nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: patinations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpatinated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + patinated. 1. Without a patina. Labels: not-comparable
Word: philhellenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phil- + Hellenic. 1. Loving Greece or Greek culture. Example: These ancient treasures, together with historic photographs of the major excavations, aerial panoramas of splendid sites, old watercolors and lithographs, and 19th-century architectural renderings, are enough to leave a deep impression on anyone with a drop of philhellenic blood. 2. Specifically, supportive of Greek national independence. Labels: historical Example: In France, where philhellenic sentiment reached a peak at this time, the government was secretly building warships for the Egyptian fleet and even sent French officers as advisors to accompany them when they went into service in 1827.
Word: pulsingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pulsing + -ly. 1. In a way that pulses. Example: She seems pulsingly alive in a way that the grand, marmoreal singers sometimes did not.
Word: raunchfest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From raunch + -fest. 1. A very raunchy event, film, etc. Labels: slang Example: At that point Mr. Weitz's résumé consisted mostly of his having written and directed, with his brother Paul, the comedy About a Boy, based on the Nick Hornby novel, and that great raunchfest American Pie.
Word: raunchfests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of raunchfest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semiglobalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + globalization. 1. Partial globalization. Labels: uncountable Example: To create value, businesses must embrace semiglobalization.
Word: semiplausible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + plausible. 1. Somewhat plausible. Labels: not-comparable Example: No one walks that way, and yet those feet are such a perfect comic approximation of the idea of walking that they've entered our subconscious as a kind of semiplausible reality.
Word: skyscapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skyscape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neo-populism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of neopopulism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: skyspace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + space. 1. An architectural design in which a room has a large hole in its ceiling, open to the sky.
Word: skyspaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skyspace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superprecise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + precise. 1. Extremely precise. Example: If you can stand to see Monet's nine-square-foot horizontal canvas shoehorned into a two-square-inch vertical screen (and in the end, I decided I could), you'll have the pleasure of communing with a superprecise version of the masterpiece at your leisure, no suggested donation required.
Word: thwap Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. 1. The sound of a heavy smack. Example: THE COMPLETELY MAD DON MARTIN, a two-volume honker that includes every drawing Martin ever published in the magazine, answers the question with a definitive thwap: Martin's cartoons are still weird.
Word: thwap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. 1. To make, or cause to make, a heavy smacking sound. Example: Reflectors in the road thwapped beneath the tires, setting a regular, almost reassuring pace.
Word: ultracharming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + charming. 1. Very charming; delightful. Labels: informal Example: An ultracharming picture book presented as a kind of comic how-to manual to a baby brother, full of love, self-importance and well-meaning scorn ("You talk, but no one knows what you're saying").
Word: uncontrollability Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being uncontrollable. Labels: uncountable Example: These are the images that demonstrate the force — the mesmerizing uncontrollability that is at the heart of weather's primal draw, and that holds the power to make weather fanatics out of even those of us whose first instinct is to run.
Word: undecylic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. undecanoic acid Labels: uncountable
Word: willet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from the bird's cry ("pill-will-willet"). 1. Tringa semipalmata (or formerly Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.
Word: willets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of willet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kerokan Part of Speech: noun 1. A sometimes injurious traditional Indonesian folk cure wherein a coin or ladle is drawn across the back in order to draw wind or bad spirits from the body. Labels: uncountable Example: Whatever injuries the women may have suffered, the lawyers said, were self-inflicted in the practice of a traditional Indonesian folk cure known as kerokan.
Word: paintest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: paint + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of paint Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: painteth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of paint Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: joinest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: join + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of join Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: pork barrelling Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pork-barrelling. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: let fly Part of Speech: verb 1. To strike or release a projectile with great force. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: One evening when it was barely even dusk a sentry let fly at me from a distance of twenty yards; but he missed me by a yard—goodness knows how many times the Spanish standard of marksmanship has saved my life. Example: Norwich were back on level terms through an equally stunning finish by Morison in the 53rd minute, the former Millwall player letting fly from the edge of the area after being teed-up by Leon Barnett. 2. To unleash an angry outburst. Labels: figuratively Example: She was furious and let fly at him with a string of obscenities. Example: Rosemary peeled off Sloane Square, Hartnell, decorations-will-be-worn, fog primroses, crumpets by the fire, and let fly vulgarly at Vythilingam.
Word: veeringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From veering + -ly. 1. With a veering motion.
Word: windingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From winding + -ly. 1. With a winding motion or pattern. Example: The river flows windingly between the hills.
Word: put in motion Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of set in motion.
