nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: lodesmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lodesman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misexpound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + expound. 1. To expound erroneously; to misexplain
Word: misexpounded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misexpound Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: misexpounding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misexpound Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misexpounds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misexpound Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overforce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + force. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəfɔɹs/, /ˌəʊvəfɔːs/ 1. Excessive force; violence. Labels: uncountable Example: But fail'd with overforce, and whizz'd above his back. Example: The second part of the pamphlet contains Dr. Cockle's hypothesis respecting the cause of sudden death in this disease. We may say in passing, that we did not find the study of the first part to facilitate in any way the understanding of the second, le believes sudden death is generally caused by syncope in aortic insufficiency, and his theory as to its production is nearly as follows: — The coronary arteries are injected by the systole of the aorta, and during the diastole of the left ventricle. The aortic trunk, through the constant overforce of the ventricle, becomes dilated, loses its elasticity, and generally becomes atheromatous.
Word: denotable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From denote + -able. 1. Capable of being denoted or marked. Labels: not-comparable Example: in hot regions, and more spread and digested flowers, a sweet savour may be allowed, denotable from several human expressions, and the practice of the ancients, in putting the dried flowers of the vine into new wine[…] Example: JDK9 added support for the diamond operator in anonymous classes if the inferred types are denotable. You cannot use the diamond operator with anonymous classes—even in JDK9—if the inferred types are non-denotable.
Word: monogrammal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From monogram + -al. 1. Archaic form of monogrammic. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: retirade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French retirade. Compare Spanish retirada (“retreat”). See retire. 1. A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle.
Word: retirades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retirade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indisposedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From indisposed + -ness. 1. The condition or quality of being indisposed. Labels: uncountable Example: Not that we should, in the midst of a sensible indisposedness of heart, fall suddenly into a fashionable devotion; but, that, by holy ejaculations and previous meditation, we should make way for a feeling invocation of our God […]
Word: ticket inspectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ticket inspector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glumpy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glump + -y. 1. glum; sullen; sulky Labels: archaic, colloquial Example: He was glumpy enough when I called.
Word: intermedial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin intermedius + -al. By surface analysis, inter- + medial. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdi.əl/ 1. Placed between; intermediate. Labels: not-comparable Example: The firſt and principal manner of Dravving is that vvith the pen; the next vvith Crayon, vvhither black, vvhite, red or any of the intermedial colours, upon paper either vvhite or colour'd: […] 2. That combines several art media. Labels: not-comparable Example: Dr. Katia Arfara received her PhD in Art History from Paris I in 2006 with a focus on the intermedial relations between visual and performing arts since the 1960s.
Word: reverendly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From reverend + -ly. 1. Obsolete form of reverently. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: they abstaine reverendly
Word: lick-spigot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lick + spigot. 1. A bartender, a tapster. Labels: obsolete Example: [T]he accidens of Alcumy I will ſweare it is, be it but for that experiment of his ſmoaking alone, and which is a ſecret that all Tapſters will curſe mee for blabbing, in his ſkinne there is plaine witchcraft, for doe but rubbe a kanne or quarte pot round about the mouth wyth it, let the cunningeſt lickeſpiggot ſwelt his heart out, the beere ſhal neuer foame or froath in the cupp, whereby to deceyue men of their meaſure, but be as ſetled as if it ſtoode al night. Example: From thence, in a little time, dignified with the office and title of Mr. Churchwarden, he reckons himself as great as the Pope, and measures a foot more in the waist, upon his first entrance into this parochial authority, than he did in seven years before he was chosen for it.¶ His wife must now be called Madam, his sons, young masters, and his daughters, misses, and he that salutes the old lickspiggot with any other title than that of Mr. Churchwarden, runs the hazard of the forfeiture of his good looks, friendship and conversation. 2. A woman who performs fellatio; a fellatrix. Labels: obsolete
Word: lick-spigots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lick-spigot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pertinate Part of Speech: adj 1. pertinacious Labels: obsolete
Word: ditroite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ditró + -ite, named after Ditró, a village in Transylvania (now Ditrău, Romania). 1. An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elaeolite, and sodalite. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aphidophagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aphid + -o- + -phagous. 1. Feeding on aphids Labels: not-comparable Example: Some beetles of the family Coccinellidae are aphidophagous.
