is] a particularly unpleasant cactus with thousands of nearly invisible, glochid [...] spines.
Word: baselard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French baselard, basilard (early 14th century), in English from the later 14th century. Occurs in many spelling variants, including badelaire, baudelaire, Latinized badelare, bazelare, basalardus, balafardus, balasardus, etc. Probably in origin a corruption of German Basler (as pasler also attested from the early 14th century), probably short for Basler messer "knife of (made in, typical of) Basel". Pronunciation: /ˈbæsɪlɑː(ɹ)d/ 1. A type of heavy dagger popular in the 14th and 15th centuries. Example: 1380s: "Sir John and Sir Geoffrey hath a girdle of silver, a baselard or a ballok knyf with buttons overgilt." (Piers Plowman)
Word: jibberish Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gibberish. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: jibberish Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of gibberish. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: light verb Part of Speech: noun 1. A semantically incomplete verb which qualifies as a predicate only in combination with a predicative complement, usually a noun.
Word: wabs Part of Speech: noun 1. Breasts. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only, slang Example: a DVD of the noxious, abominably brilliant 1983 teen sex-comedy Screwballs. That's right, the one about a foxy cheerleader named Purity Bush and the six nerds who'll move heaven and earth to catch an eyeful of her tanktop-straining wabs. Example: But what of your wabs? After all, it's not like it's any easier to think of something to call your breasts. They sit on your ribcage, from the age of 13 onwards, and yet there's scarcely a word you can refer to them with that isn't going to make either you, or someone else, uncomfortable.
Word: game-time decision Part of Speech: noun 1. A decision about the conduct of a sporting event, usually one made by the coach regarding which players will start or will play, or which strategy will be employed, which is put off until the start of the game itself. Example: A topographical presentation of these contours was used as a game-time decision aid by the UCLA 1972-73 Football Coaching Staff. 2. By extension, any decision that is put off until a point where it can no longer be delayed. Example: I ended up staying out partying until 4 AM at which time I had an important game time decision: : go back to my apartment in Hoboken [New Jersey] to catch an hour of sleep or go straight to the office. Example: But when the day finally comes that you spend a sleepless night with a crying baby who has a 103-degree fever, you'll still need to make a game-time decision. Who stays home from work?
Word: game-time decisions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of game-time decision Labels: form-of, plural
Word: costus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin costus, from Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos), from Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒstəs/ 1. A perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus (family Costaceae). 2. Saussurea costus, a composite growing on the Himalayas in the vicinity of Kashmir, or its root.
Word: open season Part of Speech: noun 1. A period of time during the calendar year when authorities within a jurisdiction permit the unrestricted hunting of one or more kinds of animal wildlife. Labels: countable, sometimes, uncountable Example: "But there weren't many crabs in those days," the old man wandered on. "They were fished out, and they were great delicacies. The open season was only a month long, too." 2. A situation in which someone is endangered, blamed, harassed, or opposed in a sustained manner by a number of others; a situation in which something is endangered or otherwise opposed. Labels: countable, figuratively, often, uncountable Example: In the country of the Clantons there was always an open season on any one of his name. Example: She's fair game, Joe. It's always open season on princesses. 3. A situation or period in which some activity is routinely carried on. Labels: countable, idiomatic, often, uncountable Example: "My dear Miss Parker, this is the open season on terrible practical jokes." Example: The open season on culture in Manhattan used to begin with the first stroke of a Metropolitan Opera baton.
Word: phantom limbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phantom limb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fakelaki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek φακελάκι (fakeláki, “little envelope”). 1. An envelope containing cash, offered as a bribe in Greece. Example: Various forms of corruption permeated the system, where cash gifts in fakelaki or ‘little envelopes’ were a fact of life, and where, crucially, the rich regarded paying tax as something that only the poor and stupid would ever choose to do. Example: But Greek tax officials are rumored to be notoriously easy to bribe with a fakelaki (small envelope) of cash.
Word: democratic deficit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used by the Young European Federalists in their Manifesto in 1977. 1. A situation when ostensibly democratic organizations or institutions (particularly governments) are seen to be falling short of fulfilling the principles of the parliamentary democracy in their practices or operation where representative and linked parliamentary integrity becomes widely discussed. Example: The euro was launched with a fundamental democratic deficit, which didn’t trouble the European elite behind it because they had come to believe in a version of manifest destiny.
