nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Chavism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chavez (“Hugo Chávez”) + -ism. 1. Chavismo; the left-wing populist ideology of Venezuela's Hugo Chávez. Labels: uncountable
Word: roller beds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roller bed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bolivarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Simón Bolívar, the 19th-century Venezuelan general and liberator who led the struggle for independence throughout much of South America. See -ian and -ism. 1. Any of various sets of political doctrines in parts of South America, especially Venezuela. Labels: uncountable
Word: Bolivarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bolivarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dash cam Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dashcam. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Proliferating as well are personal monitoring devices—dash cams, cyclist helmet cameras to record collisions, doorbells equipped with lenses to catch package thieves—that are fast becoming a part of many a city dweller’s everyday arsenal.
Word: racing cars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of racing car Labels: form-of, plural
Word: destain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French destaindre (Modern French déteindre, Spanish desteñir). At some point possibly reanalysed as de-/dis- + stain (which is etymologically unrelated). 1. To remove a chemical stain from. Labels: transitive 2. To lose a chemical stain. Labels: intransitive
Word: destains Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of destain Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: destainings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of destaining Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rental cars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rental car Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dash cams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dash cam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autoracks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autorack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ruling gradients Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ruling gradient Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inland seas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inland sea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minority groups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minority group Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rutting seasons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rutting season Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smart-arses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smart-arse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: under-represents Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of under-represent Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: under-representing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of under-represent Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: multiperpetrator Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + perpetrator. 1. Relating to, or carried out by, more than one perpetrator. Labels: not-comparable
Word: under-represented Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of under-represent Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: under-represented Part of Speech: adj 1. having inadequate representation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: abobioside Part of Speech: noun 1. An organic compound found in Adenium boehmianum. Labels: uncountable
Word: echubioside Part of Speech: noun 1. An organic compound found in Adenium boehmianum. Labels: uncountable
Word: hongheloside Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular cardenolide glycoside. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Mendlesham chair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after a village in Suffolk, England. 1. A kind of traditional wooden armchair.
Word: Mendlesham chairs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mendlesham chair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesometrial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meso- + metrial. 1. Relating to the mesometrium Labels: not-comparable
Word: Gall-Peters projection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after James Gall and Arno Peters. 1. A form of cylindric equal-area map projection.
Word: perichaetine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Perichaeta + -ine 1. Having many setae per segment, like earthworms of the genus Perichaeta. Labels: not-comparable
Word: proseminars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proseminar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: round files Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of round file Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crush syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A medical condition characterized by major shock and renal failure after a crushing injury to skeletal muscle.
Word: Bywaters' syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: It was described by British physician Eric Bywaters in patients during the 1941 London Blitz. 1. crush syndrome Labels: uncountable
Word: proctosigmoidoscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From proctosigmoidoscopy + -ic. 1. Relating to proctosigmoidoscopy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: proctosigmoidoscope Part of Speech: noun 1. The instrument used in proctosigmoidoscopy.
Word: proctosigmoidoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proctosigmoidoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: taste of one's own poison Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of taste of one's own medicine. Labels: idiomatic
Word: smiling death Part of Speech: noun 1. The situation in which a patient with crush syndrome is cheerful before extrication, but dies shortly thereafter when the crushing pressure is suddenly released.
Word: melographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From melo- + graphic. 1. Capable of producing a written transcription of any music played upon it. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: Medicaid mill Part of Speech: noun 1. A fraudulent practice that charges the Medicaid system for unnecessary patient visits. Labels: US
Word: Medicaid mills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Medicaid mill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: medullosalean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Medullosales + -an 1. Any of the order Medullosales of pteridospermous seed plants characterised by large radiospermic ovules with a vascularised nucellus, complex pollen-organs, stems and rachises with a dissected stele, and frond-like leaves.
Word: medullosaleans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medullosalean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lyginopteridalean Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the order Lyginopteridales of archetypal pteridosperms.
