nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ambulacriform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ambulacrum + -iform. 1. Having the form of ambulacra.
Word: gemminess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gemmy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being gemmy; spruceness; smartness. Labels: UK, archaic, slang, uncountable Example: An infinite gemminess of flowers scintillates .along its course
Word: toppiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From top + piece. 1. Alternative form of top piece. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: toppieces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toppiece Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toupeed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From toupee + -ed. 1. Wearing a toupee. Labels: not-comparable Example: After the toupeed client left, still grumbling about time wasted, Sisi saw stretched before her long nights with no customers.
Word: ethide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any binary compound containing ethyl. Example: boric ethide Example: potassium ethide
Word: ethides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ethide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subzygomatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + zygomatic. 1. Situated under the zygoma or zygomatic process. Labels: not-comparable Example: subzygomatic artery Example: subzygomatic fracture
Word: xylemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From xylem + -ic. 1. Relating to the xylem. Labels: not-comparable
Word: phloemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phloem + -ic. 1. Relating to the phloem. Labels: not-comparable
Word: xylemless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From xylem + -less. 1. Without a xylem. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: institutionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From institution + -ary. 1. Relating to an institution or institutions. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] Dr. Grant had brought on apoplexy and death, by three great institutionary dinners in one week, […] Example: The second class of rites are memorial in character. As the former were addressed to the gods, so these are chiefly for the benefit of the people. They are didactic, to preserve the myth, or institutionary, to keep alive the discipline and forms of the church. 2. Containing the first principles or doctrines; rudimentary. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] among the Institutionary rules of youth, [Aristotle] adviseth they might not be permitted to hear Iambicks and Tragedies before they were admitted unto discumbency or lying along with others at their meales. Example: 1772, Review of Macbride’s Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Physic, The Monthly Review, Volume 47, November 1772, p. 381, The first or institutionary part, which is divided into seven books, explains the principles on which the art is founded, and may be read with pleasure even by those who would wish only to be acquainted with the theory of medicine, considered as a curious and interesting branch of natural philosophy.
Word: Eurasian Economic Union Part of Speech: name Etymology: Eurasian + economic + union 1. an economic union between the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan
Word: big babies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of big baby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rat-race Part of Speech: verb 1. To rat run, that is, to drive on side streets, often at high speeds, to avoid traffic. Labels: intransitive, slang, transitive 2. To partake or participate in a rat race, in all senses. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang
Word: rat-race Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rat race. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Their own private life gets to be a rat-race.
Word: trading partner Part of Speech: noun 1. A country that another country does business with, usually on a regular basis.
Word: government spending Part of Speech: noun 1. All government consumption and investment, excluding transfer payments made by the state. Labels: uncountable
Word: transfer payment Part of Speech: noun 1. A redistribution of income in the market system initiated by a government, such as welfare, social security, etc.
Word: unparticular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + particular. 1. Not particular.
Word: hired hand Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is employed to perform routine chores and manual labor, especially on a farm or ranch. Example: [H]e was numbered among the missing after the Brandywine battle, and presently turned up as a hired hand on the Barton farm. Example: I rented th' back five-acre to John Westfall. I had more'n I could handle with only one hired hand.
Word: kiack Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kayak Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kiack Part of Speech: noun 1. Alosa pseudoharengus, a species of small freshwater fish, also known as the alewife. Labels: Canada Example: Common names for the alewife are gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, or kiack. Example: Finally, I visited a group of kiack fishermen down in Argyle. This was a new fishery to me. The kiack (also called gaspereau and alewife in other areas) is fished with a dip net out of small brooks in the Tusket River area.
Word: kiack Part of Speech: noun 1. A temple for practitioners of Buddhism within Burma.
Word: chukar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चकोर (cakor), from Sanskrit चकोर (cakora). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌk.ɚ/ 1. A bird of species of partridge native to central Asia (Alectoris chukar). Example: The black partridge is very noisy during the spring, which corresponds with its breeding season, and calls loud and incessantly in the morning, at midday, and sometimes even at night; the painted partridge has a pleasant chirping note; the chukar is another noisy bird; its call-note is fully described by Hume. Example: The climate is dry and at the time the chukars hatch that Is In their favor.
