nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Heping Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 和平 (Hépíng). 1. A district of Tianjin, China. Example: When the coronavirus struck, local officials sprang into action. The district of Heping in particular seized on the city’s huge supply of blue-colored construction walls as a way to stop the virus’s spread. It helps that Tianjin neighbors Hebei Province, an industrial area where steel mills are plentiful and supplies can be easily found. 2. A county of Heyuan, Guangdong, China. Example: With the help of the PLA, the (Joshui) commune revolutionary committee in Hoping County has relied on and mobilized the militiamen and the masses to smash the plot of a handful of class enemies, to "overthrow the revolutionary committee by using the feudalist clan concept," and to deal severe blows at the evil wind of rightist reversal of verdicts. Example: On 23 November the Hoping County CCP Committee held a broadcast rally attended by 15,000 people to publicly reverse verdicts on the so-called "renegade clique" and to rehabilitate the titles of cadres, staff and workers who were persecuted and their dependents who were implicated.
Word: Nankai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 南開 /南开 (Nánkāi). 1. A district of Tianjin, China. Example: Beginning with study and research, the Finance Bureau and the Coal and Building Materials Supply Company of Tientsin's Nan-k'ai District used the method of "chieh-p'ou ma-ch'iao" [translating 解剖麻雀] to help the coal industry's retail sales departments improve business management, strengthen marketing cooperation, and decrease coal losses and achieved success. Example: In the Nankai District of Tianjin, 20 percent of 2,555 individual businesspeople were illiterate, mainly housewives, 40 percent were primary school graduates, 15 percent junior middle school graduates, and 35 percent senior middle school graduates. That district reported five or six college graduates, mainly artists who drew blueprints.
Word: Hongqiao Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紅橋 /红桥 (Hóngqiáo). 1. A district of Tianjin, China. Example: Not long ago an exhibition of class education was inaugurated at the “Three Stones” Historical Museum in Hungchiao District, Tientsin. Example: Against that backdrop, Mr. Liu, a former lawyer with a long interest in psychology, decided that the people of Tianjin needed some help apologizing, "as a way of relieving pressure, reducing barriers and the many negative feelings between people today." In fact, the apology company is an arm of a psychological stress reduction center that he also runs in some low concrete buildings that belong to the Hongqiao district government, his partner in what he hopes will be a profitable venture. "Our society is changing very fast and competition is very harsh, so everyone now feels pressure in his heart," Mr. Liu said, sitting under a trellis bearing plastic fruit that covers the ceiling of the center's group counseling room.
Word: Yorùbá Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Yoruba. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: From the late seventeenth to the early eighteenth century, merchants raided Yorùbá towns, captured men and women from large Yorùbá-speaking regions, and sold them, mainly to Portuguese traders. Example: Unlike in the past, the Yorùbá are showing they are ready to accept those who profess Awoist ideals and ideas – and are therefore proper Yorùbá – joining different political parties, an almost heretical practice until the last few years.
Word: Yorùbá Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Yoruba. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: From the late seventeenth to the early eighteenth century, merchants raided Yorùbá towns, captured men and women from large Yorùbá-speaking regions, and sold them, mainly to Portuguese traders. Yorùbá-speaking men and women, more than any other West African ethnic and linguistic group, were enslaved and exported to North America, Cuba, and Brazil in large numbers. Example: An analysis of the Lucumí subclassifications associated with Yorùbá-speaking kingdoms and places indicates that over 75 percent had Yorùbá names, compared to less than 25 percent from other non-Yorùbá-speaking ethnonyms. This analysis confirms how the largest concentrations of Yorùbá speakers left Ouidah and Lagos, while non-Yorùbá-speaking groups generally departed to the east and west of those two ports.
Word: Beichen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北辰 (Běichén). 1. A district of Tianjin, China. Example: The new report said 413 million yuan spent on train windshields was wasted when design specifications were changed in March 2011, three months before the line opened.[…] It found that Beichen district government in Tianjin had 340 million yuan in its own accounts instead of being paid promptly in compensation for land procured for the railway. Example: Monday’s fire occurred in the Beichen district, an area far closer to the urban core of Tianjin.
Word: Dongli Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東麗 /东丽 (Dōnglì). 1. A district of Tianjin, China. Example: Enterprises continue to put more money into control of water pollution (42 per cent of total pollution control funds invested) than into control of other types of pollution and the Dongli district in Tianjin is home to China’s largest sewage works. Example: Workers at the factory in the Dongli District of Tianjin, a near Beijing, stopped work on Tuesday afternoon, demanding wage rises and improved benefits, said the Xinhua report.