Word: lyginopteridaleans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lyginopteridalean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semidemisemiquavers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semidemisemiquaver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: procyclically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From procyclical + -ly. 1. In a procyclical fashion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: roomset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From room + set. 1. A model or part of a showroom etc. furnished to look like a room in a house. Labels: UK Example: You can then hang pictures or mirrors - whatever seems appropriate to your setting. The finishing touch is a remnant of thick foambacked carpet which greatly enhances the effect of the roomset, provides the model with a comfortable surface either for her feet, or to sit or lie upon, if your shot demands it, and which also serves to conceal any imperfect match between the floor and the bottoms of your flats. Example: Above: three fairly powerful lighting units were needed to balance the light in this roomset so that the window and room appeared equally bright. 2. A collection of matching materials for decorating a room, including wallpaper, friezes, dadoes, etc. Example: There is the Neo-Grec roomset, a 19th-century re-creation of classical Greek ornamentation. There are roomsets in the tradition of William Morris and Walter Crane, the latter including stylized iris and moth motifs. There is the lovely Anglo-Japanese roomset, speaking to the style for all things Japanesque Example: Bradbury & Bradbury Wallpapers offers a complete, handprinted Anglo-Japanese roomset.
Word: roomsets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roomset Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midteen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mid- + teen. 1. In the middle of the teenage years. Labels: not-comparable
Word: robocop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From robo- + cop, after the film RoboCop (1987). Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊ.boʊˌkɑp/ 1. A cyborg police officer. Example: 1990, Library and Information Technology Association (U.S.). National Conference, Michael Gorman, Convergence: Proceedings of the Second National Conference... As the World Wars were succeeded by the Korean War, which melded into the Vietnam War, science fiction pictured numerous dystopias controlled by means of ever-watchful computer and robocops. Example: Opposite of natural monsters there are technological monsters such as terminators, cyborgs, and robocops—all of which undermine dichotomies between the artificial and the organic, the prosthetic and the natural.
Word: robocops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of robocop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ring oscillator Part of Speech: noun 1. A device composed of an odd number of NOT gates whose output oscillates between two voltage levels, representing true and false. The NOT gates, or inverters, are attached in a chain; the output of the last inverter is fed back into the first.
Word: ring chromosome Part of Speech: noun 1. A chromosome whose arms have fused together to form a ring.
Word: ring gauge Part of Speech: noun 1. A cylindrical ring of a thermally stable material, often steel, whose inside diameter is finished to gauge tolerance and is used for checking the external diameter of a cylindrical object.
Word: rock and rye Part of Speech: noun 1. Rye whiskey sweetened with rock candy, formerly used medicinally. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: Meerwein's salt Part of Speech: name Etymology: After its discoverer, Hans Meerwein. 1. Trimethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate, a strong methylating agent.
Word: rhetoricity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhetoric + -ity. 1. Quality or degree of being rhetorical. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: telecottaging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From telecottage + -ing. 1. teleworking Labels: uncountable
Word: boozeroo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From booze + -eroo. 1. A session of alcohol drinking. Labels: New-Zealand, slang 2. A place for drinking; a public house. Labels: New-Zealand, slang Example: […] until next time my words find their way to The Land Down Under, off to the boozeroo with you — but watch out for the technicolour yawns […]
Word: boozeroos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boozeroo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baby wipe Part of Speech: noun 1. A large wet wipe intended for cleaning a baby after changing their diaper.
Word: wet wipe Part of Speech: noun 1. A small moistened piece of paper or cloth for cleaning or personal hygiene, often folded and individually wrapped for convenience. Example: He opened it and took out a flattened bag of wet wipes and a packet of sherbet. 2. An annoying or contemptible person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: ‘Do you have to be such a wet wipe?’ Then she snorted. ‘Whatever. Who cares? Let’s be real – we don’t know each other, and we’re not going to get to know each other. I have literally no interest in you. We’re both playing for ourselves.[…]’ Example: Thames Water has become the latest object lesson in the predictable and predicted folly of privatised monopolies, aided by a regulator that’s an even bigger wet wipe than the fatbergs bunging up the sewers.
Word: sleuthwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sleuth + work. 1. detective work Labels: uncountable
Word: detective work Part of Speech: noun 1. investigative research Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: We did some detective work and found out that the water was getting in through a cracked pipe.
Word: uncreativity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + creativity. 1. The quality of being uncreative. Labels: uncountable Example: The problem of uncreativity may be that people become trapped in constructed ideas that lead to the premature rejection of new faint voices that do not fit in with the constructions that they have become comfortable with.