Word: remugient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From (the stem of) Latin remugiens, present participle of remugire. See mugient. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmuːd͡ʒɪənt/, /ɹɪˈmjud͡ʒiənt/ 1. Resounding, echoing. Labels: rare Example: [W]hether the Earth ſtand firm and prove favourable to the induſtry of the Artificer, or vvhether ſhe threaten the very foundations of our buildings vvith trembling and tottering Earth-quakes accompanied with remugient Echoes and ghaſtly murmurs from below; vvhatever notable emergencies happen for either Good or Bad to us, theſe are the Joves and Vejoves that vve vvorſhip, vvhich to us are not many but one God, vvho has the onely povver to ſave or deſtroy: […] 2. Mooing, lowing. Labels: rare Example: The mud crusts underfoot, remugient beasts stir up the undergrowth, Johnson attracts flies: greenflies, blowflies, blackflies, crutflies.
Word: HIF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of higher intermediate fare. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of horizontal integration facility. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: EMA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of European Medical Association (association representing Medical Doctors in Europe). Labels: European-Union, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of European Medicines Agency (a European Union agency for the evaluation of medicinal products). Labels: European-Union, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of Excess Milage Allowance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of exponential moving average. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of economically motivated adulteration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: septemvir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin septemvir. Pronunciation: /sɛpˈtɛmvə(ɹ)/, /sɛpˈtɛmvɪə(ɹ)/ 1. A member of a septemvirate; one of seven people associated in some office. Labels: Ancient-Rome
Word: septemviri Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of septemvir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spousing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spouse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spoused Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss, not-comparable
Word: spoused Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of spouse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cultural patrimony Part of Speech: noun 1. Objects possessing continuing cultural, traditional, or historical importance to the heritage of a group, particularly those considered inalienable by the group as of the time the objects had been separated from the group or from the historical setting of the objects. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For the New Party, the Palace Museum protests were a triumph....And by consistently calling the Palace collection "the Chinese cultural patrimony," New Party leaders and other protesters were able to rally the sympathy of a surprisingly large population that identified such material as key to Taiwan's inchoate struggle for a cultural identity. Example: Considered even more broadly, the historical background of pillage is also directly relevant to the current state of a country's cultural heritage and thus should be an integral part of the deliberations of the CPAC [Cultural Property Advisory Committee], especially in determining whether the cultural patrimony of the requesting country is "in jeopardy from pillage." If a substantial portion of the archaeological heritage of a nation has already been lost in the past, even moderate levels of looting would constitute a serious threat, and it becomes even more critical to preserve the little that remains.
Word: buskined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From buskin + -ed. 1. Wearing buskins. Labels: not-comparable Example: Her buskin'd virgins traced the dewy lawn. Example: The Italian Diana did not, like the Grecian Artemis, speed over the mountains attended by a train of buskined nymphs. 2. Trodden by buskins. Labels: not-comparable Example: Or what (though rare) of later age, / Ennobled hath the buskined stage. 3. Tragic, dignified or serious in style. Labels: not-comparable Example: That simplicity of the Greek plot, that sobriety of Greek manners, that sustained, buskined style of expression, song making, spectacle[…]all these things lay[…]in the origins of Greek tragedy.
Word: vinasse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French vinasse, ultimately from Latin vīnācea. Pronunciation: /vɪˈnæs/ 1. The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, used in the manufacture of fertiliser or potassium carbonate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vinasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vinasse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delaine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French de laine (“(made) of wool”). See muslin delaine. 1. A kind of mixed fabric previously used to make women's dresses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: delaines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of delaine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hygiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑγίεια (hugíeia) + -logy. 1. The science of hygiene or the preservation of health. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: dispositively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From dispositive + -ly. 1. In a dispositive manner, i.e. by natural or moral disposition. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: the generation of one thing is the corruption of another , although it be substantially true concerning the form and matter , is also dispositively verified in the efficient or producer Example: Do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done literally, […] break all the ten commandments at once.
