nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bellwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bell + wort. 1. Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Uvularia, that have yellow, bell-shaped flowers. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Any of various plants in the Campanulaceae family. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bellworts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bellwort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: benchwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bench + work. 1. work performed at a workbench Labels: uncountable 2. the structure supporting a model railway layout Labels: uncountable
Word: bigheaded Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of big-headed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bacterizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bacterize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bacterizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bacterize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bacterized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bacterize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bacterization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriabor. English bacteria Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English bacterize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English bacterization From bacterize + -ation. 1. The act or process of bacterizing. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bacterizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bacterization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blewit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably an irregular variant of blue or of bluet. Pronunciation: /ˈbluːɪt/ 1. Either of two edible mushrooms of the genus Clitocybe (sometimes Lepista or Tricholoma) 2. Either of two edible mushrooms of the genus Clitocybe (sometimes Lepista or Tricholoma)
Word: blindfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blind + fish. 1. Any of various fish, having only rudimentary eyes, that inhabit underground waters.
Word: blindfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blindfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonmilled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + milled. 1. Not milled (shaped or polished by machine). Labels: not-comparable
Word: boardsailing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From board + sailing. 1. windsurfing Labels: uncountable
Word: boatbill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boat + bill. 1. A form of heron, Cochlearius cochlearius, native to Central and South America 2. Either of two species of passerine birds in the genus Machaerirhynchus
Word: boatel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of boat + hotel. First attested in the early 1950s. Pronunciation: /bəʊˈtɛl/, /boʊˈtɛl/ 1. A ship, normally moored alongside a quay, used as a hotel
Word: cost price Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount paid by a trader for goods purchased. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The cost to a manufacturer of producing an item, before any profit is taken. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: classable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From class + -able. 1. Capable of being classed. Example: Of these faults, the worst, perhaps, were classable under the general head of inverisimilitude.
Word: mwenge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Luganda omwenge. 1. An alcoholic drink of Uganda, made with fermented bananas and sorghum. Labels: uncountable
Word: nyotaimori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 女体盛り (nyotaimori, literally “female body serving”). 1. The practice of serving sashimi or sushi on the naked body of a woman. Labels: uncountable Example: A nude nyotaimori geisha piled with blue marlin, tuna, squid and scallops will set a man back about R7000; a pair of geishas costs more than R10000. Drinks are extra. Example: Nyotaimori, the art of eating sushi off of a naked woman, is a Japanese practice dating back to the late nineteenth century.
Word: uncurrent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + current. 1. Not in present circulation as currency. Labels: not-comparable
Word: recoinage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + coinage. 1. A recoining of money. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: A total recoinage was to be effected, and the old impure coins were to be removed from circulation.
Word: recoinages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recoinage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: steps back Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of step back Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stepped back Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of step back Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stepping back Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of step back Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stepping back Part of Speech: noun 1. a system to decrease turnaround time at terminal stations where a second driver enters the rear cab of an arriving train and departs driving the train from that end while the first driver is walking the length of the platform ready to take over the subsequent departure. Labels: uncountable
Word: double-end Part of Speech: verb 1. To operate a train with a locomotive at each end. Labels: transitive 2. To operate a train, especially a multiple unit, with a driver at each end of the train for fast turnaround times. Labels: transitive
Word: double-ends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of double-end Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: double-ending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of double-end Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: double-ending Part of Speech: noun 1. a system of operating trains with a driver at each end of the train for a fast turnaround time. Labels: uncountable
Word: falx cerebelli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. A fold of the dura mater that divides the hemispheres of the cerebellum.
Word: falcula Part of Speech: noun 1. The falx cerebelli. Labels: plural, plural-only, uncountable 2. A curved and sharp-pointed claw. Labels: plural, plural-only, uncountable
Word: fatigability Part of Speech: noun 1. A medical condition in which fatigue is easily induced.
Word: fatigabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fatigability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fatigable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French fatigable, from Latin fatīgābilis, from Latin fatīgō. 1. Susceptible to fatigue; easily able to become physically exhausted.
Word: sporadic E Part of Speech: noun 1. A meteorological phenomenon where radio waves above a certain frequency are reflected in the atmospheric E region, allowing these radio waves to be received in distances up to 1,200 miles. Labels: uncountable
Word: cableway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cable + way. 1. A system of suspended cables from which cable cars are hung.