Word: dragonlord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dragon + lord. 1. One who has power over dragons. Example: "One whom the dragons will speak with," he said, "that is a dragonlord, or at least that is the center of the matter. It's not a trick of mastering the dragons, as most people think. Dragons have no masters. The question is always the same, with a dragon: will he talk to you or will he eat you? If you can count upon his doing the former, and not doing the latter, why then you're a dragonlord."
Word: dragonlords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dragonlord Labels: form-of, plural
Word: genocidable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From genocide + -able. 1. Capable of being genocided. Labels: not-comparable Example: To what extent can we stop making the culture of the Other so dehumanized and Satanized as to make the Other fit to be genocidable? 2. Capable of being completely eliminated from the game by means of magic. Labels: not-comparable Example: There had been the argument in the past that removing all the genocidable monsters would increase the generation rate of the more dangerous non-genocidable monsters.
Word: genociding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of genocide Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: genocided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of genocide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ejidos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ejido Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vaporsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vapor + -some. 1. Full of vapor; steamy, vaporous. 2. Without substance; empty, shallow. Labels: figuratively
Word: petalsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From petal + -some. 1. Full of petals.
Word: gazongas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gazonga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: worst for wear Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of worse for wear. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: worse for ware Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of worse for wear. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: geekazoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geekazoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gynesexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn Proto-Hellenic *gʷənā Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ)lbor. English gyne- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English -sexual English gynesexual From gyne- + -sexual. 1. Attracted to women and/or to femininity regardless of gender. Example: […] females, and/or femininity, regardless of whether the people they are attracted to were assigned female at birth. Gynosexual/gynesexual people: Individuals who experience sexual attraction toward women, females, and/or femininity […] 2. Attracted to women and/or to femininity regardless of gender. Example: In the past, the terms homosexual and heterosexual were used […] literature now uses terms such as attracted to men (androsexual), attracted to women (gynosexual), attracted to both or attracted to neither to describe a person's sexual orientation […] Example: […] androsexual men are attracted to men and gynosexual women are attracted to women. 3. Attracted to women and/or to femininity regardless of gender.
Word: gynesexual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn Proto-Hellenic *gʷənā Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ)lbor. English gyne- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English -sexual English gynesexual From gyne- + -sexual. 1. A gynesexual person or organism.
Word: matrisexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From matri- + sexual. 1. sexually attracted to one's mother Labels: not-comparable Example: Although Chodorow acknowledges the contributions of biology to the infant's matrisexual experience and subsequent maternal symbiosis, she maintains that the oedipal crisis is culturally specific.
Word: patrisexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From patri- + sexual. 1. sexually attracted to one's father Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: androsexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *anḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der. English andro- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English -sexual English androsexual From andro- + -sexual. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.dɹəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/, /ˌæn.dɹoʊˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/, /ˌæn.dɹəˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/ 1. Attracted to men and/or to masculinity regardless of gender. Example: […] androsexual and only attracted to men, they would probably consider themselves monosexual. However, if they are ma/androsexual and simply attracted to masculinity, this could put them under the multisexual umbrella, seeing as […] Example: By androsexual people, we understand that those who experience sexual attraction towards men, males, and/or female masculinity regardless of whether they are assigned male by birth or not. 2. Attracted to men and/or to masculinity regardless of gender. Example: In the past, the terms homosexual and heterosexual were used […] literature now uses terms such as attracted to men (androsexual), attracted to women (gynosexual), attracted to both or attracted to neither to describe a person's sexual orientation […] Example: […] androsexual men are attracted to men and gynosexual women are attracted to women. 3. Attracted to men and/or to masculinity regardless of gender. Example: I am gay. I normally find dicks and men and male private areas very attractive […] I'm technically androsexual- attracted to masculinity and there are a few transwomen that are a little masculine at my group) and I'm normally attracted to them, […]
Word: androsexual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *anḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der. English andro- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English -sexual English androsexual From andro- + -sexual. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.dɹəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/, /ˌæn.dɹoʊˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/, /ˌæn.dɹəˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/ 1. An androsexual person, or other androsexual organism.
Word: personish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From person + -ish. 1. Like or characteristic of a person; somewhat personlike. Example: But a disciple of Spinoza will claim that a person is a mode of the one substance; Nature, as it were, is "personish here-about". Example: By adding some recognisable ghostly voice coming out of nowhere and commenting on the deeds, the scenario certainly gets more “personish” (and scary), but it nevertheless won't be a candidate for serious consideration, because we would still lack the means for establishing a reliable connection […]
Word: matriarchist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From matriarchy + -ist. 1. Pertaining to matriarchy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: matriarchist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From matriarchy + -ist. 1. A proponent or supporter of matriarchy.
