nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bicorporate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + corporate. 1. Having two bodies. Labels: not-comparable Example: A bicorporate lion, gardant, rampant, counter-rampant, coward, is seen in the arms of John Northampton, Lord Mayor of London[…] Example: Gules, a bicorporate lion guardant rampant counter-rampant coward or, ducally crowned azure - John NORTHAMPTON, Lord Mayor of London, 1381 and 1382.
Word: invendible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin invendibilis. See in- (“not”) + vendible. 1. Not vendible or saleable. Example: January 14 1789, Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Jay It had already begun to render our oils invendible in the ports of France
Word: miscognizant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mis- + cognizant. 1. ignorant; not knowing; unaware Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: miscognizant of the dangers
Word: replantable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From replant + -able. 1. That can be planted again. Labels: not-comparable
Word: critical incident stress management Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of peer and group crisis response used to prevent psychological trauma such as PTSD and depression in first responders and military personnel. Labels: uncountable
Word: CISM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of critical incident stress management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: first responders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of first responder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bushlip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bush + lip. : Refers to the pledge "Read my lips: no new taxes" of then-U.S. President George H. W. Bush. 1. Alternative form of Bushlips (“insincere political rhetoric”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated, uncountable Example: In a House speech, Democratic Rep. Gary Ackerman of New York called the president’s “no new-taxes” pledge a “pure, unadulterated crock of Bushlip.” Example: It's time to STOP THE "BUSHLIP!"
Word: composite video Part of Speech: noun 1. A format of analog television signal before the addition of sound and modulation. Labels: uncountable
Word: humanitarian intervention Part of Speech: noun 1. The deployment of army personnel for humanitarian-motivated goals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The events of 1999 in Kosovo and East Timor provide an important opportunity to reflect on the practice of humanitarian intervention. Example: We may be in the middle of a process in which some fundamental ideas or norms about international politics are being transformed, and the increasing willingness to consider humanitarian intervention may be part of this evolution. 2. A neo-imperialist military action utilized by capitalist superpowers under the guise of universal human rights, which violates state sovereignty, enforces Western cultural hegemony, and destabilises local societies, thereby intensifying structural violence against working-class, queer, and trans communities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Although realism fails... it provides some salutary warnings about the distortions that moral perspectives can produce [and] the malevolent action of states... [but] warfare destroys lives, property, infrastructure, and environment in ways that pressures do not.
Word: component video Part of Speech: noun 1. A format of analog television signal that is split into multiple components, typically each carrying a different colour. Labels: uncountable
Word: cliterati Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of clitoris + literati. 1. Significant figures in the feminism movements. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Its first meeting, held at Eve Ensler's apartment, was a who's who, as Cuomo puts it, of "the New York cliterati," including Urvashi Vaid, Laura Flanders, Sarah Schulman and other notables. 2. Influential women. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The women who come are famously sexy, rich, successful, and gorgeous: the cliterati.
Word: crotchfruit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crotch fruit. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Dad's parents were safely dead, and Mom never mentioned whose crotchfruit she was in your presence […]
Word: crotchfruits Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crotch fruits. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gate rape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gate (“passageway in an airport for embarking passengers”) + rape, formed to rhyme with date rape. 1. Aggressive security screening prior to aircraft boarding. Labels: countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable Example: Now, some women's advocates are referring to the situation as "Gate Rape" and speaking out against incidents like these so that other women don't have to endure the same humiliation. Example: Ever since the Thanksgiving rebellion over intrusive new pat-downs that some have dubbed “gate-rape,” Americans have been debating security requirements versus privacy rights.
Word: gate rape Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From gate (“passageway in an airport for embarking passengers”) + rape, formed to rhyme with date rape. 1. To screen (someone) aggressively prior to allowing them to board an aircraft. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: And yet for all its tyranny, Israel doesn’t gate-rape passengers as does America's TSA. Example: We need to open a bar at that airport. People need a stiff drink after being gate raped by the TSA.
