nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: backshot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + shot. 1. A shot that sends something backwards, such as a shot that sends the ball behind the player making it. Example: "Tommy" Hitchcock, the American ace, most brilliant hitter in the world, halts a ball with a flaying backshot, turning a defense maneuver into a mad offensive drive. 2. A measurement of the azimuth when sighting to an earlier point along a path that is being measured with a compass. 3. A shot in the back. Example: Who knows but they might come and fire a backshot at us, before we could get home; and then the devil take us, if the chance wouldn't be that some of us would'nt get home at all, at all. Example: If anybody tries a backshot, they will be blasted into dust. 4. To physically attack or ambush from the behind of another person. 5. A shot taken from behind the subject. Example: If so great a commotion had been stirred up by his demand for a simple old camera backshot, there was no telling what kind of fuss would have resulted from his intention to achieve in his show the pace that distinguishes a good old-fashioned revival meeting! Example: Backshot of power station fully working. 6. A sexual position in which one partner penetrates the other from behind; doggy style. Labels: Caribbean, Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: In fact, one incensed male interviewee told me that Tanya needed a "good backshot inna har belly fi keep har quiet" (a good backshot up inside her abdomen to keep her quiet/calm). Example: And by the way, it also incites some backshot (a Caribbean term for a well-known sex position) and spanking tendencies during sexual activity for some. 7. An act of anal sex. Labels: East-Midlands, dated, vulgar
Word: dentiscalp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dentiscalpium (“toothpick”), from dens (“tooth”) + scalpere (“to scrape”). 1. A toothpick. Labels: archaic
Word: dentiscalps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dentiscalp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ignipotence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, igni- + potence. 1. The power to control fire. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: orthite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From orth- + -ite. 1. A variety of allanite occurring in slender prismatic crystals
Word: orthites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orthite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oligandrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek. 1. Having few stamens. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unhonest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unhonest, unhoneste (“dishonourable”), equivalent to un- + honest. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈɒnɪst/, /ʌnˈɒnəst/ 1. Dishonest, deceptive, misleading. Labels: rare Example: These irregularities may be caused by environment, management, and unhonest or erroneous actions of any kind. Example: […] and the confrontation between Islam and the West, which dates back to the Arab conquests of the seventh century and the crusades." How unrealistic and even unhonest is this analysis and predating of terrorism! 2. Dishonourable; unseemly, not respectable. Labels: obsolete Example: Theſame Alexander, be auiſed and coũſailed, that he ſhould winne and make frendes vnto him, all ſuche perſones both honeſt and vnhoneſt, good and badde, as beare any rule, ſtroke or autoritte, in the commen weale, and that the good men he ſhould vſe, and the euil perſones he ſhould abuſe, that is to ſaie, applie to ſome good vſe, that of theimſelfes they are not apte nor inclined vnto. Example: children[…]should , neither see that was uncumlie, nor heare that was unhonest 3. Immoral, morally reprehensible. Labels: obsolete
Word: monoclinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + -clinal or monocline + -al 1. Having one oblique inclination; applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation. Being a monocline Labels: not-comparable Example: monoclinal fold Example: monoclinal ridge
Word: isobarometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From iso- + barometric. 1. Indicating equal barometric pressure. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: isobarometric curve Example: isobarometric lines, i.e. isobars
Word: bladdery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bladder + -y. 1. Having bladders. 2. Resembling a bladder. Example: an overripe, bladdery tomato
Word: threatfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From threatful + -ly. 1. In a threatful manner; threateningly
Word: hypocraterimorphous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑποκρατήριον (hupokratḗrion, “stand for a mixing jar”) (from ὑπο- (hupo-) + κρατήρ (kratḗr) + -ιον (-ion)) + -morphous. 1. Shaped like a salver; having a slender tube that sharply expands into a bowl-shaped or spreading border Example: hypocraterimorphous corolla Example: hypocraterimorphous flower
Word: palaeoceanographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palaeo- + oceanographer. 1. Alternative form of paleoceanographer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: palaeoceanographers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palaeoceanographer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rullichies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Dutch rolletje (“a little roll”). 1. Chopped meat stuffed into a tripe lining, then sliced and fried. Labels: New-York, obsolete, plural, plural-only, rare
Word: patronless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From patron + -less. Piecewise doublet of patternless. 1. Lacking a patron or patrons; unsponsored; unpatronized; unpatroned.