Word: propelment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From propel + -ment. 1. Propulsion, the act of propelling. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. A mechanism that propels something. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lose ground Part of Speech: verb 1. To suffer loss or disadvantage; to experience a setback. Labels: idiomatic Example: He lost ground in his career due to his illness. Example: They are losing ground to foreign competitors every year.
Word: gain ground Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Metaphor, suggesting e.g. military acquisition of territory. 1. To make progress or obtain advantage; to gain traction. Example: No matter how hard I try, I don't seem to be gaining ground. Example: Team Red has gained ground on Team Blue since October.
Word: propelments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of propelment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: branch off Part of Speech: verb 1. To diverge into two or more separate paths. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive 2. To separate from a main path or route. 3. To divert from the main topic of conversation.
Word: fork off Part of Speech: verb 1. to diverge into two or more separate paths. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive
Word: fork off Part of Speech: verb 1. Euphemistic form of fuck off. Labels: euphemistic, form-of
Word: fly off Part of Speech: verb 1. To flee rapidly; to run away. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive 2. To be spurred into ranting, shouting or otherwise agitated speaking. Labels: intransitive
Word: file off Part of Speech: verb 1. To remove using a file (the tool). Labels: transitive 2. To depart in single file. Labels: intransitive
Word: good morrow Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English good morow, good morwe. Pronunciation: /ɡʊd ˈmɒɹəʊ/ 1. Good morning. Labels: archaic Example: Creſ[ſida]. Good morrow vncle Pandarus. Pan[darus]. Good morrow cozen Creſſid: what doe you talke of? good morrow, Alexander: how doe you cozen? when were you at Ilium? Example: Good Morrow, Neighbour; good Morrow, Neighbour Cloggit; How do's all at your Houſe this Morning?
Word: good morrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English good morow, good morwe. Pronunciation: /ɡʊd ˈmɒɹəʊ/ 1. A greeting consisting of the interjection. Labels: archaic 2. Riverhemp, sesban. Labels: obsolete Example: Among the plants and shrubs that I saw, and could form any knowledge of, were the sisban, or large thorny sensitive plant, sometimes called the good-morrow, these are abundant among the underwoods.
Word: kitty-cats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kitty-cat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lighten someone's purse Part of Speech: verb 1. to take money from someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: For when Robin Hood caught a baron or a squire, or a fat abbot or bishop, he brought them to the greenwood tree and feasted them before he lightened their purses.
Word: show one's face Part of Speech: verb 1. To appear publicly. Labels: informal Example: But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.
Word: sociogeographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From socio- + geographical. 1. Pertaining to society and geography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: take command Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of take control, especially in situations involving a role with formal command over a group of people. Example: Fabio Capello's out of sorts side looked to be heading for a damaging defeat and a heavy blow to their hopes of reaching Poland and Ukraine next summer as Switzerland deservedly took command.
Word: rising star Part of Speech: noun 1. An emerging talent. Example: Defeat would have been harsh on the Swiss, predictably well-organised under the masterly direction of veteran coach Ottmar Hitzfeld, and in midfield man Xherdan Shaqiri they have one of Europe's rising stars.
Word: Samsø Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Danish Samsø. 1. An island of Denmark, lying within the Kattegat.
Word: subsidiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From subsidise + -er. 1. Alternative form of subsidizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: subsidisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subsidiser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mewses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mews Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mewlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mewling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unassumingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unassuming + -ness. 1. The quality of being unassuming. Labels: uncountable
Word: gin palace Part of Speech: noun 1. A tavern that serves gin. Labels: archaic
Word: gin palaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gin palace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zero option Part of Speech: name 1. A 1980s plan whereby all Soviet and American nuclear weapons would be mutually withdrawn from Europe. Labels: US, historical
Word: hardtacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hardtack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hardstones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hardstone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gynaeceum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gynaecēum, gynaecīum, from Ancient Greek γυναικεῖον (gunaikeîon), from γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”) (stem: γῠναικ- (gŭnaik-)) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”). 1. The women's quarters in a household; (hence, loosely) any building or area for women. Labels: Ancient-Rome Example: A master, however this may be, was very jealous of the inmates of his gyneceum, and he permitted no one to enter the place, which was protected as a sanctuary in the legislation of the Barbarians. Example: It was agreeable to see men, after days in this gyneceum, bringing the place to life, to see waiters speeding to their command. 2. An establishment in Rome where female workers made clothing and furniture for royalty. Labels: obsolete 3. A gynoecium. Example: The androecium functions by providing the pollen-grains which are necessary to bring about fertilisation of the ovules in the gynaeceum.