Word: sea boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A boy employed on a ship; a child seaman. Labels: archaic Example: Canst thou, O partial sleep, give then repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude, And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king?
Word: sea boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesohepar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- + hepar. 1. A fold of the peritoneum connecting the liver with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. Example: dorsal mesohepar
Word: mesohepars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesohepar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English meeke, probably from Old Norse mækir (“sword”), from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz. Cognate with Icelandic mækir, Old English mēċe. 1. A hook with a long handle; scythe. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: A meak for the pease , and to swinge up the brake
Word: meaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inconsecutiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inconsecutive + -ness. 1. The state or quality of not being consecutive. Labels: uncountable Example: it is difficult to invent a paralogism, in its gratuitous inconsecutiveness parallel to his own
Word: chondromata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chondroma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enchondromata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enchondroma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dumfounder Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of dumbfounder. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dumfoundered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dumfounder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dumfoundering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dumfounder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dumfounders Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dumfounder Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: indomable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin indomabilis, from in- (“not”) + domabilis (“tamable”). Compare Portuguese indomável. 1. Obsolete form of indomitable. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: frorn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English froren, from Old English froren, ġefroren (“frozen”), from Proto-West Germanic *froʀan, from Proto-Germanic *fruzanaz (“frozen”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *freusaną (“to freeze”). Doublet of frore and frozen. Cognate with Dutch gevroren (“frozen”), German Low German froren (“frozen”), German gefroren (“frozen”). 1. Frozen; intensely cold; frosty. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, poetic Example: But consyderyng we be so surely ascertayned of the lacke therof, and that our bloud is there frorne with the cold ayre of Scotlande, there was neuer prynce more vyolently compelled to warre then we be, […] Example: My heart-blood is nigh well frorn I feel.
Word: slightful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slight + -ful. 1. Obsolete form of sleightful. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: galagoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of galago Labels: form-of, plural
Word: galagos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of galago Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lashline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lash + line. 1. The line of the eyelash. 2. A rope for tying pieces of scenery together.
Word: lashlines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lashline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: the old woman is plucking her goose Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Metaphoric, likening the snowflakes to white feathers. 1. It is snowing. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: smudgily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From smudgy + -ly. 1. In a smudgy manner.
Word: play gooseberry Part of Speech: verb 1. To be an unwanted third party accompanying two lovers, to serve as a chaperon. Labels: UK, dated, slang Example: "Well, new experiences are broadening. Come along, and you'll be able to sympathize with all poor souls who have to play gooseberry often. Example: What do you do at night in cars? — I have never been in cars. Never in a car at night? — Only with my sister's young man. Do you play gooseberry? — No. My sister's young man often takes me and the children for a little drive.
Word: founderies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foundery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foundery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fonderie, from fondre. See found (“to cast”), and compare foundry. 1. Dated form of foundry. Labels: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable
Word: green as a gooseberry Part of Speech: adj 1. Young and inexperienced.
Word: like shit through a goose Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Very fast. Labels: vulgar
Word: gasogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gas + -o- + -gen. 1. An apparatus for the generation of gases, or for impregnating a liquid with a gas, or a gas with a volatile liquid. 2. A volatile hydrocarbon used as an illuminant or for charging illuminating gas.
Word: gasogens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gasogen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triumviry Part of Speech: noun 1. A triumvirate. Labels: no-plural, obsolete Example: Thou makest the triumviry, the corner-cap of society,
Word: appaumé Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French appaumé. Pronunciation: /aˈpəʊ.meɪ/, /æˈpoʊ.meɪ/ 1. Open and extended so as to show the palm with thumb and fingers at full length. Labels: not-comparable
Word: butlership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English buttlershipe, equivalent to butler + -ship. 1. The rank, office, or position of a butler. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery.