Word: suffonsified Part of Speech: adj 1. Satisfied or satiated, particularly in appetite. Labels: Canada, informal, rare Example: Rice bowls topped with pork, chicken, curry or battered, fried seafood tempura are for sale everywhere. You put your money in a vending machine at the door, hand the chit to a server, and for about $6 you can have a seat at the counter, stuff yourself, then merge back into the passing throngs sufficiently suffonsified.
Word: suffonsified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of suffonsify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mathemaku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Bob Grumman, who invented the genre, and first attested in 1988; formed as a blend of either mathema(tics) or mathema(tical) with (hai)ku. Pronunciation: /ˌmæθəˈmækuː/ 1. A genre of pseudohaiku which combines a very short poetic structure with elegant mathematical expression; also, an example of this genre. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: 1988, Bob Grumman, Mathemaku II, main title Example: Each mathemaku’s math was central to it, not just an ad hoc ingredient in a some section of it. [¶] I was quite pleased with what I’d accomplished, but for some reason was only able to add a single unfinished mathemaku to my mathe-poetic oeuvre over the next twenty years or so.
Word: pseudohaiku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed as pseudo- + haiku; compare the German Pseudohaiku. 1. False or free-form haiku; any form of syllabically parsimonious or otherwise pithy poetry, usually comprising three lines of verse per poem. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hanson is no mere artificer, no pseudohaiku addict. Example: I am reminded that the hai in haiku means “humor.” Of course, the humor is not simply the quick tee-hee of mock-philosophical “pseudohaiku” about things like computer problems and being stuck in traffic.
Word: pseudo-haiku Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pseudohaiku. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: assentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin assentatio. See assent. 1. Insincere or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: August 10, 1749 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust.
Word: assentations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assentation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clysmian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλύσμα (klúsma, “a place washed by the waves”) + -ian. 1. Connected with, or related to, the deluge, or to a cataclysm. Labels: not-comparable Example: clysmian changes
Word: phylactered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phylactery + -ed. 1. Wearing a phylactery. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bivalencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bivalency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bivalency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + valency. 1. Alternative form of bivalence. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: epihyal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From epi- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”). 1. Related to the segment located above the ceratohyal of the hyoid arch. Labels: not-comparable
Word: epihyal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epi- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”). 1. A segment immediately above the ceratohyal in the hyoid arch. It is many animals, from fish to mammals and reptiles.
Word: epihyals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epihyal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Deuteronomist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Deuteronomy + -ist. 1. One of the sources identified as underlying much of the Hebrew Bible (or Christian Old Testament), and responsible for material in Deuteronomy and other areas.
Word: Deuteronomists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Deuteronomist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marigenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin mare (“sea”) -i- + -genous. 1. Produced in or by the sea. Labels: not-comparable Example: marigenous minerals Example: marigenous rocks
Word: overglance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + glance. 1. To glance over. Labels: poetic, transitive Example: with a cursorary eye o'erglanced the articles
Word: overglanced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overglance Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overglances Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overglance Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overglancing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overglance Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: terre-tenant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French terre (“earth, land”) + tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”). 1. One who has the actual possession of land. 2. The owner of land acquired from a judgment debtor. 3. The owner of land subject to a rentcharge.
Word: terre-tenants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of terre-tenant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: defectuosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of defectuosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: defectuosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French défectuosité. 1. Great imperfection; (countable) an instance of this. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: [W]e muſt not take this mercifull indulgence given to our defectuoſities, as a diſpenſation for the ſordidnes of our loves, but rather in a holy effect and contention of gratitude, ſtrain to love God the more purely, and irreſpectively to our ſelves, in regard of the tranſcendent benignity of this diſpenſation.
Word: fringilline Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to the family Fringillidae, the true finches. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fringilline Part of Speech: noun 1. Any finch of the family Fringillidae, a fringillid 2. Any finch of the fringillid subfamily Fringillinae
Word: plenipotent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin plenus (“full”) + potens, potentis (“potent”). Pronunciation: /pliːˈnɪpətənt/ 1. Having full power. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: omnicompetent; omnipotent, almighty, all-powerful Example: My Substitutes I send ye, and Create Plenipotent on Earth, of matchless might Issuing from mee: on your joynt vigor now My hold of this new Kingdom all depends, Through Sin to Death expos’d by my exploit.