Word: catapulter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catapult + -er. 1. One who uses a catapult. Example: Then he loaded one of the lattice-shrouded cannonballs into the trebuchet’s sling, pulled out a lighter, and, as Genghis Khan’s catapulters would have done 800 years previously, lit the wooden kindling inside it and fired.
Word: roomth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English rymthe, from Old English rȳmþ (“roominess, spaciousness”) (compare Old English rȳmet (“room, space”)), from Proto-West Germanic *rūmiþu (“roominess”), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm (“roomy, spacious”), equivalent to room (“wide, spacious, roomy”) + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Dutch ruimte (“room, space”), German Low German Rüümte (“room, space”), German Räumte (“cargo capacity of a ship”), Swedish rymd (“space”). Pronunciation: /ɹʊmθ/, /ɹuːmθ/ 1. Room; sufficient space for a person or thing to occupy; place. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: But Rydoll, young'st, and least, and for the others pride / Not finding fitting roomth upon the rising side 2. Roominess; spaciousness. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: noctuids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noctuid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noctules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noctule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tanbarks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tanbark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: femality Part of Speech: noun 1. femaleness Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: femalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of femality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alebench Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ale + bench. 1. A bench at the front of an alehouse or inn where drinkers can sit. Labels: historical Example: VVhen the vulgar ſort / Sit on their Ale-bench, vvith their cups and kannes, / Matters of ſtate be not their common talke, / Nor pure religion by their lips prophande. Example: This man is for any company, and for any talk: as he talketh now with you, so will he talk when he is on the alebench ; and the more drink he hath in his crown, the more of these things he hath in his mouth.
Word: alebenches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alebench Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quercitannic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Quercus (“oak genus”) + tannic acid 1. One of the two forms of tannic acid, found in oak bark and leaves. Labels: uncountable
Word: gallotannic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the two forms of tannic acid, found in oak galls. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kyrielle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French kyrielle. Pronunciation: /kɪɹiˈɛl/ 1. A long rigmarole. Labels: archaic 2. A form of French verse written in rhyming couplets or quatrains, sometimes with a religious theme. Example: "I said 'pantoum,' sir—besides which, gentlemen, we have the triolet, the kyrielle, the virelai, the vilanelle——"
Word: kyrielles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kyrielle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carcoat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From car + coat. 1. A short coat to be worn in a car.
Word: carcoats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carcoat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: card counters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of card counter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yottajoule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yotta- + joule. 1. One septillion (10²⁴) joules. Example: One yottajoule is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules or one trillion trillion joules. When we talk about dieting we talk about kilojoules, which is one thousand joules.
Word: gigaampere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From giga- + ampere. 1. An SI unit of current equal to 10⁹ amperes. Symbol: GA
Word: millihenry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milli- + henry. 1. A unit of measure, one thousandth of a henry.
Word: Titianesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Titian + -esque. Pronunciation: /tɪʃəˈnɛsk/ 1. Suggesting the style of the painter Titian, with luminous colours and bold brushwork.
Word: zeptojoule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zepto- + joule. 1. An SI unit of energy equal to 10⁻²¹ joules. Symbol: zJ Example: When a bundle with a drag coefficient of 200 nN · sec · m⁻¹ (Howard and Hudspeth, 1988) produced a 25 nm, triangle-wave twitch 5 msec in total duration (Fig. 12A), the energy dissipated against viscous drag was ~100 zJ (a zeptojoule is 10⁻²¹ J). Example: The associated work is W = 38.5 nm² × (10⁻⁹m/nm)² 35 pN/μm (10⁻¹² N/pN) (μm/10⁻⁶ m) = 1.35 × 10⁻²¹ J or about one zeptojoule.
Word: kaempferols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kaempferol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myricetins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myricetin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quercetins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quercetin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hepburnian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hepburn + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to James Curtis Hepburn or his system of romanization of the Japanese language.
Word: hepatoxicities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hepatoxicity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hepcidins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hepcidin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hong bao Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hongbao. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In the old days gifts of money were given to children by the older generation and were placed in red envelopes called hong bao. This practice has been discouraged by the Communists because it perpetuates "feudal-capitalist consciousness," the worship of wealth and money. Example: New Year's Eve is the traditional date for reunion dinners, but relatives and old friends enjoy getting together for feasting and entertainment throughout the entire holiday season. Gift giving is another time-honored custom still widely practiced among Singapore's Chinese. Hong bao, or "lucky money," is by far the favored item, bestowed in bright red envelopes by married family members upon the young and single.
