nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Nimzo-Indian Defence Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the name of Grandmaster Aron Nimzowitsch and Indian Defence. 1. A chess opening, a form of Indian Defence, characterised by the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4.
Word: Bogo-Indian Defence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of Grandmaster Efim Bogoljubov and Indian Defence. 1. A chess opening, a form of Indian Defence, characterised by the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+. Labels: uncountable
Word: message stick Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of wood, etched with angular lines and dots, traditionally used by Australian aborigines to communicate messages between different clans and language groups. Labels: Australia Example: 1889, A. W. Howitt, Australian Message-sticks and Messengers, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report of the Annual Meeting, Volume 58, page 842, The use of message-sticks is not universal in Australian tribes, and the degree of perfection reached in conveying information by them differs much. Example: ‘This one-man white-feller name Tommy,’ explained Davey. ‘He wantem sell you message-stick.’ Message-sticks did not particularly interest me, but Tommy’s beseeching grin as he thrust out the stick won the day, or rather the tobacco.
Word: lumened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lumen + -ed. 1. Having a lumen. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypermodern Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + modern. 1. Extremely modern, bordering on the futuristic. Example: The new hypermodern economy depends on the rapid movement of goods, services, and persons. Old forms of career stability are now considered to be things of the past. Example: One hypermodern trend entails technological development, producing a postindustrial, information-infused society. This also leads to globalization... 2. Of or pertaining to hypermodernism.
Word: hypermodernism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + modernism. 1. The state or condition of being hypermodern. Labels: uncountable 2. An art movement distinguished from modernism and postmodernism chiefly by its extreme and antithetical (inverted) approach. Labels: uncountable 3. A school of thought which advocates controlling the centre of the board with distant pieces rather than with pawns, thus inviting the opponent to occupy the centre with pawns which can then become objects of attack. Labels: uncountable
Word: hypermodernist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypermodern + -ist. 1. A proponent of hypermodernism (in any sense).
Word: hypermodernists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypermodernist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypermutations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypermutation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: somatizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of somatization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nimshies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nimshy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coprogenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From copro- + -genous. 1. Describing an organic soil formed mainly from sedimentary peat containing small fecal pellets
Word: proverbiality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proverbial + -ity. 1. The state or characteristic of being proverbial. Labels: uncountable Example: For such a quatrain and couplet as the following it is scarcely hazardous to predict proverbiality:— They eat and drink and scheme and plod And go to church on Sunday; And many are afraid of God And more of Mrs. Grundy. . . . The Cockney met in Middlesex or Surrey Is often cold and always in a hurry. Example: The degree of proverbiality, or currency in oral tradition, attained by these exaggerations is difficult to assess.
Word: salangane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, which formed it from Tagalog salangan. 1. Any of various swiftlets which produce edible nests.
Word: salanganes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salangane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mossless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From moss + -less. 1. Without moss. Labels: not-comparable
Word: troodontids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of troodontid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scubaing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scuba Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scubaed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scuba Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dreamings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dreaming Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daydreamings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daydreaming Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undreamingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From undreaming + -ly. 1. In an undreaming way; without dreaming. Labels: not-comparable
Word: patienter Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of patient: more patient Labels: comparative, form-of, rare
Word: microcontent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + content. 1. Any small piece of content removed from its original context, such as a summary snippet in a page of search results. Labels: Internet, uncountable
Word: banefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From baneful + -ly. 1. In a baneful way. Example: True, there might be a slight difficulty in the shame, but as regarded the sin, there was no item of that kind ever scored down on the Bar-slate that had its own familiar peg whereon to hang such tales of evil as must pain and shock every pure mind—tales of devilish import, eventualizing, in most instances, most grievously and banefully—in rags, want of food, perhaps in crime, and almost, for certain, in pauperism!
Word: alstroemeria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from taxonomic name Alstroemeria. Pronunciation: /ˌælstɹiˈmiːɹɪ.ə/ 1. Any member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants, the Peruvian lilies. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Now they were doing it again: Waiting, with a bouquet of alstroemeria and purple tulips, for Asbury Park’s deputy city clerk, D. Kiki Tomek, to take their application for a civil union in New Jersey .