Word: Czecholand Part of Speech: name 1. the homeland of Czechs
Word: spinely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spine + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪnli/ 1. Like or resembling a spine; spinal. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: Some say the mountains grew from a molehill: a tiny little bump in the road that at one time could have been removed easily. But the molehill grew, nearly overnight, and became a spooky and spinely, foreboding range known as the Belgies.
Word: Latinophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latino- + -phobia. 1. Fear or hatred of Latinos. Labels: uncountable Example: California is a state that generates a lot of tension around educational reform — a tension that can be traced largely to Latinophobia. Example: Whereas the glamour media adore their royal family of "Hispanic" luminaries, popular news outlets are, as ever, feverishly stoking anti-immigrant sentiment and Latinophobia.
Word: Latinophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin + -o- + -phobia. 1. Fear or hatred of Latin. Labels: uncountable Example: [...] Latin is no longer necessary to the higher culture of our race. The best medicine for this phase of Latinophobia is a little Sunday School lesson in St. Paul, 1 Cor. XV. 35, where the great apostle and scholar illustrates the difference between [...]
Word: unclefucker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of uncle + fucker, by analogy with motherfucker. Calque of Hindustani خَالُو چود (xālū cod) / ख़ालूचोद (xālūcod). Popularised by the song "Uncle Fucka" in South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut, a 1999 American adult-animated comedy film. 1. A term of abuse, variant of motherfucker. Labels: vulgar Example: Shut your fucking face, uncle fucker! Example: Why do you have to be a down low motherfucker? My bad, I meant to say unclefucker. You nasty, dick-in-the-booty motherfuckers make me sick! 2. One who engages in incest with their uncle. Labels: literally, vulgar 3. One who engages in sex with an uncle. Labels: literally, vulgar
Word: Palestinkian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of Palestinian + stink. 1. Palestinian. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, not-comparable, slang, slur Example: maybe the palestinkian pole vaulting champion will become kike pole vaulting hero with special vest already Example: I agree. I am convince that over time, a nice palestinkian local would have asked the man to hand over his AK-47, then proceeded to make a citizens arrest and hand the alleged terrorist over to the Israeli authorities.
Word: Palestinkian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Palestinian + stink. 1. A Palestinian. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur Example: Like the Palestinkians and their inability to recognize a good deal when they were offered one, the Repubs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Example: THIS ISLAMIC SAVAGE LERNER DID NOT MENTION THAT THOSE PALESTINKIANS THAT GOT KILLED WERE IN A BATTLE ZONE. ISRAELIS WERE SHOOTING AT ARMED TERRORISTS. THE ISRAELIS THAT WERE KILLED IN THE BUS WERE NOT ARMED.
Word: foremake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + make. 1. To make beforehand; make or create in advance; premake. Labels: transitive Example: [...] that the uncomposed song (“ inconditum carmen”) sung by the Persians, was unpleasing to the ears of strangers: thus distinguishing between that and the condita carmina (foremade songs) which he or the Grecians had commonly heard. Example: That blessed mate he found for him, foremade, In the recesses of the wilderness.
Word: foremade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From foremake. 1. simple past and past participle of foremake Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: foremade Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From foremake. 1. Made previously, beforehand, or in advance; premade.
Word: foreclaim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + claim. 1. To claim in advance; claim beforehand. Labels: transitive Example: And then at last Callirhoe, the child Of Achelous, for her infant sons Shall beg those years“ from Jove on bended knee, To speed their vengeance for the victor's death. And, at her suit, Jove shall foreclaim that gift Of his stepdaughter,“ and her sons shall be Transformed to manhood from their infancy.'
Word: foreclaim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + claim. 1. A claim made beforehand or in advance; a prior claim.
Word: anaclisis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάκλισις (anáklisis), intended as a calque of German Anlehnung. Pronunciation: /ˌænəˈklaɪsɪs/ 1. The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of a resemblance to early childhood protective and parental figures.
Word: forecount Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + count. 1. To count beforehand. Labels: transitive Example: But there is no need to thus “forecount the years.” 2. To prejudge or esteem in advance. Labels: transitive Example: […] Men always forecount their wives prudent, and their children dutiful.