Word: petakelvin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peta- + kelvin. 1. An SI unit of temperature equal to 10¹⁵ kelvins. Symbol: PK
Word: teracycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tera- + cycle. 1. terahertz
Word: giganewton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From giga- + newton. 1. An SI unit of force equal to 10⁹ newtons. Symbol: GN Example: Holonyms: teranewton < petanewton < exanewton < zettanewton < yottanewton Example: Meronyms: piconewton < nanonewton < micronewton < millinewton < newton < kilonewton < meganewton
Word: microcandela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + candela. 1. A unit of luminous intensity, equal to one millionth of a candela.
Word: nanosievert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + sievert. 1. A unit of radiation dose, 10⁻⁹ of a sievert.
Word: picocoulomb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pico- + coulomb. 1. A unit of electric charge, 10⁻¹² of a coulomb.
Word: gigacycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From giga- + cycle. 1. Synonym of gigahertz. Labels: obsolete Example: The passband width ranges from 6 to 8 gigacycles (GC), which shows how old the filter is: It is labeled with gigacycles instead of the modern terminology, gigahertz (GHz).
Word: kilomole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + mole. 1. An SI unit of amount of substance equal to 10³ moles. Symbol: kmol
Word: microcycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + cycle. 1. A short period of sports training, typically a week.
Word: microhenry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + henry. 1. A unit of electrical inductance, one millionth of a henry.
Word: zeptomole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zepto- + mole. Pronunciation: /ˈzɛptoʊˌmoʊl/, /ˈzɛptəʊˌməʊl/ 1. 10⁻²¹ mole, or about 600 molecules. SI symbol: zmol. Labels: physical Example: It has been repeatedly shown that enzyme-derived ODN-based assays can detect as little as 50 zeptomoles of target DNA corresponding to about 25,000 molecules. Example: The sensitivity of detection is in the range of zeptomoles […]
Word: zettaampere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zetta- + ampere. 1. An SI unit measure of electrical current, equivalent to 10²¹ amperes (a sextillion amperes). 'ZA' is the SI unit symbol for the zettaampere.
Word: teraampere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tera- + ampere. 1. An SI unit of current equal to 10¹² amperes. Symbol: TA
Word: megacandela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + candela. 1. An SI unit of luminous intensity equal to 10⁶ candelas. Symbol: Mcd Example: Under clear sky conditions the luminance of the sun itself is around 1650 Mcd/m² (megacandela/m²)[.] Example: Searchlights utilized in helicopter operations range in size from a 450-watt, 0.4 megacandela unit using a type PAR-46 incandescent lamp (see Fig 20-3) up to a 30-kilowatt, xenon-lamped unit[.]
Word: kilocandela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + candela. 1. An SI unit of luminous intensity equal to 10³ candelas. Symbol: kcd
Word: kilokelvin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + kelvin. 1. An SI unit of temperature equal to 10³ kelvins. Symbol: kK
Word: decaampere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deca- + ampere. 1. An SI unit of current equal to 10¹ amperes. Symbol: daA
Word: microweber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + weber. 1. A unit equal to one millionth of a weber.
Word: megabecquerel Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of radioactivity equal to one million becquerels.
Word: gigacandela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From giga- + candela. 1. An SI unit of measurement equivalent to one billion (10⁹) candelas, abbreviated as Gcd.
Word: exajoule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exa- + joule. 1. An SI unit of energy equal to 10¹⁸ joules. Symbol: EJ
Word: past master Part of Speech: noun 1. One who has an extremely high level of ability or knowledge within an area of achievement or expertise. Example: It required a deft hand and deep knowledge of the barbaric mind effectually to handle such diverse weapons; but he was a past-master in the art, knowing when to conciliate and when to threaten with Jove-like wrath. Example: Hervey responded with such volubility that anyone could see he was a pastmaster in Castilian swearing. 2. Someone who has previously been a master at a given lodge.
Word: nondevelopment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + development. 1. Lack of development, or failure to develop. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: nondevelopments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nondevelopment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonadmissions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonadmission Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonintercourse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + intercourse. 1. The lack of intercourse; the suspension of relations or communication (especially between countries). Labels: US, historical, uncountable Example: The Nonintercourse Act Example: This view is derived from the former non-intercourse law only. 2. A lack of sexual intercourse. Labels: uncountable Example: I intend to try the effect of non-intercourse, and to break with her outright.
Word: nonintercourse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + intercourse. 1. Not involving or not relating to sexual intercourse. Labels: not-comparable Example: McCarthy says you can slow things down by honing your technique through what he calls "nonintercourse sex" (what the rest of us call "jerking off").