Word: Albyn Part of Speech: name Etymology: See Albion and Alba. 1. Scotland, especially the Highlands. Labels: poetic Example: Is there no Albyn now to wake thy song, No chiefs who still their fathers' worth retain, No plumed and plaided clans those hills among, Worthy to claim the tribute of thy strain?
Word: extensure Part of Speech: noun 1. extension Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Which he doth conquer in the end, when by th' extensure of the wand, he brings ten plagues upon the land.
Word: treadboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tread + board. 1. A board to take a person's weight; a tread of a staircase.
Word: treadboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of treadboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: redfinch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red + finch. 1. The common linnet (Linaria cannabina). Labels: rare
Word: redfinches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redfinch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dartoic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dartos + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the dartos. Labels: not-comparable Example: dartoic myoma Example: dartoic incision
Word: untemper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + temper. 1. To deprive of temper Labels: transitive 2. to make soft. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: untemper courage
Word: untempering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of untemper Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: untempers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of untemper Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: noncancers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noncancer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iron-sick Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From iron + sick. 1. Denoting ironwork that loose or corroded; said of a ship where the bolts and nails are so degraded with rust as to cause leaks.
Word: thimbleweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thimble + weed. 1. Any of various plants whose heads resemble thimbles, including 2. Any of various plants whose heads resemble thimbles, including 3. Any of various plants whose heads resemble thimbles, including
Word: thimbleweeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thimbleweed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: persuasibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being persuasible Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Nevertheless, as the young count's good-nature and easy persuasibility were among his best characteristics, he set about complying with Kenyon's request.
Word: smockless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English smoklees, smokles, equivalent to smock + -less. 1. Without a smock. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scattergood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scatter + good. 1. Someone who wastes; a spendthrift. Labels: obsolete
Word: scattergoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scattergood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Iceland moss Part of Speech: noun 1. A lichen, Cetraria islandica, that resembles a moss. Labels: uncountable
Word: binal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See binary. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪnəl/ 1. twofold; double Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Binal revenge, all this.
Word: inapplication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + application. 1. Lack of application, attention, or diligence; negligence; non-use Labels: uncountable Example: inapplication of the regulations against which the exception of illegality was raised
Word: squirmage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From squirm + -age. 1. The act of squirming. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: In bed, Lauren has never been able to control her lateral squirmage. She is the needle on a compass and Spencer is due North. 2. The condition or quality of causing a state of discomfort, particularly disgust, fear, or embarrassment. Labels: broadly, slang, uncountable Example: Pants down gags are as loud and lively as fart jokes, but willy waving in a restaurant kitchen is a whole new area of squirmage, hitherto unexplored.
Word: timesteps Part of Speech: noun Etymology: time + steps 1. plural of timestep Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sophonsified Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of suffonsified. Labels: Canada, alt-of, alternative, informal, rare Example: "Are you sufficiently sophonsified?" Perdie asks Cordelia. This is a new thing they've taken to saying. It means, have you had enough to eat?
Word: sophonsified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sophonsify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: macropyramid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + pyramid. 1. A macroprism.
Word: cottolene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally a trademark. 1. A shortening made from cottonseed, used as a lard substitute. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: inembryonate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + embryonate. 1. Not embryonate; devoid of an embryo. Labels: not-comparable
Word: preengagement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + engagement. 1. Prior engagement or obligation, for example by contract or promise. Example: 1650s-1660s', Robert Boyle, Some Specimens of an Attempt to make Chymical Experiments Useful to Illustrate the Notions of the Corpuscular Philosophy My pre-engagements to other themes were not unknown to those for whom I was to write. Example: unchangeable preengagement
Word: preengagements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preengagement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semicircumferences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semicircumference Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semioxygenated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + oxygenated. 1. Combined with oxygen only in part. Labels: not-comparable Example: the Vitriolic Air from the semi-oxygenated Sulphur
Word: Proto-Austronesian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From proto- + Austronesian. 1. A proposed common ancestor to the group of Austronesian languages comprising Malayo-Polynesian and Formosan languages.