Word: alstroemerias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alstroemeria Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unbanished Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + banished. 1. Not banished. Labels: not-comparable Example: To expiate my past sins, I will accuse myself of them courageously, and will not leave one unbanished from my heart.
Word: sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: In allusion to the Biblical character Esau, who sold his birthright for a meal of lentil stew (Genesis 25:29-34). 1. To make an unfavorable exchange, especially of something of great, but deferred value, for something of very low, but immediate value. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: An elector, who by his vote should contribute to the establishment of a constitution having for its effect, instead of the greatest happiness of the greatest number, the greatest or supposed greatest happiness of the ruling few at the expense of the happiness of the many, would, supposing himself to become in consequence of the misrule, a sufferer to a greater amount than that of the benefit received by his vote, be an Esau selling his birthright for a mess of pottage.
Word: unbandages Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unbandage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unbandaging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unbandage Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unbandaged Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of unbandage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unbandaged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bandaged. 1. Not having been bandaged; without a dressing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unvanished Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + vanished. 1. Not vanished; still present. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antichip Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + chip. 1. Alternative spelling of anti-chip. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: churchwide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From church + -wide. 1. Throughout a church. Labels: not-comparable
Word: churchwide Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From church + -wide. 1. Throughout a church. Labels: not-comparable
Word: crimeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crime + -less. 1. Without crime. Labels: not-comparable Example: He found Japan to be a crimeless, almost Utopian society — a “fairyland” populated with “the most lovable people in the universe,” as he wrote. 2. Free from crime; innocent. Labels: not-comparable Example: I am loyal, true, and crimeless
Word: ectothermically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From ectothermic + -ally. 1. In an ectothermic way. Labels: not-comparable Example: I am not at the mercy of the elements, ectothermically dependent on external sources of heat to spur my every move.
Word: unnaturalized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + naturalized. 1. Not naturalized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unneutralized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + neutralized. 1. Not neutralized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mess of pottage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage. 1. Something of trivial value, especially of immediate value. Labels: idiomatic
Word: unexternalized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + externalized. 1. Not externalized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: uninternalized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + internalized. 1. Not internalized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: glyphlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glyph + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a glyph. Example: Using wild pen gestures he created glyphlike characters meant for both adult and child that were both sophisticated and accessible.
Word: uninternalised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + internalised. 1. Alternative spelling of uninternalized. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: unexternalised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + externalised. 1. Alternative spelling of unexternalized. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: unneutralised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + neutralised. 1. Alternative spelling of unneutralized. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: unnaturalised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + naturalised. 1. Alternative spelling of unnaturalized. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: homeotherm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homeo- + -therm. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmioʊˌθɝm/, /ˈhəʊmi.əʊˌθɜːm/ 1. Any warm-blooded animal: one that maintains a stable internal body temperature regardless of external influence.
Word: homeotherms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of homeotherm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homeothermy Part of Speech: noun 1. The state or condition of being homeothermic. Labels: uncountable Example: As always, however, there is no such thing as a free lunch, and we mammals must pay for the convenience of homeothermy by eating many extra lunches.
Word: liberalizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From liberalize + -er. 1. One who, or that which, liberalizes. Example: Mr. Prodi, a former president of the European Commission, has pushed through measures to liberalize the Italian economy and has promoted himself as a pro-European liberalizer.
Word: liberalizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liberalizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: liberaliser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From liberalise + -er. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of liberalizer. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: liberalisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liberaliser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mammaldom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mammal + -dom. 1. The condition of being a mammal. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: The whole of this vast mammaldom which so dwarfs us is itself no more than a tenth of the entirety of the vertebrates (the backboned animals). Example: At the museum, visitors are reminded that mammaldom did not confer any major advantages on its earliest practitioners.
Word: noncoordinated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + coordinated. 1. Not coordinated. Labels: not-comparable Example: Still another icebreaker is shivering, the automatic, noncoordinated activation of muscle motions for the sole purpose of generating heat.
Word: officelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From office + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an office (room or building where clerical work is done). Example: But one way or another, what many people seem to end up seeking is a kinder, gentler version of their former working life, an officelike setting of familiar faces and shared memory.