Word: deinstitutionalizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deinstitutionalization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duck-egg blues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duck-egg blue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mineworking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mine + working. 1. Working in a mine; mining. Labels: uncountable 2. A facility where mining takes place. Labels: countable Example: The old mineworkings are now flooded.
Word: terabecquerel Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of radioactivity equal to one trillion becquerels.
Word: elderdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *elderdom, alderdom, from Old English ealdordōm (“greatness, power, authority, lordship, eldership, rule, dominion, magistracy, principality, superiority, preeminence, primacy, government, any official position involving command of others, beginning”), equivalent to elder + -dom. Cognate with West Frisian âlderdom (“eld, old age, antiquity”), German Altertum (“antiquity”), Swedish ålderdom (“eld, age”). 1. Authority; dominion. Labels: uncountable Example: Both of these things Moses fulfilled, when he refused elderdom or authority, [...] 2. Preeminence; superiority. Labels: uncountable Example: The name of one of these was Claudius, who arrogated to himself elderdom over the others, though they by no means allowed his claim of superiority, hut quarrelled with him. 3. The authority, rule, or office of an elder. Labels: uncountable Example: Hence the popular belief that elderdom was most of all at home on Russian soil. 4. The state of being an elder, or of being older; elderhood. Labels: uncountable Example: Thanks to him, I have a better sense of what it takes to morph gracefully into elderdom. 5. The role or influence of an elder or elders. Labels: uncountable Example: The weight of elderdom in our family was like a drapery to be taken for granted. In which anyone could at times gratefully hide.
Word: gigabecquerel Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of radioactivity equal to one billion becquerels.
Word: megacoulomb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + coulomb. 1. A unit equal to a million coulombs. Example: How many megacoulombs of positive charge are in 1.00 mol of neutral molecular-hydrogen gas (H₂)?
Word: kilolux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + lux. 1. A unit of illuminance equal to 1000 lux.
Word: decawatt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deca- + watt. 1. A unit of power equal to ten watts
Word: nanocoulomb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + coulomb. 1. A unit of electric charge equal to 10⁻⁹ coulombs
Word: microsiemens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + siemens. 1. A unit of conductance equal to one millionth of a siemens
Word: megafarad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + farad. 1. A unit of quantity of electric charge; the quantity of electricity flowing through a one megohm resistor when driven by an electromotive force of one volt for one second. Labels: obsolete Example: […] when electrotyping, electric light, &ᶜ become commercial we may perhaps buy a microfarad or megafarad of electricity […] Example: What is the work done by a current of 5 Megafarads per second through a resistance of 10 Ohms? 2. An improbably large unit of electrical capacitance equal to one million farads. Example: 34. The capacitance unit of convenient size is (a) farad (b) microfarad (c) kilofarad (d) megafarad Example: Because of MF (now correctly the symbol for the massive megafarad) and mf having at some time been common symbols for microfarad, the millifarad (correctly mF) is rarely referred to […]
Word: kilobecquerel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + becquerel. 1. A unit of radioactivity equal to one thousand becquerels
Word: centimole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From centi- + mole. 1. An SI unit of amount of substance equal to 10⁻² moles. Symbol: cmol
Word: millilux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milli- + lux. 1. A unit of illuminance equal to one thousandth of a lux.
Word: centiwatt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From centi- + watt. 1. One hundredth of a watt.
Word: nanohenry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + henry. 1. A unit of electrical inductance equal to 10⁻⁹ henries
Word: SSAA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Sporting Shooters Association of Australia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: centigray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From centi- + gray. 1. A derived unit of measure for absorbed dose of radiation, equal to the hundredth part (1%) of a gray, that is, 0.01 Gy. Example: Near-synonyms: rad, rd (same physical quantity)
Word: milliweber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milli- + weber. 1. A unit of magnetic flux, one thousandth of a weber.
Word: microlux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + lux. 1. A unit of illuminance or illumination, one millionth of a lux.
Word: microcoulomb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + coulomb. 1. A measure of electrical quantity, the millionth part of one coulomb.