Word: setbolt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From set + bolt. 1. An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together in shipbuilding. Example: Eccentrics are fitted in two parts, and secured to the axle by a hoop and setbolts 2. A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.
Word: setbolts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of setbolt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: centifolious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin centifolius, from centum (“hundred”) + folium (“leaf”). 1. Having more leaves than can be easily counted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hemmel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots hemmel, hammel, dialectal English hemble (“hovel, stable, shed”), perhaps allied to Dutch hemel (“heaven, canopy”), German Himmel. Compare English heaven. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛməl/ 1. A shed or hovel for cattle. Labels: Northumbria, UK, dialectal Example: Cattle kept in hemmels should always have their food may be stated that the roofs of all the buildings should given to them in the sheds
Word: hemmel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare dialectal Swedish hammel (“little bar or beam”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛməl/ 1. A handrail, especially one fitted on one side of a planked or wooden bridge. Labels: UK, Yorkshire, dialectal Example: The bridge was narrow, with barely enough room for one to cross at a time. So they barred her way, the leader clutching the hemmel (handrail) on either side.
Word: hemmels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemmel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Caz Part of Speech: name Etymology: See Carol. Pronunciation: /kæz/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Carol.
Word: demonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demon + -ist. 1. A believer in, or worshipper of, demons.
Word: demonists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demonist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: remitment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From remit + -ment. 1. The act of remitting; remission. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: And Catus Decianus the Procurator endeavour’d to bring all thir goods within the compass of a new confiscation, by disavowing the remittment of Claudius.
Word: choiceful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From choice + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɔɪsfəl/ 1. Having the opportunity to choose or make choices; abounding in choices Example: The movement has been re-jigged for a North American audience in some places, such as the Pacific Northwest, where the concept of 'Complete Communities” has gained favor in ensuring that neighborhoods are diverse, choiceful, and outfitted with the full panoply of social services, institutions and amenities […]. Example: Rather, all the information, tools, and tips are simply aimed at keeping you conscious and choiceful. 2. Making choices; fickle. Labels: obsolete Example: His choiceful sense with every change doth fit.
Word: leviration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From levirate + -ion? 1. levirate marriage Labels: uncountable Example: Their custom also supports that if she has got male or female child she will remain in deceased husband's house till her life ends. The leviration of such widows by the deceased clan-member is not rare in the society.
Word: diseasefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diseaseful + -ness. 1. The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: But as before the consideration of a prison had disgraced all ornaments, so now the same consideration made them attend all diseasefulness Example: "The diseasefulness is terrific," said the dusky Nabob.
Word: wango Part of Speech: noun 1. A boomerang. Labels: dated, no-plural Example: I once nearly had my arm broken by a wango, whilst standing within a yard of the native who threw it, and looking out purposely for it.
Word: ganoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek γάνος (gános, “brightness, sheen”) + -oid Pronunciation: /ˈɡænoɪd/ 1. Having a smooth, shining surface, as if polished or enameled: specifically applied to those scales or plates of fishes which are generally of an angular form and composed of a bony or hard horny tissue overlaid with enamel. 2. Having ganoid scales or plates, as a fish; specifically, of or pertaining to the Ganoidei. Example: In a few minutes the huge beast had been cut up and slabs of him were hanging over a dozen camp fires, together with great scaly ganoid fish which had been speared in the lake.
Word: ganoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek γάνος (gános, “brightness, sheen”) + -oid Pronunciation: /ˈɡænoɪd/ 1. One of the Ganoidei, a disused taxonomic grouping of fishes, including the bowfin, gars, and sturgeons.
Word: ganoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ganoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incubiture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Latin incubitus. 1. incubation Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: the Incubiture of the Female on the Back of the Male
Word: phonotypist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phonotypy + -ist. 1. An expert in phonotypy. Labels: historical
Word: phonotypists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phonotypist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gavelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gavel (“tribute”). 1. A certain kind of writ historically used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent. Labels: UK, historical, obsolete
Word: gavelets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gavelet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misproceeding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + proceeding. 1. Wrong or irregular proceeding. Example: I can conceave noe other reason of their Malignitie against me but for that I studie to avoid such misproceeding of self will Government as formerlie have bin practised amongst them, for I can discerne nothinge in them but factions seeking to carrie all matters, rather for their owne endes then either seekinge the generall good or dinge right to particuler men, and for that it much concerneth the Justice of the Colonie. Example: As where the inferior Court acts in a summary way , and there is no other remedy for a misproceeding there.