Word: forecount Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + count. 1. A preliminary tally, reckoning, or estimation.
Word: foregrant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + grant. 1. A grant obtained or given in advance. Example: Had not his foregrant warranted and willed To come and go safe […]
Word: foregranted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fore- + granted. 1. Granted in advance. Example: […] together with all interest in all debts and choses in action of every description whatsoever: To have and to hold the above and foregranted portion, interest or share in the said estate to the said John B. Latham, his heirs and assigns forever, […] 2. Presumed. Example: There always seems to me to be something concealed, a foregranted assumption, in the ecclesiastical mind, over which one stumbles.”
Word: babber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a modification of baby: compare babby (“baby”) (Britain, dialectal). Pronunciation: /ˈbæbə/, /ˈbæbɚ/ 1. A baby. Example: We began the business of settling in. Tom took to watching over the babber, when it wasn't getting its milk. Example: That babber of mine has been starting to talk lately and this morning when he saw me he said "da da da" very clearly! Proud moment. 2. A friend. Example: Ow bis me babber? […] How's it going? Example: In the 2007 World Cup quarter-final against Australia, Andy Sheridan almost destroyed Aussie prop Matt Dunning in the first scrum, and as they broke up Andy was heard to say, “And you've got another seventy-nine minutes of f****** agony to look forward to, my babber.”
Word: babber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bab (“to fish for eels using a bab (bundle of live worms)”) + -er (agent noun suffix); the further etymology of bab is uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈbæbə/, /ˈbæbɚ/ 1. A fisherman using babs (“baits consisting of bundles of live worms”) to catch eels. Labels: East-Anglia Example: Another way of taking eels, and by far the more ingenious, is that known as "babbing," or "bobbing." A series of large worms are strung on cobbler's worsted and coiled into a knot. […] I have known a couple of "babbers" to take as many as four or five stone of eels in a single night. Example: It was pretty, too, to watch the lights in the town going out one by one, until, to borrow from Gray again, the world was left to darkness and to me, and the other eel-babbers.
Word: babbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of babber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tickle the dragon's tail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the obvious risk of tickling a dragon's tail. In physics, it was coined by American physicist Richard Feynman to describe the experiments of Louis Slotin at Los Alamos National Laboratory. 1. To do something that has a risk of going catastrophically wrong. Labels: idiomatic Example: Climbing so close to an erupting volcano was tickling the dragon's tail. 2. To annoy an irritable person. Labels: idiomatic Example: Don't tell him the headline's misprinted; you don't want to tickle the dragon's tail. 3. To bring two subcritical masses close together in order to find the edge of criticality. Example: The laboratory head tickles the dragon's tail whenever we have guests as a show of machismo. Example: Every real boy likes to tickle the dragon's tail. Maybe I was a little old for it, but that's what I was doing there in the Moran III jungle. I got the shield off my cigarette lighter and jerked out the dinky little damper rods for the pile and started easing the two little bricks toward each other with the point of my lead pencil
Word: front gardens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of front garden Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macky Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈmæ.ki/ 1. Large. Labels: UK, West-Country, slang Example: Why is it such a special city? - Great people, a gert lush accent, and the city has great scenery with a gert macky Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Word: gert lush Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɡɜːɹt lʌʃ/ 1. Very nice. Labels: UK, West-Country, not-comparable, slang Example: Why is it such a special city? - Great people, a gert lush accent, and the city has great scenery with a gert macky Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Word: crapton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crap + ton. 1. A very large amount. Labels: humorous, mildly, often, slang, vulgar Example: When it comes to fixing stuff, John has a crapton of knowledge, but he knows nothing about driving carefully.
Word: craptons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crapton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wriggliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wriggly + -ness. 1. The quality of being wriggly. Labels: uncountable
Word: proper job Part of Speech: noun 1. Something performed well. Labels: UK, West-Country Example: You did a proper job on that one, me lover. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see proper, job. (respectable employment, etc.) Example: She'd go out begging. Well, truth to tell, we'd go out begging. You know the deal — 'Got any spare change, mister?' — 'Got the price of a cuppa, missus?' Only, me being the size I was, even as a kid, I wasn't much good at it.¶ 'Get a proper job,' they'd say to me. 'Get a job down the mines.' Or the building site. The worst one was, 'What's the matter, you run away from the circus?' Example: The three main party political leaders have at times been accused of failing the proper job test. They are perceived to be career politicians who have done nothing outside media or politics.