Word: Ninghe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 寧河 /宁河 (Nínghé). 1. A district of Tianjin, China. Example: * The Baodi Natural Gas Utilization Project will supply gas to industrial and business users and 450,000 homes in the districts of Baodi, Ninghe and Jizhou in the northern municipality of Tianjin.
Word: Baodi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寶坻 /宝坻 (Bǎodǐ). 1. A district of Tianjin, China. Example: Tianjin's Baodi district government, together with Hong Kong-listed property developer Hopson Development began construction of the project in 2002. Example: Of 102 confirmed cases in the city, at least 33 patients worked or shopped at a department store in the Baodi district, or had close contact with employees or customers, according to the Tianjin health authorities.[…] In addition, emergency measures were imposed over sections of Baodi — home to nearly one million people — with all but two entrances and exits for certain residential areas sealed off and security personnel on round-the-clock patrols.
Word: Jizhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 薊州 /蓟州 (Jìzhōu). 1. A district of Tianjin, China. Example: Subsequently, however, the Russians did proceed beyond Shanhaikwan and captured the towns of Chichou and Hsin Min. I also heard, after my arrival at Lü Shun (Port Arthur) that the Russians had dispatched forces in various directions eastwards, and had sent communications to the local officials bidding them not to be alarmed, as all they had to do was to hand over their munitions of war to the Russians, whereupon the latter would exterminate the Hu* rebels on their behalf. Example: They implanted the Jizhou District (薊城, 薊縣) in the NW corner of Tianjin municipality as the place feoffed to the descendants of first legitimate ruler, the Yellow Emperor, Yao in another scripture. The Jizhou District (薊縣) was the metropolis of Baekik descendants and built the nation of YaeMaek (濊貊國) where King Dongmyeong had settled.
Word: Jizhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 濟州 /济州 (Jìzhōu). 1. Synonym of Jeju: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Example: The Yellow Sea, east of the Bohai Strait, extends from the mouth of the Yalü River in the north to a line running from the north bank of Changjiang estuary to Korea’s Jizhou Island in the south. The flat seabed provides ideal conditions for trawling. Example: M: Have you ever visited Korea? W: Several times. It's a beautiful country. M: What part of the visits excited you most? W: The biggest island of Korea, Jizhou Island.
Word: covie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See covey. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvi/ 1. Obsolete spelling of covey. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: covie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See covey. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvi/ 1. Alternative spelling of covey (“to gather into a group”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, intransitive Example: Our fortunes and our ſelves, are things ſo cloſely linked, that vve knovv not vvhich is the cauſe of the love that vve finde, vvhen theſe tvvo ſhall part, vve may then diſcover to vvhich of them affection vvill make vvinge; vvhen they are covied together vve knovv not vvhich is in purſuit; vvhen they riſe and breake, vve ſhall then ſee vvhich is aimed at. Example: The lapwing's covied tribes forsake / The fens, to seek the glassy lake.
Word: covie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant of couve, cove, possibly influenced by covey (“brood or family of partridges”). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvi/ 1. Synonym of cove (“of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs)”). Labels: also, ambitransitive, figuratively, obsolete Example: Their [tortoises'] manner is to go aland, vvhere among the graſſe they lay egges as bigge as birds egs, to the number commonly of an hundred. […] [I]n the night time ſit upon them: they couvie a whole yeere before they hatch. Example: Darling, of all the sweet thoughts that ever covied in thy heart and took wing from thy pretty lips, that is to me the noblest, sweetest, best.
Word: Yorùbáland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Yorùbá + -land. 1. Alternative spelling of Yorubaland. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In Yorùbáland as a whole, long narrative ijálás may be more frequent. Example: The Ẹ̀gbá and Ifẹ̀ chiefs, representing prominent Yorùbá-speaking clans in the southwestern region of Yorùbáland, were known to have welcomed missionaries and incorporated new techniques of knowledge forms to achieve victorious political ends.
Word: clovering Part of Speech: noun 1. The making of a cloverleaf tongue. Labels: uncountable
Word: cloverleaf tongue Part of Speech: noun 1. A person's tongue folded in a certain configuration with multiple bends, thought to resemble a cloverleaf. The ability to form this shape with one's tongue is thought to be genetically inherited.