Word: carabid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Translingual Carabidae. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɹ.ɹə.bɪd/ 1. Any of the family Carabidae, the ground beetles. Example: Chemically unknown tissue toxins from internal organs that may kill Pterostichus carabids are uniquely known from the milacid slug Tandonia budapestensis, which shows an aposematic coloration (orange dorsal line).
Word: cardmember Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From card + member. 1. A person who holds a particular credit card (or similar)
Word: caseation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cāseus + -ation. 1. A necrotic degeneration of tissue to a cheese-like condition. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: casebound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From case + bound. 1. hardcover (attributive) Labels: not-comparable
Word: causewayed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From causeway + -ed. 1. Having a causeway Labels: not-comparable
Word: charkha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani چرخہ (carxa) / चरख़ा (carxā), from Classical Persian چرخ (čarx), from Middle Persian 𐫝𐫍𐫡 (chr /⁠čahr⁠/, “wheel, cycle”), from Proto-Iranian *čaxrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“wheel, circle”). Doublet of chakra, chakram, chukker, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel. 1. A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton. Labels: India, Pakistan
Word: chondrocranium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chondro- + cranium. 1. The developing skull, composed of cartilage, of an embryo before ossification
Word: chopfallen Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of chapfallen. Example: One chop-fallen runner trod upon the heels of another, each with a repetition of his diversified nothings […]. Example: Something, however, I fear me, must have gone wrong, for he certainly sallied forth, after no very great interval, with an air quite desolate and chopfallen— […]
Word: cross swords Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cross, sword., to place or hold two swords so they cross each other. 2. To fight with someone; to duel. Example: I do not relish crossing swords with Pike's hook. 3. To quarrel or argue with someone; to have a dispute with someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: You say that you do not see how you and I have crossed swords with the priests. Example: I must cross swords with the author of the article on the Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland, on two points. 4. For males, to urinate simultaneously such that the streams intersect. Labels: idiomatic, vulgar
Word: crosses swords Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cross swords Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: crossing swords Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cross swords Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crossed swords Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cross swords Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: colchicum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Colchicum, from Latin colchicum, from Ancient Greek κολχικόν (kolkhikón). 1. Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum. Labels: countable 2. The dried seed of the poisonous meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale, used medicinally. Labels: uncountable Example: Book VI deals with surgery, including an account of tracheotomy, and a final long book is taken up with drugs, including the use of colchicum for gout.
Word: collocational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From collocation + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to collocation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cootling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coot + -ling. 1. A young coot
Word: credal Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of creedal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: We are not aware that a complete report of the lecture has yet reached this country, but the head and front of Mr. Justice Higinbotham's offending, according to his critics, seems to be that he has seen fit to inveigh against credal systems as corrupting the primitive simplicity of Christ's teaching. 2. Describes a probability based on belief. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is important to note that there are credal sets that cannot be represented by a credal network of the above form.
Word: creedal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From creed + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a creed. Labels: not-comparable Example: For every branch of jurisprudence secular or sacred and therefore also for canonical and creedal jurisprudence, this implies at least the following five issues: enactment, ratification, enforcement, compliance, interpretation. Example: These creedal principles deeply shaped American politics during the heyday of the neoliberal order.
Word: crossmatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cross- + match. 1. To test whether the blood of a donor and recipient are compatible.
Word: crossmatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + match. 1. A test of whether the blood of a donor and recipient are compatible.
Word: damascened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From damascene + -ed. 1. Decorated with wavy patterns of inlay or etching.
Word: damascened Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From damascene + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of damascene Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deadstick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dead + stick. 1. To land an aircraft without power. 2. To present the lure either by casting or a vertical drop and allow the bait to remain motionless for an extended period before retrieval.
Word: deadstick Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dead + stick. 1. Describing the landing of an aircraft with no power from the engines. Labels: not-comparable
Word: decenter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + center. 1. Alternative spelling of decentre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: decentre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + centre. Pronunciation: /diːˈsɛntə(ɹ)/ 1. To remove the centre from. Example: to decentre the tyres from some model vehicle kits 2. To place away from the centre; to make eccentric. 3. To displace from the centre. Example: The Saidian critique was part of a great sea change, a conscious attempt to ‘decentre’ Europe or even to ‘provincialize’ it.