Word: piloerector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pilo- + erector. 1. A muscle responsible for piloerection. Example: Nor should we neglect that quintessentially mammalian trait, our hair, which, at the behest of tiny piloerector muscles at the base of each strand, can puff up to trap pockets of still air, one of the finest insulators known.
Word: piloerectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piloerector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: platemaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plate + maker. 1. One who produces plates (printing surfaces). Example: Working as the sole writer, editor, illustrator, platemaker, compositor, proofreader and pressman, he published limited editions of short stories and poetry, illustrated with his own wood and linoleum cuts.
Word: platemakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of platemaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proselytization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proselytize + -ation. 1. The act or process of proselytizing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The result was that we have received no further complaints about such religious proselytization in our schools.”
Word: proselytizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proselytization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proselytisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of proselytization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: proselytisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proselytisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rodentlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rodent + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a rodent. Example: The first mammals were small, nocturnal, rodentlike creatures that skittered around the feet of dinosaurs for 140 million years.
Word: slapsticky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slapstick + -y. 1. Characterised by slapstick. Labels: informal Example: Mr. Gutiérrez Alea, who died in 1996 after enjoying a comeback with “Strawberries and Chocolate” (1994) and “Guantanamera” (1995), may have been the richest talent in Cuban films, a “serious comedian” who was able to move beyond the slapsticky farce of “The Twelve Chairs” into the far greater introspection and melancholy of “Memories of Underdevelopment.” Example: Each of their films is marked by theological, philosophical and mythological touchstones that enrich even the slapstickiest moments.
Word: undigestable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + digestable. 1. Indigestible. Example: My first thought was that that’s odd — things like that are usually caused by undigestable starches, and peppers don’t have starches.
Word: salariat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French salariat. 1. Salary earners as a class or group, often as opposed to wage earners. Example: 1954, J. S. Coleman, Nationalism in Tropical Africa, American Political Science Association […] geographical distribution of the wage-labor force and salariat? Example: Below that elite comes the ‘salariat’, still in stable full-time employment, some hoping to move into the elite, the majority just enjoying the trappings of their kind, with their pensions, paid holidays and enterprise benefits, often subsidised by the state.
Word: salariats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salariat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salband Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German, from Middle High German selbende, selpende, from selp (“self”) (from Old High German selb << Proto-Germanic *selbaz) + ende (“end”) (from Old High German enti). Pronunciation: /ˈsælˌbænd/, /ˈsɑːlˌbɑːnt/, /ˈzɑːlˌbɑːnt/ 1. The border of an igneous mass, usually characterized by a finer grain or glassy texture which is produced by the chilling of the molten rock by the cold country rock.
Word: tickle someone's fancy Part of Speech: verb 1. To amuse, entertain, or appeal to someone; to stimulate someone's imagination in a favorable manner. Example: But the notion of Ralph Nickleby having directed it to be done, tickled his fancy so much, that he could not refrain from cracking all his ten fingers in succession. Example: Mr. Adams, who loves a joke, and is not a lunatic, notwithstanding his opening words, tickled their fancy for an hour with quotations from Shakespeare and the editorial columns of The Brooklyn Eagle.
Word: salbands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salband Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpoppable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + poppable. 1. Impossible to pop; not poppable. Labels: not-comparable Example: If you leave corn kernels out for too long, some will be unpoppable. Example: Even at Hattie's birthday in the chapel, when we'd all shown each other our most freakish body parts, Berry had not had so much as a zit. Now she had a monster pimple, big as a raisin, categorically unpoppable […]
Word: sale and leaseback Part of Speech: noun 1. leaseback Labels: uncountable
Word: poppable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pop + -able. 1. Possible to pop; capable of being popped. Labels: not-comparable Example: Popcorn kernels over 5,000 years old, said to be still poppable, have been found in New Mexico.
Word: saleability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sale + -ability. 1. The quality or state of being saleable. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He threw a heavy, ribbon-bound mass of matter into my lap, and recommenced writing his report upon its saleability as a book. Example: The character of the land, its salability, and the likelihood of a rise in value could be judged by the property adjacent […]
Word: saleabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saleability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saleableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From saleable + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being saleable. Labels: uncountable Example: With the extension of traffic in space and with the expansion over ever longer intervals of time of prevision for satisfying material needs, each individual would learn, from his own economic interests, to take good heed that he bartered his less saleable goods for those special commodities which displayed, beside the attraction of being highly saleable in the particular locality, a wide range of saleableness both in time and place.