Word: ridicle Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of ridicule. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: made a ridicle to his aduerſaries
Word: a wild goose never laid a tame egg Part of Speech: proverb 1. Most things are inherited and predetermined. Labels: idiomatic
Word: demonstrance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English demonstraunce, from Old French demonstrance. 1. demonstration; proof Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: humane reason can make no demonstrance of the preparation of the bread and wine
Word: tetraschistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See tetra-, schism. 1. Characterized by division into four parts. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: tetraschistic division
Word: traditionarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From traditionary + -ly. 1. traditionally. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: erpetology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French erpétologie. 1. Archaic form of herpetology. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: schorlous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From schorl + -ous. 1. schorlaceous; resembling or containing schorl
Word: golden goose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. 1. Something that generates much profit or gives great advantages. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic
Word: agriculturism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From agriculture + -ism. 1. The practice of agriculture. Labels: uncountable Example: The estate to which we allude is located on section 19, Crete Township, and comprises two hundred and thirty-eight acres of well developed land. It is well stocked with domestic animals and farm implements and machinery of the best models, the evidences of progressive agriculturism being everywhere manifest. Example: Firstly, Japan is in such a topographical condition and technical restriction as to make it impossible to adopt the use of machinery upon such an extensive scale as is emphasized by Marxist agriculturism. 2. Synonym of agriculturalism. Labels: uncountable Example: The sudden uprearing of a genuine bit of aboriginal agriculturism in the midst of the conventionalities of party politics is always interesting. Example: As we examine agriculturism, it is very difficult to separate what actually is myth from what is pure political opportunism or even genuine social concern.
Word: plantal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plant + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈplɑːntəl/, /ˈplæntəl/ 1. Belonging to plants. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: The most degenerate souls did at last sleep in the bodies of trees, and grew up merely into plantal life. Example: To live indeed is common also to plants; but we now investigate the peculiar work of man, so that the consideration about the plantal life must be dismissed. 2. Of the nature of implanting or uniting. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: "That the Plantal faculty of the Soul, whereby she is unitable to this terrestrial Body, is not arbitrarious, but fatal or natural; which union cannot be dissolved unless the bond of Life be loosened, and that vital congruity (which is in the Body, and does necessarily hold the Soul there) be either for a time hindred or utterly destroy'd."
Word: reexhibit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + exhibit. 1. To exhibit again. Labels: transitive
Word: reexhibited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reexhibit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reexhibiting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reexhibit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reexhibits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reexhibit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: secernment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From secern + -ment. 1. The act or process of secerning (secreting). Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. secretion, something secreted Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: insaneness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From insane + -ness. 1. insanity; madness Labels: uncountable
Word: osteolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osteo- + -lite. 1. A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.
Word: osteolites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of osteolite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: regerminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + germinate: compare Latin regerminare. 1. To germinate again. Labels: intransitive
Word: regerminated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of regerminate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: regerminates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of regerminate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: regerminating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of regerminate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Aristotelic Part of Speech: adj 1. Aristotelian Labels: not-comparable Example: no logician or commentator has hitherto signalized the contrast between the Aristotelic signification of the word , and that which has subsequently prevailed
Word: spongiolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spongio- + -lite. 1. One of the microsporic siliceous spicules which occur abundantly in the texture of sponges, and are sometimes found fossilized, as in flints 2. spongolite
Word: spongiolites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spongiolite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: distributionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From distribution + -ist. 1. A distributor. Example: A secret council of the distributionists was held that night, with Mrs. Johnson Parker in the chair, to consider of the best means of recovering the ground they had lost in the favour of the parish. 2. Synonym of distributist (“follower of a Catholic economic ideology”).
Word: distributionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of distributionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foliature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin foliatura (“foliage”). 1. Foliage; leafage. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: They wreathed together a foliature of the fig-tree, and made themselves enwrapments. Example: It consisted of the conical cerveillere, superbly inlaid with gold foliature, […]
Word: imprescriptibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French imprescriptibilité. 1. The quality of being imprescriptible. Labels: uncountable
Word: stallman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stall + -man. 1. A male stallholder, especially one who sells books. Example: […]the strong fancy which the stallman saw my father had for the book the moment he laid his hands upon it 2. A subcontractor in charge of a stall or working place. Labels: historical
Word: stallmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stallman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concessively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From concessive + -ly. 1. By way of concession; in a concessive way.