Word: misproceedings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misproceeding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: insafety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + safety. 1. Lack of safety; insecurity, danger Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: prelatize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From prelate + -ize. 1. To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions. Labels: intransitive Example: he indeed ſucceeded into an Epiſcopacy that began then to prelatize; 2. To bring under the influence of prelacy. Labels: transitive Example: 1859-1890, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England During the Stuart Dynasty Laud was busy with his more important plan of prelatizing the Church of Scotland
Word: prelatized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prelatize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prelatizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prelatize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prelatizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prelatize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: plasmogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plasma + -gen. 1. The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration. Labels: uncountable Example: Germ plasm and idioplasm are forms of plasmogen. Example: With regard to the structure of protoplasm, he held that it was vesicular, the reticulum or walls of the vesicles being the part of the protoplasm in which the plasmogen resides, which is not contained in vesicular spaces. 2. Misspelling of plasminogen. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, uncountable Example: After binding to fibrin of blood clot, the plasmogen activator causes plasmin to accumulate in the vicinity of the clot. Example: In all cases of constitutional disease, plasmogen is used to bring about a proper regeneration and preservation of the blood-cells.
Word: panderly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pander + -ly. 1. panderly (having the quality of a pander). Labels: archaic Example: O, you panderly rascals, there’s a knot: a gin, a packe, a conspiracie against me
Word: rounded off Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of round off Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rounds off Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of round off Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rounding off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of round off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Ros Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Rosalind. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Rosamund.
Word: peba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Portuguese peba. Ultimately from Old Tupi peba (“having a flattened shape”). 1. An armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) found from Texas to Paraguay; the tatouhou.
Word: devilwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From devil + wood. 1. A tree (Cartrema americana, formerly Osmanthus americanus), allied to the European olive.
Word: devilwoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of devilwood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: invaletudinary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + valetudinary. 1. Lacking health. Labels: obsolete
Word: splot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *splot (suggested by Middle English splotty (“spotted, speckled”)), from Old English splott (“spot, blot, patch or plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”). Related to split. Pronunciation: /splɒt/, /splɑt/ 1. A spot; splotch.
Word: anginas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decadienal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English decadiene Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Latin alcoholder. Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de-der. Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. German Aldehydbor. English aldehydeclip. English -al English decadienal From decadiene + -al (“aldehyde”). 1. Any aldehyde derived from a decadiene, but especially 2,4-decadienal which is an aroma-rich substance found in cooked food.
Word: triglyceridaemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of triglyceridemia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: maniable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English manyable, from Middle French maniable, from manier (“to manage”), from Latin manus (“hand”). By surface analysis, man(us) + -i- + -able. 1. manageable Labels: obsolete Example: [A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]
Word: woll Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wollen, a variant of Middle English wullen, willen, from Old English wyllan, willan. More at will. Pronunciation: /wɒl/ 1. Obsolete form of will. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: offsplit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From off- + split. Cognate with Dutch afsplitten (“to split off”), German Low German ofsplieten, ofsplitten (“to split off”), German abspalten (“to split off, secede”). 1. To split off; secede. Labels: ambitransitive Example: This effect is mostly valid for the condition mostly inclined to offsplit, ie.^([sic]) for a paint on gold.
Word: offsplit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From off- + split. Cognate with Dutch afsplitten (“to split off”), German Low German ofsplieten, ofsplitten (“to split off”), German abspalten (“to split off, secede”). 1. A splitting off or breaking away from; a secession; divergence. Example: If, in accordance with modern view of the phenomenology of religion, we want to look upon Baal as an offsplit of El, we are for several reasons prompted to regard this offsplit, at first hand, [...] Example: If he has any claim to innovative importance or influence, it is probably because of his Singspiele, produced in Vienna in the latter part of his career, which certainly hastened the offsplit of German opera from the Italian tradition.