Word: saleably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From saleable + -ly. 1. In a saleable manner.
Word: saléeite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of saleeite. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: saléeites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saléeite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: porte-monnaie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French porte-monnaie. 1. A wallet. Example: She saw without looking that her mother pressed a little clasp; heard, without wanting to, the sharp click that marked the closing portemonnaie from which something had been taken.
Word: sale-leaseback Part of Speech: noun 1. leaseback Labels: uncountable
Word: saleratus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin sal + aeratus. 1. Sodium bicarbonate. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: She spent nearly two hours firing up the oven and trying to raise a loaf of wheat bread with saleratus, the only leavening she could find. 2. Potassium bicarbonate. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: saleratuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saleratus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gourou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a West African language, such as Hausa gōr̃ò or Bambara goro. 1. kola Example: Provisions were spilled out of their baskets; and in walking one stepped on morsels of rock salt, packages of gum, rotten dates, and gourou-nuts. Example: The Negroes of Senegal and the Soudan chew the gourou with delight, although it has a sharp and astringent taste.
Word: gourou Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of guru. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cercles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cercle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backchannels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of backchannel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: backchannels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backchannel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flame tree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: flame + tree, from the fiery colour of the flowers. Pronunciation: /fleɪm tɹiː/ 1. Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including Example: The people stared in awe at the magnificently colored flame tree. 2. Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including: 3. Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including: Example: […] its scarlet-flowered cousin the maple leaved Sterculia, or Australian flame-tree, which we grow in California for ornament, too, is a tough waterproof fiber a couple of inches thick, that is good material for cordage and mats. 4. Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including: 5. Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including: 6. Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including: 7. Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including: 8. Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including: 9. Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including: 10. Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including: 11. Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including: 12. Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including: 13. Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:
Word: rox Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of rocks (“is great”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal, slang
Word: flame trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flame tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dossing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of doss Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dossed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of doss Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: berlingots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of berlingot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noctambulism Part of Speech: noun 1. Sleepwalking. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: barnacle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, with long-debated origin. From Middle English barnakille, from earlier bernake, bernekke, most likely from Old Northern French bernaque (“barnacle”) (compare French barnache), probably from Medieval Latin barneca (“limpet”), probably from Gaulish (compare Welsh brennig, Irish bairneach), from Proto-Celtic *barannīkos, from *barinā (“rock, rocky ground”) (compare Old Irish barenn (“boulder”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H- (“hill, mountain”) + Proto-Celtic *-ākos, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos; for sense development, compare Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “rock”) which gave λεπάς (lepás, “limpet”). First attestations referred to the goose, with corresponding folklore (q.v.). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːnəkl̩/, /ˈbɑɹnəkl̩/ 1. A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships. 2. The barnacle goose. 3. In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design. Labels: slang 4. On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard. Labels: slang 5. A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed. Labels: slang 6. An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable. Labels: in-plural, obsolete 7. A pair of spectacles. Labels: UK, archaic, in-plural, slang 8. A good job, or snack easily obtained. Labels: obsolete, slang 9. A worldly sailor. Labels: slang
Word: barnacle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, with long-debated origin. From Middle English barnakille, from earlier bernake, bernekke, most likely from Old Northern French bernaque (“barnacle”) (compare French barnache), probably from Medieval Latin barneca (“limpet”), probably from Gaulish (compare Welsh brennig, Irish bairneach), from Proto-Celtic *barannīkos, from *barinā (“rock, rocky ground”) (compare Old Irish barenn (“boulder”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H- (“hill, mountain”) + Proto-Celtic *-ākos, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos; for sense development, compare Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “rock”) which gave λεπάς (lepás, “limpet”). First attestations referred to the goose, with corresponding folklore (q.v.). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːnəkl̩/, /ˈbɑɹnəkl̩/ 1. To connect with or attach. Example: Tokuda went over everything his grandfather had taught him, including the commentary that had barnacled on to the core knowledge. Example: To dream that some things just barnacle to your heart, and it might take years, or it might always just be there. 2. To press close against something. Example: He turned a corner to where he supposed the cupboard might be, to find Howie and Alanna barnacled together in an embrace.