Word: conquerableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From conquerable + -ness. 1. The quality of being conquerable. Labels: uncountable
Word: enhydrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From en- + hydrous. 1. Having water within; containing fluid drops. Labels: not-comparable Example: enhydrous agate
Word: gregal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gregālis. 1. Pertaining to, or like, a flock. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Now the Wasp is a winged Insect, gregal or hearding round like a ring, long, having four wings […] Example: The old Proverb is very true, Birds of a Feather, will flock together: And so will gregal Beasts too.
Word: loxodromics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loxodrome + -ics. 1. The art or method (usually hypothetical) of sailing on the loxodrome, on a loxodromic curve. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: loxodromics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loxodrome + -ics. 1. plural of loxodromic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhizine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek for "root". 1. A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid
Word: rhizines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhizine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shiplet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ship + -let. 1. A little ship. Example: […] and so they go to the sea betwixt two hils, whereof that on the one side lieth out like an arme or cape, and maketh the fashion of an hauenet or peere, whither shiplets sometime doo resort for succour.
Word: shiplets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shiplet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: telepolariscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + polariscope. 1. A polariscope designed to be attached to a telescope. Labels: dated Example: CHAPTER XXX THE TELEPOLARISCOPE
Word: telepolariscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of telepolariscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mothery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mother + -y. 1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling mother (in vinegar).
Word: anachronize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From anachronism + -ize. From New Latin anachronismus, from Ancient Greek ἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós), from ἀναχρονίζομαι (anakhronízomai, “referring to the wrong time”), from ἀνά (aná, “up against”) + χρονίζω (khronízō, “spending time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). Pronunciation: /əˈnækɹənaɪz/ 1. To refer to, or put into, a wrong time period. Example: The only fair comparison would be between him and that one of his contemporaries who endeavored to anachronize himself, so to speak, and to subject his art, so far as might be, to the laws of classical composition.
Word: anachronized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of anachronize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: anachronizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of anachronize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: anachronizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of anachronize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chylaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chyle + -aceous. 1. Resembling or consisting of chyle. Labels: archaic Example: chylaceous matter
Word: pashaw Part of Speech: noun 1. rare spelling of pasha Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: pashaws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pashaw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seleniuret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From selenium + -uret. 1. A selenide (any compound in which selenium serves as an anion with an oxidation number of -2). Labels: obsolete
Word: seleniurets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seleniuret Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trunnioned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trunnion + -ed. 1. Provided with trunnions. Labels: not-comparable Example: the trunnioned cylinder of an oscillating steam engine Example: trunnioned pivot
Word: seapiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + piece. 1. A picture representing a scene at sea; a marine picture. Example: a landskip, or rather sea-piece, wherein the potentates of the Alliance are figured as their interests correspond with, or affect each other, under the appearance of commanders of ships.
Word: seapieces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seapiece Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cateress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cater + -ess. 1. A woman who caters. Example: With her abundance; she, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good Example: After a while the mistress of the house arose, and said to the cateress: " Arise, O my sister, and let us fulfil our debt." The cateress left the saloon, and soon returned leading two black hounds , with chains around their necks.
Word: cateresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cateress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ladied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lady + -ed. 1. ladylike i.e. gentle Labels: obsolete Example: Stroked with a ladied hand. 2. addressed as "lady"
Word: pothecaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pothecary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pothecary Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of apothecary. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: driftage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drift + -age. 1. Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Anything that drifts, such as sand. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: salinous Part of Speech: adj 1. saline Example: We do not easily ascribe their induration to cold; but rather unto salinous spirits and concretive juices.
Word: brandalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of brand + vandalism. 1. The encroachment of ads, logos, and other types of corporate branding into public and traditionally non-commercial spaces, or the dissemination of corporate messages through methods or mediums not typically used for marketing purposes. Labels: uncountable Example: But in what archaeologists describe as one of the most shameful instances of 'brandalism' seen in Britain, Channel 4 executives stand accused of defiling the oldest hill-chalk carving in Britain. 2. The deliberate defacement of corporate iconography, generally for purposes of protest, parody, or social commentary. Labels: uncountable Example: It is, effectively, the opposite of so-called "brandalism" which is where advertisers have no control over how, where and when their branded communication is sabotaged. For example, billboards in New York for Apple's iPod music player were defaced by one disgruntled customer with the words "iPod's unreplaceable battery lasts only 18 months" after he discovered it would cost more to buy a new battery than to purchase a new iPod.