Word: allatectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin allatum + + -ectomy. 1. The surgical removal of the corpus allatum from an insect.
Word: corpus allatum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin, meaning "applied body". 1. A structure, near the brain of young arthropods, that secretes the hormone neotenin.
Word: neotenin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neoteny + -in. 1. A juvenile hormone, present in insects, which ensures growth of the larva while preventing metamorphosis. Labels: uncountable Example: Moreover, as we shall see, evidence has accumulated to show that this hormone brings about suppression of adult characters by favouring the differentiation of larval characters. It has therefore been called fore preference the 'juvenile hormone'. If a Greek term is preferred it might be called 'neotenin'. Example: Neotenin, also known as the juvenile hormone, is secreted by the corpora allata.
Word: juvenile hormone Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of sesquiterpene hormones that regulate insect physiology by preventing metamorphosis during moults.
Word: præternatural Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of preternatural. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: In a research of great interest which he performed with the aid of a patient with a præternatural anus communicating with the cæcum, Marckwald, besides shewing that the secretion of the colon possesses neither diastatic nor proteolytic power, determined that the whole large intestine is only capable of absorbing about 250 grammes of water in the course of 12 hours.
Word: præterite Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of preterite. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: Prof. Stuart argues from the expression, “ I—was king,” &c, that Solomon was not the writer, because he thinks the præterite tense implies that he had ceased to be king; and Solomon continued to be king while he lived.
Word: fruit bats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fruit bat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grease up Part of Speech: verb 1. To smear or otherwise lubricate with oil or grease; especially, to grease (something, such as a machine or a baking pan) thoroughly. Labels: transitive Example: On the evening of our second day Mr. Bliss said he thought we ought to grease up our shoes a little so that they would turn water better. Example: I saw my old Daddy grease his pistol and rub it up and grease it up and work it and put cartridges in it. And say, 'I'm going into town today.' 2. To flatter (someone) excessively; to suck up. Labels: often, slang, with-to Example: But I take the view that the statue is a cheap and cynical stunt by ministers with scant knowledge of history, whose only interest lies in greasing up to modern Indian politicians. With little or no dignity, they shamelessly prostrate themselves in the most craven way. Example: Amazing, given the gravity of those, that noises-off to the main event continue to be bleatings by the likes of Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries […] who have now put five times more effort into greasing up to Boris Johnson than they ever did into public service.
Word: moortop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moor + top. 1. The summit of a moor.
Word: jellybelly Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jelly belly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sillabication Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of syllabication. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: I sweare unto thee by the crisse-crosse row, by the whole Alphabet, and Sillabication of the letters.
Word: Father Sky Part of Speech: name 1. The personification of the Sky and its biosphere. 2. The god of the sky in various cultures.
Word: Brun Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from Norwegian, notably held by Viggo Brun.
Word: Bruun Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Danish Bruun, a variant of Brun, from the adjective brun (“brown”). 1. A surname from Danish.
Word: Fenway Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after The Fenway, a thoroughfare in Boston, from fen (“type of wetland”) + way. The road goes by the Back Bay Fens, a marshy public park. 1. Ellipsis of Fenway Park (“home of the Boston Red Sox baseball team”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. A neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Word: ever-more Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of evermore. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: wolf pack Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wolfpack. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wolf-pack Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wolfpack. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: knock someone off their perch Part of Speech: verb 1. To defeat or overcome someone who was in a dominant position. Labels: idiomatic Example: Tiger Woods has been knocked off his perch as the No1 player in the world after Vijay Singh beat him in the Deutsche Bank Open last night. Example: He was the third qualifier of the day and posted a 4-lap, 10-mile qualifying average of 227.566 miles an hour on the two-and-a-half-mile oval, then had to wait through nearly six hours while other drivers tried to knock him off his perch.