Word: euphemistical Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of euphemistic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: free-milling Part of Speech: adj 1. Yielding free gold or silver; said of certain ores that can be reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without roasting or other chemical treatment. Labels: not-comparable
Word: incompliable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + compliable. 1. Not compliable; disobedient
Word: uncinatum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin [Term?], from Latin uncinatus (“hooked”). Compare uncinate. 1. The hamate bone. Labels: obsolete
Word: saltcat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From salt + cat? 1. A type of feed attractive to pigeons, consisting of a mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: saltcats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saltcat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cerebralism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cerebral + -ism. 1. The doctrine that non-physical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Something cerebral. Labels: countable, usually Example: the enchanting cerebralisms of Eliot
Word: cerebralisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cerebralism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deviatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From deviate + -ory. 1. Tending to deviate. Example: And I do not question but to satisfie your Scruples, and remove your Prejudices about the Deviatory Motion of the Atoms, the Bigness of the Sun, and the reasonableness of the Improvements made by Epicurus upon Democritus.
Word: opiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin opifer, from ops, opis (“help”) + ferre (“to bear”). 1. Bringing help; helpful. Labels: rare
Word: pridingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From priding + -ly. 1. With pride; proudly. Labels: obsolete
Word: reloan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + loan. 1. A second lending of the same thing; a renewal of a loan.
Word: reloan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + loan. 1. To loan again.
Word: reloans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reloan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reloans Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reloan Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scholical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin scholicus. See school. 1. scholastic; academic Labels: obsolete
Word: logographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek λογογράφος (logográphos) + -er. By surface analysis, logo- + -grapher. 1. a chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences 2. one skilled in logography 3. Someone who made a speech on behalf of another, in a legal trial.
Word: logographers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of logographer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: theologizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From theologize + -er. 1. someone who theologizes; a theologian. Example: And vve are taught by Euſebius, that the antient Ægyptian theologizers, vvhoſe religion was neer of kin to that of the Chaldeans, if not borrovved of it, looked upon the ſun and moon, vvhom they vvorſhipped under the names of Oſiris and Iſis, not only as the chief gods, but as the makers and governors of much, if not of all, of the reſt of the univerſe.
Word: theologizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of theologizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exhumate Part of Speech: verb 1. To exhume; to disinter.
Word: exhumated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of exhumate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exhumates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exhumate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: exhumating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of exhumate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bedesman Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of beadsman. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: I am your bedesman for this letter. Example: […]the place of warden in Hiram's hospital was again to be filled up, and he would once more return to […] his twelve bedesmen.
Word: bedesmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bedesman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: planisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From planish + -er. 1. One who, or that which, planishes.
Word: planishers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of planisher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fascicularly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From fascicular + -ly. 1. Having, or in terms of, fascicles. Labels: not-comparable Example: in very minute right angled quadrangular , or fascicularly accumulated tables
Word: thaumatolatry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thaumato- + -latry. 1. Worship or undue admiration of wondrousl or miraculous things. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: the thaumatolatry by which our theology has been debased for more than a century
Word: lorate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From botanical New Latin lōrātus (“thong-shaped, strap-shaped”), from lōrum (“thong, strap”) + -ātus (“-ate”); compare Classical Latin lōrātus (“attached with thongs”). Equivalent to Latin lōrum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Having the form of a thong or strap.
Word: contagionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From contagion + -ist. 1. A believer in the contagious nature of certain diseases, such as yellow fever. Labels: historical, obsolete
Word: contagionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contagionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homoplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homo- + -plasty. 1. The formation of homologous tissues. Labels: uncountable
Word: inactuate Part of Speech: verb 1. To put into action; to activate. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: For the plastick in them is too highly awakened, to inactuate only an aerial body.