Word: Raphaelesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Raphael + -esque. 1. In the style of the Italian painter Raphael.
Word: mailclad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mail + clad. 1. Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armour. Labels: not-comparable Example: This renegade chief, or apostate, betrayed the Christian army into ground where the mailclad knights of Europe fainted for want of water, and were overwhelmed by the arrows of the lightmounted infidels
Word: swinker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swinkere, equivalent to swink + -er. 1. A toiler; a labourer. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: Ye are twin swinkers in this nether field / One to prolong, the other to expand, / My landmark and my clock; but both must yield, / To the destroying angel's flaming wand, […] Example: Tosspots and swinkers were they then; tosspots and swinkers are they still.
Word: swinkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swinker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pulvinar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pulvīnar (“a cushion”). 1. A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain. 2. A pillow or cushion. Labels: obsolete
Word: pulvinar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pulvīnar (“a cushion”). 1. Padded; formed like a cushion. 2. Of or pertaining to the pulvinar.
Word: unneighboured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + neighbour + -ed. 1. Without neighbours. Labels: not-comparable
Word: impostorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From impostor + -ship. 1. The condition or practices of an impostor. Labels: uncountable Example: [E]nclining rather to make this phantſm an expounder, or indeed a depraver of Saint Paul, then Saint Paul an examiner, and diſcoverer of this Impoſtorſhip; nor carring how ſlightly they put off the verdit of the holy Text unſalv'd, that ſays plainly there be but two Orders Example: This adds another layer of anxiety to the feelings of impostorship and cultural suicide they already experience.
Word: phytographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phyto- + -graphical. Compare French phytographique. 1. Of or pertaining to phytography. Labels: not-comparable Example: phytographical method Example: phytographical society
Word: preexpectation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + expectation. 1. previous expectation Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: preexpectations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preexpectation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unneighbored Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of unneighboured. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: bracted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bract + -ed. 1. Having bracts. Example: A Verticil or Whirl may be[…]Naked; that is without involucre, bracte or brittle. Bracted - or Involucred
Word: gastriloquy Part of Speech: noun 1. A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: tearlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tearless + -ness. 1. Absence of tears; lack of weeping. Labels: uncountable
Word: nebulated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek [Term?] 1. Clouded with indistinct colour markings. 2. nebuly Labels: obsolete
Word: wiery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wire. Compare fiery. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪəɹi/ 1. Obsolete form of wiry. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Polymnia shall be drawn with her hair hanging loose about her shoulders, resembling wiery gold.
Word: octoyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From octoic + -yl. 1. A hypothetical radical, C₈H₁₅O, regarded as the essential residue of octoic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: hydrostatician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)der. Latin staticusder. English static English hydrostatic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English hydrostatician From hydrostatic + -ian. 1. Someone versed or skilled in hydrostatics.
Word: hydrostaticians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrostatician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: otoba fat Part of Speech: noun 1. A colourless buttery substance obtained from the fruit of Otoba novogranatensis (formerly considered a species of nutmeg tree, Myristica otoba). Among its uses are for candles, soaps and medical unguents. Labels: uncountable
Word: antiboxing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + boxing. 1. Opposing the sport of boxing.
Word: gypsyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gypsy + -ism. 1. The state of being a gypsy. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The practices or habits ascribed to gypsies, such as deception, cheating, and flattery. Labels: countable, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable 3. A word or phrase used by gypsies. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The word is a gypsyism, one of many that we find in Spanish. 4. The support of gypsies or gypsy beliefs, culture etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kirmess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Kirmes and Dutch kermis, both originally “church mass”, referring to a festival on the anniversary of the consecration of a church. See respective entries for more. Pronunciation: /ˈkɜː(ɹ)məs/ 1. An outdoor festival and fair, originally in a German or Dutch-speaking country 2. A social entertainment event similar to a fête or fair. It can be inside or outside, and often involves fundraising for religious purposes.