Word: come into Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See come and into. Example: Please come into the living room. 2. To obtain (usually money or property), especially through inheritance. Labels: transitive Example: After his father died, he came into a large fortune. Example: She bought the winning lottery ticket and came into a very large amount of money. 3. To be a factor in. Labels: transitive Example: Money doesn't come into it. 4. To enter the initial phase of; to commence. Labels: transitive Example: I came into the role with no preconceptions. Example: The two sides came into conflict over the latest proposal.
Word: resolder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + solder. 1. To solder again. Labels: transitive Example: He resoldered the fritzed-out wires with his grandmotherʼs help.
Word: resoldered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of resolder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: resoldering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of resolder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: resoldering Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of soldering something again.
Word: resolders Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resolder Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dibbuk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dybbuk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dibbuks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dibbuk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alc Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of alcohol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: 5.3% alc
Word: alc Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of alcoholic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: prereq Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of prerequisite. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹi.ɹɛk/ 1. Clipping of prerequisite (“a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started”) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: When you are planning on going into Nursing at University of Washington, you are really praying that you get into the Nursing school because the prereqs are so strictly and rigidly set up. Example: And in some cases, students who haven't taken a prereq are actually disenrolled from the course that requires it.
Word: prereqs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prereq Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disemboweller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disembowel + -er. 1. One who disembowels.
Word: disemboweler Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of disemboweller. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: disembowellers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disemboweller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disembowelers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disemboweler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disembowelments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disembowelment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: handicraftman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From handicraft + -man. 1. Alternative form of handicraftsman. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: handicraftmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handicraftman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rereader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reread + -er. 1. One who rereads.
Word: rereaders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rereader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calendrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From calendrical + -ly. 1. By means of, or in terms of, a calendar. Labels: not-comparable
Word: forestless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From forest + -less. 1. Without a forest. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cartless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cart + -less. 1. Without a cart. Labels: not-comparable
Word: metalless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From metal + -less. 1. Without metal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: metallicness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From metallic + -ness. 1. The quality of being metallic. Labels: uncountable
Word: unmetallic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + metallic. Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.mɪˈtæl.ɪk/ 1. Not metallic. Labels: not-comparable Example: The light duſky blew concretes as well as the green, called by ſome Copper okers, yield a great deal of very good Copper when they are pure, which may be known from their colour and weight ; but thoſe that are more light are mixed with unmetallick earth, and thoſe that are yellow, containing iron oker ; on which account they are the more difficult to be met with, and yield leſs Copper of an inferior ſort. Example: The acid, now impregnated with a new matter, paſſes on ; till meeting with ſome other convenient nidus, it lodges in that, and thereby acquires a freſh impregnation, perhaps at laſt totally unmetallick ; or, for want of meeting with a proper nidus, appears at the ſurface, weakly or ſtrongly tinctured with thoſe principles it had laſt imbibed.
Word: maxidress Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of maxi dress. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: maxidresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maxidress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: restockings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of restocking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Betsileo Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a highland ethnic group of Madagascar, speaking a dialect of Malagasy.
Word: Betsileos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Betsileo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tavy Part of Speech: noun 1. Swidden Labels: uncountable 2. A slash and burn agricultural technique used in Madagascar. Labels: uncountable
Word: drum rolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drum roll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: publicity stunts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of publicity stunt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stop cock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stopcock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bumper to bumper Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of bumper-to-bumper. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tragœdy Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of tragedy. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: While the Tyrant contemplated his luſt, Iudith in trouble called vpon her God, who made way for her works through the Tyrants owne wickedneſſe: who heaping ſin vpon ſin, approched at laſt to the end of his tragœdy: and mounting vpon the ſcaffolde of the yre of God, falles aſleepe in his ſinfull bed, & is by Iudith beheaded in his beaſtly drunkennes.
Word: yarage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yare + -age. 1. The power of moving, or being managed, at sea. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: bite off Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪˌtɒf/, /ˈbaɪˌtɔːf/ 1. To bite so hard as to remove something from its source. Example: Then she cocked her head back, opened her mouth, and bit off the trout's top half. 2. To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges. Labels: idiomatic, sometimes, transitive Example: In between what she called the "goody-good" or "frilly-knickers" Hollywood films, she bit off some more demanding parts back home. Example: "And for the next couple of years, with Nokia having bitten off so much, Vuorilehto is the right guy for the task they face." 3. To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: To thicken that buffer zone Britain joined other powers in biting off larger chunks of China. Example: For R.I.M. to bite off just a tiny piece of that market would help it grow considerably.