Word: inactuated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of inactuate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: inactuates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of inactuate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: inactuating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of inactuate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: maleyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From maleic + -yl. 1. A divalent radical derived from maleic acid Labels: uncountable
Word: sea pie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + pie (“a type of pastry”). 1. A dish of crust or pastry with meat or fish, etc., cooked together in alternate layers, once a common food of sailors. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [L]ast of all, a prodigious sea-pye was presented, with an infinite volume of pancakes and fritters.
Word: sea pie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + pie (“magpie”). 1. The oystercatcher (any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish). Labels: archaic Example: In the West Bay we had pretty good sport among the sea pies and shaggs […] .
Word: sea pies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea pie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: norimon Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnɔrəˌmɑn/, /ˈnɒrəmɒn/ 1. Alternative form of norimono, a Japanese palanquin. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The principal large objects made of lacquered wood are the norimons (palanquins) and travelling trunks of nobles, wardrobes, toilet tables[…] Example: There are two sorts of palanquin, the norimon and the cango. The former, which requires four bearers for long journeys, is a large, heavy box, in which one may sit with tolerable comfort. The sides are in lacquered wood, and contain two sliding doors. Although this norimon is, par excellence, the vehicle of the nobility, it admits of no ornaments, and is used by the ladies of the middle class and by the registered courtesans, because both occupy a certain position of fortune and consideration in society. The cango is a light litter of bamboo, open on both sides; it requires only two bearers, who always walk with a rapid and regular step. They rest for one minute out of twenty.
Word: norimons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of norimon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bogeyperson Part of Speech: noun 1. A bogeyman of any gender. Labels: humorous, sometimes Example: If secular humanism is your bogeyperson, you shouldn't concentrate all your energy on attacking sociobiologists or behaviorists or academic philosophers[…] Example: More often, it's to make the other parent the bogeyperson and leave the step-parent and their partner feeling it's not their fault that the child behaves like this.
Word: bogeypersons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bogeyperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bogeypeople Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bogeyperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudobiographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudo- + biographical. 1. Apparently, but not truly, biographical.
Word: coughy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cough + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔfi/, /ˈkɒfi/, /ˈkɑ.fi/ 1. Characterized by coughing. Example: The man looked ill, and she hoped he didn't have that coughy flu that had been wiping out everyone at the office. Example: This genial, frail, chain-smoking septuagenarian is an agreeable, good-humoured conversationalist, who frequently punctuates proceedings with hearty, coughy chuckles.
Word: Maidstonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Maidstone + -ian. Pronunciation: /meɪdˈstəʊ.ni.ən/, /meɪdˈstoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Maidstone in Kent, England. 2. Of or pertaining to Maidstone Grammar School (founded 1549).
Word: Maidstonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Maidstone + -ian. Pronunciation: /meɪdˈstəʊ.ni.ən/, /meɪdˈstoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A pupil or alumnus of Maidstone Grammar School.
Word: heterosexualness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heterosexual + -ness. 1. The quality of being heterosexual. Labels: uncountable
Word: homosexualness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homosexual + -ness. 1. The quality of being homosexual. Labels: uncountable
Word: blepharicerid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the Blephariceridae, or net-winged midges.
Word: blepharicerids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blepharicerid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: basi- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis English basi- From Latin basis. 1. Positioned at the base; forming a base Labels: morpheme 2. Relating to the basion Labels: morpheme 3. Relating to bases (substances with pH greater than 7) Labels: morpheme
Word: isodimorphous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From iso- + dimorphous. 1. Having the quality of isodimorphism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pleasedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pleased + -ly. 1. In a pleased manner; with pleasure or satisfaction.
Word: paridigitate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pari- + digitate. 1. Having an even number of digits on the hands or feet. Labels: not-comparable Example: Thus the Hog-group (paridigitate) stands below the Tapir - group (imparidigitate)
Word: utopist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From utopia + -ist. 1. A utopian.
Word: utopist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From utopia + -ist. 1. Utopian. Example: With a different contractor coming to Panama Street every week to make improvements, and with Robin disappearing into a utopist sink of time and energy, Brian reconciled himself to remaining in the dismal city of his childhood.