Word: kirmesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kirmess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: connature Part of Speech: noun 1. A common or shared nature or character. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Connature was defined as likeness in kind between either two changes in consciousness, or two states of consciousness. Example: Nothing is to be said respecting the connature of relations in its various modes, beyond describing it; for the relation of connature is not decomposable into other relations.
Word: connatures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of connature Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sulfitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sulfite + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to sulfite. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sulphitic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of sulfitic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: roadometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From road + -o- + -meter. 1. An odometer.
Word: roadometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roadometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: viameter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin via (“a way”) + -meter. 1. An early type of odometer. Labels: archaic
Word: viameters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viameter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outbribe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + bribe. 1. To surpass in bribery; to bribe more than. Labels: transitive
Word: outbribed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outbribe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outbribes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outbribe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outbribing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outbribe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: squishingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From squishing + -ly. 1. With a squishing sound or texture. Example: In the late afternoon when the ground is squishingly soft and soggy and the grass can be peeled loose from the earth, along comes Mother's aunt, puffing down the road.
Word: antilogous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀντίλογος (antílogos). 1. Of the contrary name or character; opposite.
Word: Gemara Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Aramaic גמרא. 1. Part of the Talmud, comprising rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah. Labels: Judaism
Word: laticiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin latex, laticis (“a liquid”) + -ferous. 1. Containing latex; applied to the tissue or tubular vessels in which the latex of the plant is found. Labels: not-comparable Example: laticiferous duct Example: laticiferous tube
Word: Gemora Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Gemara. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Gemorra Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Gemara. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of Gomorrah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: disfurnishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disfurnish + -ment. 1. The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: […]disfurniſhment of the enemie.
Word: indurance Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of endurance. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: indurances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indurance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: failance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French faillance, from faillir. Doublet of fallency. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪləns/ 1. fault; failure; omission Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] always made it necessary for him not to stir from his chair, or so much as read a letter, for two hours after every meal, failance wherein being certainly revenged by a sit of the gout […]
Word: failances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of failance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Woulfe bottle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Woulfe's bottle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Woulfe bottles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Woulfe bottle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palliatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From palliate + -ory? 1. palliative, soothing Labels: archaic 2. extenuating Labels: archaic
Word: butyrone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butyric acid + -one. 1. A liquid ketone which can be obtained by heating various butyrates. Labels: uncountable
Word: circumspectively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From circumspective + -ly. 1. In a circumspective manner; vigilantly
Word: gadling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gadelyng (“companion in arms; man, fellow; a person of low birth; rascal, scoundrel; bastard; base, lowborn”), gadeling (“vagabond”), from Old English geaduling, gædeling (“kinsman, fellow, companion in arms, comrade”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaduling, from Proto-Germanic *gadulingaz, *gadilingaz (“relative, kinsman”), equivalent to gad + -ling. Related to Old English ġegada (“comrade, companion”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡæd.lɪŋ/ 1. A companion in arms; fellow; comrade. Labels: obsolete Example: Gedlyngis, I am a fulle grete wat, […] 2. A roving vagabond; one who roams. Example: I'm delighted to see you. You're as brown, my gadling, as though you had returned from another journey to the East with Jean de Village. 3. A man of humble condition; a fellow; a low fellow; lowborn. Originally comrade or companion in a good sense, but later used in reproach. Example: “Pest on him!” said De Aquila. “I have more to do than to shiver in the Great Hall for every gadling the King sends. Left he no word?” 4. A spike on a gauntlet; a gad.
Word: gadlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gadling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: insurancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From insurance + -er. 1. An insurer; an underwriter. Labels: obsolete Example: The vain insurancers of life
Word: insurancers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of insurancer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Milesian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French Milesien, and its source Latin Mīlēsius, from Ancient Greek Μιλήσιος (Milḗsios). Pronunciation: /mʌɪˈliːzɪən/, /mʌɪˈliːʒ(ə)n/ 1. a native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Miletus in Asia Minor. Labels: historical 2. a follower of the Milesian school of philosophy founded by Thales
Word: Milesian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French Milesien, and its source Latin Mīlēsius, from Ancient Greek Μιλήσιος (Milḗsios). Pronunciation: /mʌɪˈliːzɪən/, /mʌɪˈliːʒ(ə)n/ 1. Pertaining to Miletus or its inhabitants. Example: I commend the Milesian wench, who seeing Thales the Philosopher continually ammusing himselfe in the contemplation of heavens-wide-bounding vault, and ever holding his eyes aloft, laid something in his way to make him stumble[…].