Word: defeminize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + feminize. Pronunciation: /diːˈfɛmɪnaɪz/ 1. To lose, or to remove, feminine characteristics or qualities
Word: deluster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + luster. 1. Alternative spelling of delustre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: delustre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + lustre. 1. To remove the lustre from yarn, typically by adding a pigment at spinning time
Word: demonopolize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + monopolize. 1. To break up (a monopoly), sometimes by privatizing a previously nationalized industry. Labels: transitive
Word: departmentalitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From departmental + -itis. 1. The pursuit of departmental objectives, rather than those of an organization or government. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: descramble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + scramble. 1. To decode or unscramble a coded signal
Word: digenean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Digenea + -an 1. Any trematode fluke of the subclass Digenea.
Word: digestively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From digestive + -ly. 1. In a digestive manner; by means of digestion Labels: not-comparable
Word: disaffirm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + affirm. Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈfɜːm/ 1. To deny, contradict or repudiate.
Word: diverticular Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the diverticulum. Labels: not-comparable Example: In an earlier study among nearly 44,000 male health professionals, fiber from fruit and vegetables, but not cereal, was linked to a reduced risk of diverticular disease.
Word: sartin Part of Speech: adj 1. Pronunciation spelling of certain. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: If the marrow in one's backbone should melt, it would be sartin to run out at the tip of one's tail. Example: This here's a mountain fireplace, sartin sure.
Word: dyslalia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- + -lalia. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈleɪliə/ 1. difficulty in talking due to a structural abnormality Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Wogeman Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Wageman. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: electrolyse Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of electrolyze. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Rostov-on-Don Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Russian Росто́в-на-Дону́ (Rostóv-na-Donú). 1. A large city, the administrative center of Rostov Oblast, in southern Russia. Example: Last month, a military court in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don sentenced eight men to life imprisonment after finding them guilty of causing the 2022 explosion on the Crimean Bridge, the controversial road and rail bridge that connects Russia’s Krasnodar region with the annexed Crimean Peninsula.
Word: Rostov-na-Donu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Росто́в-на-Дону́ (Rostóv-na-Donú). 1. A large city, the administrative center of Rostov Oblast, in southern Russia.
Word: enamelwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enamel + work. 1. Objects decorated with enamel, collectively. Labels: uncountable 2. An object decorated with enamel. Labels: countable
Word: enanthema Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of enanthem. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: enanthem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐνανθέω (enanthéō), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + ἀνθέω (anthéō, “to blossom”). 1. A lesion of the mucous membrane (especially of the mouth)
Word: endobenthic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From endo- + benthic. 1. That lives within the sediment on the seafloor Labels: not-comparable
Word: epact Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French épacte, from Latin epactae, from Ancient Greek ἐπακταί (epaktaí, “intercalary days”), feminine plural of ἐπακτός (epaktós, “brought on or in, added”). 1. the time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter
Word: eventive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From event + -ive. 1. That denotes an event. Labels: not-comparable Example: The word 'breakfast' is an eventive object in "she's having a breakfast".
Word: eventive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From event + -ive. 1. A word or construct that denotes an event.
Word: expansibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being expansible Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: extendibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being extendible Labels: uncountable
Word: extensile Part of Speech: adj 1. extensible
Word: you go, girl Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of encouragement, chiefly for a girl or woman. Labels: informal Example: You've made it this far not because you're Michael Jackson's sister, but because you're Janet Jackson; a woman who knows where she wants to go and what bus to take. You go, girl! Example: [RACHEL:] No, see this isn't about the movie theatre, this is about you stealing my wind. [MONICA:] You go girl. I can't pull that off can I?
Word: post-chaise Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of post chaise. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “What! cried Julia. Go box’d up three in a post-chaise in this weather, when we may have seats in a barouche! No, my dear Edmund, that will not quite do.”
Word: post-chaise Part of Speech: verb 1. To travel in a post-chaise. Example: "Conceive, then, the state he will be in after post-chaising for twenty-five miles at a gallop."
Word: good house Part of Speech: noun 1. An inn or bar. Labels: obsolete Example: "[…]Here is a very creditable good house just by, where thou may'st find good entertainment for thyself and thy cattle till morning."