Word: coconut shy Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional fairground amusement where customers throw balls at a row of coconuts in an attempt to knock one off its support and thereby win it. Example: With his two aides he had wandered around and had a few goes on the coconut shy, but he was so strong that one of the balls had not only knocked the coconut off its stand but split the stand in two. Example: A coconut shy stood close by and swing boats swung like giant pendulums against a background of blossoming shrubs blazing with colour.
Word: judgment calls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of judgment call Labels: form-of, plural
Word: judgement calls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of judgement call Labels: form-of, plural
Word: English-Canadian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to Anglophone Canadians, of English Canada. 2. Of or relating to Canadians of English ancestry or descent.
Word: mood message Part of Speech: noun 1. A message set by a user of instant messaging software and displayed as part of their profile. Labels: Internet Example: He had his mood message set to "At work," so I didn't disturb him.
Word: parænetical Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of paraenetical. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: For in all discourses that are parænetical, as this Epistle for the most part is, there are always some principles taken for granted, which give life and efficacy unto the exhortations in them, and into which these are resolved.
Word: Gaußian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Gaussian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: English Canada Part of Speech: name 1. English-speaking (Anglophone) Canada. 2. English Canadians (collectively).
Word: parænetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of paraenetic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: His parænetic Sermon is also addressed to young monks, whom he advises to the continual presence of God in their minds most earnestly under temptations.
Word: uræi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of uræus Labels: form-of, plural Example: The space immediately beneath the heaven is filled up with the winged disc entwined by two uræi, the so‐called “ Hut, the great god, lord of heaven, with varied plumes emanating from the horizon.”
Word: uræus Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of uraeus. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: repeoples Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of repeople Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: repeopling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of repeople Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: repeopled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of repeople Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sedecuple Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1744–1749; from the Latin sēdecuplus (“sixteenfold”); compare decuple. Pronunciation: /ˌsiːdɛˈkjuːp(ə)l/ 1. Sixteenfold. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: If for duple we had ſubſtituted triple, quadruple, quintuple, &c. the action would have come out noncuple, ſedecuple, 25ple. 2. Sixteenfold. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: As an example, let us take a ratio which is two-thirds of a quadruple. Since 2 is the numerator, we shall have one-third of a quadruple ratio squared, namely a sedecuple ratio. 3. Sixteenfold. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Gozzini and Iannuzzi (1960) proposed the use of sixteen microwave spectrometer systems connected in parallel and fed by the same source. It is interesting to note that this sedecuple arrangement did not burgeon forth from an opulent American laboratory.
Word: sedecuple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1744–1749; from the Latin sēdecuplus (“sixteenfold”); compare decuple. Pronunciation: /ˌsiːdɛˈkjuːp(ə)l/ 1. To increase by a factor of sixteen. Labels: intransitive, rare, transitive
Word: flustrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fluster + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To fluster or frustrate. Labels: colloquial Example: We were coming down Essex-street one Night a little flustrated, and I was giving him the Word to alarm the Watch
Word: gladite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ? + -ite 1. An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, and sulfur.
Word: frozen yogurts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frozen yogurt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: froyo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fro-yo. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: I love that froyo tastes like ice cream and gelato, but is healthier.
Word: froyos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of froyo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imagos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of imago Labels: form-of, plural
Word: datil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from Catalan dàtil or Spanish dátil (“date”); see quotes below. 1. A datil pepper, a very spicy pepper of the species Capsicum chinense. Example: The first Datil was probably brought to the United States from the West Indies during either the British period or the second Spanish occupation of East Florida (1784–1821).[…] The word “Dátil” refers to the fruit of the date palm, both in Spanish and in the language of the Minorcans who named the pepper in St. Augustine. Example: No one knows if the colonists brought datil peppers with them.[…] More than likely the Minorcans did give the incendiary peppers their name, for the green to gold pods somewhat resemble dates, a linkage cemented by the knowledge that datil is the word for the fruit of the date palm in both the Catalan and Spanish languages.