Word: Milesian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Milesius, Latinised form of Míl Espáine, a legendary Spanish king whose sons were reputed to have conquered Ireland around 1300 BC. 1. Pertaining to Milesius or his people; Irish. Example: My father was the youngest son of a numerous family, all Irish, sprung from a very ancient and honourable stock, being of Milesian descent […] . Example: […] exultingly cried Lord Carhampton, stealing an underlook at Maurice O'Driscoll, whom ^([sic]) he knew was wont to boast of his Milesian lineage; […]
Word: Milesian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Milesius, Latinised form of Míl Espáine, a legendary Spanish king whose sons were reputed to have conquered Ireland around 1300 BC. 1. A member of a people in Irish mythology, the descendants of Míl Espáine. 2. An Irishman; someone of Irish origin. Labels: dated, humorous, sometimes
Word: Milesians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Milesian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swinishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swinish + -ness. 1. The quality of being swinish. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hypsiloid Part of Speech: adj 1. Resembling the Greek letter upsilon. Example: hypsiloid palate
Word: oxidator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oxidate + -or. 1. An oxidizer. Labels: obsolete 2. A device for causing a current of air to brighten the flame of a gas lamp. Labels: obsolete
Word: oxidators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oxidator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bargainee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Old French bargaigné. 1. The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property being sold. Labels: historical Example: A lease , or rather bargain and sale , upon some pecuniary consideration , for one year , is made by the tenant of the freehold to the lessee or bargainee
Word: bargainees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bargainee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maimedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From maimed + -ness. 1. The state of being maimed. Labels: uncountable Example: Freedom from all defects and imperfections, diseases, and distempers, infirmities and deformities, maimedness and monstrous shapes.
Word: acreable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acre + -able. 1. Based on an acre; per acre. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: acreable produce Example: acreable rent
Word: argilloferruginous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos, “clay”) + ferruginous. 1. Containing clay and iron.
Word: kaloyer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of caloyer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kaloyers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kaloyer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enfeeblished Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From en- + feeblish + -ed. 1. Made feeble. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: revertive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From revert + -ive. 1. Reverting, or tending to revert; returning. Labels: not-comparable Example: The tide revertive
Word: vers de société Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of vers de societe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: waniand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English waniand, wanyand, wenyande, apparently a noun usage of waniand (“waning”, present participle), from Old English waniende (“waning”, present participle), from wanian (“to wane”), equivalent to wane + -and. 1. The wane of the Moon. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: For all thaire grete fare: It was in the waniand That thai come thare
Word: treature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From treat + -ure. 1. treatment Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: treatures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of treature Labels: form-of, plural
Word: railingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From railing + -ly. 1. In a railing manner, using violent or insulting language.
Word: trirhomboidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + rhomboidal. 1. Having three rhombic faces or sides. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: catsoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catsos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xi baryon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Greek letter. 1. A subatomic hadron particle, denoted by Ξ, comprising three quarks: one up or down quark, and two heavier quarks.
Word: bondslavery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bond + slavery. 1. The condition of a bondslave; indenture. Labels: uncountable
Word: nonexplainable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + explainable. 1. Not explainable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonsynchronizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + synchronizable. 1. Not synchronizable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unsynchronizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + synchronizable. 1. Not synchronizable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gastrular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gastrula + -ar. 1. Of or pertaining to a gastrula. Labels: not-comparable
Word: foodophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From food + -phile. 1. A food lover. Labels: informal Example: For a group intent on nothing less than changing the course of culinary history, the foodophiles gathered in the ancient Sicilian mountain town of Erice are a rather odd crowd.
Word: inlighted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English inlighted, from Old English inlīhted, past participle of inlīhtan (“to illuminate, enlighten”), equivalent to inlight + -ed. More at inlight. 1. Lit up or lighted; illuminated. Example: And source of things, Shall, with inlighted rays, Pierce all their ways! Example: [...] As the Son: but secondarily, as a Lamp inlighted, so the Light of Life is to shine forth in you.