Word: nanocandela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + candela. 1. A unit of luminous intensity equal to 10⁻⁹ of a candela
Word: nanokelvin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + kelvin. 1. An SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 10⁻⁹ kelvins. Symbol: nK
Word: yoctomole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yocto- + mole. 1. An SI unit of amount of substance equal to 10⁻²⁴ moles. Symbol: ymol. The yoctomole is approximately 0.6 of an individual particle. Example: A low cost, 0.75-mW helium neon laser, operating in the green region at 534.5 nm, is used to excite fluorescence from tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate-labelled DNA fragments that have been separated by capillary gel electrophoresis.The detection limit (3σ) for the dye is 500 ymol [1 yoctomole (1 ymol) = 10⁻²⁴ mol] or 300 analyte molecules in capillary zone electrophoresis
Word: incohærent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + cohærent. 1. Archaic spelling of incoherent. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: It follows from this, as it appears to me, that as we have some of the older rocks, for instance, some Silurian rocks, still unaltered by heat, and in the condition of soft clays and incohærent sandstone, the refrigeration of the earth’s surface (supposing it to have been once fused) must already have reached nearly its present limit, at the very early period of the deposition of those Silurian rocks, for we can hardly suppose it possible that there is any Silurian rock which has not, cither at the close of the Silurian period or during some paleozoic era, been buried under many hundreds[…]
Word: cohærence Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of coherence. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Each of the two cohærent parts may be said to be adhærent to the other, but the latter term is often used to express a closer union than mere cohærence.
Word: clique number Part of Speech: noun 1. The number of vertices in a maximum clique of a given graph.
Word: clique numbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clique number Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dining car Part of Speech: noun 1. A carriage on a train that functions as a restaurant.
Word: cohæsion Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of cohesion. Labels: alt-of, archaic, no-plural Example: It enters immediately, but superficially, upon the important subject of attraction, which is considered as influencing the cohæsion and form of bodies, and afterwards, under the title of Affinity, as relating to their composition.
Word: past-master Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of past master. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pastmaster Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of past master. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: couis Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of cooee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: præsident Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of president. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: 1. First, to take accompt of all the incomes of the colledge proffitts arising due to the officers thereof, either by guifts, revenewes, studdjes, rents, tuitions, com̄encements, or any other proffits arising due from tjme to tjme, as neere as may be, since the præsident vndertooke the worke. 2. To examine what hath binn pajd and disbursed, either for buildings, repaȳings, or otherwise, pajd and receaved annually for the maintenance of the præsident, ffellowes, and other officers thereof. 3. To consider what hath binn yearely receaved by the præsident ont of any incomes and proffitts, for his oune vse and majntenance, (as neere as convenjently may be,) euer since he came to the place of præsident : also what allowances yearely haue binn made to the ffellowes and other officers.
Word: præside Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of preside. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The Archetypographus is to be a Governour & to præside over the rest, & he is to manage, as a Scholar, all things for the Honour and Credit of the University.
Word: primatal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From primate + -al. Compare primatial. Pronunciation: /pɹʌɪˈmeɪt(ə)l/ 1. Pertaining to primates. Labels: rare
Word: primatal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From primate + -al. Compare primatial. Pronunciation: /pɹʌɪˈmeɪt(ə)l/ 1. A primate. Labels: rare Example: ‘She was twelve,’ Van added, ‘and I was a male primatal of fourteen and a half, and we just did not care.’
Word: primatals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of primatal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cornutes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cornute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cornutes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cornute Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cornuting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cornute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cornuted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cornute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cornuted Part of Speech: adj 1. Bearing horns; horned. 2. Horn-shaped.
Word: -’s Part of Speech: suffix 1. Alternative form of -'s. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: reluct Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin reluctor. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈlʌkt/ 1. To be averse to. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: He was by nature highly passionate, but more apt to reluct at the excesses of it. Example: I care not to be carried with the tide, that smoothly bears human life to eternity; and reluct at the inevitable course of destiny.
Word: reluct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin reluctor. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈlʌkt/ 1. magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of magnetomotive force to magnetic flux
Word: bascule bridge Part of Speech: noun 1. A movable bridge consisting of one or two opening leaves equipped with balancing and stabilizing counterweights that ease and speed up their operation. Example: Near-synonym: drawbridge
Word: hurt a fly Part of Speech: verb 1. To hurt or damage something even a little. Labels: idiomatic Example: Talking of being eaten by dogs, there's a dachshund at Brinkley who when you first meet him will give you the impression that he plans to convert you into a light snack between his regular meals. Pay no attention. It's all eyewash. […] He wouldn't hurt a fly, but he has to put up a front because his name's Poppet. One can readily appreciate that when a dog hears himself addressed day in and day out as Poppet, he feels he must throw his weight about. His self-respect demands it.
Word: touch football Part of Speech: noun 1. A variant of American football in which players are touched as opposed to tackled. Labels: uncountable 2. A variant of rugby league developed in Australia in which players are touched as opposed to tackled. Labels: uncountable
Word: busher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bush + -er. 1. A major league baseball player who has recently come from a small league. Labels: US, slang Example: He was talking about me all the time that day in Boston, standing with the bat boy, making cracks. That's all right but when he called me a busher in front of the whole Yank team and then challenged me, I had to fight.