Word: Opals Part of Speech: name Etymology: From opal, a gemstone mined in Australia. 1. The women's national basketball representative team of Australia. Labels: Australia Example: Carrie Graf knows about coaching creative individual players, as she has coached women′s basketball superstar Lauren Jackson, who shot to fame as a 15-year-old and joined the Australian women′s Opals basketball team by 16. Example: This, combined with a sycophantic basketball press in Australia, created a weight of expectation that was slowly crushing the young player. Four months before the Olympics, Opals coach Maher lamented that he was having ‘a few too many’ talks with her on how to cope.
Word: Boomers Part of Speech: name Etymology: From boomer, Australian slang for an adult male kangaroo. 1. The men's national basketball representative team of Australia.
Word: Boomers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boomer, Australian slang for an adult male kangaroo. 1. plural of Boomer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tall Blacks Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from All Blacks, the nickname of the New Zealand national rugby union team, with "All" replaced by "Tall" in reference to the often well-above-average height of basketball players. 1. the men's national basketball representative team of New Zealand
Word: hat tree Part of Speech: noun 1. A hat rack; hatstand. Labels: US
Word: hat rack Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of furniture used to store hats and clothing, consisting of a pole with pegs on a moderately broad base; a hatstand. Labels: US
Word: coatstand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coat + stand. 1. Alternative spelling of coat stand. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: hat-stand Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hatstand. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: hat stand Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hatstand. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: coat-rack Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of coat rack. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: coat stand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coat + stand. 1. A pole with pegs for temporary storage of clothing; a coat rack. Labels: US
Word: coat-stand Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of coat stand. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hat-rack Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hat rack. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: clothestree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clothes + tree. 1. Alternative spelling of clothes tree. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: clothes tree Part of Speech: noun 1. A pole with pegs for temporary storage of clothing.
Word: faldstool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See foldstool. 1. A portable, folding chair used by a bishop when away from his throne. 2. Any similar stool used in a divine service (such as the coronation of a British monarch). Example: The Queen then rises and goes to the faldstool, at which she is to be anointed and crowned, placed between King Edward's chair and the steps of the altar, where the Groom of the Stool to her Majesty (with the two Ladies of her Bedchamber) take off her rich circlet or coronet; when the Queen kneels down, and the Archbishop pours the holy oil on the crown of her head, in the form of a cross, using these words, "In the name of the Father, the Son, and Holy Ghost, let the anointing of this oil increase thine honour," &c.
Word: fallfish Part of Speech: noun 1. A small silvery freshwater fish (Semotilus corporalis) found in North America.
Word: flammulated Part of Speech: adj 1. Resembling a flame or flames.
Word: off pat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown; see down pat § Etymology. 1. Synonym of down pat. Labels: UK, idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: sack-whey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sack (“sherry”) + whey. 1. An alcoholic drink of sherry with whey (weak milk) and sugar. Labels: uncountable Example: "Won't you allow him sack-whey?" said the landlady.—"Ay, ay, sack-whey," cries the doctor, "if you will, provided it be very small."
Word: divellicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1638; borrowed from Latin dīvellicātus, perfect passive participle of dīvellicō (“to pluck asunder”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dis- + vellicō, from vellō (“to pluck”). 1. To detach, rip apart.
Word: divellicated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of divellicate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: divellicated Part of Speech: adj 1. Torn apart. Example: […] the interior membranes were so divellicated, that the os or bone very plainly appeared through the aperture of the vulnus or wound.
Word: pleuretic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the pleura, the smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] which I expected to have found extremely sizy and glutinous, or indeed coagulated, as it is in pleuretic complaints;
Word: fanboyish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fanboy + -ish. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a fanboy. Example: Admittedly the scenario that it was an unholy alliance of numerous enemies of the Doctor and other alien races that had united to create the trap was rather fanboyish on Moffat's part, even though it was great to see them assembled together like that and showed just what a threat the universe was facing once such an alliance had been created. Example: "Oughta be more careful, El. Most people aren't accustomed to fanboyish squees." "Well, they aren't going to get used to it without exposure." "Fair 'nough."
Word: thay Part of Speech: article 1. Pronunciation spelling of the. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "The chaps as catches the big fishes, sir," went on the keeper, getting confidential, "is thay cussed night-line poachers."
Word: thay Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of say, to indicate a speaker with a speech impediment such as a lisp. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "Good girlth don't thay tho," said sweet little Charlie rather shocked. Example: Do you mean to thay I am no gentleman, thir?