Word: inlighted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English inlighted, from Old English inlīhted, past participle of inlīhtan (“to illuminate, enlighten”), equivalent to inlight + -ed. More at inlight. 1. simple past and past participle of inlight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: foodophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foodophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foodprints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foodprint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: octocellular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From octo- + cellular. 1. Having eight cells. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quadricellular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quadri- + cellular. 1. Having four cells. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tricellular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + cellular. 1. Having three cells. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lipomata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lipoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recoverableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From recoverable + -ness. 1. The quality of being recoverable. Labels: uncountable
Word: demilancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demilance + -er. 1. A soldier who carried a demilance.
Word: demilancers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demilancer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: euthanasy Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of euthanasia. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: guessingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From guessing + -ly. 1. By way of conjecture; using guesswork. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: I have a letter guessingly set down
Word: theogonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From theogony + -ic. 1. Of or relating to theogony. Labels: not-comparable Example: theogonic beliefs
Word: eathly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English eaðelice, eaþelic, eðeliche, eþeliche, from Old English ēaþelīce, īþelīċe, īeþelīce; equivalent to eath + -ly. 1. In an eath or easy manner; easily; readily. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: Herewith the golden book gan open fair, And eathly! I might read their names, that next Went to the King […]
Word: eathful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eath + -ful. 1. Comfortable; at ease. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: eathy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eath + -y. 1. Easy. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: eathlins Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From eath + -lins. 1. Easily; readily. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: phobically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From phobic + -ally. 1. In a phobic manner.
Word: pastorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pastor + -ship. 1. Dignity or office of a pastor. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shepherdship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shepherd + -ship. 1. The dignity or office of a shepherd. Labels: uncountable Example: Enki tries to calm Inanna, and he recites a litany of the spheres of influences she has been given: the staff of shepherdship, onslaughts and battles, the twisting of the thread.
Word: onehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oneheede, onhed, anhede, from Old English *ānhǣdu (“oneness, unity”), equivalent to one + -head. Cognate with Dutch eenheid (“a unit, unity, oneness”), German Einheit (“a unit, unity, togetherness”), Swedish enhet (“a unit, oneness, unity”). 1. Oneness; unity. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. Solitude. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: onehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English onhod, variation of onhed (“onehead”), equivalent to one + -hood. More at onehead. 1. Unity; agreement. Labels: uncountable
Word: onding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ondyng, equivalent to onde (“to breathe, breathe on”) + -ing. 1. Breathing; smelling.
Word: onding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From on- + ding (“to beat, strike”). 1. A heavy, continuous fall of rain or snow; a downpour. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: ... they inform the rest, with inward sorrow, that it is still "a terrible onding." So the circle is once more formed. Some one now proposes a game o' cairts, and the pack is produced.
Word: look out for Number One Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of look out for number one. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chacmol Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chacmool. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: chacmoles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chacmol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: livish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English livish, lifish, lifisch, equivalent to life + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪvɪʃ/ 1. Somewhat live or alive; lively.
Word: liss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lis, lisse, lysse, from Old English liss, līs, līþs (“grace, favor, love, kindness, mercy, joy, peace, rest, remission, forgiveness, alleviation, salvation”), from Proto-Germanic *linþisjō (“rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *lent- (“bendsome, resilient”). Cognate with Danish lise (“solace, relief”), Swedish lisa (“solace, relief”). Related to Old English līþe (“lithe, soft, gentle, meek, mild, serene, benign, gracious, pleasant, sweet”). See lithe. 1. Relief; ease; abatement; cessation; release. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. Comfort; happiness. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 3. A respite from pain. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
Word: liss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lissen, lyssen, from Old English lissan (“to subdue”), from Old English liss. Cognate with Swedish lisa (“to soften, weaken”). See above. 1. To ease; lighten; relieve; abate. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To cease; stop. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete
Word: man with the ax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because, while the other three king cards are commonly depicted with swords, the king of diamonds is depicted with an ax. 1. The king of diamonds in a deck of playing cards. Labels: slang Example: The game is seven card high/low with a buy on the last card. And just to make it more interesting, the man with the ax takes all.