Word: calycine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From calyc- + -ine. 1. Resembling or relating to a calyx.
Word: maos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mao Labels: form-of, plural
Word: petiolated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From petiole + -ated. 1. Having a petiole Labels: not-comparable Example: a petiolated leaf Example: the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera
Word: bungaloft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bungalow + loft. 1. A bungalow with a loft. Labels: Ontario
Word: bungalofts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bungaloft Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kick bollocks scramble Part of Speech: noun 1. A free for all or panic situation. Labels: UK, idiomatic, slang Example: As the project came to an end, it was all a bit of a kick bollocks scramble. Example: So it's a kick bollocks scramble to try and get funding in place, to get all the contracts, to get everything agreed.
Word: boldly go where no man has gone before Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A line from the opening sequence of the Star Trek TV series. 1. To break new ground. Labels: idiomatic Example: While Strauss would not exactly be boldly going where no man has gone before if he led England to victories this year in away Test series against Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India, he set foot on an airbus to Dubai knowing that 2012 represents the last great examination of his side. Example: E-Racer Based loosely upon one of the original Rutan designs, the airplane goes where no man has gone before. In the first place, the composite canard machine is the first known example of the Rutan Long-EZ clones to have
Word: Spock ears Part of Speech: noun 1. Pointy ears, resembling those of Spock, a Star Trek character. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only
Word: bustaurant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bus + restaurant. 1. An eat-in restaurant situated inside a converted bus. Example: But when Mr. Schick and his business partner, Blake Tally, decided to open Le Truc, a San Francisco "bustaurant," with a gourmet kitchen and dedicated seating area inside a converted school bus, the two quickly learned that the kitchens in food trucks are very different from their brick-and-mortar equivalents.
Word: bustaurants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bustaurant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: melanure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μελάνουρος (melánouros, “saddled sea bream”) from μελανός (melanós) (genitive of μέλας (mélas, “black”)) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”). 1. A small fish of the Mediterranean, saddled seabream (Oblada melanura) Labels: obsolete
Word: bordman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: bordar (or perhaps bord (“a board”)) + -man 1. A bordar Labels: historical 2. a tenant in bordage. Labels: historical
Word: bordmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bordman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gadman Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of goadman. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gadmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gadman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geoheliocentric Part of Speech: adj 1. relating to geoheliocentrism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: geoheliocentrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geo- + helio- + -centrism. 1. An early model of the solar system that put Earth at the centre, and had Sun and Moon orbiting the Earth with other planets revolving about the Sun. Labels: uncountable
Word: somedeal Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English somdel, sumdel (“somewhat, to an extent, in some measure; part, portion, a bit, small amount; in ~ this instance, this case”), equivalent to some + deal. 1. Some part; a portion, something; some. Labels: dialectal, obsolete
Word: somedeal Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English somdel, sumdel (“somewhat, to an extent, in some measure; part, portion, a bit, small amount; in ~ this instance, this case”), equivalent to some + deal. 1. In some measure or degree; somewhat, partly, partially Labels: dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete Example: In Ethiopia all the rivers and all the waters be trouble, and they be somedeal salt for the great heat that is there. Example: Curfew Street, and though we know he was somedeal hurt in that matter, we cannot see why he should not do homage in leal and duteous sort.