Word: cloverleaf tongues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cloverleaf tongue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tongue rolling Part of Speech: noun 1. The ability to roll the lateral edges of one's tongue upwards into a tube, widely believed to be a genetically inherited trait. Labels: uncountable
Word: FAPs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of FAP Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vacuum activity Part of Speech: noun 1. An innate fixed action pattern of animal behavior that is performed in the absence of the usual releaser.
Word: vacuum activities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vacuum activity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conorfamides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conorfamide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cloverleaf model Part of Speech: noun 1. A model that depicts the molecular structure of tRNA, showing how its chain consists of two "business ends" and three arms.
Word: cloverleaf models Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cloverleaf model Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conorfamide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a certain family of venom peptides from cone snails.
Word: colliculate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From colliculus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Having a surface with small rounded bumps. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pseudocoxalgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + cox- + alg(ia) + -ic. 1. Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. Labels: uncountable
Word: non-injurious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + injurious. 1. Alternative form of noninjurious. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: A non-injurious preparation is used to prevent damage to the track, and avoid any risk of polluting local water supplies.
Word: magnesiophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magnesiophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magnesiophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magnesio- + -phile. 1. An organism (plant or bacterium) that thrives in the presence of magnesium.
Word: pseudocompressibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being pseudocompressible. Labels: uncountable
Word: entitulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of entitulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: entitulate Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of intitulate. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Mr. Chanſellor and hee do not agree very well; they fell outt very lately about the entitulating ſome letters for forraine partes; […] Example: Four ſeveral Declarations of the preſent Parliament have entitulated the ſubject to them, and to the benefit of the ordinary Courts of Juſtice, as their Birthright.
Word: entitulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of entitulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: laminæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lamina Labels: archaic, form-of, plural Example: Upon Examination, I found that they [the fat] conſiſted of regular large Laminæ: vvhich vvere eaſily ſeparable from one another, in broad Fleaks; […] Example: Some close helmets have a farther improvement called a bever, the bever when closed covers the mouth and chin, and either lifts up by revolving on the same pivots as the visor, or lets down by means of two or more pivots on each side near the jaws, in which case the bever consists of several laminæ or plates, one shutting over the other.
Word: Teumessian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the town of Teumessus or Teumessos in ancient Boeotia, situated in the plain of Thebes; applied to the Teumessian fox, an enormous fox in Greek mythology that was destined never to be caught. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Hac Sa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cantonese 黑沙 (literally “black sand”). 1. A beach, area, and village in Coloane, Macau. Example: Coloane, where the Portuguese defeated some pirates in 1910, is supposed to have the nicest beaches, but I found them muddy. Hac Sa is a black sand beach. Ka Ho is a white sand beach. Cheoc Van is best for swimming. Example: Stretching for three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) in a gentle crescent, Hac Sa Beach offers Macau residents a seaside retreat from their hectic urban lives. Most locals say Hac Sa is the best of the three strips of sand on Coloane, as it is much larger than scenic Cheoc Van Beach.
Word: Dineh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Diné. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: Two Dineh grandmothers and a number of Indian activists spoke to more than three hundred people here, March 21, as part of a national campaign to prevent the forced relocation of thousands of Dineh and Hopi people living in Big Mountain, Arizona.
Word: Dineh Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Diné. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cross-culturally Part of Speech: adv 1. Across cultures. Labels: not-comparable Example: Leubrie ignores the extraordinary diversity of religions, collapsing everything from tribal "storytellers" and "polytheistic Norsemen" to the Rev. Moon into a single, simplistic whole, thereby promoting a superficial and ahistorical understanding of religion cross-culturally and over the millennia.
Word: keep one's eyeballs peeled Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of keep one's eyes peeled. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I need legal books and materials. […] Postage is a blessing. All material marked 'LEGAL' from any organization that is of a legal nature comes right in to me, unopened. (No hard back books, except from publishers.) Please keep your eyeballs pealed ^([sic]) for these things!
Word: in-bred Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of inbred. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pseudolinearization Part of Speech: noun 1. A pseudolinear approximation of a nonlinear system. Labels: uncountable
Word: press down Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see press, down. Example: Giue, and it shall bee giuen vnto you, good measure, preassed downe, and shaken together, and running ouer, shall men giue into your bosome: for with the same measure that ye mete withall, it shall bee measured to you againe. Example: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. 2. To exert an oppressive influence. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Or, as the same poet goes on, "when awful old age pressed down upon him, she put him away in an inner room of the house and shut the shining doors". Example: Time is pressing down on us, fastening each moment to the railroad of our lives. 3. To press or push, especially for a long time.