Word: leerness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lereness, from Old English lǣrnes (“emptiness”), equivalent to leer (“empty”) + -ness. 1. The quality of being leer; lack; emptiness; dullness. Labels: archaic, obsolete, uncountable Example: It cometh from the very chilled maw, or from the too much heated maw, or from too mickle fulness, or of too mickle leerness, that is emptiness, or of evil wet or humour rending and scarifying the maw. Example: A feeling of nausea, giddiness, leerness or emptiness, are among the common symptoms of indigestion, and do not require any special description.
Word: one-eyed jacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of one-eyed jack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metronymic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek μητρωνυμικός (mētrōnumikós). Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtɹəˈnɪmɪk/ 1. Alternative form of matronymic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: metronymic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μητρωνυμικός (mētrōnumikós). Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtɹəˈnɪmɪk/ 1. Alternative form of matronymic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sits on it Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sit on it Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sitting on it Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sit on it Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sat on it Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sit on it Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dumb fuck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dumbfuck. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dumb fucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dumb fuck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From under + -wise. 1. On or to the bottom or underside of; beneath; underneath. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] next stuff the skin of the leg of mutton, sew it underwise, wrap the whole in a cloth, and braize it […] Example: In forming double volute springs, plates of sheet steel are employed. These are heated and are then introduced underwise, one at a time, beneath the mandrel B upon the support I, until the central part of the plate is beneath the mandrel. 2. Below; hereafter. Labels: not-comparable Example: Then as how to continue the quotations self-praise, and description of matters as hardly never occured^([sic]) or transpirated, follows underwise: […] Example: Unless underwise provided by this law, decisions shall be given by a majority of votes of the members present, other than the President.
Word: underwise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under + -wise. 1. Underside. Labels: no-plural Example: [...] but a certain amount of clearance is allowed in all the clips to enable the pipes to expand and contract freely according to their temperature, or to accommodate themselves to any underwise movement. Example: The same firm, in a suction dredger built specially for the Rangoon port improvements, fit very powerful water jets on the underwise of the suction nozzle to disturb the hard, sandy bottom.
Word: underwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + wise. 1. Lacking adequate or sufficient wisdom; insufficiently wise. Example: Let us, therefore, be neither overwise nor underwise, neither hasty nor tardy, but liberal, tolerant, and full of hope. Example: Some underwise people, ministers even affect to despise the knowledge that comes through books, and pretend to draw all their inspirations from the incidents and associations of common life; […]
Word: dumb fucker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dumb + fucker. 1. A hated, contemptible, or stupid person. Labels: derogatory, informal, vulgar Example: The names his par- called him included "stupid little shit," id, when he resisted his father's ices, "dumbfucker." Example: And right then the dumbfucker decides to wake up and look around.
Word: dumbfuckers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dumbfucker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: high/low Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of high-low. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: high/low Part of Speech: adj 1. Mixing high fashion and low fashion. Labels: not-comparable Example: Model Michaela Bercu was photographed on the street, smiling and natural, her eyes half-closed, dressed in a Christian Lacroix top and her own jeans in a mix that would come to be known as “high/low”.
Word: prairie dogged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prairie dog Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: winner-take-all Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to a contest, election, or other competition in which only the winner is rewarded and none of the losers receive anything. Labels: not-comparable Example: You need luck in poker tournaments, because in the nature of this winner-take-all style of play, there will be several occasions when you cannot avoid putting all your money in the pot. Example: Under winner-take-all elections, many minority candidates find it nearly impossible to win. 2. Of a market in which a product or service that is only slightly better than its competitors receives a disproportionately large share of revenue. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of a neural network model: organized so that neurons in a layer compete with each other for activation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: underyoke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English underyoken, underȝoken, perhaps from Old English *underġeocian (“to subjugate; tame”), from Old English underġeoc (“accustomed to the yoke; tame”), equivalent to under- + yoke. 1. To bring under yoke; make subject. Labels: transitive
Word: goes crazy Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of go crazy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: went crazy Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of go crazy Labels: form-of, past
Word: gone crazy Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of go crazy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kite surfing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kitesurfing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: reëstablishment Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of reestablishment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The king, to show that he was not intoxicated with good fortune, nor aspired to a total victory over the parliament, published a manifesto, in which he renewed the protestation formerly taken, with great solemnity, at the head of his army, and expressed his firm intention of making peace upon the reëstablishment of the constitution. Example: In general terms he was told to refuse nothing which would dispel all ideas of the reëstablishment of Poland.