Word: thay Part of Speech: pron 1. Obsolete spelling of they. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Yet fynde I another sort almoste as bad as thay. Example: But potent is he against whome thei faught; for when thay wicked war in greatast securitie, then begane God to schaw his anger.
Word: cragged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crag + -ed. 1. Having crags Example: Is not the plain way more easy than the rough and cragged? is not the fair way more pleasant and passable than the foul? Example: Over the broadest there seemed to spring a cragged and stupendous arch, from which, as from the jaws of hell, gushed the sources of the sudden Phlegethon.
Word: correctitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From correct + -itude. 1. The quality of being correct Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Leopold himself must have envied such perfect correctitude; but what may be admirable in an elderly statesman is alarming in a maiden of nineteen. Example: And these folks are worried about creeping political correctitude?"
Word: correctitudes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of correctitude Labels: form-of, plural
Word: winter melon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Chinese 冬瓜 (dōngguā). 1. Benincasa hispida, a species of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) commonly cultivated in Asia.
Word: winter melon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French melon d'hiver. 1. Any late-maturing variety of true melon (Cucumis melo), such as honeydew melon (Inodorus Group), Cassaba melon (Cassaba Group), and Spanish melon (Ibericus Group).
Word: winter melon Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus). Labels: obsolete Example: There is also a winter-melon, large and with black seeds, exceedingly cooling, brought us from abroad, and the hotter climates, where they drink water after eating melons...
Word: ash gourd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ash gourds of the Indian subcontinent have a white coating with a rough texture, like the ashes of a fire. 1. Synonym of winter melon.
Word: fuzzy melon Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of winter melon.
Word: wax gourd Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of winter melon.
Word: white gourd Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of winter melon.
Word: sanhedrim Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Sanhedrin. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A gathering of booksellers is a pleasant sanhedrim to attend.
Word: hollo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: See halloo, and compare holla. 1. Hey, hello Labels: dated Example: And then to Apollo hollo, trees, hollo. Example: Presently up came the clerk; and when he saw his master, the parson, running after the three girls, he was greatly surprised, and said, "Hollo! hollo! your reverence! whither so fast! 2. hello (expressing puzzlement or discovery) Labels: UK, dated Example: ‘Hollo!’ he cried. ‘The blind’s down!’ I had noticed, when we were outside, that the blind was down at the front room window.
Word: hollo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See halloo, and compare holla. 1. A cry of "hollo" Example: And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariners' hollo! Example: "I always add my hollo," said the yeoman, "when I see a good shot, or a gallant blow."
Word: hollo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See halloo, and compare holla. 1. To cry "hollo" Example: And Tom made another loutish salute, and cut the conference short by turning off the path and beginning to hollo after some trespassing cattle. Example: Better hollo abstract ideas through the six-foot Alpine horn of prose.
Word: vaccinable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vaccine + -able. 1. Able to be vaccinated against Example: The balance of resources expended to keep children under five safe from vaccinable diseases is questioned, given the meager resources expended to improve the quality of life for child survivors. 2. Able to be successfully vaccinated Example: Within a few years we had practically vaccinated the vaccinable population.
Word: flanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flange + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈflæn.dʒə(ɹ)/ 1. An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound. 2. A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines. Labels: US
Word: flowsheet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flow + sheet. 1. flowchart
Word: fluellen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Welsh Llywelyn. 1. Any plant of the genus Kickxia, having purple and yellow flowers.
Word: gaseousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gaseous + -ness. 1. The condition of being gaseous Labels: uncountable
Word: gemmation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gemma + -ation. 1. asexual reproduction via gemmae Labels: countable, uncountable 2. arrangement of buds on the stalk Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: goalhanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goal + hanger. 1. A player who stays near the opposing team's goal in the hope of easily scoring. Labels: informal
Word: ning nong Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnɪŋˌnɔŋ/ 1. Alternative form of ning-nong. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, alt-of, alternative Example: Hilda explains everyone in ′Strilia imagines England now country hardly fit to graze saltbush weaners, bosses continually coming the raw prawn with trade union larrikins, mind you, her dad gets as mad as a mule with a squib up its arse as he comes the bludger with that bunch of ning nongs – ta darl, she says, Andy handing her a half-pint glass of gin and ton.