Word: utopists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of utopist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preexamination Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + examination. 1. before an examination Labels: not-comparable Example: preexamination blues Example: preexamination ritual
Word: preexamination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + examination. 1. Previous examination. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: preexaminations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preexamination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: untank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + tank. 1. To remove the tank from. Example: the process of untanking an electrical transformer
Word: untanked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of untank Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: untanking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of untank Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: untanks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of untank Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: inconstance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. Obsolete form of inconstancy. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: vowelize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From vowel + -ize. 1. To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to. Labels: transitive 2. To insert a vowel or vowels into. Labels: transitive Example: One approach is to have experts in Arabic manually vowelize a small training set.
Word: vowelized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vowelize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vowelizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vowelize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vowelizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vowelize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hyosternal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyo- + sternal. 1. Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or relating to both of them; infrahyoid. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: the hyosternal region of the neck 2. Pertaining to the hyosternum of turtles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hyosternal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyo- + sternal. Labels: no-gloss
Word: dermatography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dermato- + -graphy. Pronunciation: /ˌdɜːməˈtɒɡɹəfi/ 1. The anatomical description of the skin. Labels: uncountable Example: On the basis of a decoder dermatography transcription, a shift in the acid-alkali balance is shown in favor of the acid. 2. A method of tattooing used in reconstructive surgery developed in 1984 based on micropigmentation, requiring a special ink injector and taking several sessions to complete. Labels: uncountable Example: For others, cosmetic tattooing and dermatography are an adjunct to and considered as the finishing touch of reconstructive surgery.
Word: lucubratory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin lucubratorius. Pronunciation: /ləˈkjuːbɹətəɹi/, /ləˈkjuːbɹətɹi/, /ləˈkjubɹətɔɹi/, /luˈkjubɹətɔɹi/ 1. Composed by candlelight, or at night. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: December 21, 1711, Alexander Pope, letter to H. Cromwell a solitary candle at your side, to write an epistle lucubratory to your friend
Word: misplead Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + plead. 1. To plead amiss wrongly; to make an error in pleading.
Word: mispleaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misplead Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mispleading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misplead Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mispleading Part of Speech: noun 1. An error in pleading.
Word: mispleads Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misplead Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: revolvency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From revolve + -ency. 1. The fact or act of revolving; capacity for revolution. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Constant rotation of th' unwearied wheel / That nature rides upon maintains her health […] / Its own revolvency upholds the world.
Word: drawlingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From drawling + -ly. 1. Speaking or spoken with a drawl.
Word: hypocrateriform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑποκρατήριον (hupokratḗrion, “stand for a vessel”) + -form. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəʊkɹəˈtɪəɹɪˌfɔː(ɹ)m/ 1. Shaped like a salver. Example: Calyx tubular ,5-10 - cleft; corolla hypocrateriform, tube long, limb flat
Word: retinerved Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin rete (“a net”) + English nerved. 1. Having reticulated veins.
Word: reenthrone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + enthrone. 1. To enthrone again; to restore to the throne. Labels: transitive
Word: reenthroned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reenthrone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reenthrones Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reenthrone Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reenthroning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reenthrone Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: divergement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diverge + -ment. 1. divergence Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: divergements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of divergement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pentastichous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks. Labels: not-comparable Example: The leaves of apple and cherry trees are pentastichous.
Word: prismy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prism + -y. 1. Pertaining to or resembling a prism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spittly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spittle + -y. 1. Like spittle; slimy. 2. Containing spittle Example: spittly kiss
Word: assizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From assize + -er. 1. An officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures. Example: In the case of any such weighing instruments, weights or measures as are referred to in Sub-section (2), the position thereof shall be notified in writing to the assizer before the expiry of the time fixed by the Council in accordance with Sub-section (1), and any person who shall fail so to notify the position of any such weighing instruments, weights or measures shall be guilty of an offence. Example: Any person appointed as an assizer or inspector in pursuance of an agreement referred to in subsection (1) shall have all the powers and duties of an assizer or inspector, as the case may be, under this Act but only within the area to which such agreement relates. 2. Alternative form of assizor. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It is a good objection to an assizer if he is erroneously designed; but neither that nor any other objection can be stated after the jury is sworn. Example: Neilson was admitted to be an assizer against Margaret Wallace, though he was brother-in-law to John Nicol who had given information for raising the ditty, because the ditty was not at Nicol's instance; and yet Starling was set from being an assizer because Moore, who was alleged to be one of the persons maleficiat, was his brother-in-law.