Word: rockclimbing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rock climbing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Szechuan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Postal Romanization of Nanjing court dialect Mandarin 四川 (Sìchuān). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛʃ.wɑn/, /ˈsɛt͡ʃ.wɑn/, /ʃɛʃ.wɑn/ 1. Alternative form of Sichuan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: THE plain of Chengtu is the only large expanse of level ground in the great province of Szechuan; it is also one of the richest, most fertile, and thickly populated areas in the whole of China. Example: There is a portrait of Confucius at Ch’ü-fu attributed to Wu and another striking picture representing the struggle of a tortoise with a serpent, kuei she t’u, which is in the Prefect's official residence at Ch’êng-tu, Sze-ch’uan.
Word: distaunces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of distaunce Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unmasque Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + masque. 1. Archaic spelling of unmask. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: bungy Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of bungee. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: bungy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Bhangi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bungy jumping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bungy jump Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bungy jumping Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bungee jumping. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pacquet Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of packet. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Dear Bethel, I here broke off, on receiving intelligence that a meſſenger from Marſeilles had a pacquet to deliver to me. Example: My maid was inquired for below, and the pacquet delivered into her hands, with an injunction that she should give it me when I was alone, and say it came from a lady at Marseilles.
Word: pacquet Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of packet. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: mocque Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of mock. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: mountain biking Part of Speech: noun 1. Off-road cycling using a mountain bike. Labels: uncountable
Word: cryptick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of cryptic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: tabularium Part of Speech: noun 1. A central calicle of a coral or hydroid. Example: The unusually long minor septa and the restricted tabularia are features that I have not seen in any other species of Prismatophyllum. Example: Tabulae are transverse plates which may be flat, convex or concave. They usually occupy a central space or tabularium, and if there is an axial complex they join with it. […] Dissepiments, the small plates usually found towards the edge of the corallum, lie peripheral to the tabularium and like the tabulae are constructed of fibro-normal tissue.
Word: venefice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin venēficium. 1. The act or practice of poisoning. Labels: obsolete
Word: algarroba Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of algaroba. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: falcation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From falcate + -ion? 1. The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: the Locuſs have Antenna or long horns before, with a long falcation or forcipated tail behind
Word: falcations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of falcation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mythologian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mythology + -ian. 1. A mythologist.
Word: mythologians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mythologian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: predominancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of predominancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: predominancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From predominant + -cy or predominance + -y. 1. Predominance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I am not treating of the Predominancy of motions or virtues , but of the Predominancy of parts in bodies
Word: remord Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the Middle English remorden, from the Anglo-Norman and Middle French remordre and its etymon the Latin remordeō, from re- + mordeō; compare the Catalan remordir, remordre, the French remordre, the Italian rimordere, the Old Occitan remordre, the Portuguese remorder, and the Spanish remorder. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɔːd/ 1. To feel remorse. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Beyng meued either with loue or pitie, or other wyse his conscience remording against the destruction of so noble a prince. 2. To excite to remorse; to rebuke. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Dyvers People That Remord This Rymyng Agaynst the Scot
Word: remording Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of remord Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: trichinoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trichina + -o- + -scope. 1. An apparatus for the detection of trichinae or trichinella in the flesh of animals.
Word: trichinoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trichinoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triplicostate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See triple and costate. 1. Having three ribs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fermionically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From fermionic + -ally. 1. In terms of, or by means of, fermions. Labels: not-comparable Example: The topological charge of families of lattice gauge fields is defined fermionically via families index theory for the overlap Dirac operator.
Word: nightertale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English nyghtertale, alteration of Old Norse náttarþel. 1. The period of night; nighttime. Labels: archaic, no-plural Example: A person (as their books make her) raised up by power divine, only for succour to the French estate, then deeply in distress, in whom, for planting a credit the rather, first the company that towards the Dauphin did conduct her, through all dangerous, as held by the English, where she never was afore, all the way and by nightertale safely did she lead; […] Example: All through the nightertale I longed for thee, […]
Word: subdiaconate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + diaconate. 1. The office or rank of a subdeacon.