Word: haematocele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From haemato- + -cele. 1. Alternative spelling of hematocele. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: ning nongs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ning nong Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hematocele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemato- + -cele. 1. A swelling caused by the collection of blood in a cavity, especially of the membrane covering a testicle.
Word: hairslide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hair + slide. 1. A clip that is used to keep hair in position.
Word: haplochromine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Haplochromini, with the tribe suffix -ini changed to English -ine 1. Any cichlid of the tribe Haplochromini.
Word: haplontic Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing an organism that is haploid for most of its life cycle but that briefly has a diploid zygote Labels: not-comparable
Word: haplosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From haplo- + -osis. 1. The halving of the number of chromosomes during meiosis, resulting in the haploid number Labels: uncountable
Word: hosteling Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hostelling. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hostelling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hostel + -ing. 1. the practice of staying in youth hostels when on holiday, or travelling Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: hotchpot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hotchpotch. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, mainly in the case of inheritance.
Word: hotted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hurter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hurt + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈhɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/ 1. One who hurts or does harm. Example: I shall not be a hurter, if no helper.
Word: hurter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English hurtour, from Middle French hurtoir (modern French heurtoir); equivalent to hurt + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈhɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/ 1. A beam on a gun-platform that prevents damage from the wheels of a gun-carriage. Example: For this reason the board deferred judgment until these hurters and associated tripping beams were tested in practice
Word: impolder Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of empolder. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: empolder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From em- + polder, probably influenced by Dutch inpolderen. 1. To construct polders in order to drain land
Word: indistinctive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + distinctive. 1. That has no distinguishing characteristics Labels: not-comparable
Word: inductivism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inductive + -ism. 1. The scientific method of developing theories and systems by generalising from meticulously analysed data (i.e., by induction). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Systems of psychology…developed, which were products of what Popper calls ‘inductivism’ — attempts to build up generalisations on the basis of carefully scrutinized data.
Word: infraclasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infraclass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intermedium Part of Speech: noun 1. An intermediary. 2. A central carpal bone or tarsal bone.
Word: intermedium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + medium. 1. A medium, or form of media, that conceptually lies between others.
Word: interwork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inter- + work. 1. To work (two or more things) into and through each other. Labels: transitive Example: They had (saith he) certaine armes so curiously enter-wrought as they seemed to be made like feathers[…]. 2. To interact. Labels: intransitive Example: Two three-car units have been stationed at Tondu for the new workings and will inter-work with others from Treherbert.
Word: intestinally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From intestinal + -ly. 1. Via the intestines Labels: not-comparable
Word: irreformable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ir- + reformable. 1. That cannot be reformed
Word: irresponsive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ir- + responsive. 1. That does not respond to stimuli; unresponsive. Example: The church bells, faintly and fitfully heard, clanged their invitation to an irresponsive town; […] Example: At dawn some weeks back it had creaked across the plain, and at a point where the scrub curved, the husband had stopped the horse while the woman parted the tilt and waved goodbye to the bent, irresponsive old man and his dog.
Word: jocolatte Part of Speech: noun 1. hot chocolate Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: About noon out with Commissioner Pett, and he and I to a Coffee-house, to drink jocolatte
Word: justiciary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin justitiaria, justiciaria (“judgeship, judiciarship; court sessions”), justitiarius, and justiciarius (“justiciar, judge, justice [of the peace]; judiciary, related to justice”), all from Latin iūstitia (“justice”) + -āria (“-ary”). Paralleled in Middle English and Early Modern English by forms from Anglo-Norman justiserie (“judgeship, judiciarship”), from Anglo-Norman and Middle French justicerie (“judgeship; tribunal”), from justice + -ery. As a translation of various Continental European offices, via Middle French justicier, Spanish justiciero, etc. 1. A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office. Labels: Scotland, countable, historical 2. The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc. Labels: uncountable 3. One who administers justice Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 4. One who administers justice Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 5. One who administers justice Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 6. One who administers justice Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 7. One who administers justice Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 8. A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: justiciary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin justitiaria, justiciaria (“judgeship, judiciarship; court sessions”), justitiarius, and justiciarius (“justiciar, judge, justice [of the peace]; judiciary, related to justice”), all from Latin iūstitia (“justice”) + -āria (“-ary”). Paralleled in Middle English and Early Modern English by forms from Anglo-Norman justiserie (“judgeship, judiciarship”), from Anglo-Norman and Middle French justicerie (“judgeship; tribunal”), from justice + -ery. As a translation of various Continental European offices, via Middle French justicier, Spanish justiciero, etc. 1. Of or relating to justification or redemption before God. Labels: obsolete 2. Of or relating to the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God. Labels: obsolete 3. Judicial: of or relating to the administration of justice, judges, or judgeships. 4. Of or relating to the High Court of Justiciary. 5. Of or relating to a circuit court held by one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary.