Word: cuny Part of Speech: noun 1. An ordinary seaman. Example: I early found my way to ships to become a sea-cuny.
Word: false scent Part of Speech: noun 1. A scent laid down to distract a predator that hunts by smell from the scent trail of its prey. 2. A misleading expectation created by ambiguous writing.
Word: fettler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fettle + -er. 1. A person who maintains railway lines. Example: Sometimes the engine stopped for water, or to drop stores at fettlers' camps, or to accumulate the steam to take it up a heavy grade. Example: 1939, Comrade Fettler (a Union song about Fettlers)http://unionsong.com/u266.html The summer brings its nursery, with dust and sandy blight But the Fettler must keep toiling, to keep the track alright. 2. Someone whose job is to sand and grind small imperfections from metal and ceramic castings. 3. Someone who fiddles or tinkers with things. Labels: broadly 4. A friend or mate. Labels: UK, slang Example: How's tha' doing fettler? 5. An ostler; one who looks after the horses in a mine. Labels: historical
Word: longhauling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From long haul + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋhɔːlɪŋ/, /ˈlɔŋhɔlɪŋ/, /ˈlɑŋ-/ 1. The act of travelling long distances. Labels: uncountable Example: Please address the effects of the military proposals on the fishing industry; consider commercial fishing, longhauling, pound dashing, trawling, seigning for shrimp, crab, shellfish, and pinfish. What are the impacts due to noise, radiation, and the restricted fishing areas? Example: Joshua Hancock was the owner of a small fleet of narrow boats working mostly in the Midland canals area. The fleet consisted of six horse-drawn narrow boats used mostly in the Birmingham area, and one over-powered steam boat with the ability to be accompanied by two dumb barges which he used for long-hauling and river work. 2. The act of a taxicab driver taking a passenger on a long detour to the destination without consent in order to drive up the fare. Labels: uncountable Example: Taxi fares to Strip hotels [in Las Vegas, Nevada] – 30 minutes in heavy traffic – run $10 to $15 (to downtown, average $20), cash only. Fare gouging (‘long-hauling’) through the airport connector tunnel is common; ask your driver to use surface streets instead. 3. The act of transporting goods over long distances. Labels: uncountable Example: Everyone thought he was crazy these days, and he was willing to admit that he was more than a little responsible for that. Quitting his longhauling job, living out of his truck, and subsisting on his savings while he pursued a man that no one believed existed ... it did sound kinda crazy to an outsider in these matters.
Word: longhauling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From long haul + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋhɔːlɪŋ/, /ˈlɔŋhɔlɪŋ/, /ˈlɑŋ-/ 1. present participle and gerund of longhaul. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: panic snap Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that allows a rope or cable to be released quickly and easily, such as one made for horses with a ring that instantly releases anything attached to the snap.
Word: slopdosh Part of Speech: noun 1. wet mud Labels: UK, Yorkshire, colloquial, uncountable
Word: Prishtina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Albanian Prishtina. 1. Alternative spelling of Pristina. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: off-load Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of offload. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It handles two scheduled trains daily, which include loaded wagons of coal off-loaded from coastal vessels.
Word: off-loads Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of off-load Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: off-loading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of off-load Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: off-loaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of off-load Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tashkil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic تَشْكِيل (taškīl). 1. vowelization, vocalization or diacritization—the various diacritics, taken collectively, that are attached to Arabic letters in certain styles of writing and that indicate such features as vowels and gemination (consonant doubling) and absence of any vowels. Labels: uncountable
Word: destocking Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of reducing inventory or of stocking less. Labels: uncountable Example: The news article said that destocking was to blame for reduced sales.
Word: destocking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of destock; to reduce stock or inventory. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Many shops are destocking high-end goods due to the recession.
Word: folklife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From folk + life. 1. Folklore; those cultural traditions passed down orally or informally. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: lickable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lick + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪkəbəl/ 1. Capable of, or suitable for, being licked. Example: a lickable sweet Example: a lickable cunt
Word: tattooee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tattoo + -ee. 1. A person receiving a tattoo, or who has a tattoo.