Word: exscriptural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ex- + scriptural. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈskɹɪp.t͡ʃəˌɹəl/, /ɛkˈskɹɪp.t͡ʃʊˌɹəl/, /ɛkˈskɹɪp.ʃɹəl/ 1. Not connected with, or in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural. Labels: archaic Example: exscriptural author Example: exscriptural writings
Word: figurated Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a distinct form. 2. Involving a consistent metrical transformation of simple chords.
Word: figurated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of figurate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bedaggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + daggle. 1. To daggle; to soil by dragging over wet ground. Labels: transitive
Word: bedaggled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bedaggle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bedaggles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bedaggle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bedaggling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bedaggle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gnoscopine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to know”) + opium + -ine. 1. An alkaloid found in certain species of poppy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gnoscopines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gnoscopine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repealment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From repeal + -ment. 1. The act of repealing something. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Recall, as from banishment. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: repealments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of repealment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: staithman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From staith + -man. 1. A man employed in weighing and shipping at a staith. Labels: UK
Word: staithmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of staithman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quayman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quay + -man. 1. A man who works on a quay.
Word: quaymen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quayman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: excentricities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of excentricity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: excentricity Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of eccentricity. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: hangnest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hang + nest. 1. A nest that hangs down like a bag or pocket, generally from a tree branch. 2. A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.
Word: hangnests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hangnest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heterogeny Part of Speech: noun 1. the condition or state of being heterogenous Labels: uncountable, usually 2. heterogenesis Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: intemperancy Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of intemperance. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: levigation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin levigatio (“a smoothing”): compare French lévigation. 1. The act or operation of levigating (making into fine powder)
Word: levigations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of levigation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muffetee Part of Speech: noun 1. A small muff worn over the wrist. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: Worsteds are more suitable for men's and women's stockings. Wools for children's stockings, or for muffetees, ruffs, and other lighter articles of wear, which should be soft and warm Example: Old Mrs. Rabbit was a widow; she earned her living by knitting rabbit-wool mittens and muffetees (I once bought a pair at a bazaar).
Word: muffetees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muffetee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: opianine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From opium + -anine. 1. An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, probably identical with narcotine. Labels: archaic
Word: foreshew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + shew. 1. Obsolete spelling of foreshow. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: foreshewed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of foreshew Labels: form-of, past
Word: foreshewing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of foreshew Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: foreshewn Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of foreshew Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: foreshews Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of foreshew Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: meconidine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”) -ine 1. A rare alkaloid found in opium, extracted as a yellow amorphous substance which is easily decomposed. Labels: uncountable
Word: meracious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin meracus, from merus (“pure, inmixed”). 1. Without mixture or adulteration; strong; racy. Labels: obsolete Example: we must drink of the sweet, and it is well, if any thing be dulcy, and meracious enough for us; it must not onely take away thirst, but satisfie the taste, not onely refrigerate, but inebriate. Example: Her charms were now unfolded to my view, Meracious beauties, prottypes of grace;
Word: postact Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + act. 1. After an act; after something is done or carried out. Labels: not-comparable
Word: besilver Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + silver. 1. To cover with or as with silver. Labels: transitive
Word: synchronologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of synchronology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synchronology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From syn- + chronology. 1. Contemporaneous chronology.
Word: furculum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin furculum, diminutive of furca (“fork”). 1. furcula (wishbone of birds)
Word: frettings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛtɪŋz/ 1. plural of fretting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cabbling Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, so that the pieces can be reheated and wrought into bar iron. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: The pieces of iron obtained by cabbling are then heated in another furnace almost to fusion, hammered down into shape, and ultimately drawn out into bar-iron. Example: Finery iron is smelted with charcoal, and when a soft mass of about two hundredweight is formed it is hammered out into a flat oval from two to four inches in thickness; this is allowed to cool, and is then broken up into small pieces, which is the process of cabbling or scabbling.