Word: justiciar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin justitiarius and justiciarius (“justiciar, judge, justice [of the peace]; judiciary, related to justice”), from Latin iūstitia (“justice”) + -āria (“-ary”). As a translation of various Continental European offices, via Middle French justicier, Spanish justiciero, justicia mayor, etc. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌsˈtɪsi.ɑː(ɹ)/ 1. One who administers justice Labels: historical 2. One who administers justice Labels: historical 3. One who administers justice Labels: historical 4. One who administers justice Labels: historical 5. A justiciary: a believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God. Labels: rare
Word: keftedes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Greek κεφτέδες (keftédes). 1. A Greek dish of meatballs, similar to koftas. Labels: plural, singular Example: The cook comes out to join us after we’ve been served with large quantities of keftedes, tyropites, cheese, salad, fish, steak, melon and probably other plates which slipped by me unnoticed. Example: Serve the keftedes as soon as they’re cooked, with the salad and some pickled green chillies on the side.
Word: latticinio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian latticinio. 1. A variety of white glass threads or canes, used to make decorative articles. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: learnfare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of learn + welfare. 1. A welfare system in which a person must attend college etc. in order to receive payment. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: linkwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From link + -work. 1. A fabric made from linked pieces of metal. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A mechanism of linked components. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: liquefactive Part of Speech: adj 1. That causes or is associated with liquefaction.
Word: liquefier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From liquefy + -er. 1. A device used to liquify gases (by cooling and compression)
Word: too much of a good thing Part of Speech: phrase 1. Something enjoyable or beneficial which, nevertheless, becomes bothersome or harmful in large quantities or over an extended period of time. Example: "If I must say what I think," continued Mr. Rushworth, "in my opinion it is very disagreeable to be always rehearsing. It is having too much of a good thing. I am not so fond of acting as I was at first.[…]" Example: "I like a woman with spirit," said Cradell. / "Oh, so do I. But one may have too much of a good thing."
Word: ne1 Part of Speech: pron 1. Abbreviation of anyone. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Example: ne1 know where u can find t250 ringing tonez??????????????? Example: Or does ne1 know where I can buy these cheap?
Word: heat dump Part of Speech: noun 1. A structure or environment into which waste heat can be transferred
Word: trompe l'œil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French trompe-l'œil. 1. Alternative spelling of trompe l’oeil. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: breasthook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From breast + hook. 1. A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.
Word: bugleweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bugle + weed. 1. Any of the aromatic herbs in genus Lycopus, especially Lycopus virginicus, water horehound 2. Any of a genus of herbs used for ground cover, bugle (Ajuga).
Word: buhrstone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of burrstone. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: builddown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From build + down. 1. A systematic, gradual reduction in the number of something (especially nuclear weapons), normally by destroying more than are built.
Word: cultivatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cultivate + -able. 1. cultivable. Example: They thought he was a good boy, cultivatable, in the way that land is, to yield harvests that sustain the cultivator.
Word: deutzia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name, after Johann van der Deutz, 18th-century Dutch patron of botany. 1. Any of a group of cultivated shrubs, of the genus Deutzia, having white or pink flowers
Word: devalorize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + valorize. 1. To devalue.
Word: undeclinable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + declinable. 1. Synonym of indeclinable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: undeclinable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + declinable. 1. Synonym of indeclinable.