Word: tarsale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin tarsāle. 1. One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus, especially one of the series articulating with the metatarsals.
Word: tarsalgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tarso- + -algia. 1. Pain in the tarsus. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Formerly, I treated old standing tarsalgias with the saw or the chisel, like all other surgeons.
Word: ne exeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nē exeat (literally “may he not go forth”), from nē (“not”) + exeat, third-person singular subjunctive of exeō (“depart”). 1. A common law writ prohibiting the departure of a person or of property from the jurisdiction of a court.
Word: metatarsalgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms metatars- + -algia. 1. Pain in the region of the metatarsals; inflammation of any of the five bones between the heel and the toes. Labels: uncountable
Word: archenteron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: arch- from Latin archi- from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + enteron from Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “gut”). 1. A primitive alimentary cavity
Word: peronei Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌpɛɹ.əˈniˌaɪ/ 1. plural of peroneus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soft porn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviated form of softcore pornography. 1. Alternative form of softcore pornography. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: unexplicit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + explicit. 1. Not explicit, relatively ambiguous.
Word: hardcore porn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hardcore pornography. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: softcore pornography Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of pornography where the sexual acts are relatively unexplicit. Labels: uncountable
Word: scutage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scutage, from Medieval Latin scutagium, from Latin scutum (“shield”). Pronunciation: /ˈskjuːtɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A tax, paid in lieu of military service, that was a significant source of revenue in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: The land tax, in its modern shape, has superseded all the former methods of rating either property, or persons in respect of their property, whether by tenths or fifteenths, subsidies on land, hidages, scutages, or tallages Example: The wars and the maladministration of Richard I and John forced these kings more and more to count on extraordinary revenues, to multiply aids and especially scutages.
Word: encyclopædiæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of encyclopædia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: collagraphy Part of Speech: noun 1. A printmaking process in which materials are applied to a rigid substrate (such as cardboard or wood). Labels: uncountable
Word: collography Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of collagraphy. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Karok Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Karuk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Karok Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Karuk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hypertridimensional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + tridimensional. 1. Having more than three dimensions. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: household deities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of household deity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thermalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of thermalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: thermalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of thermalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: parlously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From parlous + -ly. 1. In a parlous way.
Word: thermogravimetrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From thermogravimetric + -ally. 1. In terms of, or by means of, thermogravimetry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thermalises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of thermalise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: thermalising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of thermalise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: millionairedom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From millionaire + -dom. 1. The state of being a millionaire. Labels: uncountable Example: This was only an interval sent to try him - one day would see him back in his radio store with his foot set firmly on the first rung to millionairedom. 2. The world or sphere of millionaires. Labels: uncountable Example: With the "Constance," which in his heart of hearts he loathed, departed the last remnant of Cheyne's millionairedom, and he gave himself up to an energetic idleness.
Word: depersonalizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of depersonalization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unchamfered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + chamfered. 1. Not chamfered. Labels: not-comparable
Word: consectator Part of Speech: noun 1. An imitator or disciple. Labels: obsolete 2. One who follows or pursues. Labels: obsolete
Word: unburstable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + burstable. 1. Impossible to burst; not burstable. Labels: not-comparable Example: An interesting demonstration of the qualities of the Searle unburstable inner tube, the product of the Searle Unburstable Tube Co., Ltd., Birmingham, England, was made […]
Word: consectators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consectator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moraliser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moralise + -er. 1. Alternative form of moralizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rallier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * rally + -er 1. One who rallies.
Word: multi-addiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + addiction. 1. An addiction to multiple substances. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: To further complicate matters, the reactions of family members to the multi-addiction patterns were as unhealthy as the coping of the addicts themselves. Example: One could test this hypothesis by following a group of subjects displaying different addictive behaviors over time using a multi-addiction assessment...
Word: household god Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of household deity. Example: Action and speed and profit are our household gods, and the man who resists the changing times is punished at every turn.
Word: body of water Part of Speech: noun 1. Any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as an ocean, a river, a lake or a bay. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see body, of, water.