Word: caules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caulis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sumdel Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English sumdel. 1. Alternative form of somedeal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: halones Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternating transparent/opaque white/yellow rings which encircle the blastoderm during the development of the egg of the hen and other birds. Labels: archaic, plural, plural-only
Word: Lambert pine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called from Lambert, an English botanist. 1. sugar pine, found on the west coast of North America from Baja California to Oregon (Pinus lambertiana). Labels: dated
Word: Lambert pines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lambert pine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: respection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Latin respectio. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɛkʃən/ 1. respect; regard Labels: Early, Modern, obsolete, uncountable Example: 1527 (original date - this quote is from a later version), William Tyndale, The parable of the wicked mammon without difference or respection of persons
Word: fristing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fristing, frestynge, equivalent to frist + -ing. 1. A delay; suspension; postponement. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable
Word: fristing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fristing, frestynge, equivalent to frist + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of frist Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disard Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of dizzard. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: bid a disard or a mad man go take hellebor
Word: disards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preedy Part of Speech: adv 1. Pronunciation spelling of pretty. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: refluctuation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + fluctuation. 1. A flowing back; refluence; ebbing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Now the Reason, or rather the Cause from whence this Imbecility or Weakness of the Head did proceed is, for as much as there is a Penury or lake of Spirits by their Refluctuation to their proper Fountain and Center, and that occasion'd by Sleep, they are not so quickly and readily distributed and diffused again through the Organs of the Senses. Example: And it is more probable, that the Impressions made upon our Organs produce an Undulation and Refluctuation of the Spirits, or of Newton's materia subtilis in the Nervous Fibrils, which reaching the Sensorium, gives us the Ideas of objects; than that these Ideas should be excited by these Vibrations themselves." 2. A return or resurgence. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] production during years of stress, and its comparative refluctuation when social conditions are easy and prosperous. Example: But he is not even sure that this is the real spring of his hesitancy, it is rather the refluctuation of old emotions; and he would prefer to escape.
Word: enforcive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From enforce + -ive. 1. Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive. Example: But faith, doſt thou not ſomevvhat excuſe my ſometimes incontinency vvith her enforciue beauties.
Word: phanerocrystalline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phanero- + crystalline. 1. Visibly crystalline. Labels: not-comparable
Word: brookweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brook + weed. 1. A small white-flowered herb (Samolus valerandi) usually found in wet places; the water pimpernel.
Word: brookweeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brookweed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ecclesiarch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin ecclesiarcha, from Ancient Greek. 1. An official of the Eastern Church, equivalent to a sacristan in the Western Church.
Word: ecclesiarchs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecclesiarch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marketstead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From market + stead. 1. A marketplace. Labels: obsolete Example: Putting their Vaward on, and their best Archers plac’d The Market-sted about, and them so fitly laid.
Word: marketsteads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marketstead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sleepwaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sleep + waker. 1. One in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep; someone in a hypnotic trance. Labels: archaic Example: I once asked a sleepwaker whether she could perceive any analogy between animal and mineral magnetism, when she replied, ' There is an analogy — but the latter is of a coarser nature.' Example: Another sleepwaker informed her magnetiser that if he would breathe upon his hand, and then lay it on her forehead, his power would be increased. 2. A sleepwalker; one who walks in their sleep. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: As I have before said, he had been, in shildhood, a natural sleepwaker; and I now add , on the testimony of his father, that he would sometimes rise in the night, take out his flute, ( an instru- ment which he was studying professionally,) place music before him, and play from notes, continuing to turn over the leaves of the music-book correctly, although his eyes were closely shut. Example: He begins to speak, arises from his bed, walks about, and now becomes a sleepwaker.
Word: sleepwakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sleepwaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tumefaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tumefaciō. Compare French tuméfaction. 1. The process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Tumefaction, (lat[in]) a cauſing to ſwell. Example: 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay concerning the Nature of Aliments, London: J. Tonson, Chapter 6, Prop. 2, p. 152, The common Signs and Effects of weak Fibres are Paleness, Smoothness, Coldness of the Skin, Colour of the Blood not Florid (for what maketh that is a strong action of the Solids) a weak Pulse, Tumefactions in the whole Body or Parts, Stagnation of Humours […]
Word: tumefactions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tumefaction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loxodromy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French loxodromie. 1. The science of loxodromics. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: concavoconcave Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From concave + -o- + concave. 1. Concave or hollow on both sides. Labels: not-comparable Example: concavoconcave form Example: concavoconcave lens
Word: disinclose Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of disenclose. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: disinclosed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disinclose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disincloses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disinclose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disinclosing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disinclose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: glibbery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”). or Dutch glibberig (“slippery”). 1. Slippery; changeable. Labels: obsolete Example: His love is glibbery; there is no hold on't. 2. Moving easily; nimble; voluble. Labels: obsolete Example: Thy lubrical and glibbery muse.