Word: bowl down Part of Speech: verb 1. To knock over. Labels: transitive Example: to bowl down the wickets
Word: covied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of covie Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sober down Part of Speech: verb 1. To become, or make, sober
Word: hew down Part of Speech: verb 1. To violently cause to fall down
Word: tread down Part of Speech: verb 1. To trample
Word: push down Part of Speech: verb 1. To force downwards (literally or figuratively). Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: toss down Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause something held to fall to the ground
Word: wet down Part of Speech: verb 1. To make (something) wet, especially as a preliminary step in cleaning it. Labels: transitive Example: […] the cabin torn away, and the ward-room all aslop from wetting down the decks while passing powder.
Word: Merioneth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh Meirionnydd. 1. Synonym of Merionethshire. Example: Henry Haydn Jones, MP for Merioneth 2. An epoch from 501 ± 2 to 488.3 ± 1.7 million years ago, a subdivision of the Cambrian.
Word: errday Part of Speech: adv 1. Pronunciation spelling of every day. Labels: US, alt-of, colloquial, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: englishman Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of Englishman. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: In Chꝛiſt there is nether frẽch ner engliſh: but the frenchman is the engliſhmans awne ſelfe / and the engliſh the frenchmans awne ſelfe. Example: Adꝛian the .iiii. an engliſhman boꝛne, conſtreigned the Conſulles and Senatours of Rome to depoſe theym ſelfes, and to committe all theyꝛ rule vnto the churche.
Word: englishmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of englishman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pushes down Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of push down Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pushing down Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of push down Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pushed down Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of push down Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: plant food Part of Speech: noun 1. Commercially available nutrients intended to enhance the growth of plants, especially in gardens. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pour the nitrogen solution into the water and use it as plant food. 2. Food from plants. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Today, in India, vegetarians form a nonhomogenous group consisting of semivegetarians (plant food, dairy products, eggs, and fish), lacto-ovo vegetarians (plant food, dairy products, and eggs), and vegans (plant food only). Example: You’ll see below, when we talk about health benefits associated with plant foods, that replacing one kind of animal food with another is not really the best route to better health.
Word: gigification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gig + -ification. 1. The process whereby stable, full-time jobs are replaced by freelance ones. Labels: uncountable Example: The Covid-19 epidemic could well prove to be a pivotal point in the gigification of knowledge work, and many firms will be attracted by the prospects of the direct and indirect cost savings that the gig economy model seems to offer. Example: Some of [the] central provisions [of the contract] […] will serve to put brakes on the relentless erosion of the number of writing jobs available—the sort of deadly, profit-driven gigification of once-stable careers that afflicts taxi drivers, college professors, and screenwriters alike.
Word: game sense Part of Speech: noun 1. One's ability to understand a sport or competitive video game at a strategic level; situational awareness. Labels: uncountable Example: I've been practicing my mechanics, but my game sense is still trash. Example: Dorje took to the game not long after we arrived. Already a keen inline skater, he picked up the new skills quickly and suddenly found himself in the selection squad for a hockey tournament in Canada. For a twelve-year-old, Dorje's skills and game sense were good, but his fitness was lacking.
Word: all that glitters Part of Speech: proverb 1. Ellipsis of all that glitters is not gold. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: lacto-ovo vegetarian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌlæk.təʊˌəʊ.vəʊ ˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌlæk.toʊˌoʊ.voʊ ˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. Alternative form of lacto-ovo-vegetarian. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Some research,⁷⁶⁻⁷⁸ but not all,⁷⁹⁻⁸² suggests that lacto-ovo vegetarians have greater bone density than meat eaters. In women aged 50 to 87, lacto-ovo vegetarians were found to lose about 50% to 60% less bone mass in comparison with omnivores,^(78.83) although a recent study did not confirm these findings.⁸¹ Example: Today, in India, vegetarians form a nonhomogenous group consisting of semivegetarians (plant food, dairy products, eggs, and fish), lacto-ovo vegetarians (plant food, dairy products, and eggs), and vegans (plant food only).
Word: lacto-ovo vegetarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lacto-ovo vegetarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Shoults Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: swordography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of sword + choreography. By surface analysis, sword + -o- + -graphy. 1. Choreography using (prop) swords. Labels: uncountable Example: Do you know what? I had so much fun. The swordography... you know, I think we needed more swordography, to be honest. Loved the sword fight.