Word: carotin Part of Speech: noun 1. carotene Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: slipcoat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slip + coat. 1. A rich variety of cheese, resembling butter, but white. Labels: uncountable Example: A second Way of making Slipcoat Cheese. To two Quarts of Cream, add six Quarts of Milk directly from the Cow, mingle these together and let them stand till they are cold, then pour three Pints of boiling Water to it
Word: woodbind Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of woodbine. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: A Woodbind Garland sought to crown his Hair: Then turn'd his Kace again the riling Day Example: a gerlond […] of woodbind or of hauthorn leaves
Word: woodbinds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of woodbind Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exteriorities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exteriority Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exteriority Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exterior + -ity. Compare French extériorité. Pronunciation: /ɪkˌstɪɹiˈɔɹɪti/, /ɪkˌstɪɹiˈɑɹɪti/, /ɛkˌstɪɹiˈɔɹɪti/, /ɛkˌstɪɹiˈɑɹɪti/ 1. surface; externality; outside Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: demeanance Part of Speech: noun 1. demeanor Labels: no-plural, obsolete Example: I truste your grace wyll be agreabyll That I shall suffer none impechment By theyr demenaunce, nor loss repryvable.
Word: disembrangle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + embrangle. 1. To free from wrangling or litigation. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: November 12 1726, George Berkeley, letter to Thomas Prior For God's sake disembrangle these matters, that I may once be at ease to mind my other affairs of the College
Word: disembrangled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disembrangle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disembrangles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disembrangle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disembrangling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disembrangle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: proctodeums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proctodeum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proctodea Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proctodeum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: begold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + gold. 1. To cover with or as with gold. Labels: transitive Example: I wore a long dressing gown of palish purple spattered with gold flowers and beneath it a green waistcoat, also begolded, and on my head a fantastic headdress of red and gold; also white trousers; [...] 2. To make like gold; golden. Labels: transitive Example: [...] as the mellowed north winds tone forth their vestal hymns upon rustling leaf-keys; sunsets that bepurple the azure; sunrises that begold the horizon; moonlights that besilver the river? Who would not have of these?
Word: superlinearly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From superlinear + -ly. 1. In a superlinear manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pharyngolaryngeal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (phárunx)bor. New Latin pharynxder. English pharyngo- Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx)bor. Latin larynx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus New Latin laryngeus English -al English laryngeal English pharyngolaryngeal From pharyngo- + laryngeal. 1. Relating to both the pharynx and the larynx. Labels: not-comparable Example: pharyngolaryngeal dysesthesia Example: pharyngolaryngeal movement
Word: recompilement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From recompile + -ment. 1. The act of recompiling; recompilation. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: a recompilement of the laws
Word: streamful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stream + -ful. 1. Abounding in streams, or in water. Labels: poetic Example: Thus like a ship, despoiled of her sails, Shov'd by the wind against the streamful tide, This way the one, that way the other hales, Now tow'rds this shore, and now tow'rds that doth ride, Example: And if at first he fail, his second summersaut He instantly assays; and from his nimble ring, Still yerking, never leaves, until himself he fling Above the streamful top of the surrounded heap.
Word: streamful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stream + -ful. 1. Enough to fill or make up a stream. Example: Our house was hot for him (not for us) , and his sweat glands would produce perspiration by the streamful. Example: Suddenly they were among many heads of hair, most of them below Reinhart's chin so that he seemed to be wading neck-deep in a streamful of swimming beaver. 2. A quantity that streams. Example: Orr depended for sustenance on the streamful of smallfry created by Providence to feed the imperishably hopeful debtor. But even these waters sometimes ran sterile. Example: No longer is each utterance like a piece of driftwood the speaker fished from a streamful of treasures, something cast off in the beyond that had just then washed up onto the beaches of the mind.
Word: scutelliform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin scutella (“a dish”) + -form. 1. scutellate, saucer-shaped 2. Having the form of a scutellum. Example: scutelliform apothecia Example: scutelliform glands
Word: grubworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grub + worm. 1. A grub (the insect). Example: And gnats and grubworms crowded on his view. Example: grubworms will migrate down into the soil for winter protection from cold temperatures. Most grubworm damage occurs in the late summer and early fall, when turfgrasses are likely to be under increased stress due to lack of moisture.