Word: subdiaconate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + diaconate. 1. Of or relating to a subdeacon, or their office or rank. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subdiaconates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subdiaconate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polymitotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + mitotic. 1. Of or pertaining to polymitosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: right now Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˌraɪt ˈnaʊ, ˈraɪt ˌnaʊ/, /ˈɹiːt nuː/ 1. At the present moment. Labels: not-comparable Example: I'm not feeling very good right now. Example: May I see the studio? - Um, maybe another time? Right now I am busy. 2. Immediately. Labels: not-comparable Example: You'd better get out of here right now!
Word: antitruncated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + truncated. 1. Exhibiting antitruncation.
Word: antitruncation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + truncation. 1. The presence of an outer radial surface brightness profile that is distinctly shallower in scope than the main disk profile. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: antitruncations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antitruncation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhomboidally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From rhomboidal + -ly. 1. In the shape of a rhomboid.
Word: toothbrushings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toothbrushing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barehandedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From barehanded + -ly. 1. With one's bare hands; without any tool or weapon. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subunitary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + unitary. 1. Of or relating to a subunit. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a magnitude of less than one unit. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ciboria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ciborium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ciboriums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ciborium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amplexes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of amplex Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nonbronchitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + bronchitic. 1. Not bronchitic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: byssinotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Afflicted with, or pertaining to, byssinosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: desmine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. The mineral stilbite. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: lacerative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lacerate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈlæsəɹətɪv/ 1. Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate. Example: the continual afflux of lacerative humours
Word: ketmia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ketmie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ketmias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ketmia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ketmie Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of African hibiscus, cultivated for the acid of its mucilage, Hibiscus sabdariffa. Labels: archaic 2. Other species of hibiscus
Word: ketmies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ketmie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hamble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hamelen, from Old English hamelian (“to hamstring, mutilate”), from Proto-Germanic *hamalōną, *hamlōną (“to mutilate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Cognate with German hammeln, hämmeln (“to geld”), Icelandic hamla (“to mutilate, maim”), Dutch hamel (“wether”). Pronunciation: /ˈhæm.bəl/ 1. To mutilate; hamstring; cut away. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting. Labels: transitive 3. To walk lame; limp. Labels: intransitive
Word: hambled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hamble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hambles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hamble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hambling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hamble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Smollettian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Smollett + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Tobias Smollett (1721–1771), Scottish poet and author best known for picaresque novels.
Word: exertment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exert + -ment. 1. exertion Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: exertments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exertment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undomesticate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + domesticate. 1. To undo domestication; to make wild after having been domesticated. Labels: transitive
Word: undomesticates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of undomesticate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: undomesticating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of undomesticate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: edgelong Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Alteration of edgeling, equivalent to edge + -long. 1. Towards the edge; along the edge. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Three hundred thousand pieces have you stuck edgelong into the ground. Example: In the one there was nothing but some ashes; the other was full of Medals, set edgelong as full as it could be thrust: […]
Word: genian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French génien, from Latin genianus, from Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + Latin -ānus (“-an”). Pronunciation: /dʒɪˈnʌɪən/, /-ˈniːən/, /d͡ʒəˈnaɪən/, /-ˈni.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the chin. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: the genian prominence
Word: Medicean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post-classical Latin Mediceus (16th century; from the family name Medici) + -an. Pronunciation: /mɛdɪˈtʃiːən/ 1. Designating the four largest moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto), as named by Galileo in honour of his future patron Cosimo II de' Medici. Labels: historical Example: Four Medicean stars dance about Jupiter, two Austrian about Saturn, etc., and all (belike) to the music of the spheres. Example: Evelyn recorded a suggestion that the Society might take as its coat of arms a representation of a pair of crossed telescopes surmounted by the Medicean planets. 2. Pertaining to the Medici family.
Word: green leek Part of Speech: noun 1. Polytelis swainsonii, a mostly bright green parrot of southeastern Australia.
Word: green leeks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of green leek Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unglorify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + glorify. 1. To deprive of glory. Labels: transitive Example: Forbid it , O my God , that ever I should be so unhappy as to unglorify my Father , my Saviour , or my Sanctifier
Word: unglorifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unglorify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present