Word: datil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From American Spanish dátil (“date”), from Catalan dàtil. Doublet of dactyl, dactylus, and date. 1. The queen palm, Syagrus romanzoffiana, or its leaf fibers used for weaving. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Mexican yucca or its leaf fibers. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: water vapours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of water vapour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bohor Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of bohor reedbuck. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: cut from the same cloth Part of Speech: adj 1. Of two or more persons or things, very similar; possessing many of the same fundamental characteristics. Labels: idiomatic Example: [T]hese men are no more lost souls than we are—are, in fact, woven out of the same yarn and cut from the same cloth. Example: "Now ain't they jist the finest gentlemen?" said Katy. "Cut right off of a piece of the same cloth as your father."
Word: cut of the same cloth Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cut from the same cloth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cut out of the same cloth Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cut from the same cloth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: onomatopœically Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete form of onomatopoeically. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: onomatopœical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From onomatopœic + -al. 1. Archaic spelling of onomatopoeical. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Only in this last instance, which is clearly onomatopœical, is the effect in any way unpleasing.
Word: pharmacopœical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pharmacopœic + -al. 1. Obsolete form of pharmacopoeical. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: At present they ought to be consulted by pharmacopœical revision committees who want to get a better idea of the condition of purity in the drug market.
Word: pharmacopœic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of pharmacopoeic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: entomophobias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entomophobia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: downsection Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From down- + section. 1. Towards the lower part of a section.
Word: Gini coefficient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Italian statistician and sociologist Corrado Gini (1884–1965). Pronunciation: /ˈdʒiːni ˌkəʊˈɪ.fɪʃn̩t/ 1. A measure of the inequality of a statistical distribution, ranging from 0 (total equality) to 1 (maximal inequality), used in various disciplines but especially in economics to compare incomes or wealth. Example: China is still only eighty-ninth in the world in per capita GNP, and its Gini coefficient of economic inequality is higher than those of the two other countries to which it is often compared—the United States and India. Example: One big problem with the Gini coefficient, however, is getting an intuitive feel for what it actually means. It's easy enough to picture a country with a Gini coefficient of zero—there, everyone gets exactly the same income.
Word: Gini coefficients Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gini coefficient Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pretermission Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin praetermissio. See pretermit. 1. Omission; failure to do something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [T]wentie Kings in a continu'd row, that either did nothing, or liv'd in Ages that wrote nothing, at leaſt a foul pretermiſſion in the Author of this, whether Story or Fable; himſeelf wearie, as ſeems, of his own tedious Tale. 2. Preterition; the act of passing over; paralipsis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: troublously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From troublous + -ly. 1. In a troublous manner. Example: Elfride looked troublously at the trees.
Word: pretermissions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pretermission Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preteritions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preterition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dispatch table Part of Speech: noun 1. A table of pointers to functions or methods, commonly used to implement dynamic binding.
Word: coale Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of coal. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: comœdy Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of comedy. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: For in outward ſhew nothing appeares, but infirmity, to the eyes of Infidels, neither will they beleeue, that our Sauiour can make his body there preſent; it alſo ſeemes to them impiety, and therefore they call it Idolatry; it appeares to them nothing, but folly, and therefore they mocke at it, as if it were a Comœdy; whereas, notwithſtanding, it is an action of the Sonne of God, and the moſt godly worke of Piety and Religion, that is in the Church.
Word: patheticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pathetic + -ism. First attested in 1758. 1. Pathetic behavior. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: And can there be a properer Æra for the Revival of Genius and Public Spirit than that of the Ad———n of the Great Man who has been recommended by the One to his diſtreſſed and aged K—g, (ſo familiarly ventures to ſpeak the Patheticiſm of Loyalty) and endeared to his exulting Fellow-Subjects by the Other; and to whom, ſhould we be unhappily and unexpectedly diſappointed, we have a Right to complain, in the Words of Tacitus, that “Succeſſere magis alii Homines quam alii Mores!” Example: A quaint patheticism attends the diminution of obdurate winters with old people, whose excitements half a century ago were less recurrent and longer-lived than with a younger generation.
Word: patheticisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patheticism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bearproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bear + -proof. 1. Resistant to bears. Example: Remember: Bears are smarter than you think! Without a bearproof box, it's wise to hang your food from a tree.