Word: deutzias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deutzia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: devalorizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of devalorize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: devalorizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of devalorize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: devalorized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of devalorize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dimetric Part of Speech: adj 1. tetragonal Labels: not-comparable 2. axonometric Labels: not-comparable 3. exhibiting dimeter Labels: not-comparable
Word: axonometric Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌaksənoʊˈmɛtrɪk/ 1. Describing a projection in which the horizontal and vertical axes are to the same scale, but the third axis is reduced to allow for perspective. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dimetrodon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from taxonomic name Dimetrodon. Pronunciation: /daɪˈmiːtrədɒn/, /daɪˈmɛtɹədɒn/ 1. Any carnivorous synapsid, of the genus †Dimetrodon, from the Permian period
Word: dimidiate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dīmidiātus, past participle of dīmidiāre (“to halve”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɪdi.ət/ 1. Divided into two (equal) halves. Labels: not-comparable 2. Consisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance of lacking one half. Labels: not-comparable Example: a dimidiate leaf, which has only one side developed 3. Having the organs of one side, or half, different in function from the corresponding organs on the other side. Labels: not-comparable Example: dimidiate hermaphroditism
Word: dimidiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin dīmidiātus, past participle of dīmidiāre (“to halve”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɪdi.eɪt/ 1. To divide into two. Labels: transitive Example: […] it may be dimidiated: for instance, half a rose and half a lis being stuck together, or half a lis and half an eagle. 2. To represent one half of, or undergo dimidiation with. Labels: transitive Example: […] hybridization in the same vein is the beast shown as supporters to arms granted in 1971, where a unicorn dimidiates a lion rampant.
Word: dimidiation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Continuing the Middle English dimydicion (circa 1425, in an arithmetical sense), from the Late Latin dīmidiātiō. Pronunciation: /dɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən/, /daɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən/ 1. The act of dividing into halves. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The condition of being divided into halves. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A marshalling of two coats of arms by the bisection per pale of their escutcheons and forming a new coat of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: disbound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dis- + bound. 1. removed from a bound volume Labels: not-comparable
Word: disbound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + bound. 1. To extend beyond its normal bounds
Word: discerption Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of pulling or tearing something to pieces Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dispend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French despendre ( > French dépendre), from Latin dispendere. 1. To spend or expend. Labels: obsolete Example: Those Roman knights were so called, if they could dispend per annum so much. 2. To waste or squander. Labels: obsolete 3. To distribute or dispense. Labels: obsolete
Word: establishmentarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From establishment + -arian, c. 1850. Pronunciation: /ɪˌstæblɪʃmənˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ɪˌstæblɪʃmənˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. A person who supports the political or social establishment Example: Parental approval or disapproval plays a major role in the adolescent thought process. (As one grows older, approval from economic, social, or other establishmentarian sources quickly substitute for Mom and Dad, rightly or wrongly.)
Word: fuzzyheaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A compound of fuzzy + headed. 1. Alternative spelling of fuzzy-headed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gradience Part of Speech: noun 1. The absence of a clear boundary, or the presence of a continuous spectrum of meaning, between two words or categories. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: gradine Part of Speech: noun 1. A toothed chisel used by sculptors 2. Any member like a step, such as the raised back of an altar; a gradin. Example: the gradines of the amphitheatre
Word: gutturalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From guttural + -ize. 1. To pronounce in a guttural manner
Word: hazardousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hazardous + -ness. 1. The condition of being hazardous Labels: uncountable
Word: hepatomegaly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hepato- + -megaly. 1. An abnormal enlargement of the liver. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lipidosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lipid + -osis. 1. A disorder in the metabolism of lipids in which fat is deposited in the tissues
Word: malapertness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English malepertnesse; equivalent to malapert + -ness. 1. The condition of being malapert. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: if once it be possessed with the boldnesse to despise, and malapertnesse to impugne the opinions which tofore it held in awfull reverence […], they will soone and easily admit an equall uncertainty in all other parts of their beleefe […].
Word: marketization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From marketize + -ation. 1. The exposure of service industries to market forces. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Doesn't far-right mean private, like, marketization? Hitler privatized the fuck out of his mar[kets] [...] 2. A restructuring process that enables state enterprises to operate as market-oriented firms by changing the legal environment in which they operate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: metrorrhagia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From metro- + -rrhagia. Pronunciation: /ˌmiːtrɔːˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪə/ 1. abnormal uterine bleeding at irregular intervals. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mildewy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mildew + -y. 1. Of, pertaining to, or affected with mildew.
Word: milometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mile + -o- + -meter. 1. An odometer graduated in miles.
Word: monochromatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + chromatism. 1. The condition of being monochromatic Labels: uncountable 2. The condition of being totally colour blind; achromatopsia Labels: uncountable