Word: assizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: telegraphical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From telegraph + -ical. 1. telegraphic Labels: archaic
Word: tallower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tallow + -er. 1. An animal which produces tallow. Example: The South Down sheep are not great tallowers, compared with some other sorts; but what they loose^([sic]) in tallow, they make up in a disposition to fatten. 2. A merchant who deals in tallow. 3. omeone who tallows, who greases with tallow
Word: tallowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tallower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intestates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intestate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tourns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tourn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pronominally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pronominal + -ly. 1. In a pronominal manner; as a pronoun. Labels: not-comparable Example: nouns used pronominally
Word: heremitical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heremitic + -al. 1. Alternative form of eremitical. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: October 3, 1721, Alexander Pope, letter to Ed. Blount You describe so well your Heremitical state of Life
Word: chromascope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrômă) Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English chromascope From Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrômă, “colour”) + English -scope. 1. An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
Word: chromascopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chromascope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpartial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + partial. Pronunciation: /ʌnpɑːʃl̩/ 1. Impartial, unbiased. Example: Justice, that makes princes like the gods, / Draws us unto the Senate, / That with unpartial balance we may poise / The crimes and innocence of all offenders. Example: [S]uch as therefore ſhould not be adventured vpon vvithout mature and vnpartiall diſquiſition of the vprightneſſe of our affections therein, […] 2. Not partial (to); antagonistic. Example: I’m particularly unpartial to Bluetooth with its pairing hassles (the K-750s use an RF interface and a USB receiver dongle), but for the past 3-1/2 years, Bluetooth keyboards have been the only external input devices supported on the iPad and other iOS machines.
Word: bibliopegist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bibliopegy + -ist. 1. Synonym of bookbinder. Labels: archaic Example: The annual exhibitions of fine bookbindings held at our principal bookstores, to which I have already drawn attention, embrace examples of the best work of all the prominent American, as well as European, bibliopegists, […]
Word: bibliopegists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bibliopegist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extraparochial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + parochial. 1. Outside or beyond the limits of a parish. Labels: obsolete
Word: lichenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lichen + -ic. 1. Relating to, or obtained from lichens Labels: not-comparable
Word: complicateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From complicate (adjective) + -ness. 1. Complicatedness, complexity. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: There is so great variety of Intelligibles in the World, so much objected to our Senses […] and every several Object so full of subdivided multiplicity and complicateness. Example: The remaining nine old states, originally colonized under the special protection of the British government, are burdened with all the inconveniences, litigation, complicateness, and expense of the feudal territorial division into counties and parishes.
Word: deaconhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deacon + -hood. 1. The state or office of being a deacon; deaconship. Labels: uncountable
Word: edriophthalmous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Edriophthalma + -ous. 1. Pertaining to the Edriophthalma, a former classification of peracarids. Labels: not-comparable
Word: twinkler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English twinklere, twinclere, equivalent to twinkle + -er. 1. One who, or that which, twinkles or winks. 2. An eye. Labels: colloquial Example: The pupils of his eyes were as dark as his hair, except that they were flecked with sparks of hazel: as a child, strangers were apt to say that a pair of twinklers like his could be sold as diamonds to a duchess (later, when it came time for him to be included in Deeti's shrine, much would be made of the brilliance of his gaze).
Word: twinklers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twinkler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: opposal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oppose + -al. 1. opposition Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: a. 1682, Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet, Memoirs of the Last Two Years of the Reign of King Charles, published 1702. for some Weeks there was no Prohibition, any that were desirous to see his Majesty might without Opposal... Example: in opposal
Word: opposals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opposal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tapiroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tapir + -oid. 1. Related to the tapir Labels: not-comparable
Word: tapiroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tapir + -oid. 1. Any of the superfamily Tapiroidea of perissodactyls.