Word: enamelar Part of Speech: adj 1. Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cashmerette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cashmere + -ette. 1. A kind of fabric, in imitation of cashmere, used for making frocks, tops, jackets etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cashmerettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cashmerette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parablastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From parablast + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the parablast. Labels: not-comparable Example: parablastic mesoblast Example: parablastic growth
Word: preception Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin praeceptiō. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈsɛpʃən/, /pɹɪˈsɛpʃən/ 1. A preconception or presupposition. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Their Leo calls these words a Preception
Word: preceptions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preception Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea hog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + hog. 1. A porpoise or dolphin. Labels: archaic Example: "[O]ne would have judged from its motley hues, exhibiting the consistence and appearance of variegated fancy soap, that it was the flesh of the porpoise or sea-hog, and had been an inhabitant of the ocean rather than of the stye." Example: The story of the transformation of the mariners is supposed by Bochart to have been founded on the adventure of certain merchants from the coast of Etruria, whose vessel had the figure of a dolphin at the prow, or rather of the fish called ‘tursio,’ probably the porpoise, or sea-hog.
Word: sea hogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea hog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: illusionable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From illusion + -able. 1. Liable to illusion; easily duped or convinced
Word: imbound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From im- + bound. 1. To enclose in limits; to shut in. Labels: archaic Example: Be guilty of the stealing that sweet breath Which was imbounded in this beauteous clay
Word: imbounded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of imbound Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: imbounding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of imbound Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: imbounds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of imbound Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: water mole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From water + mole. 1. A shrew mole. Labels: archaic 2. platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Labels: archaic 3. A desman (Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus).
Word: water moles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of water mole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fytte Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of fit (“section of a poem or ballad”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: fyttes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fytte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bartery Part of Speech: noun 1. barter Labels: obsolete Example: there was onely barterie or change of wares, and commodities amongst most nations
Word: extruction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin exstructio. 1. A building up; a construction. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: [O]f Famous Temples of the Romans, their Palaces, Baths, Theatres, and Buildings of all kindes, vve meet unqueſtionably vvith the Ruines in every part of this Kingdome; but not ſo much as vvith the leaſt pieces of broken Craggs, of the extruction of the Danes in any place thereof, vvhich can juſtly be ſaid Theirs.
Word: fouty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French foutu, past participle of foutre; Old French foutu (“scoundrel”). See fouter. 1. used as an intensifier despicable Labels: derogatory, obsolete Example: 1770s, William Hamilton (translator), Blind Harry (original), The Life Surprising Adventures and Heroic Actions of Sir William Wallace fouty fellows
Word: rimous Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of rimose. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: irrecognition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ir- + recognition. 1. A failure to recognize; absence of recognition. Labels: uncountable Example: This exquisite irrecognition of any law antecedent to the oral or declaratory , struck so irresistibly upon the fancy of all who heard it
Word: humilitude Part of Speech: noun 1. Humility. Labels: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: [S]hew much humility, and some familiarity. . . . for high humilitudes take such deep root in the minds of the multitude (who are more easily won by unprofitable courtesies, than curious benefits) that I advise thee not to affect nor neglect popularities. Example: [A] pretended Invaſion made upon the Liberties of the People vvas complained of the Deputy-Governour, vvas moſt Irregularly call'd forth unto an Ignominous Hearing before them in a vaſt Aſſembly; vvhereto vvith a Sagacious Humilitude he conſented, although he ſhevv'd them hovv he might have Refuſed it.
Word: glairin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glair + -in. 1. baregine Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Berzelius supposes humus to contain humic acid, humin, crednic and apocrenic acid, and traces of glairin. Example: The glairin is described by Thomson as a peculiar substance which has been observed in certain sulphureous mineral waters, and was first noticed by Vauquelin ( Ann. de Chim. XXXIX. 173) , who described several of its properties and considered it analogous to gelatin.