Word: post-office Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of post office. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: However, as he kept the post-office, it was imagined he had better opportunities of obtaining news; his paper was thought a better distributer of advertisements than mine, and therefore had many, more, which was a profitable thing to him, and a disadvantage to me; for, tho’ I did indeed receive and send papers by the post, […] Example: The post-office has a great charm at one period of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for.
Word: bow-tied Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of bowtied. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Solanka was uninterested in this bow-tied, bespectacled, markedly un-Jedi-knight-like young man, and as a former science-fiction buff despised the lowbrow space opera of the Star Wars cycle.
Word: pons Varolii Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of pons. Labels: uncountable
Word: stand-up meeting Part of Speech: noun 1. A meeting in which attendees typically participate while standing.
Word: stand-up meetings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stand-up meeting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Taco Smell Part of Speech: name 1. Taco Bell (a chain of fast food restaurants). Labels: derogatory, humorous, slang
Word: clockwatch Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of clock-watch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: clockwatches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clockwatch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clockwatched Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of clockwatch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: smart watch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of smartwatch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: smart watches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smart watch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vampire ground finch Part of Speech: noun 1. Geospiza septentrionalis, a small bird native to the Galapagos Islands that occasionally feeds by drinking the blood of other birds.
Word: vampire ground finches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vampire ground finch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cough-syrupy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cough syrup + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of cough syrup. Example: Cayenne hated the cough-syrupy taste of liqueur, but because she was nervous, she drank it. Example: The sweet reek and disgusting, cough-syrupy taste of the local plum brandy, raffia or something.
Word: narm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by TV Tropes in 2007, referring to a scene in Six Feet Under's final season where main protagonist Nate Fisher complains about his arm being numb while suffering a brain embolism and repeats the words "numb arm", quickly slurring them into the single syllable "narm". Pronunciation: /ˈnɑː(ɹ)m/ 1. A scene in a piece of media that is portrayed as serious but unintentionally seen as funny. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: chalcogels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chalcogel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chalcogel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chalco- + gel. 1. A metal chalcogenide aerogel.
Word: R0s Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of R₀ Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cobaltoproteins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cobaltoprotein Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cobaltoprotein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cobalto- + protein. 1. A metalloprotein that contains cobalt.
Word: ophthalmomycosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ophthalmo- + mycosis. 1. An eye disease caused by a fungus. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gwans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gwan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orange-peely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From orange peel + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of orange peel. Example: THERE’S the same sawdusty, orange-peely, gasy smell; the same apparently endless stairs to climb, sir; the same wired-round gaslights; the same pushing and crushing; men laughing, women laughing or crying; the same policeman telling people not to push, or to “be easy there,” and giving other little bits of advice, as he stands behind the strong barrier opposite where the pigeon-hole is, and the man takes the shillings and gives you metal checks in exchange. Example: I went through orange-peely waste-paper baskets every day for weeks to find certain values of Pan-American stamps and stamped envelopes.
Word: geekhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geek + -head. 1. A geek. Labels: derogatory
Word: geekheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geekhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thermocracking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thermo- + cracking. 1. Chemical cracking by heating. Labels: uncountable 2. Surface cracking caused by heat. Labels: uncountable
Word: Edlingham Part of Speech: name 1. A small village and civil parish south-west of Alnwick, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1109).
Word: recollars Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recollar Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fish-and-chippy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fish and chip + -y. 1. A shop that sells fish and chips. Labels: informal Example: There is still no fishmonger, although there is a fish-and-chippy. Example: The trattoria was becoming popular and was edging out the ‘greasy spoon’ and even the fish-and-chippy.
Word: fish-and-chippy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fish and chip + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of fish and chips. Example: Spouting hot oil, and with the fish-and-chippy odour characteristic of internal combustion when it goes external with a bang, the blue E.R.A. drew over and nuzzled in close to the hedge, yielding precedence to the works three-speeder, which thereafter had the race in the basket, going on to win at a decimal under 91 m.p.h. from the four-cylinder Maseratis of Bianco and Sofietti. Example: Everything’s so stale and orange-peely and fish-and-chippy!
Word: fish and chippy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fish-and-chippy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Britain’s best known fish and chippy with a lot more to offer, including Yorkshire pudding and onion gravy. Example: Gargrave also has good pubs and a first-class fish and chippy.
Word: fish and chippy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of fish-and-chippy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It doesn’t have the typical taste of the ‘fish and chippy’ Lisbon lemon (Citrus limon ‘Lisbon’), as it is less acidic and more like a combination of orange and lemon. Example: The café beckons, or rather the smell of coffee does, but the fish and chippy perkiness of the place is too much.