Word: twenny Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: [ˈtwɛni], [ˈtwɛɾ̃i], [ˈtwʌni], [ˈtwʌɾ̃i] 1. Pronunciation spelling of twenty. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Ah, ya ain't worried bouta a lousy twenny cents are ya? Mean to say, it ain't gonna bust ya is it? Ah, Missa Jake, price on board say five dollah twenny. Price not go down. When it does, we change up on board. Example: He's got rait good trainers, he buys 'is own trainers, 'is got a paper rahnd, he gets twenny-odd quid a week, I think he gets twenny three, he 'as three quid an' his Mum teks twenny quid off'im.
Word: that's for me to know and you to find out Part of Speech: phrase 1. A phrase used to reply to a question whose answer the speaker does not want to reveal. Labels: childish, colloquial, informal
Word: time you got a watch Part of Speech: phrase 1. A phrase used to reply to the question what time is it?. Labels: humorous, sarcastic
Word: stow away Part of Speech: verb 1. to stow or secure aloof in a safe place Labels: transitive 2. to obtain passage (on a ship or similar vehicle) by secreting oneself inside before departure Labels: intransitive Example: Aren't those the things from the station yesterday? They must've stowed away!
Word: draw in Part of Speech: verb 1. To attract. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Their concerts draw in big crowds. Example: The campfire drew in numerous unwary moths. 2. To get (someone) involved. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: They drew in the quiet boy who hadn't wanted to participate. 3. To approach. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: They saw that the night was quickly drawing in, so they pitched their tent. 4. To become dark earlier as a result of seasonal change. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: It's that time of year again when the evenings really start to draw in. 5. To reduce or contract; to become shorter.
Word: trajection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin trāiectiō, from trāiciō. 1. The act of trajecting (casting or moving) Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: trajection of light or sound 2. The act of trajecting (casting or moving) Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 3. transposition Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: vomition Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of vomiting. Labels: archaic
Word: ructation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ructare (“to belch”). 1. A burp. Labels: archaic Example: It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention.
Word: expuition Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of spitting phlegm. Labels: obsolete Example: […] so in asthma, where there is no expuition, or the expuition does not appear till the paroxysm is subsiding, we ought, I think, in fair reason, rather to acknowledge or inacquaintance with the actual cause than to place our faith in one that has so little to support it.
Word: exspuition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin [Term?]. 1. The act of spitting. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: clearage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clear + -age. 1. The act of clearing or removing; clearance Labels: archaic 2. A piece of land that has been cleared.
Word: excern Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin excernō. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsɜː(ɹ)n/ 1. excrete; give off Labels: archaic Example: That which is dead, or corrupted; or excerned, hath antipathy with the same thing when it is alive and sound, and with those parts which do excern. Example: An unguent or pap prepared, with an open vessel to excern it into.
Word: embogue Part of Speech: verb 1. To disembogue; to discharge or flow out (normally of a river, into the sea or another river). Labels: archaic
Word: draw off Part of Speech: verb 1. To remove by using a siphon. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The butler drew off wine from a barrel. 2. To distract (someone). Labels: dated, slang, transitive Example: We need a diversion to draw them off. 3. To retire or retreat. Labels: intransitive Example: The dog obeyed the significant beck of his finger, and they drew off, stealthily, together. Example: One of the lynxes moved; it drew off a little farther, as though deciding to abandon the fight.
Word: fire out Part of Speech: verb 1. To shoot out. Labels: transitive Example: The gun fired out a round of bullets. 2. To drive out due to fire. Labels: archaic 3. To remove or eject. Labels: dated, transitive Example: He got fired out the train.
Word: throw aside Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of discard. Labels: idiomatic, transitive
Word: shovel out Part of Speech: verb 1. to remove something by shoveling or digging. Labels: transitive 2. to remove something using a scooping movement. Labels: transitive
Word: sweep out Part of Speech: verb 1. to remove by sweeping or brushing. Labels: transitive Example: sweep out the dust 2. to remove someone from a place (where they are not wanted) Labels: idiomatic, transitive 3. To construct a three-dimensional shape by rotation of a two-dimensional one about an axis
Word: DTH Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of direct-to-home. Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: whisk off Part of Speech: verb 1. to rapidly remove. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He was whisked off to the hospital. 2. To take (a person) on a surprise romantic journey. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: For our honeymoon, he whisked me off to the Bahamas.