Word: grubworms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grubworm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: UHV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of ultra-high voltage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of ultra-high vacuum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: synchronistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From synchron(ism) + -istic. 1. Of or pertaining to synchronism; arranged according to correspondence in time. Labels: not-comparable Example: synchronistic table
Word: extructor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally a Brand Name 1. A prebreaker. Example: The frozen fish were first reduced to about 1-inch pieces by one pass through a Rietz extructor (prebreaker). Example: To develoop a quick, economical method for thawing of frozen menhaden for future operations at the Experiment and Demonstration Plant (EDP) by using an active-surface heat exchanger, several combinations of disintegrator, extructor and thermascrew were used. 2. An industrial machine for mixing, chopping, and kneading substances. Example: Another machine from the same source is the Extructor, in which blades arranged in a spiral pattern act in conjunction with stationary anvils to give a continuous kneading, mulling and mixing action on the materials passing through. Example: Extructor: Continuously mixes and blends solids and liquids where paste and plastic masses are handled that are too viscous for the Scott - Rietz Disintegrator .
Word: extructors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extructor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hogringer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hog + ringer. 1. One who puts rings into the snouts of pigs. Labels: historical, obsolete Example: The office of hogringer was a yearly one and the appointment was made at the Court Leet. The hogringer had to go to the commons and see that all the swine had rings in their noses to prevent them rooting up the turf.
Word: hogringers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hogringer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sly + -ness. 1. Alternative form of slyness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: revivement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From revive + -ment. 1. revival Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: revivements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of revivement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: devanning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of devan Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: devanned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of devan Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fire-new Part of Speech: adj 1. Fresh from the forge; brand-new. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: Your fire-new stamp of honour is scarce current. Example: There are men that roll through life like a fire-new red ball going across Mr. Lord's cricket ground on a sunshiny day […]
Word: antisplenetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + splenetic. 1. Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen. Labels: archaic, not-comparable 2. Acting against ill humor, associated with the spleen. Labels: historical, literary, not-comparable Example: His intentions were apparently as antisplenetic as Sterne's, though his book turned out to be more genial than mirthful, and therefore decidedly less efficacious in fighting the spleen. Example: So you're Spleen. I heard all about the antisplenetic antics of your brother. I lost a brother once — that's what got me my lifetime's worth of probation.
Word: heliometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From helio- + -metry. 1. The measurement of the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc. by means of a heliometer Labels: uncountable
Word: inviscerate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin invisceratus, past participle. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɪsəɹət/ 1. Deep-seated; internal. Example: [W]hen man ſigheth, (as the Apoſtle ſaith) as burthened vvith inviſcerate intereſts, longing to put on this pure ſpirituall veſture of Filiall love, this kind of heavineſſe of ſpirit, may be ſaid to make his love vveight in heaven; […]
Word: inviscerate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Latin invisceratus, past participle. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɪsəɹeɪt/ 1. To breed (something); also, to nourish (something). Labels: transitive Example: [O]ur Savior ſeemeth to have affected ſo much, the inviſcerating this diſpoſition in our hearts, as he claimeth the firſt introduction of this precept, to recommend it to us, as a ſpecial property of his miſſion, that the kindneſs to his perſon might ſvveeten the aſperity of the command, […]
Word: double-dyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely coloured. Labels: not-comparable 2. Firmly fixed in opinions or habits; confirmed; inveterate. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: a double-dyed villain Example: "People who have extensive grounds themselves are always pleased with any thing in the same style" Emma doubted the truth of this sentiment. She had a great idea that people who had extensive grounds themselves cared very little for the extensive grounds of any body else; but it was not worth while to attack an error so double-dyed […]
Word: impictured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of impicture Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chilly bins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chilly bin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: omophagic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek; see omophagia; equivalent to omo- (“raw, uncooked”) + -phagic. 1. Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food. Labels: not-comparable Example: omophagic feasts or rites
Word: receptaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of receptary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: receptary Part of Speech: adj 1. Generally or popularly admitted or received. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: […] that famous Philosopher of Naples, Baptista Porta; in whose works, although there be contained many excellent things, and verified upon his own experience, yet are there many also receptary, and such as will not endure the test.