Word: fish-and-chip Part of Speech: noun 1. Attributive form of fish and chips. Labels: attributive, form-of Example: Efforts by Horn and Hardart to diversify into gourmet restaurants, office catering services, a fish-and-chip chain and drive-in ‘Burger Kings’ proved unavailing, resulting in a nugatory profit in 1975 and a loss of $2·7 million last year. Example: A few hours later, twenty miles west of Dumfries, on a dark, miserable Saturday afternoon, I pulled up in the town of Castle Douglas, hoping for a bite to eat. But the Indian restaurant was closed, the Chinese restaurant was closed, the fish-and-chip store was closed, and the big old Douglas Arms Hotel, which Morton wrote about so enthusiastically, refused to serve me, because everybody was getting ready for a large party of Danish veterinarians who had booked the place for their evening meal, several hours from now.
Word: fish and chippie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fish and chips + -ie. 1. Alternative form of fish-and-chippy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He runs a fish and chippie, so he’s brought smoked salmon. Example: There’s always the good old standby of pub food, which is becoming far more adventurous, and the local Chinese takeout, which often doubles as a fish-and-chippie.
Word: ten toes down Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the notion that a person’s dedicated or loyal friend would stand their ground to protect them rather than walking or running away and would therefore keep all ten toes on the ground. Seemingly coined by the rap duo 8Ball & MJG in 2010 and popularised by the rapper Kodak Black, who raps the phrase in two tracks on his 2014 album Heart of the Projects. 1. Dedicated, loyal. Labels: slang Example: to stand ten toes down on something Example: [Chorus] All day every day all the time we stay/Ten ten toes down/Ten ten toes down/Ten ten toes down/You know what I'm talkin' 'bout
Word: DEAD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of diethyl azodicarboxylate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Acronym of destruction of enemy air defense(s). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Word: breadseed poppy Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of opium poppy, Papaver somniferum.
Word: State of Washington Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Washington state. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sleep it out Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of sleep off. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: blatts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blatt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milliblatt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milli- + blatt. 1. A unit of odor that is equivalent to one thousandth of a blatt. Labels: humorous
Word: milliblatts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milliblatt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sleeps it out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sleep it out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sleeping it out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of sleep it out Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: sparrow-hawk Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of sparrowhawk.
Word: slept it out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sleep it out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sparrow-hawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sparrow-hawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: donkeypower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From donkey + power, based on horsepower. 1. A unit of power equal to 250 watts, or about one-third of a horsepower. Labels: humorous Example: How to talk about units of power less than 1 horsepower? Use a smaller creature, of course. Roughly 1/3rd of a single unit of horsepower—or roughly 250 watts—is now labelled one donkeypower.
Word: donkeypowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of donkeypower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: t distributions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of t distribution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Student's t tests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Student's t test Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Student's t distributions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Student's t distribution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Student's ts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Student's t Labels: form-of, plural
Word: t-distributions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of t-distribution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ta-ta theories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ta-ta theory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lumpy dick Part of Speech: noun 1. A porridge made by stirring flour into boiling milk. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mess uniform Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of mess kit (“A formal uniform, worn for occasions such as mess dinners”).
Word: mess uniforms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mess uniform Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Stoke Holy Cross Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2301).
Word: Ulez Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of ULEZ. Labels: alt-of Example: Ministers in the Conservative government last week claimed that Labour “vilified” Britain's hard-pressed drivers—a jibe stemming from the backlash against London mayor Sadiq Khan’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez). Example: Similarly in London, saboteurs calling themselves the “blade runners” have attacked the number-plate recognition cameras that enforce Ulez.
Word: green revolution Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Green Revolution. Labels: alt-of
Word: licorice wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of candy that consists of a string of licorice rolled up to form a wheel.
Word: licorice wheels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of licorice wheel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: liquorice wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of licorice wheel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: liquorice wheels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liquorice wheel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tooros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tooro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lyre-guitar Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of guitar shaped to look like a lyre, popular as a fad instrument in the late 1800s.
Word: lyre-guitars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lyre-guitar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Maariv Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew מַעֲרִיב. 1. A Jewish prayer service held in the evening or at night. Labels: Judaism
Word: Maarib Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Maariv. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Simpsonwave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Simpson + -wave. 1. A genre of user-created online music videos consisting of scenes from the American animated television series The Simpsons set to vaporwave music, with surreal visual distortion effects. Labels: uncountable Example: Vaporwave and its more developed form, Simpsonwave, are of course concerned with an entirely different set of tropes–but they are no less hauntological for it. Both are recognizably hauntological by virtue of the techniques they employ—VHS crackle, Windows start-up sounds, etc.