Word: bearproof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bear + -proof. 1. To make resistant to bears. Labels: transitive Example: The first step to take to avoid unpleasant encounters is to bearproof your camp.
Word: bearproofing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bearproof Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bearproofed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bearproof Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: translation dictionaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of translation dictionary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: re-enlist Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of reenlist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: agréments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agrément Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fluxgates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fluxgate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: HAARP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: reroutings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rerouting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: terthiophenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of terthiophene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: terthiophene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ter- + thiophene. 1. An oligomer of the heterocycle thiophene. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rerouter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reroute + -er. 1. One who, or that which, reroutes.
Word: rerouters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rerouter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interreact Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inter- + react. 1. To react together. Labels: intransitive
Word: interreacts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of interreact Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: interreacting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of interreact Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: interreacted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of interreact Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: interrailing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of interrail Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: interrer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter + -er. 1. One who inters or buries. Example: interrers of the dead
Word: interrexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interrex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interrers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interrer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interreaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + reaction. 1. The reaction between two or more compounds, elements, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: interreactions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interreaction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: b'long Part of Speech: verb 1. Contraction of belong. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, informal
Word: myriameters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myriameter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myriagrammes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myriagramme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myrialitres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myrialitre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myrialiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myria- + liter. 1. Alternative form of myrialitre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: myrialiters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myrialiter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zeotropes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zeotrope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: probation officer Part of Speech: noun 1. A law enforcement officer who supervises offenders who have been released from incarceration and, often, recommends sentencing in courts of law.
Word: parole officer Part of Speech: noun 1. A law enforcement officer who supervises offenders who have been released from incarceration and, often, recommends sentencing in courts of law.
Word: parole officers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parole officer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MWEs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of MWE Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MWE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of minimal working example. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of multi-word expression. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: muon neutrinos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muon neutrino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electron neutrinos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electron neutrino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tau neutrinos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tau neutrino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: præcordial Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of precordial. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: unpleasure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + pleasure. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈplɛʒə/ 1. Unpleasantness; displeasure. Labels: rare, uncountable 2. A sense of internal discomfort opposed to pleasure, produced by impeded impulses from the ego. Labels: uncountable Example: The life of the psyche also has at its disposal wishes whose fulfilment arouses unpleasure [translating Unlust] – which seems a contradiction, but can be explained if we take into account the presence of the two psychical agencies and the censorship prevailing between them.
Word: before long Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. soon Example: They left before long. Example: I knew they'd arrive before long.
Word: zeotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zeotrope + -ic. 1. Being or pertaining to a zeotrope. Labels: not-comparable
Word: zeotypic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zeotype + -ic. 1. Being or pertaining to a zeotype. Labels: not-comparable
Word: catsuited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From catsuit + -ed. 1. Dressed in a catsuit. Labels: not-comparable
Word: catsups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catsup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: filmzine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From film + zine. 1. A zine dealing with the topic of films.
Word: filmzines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of filmzine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: musiczine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From music + zine. 1. A zine dealing with the topic of music. Example: […] MUSICZINES, PERSONALZINES, PUNKZINES, COMICZINES OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. Example: Musiczines (for all zines held in the MLSRA relating to music) Reviewzines (all zines that included reviews) Perzines (for personal zines)
Word: musiczines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of musiczine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: videozine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From video + zine. 1. A zine published on videotape rather than in paper or computer format.
Word: videozines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of videozine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: videotexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of videotex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: netzine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From net + zine with net in sense of network or Internet. 1. A zine published on a computer network in electronic form.
Word: netzines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of netzine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flystrike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fly + strike. 1. Myiasis. Labels: uncountable
Word: crossplayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crossplay (“form of cosplay”) + -er. 1. A cosplayer involved in crossplay. Example: On the other hand, most male crossplayers refused to act in a "feminine" fashion in spite of being in the costume of a female character.
Word: crossplayers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crossplayer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crashdump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crash + dump. 1. Synonym of core dump; a file holding the contents of memory at the point when a program crashed, possibly useful in debugging.
Word: crashdumps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crashdump Labels: form-of, plural