Word: eluctation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin eluctatio. 1. A struggling out of any difficulty. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Ye do, in common, sue to God for us, as your poor fellow-members, for our happy eluctation out of those miseries and temptations Example: There is nothing more acceptable unto the ingenious world than this noble eluctation of truth
Word: romekin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare rummer and ramekin. 1. A drinking-cup. Labels: obsolete Example: VVine, ever flovving in large Saxon Romekins / About my board; […]
Word: romekins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of romekin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orbation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin orbatio. Pronunciation: /ɔː(ɹ)ˈbeɪʃən/ 1. The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: How much more easy had the want of a son been, than the miscarriage! barrenness, than orbation?
Word: Americanistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From American + -istically. 1. In an American manner; in the manner of or relating to America or Americans. Example: So the phenomenon of idolatry that she inspired in the gentle sex in the United States corresponded hyperbolically, that is, Americanistically, to that which more or less occurred in all other countries. Example: Now after many years, with the help of notes and some of my early papers, I am endeavoring to reconstruct what happened at this stage of my contact with Americanistically-oriented ethnobotany.
Word: mungrel Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of mongrel. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: But if this twig be made of wood That will hold tack, I'll make the fur Fly 'bout the ears of that old cur; And th' other mungrel vermin, Ralph, That brav'd us all in his behalf.
Word: mungrels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mungrel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hallidome Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of halidom (“holiness”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: osteographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of osteography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: osteography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osteo- + -graphy. 1. The scientific description of bones; osteology. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: dreul Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of drool. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: dreuled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dreul Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dreuling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dreul Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dreuls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dreul Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lime-twigged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lime-twig + -ed. 1. Beset with snares. 2. Ensnared, as with birdlime. Example: have their Conſultations lime-twigg'd with Quirks and Sophiſms of Philoſmophical Perſmons
Word: dottard Part of Speech: noun 1. An old, decayed tree. Labels: obsolete Example: And for great trees , we see almost all overgrown trees in churchyards , or near ancient buildings , and the like , are pollards , or dottards , and not trees at their full height
Word: dottards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dottard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: albertype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Albert + -type, from the name of the inventor, Josef Albert, from Munich. 1. A picture printed from a kind of gelatine-coated plate produced by means of a photographic negative. Labels: historical
Word: albertypes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of albertype Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tubiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tube + -iform. 1. Having the form of a tube. Example: tubiform cells
Word: baxter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bakestere, bakestre, bakistre, from Old English bæcestre, feminine of bæcere (“baker”). See baker, as bake + -ster. 1. A baker (originally, a female baker). Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete Example: At this day it was agreed … that in as much as the baxters [female bakers] of this city have offended in the weight of their horsebread, it is agreed for the said offence … that from henceforth the baxters of this city shall, as long as the price of beans be at 4s [shillings] or under, sell four horseloaves for 1d [penny] and that every horseloaf shall weigh 3lbs; […] Example: It isn't the city bakers who are guilty of making underweight loaves or overcharging for them; it's the women baxters.
Word: baxters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baxter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reindent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + indent. 1. To indent again. Example: After the word layout is changed, you must go back and reindent the text.
Word: runholder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From run (“rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep”) + holder. Run (noun) is derived from run (“(chiefly Australia, New Zealand) to allow (cattle, sheep, etc.) to graze and move freely on land; to raise (livestock)”, verb). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌnhəʊldə/, /ˈɹʌnˌhoʊldəɹ/, /ˈɹanhɐʉldə/ 1. A person who leases or owns a run (“rural landholding for farming”), especially one for raising sheep. Labels: New-Zealand Example: Edward Stafford […] was a member of the Anglo-Irish gentry and had arrived in Nelson in 1843 to become a runholder.
Word: lesser vestibular glands Part of Speech: noun 1. Skene's gland Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: periurethral glands Part of Speech: noun 1. Skene's glands Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Skene glands Part of Speech: noun 1. Skene's glands Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: paraurethral gland Part of Speech: noun 1. Skene's gland
Word: female prostate Part of Speech: noun 1. Skene's glands
Word: female prostates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of female prostate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coordinatize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From coordinate + -ize. 1. to apply coordinates to a system
Word: coordinatizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of coordinatize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coordinatized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of coordinatize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: coordinatizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of coordinatize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: coordinatizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coordinatization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea-hog Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sea hog. Labels: alt-of, alternative