Word: Malbecs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Malbec Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maculacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macule + -acy. 1. The quality of being maculate, stained or blemished. Labels: uncountable Example: It is no coincidence that the honor code and limpieza statutes shared a rhetoric of maculacy and immaculacy (the former associated with adultery and semitic blood, the latter with marital chastity and cristiano viejo origins), or that both applied this rhetoric to a narrative of blood.
Word: maenadism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From maenad + -ism. 1. The frenzied state of a female follower of Dionysus. Labels: Greek, uncountable
Word: pohuehue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Māori pōhuehue. 1. Any of various climbing plants of the genus Muehlenbeckia that grow in New Zealand, 2. Any of various climbing plants of the genus Muehlenbeckia that grow in New Zealand, 3. Any of various climbing plants of the genus Muehlenbeckia that grow in New Zealand, 4. Any of various climbing plants of the genus Muehlenbeckia that grow in New Zealand, 5. Any of various climbing plants of the genus Muehlenbeckia that grow in New Zealand, 6. beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)
Word: maidenhair vine Part of Speech: noun 1. The climbing plant Muehlenbeckia complexa.
Word: maidenhair vines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maidenhair vine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maidies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maidie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of maidy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: man-woman Part of Speech: noun 1. A masculine woman. Example: According to Louisa, the lesbians she met were "these hardcore women who either look like men, or, yeah, they all looked like men, I think, or these man-women, I don't know how I should describe that". 2. A hybrid of man and woman; hermaphrodite. Example: Gordon MacDonald postulates that the way God created Eve, "leads me to think that the original Adam, a kind of man-woman, is now two: a man and a woman."
Word: man-women Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of man-woman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isopimarane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + pimarane. 1. A tricyclic diterpene with IUPAC name (2S,4aS,4bR,8aS,10aS)-2-ethyl-2,4b,8,8-tetramethyl-3,4,4a,5,6,7,8a,9,10,10a-decahydro-1H-phenanthrene. Labels: uncountable
Word: weak mayor Part of Speech: noun 1. A mayor who has no formal authority outside the council, serving a largely ceremonial role as chairperson.
Word: weak mayors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weak mayor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metropolitanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From metropolitan + -ship. 1. The role or status of a metropolitan bishop. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The see or province of a metropolitan bishop. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: metropolitanships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metropolitanship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: middle-roader Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of middleoftheroader.
Word: middle-roaders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of middle-roader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midpassage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + passage. 1. A point partway through a passage or journey. Labels: uncountable Example: The boy's look […] stops the train in midpassage; the whistle continues to blow for a moment, from nowhere to nowhere.
Word: midside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + side. 1. The middle of the side of something. Example: Row of scales along midside (usually along lateral line) from rear edge of gill cover to base of caudal fin
Word: midsides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of midside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fish-and-chippies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fish-and-chippy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mmfd Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of micromicrofarad. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: mmfds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mmfd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monospondylic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + spondylic. 1. Having or relating to a single spondyl. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mopper-up Part of Speech: noun 1. One who "mops up"; the fixer of a problematic situation. Labels: informal
Word: moppers-up Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mopper-up Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mosstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moss + tone. 1. A yellowish-green color used for certain United States army uniforms. Labels: uncountable
Word: mossbound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From moss + bound. 1. Covered in moss. Labels: not-comparable, poetic Example: Here we decided to make camp beside a mossbound spring, in the lee of the steep richly flowered bank.
Word: mui tsai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chinese 妹仔. 1. A Chinese woman sold at a young age to work as a domestic servant, to be freed through marriage when older; however, some were sold into prostitution. Labels: historical
Word: mumble-bee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain; apparently an alteration of bumblebee. According to Wilfrid Granville (A Dictionary of Sailors’ Slang, 1962), “they were modelled on the oyster-fishing boats of the Mumbles district near Swansea”. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌmbl̩bi/ 1. A kind of small trawling vessel. Labels: Devon, historical
Word: mumble-bees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mumble-bee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: munitionment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From munition + -ment. 1. Munitions; weaponry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But the Eastern front of the Allies was far more vulnerable. Russia could not begin to supply herself with a sufficiency of large guns and of heavy munitionment for them.