Word: proper job Part of Speech: intj 1. Good work; well done. Labels: UK, West-Country Example: "I've painted the fence." "Proper job!"
Word: indagating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of indagate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: indagated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of indagate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: indagates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of indagate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decommunise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + communise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decommunize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: decommunisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + communisation. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decommunization. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard, uncountable Example: “You want decommunisation? That suits us fine. But don’t stop halfway. We’re ready to show Ukraine what real decommunisation means for it.”
Word: cuprammoniums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cuprammonium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foreapprove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + approve. 1. To approve beforehand. Example: To foreknow is to foreapprove, or approved before on account of obedience to his will, hence Paul says, "God hath not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Example: God purposed from eternity that those whom he foreapproved should be conformed to the image of his Son.
Word: azlon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a trade name. 1. A regenerated protein fiber; textile fiber derived from a protein such as casein (milk) or zein (maize). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A textile made of these fibers. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: anidex Part of Speech: noun 1. A textile made from a long chain synthetic polymer composed of at least 50% by mass of one or more esters of monohydric alcohol and acrylic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: vinyon Part of Speech: noun 1. A synthetic fiber made from polyvinyl chloride. Labels: uncountable
Word: lastol Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of polyolefin where the olefin units are cross-linked synthetic polymers with low but significant crystallinity, composed of at least 95% by mass of ethylene and at least one other olefin unit, and where the fibre is substantially elastic and heat-resistant. Labels: uncountable
Word: lastrile Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of elastic fiber made from a co-polymer composed of a diene and of not more than 50 per cent but not less than 10 per cent by mass of acrylonitrile units. Labels: uncountable
Word: vinylal Part of Speech: noun 1. vinal Labels: uncountable
Word: biconstituent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + constituent. 1. Made up of two constituents. Labels: not-comparable
Word: foreapproved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of foreapprove Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sanforization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Sanford Lockwood Cluett (1874–1968), who patented the process in 1930, + -ization. From Sanford + -ization. 1. A process for treating fabrics and textiles, used to stretch, shrink and fix the woven cloth in length and width before cutting and producing, to reduce the shrinkage which would otherwise occur after washing. Labels: uncountable
Word: sanforize Part of Speech: verb 1. To subject to the sanforization process. Labels: transitive
Word: sanforizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sanforize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sanforizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sanforize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sanforized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sanforize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chuckable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chuck + -able. 1. Suitable for being secured in a chuck. Labels: not-comparable 2. Suitable for being thrown away. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: Second, I operate under the policy that everything is chuckable unless proven otherwise. I must convince myself not to throw something away. 3. Reacting easily to steering, so that it can be manoeuvred without effort. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable
Word: employmentally challenged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like mentally challenged. 1. Unemployed; jobless. Labels: euphemistic, humorous, rare
Word: beforely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From before + -ly. 1. Previously. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: [...] his last words, because then he bent down by the fire to pick up a log to thump me with, and He exploded. Shame, huh? (In a way.) That is when the chimney fell over. It is lying in the garden now. Yours sorry about not mentioning it beforely, [...] Example: Otto I have in the several occasion this question answered, both beforely and afterly.
Word: Osmanya Part of Speech: name 1. A written script created to transcribe the Somali language.
Word: Gresham's law Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named in 1858 by Henry Dunning Macleod, after Sir Thomas Gresham (1519–1579), English financier during the Tudor dynasty. 1. A principle stating that, when a government overvalues one type of money and undervalues another, the undervalued money will leave the country or disappear from circulation into hoards, while the overvalued money will flood into circulation.
Word: foresense Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English foresense From fore- + sense. 1. To perceive or sense in advance. Example: How could these publishers foresense (what anyone can now perceive) that to give Dr. Sidis their clients' humorous writings to quote from would be like giving a Gutenburg Bible to the baby? Example: He knows much, but he foresenses more than he chooses to tell."