Word: pharyngeal tonsils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pharyngeal tonsil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radio waves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radio wave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cordless telephones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cordless telephone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cordless phones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cordless phone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dishpan hands Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly coined circa mid-1920s for the advertising of Lever Brothers "Lux" brand dishwashing soap. 1. Hands which are rough, reddish, and dry, as from irritation and chafing caused by immersion in hot water mixed with detergent. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: Avoid dishpan hands. Those 1950s sitcom moms had it right (and probably had lovely hands): Wear rubber gloves while cleaning and doing dishes.
Word: Apennine Peninsula Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Italian Peninsula.
Word: Apennines Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Ā̆pennīnus. Pronunciation: /ˈæpənaɪnz/ 1. A mountain range in Italy, stretching 1,200 km from the north to the south of the country, along its east coast, traversing the entire Apennine Peninsula, and often called the "spine of Italy". Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Apennine Mountains Part of Speech: name 1. The Apennines.
Word: Baré Part of Speech: noun 1. An indigenous people of northwest Brazil and Venezuela. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Baré Part of Speech: name 1. An extinct language of Venezuela.
Word: Brabantian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Brabant + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Brabant or its people. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Brabantian Calvinists emigrated en masse to Holland after the Sack of Antwerp in the 1580s. 2. Of or pertaining to the Brabantian dialect. Labels: not-comparable Example: That is a Brabantian accent, not a Limburgish one!
Word: Brabantian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Brabant + -ian. 1. The Dutch dialect mainly spoken in North Brabant (the Netherlands), Antwerp and Flemish Brabant provinces (Belgium). Example: He speaks Brabantian with his schoolmates, and Belgian Standard Dutch in the classroom and with unfamiliar teachers in the playground, a classic example of diglossia.
Word: Brabantian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Brabant + -ian. 1. A person from the respective provinces or historic region of Brabant (especially if Brabantian-speaking). Example: The Brabantians used to be known as rather reticent and stubborn, in contrast to their more open and louder Northern neighbors, i.e. the Dutch.
Word: metathetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Exhibiting metathesis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: metathetical Part of Speech: adj 1. Exhibiting metathesis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Oreos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Oreo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mocking birds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mocking bird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sukkos Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Sukkot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: enteron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”). 1. The gut, the whole intestine (alimentary) canal
Word: turn-ons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turn-on Labels: form-of, plural
Word: turn-offs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turn-off Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palace politics Part of Speech: noun 1. The relationships and interactions of top-level officials, advisors and other powerbrokers within a government, especially as involving internal rivalry and intrigue. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: [T]he palace at Delhi was known to have been a focus of discontent and intrigue for some time previous to the Revolt. The mode in which the Marquis of Dalhousie treated these matters, in his minute of 1856, has already been adverted to; but it may be well to repeat his words here, to shew the exact state of Delhi palace-politics at that time. Example: Some Janizaries predicted that Justice Douglas would eventually be either Secretary of State or Chairman of the Defense Commission. He had given the President valiant aid in the campaign, in ideas and memoranda for the six speeches, and was still a chief figure in the palace politics of the inner circle.
Word: palace-politics Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of palace politics. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: cum dumpster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cum + dumpster. Pronunciation: /kʌm dʌmpstɚ/ 1. A sexually promiscuous person, usually a woman or bottom, who has sexual relations with men who often ejaculate in their body cavities. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: The artist collected one hundred used white dress shirts and employed the formal conventions of male fashion to describe the double standards of society’s responses to sex for male versus female teenagers. […] On the back of each shirt, a centerline separated the categories “Male” and “Female.” The male side is articulated by only two adjectives: “stud” and “man.” On the female side is a spill of slanderous words and phrases used to characterize sexually active young women: “whore,” “cunt,” “slut,” “cum-dumpster.” Example: “We fucked the shit out of this cum dumpster the other night,” he explains. Oh, I say. The photos show a woman, probably in her early twenties, wearing nothing except for white socks sagging around her ankles.