Word: munitionments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of munitionment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mythoheroic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to heroic myths. Labels: not-comparable Example: mythoheroic poetry
Word: nartje Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of naartjie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nartjes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nartje Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nasaump Part of Speech: noun 1. hasty pudding Labels: US, obsolete, uncountable
Word: narrow-gage Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of narrow-gauge. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: natch-bone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of aitchbone. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: natch-bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of natch-bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: natural-born Part of Speech: adj 1. Having an innate aptitude for something, from (or as if from) the time of one's birth. Labels: not-comparable Example: a natural-born computer programmer 2. Having a status that arises from the conditions of one's birth, as opposed to one acquired through some legal procedure. Labels: not-comparable Example: During the time of the Mogul government, the princes of that race, who omitted nothing for the encouragement of commerce in their dominions, bestowed very large privileges and immunities on the English East India Company, exempting them from several duties to which their natural-born subjects were liable.
Word: necropole Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of necropolis (“cemetery”).
Word: neo-expressionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + expressionism. 1. A style of late modernist or early postmodern painting and sculpture that emerged in the late 1970s as a reaction against the minimal and conceptual art of that time, and was characterized by intense subjectivity and rough handling of materials. Labels: uncountable
Word: neo-expressionist Part of Speech: noun 1. An artist working in the style of neo-expressionism.
Word: neo-expressionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neo-expressionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neo-expressionistic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the style of neo-expressionism.
Word: Neo-Hawaiian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki Hawaiian Hawaiʻibor. English Hawaii Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Hawaiian English Neo-Hawaiian From neo- + Hawaiian. 1. A revitalised and relexified form of the Hawaiian language, influenced by the involvement of non-natives in teaching and transmission.
Word: Neo-Hawaiian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki Hawaiian Hawaiʻibor. English Hawaii Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Hawaiian English Neo-Hawaiian From neo- + Hawaiian. 1. A person born in Hawaii with mixed ancestry that is only partly Hawaiian.
Word: Neo-Hawaiians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Neo-Hawaiian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noegenetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to noegenesis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Nonflam Part of Speech: name Etymology: Trade name, from nonflammable. 1. A kind of fire-resistant flannelette. Labels: historical
Word: Non-flam Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Nonflam. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: quasidemocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quasi- + democracy. 1. Any political system having certain aspects of democracy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quasidemocracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quasidemocracy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: off-mic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of off-mike. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: off-mike Part of Speech: adj 1. Recorded at a distance from, or not directly into, a microphone, resulting in a quiet or muffled sound.
Word: old-fashion Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of old-fashioned. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, nonstandard Example: "I was to call him Pap. And Maw. And Luly. Old-fashion girl. They're old-fashion people. Their dress was up like this," he indicated a place high up on his neck, […]
Word: Verdello Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian verdello, from the dark green color of its berries. 1. An Italian grapevine variety that is grown mostly in the Umbria region of central Italy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thus when sampling Verdello grapevines, the likelihood of picking up a vine that really isn't Verdello is high, and the skill of the ampelographer becomes of paramount importance.
Word: omnilegent Part of Speech: adj 1. Having read everything; exceptionally well-read.
Word: Jaxxons Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Jaxxon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pesadich Part of Speech: adj 1. Permissible to eat on Passover. Labels: not-comparable Example: Then we will bake pesadich spongecake from thirteen eggs, a little seltzer, and a shredded orange, and celebrate the other miracles of Passover.
Word: illustrationist Part of Speech: noun 1. illustrator Example: GM word freak seeks young illustrationist to collaborate on flipped-out adventures on and off the page.
Word: easy peasy mac and cheesy Part of Speech: adj 1. Extended form of easy peasy. Labels: childish, extended, form-of, not-comparable Example: On the other hand, the 'noise' has been quite loud lately. Personally, I don't mind at all, hell I'm guilty of contributing to it. If I'm not interested in an OT, I don't read it... easy peasy mac n cheesy. Example: The Professor done said: > "We have got to be tough with Germany and I mean the German people not just > the Nazis. We either have to castrate the German people or you have to > treat them in such a manner so they can't go on reproducing." Easy-peasy, macs^([sic]) and cheesy. FDR.
Word: mac 'n' cheesy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mac 'n' cheese + -y. 1. Alternative form of mac and cheesy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: > […] . . . scratching not the intangible surface of the infinite > dimension, but rather the finite surface "zero" of the inifinitessiamal^([sic]) > dimensionless point source hiding within that sleezy little mac 'n' cheesy > twist of DNA . . . […] Example: Spicy Mac-n-Cheesy Soup