Word: foresense Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English foresense From fore- + sense. 1. The perception of a thing in advance. Labels: uncountable 2. The ability to perceive in advance. Labels: uncountable Example: I said, "I know it's probably strange to have the gift of foresense. Just knowing someone would be great before anyone else does. But you were right." 3. Good or right judgement beforehand. Labels: uncountable Example: The chairman of Vanderbilt's graduate department of religion, H. Jackson Forstman, had accepted Gore into his program with what he later called “the foresense to realize that this young man was going to get involved in a lot of other things […]"
Word: notehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From note + head. 1. The elliptical head of a note in musical notation. 2. A letterhead.
Word: noteheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of notehead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonemergently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nonemergent + -ly. 1. In a way that is not emergent. Labels: not-comparable Example: Except in cases of extreme prematurity or debilitation, operative treatment is indicated urgently but nonemergently, with little merit in delay. Example: It is especially important to prevent rather than treat acute respiratory failure because the hospital survival rates of patients with acute respiratory failure undergoing endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy (emergently or nonemergently) have not improved over the past 20 years.
Word: nonconjugacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + conjugacy. 1. The condition or state of not being conjugate. Labels: uncountable
Word: semiperiodic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + periodic. 1. Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals, or recurring regularly only at intervals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ultimism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Introduced by Canadian philosopher J. L. Schellenberg. 1. The quasireligious proposition that there is some ultimate phenomenon that is the source of good. Labels: uncountable Example: Schellenberg's thinking on religion begins with what he calls “ultimism.” “Ultimism,” for him, is the claim that: There is a metaphysically and axiologically ultimate reality (one representing both the deepest fact about the nature of things and the greatest possible value), in relation to which an ultimate good can be attained.
Word: foregroup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + group. 1. A previous or prior grouping or assemblage. Example: The most striking personage in the foregroup of visitors was one who had taken off his hat and disclosed a forehead of supernatural height, though of extreme narrowness, reminding one somewhat of the chimney of a parafiin lamp; […] 2. A group positioned in the fore or out front. Example: Sometimes the former were composed into a foregroup while the latter were consigned to the background; at other times the holy people were placed in a raised or semi-celestial station, the evil ones were "terrestrialized" in a lower station.
Word: foregroups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foregroup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cudraflavone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cudrania and flavone. Pronunciation: /ˌkʌdɹəˈfleɪvəʊn/, /ˌkuːdɹəˈfleɪvəʊn/ 1. Any of a certain group of prenylated flavones found in plants of the genus Cudrania. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cudraflavones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cudraflavone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sanggenon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 桑 (sāng, “mulberry”) + 根 (gēn, “root”) + -on, variant of -one (“suffix for ketones”). 1. A chemical compound found in mulberry root bark. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: forescreen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + screen. 1. A screen placed in front of something. Example: The third [predella] […] is less successful overall, but it continues at an early date the idea of a pilaster forescreen through which the viewer looks to see events behind. Example: We could just catch a glimpse of the haloed warriors and elders in the frescoes, the shine of the ikons, and the heavily armed forescreen of the altar.
Word: forescreens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forescreen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foreready Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + ready. Compare Dutch voorbereiden. 1. To make ready ahead of time; prepare in advance. Labels: nonstandard, rare, transitive Example: Plainly, he had forereadied them. I thought more of him for that, not less, having had many hours of my life wasted by lackwits unprepared for the audiences they had gained with me. 2. To become ready; to prepare oneself. Labels: intransitive, nonstandard, rare Example: If l am a lifemaster l have the same "right" to a museum as these other men & have a full right to foreready for it while l am alive.
Word: balls deep Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of balls-deep Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Deltic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for the deltic (“Δ-shaped”) arrangement of cylinders in its engines. 1. A British Rail Class 55 locomotive. Labels: UK
Word: American brook char Part of Speech: noun 1. The brook trout, a fish of the species Salvelinus fontinalis, native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada.
Word: American brook charr Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of American brook char. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: red junglefowl Part of Speech: noun 1. A junglefowl of the species Gallus gallus, native to south and east Asia. 2. The non-domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl, excluding the chicken. Labels: broadly
Word: common blackbird Part of Speech: noun 1. A common bird of the species Turdus merula, native to Eurasia.
Word: foreconceiving Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From foreconceive. 1. present participle and gerund of foreconceive Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: foreconceiving Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From foreconceive. 1. Conveiving in advance; preconceiving. Example: This fits the Defence of Poetry's preference for the foreconceiving act over the work it yields, a work valued primarily as the groundplot for still further invention by the reader.