Word: blow smoke up someone's ass Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of blow smoke. Labels: Canada, US, slang, vulgar
Word: Hapsburg Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈhæps.bɜːɹɡ/ 1. Alternative spelling of Habsburg. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hapsburg Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhæps.bɜːɹɡ/ 1. Alternative spelling of Habsburg. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bioarchitecture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + architecture. 1. The design and construction of buildings in an ecologically-friendly manner Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The design and construction of buildings that reflect structures found in nature Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stenotopic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /stɛnə(ʊ)ˈtɒpɪk/ 1. Able to tolerate or adapt to only a small range of environmental conditions
Word: examinable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From examine + -able. 1. Able to be examined. 2. Eligible to appear in an examination. Example: Revise all of the examinable material.
Word: examinability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From examine + -ability. 1. The quality or state of being examinable. Labels: uncountable
Word: internal medicine Part of Speech: noun 1. The medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis, management and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, especially of internal organ systems. Labels: uncountable
Word: latitudinarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lātitūdin- + -arian, from oblique stem of Latin lātitūdō, from lātus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, latitude + -arian. Pronunciation: /ˌlatɪtjuːdɪˈnɛːɹɪən/, /lædɪtuːdəˈnɛɹi.ən/ 1. Not restrained; not confined by precise limits. 2. Tolerant, especially of other people's religious views. Example: ’Tis probable, that the Account here given of the Religion of the Natives of Madagascar, may, by Some, be thought a mere Fiction, and inserted with no other View, than to advance some Latitudinarian Principles […] Example: 1859, S. Austin Allibone, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, Volume I, under the entry “Franklin, Benjamin,” p. 630, It is not to be doubted that intimacies with English freethinkers at this period, and with French deists and atheists at a later stage in his life, did much to engender those latitudinarian sentiments upon religious subjects which Franklin is known to have entertained. 3. Lax in moral or religious principles.
Word: latitudinarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lātitūdin- + -arian, from oblique stem of Latin lātitūdō, from lātus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, latitude + -arian. Pronunciation: /ˌlatɪtjuːdɪˈnɛːɹɪən/, /lædɪtuːdəˈnɛɹi.ən/ 1. A person who is tolerant of others' religious views.
Word: demandeur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French demandeur. 1. The party, generally a state, that seeks to forestall or respond to noncompliance with or violation of an international law or treaty.
Word: demandeurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demandeur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ar- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Extracted from the word aromatic. 1. Forming classification names for classes of organic compounds that contain a carbon skeleton and one or more aromatic rings. Labels: morpheme Example: Potassium permanganate oxidizes ac-tetrahydronaphtylamine to o-hydrocinnam-carboxylic acid (p. 245); ar-tetrahydronaphthylamine, however, because of the oxidation of its amided benzene nucleus, is changed to adipic acid together with oxalic acid (B. 22, 767): […] Example: ar-Tetrahydro-α-carbamidonaphthalene, C₁₁H₁₄ON₂, crystallized in square plates from alc., soften at 198° and melts at about 206° (quickly heated, at 212°).
Word: ar- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Shortened from area (because the function describes the area under a hyperbola), by analogy with arc-, the corresponding prefix for the circular trigonometric functions. 1. Used to form the names of inverse hyperbolic functions, and the symbols for these functions. Labels: morpheme
Word: ar- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Assimilated form of ad- before r. From Latin ad-. 1. Alternative form of ad- (“to, toward”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: meth- Part of Speech: prefix Pronunciation: /mɛθ/ 1. Alternative form of metho-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: eth- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērbor. German Äther German Ether Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Ethylbor. English ethyl English eth- From ethyl. Ultimately from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “ether”). 1. Used as a combining form to denote the presence of 2 carbon atoms in the parent chain when forming names of organic compounds. Labels: morpheme
Word: but- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Hellenic *gʷous Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs) Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂rós Proto-Hellenic *tūrós Ancient Greek τῡρός (tūrós) Ancient Greek βούτῡρος (boútūros)der. English but- From butyl. Ultimately from Ancient Greek βούτυρος (boúturos, “butter”). 1. Denotes the presence of four carbon atoms in the parent chain when forming names of organic compounds. Labels: morpheme
Word: prop- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: By false splitting from propionic or directly from French propionique. Ultimately from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) and πίων (píōn, “fat”). 1. Denoting the presence of 3 carbon atoms in the parent chain when forming names of organic compounds. Labels: morpheme