Word: whisk away Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /wɪsk əˈweɪ/, /ʍɪsk əˈweɪ/ 1. To remove something or someone suddenly and quickly. Labels: transitive Example: The garbage truck whisked away the trash bin. 2. To take (a person) on a surprise romantic journey. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Give me a wink And I'll give you what I think you're after With just one kiss I will whisk you away To where angels often tread
Word: DBS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of deep brain stimulation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: In deep brain stimulation, or DBS, the areas of the brain that control movement are stimulated with electrical signals. 2. Initialism of direct broadcast satellite. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: I looked at it and there is almost nothing there for me that I do not already receive with a combination of my analog $200 receiver and my $99 DBS minidish. On the contrary, there are quite a few channels that have gone digital that I receive (for a fee) thru the minidish.
Word: DBS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Disclosure and Barring Service. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: worship the porcelain god Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the body position when one bends over a toilet bowl (which is often made of porcelain) to vomit, which is regarded as similar to that of praying. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːʃɪp ðə ˈpɔːsəlɪn ˈɡɒd/, /ˈwɝʃɪp ðə ˈpɔɹsəlɪn ˈɡɑd/, /ˈwɝʃɪp ðə ˈpɔɹslɪn ˈɡɑd/ 1. To vomit into a toilet bowl. Labels: humorous, idiomatic
Word: direct broadcast satellite Part of Speech: noun 1. a television satellite that broadcasts directly to the final recipient/viewer, to a home satellite dish.
Word: DBSes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of DBS Labels: form-of, plural
Word: direct broadcast satellites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of direct broadcast satellite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ichthyophagy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ichthyo- + -phagy. 1. The practice of eating fish. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: ashcake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ash + cake. 1. A johnnycake. Labels: Eastern, US
Word: death angel Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of destroying angel (“a type of mushroom”). 2. Alternative form of angel of death. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: beet root Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of beetroot. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Falling later into the season, we have beet root, a very principal crop, to look after; […]
Word: death angels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of death angel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chupatty Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of chapatti. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: chappati Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chapatti. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: porterhouse steak Part of Speech: noun 1. A porterhouse (meat)
Word: angel of mercy Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who provides succour. 2. A type of mercy killer, i.e., a caregiver who is a serial killer, and who practices mercy killing on both the willing and unwilling, knowing and unknowing, dependent only on the killer's sense of a patient's level of suffering from their illness.
Word: mercy killer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who commits a mercy killing.
Word: mercy killers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mercy killer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angels of mercy Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angel of mercy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chota hazri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi छोटा हाज़िरी (choṭā hāzirī). 1. A light breakfast. Labels: India, uncountable Example: ‘Sorry, my dear; take your time…Was your chota hazri all right?’
Word: hippophage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hippo- + -phage. 1. Someone who eats horsemeat
Word: cacation Part of Speech: noun 1. excretion Labels: archaic
Word: bloody flux Part of Speech: noun 1. dysentery Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: coeliac-flux Part of Speech: noun 1. chronic dysentery Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: eccrinology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eccrine + -ology. 1. The scientific study of secretion and the eccrine glands. Labels: uncountable
Word: uphoist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + hoist. 1. To hoist up. Labels: archaic
Word: ant lion Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of antlion. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: movable bridge Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several types of bridge that may be moved in order to open a safe waterway for watercraft.
Word: fratricidally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From fratricidal + -ly. 1. In a fratricidal manner.
Word: cophin Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of coffin. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: cophin Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of coffin. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Costa Daurada Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Catalan Costa Daurada (“golden coast”). 1. An area on the coast of Catalonia, Spain, between Cunit and the mouth of the Ebro River. It is entirely included in the province of Tarragona.
Word: Tarragonan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Tarragona + -an. 1. Of, from or relating to the city or province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
Word: Tarragonan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tarragona + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city or province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
Word: personlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From person + -like. Compare personly. 1. Resembling a person; personly.
Word: up and down Part of Speech: adv 1. Upward and downward, alternately. Labels: not-comparable Example: the tide goes up and down Example: my blood pressure goes up and down 2. Forwards and backwards alternately along a path. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: walk up and down the corridor 3. Staunchly, unwaveringly, obstinately. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: He swore up and down that he hadn't taken the money. Example: Christina is straight up and down fuckable. 4. In various places, e.g., in a country. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: There's also a barber's shop and that staple of railway stations up and down the UK - a WH Smith.
Word: up and down Part of Speech: adj 1. Vertical; perpendicular; said of the cable when the anchor is under, or nearly under, the hawse hole, and the cable is taut. Labels: not-comparable 2. Plain; downright. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: an up and down honest man 3. Of a building, having two stories. Labels: Philippines, not-comparable