Word: muckmidden Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From muck + midden. 1. A dunghill. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, archaic
Word: muckmiddens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muckmidden Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diamagnetics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diamagnetic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhabdolith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhabdo- + -lith. 1. A minute calcareous rodlike structure found at both the surface and the bottom of the ocean, supposed by some to be a calcareous alga. Example: It there forms bold bluffs for many miles, and the name "Chalk" is very properly applied to it, from the fact that, like the chalks of Europe, it is largely composed of Foraminifera and coccoliths, to which, in these formations, is added the more recently discovered rhabdolith. 2. Any Mesozoic and Cenozoic coccolith consisting of a single plate with a stem. Labels: broadly Example: There is no doubt that Cruxia mericii designates a sacculiform rhabdolith with a structure related to that of the rhabdoliths in Group 1. Example: A dithecate coccosphere has two discrete layers of different rhabdolith type, an inner endotheca and an outer exotheca.
Word: rhabdoliths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhabdolith Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prognosticable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) ▲ Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) ▲ Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs) Ancient Greek πρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek προγνωστῐκός (prognōstĭkós)der. Medieval Latin prognosticus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Medieval Latin prognosticareder. English prognosticate Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English prognosticable From prognosticate + -able. 1. Capable of being prognosticated or foretold; predictable. Labels: not-comparable Example: it is not reasonable from variable and unstable causes to derive a fixed and constant effect, and such are the causes of this inundation, which cannot indeed be regular, and therefore their effects not prognosticable
Word: canceration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cancer + -ation. 1. The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: cancerations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canceration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: renavigate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + navigate. 1. To navigate again.
Word: renavigated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of renavigate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: renavigates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of renavigate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: renavigating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of renavigate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: logarithmetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From logarithmetic + -ally? logarithmetical + -ly? 1. Archaic form of logarithmically. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: protocatechualdehyde Part of Speech: noun 1. protocatechuic aldehyde Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: protocatechualdehydes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protocatechualdehyde Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indogenide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From indogen + -ide. 1. Any of the derivatives of indogen that contain that group as a nucleus. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: indogenides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indogenide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reflexible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin reflexibilis, from reflectō (“reflect”). Compare French réflexible. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈflɛksɪbəl/ 1. Archaic spelling of reflectable Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable Example: Mr. [Isaac] Nevvton has demonſtrated from plain and convincing Experiments, that the Light of the Sun conſiſts of Rays differently refrangible and reflexible, and that thoſe Rays are differently reflexible, that are differently refrangible.
Word: orthopinacoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ortho- + pinacoid. 1. Either of the two planes in the monoclinic system which are parallel to the vertical and orthodiagonal axes.
Word: orthopinacoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orthopinacoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: renavigation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + navigation. 1. Navigation again; the act of renavigating. Labels: uncountable
Word: lean-witted Part of Speech: adj 1. Lacking in intelligence or shrewdness. Labels: archaic Example: And thou a lunatic lean-witted fool Presuming on an ague's privilege Example: there is not a street boy who holds your horse but has a laugh, and a good one, at the lean-witted, dull Bavarian
Word: apothegmatize Part of Speech: verb 1. To utter apothegms (short witty sayings). Labels: intransitive Example: This occurs with the stylization of the impasse of reflexive consciousness, of the movement of the mind that we can call A therefore not-A and that Beckett apothegmatizes in the phrase "imagination dead imagine" and elsewhere explicates as "the expression that there is nothing to express, nothing with which to express, nothing from which to express, no power to express, no desire to express, together with the obligation to express."