Word: northern raccoon Part of Speech: noun 1. A mammal of the species Procyon lotor, native to North America.
Word: underman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + -man. 1. A man who is subordinate to, inferior to, or in some way disadvantageously placed with respect to others. 2. A member of an acrobatic team who supports the others in his act.
Word: underman Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + -man. 1. To fail to provide with enough workers or crew.
Word: flight status Part of Speech: noun 1. An updated notice of a flight's departure and arrival times compared to its scheduled times.
Word: deësis Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of deesis.
Word: western osprey Part of Speech: noun 1. A fish-eating bird of prey of the species Pandion haliaetus.
Word: northern pintail Part of Speech: noun 1. A large duck of the species Anas acuta, of wide geographic distribution.
Word: common tern Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, gull-like shore bird of the species Sterna hirundo, of wide geographic distribution.
Word: Eurasian magpie Part of Speech: noun 1. A well-known black-and-white corvid species, Pica pica, of Eurasian distribution.
Word: European plaice Part of Speech: noun 1. A commercially important flatfish of the species Pleuronectes platessa, native to European waters.
Word: Penhallurick Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /pɛnˈhæləɹɪk/ 1. A surname.
Word: MCZM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of multicomponent zone-melting. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: chain of command Part of Speech: noun 1. A system used in organizations, especially in the military, that defines a clear line of authority and responsibility. Labels: also
Word: minimum spanning tree Part of Speech: noun 1. A spanning tree that has minimum possible weight for a given graph
Word: forebelieve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + believe. 1. To believe beforehand; believe in advance. Labels: ambitransitive Example: It is possible there may lurk secret wickedness in some blind corner of the heart which we know not of: it is possible that time and temptation, working upon our corruption, may at last draw us into some such sin as we could not forebelieve. Example: Taking the Lewis-Pollock definition of the might-counterfactual, we get the following analysis of (13) and (14): (13) is equivalent to: (13a) ~ (If God were not omniscient then he would forebelieve my act S.) Assuming that it is necessarily false [...]
Word: forepractice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + practice. 1. Prior or previous practice; a practice or technique applied in advance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The small sheet is used as forepractice, to assist the pupils in understanding the mechanism of the test. The large sheets contain the test material. Example: In my case, I usually shoot with no forepractice and often with only one eye—the kinoeye, as Vertov called it.
Word: forepractices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forepractice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: folklorism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Folklorismus. 1. Invention or adaptation of folklore, including any use of a tradition outside the cultural context in which it was created. Labels: uncountable Example: The German folklorism discourse unraveled the dichotomous premise underlying the definition of folklore that had confined true folklore to communal, preferably peasant settings and excluded materials and groups tainted by the forces of modernity, such as industry or media.
Word: doxx Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A phonetic respelling of docs, which is a clipped form of documents. Pronunciation: /dɒks/, /dɑks/ 1. To publish personal information of (a person) without their consent. Labels: Internet, slang, transitive Example: and we do what you say because? the fact you claim to be an exscn from arizona when in fact you have been doxxed as a peon from NYC? or maybe you think we should forget the 4000 posts slamming everyone from alert to znalo posted at such a rate you have to be mainlining amphetamine sulphate? Example: The amorphous hacktivist collective known as “Anonymous” decided to make a spectacle of the situation by publishing personally identifiable information on – “doxxing” – Todd’s stalker. 2. To reveal the operator of (an anonymous online account) without their consent. Labels: Internet, slang, transitive
Word: flips the bird Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flip the bird Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flipping the bird Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flip the bird Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flipped the bird Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of flip the bird Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bonafied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By association with -fy, -ed. 1. Misspelling of bona fide. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: beckon call Part of Speech: noun 1. Eggcorn of beck and call.
Word: gises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: just assume Part of Speech: adv 1. Eggcorn of just as soon. Labels: not-comparable Example: I would just assume not make the man's name a part of a public record if I don't have to. Example: "And it's one area most executives would just assume not govern, a new survey shows."
Word: hold one's piece Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of hold one's peace. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: dire straights Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of dire straits. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: in the throws of Part of Speech: prep 1. Misspelling of in the throes of. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: transpile Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening of transcompile. 1. Synonym of transcompile: To translate source code to a different programming language or to an older version of its original language.