Word: apothegmatized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of apothegmatize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: apothegmatizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of apothegmatize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: apothegmatizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of apothegmatize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lithoxyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek, literally "stone wood". See litho-, xylo-. 1. Petrified wood. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: pantascope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From panta- + -scope. 1. Alternative spelling of pantoscope Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical
Word: pantascopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pantascope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: divineress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English divyneresse, devyneresse, dyvyneresse, dyveneras, dyvenourese; equivalent to diviner + -ess. 1. A female diviner. Labels: archaic Example: The mad Divineress had plainly writ, A time shou'd come (but many ages yet,) In which, sinister destinies ordain Example: Altogether, with her snowy raiment and white flesh and passionless face, she seems rather a beautiful living statue than a Japanese maiden. And all the while the weird flutes sob and shrill, and the muttering of the drums is like an incantation. What I have seen is called the Dance of the Miko, the Divineress.
Word: divineresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of divineress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: departer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From depart + -er. 1. Someone who departs. Example: Late departers (late May) are surf scoters, while harlequins and white-winged scoters may occur in summer. 2. Someone who refines metals by separation. Labels: obsolete
Word: departers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of departer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interpolable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From interpolate + -able. 1. Capable of, or suitable for, being interpolated. Example: a most interpolable clause of one sentence
Word: moderatress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moderator + -ess. 1. A female moderator. Labels: archaic Example: Hilda, a woman, being moderatress therein
Word: recursant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin recursans, recursantis, present participle of recursare (“to run back”), v. freq. of recurrere. See recur. 1. Having its back towards the observer. Labels: especially, not-comparable Example: Argent, an eagle recursant, wings overture, sable.
Word: iambical Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of iambic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: Belgravians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Belgravian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pugh Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh ap (“son of”) + Huw (“Hugh”). Pronunciation: /pjuː/ 1. A surname from Welsh.
Word: glumal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glume + -al. 1. Having a glume, or relating to a glume. Labels: not-comparable Example: glumal endogen
Word: Pughe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Less common spelling of Pugh, from Welsh ap + Huw. 1. A surname from Welsh.
Word: Pew Part of Speech: name Etymology: Less common spelling of Pugh, from Welsh ap + Huw. 1. A surname from Welsh.
Word: tomelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tome + -let. 1. A small tome, or volume.
Word: tomelets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tomelet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: graphiscope Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of graphoscope. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: graphiscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of graphiscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bew Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh ap + Huw. 1. A surname from Welsh.
Word: Huw Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh Huw. Pronunciation: /hɪw/, [hɪʊ̯], /hjuː/, [ç(j)u̟ː] 1. A male given name from Welsh, equivalent to English Hugh.
Word: hearsal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apheretic alteration of rehearsal. 1. An act of recounting something; a narrative, a recital, a rehearsal. Labels: obsolete Example: With this sad hersall of his heavy stresse / The warlike Damzell was empassiond sore […]
Word: Ogeechee lime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Ogeechee River in Georgia, United States. 1. A species of tupelo (Nyssa ogeche) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida. 2. Its acidic, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit.
Word: Ogeechee limes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ogeechee lime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hewlett Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Middle English diminutive of Hugh. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Huggett Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Middle English diminutive of Hugh. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. 2. A locality in Leduc County, Alberta, Canada.
Word: Hewes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hugh + patronymic suffix -s. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Hews Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hugh + patronymic suffix -s. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Hew Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Hugh. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: gryfon Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of griffin. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: So th'one for wrong , the other strives for right : As when a gryfon , seized of his pray , A dragon fiers encountreth in his flight
Word: gryfons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gryfon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infumed Part of Speech: adj 1. Dried in smoke; smoked. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: Mexicanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Mexican + -ize. 1. To make Mexican. Labels: transitive Example: Mexicanizing a recipe isn't as simple as covering it in peppers and guacamole! 2. To become Mexican. Labels: intransitive Example: US businesses have met with mixed results in attempting to Mexicanize.
Word: Mexicanized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Mexicanize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Mexicanizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Mexicanize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Mexicanizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Mexicanize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: microsporic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From microspore + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to microspores. Labels: not-comparable Example: microsporic embryo Example: microsporic tissue
Word: induciae Part of Speech: noun 1. A grace period.